./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf-• Report of the Discipline Committee ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- Manuel Goncalves, page 3 ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- Reasons for Decision ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf: A teacher who has sexual intercourse with a [Age Redacted] student is guilty of ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- Recommended Penalty ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- The Discipline Committee recommends to Provincial Executive Council that: ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- (a) M Goncalves' eligibility for membership in The Alberta Teachers' Association be ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- cancelled, and ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- (b) A recommendation be made to the Minister of Education that M Goncalves' teaching ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- certificate be cancelled. ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- Reasons for Recommended Penalty ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf: 1. A teacher should not have sexual intercourse with a [Age Redacted] student. Society ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- views this event and the actions leading to it as repugnant, despicable and reprehensible. The ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- defendant's behavior showed disregard for societal expectations of teachers. ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- 2. Society has the right to expect that teachers will act in a manner which establishes and ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- maintains the trust relationship between teachers and students. The defendant's behavior ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- betrayed such trust. ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- 3. The defendant's behavior was deplorable in that M Goncalves used his position of trust to ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf: manipulate a young and trusting student for sexual purposes. ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- 4. The defendant showed a lack of sound judgement by his actions. He exploited a ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- vulnerable [gender redacted] student who viewed [gender redacted] former teacher as an ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- understanding, caring and trustworthy adult. ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- 5. The defendant's actions were predatory and completely inappropriate. ./alberta-cases/02-75-107502-1205450.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf-I ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- (port of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Glenn, page 3 ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- 4. Glenn initially had a normal teacher student relationship with Student A while [Gender Redacted] ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- was enrolled in his [Subject Redacted] class. They shared some common ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- interests and had good rapport.(Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- 5. Student A had a troubled home life and significant health problems but was a good student. ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- (Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- 6. Student A wrote a letter to Glenn about late assignments in which [Gender Redacted] also asked for ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- advice about [Gender Redacted] home life. He responded by letter. Student A's parent found the ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- letter and filed a complaint with the school administration. The principal ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- spoke to Glenn but no further action was taken. (Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- 7. During the subsequent school year, 2008/09, Glenn no longer taught Student A but he continued to ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- encourage [Gender Redacted] and be pa11 of [Gender Redacted] support network while they ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- were both at [School Redacted]. (Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- 8. In February 2009, Student A was "kicked out" of [Gender Redacted] family home and stayed with ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- friends until the end of the school year. (Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- 9. At the beginning of the 2009/10 school year, Glenn transferred to [School Redacted] ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- The relationship between him and Student A continued and they became Facebook friends (Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- r ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- I 0. In October 2009, Student A moved into [Gender Redacted] own apartment and the relationship changed. ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- Gleim began visiting Student A at [Gender Redacted] job and at [Gender Redacted] residence. Glenn ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- provided Student A with his cell phone number and asked [Gender Redacted] to text him if [Gender ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- Redacted] needed anything. (Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf: 11. In November 2009, Student A turned [Age Redacted] and the relationship became sexual. (Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- 12. In December 2009, colleagues of Glenn attempted to persuade him fr om continuing his close ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- relationship with Student A. Although they were not aware of the extent of the relationship, ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- they believed that the relationship was inappropriate. Glenn did not alter his behaviour. ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- (Exhibit 7 ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- 13. Glenn provided over $1000 to Student A when [Gender Redacted] had financial difficulties. ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- (Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf: 14. Glenn and Student A had sexual relations in his car, [Gender Redacted] apartment and his home. ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- (Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- 15. Security personnel from the school district noted that images of Glenn and Student A together were ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- repeatedly captured on security videos at Glenn's school in the late evening and early morning ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- hours. The videos showed them interacting in a manner that was overly friendly and beyond the ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- normal teacher-student roles. The school district initiated an investigation. (Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases/03-47-234703-1205449.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf--Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- Verreault, page 2 ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- 1. J Verreault was a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association by virtue of his ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- (Exhibit ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- employment ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- 3) as a teacher with the [School Division Redacted] from Feb ary ne 30, ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- 20012002. ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- until ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf: 2. J Verreault began an inappropriate relationship of an amorous, but non-sexual, nature ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- early June 2002 with a former student in his care, a student at [School redacted] in in ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- [Location Redacted]. (Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- 3. The relationship continued into the summer of 2002. (Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- 4. J Verreault met with the parents of the student and agreed to establish and maintain only a ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- professional relationship; however, J Verreault continued the inappropriate relationship ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- with communication that ended in August 2002. (Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee accepted the guilty plea. ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- PENALTY ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- The hearing committee imposed as penalty on J Verreault a recommendation to the minister of ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- learning that the defendant's teaching certificate be cancelled. ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- 1. J Verreault pied guilty to the charge of unprofessional conduct, pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- Profession Act. ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- 2. J Verreault, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, did commence an ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- inappropriate relationship with a student in a school in which he was teaching and thereby ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- did not treat the student with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- 3. J Verreault committed a breach of trust that compromised the teacher-student relationship. ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- 4. J Verreault, through his actions, brought dishonour and disrepute to the profession. ./alberta-cases/06-35-223506-1205553.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf-,· ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- Repo11 of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- R Cioffi, page 6 ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- PENALTY ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- The hearing committee received a joint submission recommending a three-year suspension of ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- Cioffi 's eligibility for membership in the Association and a recommendation to the minister of ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- education to suspend his teaching certificate for three years. ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- The hearing committee is aware that the legal authorities require the committee to defer to the ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- penalty presented in a joint submission, unless it is "unfit, unreasonable, or contrary to the public ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- interest." ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- The hearing committee considered the joint submission carefully and identified concerns with ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- the penalty being proposed. The hearing committee was concerned that the penalty was ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- significantly outside of the range of"reasonable" penalties, given the nature of the conduct at ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- issue. The specific allegations were aimed at the inappropriate electronic communications ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- between Cioffi and Student A. There were no allegations relating to inappropriate physical ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- contact between Cioffi and Student A. After reviewing the precedent cases submitted by [Names ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- Redacted, the hearing committee was concerned the penalty was inconsistent with prior decisions ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- where the allegations related solely to inappropriate electronic communications, as opposed to ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf: allegations concerning an inappropriate sexual relationship. ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- Both [Names Redacted] were given an opportunity to speak to the hearing committee's concerns ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- that the recommended penalty was too harsh and the hearing was adjourned to allow the parties ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- to consider their positions. ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- When the hearing re-convened, [Name Redacted] indicated that [Gender Redacted] had ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- conducted another review of the precedent cases, and had spoken to [Name Redacted]. Both ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- parties agreed that a more appropriate sanction would be a declaration of ineligibility of ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- membership for one year, and recommendation to the minister of education for a one-year ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- suspension of Cioffi 's teaching certificate. ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- After considering the position of the parties, the hearing committee imposed the following ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- penalties on Cioffi: ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- 1. Declaration of ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association for one year ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- 2. Recommendation to the minister of education for a one-year suspension of his teaching ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- certificate ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- 1. Cioffi's behaviour had a damaging effect on Student A and evidence was presented that the ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- student's emotional well-being was compromised. ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- 2. Student A ,vas vulnerable and impressionable and through his electronic communication with ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- [gender redacted], Cioffi failed to be considerate of [Gender Redacted] circumstances. ./alberta-cases/08-22-232208-1205383.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf-e ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf-Allen, page 3 ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf-6. C Allen knew of [Name Redacted] age on placement and of [Gender redacted] troubled past ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- given [gender redacted] apprehension. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf-7. In addition to living in his home,[Name Redacted] travelled by car to and from school with C ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- Allen.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf:8. Within one month of placement in C Allen's home, sexual acts between C Allen and [Name ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- Redacted] had begun and these acts continued over a period of one and one half years, even ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- after [Name Redacted] had moved to another home. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf-Charge I - Gui1 ty ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf-Charge 2 - Guilty ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf-Charge 3 - Guilty ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf-I. C Allen was convicted of an indictable offence under the Criminal Code and is therefore ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- guilty of unprofessional conduct under section 22(2)(a) of the Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- (Exhibit 2) ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf-2. Society has a right to expect that teachers will act in a manner that establishes and maintains ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- a trust relationship between teachers and students. C Allen betrayed that trust. ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf-3. C Allen was in a position of trust and authority as an adult functioning as a parent and a ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- teacher. C Allen abused that trust and authority. ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf:4. By engaging in an ongoing physical and sexual relationship with [Name Redacted], C Allen ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- failed to treat the student with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf-5. The honor and dignity of the profession are harmed by a teacher who engages in physical ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf: and/or sexual relationships with students. ./alberta-cases/13-81-148113-1204931.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-W Thai, page 9 ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-Charges 2 and 3 ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-1. Thai, by his own admission purchased meals and gifts for Student A and attended a movie with ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-[Gender Redacted]. By his own admission, he hugged and touched Student A on several occasions ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-when they were alone. ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-2. Moreover, Student A testified that Thai often exceeded appropriate teacher-student boundaries ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-when he put his hand on [Gender Redacted] leg and repeatedly grabbed [Gender Redacted] hands and ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-[Gender Redacted] hair. He also hugged [Gender Redacted] and asked [Gender Redacted] for hugs. ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-Student A also testified that he purchased jewellery and other gifts for [Gender Redacted] that were ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-not welcomed. ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-3. The Facebook messages demonstrate a level of intimacy and use oflanguage that were far beyond ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-an appropriate teacher-student relationship. Thai initiated, encouraged, and even demanded ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-communication with Student A. These demands accelerated and became more urgent over a short ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-period of time and especially when Student A attempted to break off the communication. ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-4. Thai did not treat Student A with dignity and respect during these communications and he was ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-certainly not considerate of[Gender Redacted] circumstances. ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-5. Thai violated the trust of a [Age Redacted] student he knew to be vulnerable through both his ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf--- - - actions0and0hiswords. ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-6. The hearing committee identified Thai's behaviour as grooming, which the hearing committee ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-understood to reflect a course of conduct designed to prnmote an increasingly personal relationship ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf:with ultimate sexual objectives. ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-7. Students expect school to be a safe environment and expect that teachers will maintain a ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-professional distance and not exploit the teacher student relationship for their own gratification. ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-8. Society expects teachers to act in a manner that establishes and maintains a trust relationship ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-between teachers and students and act in the best interests of the students at all times. Thai betrayed ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-that trust. ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-The committee imposed the following penalty on all three charges: ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-I. Thai is declared ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association for a period ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- of five years. ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf-2. A recommendation will be made to the minister of education that Thai's teaching ce1tificate ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- be suspended for a period of five years. ./alberta-cases/17-97-239717-1205332.pdf- ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf-e ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf-Barth, page 13 ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf-1. Students, parents and the public have the right to expect that teachers will act in a manner ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- which establishes and maintains the trust relationship between teachers and students. Barth's ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- behaviour betrayed that trust. ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf-2. Barth failed to treat students [Name Redacted], [Name Redacted] and [Name Redacted]with ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf: consideration for their circumstances by discussing with them matters ofa sexual and/or ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- personal nature. ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf-3. As a result ofBarth's behaviour, [Name Redacted] articulated feelings ofembarrassment and ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- discomfort. [Gender redacted] felt confused in [gender redacted] identity and suffered loss in ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- the violation oftrust. ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf-4. [Name Redacted] described having been adversely influenced by Barth. [gender redacted] ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- spoke oflost opportunity throughout [gender redacted] high school years as a result ofhaving ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- been manipulated by Barth. This influence unquestionably contributed to [Name Redacted] ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- making unfortunate life decisions that have taken [gender redacted] a long time to resolve. ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf-5. [Name Redacted] was personally violated and was manipulated to secrecy about [gender ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- redacted] relationship with Barth. [gender redacted] felt shame and believed [gender redacted] ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- to be at fault. [Gender redacted] still exhibits strong feelings and experiences negative ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- consequences in [gender redacted] life today because [gender redacted] is unable to separate ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf: Barth's interference in [gender redacted] sexual development from [gender redacted] adult ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf: sexual experiences. ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf-5. Through introducing [Name Redacted] and [Name Redacted]to films and books with highly ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf: explicit sexual content, well beyond their experience, and not on any approved high school ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- reading/viewing list, Barth intellectually and emotionally violated his students. ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf:6. Through his inappropriate self-disclosures to students regarding his personal sexual ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf: relationships, sexual practices and the sexual abuse he had allegedly suffered and perpetrated, ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- Barth violated the innocence ofhis students by unduly burdening them. ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf-7. Barth interfered with students' relationships with administration through encouraging the ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- students to openly protest administrative decisions with which he didn't agree. Barth further ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- violated student/teacher relationships by openly criticizing other teachers to his students. ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf-8. Barth acted unprofessionally in that he involved a student in deceiving Principal [Name ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- Redacted] about the content ofa play. ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf-9. Barth, through his acts ofmanipulation, violated student friendships and relationships with ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- peers. ./alberta-cases/19-29-182919-1205353.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-Teacher’s absence given the reasonable attempts that were undertaken in trying to serve the Teacher. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-The Secretary advised that tried to serve the Teacher with the Notice of Hearing by registered ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-mail on July 17, 2019 to the mailing address in [Location redacted], however, that envelope was ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-returned to the office as undeliverable. The Secretary also attempted to serve the Teacher with the ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-Notice of Hearing via email on August 1, 2019 but did not receive a response. The Secretary ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-provided a screenshot of the registry to show the last known mailing address on record for the ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-Teacher and last known email address. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-The Committee finds the legal requirements for service have been met in this instance. While ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-administration was unsuccessful in serving the Teacher with documents including the Notice of ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-Hearing, the steps undertaken were in accordance with the Regulation. The attempts to serve the ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-Teacher at the last known mailing address and email address contained on the registry are reasonable ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-and satisfies the technical requirements for service as set out in the Regulation. As such, the ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-Committee was satisfied to proceed with the hearing in the Teacher’s absence. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-Application under section 19(2)(b) ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-The Registrar’s Representative requested that the hearing be closed to the public in accordance with ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-section 19(2)(b) of the Regulation. In this instance, the charges against the Teacher in the Province ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf:of Quebec involve child pornography but it was not clear whether a court ordered publication ban ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-was in effect. Notwithstanding the Registrar’s Representative requested the Committee err on the ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-side of caution and close the hearing in the interest of protecting the victims’ identity. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-The Committee granted the request to close the hearing to the public and proceed in private as a ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-precautionary measure even though the evidence presented was inconclusive as to whether a ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-publication ban was in effect on some of the materials before it. Section 19(2)(b) of the Regulation ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-provides that a hearing before a practice review hearing committee must be open to the public unless ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-in the opinion of the practice review hearing committee, the interests of any person other than the ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-teacher may be detrimentally affected if the hearing is not held in private. In the Committee’s opinion, ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf:given the charges of child pornography against the Teacher, the hearing should be closed to protect ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-the interests of the victims directly impacted in this case, which otherwise could be detrimentally ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-affected if the hearing is not held in private. It is further noted no members of the public were present ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-at the hearing. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-The allegations in the Registrar’s Notice of Decision dated June 26, 2019 were referred to at the ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-hearing (Exhibit #1 pages 36 - 38): ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- a) The Teacher’s criminal convictions of indictable offences under the Criminal Code of Canada ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- related to sections: ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf: i. 163.1(3)(a) distribution of child pornography; ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ii. 163.1(2)(a) produced, printed or published and/or had in his possession to publish ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf: juvenile pornography; ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf: iii. 163.1(4)(a) possession of child pornography; and ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf: iv. 163.1(4.1)(a) access to child pornography ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- Page 3 of 9 ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- (ii) suspend the certificate of the teacher who is the subject of the complaint, with ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- or without conditions; ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- (iii) cancel the certificate of the teacher who is the subject of the complaint or ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- cancel the certificate and issue a certificate of a different class, with or without ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- conditions; ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- (iv) order that the teacher who is the subject of the complaint be ineligible for a ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- certificate for a definite or indefinite period of time, with or without conditions. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- (2) If the decision of a practice review hearing committee ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- (a) relates to a teacher who has been convicted of an indictable offence, and ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- (b) does not contain a recommendation that the Minister cancel or suspend the ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- certificate of the teacher, ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- the decision must include reasons why such a recommendation has not been made. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-BACKGROUND ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-The Teacher held an Interim Professional Certificate [Number redacted] which was issued to ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-him on September 15, 2014 in the Province of Alberta, and had expired on August 31, 2017. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf:On January 27, 2016, the Teacher was arrested on charges related to child pornography in the ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-Province of Quebec. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-On September 13, 2016, the Teacher pled guilty and was convicted of four indictable offences, ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-specifically sections 163.1(3)(a), 163.1(2)(a), 163.1(4)(a) and 163.1(4.1)(a) under the Criminal Code ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-of Canada. These offences are in relation to possessing, producing, accessing, and distributing child ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf:pornography. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-On April 28, 2017, the Teacher was sentenced to a[outcome redacted]. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-POSITIONS OF THE PARTIES ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- Page 5 of 9 ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- 1(1)(p) “teacher” means ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- (i) an individual who holds a certificate but is not subject to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- Profession Act, or ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- (ii) an individual who once held but no longer holds a certificate. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-The Teacher’s conduct remains subject to the Regulation even though his certification has since ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-expired because at the time of the charges and conviction, he held a valid interim certification in the ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-Province of Alberta. His conduct led to his conviction by indictment on 4 charges. Unprofessional ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-conduct includes conduct that is the basis of an indictable offence in accordance with section 2(c) of ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-the Regulation: ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- 2 Conduct that ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- (a) is detrimental to the best interests of students, the public or teachers generally, ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- (b) does not meet the professional conduct requirements, or ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- (c) is the basis for a conviction for an indictable offence ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- constitutes unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-The Registrar’s Representative reviewed the four charges of 163.1(3)(a), 163.1(2)(a), 163.1(4)(a) and ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-163.1(4.1)(a) under the Criminal Code of Canada against the Teacher of which he was convicted by ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-indictment on September 13, 2016. These offences are in relation to possessing, producing, accessing, ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf:and distributing child pornography. On April 28, 2017, the Teacher was sentenced ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- Page 6 of 9 ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-The Registrar’s Representative is of the opinion that the Teacher’s convictions, which were entered ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-by guilty plea, are on the serious end of the spectrum and he is clearly not suitable to hold a teaching ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-certificate. The Teacher’s criminal convictions are of a serious nature and brings into question his ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-suitability to hold teaching authority in the Province of Alberta ever again. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-The Registrar’s Representative noted that the Committee is required to make a finding of ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-unprofessional conduct by the Teacher in this circumstance according to section 24(1)(b) of the ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-Regulation. The Registrar’s Representative requested that the Committee recommend to the Minister ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-of Education that the Teacher’s interim teaching certificate that has expired be cancelled in ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-accordance with section 25(1)(b)(iii) of the Regulation and that he be ineligible for a certificate for ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-an indefinite period of time in accordance with section 25(1)(b)(iv) of the Regulation. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-Teacher: ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-The Teacher was not present and no submissions were made on behalf of the Teacher. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-COMMITTEE’S FINDINGS ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-After careful deliberation and consideration of the evidence and submissions before it, and in ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-accordance with section 24(1)(b) of the Regulation, the Committee finds that Claude Paquette’s ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-conduct constitutes unprofessional conduct: Mr. Paquette’s conduct resulted in him being convicted ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf:of four indictable offences under sections 163.1(3)(a), 163.1(2)(a), 163.1(4)(a) and 163.1(4.1)(a) of ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-In coming to this conclusion, the Committee is mindful of section 24(1)(b) of the Regulation, which ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-states that the Committee “must find the conduct of a teacher to constitute unprofessional conduct if ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-that conduct is the basis for a conviction for an indictable offence”. The Teacher’s convictions under ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf-the above noted sections were indictable offences for which he was sentenced ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- Page 7 of 9 ./alberta-cases/27-89-638927-1205329.pdf- ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-L Simard, page 34 ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-4. The teaching profession and the public expect teachers to act in manner that maintains the ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- dignity of the teacher-student relationship in every aspect of communication and action. ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-In summary, the hearing committee specifically notes it was aware that, while the evidence against ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-Simard was circumstantial only and was contradicted by the sworn evidence of Simard, denying ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-many of the key allegations, the evidence taken in total was, in the opinion of the committee, so ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-overwhelming as to establish guilt on the five charges to a very high degree of probability indeed. ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-The hearing committee imposed a comprehensive penalty for all fve findings of guilt. The penalty ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-IS ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-• Simard is declared ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association and ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-• a recommendation will be made to the minister of education that Simard' s teaching certificate ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- be cancelled. ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-I. The public and the teaching profession, quite properly, will not tolerate a teacher who takes ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- advantage of his or her students, especially when the teacher lures a student into a romantic ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf: and/or sexual relationship. ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-2. Students, parents and the public have the right to expect that teachers will act in a manner ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- which establishes and maintains the trust relationship between teachers and students. Simard's ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- behaviour was a gross betrayal of that trust. ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-3. Simard failed to maintain a professional distance with [Name Redacted] and other students. ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- She crossed the line of professional decency when she used inappropriate language in her ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- communication with students and engaged students in activities and conversations of a very ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- questionable nature that were beyond the scope of an appropriate teacher-student relationship. ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf-4. Simard engaged and encouraged [Name Redacted] in a romantic relationship despite the fact ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- she knew, and had stated to [Name Redacted], that it was wrong. ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf:5. Simard manipulated [Name Redacted] to hide their romantic and sexual relationship from ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- others. ./alberta-cases/29-24-182429-1205540.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- -- -- - -- -- --� - . ----- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- . ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- . . ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- - ... ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf-. ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf-,- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST JARED JOHN ESZCZUK ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Jared John Bszczuk of ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- [Location Redacted] were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- The hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 0900. ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member was not ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- There were no objections to the constitution or jurisdiction of the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- The following charges were read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- I. Jared John Eszczuk is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- about November 1, 2006 to June 20, 2007 inclusive, engaged in conduct for which he, on ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- April 14, 2009, pleaded guilty to an indictable offence and received a conditional ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- discharge, to wit: Between the 1st day of November, 2006, and the 20th day of June, ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf: 2007, both dates inclusive, at or near [Location Redacted], did commit a sexual assault ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- by touching [Names Redacted], contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- 2. Jared John Eszczuk is charged with unprofessional conduct pmsuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- about November 1, 2006 to June 20, 2007 inclusive, engaged in unacceptable physical ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- contact with students in a manner that failed to treat the students with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- -- - -- -- . ·-·-- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ! ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf-..,, ! • _ .. ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- J Eszczuk, page 3 ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- 6. Within the agreed statement of facts presented to the Court of Queen's Bench, it was stated ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf: that Eszczuk acted without sexual intent. However, he admitted that the touching violated the ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf: complainants' sexual integrity (Exhibit 4, Appendix A). ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- 7. During the 2006/07 school year, prior to these complaints coming forward, Eszczuk received ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- several verbal warnings from school administration that he had to stop this type of interactiori ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- with [Gender Redacted] students. His behavior did not stop completely and he was given a ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- fonnal reprimand letter in April, 2007 (Exhibit 4, Appendix A). ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- 8. Eszczuk underwent an extensive forensic psychological assessment [Medical Information ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- redacted] ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- 9. ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- 10. Eszczuk pleaded guilty to both charges (Exhibit 3). ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITIEE ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- The committee accepted Bszczuk's guilty pleas on each of the charges, based upon the exhibits ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- filed. ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- REASONS FOR'DECISION ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- 1. Eszczuk pleaded guilty to an indictable offence under section 271 of the Criminal Code ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- relative to incidents that occurred while he was a member of the Association. ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- 2. Pursuant to section 24(4) of the Teaching Profession Act, while Eszczuk pleaded guilty to an ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- indictable offence after he ceased to be a member of the Association, the incidents that led to ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- the criminal charge occurred while he was a member. Therefore, Charge 1 of unprofessional ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- conduct can be dealt with under the Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- -------- --· ·---· .. ______________________ ./alberta-cases/34-32-213234-1205421.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST GREGORY FRITZKE ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Gregory Fritzke of ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-[Location Redacted] were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-The hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-Friday, February 4, 2011 at 0900. ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member was not ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-There were no objections to the constitution or the jurisdiction of the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-The following charges were read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-1. Gregory Fritzke is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on October 28, 2010, ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: on or about the 18th day of February 2008, at ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- or near [Location Redacted], did transmit, make available, distribute, sell, import, export or ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- possess for the purpose of transmission, making available, distribution, sale or exploration, ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf: child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(3) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-2. Gregory Fritzke is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on October 28, 2010, ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: between the 18th day of February 2008, and ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- the 6th day of November 2008, both dates inclusive, at or near [Location Redacted], did ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf: access child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-/ ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- '-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC, G Fritzke ND857, page 2 ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- It was noted that there was an error in the date of conviction cited in each of the two charges and ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- the presenting officer sought to amend the charges to correct the date. The hearing committee ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- formed the opinion that the member, aware of the date of his convictions, would suffer no ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- prejudice and allowed the amendments. The amended charges were read aloud by the secretary ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- as follows: ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- 1. Gregory Fritzke is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on August 17, 2010, ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: on or about the 18th day of February 2008, at ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- or near [Location Redacted], did transmit, make available, distribute, sell, import, export or ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- possess for the purpose of transmission, making available, distribution, sale or exploration, ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf: child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(3) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- 2. Gregory Fritzke is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on August 17, 2010, ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: between the 18th day of February 2008, and ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- the 6th day of November 2008, both dates inclusive, at or near [Location Redacted], did ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf: access child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- In the absence of Fritzke and the absence of a written plea, the hearing committee directed pleas ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- of not guilty to each charge on his behalf. ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- WITNESSES ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- There were no witnesses called. ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- Exhibit I Notice of Hearing and Canada Post confirmation of delivery, on January 17, 2011 ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- Exhibit 2 Proof of Gregory Fritzke' s membership in the Association from September 1, 2007 ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- to August 31, 2009 inclusive ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- Exhibit 3 Letter from [Name Redacted], Superintendent of Schools, [School Division Redacted, ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- to Gregory Fritzke, accepting Fritzke's resignation, dated September 14, 2010 ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- Exhibit 4 Court document, Information, dated January 19, 2009 ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- Exhibit 5 Certificate of Conviction related to Charge 2, dated November 5, 2010 ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- Exhibit 6 Certificate of Conviction related to Charge 1, dated November 5, 2010 ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- Exhibit 7 Copy of letter from Gregory Fritzke to , relating to penalty, sent by ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- e-mail, dated January 28, 2011 ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf-'-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC, G Fritzke ND857, page 3 ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- 1. Fritzke was a member of the Association from September 1, 2007 until at least ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- August 31, 2009 inclusive. (Exhibit 2) ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- 2. Fritzke was employed as a teacher by [School Division Redacted] until his resignation was ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- accepted, effective October 13, 2010. (Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- 3. Fritzke pled guilty to, and was convicted of, an indictable offence on August 17, 2010 under ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- of the Criminal Code of Canada. The charge read: on or about the 18th day of February, 2008 ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- at or near [Location Redacted], did transmit, make available, distribute, sell, import, export, or ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- possess for the purpose of transmission, making available, distribution, sale or exportation, ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf: child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(3) of the Criminal Code of Canada. (Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- 4. Fritzke pied guilty to, and was convicted of, an indictable offence on August 17, 2010 under ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- the Criminal Code of Canada. The charge read: between the 18th day of February, 2008 and ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- the 6th day of November, 2008, both dates inclusive, at or near [Location Redacted], did ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf: access child pornography, contrary to section 163.1 (4.1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- The hearing committee found Gregory Fritzke guilty on Charge 1 and Charge 2. ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf: 1. Fritzke was convicted of indictable offences under sections 163.1(3) and 163.1(4 .1) of the ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada, and is therefore guilty of unprofessional conduct under section ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- 23.2(a) of the Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- 2. The Teaching Profession Act 23.2 (a) stipulates that if a member has been convicted of an ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- indictable offence, the conduct of the member on which the conviction is based is deemed to ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- constitute unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases/35-74-237435-1205443.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-e ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- P Kirk, page 5 ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- 2. The committee did not accept as credible Kirk's protestations of innocence regarding the ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf: physical sexual contact in part because[Names redacted] closely corroborated the testimony ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- of [Name Redacted], despite the fact that nearly 25 years have passed since the incident. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- Further, [Names redacted] had nothing to gain nor did they appear to hold antipathy towards ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- Kirk. Their testimony was consistent with each other's and with that of [Name Redacted]. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- Both witnesses clearly and confidently articulated their respective memories of the description ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf: of physical sexual contact by Kirk on [Name Redacted] as disclosed to them by [Name ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- Redacted] ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- 3. The actions of [Names redacted], in talcing [Name Redacted]'s disclosure forward shortly ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- after the incident, exhibited courage and diligence, thus lending credibility to their and [Name ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- Redacted]'s testimony. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- 4. [Name Redacted]'s testimony was credible and was partly corroborated through witness ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- statements and documents. [Names redacted]'s testimonies were consistent with that of ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- [Name Redacted]. In testimony [Name Redacted] appeared sincere, forthright, clear and ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- thoughtful. Any gaps in [gender redacted] recollection of events were understandable given ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- the passage of time and the trauma[gender redacted]described. On the other hand, [gender ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- redacted] recollecting and recounting of certain details had a ring of truth to them and [gender ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- redacted] gave no indication of simply reciting from a prepared text. [gender redacted] ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- evidence appeared to be presented by a person who was seeking to bring an end to a ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- significantly unfortunate, traumatic and disturbing occurrence in [gender redacted] life rather ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- than someone acting out of malice, rancour or with any hope of personal gain. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- 5. Students have a reasonable expectation that teachers will not abuse their positions of trust and ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf: authority by engaging in physical sexual contact with them. Such actions fail to treat the ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- student involved with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- 6. Kirk brought dishonour and disrespect to the teaching profession by engaging in physical ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf: sexual contact with a student who was particularly vulnerable given the circumstances that ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- [gender redacted] elected to relate to a trusted teacher and the fact that [gender redacted] was ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- alone with him, relying on him for advice, counselling support and, indeed, even for a ride to ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- [gender redacted] home. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- 7. Kirk was afforded the opportunity to come before the hearing committee but he chose not to ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- be available to be examined on his version of events and to assist the committee in its search ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- for the truth. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- e ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-P Kirk, page 6 ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-I. The committee did not find credible evidence to establish guilt and was left concerned that ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- Kirk's purported admission regarding this charge was not substantiated by his affidavit or any ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- corroborating evidence. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-The hearing committee ordered that ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-I. Paul Kirk is declared ineligible for membership in the Association; ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-2. a recommendation be sent to the minister of education to cancel Paul Kirk's teaching ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- certificate; ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-3. the Association send a letter of severe reprimand to Kirk; ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-4. the Association, upon receiving notice from the minister of education of the cancellation of ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- Kirk's teaching certificate, notify all teacher certification bodies in Canada of Kirk's lack of ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- standing. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-I. Kirk, while in a position of trust and authority, took advantage of [Name Redacted] when [gender ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-redacted] was a vulnerable student, thereby violating [gender redacted]right to safety and security. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf:2. Teachers must never engage in sexual activity with students. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-3. Society views such actions as repugnant and reprehensible. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-4. Kirk's actions showed disregard for society's expectations of teachers. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-5. Society has a reasonable expectation that teachers will act in a manner that maintains a trust ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- relationship with their students. Kirk exploited this relationship when he took advantage of ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- [Name Redacted]. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf-6. Kirk's actions harmed the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf:7. The physical sexual contact caused significant emotional harm to [Name Redacted]. ./alberta-cases/46-25-172546-1205525.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 2 ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- October 1, 2014, took two [Gender Redacted] students to his personal residence without the ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- permission of the school principal, thus failing to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-5. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- February 2, 2015, made a disparaging comment to a student about the student's prior ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- incarceration, thus failing to treat a pupil with dignity and respect and be considerate of their ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- circumstances. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-6. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about March 6, 2017, ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- informed a [Gender Redacted] staff member that he wanted to put something in [Gender ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Redacted] mouth, or a similar statement, thus failing to maintain the honour and dignity of the ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- profession. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-7. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about March 23, 2017, ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- stated to a [Gender Redacted] student and a [Gender Redacted] staff member, "Mmm, smells like ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- fish," or similar statement, thus failing to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-8. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about March 23, 2017, ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- stated to a [Gender Redacted] student and a [Gender Redacted] staff member, "Mmm, smells like ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- fish," or similar statement, thus failing to treat the student with dignity and respect and be ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- considerate of their circumstances. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-9. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about March 2, 2018, ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf: Clark made a sexually inappropriate comment in the presence of �chool staff, thus failing to ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-10. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- February 7, 2019, yelled at a colleague, [Name Redacted], in the presence of students in a manner ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- that could undermine the confidence of pupils in [Name Redacted]. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of not guilty to each of the charges. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-PRELIMINARY MATTERS ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-1. Clark made an inquiry to the committee as to whether or not the hearing would be completed by ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- the end of the first day. The committee informed Clark that witnesses were scheduled for two ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- days and the hearing would proceed accordingly. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-2. While clearly present at the appointed date, time and location, Clark said that he did not receive ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- the notice of hearing as the post office would not release it to his son. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 5 ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-11. [Name Redacted] said that Clark yelled at [Gender Redacted] in front of students and stated that he was sick of ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- [Gender Redacted] and that [Gender Redacted] was moody and sulky. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-12. [Name Redacted] testified to a second incident, which took place later in the day when Clark followed [Gender ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Redacted] into an office, during [Gender Redacted] lunch break, in order to further discuss the biology test. [Name ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Redacted] said Clark yelled at [Gender Redacted] and spoke to [Gender Redacted] in an intimidating and patronizing ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- manner. [Gender Redacted] stated Clark was between [Gender Redacted] and the door, which he closed, and had ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- stepped towards [Gender Redacted]. [Name Redacted] said [Gender Redacted] felt both confined and threatened by ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- his tone and "mannerisms." (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-13. [Name Redacted] testified that [Gender Redacted] repeatedly told Clark that [Gender Redacted] would not have any ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- conversation alone with him in the office but he continued to yell at [Gender Redacted]. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-14. [Name Redacted] said when Clark opened the office door and exited; he stated for all staff and students to hear that ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- if[Name Redacted] "didn't want to be yelled at, [[gender redacted] should] not to do the things to make [[gender ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- redacted]] deserve it." (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-15. [Name Redacted] said that the incident left [Gender Redacted] physically shaken and feeling upset and unsafe to the ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- point where [Gender Redacted] found it necessary to immediately leave the school. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-16. [Name Redacted] made multiple references to Clark's inappropriate behaviour dating back to 2009. Some of these ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- incidents included: ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- a. [Gender Redacted] initial meeting with Clark in 2009 in which [Gender Redacted] offered him some chocolate ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- but he refused indicating that "chocolate made him horny and that she was hot." ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- b. Clark's gyration in front of both students and staff. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf: c. Clark's sexually inappropriate statements such as 'Tm a big man with a little dick." ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- d. Clark's statements for shock value including his past employment as a male escort and his addictions. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-17. [Name Redacted] testified that some [Gender Redacted]students said they felt uncomfortable around Clark. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-18. [Name Redacted] also testified that Clark called [Gender Redacted] a prude because [Gender Redacted] did not ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- approve of his inappropriate conduct. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-19. On cross-examination by Clark,[Name Redacted] said that [Gender Redacted] was not aware of the number of hours ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- [Gender Redacted] had worked with him and was surprised that Clark had kept track of those hours. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-20. [Gender Redacted] also testified that while some students may like him it did not change the fact that his behaviour ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- was still inappropriate. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-21. In re-direction by [Gender Redacted], [Name Redacted] acknowledged that teachers are role models to their students ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- and that positive relationships are important. [Name Redacted] said that Clark fed on students' dysfunction in the ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- lives of students. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 7 ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Witness 3: [Name Redacted] ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-33. [Name Redacted], the third witness, testified via Skype. [Gender Redacted] stated that spent seven years in ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- [Gender Redacted] role as a student advocacy counsellor. [Gender Redacted] worked twice a week with ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Clark at [School Redacted]. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-34. [Name Redacted] testified that Clark would swear in front of the students and allowed the students to ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- swear as well. [Gender Redacted] said that the word ''fuck" was a normal word in the classroom. [Name ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Redacted] said Clark's informal interactions and jokes made him appear more like a peer than a teacher. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- [Gender Redacted] also added that his inappropriate conversations and jokes were both racist and crude. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-35. [Name Redacted] testified that while on a field trip [Location Redacted] Clark made an inappropriate ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- comment to a student who had just got out of jail by referring to him as a "jailbird." ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf:36. [Name Redacted] testified that Clark frequently made sexual comments, often in front of the students, and ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf: provided as an example, Clark stating "Do you want my sexy body?" while he gyrated. [Gender Redacted] ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- characterized this behaviour as his norm. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-3 7. [Name Redacted] testified that [Gender Redacted]started to address these issues in 2015 but stopped after ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-[Gender Redacted]"received a threatening e-mail from Clark and the jokes continued." ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-38. [Name Redacted] testified that [Gender Redacted] filed three complaints against Clark after the ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- [School Division Redacted] implementation of a "whistle-blower" policy where the ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- complainant's identity did not have to be revealed ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-39. The first complaint was as a witness to [Name Redacted] complaint, in regard to Clark asking ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- [Name Redacted] to help him with some heavy lifting in the bathroom. (Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-40. The second complaint was in regard to a comment Clark made to [Gender Redacted] colleague, ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- [Name Redacted], "I've got something I would like to stick in your mouth." (Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-41. The third complaint was in regard to Clark's comment, "I smell fish,'' which he made to both ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- [Name Redacted] and a student. (Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf:42. [Name Redacted] said that [Gender Redacted] was shocked and took Clark's comment as sexual ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- innuendo. (Exhibit 8 and testimony) [Name Redacted] testified that [Gender Redacted] felt ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Clark's behaviour was getting worse over time and that it was very inappropriate, disgusting and ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- "people just don't say that sort of thing." As a result, [Gender Redacted] felt compelled to file a ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- complaint. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-43. In cross-examination, [Name Redacted] acknowledged Clark's statement about a large amount of ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- garbage outside of the kitchen due to the recent cold weather and that the basement had flooded, ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- but [Gender Redacted] disagreed this is what Clark was referring to in his reference to "fish." ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re B Clark, page 12 ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-92. Clark testified that he was a creature of habit, cannot control himself, and at [Age Redacted], he ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- probably would not change. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-93. Clark testified that his comments and dancing were taken out of context. He also said that he ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- would let loose at lunch and staff meetings including doing his "Homer Simpson" dance from ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- the television show, The Simpsons, to wake the students up after lunch. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-94. Clark testified his biggest offense was insulting a principal; he terrified [Gender Redacted] as he ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- got his Masters' degree before [Gender Redacted]. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-95. On cross-examination, [Name Redacted] reviewed most of the charges with Clark: ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf: a. For Charges I and 2, [Name Redacted] asked whether or not Clark had made sexual ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- gestures. Clark admitted to the gestures and said "unless you are a real pig," you would not ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf: consider them sexual. [Name Redacted] followed up and asked if the dance would be ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf: considered sexual to a 15-year­old girl and Clark said no. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- b. For Charge 3, [Name Redacted] asked if whether or not Clark made the "heavy lifting" ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- comment. Clark admitted to making the comment but advised it was in response to the EA's ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- comment about his "old man bladder" which was made on his way to the bathroom. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- c. For Charge 4, [Name Redacted] asked whether or not Clark had taken students to his home. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Clark admitted to taking students to his home. Clark said that his colleague, [Name ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Redacted], also had students at his house. As a follow up, [Name Redacted] asked if ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- students stayed overnight?Clark admitted to ho$ng students overnight but said there was ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- always at least two students present. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- d. For Charge 5, [Name Redacted] asked whether or not Clark made a jailbird statement to one ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- of his students who had just been released from jail. Clark admitted to making the comment ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- but said that he was joking and also stated that he had known the family for years. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- e. For Charge 6, [Name Redacted] asked whether or not Clark made the "he wanted to put ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- something in [Gender Redacted] mouth" comment to a colleague. Clark said he did not ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- recollect saying that. [Name Redacted] followed up by asking if that colleague swore often ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- and Clark said that [Gender Redacted] did. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- f For Charges 7 and 8, [Name Redacted] asked whether or not Clark made the comment "smells like ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- fish.'' Clark admitted to making the comment. [Name Redacted] asked if he ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- considered the audience when he made the comment. Clark said that he did not and ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- was not aware of the impact until he saw the look on his colleague's face. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- g. For Charge 9, [Name Redacted] asked whether or not Clark referred to colleagues as ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- "skanky cunts." Clark admitted to making the comment. Clark said that he did not think the ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- comment was a big deal until today (February 5, 2020). ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- h. [Name Redacted] did not speak to Charge I0. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-SUB:MISSION OF THE PARTIES ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-I. On the following day, after testimony by Clark, Clark advised the committee that he had to ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- leave. [[Name Redacted] told Clark that the committee still needed to hear closing arguments. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- [Name Redacted] advised that the committee could hear from the investigated member, Clark, ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- first. [Name Redacted] stated that while it did not comply with the usual steps and procedures, it ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- should not be an issue. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 14 ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-14. For Charge 3, [Name Redacted] confirmed that Clark admitted to making the "heavy lifting" ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf: comment and [Name Redacted] said that it involved sexual inuendo. [Name Redacted] said that ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- while Clark attempted to apply context to his action he failed to consider their impact. [Name ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Redacted] went on to say that Clark attempted to absolve himself of responsibility and it was the ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- recipients' problem on how they perceived his comments. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-15. For Charge 4, [Name Redacted] confirmed that Clark admitted to taking students to his home. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-16. For Charge 5, [Name Redacted] confirmed that Clark admitted to making the jailbird comment ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- about one of his students. It was more important to Clark to be funny rather than uphold the ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- dignity of the student and be considerate of their circumstances. Teachers need to hold ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- themselves to the highest professional standard. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-17. For Charge 6, [Name Redacted] asserted that while Clark states he couldn't recall saying the ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- statement about "putting something in his colleague's mouth," you have seen the pattern of ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf: speaking with sexual innuendos. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-18. For Charges 7 and 8, [Name Redacted] confirmed that Clark made the comment about something ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf: smelling like fish. [Name Redacted] said that the comment was sexually inappropriate and ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- derogatory and was made in front of staff and students. It failed to treat students with honour and ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- dignity. A [Gender Redacted] student is very impressionable so it is important that teachers ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- choose their words carefully. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-19. For Charge 9, [Name Redacted] confirmed that Clark made the comments "skanky whores". ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- [Name Redacted] said that using such terms fell very short of the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-20. For Charge I 0, [Name Redacted] confirmed that Clark yelled at his colleague, [Name Redacted] ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- and blamed the victim for his actions. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-21. In summary for: ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- a. Charge 10, [Name redacted] said that no teacher deserves to be yelled at. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- b. Charges 2, 5, and 8, [Name Redacted] said that students came from broken homes, were ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- vulnerable, and that Clark's comments were wrong in any school setting. Clark was not ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- considerate of their circumstances. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- c. Charges 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, [Name Redacted] said that Clark subjected his to [Gender Redacted] ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf: colleagues to sexual comments and innuendo both implicit and explicit. Clark's actions had ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- consequences which he refused to acknowledge. No context can excuse this. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Clark's Response ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-The committee asked Clark if he wished to respond to any new information. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-22. Clark accused [Name Redacted] of dramatizing some of the events. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-23. Clark further accused [Name Redacted] of degrading the profession through his presentation. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-24. Clark also accused his administration of forcing staff to fill out complaints against him. · ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 16 ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-6. [Name Redacted] was Clark's immediate supervisor as Principal of [School Redacted] and as such had ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- the opportunity to observe Clark's behaviour with staff and students. [Gender Redacted] also received a ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- number of complaints from Clark's colleagues and conducted [Gender Redacted] own investigation into ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Clark's behaviour. The committee found [Gender Redacted] testimony on Charges 7, 8, and 9 to be ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- credible. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-7. [Name Redacted] was very matter-of-fact in his testimony. [Gender Redacted] was clear and articulate ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- when providing testimony, even when asked to repeat the offensive terms used by Clark. Even while soft ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- spoken, [Name Redacted] was firm in his responses. [Name Redacted] had conducted both an informal ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- and formal investigation as a result of Clark's actions and issued a letter of reprimand to Clark. The ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- committee found [Gender Redacted] testimony on Charges 3 and 9 to be credible. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-8. Brian Clark-Clark seemed scattered in his thought but touched on a number of the issues. The ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- committee found him credible in that he admitted to his actions in all charges with the exception of ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Charge 6. He admitted to using inappropriate language but tried to rationalize his behaviour and deflect ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- responsibility by providing a number of circumstances. Clark argued forcefully against many of the ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- accusations against him but seemed to have very little corroborating evidence to support his assertions ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- and seemed to lack insight into his wrongful actions. The committee put little weight in the context ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- provided by Clark as he had no corroborating evidence to support his testimony, which ran counter to ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- other witness testimony that the committee preferred as more credible. Overall, the committee found him ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- to be somewhat credible. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-9. [Name Redacted]-scheduled but did not testify due to family emergency ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COivirvllTTEE ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Charge I-Guilty ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Charge 2-Guilty ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Charge 3-Guilty ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Charge 4-Guilty ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Charge 5-Guilty ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Charge 6-Guilty ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Charge 7-Guilty ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Charge 8-Guilty ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Charge 9-Guilty ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Charge I0-Guilty ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf:I. The sexual nature of Clark's dancing in the presence of staff and students was a matter of debate. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf: Clark denied the dancing was of a sexual nature but on the balance of probability, the committee ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf: accepted the testimony of [Names Redacted], that the dance was sexual in nature, to be more ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- probable. Clark's actions in the presence of both staff and students failed to maintain the ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 17 ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- honour and dignity of the profession. Further, Clark failed to treat pupils with dignity and ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- respect. He also failed to be considerate of their circumstances. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-2. By his own admission, Clark invited a [Gender Redacted] colleague to assist him with some "heavy ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- lifting" in the bathroom. In doing so, he offended his colleagues with comments that were perceived ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf: as sexual innuendo, and thus failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-3. By his own admission, Clark frequently invited students to his residence and on some occasions had ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- them stay overnight. Clark also admitted to taking students and, on some occasions, their families, on ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- trips of a personal nature to Edmonton. In doing so, Clark failed to maintain the honour and dignity ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- of the profession. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-4. By his own admission, Clark made a disparaging comment, "Oh, they let the jailbird out" to a ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- student about his recent incarceration. In doing so, Clark failed to treat the pupil with dignity and ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- respect and be considerate of his circumstances. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-5. Based on the testimony of witnesses, the committee heard that Clark, who was in a position of ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- power, made a repulsive comment to a [Gender Redacted] colleague in that he said he wanted to ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- "put something in [Gender Redacted] mouth." In doing so, Clark made [Gender Redacted] feel ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- degraded and traumatized. Clark's misogynistic statement failed to maintain the honour and dignity ' ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ... , ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- 9f the profession. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-6. By his own admission, Clark made a comment in the presence of both a [Gender Redacted] ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- student and a [Gender Redacted] colleague that he "smelled fish." Regardless of the intent of the ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- comment, Clark failed to consider how his words could impact the audience. In doing so, Clark ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- failed to treat a student with dignity and respect and be considerate of [Gender Redacted] ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- circumstances. Further, in using such comments, he failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- profession. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf:7. By his own admission, Clark made an inappropriate sexual comment by referring to [Gender ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Redacted] colleagues as "skanky cunts" and "whores." In making these degrading statements, he ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- demeaned his colleagues and did significant damage to the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-8. By his own admission, Clark yelled at his colleague, [Name Redacted] and said that she deserved it. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- Clark's yelling and threatening behaviour was an attempt to intimidate [Name Redacted] and ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- to establish a position of power. In doing so, Clark failed to maintain the honour and dignity of ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- the profession. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf-9. Clark's habitual and abusive behaviour and inappropriate language was both escalating and ongoing. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- It reflected his continuous poor judgement in a setting where extra sensitivity was required. By his ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- own admission, when confronted, Clark characterized himself as "absolutely terrifying." Teachers ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- have an obligation to create safe and caring learning environments for their students and colleagues. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- By his actions, Clark failed to do so. ./alberta-cases/50-74-237450-1205384.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf-e ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- R�port of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- D Andrews, page 2 ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- conviction of a member of an indictable offence". While only Charge I in this case deals wi h the ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- rrlember's conviction of such offence, clearly the two other charges are related in that they a:ise ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- f�om the facts that resulted in the criminal conviction. ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- The member had been notified of all three charges and had indicated that he had no objection to ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- the hearing proceeding as scheduled. ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- �he committee ruled that it was in the best interests of the public, the student, the member and ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- the profession to proceed forthwith with the hearing on all three charges. There would be nc real ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- advantage to the member to sever Charges 2 and 3 and have them dealt with later. ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- 1. Dax Bruce Earl Andrews is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association, was ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- convicted of an indictable offence under the Criminal Code and was sentenced ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- February 28, 2006. ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- 2. Dax Bruce Earl Andrews is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teach1 g ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association, on or :lbout ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- October 1, 2004 through March 30, 2005, failed to maintain the dignity of a student by ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf: engaging in a sexual relationship with [gender redacted]. ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- 3. Dax Bruce Earl Andrews is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teachng ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- Profession Acl in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association, on or; bout ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- October I, 2004 through March 30, 2005, failed to act in a manner which maintains the ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf: dignity of the teaching profession by engaging in a sexual relationship with a student. ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- he investigated member entered a plea of guilty to the charges (Exhibit 2). ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- WITNESSES ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- I ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf-e ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- D Andrews, page 3 ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- EVJDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED IND I CATED THAT: ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- 1. Andrews was a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association during the period September 1, ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- 1993 to November 30, 2005 inclusive (Exhibit 3). ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- 2. Andrews was a teacher at {School Redacted} with {School Division Redacted}(Exhibit 2). ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- 3. Andrews plead guilty to and was convicted of an indictable offence on January 20, 2006-while ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- "being in a position of trust or authority towards or in a relationship of dependency with ... , a ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf: young person, did for a sexual purpose unlawfully touch, directly or indirectly', with a part of the ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- body or with an object, a part of the body of ...contrary to section ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- 153(1 )(A) of the Criminal Code of Canada" (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf: 4. Over a five-month period, beginning in October 2004, Andrews had a sexual relationship with a ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- {Age and Gender Redacted}student (Exhibit 2). ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- 5. The court imposed a penalty on Andrews of 12 months probation and 18 months imprisonment in ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- the community. A victim fine surcharge of$ I00 was ordered.He was ali o ordered by the court to ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- comply with the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and w, s ordered to provide a DNA ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- sample per section 487 .051(I)(a) of the Criminal Code ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- 6. Significant media coverage resulted from Andrews' actions.Nine news articles were provided for ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- information (Exhibits 2 and 5). ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- 7. Andrews had relinquished his teaching certificate to the Registrar of Alberta Education prior to ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- the hearing (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf-8. Andrews resigned from his teaching position with {SchoolDivision Redacted} prior to t he ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- hearing (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- [ ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf-9. A written paraphrase of the apology Andrews made in open court was submitted (Exhibit I). ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf-10. Andrews was forthright and cooperative throughout the investigation (Exhibit 2). ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- I ./alberta-cases/53-33-183353-1205339.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-.I ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re P Zaloba, page 3 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- WITNESSES ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- There were no witnesses called. ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Exhibit 1-Notice of hearing and affidavit of service on March 30, 2016 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Exhibit 2 Proof of Zaloba's membership in the Association from September 1, 2010 to ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- April 30, 2013 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Exhibit 3--Certificate of conviction dated.January 7, 2016 File# 140283524Ql-01-002 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Exhibit 4 Certificate of conviction dated January 7, 2016 File# 140283524Ql-01-003 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Exhibit 5 Certificate of conviction dated January 7, 2016 File# 140283524Ql -01-004 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Exhibit 6--Certificate of conviction dated January 7, 2016 File# 140283524Ql-01-005 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Exhibit 7--Certificate of conviction dated January 7, 2016 File# I40283524Ql-01-006 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Exhibit 8--Certificate of conviction dated January 7, 2016 File# 140283524Ql-01-008 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Exhibit 9--Certificate of conviction dated January 7, 2016 File# 140283524Ql-01-009 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Exhibit IO-Certificate of conviction dated January 7, 2016 File# 140283524Ql-01-011 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Exhibit I I-Certificate of conviction dated January 7, 2016 File# 140283524Ql -01-012 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Exhibit 12 Certificate of conviction dated January 7, 2016 File# 140283524Ql-01-013 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Exhibit 13 Agreed Statement of Facts Between Her Majesty The Queen and Piotr Mariusz ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Zaloba, dated June 29, 2015 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- 1. Zaloba was a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association from September 1, 2010 to ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- April 30, 2013 inclusive. (Exhibit 2) ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- 2. Zaloba was employed by [School Division Redacted] in [School redacted]. He held that ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- position from October 22, 2010 until his arrest on March 10, 2013. (Exhibit 13, item 1) ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- 3. The two complainants, [Name Redacted] and [Name Redacted], were both students at the ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- school where Zaloba taught. (Exhibit 13, items 2, 3) ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- 4. While teaching at the [School redacted] in 2010/11, Zaloba met [Name redacted] who was a ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- [Grade Redacted] student. (Exhibit 13, item 5) ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- 5. The communication between Zaloba and [Name Redacted] became inappropriate and ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf: included sexual suggestions, requests for secrecy, requests for photos and suggestions for a ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- future adult relationship. (Exhibit 13) ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re P Zaloba, page 6 ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-I. Zaloba was convicted often indictable offences under sections 151, 152, 163.1(2), 163.1(3), ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- 163.1(4), 172.l (l )(A), and 172.l (l )(B), ofthe Criminal Code ofCanada and, therefore, ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- pursuant to section 2 3(2) ofthe Teaching Profession Act, is deemed to have engaged in ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-2. Zaloba was convicted often indictable offences. He did not adhere to the Code of ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Professional Conduct, and thus failed to maintain the honour and dignity ofthe profession. ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-3. The public has a right to expect that children will be protected from sexual predators. By his ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- conduct, Zaloba proved to be a sexual predator and jeopardized the public's trust in the ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- profession and failed to uphold the honour and dignity ofthe profession. ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-PEN ALTY ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-The hearing committee ofthe Professional Conduct Committee imposes the following penalty on ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-Zaloba: ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-1. A declaration ofineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association effective ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- . immediately ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-2. A recommendation to the minister ofeducation to permanently cancel his teaching certificate ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-1. Zaloba was convicted often indictable offences. By engaging in highly inappropriate sexual ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- communication and activities with students, including the making and distributing ofchild ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf: pornography, he acted in a manner which did not maintain the honour and dignity ofthe ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- profession. ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-2. Zaloba violated the trust and authority that was vested in him as a teacher by grooming ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf: young [gender redacted] for the purpose ofhis sexual gratification. The Code ofProfessional ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- Conduct requires, and society expects, that teachers will treat pupils with dignity and respect ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- and be considerate oftheir circumstances. Zaloba did not uphold this provision ofthe code ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- and took advantage oftwo children, one ofwhom was particularly vulnerable and looked to ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- him for guidance. Zaloba's actions were repugnant and reprehensible and put children at ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- serious risk. ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf-3. Due to the grievous nature ofthe indictable offences in question and due to the teacher's ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- position oftrust in relation to pupils and due to a teacher's duty to only act in a manner that ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- safeguards the interests ofchildren generally, the committee ruled that Zaloba can no longer ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- be a member ofthe Association, nor should he be considered suitable for certification as a ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- teacher. ./alberta-cases/54-10-621054-1205564.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- e ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-Kirkland, page 2 ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- 2. Bruce Kirkland is charged with unprnfessioi:ial conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association, ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- between September l, 1986 and December 31, 1986, both dates inclusive, at or near ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf: [Location Redacted] Alberta, committed a sexual assault on [Name redacted] a ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- student, thereby failing to treat [gender redacted] with dignity and respect and in ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- consideration of [gender redacted] circumstances. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- 3. Bruce Kirkland is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association, ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- between September 1, 1986 and December 31, 1986, both dates inclusive, at or near ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf: [Location Redacted], Alberta, in that he committed a sexual offence against a young ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- person, thereby failing to maintain the honor and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-The investigated member, by way of written submission, entered a plea of "guilty" to each of the ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-charges. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDI CATED THAT: ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-l. B Kirkland was en:iployed by [School Division Redacted] as a teacher from September ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- 1976 to June 1999. (Exhibit C) ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-2. B Kirkland was a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association at the time of the actions ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- which led to his conviction under the Criminal Code. (Exhibit C) ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-3. From September 1980 to June 1999, B Kirkland was a teacher at [School Redacted] in ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- [Location Redacted]. He was the head of the [Subject Redacted] Department from 1982 ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- to 1999. As well, he was assigned duties as a counsellor from 1989 to 1999. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- (Exhibit C) ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-4. B Kirkland resigned as a teacher from [School Division Redacted] in June 1999. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- (Exhibit C) ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf:5. B Kirkland pled guilty to one charge of sexual assault under Part XIX (indictable) of the ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- Criminal Code as follows: ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- Between the l st day of September, 1986 and the 31st day of December, 1986, ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf: both dates inclusive, at or near [Location Redacted], Alberta, committed sexual ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- assault on [Name Redacted], contrary to section 246.1 of the Criminal Code of ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- Canada. (Exhibit C) ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-Kirkland, page 4 ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-Charge 2 - eligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association be suspended for a ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-period of five years and that a recommendation be made to the minister of learning that the ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-defendant's teaching certificate be suspended for a period of five years. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-Charge 3 - eligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association be suspended for a ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-period of five years and that a recommendation be made to the minister of learning that the ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-defendant's teaching certificate be suspended for a period of five years. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-The hearing committee directs that the suspensions of membership be served concurrently. The ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-committee also recommends that the suspensions of certificate be served concurrently. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-A fine in the amount of $500 on each charge for a total of $1,500 to be paid by B Kirkland to ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-The Alberta Teachers' Association. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-l. A teacher who is convicted of an indictable offence is guilty of unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-2. As a teacher, B Kirkland was in a position of trust and authority over[Name Redacted] when ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- the assault occurred. As such, he failed to treat [Name Redacted] with dignity and respect and ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- to be considerate of [gender redacted] circumstances. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-3. Society has a right to expect that teachers will act in a manner which establishes and ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- maintains a trust relationship between teachers and students. B Kirkland violated this trust ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- relationship. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf:4. . A teacher should not be engaged in sexual activity with students. Society views such ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- actions as repugnant and reprehensible. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-5. A teacher convicted of an indictable offence brings dishonor and disrepute to the profession. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-6. B Kirkland's arrest and conviction were widely reported in the media, which exacerbated ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- the damage to the profession. ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-7. B Kirkland pled guilty in court to the charge against him, thereby sparing [Name Redacted] ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- the need to testify. (Exhibit G) ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf-8.. B Kirkland was fully cooperative with the investigating officer in this matter and ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- acknowledged his guilt. (Exhibit G) ./alberta-cases/54-64-126454-1205469.pdf- ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- SCHOOL ACT ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- ALBERTA REGULATION 4/99 ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- PRACTICE REVIEW OF TEACHERS REGULATION ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- SHAWN WERK.l\tUN HEARING - OCTOBER 5, 2006 ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf-PRELIMINARY MATTERS ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf-The Panel makes an order pursuant to Section 14(2)(b) of the Practice Review of Teachers ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf-Regulation that any student's name mentioned on the record in these proceedings or contained in ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf-any document before this Panel will not form part of the public record and will be held in ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf-confidence. ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf-PROCEEDINGS ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf-Prior to the start of the hearing, as part of preliminary matters, the hearing was opened to the ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf-public. ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf-EVIDENCE ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf-Registrar's Submission ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf-The Registrar presented the following corroborated evidence with respect to the allegation that ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf-Mr. Shawn Werkman, while employed as a teacher at [School Redacted], engaged in ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf:inappropriate, sexually-charged behaviour with a [Age Redacted]student. ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf: • Mr. Werkman engaged in escalating, graphic sexual Hotmail exchanges with a [Age ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- Redaccted] old student at [School Redacted] in September and October, 2005. ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf: • The exchange of e-mails appeared to be a systematic desensitization to sexual and ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf: homosexual activities that had a strong potential to culminate in sexual acts. ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- • Mr. Werkman's relationship with the [Age Redacted] old student, with whom he was ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- in a position of trust or authority brings into question the suitability for him to hold an ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- Alberta teaching certificate given that his conduct is detrimental to the best interests of ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- students, the public, and teachers generally. ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf-Teacher's Submission: ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf-The teacher was not present at the hearing. ./alberta-cases/62-34-213462-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-e ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re A Wagner, page 7 ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-2. Teachers are expected to maintain proper relationships with students in order to be objective ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- and to treat all students equally. Further, they must be seen to be maintaining objectivity. By ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- maintaining her relationship with Student A, Wagner compromised her ability to be objective ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- and carry out her duties as a teacher. ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-3. By providing students with intimate details of her life, Wagner allowed students to view her ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- as a friend rather than a teacher, thus compromising her professional integrity. I I ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-The presenting officer recommended that the hearing committee consider a penalty of a one-year ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-suspension of membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association. The defence counsel ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-recommended that the hearing committee consider a range of penalties which did not include a ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-suspension of membership. ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-The hearing committee declares Wagner ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-Association for a period of one year, effective immediately. ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-l. Wagner maintained a protracted relationship with a student that exceeded appropriate ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- professional boundaries. Wagner had sufficient experience as a teacher to understand that the ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- relationship was inappropriate and did not act to terminate the relationship. ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-2. Wagner was aware that the student had [Medical] issues which made [Gender Redacted] ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- vulnerable. Wagner failed to seek appropriate assistance for the student and, instead, ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- exploited the student's vulnerability for her own purposes. ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf:3. While the relationship never included sexual intimacy, there were attempts by the student to ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- create intimacy and even then Wagner did not terminate the relationship or seek intervention ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- from other adults or colleagues. Wagner continued to place herself in situations that created ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- additional opportunities to foster the relationship. ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-4. Wagner escalated the relationship with the student in a manner that reinforced the ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- inappropriateness, as evidenced in an e-mail exchange that used familial, immatw·e and ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- unprofessional language. ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf-5. Wagner permitted a continuing inappropriate relationship that came to the knowledge of ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- others and thus impacted negatively on the reputations of the student, Wagner and the ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- teaching profession. ./alberta-cases/66-80-238066-1205558.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re R R Bostrom, page 2 ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf-Exhibit 1-Notice of hearing and Canada Post confirmation of delivery on February 24, 2015 ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf:Exhibit 2-Certificate of conviction of Ryan Ray Bostrom, for possession of child pornography, ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- on May 6, 2014 ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf-Exhibit 3-Proof of Bostrom 's membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf-Exhibit 4-Statement of Facts between Her Majesty the Queen and Ryan Ray Bostrom ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf-1. Bostrom was a member of the Association from September 1, 2007 to May 31, 2014, ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- employed by [School Division Redacted] (Exhibit 3). ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf-2. While Bostrom was a member of the Association, between March 29, 2008 and ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- May 30, 2013, he engaged in conduct for which he, on May 6, 2014, was convicted of an ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf: indictable offence, to wit: possession of child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4) of ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- the Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibits 3 and 4). ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf-3. Bostrom pied guilty to, and was convicted of, an indictable offence pursuant to the Criminal ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- Code on May 6, 2014 (Exhibit 2). ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf-Charge I -Guilty ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf:1. Bostrom was convicted of an indictable offence under section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- and is therefore guilty of unprofessional conduct under section 23(2)(a) of the Teaching ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- Profession Act. ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf-2. The Teaching Profession Act section 23(2)(a) stipulates that if a member has been convicted ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- of an indictable offence, the conduct of the member upon which the conviction is based is ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- deemed to constitute unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- PENALTY ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalty on Bostrom: ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- A declaration of ineligibility for membership in the Association ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- A recommendation to the minister of education to cancel his teaching certificate ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- - ./alberta-cases/71-14-611471-1205361.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- DECISION OF THE HEARING CO:tv.lMITTEE ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGE OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST DAVID BELKE ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-Association reports that a charge of unprofessional conduct laid against David Belke of [Location ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-Redacted] was duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The hearing ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-was held in Southern Alberta Regional Office (SARO), 6815 8 Street NE, Calgary, Alberta, ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-Canada on Thursday, October 8, 2020. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member, David Belke, was ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-not present and was represented by ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-COMPOSITION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-There was no objection to the composition or the jurisdiction of the committee to hear the matter. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-The following charge was read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-1. David Matthew Belke is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- February 26, 2017, did engage in conduct that failed to maintain the honour and dignity of ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- the profession, contrary to article 18 ofthe Code ofProfessional Conduct, for which he, on ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- November 17� 2017, was convicted of a summary offence, to wit: possession of child ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf: pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4)(b) ofthe Criminal Code, RSC, 1985, c. C-46. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea ofguilty to the charge. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-There were no witnesses caIIed. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Belke, page 5 ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- b) Recommendation to the minister of education to cancel Belke's teaching certificate ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- issued under the Education Act. (Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-2. In his presentation to the committee, asked the committee to consider the following ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- factors: ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- a. The nature and gravity of the proven offense ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- b. Age and experience of the teacher-Belke was [Age Redacted] and was a well ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- experienced teacher from 1989 to 2017 with five temporary contracts ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- c. Belke did not have any previous disciplinary issues ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- d. The age and position of persons adversely affected by Belke' s actions-including ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- students, teachers, staff, parents and the public ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- e. Belke's actions demonstrated remorse and he admitted guilt in both the criminal courts ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- and in the ATA's discipline process ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- f. noted that there is no way to determine the impact of Belke's actions on children. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf: Quoting , the judge for Belke' s criminal trial, "Child pornography raises ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- feelings of moral repugnance in the minds of nearly everyone in our society. Children ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- should never be made subjects of sexual interest, in any circumstance. It is the creation of ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf: child pornography that causes the most harm. Demand for it creates a steady supply; both ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- demand and supply must be curtailed by all reasonable legal means. In particular, where ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- real children are depicted in the material, as was he case here, these children are ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- unequivocally victims of abuse, and very often great long-term is done to them by those ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf: who create this child pornography. For these reasons, Parliament has determined that the ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf: law should treat persons who create, distribute, and possess child pornography harshly." ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- 1. In addition, Belke's actions impacted families, students, his colleagues and the ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- profession as the case was widely publicized in the media and the digital footprint is ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- everlasting. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- g. noted that Belke had suffered other consequences for his actions: ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- 1. Belke was convicted, sentenced to a mandatory six-month prison sentence, and one ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- year probation. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ii. Belke was removed from the substitute teacher list with [School Division Redacted]. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- 111. Belke was cut off from the arts community. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- iv. Belke was subject to extensive media coverage. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf: h. noted that Belke was a consumer of child pornography; however, he had no ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf: contact with children concerned and djd not distribute the child pornography. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- i. Teachers must act in a way that maintains the honour and dignity of the profession. It is ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- important that the penalty deters other teachers from engaging in similar conduct. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- . ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- J Confidence in the teaching profession by the public is paramount. quoted ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- reasons for penalty., citing who wrote, "employment as a ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- school teacher wilJ no longer be available to him.,' (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-3. stated there must be an appropriate sanction. He noted there must be high trust in the ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- teaching profession by the public. In considering the matter before the committee, ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Belke, page 7 ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-7. alluded to Belke's lack of effort to conceal the materials on his computer and his ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- belief that it was legal. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-8. also pointed out that "Belke has lived what only can be described as an active and ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- social life." She noted that "he has contributed a great deal to his community as a teacher, ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- over a 28-year period he has taught students of all ages from Kindergarten up to university ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- level." Further, she noted the judge declined to make an order under section l61 of the ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- Criminal Code which would have prohibited Belke from having any contact with children ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- had it been applied. (Appendix 2, Exhibit 5, Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-9. argued that the committee, should it choose to impose a suspension on Belke, could ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- impose conditions., such as a psychological report on Belke, prior to reinstating his ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- membership. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- , ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-I0. then outJined "parity and other penalty precedents , had obtained from the ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- Association. (pages 2-3, Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-I I. stated that Belke's Vulnerable Sector Check had come back negative. {Tab 4, ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-12. referred to reference letters from friends, neighbours, colleagues and members of the arts ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- community. Particular emphasis was placed on the letter from retired ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- and from the[Location Redacted] Public Library. (Tab 3, Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf-13. also provided a response to the factors had outlined. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- a. As the nature and gravity of the situation, argued that Belke's offenses were on the ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- low end of the spectrum. (Page 10, Tab 1, Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- b. Belke is now [Age Redacted] and according to a former colleague, [Name Redacted], is a ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- gifted teacher. (Tab 4, Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- c. Belke has no previous disciplinary issues with the ATA. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- d. The media coverage w as created by Belke being an award-winning playwright and as a ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- result Belke has suffered horrendously. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf: e. noted that there was no distribution of the pornography and no sexual contact with ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- children. She also referenced that the impact on Belke's colleague was due to the media ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- coverage of the case. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- f The consequences to Belke were extraordinary-he was excoriated. not so much for his ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- role as a teacher, but because he was a well-known playwright and because the "Google ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- footprinf, of the publicity surrounding his situation will be there forever. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- g. Belke noted the following mitigating circumstances: there was no distribution of the ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf: child pornography; Belke accepted responsibility for his actions; and he poses a low risk ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- to the community. ./alberta-cases/69-19-141969-1205357.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- 6. In accordance with the Regulation, the Registrar directed a Conduct Investigation ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- following a preliminary inquiry into the complaint. The Conduct Investigation was ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- completed on February 13, 2020. ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- 7. Upon receipt and review of the findings in the Conduct Investigation, the Registrar issued ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- a Notice of Decision dated February 18, 2020 to refer the allegation of unprofessional ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- conduct to a Practice Review Hearing Committee for a hearing. In the Registrar's view, the ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf: allegation of engaging in an inappropriate relationship of a romantic sexual nature with a ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- student was deemed to be conduct contrary to the professional conduct requirements of a ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- teacher, subject to the Regulation. ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- 8. Timothy Furey admits to the following facts: ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- a. Between December 2017 and January 2018, Timothy Furey was employed as a teacher ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- at [School Redacted]; an Alberta accredited international school. ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- b. Between September 2017 and January 2018, Timothy Furey engaged in an ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- inappropriate relationship of a romantic nature with the Student, while employed as a ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- teacher at [School Redacted]. ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- c. During this time, Timothy Furey held a valid Alberta teaching certificate. ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- 6|Page ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf-Classification: Protected B ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- [39] As expressed above, Mr. Furey’s conduct did not maintain the dignity and honour of the ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- teaching profession. Engaging in an in appropriate relationship with any student, but in this ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- case a minor student under his care, is an egregious act which stains the dignity and honour ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- of the profession. It falls far below what is expected of teachers, who are expected to act in ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- the place of parents in terms of providing attentive, respectful and dignified care to each ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- student under their supervision. ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- [40] Finally, the Committee finds that Mr. Furey’s conduct breaches Requirements 6(a) and 6(c) ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- in that he did not conduct himself in a manner that “maintains the good reputation of the ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- school and the employer” (Regulation, Schedule, 6(a)), nor did he conduct himself in a ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- manner that “is respectful of the norms and values of the school community” (Regulation, ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- Schedule, 6(c)). ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- [41] Obviously, the conduct of Mr. Furey failed to maintain the good reputation of the school, his ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- employer, in that his actions created a terrible breach of trust between the school and one of ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- its students. His actions fall far below the standard expected of teachers teaching in Albertan ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- schools, or Albertan accredited schools. ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- [42] Secondly, Mr. Furey’s actions were not respectful of the norms and values of the school ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- community. It is a foundational principle of all teachers that they ensure that they do not ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf: engage in romantic or sexual relationships with their students. This is a clear norm and value ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- for all schools, and was present in the school community where Mr. Furey was employed. ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- His conduct, which is the subject of this complaint, clearly breached this norm. ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- Part Three -- Recommendation to the Minister ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- [43] During this portion of the hearing, the Committee was presented with a Joint ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- Recommendation for Penalty, signed by both the Registrar, [Name Redacted], and Mr. ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- Furey (Exhibit #5, page 211). ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- [44] The Committee listened to the submissions of the Registrar on the penalty being suggested ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- to the Committee, including that this sanction expressed a significant period of ineligibility ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- (10 years) and that this decision would be placed on Mr. Furey’s teacher file to be considered ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- by the Minister if Mr. Furey ever sought to hold one or more certificates of qualification in ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- the future. ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- [45] In this case, the Committee feels that a sanction of the highest level is appropriate for this ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- case, and the 10 year ineligibility period is appropriate and necessary to ensure the protection ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- of the public, the specific deterrence for this teacher, and the general deterrence that other ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- members of the profession do not act in this manner or think this conduct is acceptable or ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- without consequence. ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- [46] The Committee does acknowledge Mr. Furey’s involvement and compliance with the ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- hearing and investigation process, and that he entered into an Agreed Statement of Facts and ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- Joint Recommendation for Penalty, and views this as one mitigating factor which ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- demonstrates that Mr. Furey is on the path to becoming accountable for his actions. ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- [47] However, accountability aside, the Committee finds that the integrity of the teaching ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- profession is paramount, and that teachers must be held to a very high standard of ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- professional conduct. Students, minors and vulnerable to influence, are placed in teachers’ ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- care, and in this case, that care was abused by Mr. Furey. He placed the student that is the ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- 10 | P a g e ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf-Classification: Protected B ./alberta-cases/71-70-647071-1205323.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 2 ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- period September 2011-June 2018, made comments to pupils and/or engaged in actions ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- which failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-3. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- period September 2011-June 2018, engaged in texting and/or other electronic ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- communications with students, or former students shortly after their graduation, where the ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- comments made were inappropriate to an acceptable teacher-student relationship, thereby ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- failing to treat these students and/or former students with dignity and respect and be ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- considerate of their circumstances. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-4. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- period September 2011-June 2018, engaged in texting and/or other electronic ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- communications with students, or former students shortly after their graduation, where the ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- comments made were inappropriate to an acceptable teacher-student relationship, thereby ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- failing to act in a manner which maintains the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-5. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, at one or ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- more point(s) during the period September 2011-June 2018, engaged in a grooming-type ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- activity with one or more current students or former students shortly after their graduation, ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- thereby failing to treat a student or students with dignity and respect and be considerate of ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- their circumstances. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-6. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, at one or ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- more point(s) during the period September 2011-June 2018, engaged in a grooming-type ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- activity with one or more current students or former students shortly after their graduation, ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- thereby failing to act in a manner which maintains the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-7. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, at some point ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf: during the period March 2016-September 2018, had a sexual relationship with [Student C] ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- while [Gender Redacted] was a student or shortly after [Gender Redacted] graduation, thereby ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- failing to treat a student or former student with dignity and respect and be considerate of their ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- circumstances. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-8. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, at some point ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf: during the period March 2016-September 2018, had a sexual relationship with [Student C] ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- while [Gender Redacted] was a student or shortly after [Gender Redacted] graduation, thereby ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- failing to act in a manner which maintains the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 3 ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-9. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, at some point ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf: during the period January 2015-September 2018, had a sexual relationship with [Student B] ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- while [Gender Redacted] was a student or shortly after [Gender Redacted] graduation, thereby ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- failing to treat a student or former student with dignity and respect and be considerate of their ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- circumstances. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-10. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, at some point ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf: during the period January 2015-September 2018, had a sexual relationship with ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- [Student B] while [Gender Redacted] was a student or shortly after [Gender Redacted] ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- graduation, thereby failing to act in a manner which maintains the honour and dignity of the ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- profession. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to each of the charges, by written submission ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-No witnesses were called for this hearing. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-Exhibit I-Notice of hearing and Canada Post confirmation of delivery on March 2, 2020 ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-Exhibit 2-Declaration of awareness of rights, signed by Deering on February 14, 2020 ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-Exhibit 3-Submission on Plea, signed by Deering on February 14, 2020 ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-Exhibit 4-Agreed Statement of Facts signed by Deering and on February 14, 2020 ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- and February 19, 2020 respectively ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-Exhibit 5-Joint Submission on Penalty signed by Deering and on February 14, 2020 ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- and February 19, 2020 respectively ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-1. An agreed statement of facts was submitted to the committee. Based on these agreed facts, ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- the included exhibits, and Deering's submission on plea, the committee made a number of ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- findings. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-2. Deering was born [Date Redacted] (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-3. Deering was a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association during the period from ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- September 2011 through June 2018 (Exhibit 3 and Exhibit 4, paragraph 11). ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-4. Deering worked as a teacher for the [School Division Redacted] at [School Redacted] in ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- [Location Redacted] from September 1, 2005 to December 31, 2018 (Exhibit 4, paragraph ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- 12). ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 13 ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-4. Teachers are expected to maintain relationships with students that do not transgress ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- boundaries or exploit the vulnerabilities of students. Students are entitled to expect that a ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- teacher will not engage in inappropriate behaviour that impacts their safety and security. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-5. Deering violated the boundaries of the teacher-student relationship by pushing[Gender ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- Redacted] students and former students to interact with him in ways that were characterized ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- as"uncomfortable" and "creepy." By his actions, Deering failed to act in a professional ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- manner. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-6. Deering failed to treat these students with dignity and respect and be considerate of their ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- circumstances. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-Charge 6 ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-1. By his own admission, Deering confirmed that during the period September 2011 to June ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- 2018, he engaged in grooming-type activity with one or more current students or former ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- students shortly after their graduation. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-2. In the evidence adduced there were several examples of grooming-type activities with one or ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- more current students or former students shortly after graduation. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-3. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-4. Deering violated the boundaries of the teacher-student relationship by pushing [Gender ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- Redacted] students and former students to interact with him in ways that was characterized as ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- "uncomfortable" and "creepy." By his actions, Deering failed to act in a professional manner. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-5. Parents and society have a reasonable expectation that teachers will be role models and that ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- they will not engage in inappropriate communication and interaction with individuals subject ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- to their authority. Society holds teachers to a higher standard of behaviour given their ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- position. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-6. Deering failed to act in a manner which maintained the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-Charge 7 ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-1. By his own admission, Deering admitted that at some point during the period March 2016 to ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf: Se tember 2018 he had a sexual relationship with Student C ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 17 ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-The hearing committee considered the following factors in determining the penalty. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-1. The hearing committee carefully considered the content of the joint submission on penalty, ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- including the Jaswal factors listed. The committee accepted the penalty that the parties ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- proposed but determined that a fine should also be levied because of the nature of Deering's ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- actions and the resulting damage to the students, the community, and the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- The committee believed an additional deterrent to thts behaviour was necessary. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-2. An appropriate penalty must demonstrate to members of the teaching profession, as well as ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- to members of the public, that the teaching profession will decisively respond to professional ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- misconduct. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-3. Due to the egregious nature of the offences, and due to a teacher's position of trust in relation ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- to students, and due to a teacher's duty to act only in a manner that safeguards the interests of ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- children generally, the hearing committee determined that a fine of $2500, a declaration that ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- Deering is permanently ineligible for membership in the Association, and a recommendation ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- to the minister of education that Deering' s teaching certificate be cancelled were all necessary. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-4. In the case of Deering, the variety, repetition and duration of the unprofessional contact with ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- students and the repeated behaviours require a penalty that is corrective, preventative, and will ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- protect the interests of students and the public. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-5. The committee did not accept [Medical Condition Redacted]] as a mitigating factor because ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- some of his actions would have occurred while [Medical Condition Redacted]. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-6. As a teacher and coach with his lengthy experience, Deering ought to have known that what ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- he was doing was wrong and he should have known about his obligations under the Code of ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf-7. The nature and gravity of the proven allegations are very serious. It is of the most serious ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf: conduct that a teacher can engage in. Deering engaged in sexual relationships with multiple ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- students and/or former students and the Association and society in general deem this to be ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- reprehensible. Deering also engaged in communications with students, both in class and out of ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- class, which crossed clear boundaries and failed to maintain an appropriate teacher-student ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- relationship. By doing so, Deering failed to treat students with dignity and respect and failed to ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- be considerate of their circumstances and failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the . ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- teaching profession. ./alberta-cases/74-45-234574-1205407.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf-e ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf-James P R Desjardins, page 3 ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf-7. Desjardins was forced to resign his position as a teacher with [School Division Redacted] , ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- effective April 28, 2005 (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf-8. Desjardins exchanged e-mails with Student A while [gender redacted was in [Grade redacted] ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- [Age Redacted]. The e-mails contained inappropriate personal information about Desjardins' ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- divorce, personal problems and financial problems (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf-9. The e-mail conversations were re-established by Student A on March 15, 2004 and Desjardins ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- willingly responded and continued the inappropriate e-mail relationship (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf:10.The e-mails contained personal and inappropriate sexual discussions. Desjardins encouraged ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- the student to keep the relationship secret by suggesting that [gender redacted] delete evidence ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- of the mails from the computer [gender redacted] was using (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf-11.For fear of losing his job, Desjardins tried to conceal his relationship with Student A while ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- [gender redacted] was in high school. ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf-12. From the time that the e-mail conversations were re-established, electronic messages shared ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf: between Desjardins and Student A became sexually suggestive and explicit. Desjardins' ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf: inappropriate sexual electronic conversations with Student A included "cyber sex" while ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- [gender redacted] was attending [Grade and Age redacted] at another school (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf-13.On or about November 3, 2004, Student A, while [gender redacted] was in [Grade Redacted], ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- went to see Desjardins to pick up some sponsorship money from him. During that visit, ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- Student A and Desjardins kissed. There was a close hug where their bodies were against each ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf: other and there was inappropriate sexual touching between them. Desjardins asked Student A ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- to leave because he thought his wife might come home (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf-14.Desjardins demonstrated no remorse about, or insight into, the impact of his actions on Student ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- A and the possible harm he may have brought to [gender redacted] and/or [gender redacted] ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- family (Exhibit 11). ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf-15.Desjardins was forthright and cooperative in his interviews with the investigating officer, ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- confirming the facts. He provided the investigating officer with all documents requested and ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- answered all questions asked of him (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf-DEClSlON OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf-The hearing committee accepted Desjardins' pleas of guilty to Charges I and 2. ./alberta-cases/74-80-138074-1205320.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-• ,-J'. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST STEVEN BEGRAND ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Steven Begrand of ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- [Location Redacted], were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- (TPA). The hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- Canada on Friday, February 5, 2010. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member was not ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- There were no objections to the constitution of the committee or its jurisdiction to hear the case. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- 1. Steven Begrand is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about June 2007, ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- engaged in inappropriate electronic communication with a student. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- 2. Steven Begrand is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the 2006/07 ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf: school year, began an inappropriate relationship with a student which became a sexual ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- relationship during the summer following the student's graduation. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- 3. Steven Begrand is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the 2007/08 ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- school year, continued inappropriate electronic communication with a former student after ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- graduation, based on the teacher-student relationship established while the student was in ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- school. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to each of the charges by way of written ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- submission (Exhibit 3). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- . ' ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC, S Begrand, page 2 ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-There were no witnesses called. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-EXHIBITS ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Exhibit I Charges ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Exhibit 2 Notice of hearing and affidavit of service of notice of hearing ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Exhibit 3 Submission on Plea ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Exhibit 4 Agreed Statement of Facts ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Exhibit 5 Proof of membership ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Exhibit 6 Begrand's Declaration ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Exhibit 7 Joint Submission on Penalty ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-1. Begrand was a member of the Association from January 1, 2006 through August 31, 2008 ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-2. Begrand began working as a teacher with [School Division Redacted] in ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- September 2002. During the period of September 2006 through April 2008, Begrand was a ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- teacher at [School Redacted] (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-3. In May 2007, at a [Gender Redacted] student's [Name Redacted] invitation on Facebook, ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- Begrand commenced electronic communication with the student which, by the end of June ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- 2007, developed into inappropriate dialogue (Exhibit 4, Appendix A). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-4. Begrand and the student exchanged messages digitally back and forth and this ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- communication continued on an ongoing basis after the student graduated. The contact ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- between Begrand and the student was still ongoing as of the date of the signing of the agreed ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- statement of facts (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-5. Begrand went for coffee with the student on the last day of classes in June 2007 (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-6. Begrand continued the relationship with the student during July and August 2007 (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-7. The student stated that by August 2007, [Gender Redacted] and Begrand began to have ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- feelings for each other ( Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-8. The student had [gender redacted] and [age redacted] birthday on [Date Redacted] (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf:9. Begrand's relationship with the student became sexual in late August, after [Gender ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- Redacted][age redacted] birthday (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC, S Begrand, page 3 ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-10. Sexually explicit messages were exchanged during the following school year by the now ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- former student [Name Redacted] and Begrand while he was at school. (Exhibit 4, Appendix ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- B). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-11. On March 9, 2008, Begrand received an anonymous Facebook message informing him that ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- others were aware of his relationship with [Name Redacted]. Comments were made on the ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf: impropriety of Begrand having a sexual relationship with [Gender Redacted]. The ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- anonymous writer indicated a willingness to testify before the school board and that he/she ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- wanted Begrand to lose his teaching license (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-12. In another Facebook exchange, reference was made to "stop parking in front of [Gender ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- Redacted] house ..." (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-13. On March 12, 2008, the superintendent received an anonymous letter alleging that Begrand ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf: was involved in a sexual relationship with a former student (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-14. The school district investigated. During the course of an interview, Begrand was presented ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- with evidence. He admitted he had made mistakes and said that "there may have been times ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf: that I have been guilty of saying things of a sexual nature, it has been both ways" (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf:15. Begrand admitted to using employer technology inappropriately to say things of a sexual ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- nature and admitted that "a line had been crossed." He acknowledged that he was aware he ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- had contravened district technology policy (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-16. In April 2008, Begrand resigned effective June 30, 2008 (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-17. Begrand is no longer teaching in the Province of Alberta (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-18. Begrand was forthright and cooperative with the investigating officer. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-The committee found Begrand guilty of all three charges. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-1. Begrand engaged in inappropriate electronic communication with a student. Communication ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- from a teacher to a student should be confined to matters pertinent to the role of teacher. The ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- nature of Begrand's communication was familiar, juvenile and personal and falls outside the ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- behaviour expected of a teacher. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC, S Begrand, page 4 ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-2. Begrand failed to uphold the honour and dignity of the teaching profession when he engaged ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- in inappropriate electronic communication with a student. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-I. Evidence supports that an inappropriate relationship began when [Name Redacted] was a student and ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- continued on an ongoing basis following the student's graduation. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-2. Evidence did not support a significant break between the timing ofthe teacher-student ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf: relationship in school and the developing personal and sexual relationship after the ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- graduation of[Name Redacted] ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-3. Teachers are expected and trusted to maintain clear boundaries between instructional and ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- personal relationships. By continuing a relationship that started at school, Begrand did not ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- respect these boundaries. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-4. Begrand failed to uphold the honour and dignity ofthe teaching profession when he started ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- an inappropriate relationship with a student at school and continued the relationship after the ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- student graduated. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-5. The subsequent public nature ofthe relationship brought unfavourable attention to Begrand ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- as a teacher and therefore harms the standing ofthe teaching profession. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-6. The escalation of the relationship between Begrand and [Name Redacted] to a personal and ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf: sexual relationship calls into question his integrity and intentions as a teacher and erodes ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- public confidence in teachers. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Charge 3 ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-1. A teacher's quality of professional service is adversely affected when the teacher uses school ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- technology to engage in inappropriate electronic communication. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-2. Begrand breached the trust of his employer when he knowingly contravened the district's ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- technology policy. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf:3. Using school equipment, Begrand engaged in sexually explicit electronic communication ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- with a former student, an activity which fails to maintain the high standard of behaviour ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- expected of teachers. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Rep011 of the Hearing Committee of PCC, S Begrand, page 5 ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-The hearing committed imposes as penalty: ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Charge I-letter of reprimand ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Charge 2--declaration of ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association for ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- one year, effective the date of this hearing, February 5, 2010 ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Charge 3-letter of severe reprimand ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Charge I ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-I. Electronic evidence from June 2007, retrieved during the investigation period, was limited. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- The evidence proved that there was inappropriate communication; however, the recovery of ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- data was fragmented such that the extent of the inappropriateness of the communication ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- could not be fully determined. Accordingly, while the committee was satisfied of Begrand's ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- guilt on this charge, the penalty imposed could only reflect the evidence produced and could ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- not be influenced by any speculation. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-2. Begrand failed to uphold the honour and dignity of the teaching profession when he engaged ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- in inappropriate electronic communication with a student. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-I. Teachers are in a position of trust and authority and as such must always be seen by the ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- public to be acting in the best interests of students. By engaging in an inappropriate ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- relationship with a student, a relationship that started at school and continued on an ongoing ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- basis after the student's graduation, Begrand acted in a manner detrimental to the public's ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- view of the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-2. Begrand failed to recognize his obligation to act in the best interests of students, the public or ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- the teaching profession [TPA 23(l )(a)] when he engaged in inappropriate communication ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf: with a student which continued on an ongoing basis and developed into a sexual relationship. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- Factors such as the end of the school year and the student reaching the [Age redacted] before ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf: their relationship became sexual, did not absolve Begrand of his professional obligations ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- under these circumstances. At most they were mitigating factors relative to penalty. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf:3. Begrand admitted that he was guilty of saying things of a sexual nature, but did not take full ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- responsibility, when he purported to blame [Name Redacted] as well. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf-4. By his actions in relation to [Name Redacted], Begrand failed to maintain the honour and ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/81-75-207581-1205356.pdf- ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf--ep01t of the Hearing Committee of PCC re Lim, page 7 ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- 13. Teachers are in a position of trust and authority and must act in the best interests of students at all ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- times. Lim's messages to Student A, and his physical contact with [Gender redacted]exceeded ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- the civility and fiendliness that is reasonably expected of a teacher acting professionally ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- toward a former student. ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- Charge 4 ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- 14. Lim encouraged Student 13 to believe that Student B was the object of another teacher's ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- interest and instructed Student B to communicate with the teacher, [Name Redacted], for ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- the purpose of initiating an inappropriate relationship. ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- 15. By his actions, Lim created confusion for Student B about the nature of Student B's ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- relationship with [Name Redacted], and thus exploited the [Name redacted] circumstances. ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- [Name redacted] also risked putting the teacher, [Name Redacted], in an embarrassing and ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- difficult position. ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- 16. Lim 's actions both reflected poorly on him and had the potential effect of creating doubt ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- about [Name redacted] professionalism in Student B's mind; thus, he failed to maintain the ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- PENALTY ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- The hearing committee considered a joint submission on penalty which included a ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- recommendation for three years of ineligibility for membership in the Association and a ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- recommendation to the minister of education for a three-year suspension of Lim 's teaching ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- certificate. ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- After considering the joint submission carefully and at length, the hearing committee imposed as ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- penalty ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- I. a declaration that Lim is ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association and ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- 2. a recommendation to the minister of education that Lim's teaching certificate be cancelled. ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- 1. The publi c expects that teachers will behave in a manner that shows respect for students and ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- their circumstances and maintains their dignity. In his communication with Student A and ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- Student B, Lim failed repeatedly to fulfil this duty. ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- 2. In a relationship between a teacher and students, the responsibility for maintaining proper ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- boundaries falls solely on the teacher. Lim failed lo observe proper boundaries on numerous ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- occasions with both students, even after Student B identified these to Lim. ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- 3. The committee noted Lim 's use of generationally-aligned tone, language, punctuation and ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- content in his communications with Student A and saw it as designed to seduce and entice ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf: [Gender REDACTED] into a sexual relationship with him. ./alberta-cases/94-22-222294-1205491.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-D Paul, page 3 ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-The hearing committee found the defendant, Paul, guilty on the three charges. ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-1. The hearing committee found that Paul failed to treat a student with consideration and respect ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf: for [gender redacted] circumstances by discussing with [gender redacted] matters of a sexual ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- and personal nature. ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-2. The hearing committee found that Paul failed to treat a student with dignity and respect in that ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- he provided a student with a massage in a closed environment. ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-3. The hearing committee found that Paul engaged in activities that did not adhere to appropriate ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- student-teacher boundaries and thus failed to act in a manner that maintained the honour and ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-4. The hearing committee found that Paul acknowledged the harm that his actions caused to the ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- student, the school, the school district and the profession. ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-5. The hearing committee found that Paul acknowledged that his actions were wrong. ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-The hearing committee recommends that the Minister of Education suspend the teaching ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-certificate of Paul for a period of one year commencing January 10, 2006 and ending ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-January 10, 2007. ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-1. The actions of the defendant toward his student were inappropriate. Society has the right to ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- expect that teachers will only form relationships that preserve the dignity of and respect for ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- students. ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-2. By his own admission, Paul acknowledged that he dishonoured the profession by engaging in ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- an inappropriate activity with a student. ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf-3. The hearing committee finds that this breach of trust on the part of Paul caused harm to the ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- student and the student's family, the school jurisdiction and the profession. ./alberta-cases/95-43-134395-1205524.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- SUBMISSIONS AND EVIDENCE OF THE PARTIES ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Submissions and Evidence of the Registrar: ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [18] On November 8, 2019, the Registrar issued a Notice of Decision following an investigation ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- of a complaint filed by [Name Redacted] (“the Complainant”) against the Teacher ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Leader, former superintendent with [School Division Redacted], directing the matter to the ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Committee for a hearing. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [19] The Complainant alleged that the Teacher Leader who was [gender redacted] teacher when ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [gender redacted] was a [grade redacted] student at [School Redacted] had engaged in ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf: sexual relations with [gender redacted] in 1996, when [age redacted]. This occurred during ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- a school field trip to [location redacted] when the Teacher Leader was supervising a small ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- group of students, including the Complainant. The inappropriate activities included kissing, ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf: fondling, petting, touching of the genitals, and oral sex. The Complainant reported these ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- events to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (“RCMP”) in May 2018, when [gender ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- redacted] was [age redacted]. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Page 6 of 16 ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf-Classification: Protected B ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- of belonging and a positive sense of self. The educational best interest of the child is the ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- paramount consideration in making decisions about a child’s education. The Teacher ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Leader’s actions breached these principles and impacted a student’s sense of belonging and ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- sense of self, the impact of which was not limited to 1996 but carried over the course of 20 ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- years and continues to this day. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [31] Unprofessional conduct is defined in the Regulation as conduct that is detrimental to the best ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- interests of students, the public, teachers or teacher leaders generally, and does not meet the ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- professional conduct requirements. Here, the Teacher Leader was responsible to supervise ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- a small group of students throughout an overseas school sanctioned field trip and he engaged ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf: in sex acts with one of his year old students. This constitutes unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [32] The Schedule contained within the Regulation, “the Professional Conduct Requirements for ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Teachers and Teacher Leaders” expands on the conduct requirements, which apply ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- regardless if a teacher is on or off duty. In this case, the Teacher Leader was on duty ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- throughout the entire trip, regardless of the time of day or night. He was entrusted by the ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- parents as the sole chaperone and his conduct during that school trip breached all of those ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- expectations and norms. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [33] The Complainant’s interview with the RCMP bears all the hallmarks of sincerity and ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- honesty. The Complainant has a clear and strong memory in regard to these traumatic events, ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- although may not remember all of the details. Moreover, does not attempt to ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- rationalize or minimize own behaviour, which was typical of a year old who had a ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- naïve belief that this could be a relationship. It is clear from own interviews, feels ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- shame and feels responsible for actions which is a fairly common reaction of a young ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf: person who has been sexually abused. It also explains why it took a lengthy period of time ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- to come forward in a public way. Teenagers test boundaries at school, with parents, and are ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf: curious about their sexuality which is why teachers are entrusted to guide them, not to prey ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- on them. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [34] The Complainant has not embellished or exaggerated statements to the police. has ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- been frank and open. There is also no attempt to vilify the Teacher Leader – never ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- suggested force was used against . There are some mistakes or anomalies in the peripheral ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- details: in the Complainant’s original complaint to the Registrar, believed the trip took ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- place in 1995, when it took place in 1996. However, what has remained constant is that ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- was a year old, in grade , when these events occurred. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf: [35] Consent is not a defense to sexual assault or sexual interference where a complainant is ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- younger than years (R. v. CMG, paragraph 4). While this is not a criminal proceeding ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- where the standard of proof is beyond a reasonable doubt, a similar principle can be applied ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf: to the case at hand, that a year old cannot consent to sexual acts with a year old male, ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- a teacher who has power over . Moreover the court has held that the time or date of the ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf: incident is not usually a central element of the offense for sexual assault when a complainant ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- is incapable of providing consent (paragraphs 44 & 45). ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf: [36] It is important to be aware of sexual myths or stereotypes that may affect credibility. It is ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- clearly recognized in Canadian law that there is no time limit to report a private and ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- humiliating event, such as this. A complainant should not be any less worthy or credible ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- because a period of time has elapsed. There is no legal requirement to explain why it took ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- the Complainant 22 years to come forward but the evidence is compelling – was ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Page 10 of 16 ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf-Classification: Protected B ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- embarrassed and felt shame. hoped to put events aside and go on with life, and ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- outwardly was successful. However these events did not fade away. The Complainant ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- started seeking counselling in 2014, and was encouraged by counsellor and husband ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- to come forward in 2018 even with knowledge as a of the ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- difficulties and emotions involved in testifying as a witness in the criminal justice system or ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- an administrative disciplinary hearing such as this one. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [37] The Complainant’s evidence is uncontradicted and is sufficient on its own to meet the ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- balance of probabilities standard, and arguably even the more stringent criminal standard of ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- beyond a reasonable doubt. However, in this case, there is other corroborated evidence ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf: which is atypical in sexual assault or sexual interference cases, as these usually occur in ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- private without other witness. Here, four other witnesses saw and heard things that support ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- that something untoward happened between the Complainant and the Teacher Leader. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Photographs taken at the time were submitted as evidence to support those observations, ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- including a photograph of the Complainant wearing the Teacher Leader’s sunglasses, and ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- photographs of the Complainant and the Teacher Leader being beside each other, as ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- described by ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [38] Some details differed slightly between the Complainant and the witnesses, for example: ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- a. did not see the Complainant and Teacher Leader holding hands on the ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- bus. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- b. met the group arriving at the airport in truck, not van. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- This shows that there was no attempt to have witnesses collude in their testimony. There are ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- differences in how people see and remember things. This speaks to the reliability of the ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- evidence. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [39] The statements made voluntarily by the Teacher Leader to and ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- were inculpatory in nature, and further support an acknowledgment of guilt. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [40] The evidence of unprofessional conduct of the most serious nature is overwhelming in this ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- case and should lead to the Teacher Leader’s teaching certificate being cancelled. The ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Teacher Leader was trusted to use sound judgment to supervise and protect students, not use ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf: students for his own sexual gratification. It is tremendously harmful and a gross breach of ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- trust placed by parents, Alberta Education, and the general public for how teachers conduct ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- themselves. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [41] Section 27 of the Regulation provides that the Committee has within its discretion the ability ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- to make a recommendation, finding that his actions constitute unprofessional conduct. The ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Committee has a range of sanctions from the lowest penalty of a letter of reprimand to the ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- most severe, being cancellation. Cancellation would mean that the Teacher Leader is unable ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- to teach in Alberta (cancellation of teaching certificate) which is the recommendation put ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- forward by the Registrar here. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Page 11 of 16 ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf-Classification: Protected B ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Recommendation for Findings ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [42] The Registrar asks the Practice Review Hearing Committee, under Section 26 of the Practice ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Review of Teachers and Teacher Leaders Regulation, to find the conduct of the Teacher ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Leader to have constituted unprofessional conduct, because it was: ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- (i) detrimental to the best interests of students, the public, teachers or teacher ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- leaders generally, or ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- (ii) did not meet the professional conduct requirements. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Recommendation for Penalty ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [43] The Registrar asks the Practice Review Hearing Committee to recommend to the Minister, ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- pursuant to Section 27(3)(c) to: ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- a. Cancel the teaching certificate of the Teacher Leader. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- COMMITTEE’S FINDINGS ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [44] The Committee finds that the Teacher Leader engaged in an inappropriate relationship with ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- a student while supervising a group of students on a school field trip in including ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf: engaging in acts of physical intimacy of a sexual nature with a student which is conduct ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- contrary to the professional conduct requirements of a teacher. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [45] After careful deliberation and consideration of the evidence and submissions before it, and ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- in accordance with section 26(1)(a)(i) of the Regulation, the Committee finds that the ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Teacher Leader’s actions constitute unprofessional conduct as defined within the Regulation. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [46] The Committee recommends to the Minister to cancel the teaching certificate of the Teacher ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Leader. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- DECISION AND RECOMMENDATION ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Part One -- Facts Found by the Committee ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [47] In terms of the fact-finding portion of the Committee’s mandate, the Committee carefully ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- listened to the submissions of the Registrar and reviewed the evidence presented to the ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Committee. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [48] The Committee accepted the facts presented and found the allegation proven on a balance of ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- probabilities. The Committee finds that the Teacher Leader engaged in an inappropriate ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf: relationship of a sexual nature, ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- , who was under his supervision during an school ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- field trip in 1996. ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- [49] The evidence of what had transpired between the Complainant and the Teacher Leader in ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- the hotel room in France was clear and uncontradicted and met the standard of the balance ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- of probabilities. The Complainant’s interview with the RCMP constable in May 2018 ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- reporting the incident was credible. Although the Complainant was not able to provide the ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- exact place and date that the incident occurred, this did not negatively impact the ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- Page 12 of 16 ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf-Classification: Protected B ./alberta-cases/95-40-184095-1205418.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf-' ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- t:'eport of the Hearing Committee of PCC re S Mazutinec, page 11 ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- probative value must outweigh its prejudicial effect. The committee determined that the ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- testimony of Witness 8 and Witness C, as similar fact evidence, had sufficient probative ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- value to outweigh any prejudicial effect because it augmented the plausibility of Witness A's ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- testimony. ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- 5. Mazutenic failed to treat the student with dignity and respect when he exploited [Gender ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- Redacted]isolation and [Gender Redacted] need to develop a caring relationship with an ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- adult. ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf: 6. Mazutenic failed to maintain the. honour and dignity of the profession when he had a sexual ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- relationship with a student. ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- submitted to the committee that an appropriate penalty would be a recommendation to ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- the minister of education to cancel Mazutinec' s certificate, that Mazutinec be declared ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- permanently ineligible for membership in the Association, and that a $10,000 fine be imposed. ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- referred to three precedent previous cases with similar facts to support penalty ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- recommendation. ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- PENALTY ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- The hearing committee imposed the following penalty on Mazutinec: ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- 1. A declaration of permanent ineligibility for membership in the Albe11a Teachers' Association ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- 2. A recommendation to the minister of education that Mazutinec' s teaching certificate be ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- cancelled and ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- 3. A fine of $10,000 ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- 1. The public and the teaching profession will not tolerate a teacher who exploits or grooms a ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf: relationship with a student for sexual gratification. Therefore, the penalty of pennanent ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ineligibility for membership and a recommendation for cancellation of certificate is ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- appropriate because it protects students, the profession and the public from predatory ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- behaviour such as that exhibited by Mazutinec. ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- 2. Mazutinec had left his teaching position and did not intend to return to teaching, thus the ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ineligibility for membership in the Association and the recommendation for cancellation of ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- certificate alone would not have a sufficiently significant impact. The committee determined ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- that the maximum fine permitted under the Teaching Profession Act would address the ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- repugnant behaviour and mete out the desired impact. ./alberta-cases/96-32-183296-0.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST PIOTR MARIUSZ ZALOBA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee ofthe Professional Conduct Committee ofthe Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges ofunprofessional conduct laid against Piotr Mariusz Zaloba of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Edmonton, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Friday, April 22,2016. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-1. Piotr Mariusz Zaloba is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- January 3,2013 and March 10,2013, engaged in conduct for which he, on May 29,2015, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- was convicted ofthree indictable offences, to wit: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf: a) did, for a sexual purpose, unlawfully touch, directly or indirectly, with a part ofthe body ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- or with an object, a part ofthe body a person under the age of sixteen years, contrary to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- section 151 ofthe Criminal Code ofCanada; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- b) did, by means oftelecommunication, commimicate with a person who was, or who the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- accused believed was, under the age of 18 years, for the purpose of facilitating the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- commission of an offence under subsection 163.1, with respect to that person, contrary to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- section 172.1(1)(A) ofthe Criminal Code ofCanada; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- c) did, by means oftelecommunication, communicate with a person who was, or who the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- accused believed was, under the age of 16 years, for the purpose offacilitating the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- commission ofan offence under section 151 or 152,173(2)or section 271, with respect ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- to that person, contrary to section 172.1(1)(B) ofthe Criminal Code ofCanada; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-2. Piotr Mariusz Zaloba is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- February 1,2013 and March 8,2013, engaged in conduct for which he, on May 29,2015, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- was convicted of seven indictable offences, to wit: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf: a) did, for a sexual purpose, unlawfully touch, directly or indirectly, with a part ofthe body ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- or with an object, a part of the body ofa person under the age of sixteen years, contrary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- to section 151 ofthe Criminal Code ofCanada; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re P Zaloba, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- b) did, for a sexual purpose, unlawfully invite, counsel or incite a person under the age of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- sixteen years to touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- body of the same person, contrary to section 152 of the Criminal Code ofCanada; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- c) did, by means of telecommunication, communicate with a person who was, or who the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- accused believed was, under the age of 18 years, for the purpose of facilitating the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- commission of an offence under section 163.1, or 4 with respect to that person, contrary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- to section 172.1(1)(A) of the Criminal Code ofCanada; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- d) did, by means of telecommunication, communicate with a person who was, or who the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- accused believed was, under the age of 16 years, for the purpose of facilitating the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- commission of an offence under section 151 or 152, or section 271, or 173(2) with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- respect to that person, contrary to section 172.1(1)(B) of the Criminal Code ofCanada; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- e) did make, print, publish or possess of |f^j. jJjq purpose of publishing, child ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf: pornography, contrary to section 163.1(2)of the Criminal Code ofCanada; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf: f) did transmit, make available or distribute child pornography of I. contrary to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- section 163.1(3) ofthe Criminal Code ofCanada; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf: g) did possess child pornography of [contrary to section 163.1(4)of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- Criminal Code ofCanada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-In the absence ofZaloba, the chair directed a plea of not guilty to the charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Charge I—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf:1. Zaloba was convicted of ten indictable offences under sections 151, 152, 163.1(2), 163.1(3), ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf: 163.1(4), 172.l(l)(A), and 172.1(1)(B), of the Criminal Code of Canada and, therefore, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- pursuant to section 23(2) of the Teaching Profession Act, is deemed to have engaged in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-2. Zaloba was convicted of ten indictable offences. He did not adhere to the Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- Professional Conduct, and thus failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re P Zaloba, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- The public has a right to expect that children will be protected from sexual predators. By his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- conduct, Zaloba proved to be a sexual predator and jeopardized the public's trust in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- profession and failed to uphold the honour and dignity ofthe profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee ofthe Professional Conduct Committee imposes the following penalty on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Zaloba: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-1. A declaration of ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association effective ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- immediately ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation to the minister of education to permanently cancel his teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-1. Zaloba was convicted often indictable offences. By engaging in highly inappropriate sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- communication and activities with students, including the making and distributing ofchild ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf: pornography, he acted in a manner which did not maintain the honour and dignity ofthe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-2. Zaloba violated the trust and authority that was vested in him as a teacher by grooming ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf: young girls for the purpose of his sexual gratification. The Code ofProfessional Conduct ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- requires, and society expects, that teachers will treat pupils with dignity and respect and be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- considerate oftheir circumstances. Zaloba did not uphold this provision ofthe code and took ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- advantage oftwo children, one of whom was particularly vulnerable and looked to him for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- guidance. Zaloba's actions were repugnant and reprehensible and put children at serious risk. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-3. Due to the grievous nature of the indictable offences in question and due to the teacher's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- position oftrust in relation to pupils and due to a teacher's duty to only act in a manner that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- safeguards the interests of children generally, the committee ruled that Zaloba can no longer ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- be a member ofthe Association, nor should he be considered suitable for certification as a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-4. Zaloba's arrests and subsequent convictions were widely reported in the local media and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- discussed in the community, all of which reflected poorly on the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-5. In his texts and communications to each of the two students, Zaloba acknowledged the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- illegality of his actions. Clearly, he was fully aware ofthe criminal nature of his actions. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City ofEdmonton in the Province of Alberta, Tuesday, May 31, 2016. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/zaloba-discipline-report-2016-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re A Wagner, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Sport redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-6. Wagner met Student A in November 2007 when Student A tried out for the school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- team. Student A was in G redacted. at that time.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Grade ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-7. Wagner's relationship with Student A started out as a student and coach. As time went on, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Wagner saw herself as Student A's mentor.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-8. Student A had a negative past that included cutting, attempted suicide and depression. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-9. In March 2008, Wagner approached Student A's parents and asked if Student A could attend ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- church with her. Wagner asked Student A's parents if they had any questions about the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- church.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-10. Student A began to attend church with Wagner. The two had regular conversations about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- religion and Christianity.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-11. In the summer of2008, Student A went, for a week, to a Christian youth camp at Sylvan ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Lake where Wagner was a counselor. Student A was a camper in Wagner's dorm with 14 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- other campers and another counselor. Student A, who had been suffering from depression, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- was discontinuing her antidepressants. Student A and Wagner talked a lot during the camp. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- One evening, Student A and Wagner lay on a bed together and hugged for about thirty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- minutes. Student A and Wagner did not spend the night in the same bed.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-12. Outside ofcamp, Wagner and Student A would meet and go for coffee. During three or four ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- of these meetings they also went for a walk. Student A continued to see Wagner at church. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-13. During the 2008/09 school year, Wagner and Student A continued to have frequent ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- conversations. Most of the conversations took place in Wagner's classroom; however, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Wagner also saw Student A outside of school. They would meet after church and when ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Wagner tutored Student A in math. They occasionally met on a Friday or Saturday to go for a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- drive. Often, when they were alone, they prayed together.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-14. While Student A's parents were on a cruise, they permitted Wagner to stay at their house to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- look after Student A. During this time, Wagner and Student A would sometimes share a bed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- so that Student A would feel safe. They laid together and hugged a lot. They remained ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf: clothed during these times. Wagner did not, at any time, touch Student A in a sexual manner ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- and never invited Student A to touch her inappropriately. On one occasion, Student A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf: attempted to initiate sexual contact which Wagner firmly rejected.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-15. Student A felt she had a special relationship with Wagner and that the friendship was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- accepted by other teachers. Student A believed that Wagner did not treat all students the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- same and that their relationship was special because of the church camp experience. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re A Wagner, page 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. Teachers are expected to maintain proper relationships with students in order to be objective ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- and to treat all students equally. Further, they must be seen to be maintaining objectivity. By ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- maintaining her relationship with Student A, Wagner compromised her ability to be objective ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- and carry out her duties as a teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. By providing students with intimate details of her life, Wagner allowed students to view her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- as a friend rather than a teacher, thus compromising her professional integrity. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-The presenting officer recommended that the hearing committee consider a penalty of a one-year ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-suspension of membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association. The defence counsel ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-recommended that the hearing committee consider a range of penalties which did not include a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-suspension of membership. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee declares Wagner ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Association for a period of one year, effective immediately. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. Wagner maintained a protracted relationship with a student that exceeded appropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- professional boundaries. Wagner had sufficient experience as a teacher to understand that the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- relationship was inappropriate and did not act to terminate the relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. Wagner was aware that the student had mental health issues which made her vulnerable. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Wagner failed to seek appropriate assistance for the student and, instead, exploited the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- student's vulnerability for her own purposes. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf:3. While the relationship never included sexual intimacy, there were attempts by the student to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- create intimacy and even then Wagner did not terminate the relationship or seek intervention ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- from other adults or colleagues. Wagner continued to place herselfin situations that created ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- additional opportunities to foster the relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-4. Wagner escalated the relationship with the student in a manner that reinforced the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriateness, as evidenced in an e-mail exchange that used familial, immature and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- unprofessional language. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-5. Wagner permitted a continuing inappropriate relationship that came to the knowledge of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- others and thus impacted negatively on the reputations ofthe student, Wagner and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/wagner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2011-06-09-and-2011-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST JENNIFER MARIE TRANTER(MASON) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee ofthe Professional Conduct Committee ofthe Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Jennifer Marie Tranter ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-(Mason)of Calgary, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Act. The hearing was held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-on Thursday, December 18,2014 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Wendy ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Maltais (chair), Tanya Thiessen and George Epp. Richard Rand of Rand Kiss Turner was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-counsel to the hearing committee, assisted by Catherine Scott, student at law; Gaylene Schreiber ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-was secretary, assisted by Chris Gibbon; and Leslie Kaun was recorder. Ian Stewardson ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member, Jennifer Tranter ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-(Mason), was not present and was not represented. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to the constitution or the jurisdiction ofthe hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-1. Jennifer Marie Tranter(Mason)is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- Teaching Profession Act in that she, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- between the 23^^^ day of July 2013, and the 13^ day ofNovember 2013, both dates inclusive, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- engaged in conduct for which she, on July 15, 2014, was convicted ofan indictable offence, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- to wit: Between the 23"^^ day of July 2013 and the day of November 2013, both dates ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- inclusive at or near Calgary, Alberta, being in a position of trust or authority towards or in a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf: relationship of dependency with Student A,a young person, did for a sexual purpose ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- unlawfully touch directly or indirectly with a part ofthe body or with an object a part of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- body of Student A,contrary to section 153(1)(A)ofthe Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-2. Jennifer Marie Tranter(Mason)is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- Teaching Profession Act in that she, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- on or about the P* day of August 2012 and the 10"^ day of May 2014 failed to treat students ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- with dignity and respect and failed to be considerate oftheir circumstances by having an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate relationship with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re J Tranter, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-3. Jennifer Marie Tranter(Mason)is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- Teaching Profession Act in that she, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- on or about the of August, 2012 to the lO"' day of May,2014, failed to act in a manner ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- which maintains the honour and dignity ofthe profession by her inappropriate relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- with a student which called into public question the dignity ofthe teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to each ofthe charges, by written submission. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-There were no witnesses called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1—^Notice of hearing and Canada Post confirmation of delivery, dated December 5,2014 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 2—^Declaration ofIdentity, signed by Jennifer Marie Tranter(Mason), dated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- December 8, 2014 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3—^Proofof Tranter's membership in the Association from June 1, 2006 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- October 31,2014 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit A—^Declaration of awareness of rights, signed by Tranter, dated December 4, 2014 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 5—Submission on plea, signed by Tranter, dated December 4,2014 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 6—Certificate of conviction ofan indictable offence on July 15,2014 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 7—Certificate of conviction of a summary offence on September 12,2014 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 8—^Agreed statement offacts, signed by Tranter on December 4, 2014 and by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- Stewardson on December 12,2014 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 9—^Joint submission on penalty, signed by Tranter oh December 4, 2014 and by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- Stewardson on December 12,2014 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 10—^Precedents from Indictable Offences and the Discipline Committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-1. Tranter was a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association from June 1,2006 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- October 31,2014,inclusive (Exhibit 3). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-2. Tranter was employed by Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District No 1 at the time ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ofthe actions giving rise to the charges (Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-3. Tranter was convicted ofan indictable offence, to wit: being in a position oftrust or authority ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf: towards or in a relationship of dependency with Student A,a young person, did for a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- purpose unlawfully touch directly or indirectly with a part ofthe body or with an object a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re J Tranter, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ,,y Student date of birth <-. 1 1 M - t * ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-17. Student A turned 16 on redacted. On that day, Tranter sent Student A an e-mail wishing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- him happy birthday. She signed it,'T am yours forever, you own my heart and you rule my ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- world. You are my King, my best friend, my lover, my person. I love you more than you will ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ever understand. Happy birthday my sweet baby! ...I love you squish XO... All my love. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- Your Fluff."(Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf:18. Student A and Tranter had sexual intercourse on a frequent and regular basis after Student A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- turned 16, in hotel rooms, in the back of Tranter's car and at Tranter's residence. They also ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- had dinner together and shared alcohol. However, both kept the full nature of their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- relationship hidden from friends and family at that time (Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-19. Tranter and Student A would often drive to a residential neighbourhood to have intercourse ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- in her car. They were observed by concerned citizens who eventually contacted the police ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-20. On November 13, 2013, Police Sergeant Elmer attended regarding a complaint that was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- made by concerned citizens who had observed the couple several times in Tranter's car. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- Upon noting the age difference, Elmer asked how old they were. Tranter replied she was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- Student A's teacher, and was assisting him with the break-up of a personal relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf: Elmer spoke to Student A and he too lied to the police and said there had been no sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- contact. Based on this event, the police commenced an investigation (Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-21. Tranter's phone and laptop were seized by the police. Tranter's phone included a website ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf: search history regarding sexual offences, teacher—student relationships and legislation in both ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- Canada and Britain, where Tranter has dual citizenship (Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-22. On Tranter's laptop was a letter from her husband, expressing concern about their marriage ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- and caution about the inappropriate, close relationship with Student A. In the letter, Tranter's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- husband noted that he heard Tranter flirting during her phone calls each evening with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- Student A (Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-23. Tranter was suspended from her teaching job soon after the criminal charges were laid. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-24. Tranter spoke to several of her friends about her relationship with Student A,telling each of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- her friends that she had an "inappropriate relationship with a former student." She was quite ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf: forthright when telling her friends about her sexual relationship with Student A (Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-25. Student A has expressed that he does not feel victimized by Tranter, that he would go to jail ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf: for her, that his relationship went well beyond a sexual one and that he loved her and wanted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- to marry her (Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf:26. Tranter acknowledged in the signed agreed statement of facts that she had a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with Student A and that she was criminally charged and convicted as noted in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- the charges above (Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re J Tranter, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-27. Tranter acknowledged that she created situations which led to considerable stress on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- Student A throughout the process ofthe investigation and prosecution and resulting media ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- coverage (Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-28. The events described above took place in Calgary, Alberta(Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—^guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—^guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—^guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-1. Tranter was convicted of an indictable offence. Under section 23(2)(a)ofthe Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act, if a member has been convicted ofan indictable offence, the conduct ofthe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- member on which the conviction is based is deemed to be unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-1. Tranter gained and earned the trust of Student A's family in order to maintain an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate relationship with Student A and took advantage ofopportunities to be in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- company of Student A. Tranter failed to treat Student A with dignity and respect and was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- inconsiderate of Student A's circumstances when she intentionally positioned herself as a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- trusted friend of the family. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-2. By participating in the inappropriate activities surrounding the relationship. Tranter failed to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- recognize that Student A was vulnerable and impressionable. She took advantage of his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- youth and level of maturity and his lack of ability to make decisions regarding the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- relationship, thus failing to treat Student A with dignity and respect and failing to be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- considerate of Student A's circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-3. Tranter's actions led to a criminal investigation, prosecution and substantial media coverage, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- resulting in considerable stress on Student A throughout the process. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf:4. Tranter allowed the escalation ofthe relationship to the point ofsexual activity without ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- regard for the effect it could have on Student A.Evidence shows that Student A was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- significantly affected by their relationship. His stated willingness to go to jail on her behalf, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- and his intentions for the future, demonstrate that the trajectory ofhis life has been altered. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re J Tranter, page 6 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- Tranter's actions had a potentially deleterious effect on Student A,thus she failed to treat ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- Student A with dignity and respect and failed to be considerate of Student A's circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-1. Tranter's actions became known to members of the public, including concerned citizens, the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- police and Tranter's friends. Her actions reflected poorly on the profession, brought disrepute ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- and disgrace upon herself as a teacher, and thus called into question the dignity ofthe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-2. Tranter harmed the general reputation and dignity ofthe profession by being convicted ofan ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- indictable criminal offence. The public expects that teachers will not engage in criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- behaviour. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-3. Tranter further compounded the harm to the profession by breaking Canadian law when ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- failing to follow a court-ordered condition of bail. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-4. Tranter's actions created a negative public image ofteachers in the Province of Alberta. This ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- was a story that was covered extensively by the media. Through her actions and the resulting ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- media coverage. Tranter harmed the integrity and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-To address all the charges collectively, the hearing committee imposes the following penalty on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-Tranter: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-1. Declaration ofineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-2. Recommendation to the minister ofeducation to cancel her teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-1. Tranter was convicted of an indictable offence related to touching a young person for a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf: sexual purpose, and also of a summary offence for breaching a condition ofrecognizance. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- These facts merit a strong and lasting sanction. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf:2. Society views sexual relationships between students and teachers as repugnant and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- reprehensible. The hearing committee determined that the egregious level of wrongdoing in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- this case merits the most significant ofsanctions. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf-3. Tranter's behaviour demonstrates that she is unfit to teach and should never again be part of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tranter-discipline-report-2015-01-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ND542 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE REPORT OF THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- HEARING COMMITTEE OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF A CHARGE OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST TRACY TOLMAN ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that a charge of unprofessional conduct laid against Tracy Tolman of Pincher ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-Creek, Alberta was duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-Thursday, July 6, 2006. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee was advised by Tolman that he was aware of these proceedings and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-agreed that the hearing should move ahead. Tolman indicated his willingness to proceed with the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-hearing as specified in the section 31(3) of the Teaching Profession Act (TPA) in relation to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-charge. In this situation, the hearing committee determined that section 31(4) of the TPA, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-supported by section 23(2) of the TPA, overrides the need to adhere to the requirement of giving ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-the member 15 days notice of hearing relative to the charge. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-When a member has been accused and convicted of an indictable offence, the interests of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-public are best served by holding a hearing forthwith, as directed by section 31(4) of the TPA. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-The following charge was read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-1. Tracy Tolman is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, committed six counts of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf: sexual assault between the dates of January 1, 1998 and December 17, 2004 inclusive. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to the charge. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committed accepted Tolman’s plea of guilty to the charge. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-Tolman, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-1. Tolman was convicted of an indictable offence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf:2. Tolman admitted committing six sexual assaults. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-1. Tolman is ineligible for membership in The Alberta Teachers' Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation will be made to the Minister of Education to permanently cancel ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- Tolman’s teaching certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf:1. Tolman was convicted in Provincial Court of an indictable offence of sexual assault and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf: admitted before this committee that he had committed six sexual assaults. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-2. Society expects teachers to be trustworthy in their relationships with young persons. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-3. Tolman was forthright and cooperative while attending the hearing and took responsibility for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- his actions. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-4. Tolman made a public apology for his actions and the effect they had on family, the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- community and the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-5. Tolman, upon his criminal conviction, was sentenced to 30 months incarceration, ordered to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- provide a DNA sample and ordered to comply with the Sex Offender Information ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- Registration Act for a period of 20 years. Further he is prohibited from attending any place ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- where persons under the age of 14 might be in attendance. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-6. Tolman has voluntarily enrolled in the Phoenix Program, an 18-month mental health ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- program, where he is learning skills for the transition back to the community. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-7. Under all the circumstances above, the hearing committee is of the view that any further ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- punishment by way of fine is unnecessary. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Thursday, July 6, 2006. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/tolman-discipline-report-2006-07-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Thai, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-5. Thai violated the trust of a 14-year-old student he knew to be vulnerable through both his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- actions and his words. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-6. The hearing committee identified Thai’s behaviour as grooming, which the hearing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- committee understood to reflect a course of conduct designed to promote an increasingly ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf: personal relationship with ultimate sexual objectives. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-7. Students expect school to be a safe environment and expect that teachers will maintain a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- professional distance and not exploit the teacher–student relationship for their own ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- gratification. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-8. Society expects teachers to act in a manner that establishes and maintains a trust relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- between teachers and students and act in the best interests of the students at all times. Thai ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- betrayed that trust. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-The committee imposed the following penalty on all three charges: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-1. Thai is declared ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association for a period ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- of five years. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation will be made to the minister of education that Thai’s teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- be suspended for a period of five years. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-1. In a relationship between a teacher and a student, the parties are not on equal terms. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- responsibility for maintaining proper boundaries falls solely on the teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-2. The hearing committee recognizes the validity of the student’s complaint and the courage it ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- took for her to come forward. The Association must take appropriate punitive action against ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- teachers who hurt students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-3. Thai, while admitting the inappropriate nature of some of his actions, did not demonstrate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- remorse or understanding of the harm he caused to Student A, her family, and the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- The hearing committee therefore believes that Thai continues to pose a danger to students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-4. Over the course of several weeks, Thai’s behaviour with Student A was consistent with that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- of those who exploit children by attempting to foster a sense of emotional dependency. Just ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf: because Thai was not successful in establishing a sexual relationship with Student A, his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf: grooming behaviour is no less despicable. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Thursday, July 7, 2011. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/thai-discipline-report-2011-07-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS= ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE REPORT OF THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- HEARING COMMITTEE OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST TEACHER X ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-NOTE:THERE IS A PUBLICATION BAN ORDERED BY THE PROVINCIAL COURT ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- OF ALBERTA ON THE NAME OF THE ACCUSED AND THE VICTIM ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee ofthe Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Teacher X of Taber, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The hearing was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Thursday, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-September 30,2004. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-The committee ordered that the hearing be held in camera and further, noted the order of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-Provincial Court of Alberta, banning the publication ofthe names of both the victim and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-teacher, and complied accordingly. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-1. Teacher X is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about May 27,2004, was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- convicted ofan indictable offence under Part XIX ofthe Criminal Code of Canada to wit: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- Between the 1st day of September, 2002, and the 25th day of December,2002, both dates ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- inclusive, at or near Taber, Alberta, being in a position oftrust or authority towards or in a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf: relationship of dependency with Student Z,a young person, did for a sexual purpose ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- unlawfully touch, directly or indirectly, with a part ofthe body or with an object, a part ofthe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- body of Student Z,contrary to sectionl53(l)(a) ofthe Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-2. Teacher X is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, during the 2002/03 school year ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf: failed to treat Student Z with the dignity and respect due a student by having a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with her. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-3. Teacher X is charged with improfessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, during the 2002/03 school year ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- acted in a manner which failed to maintain the honour and dignity ofthe teaching profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf: by having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-Teacher X,page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to each ofthe charges by way of written ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-submission (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-1. The hearing committee accepted the pleas of guilty on all three charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-1. The hearing committee found sufficient evidence to confirm guilt on all three charges ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalties: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-1. Teacher X is declared ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association, and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation will be made to the minister of learning that Teacher X's teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- certificate be cancelled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-1. Teacher X was convicted of an indictable offence (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-2. Teacher X pled guilty to both criminal charges and all charges pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act(Exhibit 5 and 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf:3. Teacher X was in a position oftrust and authority over Student Z throughout the sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- relationship and, as such, failed to treat Student Z with dignity and respect and was not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- considerate of Student Z's circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf-4. Society expects that teachers will act in a manner that establishes and maintains a trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- relationship between teachers and students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf:5. A teacher should not be engaged in sexual activity with students. Society and the profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- view these actions as repugnant, despicable and reprehensible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf:6. Teacher X's profession, and the sexual nature ofthe offence, were highlighted in several ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- newspapers, thereby causing dishonour to the teaching profession (Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/teacher-x-discipline-report-2004-09-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST BRUCE DOUGLAS TAYLOR ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of The Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Bruce Douglas Taylor of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-Carsland and Calgary, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-Profession Act. The hearing was held in Bamett House, I lOIO 142 Street NW,Edmonton, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-Alberta, Canada on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-Emie C Clintberg presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-was not present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing eommittee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-1. Bruce Douglas Taylor is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he did, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association; in or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- near the City of Calgary, Alberta; between the months of February 1999 and June 1999; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf: engage in a relationship of a romantic and sexual nature with a 17-year-old boy,a student in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- his care at ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacled ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- School; thereby failing to act in a manner which maintains ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- the honor and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-2. Bruce Douglas Taylor is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he did, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association; in or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- near event redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- Location of event redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- between the months of February 1999 and June 1999; Event type redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-Event type redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- authorized by the Calgary Board of Education; engage in a relationship of a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf: romantic and sexual nature with a 17-year-old boy, a student in his care aC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- High School; thereby failing to act in a manner which maintains the honor and dignity of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-B D Taylor, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-3. Bruce Douglas Taylor is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he did, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association: in or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- Location of event redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- near the Citv of Calgaiw. Alberta and/oii ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- Location of event redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- between the months of February ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf: 1999 and June 1999; engage in a relationship of a romantic and sexual nature with a 17-year- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- old boy, a student in his care at School; thereby failing to treat a pupil ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- with dignity and respect and in a manner that was considerate of his circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member was not present; therefore, a plea of not guilty to each of the charges ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-was entered on his behalf. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee considered the three charges before it and ruled as follows: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-1. Charge 1 — Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-2. Charge 2 — Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-3. Charge 3- Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf:1. Charge 1 - By engaging in an inappropriate romantic and sexual relationship with a 16-year- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- old student, B Taylor failed to maintain the honor and dignity of the profession. Resulting ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- newspaper coverage that detailed the incident also brought dishonor to the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-2. Charge 2- Students, while on school sponsored trips, are especially vulnerable and reliant on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- the integrity and judgment of their teacher supervisors. Teachers in these circumstances ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- assume a much greater responsibility for their charges. By engaging in an inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf: romantic and sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student, B Taylor failed to maintain the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- honor and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf:3. Charge 3 — B Taylor initiated and engaged in an inappropriate romantic and sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with a 16-year-old student. B Taylor did not treat the student with dignity and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- respect, and violated his position of trust as a teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-B D Taylor, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee imposes the following penalty on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-B Taylor: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-1. On Charges 1,2 and 3, B Taylor is declared ineligible for membership in the Alberta ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- Teachers' Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-2. On Charges 1, 2 and 3, a recommendation will be made to the minister oflearning that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- B Taylor's teaching certificate be rescinded permanently. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-3. On Charge 1, a fine of$1000.00 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-4. On Charge 2, a fine of$1000.00 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-5. On Charge 3, a fine of$3000.00 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf:1. Teachers must not engage in sexual activity with students. Society views such actions as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- repugnant and reprehensible. B Taylor's actions demonstrated disregard for society's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- expectations of its teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-2. Society has a right to expect that teachers will act in a manner which establishes and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- maintains a trust relationship between teachers and students. B Taylor violated this trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-3. The incident received media coverage which brought dishonor and disrepute to the profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- and contributed to the distrust of teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-4. The penalty imposed is consistent with previous cases of a similar nature, where there is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf: evidence ofan inappropriate sexual relationship between a teacher and a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-5. B Taylor expressed, in writing, his distrust and disdain for the disciplinaiy processes carried ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- out by the Calgary Board of Education and the Alberta Teachers' Association. Furthermore, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- his written correspondence showed a lack ofunderstanding ofthe real wrongdoings alleged. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit P) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-6. The teaching profession expects teachers to treat students with dignity and respect and will ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- not tolerate behavior which exploits and abuses students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Wednesday, April 30,2003. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/taylor-discipline-report-2003-04-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-Sturgeon, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf:6. In the school setting, Sturgeon engaged in inappropriate banter about sexual matters with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf: students. Sturgeon agreed to a $20 bet with two students that a third student was not sexually ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- active. Parents ofthe student communicated with school administration over the incident ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-7. Sturgeon spoke to students about her adolescent rape, her teen pregnancy and her struggles to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- become a teacher despite her beginnings (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-8. Sturgeon, on her own admission, chose to reach out to students in her own way without due ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- regard to professional constraints. Sturgeon felt that the traditional teacher role constraints ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- left at-risk students abandoned in many cases and that more was required to reach out to them ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-9. While Student A lived with Sturgeon, she allowed him and other underage youth to drink in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- her home(Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-10. Student A drove Sturgeon's car without a license on numerous occasions and was not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- prevented from doing so by Sturgeon (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-11. Sturgeon was present when Student A used marijuana in the yard ofher home. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-12. Sturgeon had a personal supply of cocaine for her use. She believed that Student A stole her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- cocaine(Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-13. While Student A was 17 years old, he accompanied Sturgeon to a bar where she purchased an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- alcoholic drink for him. He used false identification when checked by an employee ofthe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- establishment(Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-14. Student A asked Sturgeon to assist two of his friends. She agreed. Sturgeon knowingly ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- misrepresented stolen property by stating to a pawnshop owner that the items were her own. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- The youths were attempting to pawn items which one of die youths had stolen from his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- parents. On that occasion police laid a criminal charge against Sturgeon, which was later ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- dropped. Charges proceeded against the youths (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-15. Sturgeon spoke to an assistant principal in an angry and threatening manner as a result of his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- decision to release a suspended student unaccompanied into the community while the student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- was intoxicated and angry. She stated that she would speak to central office and seek to have ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- his job taken away. Administration asked her to go home. Sturgeon loudly said to a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- colleague, within hearing of students,"I'm being sent home and I don't know for how long." ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- A parent questioned the principal about Sturgeon's leaving school and wanted to start a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- petition to save Sturgeon (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-Sturgeon, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-16. Sturgeon believed that she was acting in the best interests of her students (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-17. Sturgeon takes full responsibly for her actions and acknowledges their inappropriateness ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-18. Sturgeon is undergoing treatment for addictions (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-19. Sturgeon was forthright and cooperative in her interviews with the investigating officer ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee found Sturgeon guilty of Charges 1,2 and 3. Further, the committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-found Sturgeon not guilty of Charge 4, striking the guilty plea as it was not supported by the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-evidence adduced. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-1. Society has the right to expect that teachers will form only appropriate relationships that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- preserve the dignity and respect of students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-2. Sturgeon failed to maintain proper pupil-teacher boundaries when she embraced and gave ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- backrubs to Student A,socialized with underage students in a bar, had inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf: conversations with students regarding her troubled past and bet on the sexual experiences of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-3. Sturgeon was aware that she was overstepping professional boundaries and chose to reach out ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- to students in her own way without due regard to professional constraints. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-1. Society expects teachers to abide by the law and model that to students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-2. Sturgeon aided, abetted and condoned students' illegal and fraudulent behaviour. These ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- behaviours included;(a)buying alcohol for underage students,(b)supporting a student's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- false identification in a bar,(c) misrepresenting stolen merchandise as her own,(d)accepting ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- student drug use on her property and (e)allowing an unlicensed student to drive her car. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf-3. Sturgeon engaged in illegal activities such as cocaine use. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sturgeon-discipline-report-2007-01-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF A CHARGE OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST RITCHIE SCOTT STAGG ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of The Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that a charge of unprofessional conduct laid against Ritchie Stagg of Airdrie, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Alberta was duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The hearing was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Wednesday, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-December 16, 1998. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were: E M Willette- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Larsen (chair), R J Ritz, D V MacDonald and E Miklos. R W Rand of Frohlich Rand Kiss was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-counsel to the hearing committee, D E Somshor-Walsh was secretary and L A Kaun was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-recorder. K M Kryzanowski presented the case against the investigated member. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member was not present and was not represented by counsel when the hearing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-was convened at 0900. A 30-minute recess was declared to allow the defendant more time to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-appear. When the hearing was reconvened, the defendant had not appeared and the hearing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-proceeded. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-The committee was informed of a court order banning publication of the name of the student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-The committee decided that the student would be referred to as Student A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to either the constitution of the hearing panel or its jurisdiction to hear ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-the case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-The following charge was read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Ritchie Scott Stagg is charged with unprofessional conduct contrary to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Teaching Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Association, on or about May 12, 1998 plead guilty to an indictable offence under ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Section 153(1)(b) of the Criminal Code to wit: Between the 1st day of April, 1993 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- and the 19th day of April, 1995, both dates inclusive, at or near Calgary, Alberta, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- being in a position of trust or authority towards or in a relationship of dependence ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf: with (Student A), a young person, did for a sexual purpose unlawfully invite, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- counsel or incite (Student A), a young person, to touch, directly or indirectly, with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-R Stagg, p 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- a part of the body or with an object, the body of Ritchie Scott Stagg, contrary to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Section 153(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-In the absence of the investigated member, the hearing panel directed a plea of “not guilty” to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-charge. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. R S Stagg was a member of The Alberta Teachers’ Association from September 1, 1992 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-August 31, 1997. (Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. R S Stagg was employed as a teacher by Rockyview School Division No 41 (September 26, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-1977 to July 13, 1998) which included the time period of the offence. (Exhibit 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. On May 12, 1998, R S Stagg plead guilty to and was convicted of an indictable offence under ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Part XIX of the Criminal Code. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-4. R S Stagg was a member of The Alberta Teachers’ Association within the meaning of section ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-23(4) of the Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-5. There was a student-teacher relationship between Student A and R S Stagg which existed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-between September 1991 and June 1995. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf:6. In the spring of 1993, a relationship that was sexual in nature commenced between R S Stagg ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-and Student A. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf:7. This sexual relationship continued and progressed to include sexual intercourse. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-8. R S Stagg and Student A became more open in their public affection for one another. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-R Stagg, p 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf:9. Acts of sexual intercourse were a constant component of R S Stagg’s and Student A’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-relationship. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-10. At the age of 19, in approximately June 1996, Student A terminated the relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-11. Student A attended therapy sessions, between December 1996 and June 1997, for depression ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-and guilty feelings about this relationship. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Guilty. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. R S Stagg was convicted May 12, 1998 of an indictable offence under the Criminal Code and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-therefore, is guilty of unprofessional conduct under section 22(2)(a) of the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing panel of the Professional Conduct Committee imposes the following penalty on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-R S Stagg ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-—cancellation of R S Stagg’s membership in The Alberta Teachers’ Association and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-—a recommendation to the minister of education that R S Stagg’s teaching certificate be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-canceled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. R S Stagg was convicted of one indictable offence under the Criminal Code and is guilty of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-unprofessional conduct under section 22(2)(a) of the Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. R S Stagg acted in a manner that was detrimental to the best interests of a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. Society has the right to expect that teachers will act in a manner which establishes and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-maintains a trust relationship between teachers and students. R S Stagg betrayed that trust. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf:4. A teacher should not engage in sexual relationships with students. Society views such actions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/stagg-discipline-report-1998-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT APPEAL COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL BY BEVERLY-ANN SNOWDEN ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE OF THE PROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT TO CHARGES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- OF UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AGAINST HER ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-The Professional Conduct Appeal Committee reports that the appeal by Beverly-Ann Snowden of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-the decision of the hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee with respect to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-charges of unprofessional conduct against her was heard in accordance with the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-Profession Act. The appeal hearing was held at Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-Alberta, Canada on Thursday, December 21, 2000 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT APPEAL COMMITTEE REGARDING ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-GUILT OR INNOCENCE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-The Professional Conduct Appeal Committee upholds B Snowden's appeal of charge 1. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-The Professional Conduct Appeal Committee dismisses B Snowden's appeal of charge 2. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-Charge I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- student name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-Evidence was not presented to indicate that B Snowden failed to treat| [with dignity ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-and respect and without consideration of his circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf:The honour and dignity of the profession is harmed when a teacher has a sexual relationship with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Professional Conduct Appeal Committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-B Snowden, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT APPEAL COMMITTEE REGARDING ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-1. The Professional Conduct Appeal Committee varies the decision ofthe hearing committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ofthe Professional Conduct Committee. The penalty is that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- a) B Snowden's eligibility for membership in The Alberta Teachers' Association be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- suspended fdr a period ofsix months, and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- b) recommendation be made to the minister oflearning that B Snowden's teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- be suspended for period ofsix months. The committee recommends that the suspension ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ofthe certificate be effective from February 1,2001 to July 31,2001. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-1. The Professional Conduct Appeal Committee reviewed the circumstances ofthis case and of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- precedent cases and determined that a six-month suspension of Association membership and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- a recommended six-month suspension of teaching certificate is an appropriate penalty. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf:2. A teacher should not engage in a sexual relationship with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-3. Both society and the teaching profession have the right to expect that a teacher acts in a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf: manner that upholds the honour and dignity ofthe profession. By engaging in a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with a student, B Snowden did not uphold the honor and dignity ofthe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-4. Conflicting testimony made it unclear as to who initiated the relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-5. The appeal committee recognizes that B Snowden no longer has her teaching position with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- Palliser Regional Division No 26. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf-6. The appeal committee recognizes that B Snowden sought counselling and does not appear to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- constitute a threat to students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/snowden-discipline-appeal-report-2000-12-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF A CHARGE OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST ROBYN R SHEWCHUK ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee ofthe Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that a charge of unprofessional conduct laid against Robyn R Shewchuk of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Edmonton, Alberta was duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Thursday, December 11,2003. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-The following charge was read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-1. Robyn R Shewchuk is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that she, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- the dates of November 1,2001 and July 14,2002, maintained an inappropriate relationship of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf: a sexual nature with a student with whom she was in a position oftrust and authority. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Defence counsel entered a plea of guilty on behalf ofthe investigated member. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee accepted the plea of guilty submitted on R Shewchuk's behalf by her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-legal counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-The committee imposed the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-1. That R Shewchuk's membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association be cancelled ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-2. That a recommendation be made to the minister of learning that R Shewchuk's teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- certificate be cancelled ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-R Shewchuk, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf:1. R Shewchuk engaged in a seven-month sexual relationship with a male student,(age 15 at the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- onset of the relationship), a student in her thereby violating her position of trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- and authority. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf:2. R Shewchuk engaged in a sexual relationship with a student. Society and the profession view ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- these actions as reprehensible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-3. Society has a right to expect that teachers will act in an honorable and dignified manner. A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf: sexual relationship betrays the trust relationship between teachers and society. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-4. As a teacher, R Shewchuk was in a position of trust and authority over the victim. This ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- breach resulted in the student not being treated with the necessary dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-5. There was no evidence provided that R Shewchuk's long-standing psychological issues, for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- which she has been receiving therapy and medication, have been resolved. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf:6. The sexual relationship with the male student was not a one-time occurrence; the relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- was ongoing for a period of seven months. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-7. R Shewchuk's actions brought shame and disgrace to the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-8. The youthful age(15 years) of the victim at the onset of the relationship exacerbates the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- severity of this breach of trust and authority. The responsibility for the relationship rested ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- solely on R Shewchuk in her role as a teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf:9. The penalty is consistent with precedent cases involving ongoing sexual relationships with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Thursday, December 11, 2003. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/shewchuk-discipline-report-2003-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST JAMES ROY SCOTT ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against James Roy Scott of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-Calgary, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-commencing on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-PRELIMINARY MATTER ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-The committee heard an application from the presenting officer to order a publication ban on the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-use of names of the teachers identified as victims in the charges. There was no objection by Scott ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-to this request. The committee granted the request for a publication ban. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. James Roy Scott is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association and in a position of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- authority, during the 2013/14 school year, abused his position, given the power differential, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- in a relationship with a subordinate, namely [Teacher A], thereby failing to maintain the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- honour and dignity of the profession, contrary to section 18 of the Code of Professional ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. James Roy Scott is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association and in a position of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- authority, between 2012 and 2014, abused his position, given the power differential, in a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with a subordinate, namely [Teacher B], thereby failing to maintain the honour ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- and dignity of the profession, contrary to section 18 of the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. James Roy Scott is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association and in a position of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf: authority, in 2009, made a sexual advance to a colleague, [Teacher C], thereby failing to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- maintain the honour and dignity of the profession, contrary to section 18 of the Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to each of the charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re J Scott, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. By his own admission, Scott abused his position as a school principal to pursue a personal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with Teacher A and exploited the power differential between principal and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- teacher. The profession expects that school administrators will abstain from exploiting the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- superordinate/subordinate relationships they hold with teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. Scott made unwelcome remarks, compromising invitations and requests to Teacher A which ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- eventually poisoned the professional relationship. School principals are expected to set a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- professional example for their colleagues through appropriate relational behaviours and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- relational parameters. Scott failed to do so. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. Following Teacher A’s rejection of his inappropriate advances, Scott made comments to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher A which were belittling and confrontational or caused her to feel foolish; he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- admitted he was playing games with her. Scott’s actions violated the expected boundaries of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- a professional relationship between school principal and teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf:4. When Scott made jokes which contained sexual connotations, he used language in a way that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- did not uphold the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-5. Scott’s actions caused Teacher A to feel extremely uncomfortable, caused her to believe that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- her job security had been jeopardized and destroyed her trust in Scott’s ability to serve as her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- supervisor or as a referee for future job advancement. Through his actions, he did not uphold ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- the honour and dignity of the profession because he compromised the expectations of a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- relationship between principal and teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-6. Through his repeated and unwelcome pursuit of an intimate relationship with Teacher B, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- Scott violated the boundaries expected in a professional relationship between school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- principal and teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-7. Scott used the power differential between Teacher B and himself to influence her career ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- decisions. He discouraged her from accepting employment offers and instead, encouraged ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- her to wait to obtain a position at his school. The profession expects that school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re J Scott, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- administrators will abstain from exploiting the superordinate/subordinate relationship they ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- hold with teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-8. Scott used his position of power to make overly personal and disparaging comments about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher B’s appearance and habits of dress, comments which transgressed the professional ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- boundaries between school principals and teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-9. Scott engaged in inappropriate conversations, invitations and requests in an attempt to further ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- the personal relationship with Teacher B. This eventually caused her to feel manipulated and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- emotionally and mentally abused. Through these actions, Scott failed to uphold the honour ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-10. Scott’s actions caused Teacher B to feel uncomfortable and unsafe around Scott, and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- damaged Teacher B’s trust in Scott’s ability to serve as a mentor or supervisor for her or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- other teachers. Through his actions, Scott failed to uphold the honour and dignity of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- profession because he failed to act appropriately given the relational power dynamics ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- between principal and teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-11. While in a position of authority at the school and while in a mentoring relationship with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf: Teacher C, Scott proposed a sexual relationship to Teacher C. He failed to uphold the honour ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- and dignity of the profession because he attempted to exploit a mentoring relationship with a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- colleague for personal gratification. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-12. Scott’s actions profoundly upset both Teacher C and her husband. The profession expects ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- that school leaders will not act toward colleagues in a manner that causes personal or marital ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- distress. In causing this harm, Scott failed to act in a manner that upheld the honour and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-13. Scott’s proposition became known to Teacher C, her husband and Teacher B. Scott’s actions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- tainted the dignity and honourableness expected within a professional mentoring relationship, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- which are expectations that these individuals would hold of school leaders. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-The committee ordered a penalty of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. a single letter of severe reprimand to address all three charges, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. a declaration of ineligibility for membership in the Association for a period of two years and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. a recommendation to the minister of education to suspend Scott’s teaching certificate for a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- period of two years. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/scott-discipline-report-2017-06-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Schnell, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- On or about the 15th day of December, 2014, and the 22 day of February, 2017, at or near ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Lethbridge, Alberta, did make available, distribute, sell, import, export, or possess for the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- purpose of transmission, making available, distribution, sale or exportation, child ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: pornography, contrary to section 163.1(3) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. Dwayne Evan Schnell is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- September 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, engaged in conduct for which he, on July 10, 2018, was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Between the 1st day of September, 2015, and the 30th day of June, 2016, both dates ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- inclusive, at or near Lethbridge, Alberta, did make, print, publish or possess for the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: purpose of publishing, child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(2) of the Criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-3. Dwayne Evan Schnell is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teacher’s Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- February 18, 2017, engaged in conduct for which he, on July 10, 2018, was convicted of an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- indictable offence, to wit: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- On or about the 18 day of February, 2017, at or near Lethbridge, Alberta, did knowingly ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- publish, distribute, transmit, sell, make available or advertise an intimate image of a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- person knowing that the person depicted in the image did not give their consent to that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- conduct, or being reckless as to whether or not that person gave their consent to that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- conduct, contrary to section 162.1(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Schnell entered a plea of guilty to each of the charges, by written submission (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1—Orders restricting access or publication, re identity of complainant or witness or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- victims ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 2—Withdrawal of Charge 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3—Notice of hearing and Canada Post confirmation of delivery on November 7, 2019 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 4—Confirmation of Schnell’s membership in the Association from May 1, 2014 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- August 31, 2017 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 5—Declaration of awareness of rights, signed by Schnell on November 18, 2019 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 6—Submission on plea, signed by Schnell on November 18, 2019 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 7—Conviction certificate file No 170883565P1-01-007 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 8—Conviction certificate file No 170883565P1-01-008 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Schnell, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 9—Conviction certificate file No 170883565P1-01-003 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 10—Agreed statement of facts between her Majesty the Queen and Dwayne Evan ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Schnell Docket No 170883565p1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 11—Provincial Court of Alberta letter providing Exhibit S1 (redacted agreed statement ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- of facts), dated June 28, 2019 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 12—Provincial Court of Alberta letter granting permission for use of Exhibit S1, with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- conditions, dated October 25, 2019 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 13—Submission on penalty, describing Schnell’s awareness of Blais’s recommendation, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- signed by Schnell, dated November 18, 2019 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-1. Schnell was a member of the Association during the period May 5, 2014 to August 31, 2017 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. While Schnell was a member of the Association, and employed as a teacher in an Alberta ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- public school jurisdiction, on or about December 15, 2014 to February 22, 2017, he engaged ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- in conduct for which he, on July 10, 2018, was convicted of an indictable offence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Specifically, Schnell was found to have possession of, and did make available, distribute, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- sell, import, export, or possess for the purpose of transmission, making available, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: distribution, sale or exportation, child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(3) of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit 9). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-3. While Schnell was a member of the Association, and employed as a teacher in an Alberta ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- public school jurisdiction, on or about September 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, he engaged in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- conduct for which he, on July 10, 2018, was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit (that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: he) did make, print, publish or possess for the purpose of publishing, child pornography, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: contrary to section 163.1(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada. (Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-4. While Schnell was a member of the Association, and employed as a teacher in an Alberta ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- public school jurisdiction, on or about February 18, 2017, he engaged in conduct for which ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- he, on July 10, 2018, was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit (that he), did knowingly ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- publish, distribute, transmit, sell, make available or advertise an intimate image of a person ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- knowing that the person depicted in the image did not give their consent to that conduct, or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- being reckless as to whether or not that person gave their consent to that conduct, contrary to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- section 162.1(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit 7). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-5. The agreed statement of facts from the court makes it clear that Schnell knowingly engaged ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- in the behaviours described in the charges of unprofessional conduct. The evidence is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- voluminous, explicit, and involved young children (Exhibit 10). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Schnell, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-1. Schnell was convicted of three indictable offences under the Criminal Code of Canada ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: sections 162.1(1), 163.1(2), and 163.1(3) and is therefore guilty of unprofessional conduct ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- under section 23(2)(a) of the Teaching Profession Act (TPA) (Exhibits 7, 8, and 9). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. The TPA section 23(2)(a) stipulates that if a member has been convicted of an indictable ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- offence, the conduct of the member upon which the conviction is based is deemed to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- constitute unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-3. Schnell admitted he is guilty of the charges of unprofessional conduct (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Blais recommended as penalty for each of the charges, a declaration of permanent ineligibility ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association and a recommendation to the minister of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-education that Schnell be declared permanently ineligible for teaching certification. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalties on Schnell: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Declaration of permanent ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Association and a recommendation to the minister of education of permanent ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ineligibility for teaching certification ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—Declaration of permanent ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Association and a recommendation to the minister of education of permanent ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ineligibility for teaching certification ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—Declaration of permanent ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Association and a recommendation to the minister of education of permanent ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ineligibility for teaching certification ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Schnell, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-1. Schnell was convicted of three indictable offences under the Criminal Code of Canada ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibits 7, 8 and 9). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. If a member is convicted of an indictable offence, then the member is considered to be guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- of unprofessional conduct. The circumstances of these offences are repugnant. In addition, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- the activity occurred over many years, included several incidents of downloading, viewing, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: creating, and sharing child pornography. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-3. Due to the egregious nature of the offences, and due to a teacher’s position of trust with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- students, and due to a teacher’s duty to act only in a manner that safeguards the interests of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- children generally, the hearing committee ruled that Schnell can no longer be eligible to be a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, nor should he be considered suitable for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- certification. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf:4. Schnell’s creation, possession, and distribution of child pornography falls grossly below the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- standards expected of teachers and the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-5. Schnell’s actions showed disregard for society’s expectations of teachers. Society and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- profession view such actions as repugnant and reprehensible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-6. The committee recommends Schnell be permanently ineligible for a teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- rather than recommend suspension or cancellation of his certificate. The committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- recommends this because when Schnell was teaching, he held interim certification. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Tuesday, February 4, 2020. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Submitted for release to public 2020 02 06 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnell-discipline-decision-2020-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST FARYN SCHNAPP ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teaehers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Faryn Schnapp of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Calgary, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Tuesday, December 11, 2012, commencing at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Elaine ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Willette-Larsen (chair), Wouter Broersma and George Epp. Richard Rand, assisted by Greg ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Turner, both of Rand Kiss Turner, was counsel to the hearing committee, Gaylene Schreiber was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-secretary and Leslie Kaun was recorder. Cynthia Malner-Charest presented the case against the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-investigated member. The investigated member, Faryn Schnapp, was not present and was not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to the constitution or jurisdiction of the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-1. Faryn Schnapp is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- March 2011, engaged in an inappropriate conversation with several female scuooi redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- School students about tattoos and piercings and, in so doing, did not treat the students with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- respect and dignity and failed to show consideration for their circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-2. Faryn Schnapp is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers" Association, on or ahnnf ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- December 2010, during the Christmas vacation break, engaged a former ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf: School student in a Skype online sexual conversation thereby failing to treat the student with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- respect and dignity and failing to show consideration for her circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-3. Faryn Schnapp is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about December ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- 2010, failed to uphold the honour and dignity of the profession when he used technology to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- interact with a student, during off-duty hours, for nonprofessional and inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- purposes. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re F Schnapp, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-4. Faryn Schnapp is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about March ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- 2011, engaged in an inappropriate conversation with several female Sctioo! name redacled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- School students and, in so doing, failed to uphold the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-5. Faryn Schnapp is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about December ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- 2010, during the Christmas vacation break, engaged a former |school name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf: student in a Skype online sexual conversation and, in so doing, failed to uphold the honour ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to each of the charges, by written submission. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-There were no witnesses called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1—^Notice of hearing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 2—Canada Post confirmation of delivery, on October 24, 2012 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3—Proofof Schnapp's membership in the Association from November 1, 2004 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- March 31, 2011 inclusive ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 4—Declaration of awareness of rights, signed by Schnapp, dated December 04, 2012 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 5—Submission on plea, signed by Schnapp, dated December 04, 2012 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 6—Agreed statement of facts, signed by Schnapp and Malner-Charest, dated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- December 04, 2012 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 7—Package of media clippings, containing copies of news articles regarding the incident ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 8—^Joint submission on penalty, signed by Schnapp and Malner-Charest, dated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- December 04, 2012 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-1. Schnapp was a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association during the time of the incidents ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- giving rise to the charges.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-2. Schnapp was employed as a teacher at] ^ [from 2007 until ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- August 2010, at which time he was transferred He taught at School name redatied. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- School until his resignation on March 11, 2011.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-3. While a member pf staff, Schnapp maintained his connection to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacled. voluntcercd with thc fine arts department, held a key to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- school and supervised students after hours. He stated a desire to return to employment at ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re F Schnapp, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-4. Schnapp maintained relationships with several colleagues and former students from ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-5. Schnapp was known for the personal quality of his relationships with some of his students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- He especially looked out for students who felt they had no place, the vulnerable. Schnapp ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- often had students visiting in his classroom during lunch hour and during his preparation ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- periods.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-6. Schnapp gave his cell phone number to one student, shared Facebook and Skype accounts ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- with another student, exchanged text messages with yet another student and maintained ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- e-mail contact with former students.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-7. Schnapp sometimes served as confidante, therapist or counsellor to some of his students. He ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- also worked closely with the school counsellor by referring students who had confided in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- him.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-8. One Grade 12 student, who had been a student of Schnapp's in Grade 9 and in Grade 11, had ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- maintained a relationship with Schnapp and his transfer redacted. | difficult for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- her. She saw Schnapp as the guy she could talk to because he treated her like an equal. She ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- described Schnapp as a safe person to talk to about her difficult relationship with her mother. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-9. When Schnapp transferred to scnoomame redacied. she was no longer able to be in contact with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- him daily and only saw him at musical theatre practices. Even there she had far less contact ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- with him than she hoped for. She described him as the only person she could totally trust and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- said she felt she lived a normal life because of him. They provided each other access to their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- respective Facebook accounts.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-10. On or about March 3, 3011, Schnapp was supervising students during prop construction for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- an upcoming play, and in a conversation with those Grade 10 to 12 students, relayed his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- knowledge of piercings and tattoos from his time as a medic/reservist with the armed forces. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- In this conversation, Schnapp referred to penile tattoos and clitoral piercings. Ofthe group of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- students, three were Grade 12 students and at least two of those were female.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-11. Schnapp realized after speaking that he had crossed a professional boundary so he redirected ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- the conversation. In his mind, the conversation was an attempt to explain the risks of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf: piercings. He did not intend the conversation to go in a sexual direction. He noted the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- students were of high school age, not four or five year olds.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-12. A female student who was involved in the conversation went, with her mother, to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- principal of Phndpainamaredacted, guestioo thc professionulism of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- teacher for engaging students in thc subject matter.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re F Schnapp, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- Pnncipal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-- _ name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-1i redacted- confirmed the conversation occurred by interviewing three students who were part of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- the conversation. The coordinator of Human Resources, Pat Worthington, was called to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- investigate and subsequently interviewed two of the girls.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-14. The students interviewed said they thought it was a weird and inappropriate topic of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- conversation for a teacher to discuss. One of them commented that Schnapp had crossed the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- line.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-15. At various times during the investigation, Schnapp indicated he knew he had transgressed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- professional boundaries but he also, at times, diminished the significance of the conversation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-16._0n March 10. 2011, Schnapp divulged information about the investigation to his colleagues, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- Teactisr name redacted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- via telephone conversations with each of them. He then ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- and redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf: contessea to nis colleagues that e had participated in a sexual, online interaction, via Skype, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- with a student during the 2010 Christmas holidays.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-17. The student with whom Schnapp engaged in the online conversation was a student he had ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- previously taught and is the same student referenced in paragraphs 7 and 8 above, in this ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- section. The student continued to attend ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ind graduated in June ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- 2011.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-18 redacted. who viewed himself as a mentor to Schnapp, called redacted. evening ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- to report what Schnapp had revealed in their telephone conversation. He was very upset ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- about what Schnapp had reported to him and felt an urgency to report the matter.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-19. redacted. ilso viewed himself as a mentor to Schnanr and he felt stunned by the information. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- The studen -Pnncipal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- nrhr^ ""IS involvcd was one of redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- English 30 students. He reported the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- incident to redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- )n the moming of March 11,2011, believing that Schnapp needed to be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- removed with the drama students.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- Principal name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-20. The student who was involved in the Skype interaction revealed to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- that there was communication going on between her and Schnapp that included rude jokes, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf: sexual innuendo and inappropriate questions. The student indicated that when she felt ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- uncomfortable, she would ask Schnapp to stop and usually he would stop.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf:21. The online sexual conversation consisted of text messages(no video or audio contact) which ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- included each of the participants masturbating and revealing the masturbation to each other. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-22. Regarding the masturbation, the student said that Schnapp gave her an "assignment" to do ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- while in the shower and when she came back online he asked her if she had performed those ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- things. While she was telling him what she did in the shower, he told her he was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- masturbating. She said he had masturbated while speaking with her on other occasions and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re F Schnapp, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- when she asked if he had done this before, he said he had done this with former students who ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- had graduated.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-23. The Skype incident occurred while the student's mother was away in Las Vegas. During this ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- event, Schnapp asked the student to do audio but she resisted and said no.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-24. On March 11,2011, Schnapp resigned from his teaching position with the Rocky View ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- school division.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-25. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police engaged in a criminal investigation between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- March 2011 and July 2011 that was initiated by the mother ofthe student involved in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf: online sexual Skype interaction. A further complaint was brought forward to the RCMP by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- the school district. A police investigation concluded with no charges being laid.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-26. Throughout March 2011, several articles regarding the incidents were published in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, Rocky View Weekly and Metro Calgary publications and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- appeared on the Rocky View school division website. The articles did not include the name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- of the teacher or the specifics of the incidents and inaccurately reported the teacher as being ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- fired. Copies of nine articles were submitted as an exhibit.(Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-27. Schnapp contacted the Association in August 2011, after the conclusion of the criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- investigation ofthe incident, to indicate he was willing to cooperate in the Association's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- investigation.(Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—^guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—^guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4—^guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 5—^guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-1. Schnapp failed to treat students with dignity and respect and failed to show consideration for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- their circumstances when he, by his own admission, led a conversation with female students ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- that included his references to penile tattooing and clitoral piercing. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-2. Teachers are expected to refrain from conversations that do not have an appropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- pedagogical context, are highly personal or are likely to lead to the unnecessary discomfort ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- of students. Teachers are expected to deal with controversial topics in a sensitive and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- judicious manner. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re F Schnapp, page 6 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-3. The students themselves found the conversation inappropriate and weird and caused one ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- student to question the professionalism of Schnapp. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-4. Teachers are in a position of trust and authority and are expected to maintain appropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- social conduct with students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-1. Schnapp did not treat his former student with dignity and respect, nor was he considerate of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf: her circumstances when he, by his own admission, initiated and sustained online sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- interaction with her via Skype text messaging. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-2. Schnapp violated the trust relationship that he developed over time with this student, while ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- knowing full well that she was emotionally vulnerable. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf:3. Teachers are expected to refrain from inappropriate and sexual interactions with students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-4. Teachers are expected to refrain from actions with students which serve only to fulfil their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- own gratification. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-5. Teachers are expected to build and maintain healthy and trusting relationships and to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- recognize the position oftrust and authority they hold with students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-1. Schnapp failed to uphold the honour and dignity ofthe profession when he, by his own ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- admission, used technology to communicate with a student, for inappropriate and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- nonprofessional purposes, during off-duty hours. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-2. Schnapp's misuse oftechnological communication created a situation where the student's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- vigilance was diminished and her trust was violated. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-3. Schnapp's use oftechnology exacerbated the betrayal suffered by the student because the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- student should be able to expect an online space between teacher and student to be neutral ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- and safe. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-4. Schnapp's use oftechnology was neither safe nor neutral and therefore, undermined the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- honour and dignity ofthe profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf:5. Schnapp's use oftechnology to engage in self-gratifying sexual acts constituted a situation ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- where he abused his power and corrupted his position oftrust. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf:6. When Schnapp used technology for self-gratifying, sexual interaction involving a student, he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- undermined the honour and dignity ofthe profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re F Schnapp, page 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-1. Schnapp failed to uphold the honour and dignity ofthe profession when he, by his own ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- admission, engaged with students in an inappropriate conversation that included references to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- genitalia. Such behaviour tends to reflect negatively on the profession as a whole. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-2. Schnapp's conduct harmed the standing ofthe profession because a parent and a student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- complained about the incident and questioned the professionalism ofthe teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-3. Media reports about Schnapp's actions and the school district website posting, though not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- specific enough to identify either the teacher or the specific behaviour, served to undermine ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- public confidence in teachers because it was noted that a teacher had lost his job due to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- unbecoming conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-4. Schnapp's conduct was unprofessional because it undermined the confidence ofthe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- community in teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-1. Schnapp harmed the honour and dignity ofthe profession by having an inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-2. Schnapp failed to uphold the honour and dignity ofthe profession when he, by his own ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf: admission, engaged in an online sexual conversation with a student. Such behaviour tends to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- reflect negatively on the profession as a whole. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-3. The investigation and the resulting media reports drew negative attention to the teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- profession in this small community. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-4. Teachers are expected to maintain the dignity ofthe profession by cultivating healthy ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- student-teacher relationships. Through his actions, Schnapp failed to fulfil this expectation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalty to address all five charges: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-1. Schnapp is ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association for a period of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- four years. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation shall be made to the minister of education to suspend Schnapp's teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- certificate for a period of four years. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/schnapp-discipline-report-2012-12-11-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re Sametz, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-4. By his own admission, Sametz, at a Grasslands Leadership and Administration Development ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf: session, made a public comment about [name redacted] sexual orientation, which made other ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- teachers who were present to hear the comment uncomfortable. This conduct was insensitive, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate and unprofessional. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-5. The hearing committee recognizes that there are various appropriate leadership styles. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- However, regardless of style, the committee believes that an administrator must strive ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- diligently to maintain the collegiality and respect of the staff members to which the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- administrator is responsible. Sametz’s open criticism of and lack of respect for teachers at his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- school and a fellow administrator failed to meet this standard and as such, his actions amount ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- to unprofessional conduct as defined in the Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee received a joint submission on penalty recommending a severe letter of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-reprimand for each of Charge 3 and Charge 4 and a letter of reprimand for Charge 5. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-After receiving the joint submission on penalty from the presenting officer, the committee went ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-into caucus to consider the joint submission. After considering the joint submission, the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-committee reconvened the hearing and advised the presenting officer that it was considering ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-imposing more serious penalties than those recommended in the joint submission on penalty. In ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-particular, the committee advised that it was considering imposing a period of suspension and a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-fine. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-As Sametz was not present at the hearing at this time, arrangements were made for Sametz to be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-connected into the hearing by phone. Sametz was advised that the committee was considering the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-more serious penalties of suspension and a fine. Both Kruk and Sametz were then given an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-opportunity to provide submissions on the committee’s advice that it was considering more ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-serious penalties than those recommended by the parties in the joint submission. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-Kruk indicated that he considered including a period of suspension in the joint submission on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-penalty but that in his review of the relevant precedent cases dealing with similar charges, none ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-of these cases had imposed suspensions. Rather, most precedent cases dealing with similar ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-charges imposed severe letters of reprimand. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-Sametz advised the committee that he was extremely regretful for his actions and that his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-alcoholism had an effect on his patience which led him to be short and abrupt with his staff. He ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-noted that for 31 years he had given his heart and soul to education. Sametz was concerned about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-the possibility of the committee ordering a fine as he indicated that he was currently struggling to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-make ends meet. He indicated that he was presently drawing employment insurance, trying to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-find an alternate income and trying to rebuild his life. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re Sametz, page 6 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- with numerous staff members and students. He continued these actions over a period of four ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- and a half years. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-2. Sametz used highly inappropriate and offensive language in front of, and about, students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-3. Sametz used highly inappropriate and offensive language in front of, and about, staff ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- members. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-4. Sametz’s behaviour and comments had a profoundly negative impact on students and staff ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- members. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf:5. Sametz’s negative comments regarding a person’s sexual orientation were offensive, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- insensitive and potentially damaging. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-6. Sametz was in a leadership position and did not maintain the collegiality and respect of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- staff members to whom he was responsible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-7. Sametz was in a leadership position and did not maintain a safe and caring environment for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- the students for whom he was responsible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-8. The committee also considered the following mitigating circumstances: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- (a) The effects of Sametz’s alcoholism ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- (b) The high price he has already paid for his actions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- (c) His loss of employment due to his actions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- (d) His apologies and the accountability he has shown for his actions by entering into an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- agreed statement of facts and acknowledging his unprofessional conduct ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-9. While the hearing committee commends Sametz for taking responsibility for his actions and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- taking steps to rebuild his life, the committee is of the view that the relevant mitigating ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- factors must be weighed against the serious and prolonged nature of the conduct at issue. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- conduct displayed by Sametz as set out in Charges 3, 4, and 5 was completely unacceptable ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- for the leader of a school and negatively impacted both students and staff over a prolonged ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- period. More weight must be put on these factors when determining penalty. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-10. As such, when all of the above factors are considered, the hearing committee was of the view ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- that a period of suspension was warranted in addition to the severe letters of reprimand. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, June 20, 2014 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/sametz-discipline-decision-2014-06-20-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re J Salmon, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-1. Salmon was confirmed to be a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association during the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- period of [time period redacted]. (Exhibit 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-2. Jentry Salmon began his teaching career at [school name redacted] in the [school division ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- name redacted] in the [year redacted]. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-3. Salmon graduated from Brigham Young University and was hired in Alberta on a letter of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- authority issued by Alberta Education. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-4. Salmon taught [school subjects redacted]. He also [type extracurricular activity redacted]. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-5. Salmon's letter of authority was renewed for the [year redacted] school year, as he had not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- yet completed his required course work to qualify for an Alberta teaching certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-6. Salmon was evaluated by the [school division name redacted] personnel and he was offered ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- a continuing teaching contract, effective [year redacted]. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-7. [school name redacted] is located in the town of [town name redacted], approximately 35 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- kilometers southeast of [name of city redacted]. [school name redacted] serves ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- approximately [number of students redacted]. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-8. As a result of conduct concerns on the part of Salmon, he was suspended from employment ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- on [date redacted]. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf:9. On [date redacted], Salmon was criminally charged with two counts of sexual exploitation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-10. The charges were subsequently revised and, in a trial that began [date redacted], Salmon ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- was tried on the following charges: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- a) between the [date redacted], and the [date redacted], both dates inclusive, at or near ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf: [town name redacted], Alberta, did, for a sexual purpose, being a person in a position of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- trust or authority towards Student A, a young person, touch directly a part of the body ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- of Student A with his body, to wit, hands and mouth, contrary to Section 153(1)(a) of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- the Criminal Code of Canada; and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- b) between the [date redacted], and the [date redacted], at or near the town of [town name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- redacted], province of Alberta, he did, using a telecommunication device, communicate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- with Student A, a person under the age of 18 years, for the purpose of facilitating the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf: commission of an offence of sexual exploitation, contrary to Section 172.1(1)(a) of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re J Salmon, page 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-49. [Details of Student A and Salmon meetings redacted] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-50. Salmon never raised any concerns he had about Student A to Student A's parents. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-51. As a result of the disclosures that Salmon had made to [name of school principal redacted], ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- [name of school principal redacted] called the Superintendent of Schools, [name of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- superintendent redacted], on [date redacted]. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-52. [name of superintendent redacted] advised [name of school principal redacted] to send ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- Salmon home from school that day. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-53. Later the same day, [name of superintendent redacted] delivered a suspension letter to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- Salmon at Salmon's home. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-54. Hunka stated that Salmon admitted to having an inappropriate relationship with Student A, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- but did not admit to admission of any physical contact. Hunka went on to say that she did ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf: not want to minimize this, but it was important to note that the relationship was not sexual in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- nature. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-55. Hadden responded by reminding the committee there are two incidents of physical contact ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- documented in the agreed statement of facts: “As they departed from [name of location ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- redacted], Salmon gave Student A a hug” and “ [date and year redacted] also at the [name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- of location redacted], also around 9:00 PM. Salmon and Student A walked there together and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- discussed a possible shift by Salmon to the [team redacted]. Student A was distraught by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- this conversation and the meeting ended with a hug.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-Charge 1—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-1. Salmon admitted to an inappropriate relationship with Student A. In the agreed statement of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- facts, Salmon admitted to details regarding the relationship which contravenes section 23(1) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- of the TPA. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-2. Salmon breached the expectation that a teacher will establish clear boundaries with students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- Salmon allowed the relationship to become overly familiar and unprofessional which was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- detrimental to the best interests of the student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re J Salmon, page 8 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-3. There was a pattern of repetitive inappropriate contacts initiated by Salmon via texts, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- Snapchat, phone calls and in-person meetings outside of the school day and year and off ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- school property. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-4. The committee was not able to see the content of all the communications, however, there ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- was sufficient evidence that these communications were not appropriate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-5. Salmon made no attempt to communicate with Student A’s parents regarding a potential ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- [injury redacted]. Salmon went so far as to make an appointment for Student A to see a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- doctor without informing [gender redacted] parents, which constitutes a breach of trust. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-6. Salmon provided students with unsupervised access to nonprescription medication, which is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- beyond the scope of a teacher’s responsibility. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf:7. Although there was no evidence provided that the relationship was sexual in nature, the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- relationship was highly inappropriate and violated the TPA. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-8. Teachers hold a position of authority over, and trust with, students. It is essential that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- teachers live up to the high expectations and limit their relationships by being clear about the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- boundaries so there can be no misunderstandings by impressionable young people. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-9. The nature of the charge is significant due to the breach of trust accorded to teachers by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- students, parents, teachers and the public. Teachers are expected to act as positive role ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- models and create a safe environment for all of their students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-1. The hearing committee received a written joint submission on penalty from Hadden and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- Salmon recommending the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- a) A declaration that Salmon is declared ineligible for membership in the Alberta ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- Teachers' Association for a period of two years ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- b) A recommendation to the minister of education to suspend Salmon’s teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- for a period of two years. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-Hadden’s submission ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-1. In presenting the submission, Hadden noted that Salmon and his counsel had participated in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- the development of the submission to the committee and had pleaded guilty to the charge. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-2. Hadden submitted that the penalty was appropriate given the circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re J Salmon, page 12 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-4. Hadden made comment that the argument from Hunka that [town description redacted] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- allowed a blurring of the personal and professional relationships in actuality places a higher ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- onus on the teacher to maintain professional boundaries. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-5. Contrary to comments made by Hunka in regards to general and specific deterrence and that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- a specific deterrence in this case is not required; Hadden stated that the penalty must include ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- both a specific and general deterrence. Although Salmon stated that he is not intending to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- teach in the future, Hadden reminded the committee that he may go back to teaching at some ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- point, which makes specific deterrence very relevant in this case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-6. Although Hunka specified that the communications between Salmon and the Student A were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf: not sexual in nature, we do not know what types of communications took place as they were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- on Snapchat and therefore not available to the committee and therefore were not included in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- the agreed statement of facts. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-1. A declaration that Salmon is declared ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- Association for a period of two years and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-2. A recommendation to the minister of education to suspend Salmon’s teaching certificate for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- a period of two years upon receipt of the report of the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-1. The hearing committee considered the joint submission on penalty. It recognized the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- requirement to provide a high level of deference to the joint submission and should only ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- vary the recommendation if the recommended penalty would result in the breakdown of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- proper function of the discipline process. The committee accepted the recommendation ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- contained within the joint submission because, given the circumstances and relevant factors, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- it was reasonable, fit and within the public interest. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-2. The hearing committee considered the following to be factors in its decision: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- a) The nature and gravity of the charges were of a severe nature. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- b) Salmon has no previous convictions of unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- c) Salmon was suspended from his employment with the school division. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- d) Salmon resigned his position from the school division. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- e) Salmon acknowledged his unprofessional behaviour and was remorseful. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf-3. The public and the profession expect that teachers will behave in a manner that treats ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- students with dignity and respect. The penalty reflects the profession’s condemnation of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- Salmon’s unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/salmon---s-2021-10-01-written-decision-public.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf-Routhier, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf: for a sexual purpose, touch directly or indirectly, with a part of his body or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- with an object, parts of her body, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- Code. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf-In the absence of the investigated member, a plea of"not guilty" to the charge was entered on his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf-behalf. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf-No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf-1. R Routhier was a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association and was employed as a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- teacher with Lethbridge RCSSD No 9 and then with Holy Spirit CSRD No 4 from the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- beginning of the 1977/78 school year to the end of the 1998/99 school year.(Exhibits 4 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf-2. Between 1994 09 01 and 1998 06 26, R Routhier developed an intimate relationship with a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- student while he was her teacher at ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- The student was under the age of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- fourteen.(Exhibits 8,9 and 21) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf-3. The relationship commenced with R Routhier providing moral support to the student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- R Routhier admitted that the relationship progressed to hugging, kissing the student's cheek, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- giving back and shoulder massages and touching the student's breasts. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf-4. R Routhier took the student on a camping trip in the summer of 1997. R Routhier and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- student slept in the same tent but in separate sleeping bags. R Routhier touched the student's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- breast while he thought the student was asleep.(Exhibits 9 and 21) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf-5. In the summer of 1997, R Routhier and the student went on another outing. While driving the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- student home, R Routhier placed his hand on the student's leg. The student slapped R ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- Routhier's hand.(Exhibits 9 and 21) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf:6. R Routhier was charged with, and plead guilty to, an indictable offence ofsexual interference ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- under section 151 of the Criminal Code.(Exhibits 5 and 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/routier-discipline-report-2000-02-03-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [SR], page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. [SR] is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act in that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- she, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, during the 2011/12 school year ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: through to the end of September 2012, engaged in sexual contact with a student [Student A]. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-4. [SR] is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act in that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- she, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, during the 2011/12 school year ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- through to the end of September 2012, smoked marijuana in the company of a student, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- [Student A]. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-5. [SR] is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act in that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- she, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, during the 2011/12 school year ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- through to the end of September 2012, allowed students to use illegal drugs in her presence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-[SR] entered her plea to each of the charges, by written submission, as follows: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—not guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4—not guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 5—not guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-[Principal] (retired) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-[Assistant principal and grade partner] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Student B—former student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Dean Vause—executive director, Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-[Friend]—adult friend of Student A and Parent A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Parent A—father of Student A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Student A—former student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Rich Wiebach—detective, Calgary Police Service ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Greg Francis—superintendent, Human Resources ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1—Declaration of awareness of rights, signed by [SR] and deGoeij, dated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- December 23, 2017 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 2—Letter to [SR] confirming deGoeij’s request to amend charges ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3—Amended charges ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 4—Notice of hearing and Canada Post confirmation of delivery on October 2, 2017 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 5—Proof of [SR]’s membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 6—Submission on plea ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 7—Partial agreed statement of facts with appendices ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [SR], page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. In the third week of September 2011, Student A moved from his mother and step-father’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- home in St Albert, Alberta, where things were not going well socially or academically, to live ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- in his father’s home in Calgary’s [District A] (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. Student A was not doing well academically. He described himself as not a typical student and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- that he did not fit in with the other students at [School A]. “Right away,” Student A said, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- “teachers did not like me.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. Student A first met [SR] in October 2011 while setting up for the school’s Halloween ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- presentation (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-4. Student A was known as “the kid who smoked.” [SR] approached him to speak about his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- smoking (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-5. [SR] further suggested that if Student A ever wanted to talk about anything, he could talk to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- her (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-6. About one week later, Student A was sitting in the hallway by the drama room and [SR] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- invited him to come to her room and talk (Exhibit 7, agreed statement, page 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-7. At the end of their talk, [SR] gave Student A a hug which he did not perceive to be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate (Exhibit 7, agreed statement, page 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-8. A couple of times a week, [SR] took Student A out for fast food (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf:9. [SR] shared personal information with Student A about her previous sexual abuse, her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: miscarriage in 2005, the tattoo on her lower back to recognize her lost child, sex toys used ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- with her husband to spice things up, [SR]’s bra size, extra-marital affair and her recreational ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- drug use (Exhibit 7, agreed statement, page 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-10. [Friend] testified that when Student A was staying overnight at her house, [SR] came to pick ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- up Student A early on Saturday morning. [Friend] saw [SR] parked up the street. However, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- [SR] never came to introduce herself, and Student A ran out and got in [SR]’s Mustang ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- convertible (Exhibit 7, tab 13, page 1 and [Friend’s] testimony). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-11. Parent A, Student A’s father, was with Student A and [another] one of Parent A’s friends on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- a Saturday morning at the Deer Run Starbucks, sitting outside on the patio. [SR] drove up ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- and parked away from the Starbucks. Student A told his father that his teacher was picking ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- him and left to get into [SR]’s vehicle. Parent A testified that there was no adult interaction ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- with him (Parent A’s testimony, Exhibit 7, tab 10, page 1). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [SR], page 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. Initially, [SR] made arrangements to tutor Student A after school twice a week in her Grade 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- classroom (Exhibit 7, agreed statement). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. Student A said he had begun to embellish his personal problems to have an excuse to talk ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- with [SR] (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 1). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-4. [SR] approached the principal, [name redacted], regarding working with Student A during ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- her preps. [Principal] cautioned [SR] to be careful and leave the doors open at all times. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ([Principal’s] testimony). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-5. [SR] began to provide Student A with gifts (as previously mentioned). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-6. The first evidence of intimacy occurred when [SR] and Student A planned to meet at South ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- Centre Mall during the December 2011 Christmas break. Student A said the intent was for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- the two of them to “hang out and cuddle” and they did so, in the back of [SR]’s Astrovan ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 1). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-7. “After Christmas (2011),” Student A said, “the topics of our conversations became pretty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- personal. [SR] told me about how she was abused as a child by her father and about an affair ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- she had several years ago with a man she had met at Nashville North (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- 1). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-8. In March 2012, [SR] and Student A made plans to meet and smoke marijuana at Fish Creek ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: Sacomy (sic) Lake. They laid together in the back of the Astrovan, sexually stimulating each ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- other. At a certain point, she stopped and said, “We should not do this. I can’t think about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- you this way.” (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 1). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-9. A week later, [SR] and Student A were in the band room, massaging each other, when [SR] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- indicated she was getting aroused and they decided to take a drive. They drove in her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: Astrovan to St Mary’s Church parking lot where they performed oral sex on each other ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-10. Student A said, “Beginning around the time I met her at South Centre Mall, and continuing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- up until the end of the Grade 9 school year, I would meet [SR] in her band room during ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- Period 3 …towards the end year we were having ‘Period 3s’ together several times a week. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: During these period 3s, I would digitally penetrate her and she would give me oral sex. [SR] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: said this was less disrespectful to her husband than having sex with each other. A lot of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- time [SR] would coach me on what she liked, she would describe it to me and tell me what to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: do. I was 14 and didn’t know a lot about sex.” (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-11. Student B states he saw, towards the end of the first semester, Student A go up to [SR] and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- grab her by the waist and kiss her. “She was mad but didn’t freak out.” (Exhibit 8, tab 4, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- page 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [SR], page 8 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-12. After Student B found out about the nature of [SR]’s and Student A’s relationship, he was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- asked to keep a lookout when they went into the band room office. He testified he would ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- “screw up” playing rhythms on the drum set and make lots of noise to alert them when others ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- were coming in (Exhibit 8, tab 4, page 2 and Student B’s testimony). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-13. Toward the end of the school year (2012), Student B and Student A met [SR] at the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- Stampede Grounds. Inside the van, [SR] moved to the back of the van where Student A was. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- Student B stayed in the front seat. Student A said “check this out.” Student B turned around ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: and saw [SR] performing oral sex on Student A (Student B’s testimony). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-14. At the end of the school year, [SR] picked up Student A to attend the Grade 9 Farewell at the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: Glencoe Club. “We ended up having sex in her car before going into the Glencoe.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- (Student A’s testimony and Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf:15. In August 2012, [SR] met up with Student A and they ended up having sex before he went to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- meet another girl (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-16. After returning from a vacation in the USA, [SR] met with Student A for the purpose of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- giving him cigarettes she brought back from the USA. Their meeting ended with digital ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: penetration and oral sex (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-17. Late one night after [SR] had volunteered at a casino, she came to Student A’s home and had ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: “full on sex” and then she left (Student A’s testimony). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-18. Throughout September 2012, [SR] came to Student A’s home at lunch, or after school, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: regularly. “…we were having a lot of sex.” (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 7). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. In March 2012, [SR] and Student A went to Fish Creek Sacomy (sic) Lake and “smoked a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- couple of joints and lay in the back of the Astrovan together.” (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 1). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. The following Saturday, [SR] and Student A met at Erlton Park Stampede Station around ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- 11:30 am. They drove to the top of the nearby cemetery and “smoked a couple of joints ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- outside the van.” (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. Another time, after Student A had purchased a new pipe, they smoked marijuana and “it was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- super windy and we had a hard time getting it lit, but we managed to and we both got ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- stoned.” (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-4. Shortly before spring break in 2012, at Student B’s house, [SR], Student A and Student B ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- “were all at Student B’s getting stoned after school.” (Exhibit 8, tab 5, page 3). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [SR], page 12 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf:4. Vause said that during a counselling session, Student A disclosed he had sexual intercourse ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: with a teacher. Vause said, while Student A felt the sexual relationship was consensual, the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- AARC staff reported the disclosure to the Calgary Police Service, as per the law. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-5. When Vause was asked if Student A’s account about the relationship between himself and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- [SR] ever deviated, Vause replied emphatically, “No!” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-6. Vause said Student A came as a client who was “trapped, confused, damaged and deep in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- pathology of his addictions.” However, Student A can be charming and smooth with a dark ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- side and “does not understand his own arrogance.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf:7. Vause’s professional opinion was Student A’s sexual relationship with his teacher, [SR], ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- damaged him at a significant developmental stage. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-8. Vause provided his evidence orally; there was no written statement. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Student B ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. Student B was a Grade 9 student at [School A] during the 2011/12 school year. He described ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- himself as not fitting in with the other kids. He was “not sporty or preppy.” Student A was a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- friend who “smoked and walked” with Student B at school. Outside of school, they smoked, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- drank and were trouble, according to Student B’s testimony. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. Student B joined [SR]’s band class part way through the school year. He described her as an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- upbeat peppy teacher. [SR], he said, was outgoing and would sit down and talk. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. Towards the end of the first semester, Student A started spending lunch hours in the band ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- room with Student B. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-4. Student A disclosed to Student B he was “dating the band teacher.” At first Student B didn’t ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- believe Student A; however, he saw Student A grab [SR] and kiss her. From that point he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- observed frequent and friendly interactions (Student B’s testimony). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-5. Student B’s testimony was congruent with his signed written statements. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-6. Student B confirmed, under oath, that his signed statements dated February 18, 2016 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- December 6, 2017, are accurate and true (Exhibit 8, tab 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-[name redacted] – Friend of Student A and Parent A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. [Friend] is a family friend of Parent A and Student A. Parent A and [Friend]’s partner, [name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- redacted], have been friends since childhood. [Friend] has known Parent A for 15 years. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [SR], page 14 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- appointments would make sense but he found the other missed appointments curious and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- unexplained. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-6. Parent A initially perceived [SR] as a positive female role model for his son. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf:7. Parent A testified that prior to Student A’s disclosure of a sexual relationship in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- October 2012, “I was in high enough denial that (I thought) a change in scenery would ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- change the situation. I wanted her name (Ms [SR]) disappeared for a while over the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- summer.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-8. Following Student A’s admittance to AARC, Parent A cleaned out the closet in Student A’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- bedroom and found, among other things, drug paraphernalia and several empty liquor bottles. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-9. Parent A, upon reflection of his son’s inappropriate relationship with [SR], said “How naïve ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- was I. It is not something that came into the psyche.” He added, [SR]’s relationship with his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- son was “catastrophic and diabolical and inexplicable.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-10. Parent A’s testimony was congruent with his written signed statements. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-11. Parent A confirmed, under oath, that his signed statements dated November 27, 2015 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- December 8, 2017 are accurate and true (Exhibit 7, tab 10). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Student A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. When Student A enrolled at [School A] in September 2011, he saw himself as a little wilder ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- than the other students. He and his best friend, Student B, “hung out lots in school and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- evenings: mall, girls, smoke, dope, drink …teenager stuff.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. Student A was clear that he did not date Student D; however, he briefly dated Student E for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- three weeks, somewhere in the time period of January to March 2012. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. Student A described personal information shared with him by [SR]. These included her abuse ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- as a child, the couple’s counselling she was in with her husband, a previous affair she had ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- had, the tracking device her husband had put on her car as a result of the affair, a miscarriage ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- of her child, the tattoo she had on her lower back, her bra size and her previous drug use. He ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: commented that the “sex toy talk weirded me out.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-4. Student A testified [SR] became jealous about him seeing another girl. He thought [SR] was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: concerned that he would become attached to the girl, Student F, and talk about his sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with [SR]. He said that [SR] commented, “I’m a woman …don’t see other girls ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- …just be with me.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [SR], page 16 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Greg Francis – Superintendent of Human Resources, Calgary School District No 19 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. Francis is superintendent of Human Resources and general counsel for the school district. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. Francis began his investigation of [SR]’s conduct in September 2015, after the Crown had ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- stayed the charges against [SR]. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. Francis said there was nothing incredible about Student A’s account of events. Student A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- provided sufficient details that the relationship he described was plausible. Student A never ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- gave Francis any reason to disbelieve his account of events. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-4. Francis said “Everyone cooperated,” “No one added things. The story started to reinforce ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- itself, as others were interviewed.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-5. Francis said Student A was more credible than [SR]. “In my opinion, she ([SR]) had a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- relationship that went way beyond what I would expect a teacher would have with a student.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: Francis said he was convinced [SR] had a sexual relationship with Student A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-6. Francis said, “I don’t think she [[SR]] appreciated how much trouble she was in.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-7. Francis recalled that Student A was, “not contradicted by any one or any concrete fact. To his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- credit, he admitted to the drug selling and use. I might not trust him in other aspects but I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- would trust him in this.” Further, he said “alcoholics and drug users can still tell the truth.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-8. Francis, in a subsequent interview with [SR], confronted her with forensic evidence of her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- many text messages and phone calls with Student A. This led [SR] to offer her resignation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-9. Francis provided his evidence orally; there was no written statement. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Credibility of Witnesses ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. [Principal] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-[Principal], although appearing agitated, was articulate and consistent within his testimony when ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-recalling detail and facts. He was motivated by his sense of duty to appear and testify in the case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-He was troubled that these events had occurred under his leadership at the school. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. [Assistant principal and grade partner] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-[Assistant principal and grade partner] presented details confidently and concisely. Her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-testimony was internally and externally consistent. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [SR], page 19 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-4. When presented with concrete evidence of her text messaging and phone calls with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- Student A, by the superintendent, [SR] resigned her teaching position. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf:1. [SR] engaged in sexual inducement, stimulation and intercourse with Student A on many ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- occasions, in many locations, over an extended period of time, spanning nine months. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. On several occasions, [SR] smoked marijuana in the company of Student A: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- a) [SR] shared a pipe of marijuana with Student A on one occasion. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- b) [SR] smoked joints of marijuana with Student A in her van at Fish Creek Park, at another ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- student’s home and at a cemetery. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. [SR] allowed up to three students, on various occasions, to smoke marijuana and cigarettes in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- the vehicles she drove. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. [SR] purchased alcohol for students and allowed students to drink alcohol in the vehicles she ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- drove. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. [SR] allowed students to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana in her presence, at their homes ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- and in parking lots around the city. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-The presenting officer, deGoeij, submitted the following recommendations on penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Recommendation to the minister of education for cancellation of [SR]’s teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-certificate, a declaration of ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers Association and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-a fine of $1,500. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—Recommendation to the minister of education for cancellation of [SR]’s teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-certificate, a declaration of ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers Association and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-a fine of $1,500. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—Recommendation to the minister of education for cancellation of [SR]’s teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-certificate, a declaration of ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers Association and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-a fine of $5,000. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [SR], page 21 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-4. Due to the ongoing, extensive and reprehensible nature of [SR]’s social interaction with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- Student A, the committee declared [SR] ineligible for membership in the Association and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- recommended cancellation of her teaching certificate plus an assessed fine of $3,000. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-5. Society expects that a teacher will preserve the integrity and trust of the teacher–student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-6. By her own admission, [SR] engaged in regular text messaging, phone calls and transporting ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- of a student in a manner that was inappropriate to an acceptable relationship with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-7. Because of [SR]’s extensive text messaging often going into the early hours of the day, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- phone calls and inappropriate transport of the student, the committee declared her ineligible ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- for membership in the Association and recommended cancellation of her teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- plus an assessed fine of $1,500. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-8. Society expects that teachers will act in a manner that establishes and maintains appropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- boundaries in trust relationships with their students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-9. Teachers who engage in deplorable activities with students cause significant harm to their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- victims and families. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf:10. Society expects that teachers will not engage in sexual activities with students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf:11. Because [SR]’s inappropriate sexual relationship with a student was continuous and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- prolonged, which caused developmental damage to the student, the committee assessed the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- maximum penalties. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-12. Society expects that teachers will not contribute to the delinquency of minors. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-13. Because [SR] repeatedly smoked marijuana with a student, the committee declared her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ineligible for membership in the Association and recommended cancellation of her teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- certificate plus an assessed fine of $3,000. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-14. Because [SR] frequently allowed and enabled three students to use illegal drugs in her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- presence over a prolonged period of time, the committee declared her ineligible for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- membership in the Association and recommended cancellation of her teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- plus an assessed fine of $5,000. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-15. [SR] did not take responsibility for her conduct for Charges 3, 4 and 5. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-16. [SR] has not been apologetic and there is no evidence of her expressing any remorse related ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- to any of the charges. Instead, [SR] accused Student A of being “a self-proclaimed perpetual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- liar and his stories and allegations do not have any backing.” Witness statements and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- testimony consistently proved otherwise. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/rs-discipline-decision-2018-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-Report of Hearing Panel ofFCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-Gordon W Pickup, p 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-R J A Gregory indicating that neither R Gregory nor G Pickup would be in attendance at the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-hearing. (Exhibit 1) The hearing panel was satisfied that the accused was properly notified ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-that he and legal counsel representing him, or either ofthem, could attend the hearing. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-hearing proceeded. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing panel was informed that a ban on publication ofthe name of the victim identified in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-Charges 1,2,3 and 5 had been imposed by the courts. Thus the hearing panel decided to refer ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-to the student named in Charges 1,2, 3 and 5 as Person X. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-There was no objection either to the constitution ofthe hearing panel or its jurisdiction to hear ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-the case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing panel: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- 1. Gordon W Pickup is charged with unprofessional conduct contrary to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- Teaching Profession Act in that he, on or about the 3'"^ day ofNovember, 1997 in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- Stony Plain, Alberta, plead guilty to and was convicted ofan indictable offence ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- under the Criminal Code of Canada to wit: On or between the day of October, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- A.D. 1996, and the day of March, A.D. 1997, at or near Spruce Grove, in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- Province of Alberta, being in a position oftrust or authority towards(Person X)a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf: young person, did for a sexual purpose, touch directly the body of(Person X),a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- young person, with a part of his body, contrary to the provisions of section 153(a) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- Criminal Code. (Court Docket No. 70799754P10101) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- 2. Gordon W Pickup is charged with unprofessional conduct contrary to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- Teaching Profession Act in that he, on or about the 3rd day of November, 1997 in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- Stony Plain, Alberta, plead guilty to and was convicted ofan indictable offence ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- under the Criminal Code ofCanada to wit: On or about the 5"^ day of August, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- A.D. 1997, at or near Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta, did being at large on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- his undertaking given to a justice and being bound to comply with a condition of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- that undertaking directed by the said justice fail without lawful excuse to comply ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- with that condition to wit: to have no contact directly or indirectly with (Person ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- X), contrary to Section 145(3)ofthe Criminal Code. (Court Docket No. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-Report of Hearing Panel of FCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-Gordon W Pickup, p 8 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing panel ofthe Professional Conduct Committee imposes the following penalties on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-G Pickup: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 - cancellation ofG Pickup's membership in The Alberta Teachers' Association, a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-recommendation to the minister of education that G Pickup's teaching certificate be cancelled ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-and a fine of$4,000. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 - cancellation ofG Pickup's membership in The Alberta Teachers' Association, a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-recommendation to the minister of education that G Pickup's teaching certificate be cancelled ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-and a fine of$2,000. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3 - a letter ofsevere reprimand and a fine of$1,000. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4 - a letter ofsevere reprimand. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 5 - cancellation of G Pickup's membership in The Alberta Teachers' Association, a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-recommendation to the minister ofeducation that G Pickup's teaching certificate be cancelled ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-and a fine of$1,000. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-1. G Pickup was convicted oftwo indictable offences under the Criminal Code and is guilty of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-unprofessional conduct imder s.22(2) ofthe Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-2. Teachers who are convicted ofindictable offences bring dishonor and disrepute to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf:3. A teacher should not be engaged in sexual relationships with students. Society views such ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-actions as repugnant and reprehensible. G Pickup's actions showed disregard for societal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-expectations ofteachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-4. Society has the right to expect that teachers will act in a manner which establishes and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-maintains a trust relationship between teachers and students. G Pickup exploited vulnerable ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-female students who viewed their teacher as an understanding, caring and trustworthy adult. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf-5. Teachers who engage in such deplorable activities create negative impacts on families and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pickup-discipline-report-1998-01-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST TIMOTHY WAYNE PENNER ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of The Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Timothy Wayne Penner ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-of Calgary, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-Thursday, May 29, 2003 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-Ernie C Clintberg presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-was not present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-1. Timothy Wayne Penner is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- November 7, 2001, was convicted of an indictable offence under Part XIX of the Criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- Code of Canada to wit: between the 1st day of November, 1999, and the 31st day of January, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- 2000, both dates inclusive, at or near Airdrie, Alberta, being in a position of trust or authority ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf: towards Student A, a young person, did for a sexual purpose, touch directly the body of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- student, with part of his body, to wit: his hands, contrary to section 153(1)(A) of the Criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- Code. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-2. Timothy Wayne Penner is charged with unprofessional conduct contrary to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers’ Association, in or near ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- the town of Airdrie in the Province of Alberta, between the months of October 1999 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf: February 2000, engaged in a relationship of a sexual nature with Student A, a young person ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- who was a student at the school where he taught, thereby failing to act to treat the pupil with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- dignity and respect and with consideration of her circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-3. Timothy Wayne Penner is charged with unprofessional conduct contrary to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers’ Association, in or near ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- the town of Airdrie in the Province of Alberta, between the months of October 1999 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf: February 2000, engaged in a relationship of a sexual nature with Student A, a young person ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- who was a student at the school where he taught, thereby failing to act in a manner which ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- maintains the honor and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-T W Penner, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-In the absence of the investigated member, a plea of “not guilty” to all charges was entered on his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-behalf. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee considered the three charges ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-before it and ruled as follows: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-1. Charge 1—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-2. Charge 2—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-3. Charge 3—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-1. T Penner was convicted of an indictable offence under section 153(1)(A) of the Criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf:2. By engaging in inappropriate actions and conversations of a sexual nature with students, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- T Penner failed to treat the students with dignity and respect and violated his position of trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- as a teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf:3. By engaging in inappropriate actions and conversations of a sexual nature with students, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- T Penner failed to maintain the honor and dignity of the profession. Resulting extensive ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- newspaper coverage that detailed the incidents also brought dishonor to the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-1. On Charges 1 and 2, given the circumstances of this case, the hearing committee would ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- normally impose on T Penner a cancellation of his membership in the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- Association. However, T Penner is not currently a member of the Association; therefore, the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- committee declares that T Penner is ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- Association, henceforth. The committee also recommends to the minister of learning that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- T Penner’s teaching certificate be revoked indefinitely. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-2. In addition, on Charge 2, the committee imposes a fine of $1,500. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-3. On Charge 3, the committee imposes a fine of $1,000. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-T W Penner, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-1. T Penner’s actions resulted in his conviction of an indictable offence under section 153(1)(A) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf:2. By engaging in inappropriate actions and conversations of a sexual nature with students, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- T Penner failed to treat the students with dignity and respect and violated his position of trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- as a teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf:3. By engaging in inappropriate actions and conversations of a sexual nature with students, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- T Penner failed to maintain the honor and dignity of the profession. Resulting extensive ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- newspaper coverage that detailed the incidents also brought dishonor to the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-4. Any suggestion that the young persons in question were willing participants in no way would ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- absolve T Penner from his obligations as a teacher and person in authority. It was his duty to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- discourage such conversations and actions. He did just the opposite. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-5. T Penner did not cooperate with the investigating officer. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-6. The penalties are consistent with other similar fact cases. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Thursday, May 29, 2003. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCAC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-T W Penner, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf:9. The reference to consent not being a mitigating factor for sexual contact with students, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- referred to an observation by the court in its decision, not to a comment made by T Penner. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-The Professional Conduct Appeal Committee rejected the appeal of the convictions on Charges 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-and 3 and upheld the guilty verdicts. The committee further rejected the appeal on penalty and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-upheld the penalties imposed, including the two individual fines of $1,500 and $1,000, totalling ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-$2,500. The committee confirmed the finding of guilt and penalty related to Charge 1, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-recognizing that the appellant’s submission did not contest this charge. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-1. T Penner’s submission provided no cogent argument as to why the findings of guilt should be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- reversed. The Professional Conduct Appeal Committee rejected the arguments which might ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- have been inferred from the appellant’s letter of appeal. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-2. Although the three charges arose from the same circumstances, they related to three distinct ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- breaches of professional conduct under the Teaching Profession Act: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- a) T Penner was convicted of an indictable offence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- b) T Penner failed to treat the students in question with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- c) T Penner harmed the honor and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-3. The penalties imposed by the hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- were within its authority and were consistent with penalties imposed in similar fact cases. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-4. The appeal committee found that the scope of newspaper coverage was extensive. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-5. The appeal committee found the statement that any willing involvement of the victim could ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- not be a defence was consistent with the law and the decision of the court. However, the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- committee further agreed with the position taken by the hearing committee that a teacher ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- must actively discourage the type of conversations and actions which occurred. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-6. While the level of T Penner’s cooperation might be subject to interpretation, T Penner’s lack ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- of remorse and unwillingness to take responsibility for his actions were evident. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf-7. The committee could find no palpable error by the hearing committee in either the findings ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- of guilt or the penalties imposed, having regard to all the circumstances of this case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/penner-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2003-05-09-and-2003-09-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re L Pelletier, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf-2. Pelletier failed to treat students with dignity and respect when he engaged with them ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- physically in a manner that was inappropriate and unprofessional. Pelletier physically harmed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- students, wrote on their bodies with a marker, moved student desks while students were still ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- in them, slapped students’ heads, and poured water on a student. These actions were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- profoundly disrespectful of students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf-3. Pelletier caused students significant stress and anxiety by not responding with compassion ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- when family circumstances warranted it and ridiculing students about their physique, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf: employment, sexual orientation, possible learning disability and gender. Pelletier also ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- employed questioning tactics and made comments that caused students to cry. Through these ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- actions, Pelletier harmed students’ dignity and neglected to treat them respectfully. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf-4. Through his actions, Pelletier caused students significant stress and created an unwelcoming ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- learning environment where students felt unable to take risks to learn. This ultimately caused ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- some students to withdraw from his class and thus from the French immersion program. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- Through his actions and comments, Pelletier adversely affected some of his students’ well- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- being and thus did not treat students with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf:5. Pelletier made inappropriate comments about topics such as homosexuality, student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf: masturbation, prostate surgery, bestiality and sex clubs, which exposed students to matters ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate for school. These comments made students feel uncomfortable and thus failed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- to treat students with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf-6. Teachers are expected by the public, the profession and their students, to treat all students ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- with dignity and respect. Through his many unprofessional comments and actions, over a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- period of two school years, Pelletier failed to treat his students with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf-1. Through his comments and actions, Pelletier failed to maintain appropriate boundaries with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- his students and created a classroom atmosphere which adversely affected students’ comfort ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf: and sense of safety. He did this by engaging in sexual innuendo and by making comments ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf: about a student’s chador, a colleague’s skin colour, students’ gender, sexuality, intelligence, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- employment and future prospects. Through his failure to maintain boundaries, Pelletier failed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. His failure to create an environment ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- where students felt comfortable and safe also showed disregard for the honour and dignity of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf-2. Pelletier engaged in behaviours related to matters of assessment in a manner that failed to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- uphold the dignity of the profession. He frequently engaged in conflict with students about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- assignments and exams, which ultimately caused parents to become involved. Pelletier’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- unwillingness to negotiate these instances fairly, and with regard for students, undermined ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf-3. Teachers are expected to treat matters of assessment with the highest degree of fairness and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- care. Pelletier failed to do so on several occasions, which became apparent to students, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/pelletier-discipline-report-2016-06-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST MURRAY MCARTHUR PEGLAR ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee ofthe Professional Conduct Committee of The Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Murray Peglar of Banff, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The hearing was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Friday, February 8, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-2002 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Ron J Ritz ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-(chair), Geoff G Buxton,E Molly Pilling and Lillian C Kordic. Richard W Rand of Frohlich ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-Rand Kiss was counsel to the hearing committee. Marc C Amal was secretary and Leslie A Kaun ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-was recorder. Dave L Jeary presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-member was not present and was not represented by coimsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-CGNSTITUTION/JURISDICTIGN ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-There was no objection to the constitution ofthe hearing committee nor to its jurisdiction to hear ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-the case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-1. Murray M Peglar is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association, on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- or about July 11, 2001, was convicted ofan indictable offence contrary to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-2. Murray M Peglar is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf: between June 23, 2000 and July 1,2000, did,for a sexual purpose, touch the body of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- a young person with whom he was in a position oftrust and authority. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-Peglar, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-3. Murray M Peglar is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- between November 10, 2000 and December 12, 2001, failed to cooperate with the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- investigator in the investigation of a complaint of alleged unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-In the absence of the accused, the hearing committee entered a plea of"not guilty" to each of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-three charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- Name of school redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-1. M Peglar was employed as a teacher at by Canadian Rockies Regional ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- Division No 12 from August 26, 1999 until December 15, 2000.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-2. The hearing committee determined that M Peglar was a member of The Alberta Teacher's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- Association during that time.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-3. M Peglar plead guilty to and was convicted of an indictable offence contrary to section 153 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- (1)(A) of the Criminal Code on July 11, 2001.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-4. In keeping with the ban of publication imposed by the court, the victim's identity was not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- revealed during the hearing. She is referred to hereafter as "Student A."(Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-5. Student A was registered in M Peglar's Social Studies class in April 2000.(Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-6. A personal relationship evolved between Student A and M Peglar and it escalated into a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- physical relationship on June 23, 2000.(Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf:7. On July I, 2000, M Peglar engaged in sexual intercourse with Student A on two occasions at ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- his home.(Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-8. Following a five-week absence during which Student A was on an out-of-province course, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- she and M Peglar met on August 24 and August 25, 2000. At this point, M Peglar indicated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf: that he wished to terminate the physical and sexual relationship and retum to a friendship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- relationship.(Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-9. On more than one occasion, M Peglar expressed concern about the vulnerability of his job. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-Peglar, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-1. M Peglar was convicted of an indictable offence under the Criminal Code and is guilty of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- unprofessional conduct imder section 22(2)(a) ofthe Teaching Profession Act.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-2. Society has a right to expect that teachers will act in a manner which establishes and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- maintains a trust relationship between teachers and students. M Peglar betrayed that trust. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf:3. By engaging in a physical and sexual relationship with Student A,M Peglar failed to treat the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- student with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-4. The honor and dignity ofthe profession are harmed by a teacher who engages in physical ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf: and/or sexual relationships with students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-5. M Peglar failed to comply with his obligations under section 22(2)(b) ofthe Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee ofthe Professional Conduct Committee imposes the following penalty on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-M Peglar: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-1. That M Peglar's eligibility for membership in the Association be suspended for five years ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-2. That a recommendation be made to the minister of learning that M Peglar's teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- certificate be suspended for five years ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-This penalty will cover all three charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-1. M Peglar was convicted ofan indictable offence under the Criminal Code.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-2. While M Peglar admitted his guilt fi-om the outset, his communication with the Association, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- subsequent to his conviction, fell far short of honoring his obligations under section 22(2)(b) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ofthe Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-3. M Peglar disclosed that, during the time ofthe infiraction, he was involved in counseling for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- depression and alienation.(Exhibit 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf:4. The physical/sexual portion ofthe relationship was short in duration. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf-5. Sexual contact between teachers and students must be considered to be a serious breach of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/peglar-discipline-report-2002-02-08-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST DOUGLAS PAUL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee ofthe Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Douglas Paul of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-St Albert, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Tuesday, January 10,2006. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Denise Peterson (chair), Craig Polk and George Epp. Richard Rand of Rand Kiss Turner was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-counsel to the hearing committee, Tim Johnston was secretary and Leslie Kaun was recorder. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Marvin Hackman presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-was not present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-COMPOSITION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to the composition or jurisdiction ofthe hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-1. Douglas Paul is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about June 1,2002, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- failed to treat a student with consideration and respect for her circumstances by discussing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf: with her matters ofa sexual and/or personal nature. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-2. Douglas Paul is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about June 11, 2002, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- failed to treat a student with dignity and respect by providing the student with a massage in a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- closed environment. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-3. Douglas Paul is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about June 11,2002, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- engaged in activities that did not adhere to appropriate student-teacher boundaries and thus ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- failed to act in a manner that maintains the honour and dignity ofthe profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-D Paul, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-By way of a written submission, the investigated member entered a pica of guilty to each of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-three charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-1. An agreed statement of facts was presented by the prosecuting officer (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-2. Paul was employed by Edmonton Catholic School District No 7 from September 1, 1982 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- August 31, 2003. From September 1, 1983 to June 30, 2002, Paul taught at School name redacled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- School in Edmonton (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-3. Paul was a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association during the 2001/2002 school year, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- the period when the actions under review occurred (Exhibits 3 and 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-4. On June 12, 2002, Edmonton Catholic School District No 7 received a complaint from the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- mother of a student enrolled at ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- School regarding an interaction ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- between Paul and her daughter who was a student of his. This interaction, which occurred ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- June 11, 2002, caused the daughter considerable embarrassment and discomfort (Exhibit 4, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- point 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-5. The interaction referred to Paul massaging the student's legs and back in a locked room ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- within the school (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf:6. The interaction also referred to comments made by Paul that were sexually explicit and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- highly inappropriate (Exhibit 4, appendix B). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Principal name redacted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-7. On June 13, 2002 the student provided the principal of the school, with a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- verbal statement(Exhibit 4, appendix B). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-8. Paul was forthright and co-operative in interviews with the investigating officer (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-9. Paul acknowledged that the student had been negatively affected by his behavior(Exhibit 4, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- appendix C). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-10. Paul acknowledged that his behaviour negatively affected the student, the school community ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- and the school jurisdiction (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-D Paul, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee found the defendant, Paul, guilty on the three charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-1. The hearing committee found that Paul failed to treat a student with consideration and respect ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf: for her circumstances by discussing with her matters ofa sexual and personal nature. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-2. The hearing committee found that Paul failed to treat a student with dignity and respect in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- that he provided a student with a massage in a closed environment. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-3. The hearing committee found that Paul engaged in activities that did not adhere to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- appropriate student-teacher boundaries and thus failed to act in a manner that maintained the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- honour and dignity ofthe profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-4. The hearing conraiittee found that Paul acknowledged the harm that his actions caused to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- student, the school, the school district and the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-5. The hearing committee found that Paul acknowledged that his actions were wrong. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee recommends that the Minister ofEducation suspend the teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-certificate ofPaul for a period ofone year commencing January 10, 2006 and ending ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-January 10,2007. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-1. The actions ofthe defendant toward his student were inappropriate. Society has the right to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- expect that teachers will only form relationships that preserve the dignity ofand respect for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-2. By his own admission, Paul acknowledged that he dishonoured the profession by engaging in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- an inappropriate activity with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-3. The hearing committee finds that this breach oftrust on the part ofPaul caused harm to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- student and the student's family, the school jurisdiction and the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paul-discipline-report-2006-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST ROBERT JOHN PAOLINELLI ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Robert John Paolinelli of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Stony Plain, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Monday, December 16, 2013 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Howard ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Gamble (chair), Terry Gibson and Lynne Davies; Dan Coles also attended as an observer. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Richard Rand of Rand Kiss Turner was counsel to the hearing committee, Philip McRae was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-secretary and Leslie Kaun was recorder. Konni deGoeij presented the case against the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-investigated member. The investigated member, Robert Paolinelli, was not present and was not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-The presenting officer requested that hereafter any documents naming the young person ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-referenced in the charges refer to that young person by the initials “AF” only. The hearing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-committee allowed that request and so directed. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to either the constitution or the jurisdiction of the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. Robert John Paolinelli is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- October 4, 2011, at or near Stony Plain, in the Province of Alberta, engaged in conduct for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf: which he was convicted of an indictable offence, where he did, for a sexual purpose, touch ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- directly the body of “AF”, a young person, with a part of his body, his hand, contrary to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code, thus failing to treat the student with dignity and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- respect and consideration for his circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. Robert John Paolinelli is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- October 4, 2011, at or near Stony Plain, in the Province of Alberta, provided alcohol to a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- minor, thus failing to treat the student with dignity and respect and consideration for his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re Paolinelli, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. Robert John Paolinelli is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- October 4, 2011, at or near Stony Plain, in the Province of Alberta, engaged in conduct for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf: which he was convicted of an indictable offence where he did, for a sexual purpose, touch ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- directly the body of “AF”, a young person, with a part of his body, his hand, contrary to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code, thus failing to maintain the honour and dignity of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-4. Robert John Paolinelli is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- October 4, 2011, at or near Stony Plain, in the Province of Alberta, engaged in partying and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- consuming alcohol with a minor, in Paolinelli’s home, thus failing to maintain the honour ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to each of the charges by written submission. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1—Notice of hearing and affidavit of service on December 5, 2013 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 2—Proof of Paolinelli’s membership in the Association from September 1, 2006 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- December 31, 2011 inclusive ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3—Declaration of awareness of rights, signed by Paolinelli, dated December 12, 2013 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 4—Submission on plea, signed by Paolinelli, dated December 12, 2013 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 5—Agreed statement of facts, signed by Paolinelli and deGoeij, dated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- December 12, 2013 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 6—Certificate of Conviction (Condamnation) from the Province of Alberta ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 7—Joint submission on penalty, signed by Paolinelli and deGoeij, dated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- December 12, 2013 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 8—Personal letter to the hearing committee, titled Speaking to Penalty, from Paolinelli, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- dated December 12, 2013 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. Paolinelli was a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association during the period ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- September 1, 2006 to December 31, 2011 inclusive (Exhibit 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. Paolinelli was employed by Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No 2 from 2006 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- to 2012 (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re Paolinelli, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-16. Paolinelli and AF sat on the bed, each wearing only boxer shorts, and consumed more ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- alcohol (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-17. AF covered his legs with a blanket while sitting on the bed (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-18. During the course of their conversation about hockey, AF made cell phone calls and sent text ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- messages to young ladies who, Paolinelli understood, had provided, or promised to provide, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf: sexual favours to AF (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-19. Paolinelli and AF left the bedroom on at least one occasion to obtain more alcohol which ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- added to the wide variety of intoxicants they had already consumed (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-20. The incident followed the replenishment of their alcohol and both of them were very ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- intoxicated (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-21. While in the bedroom sitting on the bed, AF told Paolinelli that two girls were sending him ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- text messages saying they wanted to give AF a “blow job.” Paolinelli and AF discussed this ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- and while they were talking about “blow jobs,” AF said it would be great to get a “blow job” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-22. Paolinelli formed the opinion from the discussion that perhaps this is what AF wanted him to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- do (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-23. Paolinelli offered to help AF out by saying, “I can take care of that.” He further said, “I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- would love to give you a blow job and let you fuck me” (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-24. Paolinelli then reached over and lifted the blanket that AF had covered himself with and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- touched AF’s leg. This was stopped by AF, who then left the bedroom without further ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- incident (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-25. The offence took place on October 4, 2011 at approximately 1:00 am. (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-26. The following day, AF’s hockey coach called Paolinelli and told him that the billeted boys ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- had been removed from the house and that there was an accusation against him and it was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- being investigated (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-27. On October 8, 2011, Paolinelli was arrested at his home and detained by the RCMP ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-28. Paolinelli was subsequently formally charged by the RCMP, in the fall of 2011 (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-29. Paolinelli plead guilty to engaging in conduct for which he was convicted of an indictable ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- offence, in that he, on or about the 4th day of October, AD 2011, at or near Stony Plain, in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- the province of Alberta, being in a position of trust or authority towards a young person, did ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re Paolinelli, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf: for a sexual purpose, touch directly the body of AF, a young person, with a part of his body, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- his hand, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. Paolinelli was convicted of an indictable offence under section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Code of Canada. Paolinelli is therefore guilty of unprofessional conduct under section ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- 23(2)(a) of the Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf:2. By engaging in inappropriate discussions and actions of a sexual nature with a student, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Paolinelli failed to treat the student with dignity and respect and violated his position of trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- as a teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf:3. By engaging in inappropriate discussions and actions of a sexual nature with a student, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- Paolinelli failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf:4. Teachers should not engage in sexual activities with students; such actions are repugnant and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- reprehensible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-5. By providing alcohol to a student who was also a minor, and engaging in an alcohol-related ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- drinking game with the student, Paolinelli failed to treat the student with dignity and respect ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- and consideration for his circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-6. By providing alcohol to the student/minor, and engaging in an alcohol-related drinking game ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- with the student, Paolinelli failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-7. Society has the right to expect that teachers will act in a manner which establishes and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- maintains a trust relationship between teachers and students. Paolinelli violated this trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee imposed the following penalty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-on Paolinelli: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. A declaration of ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation to the minister of education to permanently cancel his teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re Paolinelli, page 6 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. Paolinelli brought dishonour and disrepute to the teaching profession because of his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- conviction of an indictable offence and his conduct giving rise to that conviction. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. The penalty imposed is consistent with previous cases of a similar nature where there is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf: evidence of inappropriate actions of a sexual nature with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. Paolinelli acted in a manner that was detrimental to the best interests of a student when he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- provided alcohol to the student/minor and engaged in an alcohol-related drinking game with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- the student/minor. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-4. Paolinelli brought dishonour and disrepute to the profession when he provided alcohol to a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- student/minor and engaged in an alcohol-related drinking game with the student/minor. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-5. Society has the right to expect that teachers will act in a manner which establishes and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- maintains a trust relationship between teachers and students. Paolinelli violated this trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Monday, December 16, 2013. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/paolinelli-discipline-report-2013-12-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF A CHARGE OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST [AP] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that a charge of unprofessional conduct laid against [AP] of Calgary, Alberta ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-was duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The hearing was held ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-online, via video conference, on Thursday, September 10, 2020. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-The participants were Professional Conduct Committee members appointed as the hearing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-committee Rick Kremp (chair), Richard McAdie and Ismat Bandali. Richard Rand of Rand & ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-Company LLP as counsel to the hearing committee; Chris Gibbon as secretary; Sudeep Dua as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-recorder; and Ian Stewardson as presenting officer. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member, [AP], was not present but was represented by Shanna Hunka of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-Bishop & McKenzie LLP, who also participated via video conference. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-COMPOSITION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to the composition of the hearing committee or the jurisdiction of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-The following charge was read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-1. [AP] is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act in that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- she, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about July 1, 2017, to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- September 5, 2017, failed to treat a student with dignity and respect or be considerate of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf: their circumstances when she encouraged a personal nonsexual relationship with the student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- by meeting the student four times and/or communicating through e-mail with the student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- making reference to body types and discussing personal matters thus violating article 4 of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to the charge, by written submission. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-There were no witnesses called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [AP], page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- What are you getting up to today? ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- c) [AP] to Student A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- Ohhh. Well, I just did a ballet-type workout at home (which is funny because I’m the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- least ballerina-like person you’ve ever met), and my bum muscles are now fried. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- d) Student A to [AP] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- And it’s cool. You’re pretty cute soooo ;) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-14. On July 31, 2017, [AP] met with Student A and recognized that Student A had developed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- feelings for her. She attempted to “let him down easy” by telling him that she had a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- boyfriend. Student A was upset about this information, and it confirmed for [AP] that she ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- should not meet with Student A again. (Exhibit 7, page 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-15. On August 28, 2017, at approximately 9:00 PM, [AP] met with Student A to tell Student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- A that she would not see Student A outside of controlled situations, like tutoring. [AP] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- told Student A she was firm on her decision. Student A expressed an interest in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- continuing their relationship romantically. [AP] told Student A that she was happy in her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- present relationship, in addition to the many logical reasons as to why that could not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- happen. Student A was upset but accepted the situation. (Exhibit 7, page 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-16. [AP] communicated with Student A on September 6, 2017, to ask about Student A’s new ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- semester and whether or not Student A would still want a tutor. [AP] stated, “In vain, I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- believed that I would be able to ‘keep tabs’ on him in that setting. He seemed upset with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- myself [sic] that I had hurt him. I told him that this was not something that could happen, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- as he was a student and a minor. I told him that we could no longer see each other as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- friends, but I still cared about his happiness and success.” (Exhibit 7, page 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-17. On September 7, 2017, [AP] was placed on unassigned duties pending investigation from ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- her school division. A clear cease and desist order from the school division was also ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- issued that forbade [AP] to contact any of the school division’s students, particularly ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- Student A. Student A was specifically named in the order. (Exhibit 7, page 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-18. On September 8, 2017, [AP] attended a meeting with human resources personnel to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- investigate the allegations of an inappropriate relationship. [AP] denied an inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with Student A. [AP] refused to answer some of the questions but made a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- statement that the e-mails provided to the school board were from her to Student A and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- were from her e-mail address. The school division found the content of the e-mails to be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- unprofessional and inappropriate. [AP] was uncooperative with the investigation. She ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- made statements such as “Why are you asking me that?” and “Is this all you have?” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- during the interview. (Exhibit 7, page 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf-19. On September 11, 2017, [AP] provided a statement, with a full description of her actions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- to the school division’s investigators. [AP]’s statement confirmed some basic ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- demographic information as well as outlined her actions over the summer. In the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf: statement [AP] denied any sexual contact with Student A and that Student A was at either ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- her or her parents’ residence. (Exhibit 7, page 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/p-a-discipline-decision-2020-10-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE REPORT OF THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- HEARING COMMITTEE OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST DUANE OSTAPIW ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee ofthe Professional Conduct Committee ofthe Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that a charge of unprofessional conduct laid against Duane Ostapiw of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-Edmonton, Alberta was duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-Thursday, May 26,2005 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. Duane Ostapiw is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, on February 22,2005, was convicted ofan indictable offence ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- which was based on his conduct on or about June 2003, while he was a member ofthe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Alberta Teachers' Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-2 Duane Ostapiw is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, on or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- about June 2003,failed to treat a student with dignity and respect in that he, while in a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf: position oftrust and authority, engaged in a sexual relationship with a grade 9 student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- from the school at which he taught. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-3. Duane Ostapiw is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, on or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- about June 2003, acted in a manner which failed to maintain the honour and dignity ofthe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf: profession in that he, while in a position oftrust and authority, engaged in a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with a grade 9 student from the school at which he taught. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-4. Duane Ostapiw is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, on or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- about June 2003, acted in a manner which failed to maintain the honour and dignity ofthe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf: profession in that he engaged in an attempted cover-up ofa sexual relationship with a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- grade 9 student from the school at which he taught. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-The prosecuting officer submitted the following amendment to Charge 1: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-D Ostapiw, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. Duane Ostapiw is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, on or about June 2003, while a member ofthe Alberta ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf: Teachers' Association, engaged in a sexual relationship with a grade 9 student which led ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- to his conviction, on February 22,2005, ofan indictable offence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee accepted the amendment. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to each ofthe charges through a written ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-submission.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-The committee directed that the name(s)of any student(s) referenced in the hearing would not be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-used during the proceedings or in any documents issued by the hearing committee, to protect ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-their privacy. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee accepted Ostapiw's plea of guilty to each ofthe four charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. Ostapiw was convicted ofan indictable offence under section 153 ofthe Criminal Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Canada. He,therefore, is guilty of unprofessional conduct under section 23(2)(a)ofthe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-2. Students have a reasonable expectation that teachers will not abuse their positions of trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf: and authority by engaging in sexual relationships with them. Such relationships fail to treat ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- the students involved with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-3. Ostapiw brought dishonour and disrepute to the teaching profession through his actions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- which gave rise to his conviction ofan indictable offence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf:4. Ostapiw attempted to cover-up the sexual relationship with Student X by engaging in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- duplicitous action. In so doing, he attempted to discredit a colleague's reporting on a matter ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- of possible misconduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-D Ostapiw, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposes the following penalty for each ofthe four charges: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. Ostapiw is declared ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-2. The Alberta Teachers' Association will recommend to the minister of education that Ostapiw ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- be declared ineligible for teacher certification in the province of Alberta. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-3. A severe reprimand, the four reprimands to be addressed in a single letter. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. Ostapiw was convicted of an indictable offence which constitutes unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf:2. Ostapiw had a sexual relationship with Student X which violated his position oftrust and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- authority. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-2. The relationship and ensuing publicity caused significant emotional harm to Student X. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- youthful age of the victim exacerbates the severity of Ostapiw's breach oftrust and authority. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- The responsibility for the relationship rested solely on Ostapiw in his role as teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf:3. The profession views the abuse of authority involving sexual activity with a student as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- abhorrent. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf:4. Teachers must not engage in sexual activities with their students. Society views such actions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- as repugnant and reprehensible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-5. Society has a reasonable expectation that teachers will act in a manner that establishes and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- maintains a trust relationship between teachers and students. Ostapiw exploited that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf: relationship by cultivating and engaging in a sexual relationship with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-6. Ostapiw initially made a deliberate attempt to cover up his actions. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf:7. Ostapiw failed to fully recognize that any sexual relationship between a teacher and a student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- of school age is a breach oftrust and is unacceptable. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- 8. Ostapiw's criminal actions harmed the honour and dignity ofthe profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City ofEdmonton in the Province of Alberta, Thursday, May 26,2005. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ostapiw-discipline-report-2005-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST BRIAN NICKEL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Brian Nickel of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Edmonton, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Thursday, February 4, 2010. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Dorothy Dyer ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-(chair), Lynne Davies and Howard Gamble. Richard Rand of Rand Kiss Turner was counsel to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-the hearing committee, Michael Kischuk was secretary and Leslie Kaun was recorder. Robert ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Mazzotta presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member, Brian ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Nickel, was not present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to the constitution or jurisdiction of the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-1. Brian Douglas Nickel is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- September 5, 2008, at or near Spruce Grove, Alberta, engaged in conduct for which he, on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- July 28, 2009, was convicted of an indictable offence, in that Brian Douglas Nickel did have ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: in his possession child pornography, to wit: a digital video image of a nude young person, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada and in doing so, failed to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. Brian Douglas Nickel is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- September 5, 2008, at or near Spruce Grove, Alberta, engaged in conduct for which he, on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- July 28, 2009, was convicted of an indictable offence, in that Brian Douglas Nickel did have ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: in his possession child pornography, to wit: multiple digital picture image files of young ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: people, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada and in doing so, failed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC, B Nickel, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-3. Brian Douglas Nickel is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- August 1, 2007 and September 5, 2008, both dates inclusive, at or near Spruce Grove, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Alberta, engaged in conduct for which he, on July 28, 2009, was convicted of an indictable ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: offence, in that Brian Douglas Nickel did make child pornography to wit: a video of a young ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- person fully nude in the shower, contrary to section 163.1(2) of the Criminal Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Canada, and in doing so, engaged in activities which failed to maintain the honour and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-4. Brian Douglas Nickel is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- August 13, 2008, at or near Edmonton, Alberta, engaged in conduct for which he, on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- July 28, 2009, was convicted of an indictable offence, in that Brian Douglas Nickel did, for a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: sexual purpose, touch CM, a person under the age of sixteen years, directly with a part of his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- body to wit: his hands, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada, and in doing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- so, failed to treat a pupil with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-In the absence of Nickel and the absence of a written plea, the hearing committee directed pleas ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-of not guilty to each charge on his behalf. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1—Charges ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 2—Notice of hearing sent to Nickel at the Bowden Institution and Canada Post ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- confirmation of delivery ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3—Process server’s affidavit of service of notice of hearing to Nickel’s home address ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 4—Agreed statement of facts entered at the Provincial Court of Alberta ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 5—Order of Prohibition and four certificates of conviction with respect to Nickel ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 6—Proof of Nickel’s membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-1. Nickel was a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association during the period January 1, 2007 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- to April 30, 2009 inclusive (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. Nickel was employed by Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No 2 as a teacher at ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- a junior high school in Spruce Grove, Alberta during that time period (Exhibits 4 and 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC, B Nickel, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-3. Nickel was convicted of four indictable offences under sections 163.1(2), 163.1(4) and 151 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- of the Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-4. Nickel admitted to, and was convicted under section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: Canada of, possessing child pornography in the form of a digital video image of a nude ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- young person and multiple digital picture image files of young people (Exhibits 4 and 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-5. Nickel admitted to, and was convicted under section 163.1(2) of the Criminal Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: Canada of, making child pornography in the form of a video of a young person fully nude in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- the shower (Exhibits 4 and 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-6. Nickel admitted to, and was convicted under section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada of, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- touching a young person under the age of 16 for a sexual purpose (Exhibits 4 and 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-7. Nickel engaged in an inappropriate relationship of a sexual nature with a student and, in so ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- doing, failed to treat the student with dignity and respect (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf:8. Nickel possessed and created child pornography and, in so doing, failed to maintain the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- honour and dignity of the profession (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee found Nickel guilty of all four charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-1. Nickel was convicted of four indictable offences under sections 163.1(2), 163.1(4) and 151 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- of the Criminal Code of Canada and is therefore guilty of unprofessional conduct under ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- section 23(2)(a) of the Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. Nickel was convicted of four indictable offences. He did not adhere to the Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Professional Conduct and thus failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-3. The public has a right to expect that children will be protected from those who engage in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: possession or creation of child pornography. By his conduct, Nickel jeopardized the public’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- trust in the profession and failed to uphold the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-4. A student has the right to expect that teachers will not abuse their positions of trust and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf: authority. By engaging in inappropriate behavior of a sexual nature with a student, Nickel ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- failed to treat the student with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC, B Nickel, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposes the following penalties: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-1. Nickel will be given a letter of severe reprimand for the four charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. Nickel is declared permanently ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-3. A recommendation will be made to the minister of education for permanent cancellation of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- Nickel’s teaching certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-1. Nickel was convicted of four indictable offences under sections 163.1(2), 163.1(4) and 151 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. Nickel’s actions showed disregard for society’s expectations of teachers. Society and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- profession view such actions as repugnant and reprehensible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf:3. Nickel’s possession and creation of child pornography was unbecoming of a teacher and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- dishonoured the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-4. Nickel’s actions represent serious violations of the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Thursday, February 4, 2010. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/nickel-discipline-report-2010-02-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re C Neudecker, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- understood the content in the documents that were signed, including: the agreed statement of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- facts; the declaration; the submission on plea; and the submission on penalty. This also ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- accounted for the gap between Neudecker's signatures and Hackman's signatures on the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- documents they had jointly submitted.(Exhibits 6 and 7) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf-10. A notice to reconvene the hearing was served on February 29,2020 to Neudecker. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- Name of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- schcnl ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf-11. Student A was a returning Grade 12 student at redacted. for the 2018/19 school year. He was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- upgrading a high school mathematics course as well as attending the Health Care Aide ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- dual-credit program. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf-12. When confronted with witness statements by Garbutt and Brett Cooper, assistant ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- superintendent, Neudecker admitted that the events related to at least one of the incidents of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf: inappropriate physical and sexual contact with the student.(Exhibit 8, appendix 6)In her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- admission of unprofessional conduct to Hackman, Neudecker admitted to all events related ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- to all nine charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf-13. Student A stated in his interview with Garbutt and Cooper that he did not see Neudecker ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- outside of school but he did spend time in her classroom with her and they were in contact ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- by social media (Instagram and Snapchat).(Exhibit 8, page 9-10, number 40) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf-14. Student A stated that during Summer 2018,Neudecker and Student A began communicating ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- through social media.(Exhibit 8, page 14, number 49) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf-15. Student A and Neudecker did not start texting until the 2018/19 school year began. This ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- consisted of an ongoing exchange of pictures (50-100 pictures in total) of each other ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- including salutations,jokes and memes.(Exhibit 8, page 14, number 49) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf-16. Neudecker's inappropriate Instagram picture sent on September 22, 2018, to Student A, of a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- truck and a condom package, reflected the continuation of an inappropriate student-teacher ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- relationship between Neudecker and Student A.(Exhibit 8, appendix 7) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf-17. Student A staled that Neudecker did not tell him to stop sending her the electronic ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- communications.(Exhibit 8, page 11, number 43) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf-18. Neudecker admitted that she engaged in inappropriate electronic communications with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- Student A from August 2018 to November 2018.(Exhibit 8, page 23, number 87) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/neudecker-discipline-decision-2020-05-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGE OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST BRETT DANIEL MITTELSTEADT ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that a charge of unprofessional conduct laid against Brett Mittelsteadt of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-Ardrossan, Alberta was duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-Friday, September 30, 2016 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-The following charge was read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-1. Brett Daniel Mittelsteadt is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- March 1, 2013 and September 1, 2014, engaged in conduct for which he, on August 22, 2016, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf: was convicted of two indictable offences, to wit: sexual interference and luring a child, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- contrary to sections 151 and 172.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-In the absence of the member, the committee chair directed a plea of not guilty. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-1. Mittelsteadt, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, between March 1, 2013 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- and September 1, 2014, engaged in conduct for which he, on August 22, 2016, was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf: convicted of two indictable offences, to wit: sexual interference and luring a child, contrary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- to sections 151 and 172.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf:2. Mittelsteadt is guilty of two indictable offenses involving sexual inference and luring a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- child. The Teaching Profession Act section 23(2) states that conduct of the member on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- which such indictable conviction is based is deemed to constitute unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Mittelsteadt, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-The committee ordered the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-1. A declaration that Mittelsteadt is ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation to the minister of education to cancel Mittelsteadt’s teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf:1. Mittelsteadt is guilty of two indictable offences involving sexual inference and luring a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- child. This behaviour is a heinous and reprehensible betrayal of the trust placed in him by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf: the public, profession and children. Society expects teachers to refrain from sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- interference and luring of students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf:2. Mittelsteadt’s persistent and repeated sexual interference with Student A was sustained over ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- a period of approximately one and a half years. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf:3. Mittelsteadt’s sexual interference with a child occurred both during and after school hours, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- and in a variety of locations, including the school. Through his actions, Mittelsteadt abused ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- his position of trust, authority and responsibility. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-4. Mittelsteadt influenced Student A by threatening to take action against a boy she was dating, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- by employing a variety of coercive and persuasive techniques and by isolating her and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- exhibiting controlling behaviour. This impacted the student’s comfort and her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- age-appropriate relationships. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-5. Mittelsteadt deceived a colleague and Student A’s parents in order to gain access to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf: Student A for the purposes of sexual interference and luring a child. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-6. The hearing committee ordered a penalty that reflects the extreme and egregious nature of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- Mittelsteadt’s unprofessional conduct. The penalty is intended to protect the interests of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- children, the profession and society. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Friday, October 7, 2016. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mittelsteadt-discipline-report-2016-10-07-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST JOHN CHRISTOPHER MILLER ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-The hearing committee ofthe Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against John Christopher Miller ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-of Airdrie, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-Thursday, July 3,2014, commencing at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Wendy ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-Maltais (chair), Cindy Gerodo and George Epp. Richard Rand ofRand Kiss Turner was counsel ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-to the hearing committee, Michael Kischuk was secretary and Leslie Kaun was recorder. Ian ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-Stewardson presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member,John ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-Christopher Miller, was not present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-There were no objections to the constitution or jurisdiction ofthe hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-The following charges were read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-1. John Christopher Miller is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- July 2012 and October 2012,engaged in conduct for which he, on November 29, 2013 was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- convicted ofan indictable offence, to wit: On or between the 18^"^ day ofJuly, 2012 and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- 17^^ day of October, 2012, at or near Airdrie in the Province of Alberta, being in a position of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf: trust or authority towards (Student X)a young person, did for a sexual purpose, touch ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- directly the body of(Student X),a young person, with a part of his body to wit penis contrary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- to Section 153(A)ofthe Criminal Code. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-2. John Christopher Miller is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers* Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- November 2012 and December 2012,engaged in conduct for which he, on November 29, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- 2013 was convicted ofan indictable offence,to wit: Between the 16^ day ofNovember,2012 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- and the 19^^ day of December,2012, both dates inclusive, at or near Airdrie, Alberta, being at ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- large on his recognizance entered into before a justice and being bound to comply with a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re J C Miller, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-8. During the tutoring. Miller and Student X talked about increasingly personal information ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- regarding the circumstances of each ofthem, including Student X's relationships and family ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- breakup and Miller's relationship with his wife and his troubled childhood.(Exhibit G) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-9. Toward the end ofthe 2011/12 school year. Miller hired Student X to babysit his children on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- at least one occasion.(Exhibit G) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-10. After exams in June 2012, Miller and Student X kissed for the first time. They continued to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- kiss during the 2012/13 school year.(Exhibit G) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf:11. In late July 2012, on a number of occasions. Miller and Student X had sexual encounters that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf: went beyond kissing and included sexual intercourse.(Exhibit G) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-12. On October 17, 2012, Student X was interviewed by police.(Exhibit G) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-13. On October 17,2012, Miller was interviewed and arrested by police. Miller was released on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- a recognizance requiring him to have no further contact with Student X.(Exhibit G) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-14. Between November 16,2012 and December 19,2012, notwithstanding the no-contact clause ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- of his recognizance. Miller continued to have contact with Student X by texting, sending ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- photographs over cell phones and meeting with her.(Exhibit G) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-15. Miller is currently serving a 29-month sentence at Bowden Institution.(Exhibit G) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-16. Miller pled guilty to all four charges of unprofessional conduct.(Exhibit C) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-17. Miller was convicted of an indictable offence on October 10, 2013 for touching a young ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf: person for a sexual purpose.(Exhibit E) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-18. Miller was convicted of an indictable offence on October 10, 2013 for breaching a condition ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- of his recognizance by making contact with Student X.(Exhibit F) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-19. Miller was sentenced for both convictions on November 29,2013.(Exhibits E and F) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-20. Miller was cooperative with both the investigating and presenting officers.(Exhibit I) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-Charge 1—^guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-Charge 2—^guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-Charge 3—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-Charge 4—^guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re J C Miller, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-1. Miller was convicted of an indictable offence on October 10,2013 for touching a young ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf: person for a sexual purpose. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-2. Miller was convicted of an indictable offence on October 10,2013 for breaching a condition ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- of his recognizance. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf:3. Miller engaged in inappropriate sexual activity with a student in his school. Miller breached ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- the trust expected ofteachers and took advantage ofthe student's vulnerability, thus failing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- to treat the student with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-4. Miller failed to maintain the honour and dignity ofthe profession by abusing his position of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf: trust, breaching his authority and entering into a sexual relationship with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-5. Miller's actions resulted in convictions of indictable offences which are a matter of public ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- record and awareness, thus Miller failed to maintain the honour and dignity ofthe profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-6. Miller pled guilty to all four charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-7. Under section 23 ofthe Teaching Profession Act, a teacher convicted ofan indictable offence ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- has contravened the Code ofProfessional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following global penalty for all four charges: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-1. Miller is declared ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-2. A recommendation will be made to the minister of education to cancel Miller's teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf:1. Miller was convicted of indictable offences for touching a young person for a sexual purpose ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- and for breaching a condition of his recognizance. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-2. By his actions, Miller exploited a student and violated the standards ofthe profession, thus ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- rendering him unfit to be a teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf-3. The public has a high level of trust in teachers and expects that all teachers will treat students ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- with dignity and respect and be considerate oftheir circumstances. Miller purposefully ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- contravened these expectations to a high degree and on multiple occasions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/miller-discipline-report-2014-07-03-pdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re Mennes, page 56 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-31. Student L - Credible ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-Student L was in Grade 6 at the time of her testimony. She was in Grade 4 in Mennes’s class ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-during the 2015/16 school year. Student L presented as honest and forthright in her recollections. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-She was polite during her testimony but appeared to be nervous, constantly swiveling in her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-chair. Student L had good recall of events and treatment of other students in the Grade 4 class. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-Student L recalled specific class events very clearly but there was some minor variation in her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-testimony about a specific incident involving Student K. Her testimony was internally consistent. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-32. Parent M – Credible ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-Parent M is the mother of Student M who was a Grade 4 student in Mennes’s classroom during ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-the 2015/16 school year. Parent M was professional and businesslike in both dress and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-appearance. She spoke in a clear and articulate voice. Much of Parent M’s testimony relating to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-classroom events was based on second-hand information from her daughter, Student M. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-Parent M was reasonable and solid in her perceptions. Parent M was thoughtful and deliberate in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-her responses. The witness’s testimony was externally consistent except when she testified that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-the substitute teacher was mean to students too. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-33. Student M – Credible ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-Student M was in Grade 6 at the time of her testimony. Student M was a student in Grade 4 in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf:Mennes’s classroom during the 2015/16 school year. She was well groomed, neat in appearance ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-and cooperative during her testimony. Student M presented as a student that adhered to rules. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-She consistently swung her legs and moved her chair as she testified. Student M changed in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-demeanour during cross examination by Mennes. Her testimony was internally consistent with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-some minor deviations from her written statement. Her testimony was externally consistent with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-the testimony of other students. She testified that she wanted to be home schooled for Grade 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-and that she did not feel safe in Mennes’s class. She was scared, criticized in front of other ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-students and made to feel incapable of achieving Mennes’s high expectations in Grade 4. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-Student M did not want her sister to experience Grade 4 in Mennes’s room. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-34. Parent N – Credible ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-Parent N is the mother of Student N who was in Grade 4 in Mennes class during the 2016/17 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-school year. Parent N was businesslike in appearance. Parent N identified that she was nervous at ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-the outset her testimony. The witness provided both first-hand and second-hand knowledge of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-events that transpired in Mennes’s class during the 2016/17 school year when Mennes was at ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-work. Her testimony was internally consistent and externally consistent with the testimony of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-others. Parent N was deeply troubled by the negative impact Mennes had on her child in such a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf-short time. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mennes-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2019-01-24-and-2020-01-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST MARK GERARD MCNALLY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Mark Gerard McNally of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-Edmonton, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-Thursday, October 23, 2008. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Sheila Fraser ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-(chair), Robert Twerdoclib and Joe Rodgers (public member). Richard Rand of Rand Kiss Turner ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-was counsel to the hearing committee, Tim Johnston was secretary and Leslie Kaun was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-recorder. Ihor Kruk presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-member was not present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to the constitution or jurisdiction of the hearing committee to hear the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-1. Mark Gerard McNally is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-September 1, 2002 and June 25, 2003, both dates inclusive, at or near Edmonton, Alberta, being ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-in a position of trust or authority towards, or in a relationship of dependency with, a young ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf:person, did, for a sexual purpose, unlawfully touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-or with an object, a part of the body of the young person, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-2. Mark Gerard McNally is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, failed to respond ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-to the investigating officer, thus failing to cooperate, contrary to section 26(4) of the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-M G McNally, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-4. McNally received a 15-month sentence to be served within the community, ie, house arrest ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-5. The court imposed a publication ban on the name of the student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-6. The agreed statement of facts entered at the trial states that McNally, being in a position of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- trust or authority towards or in a relationship of dependency with Student A, a young person, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf: did for a sexual purpose unlawfully touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- with an object, a part of the body of Student A, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf: Code of Canada. This included kissing and fondling at the school and performing oral sex ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- and masturbation at the home of the accused. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-7. The victim impact statement, part of the court proceedings, showed how the relationship with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- McNally affected, and continues to affect, Student A, emotionally and physically. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- statement gave examples of loss of self-confidence, negative self-image and an unhealthy ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf: perception of the opposite sex (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee found McNally guilty of Charge One. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-1. McNally was convicted of an indictable offence under section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-2. Pursuant to section 23(2) of the Teaching Profession Act, if a member is convicted of an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- indictable offence, then the behaviour of the member on which the conviction is based is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- deemed to constitute unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalty on McNally: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-1. He is declared ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-2. A letter will be sent to the minister of education recommending permanent cancellation of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- Mark McNally’s teaching certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-M G McNally, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-1. McNally was convicted of an indictable offence under the Criminal Code of Canada and is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- therefore guilty of unprofessional conduct under section 23(2) of the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-2. McNally acted in a manner that was detrimental to the best interests of a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-3. Society has a right to expect that teachers will act in a manner that establishes and maintains ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- a trust relationship between teachers and students. McNally betrayed that trust. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf:4. Society views sexual relationships between teachers and students as repugnant and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- reprehensible. The actions of McNally damaged the life of Student A and brought dishonour ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- to the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Thursday, October 23, 2008. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mcnally-discipline-report-2008-10-23-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re McKerrall, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf-2. During the Facebook conversation, McKerrall repeatedly pressed Student A for photographs ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- of her toes, in a manner that was entirely self-serving and without regard for her refusal. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- repeated requests were prolonged, made the student uncomfortable, and included the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- enticement of a “reward.” In this Facebook conversation, McKerrall failed to treat the student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- with dignity and respect and was not considerate of her circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf-3. The profession and the public expect that teachers will maintain appropriate boundaries with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- their students. McKerrall’s comments about his attraction to Student A, his compliments to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- her and his persistent requests for photographs of her toes far exceeded the boundaries of an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- appropriate teacher-student relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf-4. The teacher is always solely responsible for maintaining the boundaries between teacher and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- student. McKerrall repeatedly ignored this responsibility, even after Student A explicitly ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- referred to his obligations and indicated her discomfort. McKerrall failed to treat the student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- with dignity and respect and was not considerate of her circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf-5. Student A was made to feel uncomfortable, apologetic and as if she had to explain why she ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- couldn’t have a relationship with McKerrall. Indeed, Student A clearly felt she had to ask her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- teacher not to be mad or upset about her answers to his overtures. McKerrall failed to treat ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- the student with consideration for her circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf-6. McKerrall failed to uphold the honour and dignity of the profession when he, in a Facebook ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- conversation, attempted to corrupt the student-teacher relationship into one that served his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- own gratification. The public and profession expect that teachers will not engage in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- conversations characterized by attempts to manipulate students for selfish purposes. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf:7. McKerrall initiated a Facebook conversation with a student that focussed on his sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- attraction to her and objectified her, thus failing to maintain the honour and integrity of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf-8. As a result of his Facebook conversation with Student A on February 5, 2016, other members ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- of the profession, a parent, and the local RCMP became aware of McKerrall’s misconduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- McKerrall failed to uphold the honour and dignity of the profession and did so in a fashion ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- that became public. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf-The committee imposed as penalty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf-1. a single letter of severe reprimand to address both charges, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf-2. a declaration of ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf-3. a recommendation to the minister of education that McKerrall’s teaching certificate be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- cancelled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mckerrall-discipline-report-2017-03-30-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE REPORT OF THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- HEARING COMMITTEE OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST TYREE MCCRACKIN ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Tyree McCrackin of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-Wabamun (formerly Okotoks), Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-Profession Act. The hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-Alberta, Canada on Wednesday, May 26, 2004. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. Tyree McCrackin is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- the 24th day of November, 2003, in the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, plead ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- guilty to an indictable offence under Part XIX of the Criminal Code of Canada to wit: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Between the 14th day of May AD 2002 and the 9th day of April AD 2003 at or near the town ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- of Okotoks in the Province of Alberta, being in a position of trust or authority towards MRW, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf: a young person, did for a sexual purpose, touch directly the body of MRW, a young person, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- with a part of his body to wit: his penis contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Canada, thereby failing to treat a student with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-2. Tyree McCrackin is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- the 24th day of November, 2003, in the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, plead ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- guilty to an indictable offence under Part XIX of the Criminal Code of Canada to wit: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Between the 14th day of May AD 2002 and the 9th day of April AD 2003 at or near the town ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- of Okotoks in the Province of Alberta, being in a position of trust or authority towards MRW, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf: a young person, did for a sexual purpose, touch directly the body of MRW, a young person, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- with a part of his body to wit: his penis contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Canada, thereby failing to act in a manner which maintains the honour and dignity of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-3. Tyree McCrackin is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- the 24th day of November, 2003, in the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, plead ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- guilty to an indictable offence under Part XIX of the Criminal Code of Canada to wit: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Between the 14th day of May AD 2002 and the 9th day of April AD 2003 at or near the town ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC, McCrackin, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- of Okotoks in the Province of Alberta, being in a position of trust or authority towards MRW, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf: a young person, did for a sexual purpose, touch directly the body of MRW, a young person, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- with a part of his body to wit: his penis contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Canada, thereby engaging in activities which adversely affected the quality of the teacher’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- professional service. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-4. Tyree McCrackin is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, in the period ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- between November 27, 2002 and March 31, 2003, used the Foothills School Division No 38 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- technology resources in a manner inappropriate to a teacher-student relationship with MRW, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- a young person, thereby engaging in activities which adversely affected the quality of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- teacher’s professional service. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member was not present. A plea of not guilty was directed on his behalf by the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee found T McCrackin guilty of each of the four charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. T McCrackin was convicted of an indictable offence under section 153 of the Criminal Code ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- of Canada. He, therefore, is guilty of unprofessional conduct under section 23(2)(a) of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-2. Students have a reasonable expectation that teachers will not abuse their positions of trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf: and authority by engaging in sexual relationships with them. Such relationships fail to treat ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- the students involved with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-3. T McCrackin brought dishonour and disrespect to the teaching profession by his conviction ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- of an indictable offence and by his conduct that gave rise to that conviction. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf:4. Engaging in sexual activity with a student, compounded by doing so at the school, adversely ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- affected the quality of T McCrackin’s professional service. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-5. Communicating with the student via school jurisdiction e-mail, during the school day, about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf: matters related to the sexual relationship, adversely affected the quality of T McCrackin’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- professional service. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC, McCrackin, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee imposes the following penalty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-for Charges 1 through 4: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. T McCrackin is declared ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- from this day forward. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation to the minister of learning that T McCrackin’s teaching certificate be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- cancelled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf:1. T McCrackin is guilty of an indictable offence which involved a sexual relationship with a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- student and involved abusing his position of trust and authority. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf:2. Teachers must not engage in sexual activities with their students. Society views such actions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- as repugnant and reprehensible. T McCrackin’s actions showed disregard for society’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- expectations of teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-3. Society has the right to expect that teachers will act in a manner that establishes and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- maintains a trust relationship between teachers and students. T McCrackin exploited that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf: relationship by cultivating and engaging in a sexual relationship with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-4. T McCrackin’s actions represent a major breach of trust and a serious violation of the Code ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- of Professional Conduct. T McCrackin’s actions brought dishonour to the teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-5. T McCrackin brought negative attention to the teaching profession because his actions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- received significant media coverage. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-6. A teacher’s quality of professional service is adversely affected when the teacher ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf: a) uses the school to engage in sexual activity ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- b) uses school technology to cultivate an inappropriate relationship and engage in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf: inappropriate sexual dialogue with a student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- c) uses school technology during periods of instruction to engage in personal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- communication. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-7. There is no evidence that T McCrackin informed the Association of his conviction of an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- indictable offence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Wednesday, May 26, 2004. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mccrackin-discipline-report-2004-05-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF A CHARGE OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST SHANE CAMERON MAZUTINEC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that a charge of unprofessional conduct laid against Shane Cameron ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Mazutinec of Lethbridge, Alberta was duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Profession Act. The hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Alberta, Canada commencing on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 and concluding on Wednesday, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-April 6, 2016. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Wendy ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Maltais (chair), Bart Heine and Lynne Davies. Sharalynn Anderson was also present, as an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-observer. Richard Rand of Rand Kiss Turner was counsel to the hearing committee, Gaylene ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Schreiber was secretary, assisted by Lisa Everitt, and Leslie Kaun was recorder. Cory Schoffer ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member, Shane Mazutinec, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-was not present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to the composition or the jurisdiction of the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-PRELIMINARY MATTER ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-The committee heard an application by the presenting officer to close the hearing to the public. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-The presenting officer requested this out of primary concern for the first witness because she ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-and/or her family members could be detrimentally affected if the hearing was not held in private. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-The committee made a decision as per section 33(b) of the Teaching Profession Act to close the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-hearing to protect the identity and interests of the vulnerable parties. The committee determined ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-that protecting the anonymity of this witness outweighed any public interest in an open hearing. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-The following charge was read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-1. Shane Cameron Mazutinec is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf: 1996, engaged in a sexual relationship with a student, thereby failing to treat the student with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- dignity and respect and failing to maintain the honour and dignity of the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Schoffer entered a plea of not guilty to the charge, on behalf of Mazutinec. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re S Mazutinec, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf: never had sex with Mazutinec again. Witness A also recalled “I remember after, I looked at ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- him and he looked at me like nothing had changed and everything was normal.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf:19. When asked if she would characterize this event as a sexual assault, Witness A said it was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- not violent and “it was kind and slow and progressive and manipulating.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-20. Immediately after this event, Mazutinec told her to wait for five minutes. Mazutinec left, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- “like nothing had happened.” After five minutes, Witness A went to the bathroom to clean ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- herself up. She said there was blood left behind on the desk in the closet. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-21. Witness A recalled telling her sister what had happened, and she recalled going to the office ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- with her mom and her mom’s boyfriend to report the event. The RCMP conducted an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- investigation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-22. When asked about the RCMP investigation and the fact the Mazutinec continued to teach, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- Witness A explained, “I was considered a liar and mentally troubled and needed help. There ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- was an RCMP investigation and they did nothing.” Witness A said, “They didn’t believe me ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- because when I was ten my good friend’s sister was raped, and I told a false statement that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- was her sister’s (story) but I stopped telling it because I couldn’t identify the person. I was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ten and I was trying to help. I was wrong.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-23. When asked why the RCMP didn’t deem her credible, Witness A said they weren’t going to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- waste time on a girl who was obviously troubled and had given a false report earlier. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-24. When asked, Witness A stated her opinion now is that Mazutinec targeted her because she ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- wasn’t believable, she drank, she took pills, she acted out and she was not a trustworthy ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- person. She said, “I was alone. I had nobody. Somebody who was kind and listened was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- important to me.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-25. Subsequent to the event, Witness A was admitted into a psychiatric facility for a few weeks, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- and then lived in a group home for some time. Some years later, she had a son and then ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- completed high school. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-26. Witness A stated that at the present time, she has begun counselling, she does not interact ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- with her community socially and works at home where only minimal interaction with other ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- people is required. As well, she does not like to go to her children’s school and does not like ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- to attend parent-teacher interviews. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-27. Witness A testified she gave up her one volunteer activity as a fundraiser with a charitable ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- organization because of fears that her name may be advertised in public radio or television. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- When asked, she connected this to her experience with Mazutinec. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-28. The committee noted that Witness A was not the complainant in this matter; she had been ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- called as a witness. As such, Witness A had nothing to gain in providing her testimony. In ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- fact, the concerns expressed in support of the application for a closed hearing indicate that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re S Mazutinec, page 9 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- otherwise engaged after school, to deny aspects of the allegations; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- e) noting that Witness A’s sister remained his student following the incident, which would ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- be unlikely if she had believed her sister’s allegations; and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- f) noting that his middle name is Cameron, not Scott, as represented by Witness A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- Mazutinec challenged these aspects in some detail by recalling specifics, such as the name of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- another student who sat at his front desk often, the names of his teacher aides and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- activities he engaged in after school. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-9. Mazutinec asserted that Witness A’s account to Schoffer is “even more dis-jointed (sic) and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- false than what she reported in 1996.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-10. Mazutinec wrote that he believes the complainant in this case was the principal of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- outreach school that Witness A later attended. He believes Witness A may have then reported ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- the event to him and the complainant believed her story. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-11. Mazutinec said “following the 1996 incident he moved (his) classroom to the nearest room to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- the front office.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-12. Mazutinec detailed the effort he made through his practice, his growth plan activities and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- with administration, to allay any concerns that could arise in the community. He ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- acknowledged he often took on female work experience students. He asserted that his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- assignment to supervise and coach school activities solely involving girls could be taken as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- evidence that the administration had no concerns with his conduct. He referred to an incident, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- unrelated to this matter, in which he insisted that he be accompanied by female staff ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- supervision. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-13. While earlier in his document, Mazutinec recommended the committee ask Witness B to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- confirm aspects of Mazutinec’s testimony, he later sought to cast doubt on Witness B’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- character by recounting incidents that portrayed Witness B as unprofessional and recounted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- aspects that may indicate a strained relationship between the two of them. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-14. Mazutinec apologized for being unable to attend the hearing and indicated he had left the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- teaching profession “with no desire to ever return to it.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-15. The committee was not able to assess Mazutinec’s appearance or demeanour, nor could it ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- question him on his ability to perceive. He stated that he had detailed notes of the day, yet in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- his testimony he didn’t specifically address the accusations against him. The lack of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- testimony about the event in question created doubt about the completeness of Mazutinec’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- testimony. Despite his assertion of having detailed notes, the committee was unable to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- verify the completeness of his recall. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf:16. Mazutinec did not directly deny the specifics of the alleged sexual incident with Witness A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- He didn’t explicitly describe the nature of his relationship with Witness A. For Witness A to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- recall her relationship with Mazutinec in great detail and for him to not mention any ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re S Mazutinec, page 10 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with her created gaps in his testimony which led the committee to doubt the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- completeness of Mazutinec’s testimony. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-17. The specific details Mazutinec did provide are largely extraneous to the events leading to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- charge. Mazutinec’s credibility was negatively impacted because his testimony had some ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- significant focus on attempting to discredit the other witnesses and little focus on addressing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- the specific allegations made by Student A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-18. The committee felt it could give little weight to Mazutinec’s testimony because he was not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- able to demonstrate complete recall, occasionally revealed a lack of internal consistency and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- was not externally consistent with Witness A’s more plausible testimony. The committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- was unable to assess appearance or demeanour nor was it able to assess Mazutinec’s ability ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- to perceive. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-19. The committee considered that Mazutinec’s testimony could have been motivated by his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- desire for preservation of his reputation and self-esteem. Mazutinec had clear motivation to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- cast himself in a positive light within his testimony, unlike Witness A, Witness B and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- Witness C. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf:1. Mazutenic had sex with a female student of junior high age, in a closet, in his classroom. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf: profession expects that teachers will refrain from sexual and emotional exploitation of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- students. Mazutinec failed to do so and this was unprofessional. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-2. Mazutenic cultivated a relationship with a demonstrably vulnerable student. He groomed this ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf: relationship with the student with the ultimate goal of sexually exploiting her and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- comfortable in his belief that any disclosure of same by her would likely be discredited. He ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- exploited the power differential within the teacher-student relationship for his own ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- gratification. The public and the profession expect teachers to refrain from exploiting ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- students for their own gratification at all times. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-3. It is solely the responsibility of the teacher to maintain appropriate teacher-student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- boundaries. Mazutinec failed to do so and this was unprofessional. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-4. The committee balanced the more credible testimony of Witness A against Mazutinec’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- submission. It also considered the testimony of Witness B and Witness C. Witness B and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- Witness C’s testimony was not related to Witness A’s narrative, but was received by the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- committee as similar fact evidence of another incident. Similar fact evidence provides ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- evidence that advances elements which support the charges. With similar fact evidence, the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re S Mazutinec, page 11 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- probative value must outweigh its prejudicial effect. The committee determined that the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- testimony of Witness B and Witness C, as similar fact evidence, had sufficient probative ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- value to outweigh any prejudicial effect because it augmented the plausibility of Witness A’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- testimony. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-5. Mazutenic failed to treat the student with dignity and respect when he exploited her isolation ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- and her need to develop a caring relationship with an adult. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf:6. Mazutenic failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession when he had a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Schoffer submitted to the committee that an appropriate penalty would be a recommendation to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-the minister of education to cancel Mazutinec’s certificate, that Mazutinec be declared ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-permanently ineligible for membership in the Association, and that a $10,000 fine be imposed. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-Schoffer referred to three precedent previous cases with similar facts to support his penalty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-recommendation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalty on Mazutinec: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-1. A declaration of permanent ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation to the minister of education that Mazutinec’s teaching certificate be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- cancelled and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-3. A fine of $10,000 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-1. The public and the teaching profession will not tolerate a teacher who exploits or grooms a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf: relationship with a student for sexual gratification. Therefore, the penalty of permanent ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ineligibility for membership and a recommendation for cancellation of certificate is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- appropriate because it protects students, the profession and the public from predatory ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- behaviour such as that exhibited by Mazutinec. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf-2. Mazutinec had left his teaching position and did not intend to return to teaching, thus the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ineligibility for membership in the Association and the recommendation for cancellation of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- certificate alone would not have a sufficiently significant impact. The committee determined ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- that the maximum fine permitted under the Teaching Profession Act would address the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- repugnant behaviour and mete out the desired impact. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mazutinec-discipline-report-2016-04-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Mastel, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-Charge One ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Mastel, by his own admission, engaged in a social relationship with a student which was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate to an acceptable teacher–student relationship. Taking an emotionally distraught ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- student to an isolated location, even with good intentions, demonstrates incredibly poor ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- judgment. If that was all Mastel was guilty of, his actions would be unprofessional. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. However, the committee found that Mastel developed an emotional, dependent and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf: ultimately physical and sexually motivated relationship with Student A, thereby failing to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- treat her with the dignity and respect owed to children. He was not considerate of her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- vulnerable circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-3. Society has a right to expect that teachers will act in a manner that establishes and maintains ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- an appropriate trust relationship between teachers and students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-4. Mastel exploited an at-risk student who viewed her teacher as understanding, caring and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- worthy of trust. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-5. Even if a young person makes bad choices, it is incumbent upon the teacher to ensure that the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- student is not harmed. In a relationship between teacher and student, the responsibility for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- maintaining proper boundaries falls solely on the teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-Charge Two ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Mastel, by his own admission, failed to act in a manner which maintains the honour and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. The media reporting of this case was sensational, widespread and damaging to the reputation ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-3. Mastel knew, or ought to have known, that engaging in such a relationship with a student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- could put him at risk for censure and have a deleterious effect on his reputation and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- reputation of the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalty, encompassing both charges: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Mastel is declared ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation will be forwarded to the minister of education to cancel Mastel’s teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Mastel, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Student A was a vulnerable student and deserved a high level of care from her teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. Mastel’s actions had serious and long term effects on Student A and her mother. Student A’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- reputation, her relationship with peers, her health, her emotional stability, her feelings of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- self-worth and her personal safety were all compromised. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-3. Mastel’s conduct confused and upset students, parents, and school staff alike. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-4. The reporting of this incident caused harm to the reputation of teachers as being worthy of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- the trust placed in the profession by parents, students and the public. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-5. Mastel did not, at any time, take full responsibility for his wrongdoing. His vigorous denial ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- of any physical contact with Student A, throughout all the proceedings, exacerbated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- Student A’s considerable stress by having to testify repeatedly and thus, his eventual guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- pleas are of little merit. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-6. Mastel did not, at any time, show real contrition or remorse for his actions, beyond how the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- events affected him and his family. His guilty plea was qualified and conditional on only ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- those events that were obviously not in dispute and his version of those in dispute was a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- version that the committee rejected. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-7. Mastel, at the time of these events, had been teaching for almost nine years. As an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- experienced teacher, he ought to have understood and established proper boundaries with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- students and been able to maintain those boundaries, especially with at-risk students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-8. The teaching profession cannot, and will not, tolerate a teacher who takes advantage of a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf: student, especially when the teacher engages in, or seeks to engage in, a sexual relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-9. Mastel has shown himself to be unworthy of the trust that society requires of teachers. He ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- should not be allowed to call himself a teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-10. Mastel suffered loss of health, reputation, income and employment which also impacted his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- young family. No fine was imposed because the hearing committee did not want to impose ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- further hardship on Mastel’s family. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/mastel-discipline-report-2014-03-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-Martens, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-the amendment and directed that numbering in Exhibits 1 and 2 also be changed to the correct ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-reference. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of"guilty" to the charges by way ofa written submission ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-signed by the member earlier and tendered by the prosecuting officer. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-1 V Martens began working as a teacher for Holy Family Catholic Regional Division No 37 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- beginning August 30, 1999 and continued his employment until September 21, 2001. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibits 2 and 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-2. V Martens, was a member ofThe Alberta Teachers' Association during his tenure as a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- teacher with Holy Family Catholic Regional Division No 37. This period included the time ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- the indictable offences in question took place(between May 1,2000 and September 13, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- 2000)as well as the date ofconviction for these offences(September 21, 2001).(Exhibits 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- and 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-3. V Martens, on or between the 1st day of May A.D. 2000 and the 22nd day of September A.D. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- 2000, at or near Valleyview in the province of Alberta, did, while being in a position oftrust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf: or authority towards or in a relationship of dependency with a young person, for a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- purpose, unlawfully touch, directly or indirectly with a part ofthe body or with an object, a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- part ofthe body ofthis young person contrary to section 153(1)(A)ofthe Criminal Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- Canada.(Exhibit 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-4. V Martens, on or between the 1st day of May A.D. 2000 and the 22nd day of September A.D. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- 2000, at or near Valleyview in the province of Alberta, did unlawfully engage in anal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- intercourse with a young person contrary to section 159(1)ofthe Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-5. V Martens, on the 21st day ofSeptember, 2001, plead guilty under part XDC (indictable) of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- the Criminal Code to the charge that: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- On or between the 1st day of May A.D. 2000 and the 22nd day of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- September A.D. 2000 at or near Valleyview in the province of Alberta, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- did while being in a position of trust or authority towards or in a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- Martens, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf: relationship of dependency with a young person, for a sexual purpose, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- unlawfully touch, directly or indirectly with a part of the body or with an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- object, a part of the body of said young person contrary to Section 153(1) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- (A)of the Criminal Code of Canada.(Exhibit 3.) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-6. V Martens, on the 21st day of September, 2001, plead guilty under part XIX (indictable) of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- the Criminal Code to the charge that: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- On or between the 1 st day of May A.D. 2000 and the 22nd day of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- September A.D. 2000 at or near Valleyview in the province of Alberta, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- did unlawfully engage in anal intercourse with a young person contrary to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- Section 159(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada.(Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-7. V Martens was convicted of the said offences on the 21st day of September, 2001 and was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- sentenced to two years imprisonment.(Exhibit 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-8. V Martens taught at| ' |until September 23, 2000. He voluntarily resigned ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- from his position with Holy Family Catholic Regional Division No 37 on September 21, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- 2000,(Exhibit 2 and 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee accepted the guilty plea on both counts. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposes the following penalty for each charge ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-1. That V Martens' membership in The Alberta Teachers' Association be canceled and that he be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- declared ineligible for membership in the Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-2. That a recommendation be made to the minister of learning that V Martens' teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- certificate be canceled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-1. V Martens was convicted of two indictable offences. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-2. V Martens failed to treat a student with dignity and respect and to be considerate of his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- Martens, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-3. A teacher convicted ofan indictable offence brings dishonor and disrepute to the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf:4. Teachers should not engage in sexual activity with students. Society views such actions as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- repugnant and reprehensible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-5. Society has the right to expect that teachers will act in a manner which establishes and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- maintains a trust relationship between teachers and students. V Martens violated this trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-6. V Martens, in his initial conversation with the investigating officer, volunteered to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- relinquish his teaching certificate.(Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-7. V Martens was forthright and cooperative in his interviews with the investigating officer ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- confirming the facts stated above. He provided the investigating officer with all documents ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- requested and answered all questions asked of him.(Exhibits 1 and 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-8. The penalty imposed is consistent with previous cases in that, where there is evidence of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- acceptance of responsibility and cooperation, no fine is assessed in addition to the penalty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- imposed. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City ofEdmonton in the Province of Alberta, Wednesday,December 19,2001. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/martens-discipline-report-2001-12-19-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST TSE MING LIM ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee ofthe Professional Conduct Committee ofthe Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Tse Ming Lim of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Calgary, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Monday, May 27,2013 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Ruth Kuik ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-(chair), Howard Gamble and George Epp. Richard Rand of Rand Kiss Turner was counsel to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-hearing committee, Gaylene Schreiber was secretary and Leslie Kaun was recorder. Keith ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Hadden presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member, Tse Ming ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Lim, was not present and was not represented by counsel at the hearing but had obtained advice ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-from legal counsel who witnessed Lim's signature to Exhibits 4,5 and 6, referenced hereafter. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-There was no objection to the constitution or the jurisdiction ofthe committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-1. Tse Ming Lim is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, during the period of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- July 1,2011 to April 30, 2012, engaged in Facebook conversations of a personal, romantic ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf: and sexually explicit nature with a Grade 12 student,(Student A), thus failing to treat the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- student with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-2. Tse Ming Lim is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, during the period of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- July 1,2011 to April 30,2012, attended school events for the purpose ofseeing and/or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- developing a romantic relationship with a Grade 12 student,(Student A), thus failing to treat ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- the student with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-3. Tse Ming Lim is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the period of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- July 1,2011 to April 30, 2012,engaged or attempted to engage in physical contact that was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate to a teacher-student relationship with a Grade 12 student,(Student A),thus ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- failing to treat the student with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re Lim, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-6. On April 4,2012, Lim sent a message to Student A in which he asked her not to tell anyone ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- else; said that he thought of her as attractive, pretty, kind and thoughtful; and confessed he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- had always thought these things about her, ever since the first day he saw her.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-7. During a series ofconversations between April 4,2012 and April 9,2012, Lim messaged ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student A numerous times. The messages were increasingly intense and inappropriate in tone ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- and content.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-8. On April 4,2012, Lim asked Student A to call him Ming,rather than Lim, because Lim ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- seemed so formal.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf:9. Lim's messages to Student A contained comments that were sexual in nature. He said,"I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- thought I would have to imdress" and in reference to Student A's conversations with her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf: friends,"you mean you don't tell them how sexy I am?" and "if you were just a bit older, I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- would do everything I can to sweep you off your feet and be with me." Student A foimd ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- these conversations "creepy."(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-10. Lim asked Student A to send him pictures of her in her graduation dress, stating he would ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- like to see them "...just to ease me in. otherwise my mouth will hang open the first time I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- see it."(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-11. Lim also stated his desire for physical contact on several occasions. He said "I would love ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- one day to plant my lips on you. even if it is just the back of your hand." Lim also stated "I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- just want to hug you and kiss you on the cheek(I won't mention anywhere else right now)" ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- and "I sometimes hold my pillow and pretend it's you."(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-12. Lim repeatedly indicated his physical desire for Student A and also stated he would have to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- restrain himself from squeezing her too hard if he saw her.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-13. Lim engaged in Facebook conversations ofa romantic nature with Student A. For example, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- he indicated to Student A 'Vhen we chat, it feels like i'm floating on a cloud; this is what it ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- must feel like to fly; this is what poets write about love" and "good night sweet {Student A). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- i'll text you on thmsday..." and"i will just stare at you with longing eyes...and I will put on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- a brave performance in front of everyone and say "okay,take care, see ya later", but what i ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- really want to say is say don't go. Stay here with me. Let me hug you."(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-14. Lim indicated to Student A that she was the last person he thought about before sleeping and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- the first person he thought about upon waking.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-15. Lim urged Student A to "lock her phone" and "please, don't tell anyone else" and "please ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- keep this to yourself." In one instance he said,"I'm sorry if that makes you uncomfortable. I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- just love talking to you. You make me feel better about myself."(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re Lim, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-26. On April 10, 2012, Lim messaged to Student A "I will text you on Thursday, and if it's OK ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- with you, I would very much like to hug you. and I will ask for your permission to kiss you.' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5) School ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-27. On April 12, 2012, Lim attended thel'""'"'"^' jpring play and at that time, led Student A to a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- private spot in the school where he hugged her. Student A felt the hug was inappropriately ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- long and pulled away. Lim indicated to Student A that she was shaking, to which she replied ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- that she was nervous and then changed the subject to alleviate the tension.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-28. Lim rubbed Student A's back and grabbed her hands. Student A believed Lim was about to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- kiss her but he did not.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-29. On April 12, 2012, Student A messaged Lim asking him to stop contacting her.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-30. On May 4, 2012, Grant-Watt served Lim with a no trespass order, pursuant to section 27 of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- School ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- the School Act, prohibiting Lim from attending any events on or off school property. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- redacted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-31. On February 19,2012, Lim messaged another student. Student B, and suggested that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student B's teacher ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- secretly liked Student B.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-32. Lim encouraged Student B to say to redacted. hey, I know you like me" and to provide his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- phone number to Teacher with an inv lalToii for her to call Student B.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-33. Student B responded by brushing off the suggestion, saying he could "only dream" and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- noting he could get kicked out of his chemistry class and that the teacher could be "locked up ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- for a while" since he was a minor.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf:1. Lim engaged in Facebook conversations with Student A that were intense, sexually charged, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- overly personal, inappropriately informal and romantic in nature. This made the student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- uncomfortable and exceeded the boundaries of an appropriate teacher-student relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re Lim, page 6 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-2. Through the Facebook messages, Lim exploited the teacher-student relationship that had ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- been established in his previous teaching assignment and placed Student A in an awkward ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- and vulnerable position. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-3. Lim indicated that he was aware his actions could make Student A uncomfortable and feel ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- scared, but persisted. He asked her to keep the messages to herself and to ensure her phone ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- was locked. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf:4. By repeatedly sending messages to Student A that were personal, sexual and romantic in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- nature, Lim failed to treat Student A with dignity and respect and failed to be considerate of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- her circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- School ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-5. Lim attended a school-related event and messaged Student A prior to this event for the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf: purposes of seeing student A and developing a romantic and sexual relationship with her. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-6. Lim took advantage of Student A's participation at these school events to further his pursuit ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- of her and to advance the intimate nature ofthe relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-7. By attending events at Student A's school, Lim created a private encounter with Student A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- which made Student A feel nervous, uncomfortable and tense. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-8. Lim invited Student A to his apartment. Given the nature of Lim's continuing messages to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student A, Lim's invitation was entirely inappropriate for a teacher-student relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-9. By his actions, Lim demonstrated a lack of regard for Student A's feelings and failed to treat ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- her with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-10. Lim repeatedly indicated his intention to engage in physical contact with Student A, by way ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- of messages to her expressing his desire to hold hands, kiss, hug, caress, cuddle or stroke ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-11. Lim should have expected that his repeated mention of a pillow surrogate for Student A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- would make her intensely uncomfortable. By disregarding the possible impact of his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- statements on Student A, he failed to treat her with dignity and respect and failed to be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- considerate of her circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-12. Lim hugged Student A for an inappropriately long time, grabbed her hand and rubbed her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- back, in a private setting in the school, creating discomfort and anxiety for Student A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re Lim, page 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-13. Teachers are in a position of trust and authority and must act in the best interests of students ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- at all times. Lim's messages to Student A, and his physical contact with her, exceeded the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- civility and friendliness that is reasonably expected of a teacher acting professionally toward ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- a former student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-14. Lim encouraged Student B to believe that Student B was the object of another teacher's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- interest and instructed Student B to communicate with the teacher,^^^^^^''^^"'^'^''"'^' [ for the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- purpose of initiating an inappropriate relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-15. By his actions, Lim created confusion for Student B about the nature of Student B's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with exploited the young man's circumstances. He also risked ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- putting the teacher,peacher ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher |iii an embarrassing and difficult position. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- redacted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-16. Lim's actions both reflected poorly on him and had the potential effect of creating doubt ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- about redacted professionalism in Student B's mind; thus, he failed to maintain the honour ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee considered a joint submission on penalty which included a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-recommendation for three years of ineligibility for membership in the Association and a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-recommendation to the minister of education for a three-year suspension of Lim's teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-After considering the joint submission carefully and at length, the hearing committee imposed as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-penalty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-1. a declaration that Lim is ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-2. a recommendation to the minister of education that Lim's teaching certificate be cancelled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-1. The public expects that teachers will behave in a manner that shows respect for students and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- their circumstances and maintains their dignity. In his communication with Student A and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student B,Lim failed repeatedly to fulfil this duty. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-2. In a relationship between a teacher and students, the responsibility for maintaining proper ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- boundaries falls solely on the teacher. Lim failed to observe proper boundaries on numerous ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- occasions with both students, even after Student B identified these to Lim. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-3. The committee noted Lim's use of generationally-aligned tone, language, punctuation and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- content in his communications with Student A and saw it as designed to seduce and entice ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf: her into a sexual relationship with him. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re Lim,page 8 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-4. The committee determined that Lim's inappropriate communication and conduct related to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student A escalated quickly from initiation ofthe relationship to inappropriate touching in a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- matter of days, accompanied by repeated urgings to maintain secrecy regarding his messages. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- The repeated calls for secrecy indicate that Lim knew, at the time, that what he was doing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- was wrong. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-5. The committee determined Lim's communication and behaviour with Student A indicated a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf: pattern of grooming behaviour, which escalated and intensified in a short period of time. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-6. The committee ascertained that certain elements of Lim's messaging and behaviour ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- constituted a pattem of deliberate actions, which were both harmful to two students and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- reflected poorly on the profession. The grievous nature of his actions precludes Lim from ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- teaching again. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-7. Apart from the fact ofthe guilty pleas, the committee noted that no evidence was presented ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- that Lim had demonstrated remorse for the injury he caused to Student A and Student B,nor ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- was any evidence provided that he had taken steps to address and learn from his actions. In ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- the absence ofsuch evidence, the committee concluded it would be prudent to ensure that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- Lim will not be in a teaching position again. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City ofEdmonton in the Province of Alberta, Monday, May 27,2013. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lim-discipline-report-2013-05-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE OF THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONALCONDUCT ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- AGAINST LEONARD HERBERT LETHEBE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee ofthe Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Leonard Lethebe of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-Westlock, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-commencing on Monday, February 22,2010 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-1. Leonard Herbert Lethebe is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- September 2007 and June 2008,engaged in a romantic relationship with [Student A],thus ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- failing to treat the student with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-2. Leonard Herbert Lethebe is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf: May 2008 and July 2008, engaged in sexual intercourse with [Student A],thus failing to treat ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- the student with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-3. Leonard Herbert Lethebe is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- September 2007 and December 2008,engaged in an inappropriate relationship with [Student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- A], thus failing to maintain the honour and dignity ofthe profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-Lethebe entered pleas, by written submission, as follows ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—not guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee found Lethebe guilty on all three charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC,L Lethebe, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-1. In regard to Charge 1 and Charge 3, Lethebe, by his own admission, had an inappropriate and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- romantic relationship with [Student A] while she was a student and he was her principal. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-2. In regard to Charge 2,[Student A] was a student enrolled at I during the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- period September 2007 to December 2008. Lethebe, by his own admission, engaged in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf: sexual intercourse with [Student A] beginning in May or June 2008. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-3. Society has the right to expect that teachers will act in a manner which establishes and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- maintains a trust relationship between teachers and students. Lethebe clearly betrayed such ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- trust. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-4. In a relationship between a teacher and a student, the parties are not on equal terms. Under ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- circumstances such as these, the student, no matter what her age, could never truly give ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- informed consent. The responsibility for maintaining boundaries fell solely on the teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposes the following penalty which encompasses all three charges: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-1. Lethebe is declared ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation will be made to the minister of education to cancel Lethebe's teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-3. A fine of $5,000, payable to the Association, is imposed on Lethebe. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-1. Knowing that [Student A] was a fragile, at-risk student, Lethebe should have been ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- hypersensitive to her vulnerability and fulfilled his professional responsibility to her. Instead, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- he used his position of authority and [Student A's] vulnerability for his own gratification, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- thereby failing to treat [Student A] with the dignity and respect she deserved. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-2. Lethebe was warned several times by colleagues, community members,[Student A's] family ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- and the local school board to cease his inappropriate relationship with [Student A]. Lethebe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- repeatedly lied and encouraged [Student A]to lie in order to conceal his unprofessional ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-3. By failing to maintain the honour and dignity of the teaching profession, Lethebe caused ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- students, colleagues and the community to question their trust in the teaching profession and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- the school system. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-4. By his behaviour towards [Student A], Lethebe had a negative impact on her, her family, her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- school and her community. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC,L Lethebe, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-5. The public and the teaching profession will not tolerate a teacher who takes advantage of his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf: or her students, especially when the teacher lures the student into a romantic and or sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-6. As a result of Lethebe's exploitation of[Student A], which resulted in the birth ofa child, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- [Student A's] life has been permanently impacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Thursday, February 25,2010. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lethbe-discipline-report-2010-02-25-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re L Laprade, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 10. Dwayne Yellowknee is an addictions counsellor in the community who knew Student E and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- was also involved with the anti-bullying task force activities. Yellowknee reported that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Student E told him that he had drinks with, and slept with, Laprade at her home. Yellowknee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- advised Student E to stay away from Laprade, who was age 39 at the time, noting she was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- too old for him. This advice angered Student E.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- School staff name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 11. the school secretary, said he was beginning to field questions from parents ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- in the community who had seen Student E and Laprade walking together. Student E was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- reported to have been seen walking near Laprade's resident in the early hours of the morning, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-School staff name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- observed behaviour such as giggling and physical contact that he thought looked a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: lot like a sexual or romantic relationship.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 12. redacted. Jfamily school liaison, said students reported to her that there was an inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- relationship between Student E and Laprade. She witnessed them walking together and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- thought they looked like boyfriend and girlfriend. (Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Principal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 13. redacted. conducted an investigation when further concerns about the relationship between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Laprade and Student E were brought to his attention at the end of June 2013. Prncipai ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- spoke ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- to Laprade on June 25, 2013.(Exhibit 3) redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 14. In her written response to allegations raised, dated June 27, 2013, Laprade acknowledged that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- she knew she was to have no further contact with Student and indicated she ceased all ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- contact with Student E after receiving such direction from Principal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 3, Appendix E) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 15. Contrary to her written statement of June 27, 2013, Laprade's phone records, spanning the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- period of May 13 to December 12, 2013, clearly indicate that she and Student E continued to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- have telephone conversations. The telephone records indicate that the calls were frequent, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- often lengthy in duration, and often occurred between 8:00 pm and midnight, and even as late ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- as 4:00 am.(Exhibit 3, Appendix C) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Principal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 16. Initially, when questioned by redacted. Student E adamantly denied having a sc^aial ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Principal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with Laprade. However, on December 13, 2013, Student E visited of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: his own accord, and reported that he was involved in a sexual relationship with Ldpiaue' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 17. There are discrepancies between the two interviews conducted by the investigating officer, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- with Student E, which create internal inconsistency concerns regarding his allegation of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: having a sexual relationship with Laprade.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 18. Student E was able to provide unique details regarding the inside of Laprade's residence that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- put it within the balance of probabilities that he had spent time inside her home. These details ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- included a specific awareness of her sleeping arrangements.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re L Laprade, page 6 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-1. Laprade, by her own admission, engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Student E. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-2. The relationship was overly personal, inappropriately informal and was perceived by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Student E's parents, and others in the school and community, as romantic in nature. For ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- example: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- a) Dwayne Yellowknee, the addictions counsellor at the school, reported that he saw ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Laprade and Student E walking side by side at an exposition and felt that there was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- something between them. In addition, during church one day, he saw Student E at the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- back of the church and noticed Laprade and Student E leaving together. He spoke to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Student E to caution him about the inappropriate nature of the relationship, and Student E ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- was mad. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- staff name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- b) the school secretary, heard rumours that Student E and Laprade were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- having an affair and saw them together in her vehicle in the evening hours. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-3. By engaging in the conduct referred to above, Laprade exceeded the boundaries of an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- appropriate teacher-student relationship and did not treat the student with dignity. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-4. The committee also considered whether there was evidence the inappropriate relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: between Student E and Laprade was sexual in nature. Although there was evidence that the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- relationship was inappropriate for the reasons set out above, the agreed statement of facts ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: included conflicting evidence with respect to whether Laprade and Student E had sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- contact. The agreed statement of facts indicates that Student E bragged about having a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with Laprade, which included drinking and sleeping together, but then states that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- he also denied the events ever occurred. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-5. When the parties proceed by way of an agreed statement offacts, the committee cannot make ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- inferences regarding what did or did not occur and must base its findings on the facts as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- agreed to by the parties. Although Laprade admitted that she engaged in an inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with Student E, she did not specifically admit that she and Student E engaged in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: a sexual relationship. Moreover, the agreed statement of facts includes conflicting evidence ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- with respect to this issue. The committee cannot find, on a balance of probabilities, that the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: inappropriate relationship included a sexual relationship between Student E and Laprade. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-6. Laprade's actions created a situation for Student E in which he was the subject ofspeculation ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- in the community, withdrew from involvement with an anti-gang program and addictions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- counselling and became subject to investigation by the principal and the Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re L Laprade, page 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 7. By allowing the relationship to develop and continue, Laprade failed to treat Student E with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- dignity and respect and with consideration for his circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 8. Student E was considered by school personnel to be an at-risk youth, with a history of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- disrupted home life, addictions and gang involvement. He also had persistent attendance ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- problems at school. He was an at-risk student put further at risk by his relationship with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Laprade. By her involvement with Student E, Laprade failed to be considerate of his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- circumstances and failed to treat him with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 1. By her own admission, Laprade sent texts ofan inappropriate nature to Student E, which he, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- in turn, showed to others. According to Lester George,community counsellor, and Student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- E,on one occasion Laprade sent a text to Student E that read "Do I turn you on" and a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- further text stating"Do I make you hard?" ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: 2. The texts were sexual in nature, which is inappropriate for an acceptable teacher-student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- relationship. By sending the texts to Student E, Laprade failed to treat him with dignity and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- respect and failed to be considerate of his circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 3. In any circumstances, text messages ofthis nature, between a teacher and a student, are ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- unacceptable. The public expects that teachers will refrain from exchanging intimate, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: sexualized text messages with students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 4. When Laprade sent inappropriate texts to Student E,she violated the trust relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- between teacher and student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Charge 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-1. Laprade both initiated and received telephone calls from Student E, many of which occurred ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- on weekends and were of substantial duration. The time, length and number ofcalls were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- excessive. Many ofthe phone calls occurred late at night and were for a lengthy duration. If a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- teacher is required to conmiunicate with a student after hours, it is expected that such ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- communications would be infrequent and would be for the purpose of discussing a matter ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- specifically related to class work or other school-based activities. The frequency, duration and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- time ofthe phone calls suggest that the calls were unrelated to the type of communications ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- expected to occur between a teacher and a student. The calls demonstrate a pattern of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- commimication that far exceeded what would have been appropriate for an acceptable ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- teacher-student relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- 2. Laprade persisted in the inappropriate communication for months after being told, by her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- school principal, to cease all contact with Student E. In doing so, Laprade caused Student E to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re L Laprade, page 10 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-3. If Laprade's conduct was not caused by her medical condition, there is no legitimate excuse ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- for her conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-4. If Laprade's medical condition did cause her to engage in the behaviour that was the subject ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ofthe hearing, then her medical condition presents a significant risk to the public and she is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- not safe to return to work as a teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-5. Laprade was 39 years old when the incidents occurred, and was 20 years senior to Student E. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- She had significant experience as a teacher and ought to have known better. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-6. All teachers must comply with the Code ofProfessional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-7. Laprade has not made restitution, has not offered an apology for her conduct, and has ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- demonstrated a lack ofremorse. In fact, the only excuse she has offered was that she was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- mentoring Student E. Laprade is not a counsellor and had no qualifications to mentor ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Student E with respect to any issues he was facing. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-8. Student E was an at-risk student and therefore, Laprade's conduct was even more serious. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-9. The optics of what occurred caused problems within the school and in the community. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Thomas had to expend time and energy dealing with the ramifications. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-10. Laprade did not cease the inappropriate relationship, despite being ordered to do so. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-11. The penalty sought is consistent with precedent cases, including Fayad (2013), Lim (2012), ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Mastel(2014)and Hansen (2006). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-12. In the circumstances, it would be inappropriate for Laprade to return to the classroom as the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- degree ofrisk to the public is too significant. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-13. In addition, the penalty should send an appropriate message to the public. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-Submissions ofDefence Counsel ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-Iginla recommended a penalty of a $5,000 fine, noting that Laprade was currently unemployed. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-As well, he suggested that Laprade would be willing to submit to any directions from the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-committee regarding future monitoring of her health and conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-Iginla submitted the following: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-1. Laprade was diagnosed, at the age of23, with bipolar disorder, which causes mood swings ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: and may cause sexual indiscretions and a lack ofjudgment. He indicated that Laprade's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- conduct was out ofcharacter, and was due to her medical diagnosis, noting that she had ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re L Laprade, page 12 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- episodes ofillness in between which most patients experience an interval in which they more ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- or less return to their normal state of health. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-3. The committee considered that Laprade was in the care ofa doctor for these illnesses at the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- time ofthe events which led to the charges, spoke to her doctor about her mental health ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- concerns at the time, and continues to engage actively in treatment. The committee found that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- this showed that Laprade was aware of her illness and was taking steps to mitigate its ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- symptoms. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-4. The committee also considered the seriousness ofthe conduct. Although the conduct is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- extremely serious and is far outside ofthe range ofconduct that is expected of members ofthe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- profession, for the reasons noted above, the committee did not find that Laprade and Student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: E actually engaged in a sexual relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-Court Decisions Reviewed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-1. The committee put significant weight on the court decisions and case law provided by Miller ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- as it relates to sentencing principles of proportionality and blameworthiness ofan individual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- suffering from a mental disorder. Although the cases were primarily decided in the criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- context, the principles in the cases are equally applicable in the professional discipline ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- context. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-2. In i?. V. Ayorech,2012 ABCA 82, the Court of Appeal held that "mental disorders...can ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- significantly mitigate a sentence, even if the evidence does not disclose that the mental illness ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- was the direct cause ofthe offence or that it was carried out during a period of delusions, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- hallucinations, or such." The court, citing R. v. Resler, also held that the "gravity ofthe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- offence is not, ofcourse, lessened by the personal circumstances ofthe offender. However, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- the mental disorder diminishes the degree ofresponsibility ofthe offender. Impaired ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- reasoning, delusional disorders, and like mental conditions distinguish those afflicted from the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ordinary offender who is fully accountable for his or her conduct." ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-3. In V. Ayorech, the Alberta Court of Appeal also noted that "the relative importance of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- deterrence and denunciation is attenuated when sentencing mentally ill offenders. This ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- principle applies even ifthere is little prospective ofcomplete cure and rehabilitation." ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-4. Other court decisions were presented {R. v. Resler, 2011 ABCA \61\R. v. Muldoon,2006 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ABCA 321; R. v. Tremblay, 2006 ABCA 252; and R.v. Legg, 2014 ABPC 238)that supported ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- the finding articulated in R. v. Ayorech. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-5. In V. Legg,the court also referenced a number ofcases to support the conclusion that an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- offender's bipolar disorder was an exceptional circumstance that reduced the accused's moral ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- blameworthiness. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re L Laprade, page 13 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-Precedent Cases Reviewed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-The committee also considered the precedent cases cited by the presenting officer, ie, Fayad ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-2013, Lim 2012, Mastel 2014 and Hansen 2006 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-1. In the case of Fayad, the committee considered that the charges for which Fayad was found ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: guilty included charges of having a sexual relationship with a student. In contrast, there was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: no conclusive evidence nor charges of a sexual relationship between Laprade and Student E. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Therefore, the committee considered that the precedent value was limited. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-2. In the case of Lim,the charges included Facebook conversations with a Grade 12 student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: that were personal, romantic and sexually explicit. In this case, the committee saw ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- similarities between the type and nature ofthe communication and the age ofthe student, but ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- was not presented with evidence to support a pattern ofgrooming in Laprade's behaviour. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- The order for Lim was a three-year suspension of membership in the Association and a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- recommendation to the minister ofeducation for a three-year suspension of Lim's teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-3. In the case of Mastel, the charges included a male teacher and his grooming ofa high risk ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: junior high school female student. There was evidence of physical intimacy ofa sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- nature. In this way,the case differed from Laprade. The order against Mastel comprised ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ineligibility for membership in the Association and a recommendation to the minister of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- education to cancel his certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-4. In the case of Hansen,the male teacher was found guilty of having an inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- teacher-student relationship which consisted of a pattern of grooming, over a period of time, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: with a high school,female student, for the purposes ofescalating the relationship to a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- one. In this case, there was inappropriate communication that was similar to Laprade's. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- committee saw the Hansen case differently than Laprade's in that his behaviour included a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: sustained pattern of grooming, whereas grooming was not specifically alleged against ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Laprade. The order against Hansen comprised ineligibility for membership in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Association and a recommendation to the minister ofeducation to cancel his certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-In each ofthe precedent cases cited by Sherwin, there was no indication in the reports to suggest ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-that a mental health condition ofthe investigated member may have been a mitigating factor in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-considering penalty. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-Other Considerations ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-1. The committee also considered the following mitigating factors: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- a) Laprade had been teaching for a number of years, in a variety ofsettings and had no ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- reports of previous misconduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- b) Although Sherwin argued that the hearing committee should consider the fact that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-Report of PCAC re L Laprade, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-The appellant argued that in this case the hearing committee was not presented with direct ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf:evidence identified as grooming but the findings in the hearing committee’s report indicated that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf:grooming did occur. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-The appellant further argued that the hearing committee applied a double standard to Laprade, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-because she is female, and unfairly reduced the penalty. During the course of argument, the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-appellant made several references to studies and outside documents to support the position that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-the hearing committee reduced the penalty given to Laprade because she was female. The studies ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-and documents referred to in the course of the appellant’s submissions were not referred to in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-argument before the hearing committee and were not available to the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-The appellant further noted there was evidence before the hearing committee that Laprade has an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-ongoing medical issue. The appellant argued that if the events that occurred arose from her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-medical issue, then the risk of a recurrence is great. If the events occurred independent of her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-medical issue, the penalty should not have been mitigated. In either case, the penalty ordered by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-the hearing committee was too light given the conduct in question. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-OBJECTION OF THE RESPONDENT ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-The respondent objected to the appellant’s submission that the hearing committee had ordered ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-too light of a penalty due to gender bias. In particular, the respondent objected to the studies and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-documents being referred to by the appellant as including a significant amount of new evidence ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-that was not properly in front of the appeal committee and was not properly disclosed to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-respondent’s counsel. Counsel for the respondent argued that this evidence prejudiced the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-committee and created a circumstance where the appeal committee was now tainted. As a result, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-the respondent sought a mistrial. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-The appellant left it in the hands of the committee to determine if it wanted copies of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-documents related to gender bias and whether the information should be used by the committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE OBJECTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-The appeal committee declined to grant the application of the respondent for a mistrial but ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-determined that, in the circumstances and for the following reasons, it would place no weight on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-the studies or interpretation of the studies relied on by the appellant in support of its gender bias ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-argument nor would it accept any related documentation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-The evidence related to gender bias was not provided to the hearing committee nor were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-arguments made before the hearing committee related to gender bias. In the circumstances, the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-appeal committee agrees that the studies and documents referred to by the appellant that relate to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-the gender bias argument amount to new evidence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-Report of PCAC re L Laprade, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-While the appeal committee has the power to receive further evidence on an appeal in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-accordance with section 53(2)(b) of the TPA, section 53(2)(b) contemplates that leave to admit ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-further evidence must be sought by the party seeking to admit the further evidence. In this case, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-the appellant did not seek leave to admit the further evidence. Further, the appeal committee was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-not provided with any reasons as to why the new evidence would not have been available to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-hearing committee. Absent an application to admit further evidence, section 53 of the TPA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-contemplates that the appeal to the appeal committee must be founded on the decision of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-hearing committee and the record of the proceedings before the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-In addition, the evidence should not be admitted into these proceedings in any event as the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-authors of the studies are not present and not available to the respondent for cross-examination. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-As such, there is no way to assess the credibility or value of the information. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-The appeal committee also considered that the objection to the evidence related to gender bias ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-was not made until the appellant’s presentation was concluded despite the appellant having made ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-several references to the gender bias evidence throughout its submissions. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-In the circumstances, the appeal committee declines to grant the respondent’s application for a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-mistrial but has determined that it will not accept the evidence related to the gender bias ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-argument nor will it place any weight on the references made by the appellant to the evidence ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-supporting the gender bias argument. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-SUBMISSION OF THE RESPONDENT ON THE MAIN APPEAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-The respondent argued that the hearing committee did not err in its decision. The hearing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-committee properly mitigated its order in consideration of the mental health of Laprade. There ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-was no evidence of a medical condition being a mitigating factor in the precedents presented to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-the hearing committee by the Association. The courts have clearly considered mental health ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-issues as an acceptable mitigating factor and Laprade’s mental health should not be disregarded ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-by the appeal committee. Deterrence is less of a factor in determining penalty when mental ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-health issues are involved. Laprade’s history clearly demonstrated that her mental health issues ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-were ongoing. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-The precedents advanced by the Association all involved minors and in this case, the student was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf:an adult. The respondent argued that grooming is not possible when the student is not a minor. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-The respondent argued that the decision of the hearing committee on penalty should not be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-varied on appeal. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-Report of PCAC re L Laprade, page 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- membership and a recommendation to the minister for a three-year suspension of Lim’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- teaching certificate. This was an error. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-3. Lim was one of four precedent cases considered. All the cases ordered a recommendation for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- cancellation of the teaching certificate and a declaration of ineligibility in the Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-4. In its consideration of the Lim precedent, the hearing committee indicated that it saw ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- similarities between the type and nature of the communication and age of the student but was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: not presented with evidence to support a pattern of grooming in Laprade’s behaviour. It then ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- noted that the penalty orders for Lim were a three-year suspension of membership in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Association and a recommendation to the minister of education for a three-year suspension of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Lim’s teaching certificate. It appears from the hearing committee’s reasons for decision that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- it considered Laprade’s conduct to be less serious than Lim’s given its indication that it was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf: not presented with evidence of grooming in Laprade’s case. Accordingly, the hearing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- committee determined that a lesser penalty was appropriate for Laprade than that which had ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- been ordered for Lim. However, given that the actual orders for penalty in Lim involved ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- cancellation of certificate and cancellation of Association membership (as opposed to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- three years of suspension of membership and certificate as considered by the hearing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- committee), the appeal committee finds that the hearing committee’s consideration of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- Lim precedent was unreasonable and resulted in orders for penalty that were insufficient in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- the circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-5. The hearing committee considered that Laprade suffered from a mental condition and put ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- significant weight on the precedent cases provided by Laprade which addressed the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- sentencing principles of proportionality and blameworthiness of an individual suffering from ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- a mental disorder. It distinguished the cases relied on by the presenting officer (which all ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- contained the penalties of cancellation) on the basis that none of the precedent cases involved ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- situations of mental illness. The appeal committee is satisfied that the hearing committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- acted reasonably in ordering a penalty less than cancellation of Association membership and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- certificate given the significant mitigating factor of Laprade’s mental illness. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-6. While the appeal committee is satisfied that the hearing committee acted reasonably in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- determining that cancellation of certificate and eligibility for membership were not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- appropriate in the unique circumstances of this case, the appeal committee finds that the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- hearing committee acted unreasonably in misapplying the Lim decision and accordingly ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ordering one year of ineligibility for certification and Association membership. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf-7. The appeal committee has determined that when the following factors are taken into account ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- (a) the seriousness of the conduct, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- (b) the fact that the four precedents cited by the presenting officer before the hearing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- committee all ordered cancellation of membership and certification, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- (c) Laprade’s mental illness and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- (d) the need to protect students and the public, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/laprade-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2015-06-03-and-2016-05-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST DOUGLAS B LANG ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Douglas Lang of Calgary, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The hearing was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-held online, via video conference, on Monday, June 14, 2021 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-The participants were: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Professional Conduct Committee members appointed as the hearing committee JoAnn ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Blachford (chair), Brenna Liddell and Nelson Moulton; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. Richard Rand of Rand & Company LLP as counsel to the hearing committee; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-3. Shelley Magnusson as secretary; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-4. Sudeep Dua as recorder; and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-5. Dan Coles as presenting officer assisted by Tanya Thiessen. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member, Douglas Lang, was not present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-COMPOSITION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to the composition of the hearing committee or its jurisdiction to hear ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-the case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Douglas Ben Lang is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, during the time period of or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- about October 16, 2018 to February 23, 2019, communicated using text messages with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: Student A about drug use and/or Lang’s sexual activity and/or Student A’s sexual activity and/or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: shared images and/or videos with Student A that were of a sexually graphic nature, thus failing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- to treat Student A with dignity and respect and failing to be considerate of Student A’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- circumstances contrary to article 4 of the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. Douglas Ben Lang is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, during the time period of or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- about February 2, 2019 to February 11, 2019, communicated using text messages with Student B ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: about Lang’s sexual activity and/or Student B’s sexual activity and/or shared images and/or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Lang, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: videos with Student B that were of a sexually graphic nature, thus failing to treat Student B with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- dignity and respect and failing to be considerate of Student B’s circumstances contrary to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- article 4 of the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to each of the two charges, by written ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-submission. (Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-There were no witnesses called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1—Declaration of awareness of rights, signed by Lang, dated May 21, 2021 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 2—Notice of hearing and Canada Post confirmation of delivery on May 11, 2021 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3—Submission on plea, signed by Lang, dated May 21, 2021 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 4—Proof of Lang’s membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association from ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- September 1, 2017 to March 31, 2019 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 5—Agreed statement of facts and appendices, signed by Lang and Coles, dated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- May 21, 2021 and May 26, 2021 respectively ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 5—Joint submission on penalty, signed by Lang and Coles, dated May 21, 2021 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- May 26, 2021 respectively ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Lang was confirmed to be a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association during the period ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- of September 1, 2017 and March 31, 2019. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. Lang taught fulltime in the High Prairie School Division (formerly High Prairie School ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Division No 48) during the 2017/18 and 2018/19 school years at [name of school redacted]. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-3. Lang met Student A during the 2017/18 school year when he taught him social studies. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-4. Lang also knew the family of Student A, specifically Student A’s mother as they were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- planning an international trip for students. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-5. Lang acted as a mentor for Student A. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-6. Lang did not teach Student A during the 2018/19 school year. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Lang, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-7. Lang would converse in person with Student A in the school hallways or if Student A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- stopped by Lang’s classroom. Student A would sometimes eat his lunch in Lang’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- classroom. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-8. Lang was suspended by the school division on March 4, 2019. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-9. Lang resigned on March 8, 2019. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-10. On March 14, 2019, Lang was charged with four offences related to providing a child with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: sexually explicit material and child luring. The Crown stayed those charges and they were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- never proven in court. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-11. Lang was a member of the Association at all relevant times related to the charges against ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- him. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-12. Lang was 58 years old with 34 years of teaching experience at the time of the charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-13. Lang used the Facebook Messenger application to communicate with Student A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-14. Lang sent messages to Student A between October 16, 2018 and February 23, 2019. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5, appendix A) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf:15. Messages included text-based messages, pictures and videos of a sexually explicit nature ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- shared between Lang and Student A. (Exhibit 5, appendix A) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-16. Messages included text-based messages and pictures related to drug usage shared between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Lang and Student A. (Exhibit 5, appendix A) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-17. Examples of messages between Lang and Student A include the following (Exhibit 5, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- appendix A): ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- a. On or about October 24, 2018, Student A sent Lang a video from the website eBaum’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- World. Student A then sent a picture of four vaginas to Lang with the title, “Mileage chart.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Lang replied with an image of a naked female body edited to appear as though a piece of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- cake had been cut from the female’s [buttocks] and there is a candle with the number 18 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- that appears on the female figure’s upper [buttocks] and lower back. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- b. On or about October 24, 2018, Lang sent to Student A an image of a vagina with what ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- appears to be male ejaculate dripping from the vagina. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- c. On or about November 6, 2018, Student A sent a video to Lang with the title, “Your ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- girlfriend is out of control AGAIN” to which Lang replied, “I get them soooooooo [sic] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- hot!!” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Lang, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- “Hhahaha. [sic]” Lang, in response, wrote, “You make me laugh.” Student B replied, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- “U [sic] make me laugh!!” Lang stated, “Do come see me if you venture in to school.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- d. On February 5, 2019, in the 12:55 PM communications, a series of graphic videos and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- pictures were shared between Student B. Lang then commented, “you are one kinky ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- bastard! And I love it!!! We need to trade/share our own kinky stories!!” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- e. On February 5, 2019 a video titled, “I heard youve [sic] got a sweet tooth” was shared ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- by Student B. with a comment from Student B, “lol when u come back.” Lang ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- responded, “how about a facial?!!!” to which Student B responded, “maybe” and Lang ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- responded, “Again, such a tease.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Lang, by his own admission stated that he had communicated using text messages with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: Student A about drug use and/or Lang’s sexual activity and/or Student A’s sexual activity and/or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: shared images and/or videos with Student A that were of a sexually graphic nature, thus failing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- to treat Student A with dignity and respect and failing to be considerate of Student A’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- circumstances contrary to article 4 of the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. Evidence from Facebook Messenger confirmed that Lang engaged in multiple inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- graphic conversations with Student A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf:3. Evidence from Facebook Messenger showed that Lang sent and received multiple sexually ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- explicit images with Student A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf:4. Evidence from Facebook Messenger showed that Lang sent and received multiple sexually ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- explicit videos with Student A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-5. Evidence from Facebook Messenger showed that Lang sent and received multiple messages ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- regarding drug use with Student A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-6. Any conduct of a member that, in the opinion of the hearing committee, is detrimental to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- dignity of a student is unprofessional. The committee determined that Lang’s behaviour was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- unprofessional. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Lang, page 6 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Lang, by his own admission stated that he had communicated using text messages with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: Student B and/or Lang’s sexual activity and/or Student B’s sexual activity and/or shared images ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: and/or videos with Student B that were of a sexually graphic nature, thus failing to treat ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Student B with dignity and respect and failing to be considerate of Student B’s circumstances ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- contrary to article 4 of the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. Evidence from Facebook Messenger confirmed that Lang engaged in multiple inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- graphic conversations with Student B. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf:3. Evidence from Facebook Messenger showed that Lang sent and received multiple sexually ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- explicit images with Student B. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf:4. Evidence from Facebook Messenger showed that Lang sent and received multiple sexually ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- explicit videos with Student B. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-7. Any conduct of a member that, in the opinion of the hearing committee, is detrimental to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- dignity of a student is unprofessional. The committee determined that Lang’s behaviour was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- unprofessional. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. The hearing committee received a written joint submission on penalty from Coles and Lang ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- recommending the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- a) A letter of severe reprimand ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- b) A fine of $2,000.00 to be paid within 12 months of receipt of the written decision. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Failure to pay the fine will result in the member being declared ineligible to apply for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- re-instatement ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- c) A declaration that Lang is permanently ineligible for membership in the Alberta ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Teachers' Association and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- d) A recommendation to the minister of education to cancel Lang’s teaching certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. In presenting the submission, Coles noted that Lang had participated in the development of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- the submission to the committee and had plead guilty to the charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-3. Coles submitted that the penalty was appropriate given the circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-4. Coles referred to three precedent cases with similar facts to support the joint submission on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- penalty. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lang-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF A CHARGE OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST [KL] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that a charge of unprofessional conduct laid against [KL] of Calgary, Alberta ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-was duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The hearing was held ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-online, via video conference, on Monday, September 27, 2021, at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-The participants were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-1. Professional Conduct Committee members appointed as the hearing committee Fitz Sherman ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- (chair), Ismat Bandali and Nelson Moulton; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-2. Katrina Haymond of Field Law LLP as counsel to the hearing committee; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-3. Chris Gibbon as secretary; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-4. Desseri Ackerman as recorder; and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-5. Ian Stewardson as presenting officer. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member, [KL], was not present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-COMPOSITION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-There was no objection to the composition or jurisdiction of the hearing committee to hear the case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-The following charge was read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-1. [KL] is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- that she, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about June 1, 2018 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- June 24, 2018, both dates inclusive, transported a minor female student [14 years old] to an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: adult male’s trailer so the student could have sex with the adult male contrary to section ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 23(1) of the Teaching Profession Act. Subsequently, [KL] was convicted of a summary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- offence on May 29, 2019, to wit: between the 1st day of June, 2018, and the 24th day of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: June, 2018, both dates inclusive, at or near [Town A], Alberta, did, for a sexual purpose, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- unlawfully touch, indirectly, with a part of the body, a part of the body of [Student A], a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- person under the age of sixteen years, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to the charge, by written submission. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [KL], page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-6. Per the Agreed Statement of Facts presented at court, [KL] pled guilty. In the hearing on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- May 29, 2019, the Agreed Statement of Facts between Her Majesty the Queen and [KL] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- was entered as Exhibit 1 for Docket No 180794752P1-01-005 as evidence. In this ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Agreement, [KL] pled guilty to the following charge: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 1. Between the 1st day of June, 2018, and the 24th day of June, 2018, both ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: dates inclusive, at or near [Town A], Alberta, did, for a sexual purpose, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- unlawfully touch, or indirectly, with a part of the body, a part of the body of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Student A [unable to identify the minor in this case due to a publication ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ban], a person under the age of sixteen years, contrary to section 151 of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- The accused is pleading as a party to this offence pursuant to 21(1)(b). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 7, p 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-7. The following facts were elicited from the Agreed Statement of Facts presented at court: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 1. On June 24th, 2018, [Informer] contacted the [Town A] RCMP Detachment to file a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: report of sexual activity involving a minor. [Informer] provided a statement to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- RCMP advising he had met a woman named [KL] on a dating application named ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Plenty of Fish. [KL] told [Informer] that she was a substitute teacher at a junior ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- high school in [Town A]. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 2. When [Informer] went to [KL]’s residence on June 23rd, 2018 [KL] introduced a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- friend named [Student A]. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 3. Student A was one of [KL]’s students and was 14 years old at that time. Student A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- and [KL] told [Informer] about a male named [Male Co-conspirator with KL] who ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- lived in [Hamlet A] (sic) that was “falling” for Student A and that she was in a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: sexual relationship with him. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 4. On June 26th, 2017 [sic should be 2018], Student A and her Mother [redacted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- mother’s name] were interviewed. During that interview, it was confirmed that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- [KL] was one of Student A’s school teachers and they had met at school. Student A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- had developed a close relationship with [KL] and they were “friends,” however, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: Student A denied that there was any sexual component to their friendship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 5. On June 26th, 2018 an interview was conducted with [KL]. [KL] confirmed that she ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- had an account on the dating application known as Plenty of Fish, and that she had ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- met [Informer] on that platform. [KL] confirmed that she often had Student A come ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- and babysit her children and had developed a friendship with her. [KL] denied that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: she had ever involved Student A in any sexual situations and stated that she did not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: discuss sex with Student A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [KL], page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 6. Student A’s mother used a parental monitoring application to monitor Student A’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- messages and on June 27th, 2018 Student A’s mother provided messages between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Student A and [KL] that had been intercepted on Student A’s phone by the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- application. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 7. The messages confirmed that [KL] and Student A had several conversations about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: having sex, and meeting up with a male named [Male Co-conspirator with KL] that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- lived in [Hamlet A], Alberta. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 8. In some of the messages, [KL] stated that [Male Co-conspirator with KL] wanted to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- see Student A again and that he was asking [KL] for Student A’s phone number. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Student A states that she would not feel comfortable meeting him without [KL] in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- the trailer or in a car right next to the trailer. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 9. [KL] states that she is “so glad I’m the go between.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 10. On July 5th, 2018 a Provincial Court Judge in Alberta, authorized a warrant to enter ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- [KL]’s residence to size [sic] and search for electronic devices. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 11. On July 6th, 2018 the warrant was executed and [KL] was taken into custody at that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- time and her electronic devices were seized. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 12. Student A was reinterviewed and confirmed that [KL] had been the intermediary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- between her and [Male Co-conspirator with KL] and had set up the “meet” in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- [Hamlet A] with [Male Co-conspirator with KL]. [KL] had driven her to [Hamlet ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- A] to “[Male Co-conspirator with KL]’s” trailer and had left her alone in the trailer ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- so she could have intercourse with “[Male Co-conspirator with KL].” She had ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- returned later and driven Student A back to her residence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- The Accused acknowledges the facts set out above in support of the guilty pleas and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- sentencing on the charge before this Honourable Court. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 7, pp 4–5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-8. Other information provided in the Agreed Statement of Facts presented at court was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- deemed confidential as part of the publication ban. It is illegal to publish information with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- the specific details of the case. (Exhibit 7, p 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-9. The Agreed Statement of Facts submitted to the Court makes no reference to [KL] touching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: Student A for a sexual purpose. She pled that she was a party to the offence. Section 21 (1) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- of the Criminal Code states: “Every one is a party to an offence who … (b) does or omits to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- do anything for the purpose of aiding any person to commit [the offence].” In Stewardson’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- interview with the crown prosecutor, the crown prosecutor stated that the charge was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [KL], page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: specific enough with the word “indirectly” to implicate [KL] in the sexual activity with a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- person under the age of 18 years. (Exhibit 7, p 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-10. On February 7, 2020, Van Harten issued the following sentence after [KL] pled guilty on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- May 29, 2019 to the following charge: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- [KL] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Was tried and convicted on an information alleging that: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Between the 1st day of June, 2018, and the 24th day of June, 2018, both dates ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: inclusive, at or near [Town A], Alberta, did, for a sexual purpose, unlawfully touch, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- indirectly, with a part of the body, a part of the body of [Student A], a person under ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- the age of sixteen years, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Crown proceeds summarily ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- And it is ordered and adjudged pursuant to section 161(1) of the Criminal Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Canada that from the date of this order or upon release from imprisonment, whichever ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- is later, the offender is, for a period of 2 year(s) prohibited from: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- • attending ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- o a public park or public swimming area where persons under the age of 16 are ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- present or can reasonably be expected to be present ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- o a daycare centre ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- o a schoolground ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- o a playground ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- o a community centre. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- • seeking, obtaining or continuing any employment, whether or not the employment ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- is remunerated, or becoming a volunteer in a capacity that involves being in a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- position of trust or authority towards persons under the age of 16 years ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- This prohibition order is subject to the following conditions or exemptions: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- • Having any contact, including communicating by any means, with a person who ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- is under the age of 16 years, unless the offender does so under the supervision of a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- person whom the court considers appropriate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- o Except of contacting her children as allowed by child and family services ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- • Using the internet or other digital network, unless the offender does so in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- accordance with the conditions set by the court. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- o Except for school or work purposes ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- • And for contact with her family and children as allowed by child and family services. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 7, pp 6–7) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [KL], page 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-12. On February 7, 2020, Van Harten also required [KL], by order, to: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- 1. Have bodily substances taken for forensic DNA analysis by the Calgary Police ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Service investigative support section. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: 2. Be listed as a sex offender for 10 years as per the Sex Offender Information ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Registration Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 7, p 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-13. This case was reported in the Calgary Herald with the headline “Teacher who Arranged ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Sexual Tryst Between Student and Adult Given Weekends-Only Sentence.” [KL], Student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- A and the communities involved were not identified in the article due to the publication ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ban. (Exhibit 7, p 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-1. [KL] admitted that she contravened section 23(1) of the Teaching Profession Act by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- transporting a female student minor (14 years old) to an adult male’s trailer so that the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: student could have sex with the adult male. This action was detrimental to the best interests ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- of students, the public and the teaching profession, as well as harming and/or tending to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- harm the standing of teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-2. [KL] was convicted of a summary offence on May 29, 2019: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Between the 1st day of June, 2018, and the 24th day of June, 2018, both dates ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: inclusive, at or near [Town A], Alberta, did, for a sexual purpose, unlawfully touch, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- indirectly, with a part of the body, a part of the body of [Student A], a person under ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- the age of sixteen years, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-3. The Agreed Statement of Facts entered into the criminal proceedings stated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- [The student] confirmed that [KL] had been the intermediary between her and [Male ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Co-conspirator with KL] and had set up the “meet” in [Hamlet A] with [Male ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Co-conspirator with KL]. [KL] had driven her to [Hamlet A] to “[Male Co-conspirator ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- with KL]’s” trailer and had left her alone in the trailer so she could have intercourse ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- with “[Male Co-conspirator with KL].” She had returned later and driven Student A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- back to her residence.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [KL], page 8 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-Stewardson and [KL], in their joint submission on penalty, recommended that the following ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-penalty be imposed: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-1. Permanent ineligibility as a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-2. Recommendation to the minister of education that [KL] be permanently ineligible for a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- teaching certificate because she currently does not hold a teaching certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-The committee imposed the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-1. Permanent ineligibility as a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-2. Recommendation to the minister of education that [KL] be permanently ineligible for a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- teaching certificate because she currently does not hold a teaching certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-1. The nature of the charge is egregious. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-2. [KL] was an experienced teacher (eight years of substitute teaching) at the time of her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- actions of transporting an underage female student to a trailer to have intercourse with an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- adult male. [KL]’s experience should have provided her with the knowledge that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: transporting a student for the purpose of sexual intercourse was not appropriate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-3. [KL]’s actions were detrimental to the best interests of a student, the public and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- teaching profession as outlined in section 23(1)(a) (i, ii, iii) and (c) of the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act. [KL] breached the trust placed in her as a teacher, with a significant impact ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- on the student and the student’s family, the community, [KL]’s colleagues in the school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- and the teaching profession as a whole. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-4. There is a need to promote deterrence in this case. Teachers need to understand that it is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- unacceptable for them to be friends with students and to act as intermediaries for any ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: sexual relationships. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-5. Parents and the public must trust that teachers are going to protect their children from ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: sexual predation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re [KL], page 9 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-6. The committee deferred to the joint submission on penalty and agreed that the penalty was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- appropriate for the circumstances. Stewardson highlighted that [KL]: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- • has lost her career and her degree is worthless, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf: • is registered as a sexual offender for ten years and was mandated to provide bodily ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- fluids to the police, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- • served jail time (90 days) on weekends, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- • has a criminal record, and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- • had to move to another province due to the impact her actions have had on her life and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- the lives of her children. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, November 17, 2021. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf-Submitted for release to public 2021 11 18 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/lk-discipline-decision-2021-11-17-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST JAMEY BRIAN KRISTIAN ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Jamey Brian Kristian of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-Red Deer, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 0930. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-1. Jamey Brian Kristian is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- July 1, 2012 and October 31, 2012, engaged in conduct for which he, on September 15, 2015, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: Did, for a sexual purpose, touch, directly or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, a part of the body of a person under the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- age of sixteen years, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-2. Jamey Brian Kristian is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- August 1, 2012 and January 31, 2013, engaged in conduct for which he, on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- September 15, 2015, was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: Did, surreptitiously ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- observe or make visual recording of persons in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- expectation of privacy and did thereby commit voyeurism in various changerooms, contrary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- to section 162(1)(A) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-3. Jamey Brian Kristian is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- July 1, 2012 and October 31, 2012, engaged in conduct for which he, on September 15, 2015, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: Did, make, print, publish, or possess for the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf: purpose of publishing, child pornography depicting a child, contrary to section 163.1(2) of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-4. Jamey Brian Kristian is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- September 1, 2012 and January 31, 2013, engaged in conduct for which he, on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re Kristian, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- September 15, 2015, was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: Did, make, print, publish, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf: or possess for the purpose of publishing, child pornography (various changerooms), contrary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- to section 163.1(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-5. Jamey Brian Kristian is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- March 5, 2006 and January 24, 2014, engaged in conduct for which he, on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- September 15, 2015, was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: Did, posses child ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf: pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-6. Jamey Brian Kristian is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- June 23, 2007 and June 22, 2012, engaged in conduct for which he, on September 15, 2015, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf: was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: Did, commit a sexual assault upon a child, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-In the absence of the investigated member, the chair directed a plea of not guilty to each of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 5—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 6—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-1. The findings of guilt are based on the evidence that Kristian, while a member of the Alberta ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- Teachers’ Association, engaged in misconduct for which he subsequently was convicted of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- six indictable offences under the Criminal Code and pursuant to section 41(2) of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-The committee imposes the penalty of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-1. permanent ineligibility of membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-2. a recommendation to the minister of education for permanent cancellation of Kristian’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- teaching certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re Kristian, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-1. Kristian was convicted of six indictable offences under Canada’s Criminal Code [sections ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- 151, 162(1)(A), 163.1(2), 163.1(2), 163.1(4), and 271] for which he was sentenced to a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- lengthy prison term in a federal penitentiary. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf:2. There was evidence of planned predatory behaviour, including grooming of students, over ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- extended periods of time, various circumstances, and settings. These acts involved at least ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- three minor children. (Exhibit 10) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-3. Kristian preyed on vulnerable students causing them severe emotional and psychological ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- damage. This reprehensible behaviour caused harm to the students and their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- families.(Exhibit 10) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-4. Kristian took advantage of his position of authority and trust to exploit minors. (Exhibit 10) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-5. At a minimum, the public has a right to expect that children will be protected from the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- heinous acts and behaviours in which Kristian engaged. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-6. Kristian failed to demonstrate respect for the students he abused and as such, failed to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-7. The egregious nature of the offences requires that Kristian be permanently removed from the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- teaching profession. (Exhibits 3 through 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kristian-discipline-report-2017-03-29-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST GARY JOHN KOZENS ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of The Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Gary John Kozens of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-Edmonton, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-Thursday, December 5, 2002 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-Ihor Z Kruk presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-not present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-The committee was advised of a court-ordered ban prohibiting the publishing of names of any ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-victims of the member and accordingly, the committee directed that the student referenced in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-these proceedings be only described hereafter as “Student A.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Gary John Kozens is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers’ Association, based on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- events that occurred between December 31, 1980 and December 31, 1981, both dates ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- inclusive, was convicted of an indictable offence on September 26, 2002, under section ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- 149(1) of the Criminal Code. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. Gary John Kozens is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers’ Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- December 31, 1980 and December 31, 1981, both dates inclusive, at or near Edmonton, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf: Alberta, did partake in sexual activities with Student A, a student, thereby failing to treat her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- with dignity and respect and in consideration of her circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to each of the charges by means of a written ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-submission. The hearing committee accepted the guilty plea on both charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-Kozens, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee assessed the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Charge One: cancellation of G Kozens’ membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- and a recommendation to the minister of learning that G Kozens’ teaching certificate be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- cancelled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. Charge Two: cancellation of G Kozens’ membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- and a recommendation to the minister of learning that G Kozens’ teaching certificate be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- cancelled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Society has the right to expect that teachers will act in a manner which establishes and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- maintains the trust relationship between teachers and students. G Kozens’ behaviour betrayed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- that trust. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. Society has the right to expect that teachers will not indecently assault students or engage in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf: sexual activities with students. G Kozens’ actions showed disregard for societal expectations ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- of teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-3. Teachers who engage in such deplorable activities create a negative impact on their victims, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- on families, on communities and on the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-4. Society has the right to expect that a teacher will form appropriate relationships which will ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- preserve the dignity and respect of students. G Kozens acknowledged that his behaviour was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-5. G Kozens’ behaviour was deplorable, reprehensible and repugnant in that he used his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf: teaching position to exploit a young female student for sexual purposes. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-6. The profession expects that teachers will act in a manner which maintains the honour and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- dignity of the teaching profession. Through his actions, G Kozens violated those ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- expectations. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Thursday, December 5, 2002. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kozens-discipline-report-2002-12-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf-Kirkland, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- 2 Bruce Kirkland is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- between September 1, 1986 and December 31, 1986, both dates inclusive, at or near ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf: Edmonton Alberta, committed a sexual assault on siudenmamereiracied.|^ student, thereby ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- failing to treat him with dignity and respect and in consideration of his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- 3 Bruce Kirkland is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofThe Alberta Teachers' Association, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- between September 1, 1986 and December 31, 1986, both dates inclusive, at or near ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf: Edmonton, Alberta, in that he committed a sexual offence against a young person, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- thereby failing to maintain the honor and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member, by way of written submission, entered a plea of"guilty" to each of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf-charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf-No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf-i. B Kirkland was employed by Edmonton School District No 7 as a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- teacher from September 1976 to June 1999.(Exhibit C) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf-Z. B Kirkland was a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association at the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- time of the actions which led to his conviction under the Crfmnina!Code. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit C) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf-3. From September X9BO to June 1999^ B Kirkland was a teacher at ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- Schc»l nama redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- School in Edmonton. He was the head of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- Physical Education Department from 1982. to 1999. As welh he was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- assigned duties as a counsellor from 1989 to 1999. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit C) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf-Kirkland, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf-4. B Kirkland resigned as a teacher From Edmonton School District No 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- in June (Exhibit C) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf:5. B Kirkland pled guiltg to one charge of sexual assault under Part XIX ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- (indictable) of the Criminal Code as follows: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- Between the Xst day of September^ 3-'?86 and the 3Xst day of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- December^ X^StSj both dates inclusivej at or near Edmontom ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf: AlbertUj committed sexual assault on student name redacted. contrary to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/kirkland-discipline-report-2002-03-15-pdf-a.pdf- section Z4 t- ti7- . \ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-The prosecution called 1, Bryan F.nrenaiiPtr, Win<;ton (Mar) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name redacted. Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-MacKenzie and redacted. >wom testimony was provided from her residence in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-Calgary via speaker telephone in the presence of lawyer, Susan Hrychuk of Parlee McLaws. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-The defence called Morley Dunlop, Dr Linda Keep and Hugh Nester. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-Dunlop, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-BcforqfedactM"^'"^ I testified via speaker telephone, J Miller requested that the April 20, 2000 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-conference call be noted on the record. J Miller requested that his objection to the witness being ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-allowed to testify by speaker phone be recorded. J Miller cited the following: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-1. M Dunlop has the right to face his accusers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-2. The committee would not be able to determine the credibility of the witness without having ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- her present. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-1. M Dunlop was a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association at the time of the offences. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-2. M Dunlop is employed as a teacher by Battle River Regional Division No 31. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-3. M Dunlop is a teacher at New Norway School.(Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-4. M Dunlop attended the Calgary Auto Auction in July 1999. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-5. M Dunlop attended this auction as a registered auto dealer. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-6. In testimony, redacted. indicated that she was a driver at the auction. M Dunlop got into the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- car that she was driving. A conversation ensued that redacted. found disgusting. During this ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- conversation, M Dunlop related an incident in which he was in a hot tub with his wife and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- her girlfriend. He stated that he was getting a "blow job" from his wife. The girlfriend had to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- "finish him off. redacted. stated that M Dunlop asked her what exciting things she had done. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf: She replied that she did not discuss her sex life. M Dunlop got in and out of several vehicles ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- driven by Witness name that day. On one occasion, M Dunlop stated to redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- "I hope you don't ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- think I'm a pervert". ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-7. redacted. reported the incidents to management. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-8. In testimony, redacted. indicated that she was a driver at the same auction. M Dunlop ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- entered vehicles driven by redacted several times during the day. While in one of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. vehicles, M Dunlop asked if she gave "head" and "sucked cock". redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- testified that the more M Dunlop snoke. the more vulgar he got. M Dunlop indicated that he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name o 111 I ■ 1 II Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- had a mistress. M Dunlop asked redacted. for a blow job . was very angry about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- the incidents. She searched out her husband, an on-site employee of the Calgary Auto ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Auction, and reported them to him. redacted. husband reported the incidents to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- management. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-9. In August 1999, M Dunlop returned to the Calgary Auto Auction. B Enzenauer, M Dunlop's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- business partner, accompanied him. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-Dunlop, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name Witness name i • t i * ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-10. redacted. and redacted. -ecognized M Dunlop at the auction and took action to warn other ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- female drivers about him. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-II. In testimony redacted. stated that she was a driver at the August auction. She testified that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- M Dunlop repeatedly approached her while she was in vehicles. She felt singled out, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- uncomfortable and threatened by his demeanor. She mentioned M Dunlop's behavior to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name Witness name Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-12. In testimony, redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. and redacted. stated that a requirement of their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- employment was to cooperate ful y with the requests of prospective buyers. This placed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- them in a vulnerable position in terms of responding to M Dunlop's advances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-13. At the end of the auction, redacted. 1sought out a management representative ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- md ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- to confront M Dunlop.^"®''"""' and redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- expressed anger and disgust with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- M Dunlop's July behavior towards them. I hey were also unset with M Dunlop's behavior ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name Witness r^ame ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- towards redacted. particularly in view of her youth. redacted. was 18 years old. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name Witness name Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-14. Upon discovering M Dunlop's profession as a teacher redacted. redacted. and redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- were appalled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee considered the three charges before it and ruled the following: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—Dismissed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name , ,. i y-. t ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf:Charge I—M Dunlop sexually harassed!redacted. Iwhile she was a driver at the Calgary Auto ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf:Auction in July 1999. M Dunlop made sexually explicit remarks. In doing so, M Dunlop failed to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-maintain the honor and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-Dunlop, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Witness name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf:Charge 2—M Dunlop sexually harassed redacted. while she was a driver at the Calgary Auto ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf:Auction in July 1999. M Dunlop made sexually explicit remarks. In doing so, M Dunlop failed to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-maintain the honor and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—While felt threatened by M Dunlop's behavior, there is insufficient ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-evidence to support the charge. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee imposes the following on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-M Dunlop as a total penalty for Charge 1 and Charge 2: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-1. That a recommendation be made to the minister of learning to suspend M Dunlop's teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- certificate for a period of one year, that being the 2000-2001 school year ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-2. That M Dunlop's membership in The Alberta Teachers' Association be suspended for a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- period of one year, that being the 2000-2001 school year, and that reinstatement of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- membership would be contingent upon M Dunlop's providing to The Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- Association written proof of ongoing and frequent psychological counseling ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-3. That M Dunlop pay a fine of $2,000 to The Alberta Teachers' Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-1. Society expects that teachers will conduct themselves in an appropriate manner and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- maintain the honor and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-2. Sexually harassing behavior is not acceptable for a teacher regardless of other roles that a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- teacher may assume. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-3. This is M Dunlop's second appearance before a hearing committee of the Association. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- behavior for which M Dunlop has been found guilty on this occasion is similar to that for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- which he was disciplined previously. The previous penalty did not result in a change of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- behavior. Therefore, a more severe sanction is necessary. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-4. M Dunlop's actions show a continuing pattern of behavior that is reprehensible and which ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- must cease. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-5. There is no evidence to suggest that M Dunlop exhibits inappropriate behavior towards ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- students or staff at his school. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Professional Conduct Appeal Committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-Morley W Dunlop, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-12. The hearing committee failed to give adequate reasons for its decision. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-During the course ofthe hearing, J Miller abandoned point 11. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-In addition, J Miller made a lengthy oral submission. J Miller argued that the hearing committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-did not adequately address the standard of proof required with regard to guilt or innocence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-J Miller cited inconsistencies in testimony and argued, additionally, that a breach of natural ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-justice had occurred when the hearing committee accepted the testimony of a witness by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-telephone. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf:J Miller contended that M Dunlop's actions did not constitute sexual harassment. J Miller argued ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-that M Dunlop perceived the verbal discourse with the two women to be consensual and not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-unwelcome. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-J Miller argued that the actions occurred outside the member's school and community in a non- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-teaching context and did not constitute conduct detrimental to maintaining the honor and dignity ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-ofthe profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-With regard to penalty, J Miller argued that a one year suspension is too harsh having regard to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-the severe financial and personal implications. J Miller noted that M Dunlop started ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-psychological counseling in November 1999 and is willing to continue. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-SUBMISSION OF THE RESPONDENT ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-S Fraser submitted that the Alberta Court of Appeal has indicated that the standard of proofin ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-disciplinary cases should be measured on the basis ofthe balance of probabilities. A disciplinary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-committee is not required to state its awareness ofthe standard of proof. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-S Fraser argued that inconsistencies within the testimony of witnesses did not impugn the key ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-elements ofthe case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-S Fraser argued that when a witness was not available for the hearing because of medical ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-reasons, S Fraser had requested postponement ofthe hearing. J Miller objected. Procedures were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-established to take testimony by telephone. J Miller objected. S Fraser noted that a lawyer from ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-Parlee McLaws had been assigned by E C Fraser, coordinator of Member Services, to be present ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-at the bedside ofthis witness to ensure that proper procedures were followed. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-S Fraser contended that M Dunlop engaged in conversations that were unacceptable to a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-reasonable person. S Fraser argued that, since these conversations took place in their workplace, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-the women involved had little opportunity to object and felt that their employment was at risk. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf-S Fraser argued that the teaching profession had been affected because M Dunlop's actions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dunlop-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2000-04-27-and-2000-09-13-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE REPORT OF THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- HEARING COMMITTEE OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST JAMES P R DESJARDINS ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee ofthe Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against James Desjardins of Red ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-Deer, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-Wednesday, July 5,2006. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-A written request was received from one ofthe two complainants that the hearing be held in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-camera (Exhibit 1). The committee ruled that the hearing would be held in camera. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. James P R Desjardins is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- January 2001 to April 2005, failed to maintain an appropriate teacher-student relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- with Student A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. James P R Desjardins is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- November 3,2004,failed to treat Student A with dignity and respect when he engaged in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf: kissing, hugging and sexual touching with her. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to each ofthe charges by way of written ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-submission (Exhibit 3). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-At the request ofthe prosecuting officer, to be consistent with the written submission and guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-plea. Charge 1 was amended to read: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. James P R Desjardins is charged with improfessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- January 2001 to April 2005, failed to treat Student A with dignity and respect that was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- considerate of her circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-James P R Desjardins, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee accepted Desjardins’ pleas of guilty to Charges 1 and 2. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Desjardins violated his position of trust and authority as a teacher when he participated in an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate e-mail relationship with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf:2. Desjardins kissed, hugged and sexually touched Student A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-3. Desjardins tried to conceal his relationship with Student A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-4. Society expects that when students are under the care of a teacher, they will be treated with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-5. It is inappropriate and unacceptable for a teacher to engage in inappropriate relationships ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- with students even if there is no current student–teacher relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-6. The honour and dignity of the profession is harmed by a teacher having an inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalty for both charges: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Desjardins is ineligible for membership in The Alberta Teachers' Association for four years, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- subject to compliance with the bylaws of the Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation will be made to the Minister of Education that Desjardins’ teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- certificate be suspended for four years. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Desjardins broke a fundamental trust that society places on teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. Society has the right to expect that teachers will not establish inappropriate relationships with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf-3. Desjardins was intentional and knew that his relationship with Student A was inappropriate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/desjardins-discipline-2006-07-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- period September 2011–June 2018, made comments to pupils and/or engaged in actions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- which failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, during the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- period September 2011–June 2018, engaged in texting and/or other electronic ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- communications with students, or former students shortly after their graduation, where the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- comments made were inappropriate to an acceptable teacher–student relationship, thereby ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- failing to treat these students and/or former students with dignity and respect and be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- considerate of their circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, during the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- period September 2011–June 2018, engaged in texting and/or other electronic ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- communications with students, or former students shortly after their graduation, where the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- comments made were inappropriate to an acceptable teacher–student relationship, thereby ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- failing to act in a manner which maintains the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, at one or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- more point(s) during the period September 2011–June 2018, engaged in a grooming-type ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- activity with one or more current students or former students shortly after their graduation, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- thereby failing to treat a student or students with dignity and respect and be considerate of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- their circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-6. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, at one or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- more point(s) during the period September 2011–June 2018, engaged in a grooming-type ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- activity with one or more current students or former students shortly after their graduation, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- thereby failing to act in a manner which maintains the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-7. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, at some point ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: during the period March 2016–September 2018, had a sexual relationship with [Student C] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- while she was a student or shortly after her graduation, thereby failing to treat a student or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- former student with dignity and respect and be considerate of their circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-8. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, at some point ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: during the period March 2016–September 2018, had a sexual relationship with [Student C] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- while she was a student or shortly after her graduation, thereby failing to act in a manner ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- which maintains the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re W Deering, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-9. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, at some point ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: during the period January 2015-September 2018, had a sexual relationship with [Student B] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- while she was a student or shortly after her graduation, thereby failing to treat a student or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- former student with dignity and respect and be considerate of their circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-10. Wade Stuart Deering is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, at some ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: point during the period January 2015-September 2018, had a sexual relationship with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- [Student B] while she was a student or shortly after her graduation, thereby failing to act in a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- manner which maintains the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to each of the charges, by written submission ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-No witnesses were called for this hearing. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1—Notice of hearing and Canada Post confirmation of delivery on March 2, 2020 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 2—Declaration of awareness of rights, signed by Deering on February 14, 2020 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3—Submission on Plea, signed by Deering on February 14, 2020 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit A—Agreed Statement of Facts signed by Deering and Hackman on February 14. 2020 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- and February 19, 2020 respectively ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 5—^Joint Submission on Penalty signed by Deering and Hackman on February 14, 2020 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- and February 19, 2020 respectively ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. An agreed statement of facts was submitted to the committee. Based on these agreed facts, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- the included exhibits, and Deering's submission on plea, the committee made a number of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- findings. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. Deering was bom August 14, 1976(Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. Deering was a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association during the period from ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- September 2011 through June 2018 (Exhibit 3 and Exhibit 4, paragraph !I). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. Deering worked as a teacher for the Holy Family School Division at Sctiool name redacted. m ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- High Prairie from September 1, 2005 to December 31, 2018 (Exhibit 4, paragraph 12). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. Deering had issues related to alcohol and the school division became aware of this in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- 2010/11 school year. From April 25 to June 13, 2011, Deering accessed a medical leave to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- receive treatment for alcoholism (Exhibit 4, paragraph 13). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-6. Issues related to Deering consuming alcohol in the school were revealed in November 2015. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Evidence in the form of empty liquor bottles and cans was found in Deering’s classroom on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- February 16, 2016. Deering admitted he was struggling with alcoholism and seeking support ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 4, paragraph 14). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-7. During the same time period, the superintendent, Betty Turpin, became aware that Deering ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- had been communicating with Student A, over an estimated period of 21 months, through ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- social media messages. Deering admitted to the division that he had made social media ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- contact with past and current students. The school division placed Deering on unassigned ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- duties effective September 6, 2016 while it undertook an investigation of Deering (Exhibit 4, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- paragraph 15). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-8. The investigation revealed that Deering had communicated inappropriately, by social media, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- with several current and former students. The nature of the communication records found by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- the division showed the content of the communications was outside of the professional ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- communication that a teacher should have with a student (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-9. The school division, in its report, found that Deering had engaged in inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- commentary with students and that Deering needed to address his alcoholism. As a result of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- the investigation, Deering agreed to enter into a Last Chance Agreement with the school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- division on February 10, 2017 (Exhibit 4, paragraph 19 and tab 15). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-10. The Last Chance Agreement signed by Deering mandated that he engage with medical care ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- as recommended in the report of an independent medical exam (IME), attend Alcoholic ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Anonymous meetings, submit blood and urine testing at the division’s request, and supply ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- breathalyser samples to the principal on a regular basis. The Last Chance Agreement also ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- required Deering to withdraw from any social media contact with students (Exhibit 4, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- tab 13). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-11. Deering related to his students and interacted with students in class inappropriately. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-12. Between September 2012 and June 2015, Deering belittled his students by commenting on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: their sexuality, joking about their sexual orientation, sharing their Facebook profiles in class ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- without their permission and commenting about pictures on the profiles, commenting on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- their personal relationships, teasing the girls about their boyfriends and berating the students ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- if they shared Deering’s comments in class with their parents. Two students also noted that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Deering acted more like a friend than a teacher (Exhibit 4, paragraphs 20-29). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:13. On one occasion, during a sex education session on abstinence, Deering said “looks like it is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- too late for you two” to two students in the session (Exhibit 4, paragraphs 23-24). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-14. Deering also asked female students about the boys they were dating and was flirtatious with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- some female students (Exhibit 4, paragraph 41). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-15. Deering admits to treating his students inappropriately in class (Exhibit 4, paragraphs ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- 151-152). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-16. Deering communicated with students and former students using social media and texting on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- a regular and ongoing basis as early as 2010/2011 and until 2018. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-17. Deering communicated with at least five female and/or former female students in an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate manner. He asked questions that were overly personal including asking about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- their gym routines and workouts; he asked for the student’s pictures and wanted to know ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- what the students were doing and with whom they were socializing. In addition, Deering’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- messages were flirtatious in nature, included the use of offensive language and derogatory ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: racial comments, and were laced with sexual innuendo as well as sexually suggestive ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- comments. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Some of the examples of what Deering wrote to the students or former students are as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- follows (Exhibit 4): ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- a) “Easy tigress, not for a hottie who shops at Suzy Shier” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- b) “U work tmrw? Bc im g tmmw and craving dipping sauce.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- c) “How much for a Swiss Chalet lap dance?” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- d) “The step program was weak…..a lot of aboriginal teachers passing just bc aboriginal.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- e) “Filipinos a horny brood?” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- f) In one instance, Deering was tracking the student over Facebook and wrote “…you ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- know im snoopin’…” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- g) “Gorgeous profile pic” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- h) “prom night? Dress, meow, u look great” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: i) “You look extremely fucking sexy if we are being honest” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: j) “Very sexy, … extremely, delectable” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- k) “Nah ur hotness, worth 15% easily.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- l) About a former boyfriend of one of the students, “fucking weird family.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-18. Deering sent messages to another student through Facebook Messenger. He made comments ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- about the student and another friend looking “really good,” asked the student about her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- boyfriend and personal life, and told the student she should date someone else because her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- boyfriend was younger (Exhibit 4, paragraph 39). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-19. Electronic communications with the students and former students lasted, on average, two ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- years at a time though in one case, when the student did not reply, Deering eventually ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- stopped trying to communicate with that student. The communications with the girls were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- voluminous. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 6 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-20. In the case of Student A, there were 169 pages of social media messages over a period of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- roughly 21 months. Many of the messages exchanged with Student A were inappropriate, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- rude, uncalled for, and made Student A uncomfortable. Deering asked her repeatedly about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- her summer hours of work, daily routine, her boyfriends and relationships, requested photos ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- and her cell phone number, made inquiries related to her behaviour and drinking alcohol, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- and commented on her personal appearance (Exhibit 4, paragraphs 45-46 and tab 17). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-21. Deering initiated communications with the students while they were still in school, but ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- escalated the volume of communication once they had graduated (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-22. Many of the contact times of the communication were outside the respectful boundaries and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- relationships between a teacher and student (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-23. Many of the students and former students indicated that Deering’s communications made ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- them feel uncomfortable. In some instances, the students told Deering that his comments ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- made them feel uncomfortable but this did not change Deering’s behaviour. One student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- actively avoided contact with Deering. For example, when he coached the basketball team, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- she did not try out but in subsequent years, when he was not coaching, she did play ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- basketball (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-24. Deering admits to engaging in inappropriate texting and electronic communications with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- female students and former female students (Exhibit 4, paragraphs 153-154). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:25. Deering groomed female students and former female students over time. His grooming was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- progressive in nature. Deering sought out personal connections with the girls, including one ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- who was especially vulnerable because her sister was terminally ill and another who was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: dealing with her own mental health problems. His grooming was persistent and repeated and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- he violated the boundaries of the teacher-student relationship by pushing the girls to interact ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- with him in ways that the students characterized as “uncomfortable” and “creepy.” Deering ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- questioned the students and/or former students about their personal life, their personal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- relationships, their looks, their work, and their behaviour. His actions were sustained and he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- placed himself in their lives. In addition to inappropriate communications, Deering crossed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- the professional boundaries of the teacher-student relationship by giving gifts to some of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: students. This is an example of grooming behaviour (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:26. Deering’s grooming of the female students and former female students appeared to edge on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- harassment as he texted at all hours of the day and multiple times a day. In one example, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Deering texted Student A more than 96 times in a 29-hour period and he also showed up at ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- her place of work during the summer months. Deering’s actions caused Student A’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- supervisor to create a safety plan for Student A in the event Deering showed up at her work ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- place again (Exhibit 4, tab 17). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-27. At the extreme end. Deering, by his grooming, exploited young female students and former ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- students to gamer their sympathy and empathy. These young women tried to protect Deering ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- by excusing and covering up his unprofessional behaviours. Deering held a position of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- power over these students and former students and he was much older than they were. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Deering's behaviour isolated the young women from their families and friends who were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- their support systems. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Illustrative examples of this are found in the following excerpts from the agreed statement of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- facts (Exhibit 4): ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- 72. When asked to describe her friendship with Wade Deering.[Student B] said. "It's a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- close friendship, we both struggle." She said that Wade Deering spoke to her about his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- concerns and issues. Those conversations began shortly after the party. The party was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- held and the texts began to be exchanged shortly atfer she graduated (which is not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- consistent with onset of the texting reference in paragraph 71). When asked what issues ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Wade Deering spoke about,[Student B]said that Wade Deering stated that he suffers ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- from addiction and about how he had lost his brother. [Student B] spoke to Wade ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Deering about suffering from a compulsive disorder. She said."We just kind of support ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- us [each other] with menu.1 health issues." Wade Deering also spoke to her about issues ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- that he had with his famih —with his wife, his mother and his children. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- 101.[The stepmother of Student C] stated that [Student C] expressed to her that she feels ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- special because she saved Wade Deering from alcoholism and suicide, but feels guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- for the position Wade Deering is in employment wise. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-28. Deering admits to engaging in grooming type behaviour of female students and former ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- female students shortly after their graduation (Exhibit 4. paragraphs 155-156). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:29. At some point between March 2016 and September 2018, Deering had a sexual relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- with Student C while she was a student or shortly after her graduation. Student C, by her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- own acknowledgement, was in a relationship with Deering in September 2016(Exhibit 4. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- paragraph 147). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- School nama redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-30. Student C graduated from| |in June 2016 (Exhibit 4, paragraph 90). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-31. In the summer of 2018, upon being questioned by her friends, who were also her co-workers ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- at a summer job. Student C told them that she and Deering had been dating for two years. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Prior to this point. Student C was very secretive about who her boyfriend was(Exhibit 4. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- paragraphs 120-123). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-32. Student C admitted to her friends that she was uncomfortable and felt pressured in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: relationship including some of the sexual activities that Deering asked her to engage in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 4, paragraphs 124-125). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 8 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-33. Student C blamed her friends when her relationship with Deering became known in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- community (Exhibit 4, paragraph 128). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-34. Student C was conflicted about her relationship with Deering. In her texts to a trusted family ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- friend, she demonstrated emotional turbulence and distress when writing about her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with Deering (Exhibit 4, paragraph 117 and tab 18). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-35. Student C's family members noted that their relationships with their daughter and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- stepdaughter were negatively impacted by Student C's relationship with Deering (Exhibit 4, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- paragraphs 105-108, 112). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:36. Deering admits to having a sexual relationship with Student C at some point between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- March 2016 through September 2018 (Exhibit 4, paragraphs 157-158). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:37. Deering also had a sexual relationship with Student B while she was a student or shortly ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: after her graduation. This sexual relationship overlapped with his relationship with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Student C. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-38. Student C was aware of Deering's relationship with Student B and Student C texted her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- friends about it (Exhibit 4, paragraph 65). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-39. Student B was initially in the graduating class of2014, potemiaiiy identifying information redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- land so Student B, because of her family obligations, did not complete ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Grade 12 in the 2014/15 school year. She graduated in June 2015 (Exhibit 4, paragraph 59). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-40. Student B and Deering met at a party held by Deering's neighbour when Student B was in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Grade 1 1 or 12. Student B played on a sports team with the neighbour's children. Deering ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- and Student B commenced significant communications after meeting at the party and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- communicated almost daily after that meeting. Student B admitted to a close relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- with Deering, stating "it's a close friendship, we both struggle."(Exhibit 4, paragraphs ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- 71-73). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-41. Deering also admitted that he asked Student B for a photograph of her in a bikini when she ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- was in Grade 10 or 11, prior to their meeting at the party and prior to their engaging in daily ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- communications (Exhibit 4, paragraph 86). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-42. Student B was very protective and defensive of Deering as demonstrated through several ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- interactions with other students and former students during the course of the investigation ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- into Deering's conduct: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- a) She asked another student to destroy pictures, Facebook postings, and texts in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- student's possession because they might get Deering in trouble. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 9 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- b) She defended Deering to her friend saying he was a “good guy” and argued that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- rumours about Deering should be quelled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- c) She also told her friend that “if anyone asks me anything, I won’t throw Wade under the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- bus.” (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:43. Deering admitted to having a sexual relationship with Student B at some point during the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- period January 2015 to September 2018 (Exhibit 4, paragraphs 89, 159, 160). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 —Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 —Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3 —Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4 —Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 5 —Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 6 —Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 7 —Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 8 —Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 9 —Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 10—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. All teachers have a responsibility to treat student(s) with dignity and respect. Any conduct of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- a member that, in the opinion of a hearing committee, is detrimental to the dignity or respect ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- of a student or students is unprofessional (article 4 of the Association’s Code of Professional ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Conduct). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. As a teacher, Deering was in a position of trust and authority over the victims. His actions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- with some of his students and former students resulted in those students not being treated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- with the necessary dignity and respect and consideration of their circumstances (article 4 of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- the Code of Professional Conduct). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. All teachers also have an obligation to act in a manner which maintains the honour and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- dignity of the profession. Conduct of a member that, in the opinion of a hearing committee, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- fails to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession is unprofessional (article 18 of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Association’s Code of Professional Conduct). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. Deering failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the teaching profession (article 18 of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- the Code of Professional Conduct). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 10 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. By his own admission, Deering made comments to pupils in his classroom in which he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- failed to treat the pupils with dignity and respect and failed to be considerate of their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. In the evidence adduced, there were several examples of Deering making inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- comments to students from September 2011 to June 2018. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:3. Deering commented on students’ sexuality and joked about their sexual orientation, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- commented on pictures found in students’ Facebook profiles in front of the class, teased ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- students about their personal relationships, asked female students about the boys they were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- dating, and was flirtatious with female students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. Schools must have a safe learning environment and teachers must be considerate in such an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- environment. Children should not be exposed to these kinds of statements from a teacher ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- and teachers should not insert themselves into students’ social lives. Teachers are expected ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- to maintain relationships with students that do not transgress boundaries or exploit the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- vulnerabilities of students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. Having a teacher tease or make fun of a student or having a teacher judge a student for their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- personal choices is offensive and creates a risk of harm to a student’s self-esteem. A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- fundamental feature of the teacher-student interaction is mutual respect. The teacher-student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- relationship should be professional and formal, not personal and informal. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-6. The committee finds that Deering failed to treat pupils with dignity and respect and be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- considerate of their circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. By his own admission, Deering made inappropriate comments to pupils in his classroom. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. In the evidence adduced, there were several examples of Deering making inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- comments and actions toward students from September 2011 to June 2018. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:3. Deering commented on students’ sexuality and joked about their sexual orientation, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- commented on pictures found in students’ Facebook profiles in front of the class, teased ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- students about their personal relationships, asked female students about the boys they were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- dating, and was flirtatious with female students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. By making these inappropriate comments, Deering’s comments were damaging to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- public’s perception of the teaching profession and failed to maintain the honour and dignity ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- of the profession. Teachers are expected to create a safe and caring environment and are ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 11 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- expected to act like role models. Students noted that Deering acted more like a friend than a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- teacher and his comments created a risk that students would feel uncomfortable. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. The committee finds that Deering failed to act in a manner which maintained the honour and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. By his own admission, Deering acknowledged that during the period September 2011 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- June 2018, he engaged in texting and/or other electronic communications with students, or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- former students shortly after their graduation, where the comments made were inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- to an acceptable teacher–student relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. In the evidence adduced, there were several examples of Deering engaging in inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- communication to students or former students, during the period September 2011 to June ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- 2018. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. The messages generally began while the students were in school or very shortly after the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- students had graduated. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:4. Deering’s messages to students and former students were flirtatious, laced with sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: innuendo and sexually suggestive comments, and included the use of offensive language and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- derogatory racial comments. He made comments to students and former students about their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- boyfriends and personal lives and made comments about the physical appearance of students ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- and former students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. This was not an isolated incident as numerous students over various years received the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- messages from Deering by text or social media. The messages to students were sustained ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- over a long period of time and many of the contact times of the communication were outside ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- the respectful boundaries of relationships between teachers and students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-6. Communication from a teacher to a student should be confined to matters appropriate to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- role of a teacher. Teachers are expected to maintain relationships with students that do not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- transgress boundaries or exploit the vulnerabilities of students. Deering’s communications ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- crossed these boundaries and had a negative impact on many students, as his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- communications made students feel uncomfortable. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-7. Deering failed to treat these students/former students with dignity and respect and be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- considerate of their circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. By his own admission, Deering acknowledged that during the period September 2011 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- June 2018, he engaged in texting and/or other electronic communications with students or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 12 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- former students shortly after their graduation, where the comments made were inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- to an acceptable teacher–student relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. In the evidence adduced, there were several examples of Deering engaging in inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- communication to students or former students during the period September 2011 to June ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- 2018. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. The messages generally began while the students were in school or very shortly after the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- students had graduated. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:4. Deering’s messages to students and former students were flirtatious, laced with sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: innuendo and sexually suggestive comments, and included the use of offensive language and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- derogatory racial comments. He made comments to students and former students about their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- boyfriends and personal lives and made comments about the physical appearance of students ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- and former students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. This was not an isolated incident as numerous students over various years received the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- messages from Deering by text or social media. The messages to students were sustained ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- over a long period of time and many of the contact times of the communication were outside ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- the respectful boundaries of relationships between teachers and students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-6. Teachers are entrusted with the care of students and are placed in a position of authority. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Society expects teachers to be role models and holds them to a high standard of behaviour in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- their professional lives and in their personal conduct away from the classroom. By his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- conduct, Deering failed to meet this standard. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-7. Deering failed to act in a manner which maintained the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. By his own admission, Deering confirmed that during the period September 2011 to June ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: 2018, he engaged in grooming-type activity with one or more current students or former ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- students shortly after their graduation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:2. In the evidence adduced there were several examples of grooming-type activities with one or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- more current students or former students shortly after graduation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. Deering sought out personal connections with the girls, including one who was especially ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- vulnerable because her sister was terminally ill and another who was dealing with her own ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- mental health problems. Deering questioned the students and/or former students about their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- personal life, their personal relationships, their looks, their work, and their behaviour. His ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- actions were sustained and he placed himself in their lives. In addition, Deering crossed the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- professional boundaries of the teacher-student relationship by giving gifts to some of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 13 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. Teachers are expected to maintain relationships with students that do not transgress ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- boundaries or exploit the vulnerabilities of students. Students are entitled to expect that a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- teacher will not engage in inappropriate behaviour that impacts their safety and security. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. Deering violated the boundaries of the teacher-student relationship by pushing female ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- students and former students to interact with him in ways that were characterized as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- “uncomfortable” and “creepy.” By his actions, Deering failed to act in a professional manner. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-6. Deering failed to treat these students with dignity and respect and be considerate of their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 6 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. By his own admission, Deering confirmed that during the period September 2011 to June ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- 2018, he engaged in grooming-type activity with one or more current students or former ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- students shortly after their graduation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. In the evidence adduced there were several examples of grooming-type activities with one or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- more current students or former students shortly after graduation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. Deering sought out personal connections with the girls, including one who was especially ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- vulnerable because her sister was terminally ill and another who was dealing with her own ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- mental health problems. Deering questioned the students and/or former students about their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- personal life, their personal relationships, their looks, their work, and their behaviour. His ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- actions were sustained and he placed himself in their lives. In addition, Deering crossed the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- professional boundaries of the teacher-student relationship by giving gifts to some of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. Deering violated the boundaries of the teacher-student relationship by pushing female ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- students and former students to interact with him in ways that was characterized as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- “uncomfortable” and “creepy.” By his actions, Deering failed to act in a professional manner. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. Parents and society have a reasonable expectation that teachers will be role models and that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- they will not engage in inappropriate communication and interaction with individuals subject ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- to their authority. Society holds teachers to a higher standard of behaviour given their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- position. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-6. Deering failed to act in a manner which maintained the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. By his own admission, Deering admitted that at some point during the period March 2016 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: September 2018, he had a sexual relationship with Student C while she was a student or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- shortly after her graduation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 14 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:2. Student C acknowledged she had a sexual relationship with Deering and this was confirmed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- by Student C’s family and friends. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:3. Deering demonstrated a very serious lack of judgment when he engaged in a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with Student C. In a relationship between a teacher and a student, the parties are ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- not on equal terms. The responsibility for maintaining proper boundaries rests solely with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- the teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. Even if the relationship began after Student C graduated, a power differential still existed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- between her and Deering. Deering had a responsibility, as a professional, to ensure that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- proper boundaries were maintained even once Student C was no longer a student at the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: school. By engaging in a sexual relationship with Student C, Deering violated the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- boundaries of the teacher-student relationship and exploited Student C’s vulnerabilities. This ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- conduct is reprehensible and completely unacceptable. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. Deering failed to treat a student or former student with dignity and respect and be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- considerate of their circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 8 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. By his own admission, Deering admitted that at some point during the period March 2016 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: September 2018, he had a sexual relationship with Student C while she was a student or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- shortly after her graduation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:2. Student C acknowledged she had a sexual relationship with Deering and this was confirmed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- by Student C’s family and friends. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. Deering engaged in conduct that harmed the best interests of students, the public and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- teaching profession. Deering’s actions and boundary violations damaged the confidence and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- trust in teachers by the community and harmed the standing of teachers generally. He failed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- to consider the impact of his actions on the reputation of the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. Deering failed to act in a manner which maintains the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 9 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. By his own admission, Deering admitted that at some point during the period January 2015 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: to September 2018, he had a sexual relationship with Student B while she was a student or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- shortly after her graduation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. This admission was supported by the evidence provided in the agreed statement of facts. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: committee accepted that on the balance of probabilities, there was a sexual relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- between Student B and Deering. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 15 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:3. Deering demonstrated a very serious lack of judgment when he engaged in a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with Student C. In a relationship between a teacher and a student, the parties are ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- not on equal terms. The responsibility for maintaining proper boundaries rests solely with the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- teacher. Even if the relationship began after Student B graduated, a power differential still ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- existed between her and Deering. Deering had a responsibility, as a professional, to ensure ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- that proper boundaries were maintained even once Student B was no longer a student at the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- school. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:4. By engaging in a sexual relationship with Student B, Deering violated the boundaries of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- teacher-student relationship and exploited Student B’s vulnerabilities. This conduct is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- reprehensible and completely unacceptable. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. Deering failed to treat a student or former student with dignity and respect and be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- considerate of their circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 10 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. By his own admission, Deering admitted that at some point during the period January 2015 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: to September 2018, he had a sexual relationship with Student B while she was a student or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- shortly after her graduation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. This admission was supported by the evidence provided in the agreed statement of facts. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: committee accepted that on the balance of probabilities, there was a sexual relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- between Student B and Deering. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. Deering engaged in conduct that harmed the best interests of students, the public and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- teaching profession. Deering’s actions and boundary violations damaged the confidence and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- trust in teachers by the community and harmed the standing of teachers generally. He failed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- to consider the impact of his actions on the reputation of the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. Deering failed to act in a manner which maintains the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Hackman and Deering provided a joint submission on penalty to the hearing committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-recommending the following penalties to address all of the charges: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. A letter of severe reprimand ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. A declaration of permanent ineligibility for membership in the Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. A recommendation for cancellation of Deering’s teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Hackman and Deering acknowledged through the signed joint submission on penalty their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-recognition that the hearing committee would make its own determination with respect to penalty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-(Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 17 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee considered the following factors in determining the penalty. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. The hearing committee carefully considered the content of the joint submission on penalty, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- including the Jaswal factors listed. The committee accepted the penalty that the parties ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- proposed but determined that a fine should also be levied because of the nature of Deering’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- actions and the resulting damage to the students, the community, and the teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- profession. The committee believed an additional deterrent to this behaviour was necessary. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. An appropriate penalty must demonstrate to members of the teaching profession, as well as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- to members of the public, that the teaching profession will decisively respond to professional ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- misconduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. Due to the egregious nature of the offences, and due to a teacher’s position of trust in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- relation to students, and due to a teacher’s duty to act only in a manner that safeguards the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- interests of children generally, the hearing committee determined that a fine of $2500, a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- declaration that Deering is permanently ineligible for membership in the Association, and a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- recommendation to the minister of education that Deering’s teaching certificate be cancelled ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- were all necessary. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. In the case of Deering, the variety, repetition and duration of the unprofessional contact with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- students and the repeated behaviours require a penalty that is corrective, preventative, and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- will protect the interests of students and the public. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. The committee did not accept Deering’s alcoholism as a mitigating factor because some of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- his actions would have occurred while sober. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-6. As a teacher and coach with his lengthy experience, Deering ought to have known that what ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- he was doing was wrong and he should have known about his obligations under the Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-7. The nature and gravity of the proven allegations are very serious. It is of the most serious ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: conduct that a teacher can engage in. Deering engaged in sexual relationships with multiple ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- students and/or former students and the Association and society in general deem this to be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- reprehensible. Deering also engaged in communications with students, both in class and out ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- of class, which crossed clear boundaries and failed to maintain an appropriate teacher-student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- relationship. By doing so, Deering failed to treat students with dignity and respect and failed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- to be considerate of their circumstances and failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re W Deering, page 18 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-8. Deering had several opportunities to correct his behaviour. He failed to do so and thus ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- demonstrated his ungovernability and unprofessionalism. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-9. Deering clearly betrayed the fundamental trust given by society to the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- The public must be assured that the profession will punish those who transgress in this ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- regard. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-10. Deering’s actions had a significant and damaging mental and emotional impact on the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- students, their families, and the community. By doing so, Deering failed to treat students with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- dignity and respect and was not considerate of their circumstances and failed to maintain the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- honor and dignity of the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-11. Deering’s actions were exploitative. Deering manipulated his students through a purposeful ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- and progressive grooming strategy. Deering’s persistent and repeated inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf: communications and sexual relationships were sustained for a lengthy period of time. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Through his action, Deering abused his position of authority and responsibility. Teachers are ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- expected to be trustworthy individuals who provide healthy role modelling for young people ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- who are vulnerable. By his actions, Deering failed to treat students with dignity and respect ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- and failed to be considerate of their circumstances and failed to maintain the honour and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- dignity of the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-12. While Deering admitted to the conduct and this is a mitigating factor, it does not excuse the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- very serious nature of his actions. Deering demonstrated a profound lack of judgment in his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- actions, despite any mitigating circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-13. The committee recognizes that the penalty it has imposed is severe as it will take away ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Deering’s ability to practice his chosen profession and it will require Deering to pay a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- monetary fine. The committee has determined that such a severe penalty is necessary given ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- Deering’s conduct, the number of times it occurred, and the impact it had on the students and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- the community. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf:14. Society views sexual relationships between teachers and students or former students as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- repugnant. The committee determined that the egregious level of wrongdoing in this case ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- merits the most significant of sanctions. Deering’s behaviour demonstrates that he is unfit to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- teach and that he should not be part of the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf-15. The penalty is intended to ensure Deering does not engage in this conduct again in the future. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- It is also intended deter other members of the profession from engaging in such behaviours ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- that bring harm to students and damage the honour and dignity of the teaching profession. It ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- demonstrates that the profession will not tolerate teachers who exceed the boundaries of an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- acceptable teacher-student relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/deering-discipline-decision-2020-05-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS'ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF A CHARGE OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST DOUGLAS S DAVIS ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee ofthe Professional Conduct Committee of The Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that a charge of unprofessional conduct laid against Douglas Davis of Slave ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-Lake, Alberta was duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-Tuesday, October 10, 2000. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were E M Willette- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-Larsen (chair), E L Osbome and D L Schroeder. R W Rand of Frohlich Rand Kiss was counsel ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-to the hearing committee, M C Amal was secretary and L A Kaun was recorder. V A Riewe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member was not present ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-and was not represented. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-There was no objection to either the constitution of the committee or its jurisdiction to hear this ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-The following charge was read by the secretary to the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-Douglas S Davis is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association, during the 1998/1999 school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf:year, began and carried on a sexual relationship with Student X,a student in his care. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-D Davis entered a plea of"guilty" to the charge. After reviewing the exhibits referenced ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-hereafter, the hearing committee determined that the plea was appropriate and found D Davis to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-be guilty of unprofessional conduct as charged. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-D S Davis, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-The prosecuting officer entered an agreed statement offacts. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-1. D Davis was a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association during the 1998-99 school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- year.(Exhibits 1 and 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-2. D Davis was employed as a teacher by Living Waters Catholic Regional Division No 42 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- from September 1997 to December 1999.(Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-3. In the spring of 1998, D Davis invited Student X to join a jazz blues band which D Davis ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- had started in 1997-98. Frequently D Davis drove Student X home from practices which ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- were often held from approximately 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm.(Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-4. During the 1998-99 school year, D Davis taught Student X grade 10 English and Social ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- Studies. D Davis also provided study sessions and tutoring to Student X early in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- morning and in the evenings, with a view to preparing her to challenge courses at the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- grade 11 level.(Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-5. During the 1998-99 school year, a romantic relationship developed between D Davis, age ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- 49, and Student X,age 15.(Exhibits 4 and 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf:6. This relationship escalated into a sexual relationship during the school year and continued ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- during the summer.(Exhibits 4 and 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-7. Student X's family moved away from the community. D Davis pursued the relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-8. On or about September 10, 1999, the father of Student X,telephoned the principal of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- and informed him that his wife had found a number of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- documents in Student X's bedroom. These documents were intimate letters and notes ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- between D Davis and Student X. Student X's father faxed copies of these to Principal name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- the principal. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-9. Subsequently,redacS."^"'^_|contacted Jofffe Plaquin, superintendent, and faxed the documents ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- to him. On or about September 10, 1999, J Plaquin directed Principal name to advise D Davis ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- that the school board would suspend him from teaching effective immediately. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-D S Davis, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-10. D Davis began sick leave immediately following the suspension. He later resigned from his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- teaching contract with Living Waters Catholic Regional Division No 42 effective ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- December 10, 1999. The suspension was subsequently withdrawn by J Plaquin. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposes the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-1. That D Davis' membership in The Alberta Teachers' Association be canceled and that he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- be declared ineligible for membership in The Alberta Teachers' Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-2. That a recommendation be made to the minister of leaming to cancel D Davis' teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-The committee also accedes to the request of the prosecuting officer and imposes a ban on the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-publication of the name ofthe victim. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf:1. Teachers must not engage in sexual activities with their students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-2. D Davis failed to uphold the honor and dignity of the teaching profession by engaging in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf: sexual activity with Student X. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-3. D Davis showed a lack ofsound judgment and responsibility by initiating and cultivating a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf: romantic and sexual relationship with a student in his care. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-4. D Davis' actions had a negative impact on Student X and her family and the teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-5. Students, parents, colleagues and communities have a right to expect that teachers will act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- in a manner which establishes and maintains trust between teachers and students. D Davis ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- betrayed that elemental trust. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf-6. D Davis' deplorable activities create far-reaching and negative impacts on the teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf:7. D Davis used his teaching position to manipulate and exploit Student X for sexual and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- romantic purposes and for his own gratification. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davis-discipline-report-2000-10-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST PETER SIOR DAVIES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Peter Sior Davies of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-Rocky Mountain House, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-Profession Act. The hearing was held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-Alberta, Canada on Monday, November 21,2011 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Eric Frederick ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-(chair), Cassandra Jager and Lynne Davies. Richard Rand of Rand Kiss Turner was counsel to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-the hearing committee, Michael KischUk was secretary and Leslie Kaun was recorder. Cory ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-Schoffer presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member, Peter ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-Davies, was not present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to the constitution or composition ofthe hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-1. Peter Sior Davies is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf: period of September 1990 to June 1992, engaged in a sexual relationship with a student, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- thereby failing to treat the student with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-2. Peter Sior Davies is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Assoeiation, during the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf: period of September 1990 to June 1992, engaged in a sexual relationship with a student, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- thereby failing to maintain the honour and dignity ofthe profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to each of the charges, by way of written ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-submission. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-P Davles, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-There were no witnesses called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-1. Notice of Hearing and Canada Post confirmation of delivery, on October 21, 2011 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-2. Submission on plea, signed by Davies, dated October 31, 2011 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-3. Agreed statement of facts, signed by Davies and Schoffcr, dated October 31, 2011 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-4. Proof of Davies's membership in the Association from September I, 1987 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- September 30, 2010, inclusive ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-5. Declaration of awareness of rights, signed by Davies, dated October 31, 2011 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-6. Joint submission on penalty, signed by Davies and Schoffer, dated October 31, 2011 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-1. Davies was bom in 1960 and began working as a teacher, in 1987, for Rocky Mountain ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- School Division No 15 in 1987, which later became part ofthe current Wild Rose School ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- Division No 66.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-2. Davies taught at the m ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- Rocky Mountain House from 1987 to 1997.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-3. Davies's employment with Wild Rose School Division No 66 teraiinated on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- October 31, 2010.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-4. Davies was a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association from September 1, 1987 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- October 31, 2010.(Exhibits 3 and 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-5. In 1990, there was a Grade 11 student at who will be referred to as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ND in this report. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-6. Davies had met ND when she was in Grade 9. Davies taught language arts and physical ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- education to ND during her Grade 9 and Grade 10 years. Davies did not teach ND during her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- Grade 11 or Grade 12 years.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf:7. In the fall of 1990, the relationship between Davies and ND became sexual, including sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- intercourse.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-P Davies, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-8. Davies and ND participated in regular hiking trips and overnight camping trips together ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- throughout ND's years in Grade 11 and Grade 12. Davies and ND took some of the trips ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- alone and some with other people.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-9. The relationship between Davies and ND continued for a period of time after ND graduated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- from high school and was attending a college outside of the community.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-10. The relationship between Davies and ND then ceased for a number of years, while ND was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- away attending post-secondary school.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-11. Davies and ND re-established their relationship in recent years and their relationship is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- continuing.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-12. Davies was forthright and cooperative in his interviews with the presenting officer. He ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- provided the presenting officer with all documents requested, answered all questions asked of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- him and confirmed the facts of the case.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 - guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2- guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf:1. By his own admission, Davies confirmed that he had a sexual relationship with student ND ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- while she was in Grade 11 and Grade 12, thus failing to treat the student with dignity and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-2. In a relationship between a teacher and a student, the parties are not on equal terms. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf: responsibility for maintaining boundaries falls solely on the teacher. By engaging in a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with a student, Davies failed to uphold the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-3. Ultimately, the ongoing nature of the relationship between Davies and ND does not diminish ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- the unprofessional nature of the actions that occurred between 1990 and 1992 while he was a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- teacher and she was a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee declared Davies ineligible for Association membership and ordered that a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-recommendation be made to the minister of education to cancel Davies's teaching certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-P Davies, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-1. Soeiety expeets that teachers will establish professional relationships with students and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf: maintain appropriate boundaries. By engaging in a sexual relationship with student ND, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- Davies failed to maintain professional boundaries, failed to treat the student with dignity and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- respect and failed to uphold the honour and dignity ofthe profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-2. Teachers must not engage in intimate relationships with students. Both the profession and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- soeiety in general view such actions as repugnant and reprehensible. Davies violated the trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- placed in him and showed disregard for societal expectations of teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-3. Davies and ND were engaged in an inappropriate relationship while ND was in Grade 11 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- Grade 12. The fact that the relationship continued after ND graduated and is still ongoing is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- not mitigating and does not diminish the unprofessional conduct of Davies between 1990 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- 1992. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Monday,November 21,2011. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/davies-discipline-report-2011-11-21-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf-Decision ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC re R Dandurand, page 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- d. A recommendation to the minister ofeducation to cancel Dandurand's teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf-2. Coles recommended to the hearing committee that the fine imposed be payable within six ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- months as there were no timelines discussed with Dandurand for payment. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf-3. Coles referred to five precedent cases with similar facts to support the submission on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- penalty. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf-The committee ordered the following penalties to encompass all four charges: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf-1. A letter ofsevere reprimand ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf-2. A fine of$5,000 payable within six months ofreceipt ofthe hearing committee's written ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- reasons for decision ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf-3. A declaration that Dandurand is permanently ineligible for membership in the Alberta ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- Teachers' Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf-4. A recommendation to the minister ofeducation to cancel Dandurand's teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf-1. Thejoint submission on penalty identified various factors that the hearing committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- considered:(page 3, Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- a. The nature ofthe charges to be severe. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- b. Student A and Student B were [age of students] respectively at the time ofthe incidents. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- c. Student A and Student B hid communication with Dandurand from their parents. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- d. Dandurand's departure from the school resulted in Student A and B being subjects of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- rumours and speculations. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- e. Dandurand was aware ofthe Code ofProfessional Conduct and her obligation to uphold ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- it. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- f. Dandurand was 25 years old at the time ofthe incidents. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- g. Dandurand was in her first year ofteaching and had no prior convictions of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- h. Dandurand participated in the investigation and admitted guilt and unprofessional ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- conduct on all charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf-2. Teachers have the responsibility to treat students with dignity and respect and be considerate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- oftheir circumstances. Dandurand's actions were egregiously inappropriate. Dandurand ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf: exploited her relationship with both students for her own emotional and/or sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- gratification. Dandurand was not considerate ofthe vulnerable and impressionable nature of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- the youth involved and their circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/dandurand-decision-2021-01-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST MARC RICHARD DAIGLE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Marc Richard Daigle of Edmonton, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act (TPA). The hearing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Friday, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-January 24, 2020. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present at the hearing committee were Dan Jackson ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-(chair), Rick Kremp and Abisola Adesanya. Leanne Monsma of Field LLP was counsel to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-hearing committee, Andrea Berg was secretary and Sudeep Dua was recorder. Keith Hadden ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member, Marc Daigle, was not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-present. While Mike Danyluik, Daigle’s counsel signed a number of documents on Daigle’s behalf, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Danyluik was not present either. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-COMPOSITION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to the constitution or jurisdiction of the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-PRELIMINARY MATTERS ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Under section 40 of the TPA, a hearing committee, on proof of service of the notice of hearing on the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-investigated person in accordance with the TPA, may proceed with the hearing in the absence of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-investigated person and may act and decide on the matter being heard in the same way as if the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-investigated person were in attendance. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. Marc Richard Daigle is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-November 21, 2016, engaged in conduct for which he, on March 12, 2019, was convicted of an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-indictable offence, to wit: On or about the 21st day of November, 2016, at or near Edmonton, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Alberta, did transmit, make available, distribute, sell, import, export, or possess for the purpose of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf:transmission, making available, distribution, sale or exportation, child pornography, contrary to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf:section 163.1(3) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-2. Marc Richard Daigle is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re M Daigle, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-November 21, 2016, engaged in conduct for which he, on March 12, 2019, was convicted of an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-indictable offence, to wit: On or about the 21st day of November, 2016, at or near Edmonton, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf:Alberta, did access child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-3. Marc Richard Daigle is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about May 24, 2017, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-engaged in conduct for which he, on March 12, 2019, was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-On or about the 24th day of May, 2017, at or near Edmonton, Alberta, did possess child ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf:pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to the three charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-There were no witnesses called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1—Declaration of awareness of rights, signed by Danyluik, dated January 13, 2020 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 2—Notice of hearing and Canada Post confirmation of delivery on December 19, 2019 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3—Submission on plea, signed by Danyluik, dated January 13, 2020 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 4—Certificate of conviction aligned with Charge 1, dated July 16, 2019 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 5—Certificate of conviction aligned with Charge 2, dated July 16, 2019 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 6—Certificate of conviction aligned with Charge 3, dated July 16, 2019 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 7—Agreed statement of facts, dated March 11, 2019, from Daigle’s court trial ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 8—Joint submission on penalty, signed by Danyluik and Hadden, dated January 13, 2020 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. Daigle was a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association during the 2016/17 school year. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-2. Daigle pled guilty and was convicted under section 163.1(3) of the Criminal Code of Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- June 24, 2019. The charge read: on or about the 21st day of November, 2016, at or near ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- Edmonton, Alberta, did transmit, make available, distribute, sell, import, export, or possess for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- the purpose of transmission, making available, distribution, sale or exportation, child ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf: pornography. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-3. Daigle pled guilty and was convicted under section 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code of Canada ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- on June 24, 2019. The charge read: on or about the 21st day of November, 2016, at or near ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf: Edmonton, Alberta, did access child pornography. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re M Daigle, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-4. Daigle pled guilty and was convicted under section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- June 24, 2019. The charge read: on or about the 24th day of May, 2017, at or near Edmonton, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf: Alberta, did possess child pornography. (Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-5. Section 23(2) of the TPA states that if a member has been convicted of an indictable offence, the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- conduct of the member on which the conviction is based is deemed to constitute unprofessional ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- conduct. Also, section 41(2)(a) of the TPA also provides that if a member has been convicted of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- an indictable offence, a hearing committee has no authority to find that the conduct of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- member on which the conviction is based does not constitute unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. Daigle entered a plea of guilty to the three charges. (Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf:2. Further, Daigle was convicted of indictable offences under sections 163.1(3), 163.1(4.1) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf: and 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada and is therefore guilty of unprofessional conduct ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- under section 23(2)(a) of the TPA. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-3. Section 23(2)(a) of the TPA stipulates that if a member has been convicted of an indictable ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- offence, the conduct of the member upon which the conviction is based is deemed to constitute ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee received a joint submission on penalty recommending: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. A declaration that Daigle is permanently ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation to the minister of education to permanently cancel Daigle’s teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- certificate. (Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee ordered the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. A declaration that Daigle is permanently ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation to the minister of education to permanently cancel Daigle’s teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re M Daigle, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. Daigle pled guilty to the three charges against him. He was also was convicted of three ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf: indictable offences under section 163.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-2. If a member is convicted of an indictable offence, then the conduct on which the conviction is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- based is deemed to be unprofessional conduct and the hearing committee must find that the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- conduct of the member on which the conviction is based constitutes unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-3. Due to the egregious nature of the offences, and due to a teacher’s position of trust in relation to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- students, and due to a teacher’s duty to act only in a manner that safeguards the interests of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- children generally, the hearing committee ruled that Daigle should be permanently ineligible for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association. For the same reasons, the hearing committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- also ruled that a recommendation should be made to the minister of education to permanently ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- cancel Daigle’s teaching certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-4. Teachers are held to the highest standards by the public, as well as their peers. Teachers must ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- maintain the public’s confidence; therefore, Daigle’s conduct failed to uphold the honour and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- dignity of the profession and jeopardized the public’s trust in the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Wednesday, February 26, 2020. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf-Submitted for release to public 2020 08 10 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/daigle-discipline-decision-2020-02-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- THE REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher Name Redcated - PuWicalioo Ban ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher Name Redcated - Publication Ban ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Location redacted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Mberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- hearing was held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- 1• • 1 is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the period ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf: December 2009 to April 2011, sent sexually explicit text messages to students, thus failing to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- treat the students with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher Name Redcaled - ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- 2. Publicalicn Ban is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the 2009/10 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf: school year, sent a sexually explicit photograph to a student, thus failing to treat the student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher Name Redcaled - ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- 3. Publlcalion Ban is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the period March ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf: 2010 to April 2011, requested sexually explicit photographs of students, thus failing to treat ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- the students with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher Name Redcaled - ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- 4. Publication Ban is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on one or more ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- occasions during the period April 2010 to April 2011, invited a student to meet him outside ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- of appropriate student/teacher professional boundaries, thus failing to maintain the honour ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- 5. Publication Ban is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher Name Redcaled - ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Act. in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, in April 2010, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriately touched a student, thus failing to treat the student with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Teacher Name Redcaled - ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Publication Ban ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- entered a plea of guilty to each of the charges, by written submission. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Decision of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re redacted. page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Publlcatioo ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Ban. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Charge I—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Charge 2—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Charge 3—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Charge 4—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Charge 5—guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Teacher name redacted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Put>lica(ion Ban. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf: admitted and pled guilty to(a)exchanging sexually explicit text messages and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- photographs with students,(b)attempting to arrange private liaisons with the students and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- (c) touching one student on the thigh. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- 2. By his own admission redacted. failed to treat the three students with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Publication ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Ban. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Teacher name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Publication Ban. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- created inappropriate relationships with students, relationships that exceeded ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- acceptable teacher-student boundaries. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Teacher name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Publication Ban. engaged in conversations with students via text messaging which he purposefully ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf: escalated to become sexually explicit in nature. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- 5. Students have the right to feel safe and respected as individuals Publication violated the trust of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- students through both his words and actions. Ban. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Teacher name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf:Publication Ban. depersonalized the students and treated them as objects for his own sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- gratification. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Teacher name redacted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf-Publication Ban. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- betrayed the trust that students, parents and the public have a right to expect of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- teachers, specifically that teachers will treat students with dignity and respect and with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- consideration for their circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Teacher name redacted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Publication Ban. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- conduct was reported to the RCN P by the parents of two of the students. By ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- betraying the trust ofstudents and parents Teacher brought dishonour to himself and to his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- profession. redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Publication ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- Ben. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- 9. The honour and dignity of the teaching profession is harmed by a teacher having ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate relationships with students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/d-r-discipline-report-2013-01-10-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST BRIAN STANLEY CLARK ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Brian Clark of Tofield, Alberta were duly ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The hearing was held in Barnett ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Monday, February 3, 2020 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Wade Westworth ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-(chair), Dan Jackson and Lori Szmul. Richard Rand of Rand & Company LLP was counsel to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-hearing committee, Chris Gibbon was secretary and Sudeep Dua was recorder. Dan Coles, assisted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-by Tim Jeffares, presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member, Brian ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Clark, was present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-COMPOSITION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to the composition or jurisdiction of the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-1. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, during the period of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: the 2010/11 to the 2018/19 school years made sexual gestures in the presence of students, thus ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- failing to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-2. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, during the period of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: the 2010/11 to the 2018/19 school years made sexual gestures in the presence of students thus ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- failing to treat pupils with dignity and respect and be considerate of their circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-3. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about March 3, 2017, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- asked a female staff member to assist him with lifting some heavy items, or a similar statement, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- while he headed in the direction of the washroom, thus failing to maintain the honour and dignity ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-4. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- October 1, 2014, took two male students to his personal residence without the permission of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- school principal, thus failing to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-5. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- February 2, 2015, made a disparaging comment to a student about the student’s prior ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- incarceration, thus failing to treat a pupil with dignity and respect and be considerate of their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-6. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about March 6, 2017, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- informed a female staff member that he wanted to put something in her mouth, or a similar ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- statement, thus failing to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-7. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about March 23, 2017, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- stated to a female student and a female staff member, “Mmm, smells like fish,” or similar ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- statement, thus failing to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-8. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about March 23, 2017, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- stated to a female student and a female staff member, “Mmm, smells like fish,” or similar ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- statement, thus failing to treat the student with dignity and respect and be considerate of their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-9. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about March 2, 2018, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: Clark made a sexually inappropriate comment in the presence of school staff, thus failing to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-10. Brian Stanley Clark is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- February 7, 2019, yelled at a colleague, Annette Eludin, in the presence of students in a manner ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- that could undermine the confidence of pupils in Eludin. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of not guilty to each of the charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-PRELIMINARY MATTERS ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-1. Clark made an inquiry to the committee as to whether or not the hearing would be completed by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- the end of the first day. The committee informed Clark that witnesses were scheduled for two ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- days and the hearing would proceed accordingly. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-2. While clearly present at the appointed date, time and location, Clark said that he did not receive ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- the notice of hearing as the post office would not release it to his son. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-11. Eludin said that Clark yelled at her in front of students and stated that he was sick of her and that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- she was moody and sulky. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-12. Eludin testified to a second incident, which took place later in the day when Clark followed her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- into an office, during her lunch break, in order to further discuss the biology test. Eludin said ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Clark yelled at her and spoke to her in an intimidating and patronizing manner. She stated Clark ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- was between her and the door, which he closed, and had stepped towards her. Eludin said she ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- felt both confined and threatened by his tone and “mannerisms.” (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-13. Eludin testified that she repeatedly told Clark that she would not have any conversation alone ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- with him in the office but he continued to yell at her. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-14. Eludin said when Clark opened the office door and exited; he stated for all staff and students to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- hear that if Eludin “didn’t want to be yelled at, [she should] not to do the things to make [her] ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- deserve it.” (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-15. Eludin said that the incident left her physically shaken and feeling upset and unsafe to the point ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- where she found it necessary to immediately leave the school. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-16. Eludin made multiple references to Clark’s inappropriate behaviour dating back to 2009. Some ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- of these incidents included: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- a. Her initial meeting with Clark in 2009 in which she offered him some chocolate but he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- refused indicating that “chocolate made him horny and that she was hot.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- b. Clark’s gyration in front of both students and staff. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: c. Clark’s sexually inappropriate statements such as “I’m a big man with a little dick.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- d. Clark’s statements for shock value including his past employment as a male escort and his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- addictions. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-17. Eludin testified that some female students said they felt uncomfortable around Clark. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-18. Eludin also testified that Clark called her a prude because she did not approve of his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-19. On cross-examination by Clark, Eludin said that she was not aware of the number of hours she ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- had worked with him and was surprised that Clark had kept track of those hours. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-20. She also testified that while some students may like him it did not change the fact that his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- behaviour was still inappropriate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-21. In re-direction by Coles, Eludin acknowledged that teachers are role models to their students and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- that positive relationships are important. Eludin said that Clark fed on students’ dysfunction in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- the lives of students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Witness 3: Karen Mauro ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-33. Karen Mauro, the third witness, testified via Skype. She stated that spent seven years in her role ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- as a student advocacy counsellor. She worked twice a week with Clark at Journeys Learning ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Academy. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-34. Mauro testified that Clark would swear in front of the students and allowed the students to swear ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- as well. She said that the word “fuck” was a normal word in the classroom. Mauro said Clark’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- informal interactions and jokes made him appear more like a peer than a teacher. She also added ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- that his inappropriate conversations and jokes were both racist and crude. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-35. Mauro testified that while on a field trip at the Bold Centre in Lac La Biche, Clark made an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate comment to a student who had just got out of jail by referring to him as a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- “jailbird.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf:36. Mauro testified that Clark frequently made sexual comments, often in front of the students, and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: provided as an example, Clark stating “Do you want my sexy body?” while he gyrated. She ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- characterized this behaviour as his norm. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-37. Mauro testified that she started to address these issues in 2015 but stopped after she “received a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- threatening e-mail from Clark and the jokes continued.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-38. Mauro testified that she filed three complaints against Clark after the NLSD’s implementation of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- a “whistle-blower” policy where the complainant’s identity did not have to be revealed. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-39. The first complaint was as a witness to Thompson-Radke’s complaint, in regard to Clark asking ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Thompson-Radke to help him with some heavy lifting in the bathroom. (Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-40. The second complaint was in regard to a comment Clark made to her colleague, Belhumeur, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- “I’ve got something I would like to stick in your mouth.” (Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-41. The third complaint was in regard to Clark’s comment, “I smell fish,” which he made to both ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Mauro and a student. (Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf:42. Mauro said that she was shocked and took Clark’s comment as sexual innuendo. (Exhibit 8 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- testimony) Mauro testified that she felt Clark’s behaviour was getting worse over time and that it ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- was very inappropriate, disgusting and “people just don’t say that sort of thing.” As a result, she ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- felt compelled to file a complaint. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-43. In cross-examination, Mauro acknowledged Clark’s statement about a large amount of garbage ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- outside of the kitchen due to the recent cold weather and that the basement had flooded, but she ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- disagreed this is what Clark was referring to in his reference to “fish.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 11 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-77. On re-direction by Coles, Norton testified that is was not normal for teachers to: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- a. use the term skanky cunts, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- b. tell someone you wanted to stick something in their mouth, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- c. make a statement in front of a female colleague and female student that he smelled fish, or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- d. gyrate in front of colleagues and students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-78. Norton testified that such comments and behaviours were inappropriate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Brian Clark’s testimony ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-79. Brian Clark, the investigated member, took the stand. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-80. Clark testified that he worked in both the hotel and entertainment industry before entering the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- teaching profession in 2001. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-81. Clark also testified that he was diagnosed with Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD) and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-82. Clark stated he “comes out like a rat if he feels cornered.” He also testified that he can be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- “absolutely terrifying” when in this state. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf:83. Clark testified that he was a Metis and bi-sexual male, which provided him with a different ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- perspective on teaching. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-84. Clark testified that “all we have is our voice” and that he was “not a traditional teacher.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-85. Clark testified that he considers himself to be a relationship builder and that he took great ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- lengths to build relationships with students and their parents. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-86. Clark testified that if he had made the “smells like fish” statement, the father of the female ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- student would have, “kick[ed] my ass” for speaking to his daughter in that manner. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-87. Clark testified that, when “I lose it my language becomes impolite.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-88. Clark testified that in 2017, the school environment changed and it became “an era of mistrust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- and accusations.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-89. Clark testified that he had a heart attack in 2017, and “was not in good shape.” Medication had ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- changed his behaviour and that he did not know that he was getting aggressive. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-90. Clark testified that it was his belief that Grygus and Mauro hated him and that they had ruined ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- his relationship with his other colleagues. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-91. Clark testified that he does not deny making the comments but those comments were taken out ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- of context and had been said in front of friends and colleagues. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 12 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-92. Clark testified that he was a creature of habit, cannot control himself, and at 58, he probably ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- would not change. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-93. Clark testified that his comments and dancing were taken out of context. He also said that he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- would let loose at lunch and staff meetings including doing his “Homer Simpson” dance from ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- the television show, The Simpsons, to wake the students up after lunch. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-94. Clark testified his biggest offense was insulting a principal; he terrified her as he got his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Masters’ degree before her. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-95. On cross-examination, Coles reviewed most of the charges with Clark: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: a. For Charges 1 and 2, Coles asked whether or not Clark had made sexual gestures. Clark ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- admitted to the gestures and said “unless you are a real pig,” you would not consider them ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: sexual. Coles followed up and asked if the dance would be considered sexual to a 15-year- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- old girl and Clark said no. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- b. For Charge 3, Coles asked if whether or not Clark made the “heavy lifting” comment. Clark ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- admitted to making the comment but advised it was in response to the EA’s comment about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- his “old man bladder” which was made on his way to the bathroom. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- c. For Charge 4, Coles asked whether or not Clark had taken students to his home. Clark ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- admitted to taking students to his home. Clark said that his colleague, Badry, also had ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- students at his house. As a follow up, Coles asked if students stayed overnight? Clark ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- admitted to hosting students overnight but said there was always at least two students ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- present. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- d. For Charge 5, Coles asked whether or not Clark made a jailbird statement to one of his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- students who had just been released from jail. Clark admitted to making the comment but ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- said that he was joking and also stated that he had known the family for years. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- e. For Charge 6, Coles asked whether or not Clark made the “he wanted to put something in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- her mouth” comment to a colleague. Clark said he did not recollect saying that. Coles ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- followed up by asking if that colleague swore often and Clark said that she did. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- f. For Charges 7 and 8, Coles asked whether or not Clark made the comment “smells like ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- fish.” Clark admitted to making the comment. Coles asked if he considered the audience ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- when he made the comment. Clark said that he did not and was not aware of the impact ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- until he saw the look on his colleague’s face. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- g. For Charge 9, Coles asked whether or not Clark referred to colleagues as “skanky cunts.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Clark admitted to making the comment. Clark said that he did not think the comment was a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- big deal until today (February 5, 2020). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- h. Coles did not speak to Charge 10. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-SUBMISSION OF THE PARTIES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-1. On the following day, after testimony by Clark, Clark advised the committee that he had to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- leave. Westworth told Clark that the committee still needed to hear closing arguments. Rand ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- advised that the committee could hear from the investigated member, Clark, first. Rand stated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- that while it did not comply with the usual steps and procedures, it should not be an issue. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 14 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-14. For Charge 3, Coles confirmed that Clark admitted to making the “heavy lifting” comment and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: Coles said that it involved sexual inuendo. Coles said that while Clark attempted to apply ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- context to his action he failed to consider their impact. Coles went on to say that Clark attempted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- to absolve himself of responsibility and it was the recipients’ problem on how they perceived his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- comments. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-15. For Charge 4, Coles confirmed that Clark admitted to taking students to his home. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-16. For Charge 5, Coles confirmed that Clark admitted to making the jailbird comment about one of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- his students. It was more important to Clark to be funny rather than uphold the dignity of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- student and be considerate of their circumstances. Teachers need to hold themselves to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- highest professional standard. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-17. For Charge 6, Coles asserted that while Clark states he couldn’t recall saying the statement about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: “putting something in his colleague’s mouth,” you have seen the pattern of speaking with sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- innuendos. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-18. For Charges 7 and 8, Coles confirmed that Clark made the comment about something smelling ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: like fish. Coles said that the comment was sexually inappropriate and derogatory and was made ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- in front of staff and students. It failed to treat students with honour and dignity. A female student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- is very impressionable so it is important that teachers choose their words carefully. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-19. For Charge 9, Coles confirmed that Clark made the comments “skanky whores”. Coles said that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- using such terms fell very short of the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-20. For Charge 10, Coles confirmed that Clark yelled at his colleague, Eludin and blamed the victim ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- for his actions. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-21. In summary for: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- a. Charge 10, Coles said that no teacher deserves to be yelled at. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- b. Charges 2, 5, and 8, Coles said that students came from broken homes, were vulnerable, and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- that Clark’s comments were wrong in any school setting. Clark was not considerate of their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: c. Charges 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, Coles said that Clark subjected his to female colleagues to sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- comments and innuendo both implicit and explicit. Clark’s actions had consequences which ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- he refused to acknowledge. No context can excuse this. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Clark’s Response ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-The committee asked Clark if he wished to respond to any new information. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-22. Clark accused Coles of dramatizing some of the events. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-23. Clark further accused Coles of degrading the profession through his presentation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-24. Clark also accused his administration of forcing staff to fill out complaints against him. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 16 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-6. Elliot Bessey—Bessey was Clark’s immediate supervisor as Principal of Lac La Biche Outreach ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- School and as such had the opportunity to observe Clark’s behaviour with staff and students. He ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- also received a number of complaints from Clark’s colleagues and conducted his own ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- investigation into Clark’s behaviour. The committee found his testimony on Charges 7, 8, and 9 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- to be credible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-7. Blair Norton—Norton was very matter-of-fact in his testimony. He was clear and articulate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- when providing testimony, even when asked to repeat the offensive terms used by Clark. Even ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- while soft spoken, Norton was firm in his responses. Norton had conducted both an informal and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- formal investigation as a result of Clark’s actions and issued a letter of reprimand to Clark. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- committee found his testimony on Charges 3 and 9 to be credible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-8. Brian Clark—Clark seemed scattered in his thought but touched on a number of the issues. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- committee found him credible in that he admitted to his actions in all charges with the exception ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- of Charge 6. He admitted to using inappropriate language but tried to rationalize his behaviour ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- and deflect responsibility by providing a number of circumstances. Clark argued forcefully ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- against many of the accusations against him but seemed to have very little corroborating ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- evidence to support his assertions and seemed to lack insight into his wrongful actions. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- committee put little weight in the context provided by Clark as he had no corroborating evidence ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- to support his testimony, which ran counter to other witness testimony that the committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- preferred as more credible. Overall, the committee found him to be somewhat credible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-9. Badry Fyith—scheduled but did not testify due to family emergency ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 5—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 6—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 7—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 8—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 9—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 10—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf:1. The sexual nature of Clark’s dancing in the presence of staff and students was a matter of debate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: Clark denied the dancing was of a sexual nature but on the balance of probability, the committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: accepted the testimony of Thompson-Radke and Mauro, that the dance was sexual in nature, to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- be more probable. Clark’s actions in the presence of both staff and students failed to maintain the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 17 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- honour and dignity of the profession. Further, Clark failed to treat pupils with dignity and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- respect. He also failed to be considerate of their circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-2. By his own admission, Clark invited a female colleague to assist him with some “heavy lifting” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- in the bathroom. In doing so, he offended his colleagues with comments that were perceived as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: sexual innuendo, and thus failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-3. By his own admission, Clark frequently invited students to his residence and on some occasions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- had them stay overnight. Clark also admitted to taking students and, on some occasions, their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- families, on trips of a personal nature to Edmonton. In doing so, Clark failed to maintain the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-4. By his own admission, Clark made a disparaging comment, “Oh, they let the jailbird out” to a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- student about his recent incarceration. In doing so, Clark failed to treat the pupil with dignity and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- respect and be considerate of his circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-5. Based on the testimony of witnesses, the committee heard that Clark, who was in a position of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- power, made a repulsive comment to a female colleague in that he said he wanted to “put ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- something in her mouth.” In doing so, Clark made her feel degraded and traumatized. Clark’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- misogynistic statement failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-6. By his own admission, Clark made a comment in the presence of both a female student and a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- female colleague that he “smelled fish.” Regardless of the intent of the comment, Clark failed to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- consider how his words could impact the audience. In doing so, Clark failed to treat a student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- with dignity and respect and be considerate of her circumstances. Further, in using such ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- comments, he failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf:7. By his own admission, Clark made an inappropriate sexual comment by referring to female ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- colleagues as “skanky cunts” and “whores.” In making these degrading statements, he demeaned ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- his colleagues and did significant damage to the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-8. By his own admission, Clark yelled at his colleague, Eludin and said that she deserved it. Clark’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- yelling and threatening behaviour was an attempt to intimidate Eludin and to establish a position ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- of power. In doing so, Clark failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-9. Clark’s habitual and abusive behaviour and inappropriate language was both escalating and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ongoing. It reflected his continuous poor judgement in a setting where extra sensitivity was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- required. By his own admission, when confronted, Clark characterized himself as “absolutely ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- terrifying.” Teachers have an obligation to create safe and caring learning environments for their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- students and colleagues. By his actions, Clark failed to do so. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 18 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-After receiving advice from counsel and hearing the presenting officer, the committee recessed and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-decided to allow the investigated member to give his submission first as a result of Clark’s indication ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-that he was going to leave. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Clark’s Statement Regarding Penalty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Clark advised the committee that he had a heart attack in January 2017 and was taking medication ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-that increased his aggression. He also stated he had a variety of mental health issues and was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-attending counselling. As Clark failed to provide any supporting medical evidence other than his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-testimony, the committee put little weight on these mitigating circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Clark recommended that the penalty in this case should consist of: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-1. a letter of reprimand ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-2. a fine that would go to a mental health fund for the Alberta Teachers’ Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-3. no suspension of teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Victim Impact Statements ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Under oath, the committee received victim impact statements via Skype from both Eludin and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Mauro. There were no technical issues with their testimony. Both witnesses read from prepared ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-statements (Exhibits 14 and 15). Both witnesses confirmed that their statements were their own ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-words and no one had assisted them with their statements. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Eludin’s Statement ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Excerpts from Exhibit 14: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: First, as a woman, to be subjected to inappropriate sexual behaviour while at work, both ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- directly and indirectly, made me feel dirty and devalued. We are teachers. We work with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- children. It made me feel that belonging to a profession that was supposed to have a higher ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- moral standard was made into a joke, and that as his fellow teacher, I became a part of that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- joke because this type of behaviour should not be acceptable. Watching him behave this way ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- in the presence of students was even worse. As outreach teachers, we typically have more ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- vulnerable students, and watching Brian take advantage of them left me feeling as though I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- was ineffectual at protecting them or helping them to grow. I felt a lot of guilt over this, and I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- also felt that I couldn’t do anything to change this because I was fearful of what Brian would ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- do to me personally if I stood up to him. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- …On February 7th when Brian confined me in the office to confront me and yell at me, I was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- shaken to the point where I had to leave the school for my own well-being. I literally could ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- not continue to do my job that day, and I am still emotionally recovering from that. Seeing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- and speaking to Brian again yesterday showed me that I’m not there yet. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- To this day, I still fear for my job security because of Brian. I am fearful that Brian will ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- retaliate by using his connections in the community to “get back” at me for coming forward. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re B Clark, page 19 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- That would devastate me professionally, as our community is small and rumours can easily ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- become rampant. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Seeing him during this process has been incredibly hard emotionally. It is so hard to have to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- confront someone like this professionally, but I was left with no choice because of his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- continued and consistent toxic behaviour. It is also difficult to see fellow staff struggle with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- this as well. We are broken and I hope that Brian allows us all to heal without causing any ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- further damage. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Mauro’s Statement ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Excerpts from Exhibit 15: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- Brian Clark came into my life in the fall of 2014. At the time, he came across as what ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- appeared to be a caring, loud, robust teacher. He appeared to have a connection with our ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- students. As a new staff member to an outreach school it seemed “different” and yet it was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf: accepted by all other staff members. The foul language, sexist remarks and sexual harassment ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- just seemed to be something everyone put up with. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- I was disgusted by his comments and often told him how gross they were. I didn’t, however, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- understand how this seemed to be acceptable behaviour in Outreach Schools. Everyone just ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- let it be! It was when he started to totally cross the line that I began to report. I had reached a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- point where I could no longer let things go and I called him on it. It was not a pleasant ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- situation and I will admit that I feared the consequences of my actions. Over the course of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- following four years I saw and heard many disgusting remarks by Brian Clark. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- …I have never suffered from anxiety, but during the 2018/2019 school I started to have ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- anxiety attacks on the days when I was at Brian Clark’s school. On the night prior to going ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- out to his school, I had difficulty sleeping. Even after Brian Clark’s leave and to this day, I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- become anxious when I see or hear his name. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Comments from the Committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-1. The victim impact statements were considered by the hearing committee and reinforced what the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- committee heard in witness testimony during the hearing. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-2. It was clear to the committee that the unprofessional conduct of Clark had a profound and lasting ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- impact on his colleagues. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Coles’s Statement Regarding Penalty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-Coles advised that while Clark had no previous convictions with the Association there were a number ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf-of issues in regard to both the nature and gravity of Clark’s actions and behaviour: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf:1. Clark’s language and gestures were highly sexualized and occurred in front of both students and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- staff. Many of these young female students very highly vulnerable teens and he was not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- considerate of their situation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/clark-discipline-decision-2020-02-28-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST AMANDA CHILTON ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges ofunprofessional conduct laid against Amanda Chilton of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Edmonton, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Friday, June 21, 2013,commencing at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Elaine ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Willette-Larsen (chair), Trevor Smith and Lynne Davies. Ayla Akgungor of Field LLP was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-counsel to the hearing committee, Philip McRae was secretary and Leslie Kaun was recorder. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Robert Bisson presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Amanda Chilton, was not present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to either the constitution or the jurisdiction ofthe hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-1. Amanda Chilton is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that she, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- June 23,2011, invited a student to her apartment for the purpose ofconsuming alcohol, thiis ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- acting in a manner detrimental to the best interest of students, the public or the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-2. Amanda Chilton is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that she, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: June 23, 2011, engaged in sexual intercourse with a student, thus acting in a manner ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- detrimental to the best interest ofstudents, the public or the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-3. Amanda Chilton is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that she, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- November 2011 and March 2012, provided false or misleading information to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- investigating officer, thus failing to cooperate with the investigating officer as required by the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re A Chilton, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-4. Amanda Chilton is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that she, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about June 20II ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: to March 2012, did allow or encourage a witness or witnesses to lie about a previous sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- encounter and, in so doing, failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-5. Amanda Chilton is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that she, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, between June 2011 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- March 2012, engaged in activities that led to rumours and gossip in the community, thus ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- harming or tending to harm the standing of teachers generally. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to each of the charges, by written submission. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1—Statutory declaration, signed by Chilton, dated May 9, 2013 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 2—Notice of hearing, dated May 9, 2013 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3—Canada Post confirmation of delivery on May 23, 2013 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 4—Submission on plea, signed by Chilton, dated May 9, 2013 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 5—^Proofof Chilton's membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 6—Agreed statement of facts, signed by Chilton and Bisson, dated May 9, 2013 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 7—Submission on penalty, to be recommended by Bisson, signed by Chilton, dated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- May 9, 2013 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 8—Submission on penalty by Chilton, dated June 5, 2013 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-1. Chilton was a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association(ATA)during the period ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- September I, 2010 to June 30, 2012 inclusive (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-2. Chilton was employed as a teacher with Buffalo Trail Public Schools Regional Division ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- No 28, commencing in September 2010. She was 21 years of age.(Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- School neme redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-3. Chilton taught Grades 7 to 11 at Name of town ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- in the town of redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- during the 2010/11 and 2011/12 school years (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-4. Chilton, during her first year at the school, participated in student council activities such as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- chaperoning the school ski trip in February 2011 (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re A Chilton, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- student name redacted. School name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-5. was an IS-year-old, Grade 12 student at who ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- graduated in June 2011 (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- SUjdenl name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-6. Chilton did not teach redacted. nor was she involved in his academic program (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-7. No parental concerns were raised about Chilton's interactions with students during her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- employment with the division, although staff had provided Chilton advice about her casual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- interactions with older students(Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-8. Chilton said that she did not have a good relationship with her colleagues most of whom she ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- felt treated her like a child. Chilton said that none of the staff tried to befriend her during her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- first year at the school (Exhibit 8). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Town name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-9. Chilton lived in an apartment in Wainwright, a town close to redacted. (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-10. The annual Wainwright Stampede was held June 23-26, 2011 (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charges 1 and 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-11. On Thursday evening, June 23, 2011, Chilton sent redacted. a text message inviting him to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- her apartment for a beer (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. was in Wainwright staying with friends at the stampede grounds and had been ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- drinking with some friends at their trailers (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-13. Chilton picked up around 9:30 PM on June 23, 2011 and they went to Chilton's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- apartment where they each had "a couple of beers" to celebrate his graduation. The alcohol ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- was supplied by Chilton (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Sludenl name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-14. They sat on the couch in Chilton's living room, watching television, at which time redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- asked Chilton to move closer to him, she complied and he kissed her (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-15. Chilton did not stop redacted. or direct him to stop kissing her(Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf:16. They mutually engaged in progressively more intimate sexual activities, which lead to sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- intercourse on the couch in Chilton's living room (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- student name I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-17. Chilton then drove jredacted. back to the stampede grounds shortly after 10:30 PM on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- June 23, 2011 (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-18. Chilton attempted to call redacted. on Friday, June 24, 2011 but was not successful ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re A Chilton, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-19. On Saturday, June 25, 2011, Chilton and redacted. each attended the Wainwright Stampede ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- dance, but spoke only briefly. Chilton confided to a childhood friend. Wallace, during the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: dance, that she (Chilton) had sexual intercourse with redacted. (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-20. Chilton and had no further contact until the ATA investigation was initiated in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- November 2011(Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charges 3 and 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- School name redacted. Principal name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-21. In November 2011, the principal of School, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: approached Chilton regarding rumours that she had sexual intercourse with Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- at the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Wainwright Stampede(Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-22. Chilton denied the allegations to her principal. redaS."^'"^ then requested an investigation of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- these rumours by the ATA. Chilton was advised of the investigation on November 30, 2011 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- -I. . . j student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-23. Chilton contacted redacted. through his Facebook page in early December 2011 asking him ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- to contact her (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- student name Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-24. redacted. phoned Chilton on December 7, 2011. At that time, Chilton infomiec redacted. of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- the investigation and the likelihood that he would be interviewed by the ATA. redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- indicated that he did not want Chilton to lose her job and that he would deny the incident ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-25. Chilton was interviewed on January 5, 2012 by the ATA and, at that time, denied having any ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: sexual relationship with Sludenl name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf:^0. redacted. alluded to a sexual encounter between himself and a teacher, on his Facebook page, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- on January 25, 2012. When the investigating officer confronted Chilton with the Facebook ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: page, Chilton denied the sexual encounter that iSdS"^'"^|had alluded to on his Facebook page ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-27. Between February 1, 2012 and February 6,2012,[S Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- d Chilton exchanged 180 text ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- messages. In the text messages. Chilton shared with redacted. her conversations with the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- investigating officer. redacted. confirmed that he would tell the investigating officer that he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- was not aware of the rumours and that nothing had happened between them in June 2011 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-28. On February 5, 2012, Chilton met redacted. in his truck, in an empty parking lot in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Wainwright. The purpose of this meeting was to "get their story straight." At that time ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: redacted made sexual advances that were not rebuked by Chilton and subsequently led to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: them having consensual sex in his truck (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re A Chilton, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-29. On February 10, 2012, redacted. met with the investigating officer and denied having ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: engaged in any sexual activity with Chilton (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-30. On February 14 and 15, 2012, Chilton and redacted. exchanged over 100 text messages ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-31. Wallace, Chilton's childhood friend, was first interviewed on February 16, 2012 by the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- investigating officer. At that time, Wallace spoke only of her visit with Chilton during the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: Wainwright Stampede and did not mention the sexual encounter between Chilton and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-32. Wallace subsequently called the investigating officer and reported that Chilton confided in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- her during the stampede dance that she (Chilton) had slept with Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. Wallace further ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- reported that she had a record of numerous text rnessagcs exchanged between her and Chilton ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- that would verify the affair between Chilton and Wallace reported that Chilton told ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: her she would deny the sexual encounter and would also deny ever having told Wallace ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- about an encounter. Wallace said that Chilton recently told her that Chilton and Sludenl name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- had ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- met to ensure their stories would be the same(Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-33. redacted. contacted Chilton in late February 2012 aflerl®™^"®'"® had been partying with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- friends. He then picked Chilton up and they drove to a remote area of town and parked and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: had sexual intercourse in truck (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-34. Chilton was interviewed by the investigating.officer again on March 5, 2012 and again ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- . . . ,. . Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- denied having any relationship witr redacted. (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-35. During the fall of the 2011/12 school year, rumours of the June 23,2011 incident circulated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- among students at[^^°°' |School. Two teachers overheard the rumours and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- reported them to the principal. Other teachers and adults in the community were also aware ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- of the rumours (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf:36. redacted. Facebook page of January 25, 2012, in which he alluded to a sexual encounter ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- with a teacher, fuelled the rumours within the community (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-37. Additional rumours surfaced within the community in December 2012. The rumours ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- included the statement that redacted. had told friends he lied to the ATA's investigating ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: officer and that he and Chilton had sex on two subsequent occasions (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re A Chilton, page 6 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge I—^Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 5—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Chilton acted in a manner that was detrimental to the best interests ofstudents, the public and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-protession when she facilitated the consumption of alcohol, by an 18-year-old student, in her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-home. This demonstrated a serious lack ofsound judgment and a failure to maintain appropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-boundaries between herself and an 18-year old, Grade 12 student at her school. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf:Evidence provided to the hearing committee established that, by engaging in sexual intercourse ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-with m June 23, 2011, Chilton failed to maintain clear and acceptable boundaries ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-between herself and an 18-year-old, Grade 12 student at her school. She thus failed to recognize ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-her professional role with students, the public and the profession, harming the honour and dignity ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-The evidence presented to the hearing committee established that on January 5, 2012, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-January 25, 2012 and March 5, 2012, Chilton purposefully deceived, failed to cooperate and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-failed to provide factual information to the investigating officer. Members of the ATA owe their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-profession both respect and truthfulness and have a responsibility to uphold the honour and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-dignity of the profession and Chilton failed to meet these obligations in this case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Based on the evidence, the hearing committee finds that Chilton encouraged and allowed others ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-to lie for her, rather than admit and take responsibility for her actions. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-When redacted. indicated to Chilton that he would deny the incident on June 23, 2011, Chilton ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-did not advise him or counsel him to do otherwise. Chilton and redacted. net to "get their stories ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-straight" on February 5, 2012. Whcn®™d"''"® met with the investigating officer, he denied any ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf:sexual activity with Chilton. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re A Chilton, page 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: Chilton told Wallace that if she was asked, she (Chilton) would deny the sexual encounter and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- having spoken to Wallace about it. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Charge 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: Chilton's repeated denials of the incident and further sexual encounters withl^S'^^(which ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- relayed to his friends) only served to contribute to the gossip and rumours circulating ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-redacted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- in the community. Chilton's actions and her perpetual lies, which became public over time, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- undermined the standing of teachers and the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee imposes the following penalties ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- on Chilton: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- 1. A letter of severe reprimand. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- 2. A fine of $1,000, to be paid within 10 months from the date of the receipt of this written ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- decision. If payment is not received by this date, the teacher will be ordered to appear before ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- the hearing committee, at a time determined by the committee, as it retains its jurisdiction ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- over the penalty imposed. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- 3. Chilton is ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association for a period of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- three years, effective immediately. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- 4. A recommendation will be made to the minister of education to suspend Chilton's teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- certificate for a period of three years. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- 1. Chilton contravened tlie Code of Professional Conduct when she facilitated the consumption ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- of alcohol, by a student, in her home. Such behavior undennines the stature of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: 2. Chilton, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, engaged in sexual intercourse ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- with an 18-year-old student of the school where she was teaching. Chilton's actions were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate, unacceptable and constituted a failure to treat the student with dignity and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- 3. Society has the right to expect that teachers will act in a manner that establishes and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- maintains trusting relationships with students, the public and the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- 4. Teachers have a responsibility to be honest and truthful, given that they hold positions of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- authority and trust within the community. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re A Chilton, page 8 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf:5. Chilton attempted to hide the fact that she had sexual intercourse witq™^®^|®^___Jand further ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- misled and lied to her principal and to the investigating officer of the ATA. Her lies were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- unethical and prolonged the investigation, while fuelling rumours within the community. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-6. Lying is repugnant in these circumstances and undermines the standing of teachere and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- profession. When a teacher allows or encourages others to lie on his or her behalf, it ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- besmirches the reputation of all teachers. The ATA expects its members to uphold the honor ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- and dignity of the profession. The fine of$1,000 is appropriate as a penalty, not only to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- reinforce to Chilton the seriousness of her conduct, but also to send a message of general ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- deterrence to the profession as a whole by reinforcing the obligation to be truthful and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- forthright to the ATA during its investigations of unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-7. Chilton's facilitation of the consumption of alcohol by an 18-year-old student is not an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- indictable or criminal offence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf:8. The hearing committee accepted that the sexual intercourse was consensual and given that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- the consent occurred between a 22-year-old female and an 18-year-old male, it cannot be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- considered an indictable or criminal offence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-9. redacted. have had no further contact. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- Chilton was a young and inexperienced teacher who felt she lacked collegial support in her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- first year of teaching. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf:11. Chilton's sexual encounter with redacted. in June 2011 was a spontaneous occurrence and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- did not nrise in n trrnnming context where there had been a sustained relationship between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf: Chilton and C lilton did not use her position of authority or trust to secure a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- encounter wTth student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-12. This was Chilton's first offence and she pled guilty to all five charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-13. Chilton acknowledged that her actions were unacceptable; she was apologetic and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- demonstrated remorse. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-14. Chilton ultimately accepted responsibility for her actions in a purposeful and convincing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- way. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-15. Through her actions, Chilton brought dishonour and disrepute to the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-16. Through her actions, Chilton undermined public trust in the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, August 16, 2013. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/chilton-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2013-08-16-and-2014-03-27-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING PANEL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF A CHARGE OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST KENNETH BURNETT ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing panel of the Professional Conduct Committee of The Alberta Teachers' Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-reports that a charge of unprofessional conduct laid against Kenneth Bumett of Buck Lake, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-Alberta was duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The hearing was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Thursday, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-January 22, 1998. The hearing commenced at 0915. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing panel were: E M Pilling ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-(chair), S W S Brown and J L Fisher. R Y Palichuk of Field Atkinson Perraton was counsel to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-the hearing panel, E L Hjeltcr was secretary and L A Kaun was recorder. V A Riewe presented ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-the case against the accused. The accused was not present and was not represented by legal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-counsel. The hearing panel was informed by the prosecuting officer that the accused was aware ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-of the hearing and that he would neither be attending nor be represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to either the constitution ofthe hearing panel or its jurisdiction to hear ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-the case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-An agreed statement of facts was submitted by the prosecutor. (Exhibit 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-The following charge was read by the secretary to the hearing panel: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- Kenneth Bumett is charged with unprofessional conduct contrary to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, on or about the 12''' day of June, 1986 in Edmonton, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- Alberta plead guilty to and was convicted of an indictable offence under the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada to wit: On or about the 2P'day of July A.D 1971 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- the 1S"' day of August A.D 1971, at or near the Town ofJasper, in the Province of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf: Alberta, did have sexual intercourse with ^inor name redacted, ^ female person not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- his wife and under the age of fourteen years, contrary to the Criminal Code. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-In the absence of the accused, the hearing panel entered a plea of"not guilty" to the charge. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/burnett-discipline-report-1998-01-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re M Buckley, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- period of school years 2008/09 through 2011/12, failed to provide due consideration to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- health impacts that housing animals in West Dover School would have on students and staff, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- thus failing to treat students and staff with dignity and respect, contrary to section 23(1) of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- the Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-4. Mark Patrick Buckley is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, during the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- period of school years 2008/09 through 2011/12, brought another adult into West Dover ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf: School’s music room for the purpose of a sexual encounter, thus failing to maintain the honor ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- and dignity of the profession, contrary to article 18 of the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-In Buckley’s absence, the chair entered a plea of not guilty to each of the charges on his behalf. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-The presenting officer called as witnesses ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-1. Kenneth Hashman ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-2. Dianne Yee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-3. Andrea Ingenthron ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-4. Elizabeth Gouthro ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-5. Kenzie McRuer ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-6. Odile Abboud ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-7. Meghan Clark ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-8. Maureen Steele ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-9. Emily Chakera ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1-1–Notice of hearing returned by Canada Post marked “unclaimed” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1-2–Canada Post confirmation of non-delivery and record of attempts made to contact ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- Buckley ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 2—Proof of Wilson’s membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3 —Calgary Board of Education Administrative Regulation 3003 – Special Education ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- Programming ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 4 —Excerpt from 2011/2012 Severe Disabilities Funding Process at a Glance, Calgary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- Board of Education ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 5 —Special Education Coding Criteria 2011/2012, Government of Alberta, Education ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 6 —Standards for Special Education, Amended June 2004, Alberta Learning ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 7 —Calgary Board of Education Administrative Regulation 4027 – Code of Conduct for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- Employees ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 8 —Calgary Board of Education Human Resources Complaint Form ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 9 —Indemnity Agreement between Calgary Board of Education and complainants ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re M Buckley, page 11 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-94. Chakera testified that as far as she knew, Buckley did not address parental concerns ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- regarding the animals and birds in the school. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-95. Chakera recounted a time when a student was required to clean out the feces from the rabbit ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- hutch and was breathing in the dust from the hutch. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-96. Hashman testified from Calgary via voice Skype. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-97. Hashman is a psychiatrist who specializes in forensic psychiatry. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-98. Hashman testified that he had been contracted by the school district to conduct an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- independent evaluation of Buckley and Buckley consented to waive confidentiality for the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- purpose of Hashman’s report to the school district. Hashman received independent legal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- advice that he could testify before the hearing committee regarding the contents of his report. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf:99. Hashman testified that Buckley told him that he had sex with another adult in the music room ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- at West Dover School on a weekend. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-100. Hashman testified that Buckley told him this voluntarily and without prompting. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Credibility ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Hashman testified via voice Skype from his office in Calgary. He sounded professional and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-when asked, he readily volunteered his extensive credentials and professional association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-involvement. Hashman was aware of his legal responsibilities and advised the committee that he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-had sought legal and professional advice before testifying. Hashman testified about a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-conversation he had with Buckley. Because Buckley had agreed to share the information with the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-school district, Hashman was advised he could therefore share that same information with the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-committee. During the conversation between Hashman and Buckley, Buckley volunteered the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf:information that he had brought an adult into the school for a sexual encounter. This information ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-was voluntarily given; therefore, it is considered to be an admission against interest and therefore ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-is not hearsay and is allowed to be entered as evidence. Hashman was very specific in his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-testimony and only testified on evidence directly related to Charge 4. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Yee has been Area III Director with the school district for over nine years. Previously she was a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-principal with several different school boards and has over 43 years of experience within the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-education system. Her demeanour was professional. She made eye contact with the presenting ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-officer and with the committee members. Yee appeared to be honest and she was able to easily ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-recall details. Her motivation in testifying was to fulfill her responsibility to the school district. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Yee’s story remained consistent throughout all her testimony. Her version of events was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-consistent with other evidence and was consistent with other witnesses’ testimony. She ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re M Buckley, page 14 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-7. Inaccurate coding brought an extra $80,000 to West Dover School, which Buckley did not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- use for supports for students who had been wrongly coded, thus failing to treat students with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- consideration for their circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-8. Buckley failed to treat students and staff with dignity and respect, contrary to section 23(1) of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- the Teaching Profession Act, by housing animals in the school without regard to the health ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- and safety of the staff and students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-9. Buckley refused to acknowledge the health impacts the animals had on students and staff ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- who experienced allergic reactions and failed to provide a safe space for those students and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- staff who were allergic. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-10. Buckley failed to consider the health impacts of having animals in unclean and unsafe cages ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- in the school, in the main hallway, classrooms and food preparation areas. This resulted in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- excessive odours throughout the school and impacted the culture of the school. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-11. Staff and students were expected to clean up after the animals and birds, thus taking away ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- time from instruction and learning. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-12. Buckley admitted, in a conversation with a psychiatrist, that he brought another adult into ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf: West Dover School’s music room for the purpose of a sexual encounter, thus failing to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- maintain the honour and dignity of the profession, contrary to article 18 of the Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Stewardson submitted that the appropriate penalty in this case would be one letter of severe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-reprimand for all four charges, a declaration that Buckley be declared permanently ineligible for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association and a recommendation to the minister of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-education that Buckley’s teaching certificate be cancelled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-This penalty was recommended due to the nature and severity of Buckley’s actions, which ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-caused significant harm and have had an ongoing impact on the physical and mental health of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-staff. Stewardson said Buckley’s actions were not isolated incidents; his actions were fraudulent ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-in nature. Stewardson said Buckley’s actions were severe enough to cause long term, adverse ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-emotional impacts for the staff. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Stewardson said Buckley was an experienced principal who should have known better; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Buckley’s actions were not youthful indiscretions. Buckley has many years of teaching, principal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re M Buckley, page 17 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-21. By his own admission, Buckley brought another adult into the school for the purpose of a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf: sexual encounter, thus failing to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession, contrary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- to article 18 of the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-22. The hearing committee did not hear testimony of any mitigating factors. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-23. The hearing committee, in considering the totality of Buckley’s actions as outlined in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- Charges 1, 2, 3 and 4, determined that a severe penalty was warranted. Through his actions, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- Buckley clearly demonstrated that he did not respect the honour and dignity of the teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- profession. Buckley showed a complete lack of respect for the school authority and its ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- processes. Further, his actions demonstrated a complete disregard for the health and safety of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- the staff, the students and parents of West Dover School. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Friday, November 24, 2017. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf-Submitted for release to public, 2018 09 21 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/buckley-discipline-decision-2017-11-24-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re L Breakey, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf: 2017/18 school year, made inappropriate comments, of a nonsexual nature, to pupils, thereby ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- failing to treat a pupil or pupils with dignity and respect and be considerate of their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- circumstances, contravening article 4 of the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-2. Lee Scott Breakey is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf: 2017/18 school year, made inappropriate comments, of a nonsexual nature, to pupils, thereby ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- failing to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession, contravening article 18 of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-3. Lee Scott Breakey is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- 2017/18 school year, forcibly restrained a student against the wall, which was not appropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- to the situation, thereby failing to treat a pupil with dignity and respect and be considerate of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- their circumstances, contravening article 4 of the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-4. Lee Scott Breakey is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- 2017/18 school year, forcibly restrained a student against the wall, which was not appropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- to the situation, thereby failing to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- contravening article 18 of the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-In Breakey's absence, the hearing committee entered a plea of not guilty for each of the charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-The presenting officer called the following witnesses: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- Principal, Sctiool name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- Scfioo! Principal name redacied. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-2. Student A (accompanied by a parent) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-3. Student B (accompanied by parents) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-4. Student C (accompanied by a parent) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-5. Scott Brandt. Superintendent. Grasslands Regional Division No 6 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-g School Principal name redacted. Principal School name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-7. Student D (accompanied by a parent) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-8. Student E (accompanied by a parent) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit I—^Notice of hearing and Canada Post confirmation of delivery on May 17. 2019 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 2—Proof of Breakey's membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3—Photocopy of notebook dated January 19-25, 2018, including notes from ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- acting principal' school principal name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re L Breakey, page 9 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-Charge I ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf:1. Breakey made inappropriate comments of anonsexual nature to students during the 2017/18 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- school year including,"he was in the back smoking a dube" and "you're not just a pretty- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- face." He also used phrases in class such as, "hit it like it's your wife" and "dumb blonde" ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- and "all looks and no smarts." Some of these derogatory comments were made to the only ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- female student in the class. Notwithstanding his meeting with where concerns ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- about his comments were discussed, Breakey did not stop his inappropriate conduct and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- made further comments of a derogatory nature concerning a student's religion. Breakey ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- demonstrated a pattern of inappropriate behaviour. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-2. A school must be a safe learning environment and teachers must be considerate in such a safe ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- learning environment. Breakey's derogatory comments made students uncomfortable and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- created a stressful learning environment. Breakey's misconduct is especially serious as he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- was working with young teens. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-3. By making these inappropriate comments, Breakey failed to treat students with dignity and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- respect and to be considerate of their circumstances, thus contravening article 4 of the Code ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-1. The comments made by Breakey during the 2017/18 school year were neither honourable nor ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- dignified. They were unprofessional. Students, parents and society have an expectation that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- teachers will behave in a dignified and professional manner when interacting with students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-2. As discussed under Charge 1, Breakey's derogatory comments were inappropriate, made ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- students uncomfortable and created a stressful learning environment. His comments were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- damaging to the public's perception of the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-3. By making the inappropriate comments, Breakey failed to maintain the honour and dignity of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- the profession thereby contravening article 18 of the Code of Professional Conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf-I. During the 2017/18 school year, Breakey grabbed a student and then forcibly restrained the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- student against the wall by holding his forearm against the student's chest, which was not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- appropriate to the situation. Breakey was loud, upset, and angry during the incident. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- student was not behaving in a way that was dangerous to himself or others and the force used ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- by Breakey was not necessary. This conduct was witnessed by other students and teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/breakey-discipline-decision-2019-07-12-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF A CHARGE OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST RYAN RAY BOSTROM ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that a charge of unprofessional conduct laid against Ryan Ray Bostrom of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-Calgary, Alberta was duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-Thursday, March 26, 2015. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Eric Frederick ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-(chair), Cassandra Jager and Joe Rodgers. Jim Casey of Field LLP was counsel to the hearing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-committee, Philip McRae was secretary and Leslie Kaun was recorder. Keith Hadden presented ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-the case against the investigated member. The investigated member, Ryan Ray Bostrom, was not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-present and was not represented by legal counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to either the constitution or the jurisdiction of the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-The following charge was read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. Ryan Ray Bostrom is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- March 29, 2008 and May 30, 2013, engaged in conduct for which he, on May 6, 2014, was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf: convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: possession of child pornography, contrary to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf: section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-Given that the investigated member was not present and did not submit a plea, a plea of not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-guilty was entered. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re R R Bostrom, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1—Notice of hearing and Canada Post confirmation of delivery on February 24, 2015 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf:Exhibit 2—Certificate of conviction of Ryan Ray Bostrom, for possession of child pornography, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- on May 6, 2014 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3—Proof of Bostrom’s membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 4—Statement of Facts between Her Majesty the Queen and Ryan Ray Bostrom ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. Bostrom was a member of the Association from September 1, 2007 to May 31, 2014, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- employed by Calgary School District No 19 (Exhibit 3). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-2. While Bostrom was a member of the Association, between March 29, 2008 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- May 30, 2013, he engaged in conduct for which he, on May 6, 2014, was convicted of an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf: indictable offence, to wit: possession of child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4) of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- the Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibits 3 and 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-3. Bostrom pled guilty to, and was convicted of, an indictable offence pursuant to the Criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- Code on May 6, 2014 (Exhibit 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf:1. Bostrom was convicted of an indictable offence under section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- and is therefore guilty of unprofessional conduct under section 23(2)(a) of the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-2. The Teaching Profession Act section 23(2)(a) stipulates that if a member has been convicted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- of an indictable offence, the conduct of the member upon which the conviction is based is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- deemed to constitute unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalty on Bostrom: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-- A declaration of ineligibility for membership in the Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-- A recommendation to the minister of education to cancel his teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re R R Bostrom, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-1. Bostrom was convicted of an indictable offence under section 163.1 (4) of the Criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- Code. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-2. If a member is convicted of an indictable offence, then the conduct on which the conviction ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- based is considered unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-3. The circumstances surrounding this offence were repugnant because the activity occurred ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- over a period of many years and included several incidents of downloading and viewing child ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf: pornography. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-4. Due to the egregious nature of the offence, and due to a teacher’s position of trust in relation ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- to students, and due to a teacher’s duty to act only in a manner that safeguards the interests of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- children generally, the hearing committee ruled that Bostrom can no longer be a member of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- the Alberta Teachers’ Association, nor should he be considered suitable for certification. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf:5. Bostrom’s possession of child pornography was unbecoming of a teacher and dishonoured ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-6. Bostrom’s actions showed disregard for society’s expectations of teachers. Society and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- profession view such actions as repugnant and reprehensible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Thursday, March 26, 2015. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bostrom-discipline-report-2015-03-26-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ND447 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE REPORT OF THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- HEARING COMMITTEE OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST TRACI-ANN BORER ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Traci-Ann Borer of Fort ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-McMurray, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-May 10-12, 2006 and adjourned and reconvened on June 12, 2006. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-1. Traci-Ann Borer is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- Act in that she, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf: October 2002 to December 2002, at her place of residence, touched a student in a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- manner. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-2. Traci-Ann Borer is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- Act in that she, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, while employed by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No 32, participated in activities ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- inappropriate to the maintenance of a dignified teacher–pupil relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of not guilty to each of the charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-The hearing committee found Borer guilty on both Charge 1 and Charge 2. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-T Borer, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf:1. Borer touched a student in a sexual manner. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-2. Borer developed and continued close relationships with students that were not consistent with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- appropriate student–teacher relationships. These included a series of improper overly friendly ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- e-mails using Borer’s school e-mail account, visits to a student’s part-time job, two day trips ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- to Edmonton with a student and taking students to parties where alcohol was served. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-3. Alcoholic Jello shooters were available in Borer’s refrigerator for students who attended an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- end-of-the-year drama party at her residence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-4. Borer’s testimony on critical issues was often unclear, evasive, inconsistent and it appeared ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- that she had a selective memory, frequently answering questions with, “I can’t recall.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- Examples are as follows: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- (a) Borer testified that she tried to put distance between herself and the student in question ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- (hereafter referred to as Student A) after Student A visited her house and yet Borer ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- established friendly e-mail contacts with Student A following this visit. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- (b) No recollection of conversations with Student A on two day trips to Edmonton. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- (c) No recollection of saying that students should call her Tracy. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- (d) Borer could not recall why she sent e-mails. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- (e) Borer did not recall whether she had gone into the hot tub at the July 1 party where she ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- took two students. Borer claimed that people wore street clothes in the hot tub. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- (f) Despite all Borer’s involvement with Student A, Borer could not recall talking to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf: Student A about her sexuality when Student A had been open with the school community ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf: about her questions about her own sexuality. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-5. While the committee was aware of various reasons to carefully scrutinize the evidence of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- Borer’s partner (hereafter referred to as Person A), overall Person A provided credible ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- testimony that was consistent with the circumstances surrounding the incidents he was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- involved in. Person A was straightforward about his criminal past, abuse of alcohol, and his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- physical abuse of Borer. He had been reluctant to come forward, indicating that he did not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- have a vendetta against Borer. His testimony about the incidents was also clear when he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- related his memory of incidents between Borer and students. While Borer and Person A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- differed on certain crucial elements of the facts alleged, to a large extent Borer gave evidence ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- of the circumstances surrounding the incidents in question that was corroborative of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- Person A’s evidence. For example, there was no dispute that Student A was at Borer’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- residence or that Borer and Student A engaged in mutual massages. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-6. Borer admitted to having crossed the line by having Student A visit her at Borer’s residence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-T Borer, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-Charge 1—a six-month suspension of membership in The Alberta Teachers' Association and a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-recommendation to the Minister of Education of a six-month suspension of Borer’s teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-Charge 2—a six-month suspension of membership in The Alberta Teachers' Association and a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-recommendation to the Minister of Education of a six-month suspension of Borer’s teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-These two penalties are to be applied concurrently. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-1. Students, parents and the public have a right to expect that teachers will act in a manner that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- establishes and maintains appropriate student–teacher relationships, including observing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- boundaries that are professional. Borer did not do this on many occasions. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf:2. Borer’s action of touching a student in a sexual manner was inappropriate and unacceptable. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-3. Borer put students in situations where alcohol was present, including one such situation in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- her own residence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-4. The Association expects its members to treat students in a manner that maintains dignified ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- student–teacher relationships. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-5. Borer cooperated fully in the investigations conducted by the Association, the RCMP and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- school board. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-6. At the time of the incidents, Borer was in a stressful time in her life which included a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- physically and emotionally abusive relationship with her partner, a lack of adult support and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- an extreme work load. While Borer did plead “not guilty” to each of the charges and while ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- the committee has found her to be guilty, Borer did demonstrate some developing insight into ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- her earlier actions with her concessions that, in retrospect, she would have done some things ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- differently. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Friday, May 12, 2006. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/borer-discipline-report-2006-05-12-pdf-apdf.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST JAMES ROBERT BERERTON ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of The Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against James Bererton of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Morinville, Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Friday, January 4, 2002 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Ron M ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Dittmann (chair), Ron R St Jean, Dean Romfo Van Camp and Dawn E J Arnold. Richard ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-W Rand of Frohlich Rand Kiss was counsel to the hearing committee, Marvin E Hackman was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-secretary and Leslie A Kaun was recorder. Dave L Jeary presented the case against the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-investigated member. The investigated member was present and was not represented by counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-CONSTITUTION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to the constitution or the jurisdiction of the committee to hear the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-matter. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-1. James Robert Bererton is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers’ Association, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf: commencing on or about July 1980, at or near Morinville, Alberta, had a sexual relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- with a female student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. James Robert Bererton is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- the summer of 1976, at or near Morinville, Alberta, provided a student with an illegal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- substance, to wit: marijuana. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Bererton, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- (g) The relationship with the family developed in a “natural and logical ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- progression” involving affectionate loving, hugging, kissing on a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- waterbed. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- (h) In July of 1980, after grade 10, she went on a canoe trip with the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- Bererton family. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- (i) On this trip she shared a tent with J R Bererton and a two-year-old ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- child where she and J R Bererton engaged in hugging, kissing, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- petting, touching and clitoral stimulation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- (j) During the summer, after the canoe trip, the relationship continued ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- and penile penetration occurred “with regularity.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- (k) She experienced adverse, long-term consequences as a result of her ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with J R Bererton ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-6. During her grade 12 year, she attended school in France. Exhibits 4 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- 8, identified as correspondence which she received from J R Bererton, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf: referenced and supported the intimate sexual relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-7. Witness B was born in 1961 and was a student in a high school science ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- course taught by J R Bererton at M E Lazerte High School. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-8. Witness B testified as follows: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- (a) His first visit to the Bererton farm was a field trip approximately in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- the spring of 1977 when he was 16 years of age. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- (b) He became a frequent visitor at the farm where he subsequently was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- employed by J R Bererton as part of a government-funded farm ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- labor program. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- (c) He assisted in the harvest of a “large crop of marijuana” on the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- Bererton farm. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Bererton, page 6 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf:1. J R Bererton initiated and engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a female ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- student who was under the age of 18. Thus, J R Bererton did not treat the student with dignity ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- and respect and violated his position of trust as a teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf:2. It is inappropriate and unacceptable for a teacher to engage in a sexual relationship with a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- student even if there is no current teacher/student relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-3. By J R Bererton’s actions, he did not treat Witness A with dignity and respect and was not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- considerate of her circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf:4. The honor and dignity of the profession is harmed by a teacher having a sexual relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-1. The cultivation, use and trafficking of marijuana are all unlawful acts under the Narcotic ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- Control Act of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. J R Bererton knowingly allowed Witness B to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- (a) participate in the harvest of marijuana from the Bererton property and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- (b) consume marijuana at his residence, making the said marijuana openly available to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- Witness B. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee imposes the following penalties: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-1. Cancellation of J R Bererton’s membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. Recommendation to the minister of learning that J R Bererton’s teaching certificate be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- cancelled ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-3. A fine of $3,000 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Bererton, page 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-1. Suspension of J R Bererton’s membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association for a period ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- of two years ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. Recommendation to the minister of learning that J R Bererton’s teaching certificate be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- suspended for two years ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-3. A fine of $1,500 to be paid by J R Bererton before reinstatement of his Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- membership and teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf:1. A teacher should not be engaged in sexual activity with students. Society views such actions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- as despicable, repugnant and reprehensible. J R Bererton’s actions showed disregard for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- societal expectations of teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. Society has a right to expect that teachers will act in a manner which establishes and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- maintains a trust relationship between teachers and students. J R Bererton violated this trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-3. J R Bererton failed to uphold the honor and dignity of the teaching profession by engaging in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf: sexual activity with Witness A. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-4. J R Bererton’s actions had a negative impact on Witness A and her family relationship and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-5. J R Bererton did not accept responsibility for his behavior nor did he demonstrate remorse. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-1. Society has a reasonable expectation that teachers will not encourage or allow students to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- engage in unlawful acts or partake in illegal activities themselves in the presence of students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf-2. Where the public trust is breached, the honor and dignity of the profession is harmed, thereby ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- requiring appropriate sanction. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bererton-discipline-report-2002-01-04-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGE OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST DAVID BELKE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that a charge of unprofessional conduct laid against David Belke of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Edmonton, Alberta was duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held in Southern Alberta Regional Office (SARO), 6815 8 Street NE, Calgary, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Alberta, Canada on Thursday, October 8, 2020. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Professional Conduct Committee members present as the hearing committee were Nelson ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Moulton (chair), Abisola Adesanya and Diane Sellars. Steve Eichler of Field LLP was counsel to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-the hearing committee, Lisa Everitt was secretary and Sudeep Dua was recorder. Tim Jeffares ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-presented the case against the investigated member. The investigated member, David Belke, was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-not present and was represented by Mona Duckett Q.C. of Duckett Dawson Garcia & Johnson ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Barristers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-COMPOSITION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-There was no objection to the composition or the jurisdiction of the committee to hear the matter. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-The following charge was read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-1. David Matthew Belke is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- February 26, 2017, did engage in conduct that failed to maintain the honour and dignity of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- the profession, contrary to article 18 of the Code of Professional Conduct, for which he, on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- November 17, 2017, was convicted of a summary offence, to wit: possession of child ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4)(b) of the Criminal Code, RSC, 1985, c. C-46. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to the charge. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-There were no witnesses called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Belke, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-6. The EPS suspected that some of the images in Belke’s computer contained child ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: pornography, seized the computer and obtained a warrant to search the computer. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- computer and its contents were analysed by the Internet Child Exploitation Unit’s digital ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- forensic laboratory. Evidence gathered and examined by the EPS determined that collection ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- spanned over an eight-year period and there was sufficient evidence to warrant criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- charges. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf:7. Approximately 827 unique images were categorized as possible child pornography with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- another 732 unique images considered to be of investigative interest by the police (child ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: nudity not defined as child pornography, clothed children under 18). (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-8. In addition, a number of word documents were found that described children between the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ages of 12 to 16 engaged in sexual acts with adults. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-9. Belke admitted that approximately a dozen of the images met the Criminal Code definition of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: child pornography. These consisted of images of nude children or persons under the age of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- 18 where the dominant characteristic is the depiction for sexual purpose of a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- organ/anal region. None of the images depicted sexual activity although a number of them ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- contained captions describing explicit sexual activity. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-10. The word documents contained written material whose dominant characteristic was the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- description, for sexual purpose, of sexual activity with a person under the age of 18. It was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- not alleged that Belke authored these documents; however, they were in his possession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-11. On March 17, 2017, Belke surrendered himself into the EPS custody. Belke co-operated with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- the police confirming that he took the computer to Staples for repair and was the sole user of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- the computer. Belke advised that he is attracted to the innocence of the young people ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- depicted, finding them beautiful. He denied that he viewed the images for sexual gratification ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- or masturbation purposes. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-12. There is no evidence that the Belke shared or distributed any of the images. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf:13. Belke pled guilty to a single count of possession of child pornography under ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: section 163.1(4)(b) of the Criminal Code, RSC, 1985, c C-46. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-14. Belke was convicted of a summary conviction offense with a mandatory minimum jail ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- sentence of six months plus probation for one year following his release from jail with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- condition that he continue counselling sessions. With this conviction, Belke was mandated to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- comply with Sex Offender Information Registration Act (SOIRA) for a period of 10 years ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- and provide a DNA sample pursuant to section 487.051 of the Criminal Code. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-15. The Crown also applied for an order under section 161 of the Criminal Code which the judge ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- declined to grant. Section 161 of the Criminal Code permits the court to make an order ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Belke, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- prohibiting the offender from certain activities that may have them in contact with persons ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- under the age of 16. In the judge’s analysis, the evidence did not support the need for a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- section 161 order. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-16. The judge also concluded that Belke was at very low risk to re-offend and that the risk to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- children was very low. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-17. The judge accepted that Belke was very remorseful, had a deep sense of shame, that he made ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- no effort to conceal the pictures and documents, that he took responsibility for his behaviour, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: and by all accounts now understands the harmful nature of child pornography. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf:18. In 2019, after media coverage of Belke being in possession of child pornography, two ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- complaints of unprofessional conduct were filed with the Association. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-1. Belke, by his own admission, failed to maintain the honour and dignity of the profession as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- dictated by article 18 of the professional code of conduct by being in possession of child ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: pornography. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-2. Belke, by his own admission, stated that his behaviour may have negatively impacted some ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- of his students and violated the trust instilled in him as a teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-3. Belke entered a guilty plea to and was convicted of a single count of possession of child ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: pornography under section 163.1(4)(b) of the Criminal Code, RSC, 1985, c C-46. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-4. Although Belke was cooperative and remorseful, an individual that is prominent in the arts ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- community and a substitute teacher should have known that it was extremely inappropriate to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: collect and possess images of child pornography. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-The Presenting Officer submission ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-1. Jeffares recommended the following penalty to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- a) Cancellation of Belke’s membership in the Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Belke, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- b) Recommendation to the minister of education to cancel Belke’s teaching certificate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- issued under the Education Act. (Exhibit 7) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-2. In his presentation to the committee, Jeffares asked the committee to consider the following ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- factors: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- a. The nature and gravity of the proven offense ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- b. Age and experience of the teacher—Belke was 60 years old and was a well experienced ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- teacher from 1989 to 2017 with five temporary contracts ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- c. Belke did not have any previous disciplinary issues ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- d. The age and position of persons adversely affected by Belke’s actions—including ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- students, teachers, staff, parents and the public ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- e. Belke’s actions demonstrated remorse and he admitted guilt in both the criminal courts ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- and in the ATA’s discipline process ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- f. Jeffares noted that there is no way to determine the impact of Belke’s actions on children. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: Quoting T D DePoe, the judge for Belke’s criminal trial, “Child pornography raises ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- feelings of moral repugnance in the minds of nearly everyone in our society. Children ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- should never be made subjects of sexual interest, in any circumstance. It is the creation of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: child pornography that causes the most harm. Demand for it creates a steady supply; both ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- demand and supply must be curtailed by all reasonable legal means. In particular, where ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- real children are depicted in the material, as was he case here, these children are ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- unequivocally victims of abuse, and very often great long-term is done to them by those ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: who create this child pornography. For these reasons, Parliament has determined that the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: law should treat persons who create, distribute, and possess child pornography harshly.” ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- i. In addition, Belke’s actions impacted families, students, his colleagues and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- profession as the case was widely publicized in the media and the digital footprint is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- everlasting. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- g. Jeffares noted that Belke had suffered other consequences for his actions: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- i. Belke was convicted, sentenced to a mandatory six-month prison sentence, and one ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- year probation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ii. Belke was removed from the substitute teacher list with EPSD. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- iii. Belke was cut off from the arts community. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- iv. Belke was subject to extensive media coverage. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: h. Jeffares noted that Belke was a consumer of child pornography; however, he had no ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: contact with children concerned and did not distribute the child pornography. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- i. Teachers must act in a way that maintains the honour and dignity of the profession. It is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- important that the penalty deters other teachers from engaging in similar conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- j. Confidence in the teaching profession by the public is paramount. Jeffares quoted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- DePoe’s reasons for penalty, citing Dr George Pugh, who wrote, “employment as a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- school teacher will no longer be available to him.” (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-3. Jeffares stated there must be an appropriate sanction. He noted there must be high trust in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- teaching profession by the public. In considering the matter before the committee, Jeffares ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Belke, page 6 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- stated that while the courts made distinction about the seriousness of the crime, the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- profession is not bound to this distinction. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-4. Jeffares noted there are no precedent cases that are exactly the same as the matter before the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- committee, but he referenced three cases (ND1187, ND1121 and ND1033) that had parallels ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- to Belke’s with the same outcomes as his requested penalty. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-5. In closing, Jeffares stated that Belke’s actions will have a lasting impact on the community, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- in particular his digital footprint. He noted that we live in a Google culture and any ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- prospective students and parents of Belke’s could easily “google” him and find that he was a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- convicted sex offender. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-The Investigated Member’s submission ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-1. Duckett made a summary of the submission document highlighting that Belke has accepted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- responsibility for his conduct throughout all proceedings, he remains in psychological ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- treatment, he poses no risk and continues to have the support of many community members. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- Duckett argued that Belke should not be barred from the chance of future teaching by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- cancellation of his certificate. Duckett stated their proposed penalty is a lengthy suspension ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- from the Association with conditions, if appropriate. Duckett conveyed that Belke had ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- proposed a three-year suspension. (Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-2. Duckett highlighted that Belke admitted that a summary conviction constitutes professional ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- misconduct. In addition, she noted that Belke was co-operative and helpful at both the court ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- and the ATA’s discipline processes. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-3. Duckett stated that Belke had completed a psychological assessment and is committed to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- counselling. Reports from Belke’s psychologist, Dr Pugh, indicated that Belke was very low ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- risk to actually offend against a child. In Dr Pugh’s follow up report, he stated that during his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- sessions with Belke, there were no indications that Belke was a danger to children and could ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- safely return to teaching in the future. (Tab1 and Tab 2, Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf:4. Duckett stated that Belke did not create or distribute child pornography and that he was a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- consumer on the low end of the spectrum. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-5. Duckett argued that Belke’s conviction was a summary conviction and that the rules for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- indictable convictions of section 42(3) of the TPA do not apply in this matter. She stated the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- committee is not obligated to declare Belke ineligible for membership nor recommend ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- cancellation of Belke’s teaching certificate to the minister of education. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-6. Duckett referenced DePoe’s reasons for sentence stating that, “there are many factors here ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- which place this case in the low end of the spectrum. They include, firstly, the size of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- collection is relatively small.” (Paragraph 11, Appendix 2, Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Belke, page 7 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-7. Duckett alluded to Belke’s lack of effort to conceal the materials on his computer and his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- belief that it was legal. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-8. Duckett also pointed out that “Belke has lived what only can be described as an active and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- social life.” She noted that “he has contributed a great deal to his community as a teacher, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- over a 28-year period he has taught students of all ages from Kindergarten up to university ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- level.” Further, she noted the judge declined to make an order under section161 of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- Criminal Code which would have prohibited Belke from having any contact with children ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- had it been applied. (Appendix 2, Exhibit 5, Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-9. Duckett argued that the committee, should it choose to impose a suspension on Belke, could ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- impose conditions, such as a psychological report on Belke, prior to reinstating his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- membership. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-10. Duckett then outlined “parity and other penalty precedents” she had obtained from the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- Association. (pages 2-3, Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-11. Duckett stated that Belke’s Vulnerable Sector Check had come back negative. (Tab 4, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-12. Duckett referred to reference letters from friends, neighbours, colleagues and members of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- arts community. Particular emphasis was placed on the letter from retired Madame Justice ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- Tressler Q.C. and Stephanie Johnson, from the Devon Public Library. (Tab 3, Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-13. Duckett also provided a response to the factors Jeffares had outlined. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- a. As the nature and gravity of the situation, Duckett argued that Belke’s offenses were on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- the low end of the spectrum. (Page 10, Tab 1, Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- b. Belke is now 60 years old and according to a former colleague, Andrea Truman, is a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- gifted teacher. (Tab 4, Exhibit 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- c. Belke has no previous disciplinary issues with the ATA. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- d. The media coverage was created by Belke being an award-winning playwright and as a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- result Belke has suffered horrendously. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: e. Duckett noted that there was no distribution of the pornography and no sexual contact ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- with children. She also referenced that the impact on Belke’s colleague was due to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- media coverage of the case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- f. The consequences to Belke were extraordinary—he was excoriated, not so much for his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- role as a teacher, but because he was a well-known playwright and because the “Google ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- footprint” of the publicity surrounding his situation will be there forever. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- g. Belke noted the following mitigating circumstances: there was no distribution of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: child pornography; Belke accepted responsibility for his actions; and he poses a low risk ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- to the community. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Belke, page 8 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- h. Duckett spoke about the need to deter professionals from this sort of action. She noted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- that a heavy sanction is warranted, but that it need not be permanent. She asked the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- committee to consider that Belke could be rehabilitated and he ought to be treated with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- compassion. She noted the need to balance deterrence with public confidence in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- profession. Further, Duckett noted that the committee could require Belke to provide a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- re-assessment of risk at the end of his suspension. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-14. In summary and conclusion, Duckett acknowledged that the honour and dignity of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- profession has been harmed. She noted we cannot change media and internet artefacts that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- may haunt him forever. Duckett then noted there ought to be room for rehabilitation and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- redemption for Belke and stressed that he poses no risk to children. Finally, Duckett strongly ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- recommended a sanction of a three-year suspension. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Rebuttal by presenting officer for new elements only ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-1. Jeffares stated that while Duckett asserted that Belke had community support, it did not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- appear that this was the case within the theatrical community. In addition, it is not clear that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- the teaching community supports Belke. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf:2. Jeffares objected to Duckett’s assertion that possession of child pornography was analogous ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- to illicit drug use and trafficking because it does not consider the victims of child ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: pornography. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-3. Jeffares did agree that Belke was a low risk to re-offend, but that this is not the committee’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- determination—committee needs to determine whether the honour and dignity of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- profession had been maintained. He noted that DePoe did not comment on the impact of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- Belke’s actions on the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-4. Jeffares argued while suspension of Association membership could require condition for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- reinstatement, there was no ability to put conditions on reinstatement of Belke’s teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- certificate with the Department of Education. His teaching certificate would be automatically ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- reinstated allowing Belke to work as a teacher across provincial borders, in charter schools, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- private schools and international schools. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-5. Jeffares acknowledged that the Fringe performing arts festival cancelled Belke’s play as a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- result of his conviction. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-6. Jeffares also stated the letters of reference for Belke were excellent, but they were not from ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- many members of the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Belke, page 9 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-7. Jeffares highlighted the “#MeToo” movement shines a light on how society views issues ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- such as these, particularly ones that involve children. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-1. a declaration that Belke is ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- effective immediately and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-2. a recommendation to the minister of education to cancel Belke’s teaching certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-1. The teaching profession expects the highest standards of conduct for its members. In ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: procuring materials involving child pornography, Belke caused harm to the teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- profession and the trust that the public places in teachers and the teaching profession. A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: teacher in possession of child pornography diminishes the reputation of the teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- profession; it is illegal and reprehensible. Section 18 of the Code of Professional Conduct ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- states that teachers must maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. A teacher ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: charged under the Criminal Code with possession of child pornography, collected over ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- lengthy period of time, perhaps eight years, does not maintain the honour and dignity of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-2. The public holds teachers to high standards as members of the community who are in loco ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: parentis. Possessing child pornography is not in the best interest of any child, it is illegal and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: repugnant. Gathering and possessing child pornography casts doubt on Belke’s ability to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- safeguard children. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-3. The public and profession must be confident that children in a teacher’s care are safe, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- protected and are not at risk for exposure to criminal behaviors. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-4. A teacher with 28 years in the profession should know that teachers, as professionals are held ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- to a higher standard than the general public. All teacher members of the Association are ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- obliged to maintain professional conduct. The Code of Professional Conduct provides ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- general guidelines for all teachers to follow but the scope of professional conduct goes far ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- beyond the code. Teachers should be familiar with the code and with the responsibilities ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- placed on them by the Teaching Profession Act. Substitute teachers should become familiar ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- with these expectations and conduct themselves accordingly. Adhering to the code is a 24 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- hour a day responsibility. All teachers must respect the standards of the profession. Belke ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- failed to maintain the honor and dignity of the profession by viewing, collecting and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: possessing child pornography. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re D Belke, page 10 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-5. The committee received several reference letters supporting Belke from his counsel. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- However, not all letters acknowledged that Belke had collected and possessed child ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: pornography. The letter from Johnson stipulated that Belke was allowed to volunteer after the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- Vulnerable Sector Check came back negative. However, the letter also states that Belke is ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- only allowed to work with adults as an extra precaution. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-6. There was considerable media attention paid to this case that highlighted his occupation as a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- teacher and this served to harm the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-7. Teachers must act in a way that maintains the honour and dignity of the profession. A ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: suspension is not sufficient in this case. Collecting and possessing child pornography and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf: word documents depicting sexual acts with children is reprehensible. It is important that the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- penalty deters other teachers from engaging in similar conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Calgary in the Province of Alberta, Tuesday, December 1, 2020. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf-Submitted for release to public 2021 04 09 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/belke-decision-report-2020-12-01-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST STEVEN BEGRAND ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against Steven Begrand of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (formerly Beaumont, Alberta), were duly investigated in accordance ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-with the Teaching Profession Act (TPA). The hearing was held in Barnett House, 11010 142 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Friday, February 5, 2010. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-1. Steven Begrand is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, on or about June 2007, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- engaged in inappropriate electronic communication with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-2. Steven Begrand is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, during the 2006/07 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf: school year, began an inappropriate relationship with a student which became a sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- relationship during the summer following the student’s graduation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-3. Steven Begrand is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, during the 2007/08 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- school year, continued inappropriate electronic communication with a former student after ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- graduation, based on the teacher–student relationship established while the student was in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- school. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Begrand entered a plea of guilty to each of the charges by way of written submission. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-The committee found Begrand guilty of all three charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC, S Begrand, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-1. Begrand engaged in inappropriate electronic communication with a student. Communication ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- from a teacher to a student should be confined to matters pertinent to the role of teacher. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- nature of Begrand’s communication was familiar, juvenile and personal and falls outside the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- behaviour expected of a teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-2. Begrand failed to uphold the honour and dignity of the teaching profession when he engaged ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- in inappropriate electronic communication with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-1. Evidence supports that an inappropriate relationship began when the student was in school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- and continued on an ongoing basis following the student’s graduation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-2. Evidence did not support a significant break between the timing of the teacher–student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf: relationship in school and the developing personal and sexual relationship after the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- graduation of the student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-3. Teachers are expected and trusted to maintain clear boundaries between instructional and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- personal relationships. By continuing a relationship that started at school, Begrand did not ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- respect these boundaries. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-4. Begrand failed to uphold the honour and dignity of the teaching profession when he started ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- an inappropriate relationship with a student at school and continued the relationship after the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- student graduated. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-5. The subsequent public nature of the relationship brought unfavourable attention to Begrand ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- as a teacher and therefore harms the standing of the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf:6. The escalation of the relationship between Begrand and the student to a personal and sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- relationship calls into question his integrity and intentions as a teacher and erodes public ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- confidence in teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-1. A teacher’s quality of professional service is adversely affected when the teacher uses school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- technology to engage in inappropriate electronic communication. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-2. Begrand breached the trust of his employer when he knowingly contravened the district’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- technology policy. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC, S Begrand, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf:3. Using school equipment, Begrand engaged in sexually explicit electronic communication ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- with a former student, an activity which fails to maintain the high standard of behaviour ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- expected of teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committed imposes as penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—letter of reprimand ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—declaration of ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-one year, effective the date of this hearing, February 5, 2010 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—letter of severe reprimand ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-1. Electronic evidence from June 2007, retrieved during the investigation period, was limited. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- The evidence proved that there was inappropriate communication; however, the recovery of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- data was fragmented such that the extent of the inappropriateness of the communication ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- could not be fully determined. Accordingly, while the committee was satisfied of Begrand’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- guilt on this charge, the penalty imposed could only reflect the evidence produced and could ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- not be influenced by any speculation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-2. Begrand failed to uphold the honour and dignity of the teaching profession when he engaged ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- in inappropriate electronic communication with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-1. Teachers are in a position of trust and authority and as such must always be seen by the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- public to be acting in the best interests of students. By engaging in an inappropriate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- relationship with a student, a relationship that started at school and continued on an ongoing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- basis after the student’s graduation, Begrand acted in a manner detrimental to the public’s ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- view of the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-2. Begrand failed to recognize his obligation to act in the best interests of students, the public or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- the teaching profession [TPA 23(1)(a)] when he engaged in inappropriate communication ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf: with a student which continued on an ongoing basis and developed into a sexual relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- Factors such as the end of the school year and the student reaching the age of 18 before their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC, S Begrand, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf: relationship became sexual, did not absolve Begrand of his professional obligations under ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- these circumstances. At most they were mitigating factors relative to penalty. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf:3. Begrand admitted that he was guilty of saying things of a sexual nature, but did not take full ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- responsibility, when he purported to blame the student as well. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-4. By his actions in relation to the student, Begrand failed to maintain the honour and dignity of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-1. Begrand betrayed the trust of his employer when he used technology, in contravention of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- district policy, for inappropriate communication. This behaviour failed to maintain the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-2. Begrand’s inappropriate electronic communication with the student continued a relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- that was established when she was a student in the school. Thus he failed to maintain the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf:3. By using school property to engage in sexually explicit electronic communication, Begrand ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- adversely affected the quality of his professional service and brought harm to the integrity of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-4. By his actions, Begrand did not maintain the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Related to all Charges ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-1. Begrand was generally forthright and cooperative throughout the investigation. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-2. Begrand has not been employed as a teacher since the 2007/2008 school year. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Friday, February 5, 2010. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/begrand-discipline-and-appeal-reports-2010-02-05-and-2010-05-31-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FROM THE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- REPORT OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST JOHN BARTH ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that charges of unprofessional conduct laid against John Barth of Canmore, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Alberta were duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The hearing was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-held in Bamett House, 11010 142 Street NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Monday, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-March 7,2005 at 0900 and continued through Tuesday, March 8, 2005. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. John Barth is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the 1995-98 school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- years, failed to treat a student or students with consideration for their circumstances by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- discussing with them matters of school business inappropriate for discussion with students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. John Barth is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, during the 1995-98 school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- years, failed to treat a student or students with consideration for their circumstances by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf: discussing with them matters ofa sexual and/or personal nature. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. John Barth is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the 1995-98 school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- years, failed to act in a manner befitting a member of the teaching profession by having a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- student or students attend on matters ofschool business at his home where alcohol was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- served to them. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. John Barth is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about March 14, 2003, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- failed to act in a manner befitting a member of the teaching profession by his rude and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- abusive treatment of Shawn Carr, a social worker in the community. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. John Barth is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- in that he, while a member ofthe Alberta Teachers' Association, during the 1995-98 school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- years, involved a student in deceiving Principal O'Toole about the content of a play. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Barth, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-6. John Earth is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, during the 1995-98 school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- years, misrepresented a parent's conversation with him when relating it to teaching colleague ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Done Cooper. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-As the investigated member was not present, a plea of not guilty to each of the charges was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-directed. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 1—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 3—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4—Not Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 5—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 6—Not Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charue 1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Barth failed to treat a student or students with consideration for their circumstances by discussing ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-with them matters ofsc appropriate for discussion with students when he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- I • j, Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-complained to redacted. redacted. _ that his programs were being under-funded. Earth also ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-criticized the professional competence of colleagues. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Barth failed to treat students with consideration for their circumstances by: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf:I. discussing with them matters of a sexual and/or personal nature; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. encouraging redacted. _ to pose nude for a community artist's group; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- I , Student name ^ j i • ■ i ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. encouraging and planning tor.redacted. _ to pose nude tor him privately; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. discussing nude drawings of his students, using explicit language about a student's pubic hair ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- and his own pubic hair: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- student name ■ , . . i ^ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. instructing redacted. lu how to masturbatc; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-6. soliciting information from students about their personal relationships; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf:7. relating information to students about his sexual life; and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf:8. instructing students to read sexually explicit material that had no relevance to approved ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- course material. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Barth, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charse 6 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Barth was found not guilty of misrepresenting a parent's conversation with him when relating it ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-to teaching colleague, Cooper, because there was not enough proof to conclude that Barth was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-deliberately embellishing his version of his conversation with J Ferns when he spoke to Cooper. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee imposes the following penalty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-for Charges 1, 2, 3, and 5: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. John Barth is declared ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation will be made to the minister of education to cancel John Barth's teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. A letter ofsevere reprimand will be sent to John Barth no later than April 30, 2005. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. Students, parents and the public have the right to expect that teachers will act in a manner ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- which establishes and maintains the trust relationship between teachers and students. Barth's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- behaviour betrayed that trust. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- l-andlSnr"" ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. Barth failed to treat students Sludanl name redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf: consideration for their circumstances t)y discussing with them mattere ot a sexual and/or ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- personal nature. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. As a result of Barth's behaviour, articulated feelings of embarrassment and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- discomfort. She felt confused in her identity and suffered loss in the violation of trust. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. redacted. .described having been adversely influenced by Barth. She spoke of lost ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- opportunity throughout her high school years as a result of having been manipulated by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Barth. This influence unquestionably contributed to L making unfortunate life ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- decisions that have taken her a long time to resolve. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- _ redacted. was personally violated and was manipulated to secrecy about her relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- with Barth. She felt shame and believed herself to be at fault. She still exhibits strong feelings ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- and experiences negative consequences in her life today because she is unable to separate ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf: Barth's interference in her sexual development from her adult sexual experiences. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Barth, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. Through introducing [redacted |and .to films and books with highly ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf: explicit sexual content, well beyond their experience, and not on any approved high school ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- reading/viewing list, Barth intellectually and emotionally violated his students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf:6. Through his inappropriate self-disclosures to students regarding his personal sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf: relationships, sexual practices and the sexual abuse he had allegedly suffered and perpetrated, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Barth violated the innocence of his students by unduly burdening them. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-7. Barth interfered with students' relationships with administration through encouraging the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- students to openly protest administrative decisions with which he didn't agree. Barth further ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- violated student/teacher relationships by openly criticizing other teachers to his students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-8. Barth acted unprofessionally in that he involved a student in deceiving Principal O'Toole ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- about the content of a play. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-9. Barth, through his acts of manipulation, violated student friendships and relationships with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- peers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-10. Barth emotionally violated students by asking them to examine and discuss traumas that were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- not their own. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- student name ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf:11. Barth sexually violated Jredaaed [ by instructing her in personal masturbation techniques, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- by stroking her face, neck and foot, and by kissing her full on the lips. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-12. Barth violated parent/child relationships by denigrating b father and by telling ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- redaaed"^^ .that her parents were unreasonable and that he loved her more than her parents ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- loved her. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-13. Barth's behaviour can be characterized, on overview, as seductive, improperly controlling, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- manipulative and predatory towards some of his students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-14. Barth failed to act in a manner befitting a member of the teaching profession by serving ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- alcohol to students in his o\^ti home. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Tuesday, March 22, 2005. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/barth-discipline-report-2005-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re B Bain, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee was provided with the notice of hearing and the Canada Post ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-confirmation of delivery of the notice of hearing by registered mail and entered the same as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1 in these proceedings. The committee confirmed that the notice of hearing was served ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-on April 7,2016, which is well within the 15-day timeline required under section 31 ofthe TPA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-and that it met the other requirements of the TPA with respect to providing the date, time, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-location and particulars of the hearing. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee was satisfied that there was sufficient proof of service of the notice of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-hearing in accordance with TPA requirements. Further, the hearing committee was advised by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-the presenting officer that the investigated member was aware of his right to attend the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-proceedings and his right to be represented by legal counsel. Accordingly, the hearing committee ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-determined that it would proceed with the hearing in the absence of the investigated member. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-The following charge was read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-1. Barret Mitchell Bain is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association, between ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- February 1, 2008 and March 1, 2008, engaged in conduct for which he, on July 29,2015, was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- convicted of a summary criminal offence, to wit: at or near the Village of Rosemary, in the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf: Province of Alberta, Bain did for a sexual purpose touch a person under the age of sixteen ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- years directly with a part of his body, to wit: his hand, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- Code. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-Ill the absence of the investigated member, the hearing committee entered a plea of not guilty to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-the charge. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-There were no witnesses called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1—Notice of hearing and Canada Post confirmation of delivery on April 7,2016 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 2—Proofof Bain's membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association from ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- September 1, 2005 to January 31, 2016 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3—Conviction certificate dated December 9, 2015 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 4—Agreed Statement of Facts between Her Majesty the Queen and Barret Mitchell Bain ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re B Bain, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-1. Bain was a member of the Alberta Teachers' Association from September I, 2005 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- January 31, 2016.(Exhibit 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-2. Bain was employed by Grasslands Regional Division No 6 until January 31, 2016. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-3. During February 2008, Bain (date of birth April 18, 1969) resided with a child (date of birth ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- April 9, 1998) and (the common-law spouse of Bain)in the Village of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- Rosemary, Alberta.(Exhibit 4, items 1 and 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-4. During the month of February 2008, the child was 10 years old.(Exhibit 4, item 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-5. During the month of February 2008, Bain was working on house renovations in the lower ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- level of the house. On three separate occasions, the child went to the lower level ofthe house, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- at which point Bain stopped what he was doing and moved toward the child.(Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- In the first instance, Bain placed his arm around the child's shoulder and with his other hand, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- fondled the breasts of the child from the outside of her clothing.(Exhibit 4, item 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- In the second instance, Bain placed his arm around the child's shoulder and with his other ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- hand, he slid it under the child's top and bra so that he was touching her breast, skin on skin. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 4, item 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- In the third instance, Bain placed his hand on the child's buttocks and then slid his hand ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- down the child's pants so that his hand was on her buttocks, skin on skin.(Exhibit 4, item 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-6. Immediately after the third incident. Bain told the child what he did was wrong and that he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- would never do it again.(Exhibit 4, item 7) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-7. Bain asked the complainant not to tell anyone what he had done.(Exhibit 4,item 7) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-8. Bain, at a later date, told his wife what he had done and he was no longer allowed to be alone ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- with the child.(Exhibit 4, item 8) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-9. On July 29,2015 Bain plead guilty under part XXVII(summary)of the Criminal Code on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- the charge that between February 1, 2008 and March I, 2008 at or near the Village of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf: Rosemary, in the Province of Alberta, did for a sexual purpose touch [Name of chiid redacted. |^ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- person under the age ofsixteen years directly with a part of his body, to wit, his hand ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re B Bain, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-10. On November 25, 2015, Bain was sentenced to six months' imprisonment.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-Charge I—Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-1. Bain touched a child inappropriately and was convicted ofa summary offence under section ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- 151 of the Criminal Code. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-2. Given the nature ofthe summary conviction. Bain is guilty of unprofessional conduct under ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- section 23(1)of the Teaching Profession Act. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf:3. By engaging in inappropriate actions of a sexual nature with a ten-year-old child. Bain failed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- to treat the student with dignity and respect and to be considerate of the student's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf:4. By engaging in inappropriate actions of a sexual nature with a ten-year-old child, Bain failed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- to act in a manner which maintains the honour and dignity of the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-5. Society holds teachers to a high standard of conduct. By engaging in inappropriate actions of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf: a sexual nature with a ten-year-old child, Bain cast a shadow on the profession as a whole. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf:6. By engaging in inappropriate actions of a sexual nature with a child. Bain violated society's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- expectation that a child should be able to trust and feel safe in all relationships with an adult, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- especially a teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-7. Bain's actions were egregious, repugnant, and reprehensible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee imposed as penalty on Bain ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-1. a declaration that Bain is ineligible for membership in the Alberta Teachers' Association and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-2. a recommendation to the minister of education that Bain's teaching certificate be cancelled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC re B Bain, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-1. Bain's actions, in which he violated the trust of a child, were egregious, repugnant, and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- reprehensible. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf:2. Bain committed a series of deliberate, escalating and inappropriate actions of a sexual nature ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- over a period of one month. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-3. By directing the child not to tell anyone of his inappropriate actions. Bain proved that he was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- both dishonest and evasive. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-4. Bain brought dishonour and disrepute to the profession by his conviction of a summary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- offence and his conduct giving rise to that conviction. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-5. The penalty imposed is consistent with previous cases ofa similar nature where there was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf: evidence ofinappropriate actions of a sexual nature with a child. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-6. In his attempt to have the child keep his inappropriate actions a secret. Bain showed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- disregard for the wellbeing ofthe child both now and in the future. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Monday, July 18,2016. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/bain-discipline-report-2016-07-18-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Rcpon of the Hearing Con-miUee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Asnpli, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- 2. David Asaph is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant lo the Teaching Profession Acf ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- in that lie. while a member oflhe Alberta Teachers" Association, between October I and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- November 30, 1999. at tiie City of Calgary, failed to treat 1 a student, with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- dignity and respect in a manner that was considerate of his circumstances when he showed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf: hiin a pornographic video. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- 3. David Asaph is charged wiiii unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- in that he, while a member ofThe Alberta Teachers' Association, between October I and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- November 30. 1999, at the City of Calgary, failed to treat rececied. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Name of stuJmit ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- a student, with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- dignity and respect in a manner tliat wa.s con.sideraie of his circumstances when he made ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf: .sexual advances towards him. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. David A.saph is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- in that he, while a member of Tlie Alberta Teacher.s' Association, between October 1 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- November 30. 1999, at the Citv of Calaarv. failed to inainiain the honor and dignity of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- profession when he invited redactes. a student, to hi.s apartment and subsequently ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf: engaged in sexual activities and di.scussions. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- David .Asaph is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- in that he. while a member ofThe Arocria Teachers' As-sociation. on or about May 5, 2000. at ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- the City of Calgary, failed to treat Nsm'i (if sujrlcr;'odflcted a student, with dignity and respect in a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- manner liiat wa.s considerate of his etrcuinstances when he invited him to come to his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- apaHmcnt to watch a movie. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-In tlic absence of the investigated member, the committee entered a plea of"not guilty" to each ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-of the five charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Name of parent ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-The prosecutinu officer called si.x witnesses: riKlavteU. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Nt-imoof sliKJent ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- maactad. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Name of school pnnOpal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- witness rodacled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Name of lenclter ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- wilrtess redacted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Boehnert. Detective Stephen Peake and iNnmaofisechefwinBss ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS PILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. D Asapii was a member of the .Alberta 'I'eachers' As.sociation at the time of the offences. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- (E.xhibii 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Asaph, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Name a( scmxii redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. D Asaph was employed as a teacher by the Calgary School Disuict No 19 at ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- [ ISchool at the time of the offences.(Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Name c-' student ■ .. Nanui ul schosi redacted ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. redacted. 3 gmde I 1 SCUaCIll IH School at the time of the olVonces. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. In his grade 10 year, Sciel''"'"""'|deve]oped a friendship with D Asaph, his drama teacher, and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- this friendship continued into the next scliool year.(Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-5, In November 1999, while tViis in grade 11. D Asaph invited him u> dinner and a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- play on a Friday night. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Nnnts of {inrutil Name of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-6. reOBcmu. tod.ir.iod mother, testified that she felt confident that her vson would be safe in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- the company of a teacher. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Niimit ofstuiJdrii ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-7. redacted testified that he and D Asaph had an extended dinner vyhich precluded getting lo ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- the play on time. Instead, they spent time walking and shopping on )7th Avenue, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-8. D Asaph then suggested they rent a movie and view it at his aparhnent.(Exhibits 5 and 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-9. At or around 11:00 pm they airived at D Asaph's apartment and watched the movie, The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Thirteenth Floor. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf:10. After the movie ended, D Asaph put on a gay pornographic video and lcl\ the room. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- N31<« O! SluCbM ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- redflciixl. testified that the video made him uncomfortable and he began thinking of an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- excuse to leave. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-12. D Asaph returned to the living room in hi.s underwear. He wenr back into the hedroom and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- emerucd two move times wearing ditTercnl underwear. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-. A j^v ,1 .1 • j Name Of stutjcm ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-13. After tJie third time rortectau. announced that he wanted to so home. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-14. D Asaph went to his bedroom, got dressed and got his keys. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-15. D Asaph retuiTioci lo ihc living room ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- roi and asked o demon-strate a workout exercise ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- which they had discussed earlier. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-16. A [was dcmonsinuing the exercise, D Asaph moved behind him and began to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- caress redacted. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Nameofsiudem clicsi and arms. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Kepoft of the Hearing Comniitlee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Asaph, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf:29. S Peake testified that D Asaj^h was an*ested on March 24, 2001 and charged with sexual ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf: exploitation. S Peake also tcsiifiecl that under criminal law, this was a iriinor sexual offcnco, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Nemo a! studunt ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-30. rsdacletJ. i.stitled that a hearing scheduled for September i L 200) was cancelled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-31. S Pcake was later notified by the crown that on agreement had been reached with D Asuph. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- D Asaph agreed to resign and relinquish his teaching certii icate in exchange lor a stay of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- charges against hiin. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Namu or suidenl rutiaciea ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-32. On March 21, 2002, afonvier student Ironi ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- N.iiiiu of Bchuol rndar.iad. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ]Drovidctl an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- affidavit staling that D Asaph ulTered him a ri of KUiaom ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- his graduation dance on May 5. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- 2000. During the ride home. D Asaph invited fBrtncio'i watch a movie at D Aspah's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- re.sidence. foo.i'cied jdecHned the invitation.(Exhibit 15) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-33. On -Vlarch 30, 2001 and September 29, 2001, the Culgcuy Herald and Calgary Sun ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- publicized details of the incident and identified D A.saph as a teacher with Calgary School ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- District No 19. (Exhibits 16, 17, IS) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge I - Dismissed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 2-Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Cliarge 3 ~ Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 4 - Guilty ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Charge 5 - Dismissed ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-I. Charges 1 and d were dismissed because the actions described therein, in and of themselves, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- did not necessarily constitute unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Nntro o1 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf:2. Charge 2 - By showing sexually inappropriate movies to a a student. D .>\sapii ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- fituaor: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- rsdac:6lL'ueni and his family. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. The incident received media coverage which brouglit dishonour and disrepute to the teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/asaph-discipline-report-2002-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- THE ALBERTA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF A CHARGE OF UNPROFESSIONAL ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- CONDUCT AGAINST EDWIN ARIAS ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Association reports that a charge of unprofessional conduct laid against Edwin Arias of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Airdrie, Alberta was duly investigated in accordance with the Teaching Profession Act. The ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-hearing was held online, via video conference, on Monday, June 21, 2021 at 0900. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-The participants were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Professional Conduct Committee members appointed as the hearing committee Heather ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Quinn (chair), Corey Borys and Ismat Bandali; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. Richard Rand of Rand & Company LLP as counsel to the hearing committee; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-3. Chris Gibbon as secretary; ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-4. Sudeep Dua as recorder; and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-5. Tanya Thiessen as presenting officer assisted by Dan Coles. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member, Edwin Arias, was not present; however, he was represented by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Beverly Broadhurst. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-COMPOSITION/JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-There were no objections to the composition of the hearing committee or its jurisdiction to hear ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-the case. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-The following charge was read aloud by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Edwin Arias is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, between January 1, 2007 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- and June 30, 2009, both dates inclusive, engaged in conduct for which he, on ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- December 5, 2018, was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: he did unlawfully commit ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: a sexual assault upon a person contrary to section 271(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-An error was discovered with the conviction date in the original charge and the charge was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-amended, by consent, to read: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re E Arias, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Edwin Arias is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching Profession Act ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- in that he, while a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, between January 1, 2007 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- and June 30, 2009, both dates inclusive, engaged in conduct for which he, on June 22, 2018, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: was convicted of an indictable offence, to wit: he did unlawfully commit a sexual assault ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- upon a person contrary to section 271(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to the amended charge. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-There were no witnesses called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-EXHIBITS FILED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 1—Notice of hearing and Canada Post confirmation of delivery on June 7, 2021 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 2—Proof of Arias’s membership in the Alberta Teacher’s Association from May 1, 2003 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- to November 30, 2019 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 3—Declaration of awareness of rights, signed by Arias, dated June 15, 2021 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 4—Submission on plea, signed by Arias, dated June 15, 2021 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 5—Agreed statement of facts, signed by Arias and Thiessen, dated June 15, 2021 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- June 16, 2021 respectively ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 6—Certificate of conviction, dated June 22, 2018 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Exhibit 7—Joint submission on penalty signed by Arias and Thiessen, dated June 15, 2021 and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- June 16, 2021 respectively ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Arias was born February 9, 1972. (Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. Arias was a member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association from May 1, 2003 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- November 30, 2018. (Exhibit 5, Page 1) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-3. Arias was employed by the Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division (CRCSSD) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- from May 1, 2003 to November 30, 2018. (Exhibit 5, Page 1) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-4. At the time of the incidents, Arias was employed at [name of school redacted] which is a ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- large urban high school located in [location redacted] Calgary. The school has a staff of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- over 100 and a student population of around 1,300. (Exhibit 5, Page 1) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re E Arias, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-5. On May 31, 2017, Arias was suspended by Superintendent Gary Strother for having been ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: criminally charged with engaging in criminal sexual offences against a former female ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- student. (Exhibit 5, Page 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-6. On June 22, 2018, Arias pleaded guilty to the charge against him at the Provincial Court of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Alberta. (Exhibit 5, Page 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-7. On September 24, 2018, Arias submitted a letter of resignation to the CRCSSD. (Exhibit 5, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Page 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-8. Arias was sentenced by the court on December 5, 2018, to be imprisoned for a term of 30 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- months and to pay a victim fine surcharge of $200. Further, the court issued the following ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- orders on Arias: a) a firearm prohibition for 10 years, b) requirement to submit primary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- DNA, and c) be identified under the Sex Offender Information Registration Act for 20 years. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5, Page 2) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-9. Arias paid his victim surcharge fine of $200 on December 13, 2018. (Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee found Arias guilty on the single charge. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Arias was convicted of an indictable offence under section 271(a) of the Criminal Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: Canada for the sexual assault of a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. Article 4 of the Code of Professional Conduct states that, “The teacher treats pupils with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- dignity and respect and is considerate of their circumstances.” By engaging in an ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: inappropriate and sexual relationship with a student Arias thereby did not treat the student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- under the age of 16 with dignity and respect. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-3. Article 18 of the Code of Professional Conduct states that, “The teacher acts in a manner ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- which maintains the honour and dignity of the profession.” Having committed an indictable ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- offence, then failing to acknowledge it and remaining in the profession for an additional ten ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- years after the initial incident with the student, Arias brought dishonor and disrepute to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf:4. By engaging in an inappropriate and sexual relationship with a student, Arias violated his ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- position of trust as a teacher with his student(s), colleagues, the profession and society. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re E Arias, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee received a joint submission on penalty from Arias and Thiessen, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-recommending the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Permanent ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation to the minister of education that Arias’s teaching certificate be cancelled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-After deliberation, the committee returned and asked both Thiessen and Broadhurst why there ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-was no financial penalty included in their joint submission on penalty. Thiessen deferred to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-committee as to what they may believe is an appropriate penalty for the charge but informed that ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Broadhurst would provide further insight. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Broadhurst told the committee that since the end of Arias’s incarceration, he has had limited ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-earning capacity. He currently earns $15.50 per hour and has limited hours of work each week. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Further to that, Broadhurst said that one-third of Arias’s income is paid towards child support for ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-his two children. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. A declaration of permanent ineligibility for membership in the Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Association ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation to the minister of education to permanently cancel Arias’s teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-1. Arias was convicted of an indictable offence under section 271(a) of the Criminal Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: Canada for the sexual assault of a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-2. Teachers are in a position of power over students and are in a position of trust in relative to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- them. Parents routinely send their children into the care of teachers and cannot just “lock ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- their doors” to protect their children from any teacher inclined to abuse them or prey upon ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- them. It is a teacher’s fiduciary obligation to protect students, not to exploit their ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- vulnerability through the teacher-student relationship. Arias’s actions constituted egregious ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- behaviour which breached trust and necessitates the most significant penalty. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf:3. By engaging in an inappropriate and sexual relationship, Arias violated his position of trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- as a teacher with his student(s), colleagues, the profession and society. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-4. Arias was sentenced to be imprisoned for a term of 30 months, to pay a victim surcharge ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- fine of $200, was issued a firearms prohibition for ten years, and was required to submit ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Decision of the Hearing Committee of PCC re E Arias, page 5 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- primary DNA to be identified under the Sex Offender Information Registration Act for 20 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- years. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-5. Thiessen said that the charge against Arias was severe in nature. She further said that Arias, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- in silent denial of any such misconduct, continued to benefit from the profession for another ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf: ten years after the sexual relationship with his student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-6. The teaching profession requires that teachers engage in conduct that is professional. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Teachers must uphold the requirements of the Teaching Profession Act and the Code of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Professional Conduct in relation to the best interest of students. A penalty that deters other ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- teachers form this type of activity is essential to prevent others from engaging in similar ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- actions. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-7. Teachers serve as role models for students and the general public. A penalty must be ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- appropriate to ensure that the public trust of teachers is maintained, knowing that the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- profession has the highest standards for conduct of its members. The actions of Arias in this ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- matter require a significant penalty to maintain the confidence of the public in the profession ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- especially noting that he continued as a teacher for ten years after this indictable offence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-8. Arias’s loss of membership and his teaching certificate in addition to his criminal record will ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- limit his accessibility to any gainful employment in the future. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-9. Arias had no previous convictions of unprofessional conduct. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-10. The committee, in its deliberations, considered a fine for Arias after reviewing the ATA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- precedent cases provided by Thiessen. The committee noted that in all of those cases, there ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- was some type of monetary fine; however, in all of those cases, none of the investigated ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- members served jail time. The committee also noted Broadhurst’s comments regarding ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- Arias’s employment status and his inability to pay any monetary fine as she believed he ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- would be unlikely to ever earn more than his current wage. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Thursday, August 5, 2021. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf-Submitted for release to public December 16, 2021 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/arias-discipline-decision-2021-08-05-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report ofthe Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-D Andrews, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-conviction of a member ofan indictable offence". While only Charge 1 in this ease deals with the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-member's conviction ofsuch offence, clearly the two other charges are related in that they arise ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-from the facts that resulted in the criminal convictioa ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-The member had been notified of all three charges and had indicated that he had no objection to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-the hearing proceeding as scheduled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-The committee ruled that it was in the best interests of the public, the student, the member and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-the profession to proceed forthwith with the hearing on all three charges. There would be no real ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-advantage to the member to sever Charges 2 and 3 and have them dealt with later. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-CHARGES AND PLEA ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-The following charges were read by the secretary to the hearing committee: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. Dax Bruce Earl Andrews is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association, was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- convicted of an indictable offence under the Criminal Code and was sentenced ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- February 28, 2006. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. Dax Bruce Earl Andrews is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- October 1, 2004 through March 30, 2005, failed to maintain the dignity ofa student by ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: engaging in a sexual relationship with her. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. Dax Bruce Earl Andrews is charged with unprofessional conduct pursuant to the Teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- Profession Act in that he, while a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association, on or about ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- October 1, 2004 through March 30, 2005, failed to act in a manner which maintains the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: dignity of the teaching profession by engaging in a sexual relationship with a student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of guilty to the charges(Exhibit 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-No witnesses were called. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-D Andrews, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-I. Andrews was a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association during the period ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- September 1, 1993 to November 30, 2005 inclusive (Exhibit 3). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. Andrews was a teacher at Name of schwi redacted School with Calgary School District No 19 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. Andrews plead guilty to and was convicted of an indictable offence on January 20, 2006- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- while "being in a position of trust or authority towards or in a relationship of dependency ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf: with ..., a young person, did for a sexual purpose unlawfully touch, directly or indirectly, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- with a part of the body or with an object, a part of the body of . . . contrary to section ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- 153(1)(A) of the Criminal Code of Canada"(Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf:4. Over a five-month period, beginning in October 2004, Andrews had a sexual relationship ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- with a 15-year-old female student (Exhibit 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-5. The court imposed a penalty on Andrews of 12 months probation and 18 months ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- imprisonment in the community. A victim fine surcharge of$100 was ordered. He was also ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ordered by the court to comply with the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and was ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ordered to provide a DNA sample per section 487.051(1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- (Exhibit 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-6. Significant media coverage resulted from Andrews' actions. Nine news articles were ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- provided for information (Exhibits 2 and 5). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-7. Andrews had relinquished his teaching certificate to the Registrar of Alberta Education prior ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- to the hearing (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-8. Andrews resigned from his teaching position with Calgary School District No 19 prior to the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- hearing (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-9. A written paraphrase of the apology Andrews made in open court was submitted (Exhibit 6). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-10. Andrews was forthright and cooperative throughout the investigation (Exhibit 2). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee ofPCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-D Andrews, page 4 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee found Andrews guilty on all three charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. Andrews was convicted of an indictable offence (Exhibit 4). ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. Andrews' actions clearly failed to maintain the dignity of the student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. Andrews failed to act in a manner that maintains the dignity of the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee imposed the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. Effective immediately, Andrews is declared ineligible for membership in The Alberta ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- Teachers' Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation will be sent to the Minister of Education to cancel Andrews' teaching ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-3. The Alberta Teachers' Association, upon receiving notice from the Minister of Education of ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- the cancellation of Andrews' teaching certificate, will notify all teaching certification bodies ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- in Canada of Andrews' lack ofstanding. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-1. Andrews was convicted of an indictable offence. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf:2. Andrews was involved in a sexual relationship with a student over a period of five months. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf:3. Andrews committed a breach of trust when he had a sexual relationship with the student. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf-4. Society has the right to expect that teachers will act in a way that will honour the dignity and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- well-being of students. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/andrews-discipline-report-2006-03-16-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-M Amerongen, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- 2. Max Tats von Amerongen aka Max Joseph Amerongen is charged with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- unprofessional conduct contrary to the Teaching Profession Act in that he, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- on or about the 27th day of February, 1998, in Edmonton, Alberta plead ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- guilty to and was convicted of an indictable offence under the Criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- Code of Canada to wit: Between the 1st day of November, 1984, and the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- 21st day of November, 1984, both dates inclusive, at or near Edmonton, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf: Alberta, did unlawfully commit a sexual assault upon Person B, contrary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- to section 246.1(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of "guilty" to each of the charges. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-The prosecution called no witnesses. The defence called M Amerongen. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-1. M Amerongen was a member of The Alberta Teachers' Association during the periods ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-1979 09 01 to 1984 11 30 and 1986 11 01 to 1997 02 28. (Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-2. M Amerongen was employed as a teacher by the Sturgeon School Division No 24, the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-Sherwood Park Catholic Separate School District No 105 and the Edmonton School District ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-No 7. (Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-3. At the time of the offences, M Amerongen was a teacher employed by Sherwood Park ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-Catholic Separate School District No 105. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-4. On 1998 02 27, M Amerongen plead guilty to and was convicted of two indictable offences ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-under the Criminal Code. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-5. The offences were committed against Person A, who was between the ages of 13-15, and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-Person B, who was age 16. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-6. Person A and Person B were former students of M Amerongen. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-DECISION ON JURISDICTION ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-On the matter of jurisdiction, the hearing committee ruled that it did have jurisdiction on the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-grounds that the limitation period set forth in Section 65(2) of the Teaching Profession Act does ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-not apply to professional conduct proceedings. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-M Amerongen, page 3 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-The hearing committee of the Professional Conduct Committee imposes the following penalty: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-1. M Amerongen is hereby declared ineligible for membership in The Alberta Teachers' ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-2. A recommendation will be sent to the minister of learning requesting that M Amerongen's ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-teaching certificate be canceled. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-3. A fine in the amount of $1,000 on each charge, for a total of $2,000, be paid by M Amerongen ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-to The Alberta Teachers' Association. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-1. A teacher convicted of an indictable offence brings dishonor and disrepute to the profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-2. Society has a right to expect that teachers will act in a manner which establishes and maintains ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-a trust relationship between teachers and students. M Amerongen violated this trust relationship. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf:3. A teacher should not be engaged in sexual activity with students. Society views such actions ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-as repugnant and reprehensible. M Amerongen's actions showed disregard for societal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-expectations of teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-4. The court proceedings received widespread media coverage. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf-5. M Amerongen accepted responsibility for his behavior and demonstrated remorse. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/amerongen-discipline-report-1999-06-09-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-Ambrose, page 2 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Teaching Profession Act in that she, while a member of The Alberta Teachers’ ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Association, during the period beginning on or about September 13, 1996 through ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- the effective date of the termination of her employment contract May 31, 2000, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- acted in a manner which failed to maintain the honor and dignity of the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- profession, given the indictable conviction and given the extensive media ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- coverage and public attention surrounding her arrest and trial, her conviction and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- her appeals to the courts. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-The investigated member entered a plea of “guilty” to Charge 1 and “not guilty” to Charge 2. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-GUILT OR INNOCENCE HEARING PHASE ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-WITNESSES ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-There were no witnesses called during this phase of the hearing. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-EVIDENCE ADDUCED AND EXHIBITS FILED INDICATED THAT: ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-1. B Ambrose was a member of The Alberta Teachers’ Association from 1993 09 01 to 2000 05 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- 31. (Exhibit 3) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-2. B Ambrose was employed as a teacher with Sturgeon School Division No 24 from 1985 to ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- 2000 05 31. (Exhibit 4) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-3. B Ambrose was convicted of an indictable offence under section 140(1)(c) of the Criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Code of Canada, to wit: on or about the 13th day of September, 1996, at or near Edmonton, ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- Alberta, did with intent to mislead, unlawfully cause a peace officer to enter on or continue ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- an investigation by reporting that an offence had been committed when it had not been ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- committed, thereby committing public mischief contrary to section 140(1)(c) of the Criminal ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf: Code of Canada. More specifically, B Ambrose falsely accused a police officer of sexually ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- assaulting her while she was in custody. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-4. M Kurucz presented newspaper articles which provided evidence of extensive publicity ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- surrounding the criminal cases and the appeals. (Exhibit 5) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf-5. B Beresh presented an affidavit from B Ambrose which indicated that she did not encourage ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- or facilitate, nor did she have any effective control over, the media coverage or the way in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- which it was presented. (Exhibit 6) ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/ambrose-discipline-report-2001-03-22-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re Aitcheson, page 19 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-21. The committee felt that Student F was calm. She was honest when she didn’t know the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- answer to a particular question. Student F’s evidence was consistent with the testimony ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- provided by other witnesses. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-Witness Student E ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-1. Student E is 17 years old. She is a first year [subject redacted] student at [name of post- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- secondary institution redacted (PS1)]. She graduated from [School 8] in June 2018. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- Student E was a student at [School 11] from Grade 5 through Grade 9. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-2. Student E testified that Aitcheson was her teacher for all subjects in Grade 5 and for Social ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- Studies and Language Arts in Grade 6. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-3. Student E felt that Aitcheson was a good teacher. She described having neutral feelings ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- towards him. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-4. Student E shared that Aitcheson would rub the entire length of her back and that he would do ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- so in a circular pattern, on more than one occasion. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-5. Student E described the physical layout of the classroom. Aitcheson’s desk was situated in ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- the back right corner of the classroom. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-6. Student E said that she saw Aitcheson touch Student D in the exact same manner as with ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- Student E. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-7. When asked if Aitcheson ever touched her under her shirt, Student E responded that this ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- never happened on the front, but that it may have happened on her back. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-8. When asked if she was ever on Aitcheson’s lap, Student E said that she was. She also said ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- that Student D also was on Aitcheson’s lap. Student E said that sometimes both Student E ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- and Student D were together on Aitcheson’s lap, with one of them on each leg. This ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- happened more than once. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-9. Student E stated that as she got older, she learned to have a greater understanding of these ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- events. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf:10. Student E stated that she did not view these actions as sexual assaults but did view them as ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- inappropriate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-11. Student E commented that she never observed this type of behaviour with other teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-12. Student E stated that she did not have close relationships with other teachers. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- -- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-Report of the Hearing Committee of PCC re Aitcheson, page 30 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-2. Aitcheson betrayed the trust of students by his actions. This betrayal has caused lingering and ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- long-term mental health impact for a number of his victims. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-3. Aitcheson’s actions undermine the interests of students and the teaching profession. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-4. Teachers are in a position of power over students. Therefore, it is a teacher’s fiduciary ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- obligation to protect students, not to exploit their vulnerability through the teacher-student ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- relationship. Aitcheson’s actions constituted inappropriate behaviour which breached trust ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- and necessitates suspension of membership and certificate. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-5. There was no evidence of a criminal investigation or conviction in this matter. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf:6. The committee was unable to determine sexual intent. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-7. The committee considered the recommendation of the presenting officer and deemed the ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- recommendation to be appropriate and proportional in the circumstances. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-Dated at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, Wednesday, February 6, 2019. ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf-Submitted for release to public 2019 07 12 ./alberta-cases-not-blackout/aitcheson-discipline-report-2019-02-06-pdf-a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- 4 ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- he would be there for him. The Respondent expressed his own desire or wish to hear ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- from the Student on a regular basis. The email exchange took place outside of school ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- hours, on weekends and late at night. The Respondent gave the Student gifts, and ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- continued to do so in disregard to direct requests from the Student’s parents to cease ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- doing so, and his own assurance to the parents that he would adhere to their requests. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- The Respondent abruptly constricted the nature of his relationship with the Student after ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- the summer break, a time when the relationship’s intensity had increased. The ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Respondent failed to inform the Student’s parents and the school administration of the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Student’s emotional vulnerability and poor academic performance at a time when it was ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- likely that doing so could have allowed either or both to assist the Student. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[8] The Commissioner submits that the seriousness of the Respondent’s misconduct is a ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- significantly aggravating factor. The findings were that the Respondent failed to act in ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- the Student’s best interests in that: ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- (a) he failed to take steps to ensure that he was not exploiting the Student’s emotional ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- vulnerability by his unconditional promise of care and affection to meet his own ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- emotional needs; ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- (b) he allowed the student to come to depend on him for guidance and emotional ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- support at a difficult time in the student’s life, and allowed and encouraged the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Student to believe that he would be there for the Student unconditionally. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- (c) he did not communicate with the Student’s parents; he did not contact the parents ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- about the Student’s absenteeism; he did not tell the parents about the relationship; ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- he gave the Student gifts after being asked not to give the student more gifts ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- without the parent’s permission; and he did not advise the parents about the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- student’s emotional state; and ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- (d) the relationship lasted for a period of 3 months. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[9] The Respondent submitted, in relation to the nature and gravity of his conduct, that the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf: relationship was not a sexual one, did not include physical contact between himself and ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf: the Student, and that there was no finding of ‘grooming’ behaviour on the part of the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Respondent. He submits that the duration of the relationship (three months) was not ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- lengthy, and that the Respondent did not take steps to keep the relationship secret. The ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Respondent submits that while email communication is, by nature, private, he did not ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- intend to maintain secrecy over the email communications between himself and the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Student. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- 5 ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[10] The Findings Decision found that the Respondent’s relationship with the Student was ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- inappropriately personal and unprofessional. In respect to the seriousness of the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- misconduct, the Panel notes the following factors in particular: ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- (a) The three-month duration of the relationship is a significant amount of time. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Three months does not fall at either extreme for the duration of inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- relationships. This relationship persisted in an intensifying pattern over a period ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- of months, which makes it more serious than if it were a very small number of ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- less related incidents. However, the increasing intensity of the relationship is what ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- constitutes the misconduct; it would be inappropriate to characterize this an ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- aggravating circumstance. Considering these factors, the duration of this ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- relationship is not an aggravating factor; ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- (b) With regard to the “secrecy” of the Respondent’s conduct with the Student, the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Panel accepts the Respondent’s submission that email is by nature private, and ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- communication by email does not inherently draw an inference that the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Respondent intended to keep the communication between himself and the Student ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- private. However, the nature of the Respondent’s communication with the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Student was clearly of a nature that indicated that he believed that it would not be ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- seen by anyone other than the Student, containing private messages, messages of ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- love and affection, discussion of private emotions, discussion of the Student’s ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- parents, etc. Moreover, the Respondent failed to disclose the existence or nature ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- of the email communication to the school administration and to the Student’s ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- parents at points in time where the Student was emotionally distressed and in need ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- of intervention. Therefore, the reasonable conclusion is that the Respondent did ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- intend to keep the communications private and that secrecy ultimately ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- exacerbated the risk of harm to the Student. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- (c) The Respondent’s failure to adhere to the Student’s parent’s direct requests, and ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- acting in direct contravention of his reassurances to the Student’s parent ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- contributed to the seriousness of the misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[11] Taking all of these into account, the Respondent’s misconduct was at the serious end of ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf: the spectrum for an inappropriate relationship of a non-sexual nature. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- 10 ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- The need to promote specific and general deterrence and the need to maintain public ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- confidence in the teaching profession as a whole ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[30] The Commissioner submits that public confidence in the teaching system requires that a ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- consequence demonstrate to this Respondent and to the profession that this type of ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- conduct will not be accepted. The Commissioner submits that this conduct is not at the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- low end of the spectrum, so a reprimand does not carry the necessary deterrent effect. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[31] The Commissioner submits that this case requires specific deterrence, given that the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Respondent maintained secrecy over his relationship with the Student and attempted to ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- hide rather than rectify his conduct, advancing his own interests over those of the student. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[32] The Respondent denies that he attempted to maintain secrecy over the relationship ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- because he used his school email address. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[33] The Commissioner submits a five-month suspension is an appropriate penalty; the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Respondent submits that no suspension or a shorter suspension is more appropriate. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[34] Both the Commissioner and the Respondent made submissions regarding the relevance of ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- the penalties imposed in previous teacher discipline cases, in British Columbia and other ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Canadian jurisdictions. Both correctly noted that previous decisions are not binding, and ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- that each case must be determined with reference to its own unique set of facts and ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- circumstances. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[35] The Respondent emphasized in his submissions, as he did throughout the hearing, the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf: non-sexual nature of his relationship with the Student, and stressed that that factor ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- distinguishes it in a meaningful way from many of the cases referred to by the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Commissioner. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[36] The Panel noted that the nature of the allegations against the Respondent were not of a ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf: sexual nature and carefully considered the elements of the Respondent’s relationship with ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf: the Student, having regard to the non-sexual nature of the allegations. None of the cases ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf: cited by the Commissioner involve a teacher who engaged in a sexual relationship with a ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf: Student, though in one case, the panel noted that the contact had “sexual overtones”. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- 11 ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[37] Similar cases have imposed sanctions ranging from a 15-year prohibition on the issuance ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- of a certificate of qualification to a former certificate holder 2 to a reprimand only 3. Each ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- case turns on its own unique circumstances, including mitigating and aggravating factors ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- such as those noted above. In addition to factors unique to each circumstance, the less ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- severe penalties are generally in cases where a teacher agreed to a consent resolution and ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- penalty, and/or where the teacher had been suspended or dismissed by his or her ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- employer. Neither of these factors applies in this case. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[38] When considering penalties given to teachers found to have had inappropriate but non- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf: sexual relationships with students, a five-month suspension falls at neither the short nor ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- long end of the range of durations of suspensions. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- Determination ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[39] The Panel is cognizant that the Respondent’s misconduct in his relationship with the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf: Student was not of a sexual nature. There was no allegation of any misconduct of a ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf: sexual nature in the original or amended citation. The appropriateness of the relationship ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- between the Respondent and the Student was determined in the context of the allegations, ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf: which were of an inappropriate relationship of a non-sexual nature. The determination of ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- penalty is made accordingly. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[40] The Respondent’s misconduct was serious enough to create an objectively appreciable ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- and significant risk of serious emotional harm to a vulnerable student at an especially ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- difficult time in his life. The Respondent was aware of the student’s vulnerability. The ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- relationship persisted for a period of months, the most inappropriate aspects of the ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- relationship were kept secret, it was conducted in part in contravention of reassurances to ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- the parent, and the extent of it was not disclosed at a time when disclosure might have ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ameliorated the extent of emotional harm to the Student. For these reasons, the serious ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- penalty of a five-month suspension is appropriate in these circumstances. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-[41] The Respondent himself still submits in support of his position on penalty that at all ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- times, his intent was to help the Student. This position is difficult to reconcile with ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- understanding the nature of his misconduct and taking responsibility for it, both of which ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- would be useful steps toward an assurance that the Respondent will not cross professional ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- boundaries with a Student in the future. ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-2 Re: BC Teachers Regulation Branch - and – McGeough, penalty decision, January 17, 2013 ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf-3 Ontario College of Teachers v. McCuaig, (2008) LNONCTD 44 ./british-columbia-cases/Ammon_Reasons_Consequences_20170501.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- 5 ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf-[14] As a result of the incident, the Respondent was fired from his position as temporary ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- teacher on call (“TTOC”) at school in June, 2019. The ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- Respondent was not able to get another teaching position before the end of the ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- 2018/2019 school year. ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf-[15] The Respondent then obtained teaching work in Dawson’s Creek, BC, commencing in the ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- fall of 2019. However, in October, 2019, the Commissioner suspended the Respondent’s ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- teaching certificate pursuant to section 50 of the Act. Section 50 provides that: ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- (1) At any time between the commissioner’s receipt of a report or complaint or ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- the initiation of an investigation under section 47(1)(b) and the resolution ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- under this Part of the report, complaint, or investigation, the commissioner ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- may order the director of certification ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- (a) To suspend the certificate of qualification or independent school teaching ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- certificate of the certificate holder who is the subject of the report, ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- complaint, or investigation until the report, complaint or investigation is ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- resolved under this Part, or ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- (b) To suspend the letter of permission of a person who is the subject of the ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- report, complaint or investigation until the report, complaint or ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- investigation is resolved under this Part ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- if the commissioner considers there is a risk of ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- (c) Physical harm to a student, ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf: (d) Sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a student, or ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- (e) Significant emotional harm to a student. ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf-[16] As a result of the suspension of the Respondent’s teaching certificate pursuant to section ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- 50, the Respondent was fired from the job that he had obtained in Dawson’s Creek. He ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- was unable to obtain another teaching job, as he did not hold a certificate. The ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- Respondent gave evidence that he picked up casual non‐teaching work but at a much ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- reduced income, which was further reduced as the COVID‐19 pandemic ensued. ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf-[17] Neither party indicated whether the Respondent was aware of the date of the hearing of ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- this matter by November, 2020, which was approximately 13 months after his teaching ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- certificate had been suspended, and he had been effectively denied the opportunity to ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- teach for approximately 17 months at that time. He did not pay the fee to renew his ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- (suspended) certificate and it was cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf-[18] It is clear that the Respondent was dismissed from two different jobs and denied the ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- ability to teach for approximately 17 months as a result of the course of the misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- and resulting process and investigation. Neither party referred to any prior decisions that ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Consequences_20220322.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- 15 ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- … the knowledge, skills and attitudes that educators shall possess as well as the ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- responsibilities that accrue to them as certified educators who hold the public ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- trust. ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- and ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- … a way of communicating to certificate holders and the public the description ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- of the work of educators – what they know, what they are able to do, and how ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- they comport themselves as they serve the public. ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf-[62] The Commissioner submits that the Respondent has breached Standards 1, 2, 3 and 5. ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- However, in its submissions the Commissioner only referred to Standards 1 and 2 and as ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- such the Panel has focussed on those Standards. The Respondent admits that his conduct ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- breached Standard 1 but submits that his conduct did not breach Standard 2. For ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- convenience, the Standards are reproduced here: ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- #1. Educators value and care for all students and act in their best interests. ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- Educators are responsible for fostering the emotional, esthetic, intellectual, physical, ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- social and vocational development of students. They are responsible for the ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- emotional and physical safety of students. Educators treat students with respect and ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- dignity. Educators respect the diversity in their classrooms, schools and communities. ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- Educators have a privileged position of power and trust. They respect confidentiality ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- unless disclosure is required by law. Educators do not abuse or exploit students or ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf: minors for personal, sexual, ideological, material or other advantage. ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- #2. Educators are role models who act ethically and honestly. ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- Educators act with integrity, maintaining the dignity and credibility of the profession. ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- They understand that their individual conduct contributes to the perception of the ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- profession as a whole. Educators are accountable for their conduct while on duty, as ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- well as off duty, where that conduct has an effect on the education system. Educators ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- have an understanding of the education system in BC and the law as it relates to their ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- duties. ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf-[63] Standard #1 captures principles set out in the key decisions of the Supreme Court of ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- Canada in R. v. Audet [1996] 2 S.C.R. 171 (“Audet”) and Ross v. New Brunswick School ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- District No. 15 [1996] 1 S.C.R. 825 (“Ross”). In Audet, the Supreme Court of Canada ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- determined that a school teacher is a person of “position of trust and authority” toward ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- a student, except in exceptional circumstances. This relationship of trust and influence ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- gives rise to the obligation of teachers in Standard #1 to act in students’ best interests, ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- and for maintaining responsibility for their physical and emotional safety. This carries ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- the duty to protect students from physical, emotional and other forms of harm. ./british-columbia-cases/BARKER_Reasons_Findings_20210624.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- HENRY KANG ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf-student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the Teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf-1. Kang holds a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification. It was issued by the Director ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- of Certification under the Teachers Act on August 16, 2013 and is valid from ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- August 16, 2013. ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf-2. At all material times, the Kang was employed as a high school teacher by School District ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- No. 34 (Abbotsford) (the “District”). ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf-3. On May 29, 2018, the Commissioner initiated an investigation into Kang’s conduct under ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- section 47(1)(b) of the Teachers Act after learning that Kang was under investigation by ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- the Abbotsford Police Department. This has been designated Matter 1. ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf-4. On May 28, 2018, the District made a report to the Commissioner regarding Kang, under ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- section 16 of the School Act. This has been designated Matter 2 and relates to the same ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- conduct which is the subject of Matter 1. ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf-5. On July 20, 2018, Kang signed an undertaking not to teach in any role which requires a ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- certificate of qualification, independent school teaching certificate or letter of permission. ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf-6. On September 26, 2018, the District terminated Kang’s employment. ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf:7. On August 31, 2020, Kang pleaded guilty to sexual assault, contrary to section 271 of the ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. On December 2, 2020, Kang was sentenced to 90 days in jail, ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- and probation for a period of 2 years. In addition, Kang will be registered on the National ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- Sex Offender Registry for a period of 25 years. ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/KANG_CRA_20220301.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- 15 ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- to exercise their powers and duties in relation to former authorized persons who held ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- certificates at the time of the alleged misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf-[57] This was the situation in Plehanov,50 in which a discipline panel appointed in 2021 ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- determined that it had jurisdiction to make an adverse finding against a respondent whose ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- certificate had been cancelled in May 2014.51 As part of the consent resolution, Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- Plehanov had agreed not to apply for a certificate for a period of three years (to May 5, ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf: 2017). In January 2016, the BC Supreme Court found Mr. Plehanov guilty of the sexual ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- assault of a child, which assault had occurred in March 2013, at the time Mr. Plehanov held ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- a certificate. ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf-[58] The Plehanov panel determined that it had jurisdiction under ss. 43(2) of the Act to ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf: determine if the sexual assault conviction and the facts contained in the Court’s judgment ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- constituted conduct unbecoming a teacher under subsection 63(1)(b) of the Act. Although ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- the conviction occurred after Mr. Plehanov’s certificate had been cancelled, the conduct on ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- which it was based occurred while Mr. Plehanov was an authorized person. That is distinct ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- from the situation in this case. ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf-[59] If the Legislature had intended to confer unlimited jurisdiction on the Commissioner or ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- discipline hearing panels to act in relation to post-certification conduct, much clearer ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- statutory language would be required for such a “reach”. ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf-[60] The panel is reinforced in this view by the cases cited by Commissioner’s counsel in which ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- courts have held that discipline panels of professional regulators do not have the ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- jurisdiction to discipline members for professional misconduct which occurred before they ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- become members of the profession. ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf-[61] In Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario v. Leung52 (Leung), for example, the ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- Ontario Divisional Court dismissed the Association’s appeal from the decision of a ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- discipline committee panel. The panel had dismissed all the allegations made by the ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- Association against Mr. Leung’s professional corporation, JIT Professional Services Inc. ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- (“JIT”), because JIT had not been a holder of a certificate of authorization from the ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- Association at the time the alleged conduct occurred (it acquired the certificate after the ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- alleged conduct occurred).53 ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf-[62] In Leung, the Court found that the panel’s decision that it did not have jurisdiction over ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- JIT’s pre-licensing conduct was both reasonable and correct, and concluded that the words ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- of the relevant statute could not be broadly interpreted to extend to pre-licensing conduct.54 ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- The Court stated the following: ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- … the proper and contextual construction of the statute supports the view that ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- the Discipline Committee does not have jurisdiction over the actions of persons ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf-50 ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- In the Matter of the Teachers Act – and – Plehanov, 2021 TAHP 01 at ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf-51 ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- The certificate was cancelled pursuant to a consent resolution agreement relating to professional misconduct and ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf-conduct unbecoming a teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf-52 ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario v. Leung, 2018 ONSC 4527 (Div. Ct.). ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf-53 ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- Leung, paras. 1, 18 and 37 ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf-54 ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- Leung, paras. 46 and 49. ./british-columbia-cases/PENDLETON_Reasons_Findings_20220407.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[3] In accordance with the schedule, the Commissioner filed written submissions ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-on April 29, 2021. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[4] The Respondent did not participate in the findings hearing and the Findings Decision was ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-sent to him in accordance with the Commissioner’s Rules. The Respondent did not file any ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-submissions on consequences by the deadline of May 28, 2021. The Act does not require the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-Respondent’s participation in the panel’s determination of consequences. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-CONSEQUENCES ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[5] The Commissioner seeks an order pursuant to section 64(g) of the Act that the director of ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-certification not issue to the Respondent a certificate of qualification, an independent school ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-teaching certificate or a letter of permission for a fixed period of 25 years. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[6] The Respondent has not held a teaching certificate since May 5th, 2014, when his ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-certificate was cancelled as a term of a Consent Resolution. Although the Respondent has been ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-eligible to apply for a new certificate since May, 2017, he has not done so. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[7] On October 31st, 2017, the Respondent was sentenced to six months in jail and probation ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf:for the sexual assault of a child. The court further prohibited him for a period of five years ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-following his release from incarceration from seeking, obtaining, or continuing any employment ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-or volunteer work that involves being in a position of trust or authority over persons under the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-age of 16 years. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[8] At the time of writing these reasons, the Respondent is still prohibited by a term of his ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-sentence from teaching children under 16 years. The court and the Teachers Regulation Branch ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-operate independently, with entirely different mandates. The disciplinary process under the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-Teachers Act must proceed to do its duty to regulate the profession and impose consequences ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-following its finding of professional misconduct for the same behaviour. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[9] The penalties available to a panel are set out in section 64 of the Act. Most of them ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-involve suspending or placing conditions on the teacher’s certificate. As the Respondent no ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-longer has a teaching certificate, the Commissioner says the only consequences available to the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-panel are either or both: ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- (a) a reprimand of the authorized person; ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- (g) a requirement for the director of certification not to issue a certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- qualification, an independent school teaching certificate or a letter of ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- permission for a fixed or indeterminate period. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- 2 ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[19] Mitigating factors are those that may persuade the panel that a lesser consequence will be ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-sufficient to deter the offender ad others and still satisfy the public interest. A non-exhaustive list ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-of factors may include: ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- a. an exemplary prior history or at least no prior misconduct; ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- b. a prompt admission of misconduct thus sparing a hearing and witnesses being called; ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- c. true contrition and remorse because of their conduct and its effect on others; ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- d. a voluntary apology to the people affected; ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- e. voluntary restitution if there has been damage or loss as a result of their conduct; ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- f. steps taken by the teacher to address their misconduct through counselling, re- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- education, etc.; ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- g. offences involving a momentary loss of control; ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- h. extenuating circumstances; ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- i. relevant personal circumstances; and ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- j. the extent to which the Respondent has suffered other consequences arising from his ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-The nature and gravity of the offence ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf:[21] The Respondent sexually violated a child of six years of age placed in his care by her ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-father, a friend of his. The child was only with him for a few minutes and younger children were ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf:present. He has been found guilty of a criminal sexual assault of such a serious nature he was ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-sentenced to a term of imprisonment with probation to follow with numerous conditions. He is ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-now a Registered Sex Offender. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf:[22] The Respondent’s sexual conduct is at the far end of the spectrum of professional ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-The Impact of His Conduct on the Victim and Students ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[23] Sexual assault harms all victims to varying extents. The effects to this little child of the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf:sexual assault and having to testify to the experience at a trial, are not yet fully known and will ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-not be for years to come. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- 5 ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-The Presence or Absence of Prior Misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[24] The Respondent has a prior history of inappropriate behaviour with young children in his ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-care. In our Decision (at paragraph 42) we summarized his prior disciplinary history as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- The Respondent was disciplined in 2014 for failing to maintain appropriate ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- physical boundaries with female students in Grades two and three. This ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- misconduct resulted in a Consent Resolution Agreement where the Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- agreed that his conduct constituted professional misconduct and conduct ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- unbecoming, and ultimately agreed to the cancellation of his Certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- Qualification. The respondent further agreed that he would not apply for, nor ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- would the Director of Certification grant him, a Certificate of Qualification, ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- and Independent School Teaching Certificate or a Letter of Permission for a ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- period of three years from May 5, 2014. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[25] A prior history of this frequency and type of behaviour is clearly an aggravating factor. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-This is particularly so as it shows that the Respondent has a demonstrated propensity for ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-violating physical boundaries with young school age children. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[26] The behaviour in this case was not deterred by his prior discipline. As submitted by the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-Commissioner: ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- “…it is an aggravating factor that the misconduct in this case occurred in 2016, ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- after he had been disciplined in 2014 and after he had been charged, but ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf: acquitted, of sexual interference, sexual assault and sexual exploitation in 2010 ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- and 2011. This Panel can draw an inference that when this misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- occurred in 2016, the Respondent was aware of the appropriate boundaries of ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- physical contact with minors from both a criminal and professional ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- perspective.” ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-The Extent to which the Respondent has Suffered other Consequences ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[27] The Respondent has offered no evidence of suffering consequences. The Respondent has ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-lost his job and a serious criminal conviction and sentence (which is still in effect) will have had ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-some effect on him. No doubt he has already suffered some alienation resulting from media ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-coverage. All these consequences are directly the inevitable and natural result of his own ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-behaviour. To reduce a penalty in these circumstance is like the old story of the man who kills ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-his parents and then asks the court to have mercy on him as he is an orphan. In any event, the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-penalty we must impose, is primarily to protect children, maintain the integrity of the teaching ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-profession the public trust. If indeed they are mitigating factors, which is questionable, they have ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-little to no effect in reducing a penalty for such serious professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- 6 ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-The Role of the Teacher in Acknowledging the Gravity of the Conduct ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[28] Where Respondents have admitted guilt and therefore saved everyone the trouble and ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-expense of a hearing, this is generally considered to be a mitigating factor. If a Respondent goes ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-to a hearing, this is a neutral factor as they have a right to hear the evidence and argue their case. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-Insisting on your right to a hearing is not an aggravating factor. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-The Need to Promote Specific and General Deterrence ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[29] It is clear from the prior history of misconduct that this Respondent has not been deterred ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-by previous disciplinary measures. Thus, the consequence imposed by the panel must be more ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-severe than those previously administered if he is to be deterred. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[30] General deterrence to other members of the teaching profession and those seeking ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-certification is of critical importance. By dissuading others from engaging in similar conduct, the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf:sexual assault of a child, children are protected and the public may have confidence that the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-profession is being properly regulated. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-The Need to Maintain Public Confidence in the Teaching Profession as a Whole ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[31] The Respondent’s conduct is of such a nature as to soil the reputation of the teaching ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-profession and fracture the trust of the public in the profession: ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[32] This Panel has already said of the Respondent’s conduct that ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf: … sexual assault of a child completely undermines the public’s trust in the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- school system. No reasonable person who was informed of the Respondents ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- conduct would ever wish to leave a child in his care. Certainly, no fellow ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- teacher would trust him. Nor would parents and children. The nature of the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- Respondent’s conduct could erode the public trust in teachers and the school ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- system. (Decision, para. 37) ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[33] We agree with the Commissioner that the maintenance of the reputation of the teaching ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-profession and the importance of the public interest requires that any consequence imposed by ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf:the panel must unequivocally articulate that sexual misconduct towards children, let alone ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf:criminal sexual conduct is career ending. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[34] While taking into account the unique facts of the offence and the offender, a fair sentence ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-is also within the range of those received by other Respondents for professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf:arising within a sexual context. A review of cases makes it clear that very lengthy bans have ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf:been administered even where the conduct falls short of sexual contact. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- 7 ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[35] In McGeough2 the teacher was found to have entered into an inappropriate relationship ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-with a 17 year old by sending her engaging in intimate email conversations, kissing her hand, ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-rubbing her head, bestowing gifts upon her, taking her out for meals, and encouraging her to ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-keep their relationship secret. The hearing panel found his conduct was a serious breach of the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-duty to value and care for students, act in their best interests, and also to act ethically and ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-honestly (para. 19). It imposed a reprimand and a 15 year ban on issuance, which it felt was ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-necessary to “assure the public that behaviour such as that exhibited by Mr. McGeough will not ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-be tolerated” (para. 19). ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[36] Obert3 was found guilty of conduct unbecoming a teacher relating to off duty conduct. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-Obert was an elementary school principal who exchanged texts of a sexual nature with two ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-young girls who he believed to be 14 and 15 years of age and arranged to meet with him. The ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-‘girls’ were actually a member of Creep Catchers. The panel banned him for 15 years. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[37] Where actual sexual conduct is involved, the penalties imposed have been higher. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-Robertson4 had engaged in sexual activity with three female students aged 15 - 16 years of age, ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-forty years prior to the hearing. The panel was rightly scathing in its description of his behaviour ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-and imposed a lifetime ban. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[38] A number of cases have been resolved by consent resolution agreements. In a consent ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-resolution the Respondents have admitted their misconduct and have agreed to a penalty – which ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-by extension means they consider the penalty to be fit and appropriate. The following cases were ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-considered in Obert: ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- (a) Robin James Wait (June 2016): a lifetime ban was imposed for using his district ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf: laptop to engage in sexually explicit online “chat’, to store pornography, and to write ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf: and access pornographic stories (often during instructional time). He was convicted ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf: of sexual assault for touching the buttocks of a female minor and admitted to ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- touching the upper back thigh of a woman on an escalator. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- (b) Christopher Daniel Nelson (September 2015): a lifetime ban was imposed on a ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf: teacher convicted of sexual assault of a former student at a party at his home. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- (c) Francesco Gabriel Canacari (September 2016): a lifetime ban was imposed. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- Canacari was convicted of two counts of unlawfully being in a dwelling house, one ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- count of criminal harassment, two counts of forgery, and one count of causing a ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- person to use a forged document. The criminal harassment involved asking a student ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-2 ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- Ibid ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-3 ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- In the Matter of the Teachers Act and Jason Allan Obert (Dec. 3, 2020) ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-4 ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- In the Matter of the Teachers Act and Robert John Robertson (February 3, 2016) ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- 8 ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- in his class to use her cellphone to send a text to the victim, and then erase the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- number and text. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[39] The victim in this case was not a student but was ‘student’ aged. We wish to make it clear ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf:that this is not a mitigating factor. No minor of any age should be sexually assaulted. The ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-younger the child, the more vulnerable they are to adults as they are defenseless in their hands. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-Similarly, it is not a mitigating factor if the conduct occurred while on duty or off, or whether the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-teacher held a current certificate or not. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[40] The Commissioner seeks a ban of issuance of 25 years, which for this Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-amounts to a lifetime ban. This would satisfy the principle of specific deterrence, as the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-Respondent would not likely ever gain certification again. However, in our view, the principle of ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-general deterrence requires that younger members of the profession or those seeking ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf:certification, realize that the sexual assault of a child will have lifetime consequences. This is ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf:true even if it is a panel that finds a Respondent has committed a sexual assault of a child. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf:[41] Those who sexually assault children pose a clear danger to other children. No child, ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-teacher, parent, or member of the general public, would feel that our school system is safe is such ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-people were permitted to have any kind of teaching certificate. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[42] Barring exceptional circumstances, the message must be, you will never teach again. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-There is no other penalty that the disciplinary process under the Teachers Act can impose that ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-will protect children from such behaviour in our school system and maintain the public interest. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-COSTS ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[43] The Commissioner has not sought costs and none are awarded. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-PUBLICATION ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-[44] There is a publication ban under s. 486.4(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada restricting ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-publication, broadcast or transmission in any way of evidence that could identify the ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-Victim. That ban is sufficient to protect the identity of the victim. She is not identified in either ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-our Decision on Findings or on Consequence. Section 66 of the Act requires that the panel’s ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-reasons for making an orders should be published (subject to some exceptions), none of which ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-are applicable here. The panel directs publication of its Findings Decision and also directs ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf-publication of these reasons. ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- 9 ./british-columbia-cases/PLEHANOV_Reasons_Consequences_20210927_Redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf:8. In 2020, Reshef was convicted of possession of child pornography and sentenced to an ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- 18-month conditional sentence order. ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf-9. In 2022, Reshef entered into a consent resolution agreement with the Commissioner in ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- which Reshef agreed that his conduct described in paragraphs 5 and 8 above constitutes ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming and is contrary to Standards #1 and #2 ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- of the Professional Standards for BC Educators (June 2019). ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf-10. Reshef agreed that he would never again apply for, and the Director of Certification would ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- not issue him a certificate of qualification, an independent school teaching certificate or ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- other authorization at any time in the future, under section 64(g) of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf-11. In determining that a lifetime ban on reapplication is an appropriate consequence, the ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- Commissioner considered the following factor: ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- a. the conduct was at the serious end of the spectrum. ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- Page 2 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/RESHEF_CRA_20220111.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf-students who were harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf-1. The Teacher held a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification which was cancelled in ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- 2016 due to non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf-2. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a high school teacher at a school in ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- British Columbia (the “School”). ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf-3. In 2015, the Commissioner received a report about the Teacher from the School principal. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf-4. After receiving the report, the Commissioner asked the Teacher to provide an undertaking ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- not to teach in any role which required a certificate of qualification, independent school ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- teaching certificate or letter of permission. The Teacher did provide that undertaking. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf-5. Also in 2015, the Commissioner initiated an investigation into the Teacher after learning ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf: that the Teacher had been charged with four counts of sexual exploitation. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf-6. The School terminated the Teacher’s employment. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf-7. The following events occurred: ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- a. Student A was a female student at the School with whom the Teacher exchanged ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf: sexually inappropriate messages and with whom he became involved in a sexual ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- relationship. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- b. While exchanging messages with Student A, the Teacher disclosed private ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- information about other students. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf: c. The Teacher was charged and convicted on two counts of sexual exploitation under ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf: s.153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (touching for a sexual purpose), two counts of ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf: sexual exploitation under s.153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (inviting to touch for a ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf: sexual purpose), and one count of luring a person under the age of 18 for the purpose ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- of facilitating the commission of an offence under s.153(1), contrary to section ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- 172.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- d. The Teacher was sentenced to a term of imprisonment followed by probation. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- e. The criminal proceedings are subject to a court-ordered publication ban under section ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf-8. , the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- Commissioner in which the Teacher agreed that his conduct described in paragraph 7 ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- above constitutes professional misconduct and is contrary to Standard #1 of the Standards ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- Columbia, Fourth Edition, January 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf-9. The Teacher agreed that he would never again apply for, and that the Director of ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- Certification will never again issue to him, a certification of qualification, and independent ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- school teaching certificate or a letter of permission. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- Page 2 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/T-AA-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- c. Even after learning that Student A was a District student, the Teacher continued to ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf: send Student A messages. Some of the messages were of a sexual nature. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf-7. The Teacher resigned from the District in August 2020. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf-8. On , the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- Commissioner in which the Teacher admitted that the conduct described in paragraph 6 ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- above constitutes conduct unbecoming and is contrary to Standards #1 and #2 of the ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- Professional Standards for BC Educators, June 19, 2019. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf-9. The Teacher further agreed that for a period of ten years from , the ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- Teacher will not apply for, and understands the Director will be required not to issue to the ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- Teacher, a certificate of qualification, an independent school teaching certificate or any ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- other authorization to teach in the kindergarten to grade 12 education system under section ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- 64(g) of the Teachers Act, or any successor legislation. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf-10. In determining that a ten-year ban on reapplication is an appropriate consequence, the ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- Commissioner considered the following factors: ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf: a. The Teacher engaged in inappropriate communication of a sexual nature with a ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- person the Teacher knew was a student in the District. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- Page 2 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/T-AC-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf-student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf-1. The Teacher held a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf-2. On November 1, 2016, the Teacher’s certificate of qualification was cancelled due to non- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf-3. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a high school teacher at a school in ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- British Columbia (the “School”). ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf-4. In June 2015, the Commissioner received a report about the Teacher from a District ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- Superintendent under s.16 of the School Act. This is designated Case 02. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf-5. In July 2015, the Teacher provided the Commissioner with an undertaking not to teach in ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- any role or position requiring a Certificate of Qualification, Independent School Teaching ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- Certificate or Letter of Permission. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf-6. On January 29, 2016, the Commissioner initiated an investigation into the Teacher’s ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- conduct under s.47(1)(b) of the Teachers Act after being advised that he had been charged ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- under the Criminal Code. This is designated Case 03. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf-7. The following events occurred: ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf: a. On January 28, 2016, the Teacher was charged with one count of sexual exploitation ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- of a young person contrary to s.153 of the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- b. On February 29, 2016, a judge of the B.C. Provincial Court ordered a publication ban ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- in the criminal proceedings under s.386.4(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf: c. On February 22, 2017, the Teacher pleaded guilty to the charge of sexual exploitation ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- of a young person, contrary to s.153 of the Criminal Code. The sentencing hearing ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- has not yet taken place. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf-8. On the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- Commissioner in which the Teacher agreed that his conduct described in paragraph 7 ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- above constitutes professional misconduct and is contrary to Standard #1 of the Standards ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- Columbia, Fourth Edition, January 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf-9. The Teacher agreed that he would never again apply for, and that the Director of ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- Certification would be required under section 64(g) of the Teachers Act never to issue to ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- him, a certificate of qualification, an independent school teaching certificate or a letter of ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- permission. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- Page 2 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/T-AF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf-students who were harmed, abused or exploited by the Teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf-1. The Teacher held a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification. It was cancelled for ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- non-payment of fees in November 2019. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf-2. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a high school teacher at a school in a ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- school district. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf-3. In April 2018, the Commissioner received a report about the Teacher from a District ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- Superintendent under section 16 of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf:4. The Teacher entered into a sexual relationship with a former student (“Student A”), whom ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- he taught in grade twelve. The Teacher continued to communicate with Student A after ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf: Student A graduated in June and the Teacher began a romantic and sexual relationship with ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- Student A in November, within five months of graduation. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf-5. The Teacher entered into an inappropriate personal relationship with a student who was 16 ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- years old (“Student B”). The Teacher was aware that Student B had personal challenges. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- The Teacher and Student B spoke together by phone in the evenings on many occasions ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- and communicated by text. The Teacher brought Student B to his home on a number of ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- occasions, where he spent time alone with Student B, including from late at night until ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- early in the morning. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf-6. In April 2018, the District suspended the Teacher under section 15(5) of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf-7. In May 2018, the Teacher gave an undertaking to the Commissioner not to teach in the ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/T-AJ-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf-student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf-1. The Teacher held a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification which was cancelled in ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- 2016 due to non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf-2. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a high school teacher at a District ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- school in British Columbia (the “School”). ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf-3. In 2015, the Commissioner received a report about the Teacher from a District ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- Superintendent, under s.16 of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf-4. Also in 2015, the Commissioner initiated an investigation into the Teacher after learning ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf: that the Teacher had been charged with one count of sexual exploitation. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf-5. After receiving the District report, the Commissioner asked the Teacher to provide an ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- undertaking not to teach in any role which required a certificate of qualification, ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- independent school teaching certificate or letter of permission. The Teacher provided that ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- undertaking in 2015. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf-6. In 2015, the District suspended the Teacher without pay pending the outcome of the ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- District investigation. In 2016, the Teacher resigned from the District. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf-7. The following events occurred: ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf: a. Student A was a female student at the School with whom the Teacher had a sexual ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- relationship. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- b. In 2015, the Teacher was charged with, and in 2016 he pleaded guilty to, one count ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf: of sexual exploitation of a young person, contrary to section 153 of the Criminal ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- Code. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- c. The Teacher has not yet been sentenced in the criminal proceedings. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- d. The criminal proceedings are subject to a court-ordered publication ban under section ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf-8. the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- Commissioner in which the Teacher agreed that his conduct described in paragraph 7 ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- above constitutes professional misconduct and is contrary to Standard #1 of the Standards ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- Columbia, Fourth Edition, January 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf-9. The Teacher agreed that he would never again apply for, and that the Director of ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- Certification will never again issue to him, a certificate of qualification, an independent ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- school teaching certificate or a letter of permission. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- Page 2 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/T-BE-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf-student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf-1. The Teacher held a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf-2. In 2015, the Teacher’s certificate was cancelled under s.33(2)(f) of the Teachers Act after ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- the Deputy Registrar of the Criminal Records Review Program advised the Director of ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf: Certification that the Teacher presents a risk of sexual abuse to children. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf-3. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a middle school teacher at a school in ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- British Columbia (the “School”). ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf-4. In 2012, the Commissioner received a report about the Teacher from a District ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- Superintendent under s.16 of the School Act. This is designated Case 01. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf-5. In 2013, the Teacher self-reported to the Director of Certification that he had been charged ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf: with one count of sexual interference, one count of sexual exploitation and one count of ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf: sexual assault involving a student (Student A). These charges were stayed. This is ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- designated Case 02. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf:6. The Teacher engaged in an inappropriate sexualized relationship with Student A over a ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- number of years. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf-7. On , the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- Commissioner in which the Teacher agreed that his conduct described in paragraph 5 ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- above constitutes professional misconduct and is contrary to Standard #1 of the Standards ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/T-BF-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf-This summary is published anonymously under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf-identity of students who were harmed, abused or exploited by the Teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf-1. The Teacher holds a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification, No.____--___. It was ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- issued by the B.C. College of Teachers under the Teaching Profession Act on ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- September 30, 1996, is valid from September 1, 1996, and was continued under the ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- Teachers Act as of January 9, 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf-2. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a secondary school teacher by School ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- District No. 36 (Surrey) (the “District”) at a school in the District (the “School”). ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf-3. On March 12, 2021, the District made a report to the Commissioner about the Teacher, ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- under section 16 of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf-4. In or around 2005 to 2008, the Teacher entered into inappropriately personal relationships ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- with three students, and shortly after graduation, he developed these relationships into ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- inappropriately intimate relationships. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf-5. On one occasion, the Teacher drove two students in his car back to the School from an ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- event, although the School provided transportation for all students to and from this event. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf-6. The Teacher developed an intimate relationship with one of these students (“Student A”), ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- shortly after Student A graduated, in which he spent time with Student A and sent MSN ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf: messages to Student A that included sexual content. ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf-7. The Teacher also developed an intimate relationship with another of these students ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- (“Student C”) shortly after graduation, in which he spent time with Student C. He also told ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- Student C how to “protect” him when he became aware of concerns by School staff about ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/T-BH-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION AGREEMENT ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf-student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf-1. The Teacher held a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification. It was issued by the ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- B.C. College of Teachers under the Teaching Profession Act on October 19, 2007, was ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- valid from September 1, 2007, and was continued under the Teachers Act as of ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- January 9, 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf-2. On November 1, 2019, the Teacher’s certificate was cancelled for non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf-3. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a high school teacher by a school ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- district in British Columbia (the “District”) at a District school (the “School”). ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf-4. The District suspended the Teacher under s. 15(5) of the School Act in October 2018. ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf-5. In October 2018, the District made a report to the Commissioner regarding the Teacher, ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- under section 16 of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf-6. In November 2018, the Teacher gave the Commissioner a written undertaking not to teach ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- in any role or position requiring a certificate of qualification, independent school teaching ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- certificate or letter of permission. ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf-7. In 2018, the Teacher failed to observe appropriate professional boundaries when he formed ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- an inappropriately close relationship with a former student, who was a minor ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf: (“Student A”). The Teacher exploited this relationship to engage in inappropriate sexual ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- contact with Student A. ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf:8. On June 14, 2021, the Teacher pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault towards a ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- young person, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code. The criminal proceedings are ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/T-CL-2022.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-dyck,-mark-edward--cra.pdf- Dyck, Mark Edward - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-dyck,-mark-edward--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-dyck,-mark-edward--cra.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct. Mr. Dyck developed an inappropriate relationship with a female student through ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-dyck,-mark-edward--cra.pdf: e-mail and engaged in a telephone conversation of a sexual nature with her. The communications included comments ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-dyck,-mark-edward--cra.pdf: about having sexual intercourse with her as well as sexual fantasies he had that involved her. On July 18, 2007, the ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-dyck,-mark-edward--cra.pdf- Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement and Mr. Dyck’s ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-dyck,-mark-edward--cra.pdf- undertaking to allow his certificate to lapse and not to apply for reinstatement for a College teaching certificate for a ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-dyck,-mark-edward--cra.pdf- period of two years commencing July 1, 2007. ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-dyck,-mark-edward--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-dyck,-mark-edward--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-dyck,-mark-edward--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-dyck,-mark-edward--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-dyck,-mark-edward--cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2007-07-18%20Dyck,%20Mark%20Edward%20-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:11:20 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-dyck,-mark-edward--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- Hernandez, Michael Richards - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member. He developed an inappropriate relationship with a female child ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- participating in a theatrical program in which Mr. Hernandez was her instructor. During this time, Mr. Hernandez ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- referred to the female child as his “special friend” and shared private time with her in discreet locations within the ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- facility. Mr. Hernandez purchased and placed candies on parts of her face and removed them by using his mouth. He ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- initiated greeting rituals which included rubbing noses, rubbing chins and hugging one another. Mr. Hernandez ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf: admitted that his physical contact with the female child was inappropriate and sexual in nature. Subsequently, Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- Hernandez was criminally charged with one count of assault contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code. He pled ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- guilty and was convicted on August 3, 2006. Mr. Hernandez was granted a conditional discharge following eighteen ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- months of probation. On July 18, 2007, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- Resolution Agreement and Mr. Hernandez’s acceptance of a reprimand and his undertaking not to seek readmission to ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- the College at anytime in the future. ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2007-07-18%20Hernandez,%20Michael%20Richards-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:12:39 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2007-07-18-hernandez,-michael-richards-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf- Luu, Chi Yung - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. Mr. Luu was convicted by way of a guilty plea on two sets ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf- of criminal charges: 1) In December 2005, Mr. Luu was charged in Washington, USA with "voyeurism" arising out of ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf- an incident where he was found to have surreptitiously videotaped boys while they were undressed in a change room ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf- at a sports facility. 2) Upon news of the first charges, a warrant was executed at Mr. Luu's home in BC and the charges ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf: of possession of child pornography then followed. On October 5, 2007, a Conduct Review Sub-Committee accepted ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf- the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed that the College will not issue him a College teaching ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf- certificate for an indeterminate period. ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2007-10-05%20Luu,%20Chi%20Yung.txt[2014-09-26 7:42:14 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2007-10-05-luu,-chi-yung.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf- Member CRSC-A11-07 - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf- The Member admitted that his conduct amounted to conduct unbecoming a Member of the teaching profession. He was ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf: a teacher-on-call when he made statements that he may be a pedophile, that he viewed child pornography, and that he ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf: had sexual fantasies and thoughts that involved children. The Member was also found guilty of charges of assaulting ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf- his former common law partner and his son contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada and received a ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf- conditional discharge with 12 months probation. Further, the Member was ordered under section 810 of the Criminal ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf- Code of Canada to not be in possession of any weapons and to have no contact with his psychiatrist following his ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf- arrest for uttering threats. On November 24, 2007, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee found the Member guilty of ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf- conduct unbecoming and agreed that the appropriate penalty be that the Member not be issued a Certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf- Qualification for a period of 50 years. ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf-file:///J|/...ofessional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2007-11-24%20Member%20CRSC-A11-07.txt[2014-09-26 7:45:52 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2007-11-24-member-crsc-a11-07.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf- Van Vloten, John Willem Van Bommel - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct. Mr. Van Vloten taught French, Social Studies, Art, Bible Study, History and ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf- Physical Education for 19 years at an independent school. In 2005, a few of Mr. Van Vloten’s students approached his ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf: desk and observed him viewing pornographic images of adult women on his classroom computer. It was later ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf: discovered that Mr. Van Vloten accessed and viewed adult pornographic material from the internet on his classroom ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf- computer during school hours on at least three other occasions between 2004 and 2005. Mr. Van Vloten further ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf- admitted to using inappropriate names to refer to female students such as, “babe” and “sweetheart” and making ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf: inappropriate comments concerning sex education class. On June 13, 2008, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf- accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed to a twelve-month suspension of Mr. Van Vloten’s ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf- certificate of qualification, which ends on June 13, 2009. ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf-file:///J|/...mmaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2008-06-13%20Van%20Vloten,%20John%20Willem%20Van%20Bommel.txt[2014-09-26 7:48:11 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2008-06-13-van-vloten,-john-willem-van-bommel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- Member CRSC-A10-08 - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. In about 1989, the Member was a teacher at an elementary ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- school, when he befriended the mother of two boys, aged 9 and 12. The 12-year-old male student was in the ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- Member’s seventh grade class. Over the course of seven years, the boys slept overnight at the Member’s home in the ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- absence of any other adult. Upon occasion, the Member slept in the same bed as one of the boys and in the same room ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- as the other brother. In addition, the Member purchased gifts for one of the boys and took him, alone, on a lengthy car- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf: trip to another province. The Member denies that he sexually touched the boys, but admits that he engaged in an ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- inappropriate personal relationship with the two students. On October 8, 2008, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed that the Member relinquish his College Certificate ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- of Qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf-file:///J|/...ofessional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2008-10-08%20Member%20CRSC-A10-08.txt[2014-09-26 7:48:33 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-08-member-crsc-a10-08.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf- Angus, Tiffany Dawn - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. In July 2007, the College was ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf- notified by the Ontario College of Teachers that Ms. Angus had been found guilty of professional misconduct and that ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf: her teaching certificate had been revoked as a result of her having engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf: a student. In or about 2006, while employed in Ontario as a probationary teacher, Ms. Angus engaged in a sexual ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf- relationship with her 16-year-old male student. Notwithstanding the direction that Ms. Angus received from the district ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf: school board following a suspension, she continued her sexual involvement with the student. On October 28, 2008, the ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf- Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement in which Ms. Angus agreed ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf- to a cancellation of her College Certificate of Qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2008-10-28%20Angus,%20Tiffany%20Dawn-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:15:28 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-angus,-tiffany-dawn-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf- Palidwor, Edward Charles - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct. In December 2006, a Grade 5 female student attended Mr. Palidwor’s Grade 2 ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf- classroom at recess. During this time, Mr. Palidwor assisted the student with a problem at the computer terminal. He ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf- placed his hand on the waist of the student and then moved it up her front until it touched her breast. The student then ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf- squeezed her elbows down towards her sides as a consequence of which Mr. Palidwor removed his hand from her ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf: chest. In March 2007, Mr. Palidwor was charged under section 151 of the Criminal Code with sexual touching, to ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf- which he pled not guilty. He plead guilty to the lesser and included offence of assault under section 266 of the ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf- Criminal Code. On October 28, 2008, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf- Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Palidwor agreed to a cancellation of his College Certificate of Qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2008-10-28%20Palidwor,%20Edward%20Charles-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:15:55 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2008-10-28-palidwor,-edward-charles-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf- Harrison, Roy William - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. In November 2006, the RCMP seized from the Member’s ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf- residence several CD’s and DVD’s that included hundreds of photographs of pubescent and pre-pubescent children. ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf- The Member intentionally accumulated, possessed and viewed images on his home computer of naked and partially ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf: naked children. In January 2007, the Member was charged criminally with possessing child pornography contrary to ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf- Section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code. In January 2008, the Member was convicted of possession of child ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf: pornography and sentenced to 30 days incarceration. On December 16, 2008, the Preliminary Investigation Sub- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf- Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement in which the Member agreed to a cancellation of his ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf- College Certificate of Qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2008-12-16%20Harrison,%20Roy%20William%20-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:16:32 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-harrison,-roy-william--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-widen,-theodore-guy-cra.pdf- Widen, Theodore Guy - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-widen,-theodore-guy-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-widen,-theodore-guy-cra.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct. In 2006, Mr. Widen engaged in inappropriate written communications with ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-widen,-theodore-guy-cra.pdf- students regarding personal issues not related to matters of education. He disclosed his use of anti-depressants; ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-widen,-theodore-guy-cra.pdf: disciplinary issues relating to himself; and used sexually suggestive language and content with female students. On ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-widen,-theodore-guy-cra.pdf- December 16, 2008, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement in ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-widen,-theodore-guy-cra.pdf- which his Certificate of Qualification will be suspended until certain conditions are fulfilled. ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-widen,-theodore-guy-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-widen,-theodore-guy-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-widen,-theodore-guy-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-widen,-theodore-guy-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-widen,-theodore-guy-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2008-12-16%20Widen,%20Theodore%20Guy-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:17:02 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2008-12-16-widen,-theodore-guy-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf- Member CRSC-A05-09 - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. Between the years of 1977 to 1980, the Member worked at ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf: a facility for mentally disabled adults. During this time he initiated a sexual relationship with a mentally disabled ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf: resident. The sexual activity was repeated on several occasions. In 2007, the Member was charged with the indecent ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf- assault of the adult resident contrary to Section 156 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The charges were eventually ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf- stayed due to the fact that the victim died prior to the trial. On May 29, 2009, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf- accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed that the Member not be issued a Certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf- Qualification for an indefinite period of time. The Member’s teaching certificate was cancelled in January 1997 for ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf- non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf-file:///J|/...ofessional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2009-05-29%20Member%20CRSC-A05-09.txt[2014-09-26 7:48:58 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2009-05-29-member-crsc-a05-09.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- Sidhu, Jasbir Singh - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. In March 2007, Mr. Sidhu was involved in an access ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- dispute with his former spouse concerning his two children. In the course of that conflict, he advised his ex-spouse that ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf: he had surreptitiously video taped sex acts between the two of them and threatened to expose the sex tapes to his ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- spouse’s place of employment if she did not accede to his demands. In April 2007, Mr. Sidhu was arrested and charged ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- with extortion under the Criminal Code of Canada. In December 2007, he plead guilty to the lesser charge of engaging ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- in threatening conduct directed at another person contrary to Section 264 (2)(d) of the Criminal Code and was given a ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- one year suspended sentence. On July 7, 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee accepted the Consensual ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Sidhu agreed to a reprimand and an undertaking not to return to teaching until ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- certain conditions are fulfilled. His teaching certificate was cancelled in November 2007 for non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2009-07-07%20Sidhu,%20Jasbir%20Singh-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:22:04 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2009-07-07-sidhu,-jasbir-singh-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- Belec, Gordon Frederick Joseph - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- was employed as a secondary school teacher when he became involved with a grade eleven female student in the ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- 2005/2006 school year. Mr. Belec and the student began a friendship in secret by communicating with each other by ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- email and text message. When the student informed Mr. Belec that she had stronger feelings for him, he took no steps ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- to dissuade her from acting on her feelings, but rather intensified the relationship. As a consequence, Mr. Belec was ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf: arrested in 2007 and charged with sexual exploitation contrary to section 153(1)(a.) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf: He pled guilty to the charge of sexual exploitation on April 2007, and was sentenced to 14 days in jail and 18 months ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- of probation with conditions. Additionally, Mr. Belec was ordered to be registered on the Sex Offender Information ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- Registry. On October 5, 2009, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- Disposition and Mr. Belec’s acknowledgment that his conduct constituted conduct unbecoming a member of the ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- College. It was agreed that Mr. Belec not be issued Certificate of Qualification for an indefinite period of time. Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- Belec’s College teaching certificate was cancelled on November 1, 2008 for non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf-file:///J|/...uct/Case%20Summaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2009-10-05%20Belec,%20Gordon%20Frederick%20Joseph.txt[2014-09-26 7:49:42 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-05-belec,-gordon-frederick-joseph.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-07-bensmiller,-david-oscar-cra.pdf- Bensmiller, David Oscar - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-07-bensmiller,-david-oscar-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-07-bensmiller,-david-oscar-cra.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct. While employed as a food services instructor with a school district, he engaged ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-07-bensmiller,-david-oscar-cra.pdf- in conduct with female employees which resulted in a harassment investigation. It was found that Mr. Bensmiller ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-07-bensmiller,-david-oscar-cra.pdf: harassed three female employees. His conduct included sexual harassment in the form of comments, leering and ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-07-bensmiller,-david-oscar-cra.pdf- unwelcome physical contact. On October 7, 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-07-bensmiller,-david-oscar-cra.pdf- Consensual Resolution Agreement in which the Mr. Bensmiller accepted a reprimand. ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-07-bensmiller,-david-oscar-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-07-bensmiller,-david-oscar-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-07-bensmiller,-david-oscar-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-07-bensmiller,-david-oscar-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-07-bensmiller,-david-oscar-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2009-10-07%20Bensmiller,%20David%20Oscar-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:23:24 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-07-bensmiller,-david-oscar-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- Munro, Don James - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. Mr. Munro was employed as an on-site tutor for child ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf: actors from January 1999 to February 2006. In August 2006, he was charged with three counts of sexual assault; three ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf: counts of sexual touching; and two counts of sexual interference contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada, sections ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- 271(1), 152 and 151 respectively. Mr. Munro was subsequently found guilty on six of the eight charges that all related ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- to children. He was further charged in October 2007, with five counts of breaching his undertaking contrary to section ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf: 145(5.1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. In addition, he was charged in December 2007, with one count of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf: assault contrary to section 271(1); one count of sexual touching contrary to section 152; and one count of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- interference contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Mr. Munro was found guilty on all three charges ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf: that related to a child. None of the victims of his crimes were students of his and none of the sexual activity engaged ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- in with these boys took place while he was carrying out his professional duties as a teacher. As a result of the criminal ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- charges, he was sentenced to four and a half years at a federal penitentiary, where he is currently incarcerated. On ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- October 19, 2009, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- agreed that Mr. Munro not be issued a Certificate of Qualification for an indefinite period of time of at least ten years. ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2009-10-19%20Munro,%20Don%20James.txt[2014-09-26 7:50:05 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2009-10-19-munro,-don-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf- DeRaad, Willem - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct. During the 2006-2007 school year, Mr. DeRaad developed a flirtatious ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf: relationship with a female student in his grade 12 class. His communications with her sometimes included sexual ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf: innuendo, and he encouraged her to read books and see movies that involved sexual relations between characters with ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf- a significant age difference. Over the course of the school year, the relationship became physical, and Mr. DeRaad ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf- kissed and inappropriately touched the student on top of her clothing. In February 2008, Mr. DeRaad retired from ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf: teaching. In March 2008, Mr. DeRaad was criminally convicted of sexual touching of a young person, contrary to ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf- section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. He was sentenced to 14 days in jail, one year of probation and a ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf- victim surcharge fine of $50.00. On December 3, 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf- Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. DeRaad agreed to an indefinite suspension of his College certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf- qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2009-12-03%20DeRaad-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:24:45 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-03-deraad-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- Soong, Tommy Po Yew - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. While employed as a ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- secondary school teacher during the 2007-2008 school year, Mr. Soong engaged in inappropriate behaviour with ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- regards to his on- and off-duty interactions with students. His behaviour included having physical contact with two ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf: students, using obscenities in class and telling sexually related jokes while teaching, using unnecessarily sexualized ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- examples in the course of classroom instruction, inappropriately using Facebook, and allowing students to ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf: inappropriately sexualize their assignments. In addition, between 2005 and 2007, Mr. Soong attended four student ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- parties that were not sanctioned by the school. On one of these occasions, he brought alcoholic beverages and gave ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- them to the students as a gift. On December 11, 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- Consensual Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Soong accepted a one-year suspension of his College certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- qualification and an undertaking to fulfill certain conditions prior to his return to teaching. ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2009-12-11%20Soong,%20Tommy%20Po%20Yew-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:25:46 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2009-12-11-soong,-tommy-po-yew-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- Pong, Victor Yee-Tak - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct for failing to provide a criminal record check and for committing a criminal ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- offense. In 2008, while employed as a teacher, he admitted that he had an inappropriate relationship with a female ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf: student. In May 2009, Mr. Pong plead guilty to one count of sexual exploitation pursuant to section 153(1)(a) of the ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. As a result of the criminal charge, Mr. Pong was sentenced to imprisonment in a Provincial ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- Correctional Centre for a term of four months and to comply thereafter with a probation order for 12 months upon his ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- release. Mr. Pong was also ordered by the BC Provincial Court to provide a DNA sample. In addition, the Court ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- ordered a ban on disclosure of the identity of the victim or witnesses pursuant to section 486.4(1) of the Criminal Code ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- of Canada. On January 25, 2010, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee approved the Statement of Agreed Facts and ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- Disposition and agreed that Mr. Pong not be issued a Certificate of Qualification for an indeterminate period. Mr. Pong ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- relinquished his Certificate of Qualification in February 2009. ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf-file:///J|/...essional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2010-01-25%20Pong,%20Victor%20Yee-Tak.txt[2014-09-26 7:50:57 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2010-01-25-pong,-victor-yee-tak.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- Member CRSC-A03-10 - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. In November 2008, while ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- employed as a teacher, the Member was charged with six offences under the Criminal Code of Canada. In May 2009, ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- the Member plead guilty to the charge that she committed the offence of touching any part of the body of a young ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf: person for a sexual purpose, contrary to section 153(1)(a). A stay of proceedings was entered on all remaining charges. ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- In August 2009, the Member was sentenced to imprisonment for six months by the BC Provincial Court, followed by a ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- two-year probationary period. Further, the Court directed that the Member provide a DNA sample for forensic analysis ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- and imposed a $100.00 victim fine surcharge. In addition, the Court imposed a publication ban that prohibits any ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- information that could identify the complainant or witnesses. On March 30, 2010, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- approved the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed that the Member not be issued a Certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- Qualification for an indeterminate period. The Member’s Certificate of Qualification was cancelled in 2009 for non- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf-file:///J|/...ofessional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2010-03-30%20Member%20CRSC-A03-10.txt[2014-09-26 7:51:29 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2010-03-30-member-crsc-a03-10.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- Leadbetter, Douglas Ross - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct. While employed as a principal of a secondary school, Mr. Leadbetter chaperoned ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- and supervised a school district-endorsed trip to China. The group included eight grade 12 students and another ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- teacher. During the trip, Mr. Leadbetter failed to properly supervise the students and ensure their health and safety by ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- permitting students to consume alcohol in his presence and allowing a female student to accompany an extremely ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf: intoxicated male student to his hotel room where, in his intoxicated state, he attempted to sexually assault her. In ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- addition, he consumed alcohol himself in the presence of students. Mr. Leadbetter also allowed students to treat him as ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- a friend, letting them call him “Uncle Ross”. On May 10, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Leadbetter agreed to a reprimand and an undertaking to ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- successfully complete the College Boundary Violation workshop. ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2010-05-10%20Leadbetter,%20Douglas%20Ross-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:28:47 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-leadbetter,-douglas-ross-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- Morgan, Justin Robert - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct. Mr. Morgan was employed as a secondary school teacher when the College ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- received a report from the school district, advising that he had been suspended for 10 days, relating to his ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- inappropriate use of the school computer system, his use of inappropriate language in the classroom and allowing ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- students to use inappropriate language in the classroom. The school district investigation found that Mr. Morgan had ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- accessed his Hotmail and Facebook accounts during class time. He also accessed the website Tumblr for classroom ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- purposes and for a personal art project. Some of the images Mr. Morgan accessed and “re-blogged” to his blog for the ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf: latter purpose contained images of naked females and of people engaged in sexual acts. The investigation also found ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- that Mr. Morgan used expletives in the classroom and allowed students in his class to use similar expletives. He also ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- posted an inappropriate comment on the Facebook wall of a former female student, joking about whether the student ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf: had received a sexually transmitted infection on a trip. On May 10, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Morgan accepted a reprimand and an ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- undertaking to complete the College Boundary Violations workshop. ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2010-05-10%20Morgan,%20Justin%20Robert-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:29:18 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2010-05-10-morgan,-justin-robert-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- Nyeste, Grant Bruce - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf: admitted to professional misconduct. In the 2005-2006 school year, he became involved in a personal and sexual ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- relationship with a female student. In March 2007, Mr. Nyeste was charged with three counts contrary to sections ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf: 153(1)(a), 153(1)(b) and 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada . In January 2010, he pled guilty to the charges of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- exploitation pursuant to section 153(1)(a) and (b) of the Criminal Code. The third count was stayed by Crown Counsel. ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- As a result of his criminal conviction, Mr. Nyeste was sentenced to imprisonment in a provincial correctional centre ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- for a term of six months on each count, to be served concurrently, and must comply thereafter with a probation order ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- for two years upon his release. Additionally, the court ordered that Mr. Nyeste provide a DNA sample and that there be ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- a publication ban on the identity of the victim. On July 12, 2010, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee accepted the ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed that Mr. Nyeste not be issued a certificate of qualification for an ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- indefinite period of time. ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf-file:///J|/...fessional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2010-07-12%20Nyeste,%20Grant%20Bruce.txt[2014-09-26 7:51:53 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-12-nyeste,-grant-bruce.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- Green, Kenton Russell - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. On December 31, 2008, Mr. Green attended a New Year’s ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- Eve social function at a friend’s home. During the course of the evening, Mr. Green consumed large quantities of ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- alcohol, much of which he brought himself, and became intoxicated. At approximately 3:00 a.m. on January 1, 2009, ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- Mr. Green, without invitation, entered the bedroom of his friend’s 15-year-old daughter. The two conversed for a ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- while. When the girl indicated that she was tired and wanted to go to sleep, Mr. Green kissed her on the neck in a ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf: sexual manner. The girl pulled away. As Mr. Green left the room, he blew a kiss towards her. Once he had gone, the ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- girl closed and locked the door. Subsequently, Mr. Green tried to re-enter the room for 40 minutes. He finally passed ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- out from his intoxication in the hallway outside the girl’s bedroom. On July 15, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Green accepted a two-month suspension of ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- his College certificate of qualification and an undertaking to complete the College Boundary Violations workshop and ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- other conditions. ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2010-07-15%20Green,%20Kenton%20Russell%20-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:31:12 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2010-07-15-green,-kenton-russell--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- Ma, Chung Yuk - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct. In June 2010, the College was notified that Ms. Ma was suspended for a period of ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- 10 days. The school district investigation determined that Ms. Ma downloaded the song “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- and brought it to her classroom after a student had suggested the song for the music portion of the class. Ms. Ma had ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- not reviewed the song’s lyrics prior to allowing the children to listen and sing along to it. The song contained ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf: inappropriate, sexually suggestive content and inappropriate language for children in grade three to be exposed to. It ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- was noted that Ms. Ma’s principal had previously instructed her to ensure that she checked for the appropriateness of ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- songs to be used in school activities, and thus should have been more attentive to this issue. On October 19, 2010, the ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Ms. Ma agreed to ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- receive a reprimand and an undertaking to complete the College’s Boundary Violations workshop. ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2010-10-19%20Ma,%20Chung%20Yuk-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:32:17 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2010-10-19-ma,-chung-yuk-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf- McNeice, Kelly Glenn - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. In the years 2006 and 2007, Mr. McNeice was employed at ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf- an elementary school when he was alleged to have accessed and viewed, on his home computer, several images of ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf: child pornography on the internet. In 2007, Mr. McNeice was charged with accessing child pornography contrary to ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf- section 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. Mr. McNeice pled not guilty to this charge and in September 2010, ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf: he was convicted of accessing child pornography. On November 1, 2010, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf- accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed that Mr. McNeice’s College certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf- qualification be cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf-file:///J|/...ssional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2010-11-01%20McNeice,%20Kelly%20Glenn.txt[2014-09-26 7:54:56 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-01-mcneice,-kelly-glenn.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- Luscher, Johnathan Lamont - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standard 2. Mr. Luscher was ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- employed as a teacher-on-call and was on assignment at a secondary school when, during working hours, Mr. Luscher ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- used a school laptop computer to access inappropriate material on the internet, using the school’s wireless internet ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf: connection. His internet activity included accessing websites with adult content, which was erotic and sexualized in ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- nature, and entering into interactive online chatting with at least one individual on one of these sites. According to the ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- school district’s investigation, approximately 200 images were viewed. At the end of the school day, Mr. Luscher ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- deleted the internet history and returned the computer to the school. On November 23, 2010, the Preliminary ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Luscher agreed to receive a ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- reprimand. ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2010-11-23%20Luscher,%20Johnathan%20Lamont-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:32:47 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2010-11-23-luscher,-johnathan-lamont-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- Gardiner, Michael Raymond - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. In October 2007, as a result of an undercover investigation, ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- the Toronto Police Service Sex Crimes Unit identified Mr. Gardiner through his Internet Protocol (IP) address as ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf: having downloaded child pornographic images. The Toronto Police notified the RCMP in British Columbia and after ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf: further investigation Mr. Gardiner was arrested and charged with distribution of child pornography, possession of child ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf: pornography and accessing child pornography. The police found that of the 1300 video files located on Mr. Gardiner’s ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf: computer hard drive, external hard drive, laptop and external case, approximately 20% contained child pornography ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf: with the balance being adult pornography. Police also found CDs containing child pornography in Mr. Gardiner’s ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- residential storage locker. In November 2009, Mr. Gardiner pleaded guilty and was convicted of importing, ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf: distributing, selling or possessing for the purpose of distribution or sale of child pornography contrary to section ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- 163.1(3) of the Criminal Code of Canada. Mr. Gardiner also pleaded guilty to and was convicted of possessing child ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf: pornography contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada. As a result of the criminal convictions, Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- Gardiner was sentenced to a total of 13 months detention and six years probation with conditions. Mr. Gardiner was ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- also ordered by the BC Provincial Court to provide a DNA sample for registration in the National DNA Databank and ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- to pay a victim surcharge. On February 15, 2011 the Conduct Review Sub-Committee approved the Statement of ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed that Mr. Gardiner not be reissued a certificate of qualification for a period of ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- at least 20 years. Mr. Gardiner’s certificate of qualification was cancelled in November 2008 for non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf-file:///J|/...l_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2011-02-15%20Gardiner,%20Michael%20Raymond.txt[2014-09-26 7:55:33 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2011-02-15-gardiner,-michael-raymond.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- Williamson, Carl James - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. In July 2006, Mr. Williamson was employed at an ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf: independent school when he disclosed to school authorities that he had viewed adult pornography on a school ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- computer. He entered into an accountability agreement with school administrators which he subsequently breached. In ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf: January 2007, Mr. Williamson acknowledged to school authorities that he again viewed adult pornography on a school ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- computer. The matter was reported to the College and, in May 2007, the College concluded that Mr. Williamson ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- understood the College’s standards for professional conduct and took no further action. In December 2009, a video ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf: from a school security camera revealed that Mr. Williamson was accessing and viewing adult pornographic images on ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- a school computer. During the school’s investigation, Mr. Williamson acknowledged that he accessed and viewed ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf: pornographic images on the school computer and that over the previous 18 months he had spent $8,000 on the services ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- of prostitutes and escorts. In addition, Mr. Williamson acknowledged that he had inappropriate sexual thoughts about ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- students between the ages of 12 and 18. A police investigation and a forensic examination on Mr. Williamson’s ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf: classroom and home computer were also conducted. The police found pornographic images of adult females on both ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- computers, but no charges were laid against Mr. Williamson. On January 29, 2010, the school notified the College of ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- Mr. Williamson’s suspension and subsequent resignation with a summary of its investigation findings. In April 2010, ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- Mr. Williamson’s certificate of qualification was suspended pending the outcome of the matter. On March 14, 2011 the ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- Conduct Review Sub-Committee accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed that Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- Williamson not be issued a certificate of qualification for an indefinite period but for no less than 20 years. Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- Williamson’s certificate of qualification was cancelled in November 2010 for non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf-file:///J|/...sional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2011-03-14%20Williamson,%20Carl%20James.txt[2014-09-26 7:55:55 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-14-williamson,-carl-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- Riedstra, Roland Melchior - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct. Mr. Riedstra was employed as a secondary school teacher when a report was ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- made by a female grade 12 student (who was a peer tutor in Mr. Riedstra’s dance class) that Mr. Riedstra had been ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- sending her inappropriate text messages for a period of time. The district investigation determined that between ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- February to May 2009, Mr. Riedstra texted the student several times. The messages were innocuous at first, but ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- became increasingly suggestive. For example, in discussing the possible failure of the student in his class, Mr. Riedstra ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- said, "No, I wouldn’t fail you. I might fail you if you don’t date me." On another occasion, after the student had ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- brushed past Mr. Riedstra at school, Mr. Riedstra texted, "I got a good smell of you this morning and could feel your ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf: body through the fabric." Later that day, Mr. Riedstra sent the student a lengthy sexually explicit and graphic text ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf: message describing in detail specific sexual acts that would occur if they were to meet in his classroom in the evening. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- For example, he suggested that she wear a skirt because it would be easier to take off, that he would bend her over the ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- counter and come at her from behind, and that she could "go down on [her] knees" and "finish [him] off." The student ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- then changed her cell phone number and the texts ceased. During the district investigation, Mr. Riedstra admitted that ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- he sent these and other text messages. On March 30, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Riedstra agreed to the immediate cancellation of his College certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2011-03-30%20Riedstra,%20Roland%20Melchior-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:39:12 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2011-03-30-riedstra,-roland-melchior-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf- Kritikos, Anastasio - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standard 2. The district ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf: investigation determined that, in or around the spring of 2010, Mr. Kritikos sexually harassed a female special ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf- education assistant (SEA) who worked in his classroom. Specifically, his conduct included making inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf: comments of a sexual nature to the SEA, engaging in inappropriate physical contact with the SEA, overstepping the ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf- boundaries of the professional relationship between a teacher and an SEA and failing to recognize that the behaviours ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf- were unwelcome. On June 17, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf- Agreement in which Mr. Kritikos agreed that the College would issue him a reprimand. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2011-06-17%20Kritikos,%20Anastasio-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:40:57 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-17-kritikos,-anastasio-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf- Hoyme, Grant Ralph - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf- Standard 2. Mr. Hoyme attended an educational program in Oregon, USA in the summer of 2009. One night, at ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf- approximately 1:30 a.m., Mr. Hoyme entered the room of a female resident at the motel where he was staying, by ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf: climbing through her window. With a plastic bag over his head, he sexually assaulted her. The victim of the assault ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf: complained to police. In April 2010, Mr. Hoyme pled guilty to the charge of sexual abuse in the second degree. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf- Among the terms of his sentence, Mr. Hoyme had to complete 30 days in supervisory custody, 60 months of probation ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf: and successfully complete programs for sex offender training and alcohol abuse. On June 21, 2011, the Preliminary ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf- Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Hoyme agreed to the ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf- cancellation of his College certificate of qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2011-06-21%20Hoyme,%20Grant%20Ralph-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:42:05 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2011-06-21-hoyme,-grant-ralph-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- Cheung, Weldon - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standards 1 and 2. In January ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- 2011, Mr. Cheung was employed as a physical education teacher at a secondary school when, according to a district ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- investigation, he left his PE 11/12 class unsupervised while he had a 40-45 minute conversation with a female student ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- in the hallway outside his class. During this conversation, Mr. Cheung tried to encourage the student not to drop out of ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- his class and, in so doing, he referred to unrelated and inappropriate hypothetical situations, used inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf: language about the student’s personal relationship with her boyfriend and referred to his own personal life and sexual ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- relationships. On July 28, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- Agreement in which Mr. Cheung agreed that the College would issue him a reprimand and that he would successfully ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- complete the College’s professional boundaries workshop. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2011-07-28%20Cheung,%20Weldon-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:42:33 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2011-07-28-cheung,-weldon-cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- Gill, Tajinder Ricky Singh - Consent Resolution Agreement ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. On December 30, 2009, Mr. Gill reported to the College ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- that he had been charged with willingly committing an indecent act contrary to section 173(1)(b) of the Criminal Code ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- of Canada. On September 17, 2010, Mr. Gill was tried and convicted of the charge in BC Provincial Court. The Court ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- found and Mr. Gill admitted that on or about September 9, 2009 he masturbated in the driver’s seat of his car while ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- stopped at a traffic light on a busy Surrey street and while he was deliberately making eye contact with the female ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- driver of another car. He also admitted that on prior occasions he had masturbated in his car when he was visible to ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- females in other cars. On November 22, 2010, the Court imposed a probation of 15 months and conditions including ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf: that Mr. Gill undergo counselling or other programs for sexual offenders as directed by the probation officer, including ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf: the sex offender program offered by the Forensic Services Commission. On November 8, 2011, a citation was issued. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- On December 21, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- which Mr. Gill agreed that his College certificate of qualification would be cancelled and that he would not apply for, ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- nor would the College grant, a certificate of qualification prior to June 22, 2016. As a result, the citation was rescinded. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf-file:///J|/...sional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Consent%20Resolution/2011-12-21%20Gill,%20Tajinder%20Ricky%20Singh%20-CRA.txt[2014-09-27 7:47:49 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-21-gill,-tajinder-ricky-singh--cra.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- Semchuk, Gary Nicholas - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- was employed as an elementary school teacher from 1979 until 2008. He taught as a teacher-on-call and later as a ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- full-time teacher with the school district. In May 2008, Mr. Semchuk was charged under the Criminal Code of Canada ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf: with touching for a sexual purpose contrary to section 151 and sexual assault contrary to sections 246.1 and 271(1) ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- respectively. As a result of the charges pertaining to female students, it was determined in August 2010 that Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf: Semchuk presented a risk of sexual abuse to children, pursuant to section 4 of the Criminal Records Review Act. In ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf: July 2011, Mr. Semchuk was convicted of one count of sexual assault for a 1986 offence by the BC Supreme Court. In ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- October 2011, the Court imposed a suspended sentence, followed by a two-year probationary period, a 10-year firearm ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- prohibition, and a mandatory $100 victim surcharge. Further, the Court ordered that Mr. Semchuk provide a DNA ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- sample, have no contact with specified former students and their families, and no contact with females under age 16 ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf: except with written parental consent. In addition, the Court ordered that Mr. Semchuk be registered on the sex offender ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- identification registry for 20 years and imposed a publication ban pursuant to section 486.4(2) of the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- On December 29, 2011, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- wherein Mr. Semchuk agreed to relinquish his teaching certificate and to not reapply for a certificate of qualification in ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- the future. ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf-file:///J|/...ional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2011-12-29%20Semchuk,%20Gary%20Nicholas.txt[2014-09-26 7:56:24 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2011-12-29-semchuk,-gary-nicholas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- 10 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- (10) On July 3, 2013, the Respondent offered to pick up the Student in the mornings ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- to cut down on his travel time to the school. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- (11) On July 4, 2013, the Respondent wrote to the Student that he was thankful to ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- “continue to have an opportunity to impact [the Student’s] continued success ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- throughout the summer.” ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[31] The Respondent and the Student exchanged more emails further into the summer that ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- contained encouragement from the Respondent to the Student. Some are considered ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- below in relation to Citation 1(e). ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- Paragraph 1(b) of the Amended Citation alleges that the Respondent engaged in an ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- unprofessional and inappropriately personal relationship with the Student by lending ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- him a bicycle. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[32] This allegation is addressed in paragraphs 18 - 20 of the Agreed Statement of Facts. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- These paragraphs confirm the Respondent lent the Student a bicycle and a watch in May ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- and June 2016, that the Student’s mother spoke to the Respondent about loaning her son ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- the bicycle, and that the Student subsequently returned it at the direction of his parents ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- in June 2013. The Student’s mother gave evidence about the bicycle. She testified that ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- in May or June 2013, the Student’s own bicycle had become damaged. His father had ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- brought some parts home to repair the bike; however, the Student decided to repair the ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- bike on his own without waiting for help from his father and ruined it beyond repair. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- The Student’s parents talked to him about earning money to purchase a new bike by ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- doing chores or working at his father’s automotive shop. They were upset when their ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- son subsequently arrived home with a bicycle and claimed that the Respondent had ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- given or lent it to him. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[33] The Student’s father told him that he had to call the Respondent to tell him to stop ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- giving him gifts. The Student’s mother explained that they felt the Respondent had ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- destroyed a lesson that they were trying to teach their son; she felt that their role as ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- parents was being usurped by the Respondent. They felt that the Respondent had ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- crossed a boundary. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[34] The Student’s mother telephoned the Respondent to express her concern regarding the ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- gifts that he was giving to her son. She described the situation with the Student’s own ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- bike. She testified that the Respondent apologized, indicating that he was unaware of ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- the situation with the Student’s own bike and did not intend to overstep any boundaries. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- She told the Respondent that the gifts could be construed as “grooming” the Student. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- While the parents did not believe that the Respondent was grooming their son, she ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- asked the Respondent not to give any further gifts without their prior permission. The ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- Respondent and the Student’s mother testified that they understood that the term ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- grooming to mean a pattern of behaviour where an adult creates a relationship with a ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf: younger person that makes it easier for the adult to enter into a sexual relationship with ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- the younger person. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[35] The Respondent testified that he loaned a bicycle to the Student in order to make it ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- easier for him to get to school early in the morning. The Respondent explained that he ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- 11 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- was trying “to help the Student eliminate for himself any opportunities to not follow ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- through”. The Respondent acknowledged sending the Student an email in which he ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- stated that the he could use the bike “until your parents said otherwise”. He did not ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- check with the Student’s parents before lending the Student the bike. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[36] The Respondent testified that the Student’s mother contacted him several weeks after he ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- loaned the bicycle to the student. He understood that the mother’s call was precipitated ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- by an incident in which the Student took the bike out with his friends, which she did not ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- approve of. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[37] The Respondent denied that his conduct was ever designed to “groom” the Student for a ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf: sexual relationship. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- Paragraph 1(c) of the Amended Citation alleges that the Respondent gave the Student a ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- number of gifts, including some or all of a pair of running shoes, a pair of basketball ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- shoes, a gift certificate, a cross with a chain, a self-help book and one or more books with ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- religious content. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[38] Paragraph 1(c) of the Amended Petition alleges that the Respondent engaged in an ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- unprofessional and inappropriately personal relationship with the Student by giving him ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- a number of gifts, including a pair of running shoes, a pair of basketball shoes, a gift ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- certificate, a cross with a chain, a self-help book and one or more books with religious ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- content. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[39] This allegation is addressed in paragraphs 16 - 17 of the Agreed Statement of Facts ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- which state: ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- 16. In the period between May and August 2013, the Respondent gave the Student ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- the following gifts: ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- (a) A pair of basketball shoes worth approximately $120.00, ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- (b) A pair of running shoes worth approximately $120.00, ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- (c) A gift certificate worth $50.00, ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- (d) A gold-coloured cross and chain worth approximately $20.00, as a present for ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- the Student’s birthday, and ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- (e) Two books – Conversations with God and The Four Agreements – worth a ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- total of approximately $30.00 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- 17. The Respondent bought the Student the running shoes and the basketball shoes ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- after the Student told the Respondent that his parents would not buy new shoes ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- for him. The Respondent attempted to access funds through a program to ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- purchase shoes for student[s] in need, but the Student did not qualify. The ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- Respondent believed that the Student needed the shoes to continue his training. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- 29 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- … the knowledge, skills and attitudes that educators shall possess as well as the ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- responsibilities that accrue to them as certified educators who hold the public ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- trust. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- and ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- … a way of communicating to certificate holders and the public the description ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- of the work of educators – what they know, what they are able to do, and how ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- they comport themselves as they serve the public. [page 3] ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[104] The Commissioner submits that the Respondent has breached Standards 1, 2 and/or 4. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- These are reproduced for convenient reference: ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- #1. Educators value and care for all students and act in their best interests. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- Educators are responsible for fostering the emotional, esthetic, intellectual, physical, ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- social and vocational development of students. They are responsible for the ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- emotional and physical safety of students. Educators treat students with respect and ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- dignity. Educators respect the diversity in their classrooms, schools and ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- communities. Educators have a privileged position of power and trust. They respect ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- confidentiality unless disclosure is required by law. Educators do not abuse or exploit ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf: students or minors for personal, sexual, ideological, material or other advantage. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- #2. Educators are role models who act ethically and honestly. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- Educators act with integrity, maintaining the dignity and credibility of the profession. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- They understand that their individual conduct contributes to the perception of the ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- profession as a whole. Educators are accountable for their conduct while on duty, as ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- well as off duty, where that conduct has an effect on the education system. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- Educators have an understanding of the education system in BC and the law as it ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- relates to their duties. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- #4. Educators value the involvement and support of parents, guardians, families and ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- communities in schools. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- Educators understand, respect and support the role of parents and the community in ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- the education of students. Educators communicate effectively and in a timely manner ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- with parents and consider their advice on matters pertaining to their children. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[105] Professional misconduct arising out of a relationship with a student must be considered ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- in the context of Standard #1, and with the recognition that educators are responsible for ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- the emotional and physical safety of students; that educators have a privileged position ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- of power and trust, and that educators do not abuse or exploit students or minors for ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf: personal, sexual, ideological, material or other advantage. There have been several ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- court and tribunal decisions that have considered the question of professional ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- misconduct in the context of a teacher’s relationship with a student. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[106] The responsibilities articulated in Standard #1 encompass the obligation on a teacher to ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- maintain appropriate professional boundaries in order to protect students from harm, ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- 30 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf: whether physical, emotional or sexual. The case law underscores that teachers are in a ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- direct position of “trust and authority” over their students (R. v. Audet 4, “Audet”). The ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- cases in this area clearly establish that the failure to maintain appropriate and ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- professional boundaries by entering into personal relationships with students constitutes ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- professional misconduct. (See Re: In the Matter of the Teachers Act – and – ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- McGeough 5 (“McGeough”), Ontario College of Teachers v. McCuaig 6 (“McCuaig”). ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v. De Marchi 7 “De Marchi”). Ontario College of Teachers ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- v. Karrow 8 “Karrow”)). ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf:[107] While a sexual relationship between a teacher and a student is a clearly breach of the ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- obligation to maintain appropriate boundaries and professional misconduct (Audet), it is ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- not always as straightforward to identify the appropriate boundary in a teacher-student ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf: relationship where there is no element of sexual misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[108] The challenge in identifying the appropriate boundaries stem from the recognition that ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- the teacher-student relationship can be an extremely positive influence in a student’s ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- life. Many dedicated teachers will connect meaningfully with some individual students ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- and form close but proper relationships with them. These close relationships cannot be ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- expected to be the same for all students; as in all relationships, sometimes there is a ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- special bond that forms between a teacher and a student. Many adults describe close ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- relationships with a teacher as having positively altered the course of their lives. The ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- public interest is not served by overly rigid standards for educators that pre-empt the ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- possibility of these kinds of positive relationships between teacher and student. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[109] However, it is also clear that when a teacher exceeds the boundaries of a professional ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- teacher-student relationship by intruding into the personal affairs of the student, even in ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf: a non-sexual context, that is professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[110] The Commissioner cited the following cases that have addressed the issue of ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf: inappropriate non-sexual relationship with a student. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[111] In McGeough, the tribunal found that the teacher had an improper relationship with the ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- student when the teacher, through his email exchanges with a student, placed emotional ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- pressure on her, shared personal information with her, sent unsolicited emails to her, ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- and encouraged her to keep their relationship a secret. The tribunal found that the ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- teacher’s relationship with the student was designed to satisfy his own emotional needs ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- and improper behaviour. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[112] In.De Marchi, the panel found that a teacher had an inappropriate relationship with two ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- students constituting professional misconduct when he made personal comments to ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- them such as, “If there is anything you need, I’m here” and “you will always be ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-4 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- [1996] 2 S.C.R. 171) ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-5 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- October 12, 2012 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-6 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- 2008 LNONCTD 44 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-7 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- 2011 LNONCTD 5 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-8 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- 2012 LNONCTD 33 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- 31 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- special”. He gave them each small gifts, and became over-protective of them. The ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- panel described the relationship as a “close friendship” and found that “…[he] took on a ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- role that should have been the responsibility of the parents.” ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[113] In Karrow and in Ontario College of Teachers v. Kelley 9, the panel accepted admissions ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- of professional misconduct from teachers who had engaged in inappropriate, but non- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf: sexual, relationships with students. In Karrow, the teacher loaned the student a ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- computer, he sent her personal emails calling her “sweetie” and telling her that she was ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- “special, safe at school, and very much cared for”. He gave her gifts, took her for dinner ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- with permission of her mother, spent time alone with her in his car and his office, and ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- invited the student and her mother to stay overnight at his home. The respondent had ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- been offering assistance to the student in relation to bullying that she had been ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- experiencing. The panel found that his actions were transgressions of a serious nature. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- In Kelley, the teacher had given the student his home phone number and permitted her ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- to call him, during which time they discussed her personal and family-related issues and ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- he gave her advice. She also visited him at his apartment. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[114] In McCuaig, a teacher had an unprofessional relationship with a student who suffered ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- from an eating disorder. The relationship included encouraging the student to confide in ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- him and depend on him prior to encouraging her to seek other help, meeting her at a ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- mall and after the end of school to discuss her illness, inviting her to go to Toronto with ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- him and his wife (with full knowledge of her parents), and kissing her on the head and ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- hugging her in the presence of other adults and in public places. The panel commented ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- at paragraph 6 that: ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- Through these inappropriate contacts, the Member encouraged the student to ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- confide in him and to depend on him. This resulted in the Member attempting ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- to counsel the student beyond the scope of his responsibilities as a teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-[115] The following principles can be distilled from the cases that have addressed the ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- boundaries of professional relationships between teachers and students: ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- (1) A teacher-student relationship may be professional misconduct even where there ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf: is no sexual element to the relationship. ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- (2) Various types of activity may provide indicia of an overly personal relationship ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- such as: ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- (i) Sharing personal information with a student (McGeough) ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- (ii) Using a relationship with a student to fulfill the teacher’s own ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- emotional needs (McGeough); ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- (iii) Sending unsolicited communications to a student on matters not ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- related to school (McGeough); ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf-9 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- 2015 LNONCTD 71 ./british-columbia-cases/ammon_notice_of_reasons_findings_20161027.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-Summary of the Consent Resolution Agreement executed: October 30, 2012 ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-In the matter concerning: ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-Kenneth Angus ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-Kenneth Angus admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to Standard 2. Mr. Angus was ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-employed as a high school teacher when, in July 2010, the district made a report to the BC College of Teachers regarding Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-Angus, pursuant to section 16(3)(b) of the School Act. The district investigation indicated that Mr. Angus had received a letter of ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-reprimand following allegations that he used his counseling relationship with two former female students at his school (Student ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-A and Student B) to continue to counsel and to engage in personal relationships with each of them after they graduated. The ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-Teacher Regulation Branch investigation determined that, when both were still students, Mr. Angus hugged each of them on at ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf:least one occasion in a non-sexual manner. In addition, while she was a student, Mr. Angus spoke to Student B about her ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf:personal life and, in particular, her relationship with a boy and her sexual reputation at the school. On one occasion in 2008, Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-Angus used school premises for an unauthorized purpose, which was to meet with Student B in the evening. Student B had ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-graduated four years before this meeting, had lived and worked abroad, and attended university. As a result there was no longer ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-a student-teacher relationship between them. The investigation also indicated that although Mr. Angus met with Student A four ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-years after her graduation, there was no student-teacher relationship and he did not meet with her on school premises. On ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-October 30, 2012, the Commissioner executed the consent resolution agreement in which Mr. Angus agreed to receive a ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf-reprimand, pursuant to section 64(a) of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/angus_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf-a. Gordon Paul Leschyson (DOB: 1955.03.21) ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf-c. The hearing was held on November 21, 2003, at the Colleges offices in Vancouver, B.C. ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- The report and recommendations of the Hearing Sub-Committee were presented to ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- Council on February 26, 2004 and on April 1, 2004. ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf-d. The respondent was charged and pled guilty to two counts of indecent assault, for ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- incidents that occurred between 1979 - 1983 in relation to two female children, who lived ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- next door to him in a trailer park. In December, 2001 he was convicted of the two charges ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- and given an 18 month conditional sentence. ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf-e. The respondent admitted that he was guilty of conduct unbecoming a member. The ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- Hearing Sub-Committee accepted his admission based on his acknowledgment that he ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf: had sexually touched two children and had been criminally convicted in relation to those ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- incidents. ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf-f. The Hearing Sub-Committee accepted the joint submission for an 18 month suspension to ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- run from January 7, 2002 to June 7, 2003. It considered that at the time of the offence, the ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- respondent was dependant on alcohol and drugs, that in the intervening 20 year period he ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- attended Alcoholics Anonymous and had a successful teaching career without negative ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- incident and that he had admitted wrongdoing and accepted responsibility for his actions. ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- Two Council members dissented with the majority and issued separate dissenting reasons ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- relating to penalty. The dissent viewed cancellation of the respondent's certificate and ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- membership was the appropriate penalty in this case. ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- Council considered the report and recommendations of the Hearing Sub- ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- Committee and determined that the member's name be published in this case. No ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- costs were assessed against the member due to his cooperation with the College in ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- this proceeding. ./british-columbia-cases/apr01_04_leschyson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf-a. Billie-Jo Angeleah Johnson (Boehm) (DOB 1969/03/07) ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf-b. Professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf-c. The hearing was held December 12, 13, 17–20, 2001; March 11–15, 21, 22, 26, 28; April ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- 17, 18, 19; June 17, 2002; and January 16, 2003 at the College offices in Vancouver. The ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- report and recommendations of the hearing Panel were presented to Council on April 3, ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- 2003. This matter was brought before the College in accordance with Section 16 (1) of ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf-d. The Hearing Panel found that: ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- ƒ Between October 1, 1998 and June 30, 1999 Billie-Jo Johnson engaged in an ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- inappropriate and personal relationship with a 17-year old male student whom she ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- taught. This included numerous in-school and out-of-school activities of which his ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- parents were either unaware or disapproved. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- ƒ Between October 1, 1998 and June 30 1999 Ms. Johnson engaged in an inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf: sexual relationship with this student. This included numerous acts of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- intercourse. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- ƒ Between July 1, 1999 and May 31, 2000 Ms. Johnson continued the inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf: personal and sexual relationship with the young man following his graduation. During ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- much of this time his parents were not aware of his whereabouts and how to contact ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- him. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- ƒ On or about January 1999 Ms. Johnson lied to her employer during an investigation ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- into her relationship with the student. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- ƒ Between January 1, 1999 and April 30, 1999 Ms. Johnson counselled the student to ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- lie to school district and police investigators regarding their relationship. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- ƒ Following January 28, 1999 when a letter of reprimand was issued to her, Ms. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- Johnson did not restrict her contact with the student to professional, school-related ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf: matters as directed. The sexual activity continued even after the student moved to ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- another community. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- The Hearing Panel determined that Billie-Jo Angeleah Johnson (Boehm) was guilty of ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf-e. The Hearing Panel considered that Billie-Jo Angeleah Johnson’s actions were ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- professional misconduct because they constituted serious and repeated breaches of the ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- trust placed upon her as a teacher. The Panel recommended to Council that Billie-Jo ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- Angeleah Johnson’s certificate be cancelled and her membership in the College be ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- terminated. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_bja_johnson_boehm.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf-a. Harel Challmie (DOB 1958/08/03) ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf-b. Professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf-c. The hearing was held January 20, 2003 at the College offices. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- recommendations of the Hearing Panel were presented to Council on April 3, 2003. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf-d. In the Statement of Agreed Facts, Mr. Challmie admitted that: ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf: ƒ In or around February 2001, Mr. Challmie commenced an inappropriate and sexual ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- relationship with a student who was a student he was tutoring. At the time the ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- relationship commenced, Mr. Challmie was 42 years old, and the student was 15 ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- years old. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ƒ Between March and early June 2001, Mr. Challmie spent time with the student after ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- the end of the tutorials at school, and at his residence. Mr. Challmie often drove the ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- student home after these encounters. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ƒ On or about May 2001, Mr. Challmie gave the student a present for her 16th birthday. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ƒ On June 4, 2001 Mr. Challmie was suspended from employment with pay pending ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf: investigation of allegations that he engaged in an inappropriate and sexual ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- relationship with a Grade 10 student. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ƒ After the May 29, 2001 e-mail, Mr. Challmie continued to correspond inappropriately ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- with the victim via e-mail, and continued to do so after his suspension from ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- employment. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf: ƒ From June 2001 to September 2001, Mr. Challmie engaged in a sexual relationship ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- with the victim. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ƒ By Information dated August 22, 2001, Mr. Challmie was charged with one count of ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf: sexual exploitation, contrary to Section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ƒ On August 27, 2001, Mr. Challmie was released from custody on the condition that ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- he not attempt to communicate, directly or indirectly, with the victim. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ƒ On August 28, 2001, the School Board terminated Mr. Challmie’s employment. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ƒ On or about September 20, 2001, Mr. Challmie was charged with breaching a ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- condition of his release from custody by sending a letter to the victim. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ƒ In approximately November 2001, Mr. Challmie sent an inappropriate letter to ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- another former student regarding his relationship with the victim. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf: ƒ On December 19, 2001, Mr. Challmie pled guilty to the sexual exploitation charge. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- The Hearing Panel determined that Harel Challmie was guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf-e. The Hearing Panel’s reasons for its verdict concerning Harel Challmie’s misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- were: ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf: ƒ Mr. Challmie was involved in a sexual relationship with a student victim which also ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- included gift giving and extensive, ongoing romantic correspondence. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ƒ He undermined the student’s relationship with her mother by setting her mother up as ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- not understanding their relationship and agreeing that the mother was “shallow, ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- uncouth and presumptuous.” Mr. Challmie advised the student to lie to her mother to ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- hide the ongoing relationship. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ƒ Mr. Challmie made efforts to establish himself as the female student’s soul mate, ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- describing their relationship as “real, and pure, and kind, and loving.” ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ƒ During the time of the investigation by his Board and the RCMP Mr. Challmie ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- continued to correspond extensively with the student through e-mail and other means, ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- and arranged at least two clandestine meetings after midnight with the student for ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- romantic encounters. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ƒ Mr. Challmie attempted to justify to the victim and others the relationship with the ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- victim even though he was aware of the public and professional disapproval of such ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- actions. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ƒ Mr. Challmie was aware that his behaviours were inappropriate. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- The Panel recommended to Council that Harel Challmie’s certificate of qualification be ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- cancelled and that his membership in the College be terminated effective January 20, ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- 2003. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf-f. Council considered the report and recommendations of the Hearing Panel and cancelled ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- Mr Challmie’s certificate and membership in the College of Teachers. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_03_hchallmie.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf-a. Arthur Sidney Tindill (DOB: 1945.03.28) ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct and Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf-c. The hearing was held November 18-21, 1996, at the Pacific Palisades Hotel and in the ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- boardroom of the College of Teachers Office. The report and recommendations of the ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- hearing panel were presented to Council on April 3, 1997. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf-d. The citation alleged that over various time periods between September, 1985 and June ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- 1994 Dr. Tindill engaged in conduct which amounted to a pattern of abuse of power and ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf: discriminatory sexual harassment toward each of six individuals who were teachers ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- administrators, or clerical staff in School District #36 (Surrey) in which Dr Tindill was an ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- Assistant Superintendent of Schools. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined that Arthur Sidney Tindill had engaged in professional ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College of Teachers in relation to ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- each of the charges in the citation. His conduct did amount to abuse of power and ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf: discriminatory sexual harassment toward the six victims. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- This case came to the College in the form of a com plaint signed by six members of the ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- College who either observed or were direct victims of Dr Tindill s harassment and abuse ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- of power. These members believed that more than an employee-employer relationship ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- was at issue, that a profession must ensure that women do not have to endure the ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- behaviour they experienced or observed. They acted to protect both their profession and ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- the public interest. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- Dr Tindill’s harassment and abuse of power were directed toward female administrators, ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- teachers and clerical workers within the School District and took place over a period of ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- nearly a decade. Many of the incidents took place in full view of the most senior ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- administrators within the district leaving the victims feeling they had no one to whom ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf: they could turn to report Dr. Tindill. The district had no procedures to deal with sexual ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- harassment. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- The harassing behaviours included unwanted touching of the shoulders, neck, back, ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- buttocks and jewellery of the women as well as kissing on the lips, licking the back of ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- one victim’s hand in a restaurant and putting his head in one victim’s lap under a table at ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- a district social event. Other behaviour included inappropriate comments (such as “I find ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- you physically attractive and I would like to act on that”), frequent requests for an ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- invitation to go to victims hotel rooms for drinks, telling very personal stories out of ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf: context (e g finding himself naked at the gym) and tuning in a pornographic movie at an ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- administrators’ social event. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- The abuse of power included manipulating district rules about conference attendance in ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- order to have one victim attend the same conference in San Francisco as Dr. Tindill, ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf: providing very negative references to victims who rejected his sexual advances and ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- denigrating building and District Principals in front of teachers and senior administration. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- Many of these behaviours were reported during the course of Dr. Tindill’s last ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- performance review in the Surrey School District. That review was a positive one and ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- contained only the suggestion that Dr Tindill “recognize some concerns in the area of ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- interpersonal relations and continue to work towards improvement,” the disclaimer that ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- “These behaviours were not a constant feature of interpersonal style.” and the contention ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- that Dr Tindill “…is working in a concerted way to address them [the behaviours].” ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- After the finding of an independent investigator that Dr. Tindill had engaged repeatedly ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf: in sexual harassment and abuse of power he resigned from the Surrey School District and ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- received an appointment as a school administrator elsewhere in B.C. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- The panel considered that the behaviours engaged in by Dr. Tindill constituted a serious ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- breach of the trust placed on members of the profession and found Arthur Sidney Tindill ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- guilty of professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf-f. The panel unanimously recommended that Arthur Sidney Tindill’s certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- qualification be cancelled and his membership be terminated. Council approved this ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- recommendation on April 3, 1997. ./british-columbia-cases/apr03_97_astindill.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf-a. William Edward Stamps (Certificate Issued: 1991.06.03) ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf-b. Conduct unbecoming a member of the College ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf-c. The hearing was held on March 28, 2006, at the College's offices in Vancouver, B.C. ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- This matter originated as a Registrar's Report under section 28(4) of the Teaching ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- Profession Act. ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf:d. The respondent downloaded and accessed child pornography through both the internet ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf: and his computer hard drive. He repeatedly accessed child pornography by actively ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf: searching for sites and through peer to peer sharing of pornographic images of children. ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf-e. The Hearing Sub-Committee (the "Committee") was unanimous in its decision that Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- Stamps exhibited behaviour which constituted conduct unbecoming a member of the ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- College. ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- The Committee determined that the facts in this case clearly indicated that Mr. Stamps ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf: did knowingly have in his possession, stored and accessed child pornography though both ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- the internet and his computer hard drive. After reviewing the report from the computer ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf: forensic expert, the Panel was convinced by the sheer volume of pornographic material ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- that Mr. Stamps' activity was purposeful and voluntary. ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- The Committee noted that the public must have confidence that the College is protecting ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- its students. Permitting an individual who repeatedly seeks out and views sexually ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- degrading images of children to continue to operate in the school system would be ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- entirely unacceptable to the community at large. The Panel does not view accessing child ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf: pornography as a victimless crime. The demand for this type of image requires a supply ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- of young people that are abused in horrendous ways to create this type of inventory. ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- Teachers are rightfully expected to be on the front line of the offensive to protect children ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- from this type of abuse. ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf-d. The Committee considered the submissions presented by counsel on penalty, publication ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- and costs. It was unanimously decided that the appropriate penalty be a cancellation of ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- Mr. Stamps' teaching certificate. With respect to costs, Counsel for the College did not ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- seek costs for this proceeding from the respondent. In the matter of publication, the ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- Committee decided that Mr. Stamps' name be released in accordance with College ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- bylaws. ./british-columbia-cases/apr06_we_stamps.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf-a. Roger Edouard Mercier (DOB 1968/12/01) ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf-c. The hearing was held January 21, 2002, at the College offices. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on April 12, 2001. ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf-d. The hearing panel found: i) Mr Mercier sexually assaulted five students in his grade 5/6 ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- class. He was charged under the Criminal Code and convicted in the British Columbia ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- Provincial Court of sexual assault and sexual touching. ii) Mr Mercier assigned ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- inappropriate research topics to his Grade 5/6 students, including a topic for debate, ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf: “should pornographic sites be allowed on the internet?” The hearing panel determined ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- that Roger Edouard Mercier was guilty of professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf:e. The hearing panel considered that Mr Mercier’s actions were a violation of the sexual ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- integrity of young students placed in his care, and that his actions were a breach of the ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- trust placed in him by his students, their parents, the profession and the public. The panel ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- recommended to Council that Mr Mercier’s certificate of qualification be cancelled and ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- his membership in the British Columbia College of Teachers be terminated. ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf-f. Council considered the report and recommendations of the hearing panel and cancelled ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- Roger Edouard Mercier’s certificate of qualification and membership. ./british-columbia-cases/apr12_01_remercier.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf-a. Darlene Joy Smart (DOB: 64.02.11) ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf-c. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on April ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- 15, 1993. ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Darlene Joy Smart committed professional misconduct by ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf: establishing and maintaining a sexual relationship with two students. ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf:e. On January 17, 1992, Ms. Smart was found guilty of two counts of sexual exploitation of ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- young persons, contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code. Between January 1988 and ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf: February 1991, she initiated and maintained sexual liaisons with two of her female ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- students, both of whom were fifteen years old at the time of the initial contact. One ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- relationship lasted for approximately thirteen months, and the second for approximately ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- two years. These activities led to criminal charges and Ms. Smart was suspended by her ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- board. She resigned following her conviction. She was sentenced to two consecutive six ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- month prison terms and the sentence was upheld unanimously by the Court of Appeal, ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- May 6, 1992.. The College of Teachers found Ms. Smart guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- misconduct for exploiting the pupil-teacher relationship. ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf-f. The College terminated her membership in the College and cancelled her certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_93_djsmart.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf-a. Elizabeth Anne Ife (DOB: 1956.12.31) ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf-c. The hearing was held March 2, 1999 in the Boardroom of the College. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on April 15, 1999. ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf-d. The citation alleged that between 1995 and 1996, Elizabeth Anne Ife, while employed as ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- a teacher by Burnaby School District, made a series of allegations later determined to be ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf: unfounded, that she had been the victim of threats, assault, sexual assault or abuse by, or ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- under the direction of, fellow staff members. Ms. Ife supplied information which she ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- knew or ought to have known would identify as the alleged perpetrators, a number of ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- fellow staff members. An investigation conducted by the Vancouver City Police found ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- no evidence to support any of the allegations involving any of the accused. After a ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- subsequent investigation conducted by School District 41 (Burnaby), she also refused to ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- withdraw the allegations. Throughout these investigations, the accused individuals were ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- under continued suspicion of wrongdoing. They were subject to investigation by their ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- employer and suffered continued injury to their reputation. ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined that Elizabeth Anne Ife is guilty of conduct unbecoming a ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- member. ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf-f. The panel recommended that Elizabeth Anne Ife’s certificate of qualification and ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- membership be suspended for one year commencing January 1, 1999. Ms. Ife consented ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- to the recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/apr15_99_eaife.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf-a. Ian Oliver Cocker (DOB: 1945.07.06) ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct and Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf-c. The hearing was held on March 2-6, 1998, April 6-9, 1998, May 4-5, 1998, May 15, ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf- 1998, June 3-4, 1998 in Vancouver, B.C. The Panel heard submissions as to penalty on ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf- February 25-26, 1999, in Vancouver, B.C. The report and recommendations of the ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf- hearing panel were presented to Council on April 16, 1999. ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Ian Oliver Cocker engaged in seven counts of inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf: sexual touching of three female students. ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf-e. The majority of the Hearing Panel found Mr. Ian Oliver Cocker guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf- misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member. The citation contained seven counts of ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf: sexual misconduct involving three students. The majority of the Panel found Mr. Cocker ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf- guilty of five of the seven charges involving two of the three students. ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf-f. The majority of the Panel recommended that Mr. Cocker’s certificate of qualification be ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf- cancelled. (Note: Mr. Cocker’s membership lapsed January 1, 1995 due to non-payment ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf- of his membership fees.) Council concurred with this recommendation. Council also ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf- assessed Mr. Cocker with a portion of the costs of this hearing. ./british-columbia-cases/apr16_99_iococker.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf-a. Donald Raymond Olan (DOB: 1941.05.07) ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf-c. The hearing was held on February 13, 1996 in the offices of the B.C. College of ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- Teachers. Recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on April 18, ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- 1996. ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Mr. Olan between January 1, 1967 and December 31,1970, ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- while employed as a teacher in an elementary school, indecently assaulted a male person, ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- and that on October 3, 1994 Mr. Olan was convicted of that offence contrary to Section ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- 156 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Mr. Olan was sentenced to 21 days intermittent ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- incarceration and 2 years probation. In the reasons for sentencing, Justice Williamson ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf: indicated the “incidents involved masturbation, they involved oral sex, [and] they ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- involved other acts leading to ejaculation.” The victim, whose name may not be released ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- due to a court order banning publication, was the younger brother of a student Mr. Olan ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- had taught in elementary school. ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf-e. The College found Mr. Olan guilty of conduct unbecoming a member, cancelled his ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- certificate of qualification and terminated his membership. ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf-f. No costs were assessed to Donald Raymond Olan. ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_drolan.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf-a. Raymond Thomas Clavin (DOB: 1943.02.15) ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member and Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf-c. The hearing was held on February 13, 1996 in the offices of the B.C. College of ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- Teachers. Recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on April 18, ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- 1996. ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Mr. Clavin was accused of, and convicted of two counts of ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf: committing a sexual assault of a male person, and one count of the offence of indecently ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- assaulting a minor [also male minor]. ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- Two of the victims, none of whose names may be released due to a court order banning ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- publication, were brothers in a family Mr. Clavin had befriended; the third victim was a ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- student Mr. Clavin was teaching in an Independent elementary school in the lower ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- mainland when he initiated his relationship with that boy. Mr. Clavin took the boys to ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- sporting events, camping and on other unsupervised trips. ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- Justice Campbell, in his reasons for sentencing, summarized what the boys characterized ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf: as hundreds of sexual incidents. Mr. Clavin carried on his relationship with each of the ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- boys for a number of years, spanning a 14 year period, beginning when one boy was 7, ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- when another 9, and when the oldest was 12 years old; each boy finally ended his ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf: relationship with Mr. Clavin by refusing to engage in further sexual activities of the type ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- requested by Mr. Clavin. ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf-e. The College found Mr. Clavin guilty of conduct unbecoming a member and professional ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- misconduct, cancelled his certificate of qualification and terminated his membership. ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf-f. No costs were assessed to Raymond Thomas Clavin. ./british-columbia-cases/apr18_96_rtclavin.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf-a. A Member (95-A) ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf-c. The hearing took place on February 20, 1995. Recommendations were made to Council ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- on April 28, 1995. ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf-d. It was alleged that a member was guilty of professional misconduct in that the member ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf: engaged in a sexual relationship with a 19 year old female who was a former student of ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- the member and was a student in the school district in which the member was employed ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- at the time the relationship commenced. In addition, the citation alleged that the member ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- was guilty of professional misconduct in that the member was found guilty on May 16, ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf: 1994 of sexually assaulting two female students and was sentenced to 90 days in jail for ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- each conviction, to be served con currently. There was no appeal taken from the ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- convictions or the sentences. ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf-e. The panel was able to establish, through the joint submission of the member and Counsel ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf: for the College of Teachers, that the member admitted to engaging in a sexual ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- relationship with a former female student who was still a student in the district in which ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- the member was teaching. The panel also found that the member had been found guilty ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf: of sexual assault on two of the member’s grade 5 female students, aged 10-11. The ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf: sexual assault took the form of inappropriate touches and caresses of the buttocks and ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- thighs, and in one case involved kissing which the Judge characterized as not serious ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf: kisses but which should still be considered sexual. ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf-f. The member’s certificate was cancelled and the member’s membership in the College ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- was terminated. The College has accepted the members offer to irrevocably waive the ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- right to apply, in the future, for reinstatement to the College. The respondent was not ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- identified by name because of the concerns of possible impact on the families of the ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- victims and the family of the member. No costs of the proceedings were assessed against ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- the member. ./british-columbia-cases/apr28_95_resp95_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf: b. sent private, inappropriate, sexualized messages to 5 students in Grades 7 and 8. ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf-8. On May 25, 2018, the District suspended Attrill with pay. ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf-9. On July 3, 2018, Attrill resigned from the District, effective August 31, 2018. ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf-10. On June 4, 2017, a school principal had told Attrill that he should not exchange text ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- messages, or speak with students outside of school hours or off school grounds. ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf-11. On February 21, 2020, Attrill entered into a consent resolution agreement with the ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- Commissioner in which he admitted that his conduct described in paragraph 7 above ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- constitutes professional misconduct and is contrary to Standard #1 of the Standards for the ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- Fourth Edition, January 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf-12. Attrill agreed that he would never again apply for, and that the Director of Certification ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- would be required under section 64(g) of the Teachers Act never to issue to him, a ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- certificate of qualification, an independent school teaching certificate or a letter of ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- permission. ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf-13. In determining that a lifetime ban on reapplication is an appropriate consequence the ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- Commissioner considered the following factors: ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- a. Attrill engaged in serious boundary violations with students of a young age; and ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- b. Attrill communicated inappropriately through private messaging with students. ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- Page 2 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/attrill_cra_20200221.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf-a. Charles Hambley Morrison (DOB: 1939.11.07) ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf-c. The hearing was held April 30, 1997, in the board room of the College. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on August 21, 1997. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Charles Hambley Morrison during 1975 and 1976, while ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- employed as a secondary school teacher, engaged in inappropriate or improper activity ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- with a female student at the same school including meeting alone in his car, passing ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- “secret notes” at school to make arrangements to meet and providing her with alcohol. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf: The citation further alleged sexual activity with the same student including sexual ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- comments about her body, kissing and fondling her body. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined that Charles Hambley Morrison had engaged in an ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf: inappropriate sexual relationship with a student while he held a position of trust. The ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- panel considered that this relationship constituted a serious breach of the trust placed in ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- members of the profession and found Charles Hambley Morrison guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf-f. The panel recommended that Charles Hambley Morrison’s certificate of qualification be ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- cancelled. Mr. Morrison consented to this recommendation. Mr. Morrison submitted his ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- resignation from membership in the College of Teachers on November 15, 1994. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_chmorrison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf-a. Yves Audet (DOB: 1969.08.25) ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf-c. The hearing was held May 12, 1997 in the Hastings Room of the Palisades Hotel, ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- Vancouver, BC. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- Council on August 21, 1997. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Mr Yves Audet was charged and found guilty of the offence that ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- on or about July 9, 1992, at or near Val d’Amour, New Brunswick, being a person in a ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- position of trust and authority towards a fourteen-year old female student known to him, ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf: did for a sexual purpose directly touch, with a part of his body, a part of the body of said ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- female contrary to Section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. On May 30, 1996, ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- Mr. Audet was convicted of this offence. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined that Mr. Audet was guilty of professional misconduct in ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf: that he was convicted of sexual exploitation under Section 153 of the Criminal Code. The ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- court decision gave the panel sufficient evidence that: ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- 1. Mr. Audet knew the age of the student and that she was in a club where minors were ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- not allowed by law, ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- 2. Mr. Audet admitted to initiating the touching. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf: 3. After the act of sexual touching, Mr. Audet asked the student not to tell anyone. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- 4. Mr. Audet indicated to the student that they might see each other again before the ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- beginning of the next school year. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- 5. At the time this offence occurred, Mr. Audet had been advised that his contract had ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- been renewed and that he would be teaching Grades 7, 8 and 9 at the student’s school. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- The panel considered that this relationship constituted a serious breach of the trust placed ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- on members of the profession and found Mr. Yves Audet guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf-f. The panel recommended that Yves Audet’s certificate of qualification be cancelled and ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- his membership terminated. The Council concurred with this recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_97_yaudet.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf-a. Erland John Carlson (D.O.B. 1945/03/06) ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf-c. A hearing sub-committee of the College of Teachers met on March 9, 10 and 31, and ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- April 1, 1998 in the Green Timbers Rooms of the Sheraton Guildford, 15269-104 ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- Avenue, Surrey, BC, to enquire into allegations of professional misconduct. The panel ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- also met on April 29, 1998 in the Boardroom of the College offices to hear submissions ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- as to penalty. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- Council on August 21, 1998. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf-d. The citation alleged that between September 1992 and December 1993, Erland John ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- Carlson, while employed by School District #35 (Langley), engaged in conduct towards a ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf: female employee which amounted to a pattern of abuse of power and sexual harassment, ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- The citation further alleged that during the same time period, in the same school district, ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- Mr. Carlson engaged in inappropriate and improper conduct towards students by ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- continuing to use and implement time-outs and in-school suspensions after being directed ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- by members of senior staff to cease using those methods. It is also alleged that Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- Carlson used punitive and inflexible methods when dealing with the students involved in ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- the Langley School District Behaviour Disorder Program (the “BD Program”); ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- disregarded BD Program team decisions and school board policies when dealing with the ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- students; and imposed his own religious views upon the students and their families. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf:e. The hearing panel determined that Erland John Carlson had sexually and personally ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- harassed the female employee and had abused his power in dealing with that employee. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- The panel further found that Mr. Carlson had repeatedly engaged in inappropriate and ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- improper conduct towards students in his use of unacceptable techniques in regard to ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- time-out and in-school suspensions. Mr. Carlson repeatedly disregarded directions from ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- his supervisors in refusing to stop using his own techniques, in working with students not ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- enrolled in the program, and in counselling parents. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf-f. The panel recommended that Erland John Carlson’s certificate of qualification be ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- cancelled and his membership terminated. Council adopted this recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/aug21_98_ejcarlson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf-a. A Member (A-02) ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf-c. The hearing was held on April 3 and 4, 2002 in the boardroom of the BC College of ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- Teachers. The report and recommendations of the Hearing Panel were presented to ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- Council on June 6, 2002 and on August 22, 2002. ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf-d. The Hearing Panel found that the member’s comments in the journals of three grade 6 ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf: and 7 students contained material with sexual overtones but that he was not grooming his ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- students for inappropriate relationships. The journal entries, which included “double ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- entendre” humour, negative comments about a colleague, students and one parent, ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- personal information and an awareness of potential consequences, were misguided and ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- showed a serious lack of judgement and crossed the boundaries of teacher-student ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- relationships. The member admitted that the conduct as outlined in the Agreed Statement ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- of Facts constituted professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf-e. The Hearing Panel majority determined that the member breached the acceptable ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- standards of the profession by the content of his written communication and by not ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- respecting students’ boundaries and rights to privacy. The profession recognizes that a ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- privileged relationship exists with students and that the boundaries of that relationship ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf: must not be violated. Violations of those boundaries may be non-sexual but nevertheless ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- inappropriate. ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf-f. The Panel majority recommended to Council that the member be issued a letter of ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- reprimand. ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf-g. Council considered the report and recommendations of the Hearing Panel and a majority ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- of Council concurred with the recommendation that the member be issued a Letter of ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- Reprimand and the recommendation not to publish the member’s name. ./british-columbia-cases/aug22_02_respa_02.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf-a. A Member (01-A) ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf-c. The hearing was held July 19 and 20, 2001, at the College offices in Vancouver. The ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on August ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- 23, 2001. The case was self reported by the member as criminal charges had been laid. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- (These charges were later stayed.) ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf-d. The member exposed his penis in a public swimming pool while scratching an itch ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf: caused by a chronic skin condition. The panel could not find any evidence of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- impropriety or intent. However, it did feel that the member exercised a serious lack of ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- judgement. Therefore the panel determined that the member was guilty of conduct ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- unbecoming a member of the teaching profession. The panel recommended against ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf: publication of the member’s name as any association with a suggestion of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- impropriety would be very stigmatizing and would affect his health adversely. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf-e. The hearing panel issued the member a letter of reprimand. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf-f. Council considered the report and recommendations of the hearing panel and decided that ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- no costs be assessed to the member. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf-g. The member consented to the hearing panel’s finding regarding penalty, and its ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- recommendations on costs and publication. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_01_resp01_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf-a. Steven Russell Mills (DOB: 1952.06.16, Certificate Issued: 1991.06.03; cancelled in ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- 2004 for non-payment of fees) ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf-b. Professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf-c. The hearing was held on August 23 and August 24, 2007, at the College’s offices in ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- Vancouver, B.C. The report and recommendations of the Hearing Sub-Committee were ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- presented to Council on June 12, 2008, in accordance with section 22 of the Teaching ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- Profession Act. This matter originated as a report under section 16(2) of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf-d. Mr. Mills was an art teacher at a school when the incidents took place in 1989 to 1991. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf: He was found to have had a personal, sexual relationship with a female student in his ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- grade 11 and grade 12 classes. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf-e. The Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Committee”) was unanimous in its decision that Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- Mills, while employed as an art teacher between September 1989 and June 1991, did ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- engage in an intimate relationship with a female student. The Committee unanimously ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf: found that Mr. Mills’ relationship with the student included kissing, fondling and sexual ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- intercourse. The Committee determined that the facts in this case indicated that the ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- conduct occurred while the victim was still a student under Mr. Mills’ direct supervision ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- and authority. The Committee found that this conduct is contrary to the standards of ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- behaviour expected of a teacher and found him guilty of professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf-f. The Committee considered the submissions presented by counsel on penalty, publication ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- and costs. The Committee unanimously agreed to a penalty of at least a five-year bar ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- from re-issuance of a College certificate. With respect to costs, the Committee ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- acknowledged that Mr. Mills was no longer a member of the College and that there was ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- no compulsion on his part to participate in College proceedings. They concluded that his ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- absence did not hinder the College in exercising its mandate. In the matter of publication, ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- the Committee unanimously agreed that Mr. Mills’ name be published as he took no ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- position on this issue and there was no evidence supporting anonymous publication. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf-g. Council considered the report and recommendations of the Committee and agreed to ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- accept the recommendations and reasons as to penalty, costs and publication. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_07_srmills.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf-a. Brent Ralph Derbyshire (DOB 1960/02/02) ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf-b. Professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf-c. The hearing was held May 31 and June 1, 2000. The report and recommendations of the ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- hearing panel were presented to Council on August 23, 2000. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Brent Ralph Derbyshire wrote and exchanged notes of a ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf: personal nature and engaged in inappropriate sexual touching of a student during the ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- 1992-1993 school year. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined that Brent Ralph Derbyshire did engage in kissing a ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- student on at least two occasions and wrote the student notes of a personal nature. The ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- panel considered that this relationship constituted serious breach of the trust placed on ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- members of the profession and found Mr Derbyshire guilty of professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- Mr Derbyshire admitted both his guilt and shame that his actions had brought dishonour ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- to the profession. The panel found his remorse to be genuine. ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf-f. The panel recommended that Brent Ralph Derbyshire’s certificate of qualification be ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- suspended for twelve weeks. Mr Derbyshire consented to this recommendation. (NB Mr ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- Derbyshire’s suspension ended August 28, 2000.) ./british-columbia-cases/aug23_2000_brderbyshire.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf-a. Peter David Langan Napper (DOB: 37.12.21) ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf-c. The hearing was held June 2, 1993, commencing at 9:00 a.m. in the boardroom of the ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- College. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- Council on August 26, 1993. ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Peter David Langan Napper committed professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf: by entering into a sexual relationship with a female student between January 1, 1991 and ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- July 10, 1991. Further, on September 4, 1991, Mr. Napper entered a plea of guilty to a ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf: charge of sexual exploitation of one female student contrary to Section 153 of the ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf-e. The events leading to the issuing of the citation took place while Mr. Napper was ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- employed as an administrative officer in a junior secondary school. The student involved ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- was a grade ten female student at the school. On September 4, 1991, he pleaded guilty to ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf: one charge of sexual exploitation under Section 153 of the Criminal Code of Canada. He ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- was convicted, fined $2000, placed on probation for one year and ordered to perform 150 ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- hours of community service. Mr. Napper resigned his membership in the College of ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- Teachers November 27, 1991. Mr. Napper agreed that a finding of professional ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- misconduct would be appropriate along with cancellation of his certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- qualification. Mr. Napper apologized to the College and to the teaching profession for ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- any impact his behaviour has had on the public perception of the profession. ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- The College considered that this relationship constituted a serious breach of the trust ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- placed on members of the profession. ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf-f. The College found Mr. Napper guilty of professional misconduct and cancelled his ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- certificate of qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/aug26_93_pdl_napper.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf-a. Anthony Aish (DOB: 1938.12.12) ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf-c. The hearing was held May 1, 1997 in the boardroom of the College. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on August 21-22, 1997. ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf-d. The citation alleged that between September 1987 and July 1992, while employed at a ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- Junior Secondary School, Anthony Aish engaged in inappropriate or improper activity, ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf: and sexual activity with a student, (“X”) who had formerly been a student at the school at ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- which Mr. Aish continued to teach. Further, the citation alleged that between September, ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- 1990 and July 1992, while employed at the same Junior Secondary School, Anthony Aish ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- had contact with “X” notwithstanding Anthony Aish entering into a written agreement ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- with “X” ‘s parents to have no direct or indirect contact with “X’. ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf:e. The hearing panel determined that Anthony Aish had sexual intercourse with “X” ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- numerous times beginning on or after “X” ‘s 16th birthday, which was when he began ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- supplying alcohol to “X”, as well. Mr. Aish, in 1988 verbally assured “X” ’s parents he ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- would end the relationship. He did not. In 1990 Mr. Aish entered into a written ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- agreement with “X” ‘s parents to end the relationship. He did not. Mr. Aish also admits ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- to smoking marijuana with “X” on one occasion in 1991 and 1992. ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- The panel considered that this relationship constituted a severe and unconscionable ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- breach of trust students, parents and the public have of members of the profession and ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- found Anthony Aish guilty of professional misconduct. The Panel recommended that ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf: Council adopt a zero tolerance principle statement in regard to sexual relationships ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- between students and teachers. ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf-f. The Panel recommended that Mr. Aish’s certificate of qualification be cancelled and his ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- membership terminated. Council concurred with this recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/aug2122_97_aaish.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf-Summary of the Consent Resolution Agreement executed: January 18, 2013 ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf-In the matter concerning: ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf-Ronald Norman Ball ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf-Ronald Norman Ball admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to Standard 2. In May 2010, ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf-the BC College of Teachers received a district report. A citation was issued against Mr. Ball on October 10, 2010. Mr. Ball ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf:admits that on two occasions he did sexually harass a female teacher by placing his hands on her buttocks against her wishes. On ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf-January 18, 2013, the Commissioner executed the consent resolution agreement in which Mr. Ball agreed that he will never ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf-again apply for a certificate with the Teacher Regulation Branch and that he will never again apply for or accept any position of ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf-employment anywhere, inside or outside of British Columbia, that would involve teaching in any capacity people under the age ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf-of 18 years. As a result, the citation was rescinded. Mr. Ball’s certificate of qualification was cancelled on November 1, ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf-2011 due to non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/ball_20130118.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf-Summary: ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf-Re: Careen, Martin Gerard Philip (“Careen”) ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3)(a) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a student ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf-who was harmed, abused or exploited by Careen and in accordance with an order made by a judge of the ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf-British Columbia Supreme Court under section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada that prohibits the ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf-publication, broadcast or transmission of any information that could identify the student. ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf-Careen was a secondary school teacher. On July 9, 2009, the B.C. College of Teachers (the “College”) ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf-received a report from the school that employed Careen. The report notified the College that Careen ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf:had been charged with one count of sexual exploitation and one count of luring in relation to a student ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf-he taught. ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- • On one evening and into the early morning the following day, Careen exchanged a number of ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- text messages with the student. ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf: • These text messages consisted of explicit invitations to sexual conduct. ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf:On July 6, 2009, Careen was charged with sexual exploitation and luring, contrary to sections 153(1)(b) ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf:and 172.1(1) of the Criminal Code. On July 13, 2011, Careen was convicted of sexual exploitation, ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf-contrary to s. 153(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (the “Conviction”). The count of luring, contrary to s. ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf-172.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code was stayed. Careen’s employment was terminated. Careen’s certificate ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf-of qualification was cancelled under section 91(1)(b) of the Teachers Act on January 7, 2012. Careen ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf-appealed the Conviction; however, the appeal was dismissed on December 12, 2013. ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf-On March 27, 2014, Careen entered into a consent resolution agreement in which: ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- • Careen admitted that his conduct was contrary to Standards # 1 and # 2 of the Standards for the ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, Fourth ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- Edition, and January 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- • He admitted that his conduct constitutes professional misconduct, and ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- • He agreed that he will not apply for, and the Director of Certification will be required not to ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- issue him a certificate of qualification, an independent school teaching certificate or a letter of ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- permission at any time in the future. ./british-columbia-cases/careen_cra_20140327.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/coon,-christopher-anthony.pdf- Coon, Christopher Anthony - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/coon,-christopher-anthony.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/coon,-christopher-anthony.pdf- admitted to and was found guilty of professional misconduct. Criminal charges were laid against the respondent for ./british-columbia-cases/coon,-christopher-anthony.pdf: Sexual Assault. Mr. Coon plead guilty to a lesser offence of touching the body of a young person for sexual purposes ./british-columbia-cases/coon,-christopher-anthony.pdf- contrary to the Criminal Code. The respondent admitted to the College that he initiated intimate physical contact with a ./british-columbia-cases/coon,-christopher-anthony.pdf- Grade 11 female student.The incidents of his physical touching occurred outside school hours on 6 or 7 occassions.On ./british-columbia-cases/coon,-christopher-anthony.pdf- August 30, 2005, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee approved the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and ./british-columbia-cases/coon,-christopher-anthony.pdf- accepted that the appropriate penalty was cancellation of his certificate of qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/coon,-christopher-anthony.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/coon,-christopher-anthony.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/coon,-christopher-anthony.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/coon,-christopher-anthony.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/coon,-christopher-anthony.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRSC/Coon,%20Christopher%20Anthony.txt[2014-09-26 8:14:19 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/coon,-christopher-anthony.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf- Davidson, John Lindsay ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standards 1 and 2. In March ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf- 2011, while Mr. Davidson was using a projector to show his middle school class instructional material, a female ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf: student saw a shortcut to “school girl porn” on his laptop. The student’s parent reported it to the school. A school ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf: district investigation found that Mr. Davidson’s laptop contained 14 web links to pornography videos. The titles of ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf- some of the links included references such as “schoolgirl,” “teacher” and “coach.” The history of sites visited on the ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf: computer included further references to pornographic materials. An RCMP review of Mr. Davidson’s laptop concluded ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf: that the pornography websites that were visited portrayed adults in pornographic roles and not of child pornography. ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf- Mr. Davidson relinquished his College certificate of qualification in April 2011. On December 21, 2011, the ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf- Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Davidson ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf- undertook that he would not re-apply for, nor would he be re-issued, a certificate of qualification for a period of no ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf- less than 15 years. ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Davidson,%20John%20Lindsay.txt[2014-09-26 6:58:43 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/davidson,-john-lindsay.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf-a. A Member (93-B) ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member, Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf-c. The hearing was held on three days in October and November of 1993 and the ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf- recommendations were presented to the Council in December, 1993. ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf:d. This case involved a teacher who was accused of two charges of sexually assaulting a ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf: young female employee in 1991 and one charge of sexually assaulting a teenage female ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf: student in 1989. The assaults involved inappropriate sexual comments, and the grabbing ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf- of breasts and the pinching of bottoms. The assault of the young female employee ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf- reflects on the teaching profession because it involved a breach of trust and an abuse of a ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf- power situation. ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf-e. The College of Teachers found him guilty of conduct unbecoming a member for two ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf: charges of sexual assault of the female employee and found him guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf: misconduct for the sexual assault of the young female student. The College determined ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf- that his certificate of qualification should be cancelled. He had previously resigned from ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf- his membership in the College. He is not being identified to protect the identity of his ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf- family. ./british-columbia-cases/dec_93_resp93_b.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf-a. Stewart Richard Faulkner (DOB: 1928.09.05) ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf-c. The hearing was held November 3, 1994. The report and Recommendations of the ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- hearing panel were presented to the Council on December 1, 1994. ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Stewart Richard Faulkner committed professional misconduct in ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf: that he was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault against three male students. ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf-e. On or about March 31, 1992, Stewart Richard Faulkner pleaded guilty in the Court of ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf: Queen’s Bench of Alberta, Judicial District of Peace River, to three counts of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- assault occurring between August 31, 1990 and February 2, 1992. The assaults were on ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- three male students at the school of which he was principal. For these offences Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- Faulkner was sentenced to five years on each count to run concurrently. His actions ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- constituted a serious breach of trust and a betrayal of both the profession and the public. ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- Consequently, the hearing panel determined that Mr. Faulkner was guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- misconduct and recommended that his certificate of qualification be cancelled and that ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- his membership in the B.C. College of Teachers be terminated. ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf-f. The College cancelled Mr. Faulkner’s certificate of qualification and terminated his ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- membership. Mr. Faulkner has consented to this action. ./british-columbia-cases/dec01_94_srfaulkner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf-a. Darcy Todd Schreiner (DOB: 1961.06.07) ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf-c. The hearing was held July 17, 2003 at the College offices. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- recommendations of the Hearing Panel were presented to Council on December 4, 2003. ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- School District reported this case in accordance with section 16(2) of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf-d. The Hearing Panel found: ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- • Mr. Schreiner made a video, which focused on the crotches and breasts of young girls ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- at his school on the playground and in his classroom; ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- The Hearing Panel determined that Darcy Todd Schreiner was guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf-e. The Hearing Panel considered that Mr. Schreiner’s actions constituted professional ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- misconduct: ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf: • The video was both sexual and exploitative in nature. It invaded the privacy of the ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- students and breached the trust relationship between student and teacher. It violated ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- the trust relationship between the public and the profession. ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- The Panel recommended to Council that Darcy Todd Schreiner’s membership in the ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- College be terminated and that his certificate of qualification be cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf-f. Council considered the report and recommendations of the Hearing Panel and determined ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- that the membership of Darcy Todd Schreiner in the College be terminated and that his ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- certificate of qualification be cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/dec04_03_dtschreiner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf-a. Lyle Arthur Balfour (DOB 1945/10/03) ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf-b. Professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf-c. A hearing was held October 16, 2002 at the College offices. The report and decisions of ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- the Hearing Panel were presented to Council on December 5, 2002. ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf-d. Mr Balfour admitted that in 1985 he touched a female student from his high school class. ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- He patted and rubbed her back and brushed her breast. Mr Balfour further admitted that ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- in 2000, while he was employed as a part-time instructor in an Adult Basic Education ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf: programme, he made a number of comments of an inappropriate sexual nature to a ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- female student from his class. On various occasions he placed his hand on her back when ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- close to her and, on one occasion, hugged her and touched her breast. Mr Balfour ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- acknowledged that these behaviours constitute professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf-e. The Hearing Panel determined that Mr Balfour was guilty of professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- By his actions and words he overstepped the boundaries of the student-teacher ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- relationship. The Panel suspended Mr Balfour’s Certificate of Qualification and ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- Membership in the College for six months commencing October 16, 2002. Mr Balfour ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- consented to the Hearing Panel’s penalty. ./british-columbia-cases/dec05_02_labalfour.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf-a. John Graham MacPherson (DOB 1941/02/22) ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf-c. The hearing was held October 22, 2001 at the College offices. The matter was brought to ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- the attention of the College through a letter from Mr MacPherson’s Superintendent in ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- accordance with Section 16 of the Teaching Profession Act. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on December 6, 2001. ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf:d. Mr MacPherson admitted that he engaged in improper sexual conduct with a student in ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- his class involving hugging the student and kissing her on the lips. He further admitted ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf: that he engaged this student in private conversations concerning personal and sexual ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- relationships. Mr MacPherson agreed that this behaviour constituted professional ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- misconduct. The hearing panel determined that John Graham MacPherson’s actions ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- constituted professional misconduct. The panel based its determination on the following ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- reasons: ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- • The panel finds that Mr MacPherson’s conduct was a violation of the trust placed in ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- him as a teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- • Mr MacPherson abused his position of power with regard to a student by engaging ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf: in improper sexual conduct. ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- • His actions frightened a student and made her uncomfortable to be around him. ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf-e. In considering penalty the hearing panel determined that Mr MacPherson’s actions were a ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- serious breach of professional conduct. ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf-f. The panel recommended to Council that John Graham MacPherson’s certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- qualification be cancelled and his membership in the British Columbia College of ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- Teachers be terminated. ./british-columbia-cases/dec06_01_jgmacpherson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf-a. Thomas Edward Probst (DOB: 49.03.22) ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf-c. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf- December 10, 1992. ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Thomas Edward Probst committed professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf: consisting of one count of sexual assault and two counts of indecent assault of female ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf- students in his care. Mr. Probst was found guilty and sentenced to nine months of ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf- imprisonment on each count to be served concurrently. The first count involved indecent ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf- assault of a thirteen-year-old female student in 1980. The second count involved an ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf- indecent assault on a thirteen-year-old student in or about 1978. The third count involved ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf: sexual assault of a thirteen-year-old student in 1988. Two of these assaults occurred ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf- during school-sponsored field trips and one of the assaults occurred on the school ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf- premises. ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf-e. The College of Teachers found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf- cancelled the individual’s membership and certificate of qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/dec10_92_teprobst.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf-a. Herbert George Kenny (DOB: 31.09.09) ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct and Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf-c. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- December 12, 1991. ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Herbert George Kenny committed professional misconduct and ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- conduct unbecoming a member when he pleaded guilty in late 1990 to three counts of ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- indecent assault, and was convicted by a jury of three other counts of indecent assault and ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf: two counts of sexual intercourse with a female under four teen, and was sentenced to a ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- total of five years imprisonment. ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf-e. The events leading to the criminal convictions took place while the respondent was ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- employed as a teacher in Terrace and during the period September 1, 1966 to June 30, ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- 1980. On a number of occasions, he fondled or had intercourse with girls who were ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- enrolled in his elementary school class, his school or at other schools in the district, or in ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- swimming classes that he instructed. He resigned in June, 1981 and moved to Courtenay. ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- His subsequent convictions were reported to the College by the Attorney General. The ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- College of Teachers found Herbert George Kenny guilty of professional misconduct and ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- conduct unbecoming a member, and deter mined that his membership in the College of ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- Teachers be terminated and his certificate of qualification be cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/dec12_91_hgkenny.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf-a. A Member (B-89) ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf-c. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- December 13, 1990. ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf-d. The Citation alleged that a member committed conduct unbecoming a member by ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf: committing sexual offences against two young girls, formerly his pupils. ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf:e. The case involves a member who pleaded guilty in criminal court to one count of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- assault, one count of indecent assault, one count of gross indecency and one count of ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf: having sexual intercourse with a female under the age of fourteen. The incidents ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- involved two young girls who were still enrolled in schools in the school district, who ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- had been students of the teacher when the incidents began, and who were also employed ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- by him as babysitters. The events took place over a period of years. The teacher ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- concerned was sentenced to incarceration for four years. ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf-f. The College of Teachers found the teacher guilty of conduct unbecoming a member, and ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- determined that his membership in the College shall be terminated and his certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- qualification cancelled. In so doing, the Council was cognizant of the public loss of ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- confidence in the profession caused by member’s who act in a repugnant manner, of the ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- breach of trust which occurred, and of the unsuitability of the individual to model the ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- expectations of the profession. ./british-columbia-cases/dec13_90_respb_89.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf-a. James Seymour Sutherland ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf-b. Professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf-c. The hearing was held on October 18, 2010, at the College's offices in Vancouver, BC. This ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- matter originated as a report under section 7(2) of the Independent School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf-d. During the period of November 2007 through February 2008, while teaching at an ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf: elementary school, Mr. Sutherland accessed adult pornography websites from his ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- classroom computer during instructional time. ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf-e. The Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Panel”) was unanimous in its decision that Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- Sutherland was guilty of professional misconduct. The Panel found that the only ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- reasonable inference to be drawn from the evidence provided was that it was Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf: Sutherland who accessed and viewed adult pornography websites on his school ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- computer in his classroom during instructional time. The Panel concluded from the ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- facts that Mr. Sutherland breached Standard 2 of the College’s Standards for the ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia. ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- Standard 2 requires a teacher to behave honestly and ethically and with the integrity and ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf: dignity befitting the profession. Viewing pornography during instructional classroom ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- time is wrong and repugnant. Although there was no evidence that any of the students ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf: were exposed to the pornographic images or sites, Mr. Sutherland risked exposing the ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- children under his care and to the accompanying risk of emotional or psychological ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf: harm as a result of accidental exposure to pornographic material. Furthermore, the ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- Panel agreed that it would itself cause a separate harm to the children if they were to ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf: see their teacher viewing pornography in the classroom, eroding the children’s trust and ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- confidence in their teachers. ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf-f. The Panel unanimously ordered a one-year suspension of Mr. Sutherland’s certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- qualification. In addition, the Panel unanimously ordered that costs in the amount of ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- $4,500 to be paid by Mr. Sutherland prior to the conclusion of his one-year suspension. ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- With respect to publication, the Panel ordered that Mr. Sutherland’s name, along with a ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- case summary of the Panel’s findings, be published. ./british-columbia-cases/dec17_10_sutherland.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf- Ellison, Thomas Leslie ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf- admitted that his conduct leading to a criminal conviction on December 15, 2006, under the Criminal Code for two ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf- counts of indecent assault, two counts of gross indecency and one count of common assault, constitute professional ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf- misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. The convictions relate to Mr. Ellison's conduct with ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf- students while he was a high school teacher at Vancouver's Prince of Wales Secondary School in the Quest Program, ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf: an outdoor education program for grade ten and eleven students. Mr. Ellison's sexual contact with students included ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf- kissing, fondling and digital penetration and cunnilingus. On March 1, 2007, the Preliminary Investigation Sub- ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf- Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement which stipulates that the College will not issue him a ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf- College teaching certificate for an indeterminate period. ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Ellison,%20Thomas%20Leslie.txt[2014-09-26 8:57:05 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/ellison,-thomas-leslie.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf-a. Gregory McKeand Gies ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf-b. Conduct unbecoming a member of the College. ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf-c. The first phase of the hearing was held on October 20-22, 2008, and the final phase of ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- the hearing was held on November 10, 2008, at the College’s offices in Vancouver. This ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- matter originated as a Registrar’s Report under section 28(4) of the Teaching Profession ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- Act. ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf-d. Between 2002 and 2006, when the incidents took place, Mr. Gies was employed as a ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- secondary and elementary school teacher. In 2006, Mr. Gies was charged criminally with ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf: possession of child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- Canada. At the conclusion of the criminal trial which commenced in October 2007, the ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- member was acquitted. In 2008, Mr. Gies admitted to the College by way of a Statement ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf: of Agreed Facts, to possession of child pornography and to having engaged in conduct ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- unbecoming a member of the College. Mr. Gies has expressly acknowledged that his ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- actions breached the College’s Standards of Competency and Conduct. ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf-e. The Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Committee”) unanimously accepted the facts and ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- admissions made by Mr. Gies in the Agreed Statement of Facts. The Committee found ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf: that while employed as a teacher, Mr. Gies repeatedly downloaded child pornography to ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- his personal computer. The Member collected, sorted and categorized hundreds of ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- thousands of still images and video files of children under the age of 18 years engaged in, ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- or depicted to be engaged in sexual activity. The Committee found that Mr. Gies ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- breached Standard #2 the College’s Standards of Competency and Conduct, which states, ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- “Educators act with integrity, maintaining the dignity and credibility of the profession. ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- They understand that their individual conduct contributes to the perception of the ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- profession as a whole. Educators are accountable for their conduct while on duty, as well ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- as off duty, where that conduct has an effect on the education system.” In addition, the ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- Committee found that engaging in criminal behaviour itself (even if there is no ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- conviction) brings the profession into disrepute. That the behaviour involves child ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf: pornography clearly fails to maintain the dignity and credibility of the profession. ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf-f. The Committee considered the submissions presented by counsel on penalty, publication ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- and costs. The Committee unanimously agreed that the Member’s teaching certificate be ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- cancelled and his membership in the British Columbia College of Teachers be terminated. ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- With respect to costs, the Committee agreed that no costs be assessed to Mr. Gies. In the ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- matter of publication, the Committee unanimously agreed that his name be published in ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- accordance with sections 27.2 and 27.3 of the Teaching Profession Act. ./british-columbia-cases/feb05_09_gies.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf-a. A Respondent (A-02-05) ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf-b. Professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf-c. The hearing was held on November 23, 2004, at the College’s offices in Vancouver, B.C. The ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- report and recommendations of the Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Committee) were presented to ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- Council on February 11, 2005. This matter originated as a report under section 16(1) of the ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf-d. The Respondent, who was a coach of a swim team, admitted that he engaged in unnecessary and ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf: inappropriate touching of female students but denies that any of the touching had a sexual intent ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- or context. The Respondent further admitted that on a number of occasions he drove students in ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- his car to swimming practice without a parent or other adult present. ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- The Respondent acknowledged that these actions constitute professional misconduct and ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- expressed regret for his actions and their impact on the victims and the teaching profession. ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf-e. The Committee accepted the Respondent’s admission of guilt and found him guilty of ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- professional misconduct. The Committee found that the Respondent abused his position of ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- authority. The Committee noted that a teacher is in a privileged position of authority and is ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- expected to treat all students with respect and dignity at all times. The member’s physical contact ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- with students violated appropriate boundaries and standards of conduct. ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf-f. The Committee considered the submissions presented by counsel on penalty, publication and ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- costs. The Committee agreed that the Respondent receive a three-month suspension of his ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- Certificate of Qualification. The College did not seek an order of costs against the Respondent as ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- he cooperated throughout the process. In the matter of publication, the Committee concluded that ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- the name of the Respondent be withheld from publication. The Committee made this ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- determination as the College Bylaws make the matter of publication discretionary. The ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- Committee concluded that there is no legal presumption in favour of publication of a member’s ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- name. Notification pursuant to Section 36 of the Teaching Profession Act satisfies the concerns of ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- the College to protect the public interest. The Committee believed that publication is separate ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- from penalty and concluded that, given the particulars of the offending conduct, publication of the ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- member’s name would serve a purely punitive purpose. In this case, publication might satisfy a ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- public curiosity, but is not needed for a public interest. ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- Council considered the report and recommendations of the Committee as well as counsel ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- submissions. Council unanimously determined that the appropriate penalty be a three-month ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- suspension of the Respondent’s Certificate of Qualification. Council also agreed that no costs be ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- assessed to the Respondent. With respect to publication, five Council members dissented with the ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- majority and issued separate dissenting reasons relating to this matter. These members felt that, ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- while there was no presumption operating in favour of publication, the College has a ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- responsibility to protect public interest and ensure public confidence in the College and in the ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- transparency of its processes. ./british-columbia-cases/feb11_05_respa0205.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf-a. A Respondent 01-B ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf-b. Professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf-c. The hearing was held June 26, 27, November 29, 2000 and January 29, 2001. The report ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on May 10, 2001. ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- The College was made aware of the issue by way of a report by a school board under ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- 16(2) of the School Act and a report from the Ministry of Attorney General. ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf-d. The citation alleged that the Respondent did engage in an improper relationship with a ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- former student. ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf:e. The hearing panel found that the Respondent began a sexual relationship with a fourteen- ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf: year-old male former student. The Respondent’s sexual activity included holding hands, ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf: hugging, kissing, back massages, oral sex and intercourse on a regular basis, which ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf: continued over the course of a year. She kept her sexual relationship a secret. ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- The panel found that this relationship constituted a serious breach of the trust placed on ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- members of the profession. The Respondent admitted that her behaviour constituted ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- conduct unbecoming. The panel found the Respondent guilty of professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- and conduct unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf-f. The panel recommended that the Respondent’s certificate of qualification be cancelled ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- and her membership terminated. Council, while considering the Respondent’s ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- submissions that a suspension was appropriate, determined to accept the panel’s ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf-g. The Respondent appealed the decision of the College to the British Columbia Supreme ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- Court. On further appeal by the College to the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- Supreme Court decision was upheld and a two-year suspension and anonymous ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- publication were confirmed. ./british-columbia-cases/feb16_05_respb0105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf-a. Daniel James Sullivan (DOB: 1936.09.20) ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf-c. The hearing was held January 8, 1999, in the 5th floor boardroom of the BC College of ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf- Teachers. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf- Council on February 18, 1999. ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf-d. The Hearing Panel had to determine whether Mr Sullivan had been guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf- misconduct or conduct unbecoming a member. Mr Sullivan had been convicted in ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf: criminal court in May, 1997, of the charge of sexual assault of a child. ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined Mr Sullivan’s actions constituted a serious breach of trust ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf- placed on members of the profession and found Mr Sullivan guilty of conduct ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf- unbecoming a member. The public needs to be assured they can have confidence in ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf- teachers with regard to the safety and welfare of children. ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf-f. The panel recommended that Mr Sullivan’s certificate of qualification be cancelled and ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf- his membership be terminated. Council concurred with the recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_djsullivan.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf-a. John Andrew Nickel (DOB: 1960.11.02) ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf-b. The citation cited professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf-c. The hearing was held November 23, 1998, in the fifth floor Boardroom of the College. ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- February 18, 1999. ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf-d. The citation alleged, and John Andrew Nickel agreed that he had been involved in an ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf: inappropriate sexual relationship with a female, commencing in or about 1984 when she ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- was approximately 14 years old and a student in Grade 9 or 10 and that he had been in a ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- position of trust to the victim by virtue of being both a family friend and an “employer” ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- of her as a babysitter. The relationship continued until some time in 1994. ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined that this action constituted a serious breach of trust placed ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- on members of the profession and determined the former member was guilty of conduct ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf-f. The panel recommended that John Andrew Nickel be barred from reapplying for a ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- certificate of qualification and membership in the College of Teachers for a period of two ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- years commencing January 1, 1999. (Note 2) ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- Note 1: Section 22 of the Teaching Profession Act enables the BCCT to discipline an ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- individual who no longer holds a certificate of qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- Note 2: Under Section 25 of the Teaching Profession Act the College has an ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- obligation to determine if an individual is a fit and proper person. At the time ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- of re-application, the individual would be subject to review by the ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- Membership investigation Sub-Committee. ./british-columbia-cases/feb18_99_janickel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf-a. Robin Nigel Clegg (DOB: 1960.01.20) ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf-c. The hearing was held July 28, 2003 in Cranbrook, British Columbia. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- recommendations of the Hearing Panel were presented to Council on February 26, 2004. ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf-d. Mr. Robin Nigel Clegg acknowledged that between January 1986 and January 1987, ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- while employed as a teacher, he did engage in an intimate relationship with a student ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- which relationship included kissing, intimate touching, digital vaginal penetration and ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf: oral sex, and that he did give keys to his private residence to the student concerned. ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf-e. The Hearing Panel considered that Mr. Robin Nigel Clegg’s actions were inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- and that he was guilty of professional misconduct. The Panel recommended cancellation ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- of Mr. Clegg’s teaching certificate and termination of his membership in the College. The ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- Panel’s reasons were as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- • Mr. Clegg engaged in a deeply personal and intimate relationship with a 15- year-old ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf: student at his school. His physical contact with her was both sexually advanced and ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- frequent. The conduct giving rise to this Citation occurred both in his home and on ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- school property. ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- • Compounding the culpability of Mr. Clegg’s actions is the fact that he first ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- acquiesced and then participated in the student’s deception of her parents with regard ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- to his interaction with her. Mr. Clegg persisted in pressuring the student to continue ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- the relationship after she expressed an inclination to terminate the same. ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf: • Mr. Clegg exploited a student in his charge for his own personal and sexual ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- gratification. In so doing, he breached all professional boundaries of an educator. ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- Instead of advancing and protecting the interests of this student, Mr. Clegg took ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- advantage of her and caused her harm while ignoring his obligation of accountability ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- to her parents. ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf-f. Council considered the report and adopted the recommendations of the Hearing Panel. ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- No costs are assessed to Mr. Clegg and his name is to be released to the public along with ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- a summary of the circumstances of the case. ./british-columbia-cases/feb26_04_clegg.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf-a. Bernard William Gilchrist (DOB 1952/04/02) ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf-c. The hearing was held December 10, 2001 at the College offices. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on February 28, 2002. ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf:d. The hearing panel found that Bernard William Gilchrist engaged in improper sexual ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- conduct with his daughter between 1987 and 1990. These events took place in the early ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- morning in the family home while her mother and siblings were still asleep. The victim ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- said these events occurred hundreds of times. The hearing panel determined that Bernard ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- William Gilchrist was guilty of conduct unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf-e. The hearing panel considered that Bernard William Gilchrist’s actions demonstrated a ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- serious breach of professional judgement and constituted a disregard for the trust placed ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- upon him as a teacher. The panel recommended to Council that Bernard William ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- Gilchrist’s certificate of qualification be cancelled and his membership in the College be ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- terminated. ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf-f. Council considered the report and recommendations of the hearing panel and cancelled ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- Mr Gilchrist’s certificate of qualification and terminated his membership. ./british-columbia-cases/feb28_02_bwgilchrist.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf-a. Geoffrey John Armstrong (DOB: 42.06.22) ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf-c. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to the Council of ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- the College in February 1994. ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf-d. Geoffrey Armstrong engaged in professional misconduct in that, between 1973 and 1988, ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- he developed improper relationships with a number of his female students, most of whom ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- were between 12 and 15 years of age. This misconduct included the supplying of alcohol ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf: to minors, hugging, kissing, and sexual contact. This misconduct occurred at school, on ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- school-sanctioned camping trips, at local coffee shops and restaurants, and at Geoffrey ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- Armstrong’s home. ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- Geoffrey Armstrong also acted improperly in under mining the professional relationship ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- which exists between colleagues and that which exists between teachers and the students ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- that they teach. He undermined the work of colleagues by sharing another teacher’s final ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- exam with students and by making inappropriate comments to students about others that ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- encouraged distrust of other adults, both teachers and parents. ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf-e. The College of Teachers determined that Geoffrey John Armstrong’s certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- qualification should be cancelled and his membership in the College terminated. ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf-f. Mr Armstrong was assessed the entire costs of the hearing because of his repeated ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- attempts to avoid service and his lack of cooperation in expediting the hearing. ./british-columbia-cases/feb94_gjarmstrong.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf- Fortin, Claude Joel ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. Mr. Fortin was employed as a teacher in a private school in ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf- Istanbul, Turkey from August 2002 until October 2006. In 2006, Mr. Fortin was arrested in Turkey on charges of ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf: possession of marijuana, possession of child pornography and sexual exploitation of children. After a trial on ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf- December 11, 2006, the Court found Mr. Fortin guilty on the charge of possession of marijuana and the possession of ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf: child pornography. He was acquitted on the charge of sexually exploiting children. On July 4, 2008, the Preliminary ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf- Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement which stipulates that the College will ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf- not issue him a College teaching certificate for an indeterminate period. ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Fortin,%20Claude%20Joel.txt[2014-09-26 8:57:36 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/fortin,-claude-joel.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/geisler,-gerald-douglas.pdf- Geisler, Gerald Douglas - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/geisler,-gerald-douglas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/geisler,-gerald-douglas.pdf- admitted to and was found guilty of professional misconduct. The respondent repeatedly showed videos to his students ./british-columbia-cases/geisler,-gerald-douglas.pdf: during class that contained inappropriate, including some sexual, images. On December 2, 2004, the Conduct Review ./british-columbia-cases/geisler,-gerald-douglas.pdf- Sub-Committee approved the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition. The Sub-Committee accepted that the ./british-columbia-cases/geisler,-gerald-douglas.pdf- appropriate penalty was a three-month suspension of his certificate of qualification. Publication was delayed due to ./british-columbia-cases/geisler,-gerald-douglas.pdf- certain extenuating circumstances in this case. ./british-columbia-cases/geisler,-gerald-douglas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/geisler,-gerald-douglas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/geisler,-gerald-douglas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/geisler,-gerald-douglas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/geisler,-gerald-douglas.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRSC/Geisler,%20Gerald%20Douglas.txt[2014-09-26 8:17:32 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/geisler,-gerald-douglas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- 15 ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-Summary of Findings ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-[65] In summary, the panel finds that the Commissioner has established that it is more likely ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-than not that the following conduct occurred: ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- • The Respondent yelled at students in her class on a frequent basis at a volume that could ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- be overheard by others outside her classroom and was disruptive of other classrooms ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- (Allegation 1); ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- • The Respondent criticized the work of students in an inappropriate manner, including ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- crumpling their work and discarding it in the garbage or recycling (Allegation 2); ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- • The Respondent reprimanded Student A for urinating in the playground in an ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- inappropriate manner (Allegation 3); and ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- • The Respondent made belittling and disrespectful comments to students (Allegation 5). ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-ANALYSIS AND DECISION ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-Preliminary Issue ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-[66] The Respondent argued that there was so little evidence supporting the allegations in ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-paragraphs 4, 8, 9 and 10 of the Citation (which the panel has found were not substantiated) that ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-the Commissioner should not have included them in the Citation and should not have pursued ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-them at the hearing. She argues that doing so was improper. ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-[67] The function of a citation in proceedings before the teacher discipline panel is to set out ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-the allegations that the Commissioner intends to prove based on preliminary investigations. A ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-finding that allegations have not been proved does not mean that the Citation is defective or that ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-the Commissioner has acted improperly. ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-Breach of the Standards ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-[68] The Commissioner argues that through her conduct, the Respondent failed to meet one or ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf-more of Standards #1, #3 and #5, which provide as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- 1. Educators value and care for all students and act in their best interests. ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- Educators are responsible for fostering the emotional, aesthetic, intellectual, physical, ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- social and vocational development of students. They are responsible for the emotional and ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- physical safety of students. Educators treat students with respect and dignity. Educators ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- respect the diversity in their classrooms, schools and communities. Educators have a ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- privileged position of power and trust. They respect confidentiality unless disclosure is ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- required by law. Educators do not abuse or exploit students or minors for personal, ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf: sexual, ideological, material or other advantage. ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- *** ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- 3. Educators understand and apply knowledge of student growth and development ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- Educators are knowledgeable about how children develop as learners and as social beings, ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- and demonstrate an understanding of individual learning differences and special needs. ./british-columbia-cases/gosse_reasons_findings_20150528.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- 2 ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf-PENALTY AND PUBLICATION ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf-[2] The Panel released its decision on verdict (the “Reasons”) on February 16, 2016. The ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- Panel found that Mr. Hankey’s conduct in relation to six of the remaining seven ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- allegations in the Citation constituted professional misconduct pursuant to s. 63(1)(b) of ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- the Teachers Act (the “Act”). It dismissed one allegation with regard to the maintaining ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- of necessary records for students. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf-[3] The Panel directed that submissions regarding penalty, publication and costs be made in ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- writing. Written submissions were provided to the Panel by counsel for the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- Commissioner March 14, 2016. The Respondent was given till April 1, 2016 to file his ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- submissions. No submissions were received from the Respondent. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf-[4] The Panel convened a telephone conference on May 4, 2016 to determine the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- consequences for the finding of professional misconduct by the Respondent. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf-[5] The findings of professional misconduct were as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- (a) The Respondent forged the signature of the School principal on four report cards. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- (b) The Respondent dishonestly represented to the District that he was unable to work ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- due to illness and claimed sick leave pay on four days (January 31, 2011 for ½ day, ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- February 22, 2011, March 10, 2011 for a ½ day and June 22, 2011), when he was not ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- sick but absent from work to attend court on matters related to a charge against him ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- under section 810(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- (c) In December, 2012, the Respondent took a laptop, owned by the District and issued to ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- another teacher, from a locked cupboard in her classroom at the School, without her ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- knowledge or permission, and then used that laptop during the winter break to access ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf: inappropriate websites with sexual content. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- (d) On approximately 15 occasions between September 2011 and March 2013, the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf: Respondent entered the School late at night to make phone calls to sexual “chat lines” ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- and on some of those occasions used the School phone to make these calls. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- (e) In the 2012-2013 school year, the Respondent inappropriately used the laptop, that ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- was owned by the District and issued to him to use for work, to store and access ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf: approximately 200 explicit sexual images of himself and others. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- (f) In January and February 2013, during the District investigation, the Respondent lied ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- to Harry Dhillon and to the Skagit Police Department when he said that the laptop ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- had been stolen from his car, when it was in his possession ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf-[6] The Commissioner submits that the Orders a Panel may make under s. 64 of the Act are ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- either or both of a reprimand under s. 64 (a) or a requirement that the Director of ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- Certification not issue a Certificate of Qualification, an Independent School Teaching ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- Certificate or a Letter of Permission for a fixed or indeterminate period under s. 64(g) of ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- 4 ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- for his misconduct in that he was fired from his position. He has, one must think, suffered ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- humiliation due to the publication of the decision. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf-[12] The Respondent acknowledged and admitted his conduct in an employment investigation. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- He offered no real explanation, and said he had none. It became clear in that investigation ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- that the Respondent was suffering matrimonial difficulties and those too were perhaps ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- related to his misconduct, although that is not clear, given his non-involvement in the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- proceedings. While he acknowledged the facts of the misconduct and that he knew it was ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- wrong, there was no significant expression of remorse. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf-[13] The evidence of his Principal, Ms. Pace, was that the Respondent was a good teacher, ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- with a clean record. The Respondent, in the investigation, did express his remorse that he ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- had let Ms. Pace down. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf-[14] The Commissioner relies on several decisions in similar circumstances. In many of those ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- cases, agreements were reached as to penalty. However, in Ontario College of Teachers ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- v. Callaghan (April 29, 2013), the panel imposed a reprimand, a two-month suspension, ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- and a condition that the Respondent complete a course in ethics at his expense. In that ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- case, the Respondent had provided a forged letter of reference when he applied for a ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- teaching position in Bermuda. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf-[15] In British Columbia College of Teachers v. Sutherland (December 17, 2010), a panel ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf: imposed a one-year suspension on a Respondent who had accessed adult pornography ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- websites on his school computer during school hours. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf-[16] In McGeough (January 17, 2013), a 15-year prohibition on the issuance of a Certificate ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- was imposed on a Respondent who had an inappropriate relationship with a female ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- student through email communications and inappropriate touching. He was also ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- reprimanded. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf-[17] The Commissioner submits that if the Respondent held a Teaching Certificate, he would ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- likely be seeking a suspension. He submits that the length of suspension is not necessarily ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- coorelated to a period of time during which the Respondent is not allowed to apply for ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- recertification, as there is no loss of income in the latter. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf-[18] The Panel has carefully considered the authorities referred to it and to the submissions of ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- Counsel for the Commissioner. It agrees with the submissions of the Commissioner that a ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- two-year suspension and a reprimand are warranted in this matter. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf-[19] The Respondent’s admission as to the nature of the conduct, the consequences that have ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- been visited upon him personally as a result of the conduct, and his previously clear ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- record are mitigating factors that the Panel accepts. The Panel has no evidence from the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- Respondent as to any steps he may have taken to address personal issues that resulted in ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_consequences_20160616.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- 3 ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-(b) Between 2010 and 2013, Hankey changed several report cards of students after ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- they had been reviewed and signed by the School principal, and then reprinted ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- those report cards, signed them, and forged the signature of the School principal ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- on them: ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- (i) in the 2010-2011 school year, Hankey forged the signature of the School ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- principal on the report cards of some or all of three students; and ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- (ii) in the 2012-2013 school year, Hankey forged the signature of the School ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- principal on the report card of a student. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-(c) In 2011, Hankey dishonestly represented to the District that he was unable to ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- work due to illness and claimed sick leave pay for some or all of the following ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- dates: January 31, 2011 (1/2 day), February 22, 2011 (full day), March 10, 2011 ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- (1/2 day) and June 22, 2012 (full day). On those days, Hankey was not absent ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- from work due to illness but was absent to attend court on matters related to a ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- charge against him under section 810(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-(d) In December, 2012, Hankey took a laptop owned by the District and issued to ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- another teacher from the cabinet in her classroom at the School, without the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- knowledge or permission of that teacher or of any school or District administrator, ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- then inappropriately used that laptop during the winter break on multiple ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: occasions to access websites with sexual content such as ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- www.intothelifestyle.com. Hankey returned the laptop to the teacher’s cabinet ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- before the return to school in January 2013. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-(e) On approximately 35 occasions between September 2011 and March 2013, ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: Hankey entered the School late at night to make phone calls to sexual “chat lines” ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- and on some of those occasions used the School phone to make these calls. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-(f) In the 2012-2013 school year, Hankey inappropriately used a laptop, that was ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- owned by the District and issued to him to use for work (the “Laptop”), to store ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: and access approximately 200 explicit sexual images of himself and others. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-(g) In January and February, 2013, during the District investigation regarding ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Hankey’s use of the Laptop, Hankey was dishonest: ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- (i) On or about January 31, 2013, when Hankey was asked by District staff to ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- return the Laptop, Hankey dishonestly misrepresented to Harry Dhillon, the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- District Principal for Human Resources, that: ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- i. Hankey did not have possession of the Laptop, and ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ii. the Laptop had been stolen from his car when Hankey was at the Skagit ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Casino. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- (ii) On or about February 5, 2013, Hankey dishonestly misrepresented to an ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- officer of the upper Skagit Police Department that the Laptop went missing ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- 4 ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- from the trunk of his car between December 24 and 26, 2012 while he was ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- staying at the Skagit Casino. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-3. The Respondent did not attend the hearing and was not represented by legal counsel. The ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- panel is satisfied that the Respondent has been duly served with the Citation and Notice ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- of Hearing. The panel is further satisfied that all documents required to be provided to the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Respondent were provided to him, either by personal service or by mail, both ordinary ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- and registered. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-4. It is fair to say that the Respondent has not participated in these proceedings since the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- serving of the Citation. He did participate in an investigation prior to the service of the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Citation, about which more will be said later. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-5. The position of the Commissioner is that the Citation alleges conduct by the Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- that, if proved, would amount to professional misconduct pursuant to s. 63(1)(b) of the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-6. The circumstances giving rise to the allegations took place over several years and began ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- to unfold in January, 2013, when a fellow teacher at the Respondent’s school, Kimberley ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Bligh, returned from Christmas break and found that her school-issued laptop had been ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- utilized by someone else. The laptop had remained in a locked cupboard over the school ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- break and when she retrieved it, she found that it was sticky and its search history ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- revealed a number of sites that she had not visited. Ms. Bligh provided an affidavit in ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- these proceedings outlining her involvement in this matter. She indicated that her ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- classroom was located two doors down the hallway from the Respondent’s. The sites that ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: appeared on her laptop had names such as “sexy swingers into the lifestyle” as well as ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- websites for movie theatres, Grouse Mountain, Hemlock Mountain, Netflix and the Tim ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- 6 ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- passwords, and he provided a list of sites identified during that time period to Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: Dhillon. The sites included, on multiple occasions, “sexy swingers into the lifestyle”. In ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- addition, there were recreational sites visited, such as Grouse Mountain, Silver City ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Theatre, Hemlock Mountain and Hollywood Three Cinemas. It appears that several of the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- inappropriate sites were blocked by Websense. However, these sites were accessed ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- through Tim Horton’s and MacDonald’s Wi-Fi, away from the school property. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Websense is a service set up by the Provincial Learning Network to block access to ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- inappropriate sites. Mr. Eskandar was able to access the suspicious sites through his iPad. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: He described them as sites to connect swingers for sexual purposes. They were ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- inappropriate sites, he testified. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-10. The policy of School District 42 on internet use prohibits use of the network for “illegal, ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- inappropriate or obscene purposes, or in support of such activities”. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-11. As a result of his concerns that the policy had been breached by the Respondent, on ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- January 30, 2013, Mr. Dhillon wrote the first letter of investigation to the Respondent, ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- advising him of the laptop use investigation. On the advice of Mr. Eskandar, he asked for ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- the return of the school laptop issued to the Respondent. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-12. The return of the laptop by the Respondent proved to be difficult. The Vice-Principal of ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- the school, Michael Scarcella, was asked by Mr. Dhillon to obtain the laptop from the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Respondent. Mr. Dhillon received an email from Mr. Scarcella outlining his attempts to ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- obtain the laptop from the Respondent. The Respondent advised Mr. Scarcella that the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- laptop was not at the school. Mr. Scarcella provided Mr. Dhillon’s cell phone number so ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- that the Respondent could make immediate arrangements to return the laptop to Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- 8 ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-15. Notwithstanding the alleged theft, on February 27, 2013, almost four weeks after the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- computer was requested, the laptop issued to the Respondent was returned to Mr. Dhillon ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- by George Serra, the president of the Maple Ridge Teachers Association. Apparently, the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Respondent had given the laptop to Mr. Serra to return to Mr. Dhillon. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-16. Again, Mr. Dhillon provided the laptop to Richard Eskandar. Mr. Eskandar did a review ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- of the computer and testified that he found more than 200 images, which were simply ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: downloaded and not put into folders. Many of the images were sexual in nature and ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- mixed in with photos of his family, legal documents, and report cards for students. A few ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- of those images were exhibited in these proceedings. They showed the Respondent in ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: sexually explicit poses by himself and with others. On March 8, 2013, Mr. Dhillon wrote ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- another letter of investigation to the Respondent with regard to the false reporting of the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- theft of the laptop and the unacceptable use of the laptop. Mr. Dhillon obtained a report ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- from the Skagit Police. The reporting officer advised that the Respondent had told him ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- that he and his family were staying at the Skagit Hotel on December 24 to December 26. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- He noticed the laptop was missing on December 25 when it was in the trunk of his ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- vehicle, which was unlocked. The Respondent advised the police that he did not report ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- the theft because he “had not filed proper paperwork with his work and did not want to ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- get into trouble”. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-17. In or about April, 2013, another teacher at the school advised Ms. Pace about a blog she ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- had found on the internet. Ms. Pace found the blog and notified Harry Dhillon by email ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: April 30, 2013. The blog referred to the Respondent using the school for phone sex. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- 9 ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-18. Ms. Pace testified that in 2011, she had been alerted earlier to a late night access by the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Respondent in an email from a colleague, and had asked the Respondent about it. The ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Respondent’s response at that time was that he had previously worked graveyard shift at ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Safeway and sometimes liked to work late at night. At that time, Ms. Pace advised him ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- such access was inappropriate and he should work at home. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-19. After the blog issue arose, an Access Report for the school was ordered to see if there ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- were other occasions when the Respondent entered the school at odd hours. The Report is ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- from September 1, 2011 to June 11, 2013 filed as an Exhibit in these proceedings and ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- shows numerous such occasions, usually late at night or in the early hours of the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- morning. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-20. On May 10, 2013, Mr. Dhillon wrote to the Respondent, advising him that he was under ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- investigation for “using school phones during the evening for phone sex and participating ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: in pornographic videos and photography”. A further item in the letter is not being ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- pursued in these proceedings. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-21. Upon receiving a report from parents of students of the school of conduct by the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Respondent which relates to withdrawn allegations in these proceedings, Mr. Dhillon ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- wrote a further letter of investigation to the Respondent dated May 14, 2013, placing the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Respondent on a paid leave of absence, which stated: ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- “Given the nature and increasing number of issues under ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- investigation, and given the involvement of parents and students in ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- these matters, the District has determined that placing you on a ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- paid leave of absence pending the conclusion of the matters under ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- investigation is an appropriate measure to ensure the allegations ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- and investigation do not negatively impact the school.” ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- 13 ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-33. On June 25, 2013, Mary Stewart interviewed the Respondent. She was accompanied by ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Richard Eskandar. The Respondent was accompanied by George Serra, a representative ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- of the Maple Ridge Teachers Association. Ms. Stewart made notes of her interview with ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- the Respondent and her notes were exhibited in this proceeding by way of an Affidavit ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- from Ms. Stewart. Mr. Eskandar confirmed that the notes accurately set out what was ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- said. Ms. Stewart further deposed that on September 4, 2013, she again interviewed Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Hankey with regard to further allegations made by that time. The Respondent was again ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- accompanied by Mr. Serra and her notes of that interview were exhibited before us and ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- attached to an Affidavit sworn by Ms. Stewart on September 18, 2015. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-34. Counsel for the Teacher Regulation Branch submits that the statements made by the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Respondent in his interviews with Mary Stewart are admissible, even though they are ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- hearsay, because they are statements against interest. Although Mr. Hankey is not ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- deceased and is otherwise available by summons, the fact that he has chosen not to attend ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- these proceedings forces the panel to the conclusion that the Commissioner should not be ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- required to present Mr. Hankey in order to avail themselves of the exception to the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- hearsay rule. We also find the statements admissible as necessary and reliable. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-35. Mr. Hankey, in his interview with Ms. Stewart, admitted much of the basis for the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Citation. He admitted that he removed the laptop from Kim Bligh’s classroom and used it ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: for personal reasons, including downloading inappropriate sexual content. He further ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- admitted that he lied to Harry Dhillon with regard to the whereabouts of his personal ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- laptop and made up the story that it was stolen. He lied to the Skagit Police with regard to ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- the theft of the laptop. He admitted to the inappropriate use of the laptop issued to him, ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: including downloaded images of a sexual nature. He had no explanation as to why he ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- 14 ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- would use the computer in that fashion. He denied that he accessed the inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- images at the school or that the students would have had access to his computer where ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- they could have inadvertently seen the inappropriate material. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf:36. The Respondent further admitted that he used the school phone at odd hours for sex ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- chats. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf:37. He admitted that many of the sexually explicit images on his laptop were of him and that ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: he had participated in sexually explicit photography. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-38. The Respondent admitted that he did not file all of the necessary records in the G4 file as ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- alleged. He further admitted that he forged the signature of Ms. Pace on the report cards ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- for some of the students after he changed them. Further, the report cards provided late to ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- the school after its request were not exact duplicates of the report cards issued to the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- parents in Term 1 and Term 2 of 2012 and 2013. He admitted that some of the marks ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- given to the students were best guesses and that the marks on his class records would be ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- different than the marks on the report cards in some cases. The TOC then got inaccurate ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- records for the students she was taking over. The Respondent failed to make copies of the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- report cards that were issued to students for the 2012-2013 school year. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-39. The Respondent was further interviewed by Mary Stewart on September 4, 2013 relating ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- to the August 28, 2013 letter of investigation. During that interview, the Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- admitted that he called in sick on days in which he was required to attend Court relating ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- to a domestic abuse issue. He took sick days on four occasions for a total of three full ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- days of employment. He was paid for those days. He indicated that he knew he could take ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- 16 ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- conduct was a ‘marked departure’ from the norms expected of a ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- teacher in this province. This test was adopted by the Law Society ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- of British Columbia in disciplinary proceedings in Martin 2005 ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- LSBC 16 and was used by another panel of the Branch in a ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- decision released earlier this year (Re In the Matter of the Teachers ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Act – and – Freeman, February 6, 2014). ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- 43. We accept that “marked” means “clearly noticeable” (Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed.) ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- 44. The standard of conduct for teachers is a high one, given their position of trust in the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- community and with their students. Here, the published standards breached are submitted ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- to be: ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-(c) Educators value and care for all students and act in their best interests. The ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- explanatory note states: ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- “Educators are responsible for fostering the emotional, esthetic, ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- intellectual, physical, social and vocational development of ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- students. They are responsible for the emotional and physical ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- safety of students. Educators treat students with respect and ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- dignity. Educators respect the diversity in their classrooms, schools ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- and communities. Educators have a privileged position of power ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- and trust. They respect confidentiality unless disclosure is required ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- by law. Educators do not abuse or exploit students or minors for ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: personal, sexual, ideological, material or other advantage.” ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-(d) Educators are role models who act ethically and honestly. The explanatory note ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- states: ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- “Educators act with integrity, maintaining the dignity and ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- credibility of the profession. They understand that their individual ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- conduct contributes to the perception of the profession as a whole. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Educators are accountable for their conduct while on duty, as well ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- as off duty, where that conduct has an effect on the education ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- system. Educators have an understanding of the education system ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- in BC and the law as it relates to their duties.” ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- 45. The events leading to the Citation took place over a period of three years and, to a degree, ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- the events became public knowledge in the School District. In Ross v. New Brunswick ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- School District No. 15, 1996 1 SCR 825, La Forest, J. stated: ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- 17 ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- “The conduct of a teacher bears directly upon the community’s ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- perception of the ability of the teacher to fulfil such a position of ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- trust and influence, and upon the community’s confidence in the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- public school system as a whole … The conduct of a teacher is ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- evaluated on the basis of his or her position, rather than whether ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- the conduct occurs within the classroom or beyond. Teachers are ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- seen by the community to be the medium for the educational ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- message and because of the community position they occupy, they ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- are not able to ‘choose which hat they will wear on what occasion’ ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- … (paragraphs 42 to 44) ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-46. In the present case, most of the allegations dealt with in this proceeding raise issues of ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- dishonesty as a result of the Respondent’s desire to hide his inappropriate behavior of a ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf: sexual nature utilizing school property, and his lack of due diligence in record keeping.. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Some of his behaviours became the subject of internet chat in the community (allegations ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g). The dishonesty of the teacher as found relating to allegations (b), ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) is not modelling integrity for students or the community. His ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- conduct undermines the credibility of the profession in the community. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-47. The panel has been referred to the policy of the District with regard to use of the internet ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- which states: ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- “Use of the network for illegal, inappropriate or obscene purposes ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- or in support of such activities, is prohibited.” ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf-48. Clearly, the use of both Ms. Bligh’s laptop and his own District-issued laptop by the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Respondent contravened the District policy. Compounding this conduct was the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- Respondent’s behavior in lying to Mr. Dhillon with regard to the whereabouts of his ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- District computer and to the Skagit Police about the alleged theft. Clearly, dishonesty by ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- a teacher is not model behavior to be followed by students and does not honour the ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- fundamental trust that a community must have in its teachers. ./british-columbia-cases/hankey_reasons_findings_20160216.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- Hebditch,Daryl James ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. Mr. Hebditch was employed as a secondary school teacher ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- when, in June 2003, two allegations of misconduct arose. The school where Mr. Hebditch taught received a report that ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf: he was involved in sexual relationships with two male students. The investigation into the allegations was inconclusive. ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- In October 2006, a new investigation was launched. At this time, one of the students stated during his interview that ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- Mr. Hebditch had frequently initiated unwanted physical contact. The student also stated that Mr. Hebditch had ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- frequently made comments to him regarding his physical appearance, which made him feel uncomfortable. On March ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- 11, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- Hebditch agreed not to reapply for a College certificate of qualification for a period of no less than 15 years. Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- Hebditch’s College certificate of qualification was cancelled on November 1, 2008 for non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Hebditch,%20Daryl%20James.txt[2014-09-26 8:58:12 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/hebditch,-daryl-james.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf- Hull, Dean Garth ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. While he was a high school ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf- teacher at Vancouver’s Prince of Wales Secondary School in the Quest Program, an outdoor education program for ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf: grade ten and eleven students, he engaged in a sexual relationship with a grade 11 student. The relationship progressed ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf: to sexual intercourse and a common-law relationship that lasted for 10 years. On June 12, 2008, the Preliminary ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf- Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement which stipulates that the College will ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf- not issue him a College teaching certificate for an indeterminate period and his undertaking not to seek readmission to ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf- the College at anytime in the future. ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Hull,%20Dean%20Garth.txt[2014-09-26 8:58:46 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/hull,-dean-garth.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf-a. Christopher Stephen Myles Kempling (DOB: 1955/10/15) ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf-c. The hearing was held on April 15, 2002, at the College offices. The hearing on penalty, ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- cost and publication was held on November 18, 2002 at the College offices. The report ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- and recommendations of the Hearing Panel were presented to Council on January 23, ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- 2003. A further oral hearing with the full Council on penalty and costs was held April 1, ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- 2003. Council further considered this matter on April 3, 2003. ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Christopher Stephen Myles Kempling, between July 1997 and ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf: August 2000, made discriminatory and derogatory statements against homosexuals in a ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- number of published writings. ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf-e. The Hearing Panel found the respondent guilty of conduct unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf-f. The following reasons were considered in the determination of penalty: ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- • The number, the context and the extended period of time of the respondent’s writings ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- and publications which contained derogatory and demeaning statements against ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf: homosexual people. ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- • It is the respondent’s actions and not his beliefs that are incompatible with his role as ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- a teacher in a school system that must function in an environment of tolerance and ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- understanding. ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- • The respondent’s actions disclose a failure to uphold values that are fundamental to ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf: the education system and Canadian society, values that include sexual equality and ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf: respect for persons of differing sexual orientation. ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- • Furthermore, the respondent used his status as a teacher to give authority and ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- credibility to these views. ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- • The respondent’s publication in the local newspaper caused considerable distress and ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- division among the members of the community including the teaching community. ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf-g. The Council determined that the respondent’s professional teaching certificate be ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- suspended for a period of one month from May 1, 2003. The respondent appealed the ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- decision to the British Columbia Supreme Court and then further to the British Columbia ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- Court of Appeal. ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- The British Columbia Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of the College relating to ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- both verdict and penalty. On January 19, 2006, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- the respondent's application for leave to appeal the Court of Appeal decision. ./british-columbia-cases/jan06_cjm_kempling.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf-a. Jasbir Singh Sidhu ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf-b. Conduct unbecoming a member of the College. ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf-c. The hearing was held on December 9 and 10, 2010 at the College's offices in ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- Vancouver, BC. This matter originated as a registrar’s report under section 28(4) ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- of the Teaching Profession Act. ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf-d. Mr. Sidhu was employed as a teacher-on-call from 1998 to September 2001. ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- From September 2001 until the cancellation of his certificate of qualification for ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- non-payment of fees in November 2007, Mr. Sidhu had been on an unpaid leave ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- of absence from employment with a school district. In 2005, Mr. Sidhu was ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf: charged with sexual assault of a child, sexual touching of a child and inviting a ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf: child to touch for a sexual purpose contrary to sections 271(1), 151 and 152 of the ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. In January 2006, a preliminary inquiry into the criminal ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- charges was conducted in the BC Provincial Court and Mr. Sidhu was ordered to ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- stand trial. In September 2006, the Attorney General of British Columbia ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- terminated the prosecution against Mr. Sidhu and entered a stay of proceedings ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- when the child’s father, who had moved to another country, refused to return the ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- child to testify. On December 9, 2010, Mr. Sidhu entered into a Statement of ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- Agreed Facts and Disposition (the “Agreement”) with the College. In the ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf: Agreement, Mr. Sidhu did not expressly admit to having had inappropriate sexual ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- contact with a six-year-old boy on two separate occasions in July 2004 or to ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- conduct unbecoming a member of the College. However, Mr. Sidhu admitted to ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- the fact that the child testified during the preliminary inquiry regarding certain ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- events that occurred. In addition, Mr. Sidhu provided no evidence to contradict ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- the facts outlined in the Agreement and admitted that the conduct set out in the ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- Schedule to the Citation, if it were proved, constitutes conduct unbecoming a ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- member. ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf-e. On January 13, 2011, the Discipline Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Sub- ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- Committee”) unanimously accepted the Agreement and found Mr. Sidhu guilty of ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- conduct unbecoming a member of the College. Although Mr. Sidhu did not ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- expressly admit to the alleged conduct, the only reasonable inference to be ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- drawn from the facts agreed to by Mr. Sidhu was that Mr. Sidhu engaged in ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf: sexual acts of a criminal nature with a young child. The Sub-Committee ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- concluded from the facts that Mr. Sidhu’s conduct breached Standards 1 and 2 of ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- the College’s Standards for the Education, Competence and Professional ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- Conduct of Educators in British Columbia. Standard 1: Educators value and care ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- for all students and act in their best interests. Mr. Sidhu showed no regard for ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- the child’s vulnerability and emotional and psychological safety. In addition, the ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf: Sub-Committee found that Mr. Sidhu exploited a young child for his sexual ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- enjoyment and abused his position of power and trust as an adult. Standard 2: ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- Educators are role models who act ethically and honestly. Such behaviour is ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- entirely unbefitting of a teacher, whose role is to protect and educate children. ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- The community at large would regard Mr. Sidhu’s conduct as repugnant and ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- morally wrong. Mr. Sidhu’s conduct severely erodes the dignity and credibility of ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- the teaching profession by undermining the public’s confidence in those ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- entrusted with the education of their children. ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf-f. The Sub-Committee considered and accepted the jointly proposed penalty. In a ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- finding of guilt, the Sub-Committee unanimously agreed that Mr. Sidhu not be ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- issued a certificate of qualification for an indefinite period, but for no less than 20 ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- years. With respect to publication, the Sub-Committee agreed that that the ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- member’s name be made public, but that the name of the child, and any ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- information that could identify the child, should not be released by the College. In ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- the matter of costs, it was agreed that due to Mr. Sidhu’s cooperation with the ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- disciplinary proceedings, there would be no costs assessed against him by the ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- College. ./british-columbia-cases/jan13_11_sidhu.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf-a. Malcolm Fraser Mason (DOB: 1935.10.03) ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf-c. The hearing was held November 23, 1998, in the Canadian Room of the Coast Canadian ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf- Inn, Kamloops, BC. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf- presented to Council on January 14, 1999. ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Malcolm Fraser Mason engaged in professional misconduct or ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf: conduct unbecoming a member by sexually assaulting students; touching the bodies of ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf: young persons for a sexual purpose; making jokes, comments and gestures of a sexual ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf: nature or with sexual innuendo to and in the presence of students; and showing a video to ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf: students which depicted scenes and comments of a sexual, demeaning, offensive and ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf- vulgar nature. ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined that Malcolm Fraser Mason had taken the actions ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf- described in the citation. The panel considered that this constituted a serious breach of ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf- trust placed on members of the profession and found Malcolm Fraser Mason guilty of ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf- profession al misconduct. Parents and students need to be assured that teachers will not ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf- abuse the authority and influence they have over students. ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf-f. The panel recommended that Mr. Mason’s certificate of qualification be cancelled and ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf- his membership terminated. Council concurred with the recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_mf_mason.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf-a. Paul James Adam (DOB: 1955.09.08) ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf-c. The hearing was held November 27, 1998, in the 5th floor boardroom of the College. ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- January 14, 1999. ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf-d. The citation alleged that the member engaged in professional misconduct involving ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf: students in his classes by making comments of a sexual, demeaning and offensive nature. ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined that Paul James Adam had conducted himself in an ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf: unprofessional manner by making remarks to his students that were deemed to be sexual, ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- demeaning and offensive. The member admitted to the charge in the citation and agreed ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- that his actions constituted professional misconduct. The panel considered the conduct of ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- Paul James Adam to be a breach of professionalism and found the member guilty of ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf-f. The panel recommended a three-month suspension of certificate and membership ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- retroactive to begin September 8, 1998. The penalty is deemed fitting as there is a need ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- for members to recognize that inappropriate language used by a teacher to a student is ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- unacceptable. Mr. Adam consented to this recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/jan14_99_pjadam.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf-a. John Alexander Bain (DOB: 1941.06.24) ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf-c. The hearing was held October 8, 1996 in the Robson Room of the Pacific Palisades Hotel ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- in Vancouver. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- Council on January 16, 1997. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf-d. John Alexander Bain was a teacher employed by School District 44 (North Vancouver) ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- who taught at Handsworth Secondary School. The citation alleged that Mr. Bain ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- committed acts of gross indecency between October 1, 1976 and June 30, 1978 and ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- October 29, 1981 and June 30, 1983 with two female students who he taught. He plead ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- guilty to two counts of gross indecency and was sentenced to four months for each charge ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- to be served concurrently. Charges arising from conduct of this nature would today be ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf: for the offence of sexual exploitation. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf-e. The hearing panel found Mr Bain guilty of profession al misconduct. Mr. Bain’s conduct ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- constituted a breach of trust. He was an exemplary teacher who served as a role model ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- for his students. He did not exercise his responsibility to prevent this special relationship ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf: with his students from becoming sexual and personal. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- The offences occurred between October 1, 1976 and June 30, 1978 and between October ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- 29, 1981 and June 30, 1983. The fact that there were two successive incidents indicated ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- that Mr. Bain was not able to refrain from behaviour that he was clearly supposed to ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- control. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- The girls involved were of the formative years of 14 and 15 when these relationships ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- began. Mr. Bain befriended his victims and involved them with his own family. He took ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- advantage of the feelings of warmth in this setting that they did not share with their own ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- families. His victims suffered psychological damage that they continue to carry. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- Mr. Bain did plead guilty and has admitted misconduct and expressed remorse. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- The panel believes that Mr. Bain’s conduct undermined the confidence of students, ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- parents and the public in teachers and in the school system. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf-f. The panel recommended that John Alexander Bain’s certificate of qualification be ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- cancelled and his membership terminated. Mr. Bain consented to this recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- In correspondence with the College, Mr. Bain expressed to the College his wish to ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- apologize to other teachers for adversely affecting a profession he loved. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_jabain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf-a. Karen Lynn Reay (DOB: 1960.04.21) ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf-c. The hearing was held 96.10.23 at Pacific Palisades Hotel and 96.10.24 in the Boardroom ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- of the College. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- Council on January 16, 1997. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Karen Lynn Reay, while in the employ of School District #27 ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- Cariboo-Chilcotin, between September 1, 1990 and June 30 1992, provided alcohol to ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- students, permitted students to consume alcohol in her presence and in her place of ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- residence and consumed alcohol in their presence. Further, that she engaged in an ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf: inappropriate and sexual relationship with a student and encouraged or counselled that ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- student to drop out of school. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined that Karen Lynn Reay was guilty of the allegations. The ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- panel considered that these incidents and the relationship constituted a serious breach of ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- the trust placed on members of the teaching profession and found Karen Lynn Reay ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- guilty of professional misconduct. If a teacher acts in an improper way, on or off the job, ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- there may be a loss of public confidence in the teacher and in the school system, a loss of ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- respect by the students of the teacher involved, and other teachers generally, and there ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- may be controversy within the school and with in the community which disrupts the ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- proper carrying on of the educational system. Teachers occupy positions of trust and ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- confidence, and exert considerable influence over their students as a result of their ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- positions. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf-f. The panel recommended that Karen Lynn Reay’s certificate of qualification be cancelled ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- and her membership terminated. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_klreay.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf-a. Murlin K. Beltain (DOB: 1939.12.16) ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf-c. The hearing was held 1996.11.20 in the boardroom of the College. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on January 16,1997. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Murlin K. Beltain was guilty of professional misconduct based ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- on her conviction on a charge of gross indecency for which she was sentenced on March ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- 17, 1995 to thirty days in jail to be served intermittently on weekends and also based on ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- the facts and circumstances giving rise to the conviction. The charge and conviction ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf: related to a relationship of a sexual nature commencing in 1977 with a female student ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- where Ms. Beltain was a teacher-counsellor. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined that actions of Murlin K. Beltain constituted a serious ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- breach of the trust placed on members of the profession and found Murlin K. Beltain ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- guilty of professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf: In the opinion of the panel any sexual relationship between a student and a teacher, even ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- if it is considered consensual by the parties involved, constitutes a serious breach of trust ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- and abuse of power. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf-f. The panel recommended that Murlin K Beltain’s certificate of qualification be cancelled ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- and her membership terminated. Murlin K. Beltain consented to this recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/jan16_97_mkbeltain.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf-a. Dhymitruy Bouryiotis (DOB 1960/08/20) ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf-b. Professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf-c. The hearing was held November 21, 2001 at the College offices. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on January 17, 2002. ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf-d. The hearing panel found that Mr Bouryiotis, while engaged in teaching a grade four class, ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- admitted looking at a magazine entitled “Men’s Health.” “Men’s Health” is an adult ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf: magazine, which sometimes may include articles dealing with adult sexuality and may ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- include photographs or pictures depicting partial adult nudity. Mr Bouryiotis believes that ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- his conduct constitutes professional misconduct. The hearing panel accepted Mr ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- Bouryiotis’ admission that he was guilty of professional misconduct and therefore ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- determined that he was guilty of professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf-e. The hearing panel, considering Mr Bouryiotis’ actions and his admission that they ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- constituted professional misconduct, felt that his misconduct warranted a letter of ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- reprimand. In arriving at its decision to issue a letter of reprimand, the panel placed ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- significant weight on the fact that Mr Bouryiotis, under the guidance of legal counsel, ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- agreed that his behaviour constituted professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan17_02_dbouryiotis.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf-a. A Member (95-C) ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf-c. The hearing was held on September 29, 1995 in the offices of the BC College of ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf- Teachers. Recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on January ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf- 19, 1996. ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf-d. The citation alleged that the member while employed as a teacher entered into an ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf- inappropriate relationship with a student. That relationship involved counselling of a ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf- kind wholly inappropriate to and corruptive of the teacher/student relationship. The ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf: member published and distributed obscene/indecent and/or pornographic material to a ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf- student both at and away from school. The material contained discussions about teenage ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf: sex, masturbation, personal sexual experiences in pornographic detail, including ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf: experiences of childhood sexual molestation and incest and was distributed on a school ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf- computer network. ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf-e. The College found the member guilty of professional misconduct, cancelled the ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf- member’s certificate of qualification and terminated the member’s membership. ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf-f. No costs were assessed to the member. ./british-columbia-cases/jan19_96_resp95_c.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf-a. Jack Murray Springer (DOB: 1951.04.22) ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf-c. The hearing took place in Campbell River, BC on November 1, 1994. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- recommendations were made to Council on January 20, 1995. ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf-d. It was alleged that between September 1991 and December 1992, Jack Murray Springer ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf: had sexual intercourse with one of his female students whom he taught, and who was a ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- member of a sports team he coached. ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf-e. The panel was able to establish, through a Statement of Facts “agreed to for the purpose ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- of this hearing only,” that Mr. Springer engaged in an “intimate physical” relationship, ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- which was “inappropriate for a teacher,” with his student. This relationship lasted from ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- September 1991 until December 1992, shortly after the Superintendent of Schools and ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- the RCMP commenced investigations into the relationship. Also included in the Agreed ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- Statement was the fact “that the College is able to establish” that this relationship “would ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf: include sexual intercourse.” These facts led the panel to unanimously find Mr. Springer ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- guilty of professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf-f. Mr Springer’s certificate was cancelled and his membership in the College was ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- terminated. A public statement containing his name and a summary of the case was ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- released to the public. No costs of the proceedings were assessed against Mr. Springer. ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_jmspringer.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf-a. Victor Murray Inman (DOB: 1955.12.13) ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf-c. The hearing was held November 4, 1994 at the offices of the B.C. College of Teachers. ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to the Council on ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- January 20, 1995. ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Victor Murray Inman committed conduct unbecoming a member ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf: in that he was found guilty of one count of sexual assault against a male child. ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf-e. On or about March 21, 1994, Victor Murray Inman pleaded guilty in the Provincial Court ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf: of BC to one count of sexual assault occurring between April 30, 1988 and October31 ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- 1991. The assaults were on one male family friend at various locations in BC. For these ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- offences Mr. Inman was sentenced to two years less a day. His actions constituted a ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- serious breach of trust and a betrayal of both the profession and the public. ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- Consequently, the hearing panel determined that Mr. Inman was guilty of conduct ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- unbecoming a member and recommended that his certificate of qualification be cancelled ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- and that his membership in the B.C. College of Teachers be terminated. ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf-f. The College cancelled Mr. Inman’s certificate of qualification and terminated his ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- membership. ./british-columbia-cases/jan20_95_vminman.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf-a. A Respondent (J-03) ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf-c. The hearing was held on October 24, 2003, at the Colleges offices in Vancouver, B.C. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- The report and recommendations of the Hearing Sub-Committee were presented to ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- Council on January 22, 2004. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf-d. The respondent was found to have engaged in a romantic relationship with a female ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf: student she had once taught and counselled. The relationship involved sexual relations ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- and they cohabited for a period of approximately three years following the student's ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- graduation from high school. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- The respondent provided the student with financial assistance after the relationship had ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- terminated, so that she could continue with counselling. With mediation, the respondent ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- agreed to pay for the student's counselling costs and apologized to the student. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- The respondent resigned from employment with a school district in February, 2002. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf-e. The respondent admitted that her actions constituted professional misconduct and ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- consented to the cancellation of her certificate and termination of her College ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf: membership. The Hearing Sub-Committee found that in engaging in an intimate, sexual ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- relationship with a student, she had violated the trust and authority she held as a ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- professional educator. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf-f. The Hearing Sub-Committee accepted medical evidence and the joint submissions made ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- from both parties that publication of the respondent's name would place her in grave risk ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- of harming herself seriously or fatally. They recommended that her name be withheld ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- from publication. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- The Hearing Sub-Committee also recommended, based on a joint submission from the ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- parties, that no costs be assessed against the respondent. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- Council considered and accepted the reasons and recommendations of the Hearing Sub- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- Committee on penalty, publication and costs. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_resp_j03.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf-a. David Daryl Riddell (DOB: 1959.07.03) ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf-c. The hearing was held on October 20, 2003, at the Colleges offices in Vancouver, B.C. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- The report and recommendations of the Hearing Sub-Committee were presented to ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- Council on January 22, 2004. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf-d. The respondent was charged, pled guilty to and convicted of possession of child ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf: pornography under the Criminal Code of Canada. A significant number of images were ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- found on the respondent's computer that included images of naked children, some of ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf: which were sexual in nature. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf-e. The Hearing Sub-Committee accepted the respondent's admission that his actions ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- constituted conduct unbecoming a member of the College. They found that at the relevant ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- times, he was an elementary school teacher who was in a position of trust and authority ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- over his students. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf-f. The respondent consented to and the Hearing Sub-Committee recommended the ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- cancellation of his certificate and termination of his membership in the College. The ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- Hearing Sub-Committee also recommended that the respondent's name be published and ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- costs not be assessed against the respondent as he had cooperated throughout the ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- proceedings. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- Council considered the report and recommendations of the Hearing Sub-Committee and ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- following further submissions received by the respondent and College legal counsel, ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- accepted them as they related to penalty, publication and costs. ./british-columbia-cases/jan22_04_riddell.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf-a. Henry John van der Molen (DOB 1954/03/17) ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf-c. The hearing was held December 2, 2002 at the College offices. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on January 24, 2003. ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf-d. Mr van der Molen acknowledged the following facts: ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- 1. Mr van der Molen interacted with students via email and face to face in an ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- inappropriate manner. Further, his inappropriate foot massages given to students were ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- wrongful physical contact. He persisted in contacting an individual exchange student ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- at a neighbouring university-college after she directed him to stop. ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- 2. Mr van der Molen professed his “love” for foreign exchange students to school staff ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- members. ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- 3. Mr van der Molen used a school computer during school hours to view internet web ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf: sites which featured and displayed pornographic images of females including females ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- who were purported to be teenagers. ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- 4. The computer on which Mr van der Molen stored his inappropriate material was ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- accessible to students and the internet password was clearly written beside it. ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf-e. The Hearing Panel determined that Henry John van der Molen was guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf-f. The reasons for the determination of the Hearing Panel were as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- 1. The pattern of conduct engaged in by Mr van der Molen constitutes a serious ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- transgression of the boundaries of the profession. His inappropriate interest and ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- affections for young female students, and his use of the internet on a school computer ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf: to access pornography are testament to these transgressions. ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- 2. Mr van der Molen was the principal of the school. He was the person of highest ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- authority and responsibility in the school. No student, parent, teacher, or board ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- member could have confidence in his leadership or fitness to work with young ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- women. ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- 3. Teachers are inextricably linked to the integrity of the school system. Teachers ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- occupy positions of trust and confidence, and must act accordingly. The Panel ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- recommended to Council that Mr van der Molen’s certificate of qualification be ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- cancelled and his membership in the British Columbia College of Teachers be ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- terminated. ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf-g. Council considered the report and recommendations of the Hearing Panel and cancelled ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- Mr van der Molen’s certificate and membership in the College of Teachers. ./british-columbia-cases/jan24_03_hjvandermolen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf-a. Theodore Guy Widen (DOB 1958/02/11) ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct and Other Conduct Unbecoming a Member of the College. ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf-c. This case was brought to the College of Teachers as the result of disciplinary actions by ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- the School Board which employed Mr Widen. The hearing was held September 25, 2000 ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- in the boardroom of the College. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- were presented to Council on January 25, 2001. ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Theodore Guy Widen engaged in and fostered an inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- personal relationship with a fifteen year old female student through the writing of journal ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- entries and the exchanging of correspondence which were of a personal nature, and which ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- addressed improper and inappropriate subject matter. The subject matter included written ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf: correspondence with sexual overtones, profanity, criticisms of colleagues and other ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- professionals, and the sharing of very personal and sensitive issues. Mr Widen agrees that ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- he engaged in the conduct as described and that it constitutes professional misconduct or ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- other conduct unbecoming a member of the College. ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf-e. The panel determined that Mr Widen breached the acceptable standards of the profession ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- by the content and purpose of his communication and the subsequent inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- relationship with a female student. The profession recognizes that a privileged ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- relationship exists with students and teachers must not exploit that relationship for any ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- reason. ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf-f. Theodore Guy Widen consented to the hearing panel’s recommendations regarding ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- penalty and was suspended for six months (September 9, 1998 to March 9, 1999). ./british-columbia-cases/jan25_01_tgwiden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/johnson,-john-albert.pdf- Johnson, John Albert ./british-columbia-cases/johnson,-john-albert.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/johnson,-john-albert.pdf: admitted to conduct unbecoming a member. He was charged with one count of sexual interference of a person under ./british-columbia-cases/johnson,-john-albert.pdf: 14 (Section 151), one count of invitation to sexual touching (Section 152) and one count of sexual assault (Section ./british-columbia-cases/johnson,-john-albert.pdf: 271) pursuant to the Criminal Code of Canada. On November 7, 2006, Mr. Johnson pled guilty to the charge of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/johnson,-john-albert.pdf- assault, was convicted and sentenced to 10 months in jail and two years probation. On November 15, 2007, the ./british-columbia-cases/johnson,-john-albert.pdf- Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Johnson ./british-columbia-cases/johnson,-john-albert.pdf- agreed to not be issued a Certificate of Qualification for an indeterminate period of time. ./british-columbia-cases/johnson,-john-albert.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/johnson,-john-albert.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/johnson,-john-albert.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/johnson,-john-albert.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/johnson,-john-albert.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Johnson,%20John%20Albert.txt[2014-09-26 8:59:14 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/johnson,-john-albert.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf-a. Claude Arthur Marsden (DOB 1943/11/01) ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf-b. Professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf-c. The hearing was held April 12, 2000 in the Boardroom of the College. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on June 9, 2000. ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Claude Arthur Marsden was charged and pled guilty to being a ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf: person in a position of trust or authority towards a young person, who did, for a sexual ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf- purpose, touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of his body, the body of that young ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf- person, contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code. Mr. Marsden was sentenced to a ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf- term of eight months imprisonment to be served in the community as a Conditional ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf- Sentence; and to further perform 200 hours of community service and one year of ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf- probation. ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf-e. The hearing panel found Claude Arthur Marsden guilty of professional misconduct. Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf: Marsden engaged in a sexual relationship with a sixteen year old female student. ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf-f. The panel recommended that Claude Arthur Marsden’s certificate of qualification be ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf- cancelled and his membership terminated. The Council concurred with this ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf- recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/jun09_00_camarsden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf-a. A Member (96-A) ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf-c. The hearing was held May 24, 1996 in the boardroom of the College. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on June 13, 1996. ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf-d. The citation alleged that, between March 1, 1994 and April 6, 1994, the member had a ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf: sexual relationship with a nineteen year old female person, X, who was a student at the ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- school where he taught. Defined by the School Act to be a student of school age, X was ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- not a student in any of his classes. ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf-e. For the purposes of this hearing the majority findings of fact and conclusions provided in ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- an arbitration award allowed the panel to find that the member had established an ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf: inappropriate relationship with X. The panel found that the relationship was sexual but ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- the evidence was conflicting as to its nature. While the relationship may have started ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- when the member wished to assist X overcome her troubled background, he appears to ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- have become infatuated with her. He did not have the professional skills to provide her ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- with appropriate counselling. ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- She had no interest in him after the alleged relationship and he made no further attempts ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf: to contact her. There were no allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment. The ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- events occurred over a period of less than a month. The member has successfully ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- returned to teaching in his former position. He is genuinely contrite about his actions and ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- has established new and appropriate procedures to avoid any repetition of these ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- circumstances. ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- The panel concluded that this relationship constituted unacceptable professional ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- behaviour and was a serious breach of the trust placed on members of the profession. It ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- found the member guilty of professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf-f. The College suspended the member’s certificate of qualification and membership from ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995. ./british-columbia-cases/jun13_96_resp96_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf-a. Kelly William Conrad (DOB 1958/10/06) ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf-c. The hearing was held on January 15, 2001 at the College offices in Vancouver BC. The ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on June 15, ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- 2001. ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf:d. Mr Conrad was convicted of two counts of sexual exploitation contrary to Section 153 of ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- the Criminal Code. The victims were two female grade 10 students, aged 15 - 16 years, ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- who were in classes taught by Mr Conrad. Mr Conrad’s behaviour included touching, ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- kissing, inappropriate verbal comments, inappropriate written notes and the inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- giving of gifts. The court also heard evidence of inappropriate conduct towards a third ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- female grade 10 student. These incidents occurred over a period of four years. Mr ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- Conrad agreed that his conduct constituted professional misconduct and consented to a ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- submission to the panel that his certificate be cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf-e. The panel accepted Mr Conrad’s admission of guilt. The panel heard extensive argument ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- on the question of the publication of Mr Conrad’s name in this case summary and in any ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- release to the public. Mr Conrad argued that his name ought not to be published. The ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- panel concluded that the circumstances presented as reasons for withholding Mr Conrad’s ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- name did not outweigh the benefits to be gained by publishing his name. The publication ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- of case summaries serves to maintain the confidence of members and the public that the ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- College is carrying out its responsibilities to protect the public. Confidence is maintained ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- not just by acting properly, but by being seen to act properly. Case summaries also have ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- value in informing members of the standard of conduct expected of members of the ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- profession. The panel recommended the publication of Mr Conrad’s name and the ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- Council accepted the recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf-f. Mr Conrad consented to the hearing panel’s recommendation regarding penalty. His ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- certificate of qualification was cancelled and his membership in the College was ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- terminated effective January 15, 2001. ./british-columbia-cases/jun15_01_kwconrad.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf-a. Paul Edward Adolphe (DOB: 1959.01.29) ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf-b. Professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf-c. The hearing was held on January 26, 2004, at the College’s offices in Vancouver, BC. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- The report and recommendations of the Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Committee) were ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- presented to Council on June 18, 2004. This matter originated as a report under section ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- 16(1) of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf-d. The respondent was found to have crossed the boundary of acceptable educator-student ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- relationships with female students. He acknowledged that he had developed friendships ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- with these students, had engaged in inappropriate physical contact and allowed verbal ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf: interactions to become sexualized in a school setting. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- The respondent further admitted and was found to have used inappropriate and ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- disrespectful language with and towards students and to have compromised the ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- professional integrity of his colleagues by remarks he made about them. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf-e. The Committee accepted the respondent's admission of guilt and found him guilty of ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- professional conduct and other conduct unbecoming a member of the College. The ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- respondent's behaviour was not consistent with his professional responsibility to always ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- act as a proper role model in his interactions with students. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf-f. The Committee considered the joint submission for a two-month penalty to be served ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- over the summer months. In recommending that the two-month penalty be served in May ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- and June, the Committee considered the number and different acts of misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- engaged in by the respondent, the timeframe over which these acts occurred and his ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- relative experience as a teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- The Committee felt that the College had a responsibility to maintain the public’s ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- confidence in the integrity of the profession and the obligations of self-regulation. The ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- Committee also considered the respondent’s rehabilitative efforts and his ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- acknowledgment of wrongdoing among the mitigating factors. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- Council considered the report and recommendations of the Committee and further ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- submissions received by counsel and ordered that the respondent’s certificate and ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- membership be suspended over the months of May and June, 2004. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- Council accepted the Committee’s recommendations, based on the joint submission of ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- counsel, that the member’s name be published in this case. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_adolphe.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf-a. Brett Anthony Nelson (DOB: 1960.08.19) ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf-b. Conduct unbecoming a member ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf-c. The hearing was held on March 29, 2004, at the College’s offices in Vancouver, B.C. The ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- report and recommendations of the Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Committee”) were ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- presented to Council on June 18, 2004. This matter originated as a report from the ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- Ministry of Attorney General under section 28(4) of the Teaching Profession Act. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf:d. The respondent admitted to engaging in sexually related behaviour with a grade 11 ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf: female student. He was charged with sexual exploitation under section 153 of the ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- Criminal Code and found guilty by a jury. In March 2004, the sentencing judge granted ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- him a conditional discharge. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf: The inappropriate sexual contact occurred during a period of one-month. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf-e. The Committee accepted the respondent’s admission of guilt and found him guilty of ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- conduct unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf: The Committee determined that the sexual relationship between the respondent and his ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- student breached the trust relationship between an educator and a student. Engaging in ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf: sexual contact with a student is among the most severe forms of misconduct for a teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf-f. The Committee considered the submissions presented by counsel on penalty, publication ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- and costs. The Committee considered the evidence, taking into account the extenuating ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- circumstances that had occurred in the respondent’s personal life and the fact that he ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- showed remorse and sought counseling to deal with his personal issues. The Committee ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- decided that given the severity of the breach of the trust relationship, the respondent’s ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- certificate be cancelled and his membership terminated. In regards to costs, the ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- Committee found that the respondent cooperated fully and that costs not be assessed. In ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- the matter of publication, the Committee concluded that there were no mitigating ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- circumstances against publication of the respondent’s name. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- Council considered the report and recommendations of the Committee as well as counsel ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- submissions. It was agreed that the respondent’s certificate be cancelled and his ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- membership terminated. It was also agreed that the respondent’s name be published and ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- no costs be assessed as he cooperated fully in the process. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_nelson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf-a. Roy Anson Dennis David (Hap) Watson (DOB: 1943.05.23) ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf-b. Professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf-c. The hearing was held on March 10-14, March 24-28, 2003; and July 14-16, 2003, in ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- Quesnel, B.C; August 27-29, 2003; January 15, February 10, 11, and March 2, 2004, at ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- the College’s offices in Vancouver, B.C. The report and recommendations of the Hearing ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- Sub-Committee (the “Committee”) were presented to Council on June 18, 2004. This ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- matter originated as a report under section 16 of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf:d. The respondent engaged in inappropriate activity of a sexual nature with a particularly ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- vulnerable seventeen-year-old female student that continued after she turned eighteen. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf: The inappropriate activity included kissing, sexual touching, oral sex and sexual ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- intercourse. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- The respondent was a teacher at the school the student attended. In April 1999, the ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- student approached the respondent for help with her math course. The respondent began ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf: to tutor the student and the relationship progressed to one sexual in nature. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf-e. The Committee considered the evidence presented by both counsel, and concluded that ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- the respondent was guilty of professional misconduct. It found that this case was very ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- serious because it concerns deceit, the exercise of power and control, the undermining of ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf: the parental role and authority, and sexual activity. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf-f. The Committee considered the submissions presented by counsel on penalty, publication ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- and costs. The Committee determined that the penalty be a cancellation of the ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- respondent’s certificate of qualification. In regards to costs, the Committee found that the ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- respondent should be assessed costs in the amount of $1,250, to offset the costs of a one- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- day delay due to the unavailability of the respondent’s witnesses. In the matter of ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- publication, the Committee concluded that there were no mitigating circumstances ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- against publication of the respondent’s name. It is in the public interest that publication ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- occurs. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- Council considered the report and recommendations of the Committee as well as counsel ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- submissions. It was agreed that the respondent’s certificate of qualification be cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- It was also agreed that the respondent’s name be published and partial costs be assessed ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- to the respondent. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf-g. The respondent’s appeal to the British Columbia Supreme Court was dismissed on ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- December 3, 2004. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_04_watson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf-a. A Member (92-A) ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf-c. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on June ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- 18, 1992. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf-d. The citation alleged that a member committed professional misconduct in connection ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf: with pleading guilty to nine counts of sexual assault involving boys, ranging in age from ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- eight to ten years, which assaults occurred between September 1989 and May 1990. In ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- February 1991 the member was found guilty of all nine counts and sentenced to three ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- years imprisonment for each, to be served concurrently. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- The events leading to the criminal conviction took place while the respondent was ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- employed as a teacher in an elementary school. Eight of the nine children were his ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- students. The member was suspended by his school board after being charged and his ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- employment was terminated following his conviction. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf-e. The College of Teachers found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- determined that his membership in the College of Teachers be terminated and his ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- certificate of qualification be cancelled. No costs were assessed against the member. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf-a. A Member (92-B) ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf-c. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on June ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- 18, 1992. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf-d. A member was found guilty of professional misconduct in connection with one incident ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf: of an improper relationship with a female student involving sexual relations and a second ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- incident of an improper relationship with another female student. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- At the time of the misconduct the member was employed as a teacher at a junior ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- secondary school. He taught one of the girls Grade 8 English; both girls participated in ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- school- sponsored extra-curricular activities he supervised. First, the member became ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf: sexually involved with a 15-year-old girl. Following her graduation this ongoing ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- relationship escalated to common-law status, and continued approximately 18 months. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- Concurrently, the member made advances toward the second girl who was in Grade 9. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf: The nature of this second relationship was not sexual. The member was suspended by his ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- board as a result of a criminal investigation; the charges were dismissed and he later ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- resigned his teaching position. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf-e. The College of Teachers found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- suspended for an indefinite period of time his membership in the College and his ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- certificate, also determining he is not eligible for reinstatement prior to June, 1995. No ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- costs were assessed against the member. ./british-columbia-cases/jun18_92_resp92_b.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf-a. Respondent (98-C) ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf-c. The hearing was held April 28, 1998 in the 5th floor Boardroom of the College. The ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on June 19, ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- 1998. ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf:d. The citation alleged that the member engaged in a sexual relationship with an 18-year old ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- female student at the school in which he taught. The student was not in any of the classes ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- that were taught by the member. ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf:e. The hearing panel determined that the respondent had engaged in a sexual ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- relationship with an 18-year old female student at the school in which he taught. The ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- member admitted to the charge in the citation and agreed that his actions constituted ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- The panel considered that this relationship constituted a serious breach of the trust placed ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- on members of the profession and found the respondent guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- misconduct. This penalty is deemed appropriate as there is a need for members to ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf: recognize the inability of a student to give informed consent to sexual activity with a ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf-f. The panel recommended that the respondent’s certificate of qualification be ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- cancelled and his membership terminated. The member consented to the ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_resp98_c.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf-a. William Raymond Bennest (DOB: 1944.01.30) ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf-c. The hearing was held February 24, 1998 at the College offices. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on June 19, 1998. ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf-d. The citation stated that in October 1997 Mr. Bennest pleaded guilty to and was convicted ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf: of a charge that he had child pornography, specifically video tapes, printed material and ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- photographs in his possession, contrary to Section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- Canada. ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf-e. The panel determined that Mr. Bennest was guilty of conduct unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- The panel found that Mr. Bennest’s conduct was a breach of trust. Mr. Bennest used his ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- position as a principal to obtain the co-operation of a 12 old student to make what ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- appeared to be an innocent video tape. It must be noted that the student had not been ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf: involved in any sexual activity with Mr. Bennest. Mr. Bennest then used this material to ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- prepare video tapes and photographs which depicted this student as if he were naked and ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf: engaged in sexual activity. Mr. Bennest prepared this material for his own use but did ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- not distribute this material to other persons. Mr. Bennest acted under false pretences and ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- without the permission of the student’s parents. ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- The panel is of the view that Mr. Bennest no longer has the ability to fulfill a position of ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- public trust. ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf-f. The panel recommended that Mr. Bennest’s certificate of qualification be cancelled and ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- his membership terminated. The Council concurred with this recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/jun19_98_wrbennest.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf-a. Alistair Ian Cameron (DOB: 1954.10.16) ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct and Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf-c. The hearing was held April 22, 1997 in the boardroom of the College. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on June 20,1997. ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Alistair Ian Cameron was guilty of professional misconduct and ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- conduct unbecoming a member in that he was charged with and convicted of two counts ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf: of sexual assault of a female person contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal Code. One ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- charge related to a 21 year old woman and the other related to a 12 or 13 year old grade 7 ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- student, whom Mr. Cameron was counselling. ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf:e. The hearing panel determined that Alistair Ian Cameron had been found guilty of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf: assault of a 21 year old woman in Williams Lake. This sexual assault, which took place ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- in broad daylight in the parkade of the local mall was unprovoked, violent, showed some ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- premeditation and was irrational. He was sentenced to one year in a provincial institution ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- followed by two years’ probation for this assault. The panel found Mr. Cameron guilty of ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- conduct unbecoming a member in that he was convicted of this criminal offence. ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf: The second sexual assault involved a grade seven female student Cameron was ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- counselling. The assaults took place over 4 or 5 sessions and involved inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf: discussions about sex, including inquiring whether the girl had ever had sex with an ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- older, “experienced” man. The assaults also involved touching the buttocks, vagina, inner ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- thighs and breasts of the student. Mr. Cameron was sentenced to one year less a day in a ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- provincial institution to be served consecutive to any other sentences. ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- The panel considered that this relationship constituted a serious breach of the trust placed ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- on members of the profession and found Mr. Cameron guilty of professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf-f. The panel recommended that Mr. Cameron’s certificate of qualification be cancelled and ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- his membership terminated. The Council concurred with this recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/jun20_97_aicameron.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf-a. Samuel James Van Ieperen ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf-b. Conduct unbecoming a member of the British Columbia College of Teachers. ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf-c. The hearing was held December 15, 2009, at the College’s offices in Vancouver, British ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- Columbia. The report and recommendations of the Hearing Sub-Committee (the ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- “Committee”) were presented to Council on June 4, 2010, in accordance with section 22 ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- of the Teaching Profession Act. This matter originated as a Registrar’s Report under ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- section 28(4) of the Teaching Profession Act. ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf-d. Mr. Van Ieperen was employed as a secondary school teacher in September 2005 when ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- the incidents took place. On September 27, 2005, he was arrested and charged with one ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf: count of possession of child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- Code of Canada. On March 13, 2009, the Supreme Court of British Columbia found that ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- there was a Charter violation of Mr. Van Ieperen’s rights under sections 8 and 10 of the ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. As a result, the evidence discovered by police ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- on Mr. Van Ieperen’s computer was excluded as inadmissible. Consequently, Mr. Van ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- Ieperen was acquitted of the criminal charge against him. In December 2009, he entered ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- into a Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition (the “Agreement”) with the College. In ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- the Agreement, Mr. Van Ieperen did not expressly admit to having possessed child ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf: pornography or to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. However, he did not ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- contest the facts as outlined in the Agreement and was not opposed to a finding of ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- conduct unbecoming a member for the purpose of the College proceedings. ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf-e. The Committee unanimously accepted the facts agreed to by Mr. Van Ieperen as set out ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- in the Agreement. Although Mr. Van Ieperen did not expressly admit to the possession of ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf: child pornography, the Committee concluded from the facts that he was in possession of ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf: child pornography on his home computer and that such conduct constituted conduct ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- unbecoming a member of the College. The Committee found that the possession of child ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf: pornography was clearly a breach of Standards 1 and 2 of the College’s Standards for ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia. ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- Standard 1: Educators value and care for all students and act in their best interests. ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- Even though Mr. Van Ieperen’s behaviour was unrelated to his students, the Committee ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- found that he violated the basic moral and ethical requirement of teachers, namely that ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- they not engage in conduct that is harmful to children in their off-duty conduct as well as ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- in their professional duties. Standard 2: Educators are role models who act ethically and ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- honestly. Educators understand that their individual conduct contributes to the ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- perception of the profession as a whole. In addition, educators are accountable for their ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- conduct while on duty, as well as off duty, where that conduct has an effect on the ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- education system. Further, the Committee found that the possession of child ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf: pornography by a teacher seriously undermines the integrity, dignity and credibility of ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- the teaching profession. It is a long-held tenant in the teaching profession that the ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf: possession of child pornography, even outside of the member’s teaching role and in his ./british-columbia-cases/june4_10_vanieperen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf-a. Todd Francis Thomson (DOB 1970/01/11) ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct / Conduct unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf-c. The hearing was held March 3, 2003 at the College offices. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- recommendations of the Hearing Panel were presented to Council on June 13, 2003. The ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- case was brought before the College by the Superintendent of School District 6 (Rocky ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- Mountain) as a result of information received from the York Regional Police Department ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf: that Mr. Thomson was being charged with possession of child pornography. ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf-d. The Hearing Panel found that Mr. Thomson pled guilty to and was convicted of a charge ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf: of possession of child pornography in Ontario under Section 163.1 of the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf: Child pornography was found on Mr. Thomson’s personal computer when he took it into ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- an Ontario shop for repair. The Panel further found that he had used the school’s ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf: computer to access pornography and/or child pornography in the British Columbia ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- district in which he was employed. ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf-e. The Hearing Panel considered that Todd Francis Thomson’s actions were professional ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- The Panel recommended to Council that Mr. Thomson’s certificate of qualification and ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- membership in the British Columbia College of Teachers be cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- Council considered the report and recommendations of the Hearing Panel and cancelled ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- Mr. Thomson’s certificate and terminated his membership. ./british-columbia-cases/june13_03_tfthomson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- George William Kiteley ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- Page 2 of 11 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-He held a certificate of qualification, which he relinquished on or about June 27, 2012 and he ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-resigned effective June 30, 2012. 2 The Citation sets out the following allegations: ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- 1. On or about September 6 to October 18, 2011, [the Respondent], a former authorized ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- person under the Act (Professional Certificate No. ), while employed as a ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- teacher by School District No. 43 (Coquitlam) at Moody Middle School (the “School”) ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- engaged in inappropriate behaviour directed toward students including: ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf: a. Use of the term “homosexual” in connection with a male student’s choice to wear a ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- pink shirt; ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- b. Use of the term “retarded” in a derogatory way when speaking to students; ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- c. Asking students “are you on crack?” and making reference to “crack-heads”; ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- d. Reference to a student as an “illegal alien” and/or an “illegal immigrant”; ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- e. Repeated reference to a student as “Persian Prince”; ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- f. Use of profanity in the classroom, such as “I’m not your bitch”; ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- g. Use of public humiliation as a form of classroom management; ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- h. Physical intimidation of students through the use of physical contact (poking and/or ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- shaking and/or pushing) and verbal and gestural threats of violence, such as ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- mimicking the loading and shooting of a gun and punching one fist into the other; ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf: i. Reference to the class as “perverted” in response to a question about sex education; ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- and ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- j. Reference to a student who was squinting to see the board as having “Asian eyes”. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-The Commissioner asserts in the Citation that the Respondent engaged in conduct which is ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-contrary to one or more of Standards #1 and #5 of the Standards for the Education, Competence ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, 4th edition, January 2012 (the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-“Standards”). The Commissioner further alleges that the Respondent is guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-misconduct under section 63(1) of the Act. Although the Citation alleges that the Respondent is ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-alternatively guilty of conduct unbecoming a teacher, the Commissioner did not pursue this ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-allegation at the hearing and the panel has not considered it. The Respondent did not attend the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-hearing, but was represented by legal counsel. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-2 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- The Citation was amended on February 25, 2014 to reflect that the Respondent is a former authorized ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-person under the Act. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- George William Kiteley ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- Page 4 of 11 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[7] Ms. Bennett first became aware of issues involving the Respondent’s conduct in mid- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-October 2011 when she was approached by a teacher who had previously taught several of the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Respondent’s current grade 7 students. The teacher told Ms. Bennett that Students D, E, and G ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-had approached her at a School social function and expressed concern about the Respondent’s ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-treatment of students in his class. Ms. Bennett conducted brief interviews with each of the three ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-students. Following protocol, she then delivered a letter to the Respondent dated October 14, ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-2011. The letter stated that Ms. Bennett was commencing an investigation as a result of ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-complaints from three students in his class that he had made comments in the classroom to ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-individuals and groups that were humiliating and embarrassing. 3 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[8] Ms. Bennett and the Vice Principal interviewed 24 students, 12 from the Respondent’s ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-home-room class and 12 from the switch class on October 17 and 18, 2011. They asked the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-students not to discuss the interviews with other students or with the Respondent, and Ms. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Bennett also told the students that if they had further concerns, they should come back and speak ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-with her. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[9] Ms. Bennett delivered a second letter to the Respondent dated October 18, 2011 4 that was ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-worded exactly as the October 14 letter. She explained that she wrote the second letter to ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-encompass complaints from two students that involved conduct that occurred after the October ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-14, 2011 letter was delivered. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[10] The Respondent met with Ms. Bennett, the Vice Principal, and a representative of the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Teachers’ Association on October 18, 2011, after which he gathered his personal belongings and ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-left the School. The Respondent did not return to the School to teach after this date. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf:Allegation (a) - use of the term “homosexual” in connection with a male student’s choice to ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-wear a pink shirt ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[11] Ms. Bennett said that in her initial interview with Students D, E and G, they told her that ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf:the Respondent had referred to a male grade 6 student wearing a pink shirt as a “homosexual.” ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Ms. Bennett said that the student in the pink shirt had a learning disability and was an Aboriginal ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-student. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[12] Students C, D, E, F, and G testified that the Respondent made a comment during class ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf:that associated a male grade 6 student wearing a pink shirt with being homosexual or gay. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Students C, D, E and F testified that they thought the student in the pink shirt was upset and ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-embarrassed during the incident. Students D and E testified that they were upset by the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Respondent’s comment. Although there were slight differences in the various individual ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-accounts, the evidence was consistent that the Respondent made a derogatory comment – ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf:whether through the use of the word “homosexual” or “gay” – to a male student who was ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-wearing a pink shirt. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-3 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- Exhibit #2, letter from Ms. Bennett to the Respondent dated October 14, 2011. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-4 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- Exhibit #3, letter from Ms. Bennett to the Respondent dated October 18, 2011. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- George William Kiteley ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- Page 7 of 11 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-the hallway when he did this. Student F testified that the Respondent grabbed him on the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-shoulder to escort him out of the classroom when he was sent to the hallway, and that on one ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-occasion the Respondent pushed or shoved him back into the classroom causing him to stumble. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Both Students B and F admitted that they talked a lot in the class – more than other students. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-While, as noted above, students A and E testified that the Respondent spoke to them with respect ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-when they had been sent into the hall, the panel does not regard this as inconsistent with the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-accounts of Students B and F. Their admissions that they were more disruptive than other ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-students support an inference that the Respondent was more frustrated with them. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[26] Student C testified that she recalled one time the Respondent said, “don’t make me hit ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-you” to Student F, but Student F did not describe this incident in his testimony. Students D and E ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-testified that the Respondent referred to one of the students in their class as a “memory from ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-hell” while miming loading a shotgun, aiming it at the student and making a bang noise. Student ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-E testified that he found this action by a teacher “a bit weird or scary.” Student G testified that ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-the Respondent would punch one of his fists into his other palm and say “better get it done” ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-when the students were slow to perform their work. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[27] In summary, six of the seven students described the Respondent’s behaviour as ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-physically intimidating on occasion: he used physical contact (Students B and F) and made ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-verbal and gestural threats of violence, such as mimicking the loading and shooting of a gun ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-(Students C, D and E) and punching one fist into the other (Student G). Although their examples ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-differed, the students’ evidence of physical intimidation was consistent and the panel finds that ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-the conduct described in this allegation occurred. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf:Allegation (i) – Reference to the class as “perverted” in response to a question about sex ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-education ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[28] Ms. Bennett testified that on October 17, 2011, Student G told her that the Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-had referred to the students as “perverts” in their class. Student G testified that when one student ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf:in the class asked if the Respondent was going to teach them “sex ed.” in their HACE class, the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Respondent called the students “perverts,” saying words to the effect that “you guys are all ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-perverts.” Student G’s evidence was corroborated by Ms. Bennett whose response to the reported ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-behaviour (together with the conduct alleged in paragraph (j) discussed below) was to issue the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-October 18, 2011 letter to the Respondent. The panel accepts the evidence of Student G and Ms. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Bennett and finds that the Commissioner has proven that it is more likely than not that the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Respondent referred to the class as “perverted” as alleged in paragraph 1(i) of the Citation. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Allegation (j) – Reference to a student who was squinting to see the board as having “Asian ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-eyes” ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[29] Student F testified that the Respondent asked an Asian student who had poor eyesight if ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-he was squinting at the board because “he had slanty eyes.” Ms. Bennett testified that on October ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-18, 2011, one of the Respondent’s students told her that the Respondent had sent him out into the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-hallway when he was squinting at the chalkboard, saying, “I know you are Asian, but you can’t ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-squint your eyes like that.” Ms. Bennett said that the student is an Asian student. That student ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-did not testify. The panel finds that the direct evidence of Student F about this incident combined ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-with Ms. Bennett’s evidence of what the affected student told her is sufficiently detailed and ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-consistent to establish that the conduct occurred. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- George William Kiteley ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- Page 8 of 11 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-ANALYSIS AND DECISION ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[30] There is no dispute that the applicable standard of proof is the balance of probabilities. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-As noted above, that panel finds that the Commissioner has proven that it is more likely than not ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-that the conduct alleged in paragraphs 1(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i) and (j) of the Citation ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-occurred. The evidence does not substantiate the allegations set out in paragraphs 1(c) and (g) of ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-the Citation. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Does the proven conduct breach the Standards? ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[31] The relevant Standards provide as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- 1. Educators value and care for all students and act in their best interests. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- Educators are responsible for fostering the emotional, aesthetic, intellectual, physical, ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- social and vocational development of students. They are responsible for the emotional ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- and physical safety of students. Educators treat students with respect and dignity. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- Educators respect the diversity in their classrooms, schools and communities. Educators ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- have a privileged position of power and trust. They respect confidentiality unless ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- disclosure is required by law. Educators do not abuse or exploit students or minors for ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf: personal, sexual, ideological, material or other advantage. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- 5. Educators implement effective practices in areas of classroom management, planning, ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- instruction, assessment, evaluation and reporting. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- Educators have the knowledge and skills to facilitate learning for all students and know ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- when to seek additional support for their practice. Educators thoughtfully consider all ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- aspects of teaching, from planning through reporting, and understand the relationships ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- among them. Educators employ a variety of instructional and assessment strategies. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[32] The Commissioner submits that the Respondent’s conduct breaches both Standards. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-With respect to Standard #1, the Commissioner says that the Respondent did not treat his ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-students with respect and dignity; in particular, when he made a homophobic remark to a male ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-student wearing a pink shirt, referred to students as “retarded,” called individual students “illegal ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-immigrant” and “Persian prince,” referred to an Asian student as having “slanty” or “slanted” ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-eyes and called the class “perverts.” The Commissioner also says that the Respondent displayed ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-a lack of responsibility for the emotional and physical safety of his students contrary to Standard ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-#1 by poking two students in the chest and/or stomach while discussing discipline with them, and ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-miming the loading and firing of a shotgun at a student in his class. The Commissioner submits ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-that the Respondent breached Standard #5 because he lacked the classroom management skills to ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-facilitate effective learning and points to the Respondent’s practice of sending students to the hall ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-as a disciplinary measure (such that these students were not participating in the classroom ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-activities and lessons) and his use of demeaning and derogatory comments as examples. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[33] Counsel for the Respondent submitted that the Respondent’s conduct did not breach ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-either Standard. Counsel for the Respondent made submissions based on evidence that was not ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-before the panel; for example, he suggested that the Respondent had a hearing impairment that ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-caused him to shout to be heard; that the students were trouble-makers who fabricated evidence ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- George William Kiteley ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- Page 9 of 11 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-and colluded against the Respondent. The panel can have no regard to submissions that are not ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-supported by evidence. The Respondent chose not to tender any evidence and cannot counter the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-evidence that was presented only through submissions (see the rule in Browne v. Dunn 5). ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[34] Counsel for the Respondent also argued with respect to the allegation in paragraph 1(e) of ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-the Citation that it was not inappropriate for the Respondent to refer to a student as “Persian ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Prince” because the student had used that name to refer to himself. The panel rejects this ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-argument. Such a term when used by a child self-referentially (whether it is appropriate) has a ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-wholly different connotation than when used by a teacher to refer to his student. When used by a ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-teacher to refer to a student, it demonstrates disrespect and disparagement contrary to Standard ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-#1. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[35] We agree with the Commissioner’s submission and find that the Respondent contravened ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Standard #1 in that he failed to treat his students with respect and dignity and demonstrated a ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-lack of respect for diversity by engaging in the conduct to which the Commissioner has referred ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-as contravening this Standard. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[36] With respect to Standard #5, we find that the Respondent failed to demonstrate effective ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-classroom management skills by referring to students in grades 6 and 7 as “perverted” when he ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf:was asked about learning “sex ed.”, by referring to his students as “retards” when they were ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-disruptive, and by miming the loading and firing of a shotgun at a student to whom he referred as ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-a “memory from hell.” However, we find that the Respondent’s practice of sending disruptive ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-students to the hallway does not breach Standard #5 because the students who testified about ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-being sent to the hallway admitted that they were disrupting the class at the time and none of ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-them said that they felt that the Respondent’s treatment of them was humiliating. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Does the Breach of the Standards amount to Professional Misconduct under the Act? ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[37] The Act does not define professional misconduct and, as noted by the Commissioner in ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-his submissions, a breach of the Standards does not necessarily result in a finding of professional ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-misconduct. The panel finds that the test for whether a breach of the Standards amounts to ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-professional misconduct under the Act is whether the Respondent’s conduct was a “marked ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-departure” from the norms expected of a teacher in this province. This test was adopted by the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Law Society of British Columbia in disciplinary proceedings in Martin 6 and was used by another ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-panel of the Branch in a decision released earlier this year. 7 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[38] The Commissioner submits that the “public humiliation, physical intimidation, verbal and ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-gestural threats of violence, and racist and derogatory epithets have no place in a public school” ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-and says that the Respondent’s conduct “fell well below the standard of conduct expected of a ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-British Columbia teacher.” Accordingly, the Commissioner submits that this panel should have ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-little difficulty concluding that the Respondent committed professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-5 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- Browne v. Dunn (1894) 6 R. [H.L.] at page 79 per Lord Morris. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-6 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- Law Society of British Columbia v. Martin, 2005 LSBC 16 at par. 171. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-7 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- Re Freeman (February 6, 2014) at para. 23-27. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- George William Kiteley ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- Page 10 of 11 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[39] Counsel for the Respondent did not expressly address this issue. He submitted only that ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-the students fabricated and/or embellished their evidence because they did not like the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Respondent and found his “old school sense of humour” boring. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[40] In considering whether the Respondent’s conduct is a marked departure from the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-expected conduct of teachers in this province such that it amounts to professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-under the Act, the panel considers the whole of the proven conduct. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[41] The Respondent’s question to a student about whether he was an “illegal immigrant” and ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf:his reference to students as “perverted” or “perverts” for asking about “sex ed.” in their HACE ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-class are instances of breaches of the Standards that do not amount to professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Although clearly inappropriate, each remark was made on a single occasion and there was no ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-evidence that the students experienced them as humiliating. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[42] The panel reaches a different conclusion with respect to the Respondent’s pejorative ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf:remarks about sexual orientation, race and disability. Teachers must be cognizant of social ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-values and respect the dignity and diversity of their students. It is not acceptable for a teacher to ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-make homophobic remarks to students in his classroom, particularly in the context of a male ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-student wearing a pink shirt, the trigger for a popular national anti-bullying campaign in schools. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-It is similarly unacceptable for a teacher to refer to students as “retarded” when they misbehave ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-and for a teacher to make an overtly racist remark by referring to an Asian student as having ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-“slanted eyes” or suggesting he or she “can’t squint your eyes like that” and to refer to a student ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-of Iranian origin as a “Persian Prince.” ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[43] The Respondent’s intimidation of his students by poking those he was admonishing for ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-misbehaving, and by miming the loading and firing of a shotgun at a student in the classroom ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-was also an egregious departure from the standards of conduct expected of teachers, particularly ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-in light of the students’ age. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-[44] Viewed as a whole, the panel finds that the Respondent’s conduct in breach of the ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-Standards is egregious, amounts to a marked departure from the standards of conduct expected of ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf-teachers, and constitutes professional misconduct under s. 63(1)(b) of the Act. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_findings_20140609.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- George William Kiteley - Penalty ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- Page 2 of 5 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-PENALTY ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-[3] This panel found the Respondent guilty of professional misconduct for making pejorative ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf:remarks about sexual orientation, race and disability, and for intimidating his students by poking ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-those he was admonishing for misbehaving and by miming the loading and firing of a shotgun at ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-a student in the classroom. 1 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-[4] The conduct occurred over a period of approximately 6 weeks in the fall of 2011 while ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-the Respondent taught grade 6 and 7 students math and science. The principal of the school ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-advised the Respondent that he was under investigation for the conduct in two letters issued on ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-October 14 and 18, 2011. The Respondent did not return to teach at the school after he received ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-the second letter on October 18, 2011. There was no evidence before the panel that the principal ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-or the District imposed any discipline on the Respondent for the conduct. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-[5] The Commissioner seeks the following penalties in this case: ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- (a) A reprimand under section 64(a) of the Act; and ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- (b) A direction to the Director of Certification to not issue a certification of qualification to ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- the Respondent for a period of three months under section 64(g) of the Act. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-[6] The Respondent attached two medical documents to his submission of August 11, 2014 ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-which he asserted demonstrate mitigating circumstances in his case (hearing loss) and show that ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-he took responsibility for his conduct by seeking medical treatment for stress. An audiologist, ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-Susan Thacker M.A., confirms in a letter dated July 2, 2014 that the Respondent had a hearing ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-evaluation at her offices that day which indicated a “high frequency [sensory] neural hearing loss ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-in both ears” and she attached 2 pages of test results to her letter. In a letter dated July 2, 2014, ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-Dr. Christian Toma wrote that the Respondent had been in his care for a number of years and ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-that “in the period 2010-2012 he was diagnosed with chronic stress related to his teaching job.” ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-[7] The Panel agrees with the Commissioner’s submission that little weight should be given ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-to this information. The documents were not attached to affidavits from the doctors. Ms. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-Thacker’s letter indicates the Respondent has a hearing loss as of July 2, 2014, which is well ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-after the conduct in issue. Dr. Toma does not indicate when in 2010-2012 the Respondent was ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf-1 See panel’s reasons on finding and determination, June 9, 2014, at para. 42 & 43. ./british-columbia-cases/kiteley_reasons_penpubcost_20141201.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kraus,-george-heinz.pdf- Kraus, George Heinz ./british-columbia-cases/kraus,-george-heinz.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kraus,-george-heinz.pdf- admitted that his conduct leading to the criminal conviction and the criminal conviction itself regarding possession of ./british-columbia-cases/kraus,-george-heinz.pdf: child pornography constitute conduct unbecoming a member of the College. On October 25, 2005, the Preliminary ./british-columbia-cases/kraus,-george-heinz.pdf- Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement under which the respondent ./british-columbia-cases/kraus,-george-heinz.pdf- relinquished his teaching certificate. ./british-columbia-cases/kraus,-george-heinz.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kraus,-george-heinz.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kraus,-george-heinz.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kraus,-george-heinz.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/kraus,-george-heinz.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Kraus,%20George%20Heinz.txt[2014-09-29 12:56:42 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/kraus,-george-heinz.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/layman,-keith-alexander.pdf- Layman, Keith Alexander ./british-columbia-cases/layman,-keith-alexander.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/layman,-keith-alexander.pdf- admitted to and was found guilty of conduct unbecoming a member of the College. The respondent, who worked as a ./british-columbia-cases/layman,-keith-alexander.pdf: high-school counsellor, engaged in a personal and sexual relationship with a 17 year old student for a period of ./british-columbia-cases/layman,-keith-alexander.pdf- approximately ten months. The respondent believed that the student was 19 years old at the time they met at a ./british-columbia-cases/layman,-keith-alexander.pdf- nightclub. The respondent admitted that after the student moved into his residence he became aware that the student ./british-columbia-cases/layman,-keith-alexander.pdf- was 17 years old and attending high school. On February 22, 2006, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee ./british-columbia-cases/layman,-keith-alexander.pdf- approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement and the respondent's certificate of qualification was cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/layman,-keith-alexander.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/layman,-keith-alexander.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/layman,-keith-alexander.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/layman,-keith-alexander.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/layman,-keith-alexander.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Layman,%20Keith%20Alexander.txt[2014-09-29 12:59:25 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/layman,-keith-alexander.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/lebedoff,-sergie-glen.pdf- Lebedoff, Sergie Glen - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/lebedoff,-sergie-glen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/lebedoff,-sergie-glen.pdf- admitted to and was found guilty of professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. The ./british-columbia-cases/lebedoff,-sergie-glen.pdf: respondent had sexual relations with a female person under the age of majority and continued to do so despite being ./british-columbia-cases/lebedoff,-sergie-glen.pdf- warned by persons in authority. In addition, the respondent failed to declare on his Application for Teacher-on-Call ./british-columbia-cases/lebedoff,-sergie-glen.pdf- that he had been censured by previous employers. On August 26, 2004, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee approved ./british-columbia-cases/lebedoff,-sergie-glen.pdf- the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition. The Sub-Committee accepted that the appropriate penalty was that his ./british-columbia-cases/lebedoff,-sergie-glen.pdf- certificate be cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/lebedoff,-sergie-glen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/lebedoff,-sergie-glen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/lebedoff,-sergie-glen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/lebedoff,-sergie-glen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/lebedoff,-sergie-glen.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRSC/Lebedoff,%20Sergie%20Glen.txt[2014-09-26 8:18:44 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/lebedoff,-sergie-glen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf-Summary of the Consent Resolution Agreement executed: June 27, 2012 ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf-In the matter concerning: ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf-Dale Andre Joseph Mailhiot ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf-Dale Andre Joseph Mailhiot admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to Standards 1 and 2. ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf-Mr. Mailhiot was employed as a high school teacher when, in February 2010, two student teaching assistants, who were using ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf:Mr. Mailhiot's computer to input student marks, noticed highly inappropriate files of an adult sexual nature minimized on the ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf-screen. The district's internet usage records for Mr. Mailhiot's computer indicated that, throughout that same day, Mr. Mailhiot ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf-regularly accessed various non-school-related websites, including social media, news sites and graphic adult material, the latter ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf-of which was inappropriate for Mr. Mailhiot to access on a school computer. Mr. Mailhiot admitted to the district superintendent ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf-that during the period between September 2009 and February 2010 he frequently used his work computer for non-school-related ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf-purposes. On June 27, 2012, the Commissioner executed the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Mailhiot agreed to ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf-receive a two-month suspension of his certificate of qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/mailhiot_20120627.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf-a. A Respondent (A-03-04) ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf-b. Professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf-c. The hearing was held on March 1, 2004, at the College’s offices in Vancouver, B.C. The report ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- and recommendations of the Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Committee”) were presented to ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- Council on June 18, 2004. This matter originated as a report under section 16 of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf-d. The respondent admitted to using inappropriate language and conducting himself in an ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- inappropriate manner with students in the classroom and over the Internet. ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- The respondent further admitted that his communications with students breached the ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- student/teacher boundaries and that he touched a female student on the wrist and on the arm. The ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- communications with students and his physical contact with a female student, although ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf: inappropriate, were not of a sexual nature. ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- In addition, the respondent admitted to secretly negotiating a change in a student’s grade with ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- another student. ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf-e. The Committee accepted the respondent’s admission of guilt and found him guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- misconduct. It found that his language and physical contact with students was inappropriate and ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- that his Internet communications crossed the professional boundaries expected between teacher ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- and student. ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf-f. The Committee considered the joint submission presented by counsel on penalty, publication and ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- costs. The Committee considered the evidence, taking into account that the respondent had taken ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- a number of remedial steps, and will continue to do so, to ensure that the conduct is not repeated. ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- Also, the respondent has had an unblemished disciplinary record with the College and with his ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- employers. It was agreed that the penalty be a reprimand. In regards to costs, the Committee ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- found that the respondent cooperated fully and that costs not be assessed. In the matter of ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- publication, the Committee concluded that there were no mitigating circumstances against ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- publication of the respondent’s name. ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- Council considered the report and recommendations of the Committee as well as counsel ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- submissions. It was agreed that the respondent’s name be published and no costs be assessed as ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- the respondent cooperated fully in the process. ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf-g. The Respondent appealed the decision of publication of his name to the British Columbia ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- Supreme Court. The College consented to an order prohibiting publication of the Respondent’s ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- name. ./british-columbia-cases/mar04_resp0304.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf-a. Norman John Porter (DOB: 1944.08.05) ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf-c. The hearing took place at the College of Teachers office on February 15, 1993. The ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- report and recommendations were presented to Council on March 11, 1993. ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Norman John Porter committed professional misconduct in ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf: connection with a charge that between 1972 and 1974 he did have sexual intercourse with ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- a female who was 14 years of age and under the age of 16. He plead guilty on November ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf: 4, 1991. The girl was a student of his at the time. The citation also alleged sexual ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf: intercourse with another female student from December 1978 to June 1979, and sexually ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- assaulting another student between March 1988 and June 1988. ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf-e. The hearing subcommittee found Norman John Porter guilty of professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- for each of the allegations listed in the citation. Mr. Porter betrayed the trust of his ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- students and took advantage of his relationship with them. Mr. Porter breached the trust ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf: placed in him by having sexual intercourse with a student who was under the age of 16. ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- This charge alone is sufficient to terminate his membership and cancel his certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- qualification. Moreover, using a standard of proof greater than the balance of ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- probabilities, the panel found the testimony given by the witnesses under oath to carry ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- more weight and credibility than Mr. Porter’s written out of court denial of any ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf: wrongdoing. The occurrences of sexual intercourse with students and the sexual assault ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- spanned a number of years. This would indicate that these were more than isolated ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- incidents. ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf-f. The College of Teachers determined that Norman John Porter’s membership in the ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- College of Teachers be terminated and that his certificate of qualification be cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_njporter.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf-a. A Member (92-H) ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf-c. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- March 11, 1993. ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf-d. The citation alleged that a member committed conduct unbecoming a member in ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf: connection with a crime of sexual abuse of a child under the age of sixteen years which ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- occurred in August of 1991. The member was charged and plead guilty to this charge. ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- The court imposed a sentence of five years, which was suspended, and a further term of ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- five years supervised probation was given. ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- The events leading to the criminal conviction took place while the respondent was ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- employed as a Vice Principal in a British Columbia school district. The child involved ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- was a former student of the member. ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf-e. The College of Teachers found the member guilty of conduct unbecoming a member and ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- determined that the persons membership in the College of Teachers be terminated and ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- her/his certificate of qualifications be cancelled. No costs of the hearing were assessed ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- against the member. ./british-columbia-cases/mar11_93_resp92_h.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf-a. Barrie John Beetham (DOB: 1945.04.23) ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf-c. The report and recommendation of the hearing panel were presented to Council on March ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf- 13, 1991. ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf-d. The citation alleged that in August of 1990, Mr. Beetham was found guilty of and ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf: convicted of sexual assault, as well as of three counts of common assault. These assaults ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf- were committed against female students who were enrolled in his classes. Mr. Beetham ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf- was terminated from his employment for these assaults. ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf-e. The College of Teachers found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf- determined that his membership in the College of Teacher’s be terminated and his ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf- certificate of qualification be cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/mar13_91_bjbeetham.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf-a. Jacques Henri Vaneden (DOB: 30.10.04) ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf-c. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- March 26, 1992. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Jacques Henri Vaneden committed conduct unbecoming a ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- member in connection with pleading guilty to five counts of indecent assault and two ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf: counts of sexual assault involving six children, five male and one female ranging from ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- age nine to twelve years, which assaults occurred between the years 1971 and 1983. In ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- February 1988 he was found guilty of all seven counts and sentenced to five years ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- imprisonment for each, to be served concurrently. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- The events leading to the criminal conviction took place while the respondent was ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- employed as a teacher and/or principal in Whitehorse. The children involved were not his ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- students. Three were in his foster care, two others were in foster care, but not that of the ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- accused, and the accused was the Cub leader of one of the victims. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf-e. The College of Teachers found Jacques Henri Vaneden guilty of conduct unbecoming a ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- member and determined that his membership in the College of Teachers be terminated ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- and his certificate of qualification be cancelled. Because Mr. Vaneden avoided the ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- process of citation service, costs related to service of citation were assessed against him. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- Mr. Vaneden applied for, and was granted, early retirement in 1987. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_jhvaneden.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf-a. A Member (92-F) ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf-c. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf- March 26, 1992. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf-d. The citation alleged that a member committed professional misconduct by engaging in an ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf: inappropriate and sexual relationship with a female student. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf- The relationship started when the student was fifteen years old and was being taught by ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf- the member. It continued for a period of five years from 1985 until 1990. The member ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf- resigned from his teaching position as a result of a board investigation into the ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf- relationship. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf-e. The College of Teachers found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf- determined that his membership in the College of Teachers be terminated and his ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf- certificate of qualification be cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_92_resp92_f.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf-a. A Member (97-A) ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf-b. The citation concerns Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf-c. The hearing was held February 20, 1998 in the fifth floor boardroom of the College. The ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf- report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on March 26, ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf- 1998. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf:d. The case involved a member who pled guilty and was subsequently convicted of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf- assault of a minor. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf-e. The panel determined that the member was guilty of conduct unbecoming a member. The ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf- panel considered that this incident constituted a serious breach of the trust placed in ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf- members of the profession. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf-f. The panel recommended that the member’s certificate of qualification and membership in ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf- the College be cancelled. Council adopted the recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/mar26_98_resp97_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf-a. Michael Anthony Kolesar (Case 01 and 02) ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf-b. Professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf-c. The hearing was held on April 27, 2011 at the College's offices in Vancouver, BC. This ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- matter originated as a report under section 15.5 of the School Act as well as a ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- Registrar’s Report under section 28(4) of the Teaching Profession Act. The College ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- received a report from the school district advising that Mr. Kolesar was suspended ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf: following allegations that he engaged in a sexual relationship with a student. In addition, ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- a newspaper report informed the College that Mr. Kolesar had been charged with two ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf: counts of sexual exploitation of a person with a disability and sexual assault, contrary to ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- section 153.1(1) and section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf-d. Mr. Kolesar was employed as a teacher from September 1, 1997 to March 18, 2007, ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf: when he engaged in sexual acts with two of his students in a special needs life-skills ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf: program. On September 9, 2008, Mr. Kolesar was convicted of sexually assaulting both ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- students contrary to section 271(1) of the Criminal Code. Court documents revealed that ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf: Mr. Kolesar admitted to frequently engaging in unprotected sexual acts with both ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- students over a long period of time. After awhile, one of the students began to diarize ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- these encounters with Mr. Kolesar. There were approximately 233 separate entries on ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf: her computer documenting these sexual encounters. Mr. Kolesar also admitted that he ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- sent emails to one of the students in which he made suggestions and/or demands for ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf: sex. In addition, Mr. Kolesar obtained an apartment key under the guise of maintaining ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- the student’s residence while she was away. Mr. Kolesar admitted that he would enter ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf: her residence at night and demand sex from her despite her verbal objections. Further, ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf: he admitted that he provided the other student with gifts as compensation for sex and to ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf: prevent disclosure of these sexual activities. ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf-e. The Discipline Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Sub-Committee”) was unanimous in its ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- decision that Mr. Kolesar was guilty of professional misconduct. The Sub-Committee ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- found Mr. Kolesar guilty of professional misconduct in that he repeatedly fondled one of ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- the student’s breasts in class during classroom hours and “French-kissed” her at ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- school during school hours. The Sub-Committee was also unanimous in its decision that ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- Mr. Kolesar was guilty of conduct unbecoming a member of the College. The Sub- ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf: Committee found that Mr. Kolesar engaged in sexual acts with two students who were ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- both suffering from mental disabilities. The Sub-Committee concluded from the facts ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- that Mr. Kolesar particularly breached Standards 1 and 2 of the College’s Standards for ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia. ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- Standard 1: Educators value and care for all students and act in their best interests. The ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- Sub-Committee emphasized the following: Educators do not abuse or exploit students or ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf: minors for personal, sexual, ideological, material or other advantage. Standard 2: ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- Educators are role models who act ethically and honestly. The Sub-Committee ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf: concluded from the facts that Mr. Kolesar developed a sexual relationship with these ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- two mentally disabled students, who were incapable of comprehending the gravity and ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- ramifications of their relationships with Mr. Kolesar. Mr. Kolesar violated his position of ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf: trust and his sexual desires demeaned and degraded these students. Mr. Kolesar’s ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- heinous acts were committed against some of the most vulnerable students in the ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- school system. His actions amounted to the most severe breach of trust relative to the ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- students’ parents, other students and teachers, the greater community and the teaching ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- profession as a whole. ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf-f. On May 4, 2011, the Sub-Committee found Mr. Kolesar’s behaviour so egregious that ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- they unanimously agreed that Mr. Kolesar not be issued a College certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- qualification for an indefinite period, but for no less than 30 years. Mr. Kolesar’s ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- certificate of qualification had been cancelled on November 1, 2008 for non-payment of ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- fees. The Sub-Committee also found that Mr. Kolesar had taken no steps to ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- acknowledge the gravity of these offences to the College and the teaching profession. He ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- failed to cooperate in setting a hearing date or respond to any College correspondence. ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- Mr. Kolesar could have spared the profession the cost of the hearing by coming to a ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- consent resolution on this case. As a result of Mr. Kolesar’s lack of acknowledgement, ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- the Sub-Committee ordered that Mr. Kolesar pay costs in the amount of $2,575. The ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- Sub-Committee was of the view that the membership of the College should not bear the ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- full financial burden for conducting a hearing. With respect to publication, the Sub- ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- Committee ordered that Mr. Kolesar’s name, along with a case summary of the Sub- ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- Committee’s findings, be published. ./british-columbia-cases/may4_11_kolesar.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf-a. A Respondent (A-05-05) ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf-b. Professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf-c. The hearing was held on January 18-20, 2005, at the College’s offices in Vancouver, B.C. ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- This matter originated as a report under section 28(4) of the Teaching Profession Act. ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf-d. The Respondent admitted that he engaged in inappropriate touching of female students ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- and made inappropriate comments regarding the physical characteristics and clothing of ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- female students. In addition, the Respondent acknowledged that he made comments that ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf: contained sexual innuendo in the classroom. Further, that he made racially insensitive ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- comments in the classroom and to Indo-Canadian students directly. ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- The Respondent recognized that these actions constitute professional misconduct and that ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- he has no intention of seeking employment as a teacher or tutor. ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf-e. The Committee accepted the Respondent’s admission of guilt and found him guilty of ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- professional misconduct. The Committee found that the Respondent made inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- comments and touched a student in an inappropriate manner. The Committee noted that ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- the Respondent conducted himself outside the boundaries of what are considered ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- appropriate teacher behaviours. ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf-f. The Committee considered and accepted the joint submission presented by counsel on ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- penalty and costs. It was agreed that the penalty be a reprimand and that costs be assessed ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- in the amount of $250.00. The Committee took into account that this was an isolated ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- incident occurring at the end of a career which spanned more than thirty years. Further, ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- that the Respondent voluntarily agreed that his conduct constituted professional ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- misconduct and that he is no longer a member of the College and has no intention of ever ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- returning to teaching. ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- In the matter of publication, the Committee agreed that publication of the decision and ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- consequences would demonstrate to the public and the profession the high standards of ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- the profession and the consequences of transgression. The Committee felt that the ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- Respondent poses no risk of harm to students, no risk of repetition of conduct and no risk ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- of the education system being brought into disrepute. In addition, the Respondent has ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- retired and is no longer a certificate holder. Furthermore, there is no evidence that any ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- other disciplinable conduct occurred during the more than thirty year teaching career of ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- the Respondent. Publication in this case would only serve to further punish the ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- Respondent who has acknowledged his transgressions. The Committee also considered ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- the adverse impact publication would have in this case to the Respondent’s wife who ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- continues to work as a teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/may05_respa0505.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf-a. Timothy James Foley (DOB: 1961.08.30) ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf-b. Professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf-c. The hearing was held on October 28, 2004, at the College’s offices in Vancouver, B.C. ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- This matter originated as a report under section 16(1) of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf:d. The respondent admitted to an inappropriate sexual relationship with a female student ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- that lasted approximately five months. The respondent further admitted to engaging in ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- unwanted and close physical contact with another female student enrolled in his ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- classroom. ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf-e. The Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Committee”) accepted the respondent’s admission of ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- guilt and found him guilty of professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf: The Committee determined that the sexual relationship between the respondent and his ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- student breached the trust relationship between an educator and a student. Engaging in ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf: sexual contact with a student is among the most severe forms of misconduct for a teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf-f. The Committee considered the submissions presented by counsel on penalty, publication ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- and costs. The Committee decided that given the severity of the breach of the trust ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- relationship, the respondent’s certificate of qualification be cancelled immediately. In ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- regards to costs, the Committee found that the respondent cooperated fully and that costs ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- not be assessed. In the matter of publication, the Committee concluded that there was no ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- presumption for publication and that the Committee has discretion in this case. After ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- weighing the merits of the case, and considering the widespread publicity on the criminal ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- proceedings involving the respondent, the Committee unanimously determined to release ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- the respondent’s name to the public. ./british-columbia-cases/may05_tj_foley.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf-a. Gregory Michael Kushner (DOB 1965/12/08) ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf-c. The hearing was held on November 4, 2002, and February 24, 2003, at the College ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- offices. The report and recommendations of the Hearing Panel were presented to Council ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- on May 8, 2003. ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf-d. Mr. Kushner was found to have engaged in a pattern of behaviour with a female student ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- that violates the boundary of the student-teacher relationship. The Panel found the ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf: behaviour, whether it was intentional or not, to be indicative of grooming. ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- Mr. Kushner failed in his responsibility to refer her to a counsellor. ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- Mr. Kushner admitted to meeting alone with the student for coffee and dinner, making ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- personal telephone calls to her at home, and sending her a birthday card and gift. ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- Mr. Kushner talked with her about a number of non-school related personal issues and ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- made inappropriate comments to her. They engaged in an exchange of personal e-mail ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- correspondence. ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- Mr. Kushner continued to make contact with the student after she ceased to be a student ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- in his class. ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf-e. Mr. Kushner acknowledged this pattern of behaviour as being professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- and agreed to his name being released. The Hearing Panel considered the pattern of ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- behaviour to breach the professional relationship between student and teacher and so ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- determined he was guilty of professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf-f. The Panel issued a letter of reprimand to Mr. Kushner. ./british-columbia-cases/may08_03_gmkushner.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf-a. Heather Elizabeth Ingram (DOB: 1969/10/14) ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf-b. Professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf-c. The hearing was held March 27, 2001 at the College offices. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on May 10, 2001. ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf-d. Heather Elizabeth Ingram pled guilty in the Provincial Court of British Columbia to ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf: sexual touching of a young person in respect of whom she was in a position of trust, ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf- contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code. These charges resulted from an ongoing ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf: sexual relationship with a student in her class. The court imposed a conditional sentence ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf- of 10 months (with terms), to be followed by probation for a one-year term. The hearing ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf- panel determined that Heather Elizabeth Ingram was guilty of professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf-e. The hearing panel considered that Heather Elizabeth Ingram’s actions demonstrated a ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf- serious breach of professional judgement and constituted a disregard for trust placed upon ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf- her as a teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf-f. The panel recommended that Heather Elizabeth Ingram’s certificate of qualification be ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf- cancelled and her membership terminated and Ms Ingram consented to the hearing ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf- panel’s recommendations regarding penalty. ./british-columbia-cases/may10_01_heingram.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf-a. Thomas John Sinclair (DOB: 1939.09.18) ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf-b. In accordance with Section 29 of the Teaching Profession Act, Thomas John Sinclair was ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- issued with a citation for professional misconduct on May 10, 1995. ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf-c. On December 10, 1995, a hearing was conducted in the offices of the College. The ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- report and recommendations of this hearing were presented to Council on January 19, ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- 1996. ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf:d. The citation arose from allegations of seven counts of sexual misconduct. The member ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf: pled guilty to two of these counts. Each count included sexual intercourse with a female ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- student who was under the age of sixteen and over the age of fourteen contrary to Section ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- 146(2) of the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf-e. The hearing panel noted that Mr. Sinclair had pled guilty to these charges and was ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- convicted of these offences to be punished with two nine (9) month jail terms to be ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- served consecutively and two years of probation. The panel also noted that Mr. Sinclair ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- had agreed to the termination of his membership in the British Columbia College of ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- Teachers and the cancellation of his certificate of qualifications. ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- The panel agreed that these offences constituted a serious breach of the trust placed on ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- members of the profession and found Thomas John Sinclair guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf-f. The panel cancelled the certificate of qualifications and terminated the membership of ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- Thomas John Sinclair. ./british-columbia-cases/may10_95_tjsinclair.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf-a. Stephen Gerald Paras (Certificate Issued: 1997.02.20) ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf-b. Professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf-c. The hearing was held on May 13, 2008, at the College’s offices in Vancouver, B.C. This matter ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- originated as a report under section 7 of the Independent School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf-d. Mr. Paras was employed at an independent Christian school between 1998 and 2004 when the ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- incidences took place. During the 2002/2003 school year, he was employed as a principal when ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf: he failed to report his knowledge of a sexual assault of a 13-year-old female student by an adult ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- male to either the Ministry of Children and Family Development or the Police. In addition, he ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- suspended her as a form of discipline and detained and isolated the student in a confined space for ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- an inappropriate period of time during the initial investigation. The other incidences included ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- disrespectful and demeaning comments towards a student during a role play in a Religious ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- Studies Class; inappropriate comments during a school assembly speech; violating the privacy of ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- students by disclosing personal information to other students and parents; issuing an improper ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- assignment to students in his Religious Studies class concerning circumcision; taking six months ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- to grade an assignment submitted by one of his students; and imposing an excessive suspension ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- on two of his students for their involvement in alcohol distribution and consumption that ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- adversely impacted their education. On August 28, 2008, the Hearing Sub-Committee accepted ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- Mr. Paras’ admission of guilt and ordered a four-month suspension of his College teaching ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- certificate beginning September 1, 2008 and ending on January 1, 2009. ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf-e. The Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Committee”) accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- Disposition and was unanimous in its decision that Mr. Paras had jeopardized the safety and ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- educational progress of particular students and had, by a misuse of his position of authority, ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- threatened the integrity of the school in the eyes of the student body and the larger community. ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- His misconduct constituted emotional, physical, and intellectual abuse, which would cause a loss ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- of self-esteem in the students and a loss of trust in the school system by the public. The ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- Committee accepted Mr. Paras’ admission and found that this conduct is contrary to the standards ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- of behaviour expected of a teacher and found him guilty of professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf-f. The Committee considered the submissions presented by counsel on penalty, publication and ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- costs. The Committee unanimously agreed that Mr. Paras receive a four-month suspension of his ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- College teaching certificate beginning September 1, 2008 and ending on January 1, 2009. The ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- Committee found that his misconduct is serious and warrants a significant penalty. With respect ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- to costs, the Committee recommended that no costs be levied to Mr. Paras. In the matter of ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- publication, the Committee unanimously agreed that his name be published in accordance with ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- sections 27.2 and 27.3 of the Teaching Profession Act. ./british-columbia-cases/may13_08_paras.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf-a. Randy Emerson Brodeur (D.O.B. 56/09/21) ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf-c. The report and recommendation of the hearing panel were presented to Council on May ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf- 16, 1991. ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Randy Emerson Brodeur committed conduct unbecoming a ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf: member when he was convicted of two counts of sexual assault upon a minor. ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf-e. Mr. Brodeur’s criminal conviction resulted in a suspended sentence and four months ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf- probation on the first count, and a sentence of four months served in the Prince George ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf- Regional Correctional Centre. The specific charges were under Section 271 of the ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. The College of Teacher’s found the teacher guilty of conduct ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf- unbecoming a member and determined that the teacher’s membership in the College of ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf- Teachers be terminated and that his certificate of qualification be cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/may16_91_rebrodeur.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf-a. A Member (99-A) ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf-c. The hearing was held April l9, 1999 in the boardroom of the College. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on May 20, 1999. ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf-d. The member was found guilty of Section 149(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada on ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf- December 14, 1995. The member admitted that while employed as a teacher, he engaged ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf: in inappropriate and improper sexual activity with a female student between 1977 and ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf- 1979. The member accepted responsibility for the relationship. ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf-e. The panel considered this relationship constituted a serious breach of the trust placed in ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf- members of the profession and found the member guilty of professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf-f. The panel recommended that the member’s certificate of qualification be cancelled and ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf- his membership terminated. The member consented to this recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/may-20_99_resp99_a.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-The Branch Submissions ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-6. Section 64(a) to (h) of the Act sets out the types of orders which can be made once a ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-panel makes a finding under section 63(1)(b) of the Act. Most of them give the panel the power ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-to require the director of certification to suspend and/or attach conditions to or cancel a ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-certificate of qualification, independent school teaching certificate or letter of permission. The ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-evidence adduced by the Branch for the penalty hearing was that Mr. McGeough’s certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-qualification was cancelled on November 1, 2011 for non-payment of fees (Affidavit #2 of ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-Sheila Cessford). The Branch’s position was that, accordingly, the only types of orders a panel ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-could make under section 64 of the Act are either or both of a reprimand under section 64(a), or a ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-requirement that the director of certification not issue a certificate of qualification, an ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-independent school teaching certificate or a letter of permission for a fixed or indeterminate ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-period under section 64(g) of the Act. The Branch maintained that, regardless of whether the ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-Panel issued a reprimand, it should in any event make an order under section 64(g) requiring that ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-director of certification not issue a certificate of qualification, an independent school teaching ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-certificate or a letter of permission to Mr. McGeough for a period of ten (10) years. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-7. The Branch relied on the decision of BC College of Teachers v. Clegg (August 20, 2003) ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-for the proposition that, when considering appropriate penalty, the factors to be considered ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-would include: ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- (a) the nature and gravity of the allegations; ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- (b) the impact of the conduct on the student; ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- (c) the presence or absence of prior misconduct; ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- (d) the extent to which the teacher has already suffered consequences; ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- (e) the role of the professional in acknowledging the gravity of the conduct; ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- (f) the need to promote specific and general deterrence; and ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- (g) the need to maintain public confidence in the teaching profession as a whole. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-8. The Branch argued that the most important penalty considerations are the need to ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-promote specific and general deterrence against the repetition of acts of this nature in the future, ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-and also the need to maintain the public’s confidence in the teaching profession as a whole; there ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-should be a clear message to the profession and the public that conduct of this nature cannot be ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-tolerated and proper boundaries between teacher and student must be maintained. The Branch ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf:also argued that, while the relationship here was non-sexual (although there was some physical ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-touching, as well as repeated invitations by Mr. McGeough to enter into a personal relationship), ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-it was nonetheless clearly outside the normal and acceptable boundaries of a teacher-student ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-relationship and it was pursued by Mr. McGeough solely for his own benefit. In particular, Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-McGeough persisted in communicating with the Student even after she stated that he was ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-“suffocating” her, and that she had come to believe that their relationship was “wrong.” Despite ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- I was given little help to deal with or recover from my mistakes, severe depression and ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- breakdown. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- On a monetary level, I have lost the best five to ten earning years of my life as well as ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- close to half of the monthly pension that I would have qualified for had I kept teaching ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- until retirement between the age of 60 and 65 as I had originally planned. This is not a ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- onetime penalty but will continue for the rest of my life and will cost me hundreds of ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- thousands of dollars. If the enormity of what I’ve lost is not apparent to others, it is ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- certainly apparent to me every month when I receive my pension. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- The public embarrassment for me is also life changing. I’ve moved from Vancouver even ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- though my son (21 years old) and my mother (91 years old) are still there. I have relied ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- heavily on the support of my family throughout this most difficult time in my life but I ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- now have less contact with them than when I lived in Vancouver. When I’m in ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- Vancouver visiting now I am uncomfortable in public places due to the number of people ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- I’ve taught and worked with. I fear meeting others from my teaching career as it is ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- difficult to explain what happened to me during my breakdown. I hope persons involved ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- realize the impact my actions have not only on me but also on my son who is attending ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- university and my ex-wife who still works in the Vancouver district. I realize why ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- persons in charge feel the necessity to inform school districts of my status but I am still ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- hoping that the publication aspect of this can be minimized. Further publication serves no ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- practical purpose other than to shame me and my family more than has already been ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- done. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-13. Mr. McGeough pointed out that he taught for 20 years without incident and attributes his ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-behaviour towards the Student to a “severe psychological break.” He pointed to psychiatric ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-evidence quoted in submissions to the effect it was unlikely he would repeat similar behaviour in ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-the future. He said he is extremely remorseful for his actions and just wants to move forward ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-with his life and “put this behind” him. He maintains that the fact that the process has been long ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-and drawn out (his “mistakes occurred approximately four years ago”) should be “recognized as ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-a significant part of any penalty.” From his perspective, further penalization and publication of ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-his errors is only vindictive. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-FINDINGS ON PENALTY ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-14. The Panel agrees that the factors to be taken into account in assessing an appropriate ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-penalty are those set out in the Clegg decision referred to in paragraph 7 above. Turning first to ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-the nature and gravity of the allegations, while Mr. McGeough’s relationship with the Student ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf:was not strictly speaking sexual it had sexual overtones, was clearly outside the normal and ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-acceptable boundaries of a teacher-student relationship and constitutes a serious breach of the ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-standards expected of teachers. Mr. McGeough initiated and intensely pursued e-mail ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-communications with the Student starting at least as early as in or around October 2008 through ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-to February 2009. In those e-mails, he said things such as “I will always love you,” “I am (and ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-probably always will be) crazy about you,” etc. During that same period of time, Mr. McGeough ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-took the Student out for meals or coffee, gave her gifts, gave her rides, called her for long ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-telephone conversations, and invited her to his home (he was there alone). The evidence is that ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-there were occasions where he rubbed and kissed the Student’s head, kissed her hand, comforted ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-her and massaged her back. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-15. In some e-mail exchanges, Mr. McGeough talked to the Student about other students in ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-the school. In others, he instructed the Student as to how to keep their e-mail communications ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-secret through use of a hushmail.com account. In one e-mail exchange (November 30, 2008), ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-Mr. McGeough talked about the need to be cautious and discrete and said he would “try to ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-explain why the college of teachers makes such a big deal of the age thing:” ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ... they think that teachers should be held to a higher standard than the law ... the ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- assumption is that you are not mature enough to make an informed decision on your own ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- until you are 19 (age of majority) ... therefore a teacher cannot be involved with you until ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- you are 19 ... that doesn’t seem right to me but they make up the rules for teacher ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- certification ... If I even say that I care for you, they would frown up that as me ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- possibility trying to take advantage of you ... whether I am or not ... I don’t know ... it ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- doesn’t seem fair or right to me so it’s best to be discrete. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-16. Turning next to the impact of Mr. McGeough’s conduct on the Student, she told the ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-School District that, while she was initially flattered by his attention and enjoyed spending time ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf:with him, she had no interest in a sexual or romantic relationship. When it became apparent that ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-he was romantically interested in her, she had reservations and decided to cut off ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-communications as of December 29, 2008. However, she continued to feel pressured and fearful ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-because of the way he would stare at her in School and his continued e-mail communications. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-Between the period December 29, 2008 to February 6, 2009 (the day the Student told another ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-teacher about their relationship), Mr. McGeough sent her more than 70 e-mails, many of them ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-lengthy, expressing (for example) a desire to speak with her, to see her, talking about his ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-emotions, his depression, the pain of a broken heart, his relationship with his wife, and how he ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-could not handle not seeing her. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-17. The Panel was particularly struck and troubled by the fact the Mr. McGeough did not ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-seem to have any regard or recognition for the impact his actions had on the Student; rather he ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-spoke only to the impact his actions have had on himself and, to a limited extent, his family. By ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-failing to appreciate the impact of his conduct on the Student, the Panel’s view is that he has not ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-demonstrated an understanding of the gravity of his own misconduct. His self-absorbed view ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-and inability to understand the impact of his actions on the Student weighs heavily against him. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-18. Other factors which need to be taken into account are the fact that Mr. McGeough, during ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-his 20 year teaching career, did not engage in other misconduct. The Panel also acknowledges ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-that Mr. McGeough has suffered consequences as a result of the disciplinary proceedings ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-(described by him in his submissions) but those consequences are ones which would be ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-experienced by any teacher who misconducted himself or herself in a similar way. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-19. The Panel finds that the totality of Mr. McGeough’s misconduct constitutes a serious ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-breach of the standards applicable to teachers, especially the duty to value and care for students ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-and to act in their best interests and the requirement to act ethically and honestly. Taking all ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf-relevant factors into account, the Panel is of the view that a significant penalty is warranted in ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_penpubcost_20130117.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-On November 30, 2008, there were several e-mails exchanged between Mr. McGeough and the ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-student addressing the desire to keep their communication secret and to be cautious. On ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-December 1, 2008, Mr. McGeough wrote: ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- Hey- I think I know of a fairly safe way to save the emails if you want…dun dun ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- dun…select them all forward them to '''''''''''''@hushmail.com ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- then delete them all ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- check all folders to make sure none are left somewhere ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- make sure today’s emails are deleted ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- empty the trash ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-In her letter of October 1, 2010, Ms. Shore acknowledged that her client had an inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-personal relationship with a grade 12 student at his school in the 2008 – 2009 school year. She ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-noted that her client had never attempted to deny the relationship and readily admitted its ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-existence and its inappropriateness. Ms. Shore stated that her client accepted full responsibility ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-for engaging in the relationship. Her letter went on to state that her client acknowledged that he ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf:touched the student on a few occasions but that the touching was affectionate, not sexual, and ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf:that he made no overtures to initiate a sexual relationship. Mr. McGeough acknowledged rubbing ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-and kissing the student’s head and massaging her neck and shoulders. The evidence set out in ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-Ms. Cessford’s affidavit indicated that the School District investigation revealed that Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-McGeough also kissed the student’s hand in his car and massaged her back while they were ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-alone at his home. The School District investigation further revealed that Mr. McGeough: ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-• took the student out for meals and/or coffee (7 times); ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-• gave her gifts; ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-• gave her rides to and from work, home and other events; ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-• comforted her, in his car; ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-• drove her to a park; ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-• called her at home at night for long telephone conversations; ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-• wrote songs for her, and sent her the lyrics of both his songs and a Leonard Cohen song ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- (Suzanne); ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-• invited her to his home at Christmas when his wife and child were away. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-Mr. McGeough held a certificate of qualification from September 1, 1989 to July 1, 2011. His ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-certificate of qualification was suspended for non-payment of fees on July 1, 2011 and cancelled ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-effective November 1, 2011. He has not held a certificate of qualification since that time. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-Counsel for the TRB submitted that the evidence supports a finding that Mr. McGeough is guilty ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-of professional misconduct pursuant to section 63(1)(b) of the Teachers Act. Mr. Wredenhagen ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-submitted that Mr. McGeough’s behaviour was not in keeping with the obligations of a teacher ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-pursuant to Standards for the Education, Competence & Professional Conduct of Educators in ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-British Columbia, specifically Standards 1 and 2 which are reproduced for convenient reference: ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- Standard 1: Educators value and care for all students and act in their best interests. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- Educators are responsible for fostering the emotional, esthetic, intellectual, physical, social ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- and vocational development of students. They are responsible for the emotional and physical ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- safety of students. Educators treat students with respect and dignity. Educators respect the ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- diversity in their classrooms, schools and communities. Educators have a privileged position ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- of power and trust. They respect confidentiality unless disclosure is required by law. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf: Educators do not abuse or exploit students or minors for personal, sexual, ideological, ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- material or other advantage. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- Standard 2: Educators are role models who act ethically and honestly. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- Educators act with integrity, maintaining the dignity and credibility of the profession. They ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- understand that their individual conduct contributes to the perception of the profession as a ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- whole. Educators are accountable for their conduct while on duty as well as off duty, where ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- that conduct has an effect on the education system. Educators have an understanding of the ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- education system in BC and the law as it relates to their duties. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-Mr. Wredenhagen also submitted that Mr. McGeough’s behaviour with respect to the student ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-was not consistent with the obligations of a teacher pursuant to the norms and standards imposed ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-on teacher conduct by the courts and previous decisions of discipline hearing panels established ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-by the College, as well as consent resolutions entered into by the College. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-DECISION ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-The panel finds that Mr. McGeough engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship and in ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-inappropriate conduct with a 17 year old female student between October 2008 and February ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-2009 while employed as a teacher in School District No. 39 (Vancouver) and that he is guilty of ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-professional misconduct for the reasons that follow. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-The documentary evidence establishes that Mr. McGeough engaged in numerous private and ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-inappropriate e-mail communications with the student between October 2008 and February 2009 ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-in which he: (a) professed his love for the student; (b) expressed his intention to leave or separate ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-from his wife; (c) discussed his failing marriage; (d) expressed thoughts about being a “couple” ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-with the student; (e) discussed other students and teachers; and (f) discussed his depressed and ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf-stressed state of mind and referred to his dependence on the student. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgeough_reasons_verdict_20121012.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf-Summary of the Consent Resolution Agreement executed: October 30, 2012 ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf-In the matter concerning: ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf-Miko McGrady ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf-Miko McGrady admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to Standard 1. In August 2010, a ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf:district report advised that while employed as a secondary school teacher, Mr. McGrady made a comment about sexual ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf-orientation to an openly gay student that was inappropriate and insensitive to that student. It was also reported that Mr. McGrady ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf-would permit students in his charge to leave class during instructional time to purchase food and beverages from a nearby ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf-convenience store. When he received a notice of investigation from his employer relative to the above-noted misconduct, Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf-McGrady shared the notice with several of his students and held a discussion with them about it. With respect to the comment ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf:about sexual orientation, Mr. McGrady says that the phrase used was not motivated by homophobic intentions nor was it ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf-designed to be hurtful to the student in question. However, Mr. McGrady acknowledges that the comment was insensitive and ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf-should not have been made under any circumstances. In May 2011, a citation was issued. On October 30, 2012, the ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf-Commissioner executed the consent resolution agreement in which Mr. McGrady agreed to a two-week suspension of his ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf-certificate of qualification effective November 3, 2012, pursuant to section 64(b) of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/mcgrady_20121030.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf- Member CR-A01-27 ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct. In March and April of 2007, the Member had a student teacher completing her ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf- practicum under his supervision and in his classroom. During this time he entered into discussions with the student ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf: teacher that were inappropriate and deeply personal in nature, such as the marital problems and sexual issues he was ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf- having with his wife. In addition, when the Member was alone with the student teacher, he gave her a gift and then ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf- leaned into her to give her a kiss on the lips. Further, he sent the Member an email that stated how their relationship ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf- had changed from a working one and in another email; he informed the student teacher that he gave Human Resources ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf- a glowing report. On January 27, 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf- Resolution Agreement and the Member’s undertaking to provide the Sub-Committee with confirmation and ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf: completion of a course in sexual harassment. ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Member%20CR-A01-27.txt[2014-09-26 9:02:36 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a01-27.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- Member CR-A02-11 ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. The Member pleaded guilty to ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf: a charge of sexual exploitation, contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The Member admitted that, ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf: over a period of several months, he engaged in a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female grade 12 student in his ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- class. As part of his sentence, the Member was ordered to comply with the Sexual Offender Information Registration ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- Act and provide a DNA sample. The court imposed a publication ban on all matters related to the criminal ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- proceedings. On February 2, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- Agreement in which the Member agreed to never reapply for a College certificate of qualification. The Member’s ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- College certificate of qualification was previously cancelled for non-payment of fees. The Sub-Committee agreed to ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- withhold the Member’s name from publication in order to protect the student’s identity. ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Member%20CR-A02-11.txt[2014-09-26 9:03:06 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a02-11.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf- Member CR-A07-06 ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf- admitted that he took on the role of a personal counselor with a student in his class. The Member acknowledged that ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf- the counseling role may have breached certain professional boundaries but denies that the relationship ever became ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf: sexual or romantic in any way. Further, he admitted that the counseling relationship developed during a time in which ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf- he was experiencing difficult personal issues and stress related to teaching. On July 26, 2006, The Preliminary ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf- Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement and accepted the Member's undertaking ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf- not to practice for a period of one year from the date of the Agreement and to return to teaching after the expiry of that ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf- year only after satisfying certain conditions. The Committee rescinded the citation and were satisfied that publication ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf- would cause grievous harm to the Member's psychological condition. ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Member%20CR-A07-06.txt[2014-09-26 9:10:05 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-06.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf- Member CR-A07-08 ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct. In 2005, he was convicted under section 153(1)(A) of the Criminal Code of ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf- Canada and was sentenced to imprisonment for two years less a day and 12 months probation. The Member was a ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf: teacher at a Christian school in Alberta when he engaged in sexual relations with a 16-year-old female student ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf- between 2004 and 2005. On July 4, 2008, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee (the “Sub-Committee”) ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf- approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement under which the Member agreed to an indefinite bar to the reissuance ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf- of a College Professional Certificate and his undertaking to not apply for a College teaching certificate in the future. ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf- The Sub-Committee agreed to withhold his name from publication as publication of his name may cause grievous ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf- harm to or identify the victim. ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Member%20CR-A07-08.txt[2014-09-26 9:10:52 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a07-08.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a09-07.pdf- Member CR-A09-07 ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a09-07.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a09-07.pdf- in his capacity as a substitute teacher’s assistant, held a girl’s hand making her very uncomfortable and also told a ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a09-07.pdf: young man in the class that he was or looked sexy. In a further incident, the Member inappropriately touched a female ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a09-07.pdf- student by reaching into her back pocket as she leaned over to put something away near his desk. On September 5, ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a09-07.pdf- 2007, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement and the Member's ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a09-07.pdf- undertaking to participate in and successfully complete a College Boundary Violation workshop and to provide ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a09-07.pdf- confirmation of registration and completion of the program prior to December 31, 2007. ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a09-07.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a09-07.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a09-07.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a09-07.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a09-07.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Member%20CR-A09-07.txt[2014-09-26 9:11:55 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a09-07.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- Member CR-A11-09 ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. While he was employed at a ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- secondary school, he admitted that he had an inappropriate relationship with a grade 11 female student. His conduct ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- included email communications that went beyond the normal student/teacher relationship, and which continued despite ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- a directive from his employer not to interact with her. The student’s email account that she used to communicate with ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- the Member was called “your girl” and his account was called “your man”. In communications with the student, he ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf: was sometimes disrespectful of colleagues, including comments about another teacher’s sexuality. On November 19, ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement in which the ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- Member accepted a three-month suspension, effective from the date of approval. The Sub-Committee agreed to ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- withhold the Member’s name from publication in order to maintain the confidentiality of the student. ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Member%20CR-A11-09.txt[2014-09-26 9:15:32 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-a11-09.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-e10-05.pdf- Member CR-E10-05 ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-e10-05.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-e10-05.pdf- admitted that she was incompetent due to a medical condition. The member engaged in an inappropriate personal and ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-e10-05.pdf: sexual relationship with a student. She does not presently hold a valid College certificate. On October 25, 2005, the ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-e10-05.pdf- Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement and accepted the member's ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-e10-05.pdf- undertaking not to apply for a College certificate of qualification until such time certain conditions are fulfilled. ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-e10-05.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-e10-05.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-e10-05.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-e10-05.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-e10-05.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Member%20CR-E10-05.txt[2014-09-26 9:25:42 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/member-cr-e10-05.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf- Member CRSC-B12-04 - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf- admitted to and was found guilty of professional misconduct. In 1996 the respondent had inappropriate physical ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf: contact with a grade 11 female student, which progressed in 1997 to a sexual relationship in the student's Grade 12 ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf- year. The respondent further acknowledged making inappropriate comments towards another female student who was ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf- in his class from 1995 to 1997, during Grade 11 and Grade 12. On December 6, 2004, the Conduct Review Sub- ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf- Committee approved the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition. The Sub-Committee accepted that the appropriate ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf- penalty was a cancellation of his certificate of qualification and that publication of the member's name would be ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf- withheld as it may identify the victim. ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRSC/Member%20CRSC-B12-04.txt[2014-09-26 8:19:52 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/member-crsc-b12-04.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- 24 ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- dignity. Educators respect the diversity in their classrooms, schools and communities. ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- Educators have a privileged position of power and trust. They respect confidentiality ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- unless disclosure is required by law. Educators do not abuse or exploit students or ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf: minors for personal, sexual, ideological, materials or other advantage. ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- 2. Educators are role models who act ethically and honestly. ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- Educators act with integrity, maintaining the dignity and credibility of the profession. ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- They understand that their individual conduct contributes to the perception of the ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- profession as a whole. Educators are accountable for their conduct while on duty, as ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- well as off duty, where that conduct has an effect on the education system. Educators ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- have an understanding of the education system in BC and the law as it relates to their ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- duties. ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- ….. ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- 6. Educators have a broad knowledge base and understand the subject areas they teach. ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- Educators … convey the values, beliefs and knowledge of our democratic society. ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf-[69] The Commissioner submits that all of the Respondent’s conduct breaches Standards #1 ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- and #2, and that the conduct in paragraph 1(c) of the Citation also breaches Standard #6. ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf-[70] The panel agrees with the Commissioner that, in respect of allegation 1(a), telling a ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- student that he or she is being a “dumb ass” or a “dumb idiot”, breaches Standard #1 as it ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- does not treat students with respect and dignity. The panel finds that using these terms is ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- belittling to students as it is a statement of the student’s character, rather than their ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- conduct. The panel finds that the repeated, regular use of the phrase “dumb ass” or ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- “dumb idiot” also breaches Standard #2 as by using it, the Respondent is not acting as a ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- role model to his students. ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf-[71] The panel finds that the Respondent’s conduct with respect to allegation 1(b) breached ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- Standards #1 and #2. In particular, in front of his class, the Respondent displayed violent ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- emotion in response to a personal telephone call by throwing a VCR to the ground and ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- kicking a desk door to the side. The panel finds this conduct breaches Standard #1 – in ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- engaging in this conduct, the Respondent was not acting in the best interests of the ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- students, and was creating an unsafe environment for them. The conduct also breaches ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- Standard #2 – by losing control of his emotions and destroying property (whether his own ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- or the School’s) the Respondent did not act as a role model. ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf-[72] The panel finds that the Respondent’s use of the phrase, “What am I, your n****r?” ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- breaches Standards #1, #2, and #6. The Respondent knew he was using a racially ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- offensive word in a derogatory phrase. Whether he apologized to Student A at the time is ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- irrelevant. The use of the phrase breaches Standard #1 as it displays a lack of respect for ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- the diversity in the classroom, school and community. The use of the phrase breaches ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- Standard #2 as it is not something a role model would ever say, and undermines the ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- dignity and credibility of the teaching profession. Further, the use of this phrase ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- expressly breaches Standard #6 as it does not convey the beliefs and values of our ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- democratic society. ./british-columbia-cases/misiak_reasons_findings_20171109.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- Monteith, Dana Allison ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. Mr. Monteith was employed ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf: as a secondary school teacher when he engaged in the following inappropriate conduct: using sexualized language in ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- class, inviting underage female students to visit with him socially at his apartment where he served them alcoholic ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- beverages often until they were intoxicated, consuming alcohol himself to the point of intoxication and smoking ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- marijuana in the presence of students at his apartment, and engaging in inappropriate physical contact with at least ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf: three female students including kissing, hugging, massaging and sexual touching. Mr. Monteith also engaged in ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- deception during the school district’s investigation into his conduct. He was subsequently charged with three counts of ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf: sexual exploitation under the Criminal Code of Canada. In February 2009, Mr. Monteith pled guilty to one count of ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf: sexual exploitation and was sentenced to 45 days of incarceration and one year of probation. On March 4, 2010, the ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Monteith agreed ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- to relinquish his College certificate of qualification and will not reapply for an indefinite period of time. His College ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- certificate of qualification was cancelled for non-payment of fees on November 1, 2009. ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Monteith,%20Dana%20Allison.txt[2014-09-26 9:26:12 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/monteith,-dana-allison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf-[113] The Commissioner alleges in the Citation that the conduct of the Respondent as set out ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf-above constitutes breaches of Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7. The Standards alleged to have been ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf-breached provide as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- 1. Educators value and care for all students and act in their best interests. ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- Educators are responsible for fostering the emotional, aesthetic, intellectual, physical, ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- social and vocational development of students. They are responsible for the emotional ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- and physical safety of students. Educators treat students with respect and dignity. ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- Educators respect the diversity in their classrooms, schools and communities. Educators ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- have a privileged position of power and trust. They respect confidentiality unless ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- disclosure is required by law. Educators do not abuse or exploit students or minors for ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf: personal, sexual, ideological, material or other advantage. ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- 2. Educators act with integrity, maintaining the dignity and credibility of the ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- profession. They understand that their individual conduct contributes to the perception of ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- the profession as a whole. Educators are accountable for their conduct while on duty, as ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- well as off duty, where that conduct has an effect on the education system. Educators ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- have an understanding of the education system in BC and the law as it relates to their ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- duties. ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- 3. Educators are knowledgeable about how children develop as learners and as ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- social beings, and demonstrate an understanding of individual learning differences and ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- special needs. This knowledge is used to assist educators in making decisions about ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- curriculum, instruction, assessment and classroom management. ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- 4. Educators understand, respect and support the role of parents and the community ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- in the education of students. Educators communicate effectively and in a timely manner ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- with parents and consider their advice on matters pertaining to their children. ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- 5. Educators have the knowledge and skills to facilitate learning for all students and ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- know when to seek additional support for their practice. Educators thoughtfully consider ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- all aspects of teaching, from planning through reporting, and understand the relationships ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- among them. Educators employ a variety of instructional and assessment strategies. ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- 7. Educators engage in professional development and reflective practice, ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- understanding that a hallmark of professionalism is the concept of professional growth ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- over time. Educators develop and refine personal philosophies of education, teaching and ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- learning that are informed by theory and practice. Educators identify their professional ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- needs and work to meet those needs individually and collaboratively. ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf-Standard #1 ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf-[114] The Commissioner submits that the Respondent’s conduct constitutes a breach of ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf-Standard #1. Specifically, the Commissioner argues that the Respondent failed to adjust her ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf-teaching style to implement the Student’s IEP and in doing so she failed to foster the Student’s ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf-emotional or intellectual development, failed to act in his best interests and failed to protect the ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf-Student’s emotional safety by continuing to use educational methods that undermined his self- ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf-confidence and self-esteem leaving him to believe that he was “not smart.” ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- 21 ./british-columbia-cases/nielsen_noticeofreasons_findings_20151222.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf-a. Vincent Wayne Hannas (DOB: 1967/11/11) ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct and Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf-c. The hearing was held August 16, 2001 at the College offices. The matter was brought to ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- the attention of the College through a report from the School Board and the Ministry of ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- the Attorney General. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- presented to Council on November 1, 2001. ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf:d. The hearing panel found that Vincent Wayne Hannas engaged in sexual relations with ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- two of his female, adult students in the period October 1996 - January 1997. Further, in ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- the period of March-April, 1998, Vincent Wayne Hannas committed a break and enter at ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- the matrimonial home (Count 1) occupied by his estranged common-law wife and their ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- son. On this occasion, Mr Hannas also committed an assault upon his estranged partner ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- by restraining her forcibly by the arms. Prior to this, Mr Hannas harassed his ex-partner ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- (Count 2) to the point that she reasonably feared for her safety and had obtained a ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- restraining order. Mr Hannas pleaded guilty and was sentenced on each Count. Mr ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- Hannas freely and fully admitted to the hearing panel all of the allegations contained in ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- the citation. The panel found Vincent Wayne Hannas guilty of professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- and conduct unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf-e. While the offences which Mr Hannas has admitted to are serious violations of ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- professional standards, the panel also considered the following in determining the ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- penalty: ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- • These acts occurred at a time of great personal turmoil, stress and depression. ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- • Mr Hannas has fully and freely accepted responsibility for his actions. ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- • Mr Hannas has been honest and forthright in admitting his wrongdoing to the school ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- board, to the police and the courts, to the College and to all subsequent employers. ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- • Mr Hannas has been rehabilitating himself through counselling and therapy. ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- • A clinical/forensic psychologist has stated there is no risk of his re-offending. ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- • Mr Hannas has the support of many colleagues and employers who have extensive ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- knowledge of what transpired and who still support his continuance in the profession. ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- The panel recommended to Council that Vincent Wayne Hannas’ certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- qualification be suspended for a period of 24 months from June 30, 2000 to June 30, ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- 2002. ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf-f. Mr Hannas consented to the hearing panel’s recommendations regarding penalty and his ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- certificate of qualification was suspended for a period of 24 months from June 30, 2000 ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- to June 30, 2002. ./british-columbia-cases/nov01_00_vwhannas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf-a. A Respondent (A-11-05) ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf-b. Conduct Unbecoming a Member ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf-c. The hearing was held on November 10, 2005, at the College’s offices in Vancouver, B.C. ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- This matter originated as a Registrar's Report under Section 28(4) of the Teaching ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- Profession Act. ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf:d. The Respondent admitted that he engaged in sexual relations with an adult female, which ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf: led to a conviction for sexual assault that was later overturned by the Supreme Court of ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- British Columbia. Further, he was charged with breaching a court ordered undertaking to ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- not communicate either directly or indirectly with the adult female. He sent her gifts and ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- notes and approached her workplace. This charge was subsequently stayed by the court. ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf-e. The Hearing Sub-Committee (the "Committee") accepted the Respondent's admission of ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- guilt and found him guilty of conduct unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf-f. The Committee considered the submissions presented by counsel on penalty, publication ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- and costs. It was agreed that the appropriate penalty be a reprimand and that costs not be ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- assessed. In the matter of publication, the Committee decided that the Respondent’s name ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- not be released to the public. The Committee concluded that publication of a case ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- summary and notification pursuant to Section 36 of the Teaching Profession Act achieves ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- the protection of the public interest, maintenance of standards and the communication of ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- those standards to the public and membership. The Committee was also satisfied by an ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- informed medical opinion, that the Respondent's fragile psychological condition would ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- be significantly damaged by publication. Further, the Committee determined that ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- publication would likely breach a court order protecting the name of the victim given the ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- nature of the community in which the conduct occurred. ./british-columbia-cases/nov10_05_respa1105.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- 2 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[4] The Respondent participated in the findings hearing and the Findings Decision was sent to ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- him in accordance with the Commissioner’s Rules. However, the Respondent did not file ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- any submissions on consequences by the deadline of October 21, 2020. The Act does not ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- require the Respondent’s participation in the panel’s determination of consequences. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-CONSEQUENCES ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[5] The panel found the Respondent guilty of conduct unbecoming a teacher. As the panel ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- noted in the Findings Decision, “conduct unbecoming” relates to off-duty conduct, that is, ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- conduct that does not occur in the course of the practice of the profession.1 The details of ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- that conduct are set out in the Findings Decision and are only summarized here. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[6] The conduct occurred in September and October 2016, while the Respondent was an ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- elementary school principal in School District No. 75 (Mission) (the “District”). ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[7] The Respondent admitted that in September 2016, using the pseudonym “James 33”, he ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- exchanged text messages with “Sara”, a person he approached on the “Skout” website and ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- who represented to him that she was 15. He admitted that he continued to exchange texts ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- with “Sara” for over a month after she had told him she was 15. The texts included ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf: sexualized comments, and requests and exchanges of pictures of “Sara”. The Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf: also admitted that as “James 33”, he sent similar sexualized texts to “Hannah”, a person ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- who represented to him that she was “Sara’s” 14-year old friend. The Respondent admitted ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- that he continued to send texts to “Hannah” for several weeks after she told him she was ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- 14, and that he requested and received pictures of “Hannah” during this time. In the text ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- exchanges, the Respondent asked these minor girls if they “smoked weed” and offered to ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- buy them alcohol. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[8] The Respondent admitted he arranged to meet these apparent 14 and 15 years-old-girls at ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- a shopping mall on two separate occasions in October 2016. He further admitted that he ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- went to the arranged locations both times, although he did not follow through with ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- approaching and meeting the girls in person the first time. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[9] The girls were in fact one adult, who was also a member of “Creep Catchers”. The ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- Respondent was recorded by the Creep Catchers while he was attempting to meet “Sara” ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- at the food court of a shopping mall on October 14, 2016. The Creep Catchers posted the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- recording showing the “catch” of “James 33” on YouTube on or about October 21, 2016, ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- identifying the location where it took place. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[10] The Respondent’s identity and profession was linked to the Creep Catchers video within ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- 24 hours of its posting, resulting in numerous media reports, and public reaction. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[11] The panel found that the testimony of Angus Wilson, the District Superintendent, provided ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- compelling evidence about the adverse effects of the Respondent’s conduct on the school ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- community. The panel found that it was clear that the Respondent’s conduct deeply shook ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-1 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- Findings Decision, para. 115. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- 6 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[36] The panel weighs this aggravating factor (i.e., that the Respondent knew that his conduct ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- was problematic and likely criminal, and openly acknowledged as such to “Sara” and ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- “Hannah” in text exchanges but persisted with it) against the mitigating factor of ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- consequences to him (that is, that he lost his employment and was criminally charged). ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[37] As the Commissioner acknowledges, the Respondent’s conduct did not involve him ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf: sexually touching any minor. The Respondent’s conduct involved texting, seeking and ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- receiving pictures of “Sara” and “Hannah”, and arranging to meet them in person at a mall. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- However, as detailed in the Findings Decision, the text exchanges indicate that the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- Respondent was interested in a relationship with “Sara”, including in texts exchanged in ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- the short period between the abandoned first meeting and the Creep Catchers “catch”. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[38] The Respondent’s conduct in this case had a very public nature – within a few weeks of ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- starting to exchange text messages with apparent minors, he arranged to meet them at ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- public locations close to the community where he worked. More importantly, the Creep ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- Catchers recording attracted significant media coverage and public attention, particularly ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- when the Respondent’s identity as an elementary school principal was revealed; as of ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- March 2020, the recording was still accessible to the public. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[39] The Commissioner submits that the public nature of the Respondent’s conduct is “an ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- affront to the status and reputation of teachers”9 and significantly undermined public ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- confidence in the profession and the education system. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[40] The Commissioner submits that the circumstances of this case directly engage the need for ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf: general deterrence to unequivocally articulate that “sexual conduct by teachers or other ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- authorized persons towards minors is career-ending”. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[41] In the panel’s view, the public nature of the Respondent’s conduct is an aggravating factor, ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- which weighs against the fact that no actual students or minors were involved. In the food ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- court of a shopping mall, the Creep Catchers recorded the Respondent, an elementary ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- school principal, when he was purportedly attempting to meet in person a 15-year-old girl, ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- “Sara”, with whom he had been exchanging text messages in which he told her she was ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- “hot” and “mint” and had offered as her “daddy” to buy her shoes and a cell phone. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf:[42] As the panel noted in the Findings Decision, the public does not condone sexual ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- relationships between adults and minors, or communications between adults and minors of ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf: a sexualized nature (and such conduct is prohibited under the Criminal Code). ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[43] In the panel’s view, it is necessary to impose a sanction commensurate with the gravity of ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- the Respondent’s unbecoming conduct to instill public confidence in the effectiveness of ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- the teacher discipline process and to achieve the goals of specific and general deterrence. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- In particular, there is a strong need for general deterrence in the circumstances of this case ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- involving conduct unbecoming (that is, occurring outside the practice of the profession). ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[44] The Commissioner seeks a 25-year ban on the re-issuance by the director of certification ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- of any authorization to the Respondent allowing him to teach in the K-12 system. The ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-9 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- Robertson, at para. 15. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- 7 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- Commissioner submits it is the only appropriate penalty in this case and that in other cases, ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- lengthy bans on the re-issuance of a certificate have been imposed where the conduct fell ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- short of sexual touching or other sexual contact. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[45] The Commissioner referred the panel to McGeough, in which the teacher had an ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old student, and although it did not involve sexual ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- relations, it had “sexual overtones”. The teacher encouraged the student to keep their ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- relationship secret and, among other things, gave the student gifts and invited her to his ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- home. The teacher had no prior misconduct during his 20-year career. In his submissions ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- on appropriate penalty, Mr. McGeough attributed his behaviour to “a severe psychological ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- break”. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[46] The McGeough panel imposed a 15-year ban on the issuance of a certificate, particularly ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- in light of the “highly intense and personal nature” of his communications with the student ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- and his “complete failure” to appreciate the impact of his behaviour on the student. The ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- McGeough panel was of the view that a significant penalty was warranted to protect the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- public’s confidence in the teaching profession and assure the public that conduct such as ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- Mr. McGeough’s would not be tolerated.10 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[47] The Commissioner referred the panel to Robertson, a 2015/2016 case involving a teacher ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- who had openly engaged in sexual relationships with three female students many years ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- earlier in the 1970s when the students were 15 and/or 16. The teacher had also made ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- misrepresentations about his conduct while seeking further employment within the public ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- school system, shortly after his employment with the school district where he had engaged ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- in the relationships was terminated. The panel was of the view that the passage of time ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- from misconduct to consequence was, for the most part, generated by the teacher’s own ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- “wilful blindness, lack of remorse, or acceptance of what he did as being wrong and his ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- actions to avoid consequences.”11 The panel directed that the teacher’s certificate be ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- cancelled and imposed an indefinite ban on the re-issuance of any certificate. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[48] The Commissioner also referred the panel to the following three consent resolution ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- agreements, in which the teachers agreed to a lifetime ban on the re-issuance of their ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- certificates: Wait, Nelson, and Canacari.12 In all three of these consent resolution ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- agreements, the teachers were convicted of criminal offences. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[49] In Wait, the teacher agreed to a lifetime ban where he used his school district laptop to ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf: engage in sexually explicit online “chat”, to store pornography including images of ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf: teenaged girls, and to write, store and access six pornographic stories, one of which ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf: involved a male teacher having sex in a classroom with a female student. Mr. Wait was ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf: also convicted of sexual assault for touching the buttocks of a female minor. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf:[50] In Nelson, the teacher held a party at his home, during which he attempted to sexually ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- assault one of his former students while he was intoxicated. He reported himself to the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-10 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- McGeough, para. 19. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-11 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- Robertson, para. 33. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-12 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- Consent Resolution - Robin James Wait (June 2016); Consent Resolution – Christopher David Nelson (September ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-2015); and Consent Resolution - Francesco Gabriel Canacari (September 2016). ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- 8 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf: police and was charged with one count of sexual assault, to which he entered a guilty plea. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- Mr. Nelson agreed that a certificate would never be issued to him again. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[51] In Canacari, after a trial, the teacher was convicted of three offences arising out of activity ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- that took place in 2010, including criminal harassment and unlawfully being in a dwelling ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- house. In relation to the criminal harassment, the trial judge found that the teacher had ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- asked one of his female students to send texts from her phone to the victim of his ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- harassment, and then told the student to erase the number and messages from her cell ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- phone. The teacher’s appeal of his conviction was dismissed. In 2015, the teacher pleaded ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- guilty to three offences involving forgery that occurred in 2013. Mr. Canacari agreed that ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- a certificate would never be issued to him again. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[52] Among other things, the panel must consider proportionality in determining the appropriate ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- consequences. In those cases summarized above where a lifetime ban was imposed or ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- agreed to, the educators were convicted of criminal offences and, in the majority of the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- cases, the conduct involved students. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[53] In Panghali, a case in which the teacher was convicted of the 2nd-degree murder of his wife ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- in violent circumstances after which he had burned her remains to conceal his crime, the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- panel imposed a 25-year ban on the re-issuance of a certificate, noting that a ban of 25 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- years is effectively a permanent ban.13 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[54] The panel has found that the Respondent’s unbecoming conduct seriously undermined the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- public’s confidence in the education system, as well as the dignity and credibility of the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- teaching profession. The panel agrees with the Commissioner’s submission that for the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- purposes of general deterrence and to communicate to the public that conduct by an ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- educator towards minors will not be tolerated, a lengthy ban on any re-issuance of a ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- certificate to the Respondent should be imposed. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[55] The Respondent was not criminally convicted for his conduct and his conduct did not ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- involve students. However, given the Respondent’s explanation and justification for his ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- conduct, coupled with its public notoriety and its impact on the school community, the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- panel is of the view that a 15-year ban on the re-issuance of a certificate is an appropriately ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- lengthy ban in the circumstances of this case. The panel acknowledges that the practical ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- effect of a 15-year ban in this case is that it is extremely unlikely the Respondent will ever ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- be able to qualify to teach again. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[56] The panel finds that a reprimand under subsection 64(a) is inappropriate in this case. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-COSTS ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-[57] Section 65 of the Act permits costs to be awarded where a respondent’s conduct during the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- hearing has been improper, vexatious, frivolous or abusive. The Commissioner has not ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- sought costs in this case. No costs are awarded. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf-13 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- In the Matter of the Teachers Act and Mukhtiar Singh Panghali, January 20, 2014. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_consequences_20201203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- 2 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[2] Under the former Teaching Profession Act, the British Columbia College of Teachers ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- granted Jason Alan Obert (the “Respondent”) a professional certificate on November 5, ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- 2003, which was valid from September 1, 2003. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[3] In 2012, School District No. 75 (Mission) (the “District”) employed the Respondent as an ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- elementary school principal. At the time of the incidents described in the Citation, the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Respondent was the principal of Windebank Elementary School (the “School”). ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[4] In the Citation, the Commissioner alleges the following: ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- 1. In or about September and October 2016, [the Respondent], an authorized person under ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- the Teachers Act (Professional Certificate No. ), while employed as an ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- elementary school principal by School District No. 75 (Mission): ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- a. Responded by text message to a profile posted on the website “Skout” of a ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- female, who purported to be an 18 year old named “Sara”; ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- b. Communicated electronically with Sara on the internet application “TextNow”; ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- c. Continued to communicate electronically with Sara after she represented to him ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- that she was 15 years old; ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- d. Sent inappropriate electronic messages to Sara and to her purported friend ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- “Hannah”, which messages included comments by [the Respondent] about ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf: using marijuana, Sara’s appearance, and other sexualized content; ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- e. Made arrangements to meet Sara on two occasions in October 2016; and ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- f. On or about October 14, 2016, went to a mall in Abbotsford to meet with Sara, ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- where he was video-recorded by the group “Creep Catchers” while attempting ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- to meet Sara. The recording of this encounter was posted online. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- This conduct is contrary to Standard #2 of the Standards for the Education, ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, 4th Edition, ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- January 2012. [The Respondent] is guilty of conduct unbecoming a teacher under ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- section 63(1) of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[5] The Respondent admitted that the Citation and the Amended Citation were delivered to ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- him. The Commissioner’s counsel delivered the Further Amended Citation to the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Respondent in person at the hearing on March 3, 2020. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-ISSUES ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[6] In this conduct hearing, the discipline panel must make the following three determinations: ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- (a) Has the Commissioner proved on a balance of probabilities that the conduct set out in ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- the Citation occurred? ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- 7 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- screen shots in the TextNow Chat Log are duplicative and are not consistently reproduced ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- in chronological order. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[31] Special Constable Samuel Ward is a civilian member of the Abbotsford Police Department ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- (the “APD”) where he works as a digital forensic analyst, performing data extraction and ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- analysis from cell phones and computers. Constable Ward testified that in October 2016, ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- another member of the APD (a Constable Sovio) performed the initial extraction of all of ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- the data from a cell phone and saved this digital extraction to an APD computer. Constable ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Ward understood that the digital extraction was from a cell phone that Ms. Bullon had ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- provided to the APD. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[32] Constable Ward testified that Detective Tony Demers of the APD asked him to further ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- extract the text exchanges from the digital extraction. Constable Ward testified that he ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- used a program designed to read databases in order to extract from the initial digital ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- extraction the messages on the TextNow App between James 33 and Sara. Constable Ward ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- generated a chat log in a table form, which he then provided to Detective Demers (the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- “Ward Chat Log”). The APD provided the Ward Chat Log to the TRB. Constable Ward ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- identified the document tendered by the Commissioner as the Ward Chat Log.12 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[33] Constable Ward testified that the Ward Chat Log shows the texts exchanged between Sara ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- and James using the TextNow App, but that it did not capture the texts exchanged on the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Skout website. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[34] The information in the Ward Chat Log is set out in four columns. The left column identifies ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- the person sending the text as either “James 33” or “Sara”. The middle two columns ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- identify the times the text was sent and received in Greenwich Mean Time, and the fourth ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- column reproduces the content of the texts. The Ward Chat Log includes all of the texts ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- that were screen captured in the TextNow Chat Log. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[35] Although he asserts that text exchanges have been deleted, the Respondent does not deny ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- that he sent the texts attributed to James 33 reproduced in the TextNow Chat Log, which ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- are also attributed to James in the Ward Chat Log. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[36] The panel finds that as Sara and James 33/James, Ms. Bullon and the Respondent sent the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- texts reproduced in the TextNow and Ward Chat Logs. The panel has used the names Sara ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- and James throughout the following summary of the exchanges. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[37] In an exchange from September 19, 2016, the texts from James to Sara include the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf: following: “Love to see what U wore today sexy”; “So how long u been single” “U must ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- get hit on a lot ur pretty hot Sara.” James also asks Sara when she broke up with her 18- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- year-old boyfriend and, “He ur first?”13 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[38] During the September 19, 2016 exchange, James texts Sara, “Send me a pic girl” to which ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Sara responds, “Where’s my pic? James then texts the following: “Snap?”; “No offence ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-12 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Ex. #17, Ward Chat Log (22 pages; page references are to the page numbers appearing on the bottom right corner ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-of the printed pages in the Commissioner’s book of documents, Tab 33). ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-13 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Ex. #7, TextNow Chat Log, pp. 4-5; Ex. #17, Ward Chat Log, p. 1. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- 22 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- the three Chat Logs. Ms. Bullon denied that she deleted any text exchanges or edited the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- content of the emails sent by “James 33” or “Sara” or “Hannah” and the Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- produced no evidence to undermine her testimony. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[99] The panel finds that the text exchanges depicted in the Chat Logs are a reliable record of ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- the texts exchanged between the Respondent and Ms. Bullon, posing as Sara and/or ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Hannah. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[100] The Respondent also admitted that he arranged to meet “Sara” on two occasions, and on ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- one of those occasions, he was filmed by the Creep Catchers, as depicted in the video ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- posted on YouTube. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[101] The Respondent rationalizes his conduct as research into the Creep Catchers. He asserts ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- that the persons involved (that is, the Respondent and Ms. Bullon) knew they were playing ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- roles, and both knew that they were not who they represented themselves to be. He alleged ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- that Ms. Bullon had purposely deleted text exchanges in which he made it clear to her that ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- he was researching the Creep Catchers. He also alleged that Ms. Bullon was financially ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- motivated to set up Creep Catchers “stings” that would attract numerous hits on YouTube. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[102] The panel finds that the Respondent’s explanation that his conduct was at best innocent ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- personal research and at worst, flirtatious texting as part of role playing, is not plausible. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- The Respondent’s rationalization that his conduct was simply research and/or role playing ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- does not alter the fact that he continued to send text messages to “Sara” after she ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- represented to him that she was 15 years old, and that many of the messages to “Sara” and ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf: her friend “Hannah” (who represented that she was 14) were sexualized. Nor does the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Respondent’s explanation alter the fact that the Respondent arranged to meet “Sara” and ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- “Hannah” at a mall and went in person to the mall for the meeting, where he was recorded ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- by Creep Catchers, in a video that was then posted on YouTube. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[103] The fact that “Sara” was in reality an adult pretending to be a 15-year-old girl and her 14- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- year-old friend does not exonerate or excuse the Respondent’s behaviour. This was not a ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- case of private role playing between two consenting adults. The texts are not innocuous ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- flirtations as the Respondent asserts. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[104] The panel finds that the Commissioner’s evidence is clear, convincing and cogent. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[105] The panel finds that the Commissioner has proven that it is more likely than not that the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- conduct set out in paragraphs 1(a) through (f) of the Citation occurred. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Does the proven conduct breach the Standards? ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[106] Standard #2 provides as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Educators are role models who act ethically and honestly. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Educators act with integrity, maintaining the dignity and credibility of the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- profession. They understand that their individual conduct contributes to ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- the perception of the profession as a whole. Educators are accountable for ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- their conduct while on duty, as well as off duty, where that conduct has an ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- 23 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- effect on the education system. Educators have an understanding of the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- education system in BC and the law as it relates to their duties. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[107] The Commissioner submits that the Respondent’s conduct breaches Standard #2. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[108] In response to a question from the panel, the Respondent agreed that a principal is a role ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- model who acts as an example to the students and the school community as a whole, and ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- that he agreed with and echoed the testimony of Mr. Wilson about the role of a principal. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[109] In September and October 2016, the Respondent was an elementary school principal. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Under cross-examination, the Respondent agreed that it was not appropriate for a principal ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- to join the Creep Catchers or to participate in the activities of the Creep Catchers. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[110] The Respondent explained his conduct as personal research into Creep Catchers for the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- purposes of writing a story when he was not at work. He chose to conduct this research ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- through the first-hand experience of playing the role of a person exchanging what he ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- described as flirtatious texts with young women who represented to him that they are ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- minors. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[111] The Respondent admitted that engaging in the conduct the panel has found to be proven by ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- the Commissioner was extremely risky. The text exchanges clearly illustrate that the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Respondent knew his conduct was problematic, exemplified by his comments to Sara and ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Hannah that he could get into trouble and lose his job and his career, and his repeated ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- musings if they are in fact cops. The panel also notes that many of the text messages appear ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- to have been exchanged during, or shortly after, normal school hours. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[112] The Respondent, a principal, admitted he exchanged text messages with a person who had ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf: represented to him that she was 15, which included sexualized comments (such as ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- suggesting that she was “hot” and “mint”, asking if she was still a virgin, and referring to ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- himself as her “daddy” who would buy her a cell phone and shoes). He admitted he sent ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf: similar sexualized texts to a person who represented that she was 14. In the text exchanges, ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- the Respondent asked these minor girls if they smoked weed and offered to buy them ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- alcohol. The Respondent admitted he arranged to meet these apparent 14 and 15-year-old ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- girls at a mall on two separate occasions. The Creep Catchers filmed the Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- “meeting” one of the girls and posted the “catch” on YouTube, identifying the location ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- where the “catch” occurred. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[113] The panel finds that the Respondent’s conduct breaches Standard #2. In engaging in the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- conduct, the panel finds that the Respondent did not act with integrity. The panel further ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- finds that the Respondent’s conduct undermined the dignity and credibility of the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- profession and eroded the confidence of the community in the public education system. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Is it conduct unbecoming? ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[114] Section 63(1)(b) of the Act provides that, after a hearing, a discipline panel may make a ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- finding that an authorized person has been guilty of conduct unbecoming a teacher. Section ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- 1 of the Act defines an “authorized person” as a certificate holder. At the time of the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- conduct set out in the Citation, the Respondent was an authorized person. Although the ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- 25 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[118] Madam Justice Ross of the British Columbia Supreme Court summarized the applicable ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- legal principles regarding the discipline of teachers for off-duty conduct in the first ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Fountain decision (Fountain No. 1) as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- The conduct giving rise to the citation occurred when Mr. Fountain was ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- not performing his duties as a teacher. It is well settled that such off-duty ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- conduct can give rise to discipline when the conduct has a negative impact ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- on the teacher’s ability to carry out his obligations as a teacher or where ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- the conduct has a negative impact on the school system, for example, ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- where the activities conflict with core values of the education system: see ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Ross v. New Brunswick School District No. 15 … 62 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[119] Madam Justice Ross identified the factors relevant to a determination of whether a teacher ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- has engaged in conduct unbecoming, particularly in the absence of direct evidence: ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- a) The nature of the conduct at issue; ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- b) The nature of the position; ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- c) Whether there is evidence of a pattern of conduct; ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- d) Evidence of controversy surrounding the conduct; ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- e) Evidence that the private conduct has been made public; and ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- f) Evidence that the private conduct has been linked by the member to the professional ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- status of the member.63 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[120] The panel has considered the application of the factors articulated by Madam Justice Ross ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- in Fountain No. 1 in this case. Using the pseudonym of “James 33”, the Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf: continued to exchange sexualized text messages with a young woman for approximately ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- one month after she had expressly represented to him that she was 15. The Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- arranged to meet the young woman and her friend at a mall on two occasions and admitted ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- he went to the arranged locations both times, although did not follow through the first time. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf:[121] The public does not condone sexual relationships between adults and minors, or ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf: communications between adults and minors of a sexualized nature. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[122] At the time of the conduct, the Respondent was the principal of an elementary school, and ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- had been a certificate holder for thirteen years. The Respondent knew that a principal is a ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- role model who must inspire trust and confidence in the community and whose conduct ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- must reflect the values set out in the Standards. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-[123] The Respondent’s private conduct became very public when the recorded “catch” was ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- posted on YouTube by Creep Catchers. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-62 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Fountain v. British Columbia College of Teachers, 2007 BCSC 830 at para. 51 (Fountain No. 1). ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf-63 ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- Fountain No. 1, supra, at para 59. ./british-columbia-cases/obert_reasons_findings_20200729.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf-a. Christopher John Banmen ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf-b. Professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf-c. The hearing was held August 25, 2010, at the College’s offices in Vancouver, British ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- Columbia. This matter originated as a Registrar’s Report under section 28(4) of the ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- Teaching Profession Act. ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf-d. In 2009, Mr. Banmen pled guilty in the Supreme Court of British Columbia to sexual ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf: assault and the production and possession of child pornography. ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf-e. The Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Panel”) was unanimous in its decision that Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- Banmen engaged in professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- College due to his guilty pleas to charges of sexual assault and the production and ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf: possession of child pornography. The Panel found that the acts of Mr. Banmen were ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- particularly repugnant for a member of the teaching profession, who is in a position of ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- trust and responsibility towards children. The Panel found that the conduct to which Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- Banmen pleaded guilty violated Standard 2 of the Standards for the Education, ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, which expects ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- that teachers will be role models and act with integrity to maintain the dignity and ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- credibility of the profession. The Panel found that Mr. Banmen’s conduct was clearly not ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- that of a role model and that Mr. Banmen was accountable for his conduct while off duty ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- because his conduct had an effect on the dignity and credibility of the education system. ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- The teaching profession is impaired when one of its members violates the trust of ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- children. ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf-f. In a finding of guilt, the Panel agreed that Mr. Banmen not be issued a certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- qualification for an indeterminate period. Mr. Banmen’s certificate of qualification was ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- cancelled in November 2008 for non-payment of fees. With respect to publication, the ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- Panel recommended that publication of a case summary with the member’s name be ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- made in compliance with the Teaching Profession Act and the College’s bylaws and ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- policies. In the matter of costs, the Panel recommended that the College not assess ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- costs for the disciplinary proceedings against Mr. Banmen. The Panel agreed that Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- Banmen did not place any obstacles in the way of having the hearing proceed. ./british-columbia-cases/oct05_10_banmen.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf-a. Russell Lance Read ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf-b. Professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf-c. The hearing was held May 26-30, 2008, in relation to four Citations, at the College's ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- offices in Vancouver, B.C. The penalty phase of the hearing was held on March 23, 2009. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- The report and recommendations of the Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Committee”) ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- were presented to Council on October 8, 2009, in accordance with section 22 of the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- Teaching Profession Act. This matter originated as a report under section 16 of the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf-d. With respect to the incidents in 2002, Mr. Read was employed as a middle school teacher ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- when he sent an email to a female grade twelve student, in which he referred to her and ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- another grade twelve female student, as “grade 12 babes”. The email also included an ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- inappropriate remark and intensely personal information concerning several other ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- students. As a result of this incident, the school district investigated Mr. Read, and he ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- responded by preparing a petition or declaration asking students to sign in support of ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- him relative to the investigation against him. Further, Mr. Read attended a grade twelve ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- female student’s workplace to provide her with pamphlets and information on a religion ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- known as Wicca. In addition, in May 2002, Mr. Read interacted with a female student ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- after having been instructed not to do so by the school’s vice-principal. This arose from ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- the student’s complaint that Mr. Read had previously interacted with her in an ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf: inappropriate manner. In 2004, Mr. Read told an inappropriate joke with sexual content ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- to his two grade eight computer classes. An investigation by the school district ensued ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf: as a result of the inappropriate joke containing the sexual innuendo, and subsequently, ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- Mr. Read communicated his displeasure to the students of these classes in having been ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- reported to the school principal. Further, in February 2004, Mr. Read suggested to a ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- grade eight female student to conduct an internet search using words that were, or were ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- similar to, the words “hot chicks”, where she was to retrieve photographs for a website ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- that she was constructing concerning herself. Mr. Read entered into a Statement of ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- Agreed Facts and Admissions and admitted that his above-noted conduct constituted ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- In or about the period between January 1979 and December 1983, while working as a ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- teacher at a band school, Mr. Read was found to have given a young female the drug, ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- amyl nitrate, and encouraged her recreational use of it. The incident did not occur in the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- school setting and the young female was not a student of Mr. Read’s. In a second ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf: incident, Mr. Read was alleged to have touched this young female on the thigh for sexual ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- purposes, while in his vehicle. In addition, Mr. Read was found to have engaged in a ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf: sexual encounter with this young female, while she was a minor. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf-e. The Committee unanimously accepted the facts and admissions made by Mr. Read in the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- Agreed Statement of Facts and Admissions. Mr. Read’s admission of guilt with respect ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- to the incidents that occurred in 2002 and 2004 constituted professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- With respect to the incidents that took place between 1979 and 1983, the Committee ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- unanimously agreed that Mr. Read did supply the drug, amyl nitrate, to a minor child for ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- unauthorized non-medical use, which falls clearly outside the scope of the standard of ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- behaviour expected of teachers in their role outside of the classroom. Therefore, the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- Committee found Mr. Read guilty of conduct unbecoming a member of the College. With ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- respect to the second incident, the Committee found that Mr. Read did not touch the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf: young female on her thigh for sexual purposes while in his vehicle. However, the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf: Committee did find that Mr. Read did engage in a sexual encounter with the young ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- female. Notwithstanding that she was not a student of his nor was a student at the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- school at the time of the incident, the young female clearly known to Mr. Read to be a ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- minor and a person who would not be able to consent to a relationship with an adult ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- male. Mr. Read’s actions were deemed inappropriate and fell outside of the ethical ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- behaviour expected of teachers in their role outside of their classroom. The Committee ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- found Mr. Read guilty of conduct unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf-f. The Committee further considered the submissions presented by counsel on penalty, ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- publication and costs. The Committee unanimously agreed that Mr. Read be issued an ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- indefinite suspension, with a ten-year bar to further re-application with the College. Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- Read’s Certificate of Qualification was cancelled in 2006 for non-payment of fees. In ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- making their decision, the Committee considered both the more recent and historical ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- events and noted that all of the behaviour, when considered in its entirety, required a ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- very serious response by the College. The Committee further agreed that no costs be ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- assessed to Mr. Read. It was the Committee’s view that costs should not be used as a ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- penalty, or a threat in cases which are difficult or expensive to prove. In addition, Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- Read did not obstruct or impede the proceedings. With respect to publication, the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- Committee unanimously agreed that a summary of the circumstances of the decision ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- and the action taken be published. That Mr. Read’s name be published as the College ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- must be transparent in order to fulfill its mandate to the public. By agreeing to abide by ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- the Standards for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- BC, an educator enters into a contract with the public in which parents can confidently ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- send their children into an educator’s care. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf-g. College Council considered the report and recommendations of the Committee and ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- agreed to accept the recommendation and reasons as to penalty, costs and publication. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_09_read.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf-a. Scott Matthew Killin ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf-b. Professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf-c. The hearing was held August 9, 10, 11, 30, 31 and September 1, 2, 3, 2010, at the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- College's offices in Vancouver, BC. The hearing reconvened on September 27, 2010 to ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- consider penalty, costs and publication. This matter originated as a report under section ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- 16(1) of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf-d. Mr. Killin was employed as a teacher-on-call (TOC) in the 2008-2009 school year when ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- the incidents took place. Mr. Killin was found to have lied to school district officials ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- during an investigation into his relationship with a female grade 12 student (the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf: “Student”), which involved an inappropriate sexually intimate relationship with the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- Student. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf-e. The Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Panel”) was unanimous in its decision that Mr. Killin ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- was guilty of professional misconduct when he lied to school district officials during the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- investigation into his relationship with the Student during the 2008-2009 year. In addition, ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- the Panel unanimously found Mr. Killin guilty of conduct unbecoming a member of the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf: College in that he engaged in an inappropriate sexually intimate relationship with the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- Student. The Panel concluded from the facts that Mr. Killin’s actions breached ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- Standards 1 and 2 of the College’s Standards for the Education, Competence and ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia. The apparent consensual nature ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- of the relationship between Mr. Killin and the Student is not an excuse for its occurrence. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf: Teachers cannot use their position of power to enter into a sexual relationship with their ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- students as that is an abuse of the fiduciary duty that is imposed on teachers. Sexual ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- activity between a teacher and a student, even one who is close to completion of her ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- student status and who entered willingly into a relationship with a TOC in her school ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- district, is entirely prohibited in the profession. It is the responsibility of the teacher to ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- establish and protect his/her own professional boundaries with students. Neither the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- profession nor the community can accept that the obligation of a teacher is diminished ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf: because the student, sexually developed but likely immature in his/her understanding, is ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- desirous of an inappropriate relationship. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf-f. The Panel unanimously determined that Mr. Killin’s certificate of qualification be ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- cancelled. The Panel noted that both parties agreed that cancellation was the ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- appropriate penalty. With respect to costs, the Panel unanimously ordered that costs in ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- the amount of $20,000 be awarded to the College against Mr. Killin should he exercise ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- his rights under the College Bylaws to apply for recertification. ./british-columbia-cases/oct08_10_killin.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf-a. Donald Robert Middleton (DOB 1947/03/06) ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct and Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf-c. The hearing was held July 10 and 11, 2000 at the College offices. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on October 26, 2000. ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf-d. The case was brought to the College as a result of reports from the Ministry of the ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- Attorney General reporting charges contrary to Section 149 and 156 of the Criminal ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf: Code. The offensive sexual incidents occurred between May 1980 and May 1981. The ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- relationship began when the female student was thirteen years old and a student at Mr ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- Middleton’s school. The relationship lasted for over a year and included occasions of ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf: kissing, fondling and an incident involving oral sex. The sexual conduct was not a one ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- time event; the inappropriate relationship lasted for over a year and it was the child, not ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- Mr Middleton, who broke it off. However, Mr Middleton also took significant steps to ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- avoid further escalation in the relationship. In the nineteen years which elapsed it was ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- reported to the panel there was no evidence of any similar contact with other young ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- people. The panel was informed of an extensive investigation by the RCMP as a result of ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- the report of the young female in the citation. Criminal charges were stayed in October of ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- 1999. Donald Robert Middleton admitted guilt and expressed remorse to the College ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- hearing panel. ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined that Donald Robert Middleton was guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member. The hearing panel considered that ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- Donald Robert Middleton has maintained a high standard of professional conduct during ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- the interceding nineteen years. Mr Middleton has had an active role in his church since ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- 1981. His references state he adheres to a high ethical standard. His teaching reports and ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- references characterize him as exemplary. The panel believes that his actions were a ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- serious breach of the professional standard of conduct. This violation requires the formal ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- sanction of the professional body, regardless of the elapsed time. ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf-f. The majority of the hearing panel recommended to Council that Donald Robert ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- Middleton’s certificate of qualification be suspended for twelve months. Council ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- considered the report and recommendations of the hearing panel and imposed a ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- suspension of his certificate of qualification from September 1, 2000 for twelve months ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- ending August 31, 2001. ./british-columbia-cases/oct26_00_drmiddleton.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf-a. Robin Bradfield Thomas (DOB: 60.06.03) ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf-c. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf- December 9, 1993. The hearing took place on October 29, 1993. ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Mr. Thomas was guilty of professional misconduct as a result of ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf: the sexual exploitation of one of his female students. Mr. Thomas was found guilty of ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf- this offence on January 12, 1990 in a criminal proceeding and was sentenced to a one- ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf- year suspended sentence and placed on probation for a one-year period. In a letter to the ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf- College dated March 15, 1991, Mr. Thomas indicated that he wished to resign as a ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf- member of the College. ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf-e. The College of Teachers found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf- determined that his membership in the B.C. College of Teachers be terminated and his ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf- certificate of qualification be cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/oct29_93_rbthomas.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf-a. James Wendell Ryan (DOB 1953/09/15) ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf-c. The hearing was held July 17, 2002 and September 24, 2002 at the College offices. The ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- report and recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on October ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- 31, 2002. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf-d. The Hearing Panel found that Mr. Ryan engaged in behaviour that it considers to be ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- “boundary violations.” This behaviour included inappropriate use of language, including ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf: profanities; inappropriate learning activities, which involved references to drugs and sex; ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- and inappropriate remarks to students. He also used inappropriate physical discipline by ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- twisting a male student’s nipple. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf-e. The Hearing Panel determined that James Wendell Ryan was guilty of Professional ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- • The Hearing Panel considered that Mr. Ryan’s actions were boundary violations ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- because they embarrassed and distressed his students, resulting in the students feeling ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- unsafe or disrespected. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- • The Panel also determined that Mr. Ryan’s conduct, was a series of isolated ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- incidences in one class, in an otherwise unsullied career. The Panel recommended to ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- Council that Mr. Ryan’s certificate be suspended for a period of two months and that ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- the suspension be retroactive. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf-f. Council considered the report and recommendations of the Hearing Panel and suspended ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- Mr. Ryan’s certificate for a two-month period, retroactive from July 24, 2002 to ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- September 24, 2002. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_jwryanl.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf-a. A Member (D-02) ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf-b. Conduct unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf-c. The hearing was held May 30, 2002 at the College offices. The report and ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- recommendations of the hearing panel were presented to Council on October 31, 2002. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf-d. The member admitted that the conduct described constituted conduct unbecoming to a ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- member of the College. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf: • On January 13, 2001 the member engaged in improper sexual touching of the ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- member’s daughter. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- • The member pled guilty to section 152 of the Criminal Code arising from the ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- January 13, 2001 incident. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- • The member received psychological counselling under the direction of the court. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- The psychologist stated in the May 27, 2002 letter that the member’s “current level of ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- risk for recidivism is considered to be low.” ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- From the evidence presented and the member’s admission, the Hearing Panel determined ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- that the member was guilty of conduct unbecoming a member of the College. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf-e. The Hearing Panel considered that the member’s actions demonstrated a serious breach ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- of professional judgement and constituted a disregard for the trust placed upon him as a ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- teacher. The Panel recommended to Council that the member’s membership in the ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- College be terminated and his Certificate be cancelled retroactive to the date of the ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- citation for the following reasons: ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- ƒ The member showed immediate remorse, pled guilty to the incident and did not ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- subject the child to a court hearing. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- ƒ The member cooperated with the police, the court, and the College of Teachers. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- ƒ The member’s psychologist stated this was a one time occurrence brought on by ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- stress. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- ƒ The member agreed to this penalty. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- ƒ The member consented to the Hearing Panel’s recommendations regarding penalty ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- and the member’s certificate of qualification was cancelled, effective January 8, ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- 2002. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf-f. Council considered the recommendations of the Hearing Panel to not publish the ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- member’s name for the following reasons: ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- • Publishing the member’s name could harm the child because it could identify her as ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- the victim. ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- • The court ban on disclosure of proceedings for publication extended to “disclosing ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- any information that would tend to identify the complainant.” ./british-columbia-cases/oct31_02_respd_02.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- On May 13, 2010, the District confirmed Mr. Plehanov’s suspension was now ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- without pay. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf-7. At the request of the RCMP the District did not fully conduct an investigation of the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- March 10, 2010 Elementary School B complaints, as the RCMP also received ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- similar complaints concerning Mr. Plehanov and had commenced a criminal ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- investigation of Mr. Plehanov’s conduct of March 10, 2010 at Elementary School ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- B. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf-8. On March 18, 2010, as a result of the RCMP investigation, Mr. Plehanov was ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf: charged with sexual interference, sexual exploitation and sexual assault allegedly ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- to have occurred on March 10, 2010 at Elementary School B. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf-9. The RCMP continued their investigation of Mr. Plehanov which included ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- investigation of an allegation concerning Mr. Plehanov inappropriately touching a ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- female Grade 3 student at Elementary School C between January 9, 2008 and ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- January 18, 2008. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf-10. As a result of the continued RCMP investigation Mr. Plehanov was charged again ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf: on April 27, 2011 with allegations of sexual interference and sexual assault with ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- respect to the March 10, 2010 conduct at Elementary School B, the conduct ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- between January 9, 2008 and January 18, 2008 at Elementary School C and the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- October 13, 2009 conduct at Elementary School A. Mr. Plehanov was also ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- charged with criminal harassment of one of the complainants and her parent, ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- which conduct was alleged to have occurred on June 3, 2010 near the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- complainant’s home. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf-11. Mr. Plehanov pleaded not guilty to all of the above charges instituted on April 27, ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- 2011, and on November 26, 2012 after a 14 day trial in the Provincial Court of ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- British Columbia at Port Coquitlam, Mr. Plehanov was found not guilty of those ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- charges and acquitted. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf-12. On May 10, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee of the College ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- suspended Mr. Plehanov and issued a Citation against him. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf-13. On June 23, 2011, Mr. Plehanov signed an Undertaking Not to Practice teaching ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- effective from July 1, 2011. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf-14. After the District investigation resumed in 2013, and in consideration, amongst ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- other things, of the incidents at Elementary School B and Elementary School C ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- and Mr. Plehanov’s failure to respect advice and directives regarding personal ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- boundaries between teachers and students, the District terminated Mr. Plehanov ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- effective October 3, 2013. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- Page 2 of 4 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_cra_20140503.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 2 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[3] The Respondent then held a Professional Certificate of Qualification, No. . It was ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-issued by the College under the Teaching Professional Act on December 23, 2008, was valid from ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-January 1, 2009 and continued under the Teachers Act as of January 9, 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[4] The Respondent’s certificate of qualification was cancelled on May 5, 2014 as a term of a ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Consent Resolution Agreement he entered with the Commissioner on May 3, 2014. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[5] The Citation alleges: ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 1) On January 8, 2016 Aleksandr Vladimirovich Plehanov (the “Respondent” in the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- proceedings before us), formerly an authorized person under the Act, was convicted by the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf: Supreme Court of British Columbia of sexual assault, contrary to s. 271(1) of the Criminal ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Code of Canada. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- a. the victim was 6 years of age at the time of the offence ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- b. Plehanov knew the child’s parents through church ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- c. Plehanov’s appeal of his conviction was dismissed by the British ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Columbia Court of Appeal on December 19, 2019 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- d. There is a publication ban under s. 486.4(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- restricting publication, broadcast or transmission in any way of evidence ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- that could identify the Victim. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 2) This conduct is contrary to Standard #2 of the Standards for the Education, ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Competence, and Professional Conduct for Educators in British Columbia, Fourth Edition, ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- January 2012. Mr. Plehanov is guilty of conduct unbecoming a teacher under section ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 63(1)(b) of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-PROCEDURE ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Service of the Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[6] Plehanov (the ‘Respondent) has not filed any submissions in response to the Citation. The ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Panel must therefore determine, as a preliminary issue, whether the Respondent was properly ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-served with the Citation. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[7] Ms. Maggie Sam, Legal Assistant to the Legal Services Branch, filed an affidavit2 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-affirming the following: ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- On February 19, 2020, I sent a letter dated February 19, 2020 from Ms. Boyd to Aleksandr ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Plehanov (the "Respondent”) to be sent to him by ordinary mail and by registered mail to ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- his last known address at BC. Enclosed with the letter was a ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- copy of the citation in this matter, issued February 13, 2020, and a copy of the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-2 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Exhibit 2 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 5 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-BACKGROUND ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- [12] On April 14, 2014, following information that the Respondent had been criminally charged, ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-the Commissioner for Teacher Regulation initiated an investigation into the Respondent’s ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-conduct.3 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[13] On January 8th, 2016, the British Columbia Supreme Court found the Respondent guilty of ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:sexual assault, contrary to section 271(1) of the Criminal Code.4 A certified copy of the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Respondent’s conviction was obtained.5 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[14] In his Reasons for Judgment, Mr. Justice Blok described the circumstances of the offence ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-and his reasons for conviction. The following is a brief summary of the facts as found by the Court. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-The Respondent and the victim’s family became acquainted through their church. The church had ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-a type of mentorship service and it was through this that the Respondent joined the victim’s family ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-on three or four outings and visited their home on approximately five occasions. 6 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[15] On March 31, 2013, Easter Sunday, the family went to church and in the afternoon, they ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-gathered at their grandparents for a large extended family gathering. The father drove the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Respondent and his children, of which there were a large number, in his 15-seat passenger van. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-The van was surrounded by windows, with four bench seats, and doors that opened outward on the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-side and back of the vehicle.7 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[16] At about 9 p.m. the father started to round his children up (they ranged in ages from 3 to ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-12) to take them home. He focused on the youngest ones first. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[17] The father took the victim (‘X’) who was six years old and two younger children to the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-van. X was told to sit on the bench seat at the very back of the van and not to move out of it. She ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-sat in a booster seat with a seat belt. The father assisted two younger children, one in the second ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-of the four benches and another on the first bench seat and secured them in their car seats. The ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-older children delayed in coming back to the van and so they had to be retrieved. The Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-was left to mind the three children in the van while the father went in search of the older children. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[18] The Court found on the evidence that X had got up to retrieve her little brother’s candy ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-which had fallen. She then tripped and the Respondent caught her and used the opportunity to ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:sexually assault her on two brief but separate occasions with a short period of time before the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-father interrupted him. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[19] The Court found that the Respondent hooked his finger in the front of her pants with his ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-fingers touching her groin over her clothing. The victim said he “kind of rubbed my bum” and “he ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-was rubbing his whole hand on my bum” and “that part of his fingers (that is “more than the first ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-3 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Affidavit of Stephanie Jackson, para. 3 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-4 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Ibid. Exhibit 4, R .v. Plehanov, 2016 BCSC 322 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-5 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Exhibit A attached to the Affidavit of Stephanie Jackson ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-6 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Exhibit 4, R v. Plehanov, 2016 BCSC 322 para.5 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-7 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Ibid at para.7 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 6 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-knuckle”) went under her pants at the waist near the front while his palm was on her groin.”8 The ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Respondent did not testify. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:[20] The Respondent was convicted of sexual assault of a minor person under 16. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[21] On October 31, 2017, the Respondent was sentenced to six months imprisonment and 24 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-months’ probation with multiple conditions. He was also made subject to orders: (1) prohibiting ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-him for a period of five years following his release from incarceration from seeking, obtaining, or ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-continuing any employment or volunteer work that involves being in a position of trust or authority ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-over persons under the age of 16 years; (2) requiring him to submit to a DNA sample; and, (3) ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:requiring him to register as a sex offender for a period of 20 years under the Sex Offender ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Information Registration Act. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[22] The Respondent appealed his conviction. On December 19, 2019, the British Columbia ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[23] On June 26, 2020, Ms. Chu of the British Columbia Prosecution Service advised Ms. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Jackson, a lawyer with the Legal Services Branch, that the British Columbia Prosecution Service ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-had not received an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, nor an ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-extension of time within which to make such an application.9 Therefore, the previous decisions ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-from the British Columbia Supreme Court and British Columbia Court of Appeal are in effect. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-COMMISSIONER’S POSITION ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[24] It is the position of the Commissioner that: ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf: (a) The conviction for sexual assault of a minor contrary to section 271(1)(b) of the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Criminal Code constitutes conduct unbecoming a teacher under section 63(1)(b) of the Act. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (b) The Certificate of Conviction proves the criminal conviction. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (c) The Respondent engaged in conduct unbecoming a teacher under section 63(1) (b) of ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- the Teachers Act and pursuant to the section has the authority to make a finding of conduct ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- unbecoming ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (d) An adverse finding may be made even though the Respondent no longer holds a ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Certificate of Qualification. This is because Subsection 43(2) of the Teachers Act extends ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- the jurisdiction of the Teachers Act to former certificate holders for the purposes of certain ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- disciplinary matters, including conduct unbecoming ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (e) Conduct unbecoming is defined by the jurisprudence – The jurisprudence defines ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- unbecoming a teacher as off-duty conduct that impairs or harms the teacher’s ability to ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-8 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Ibid. at para.67 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-9 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Ibid. para. 13-14 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 7 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- fulfil their professional responsibilities, or where the fact of the conduct would undermine ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- public confidence in the educational system. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (f) The Respondent’s conduct is a serious breach of the Standards. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf: (g) The Respondent’s sexual assault of a minor is conduct unbecoming – By committing ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf: sexual assault on a six-year-old child, the Respondent engaged in behaviour that breached ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- the Standards and constitutes conduct unbecoming in accordance with the jurisprudence. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Onus and Standard of Proof ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[25] The onus is on the Commissioner to prove the conduct and that it constitutes one or more ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-of the adverse findings set out under subsection 63(1) of the Act. The Supreme Court of Canada ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-in FH v McDougall, 2008 SCC 53 (“FH”). In that case, the Supreme Court of Canada wrote at ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-para 49: … in civil cases there is only one standard of proof and that is proof on a balance of ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-probabilities. In all civil cases, the trial judge must scrutinize the relevant evidence with care to ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-determine whether it is more likely than not that an alleged event occurred. The Court also ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-concluded at para 46 that “evidence must always be sufficiently clear, convincing and cogent to ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-satisfy the balance of probabilities test”.10 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[26] This Tribunal is bound to follow the rulings of the Supreme Court of Canada. Therefore, ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-the Commissioner must prove the allegations on a balance of probabilities based on evidence that ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-is sufficiently clear, convincing and cogent. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-ANALYSIS AND DECISION ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-The Certificate of Conviction and Proof of a Criminal Conviction ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[27] A certificate of conviction is admissible as evidence under the Evidence Act to prove that ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-a person was convicted of an offence. Subsections 71(1) and (5) of the Evidence Act are concerned ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-with evidence of previous convictions and their admissibility in subsequent proceedings. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 71 (1) In this section: "conviction" means a conviction ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (a) that is not subject to appeal or further appeal, or ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (b) for which no appeal is taken; [. . . .] ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (5) A certificate containing the substance and effect of the charge and of the conviction or ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- finding of guilt, as the case may be, purporting to be signed by ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-10 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Exhibit 5, Counsel for the Commissioner’s Book of Authorities ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 8 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (a) the officer having custody of the records of the court in which the offender was ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- convicted or found guilty, or ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (b) a person authorized to act for the officer, ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- is, on proof of the identity of a person named in the certificate as the offender, ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- sufficient evidence of the conviction of that person or the finding of guilt against ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- that person, without proof of the signature or of the official position of the person ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- purporting to have signed the certificate. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[28] As noted, a certified Certificate of Conviction is attached as Exhibit A to the Affidavit of ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Stephanie Jackson.11 The Certificate states that Aleksandr Plehanov, born ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:was tried and convicted of sexual assault contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code. Therefore, ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-the conviction of Aleksandr Plehanov is proven. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[29] Section 71(1) (5) also requires that identity be proven. Attached as Exhibit A to Ms. Sam’s ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-affidavit12 is a letter to Aleksandr Vladimovorovich Plehanov enclosing the Citation issued ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-February 13, 2020, TRB File No. from which the rest of this process has flowed. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[30] Attached as Exhibit B to Ms. Sam’s affidavit, is a copy of an email from the Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-to Ms. Boyd, legal counsel for the Legal Services Branch of the Ministry of the Attorney General. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-The email is dated February 20, 2020, three months after the B.C. Court of Appeal dismissed his ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-appeal. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- From: Alex Plehanov ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Sent: Thursday February 20, 2020 3:02pm ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- To: Maureen Boyd ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Subject: Re: Teacher’s license TRB file # ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Hi ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Your attempts to interfere with my appeal process and my teacher certification status will be ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-certainly a nice addition to the complaints I will be forwarding soon. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-I was falsely accused and I have a legal right to fight allegations including going to the Supreme ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Court of Canada. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-11 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Exhibit 3 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-12 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Exhibit 2 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 9 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Status of my teacher certification in not my main concern right now and you could at least let me ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-deal with the courts at the moment. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-By proceeding with the hearing while appeal process is not complete you are giving more ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-credibility my complaint (sic). ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Thank you kindly ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Alex Plehanov. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[31] From the contents of the letter, it is clear that the writer is Aleksandr Plehanov, that he is ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-writing in regard to Teacher’s license TRB file , and that he has been the subject of ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-prosecution and an appeal. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[32] We find that the Respondent is the subject of the Certificate of Conviction and the criminal ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:conviction of sexual assault against a minor is proven. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[33] Section 71(2) of the Evidence Act provides that a conviction in a Canadian court is ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-admissible evidence to prove the person convicted of the offence did in fact commit it. More ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-particularly, section 71(1)(2)(b) provides that “the commission of that offence is relevant to any ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-issue in an action, proof of the conviction or finding of guilt, as the case may be, is admissible in ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-evidence to prove that the person committed the offence, whether or not that person is a party to ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-the action. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- [34] By operation of statute, the Certificate of Conviction of the Respondent is admissible in ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-these proceedings. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:[35] The Respondent was found guilty by a criminal court of sexually assaulting the six-year- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-old child of a friend who had left the child (and two younger ones) momentarily in his care. His ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-appeal from conviction was appealed and dismissed. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[36] Teachers hold positions of trust, confidence, and responsibility. It is on the basis of a ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-teacher’s position of trust and influence that we as a society hold teachers to high standards both ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-on and off duty. This is particularly so as the public entrusts its children, a particularly vulnerable ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-population, to the teaching profession at an early age. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:[37] The sexual assault of a child by a teacher completely undermines the public’s trust in the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-school system. No reasonable person who was informed of the Respondents conduct would ever ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-wish to leave a child in his care. Certainly, no fellow teacher would trust him. Nor would parents ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-and children. The nature of the Respondent’s conduct could erode the public trust in teachers and ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-the school system. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- [38] For the reasons mentioned in the case law and in the Standards, there is no question that ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:the conduct of the Respondent in committing the sexual assault of a child is conduct unbecoming ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-pursuant to s. 63(1) (b) of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 10 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Conduct unbecoming under Subsection 63(1)(b) of the Act ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[39] Pursuant to section 63(1)(b), after a hearing, a panel may determine that an authorized ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-person has been or is guilty of professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming a teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[40] It is the position of the Commissioner that the Respondent is guilty of conduct unbecoming ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-a former certificate holder. Section 43(2) of the Act extends the jurisdiction of the Act for former ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-certificate holders for the purposes of some disciplinary matters including conduct unbecoming. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:[41] The sexual assault which occurred on March 31, 2013, did not occur during the course of ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-the Respondent’s work as a teacher, but rather at a social gathering, when he assaulted his friend’s ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-six-year-old daughter. Nor does the Respondent currently hold a Certificate of Qualification which ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-was cancelled on May 3, 2014, as a result of a Consent Resolution Agreement.13 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[42] The Agreement was entered into as a result of investigations into numerous previous ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-complaints that the Respondent had failed to respect the appropriate physical boundaries with ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Grades 2 and 3 female students, contrary to Standards #1 and #11 of the Standards for the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Education, Competence and Professional conduct of Educators I British Columbia. Despite being ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-disciplined the Respondent’s inappropriate behaviour continued. In the Agreement, the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Respondent agreed that his conduct constituted professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-As a result, he agreed to cancellation of his Certificate of Qualification and his certificate was ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-cancelled on May 3rd, 2014. He further agreed that he would not apply for, nor would the Director ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-of Certification grant him, a Certificate of Qualification, and Independent School Teaching ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Certificate or a Letter of Permission for a period of 3 years from May 5, 2014. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[43] The Respondent has not sought a Certificate since and is therefore a “former authorized ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-person” within the meaning of section 43(2) of the Act. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[44] Section 43(2) of the Teachers Act expressly extends jurisdiction to former authorized ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-persons for the purpose of determining whether the former authorized person has been guilty of ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming a teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[45] The Respondent is therefore subject to the jurisdiction of the panel to determine whether ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:his sexual assault conviction (and the facts contained in the judgments of the courts), constitutes ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-conduct unbecoming within the meaning of section 63(1) (b) ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Conduct Unbecoming ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[46] The Teachers Act does not define conduct unbecoming. However, the topic has been ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-considered many times by courts across the country. Courts have held that off-duty conduct that ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-13 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- Affidavit of Maggie Sam, attached as Exhibit N ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 12 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-reviewing the case law, the court (at paragraph 59) determined that the following factors were ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-relevant in determining whether harm to the educational system could be inferred. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (a) the nature of the conduct at issue; ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (b) the nature of the position; ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (c) whether there is evidence of a pattern of conduct; ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (d) evidence of controversy surrounding the conduct; ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (e) evidence that the private conduct has been made public; and ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- (f) evidence that the private conduct has been linked by the member to the professional ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- status of the member. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Standards of Conduct ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[51] The Respondent’s conduct must be measured against the Standards for the Education, ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, (Fourth Edition, January ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:2012) (the ‘Standards”), which were already in effect before the Respondent’s sexual assault of a ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-minor took place. Teachers conduct must meet the Standards in order to be issued and maintain a ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Certificate. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[52] The Commissioner argues that the Respondent’s behaviour contravened both sections 1 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-and 2 of the Standards. They read as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 1. Educators value the success of all Students. Educators care for students and act in their ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- best interests. Educators have a privileged position of power and trust. Educators are ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- responsible for the physical and emotional safety of students…Educators do not abuse or ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf: exploit students or minors for personal, sexual, ideological, material, or other advantage. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 2. Educators are role models who act ethically and honestly. Educators act with integrity, ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- maintaining the dignity and credibility of the profession. They understand that their ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- individual conduct contributes to the perception of the profession as a whole. Educators ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- are accountable for their conduct while on duty, as well as off duty, where that conduct has ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- an effect on the education system. Educators have an understanding of the education ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- system in BC and the law as it relates to their duties. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:[53] Previous cases involving teachers are clear that sexual assault is conduct unbecoming. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[54] In Ontario College of Teachers v. Cameron, 2008 ONOCT 11, a disciplinary committee ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers was convened. Cameron had recently pleaded guilty to 8 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:separate criminal charges of gross indecency, indecent assault and sexual assault and attempt to ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:have sexual intercourse with minors. All of these offences had taken place thirty years prior. The ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-disciplinary committee found Cameron had failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-highest degree of professional competence to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards of ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- 13 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-the teaching profession and further, that his conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable and ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-unbecoming a member.15 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:[55] In Ontario College of Teachers v Wood, 2012 ONOCT 43, Wood was convicted of sexually ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-assaulting a female adult whilst she was sleeping. Wood was sentenced to prison and a disciplinary ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Panel found that his conduct was unprofessional, disgraceful, dishonourable and conduct ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-unbecoming a member. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[56] In the 1999 B.C. College of Teacher case of Daniel James Sullivan16 the disciplinary ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:hearing panel found that a conviction for sexually assaulting a child constituted a “serious breach ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-of trust” and was conduct unbecoming. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[57] Earlier, in the 1991 case of the BC College of Teachers and Randy Emerson Brodeur,17 the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf:College found that convictions for two counts of sexual assault of a minor committed was conduct ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-unbecoming. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-CONSEQUENCES & COSTS ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-[58] Having found the Respondent guilty of conduct unbecoming under the Teachers Act, this ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-panel is empowered to impose a penalty on the Respondent. The panel asks that counsel for the ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Commissioner and the Respondent advise the Hearing Coordinator of the Professional Conduct ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Unit whether submission on appropriate penalty should be submitted in writing or through an oral ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-hearing. The panel directs that any submissions on costs be submitted in writing. The Hearing ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-Coordinator of the Professional Conduct Unit shall set the deadlines for submissions. ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-15 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- At pages 6-7 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-16 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- BC College of Teachers Discipline Case Summary, Daniel James Sullivan (DOB 1936.09.20) ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf-17 ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- BC College of teachers Discipline Case Summary, Randy Emerson Brodeur (D.O.B.0 56/09/21) ./british-columbia-cases/plehanov_reasons_findings_20210317_redacted.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- Debra Irene Punshon ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- Page 8 of 15 ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-Respondent’s admitted conduct breaches Standards #1 and #2 (there is no allegation that the ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-conduct breaches any of the other Standards). Standards #1 and #2 provide as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- 1. Educators value and care for all students and act in their best interests. ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- Educators are responsible for fostering the emotional, esthetic, intellectual, physical, ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- social and vocational development of students. They are responsible for the emotional ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- and physical safety of students. Educators treat students with respect and dignity. ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- Educators respect the diversity in their classrooms, schools and communities. Educators ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- have a privileged position of power and trust. They respect confidentiality unless ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- disclosure is required by law. Educators do not abuse or exploit students or minors for ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf: personal, sexual, ideological, materials or other advantage. ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- 2. Educators are role models who act ethically and honestly. ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- Educators act with integrity, maintaining the dignity and credibility of the profession. ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- They understand that their individual conduct contributes to the perception of the ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- profession as a whole. Educators are accountable for their conduct while on duty, as well ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- as off duty, where that conduct has an effect on the education system. Educators have an ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- understanding of the education system in BC and the law as it relates to their duties. ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-39. Accordingly, this panel must determine whether the Respondent’s admitted conduct in ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-taking five days unauthorized leave breaches either or both of Standards #1 and #2. ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-40. In addition to determining whether the Respondent’s conduct breached one or both of the ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-two noted Standards, this panel must determine whether the Respondent’s conduct amounts to ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-professional misconduct, such that this panel finds her guilty of professional misconduct under s. ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-63(1)(b) of the Act. ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-41. The Act does not provide a definition of professional misconduct. The Commissioner ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-referred the panel to the Ontario College of Teachers Act Professional Misconduct Regulation, ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-which provides that the definition of professional misconduct under the Ontario College of ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-Teachers Act includes, “an act or omission that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.” 4 ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-42. The Commissioner also pointed to the standard applied by the Law Society of British ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-Columbia in its discipline proceedings, articulated in Law Society of British Columbia v. ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf-4 ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- O.Reg 437/97, section 1(18). ./british-columbia-cases/punshon_reasons_findings_20131218.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- 3 ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- h) a requirement for the director of certification to place limitations and conditions on ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- the certificate of qualification, independent school teaching certificate or letter of ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- permission of the authorized person. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[5] Every case is unique in its own way and the circumstances involved are never identical. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- With that in mind, the Panel has reviewed all material evidence and sought to balance all ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- relevant factors, both aggravating and mitigating, as best as possible and taking into ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- account the law, the evidence, the circumstances involved, the interests of the students, ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- the public, and the Respondent. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- Aggravating Factors ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[6] The misconduct the Respondent has been found guilty of is egregious. In his position as a ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- teacher he exploited the vulnerability of three 15-16 year old female students. He carried ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf: on his sexual activities with them for a lengthy period of time, continuing with one even ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- in the face of this employer’s, Richmond School Board (RSB), disciplinary actions. His ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- liaisons were not secret. He used his popularity and position to attract girls, going so far ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf: as to have sex with one in his school office. As a teacher, role model, chaperone on a ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- school trip, as someone entrusted by the public, the school board, the school, and the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- parents with the care of these young girls, he failed. He used that trust to feed his ego and ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf: for his own sexual gratification. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[7] His conduct is the antithesis of acting in the best interests of his students. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[8] His conduct was unethical and dishonest by any standard. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[9] His conduct satisfied his needs without regard to his students’ growth and developmental ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- needs. The Respondent has never expressed any remorse whatsoever. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[10] The two students who testified, now mature women, stated that they have lived ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- productively, and, to their credit have not let their experiences with the Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- entirely hijack their lives. However, they both made it clear that their memories of those ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- days remain painful and their experiences at the hands of the Respondent did not serve ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- them well as they matured. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[11] The legislation allows for the Panel to consider the effect of misconduct upon a victim; ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- however, that is not to say that something less than a severe effect is a mitigating factor. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[12] Further aggravation is found in offering misleading reasons for leaving RSB on ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- application for employment with Vancouver School Board (VSB) undoubtedly knowing ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- that employment would not have been available had he been truthful. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- 4 ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf:[13] A troubling aspect of this case is that the Respondent’s sexual liaisons were quite public. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf: Student B became the first involved in sexual activity—including intercourse—which ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- occurred aboard ship on a school sponsored Mediterranean cruise. The relationship with ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- the 15 year old student was openly conducted with the obvious knowledge of other ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- teenaged students on the cruise and it continued in and out of school upon their return to ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- British Columbia. In fact, during this period in 1976 the evidence is that many teenaged ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- girls actually vied for his attentions and that he relished that. In two of the three cases on ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- which we have heard evidence, the parents of the girls knew what was going on. Indeed, ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- the parents of Student B were concerned enough to discuss the matter with the police. It ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- is reasonable to conclude that there must have been a degree of soul searching and ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- consideration of the interests of their daughter by the parents before concluding to resist ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- the invitation to endorse criminal charges against the respondent, undoubtedly knowing ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- what would be in store for their daughter in the courts given the state of the laws at that ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- time. One can reasonably expect discussions and dismay surrounding the difficult ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- decisions that had to be made. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[14] The evidence also is clear that at all material times, other teachers knew or suspected ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- what was going on between the Respondent and the teenaged girls under his supervision. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- At least one had in fact confronted the Respondent but with no effect on his misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- We can reasonably expect that teachers who knew spoke to some of their colleagues of ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- those events. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[15] The conduct of the Respondent involving many people would to the reasonable person be ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- an affront to the status and reputation of the profession, the administrators and the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- process to discipline teachers. The panel finds that the Respondent’s public misconduct is ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- highly aggravating. It is reasonable for the Panel to conclude that with so many people ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- aware in one way or another, there must have been talk, gossip, rumour and comment in ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf: and among students, staff and parents about the Respondent’s sexual activities with the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- students. It could not be otherwise. As stated, the actions of the Respondent did not occur ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- in secret they occurred unabashedly in an open, public way. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[16] In his correspondence to counsel for the Commissioner (Ex. 1) in the hearing on ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- consequences, the Respondent states that after he was hired by the VSB his ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- “indiscretions”, as he terms his conduct, were known to some members of VSB ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- management. He states that his “indiscretions” were referred to by some staff members ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- that he met for the first time during an interview in 1984. Further on in his ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- correspondence, he relates that his “indiscretions” arose again a number of times during ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- promotion, assignment discussions, and interviews, but were always dismissed as ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- 5 ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- unimportant according to the Respondent. To the Panel, it is clear, the Respondent had a ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- reputation. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- Mitigation ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[17] Mitigation is a principle applied to reduce the effect of a sanction given the presence of ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- certain factors often variously enumerated. It is impossible to compose a complete list as ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- every case is unique in its own right. However, some major factors have been recognized ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- and may be considered including prompt acceptance of responsibility, extenuating ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- circumstances, offences involving a momentary loss of control, blameless history, extent ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- of consequences already suffered, relevant personal circumstances, justification, ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- provocation, mercy, fairness, and proportionality. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[18] After due consideration in this case, the Panel is unable to find a basis to apply any of the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- common iterations of mitigation. There are two possible mitigating factors in this case ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- that have required careful consideration by the Panel. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[19] One possible mitigating factor in this case is the apparent 40-year period between the date ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- of the first misconduct and this disposition today. Does the elapsed time since the end of ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf: his sexual activities with the students, during which the Respondent has had an ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- apparently successful teaching career, act in mitigation of consequences of his ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- misconduct? ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[20] In assessing this issue the Panel examined the chronology of what has transpired from the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- hearing evidence. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[21] The RSB began its investigation of the Respondent’s activities in August 1976 and then ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- everything seemingly went away. Student B assumed that some form of disciplinary ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- action had taken place. In fact, the Respondent had resigned from the RSB and secured ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- new employment with the VSB effectively circumventing the disciplinary process begun ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- at the RSB. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf-[22] The panel can understand the surprise and dismay of Student B in November 2005 when ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- she saw a photograph of the Respondent in a newspaper taken while participating in a ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- teachers strike action. She had thought he had been disciplined by the RSB and that that ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- period in her life was over and done with. She became distressed discovering that no ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- disciplinary action had taken place at all. Rightly so, she pursued the matter with the VSB ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- where the Respondent was then employed. She made inquiries of the VSB and following ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- that a new investigation was commenced by the VSB and subsequently referred to the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_consequences_20160203.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- 2 ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- of the Citation. The Hearing was held pursuant to the Act and conducted according to the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Commissioner’s Rules made under the Act and began on August 10, 2015. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[3] The Citation and allegations of fact upon which the Commissioner relies were properly ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- served on the Respondent in accordance with section 56(3) of the Act. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-PRELIMINARY MATTERS ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[4] Counsel for the Commissioner requested a limited publication ban with respect to the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- names of three former students involved in the factual underpinnings of this case. After ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- due consideration, it is clear that such a proposed ban would have no impact on the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- fairness of the process or prejudice the Respondent in any way. The Respondent has ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- demonstrated that he knows who they are and thus there can be no surprise or ambush ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- involved with regards to his interests. Moreover, public disclosure of the students’ names ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- together with the personal and undoubtedly distressing facts involved may well unfairly ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- compromise them now and in the future. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[5] Accordingly, and on the basis of section 59 of the Teachers Act and pursuant to ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Commissioner’s Rules 49(i) and (j), the Panel hereby issues a ban on publication of the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- names of the three students identified in the evidence. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[6] The Respondent was duly served with the Notice of Hearing on May 21, 2015. A pre- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- hearing conference was scheduled for June 1 at 4 PM, with notice to the Respondent who ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- did not appear. Furthermore, various dates set for the exchange of documents, summaries ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- of anticipated evidence, and names of witnesses to be called and opening statements were ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- set and communicated to the Respondent. The Respondent remained silent and the dates ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- passed without his appearance or participation. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[7] Upon the opening of this Hearing the Respondent’s name was called to which there was ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- no reply. Counsel advised the panel that previous counsel for the Respondent had ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- withdrawn and been removed from the record and further, that no communication had ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- been received from the Respondent with respect to attending the hearing. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[8] The Panel therefore determined to proceed in his absence pursuant to Section 62 of the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Act. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-ISSUES ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[9] The Citation alleges that as a result of certain conduct detailed in the Schedule attached ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: to the Citation, namely sexual relations with students and the misrepresentation of facts in ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- a job application, the Respondent is guilty of 1) professional misconduct, 2) other ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- conduct unbecoming a member of the college or 3) incompetence under s 63(1)(b) of the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Act. These allegations must be proven on the balance of probabilities. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-EVIDENCE ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[10] The Respondent, although repeatedly informed of the date of the hearing, was not present ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- and presented no witnesses or testimony to the panel. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- 3 ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[11] The Respondent’s professional certification, if not livelihood, is at risk in these ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- proceedings. Clearly with that in mind and in the best interests of justice and fairness to ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- the Respondent, Counsel for the Commissioner has introduced by way of exhibits its ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- complete file with respect to the Respondent which includes both inculpatory and ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- exculpatory statements made by the Respondent and found in the various investigations ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- conducted by the Vancouver School Board (VSB), as well as in his own documents ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- submitted in a different, but related, hearing before the Court of Appeal of British ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Columbia. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[12] That appeal was from an order of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, dated ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- September 16, 2013 (Robertson v. British Columbia (Teachers Act, Commissioner), 2013 ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- BCSC 1699 (CanLII), Vancouver Docket S132270) and is summarized as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[13] “Mr. Robertson applied to have the proceeding stayed on several grounds, including ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: abuse of process by delay. The allegations of sexual misconduct had been reported in ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- 1976 to the body that then had the authority to cancel a teacher’s certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- qualification; however, for unknown reasons, the complaint was not adjudicated. Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Robertson argued that allowing the hearing to proceed was an abuse of process on ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- account of the prejudice attendant to the thirty-five year delay between the time the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- allegations were first made and the citation being issued. The panel did not agree and ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- dismissed his application. Mr. Robertson applied for judicial review.” ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[14] The Respondent’s application was dismissed as was the appeal. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[15] In keeping with the Panel’s duty of fairness, the Respondent’s prior statements, ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- explanations and arguments in his defense have been carefully weighed and assessed by ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- the Panel despite his absence from the hearing. As noted, regardless of whether a ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- respondent participates, the Commissioner must prove every element of the Citation on ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- the balance of probabilities. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[16] The documentary evidence was presented to the Panel by counsel through a number of ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- binders marked as exhibits as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Ex 1: Affidavit of Respondent filed in earlier proceedings in the Supreme Court of British ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Columbia and related to these matters. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Ex 2: Affidavits, investigative reports and other documentation surrounding ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- investigations into the Respondent’s conduct and documents from an earlier proceeding ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and directly related to the events before the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- panel. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Ex 3: Vol. 1 Book of Documents of Teacher Regulation Branch containing extensive ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- correspondence between the parties. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Ex 4: Vol. 2 Book of Documents of Teacher Regulation Branch consisting of additional ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- correspondence between all parties. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Ex 5: "Statement never before asked for!" A document originating from the Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- including various attachments dated April 18 2015. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- 4 ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Ex 6: Email from the Respondent dated August 11 2015, the second day of the Hearing. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[17] Additionally, the Panel heard the evidence of four witnesses in person. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[18] All written materials and a list of witnesses were provided to the Respondent before the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- hearing as required. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-REVIEW OF EVIDENCE ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-I Commissioner’s Evidence ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf:[19] On the first allegation of professional misconduct namely sexual relations with several ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: students: the Respondent denies any sexual relations with students but for one, Student A. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- However, the investigations demonstrate and the witnesses present testified to the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: Respondent’s sexual relations with not only Student A, but also with a second student, ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Student C, and a third student, Student B. Student B could not be located in order to ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- testify at this hearing, however, her name and details of her relations with the Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- arise repeatedly throughout the investigations as well as in the evidence of one witness's ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- oral testimony. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf:[20] Student A testified of her sexual relations with the Respondent beginning on an overseas ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- school trip and continuing for approximately 8 months following. Student C testified and ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: gave evidence of the Respondent’s sexual relations with her. She too was a credible ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- witness directly contradicting the Respondent’s protestations of only one relationship, ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: that with Student A. This witness related that the Respondent had sex with her on his ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- office floor, and fixed the exact date remembering that it was on the night of his birthday. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: As well, she knew at that time that he was also engaging in sexual relations with a third ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- student, Student B. The panel accepts her evidence in that regard. While Student B did ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- not testify, it is clear from the evidence of Students A and C and particularly in the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Respondent’s own statements to the police and during the Cotter Investigation, that he ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: was engaging in sexual activity with her as well. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[21] In light of this evidence, the Panel is unable to give much credence to the Respondent’s ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: constant refrain that he had no sexual relations with any other students but Student A. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[22] With respect to the second allegation of professional misconduct namely that of the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- withholding of information while applying for a new position with a different school ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- board the following evidence was presented. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[23] Ms. Fosbrooke, a former personnel officer responsible for secondary school staffing with ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- the VSB, testified that at the time, 1976-77, she was responsible for receiving, ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- interviewing and processing job applications by teachers for the VSB; that on the day ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- following his resignation from the Richmond School Board (RSB) the Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- attended her offices and submitted a request for employment as a part time teacher with ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- the VSB. The form involved (Exhibit 2, p 161-2) is primitive and basic and the interview ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- short and cursory by today’s standards. However, in both her evidence and the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Respondent's statements he was asked why he had left the RSB to which, according to ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Ms. Fosbrooke, he responded "difficult staff—cliques apparently" and "a change was ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- due" all of which Ms. Fosbrooke recorded on the form concerned. These proffered ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- 5 ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- reasons have been quoted consistently in every statement she has made throughout the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- investigations. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[24] When investigations of his conduct began, the Respondent stated repeatedly that he ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- advised Ms. Fosbrooke that he had been involved in "indiscretions”, a murder ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- investigation, and that he had hidden nothing from her. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[25] Ms. Fosbrooke presented as a business-like and competent woman, well aware of the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- duties of her position as a Personnel Officer for the VSB. In that position she kept a ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- running record of the Respondent's time with the VSB, writing notes on the same ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- admission form from time to time. (Exhibit 2, p 161-2) In response to questions by ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Counsel, she testified firmly and without hesitation that if the Respondent had even so ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: much as alluded to “indiscretions “ or referred in any way, directly or indirectly, to sexual ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- relations with students, she would have "thanked him for his application and sent him out ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- the door". Or, more colourfully in a statement given to VSB investigators in the Cotter ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Report, "Had I known, I wouldn't have touched him with a 10' pole." ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-II The Respondent's Evidence ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[26] Throughout the exhibit documents that contain investigative interviews with the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Respondent, and in his own "Statement never before asked for!" the Respondent did not ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: deny the sexual relations with Student A but termed it a “Boyfriend- Girlfriend” ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: relationship. The other alleged sexual relations with students were repeatedly denied. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- However the panel notes that the Respondent admitted to police officers during an ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: interview that he in fact had had sexual relations with Student B – a statement he later ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- retracted while being interviewed by an investigator, Mr. William Cotter. (Cotter Report, ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: exhibit 2 p 33). We find that his denials of being involved in sexual relations with more ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- than one student are incompatible with the testimony of Student A and Student C, two of ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- the students actually involved, and are not persuasive given their evidence before us. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[27] The Respondent repeatedly emphasized that at all the times in question he was a severe ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- alcoholic and a drug user and often blacked out or was otherwise unaware of what was ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- happening about him when with students because of his alcohol consumption. He stated ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: more than once that essentially he was a victim of sexual aggression by teenage girls ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- usually while incapacitated by alcohol or drugs. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[28] The problem for the Respondent with respect to this approach is found in the extensive ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Cotter Investigation as well as in the professional and personal references filed by the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Respondent himself in which there is not a scintilla of independent evidence or the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- least suggestion that alcohol or drugs were an issue in his life while he was employed ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- by the RSB, the time in question. The praise he received from various colleagues as a ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- successful, dynamic teacher, supplied in his own filings – Exhibit 5 - seems somewhat at ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- odds with the condition he claims to have been in at the time – an alcoholic and a drug ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- user. Moreover, the two former students who testified before us seemed surprised when ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- asked if he drank a lot and denied the same. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[29] Almost all of the other protestations advanced by the Respondent throughout the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- investigations are essentially irrelevant to and do not address the fundamental issue on ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- 6 ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: the first allegation: Was he involved in sexual relations with three students? They are ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- arguments of justification, non-responsibility due to alcohol abuse, descriptions of his ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- relations with a 15 year old student as boyfriend/girlfriend, self-serving in claiming that ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: different sexual standards applied at the time, and blaming the girls involved particularly ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: in stating, “I’m a victim of a psycho-sexual predator,” and further non-responsibility by ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- advancing that he has subsequently atoned for his conduct through other unrelated ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- actions. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[30] With respect to the alleged misrepresentation, the Panel finds Ms. Fosbrooke to be ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- credible and her evidence solid; it is reasonable and rings true and is confirmed in the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- exhibits' documentation. It is clear to the Panel that she was not told anything by the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Respondent about his prior conduct that had led to his resignation from the RSB. Where ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- conflicts arise between the Respondent’s statements and that of Ms. Fosbrooke, her ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- evidence is believed. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[31] The Panel notes that throughout the hearing, all of the Commissioner’s witnesses' ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- evidence, the written exhibits and recorded statements in evidence are both internally ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- consistent and consistent with that of others. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[32] On the second day of the hearing, the Panel was presented with an email from the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Respondent (using the same email address that has been consistently used by him ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- throughout all these proceedings) asking that certain questions be put to the witnesses ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Ms. Fosbrooke and Student C. The witnesses in fact had covered both areas raised by the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Respondent in their examinations-in-chief by Counsel and their answers do not assist his ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- case in any way. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[33] After careful consideration, hearing the witnesses, examining all the exhibits, weighing of ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- all the evidence and discounting irrelevancies, the Panel concludes and finds that the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: Respondent had sexual relations with three young female students while employed by the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: RSB as a teacher and that sexual relations with Student A continued after he was ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- employed by the VSB. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[34] The Panel finds that when applying for a position with the VSB, the Respondent withheld ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- the truth surrounding his resignation from the RSB thus misrepresenting himself to ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- procure employment with the VSB. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[35] The Panel is unable to place any faith in or give any credence to the Respondent’s various ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- statements and arguments as to his conduct at the time. They are simply not credible on ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- the issues before us. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-DECISION ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[36] Having determined the facts of the Respondent’s conduct we must now consider the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Standards for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- British Columbia, 4th Edition January 2012 (The Standards) as they apply to the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Respondent’s conduct and determine if the proven conduct constitutes professional ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- 7 ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- misconduct, conduct unbecoming a teacher or incompetence pursuant to s 63(1) of the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Act. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[37] The Standards include that: 1) Educators value and care for all students and act in their ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- best interests, and 2) Educators are role models who act ethically and honestly. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf:[38] The Panel states the obvious: sexual relations between a teacher and a student are prima ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- facie conduct unbecoming and professional misconduct. There can be no mitigating ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- factors, no reasons, no excuse, and no rationalizations. This kind of conduct attacks the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- very core of the Standards as well as societal and community values. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[39] The Standards also set out that teachers are to be role models who act with integrity and ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- represent the values and norms of society, and that they understand that their conduct ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- contributes to the perception of the profession as a whole. The evidence is clear that more ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- than the three students were affected, directly or indirectly, by his conduct. The ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Respondent’s behaviour was the antithesis of a role model contemplated by the Standards ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf: as the knowledge of his sexual relations with these students was known or suspected by ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- some other teachers, some parents and many students all of which constitute the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- community at large. His conduct constitutes a breach of Standard 2, as described, "that a ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- teacher behaves according to societal values and models." The Respondent was unethical, ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- and with respect to the three students involved he abandoned his professional duty to ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- value and care for them and act in their best interests. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[40] In order to gain an advantage, new employment, the Respondent was dishonest in ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- deliberately misleading the VSB when applying for a position with them. As an educated ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- man, knowing that an investigation at the RSB was implicitly condemning his conduct ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- there, having resigned for those very same reasons the day before, there can be no ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- question that he knew that if the truth had been offered to Ms. Fosbrooke he would not ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- have been hired by the VSB. Thus the obfuscation about needing a change and alleged ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- staff issues were offered as reasons for leaving the RSB. The Panel also concludes that to ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- knowingly and deliberately withhold relevant and important information when applying ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- for a position within the school system is misleading and is contrary to the words and ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- intent of the Standards and constitutes Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[41] In accordance with section 63(1) (b) of the Act the Panel concludes that in all, by the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- Respondent’s proven conduct, both allegations of professional misconduct are made out. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[42] Having determined guilt in that regard, it is unnecessary for the Panel to rule on the ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- additional allegations of conduct unbecoming a teacher or incompetence. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-PUBLICATION ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf-[43] These reasons will be made public in accordance with section 66 of the Teachers Act ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- unless an application is made to the panel under section 66(4) for non-publication or ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- publication of a summary. If either party intends to make an application under section ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- 66(4) regarding publication, they should either submit their written submissions, or ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- provide written notice of their intent to make such an application, to the hearing ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- coordinator by November 16, 2015. ./british-columbia-cases/robertson_reasons_findings_20151102.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf-a. David Bruce Aitchison ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf-b. Professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf-c. The hearing was held November 9, 10 and 12, 2009, at the College’s offices in Vancouver, ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- British Columbia. The hearing reconvened on June 11, 2010 to consider penalty, costs ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- and publication. This matter originated as a report under section 16(1) of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf-d. Mr. Aitchison was employed as a teacher-on-call (TOC) at a secondary school in ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- February 2007 when the incidents took place. He was found to have engaged in an ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- inappropriate conversation with a student that included swearing and comments of a ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf: sexual nature. In addition, he rubbed the arm of another student in a manner that was ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- inappropriate. ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf-e. The Hearing Sub-Committee (the “Committee”) was unanimous in its decision that Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- Aitchison engaged in an inappropriate conversation with a student that included ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf: swearing and comments of a sexual nature. In addition, the Committee found that while ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- the touching did not include more than Mr. Aitchison rubbing the arm of a student, it was ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- seen by the Committee to be of a nature that is too personal and familiar for the ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- professional student-teacher relationship. The Committee concluded from the facts that ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- the conduct outlined in the citation constituted professional misconduct because Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- Aitchison’s actions breached Standards 1 and 2 of the College’s Standards for the ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia. ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- Standard 1: Educators value and care for all students and act in their best interests. The ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- Committee found that Mr. Aitchison’s conversation with a student that included ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf: comments about his marriage, his wife being an alcoholic and a number of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- matters was inappropriate in that it clearly showed that the student was treated with no ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- regard for her respect and dignity. Standard 2: Educators are role models who act ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- ethically and honestly. The Committee found that the physical contact that Mr. Aitchison ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- had with the student was inappropriate in that it compromised the emotional and ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- physical safety of the student. Teachers and especially experienced TOCs such as Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- Aitchison need to be aware of and respectful of students’ personal boundaries during ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- their interactions with them. The teaching community would regard Mr. Aitchison’s ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- comments and conduct as unprofessional as these actions would result in students ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- feeling uncomfortable and unsafe. ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf-f. The Committee unanimously determined that the appropriate penalty in this case is that ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- Mr. Aitchison’s certificate of qualification be suspended for a period of seven consecutive ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- instructional days during the first semester of the 2010-2011 school year. In addition, the ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- Committee ordered that Mr. Aitchison attend a Professional Boundaries workshop and ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- provide the College with proof of completion of the workshop prior to returning to work. ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- With respect to publication, the Committee ordered that Mr. Aitchison’s name, along ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- with a case summary of the Committee’s findings, be published. In the matter of costs, ./british-columbia-cases/sep08_10_aitchison.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf-a. A Respondent A-09-06 (Certificate Issued: 1991.06.03) ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf-b. Conduct unbecoming a member of the College. ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf-c. The hearing was held on September 13-17, 2004, at the College's offices in Vancouver, B.C. and ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- in Prince Rupert, B.C. on May 16-20, 2005. The final phase of the hearing was held on ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- September 20, 2006, at the College's offices. This matter originated as a report under section 16 ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf-d. The Hearing Sub-Committee (the "Committee") found that the Respondent, between 1977 and ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf: 1983, engaged in inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature with the complainant who was ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- occasionally his student and who later became his stepdaughter. The inappropriate conduct ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf: included sexual touching and/or removing part of her clothing. The Committee found that there ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- was insufficient proof that the Respondent engaged in inappropriate conduct with a friend of the ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- complainant. ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf-e. The Committee was unanimous in its decision that the Respondent exhibited behaviour towards ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- the complainant which constituted conduct unbecoming a member of the College. Upon ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- reviewing the evidence, the Committee found the complainant's testimony reliable, consistent and ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- unshaken by cross-examination. ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- With respect to the complainant's friend, the Committee was also unanimous in its decision that ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- the allegations against the Respondent were unfounded, given the lack of corroborated evidence ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- and inconsistent and unclear testimony. ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- Although the Committee found that the Respondent was a responsive and intelligent witness, they ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- agreed that his testimony lacked consistency which led them to question the credibility and ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- reliability of the Respondent's evidence. ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf-f. The Committee considered the submissions presented by counsel on penalty, publication and ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- costs. It was unanimously decided that the Respondent's certificate be suspended for an 18 month ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- period commencing the date of the Committee's decision on verdict. The Committee ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- acknowledged the nature and gravity of the offence and the adverse impact that it has had on the ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- complainant, however, it determined that the penalty of cancellation should be reserved for the ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- more serious offences. The Committee believes that a suspension is sufficient to maintain public ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- confidence in the teaching profession and to act as a persuasive deterrent to other teachers. ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- Further, the Committee unanimously agreed that a nominal sum be assessed to the Respondent ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- due to an adverse finding and that the Respondent's name not be made public so as to protect the ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- identity of the victim. ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf-g. The Respondent appealed the decision on verdict and penalty on October 20, 2006, to the British ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- Columbia Supreme Court. On August 11, 2008, the Respondent filed Notice of Abandonment of ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- Appeal. ./british-columbia-cases/sep13_04_respa0906.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf-a. Donald Domenic Daloise (DOB 1942.07.02) ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf-c. The hearing was held on 1996.07.15. The report and recommendations of the hearing ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- panel were presented to Council on September 26, 1996. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Donald Domenic Daloise had engaged in inappropriate and ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf: sexual relations with female students. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined that Donald Domenic Daloise was guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- misconduct in that he pled guilty to and was convicted of being a person in a position of ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf: trust or authority towards a young person, who did, for a sexual purpose, touch, directly ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- or indirectly, with a part of his body, the body of X a female student contrary to Section ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- The panel felt members of the profession should be aware of the opinion of Mr. Justice ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- Seaton in R. v. Dagg cited in Proceedings at Reasons for Sentence in the case R. v ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf: Donald Domenic Daloise regarding sexual relations with students. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- “The onus is on the teacher, not the student, and the teacher must know that if he is ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- unsuccessful in avoiding the situation, that a jail sentence will be a consequence.” ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf-f. The panel recommended that Donald Domenic Daloise’s certificate of qualification be ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- cancelled and his membership terminated. Donald Domenic Daloise consented to this ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- recommendation. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dddaloise.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf-a. Donald Lloyd McLaren (DOB: 1939.07.22) ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf-c. The hearing was held 1996.08.15. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- were presented to Council on September 26, 1996. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf-d. The citation alleged that the respondent, while the principal of the school at which X was ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf: a pupil and while acting as foster parent of X, did for a sexual purpose, touch directly the ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- body of X. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined that Donald Lloyd McLaren had pleaded guilty to and was ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf: convicted of sexual exploitation of X contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code of ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- Canada. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf: The sexual exploitation of X, a fifteen year old male student, continued at frequent ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- intervals over a ten month period. The exploitation generally consisted of ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf: simulated sexual intercourse until Donald Lloyd McLaren ejaculated. X believed that he ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- could not tell anyone because of how his family would react and then he would have ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- nowhere else to go. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- The panel considered that this relationship constituted a serious breach of the trust placed ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- on members of the profession and found Donald Lloyd McLaren guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- The panel recommended that Donald Lloyd McLaren’s certificate of qualification be ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- cancelled and his membership terminated. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf-f. The Council of the College of Teachers cancelled Donald Lloyd McLaren’s certificate of ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- qualification and terminated his membership. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_dlmclaren.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf-a. Kurt Maximilian Hueftlein (DOB: 1931.05.01) ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf-b. Professional Misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf-c. The hearing was held 1996.08.16. The report and recommendations of the hearing panel ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- were presented to Council on September 26, 1996. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf-d. The citation alleged that Kurt Maximilian Hueftlein, while employed as a teacher in ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- School District No.44 (North Vancouver) and being a person in a position of trust or ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf: authority towards a young person, did, for a sexual purpose, touch, directly or indirectly, ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- with a part of the body or with an object, the body of a young person, contrary to Section ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- 153 of the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf-e. The hearing panel determined that Kurt Maximilian Hueftlein was guilty of professional ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- misconduct. The panel finds that Kurt Maximilian Hueftlein’s conviction under Section ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- 153 of the Criminal Code is sufficient to conclude that he violated the position of trust ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- that should exist between the teacher and the student. The panel also believes that Mr ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- Hueftlein’s behaviour indicates that he did not recognize the power position he held in ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- the pupil-teacher relationship and, deliberately or not took advantage of this power. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- The panel recommended that Kurt Maximilian Hueftlein’s certificate of qualification be ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- cancelled. This penalty is deemed appropriate as there is a need for members of the ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf: College to recognize the inability of young women to give informed consent to sexual ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- activity with a teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf-f. The Council of the College of Teachers cancelled Kurt Maximilian Hueftlein’s certificate ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- of qualification. (Note: Mr. Hueftlein resigned his membership in the College in ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- February 1996.) ./british-columbia-cases/sep26_96_kmhueftlein.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf- Sunter, Daniel Anderson ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standards 1 and 2. During the ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf- summer of 2007, Mr. Sunter initiated a friendship through e-mail with a former student of his, who was then 17 years ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf- old, and they continued to correspond by e-mail for several months. Their correspondence became increasingly ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf: sexually suggestive and they eventually made a plan to meet at a hotel for the purpose of having sex. In January 2008, ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf: they met as pre-arranged and had consensual sex. After a teaching assistant became aware of the incident and reported ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf: it to authorities, Mr. Sunter pled guilty to sexual exploitation under section 153 of the Criminal Code of Canada. On ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf- June 17, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf- Mr. Sunter agreed not to reapply for admission to the College for a period of no less than 10 years. Mr. Sunter’s ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf- College certificate of qualification was cancelled on November 1, 2010 for non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Sunter,%20Daniel%20Anderson.txt[2014-09-26 9:26:42 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/sunter,-daniel-anderson.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf-student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf-1. The Teacher held a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf-2. In November 2013, the Teacher’s certificate of qualification was cancelled for non- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf-3. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a high school teacher at a school in ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- British Columbia (the “School”). ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf-4. In June 2012, the Commissioner received a report about the Teacher from a District ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- Superintendent under s.16 of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf-5. In July 2012, the Teacher signed an undertaking not to teach in any position requiring a ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- certificate of qualification, independent school teaching certificate or letter of permission. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf-6. The following events occurred: ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf: a. In July 2006, the Teacher began a sexual relationship with Student A who had ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- graduated from the School in June 2006. The Teacher sent Student A numerous ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- inappropriate emails, and served her alcohol and bought her cigarettes even though ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- she was underage. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- b. In July 2007, the Teacher sent Student B a number of emails which were overly ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- familiar and at times inappropriate. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ab-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf-student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf-1. The Teacher held a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification, which was cancelled on ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- November 1, 2020 for non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf-2. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a secondary school teacher by a ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- school district at a school. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf-3. In November 2019, the Commissioner received a report about the Teacher from a District ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- Superintendent under section 16 of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf-4. In 2019, the Teacher entered into an inappropriate relationship with a Student, whom he ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- taught in grade eight and again in grade twelve. In late June during the school year, the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- Teacher made a physical and romantic gesture towards the Student. Within days of the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf: Student graduating, the Teacher commenced a sexual relationship with the Student. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf-5. In , the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the Commissioner in ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- which the Teacher agreed that his conduct described in paragraph 4 constitutes ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- professional misconduct and is contrary to Standards #1 and #2 of the Standards for the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- Fourth Edition, January 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf-6. The Teacher agreed that for a period of 20 years, he would not apply for, and the Director ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- of Certification would be required not to issue to him, a certificate of qualification, an ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- independent school teaching certificate or other authorization to teach, under section 64(g) ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf-7. In determining that a ban on reapplication for 20 years is an appropriate consequence, the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- Commissioner considered the following factors: ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- a. the Teacher’s conduct was a serious breach of his position of power and trust as a ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- teacher; and ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- a. he exploited the student-teacher relationship he had with Student by commencing the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf: sexual and romantic relationship within days of graduation. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- Page 2 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ac-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-1. The Teacher held a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-2. The Teacher’s certificate of qualification was cancelled on November 1, 2016 due to non- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-3. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a high school teacher at a District ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- school in British Columbia. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-Case 02 ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-4. In November 2015, the Commissioner initiated an investigation under s. 47(1)(b) of the ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf: Teachers Act after learning that the Teacher had been charged with sexual assault and ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf: sexual interference of a person under the age of 16. This is designated Case 02. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-5. In December 2015, the Teacher signed an undertaking not to teach in any role which ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- required a certificate of qualification, independent school teaching certificate or letter of ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- permission. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-6. The following events occurred: ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf: a. In 2015, the Teacher was charged with one count of sexual assault contrary to section ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf: 271 of the Criminal Code and one count of sexual interference of a person under the ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- age of 16, contrary to section 251 of the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf: b. In 2017, the Teacher pleaded guilty to the charge of sexual interference of a person ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- under the age of 16, contrary to section 251 of the Criminal Code. On November 14, ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- 2017, the Teacher was sentenced. The sentence imposed is under appeal before the ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- British Columbia Court of Appeal. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- c. The criminal proceedings are subject to a court-ordered publication ban under section ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-7. In 2015, the Teacher resigned from the District. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-Case 03 ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-8. In December 2015, the Commissioner initiated an investigation under s. 47(1)(b) of the ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- Teachers Act after learning that the Teacher may have engaged in boundaries violations ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- with a female student in the District. This has been designated Case 03. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-9. The following events occurred: ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- a. In 2010, the Teacher initiated contact with a female high school student whom he ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- taught (Student A). The Teacher exchanged several inappropriate messages with ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- Student A over a two-year period. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-10. The District had previously suspended the Teacher as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- a. The Teacher was suspended without pay for 6 months after he engaged in an ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- inappropriate friendship with another female student (Student B). ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-11. On May 9, 2017, the Commissioner combined Case 02 and Case 03. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-12. On , the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- Commissioner in which the Teacher agreed that his conduct described in paragraphs 6 and ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- 9 above constitutes professional misconduct and is contrary to Standard #1 of the ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- Standards for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- British Columbia, Fourth Edition, January 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf-13. The Teacher agreed that he would never again apply for, and that the Director of ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- Certification would be required under section 64(g) of the Teachers Act never to issue to ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- him, a certification of qualification, an independent school teaching certificate or a letter of ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- permission. ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- Page 2 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-af-2018.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION AGREEMENT ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf-students who were harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf-1. The Teacher was issued a Professional Certificate of Qualification in 1999. He was ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- employed as a high school teacher at a school in a school district in British Columbia. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf:2. The Teacher entered into an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with an 18 year ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- old former student (“Student A”), shortly after Student A graduated. The Teacher had ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- taught Student A for two years. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf-3. Subsequently, the Teacher entered into an inappropriate personal relationship with a ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- 17 year old grade 12 student (“Student B”), who was in one of the classes he taught. Weeks ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf: after Student B graduated, the Teacher gave Student B alcohol and initiated a sexual ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- relationship with Student B. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf-4. In 2020, the Commissioner entered into a consent resolution agreement, in which the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- Teacher agreed that his conduct described above constitutes professional misconduct and is ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- contrary to Standards #1 and #2 of the Standards for the Education, Competence and ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, Fourth Edition, January 2012. The ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- Teacher agreed to a cancellation of his certificate of qualification and that for a period of ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- 15 years he would not apply for, and that the Director of Certification would be required ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- under section 64(g) of the Teachers Act not to issue to him, a certificate of qualification, an ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- independent school teaching certificate, or a letter of permission. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf-5. In determining that a cancellation is an appropriate consequence, the Commissioner ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- considered the following factors: ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- a. the Teacher’s conduct involved serious boundary violations with two students at two ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ag-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf-student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf-1. The Teacher held a teaching certificate in British Columbia from 2016 until November 1, ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- 2018, when it was cancelled for non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf-2. The Teacher was employed by a school district in B.C. (the “District”) at a District school ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- (the “School”). ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf-3. On November 11, 2016, the Teacher resigned from the District effective November 30, ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- 2016. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf-4. On November 18, 2016, the District made a report to the Commissioner regarding the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- Teacher under section 16 of the Teachers Act. This has been designated Matter 1. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf-5. On December 26, 2016, the Teacher signed an undertaking not to teach in any role which ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- required a certificate of qualification, independent school teaching certificate or letter of ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- permission. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf-6. On May 8, 2017, the Commissioner initiated an investigation under s.47(1)(b) of the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf: Teachers Act after learning that the Teacher had been charged with two counts of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf: assault contrary to s.271 of the Criminal Code and two counts of sexual exploitation ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- contrary to s.153 of the Criminal Code. This has been designated Matter 2. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf-7. On May 16, 2017, the Commissioner combined Matter 1 and Matter 2. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf-8. In 2016, while teaching at the School, the Teacher attended parties with students at the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- School and was photographed drinking alcohol with them. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf:9. In 2016, the Teacher exchanged inappropriate and sexualized text messages with a 17-year ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- old student at the School (“Student A”). ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf:10. In 2016, the Teacher began a sexual relationship with Student A. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf:11. On February 28, 2018, the Teacher was convicted of one charge of sexual exploitation of a ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- young person under the age of 18, contrary to s.153 of the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf-12. On March 28, 2019, the Teacher was sentenced. The Teacher received a 15-month ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- conditional sentence, two years’ probation, and registration on the National Sex Offender ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- Registry for a period of 10 years. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf-13. On , the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- Commissioner in which the Teacher agreed that their conduct described in paragraphs 8, 9 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- and 10 above constitutes professional misconduct and is contrary to Standard #1 of the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- Standards for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- British Columbia, Fourth Edition, January 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf-14. The Teacher agreed that they would never again apply for, and that the Director of ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- Certification would be required under section 64(g) of the Teachers Act never to issue to ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- them, a certificate of qualification, an independent school teaching certificate or a letter of ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- permission. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf-15. In determining that a lifetime ban on reapplication is an appropriate consequence, the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- Commissioner considered the following factors: ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf: a. the Teacher engaged in criminal misconduct involving a serious sexual exploitation ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- of a student; and ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- b. there was a pattern of boundary violations in addition to the most serious violation ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- which led to the criminal conviction. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- Page 2 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ah-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf-student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf-1. The Teacher held a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification which was cancelled in ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- 2016 due to non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf-2. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as an elementary school teacher in British ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- Columbia. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf-3. In November 2015, a school principal made a report to the Commissioner about the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- Teacher under s.7 of the Independent Schools Act. This is designated Case 01. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf-4. In late November 2015, the Commissioner initiated an investigation into the Teacher’s ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf: conduct after learning that the Teacher had been charged with one count of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf: interference of a person under 16, one count of sexual exploitation and one count of sexual ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- assault. This is designated Case 02. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf-5. In July 2016, the Commissioner suspended the Teacher’s certificate of qualification under ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- s.50 of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf-6. The following events occurred: ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- a. In November 2015, the Teachers was charged with: ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf: i. one count of sexual interference of a person under the age of 16, contrary to ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- section 151 of the Criminal Code (“Count 1”); ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf: ii. one count of sexual exploitation of a young person under the age of 18, ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- contrary to section 153 of the Criminal Code (“Count 2”); and ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf: iii. and one count of sexual assault, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- Code (“Count 3”). ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- b. In July 2016, the Teacher pleaded guilty to Count 2 and Count 3. At this time, Count ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- 1 was stayed. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- c. In December 2016, the Teacher was sentenced to 18 months in prison and two years ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- of probation on conditions in relation to Count 2. At this time, Count 3 was also ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- stayed. The Court also ordered the Teacher to comply with the Sexual Offender ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- Information Registration Act for a period of 20 years. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- d. The criminal proceedings are subject to a court-ordered publication ban under section ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf-7. In November 2015, the Teacher resigned from the school at which he had been teaching. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf-8. On , the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- Commissioner in which the Teacher agreed that his conduct described in paragraph 6 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- above constitutes professional misconduct and is contrary to Standard #1 of the Standards ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- Columbia, Fourth Edition, January 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf-9. The Teacher agreed that he would never again apply for, and that the Director of ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- Certification will never again issue to him, a certification of qualification, and independent ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- school teaching certificate or a letter of permission. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- Page 2 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ai-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf-student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf-1. The Teacher holds a Professional Certificate of Qualification issued by the Director of ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- Certification under the Teachers Act on July 8, 2015 and valid from July 8, 2015. ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf-2. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a high school teacher by a school ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- district in British Columbia (the “District”). ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf-3. On November 2, 2016, the District made a report to the Commissioner regarding the ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- Teacher under section 16 of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf-4. Between August and September 2016, the Teacher engaged in highly inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- communications with a Grade 11 student using Facebook messenger and text messaging. ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- The conversations occurred late at night and were frequently intimate in nature. The ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf: comments the Teacher made included a sexual reference, comments about Student A’s ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- personal appearance, and heart emojis. ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf-5. On October 31, 2016, the District issued the Teacher a letter of discipline and suspended ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- him without pay for one month. ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf-6. On , the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- Commissioner in which the Teacher agreed that his conduct described in paragraph 4 ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- above constitutes professional misconduct and is contrary to Standard #1 of the Standards ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- Columbia, Fourth Edition, January 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-al-2017.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- supplied alcohol to the student, who to his knowledge was a minor, before engaging in ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf: sexual activity with the student. The Teacher exploited the student for his sexual ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- advantage. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf-7. Effective April 30, 2017, the Teacher resigned from the District. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf-8. On February20, 2019, the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- Commissioner in which the Teacher agreed that his conduct described in paragraphs 5 and ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- 6 constitutes professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming and is contrary to ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- Standards #1 and #2 of the Standards/or the Education, Competence and Professional ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, Fourth Edition, January 2012. · ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf-9. The Teacher agreed to a cancellation of his certificate of qualification under sections 53 ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- and 64(e) of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf-10. In addition, the Teacher agreed that he will not apply for, and understands the Director of ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- Certification (the "Director") will be required under section 64(g) of the Teachers Act not ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- to issue to him, a certificate of qualification, an independent school teaching certificate or a ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- letter of permission for a period of five years. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- Page 2 of2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf-#OSRMOUZF0D7HJTvl ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION AGREEMENT ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect students who were ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf-harmed, abused or exploited by the Teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf-1. The Teacher held a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification that was issued by the ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- Director of Certification (the “Director”) under the Teachers Act on September 9, 2016. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- His certificate was cancelled on November 1, 2019 for non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf-2. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a secondary school teacher by a school ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- district (the “District”). ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf-3. In 2016 and 2017, the Teacher often engaged in inappropriate physical contact with ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- students, such as touching their hands, shoulders, elbows, backs, knees and legs. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf-4. In August 2017, the Teacher gave alcohol to a former student who had graduated in June ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf: and engaged in sexual activity with the student (the “Student”). The Teacher had taught the ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- student in Grade 12. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf-5. When the District interviewed the Teacher about the matter in paragraph 4, the Teacher ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- was initially dishonest. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf-6. On January 31, 2019, the District disciplined the Teacher by terminating his employment ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- for cause, after it had suspended the Teacher under section 15(5) of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf-7. On January 31, 2019, the District made a report to the Commissioner regarding the ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- Teacher, under section 16 of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf-8. On March 3, 2019, the Teacher gave a written undertaking to the Commissioner not to ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- teach in any role or position requiring authorization under the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-bb-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION AGREEMENT ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf-students who were harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf-1. The Teacher holds a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification, No. , issued ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- by the Director of Certification (the ‘Director”) under the Teachers Act on September 4, ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- 2014, and is valid from September 4, 2014. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf-2. On March 28, 2020, the Teacher signed an undertaking not to teach in any position ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- requiring a certificate of qualification, independent school teaching certificate or letter of ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- permission. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf-3. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a high school teacher by a school ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- district in British Columbia (the “District”) at a District school (the “School”). ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf-4. On December 10, 2019, the District made a report to the Commissioner regarding the ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- Teacher, under section 16 of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf-5. The following events occurred: ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- a. Student A had been the Teacher’s student in Grades 10, 11 and 12. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- b. During Student A’s Grade 12 year, Student A spent a significant amount of time with ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- the Teacher at the School and also spent time with the Teacher outside of School ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- hours. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- c. Student A graduated from the School in June. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf: d. The Teacher began a sexual relationship with Student A in September. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-bg-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf-This summary is published anonymously under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf-identity of a student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf-1. The Teacher held a Professional Certificate of Qualification and was employed as a high ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- school teacher at a school in a school district in British Columbia. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf:2. The Teacher entered into an inappropriate intimate and sexual relationship with an ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- eighteen year old student (the “Student”), approximately six weeks after the Student ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- graduated: ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- a. The relationship arose directly out of the teacher-student relationship, which spanned ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- four years from Grades 9 to 12. Over this four year period, the Student regularly and ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- consistently spent time with Teacher, including time alone at the School. The Student ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- talked to the Teacher about personal matters. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- b. The Teacher was aware that the Student had a crush on him while the Student was in ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- high school. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- c. When the Student was in Grade 11, there was an incident in which the Teacher had a ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf: physical contact with the Student which was of a sexually suggestive nature. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- d. In early August, the Student contacted the Teacher. They met a few times in August. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- The Teacher told the Student that he loved the Student and the Teacher initiated ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf: sexual activity. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf-3. In 2019, the Commissioner entered into a consent resolution agreement, in which the ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- Teacher agreed that his conduct described in paragraph 2 above constitutes professional ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- misconduct and is contrary to Standards #1 and #2 of the Standards for the Education, ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, Fourth Edition, ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- January 2012. The Teacher agreed to a cancellation of his certificate of qualification and ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- that for a period of ten years he would not apply for, and that the Director of Certification ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- would be required under section 64(g) of the Teachers Act not to issue to him, a certificate ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- of qualification, an independent school teaching certificate, or a letter of permission. ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- Page 1 of 1 ./british-columbia-cases/t-bj-2019.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION AGREEMENT ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf-students who were harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf-1. The Teacher holds a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification, No. . It was ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- issued by the B.C. College of Teachers under the Teaching Profession Act in 1988 and was ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- continued under the Teachers Act as of January 9, 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf-2. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a high school teacher by a school in a ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- school district (the “District”). ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf-3. Over several years, the Teacher failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- students, when he: ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- a. communicated with students using social media about personal matters, including ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf: making comments to students of a sexual nature; ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- b. gave inappropriate personal gifts to students; and ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- c. spent time alone with students doing one-on-one activities, such as exercising with ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- the student or playing sports. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf-4. Further, the Teacher was not honest during the District’s investigation and during the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- Commissioner’s investigation. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf-5. In June 2018, the District made a report to the Commissioner regarding the Teacher, under ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- section 16 of the School Act, after the District suspended the Teacher without pay for eight ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- weeks. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ca-2021.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf-student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf-1. The Teacher held a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf-2. On November 1, 2019, the Teacher’s certificate was cancelled for non-payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf-3. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a high school teacher at a B.C. public ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- school (the “School”). ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf-4. In August 2018, the Commissioner received a report about the Teacher from a District ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- Superintendent under s.16 of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf-5. Student A was in Grade 12 and was a student in the Teacher’s class. Student A would ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- often be in the Teacher’s classroom during breaks and before and after class. The ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- Teacher was also Student A’s official mentor, and assisted Student A with schoolwork ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- and university applications. Shortly after Student A graduated from the School, the ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf: Teacher began a relationship with Student A which later became sexual in nature. ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf-6. In 2020, the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the Commissioner ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- in which the Teacher agreed that their conduct described in paragraph 5 above constitutes ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- professional misconduct and is contrary to Standard #1 of the Standards for the ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- Fourth Edition, January 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf-7. The Teacher also agreed that they would never again apply for, and the Director of ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- Certification would be required not to issue them a certificate of qualification, an ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- independent school teaching certificate or a letter of permission at any time in the future, ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- under section 64(g) of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf-8. In determining that a lifetime ban on reapplication is an appropriate consequence, the ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- Commissioner considered the following factors: ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf: a. The Teacher engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a former ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- student in breach of their fiduciary responsibilities; and ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- b. The Teacher acknowledged that their conduct was inappropriate and cooperated ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- with the Commissioner’s investigation. ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- Page 2 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-cc-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf-student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf-1. The Teacher held a valid professional Certificate of Qualification, No. It was ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- issued by the Director of Certification (the “Director”) under the Teachers Act on ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- August 29, 2012 and is valid from August 29, 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf-2. The Teacher’s certificate of qualification was cancelled on November 1, 2019 for non- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- payment of fees. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf-3. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a secondary school teacher by a school ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- district in British Columbia (the “District”) at a District school (the “School”). ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf-4. On May 2, 2018, the District made a report to the Commissioner regarding the Teacher, ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf: under section 16 of the School Act after learning that the Teacher had begun a sexual ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- relationship with a student at the School. This has been designated Matter 1. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf:5. In May 2018, the Teacher was charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a young ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- person by a person in a position of trust or authority, contrary to section 153(1) of the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf: Criminal Code and one count of sexual assault, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- Code. The criminal proceedings are subject to a publication ban under sections 486.4 of ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- the Criminal Code. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf-6. On June 16, 2018, the Teacher resigned from the District, effective immediately. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf-7. On July 6, 2018, the Commissioner initiated an investigation under section 47(1)(b) of the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- Teachers Act after learning that the Teacher had been charged with breaching his bail ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- conditions, contrary to sections 145(3) and 145(5.1) of the Criminal Code. This has been ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- designated Matter 2. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf:8. In February 2019, the Teacher pleaded guilty to a number of charges including sexual ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- exploitation and was sentenced in February 2020. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf-9. On the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- Commissioner in which he agreed that his conduct described in paragraphs 4, 5 and 8 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- above constitutes professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming and is contrary to ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- Standards #1 and #2 of the Standards for the Education, Competence and Professional ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, Fourth Edition, January 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf-10. Under the terms of the consent resolution agreement, the Teacher agreed that he would not ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- apply for, and understand the Director of Certification will be required, under section 64(g) ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- of the Teachers Act not to issue to him, a certificate of qualification, an independent school ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- teaching certificate or letter of permission at any time in the future. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf-11. In determining that a lifetime ban on reapplication is an appropriate consequence, the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- Commissioner considered the following factors: ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf: a. The Teacher engaged in criminal misconduct involving a serious sexual exploitation ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- of a vulnerable student. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- b. There was a pattern of boundary violations in addition to the most serious violation ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- which led to the criminal conviction. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- c. The Teacher attempted to mislead and obstruct the District’s investigation. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- Page 2 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ci-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf-Summary ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf-This summary is published without names under section 54(3)(a) of the Teachers Act to protect ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf-the identity of a student who was harmed, abused or exploited by a former authorized person ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf-(the “Teacher”) and in accordance with an order made by a judge of the British Columbia ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf-Provincial Court under section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada that prohibits the ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf-publication, broadcast or transmission of any information that could identify the student. ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf-The Teacher taught at the high school level. In 2011, when he had been teaching for over 20 ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf-years, the Teacher engaged in inappropriate conduct and communication with a 17 year old ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf-female student, who was in one of his classes and whom he had taught in previous years. The ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf-Teacher was photographed kissing her on the lips and the Teacher and the student exchanged ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf-hundreds of MSN messages. In these MSN messages, the Teacher: ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- • repeatedly told the Student that he loved her, that she was his universe, that her brain ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf: was “sexy”, and that “you and i = oneness loving completeness”, ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- • told her that he was “more than [her] teacher”, ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- • made plans to meet with the Student outside of school hours, ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- • referred to having erections, discussed the purchase of condoms, and made other ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf: sexually explicit statements, ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- • discussed ways to communicate so they could avoid family members and others ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- becoming aware of their relationship, including discussing that cellphone calls can be ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- traced, ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- • offered to provide financial assistance to her after graduation and assisted her in ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- obtaining reference letters from other teachers for her application for a scholarship, ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- • made negative comments about his teaching assignments for the following year, and ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- • suggested “I think if we wait to july 1 it may be easier on me” [sic]. ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf-The Teacher was suspended from work when the District became aware of this conduct and his ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf-certificate of qualification was subsequently cancelled under section 37(4) of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf-In 2014, the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement in which: ./british-columbia-cases/tcrad2014_cra_2014.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- i. telling Student A that the Teacher loved them; ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ii. making negative comments about Student A’s parents and sibling; ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- iii. using profanity in their communications with Student A; ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- iv. texting Student A over the summer months, on weekends, early in the ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- morning and late at night; ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- v. engaging in negative commentary with Student A about another teacher at ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- the School; ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf: vi. discussing Student A’s sexuality and sexual orientation; ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- vii. pressuring Student A to allow the Teacher to help them with schoolwork; ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- viii. the Teacher’s sharing personal information about their childhood and ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- issues they had with their parents when growing up; ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ix. telling Student A that they were intelligent and attractive; ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- x. telling Student A that they would “officially” be friends once Student A ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- graduated; ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- xi. telling Student A that the Teacher needed Student A as much as Student ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- A needed the Teacher and ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- xii. telling Student A that they enjoyed spending time with them. ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- d. Student A’s mother contacted the Teacher in May, 2017 indicating that she thought it ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- best if Student A stopped texting with them. The Teacher continued to exchange ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- messages with Student A regardless. ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- e. In some of their exchanges, Student A expressed a desire to harm themselves. The ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- Teacher’s response was to counsel Student A by text message. This was contrary to ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- the District’s critical incident policy which requires teachers who are concerned ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- about self-harm to report the matter to School administrators so that a risk ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- assessment can be done and parents can be notified. ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- f. The Teacher gave Student A gifts. ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf-5. In February 2018, the District issued the Teacher a letter of discipline and suspended them ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- for two months without pay. In addition, the Teacher was transferred to a different school ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- and was required to complete the course Reinforcing Respectful Boundaries through the ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- Justice Institute of B.C. The Teacher completed the course in March, 2018. ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-de-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf-This summary is published under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the identity of a ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf-student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf-1. The Teacher holds a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf-2. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a secondary school teacher by a school ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- district at school (the “School”) in the district. ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf-3. In 2018, the Commissioner received a report about the Teacher from a District ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- Superintendent under s.16 of the School Act. The Commissioner also received complaints ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- about the Teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf-4. In 2018, the Teacher gave an undertaking that he would not teach or work in any position in ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- the kindergarten to grade 12 education system in British Columbia. ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf:5. The Teacher entered into a sexual relationship with Student A when Student A was in Grade ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- 12. ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf:6. The Teacher entered into a sexual relationship with a former student, Student B, within four ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- months of the date of her graduation from Grade 12. ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf-7. In 2020, the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the Commissioner in ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- which the Teacher agreed that his conduct described in paragraph 6 above constitutes ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- professional misconduct and is contrary to Standard #1 and #2 of the Standards for the ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, Fourth ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- Edition, January 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-di-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF THE TEACHERS ACT, SBC 2011 c. 19 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- AND ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- IN THE MATTER CONCERNING ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- A TEACHER ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- CONSENT RESOLUTION SUMMARY ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf-This summary is published anonymously under section 54(3) of the Teachers Act to protect the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf-identity of a student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf-1. The Teacher holds a valid Professional Certificate of Qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf-2. At all material times, the Teacher was employed as a middle school teacher by a school ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- district (the “District”) in British Columbia. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf-3. In September, 2017, the Commissioner received a report about the Teacher from the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- District Superintendent under s.16 of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf-4. In the 2016-2017 school year, the Teacher engaged in a series of boundary violations when ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- she: ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- a. made personal comments about a student in the class; ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- b. disclosed to the class personal information about a student’s family which was of a ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- deeply personal nature and also was not true; ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf: c. made comments of a sexualized nature to the class; and ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- d. had inappropriate physical contact with students. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf-5. In 2020, the Teacher entered into a consent resolution agreement with the Commissioner in ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- which the Teacher agreed that her conduct described in paragraph 4 above constitutes ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- professional misconduct and is contrary to Standards #1 and #2 of the Standards for the ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- Fourth Edition, January 2012. ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- Page 1 of 2 ./british-columbia-cases/t-ee-2020.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- 2 ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[2] A Disciplinary Hearing Panel (the “Panel”) was appointed to conduct a hearing with ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- respect to the allegations set out in the Citation. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[3] The parties filed a joint submission in which they agreed to the relevant facts as set out in ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- the Citation, that the Respondent’s conduct as disclosed therein was a breach of standards ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- No. 1 and 2 of the Standards for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- Educators in British Columbia, and that such conduct constitutes professional misconduct ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- under s. 63 of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[4] The Panel released its Decision on Verdict on April 24, 2018. Given the Panel’s review ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- of the agreement between the parties, the law and the evidence, the Panel determined that ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- the Respondent’s conduct in relation to the Citation amounted to professional ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[5] The Panel directed that submissions regarding penalty, publication and costs be made in ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- writing, which were received by the Panel January 2, 2019. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[6] The findings of professional misconduct are based on conduct as set out in the Hearing ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- Decision on Verdict at paragraph 4. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[7] The Commissioner submits that the appropriate consequence under s. 64 of the Teachers ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- Act is cancellation of the Respondent’s Certificate of Qualification for the following ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- reasons: ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf: (a) His conduct is a significant boundary violation of a sexual nature; ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- (b) The public interest requires a strong disciplinary response that protects the safety ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- of Students through general deterrent; ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- (c) The evidence shows that a lesser disciplinary response will not effectively serve ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- the goal of specific deterrence. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[8] The Commissioner submits that there is a presumption established by the authorities for ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- cancellation of the Certificate in similar circumstances, and that there are no compelling ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- reasons to impose a lesser penalty under s. 64. S. 64 allows for lesser penalties once a ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- finding is made under s. 63(1) (b) (c) or (d). Those lesser penalties are in a range from a ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- reprimand or suspension to cancellation of a Certificate with or without conditions. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[9] The conduct complained of took place in February, 2014. The Respondent was suspended ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- with pay pursuant to s. 15(5) of the School Act, on February 5, 2014 until further notice. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- On November 5, 2014, the Board of Trustees of the District decided to continue the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- suspension of the Respondent, but to make the suspension without pay, while allowing ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- the Respondent access to medical leave benefits. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[10] Following an investigation by an independent investigator, the Respondent was: ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- (a) suspended without pay for six weeks to commence upon his return from medical ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- leave; ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- (b) transferred to another school not attended by the Student in question, ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- 4 ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- (d) steps taken voluntarily by the teacher to address his or her misconduct or ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- shortcomings (such as taking appropriate courses or counselling). ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- In the Matter of the Teachers Act -and- Robertson, 2016 TAHP 02, ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- Hankey, 2016 TAHP 06 and ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- In the Matter of the Teachers Act -and- Ammon, 2017 TAHP 01. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[15] The Commissioner submits that the most important factors in this case are: ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- (a) the nature and gravity of conduct; ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- (b) specific deterrence; and ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- (c) general deterrence and the enhancement of public confidence in the profession ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- and education system. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[16] Cancellation is required to protect the Students and ensure public confidence in the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- profession and in the education system as a whole by the message of general deterrence. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[17] The Commissioner submits that the conduct of the Respondent was deliberate and ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- intentional and thus is very serious by its nature. He approached the Student knowing that ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- he wished to tell her that he was attracted to her, and he did so by taking her into a private ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- setting, closing the door, and asking her for a hug when he could see that she was ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- uncomfortable in the situation. The Respondent’s evidence was that the Student ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- immediately rebuffed him and berated him for his conduct. His description was that her ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- reaction woke him up, and he realized what he had done. The incident in total took ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- approximately 15 minutes. After the incident, but while still in the classroom, the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- Respondent asked the Student not to say anything to anyone. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[18] The next day, the Respondent asked the District if he could take a personal leave. He did ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- not disclose his interaction with the Student. He indicated to Human Resources that he ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- felt he was not able to “give it all to the kids” and “declining enrollment, he may help to ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- save a colleague”. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf:[19] The fact that there was no progression of the conduct to any sexual activity is, it is argued ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- by the Commissioner, solely attributable to the Student and her rebuff of the Respondent. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[20] The Student immediately reported the conduct to her father and the next day, with her ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- parents, met with the school principal. The Student’s description of her feelings in a ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- subsequent District interview was that she was “just really uncomfortable and scared”. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- The Student ultimately determined that she did not wish to return to the school if the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- Respondent was still teaching there. The Respondent was ultimately moved to another ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- school. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[21] There is no evidence of any longer-term harm to the Student past the District interview. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- However, the Commissioner points out that it is the “risk of harm” that defines the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- severity of the conduct. Ammon, (supra) ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[22] The Commissioner submits that the conduct of the Respondent was at the more serious ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- end of professional misconduct, as it was a planned intentional violation. He was able to ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- 9 ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[48] The Panel accepts that the Respondent was in a mental/emotional state at the time of the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- incident that clouded his judgment. He made a very serious mistake and has been ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- disciplined for it. We also accept that he acknowledged the inappropriateness of his ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- conduct both to the District and in these proceedings. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[49] The Commissioner asserts that this is an appropriate case for the cancellation of his ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- certificate. Several decisions are relied on in support of this position. The Panel has ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- considered them, but finds that all of them relate to conduct of a much more serious ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- nature than the conduct here. In McGeough for example, there was physical contact, ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf: including kissing and persistent communications of a romantic and sexual nature. The ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- decision was to impose a 15-year ban on the issuance of a certificate. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[50] In Neal, there were several text messages of a personal nature sent to the student. The ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- teacher also lied to the District about her conduct. The teacher agreed to a cancellation of ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- her certificate. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf:[51] The other cases also involved conduct of a sexual or grooming nature more extensive and ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- serious than the conduct of the Respondent here. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[52] The Commissioner relies on Young v. British Columbia College of Teachers for the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf: proposition that there is a presumption of cancellation for sexual misconduct. The Court ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- of Appeal held in paragraphs 16 and 17, as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- “Notwithstanding some earlier authorities, I agree with Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf: Laughton that sexual relations between a teacher and a student ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- must be regarded very seriously. In such cases, the maximum ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- penalty for disqualification without a right to reapply for two years ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- would, in the absence of special circumstances, be the proper ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- disposition. This is to ensure continued respect for and faith in the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- integrity of the school system. … ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- But the imposition of the maximum penalty cannot be an ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- invariable rule. If it were, there would be no need to have a hearing ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- to impose a penalty when this kind of misconduct is established.” ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[53] The Commissioner submits that the principle of presumptive cancellation was ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- undermined in the 2005 decision of the Court of Appeal in Mitchell v. British Columbia ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- College of Teachers, 2005 BCCA 76 wherein the Court of Appeal suggested that the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- panel in a discipline case must consider lesser penalties which would “adequately deter ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- others, protect the public’s faith in the educational system, and assist in the College’s ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ability to regulate the conduct of its members.” (para. 12) ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf-[54] This principle was again undermined by the decision in McGuire v. Law Society of ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- British Columbia, 2007 BCCA 442 in which the Respondent lawyer misappropriated ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- funds and was disbarred. The Court of Appeal upheld the disbarment despite several ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- mitigating factors, stating: ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- “The public is entitled to expect that the severity of the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- consequences reflect the gravity of the wrong. Protection of the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_consequences_20190219_and_clarification_20190308.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- 4 ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-5. Given the admission of facts and our review of the law, the panel finds that the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- Commissioner has met the burden of proving the conduct. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-6. S. 63(1)(b) of the Teachers Act provides the authority for the panel to make a ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- determination of professional misconduct. Generally, “professional misconduct” has been ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- differentiated from “conduct unbecoming a teacher” by the circumstances in which the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- conduct arose. Misconduct by a teacher that arises during the teacher’s engagement as a ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- teacher is generally considered to be professional misconduct while misconduct during a ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- teacher’s private time may, in certain circumstances, be considered conduct unbecoming. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- In this case, the Respondent was engaged in his employment as a teacher at the time of ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- the misconduct, and we agree with the joint submission that it constitutes professional ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- misconduct. We have considered the various factors for determining professional ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- misconduct, as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- (a) The Standards for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- Educators in British Columbia are the guiding principles for teachers in British ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- Columbia. Standard No. 1 states: ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- “Educators value and care for all students and act in ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- their best interests. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- The annotation to that Standard states: ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- “Educators are responsible for fostering the emotional, esthetic, ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- intellectual, physical, social and vocational development of ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- students. … Educators have a privileged position of power and ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- trust. Educators do not abuse or exploit students or minors for ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf: personal, sexual, ideological, material or other advantage.” ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- (b) Standard No. 2 states: ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- “Educators are role models who act ethically and ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- honestly.” ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- The annotation to that Standard states, amongst other things: ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- “Educators, … understand that their individual ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- conduct contributes to the perception of their ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- profession as a whole. Educators are accountable ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- for their conduct while on duty, as well as off-duty, ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- where that conduct has an effect on the education ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- system. Educators have an understanding of the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- education system in BC and the law as it relates to ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- their duties.” ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-7. Many cases have dealt with the nature of professional misconduct. It is submitted by the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- parties that there is a “bright line over which a teacher may not cross with a student, such ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf: that any conduct of a sexual or romantic nature is a breach of the standards and likely to ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- be professional misconduct.” The Joint Submission cites the following examples: ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- 5 ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- (a) Text messages in which a teacher says that she is attracted to a student. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- Consent Resolution Agreement re Neal, January 28, 2016 ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf: (b) Creating a sexualized environment and urging students to give the teacher back ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- massages. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- Consent Resolution Agreement re Easton, April 8, 2014 ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- (c) Texting students, touching a student and drawing a smiley face on her hand and ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- being alone with the student with the classroom door closed. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- Consent Resolution Agreement re Horvath, July 9, 2013 ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- (d) Asking a student not to disclose misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- Reasons for Decision on Verdict, James Martin McGeough, ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- October 12, 2012 ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- (e) A rebuff by the student does not constitute mitigation or excuse of the teacher’s ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- conduct. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- Consent Resolution Agreement re Neal, January 28, 2016 ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-8. The Joint Submission submits that the appropriate test for professional misconduct is ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- whether “the conduct is a marked departure from the standards expected of teachers in ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- this province”. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- Re: In the Matter of the Teachers Act and Hankey, 2016 TAHP 03 ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-The Panel agrees that the conduct of the Respondent was professional misconduct as it was a ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-marked departure from the Standards expected of teachers, particularly in Standard 1 and 2. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-We agree that he put his needs above the needs of the Student, despite his recognition that ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-she was reluctant and apprehensive at his approach. The Panel further agrees that the act of ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf:hugging is not “inherently sexual or romantic”. However, coupled with the representation ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-that the Respondent made to the Student that he was attracted to her and the circumstances of ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-advising her of such in a closed storeroom away from public view, hugging in this case, ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-manifestly crossed the line. The Respondent did not respect proper professional boundaries ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-and thus engaged in professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-Penalty ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-The Panel has been advised that no restrictions on publication have been requested by either ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-party and the Panel finds that publication of this decision should proceed. The Panel directs ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-that further submissions regarding penalty and costs may be made in writing unless, within ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-ten days of delivery of these Reasons on Verdict, either party objects in writing to the ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-Hearing Coordinator at the Teacher Regulation Branch, in which case the Panel will consider ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-and determine whether such submissions shall be made orally or in writing. The Hearing ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf-Coordinator will contact the parties to set a schedule for the filing of submissions. ./british-columbia-cases/tran_reasons_findings_20180424.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf-Summary of the Consent Resolution Agreement executed: September 19, 2012 ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf-In the matter concerning: ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf-Cosmas Quirinus Ignatius Van Wermeskerken ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf-Cosmas Quirinus Ignatius Van Wermeskerken admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf-Standard 1. In June 2010, the BC College of Teachers received a district report indicating that, while Mr. Van Wermeskerken ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf:was employed as a teacher-on-call, he used inappropriate language in his class. When teaching middle school students about sex ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf:education and discussing ways to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, he included sexually graphic details and referred to oral ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf:sex in an overly colloquial manner. He also failed to adhere to appropriate language boundaries with students. A citation was ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf-issued on May 3, 2011. On September 19, 2012, the Commissioner executed the consent resolution agreement in which Mr. Van ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf-Wermeskerken agreed to receive a reprimand pursuant to section 64(a) of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/vanwermeskerken_20120919.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/walraven,-kasper-jacobus.pdf- Walraven, Kasper Jacobus ./british-columbia-cases/walraven,-kasper-jacobus.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/walraven,-kasper-jacobus.pdf- admitted that he had inappropriate physical contact with a student by placing a pop bottle between her legs, above the ./british-columbia-cases/walraven,-kasper-jacobus.pdf- knees. Further, he admitted that he removed a stray hair from the upper chest area of another female student. On both ./british-columbia-cases/walraven,-kasper-jacobus.pdf: occasions, Mr. Walraven stated that he did not intend his actions to be sexual in nature. On June 26, 2006, the ./british-columbia-cases/walraven,-kasper-jacobus.pdf- Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement under which the respondent ./british-columbia-cases/walraven,-kasper-jacobus.pdf- relinquished his teaching certificate. ./british-columbia-cases/walraven,-kasper-jacobus.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/walraven,-kasper-jacobus.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/walraven,-kasper-jacobus.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/walraven,-kasper-jacobus.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/walraven,-kasper-jacobus.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Walraven,%20Kasper%20Jacobus.txt[2014-09-26 9:27:47 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/walraven,-kasper-jacobus.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf-Summary of the Consent Resolution Agreement executed: October 5, 2012 ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf-In the matter concerning: ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf-David Victor Wiens ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf-David Victor Wiens admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to Standards 1 and 2. Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf-Wiens was employed as a secondary school social studies teacher when a district investigation concluded that Mr. Wiens had ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf:engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a female student, Student A, which did not include sexual misconduct. In March ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf-2010 the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee of the BC College of Teachers approved a consent resolution agreement in ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf-which Mr. Wiens agreed to relinquish his certificate of qualification and not make any statement that contradicted the terms of ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf-the agreement. In November 2010, the Ministry of Attorney General notified the College that Mr. Wiens had been charged with ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf:sexual exploitation and sexual assault contrary to sections 153(1)(a), 153(1)(b) and 271 of the Criminal Code with respect to ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf:conduct that occurred with Student A. Court documents indicated that Mr. Wiens had engaged in sexual activity with a 14-year- ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf-old female grade nine student at the school who was no longer in Mr. Wiens' class. Conduct included kissing and petting, Mr. ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf-Wiens touching Student A's breasts through her clothing and skin-to-skin, and the student fondling Mr. Wiens' penis on at least ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf:two occasions. In February 2011, Mr. Wiens pled guilty to one count of sexual exploitation and was sentenced in June 2011 to ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf-one year in jail and two years' probation. On October 5, 2012, the Commissioner executed the consent resolution agreement in ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf-which Mr. Wiens agreed to never re-apply for a certificate or letter of permission and in which he acknowledged that the ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf-Director of Certification will not issue a certificate or letter of permission in accordance with section 64(g) of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/wiens_20121005.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- Yaskow, Wayne Raymond ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- admitted to professional misconduct. At the conclusion of the 1982-1983 school year, Mr. Yaskow signed the yearbook ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- of a female student in his grade 9 social studies class, and gave her a note that said “for your eyes only.” In the note, ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- he expressed his fondness for her. During the summer of 1983, the student worked for Mr. Yaskow by preparing ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- transparencies for the upcoming school year, and a relationship developed between them. The relationship progressed ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf: from holding hands, hugging and kissing to, eventually, sexual intercourse. The student did not return to the same ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- school the next year, which had been decided before the two became involved. The relationship between Mr. Yaskow ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- and the student was that of a boyfriend and girlfriend in love, and it continued for over one year. On July 15, 2010, the ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Yaskow agreed ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- to relinquish his College certificate of qualification. ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Yaskow,%20Wayne%20Raymond.txt[2014-09-26 9:29:13 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/yaskow,-wayne-raymond.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/young,-david-michael.pdf- Young, David Michael ./british-columbia-cases/young,-david-michael.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/young,-david-michael.pdf- admitted to and was found guilty of professional misconduct. Mr. Young, a math department head as well as an ./british-columbia-cases/young,-david-michael.pdf- athletic director and basketball coach of a school, engaged in a personal relationship with a 15 year old female student ./british-columbia-cases/young,-david-michael.pdf- who was a member of the school's basketball team, in or about December 2005. Mr. Young described the relationship ./british-columbia-cases/young,-david-michael.pdf: with the student as taking a sexual turn in January 2006, following a senior girl's basketball trip. On October 24, 2006, ./british-columbia-cases/young,-david-michael.pdf- the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement and the respondent's ./british-columbia-cases/young,-david-michael.pdf- certificate of qualification was cancelled. ./british-columbia-cases/young,-david-michael.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/young,-david-michael.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/young,-david-michael.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/young,-david-michael.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/young,-david-michael.pdf-file:///J|/Professional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Archived%20CRA/Young,%20David%20Michael.txt[2014-09-26 9:30:08 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/young,-david-michael.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2004-06-16-henley,-michael-david.pdf- Henley, Michael David - Conduct Review Decision ./british-columbia-cases/2004-06-16-henley,-michael-david.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2004-06-16-henley,-michael-david.pdf: admitted that his conduct in committing sexual assaults and indecent assault for which he was convicted constituted ./british-columbia-cases/2004-06-16-henley,-michael-david.pdf- conduct unbecoming a member of the College. On June 16, 2004, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee approved the ./british-columbia-cases/2004-06-16-henley,-michael-david.pdf- Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition. Council determined that the respondent be barred from membership for an ./british-columbia-cases/2004-06-16-henley,-michael-david.pdf- indeterminate period of time. ./british-columbia-cases/2004-06-16-henley,-michael-david.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2004-06-16-henley,-michael-david.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2004-06-16-henley,-michael-david.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2004-06-16-henley,-michael-david.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/2004-06-16-henley,-michael-david.pdf-file:///J|/...sional_Conduct/Case%20Summaries/Conduct%20Review%20Sub-Committee/2004-06-16%20Henley,%20Michael%20David.txt[2014-09-26 7:43:19 PM] ./british-columbia-cases/2004-06-16-henley,-michael-david.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf-5. The following events occurred in late October/early November 2021 when Enns was ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- teaching at the School: ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- a. Student A was a Grade 10 student in Enns’ math class. One day, when it grew hot in ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- the classroom, Student A removed one of two shirts Student A was wearing. As the ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- bottom shirt had shifted, such that its seam was running down Student A’s side as ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- opposed to down the front, Student A attempted to adjust it. Enns noticed Student A ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- readjusting their shirt and thought that Student A was making inappropriate ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- sexualized gestures with Student A’s chest in the classroom. Enns called Student A ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- up to his desk and asked Student A to put the shirt back on. Student A felt ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- uncomfortable and embarrassed and left the classroom. ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- b. Student B was in the class with Student A and seeing Student A was upset got up to ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- leave the classroom. Enns stopped Student B and asked Student B if Student A ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- would come back to discuss the matter with him. Enns said to Student B that ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- Student A had been grabbing Student A’s breasts and made hand gestures mimicking ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- that action. ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- c. Student C, a friend of Student A, returned to the classroom after class to ask Enns ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- what the problem was. Enns asked Student C to go and get Student A so that they ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- could discuss the matter directly. When both students returned to the classroom, Enns ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- explained that from his point of view, he saw Student A cupping and moving their ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- breasts in a sexual manner that was not appropriate in the classroom. As he said this, ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- Enns attempted to demonstrate more than once how he perceived Student A’s ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- gestures by grabbing his own chest. ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf-6. In the fall of 2021, Enns was concerned with the frequency and duration of Student A and ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- Student B’s trips to the bathroom during class time. On one occasion, he asked Student A ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- to explain why Student A needed to use the bathroom shortly after Student B had been ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- granted permission to use it. Student A felt uncomfortable having to share this information ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- with Enns. On another day, Student B asked to use the washroom. Enns, who was ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- frustrated by Student B’s trips to the bathroom, denied the request. Student B told Enns ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- that they needed to go to the bathroom because they were on their period. Enns responded ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- by saying: “you must always be on your period”. ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf-7. In the fall of 2021, Enns retweeted two posts. The first was about a 60 Minutes segment ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- which was described as “acknowledging the role of peer influence & social media in ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- encouraging trans identification in teens, the rising population of detransitioners, & a ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- medical system that ‘affirms’ self-diagnoses of gender dysphoria in place of adequate ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- oversight”. The second retweet related to a drag queen who led “Drag Queen Story Hour” ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf: for children and who was arrested for possession of child pornography. The original tweet ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- included this sentence: “if only there would have been some warning signs, we could’ve ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- Page 2 of 6 ./british-columbia-cases/ENNS_CRA_20230512.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf-5. On April 20, 2021, the District made a report to the Commissioner regarding Chadsey, ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- under section 16 of the School Act. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf-6. Between 2017 and 2019, the following events occurred when Chadsey was teaching at the ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- School: ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- a. Chadsey would ask his class a “question of the day” which would open the door to ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- discussions. Two such questions related to first kisses and breaking up with a partner. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- While students were not required to answer these questions, some students reported ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- feeling pressured to do so given that the activity was occurring in class. At least one ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf: student, in answering the question of the day, went into detail about their sexual ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- encounters. Chadsey did nothing to stop this student from sharing this information ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- with their peers. Chadsey did sometimes ask students to elaborate on the stories ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- which they told. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- b. Chadsey would occasionally share age-inappropriate stories or information with his ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- students or use age-inappropriate language in discussions with them. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- c. Chadsey would occasionally comment that two students would make a good couple. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- If students liked each other then they could ask to be seated together. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- d. Chadsey showed students in one of his classes two videos: one called “How to Tell if ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- You’re a Basic Bitch” and another called “How to Tell if You’re a Basic Bro”. Some ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- students found the movie, “How to Tell if You’re a Basic Bitch”, demeaning towards ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- women. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- e. Chadsey mimicked foreign accents in front of his students to dramatize stories, ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- including Asian accents, despite having ESL students from Asia in his classes. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- f. On one occasion, Chadsey mimicked physical ticks and stutters in front of his ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- students. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- g. Chadsey told his class that he could not tell certain stories or imitate accents anymore ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- as people found this offensive. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf-7. On three occasions between the summer of 1988 and the summer of 1993, Chadsey had ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- physical encounters with recently graduated female students. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf-8. On March 15, 2021, Chadsey retired from the District, effective March 31, 2021. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- Page 2 of 5 ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- -- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf-9. The District had previously raised concerns with Chadsey as follows: ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- a. On January 26, 2007, the District issued Chadsey a letter of expectation reminding ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- Chadsey of the District’s expectations that he not engage in discussion with students ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf: about intimate personal matters or matters of a sexual nature. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- b. On February 10, 2020, the District issued Chadsey a letter of expectation reminding ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- Chadsey of the District’s expectations that he keep his communication with students ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- professional and directing him to complete a course on maintaining professional ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- boundaries. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf-10. On June 25, 2021, the Commissioner ordered an investigation under section 47(1) of the ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf-11. On April 26, 2022, the Commissioner considered this matter and determined to propose a ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- consent resolution agreement to Chadsey, in accordance with section 53(1)(a) of the ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf-CONSEQUENCES ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf-12. This Agreement is made under section 53 and section 43 of the Teachers Act. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf-13. Chadsey understands and acknowledges that this Agreement is not effective until executed ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- by the Commissioner, and that the date of execution by the Commissioner will be the ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- effective date of this Agreement (the “Effective Date”). ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf-14. Chadsey admits that the facts set out in paragraphs 1 to 11 of this Agreement are true. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf-15. Chadsey admits that the conduct described in paragraph 6 of this Agreement constitutes ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- professional misconduct and is contrary to Standard #1 of the Standards for the Education, ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, Fourth Edition, ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- January 2012 and Standard #1 of the Professional Standards for BC Educators, June 2019. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- Chadsey further admits that the conduct in paragraph 7 of this Agreement constitutes ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- professional misconduct. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf-16. Chadsey agrees that for a period of ten years from the Effective Date, he will not apply for, ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- and understands the Director of Certification (the “Director”) will be required not to issue ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- to him, a certificate of qualification, an independent school teaching certificate or any other ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- authorization to teach in the kindergarten to grade 12 education system under section 64(g) ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- of the Teachers Act, or any successor legislation. ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- Page 3 of 5 ./british-columbia-cases/CHADSEY_CRA_20230523.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-A Notice of Hearing was served on Ian Lloyd Mosley on February 19th, 1998, (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-Ian Mosley did not attend at the hearing and was not represented. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- 1998 CanLII 19463 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-It is alleged that Ian Lloyd Mosley is guilty of professional misconduct in that he: ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-(a) failed to maintain the standards of the profession; ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf:(b) abused his student physically, sexually, psychologically and emotionally; ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-(c) failed to supervise adequately a person under the professional supervision of the ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- member; ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-(d) failed to comply with the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Education Act and ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- the regulations contained therein; ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-(e) contravened laws relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-EVIDENCE: ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-The Discipline Committee ordered that there be a prohibition on the name of the victim ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-and other information that could lead to the identification of the victim. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-Detective Tom Adlington testified to: ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-1. the details of the complaint against Ian Mosley, by a female student, of indecent ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- assault over a period of four years, beginning when she was ten years old. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-2. The investigation conducted by the police, leading to the conviction for indecent ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- assault on the student. Ian Mosley pleaded guilty (See Exhibit 1, Certificate of ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- Conviction, and Exhibits 3 and 4, Trial Transcripts); ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- 1998 CanLII 19463 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-3. The Agreed Statement of Fact used in the criminal trial. Ian Mosley was ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and probation for three years. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-In evidence given by the victim herself, she described: ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf:1. the conditions and nature of the sexual assault; ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-2. the manipulation, control and indoctrination she experienced; ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-3. the emotional and physical trauma she has endured, which has manifested itself ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- through eating disorders, a suicide attempt, and other psychological and ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- disabling problems which have delayed her ability to proceed with her life in a ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- normal fashion. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-Based on the uncontested evidence, the Discipline Committee finds Ian Lloyd Mosley in ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-breach of Sections 1(7), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19) of the Professional Misconduct Regulation, ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-and thus guilty of professional misconduct as alleged. The Discipline Committee orders ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-the Registrar to revoke Ian Lloyd Mosley’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-Pursuant to Section 30(5)(iii) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the finding and ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf-order of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers shall be published ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19463.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-Evidence presented by Ernie Koshan, Principal of the Walkerton Public School, was that ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-David C. Morgan was hired by the Bruce County Board of Education in 1964 and ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- 1998 CanLII 19464 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-resigned in 1996. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-In March 1995 Ernie Koshan observed David Morgan exiting a science prep room with a ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-female student. Mr. Koshan then advised Mr. Morgan not be alone with female ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf:In June 1995, a female student made allegations of sexual impropriety against ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-Mr. Morgan by complaining to a teacher. She was referred to a Guidance Counsellor. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf:Subsequently, two other female students came forward with accusations of sexual ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-improprieties. Two of the females were students of Mr. Morgan’s while the third was a ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-member of his [**] Club which met at noon hour. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-As a result of the allegations, the Children’s Aid Society was called and they informed ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf:the police. Charges of sexual assault and assault were then laid. David Morgan pleaded ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf:not guilty. He was convicted of one charge of assault and one charge of sexual assault ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-(Exhibits 2 and 3). ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-Based on the uncontested evidence given by Ernie Koshan and the Exhibits filed, the ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-Committee is of the view that the College has established, on a preponderance of clear ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf:and credible testimony, that David C. Morgan’s conduct of sexual and assault ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-constitutes professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- 1998 CanLII 19464 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-The Committee finds David C. Morgan to be in breach of Sections 1(7), (11), (17), (18) ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-and (19). The Committee orders the Registrar to revoke David C. Morgan’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-Qualification and Registration as of April 8, 1998. The Committee orders that there be a ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-prohibition on the names of the victims and other details that could lead to the ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-identification of the victims. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-Pursuant to Section 30(5)(iii) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the finding and ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-order of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers shall be published ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-in the official publication of the College, naming the member, and stating the decision in ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf-summary. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19464.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-Un avis d'audience a été signifié à Ian Lloyd Mosley le 19 février 1998 (pièce 1). Ian ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-Mosley n'a pas assisté à l'audience et n'y a pas été représenté. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- 1998 CanLII 19466 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-Les allégations de faute professionnelle contre Ian Lloyd Mosley sont les suivantes : ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-a) ne pas avoir respecté les normes de la profession; ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf:b) avoir infligé à un élève des mauvais traitements d'ordre physique, sexuel, ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- psychologique et affectif; ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-c) ne pas avoir surveillé adéquatement un élève placé sous sa surveillance ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- professionnelle; ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-d) avoir enfreint la Loi sur l'Ordre des enseignantes et des enseignants de l'Ontario, la Loi ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- sur l'éducation et leurs règlements d'application; ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-e) avoir enfreint une disposition législative ou réglementaire se rapportant à son ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- aptitude à détenir un certificat d'inscription ou une carte de compétence. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-PREUVE ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-Le comité de discipline a interdit la publication du nom de la victime et de tout ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-renseignement qui permettrait de l'identifier. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-Dans son témoignage, le détective Tom Adlington a décrit : ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-1. les détails de la plainte déposée contre Ian Mosley par une élève qu'il aurait ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf: agressée sexuellement pendant une période de quatre ans; cette élève avait dix ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ans au moment où ont commencé les agressions; ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-2. l'enquête policière qui a abouti à des accusations d'attentat aux moeurs, ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- auxquelles Ian Mosley a plaidé coupable (voir la pièce 1, certificat de ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- condamnation, et les pièces 3 et 4, transcriptions du procès); ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- 1998 CanLII 19466 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-3. l'exposé conjoint des faits utilisé lors du procès criminel. Ian Mosley a été ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- condamné à 18 mois de prison et à trois ans de probation. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-Dans son témoignage, la victime a décrit : ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf:1. les circonstances et la nature des agressions sexuelles; ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-2. la manipulation, le contrôle et l'indoctrination qu'elle a subis; ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-3. les traumatismes affectifs et physiques qui en ont résulté, et qui se sont ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- manifestés par des troubles alimentaires, une tentative de suicide ainsi que ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- d'autres problèmes psychologiques débilitants qui l'ont empêchée pendant un ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- certain temps de vivre normalement. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-DÉCISION ET ORDONNANCES ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-Se fondant sur la preuve non contestée, le comité de discipline reconnaît Ian Lloyd ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-Mosley coupable d'avoir enfreint les paragraphes 1 (7), (17), (18) et (19) du Règlement de ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-l'Ontario 437/97 sur la faute professionnelle, et d'avoir commis par conséquent une ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-faute professionnelle. Le comité de discipline ordonne au registrateur de révoquer le ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-certificat d'inscription et la carte de compétence d'Ian Lloyd Mosley. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-Conformément à l'alinéa 30 (5) (iii) de la Loi sur l'Ordre des enseignantes et des enseignants ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf-de l'Ontario, le comité ordonne que les conclusions de la présente audience et ses ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19466.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-Frank Ervin Wallace 3 ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 30, 1998, was served on Frank Ervin Wallace, ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- 1998 CanLII 19468 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-Teachers and specifying the charges. It is alleged that Frank Ervin Wallace is guilty of ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf:professional misconduct in that he engaged in inappropriate sexual touching of two of ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf:his students and made inappropriate remarks and gestures of a sexual nature to two of ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-his students. The Notice of Hearing states that Frank Ervin Wallace is a member of the ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-College of Teachers (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers met on July 15, 1998, to ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-consider whether Frank Ervin Wallace was guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-Frank Ervin Wallace was not in attendance at the hearing, nor was he represented by ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-counsel. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts presented to the panel supported the allegation of ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-professional misconduct (Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-Frank Ervin Wallace was found guilty of Sexual Exploitation, Section 153(a) of the ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada, and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months on May 22, 1997. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-(Exhibit 3) ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-Frank Ervin Wallace 4 ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-REASONS ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-In the Agreed Statement of Facts, there is evidence that supports the fact that Frank ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- 1998 CanLII 19468 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-Wallace was charged and convicted for: ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf:1) being in a position of trust or authority towards a young person, did for a sexual ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- purpose touch directly the body of said young person with a part of his body on a ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- number of occasions. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-2) being in a position of trust or authority towards a second young person, did for a ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf: sexual purpose touch directly the body of said young person with a part of his body. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-DECISIONS ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-Based on the evidence in the Agreed Statements of Facts, the Committee finds Frank ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-Ervin Wallace guilty of professional misconduct under sections 1(5), (7), (12), (15), (16), ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-(17), (18) and (19) of the Professional Misconduct Regulation, as alleged, and orders the ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-Registrar to revoke Frank Ervin Wallace’s Certificate of Qualification and Regulation ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-immediately. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-The Committee orders that the names of the students or any information identifying ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-them not be published. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-Pursuant to Section 30(5)(iii) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-orders that the findings of this hearing, as well as the name of the member, be published ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf-in the official publication of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1998canlii19468.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-Henry Guirand 3 ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated April 1, 1998 was served on Henry Guirand, requesting ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers and ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-specifying the charges. It is alleged that Henry Guirand is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf:misconduct in that he engaged in inappropriate sexual touching of a young person. The ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-Notice of Hearing states that Henry Guirand is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-(Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers met on July 16, 1998 to ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-consider whether Henry Guirand was guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-Henry Guirand was not in attendance at the hearing, nor was he represented by counsel. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-Proof of service of the Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the panel. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in Exhibit 1, ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-alleging that Henry Guirand is guilty of professional misconduct in that his acts were ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-Teachers Act and filed as Ontario Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997, in particular, ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-sections 1(5), (7), (15), (16), (17), (18) and (19). Particulars of the alleged misconduct are ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-set out in Exhibit 1. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-Henry Guirand 4 ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf:Henry Guirand was found guilty of touching for a sexual purpose and for sexual assault ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-under the Criminal Code of Canada, sections 153 and 271. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-REASONS ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-The Discipline Committee was presented with evidence and accepted the evidence that ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-supported the conviction of Henry Guirand. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-DECISIONS ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-Because Henry Guirand was not a teacher of the victim, the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-dismissed the allegations that: ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf:a) He abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7). ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-b) He contravened a law and thereby caused a student under his supervision to be put ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17). ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-Based on the evidence given by the witnesses and having examined the Exhibits filed, ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-the Committee finds Henry Guirand guilty of professional misconduct under sections ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-1(5), (15), (16), (18) and (19) of the Professional Misconduct Regulation, as alleged, and ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-orders the Registrar to revoke Henry Guirand’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf-Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-Evidence presented by Ernie Koshan, Principal of the Walkerton Public School, was that ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-David C. Morgan was hired by the Bruce County Board of Education in 1964 and ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-resigned in 1996. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-In March 1995 Ernie Koshan observed David Morgan exiting a science prep room with a ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-female student. Mr. Koshan then advised Mr. Morgan not be alone with female ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf:In June 1995, a female student made allegations of sexual impropriety against ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-Mr. Morgan by complaining to a teacher. She was referred to a Guidance Counsellor. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf:Subsequently, two other female students came forward with accusations of sexual ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-improprieties. Two of the females were students of Mr. Morgan’s while the third was a ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-member of his [**] Club which met at noon hour. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-As a result of the allegations, the Children’s Aid Society was called and they informed ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf:the police. Charges of sexual assault and assault were then laid. David Morgan pleaded ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf:not guilty. He was convicted of one charge of assault and one charge of sexual assault ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-(Exhibits 2 and 3). ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-Based on the uncontested evidence given by Ernie Koshan and the Exhibits filed, the ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-Committee is of the view that the College has established, on a preponderance of clear ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf:and credible testimony, that David C. Morgan’s conduct of sexual and assault ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-constitutes professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-The Committee finds David C. Morgan to be in breach of Sections 1(7), (11), (17), (18) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-and (19). The Committee orders the Registrar to revoke David C. Morgan’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-Qualification and Registration as of April 8, 1998. The Committee orders that there be a ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-prohibition on the names of the victims and other details that could lead to the ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-identification of the victims. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-Pursuant to Section 30(5)(iii) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the finding and ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-order of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers shall be published ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-in the official publication of the College, naming the member, and stating the decision in ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf-summary. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-Frank Ervin Wallace 3 ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 30, 1998, was served on Frank Ervin Wallace, ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-Teachers and specifying the charges. It is alleged that Frank Ervin Wallace is guilty of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf:professional misconduct in that he engaged in inappropriate sexual touching of two of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf:his students and made inappropriate remarks and gestures of a sexual nature to two of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-his students. The Notice of Hearing states that Frank Ervin Wallace is a member of the ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-College of Teachers (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers met on July 15, 1998, to ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-consider whether Frank Ervin Wallace was guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-Frank Ervin Wallace was not in attendance at the hearing, nor was he represented by ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-counsel. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts presented to the panel supported the allegation of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-professional misconduct (Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-Frank Ervin Wallace was found guilty of Sexual Exploitation, Section 153(a) of the ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada, and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months on May 22, 1997. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-(Exhibit 3) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-Frank Ervin Wallace 4 ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-REASONS ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-In the Agreed Statement of Facts, there is evidence that supports the fact that Frank ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-Wallace was charged and convicted for: ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf:1) being in a position of trust or authority towards a young person, did for a sexual ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- purpose touch directly the body of said young person with a part of his body on a ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- number of occasions. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-2) being in a position of trust or authority towards a second young person, did for a ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf: sexual purpose touch directly the body of said young person with a part of his body. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-DECISIONS ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-Based on the evidence in the Agreed Statements of Facts, the Committee finds Frank ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-Ervin Wallace guilty of professional misconduct under sections 1(5), (7), (12), (15), (16), ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-(17), (18) and (19) of the Professional Misconduct Regulation, as alleged, and orders the ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-Registrar to revoke Frank Ervin Wallace’s Certificate of Qualification and Regulation ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-immediately. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-The Committee orders that the names of the students or any information identifying ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-them not be published. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-Pursuant to Section 30(5)(iii) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-orders that the findings of this hearing, as well as the name of the member, be published ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf-in the official publication of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-A Notice of Hearing was served on Ian Lloyd Mosley on February 19th, 1998, (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-Ian Mosley did not attend at the hearing and was not represented. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-It is alleged that Ian Lloyd Mosley is guilty of professional misconduct in that he: ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-(a) failed to maintain the standards of the profession; ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf:(b) abused his student physically, sexually, psychologically and emotionally; ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-(c) failed to supervise adequately a person under the professional supervision of the ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- member; ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-(d) failed to comply with the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Education Act and ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- the regulations contained therein; ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-(e) contravened laws relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-EVIDENCE: ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-The Discipline Committee ordered that there be a prohibition on the name of the victim ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-and other information that could lead to the identification of the victim. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-Detective Tom Adlington testified to: ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-1. the details of the complaint against Ian Mosley, by a female student, of indecent ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- assault over a period of four years, beginning when she was ten years old. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-2. The investigation conducted by the police, leading to the conviction for indecent ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- assault on the student. Ian Mosley pleaded guilty (See Exhibit 1, Certificate of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- Conviction, and Exhibits 3 and 4, Trial Transcripts); ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-3. The Agreed Statement of Fact used in the criminal trial. Ian Mosley was ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and probation for three years. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-In evidence given by the victim herself, she described: ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf:1. the conditions and nature of the sexual assault; ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-2. the manipulation, control and indoctrination she experienced; ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-3. the emotional and physical trauma she has endured, which has manifested itself ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- through eating disorders, a suicide attempt, and other psychological and ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- disabling problems which have delayed her ability to proceed with her life in a ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- normal fashion. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-Based on the uncontested evidence, the Discipline Committee finds Ian Lloyd Mosley in ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-breach of Sections 1(7), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19) of the Professional Misconduct Regulation, ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-and thus guilty of professional misconduct as alleged. The Discipline Committee orders ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-the Registrar to revoke Ian Lloyd Mosley’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-Pursuant to Section 30(5)(iii) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the finding and ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf-order of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers shall be published ./ontario-cases/1998onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf-OVERVIEW OF THE PANEL ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf-The Ontario College of Teachers gave Notice of Hearing that alleges that Adriano ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf:Keukens is guilty of professional misconduct in that he engaged in sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf-Also, that Adriano Keukens is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers and ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf-therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf-The defendant did not appear. Proof of attempts to serve the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf-was presented and accepted by the panel. The panel was satisfied that, in the ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf-circumstances, service by registered mail was reasonable notice of the hearing. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf-Counsel for the College of Teachers presented evidence in that Adriano Keukens is a ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf-member of the Ontario College of Teachers. At all material times, Adriano Keukens was ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf-employed by the Peel Board of Education as a teacher and Adriano Keukens engaged in ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf:inappropriate sexual behavior. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf-FINDINGS OF THE PANEL ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf-Evidence was presented by the witnesses and by the documentation to the panel which ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf-supported the allegations of professional misconduct . ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf:Mr. Keukens had been found guilty of sexual exploitation under Section 153 of the ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- -3- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) was served on Narcisse C. Kuneman at 2:00 p.m. on ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-February 27, 1998. Neither Narcisse Kuneman nor a representative were present at this ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-hearing, held on Wednesday, April 8, 1998, at the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-It is alleged that Narcisse C. Kuneman is guilty of professional misconduct in that he ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-violated Sections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) of the Professional ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-Misconduct Regulation made under the Ontario College of Teachers Act and filed as ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-At the request of L. Thomas Forbes, Q.C., acting as prosecutor, the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-ordered that the names of the victims, and any information which might lead to their ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-identification, not be published. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-EVIDENCE: ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-Evidence presented by Detective Vardon indicated that he first became involved with ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-this case on April 4, 1996 when an allegation of sexual abuse was brought against ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-Narcisse C. Kuneman by the parents of a ten-year old boy. Detective Vardon conducted ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-an investigation. As a result of numerous interviews with individuals, a search warrant ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-was obtained. Found in Narcisse C. Kuneman’s residence were approximately 100 pair ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-of children’s underwear, numerous slides of pre-pubescent boys in stages of undress, ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf:books of child pornography, hundreds of written documents outlining sex acts, class ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- -4- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-lists of students containing the names of the alleged victims and personal diaries ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-outlining sexual acts and the names of possible future victims. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-In all, a total of seven alleged victims were students of the school while Narcisse ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-Kuneman was employed there as a teacher. A total of 42 charges were brought against ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf:Narcisse Kuneman for sexual offences with boys, possession of child pornography, gross ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-indecency, et cetera, (see Certificate of Conviction, Exhibit ), resulting in 33 convictions. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-Narcisse Kuneman was declared a dangerous offender and was sentenced to ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-undetermined time in prison. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-Evidence presented by Joseph Virdiramo, Director of Education, Superior Greenstone ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-District, stated that school records indicated that six of Narcisse Kuneman’s victims ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-were enrolled at the public school during the time of Narcisse Kuneman’s assignment to ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-that school. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-After having considered all the evidence given by Detective Vardon and Joseph ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-Virdiramo, and the Exhibits filed, the Committee finds that the College has ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-established,on a preponderance of clear and credible testimony that Narcisse C. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-Kuneman’s conduct and actions, as alleged in Exhibit 1, constitute professional ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-APERÇU ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-Le 21 août 1998, un avis d'audience (pièce 1) a été signifié à John Arthur Sanderson lui ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- 1998 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-demandant de comparaître devant le comité de discipline de l'Ordre. Cet avis énonçait ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-l'accusation de faute professionnelle qui pesait contre lui, en ce qu'il aurait enfreint les ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-paragraphes 1 (7), (15), (16), (17), (18) et (19) du Règlement de l'Ontario 437/97 sur la ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-faute professionnelle pris en application de la Loi de 1996 sur l'Ordre des enseignantes et ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-des enseignants de l'Ontario le 4 décembre 1997. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-Le comité de discipline de l'Ordre s'est réuni le 19 octobre 1998 pour déterminer si John ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-Arthur Sanderson s'était rendu coupable de faute professionnelle. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-John Arthur Sanderson n'a pas participé à l'audience et n'y était pas représenté. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-À la demande de Caroline Zayid, avocate de l'Ordre, le comité de discipline a interdit la ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-publication du nom des victimes et de tout renseignement qui permettrait de les ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-identifier. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-PREUVE ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-Un exposé conjoint des faits étayant l'allégation de faute professionnelle a été présenté ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-au panel (pièce 2). Le 6 octobre 1992, John Arthur Sanderson a été accusé d'avoir eu des ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf:contacts sexuels avec une fillette de moins de 14 ans, et a fait l'objet de deux chefs ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf:d'exploitation sexuelle contre la même fillette qui avait atteint l'âge de 14 ans. Le 22 juin ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-1994, il a été reconnu coupable de ces trois accusations. Il a été condamné à deux peines ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-concurrentes d'un an de détention pour le premier chef d'accusation et de deux ans ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- 1998 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-moins un jour pour chacun des deux autres chefs. M. Sanderson a également été ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-condamné à deux ans de probation. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-MOTIFS ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-L'énoncé conjoint des faits étaye le fait que John Arthur Sanderson a été reconnu ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf:coupable de contacts sexuels avec une fillette de moins de 14 ans et de deux chefs ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf:d'exploitation sexuelle contre la même fillette qui avait alors 14 ans. M. Sanderson ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-enseignait à la victime et était dans une situation de confiance et d'autorité vis-à-vis ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf:d'elle au moment de l'exploitation et des contacts sexuels. Dans la preuve présentée au ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-panel (pièce 2), il est indiqué que M. Sanderson était également l'entraîneur de la victime ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-et que celle-ci gardait l'enfant de M. Sanderson. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-DÉCISION ET ORDONNANCES ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-Se fondant sur la preuve présentée dans l'énoncé conjoint des faits, le comité reconnaît ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-John Arthur Sanderson coupable de faute professionnelle pour avoir enfreint les ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-paragraphes 1 (7), (15), (16), (17), (18) et (19) du Règlement de l'Ontario 437/97 sur la ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-faute professionnelle et ordonne à la registrateure de révoquer immédiatement son ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf-certificat d'inscription et sa carte de compétence. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-5. In the summer of 1977, the member indecently exposed himself in public and was ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- subsequently convicted of that offence. The member did not advise his employers of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- that conviction. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf:6. On 21 September 1994, the member was charged with six sexually-related criminal ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- charges involving students [**] and [**] between 1971 and 1977. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-7. On 9 December 1996 the court made a finding of guilt in respect of five of the six ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- charges, to wit: ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf: (a) sexual intercourse with a previously chaste female under 16 years old and ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- over 14 years old; ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- (b) indecent assault; ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- (c) indecent assault; ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf: (d) sexual intercourse with a previously chaste female under 16 years old and ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- over 14 years old; and ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- (e) gross indecency – cunnilingus. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-8. In respect of those convictions, the court sentenced the member to a total jail term of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- thirty months and, thereafter, probation for 30 months. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-9. Following the arrest of the member and the bringing of the criminal charges referred ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- to in paragraphs 6 and 7 hereof, terms of settlement for the member’s resignation ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- were agreed upon between the member and the school board as set out in the ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- Memorandum of Settlement dated 13 December 1994. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-10. As a result of that agreement, the member retired from his employment with the ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- school board effective 11 November 1994. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf:The Committee accepts that Mr. Musico had sexual intercourse with a student under the ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-age of 16 and over the age of 14 , that he indecently assaulted a student and that he did ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-commit an act of gross indecency. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-The Committee has no reason to grant Mr. Musico’s request that he be allowed to resign ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-from the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-The Committee finds Frank Ernest Musico guilty of professional misconduct under ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19) of the Professional Misconduct Regulation, ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-as alleged, and directs the Registrar to revoke Frank Ernest Musico’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-Qualification and Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-Notice ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-It is important to the College’s role in the governance of the profession to provide ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-evidence to members that the College is active in self-regulation and is vigilant to ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-breaches of its bylaws and rules of conduct. Such evidence is provided through ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-notification of the decisions and orders of the College’s disciplinary Committees, and is, ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf-in the opinion of the panel, a practice that has significant general deterrent value. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/1998onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts presented to the panel supported the allegation of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf-professional misconduct (Exhibit 2). On October 6, 1992, John Arthur Sanderson was ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf:charged with the following: sexual interference involving a female under 14 years of age ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf:and two counts of sexual exploitation involving the same female who had reached the ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf-age of 14 years. On June 22, 1994 he was found guilty of all three charges. On the first ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf-count, he was sentenced to one year in jail, on the second count, he was sentenced to two ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf-years less a day and on the third count, he was sentenced to two years less a day. The ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf-sentences were ordered to be served concurrently. Mr. Sanderson was also sentenced to ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf-two years probation. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf-REASONS ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf-In the Agreed Statement of Facts, there is evidence that supports the fact the John Arthur ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf:Sanderson was charged with and convicted of sexual interference involving a female ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf:under 14 years of age as well as two counts of sexual exploitation involving the same ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf-female who was now 14 years of age. Mr. Sanderson was the victim’s teacher when the ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf:sexual interference and sexual exploitation occurred and in a position of trust and ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf-authority over her. In the evidence presented to the panel (Exhibit 2), it was noted that ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf-Mr. Sanderson was also the victim’s coach and that the victim was the baby-sitter for Mr. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf-Sanderson’s child. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS ./ontario-cases/1998onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-of indecent assault on an 18 year old male, contrary to section 148 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-(Canada). Mr. Warren was given a sentence and two years’ probation. On June 21, 1994, ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-Robert Warren pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent assault on a 12 year old male ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada). Mr Warren was given a sentence of eighteen ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-months in custody and probation for a period of three years. On May 18, 1988, Robert ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-Warren pleaded guilty to a charge of gross indecency involving a fifteen year old male ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-in contrary to section 157 of the Criminal Code (Canada). Mr. Warren was sentenced to six ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-months in custody and probation for a period of three years. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-REASONS ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-In the Agreed Statement of Facts, there is evidence that supports the fact that Robert ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-Gordon Warren was charged with and convicted for indecent assault which included ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-repeated sexual acts between a 12 year old male and the accused. The sexual assaults ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-began when the victim was 12 years old and ceased when he was 14 years old. The ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-accused on numerous occasions provided alcohol and/or drugs to the victim prior to ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-the assaults. Mr. Warren was a teacher at the time of the assaults and in a position of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-trust and authority over the victim. It is noted that in the evidence presented to the ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-panel (Exhibit A of the Agreed Statement of Facts) the victim was a troubled youth who ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-could only find support through the accused. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-There was further evidence that the accused was convicted of a sexual offence in 1988 in ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf-Golden, B. C. involving two boys aged 15 years. The accused provided alcohol , drugs ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf:and pornographic material to the boys prior to the assault on one of the boys. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/1998onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- -3- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf-OVERVIEW OF THE PANEL ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf-The Ontario College of Teachers gave Notice of Hearing, that alleges that David Wark is ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf:guilty of professional misconduct in that he engaged in sexual misconduct involving ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- 1998 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf-students under his care. Also that David Wark is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf-Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf-David Wark did not appear. Proof of service of the Notice of Hearing was presented and ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf-accepted by the panel. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf-Counsel for the College of Teachers presented evidence in that David Wark is a member ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers. At all material times, David Wark was employed by ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf-the former Lambton County Board of Education as a teacher and David Wark engaged ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf:in inappropriate sexual behavior over the course of a number of years. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf-FINDINGS OF THE PANEL ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf-Evidence was presented by witnesses and by documentation to the panel which ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf-supported the allegations of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf:David Wark had been found guilty of two counts sexual assault and two counts of ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf-indecent assault involving female students under the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/1998onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-d) He performed acts or omissions that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- unprofessional contrary to Section 1(18) of the Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- Regulation made under the Ontario College of Teachers Act and filed as Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997; ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-e) He engaged in conduct unbecoming a member contrary to Section 1(19) of the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- Act and filed as Ontario Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-Counsel for the College of Teachers indicated that the College did not accept the plea of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-not guilty to Sections 1 (18) and 1 (19). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that George Fred Abdallah is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-College of Teachers (Exhibit 1). At all material times, George Fred Abdallah was ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-employed by the Kent County Roman Catholic Separate School Board as a teacher. An ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-Admission Statement of Mr. Abdallah was filed as Exhibit #2. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-George Fred Abdallah was tried in the Ontario Court (General Division) on charges of: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf:1) sexual assault, Section 271 (1) of the Criminal Code of Canada against [**]; ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-2) unlawful confinement, Section 279 (2), of the Criminal Code of Canada against ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-[**]; ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf:3) sexual assault, Section 271 (1) of the Criminal Code of Canada against [**]; and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf:4) sexual assault, Section 271, of the Criminal Code of Canada against [**]. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-Based on the evidence presented in this case, the Committee is of the view that the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-imposition of a suspension until August 31, 2000 is appropriate as both a specific and a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-general deterrent. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-In reviewing Exhibit #6, the Committee accepts the statement of The Honourable Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-Justice R. Daudlin2 that “I was satisfied after having heard the trial, and this has been ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-confirmed by the Pre-Sentence Report, that you continue – you did then and you ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-continue to maintain today, that you did nothing against, or without the consent of the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-complainant. That is your right to maintain that that in fact is the state of things. For the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-reasons which I expressed at the trial, I decline to accept that and found that no consent ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-has been given.” ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-The Committee accepts the statements included in Judge Daudlin’s Reasons on ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-Sentencing (Exhibit #6) that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-1) “I have to weigh any remorse that may be shown and clearly the usual ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- indications of remorse are absent.” (page 2) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-2) “ I have to be mindful as well that the community from which we all come has ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- come to a point where in fact it is recognized and realized that women, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- collectively and individually, have to be protected from those who would use ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- them for their own purposes.” (page 3) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf:3) “Count number one dealt with the sexual assault of [**], and my recollection ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- was, and is, that throughout you maintained that in effect consent had indeed ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- been given. Notwithstanding those protestations, based on the evidence that I ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- heard at the trial from the complainant and from yourself, I concluded that in ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- fact no consent had been given, and found you guilty.” (page 1) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-4) “Count number two dealt with [**] and had to do with the unlawful confinement ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- of [**], which I found had taken place.” (page 5) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf:5) “Count four, although a sexual assault had to do with a non-consented to and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- unwanted touching.” (page 5) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-The Committee notes that George Fred Abdallah was sentenced on Count One to two ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-years less a day, on Count Two, 45 days to be served concurrently and on Count Four, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-90 days to be served concurrently. George Fred Abdallah was sentenced to two years ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-less a day but was given early release after fourteen months. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-The Committee accepts that these convictions did not involve any students from the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-school system, but rather involved two adult females who had no connection with the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-school system. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-The Committee accepts the information provided about George Fred Abdallah’s ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-community activities. He has coached school teams, is a volunteer teacher of English as ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-a Second Language and teaches Arabic to children belonging to his church. The ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-Committee notes that following the suspension from teaching duties, “he obtained ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf-several jobs in an effort to support himself and regain his dignity” (Exhibit #2). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated October 2, 1998 was served on William Ambrose Moloney, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-Teachers on October 19, 1998 to set a date, and specifying the charges. Counsel later ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-agreed that the hearing date would be set for November 1, 1999. It is alleged that ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-William Ambrose Moloney is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf:b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Education Act and the regulations made under that ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (15); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-d) he committed an act that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); and, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1 (19). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that William Ambrose Moloney is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-College of Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-Teachers (Exhibit #1). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-On November 1, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers conducted ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-a hearing into whether William Ambrose Moloney was guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-EVIDENCE: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the Affidavit of Service dated ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-May 14, 1999 and the Notice of Hearing dated October 2, 1998. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the allegations set out in Exhibit ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-#1 that William Ambrose Moloney is guilty of professional misconduct in that his acts ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-College of Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997, in that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf:b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Education Act and the regulations made under that ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (15); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-d) he committed an act that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); and, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf-e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1 (19). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that Gordon Burleigh is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-(Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-On March 22, 1999 the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-conducted a hearing into whether Gordon Burleigh Mattice was guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-Gordon Burleigh Mattice was not in attendance at the hearing, nor was he represented ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-by counsel. Proof of service of the Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-panel (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-EVIDENCE: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in Exhibit 1, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-alleging that Gordon Burleigh Mattice is guilty of professional misconduct in that his ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-acts were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-College of Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997, in ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-particular, subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). Particulars of the alleged ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-misconduct are set out in Exhibit 1 and they are to the effect that Gordon Burleigh ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-Mattice purchased, imported and possessed a large selection of materials depicting child ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf:pornography, and that on June 22, 1998 Gordon Burleigh Mattice pleaded guilty to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf:possession of child pornography and importation of child pornography contrary to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf:sections 163.1(4) and (3) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that Gordon Burleigh Mattice is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-College of Teachers (Exhibit 1). At all material times, Gordon Burleigh Mattice was ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-employed by the Ontario Public School Teachers’ Federation as a negotiator. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts was filed as Exhibit 6. That statement had been signed by ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-Gordon Burleigh Mattice. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-a) Gordon Burleigh Mattice is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-b) On November 1, 1997 Gordon Burleigh Mattice submitted an application to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-resign his membership in the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-c) From 1969 until his retirement in August, 1997, Gordon Burleigh Mattice was ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-employed as a negotiator with the Ontario Public School Teachers’ Federation and prior ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-to that as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-d) For a number of years, Gordon Burleigh Mattice has purchased and imported ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf:videotapes, magazines and other pornographic material depicting children in various ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf:sexual acts. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-e) On November 27, 1997, Gordon Burleigh Mattice was arrested and charged with ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf:possession of child pornography and importation of child pornography contrary to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-sections 163.1(4) and 163.1(3) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-f) On June 22, 1998 Gordon Burleigh Mattice pleaded guilty to and was convicted ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-of both offences and was sentenced to a total term of imprisonment of seven months and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf:a subsequent term of probation of three years. The pornographic material was ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-confiscated. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-The Committee concludes that the above findings of fact is sufficient evidence to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-warrant a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-The Committee has also relied on its belief that the simple fact of a criminal conviction is ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-not necessarily proof of professional misconduct. However, this Committee supports ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-society’s view, as evidenced in the Criminal Code of Canada, that contribution to the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-exploitation of children such as evidenced by the possession and importation of material ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf:depicting children in various sexual acts is reprehensible and directly impacts on the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf-suitability of a person to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated February 16, 1999 was served on February 18, 1999, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf-Teachers to set a date on March 22, 1999, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf-scheduled for May 31, 1999. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf-It is alleged that Kimberley Margaret Newton is guilty of professional misconduct in ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf-a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (5); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf:b) she abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (7); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf-c) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- chapter E.2, or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (15); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf-d) she performed acts or omissions that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (18); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf-e) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- 437/97, section 1, subsection (19). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated August 9, 1999 was served on Raymond Paquette, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Teachers on September 27, 1999, to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-The date set for hearing was November 29, 1999. It is alleged that Raymond Paquette is ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf:b) he abused students sexually, psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statues of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- chapter #.2, section 264(1)© or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (15); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-d) he contravened laws and those contraventions are relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-e) he committed acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that Raymond Paquette is a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-of Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-On November 29, 1999 the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-conducted a hearing into whether Raymond Paquette was guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Raymond Paquette was not in attendance at the hearing, nor was he represented by ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-counsel. Proof of service of the Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-panel. The Committee also accepted as evidence, Mr. Paquette’s letter of April 15, 1999 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-to the Ontario College of Teachers confirming that he would not be contesting the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-charges and would not be attending the proceedings. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-EVIDENCE: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges alleging that ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Raymond Paquette is guilty of professional misconduct in that his acts were contrary to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the Ontario College of Teachers Act ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-and filed as Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997, in particular, sections 1 (5), (7), (15), ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-(16), (18) and (19). Particulars of the alleged misconduct are as follows: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf:1. Between January 1, 1970 and December 31, 1983, the Member sexually assaulted, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- indecently assaulted and/or committed gross indecency upon and with six ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- children under the age of 18, [**] of Mr. Paquette. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf:2. In early May, 1997, the Member was charged with nine sexual offences involving ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- the above mentioned children, being two counts of indecent assault contrary to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- section 149(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada applicable to the timeframe; three ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- counts of indecent assault contrary to section 156 of the same Code; three counts ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- of gross indecency involving fellatio and masturbation contrary to section 157 of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf: the same Code; and one count of sexual assault contrary to section 264.1 of the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- same Code. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-3. As a term of the Member’s bail pending trial on the criminal charges, the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- Member was prohibited from being in the presence of children under 18 unless ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- accompanied by a responsible adult. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-4. On June 23, 1997, the Member was suspended from his employment as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-5. On April 20, 1998, the Member submitted his resignation, effective June 30, 1998. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- It was accepted by his employers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-6. On August 12, 1998, the Member pleaded guilty to seven of the nine criminal ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- offences with which he was charged, being two counts of indecent assault ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- contrary to section 149(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada applicable at the time; ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- two counts of indecent assault contrary to section 156 of the same Code; two ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- counts of gross indecency, being fellatio and masturbation, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf: 157 of the same Code; and, one count of sexual assault contrary to section 264.1 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- of the same Code. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-7. On September 17, 1998, the Member was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- two years less one day, following which the Member was directed to be the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- subject of a probation order for two years, the terms of which include taking ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- rehabilitative treatment and not being in the company of children under 16 years ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- without an accompanying adult. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-8. The aforesaid activities and the publicity resulting from media coverage and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- communication within the general public has resulted in a reputation, image and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- lifestyle inconsistent with that expected of a Member and to enable the Member ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- to discharge the duty of a teacher to the public, the students and to his employer. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that Raymond Paquette is a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-of Teachers. At all material times, Raymond Paquette was employed by Conseil Scolaire ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Catholique Franco-Nord and its predecessors. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Evidence from the court transcript provided by the Prosecution was that Raymond ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Paquette was charged with nine counts and pleaded guilty to seven criminal offences ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-with which he was charged, being two counts of indecent assault contrary to section ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-149(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada applicable at the time; two counts of indecent ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-assault contrary to section 156 of the same Code; two counts of gross indecency, being ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-fellatio and masturbation, contrary to section 157 of the same Code; and, one count of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf:sexual assault contrary to section 264.1 of the same Code. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Testimony was received from [**], Superintendent of Education, about the Board’s ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-investigation of Mr. Paquette and about Mr. Paquette’s eventual resignation from the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Board. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-The second witness was one of Mr. Paquette's victims. At the time the incident ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-occurred, [**] of Mr. Paquette and was under the age of 18. Counsel presented a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-synopsis of the indecent assault of the witness from the Proceedings at Court. The ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-victim agreed that it was an accurate account of the assault. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-1) At all material times, Raymond Paquette was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-2) At all material times, the Member was employed by Conseil Scolaire Catholique ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- Franco-Nord and its predecessors. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf:3) Between January 1, 1970 and December 31, 1983, the Member sexually assaulted, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- indecently assaulted and/or committed gross indecency upon and with six ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- children under the age of 18, [**]. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-4) On August 12, 1998, the Member pleaded guilty to seven of the nine criminal ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- offences with which he was charged, being two counts of indecent assault ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- contrary to section 149(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada applicable at the time; ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- two counts of indecent assault contrary to section 156 of the same Code; two ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- counts of gross indecency, being fellatio and masturbation, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf: 157 of the same Code; and, one count of sexual assault contrary to section 264.1 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- of the same Code. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-5) On September 17, 1998, the Member was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- two years less one day, following which the Member was directed to be the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- subject of a probation order for two years, the terms of which include taking ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- rehabilitative treatment and not being in the company of children under 16 years ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- without an accompanying adult. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Mr. Paquette pleaded guilty to seven criminal offences with which he was charged and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-was found guilty by the court of those offences. He was sentenced to two years less one ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-day, following which he was directed to be the subject of a probation order for two ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-years, the terms of which include taking rehabilitative treatment and not being in the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-company of children under 16 years without an accompanying adult. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-The committee agrees with Mr. Justice Bolan that Mr. Paquette “used his position of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf:trust and authority in pursuit of his own sexual gratification. He has caused ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-considerable pain and suffering to his victims…” ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Mr. Paquette’s behaviour was reprehensible and a disgrace to both the profession and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-the entire community. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-The degree of publicity in the media is not a factor in this decision. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds Raymond Paquette guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-under sections 1 (5), (7), (15), (16), (18) and (19) of the Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Regulation, as alleged, and directs the Registrar to revoke Raymond Paquette’s ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated December 18, 1998 was served on David MacDonald ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-Peckham, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-of Teachers on January 18, 1999 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-date for hearing was set at March 22, 1999. It is alleged that David MacDonald Peckham ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf:b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- chapter E.2, or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-d) he contravened laws and those contraventions are relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts was filed as Exhibit 7. That statement had been signed by ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-David MacDonald Peckham. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts was filed as Exhibit 7. Based on the Agreed Statement of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-Facts and the court transcript, (Exhibit 3, Tab 22 ) the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-(1) David MacDonald Peckham sent electronic mail communications of an ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- inappropriate nature to “[**]”. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-(2) David MacDonald Peckham, being in a position of trust or authority towards ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf: “[**]”, a young person, did for a sexual purpose, touch directly the body of “[**]”, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- a young person, with a part of his body, to wit: his hands and his penis, contrary ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- to the Criminal Code, section 153(1)(a). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf:Based on the evidence, the panel is satisfied that there was a relationship of a sexual ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-nature that was inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-Based on the evidence presented in this case, the panel is of the view that the imposition ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-of a suspension of 18 months is appropriate, as both a specific and a general deterrent. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf-We also note that subject to section 23(c) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, such ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated February 16, 1999 was served on John Edward Schmidt, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-advising him that the Discipline Committee would meet to set a date for the hearing of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-this matter, on Monday, March 22, 1999 at 9:00a.m. The Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-February 16, 1999 also specified the charges. It is alleged that John Edward Schmidt is ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (5); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf:b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (7); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statues of Ontario, 1990, c. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- E.2 and the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- 437/97, section 1, subsection (15); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-d) he committed an act or acts that, having regard to all circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (18); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- 437/97, section 1, subsection (19). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that John Edward Schmidt is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-College of Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-Teachers (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-(4) By a letter dated September 14, 1992 from the Board of Education, John Edward ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- Schmidt was advised against allowing students into his home and permitting ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- them to call him by his given name. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-(5) In or about mid-November 1997, John Edward Schmidt admitted to a Vice ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- Principal at Bowmanville High School that he continued to allow some students ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- into his home and was strongly advised to discontinue this practice. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-(6) At all material times, [**] was a student at Bowmanville High School where ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- John Edward Schmidt was employed as a teacher. [**] was born on [**]. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-(7) On or about and between November 1997 and January 1998, John Edward ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- Schmidt became romantically involved with student [**] and engaged in ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf: inappropriate sexual touching and behaviour with that student. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-(8) On or about between November 1997 and January 1998, John Edward Schmidt ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- allowed, permitted and/or encouraged student [**] to visit with him in his ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- home for the purposes of promoting his inappropriate relationship with that ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- student. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-(9) On July 10, 1998, in a letter to the Ontario College of Teachers, John Edward ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- Schmidt admitted his involvement in the relationship with [**] ; that he loved ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- her and that the feeling was mutual, he felt; that their relationship was physical ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- as well as emotional and mental; and, that he accepted the responsibility and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- consequences of his actions. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-(10) On or about January 8, 1998, John Edward Schmidt’s employment with the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board was terminated for cause, effective ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- January 9, 1998 for conduct inconsistent and incompatible with the trust placed ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-7) On or about and between November 1997 and January 1998, John Edward ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- Schmidt became romantically involved with student [**] and engaged in ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf: inappropriate sexual touching and behaviour with that student. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-8) On or about January 8, 1998 John Edward Schmidt’s employment with the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board was terminated for cause, effective ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- January 9, 1998 for conduct inconsistent and incompatible with the trust placed ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- in its teachers by the Board of Education and with the duties of a teacher ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- pursuant to the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-The Committee accepts that John Edward Schmidt did engage in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-relationship with a student [**], and abused his position of trust and authority in that he ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf:initiated physical involvement that included sexual petting, kissing, and touching in ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf:genital areas but did not include sexual intercourse. The involvement had taken place at ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-Mr. Schmidt’s residence. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-Mr. Schmidt was responsible for initiating and developing the relationship. The ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-Committee accepted evidence that the relationship had progressed into expressions of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-love to the point where [**] believed she needed to make a choice between her family ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-and her relationship with Mr. Schmidt. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-The Committee heard evidence that Mr. Schmidt knew that his behaviour was ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf-inappropriate (Exh. 4 & 9). He had also been previously warned in writing about the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated December 12, 1998 was served on Percy Norman Beirness by ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-registered mail on February 9, 1999 and in person on February 15, 1999, requesting ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-February 15, 1999 in order to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The date ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-set for hearing was April 19, 1999. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-It is alleged that Percy Norman Beirness is guilty of professional misconduct in that, as ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-per the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1): ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- Regulation 437/97/subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf:b) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- chapter E.2, or the regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-d) he contravened laws and those contraventions are relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-(e) he contravened laws and those contraventions caused a student, who was under ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-occasions. Mr. Beirness also took [**] to his friend’s home to enjoy an indoor pool and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-sauna. On that occasion in the sauna, there was extensive fondling and touching of [**]’s ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-penis. On another occasion, [**] was invited to Mr. Beirness’ home. Mr. Beirness took ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-[**] into his bedroom, and made rude comments about nude pictures of women that he ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-showed [**]. He stroked [**]’s penis and [**] then went to a large room with a couch and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf:a TV and VCR where Mr. Beirness put on pornographic movies, pulled him onto the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-couch and stroked his penis, then masturbated himself to ejaculation. He made lewd ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-remarks about female teachers during some of these outings and referenced [**]’s penis ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-as keeping his “tallywacker” happy inside his pants. [**] felt Mr. Beirness’ language ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-during these outings was a bit odd in a perverted sort of way. Throughout this, [**] said ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-he didn’t tell him to stop because “he was doing me favours and he was my principal”. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-Detective Kantautas, Durham Regional Police, Sexual Assault Unit, testified that [**] ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-came forward in December of 1997 after reading in the newspapers of a previous arrest ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-and of other complaints about Mr. Beirness. The Committee also heard evidence via ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-video in which Detective Kantautas interviewed [**] to confirm the previous evidence of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-what had occurred when Mr. Beirness was his principal and [**] was a student at [**] ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-(Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-Craig Burch, Superintendent of Employee Relations at the former Durham Board of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-Education, now known as the Durham District School Board, also testified and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-confirmed that Mr. Beirness was Principal at [**]from 1981 to 1985. Mr. Beirness retired ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-from his employment on December 31, 1985 (Exhibit 7). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-Mr. Burch also referenced files confirming that Mr. Beirness was Principal at that school ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-and that [**] was also a student at that school from 1980 to 1983. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-The panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-(1) Percy Norman Beirness (the “Member”) is a Member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-(2) The Member was employed by the former Durham Board of Education for over ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- 21 years as a principal until his retirement on December 31, 1985. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-(3) Percy Norman Beirness was principal at school attended by the victim [**] and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- [**] was [**] when the incidents involving him occurred. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-(4) Percy Norman Beirness was found guilty on September 21, 1998 of three counts ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- of indecent assault on [**], (Exhibit 5) under the Criminal Code of Canada. Two of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- these males were students in the school where Mr. Beirness was Principal and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- the third male was a [**] organization. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-(5) On July 12, 1989, Percy Norman Beirness pleaded guilty to and was convicted of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf: sexual assault on [**], who was [**] at the time, in respect of which he received a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- suspended prison sentence and three years’ probation. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-The Committee finds that principals and teachers have a special responsibility to their ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-students and to their community which requires a high level of trust and authority. It ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-was inappropriate for Percy Norman Beirness to touch students in a sexual way and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf:show them pornographic material. [**] was [**] at [**] where Mr. Beirness was Principal ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-and was under age at the time the incidents occurred. Mr. Beirness took advantage of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-his position as Principal to involve [**] in indecent assaults while on outings outside of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-school as well as at Percy Beirness’ home. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-The Committee finds Percy Norman Beirness’ behaviour toward these students is ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-The Committee further accepts that the indecent assaults did occur. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds Percy Norman Beirness guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-misconduct under sections 5, 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 of the Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-Regulation, as alleged, and directs the Registrar to revoke Percy Norman Beirness’ ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 18, 1999 was served on Paul William Tweedie, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-Teachers on July 5, 1999 to set a date, and specifying the charges. A date for hearing was ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-set for September 27, 1999. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-It is alleged that Paul William Tweedie is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (5); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf:b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (7); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-c) he contravened a law the contravention of which is relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- hold a certificate of qualification and registration contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 437/97, section 1, subsection (16); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-d) he contravened a law the contravention of which has caused or may cause a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- student or students under his professional supervision to be put at or remain at ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (17); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statues of Ontario, c.E2, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- section 264(1)(c) and the regulations made under that Act contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (15); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-f) he performed acts or omissions that, having regard to all of the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- unprofessional contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (18); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 437/97, section 1, subsection (19). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that Paul William Tweedie is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-College of Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-Teachers (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-On September 27, 1999 the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-conducted a hearing into whether Paul William Tweedie was guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-Mr. Tweedie was not in attendance at the hearing as he is currently incarcerated on a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf:conviction for sexual exploitation. Proof of service of the Notice of Hearing was ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-presented and accepted by the panel (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-EVIDENCE: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in Exhibit 1, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-alleging that Paul William Tweedie is guilty of professional misconduct in that his acts ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-College of Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997, in ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-particular, section 1, subsections (5), (7), (15), (16), (17), (18), and (19). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-Particulars of the alleged misconduct are set out in Exhibit 1 and they are to the effect ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-1) Paul William Tweedie is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-2) At all material times, Mr. Tweedie was employed as a teacher at [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-3) On April 26, 1999, Paul William Tweedie pleaded guilty to the charge that ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- between March 15, 1996 and April 17, 1998 at the Town of Cobourg or elsewhere ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- in the Province of Ontario, being in a position of trust or authority towards ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf: [XXX], a young person, did for a sexual purpose, touch directly the body of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- [XXX], a young person, with a part of his body to wit: penis, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf: 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada – sexual exploitation. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-4) Mr. Tweedie was sentenced at the court in Cobourg on August 23, 1999. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-5) In March, 1996, [XXX] was a [XXX] student at [XXX], Cobourg, Ontario. Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- Tweedie was [XXX]’s [XXX] teacher for [XXX] and subsequently for [XXX], ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- commencing in September, 1996. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-6) On or about [XXX], 1996, which was [XXX]’s, she received roses at school ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- without a card on them. She was later told by Mr. Tweedie, during 1997, that he ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- had sent the roses to her. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-7) In or about April 1997, when [XXX] returned from being away for a week on a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- school trip, Mr. Tweedie told her that he missed seeing her smiling face every ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- morning. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-8) In or about April 1997, on a school field trip to the Toronto Zoo, Mr. Tweedie ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- bought [XXX] a peacock feather. He also offered to buy her lunch but she ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- refused. During the course of that trip, Mr. Tweedie engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf: discussion of a sexual nature with [XXX] ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-9) In or about May of 1997, [XXX] started working with [XXX] at Mr. Tweedie’s ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- residence and also started [XXX] with him. Also during that month, Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- Tweedie, on a school trip to the [XXX], pressed or leaned his body against [XXX] ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- inside a cave while they were waiting for other students. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-10) Further, in May 1997, Mr. Tweedie gave [XXX] his gold signet ring and asked her ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- to enter into a personal, intimate relationship with him. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-11) On or about May 31, 1997, Mr. Tweedie arranged for [XXX] to communicate with ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- him by electronic mail. Thereafter, Mr. Tweedie engaged in correspondence ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- using that medium. The said correspondence was personal and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- A series of e-mails sent by Mr. Tweedie on or about June 6, 1997, suggested that ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- he would alter [XXX]’s school mark as a result of the personal communication or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- relationship between them. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-12) In or about June, 1997, [XXX] requested that she be [XXX] commencing in ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- September, 1997, and Mr. Tweedie agreed to that. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-13) In June of 1997, Mr. Tweedie fondled [XXX]’s buttocks, kissed and hugged her ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- while at the school. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-14) On or about July 1, 1997, [XXX] went to her grandparent’s home in [XXX], ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- Ontario, for a period of three weeks. During that time, Mr. Tweedie met with ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf: [XXX] and had sexual intercourse with her several times in his car. He also took ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf: her to the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa and had sexual intercourse with her ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- there. During that time, Mr. Tweedie gave [XXX] a gold necklace and two weeks ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- later he gave her a diamond pendant to go with the necklace. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-15) On or about August 11, 12 and 16, 1997, [XXX] worked at Mr. Tweedie’s ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf: residence painting gates. On those dates, Mr. Tweedie had sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- with [XXX] ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-16) Between August 22 and 26, 1997, [XXX] accompanied Mr. Tweedie and his wife ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf: to the [XXX]. Mr. Tweedie had sexual intercourse with her at his home during ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- this time. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-17) During the course of his relationship with [XXX], Mr. Tweedie told her that he ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- was having marital problems, that his wife was very hard to live with and that ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf: she withheld sexual relations between them for months at a time. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-18) During the course of the relationship, Mr. Tweedie requested that [XXX] keep the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- relationship with him a secret as he considered it the best thing to do. He also ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- told her that he had contacted his lawyer and found out that he could get into ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- trouble because she was a student and if found out he might go to jail, in which ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- case he said he would kill himself. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-19) In early September, 1997 Mr. Tweedie was booked for back surgery. He gave ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- [XXX] information for lessons for the class. She did the research and the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-20) On or before September 19, 1997, [XXX] became [XXX] as a result of [XXX] Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- Tweedie. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-21) As a result of the [XXX], [XXX] withdrew from school in September, 1997. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-22) Mr. Tweedie continued the relationship with [XXX] and on November 30, 1997, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf: took [XXX] to meet his parents in [XXX], Ontario. He had sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- with her there and also in a motel on the way home. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-23) Mr. Tweedie admitted, to both [XXX] and her mother, that he is the father of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- [XXX]’s child, although he blamed [XXX] for the [XXX] and the relationship. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-24) The intimate relationship between Mr. Tweedie and [XXX] continued until ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- February 1998 when [XXX] broke off the relationship. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-25) Mr. Tweedie was suspended by the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- with pay from April 27, 1998 to May 14, 1998 and without pay effective May 15, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 1998. The said Board terminated Mr. Tweedie’s employment at a meeting held ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- on May 28, 1998. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-Counsel for the member agreed to the facts as outlined in the Proceedings on Guilty ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-Plea, before The Honourable Justice T. Whetung on April 26, 1999 (Exhibit 3) which ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-conformed to the allegations as outlined in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf:Paul William Tweedie was found guilty of sexual exploitation, S.153(1)(a) under the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit 3) and sentenced to eight months imprisonment ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-(Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-The Committee finds that the facts as presented by counsel constitute a finding of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-professional misconduct under sections (5), (15), (16), (17), (18), and (19) of the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-Professional Misconduct Regulation. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-Counsel for Mr. Tweedie requested an adjournment of the decision of penalty until such ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-time as Mr. Tweedie could attend to make submissions on his own behalf, in regard to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf-the matter of penalty and publication. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated May 10, 1999 was served on Thomas Uhlig, requesting ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on May ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf-10, 1999 to set a date, and specifying the charges. The hearing was scheduled for ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf-December 6, 1999. It is alleged that Thomas Uhlig is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf-in that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (5); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf:b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (7); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statues of Ontario, 1990, c. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- E.2 and the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- 437/97, section 1, subsection (15); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf-d) he performed acts or omissions that, having regard to all of the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (18); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf-e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- 437/97, section 1, subsection (19). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that Thomas Uhlig is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf-Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf-(Exhibit #1). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June of 1999 was served on Pieter Van Dyken on June 16, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-1999, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-Teachers to set a date on July 5, 1999 and specifying the charges. The date set for ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-hearing was July 19, 1999. Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-charges set out in Exhibit 1, alleging that Pieter Van Dyken is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-misconduct in that his acts were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-made under the Ontario College of Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-December 4, 1997, in that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (5); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (7); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-(c) he contravened a law the contravention of which is relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (16); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-(d) he contravened a law the contravention of which has caused or may cause a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- student or students under his professional supervision to be put at or remain at ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (17); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-(e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, c.E2, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- section 264(1)(c) and the regulations made under that Act contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, section 1, subsection (15); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-Six witnesses gave testimony to the allegations against Pieter Van Dyken. These ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-witnesses were [**] and [**], the victims, Trevor Evans, Senior Law Clerk at McCarthy ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-Tétrault, John Greydanus, Chairman of the [**], Sgt. Jim ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-Colham, Waterloo Regional Police and Constable Mike Allard, Waterloo Regional ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-Police. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-The evidence provided is listed as per the allegations below: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-1. Pieter Van Dyken, also known as Peter Van Dyken, is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-2. At all material times, Mr. Van Dyken was employed as a teacher and Principal at ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- the [**] by the [**]. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-3. On November 4, 1997, Mr. Van Dyken was convicted by the Ontario Court ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- (Provincial Division) at the City of Kitchener, Ontario, after pleading guilty to the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf: charge, that between January 1, 1988 and June 30, 1990, he did commit a sexual ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- assault on [**], for which he was sentenced on February 5, 1998 to eight months ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- custody, and eighteen months probation. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-4. On November 4, 1997, Mr. Van Dyken was convicted by the Ontario Court ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- (Provincial Division) at the City of Kitchener, Ontario, after pleading guilty to the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- charge, that between March 1, 1989 and March 31, 1989, although not a teacher or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- principal of [**] at the time, being in a position of trust or authority toward [**], a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf: young person, did for a sexual purpose touch directly the body of [**], a young ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- person, with a part of his body: his hands to [**]’s breasts, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-The panel finds that based on the uncontested evidence given by the witnesses and all of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-the exhibits filed, that the College has established on the preponderance of clear and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-credible testimony, that Pieter Van Dyken’s conduct constitutes professional ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-The Committee finds that principals and teachers have a special responsibility to their ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-students and to their community which requires a high level of trust and authority. Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-Van Dyken’s behaviour with [**] and [**] was both reprehensible and a clear breach of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf:trust. It was also unacceptable for Pieter Van Dyken to engage in sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-with a [**] former student. It was unacceptable for Pieter Van Dyken to touch [**] who ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf:was [**]at the time, in a sexual way. Pieter Van Dyken took advantage of his position as ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf:principal and teacher to involve [**] in sexual assault while on outings outside of school ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-and while at Peter Van Dyken’s home. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds Pieter Van Dyken guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf-under section 1 (5), (7), (15), (16), (17), (18) and (19) of the Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- Donald Bruce Winton was not present nor was he represented. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- A Notice of Hearing, dated November 9, 1998 was served on Donald Bruce Winton, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- Teachers on January 18, 1999 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- date set for hearing was March 22, 1999. It is alleged that Donald Bruce Winton is guilty ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf:b) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Education Act and the Regulations made thereunder, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (15); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-d) he committed an act or acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-within the last year as required by law. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-[**] testified that he attended Crescent School and LCVI. Mr. Winton was his teacher. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-[**], [**] and [**] were his friends at Crescent School. [**] lived next door to Mr. Winton ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-and he went to Mr. Winton’s house with [**], [**] and [**]. He said Mr. Winton showed ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-him dirty movies. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-[**] testified that Mr. Winton was his Home Economics Teacher and he visited Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-Winton at his home two or three times. He stated that Mr. Winton served him some ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf:alcoholic beverages and supper. He said that Mr. Winton showed him porno movies ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-and that [**] and [**] were also there. [**] said he was embarrassed since even if it was in ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-Mr. Winton’s spare time, he was still [**]’s teacher. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-[**] testified that Mr. Winton was a teacher while he attended Crescent School and LCVI ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-but was never his teacher. He went to Mr. Winton’s house five or six times. He was ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-served alcoholic beverages. Mr. Winton phoned [**] and said he was gay. He told [**] ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-that [**] “had the parts”. On one occasion, Mr. Winton telephoned [**] and asked him to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-attend a party with some teachers at Mr. Winton’s house. When [**] arrived, there was ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-no one else there but Mr. Winton. He said Mr Winton hugged him sometimes but [**] ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-told him he didn’t like it and he should stop. He said that Mr. Winton asked him ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-whether he masturbated. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-On another occasion, Mr. Winton went to [**]’s apartment with a bottle and got drunk. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-[**] said he was afraid to go to bed while Mr. Winton was there. His family and his ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-foster brother came to stay overnight. When Mr. Winton was told that [**]’s foster ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-brother was on his way, Mr. Winton agreed that a cab could be called and he left [**]’s ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-apartment. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-[**] testified that he was a student at Crescent School and LCVI. Mr. Winton was his ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-teacher. He went to Mr. Winton’s house with his friend [**]. [**] stayed over at Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf:Winton’s a couple of times and they had sex. He said Mr. Winton asked him to perform ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf:oral sex and he did. He said that Mr. Winton performed oral sex on him as well. He ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-said they kissed. He said Mr. Winton had masturbated himself and then had done the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-same thing to [**]. Mr. Winton offered him vodka and beer but he only drank the beer. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-He said Mr. Winton showed him dirty movies. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-[**] testified that he was a student at Crescent School and LCVI. Mr. Winton was his ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-Home Economics teacher on Fridays. He kept [**] back in the computer room to learn ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-some material. He said that Mr. Winton started to touch him all over. He put his hands ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-down [**]’s shirt and was touching himself and would make a mess on [**]’s chest. [**] ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-said he cried and he didn’t like it but Mr. Winton said if he told anyone about the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-incident, Mr. Winton would blame it on [**]. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-[**] described that sometimes when he was waiting for the school bus, Mr. Winton ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-would have him come back into the computer room and would start touching him and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-would perform fellatio on [**]. He said on those occasions Mr. Winton would ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-masturbate. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-On one occasion when [**] was participating in swimming at the Special Olympics, and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-Mr. Winton was the coach, Mr. Winton would go to [**]’s room and would masturbate ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-and would ejaculate on [**]. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-[**] testified he attended at Mr. Winton’s house in Kingston with other students. He said ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf:Mr. Winton would put on a porno movie and get them “feeling no pain with alcohol”. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf:He said Mr. Winton performed anal sex on him. [**] said that Mr. Winton would ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf:sometimes get him in the bathroom at the school for sexual activities, and that these ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-incidents happened in 1983 and 1984. At the time, [**] was 13 to 14 years old. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-[**] said that he went out on his own in his 20's and it was then that he went to talk to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-someone at a Community Health Centre and went to the Kingston Police. [**] said it ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-makes him very upset that Mr. Winton is teaching in the States because Mr. Winton may ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-be doing the same things there. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-Donald Bruce Winton was a teacher at the school attended by witnesses [**], [**], [**], [**] ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-and [**] during the time that the incidents they described occurred. Mr. Winton was the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-Home Economics Teacher for [**], [**] and [**]. At the time, [**], [**], [**] and [**] were ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-over 18 years of age. [**] was 13 to 14 years of age when the incidents involving him ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-occurred. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-Mr. Winton entertained students at his house. At various times, he provided them with ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf:alcoholic beverages and showed pornographic movies and/or videos. He participated ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-in sexual behaviour with [**] at his home. He participated in sexual behaviour with [**] ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-at the school and at his home where he also gave [**], who was then 13 to 14 years of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-age, alcoholic beverages. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-The Committee accepts that teachers have a special responsibility for their students. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-Although all but one of the students was of legal age, they were in a special program ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-which should require an even high level of trust and responsibility for their teachers. It ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-was inappropriate for Mr. Winton to entertain these students from the school where he ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-taught, in his home and to provide them with alcoholic beverages and show them ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf:pornographic movies and/or videos. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-[**] was a student in Mr. Winton’s class and was underage at the time the incidents ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-occurred. Mr. Winton took advantage of his position as the teacher to involve [**] in ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf:sexual acts at the school, at Mr. Winton’s home, and on a school trip where Mr. Winton ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-was supposed to be one of the responsible adults in charge of the students. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-The Committee finds Donald Bruce Winton’s behaviour with these students from the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf:school where he taught highly inappropriate. His sexual involvement with [**] is ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf:inexcusable. His sexual exploitation of the minor, [**], is reprehensible. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds Donald Bruce Winton guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-misconduct in that he contravened Section 1, Subsections (5), (7) (18) and (19) of the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-Professional Misconduct Regulation, 437/97 as alleged, and directs the Registrar to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-revoke Mr. Winton’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-The Committee further directs that in any publication or broadcast, whether that of the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-College or any other media, that the names of the students not be published and that ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-they may only be identified by two initials. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-NOTICE: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-It is important to the College's role in the governance of the profession to provide ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-evidence to members that the College is active in self-regulation and vigilant to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-discipline breaches of its bylaws and rules of conduct Such evidence is provided ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf-through notification of the decisions and orders of the College's disciplinary ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-misconduct are set out in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) and they are to the effect that ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf:DCM sexually assaulted a [XXX] year old female student. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that DCM is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-(Exhibit 2). At all material times, DCM was employed by the Toronto Board of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-Education, now the Toronto District School Board, as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts was filed as Exhibit 2. That statement had been signed by ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-DCM and Mr. L. Thomas Forbes, Q.C. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-(1) DCM is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-(2) On April 7, 1998, DCM submitted an application to withdraw his membership of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-(3) DCM was employed by the Toronto District School Board, formerly the Toronto ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- Board of Education from May 1966 to September 30, 1997. DCM, up until the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- time of this retirement, had teaching responsibilities for secondary school ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- students at [XXX] and [XXX] Schools and laterly at [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf:(4) On September 12, 1997 DCM was arrested and charged with sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf: and sexual assault. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf:On March 6, 1998 the court made a finding of guilt against DCM on the charge of sexual ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-assault on “[XXX]” DCM was sentenced to a conditional discharge and a term of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf:probation of twenty-four months and the charge of sexual exploitation was withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-At all material times and particularly at the time of the offence to which DCM pleaded ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-guilty, “[XXX]” was a student at [XXX], [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-On September 23, 1997 DCM tendered a letter of retirement to the Toronto Board of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-Education effective September 30, 1997, which was accepted by the Toronto Board of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-Education, now the Toronto District School Board. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-The Ontario College of Teachers submits that the above mentioned facts and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-circumstance constitute professional misconduct and ask that the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-revoke the certificate of qualification and registration of DCM. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-DCM submits and requests that he be permitted to resign as a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf:DCM was found guilty of sexual assault under the Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-and sentenced to conditional discharge and a term of probation for twenty-four months ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-(Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf-The Panel accepts that DCM had an inappropriate relationship with a [XXX] year old ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf:female student, in that he engaged in sexual touching. This activity resulted in a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf:conviction of guilt on the charge of sexual assault. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 30, 1999 was served on CRM, requesting attendance ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers to set a date, and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-specifying the charges. A date for hearing was set for September 27, 1999. It is alleged ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-that CRM is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf:b) he abused a student sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statues of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- chapter E.2, section 264(1)(c) and the Regulations made under that Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that CRM is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of Teachers (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-On September 28, 1999, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-conducted a hearing into whether CRM was guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- adopting the alias or pseudonym “Christian Mackenzie”, informing the student ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- that he was a 22-year-old teacher at a high school in the Windsor area. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-6. Through February and March, 1998, the Member exchanged inappropriate ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- electronic mail with [**] of a personal nature during which the member advised ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- [**] that he wanted to be with her, that he no longer wanted to be with his wife ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf: because she did not like having sex with him, that his wife did not like sex very ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- much and that he wanted to take the student to bed and make love to her. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-7. In February or March 1998, the member stalked [**] by attending at the [**], there ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- watching her while she [**] and followed [**] to school, so that he was able to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- describe to her the clothing that she was wearing and the route that she had ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- taken. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-8. In addition to the electronic mail changes, the member telephoned [**] at her ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- home in February and March 1998 to pursue his attempted seduction of her. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-9. On or between February and March or early April 1998, the member lured from ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- [**] personal information regarding herself and her family. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-10. By his statements to [**] detailed above and his indications to her that the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf: member wanted to make love to her and/or have sex with her, the member ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- attempted to seduce [**]. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf-11. By electronic mail exchanges and telephone calls between February and early ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- April 1998, in which the member directed [**] to meet with him at certain times ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- and at certain locations and to correspond with him electronically at certain ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- times on certain days, the member attempted to control and manipulate [**], ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- telling her when he would be “online” and directing her to e-mail him and to be ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- online at certain days or times. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-The Honorable Patrick Galligan, Independent Counsel to the Panel ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Caroline Zayid, McCarthy Tétrault, Counsel for the Prosecution and Trevor Evans, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Senior Law Clerk. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-William Caswill. Mr. Caswill represented himself. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-A Notice of Hearing was served on Mr. Caswill requesting attendance before the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on July 5, 1999, to set a date for ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-hearing and specifying the charges. The date agreed upon for hearing was November ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-29, 1999. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-It is alleged that William Caswill is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:b) he abused a student or students sexually, verbally, psychologically and/or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Act and/or the Education Act, and/or the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- Regulations passed thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-d) he committed an act or act that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonorable, or ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) and, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that William Caswill is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-On November 29, 1999, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-conducted a hearing into whether William Caswill is guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-EVIDENCE: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in the Notice ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-of Hearing alleging that William Caswill is guilty of professional misconduct in that his ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-acts were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 and filed as Ontario Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-in particular, sections 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (18) and (19). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that William Caswill is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Teachers. At all material times, William Caswill was employed as a teacher by ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Bluewater District School Board, formerly the Bruce County Board of Education. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-[**] was called as a witness. [**] testified that she attended Annabel-Hepworth Central ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Public School in September 1993 and Mr. Caswill was her teacher. She told about an ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-incident when a boy and girl were sitting together and talking and she said Mr. Caswill ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:said something to the effect that he knew the girl was sexy and everything but you don’t ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-have to talk to her. She said she was surprised and frightened. She said that she and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-five other students reported it to the principal. She did not tell her parents because she ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-was afraid to do so. She told about another incident involving a ruler where Mr. Caswill ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-is alleged to have tapped someone with the ruler and said “lucky ruler” but she couldn’t ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-remember who was the recipient of the tapping. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-[**] was a student at Annabel-Hepworth Central Public School and was in Mr. Caswill’s ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Grade 6 class. He told about what he called a “strange worship deal” where the class ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-had to stand and repeat “mumble jumble words”. He said they had to stand and bow. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-[**] said students were occasionally centered out by Mr. Caswill. He related an incident ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-where a girl wanted to get a drink and Mr. Caswill said it was the wrong time to get a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-drink and she should “swallow her own spit”. He said Mr. Caswill said “if not, she ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-could swallow his.” ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-[**] related an incident when a female student had gone to the washroom and Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Caswill said generally that “we or he should rape her.” He was asked by Mr. Caswill if ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:he was seeing a female student and he thought it meant “was he seeing her sexually?” ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-[**], the mother of student in Mr. Caswill’s Grade 5 class in 1992, told about an incident ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-the first day at Port Elgin Saugeen Central School which so upset her daughter that, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-although subpoenaed, she could not come to testify at the Discipline Hearing. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-She said she went to the police but they told her Mr. Caswill had not done anything ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-illegal. She then reported the incident to the principal, following which Mr. Caswill was ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-for morning exercises every day there were strange words on the board and the students ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-were on their knees and bowing and saying the words over and over. She said that if ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-you said the words fast enough they sounded like “oh what a dummy or idiot I am.” ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-She said that she told her Mother about the “rape” comment incident a few days or up ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-to a week later. Mr. Caswill said that the bowing down activity was really a “camp ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-activity and the words if spoken quickly became “Oh what a goose I am.” ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-[**], the mother of [**], testified that she works for the School Board as an educational ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-assistant and that her daughter, [**], told her about the “rape” comment incident a few ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-days after it happened. She went to Glen Beacock, the Principal and on his advice she ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-wrote a letter to the Board of Education. She can’t remember the timing but her letter ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-was written October 20, 1993. When questioned by Mr. Caswill she said she did not ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:believe the remark constituted sexual abuse but that she believed it was verbal abuse. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-She did not report it to the Children’s Aid Society or the police. She thought it was a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-matter for the school board. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Bernard Hills, known as Sandy Hills, testified that he had worked with Mr. Caswill for ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-six or seven years. While at Elderslie Central School he had discussions with Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Caswill about some parents’ concerns and he said that Mr. Caswill was receptive to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-suggestions from him and/or the parents. He said Mr. Caswill was a “bright, creative ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-and innovative” teacher. He said that during the time he and Mr. Caswill were at ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Elderslie Central School there were a number of incidents that he discussed with Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-withdraw the complaint and that the College had to proceed. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-A report was entered by the prosecution, from Dr. Wolfe, a registered psychologist. This ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-report provided his opinion about the statements that were alleged to have been made ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-by Mr. Caswill about the rape, about drinking saliva, and about a female student being ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:sexy. Dr. Wolfe was asked for his opinion about what the effect of these remarks on the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-psychological well being of a child of average development in Grade six in a rural ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-community in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Although Dr. Wolfe considered the behaviors described to fall into the definition of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:sexual harassment, the only research on which he could base his opinion about their ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-effect on the students had to do with high school and university students. He did, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-however, formulate some opinions about the children at the age of 11 or 12 years being ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-sensitive to comments concerning their appearance, behaviour, competence, etc. He ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-pointed out that teachers are considered to be in a position of trust and authority. He ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-wrote about the possible effects on the children and said that proper clarification of the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-inappropriate nature of the behavior would serve to diminish the impact. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Mr. Caswill presented a report from Dr. Paul Dagg, a psychiatrist, who wrote in ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:response to Dr. Wolfe’s report. Dr. Dagg set out a definition of sexual harassment and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:pointed out that not all sexual comments constitute sexual harassment. He said that Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Caswill’s remarks, if made, are disturbing and inappropriate but that does not make ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:them sexual harassment. He said that in the description of the comments, only one of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:which is even close to a definition of sexual harassment, it is hard to see evidence of the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-repeated and persistent behaviour that constitutes harassment and is the root of the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-negative impact of harassment. In summary he says that the “remarks of the teacher ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:constitute at best a very mild experience of sexual harassment that is unlikely to have ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-any serious and long lasting impact on the children involved. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Mr. Caswill testified that he was removed from his classroom on the second day of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-school in September 1992 and was sent home without being told why. He was called to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-a meeting at the Board office at 1:30 p.m. where, after discussion, he believed that he was ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-to return to his classroom the next day but that the Superintendent of Personnel ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-suggested, after the meeting, that Mr. Caswill take a few days off. He said the rumour ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-mill started when he did not return to class the next day. Mr. Caswill said he did not ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-know which girl made the accusation about the “nice legs’” statement but that he had ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-not said those things. He said that he refused to return to the classroom because there ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-was no real investigation so he obtained a doctor’s note to be on sick leave. He told of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-his transfer to Annabel-Hepworth Central Public School as of January 1993 and told the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-panel about his experience there between January and June 1993. In particular, he ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-pointed out many times when he was left alone and unattended with difficult students ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-whom he was assigned to help. Mr. Caswill said Mr. Beacock went out of his way to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-help him and in September he began teaching a Grade six class. Mr. Caswill said that on ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-the first day of school a parent sent a letter to the Board office alleging that he was a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:homosexual and every few days there was another phone call or letter. He said that in ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-September and October during the barrage of rumours he was monitored by Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Beacock, by the Vice Principal and by the Superintendent and that all of them were very ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-supportive. In November was the “firing meeting” and he was terminated. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Mr. Caswill said that with regard to the “lucky stick” or “lucky ruler” comment, it was ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-alleged to have happened during an outdoor education class. He said that he had ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-always avoided touching students or other people. He said that he would never touch a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-student like that and he did not do so. With regard to the “rape” comments, he said he ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-has no recollection of anything remotely resembling that. Mr. Caswill agreed that he ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-could have made an offhand remark about drinking saliva and he might have made a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-comment when students were talking inappropriately. He said that he might have said ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-why don’t you two just exchange photos instead. Regarding his inappropriate body ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-language referred to in one document, Mr. Caswill demonstrated the kind of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-exaggerated wink he said he had made at a student who was daydreaming and staring ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-off into space. It was done in order to get the students attention. Mr. Caswill agreed that ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-he had difficulty avoiding pitfalls with some students as referred to by Sandy Hills. Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Caswill said, that in the classroom, he didn’t use sarcasm as a teaching device. If he was ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-sarcastic, it was inadvertent. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-The panel also considered the following documents entered as exhibits: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Exhibit #2: A letter to Mr. Caswill, March 24, 2993, from Paul Cole, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- Superintendent of Personnel reviewing meetings held with Mr. Caswill ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- between June 1992 and the date of the letter on which day another ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- meeting was to take place with Mr. Caswill, Mr. Beacock, the Vice ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- Principal, a Superintendent and Mr. Cole. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Exhibit #3: An October 1993 letter to Mr. Martindale, Director, Bruce County Board ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- of Education, from the parent of a student at Annabel-Hepworth Public ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf: School about inappropriate and sexist remarks alleged to have been made ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- by Mr. Caswill. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Exhibit #4: An October 20, 1993 letter from a parent to Mr. Martindale about the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- “rape” comment. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Exhibit #5: A March 30, 1989 letter to Mr. Martindale, Director of Education from Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- Hills regarding destructive criticism of students by Mr. Caswill and Mr. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- Caswill’s too high expectations for some of his pupils. The letter reports ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- that, although Mr. Caswill still has areas of difficulty, he has made efforts ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- to deal with his problems and has made progress as indicated in his ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- written comments. Mr. Hills indicates at the end of the letter that he will ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- continue to work with Mr. Caswill to assist him in becoming more ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- sensitive in his comments to students. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Exhibit #6: An April 7, 1989 letter to Mr. Hills, from Mr. Martindale with reference to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-first day of school but one parent who said she heard about it a few days or up to a week ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-after it had happened, did not write her letter of complaint until later in October. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Mr. Beacock agreed that he would have no reason to doubt Mr. Caswill’s character and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Mr. Hills agreed that he would have put his own children in Mr. Caswill’s class. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-There was an investigation by one principal about one of the allegations but appears to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-have been no real investigation by another principal about another incident alleged to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-have taken place in one of Mr. Caswill’s classes. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:There was no witness to testify to the “ sexy legs” comment although it was alleged to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-have been made in a gym full of students. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Mr. Caswill contends that he is not guilty of the allegations made in the affidavit but is ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-guilt to causes of the allegations. He agrees that he had very high expectations for his ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-students and described himself as a “dinosaur regarding educational standards who ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-holds on to expectations from previous decades. “ No one questioned that he challenged ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-his students to reach heights which he agrees may not be possible. He agrees that he is ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-guilty of pushing his students beyond their reach. He said he was unwilling to accept ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-the reality that a grade level separates the students involved in this case from those he ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-taught in former boards. Mr. Caswill admits to having pushed his students to catch up ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-even though there were severe differences in their backgrounds and motivation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-although he did say that he respects his rural students for their resilience and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-perseverance. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Mr. Caswill, by his own admission and as described by one of his principals, is very ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-creative and in some areas where he has taught he believes this is perceived as weird. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Mr. Caswill agreed that he may have been justifiably fired but he insists he did not make ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:the remarks about “rape” or “sexy legs”. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:Although Mr. Caswill was alleged to have made inappropriate remarks with sexual ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-content, there were no reports to the Children’s Aid Society as required under the law ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-when children are abused. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-The Committee accepts that Mr. Caswill’s remarks about students swallowing their own ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-or his saliva, are distasteful and inappropriate but believes that, in and of themselves, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-they do not constitute professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-The student who made the allegation about the “lucky ruler” comment is unable to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-provide information about what or who was supposed to have been “tapped” by the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-ruler or where and when it happened. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf:There is no witness to the “sexy legs” comment. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-The Committee is unable to conclude with reasonable certainty that the events around ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-the “rape” comment occurred. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-The Committee, on the basis of its findings, cannot find that William Caswill is guilty of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-professional misconduct as charged. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-The Committee finds William Caswill not guilty of the allegations as set out in the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-DATED AT TORONTO, THIS 22nd DAY OF DECEMBER, 1999 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-BY ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-____________________________ ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Solette N. Gelberg, Chair ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-____________________________ ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Larry Capstick ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-____________________________ ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf-Wayne Cornack ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated August 17, 1998 was served on Mark Anthony P. Gauthier, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-Teachers on September 14, 1998 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-The date for hearing was set at January 18, 1999. It is alleged that Mark Anthony P. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-Gauthier is guilty of professional misconduct, as per the Notice of Hearing, in that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-(a) Mark Anthony Gauthier failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- to Section 1(5) of the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the Ontario ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- College of Teachers Act and filed as Ontario Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf:(b) Mark Anthony Gauthier abused his students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Section 1(7) of the Professional ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- Misconduct Regulation made under the Ontario College of Teachers Act and filed as ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-(c) Mark Anthony Gauthier failed to comply with the Ontario College of Teachers Act ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- and/or the Education Act, and/or the Regulations passed thereunder, contrary to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- Section 1(14) and (15) of the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Act and filed as Ontario Regulation 437/97 on December 4, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- 1997. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-(d) Mark Anthony Gauthier contravened a law relevant to the member’s suitability to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Section 1(16) of the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-(1) Mark Anthony P. Gauthier (the “Member”) is a Member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-(2) The Member was employed by the former Windsor Roman Catholic Separate ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf: School Board, now the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board, for over 25 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- years until his dismissal in March, 1995. Between 1977 and 1982, the Member ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- taught Grades 5 to 7 at St. Bernard School in Windsor and thereafter taught at ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- several other schools in the Windsor area. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-(3) On March 5, 1993 the Member was arrested and charged with nine counts of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf: indecent assault, sexual assault and sexual exploitation involving students and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- former students. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-(4) On March 14, 1995 the Member was convicted of two counts of indecent assault ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf: on [**] and [**] and two counts of sexual assault on [**] and was sentenced to a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- total term of imprisonment of 24 months less a day. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-(5) At all material times and particularly at the times of the offences of which the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- Member was convicted, [**], [**] and [**] were students at either St. Bernard or St. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- Jules Schools, both within the former Windsor Roman Catholic Separate School ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- Board area where the Member taught. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-(6) On March 28, 1995, following his conviction, the Member was dismissed by the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- said School Board effective immediately. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-(7) The Ontario College of Teachers submits that the above-mentioned facts and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- circumstances constitute professional misconduct and ask that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- Committee revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of Mark ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- Anthony P. Gauthier. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-(8) Mark Anthony P. Gauthier submits and requests that he be permitted to resign ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- as a Member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-The Panel accepts that Mark Anthony P. Gauthier was found guilty of two counts of ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf:indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault under the Criminal Code of Canada ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-(Exhibit 8) and sentenced to a total term of imprisonment of 24 months less a day ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-(Exhibit 8). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-The Panel accepts the Agreed Statement of Facts as outlined in Exhibit 8. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-REASONS ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-The Committee accepts that Mr. Gauthier indecently assaulted two students, and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf:sexually assaulted another student on more than one occasion. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-The Committee finds no reason to grant Mr. Gauthier’s request that he be permitted to ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-resign as a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds Mark Anthony P. Gauthier guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-misconduct under sections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15) 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19), of the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-Professional Misconduct Regulation, as alleged, and directs the Registrar to revoke Mark ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf-Anthony P. Gauthier’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 9, 2000 was served on Glenn John Byford, requesting ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on March ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-23, 2000 to set a date for hearing and specifying the charges. The date set for hearing ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-was July 5, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-It is alleged that Glenn John Byford is guilty of professional misconduct or ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-incompetence as defined in sections 30(2) and (3) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf:(b) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2 and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- Regulations made under the Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-(d) he contravened laws, and those contraventions are relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-(e) he performed acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997, in particular, section ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-1, subsections (5), (7), (14), (15), (16), (18) and (19). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-Particulars of the alleged misconduct are set out in Exhibit #1 and they are to the effect ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-1. Glenn John Byford is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-2. At all material times, Glenn John Byford was employed by the Rainbow District ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- School Board and its predecessor, the Sudbury Board of Education, as a music ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- teacher at La Salle Secondary School, Sudbury. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-3. On or between September 1, 1992 and May 31, 1995, Glenn John Byford engaged ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf: in sexual activity with a female student at La Salle Secondary School, [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- commencing when she was 15 years old and in grade 10 and continuing until the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- end of [XXX]’s grade 11 school year. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf:4. The sexual activity between [XXX] over the said period including, kissing, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf: fondling, mutual masturbation, mutual oral sex and sexual intercourse and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- occurred at various locations on school premises including Glenn John Byford’s ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- office, the school stage, the staff room, the staff washroom and in another music ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf: teacher’s room. The said sexual activity also took place at various locations off of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- school premises and on the occasion of school trips to Montreal, Toronto and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- Calgary. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf:5. In addition to the said sexual activity, over the said period, Glenn John Byford ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- called student [XXX] on the telephone on occasions to tell her he was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- masturbating himself. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-6. On or between January 5, 1998 and August 28, 1998, Glenn John Byford called on ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- the telephone on various occasions another grade 11 female student at La Salle ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf: Secondary School, [XXX], asked her personal questions about her sex life and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- what activities she and her boyfriend performed, suggested to her that he had ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf: performed oral sex on a girl when he was in high school masturbating her at the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- same time with his fingers and asked [XXX] if she had ever had that done to her, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- asked [XXX] whether she thought he was too old for her, told her that he was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- getting excited and, when she told him that she was very uncomfortable with the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- conversation, told her that he could not help it because she was so attractive ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- “and had a nice ass.” ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-7. Some weeks later, Glenn John Byford started to call student [XXX] again, giving ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- excuses and pretexts for so doing. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-8. On a La Salle Secondary School band trip to New York in May 1998, Glenn John ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- Byford went to the bedroom of three female grade 11 students in the early hours ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- of the morning, consumed alcohol himself and acquiesced while two of the three ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- female students, who were under the legal age for so doing, also consumed ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- alcohol. The female students involved were [XXX], [XXX] and [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-9. [XXX] was another female student at La Salle Secondary School who studied ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- saxophone under Glenn John Byford for three years from grade 9 to grade 12, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- during which period, Glenn John Byford, on occasions, commented on the size of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- the said student’s breasts and on her clothing, such as her shirt was tight and she ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- had “big boobs” or “big breasts” or “a big chest” to the humiliation of the said ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- student and making her feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, the panel finds the following ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-facts: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-(1) Glenn John Byford is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-(2) Between September 1992 and December 1999, Glenn John Byford was employed ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- by the Rainbow District School Board and its predecessor, the Sudbury Board of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- Education as a music teacher at La Salle Secondary School. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-(3) On or between September 1, 1992 and May 31, 1995, Glenn John Byford engaged ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf: in sexual activity with [XXX], a female student at La Salle Secondary School, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- Sudbury, commencing when she was 16 years old in grade 10 and continuing ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- until the end of [XXX]'’ grade 12 school year. During this period of time, [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- was taught music by Glenn John Byford. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf:(4) The sexual activity between Glenn John Byford and [XXX] over the said period ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf: including kissing, fondling, mutual masturbation, mutual oral sex and sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- intercourse which occurred at various locations on school premises including ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- Glenn John Byford’s office, the school stage, staff areas and in another music ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf: teacher’s room. The said sexual activity also took place at various locations ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- outside of school premises and while on school trips to Montreal, Toronto and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- Calgary. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf:(5) In addition to the said sexual activity, over the said period, Glenn John Byford ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- called the student [XXX] on the telephone on occasions to tell her he was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- masturbating himself. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-(6) On or about September 4, 1998, as a result of complaints received and pending an ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- investigation, the Board of Education suspended Glenn John Byford and the said ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- Board of Education terminated his employment on December 2, 1998, with ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- immediate effect for breach of statutory duty. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-(7) The aforesaid activities and the publicity resulting from media coverage and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- communication within the general public has resulted in a reputation, image and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- lifestyle inconsistent with that expected of a member and that which would ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- enable Glenn John Byford to discharge the duty of a teacher to the public, the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- students and to his employer. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-(8) On or about April 17, 2000, Glenn John Byford pleaded guilty to a charge of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf: sexual exploitation of a minor and was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- and was ordered to serve a period of 18 months probation following his release ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- from prison, one of the terms of which is that he is not to teach anyone under the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- age of 18 years. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-(9) By this document, Glenn John Byford, accepts that the matters referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- preceding paragraphs constitute professional misconduct and pleads guilty to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- the allegations of professional misconduct with respect to [XXX] set out in the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- Notice of Hearing attached hereto as Schedule “A” being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (16), (18) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- and (19). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-(10) The Committee heard evidence from [XXX], a former student, who described ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- several incidents where Glenn John Byford spoke to her by telephone or in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- person in an inappropriate manner. The content of those conversations were of a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf: personal and sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-No evidence was presented to support allegations regarding involvement of students ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-[XXX] and [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf:Glenn John Byford admitted to the inappropriate relationship and sexual exploitation of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-Having heard from [XXX], the Committee found [XXX] to be a credible witness and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-further, the Committee accepts that Glenn John Byford’s behaviour toward [XXX] was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf:Glenn John Byford admitted his sexual exploitation of [XXX] and both the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-College of Teachers and Glenn John Byford requested that his Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-and Registration be revoked. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-The Committee concurred with the decision of Poupore, J. in the Musico decision in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-December, 1996 “It must be known that our society holds teachers and the role they play ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-in the life of our young people second only to that of parents. In order for our society to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-go forward, this trust must continue and when it is breached it must be dealt with ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-harshly so that those who aspire to the teaching profession, as well as those who already ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf-hold such positions will know that this type of conduct will in no way be tolerated.” ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated September 25, 1998 was served on GCR requesting ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-October 19, 1998 for a date to be set for hearing , and specifying the allegations. The ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-date for hearing was set at January 18, 1999. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-It is alleged that GCR is guilty of professional misconduct as per the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-in that: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf:(b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Education Act and the regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-(d) he contravened a law, and that contravention is relevant to his suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-(e) he committed an act that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that GCR is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers, ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-(Exhibit 1). At all material times, GCR was employed by the Sault Ste. Marie School ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-Board as a principal. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts was filed as Exhibit 7. That statement ha d been signed by ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-GCR, witnessed by Michael Pierman, and L. Thomas Forbes, Q.C. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-(1) GCR (the “Member”) is a Member of the Ontario College of Teachers; ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-(2) The Member was employed by the Sault Ste. Marie Board of Education from ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- 1957 to June 30, 1992. The Member was a principal as of June, 1992; ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-(3) On June 15, 1991 GCR was arrested and charged with two offences: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf: (a) unlawful sexual assault on [**] contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- Code of Canada, and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- (b) being in a position of trust or authority toward [**], a young person, did ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf: for a sexual purpose touch directly the body of [**] with his hands ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- contrary to Section 153 (1) (a) of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-(4) GCR was subsequently convicted of count (b) referred to in paragraph number 3 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- above and received a four month prison sentence; ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-(5) As of June 30, 1992, GCR resigned and terminated his contract with the Sault Ste. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- Marie Board of Education; ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-(6) The Ontario College of Teachers submit that the above mentioned facts and ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- circumstances constitute professional misconduct and ask that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- Committee revoke the certificate of qualification and registration of GCR; ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- 1999 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-(7) GCR submits and requests that he be permitted to resign as a member of the ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-GCR was found guilty of being in a position of trust or authority toward a young ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf:person and did for a sexual purpose touch directly the body of the young person with ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-his hands contrary to section 153(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit 7). GCR ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-was sentenced to four months in prison (Exhibit 7). ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-The Panel accepts the Agreed Statement of Facts as outlined in Exhibit 7. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf:The Panel accepts that GCR touched a young person for sexual purposes with his ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-hands. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-The Panel finds no reason to grant GCR’s request that he be permitted to resign as a ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf-Member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/1999onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated February 11, 2000 was served on John Timothy McLeod, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-Teachers on March 23, 2000, to set a date for hearing and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-hearing date was set for October 16, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-It is alleged that John Timothy McLeod is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf:(b) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulations 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2 and particularly s. 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- the Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-(d) he contravened laws and those contraventions are relevant to his suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-(e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-(f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-(g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgement and/or a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the member is either ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-Particulars of the alleged misconduct are set out in Exhibit #1 and they are to the effect ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-1. John Timothy McLeod is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-2. At all material times, John Timothy McLeod was employed by the Board of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- Education for the City of London, the predecessor of the Thames Valley District ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- School Board, as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-3. On or between January 1, 1977 and December 31, 1980, John Timothy McLeod ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- sexually assaulted victim “A”, a male student befriended by the member when ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- he attended [**] School where the member was a teacher from 1973 to 1976 and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 1977 to 1980, the assaults taking place at various locations both on and off school ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- premises, including the janitor’s office and the member’s cottage on [**]. The ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- sexual assaults comprised of masturbation and mutual oral sex. The member ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf: also took pornographic photographs of the said victim and provided him with ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- alcohol. In 1980, victim “A” was [**] years old. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-4. On or between January 1, 1979 and December 31, 1979, the member befriended ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- victim “C”, a [**] year old male, took him to his cottage on [**], provided him ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- with alcohol, and told the student that he would teach him how to drive his car if ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- he, the student, would allow the member to perform fellatio on him. The ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- member did so and requested the victim to perform fellatio on him, which the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf: victim declined. The member showed pornographic photographs to the said ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- victim and requested him to permit the member to have anal intercourse with ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- him, which the victim refused. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf:5. On or between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 1990, the member sexually ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- assaulted victim “B”, a male student in [**] at [**] School where the member was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- a teacher, at the member’s cottage at [**]. The member provided the said student ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- with alcohol until he became intoxicated, undressed him, fondled his penis and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- performed fellatio on him. The member then placed cream between the said ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- victim’s thighs and rubbed his penis in that area. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-6. On or about December 15, 1997, the member was charged with several criminal ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf: charges including sexual exploitation, sexual assault, indecent assault on a male, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- and gross indecency, under sections 153, 271, 156 and 157 of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- Canada. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-7. As a result of those criminal charges, and with a condition of release from ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- custody requiring abstinence from communication with any person under the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- age of 18 years unless accompanied by another adult person, the member was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- reassigned by the said Board of Education to non-classroom duties. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-8. On or about October 30, 1998, the member was charged on an information ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf: containing seven counts of indecent assault on a male, gross indecency, sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf: exploitation, and sexual assault contrary to sections 156, 157, 153, and 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada and involving alleged offences between January 1, 1977 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- and August 31, 1990. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-9. On or about July 9, 1999, the member pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- assault on a male between January 1, 1977 and December 31, 1980, and a second ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- count of indecent assault on a male between September 1, 1977 and June 30, 1978, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- contrary to section 156 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The remaining five counts ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- were withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-10. On or about July 9, 1999, the member was convicted of the aforesaid two counts ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- of indecent assault and was sentenced to three months imprisonment, fifteen ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- months consecutive conditional sentence, and was made the subject of a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- probation order for a term of three years concurrent with the other two ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- sentences. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-11. The two charges of indecent assault in respect of which the member was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- convicted, involved two [**] male victims of school age and one of the conditions ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- of the conditional sentence directed the member not to associate or be involved ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- in any communication directly or indirectly with any male persons under the age ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- of 16 years unless they are accompanied by a parent or guardian. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-12. On June 30, 1999, nine days prior to pleading guilty to the two charges of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- indecent assault on a male, the member resigned his employment with the said ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- Board of Education and retired. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-13. The aforesaid activities and charges and the publicity resulting from media ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- coverage and communication within the general public, has resulted in a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- reputation, image and lifestyle inconsistent with that expected of a member and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- that which would enable the member to discharge the duty of a teacher to the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- public, the students, and to his employer. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-EVIDENCE: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea was filed as Exhibit #2. That statement ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-had been signed by McCarthy Tétrault on behalf of the Ontario College of Teachers, the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-member, John Timothy McLeod, and a witness, E. J. McLeod. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-In addition, the Committee heard evidence from Victims “B” and “C” who testified to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf:sexual assaults by the John Timothy McLeod, which took place at the member’s cottage ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-at [**]. The victims testified as to the impact of those encounters on their lives. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-Victim “C”, a [**] year old male, testified that the member provided him with alcohol ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf:and then sexually assaulted him. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-The Committee heard evidence from Victim “B”, a male student in [**] at the school ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-where the member was a teacher. Victim “B” stated that the member provided him with ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-alcohol until Victim “B” became intoxicated, at which point John Timothy McLeod ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf:sexually assaulted him. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-Detective Constable Luckasavitch, investigating officer, North East Division of [**] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-District, testified that on October 30, 1998, the member was charged on an Information ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf:containing seven counts of indecent assault on a male, gross indecency, sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf:exploitation, and sexual assault contrary to sections 156, 157, 153, and 271 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-Code of Canada and involving alleged offences between January 1, 1977 and August 31, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-1990. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-With respect to those charges, the member pleaded guilty on or about July 9, 1999, to a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-charge of indecent assault on a male between January 1, 1977 and December 31, 1980, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-and a second count of indecent assault on a male between September 1, 1977 and June ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-30, 1978, contrary to section 156 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The remaining five ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-counts were withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-On or about July 9, 1999, the member was convicted of the aforesaid two counts of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-indecent assault and was sentenced to three months imprisonment, fifteen months ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-Following a telephone call from the police on December 15, 1997 Linda Peck met with ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-John Timothy McLeod and indicated that the Board was doing its own internal ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-investigation. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-Following a December 16, 1997 meeting with Board officials, John Timothy McLeod was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-given a letter assigning the member to home duties. John Timothy McLeod wrote the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-Board in April of 1999 indicating that he would be retiring on June 30, 1999. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-Linda Peck also gave evidence about extensive local media coverage in December of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-1997 and in July of 1999 after the sentencing. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, the panel finds the following ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-facts: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-(1) John Timothy McLeod is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-(2) At all material times, the member was employed by the Board of Education for ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- the City of London, the predecessor of the Thames Valley District School Board, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- saw an elementary school teacher. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf:(3) On or between January 1, 1977 and December 31, 1980, the member sexually ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- assaulted victim “A”, a male student befriended by the member when the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- student attended [**] School, where the member was a teacher from 1973 to 1976 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- and 1977 to 1980. The assaults taking place at various locations both on and off ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- school premises, including the janitor’s office and the member’s cottage on [**], ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf: Ontario. The sexual assaults comprised of masturbation and mutual oral sex. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf: The member also took pornographic photographs of the said victim and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- provided him with alcohol. In 1980, victim “A” was [**] years old. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-(4) On or between January 1, 1979 and December 31, 1979, the member befriended ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- victim “C”, a [**] year old male. The member took that victim to his cottage at ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- [**], provided him with alcohol and performed fellatio on him. The member then ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- requested the victim to perform fellatio on him, but the victim declined to do so. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf:(5) On or between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 1990, the member sexually ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- assaulted victim “B”, a male student in [**] at [**] where the member was a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- teacher, at the member’s cottage at [**]. The member provided the said student ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- with alcohol until he became intoxicated, undressed him, fondled his penis and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- performed fellatio on him. The member then placed cream between the said ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- victim’s thighs and rubbed his penis in that area. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-(6) On or about December 15, 1997, the member was charged with several criminal ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf: charges including sexual exploitation, sexual assault, indecent assault on a male, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- and gross indecency, under sections 153, 271, 156, and 157 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- of Canada, with respect to the aforementioned students. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-(7) As a result of those criminal charges, and a condition of release from custody ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- requiring abstinence from communication with any person under the age of 18 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- years unless accompanied by another adult person, the member was reassigned ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- by the said Board of Education to non-classroom duties. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf-(8) On or about October 30, 1998, the member was charged with seven counts of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf: indecent assault on a male, gross indecency, sexual exploitation, and sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- assault contrary to sections 156, 157, 153, and 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- and involving alleged offences between January 1, 1977 and August 31, 1990. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- This Information superceded the charges referred to in paragraph 6 above. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed as a teacher by a private school ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- in the Greater Toronto Area. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-3. During the year 1988, [**] was a student in a private school in the Greater ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- Toronto Area where the member was a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf:4. During the year 1988, the member did commit a sexual assault on [**], contrary ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- to section 271 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf:5. On July 9, 1998, the member pleaded guilty to the 1989 sexual assault of [**], a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- student at a private school in the Greater Toronto Area and received a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- conditional sentence of one year. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-6. A Resignation and Undertaking was filed as Exhibit #6 as attached. That ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- statement had been signed by Clark Winton Noble and Defense Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-7. Evidence was led that the victim was not currently living on the continent. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-Based on the attached Resignation and Undertaking, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-(1) Clark Winton Noble is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-(2) Clark Winton Noble submits his resignation as a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-(3) Clark Winton Noble surrenders his certification as a teacher in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-(4) Clark Winton Noble undertakes never to teach again. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-(5) Clark Winton Noble requested that the Ontario College of Teachers be granted ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- permission to withdraw the proceedings against him before the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- Committee and understands that the College’s Register will record the fact that ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-C:\windows\temp\tmpsghsvapolyglotte_input\Noble Clark Winton [PE].doc – 13/13/98 3 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- he was permitted to resign during the course of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf: proceedings following his conviction for sexual assault of a student. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-(6) Clark Winton Noble understands that if accepted by the Discipline Committee, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- the details of his Resignation and Undertaking and the circumstances thereof ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- may be published in the official publication of the Ontario College of Teachers, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- “Professionally Speaking”, and recognizes that the College may communicate ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- the details and result of this matter to any other educational jurisdiction. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf:Clark Winton Noble was found guilty of a sexual assault on [**], contrary to section 271, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- under the Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit #3) and received a conditional ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- sentence of a period of one year (Exhibit #4). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-The Committee accepts Counsel’s joint proposal to withdraw the Notice of Hearing in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- the matter of Clark Winton Noble in return for his resignation, cancellation of his ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- Ontario Teaching Certificate and notation of such on the College Register. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-The Committee is persuaded that to pursue the charges of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- would be detrimental to the victim who does not reside on the continent. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that by accepting the Resignation and Undertaking of Clark ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-Winton Noble, the public interest has been served. The Committee is also satisfied that ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-C:\windows\temp\tmpsghsvapolyglotte_input\Noble Clark Winton [PE].doc – 13/13/98 4 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(24) provides for the protection of the public ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-interest should the member fail to abide by his Resignation and Undertaking. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-The Committee agrees that to proceed with a Discipline Hearing of Professional ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-Misconduct would be detrimental to the victim. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-DECISION AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-Based on a joint submission, the evidence given by the witnesses and having examined ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-the exhibits filed, the Committee agrees to the withdrawal of the Notice of Hearing in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-the matter of Clark Winton Noble before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-College of Teachers. The Committee accepts his resignation as a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-College of Teachers. The Committee acknowledges that the member has surrendered his ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-certification as a teacher in Ontario effective immediately. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-The Committee further directs that the College Register will state that Clark Winton ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-Noble was permitted to resign during the course of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf:proceedings following his conviction for sexual assault of a student. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-further orders that the undertaking be attached to this Decision. The Committee is ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-satisfied that Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(24) provides for the protection of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-the public interest should the member fail to abide by his written undertaking. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-DATED AT TORONTO, THIS 26th DAY OF JANUARY, 2000 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf-C:\windows\temp\tmpsghsvapolyglotte_input\Noble Clark Winton [PE].doc – 13/13/98 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated December 20, 1999 was served on William Clifford ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-Melanson, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-of Teachers on to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-It is alleged that William Clifford Melanson is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, s. 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf:b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, s. 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Act, and with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof and the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ss. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-d) he committed an act or acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, s. 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- 437/97, s. 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that William Clifford Melanson is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-College of Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-Teachers (Exhibit #1). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-On June 12, 2000, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-conducted a hearing into whether was guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-William Clifford Melanson was in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-EVIDENCE: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in Exhibit #1, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-alleging that William Clifford Melanson is guilty of professional misconduct in that his ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-acts were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-College of Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997, in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-particular, sections 1 (5), (7), (14), (15), (18) and (19). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-Particulars of the alleged misconduct are set out in Exhibit #1 and they are to the effect ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-1. William Clifford Melanson is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed as a teacher by the Ottawa ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- Carleton Board of Education and its predecessors at [XXX] in Ottawa. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-3. In or about 1985 and 1986, [XXX] was a [XXX] and [XXX] student at [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- was in the member’s [XXX]. [XXX] was born on [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-4. On or between June 1, 1985 and June 30, 1986, the member commenced and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf: maintained a sexual relationship with [XXX], his student. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-5. In or about June 1985, when [XXX] confided in the member about some personal ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- problems she was having, the member hugged and kissed [XXX] in a classroom ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- of [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-6. From in or about late June or early July, 1985, the member’s relationship with ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf: [XXX] progressed from hugging and kissing to sexual touching, masturbation, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf: sexual intercourse, mutual oral sex and anal intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf:7. The sexual acts between the member and his student took place in the member’s ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- home, in the member’s car, in hotel or motel rooms rented by the member, at the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- member’s farm house and at various outdoor locations. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-8. [XXX] ceased to be a student of the member’s on or about June 30, 1986. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-9. On or about September 1, 1986, [XXX], having graduated from [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- commenced her University education. The relationship between [XXX] and the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- member continued until late 1986 or early 1987. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-10. The member retired from his position as a teacher with the said Board of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- Education on or about June 30, 1999. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that William Clifford Melanson is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-College of Teachers (Exhibit #1). At all material times, William Clifford Melanson was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-employed by the Ottawa Carleton District School Board and its predecessor as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts was filed as Exhibit #2. That statement had been signed ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-by William Clifford Melanson, Joshua Phillips, Green Chercover, Defense Counsel and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-L. Thomas Forbes, Q.C., Prosecution Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf:(1) William Clifford Melanson had a sexual relationship with [XXX], a [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- [XXX] student, and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-(2) William Clifford Melanson entered a plea of no contest to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-The Committee finds that [XXX] was approaching her [XXX] birthday at the beginning ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-of the relationship and was a consenting adult during the latter part of the relationship ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-which continued after she graduated from high school. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-Based on the findings and/or evidence given by the witnesses and having examined the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-Exhibits filed, the Committee finds William Clifford Melanson guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-misconduct under section 1(7) of the Professional Misconduct Regulation, in that he ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf:abused a student sexually. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-The Committee requires William Clifford Melanson’s immediate resignation from the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers, accompanied by an undertaking that William Clifford ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-Melanson will not teach again in any jurisdiction and that he agrees never to apply to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers for reinstatement of his registration. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-Claudio Squillaro ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated September 25, 1998 was served on Claudio Squillaro, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-Teachers on October 19, 1998 to set a date for hearing and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-The date for hearing was set for April 20, 1999. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-It is alleged that Claudio Squillaro is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf:(b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Education Act and the regulations made under that ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- Act contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-(d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-where he could be successful during a difficult time in his life. However, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-believes this cannot excuse Claudio Squillaro’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-The Committee considered [XXX]’s letter of August 15, 1997 to Ihor Baczynsky of the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-OECTA York Unit. In the letter, [XXX] speaks highly of Claudio Squillaro; describes her ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-relationship with him; indicates her outrage at not having been consulted about her ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-relationship with Claudio Squillaro and notes the loss of his job. While the letter may ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-show that [XXX] was defending Claudio Squillaro, it does not diminish the seriousness ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-of Claudio Squillaro’s conduct. Further, the Committee believes that it cannot rely on ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-the judgement of a [XXX]-year-old student as to the motivation of a teacher to write, call ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-and page her, as Claudio Squillaro did. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-The Committee considered the letters written by Claudio Squillaro to [XXX]. Even ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-taking into consideration the factors affecting Claudio Squillaro at the time, the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-numerous letters presented as exhibits are highly improper and unprofessional. The ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-Committee does not accept that they were written to practice a romantic style of writing. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-The Committee finds that the tone of Claudio Squillaro’s letters implied some desired ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf:sexual contact and that they promised some future with [XXX], e.g. “Remember our 2-4 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-year plan.” (Exhibit #3, Tab 5) These letters, written by a teacher to his student, under ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-any circumstances, would be reasonably regarded by members of the profession as ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-5. On July 19, 1980, on the evening of David James Perryman’s marriage [**], David ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- James Perryman entered the bedroom of [**], who was then aged [**] years, and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- stated to [**] that he wanted to see her breasts. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-6. On other occasions between July 19, 1980 and 1986, David James Perryman made ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf: comments of a sexual nature to [**]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-7. On or between July 19, 1980 and January 3, 1983, David James Perryman and [**] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- were lying on the floor watching TV, covered with a blanket when David James ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- Perryman touched [**]’s breast. Between those dates, [**] was aged between [**] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- and [**] years. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-8. On or about July 19, 1980 and January 3, 1983, David James Perryman asked [**] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- to touch his penis and, when she refused to do so, took her hand and placed it on ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- top of his penis under his pants. David James Perryman then took out his penis ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- and said to [**] “hold onto this.” ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-9. On or between July 19, 1980 and January 3, 1983, when [**] was sitting on the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- floor in front of the couch on which David James Perryman was lying, he reached ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- around and touched the breasts of [**]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-10. In or around December 1983, when [**] was in grade [**] and aged [**] years, she ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- and David James Perryman were lying on the couch when he placed his hand on ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- the area of [**]’s clitoris. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf:11. In or between 1983 to 1986, David James Perryman engaged in sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- with [**] in [**], while [**] was away from their home. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-12. In or between 1983 to 1986, David James Perryman told [**] that the relationship ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- between [**] and himself was not wrong, and stated that he would be [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf: teacher with respect to sexual activity. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-13. In or around 1985 or 1986, David James Perryman told [**] that he wanted to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf: have sex with her and when [**] refused, David James Perryman pulled her ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- down onto a couch and endeavoured to kiss her, ignoring [**]’s statement to him ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf: that she did not wish to have a sexual relationship with him. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf:14. In or around 1985 or 1986, David James Perryman engaged in sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- with [**] in [**], while [**] was sleeping. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-15. In or about 1989 or 1990, David James Perryman pushed [**] up against a wall ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- and rubbed his body on hers. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-16. At all material times David James Perryman was in a position of trust in relation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- to [**]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-17. On or about November 6, 1996, David James Perryman was charged with ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- indecently assaulting [**] between July 19, 1980 and January 3, 1983. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-18. On or about June 24, 1998, the charge of indecent assault against David James ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- Perryman was substituted by a charge of assault between July 19, 1980 and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- December 31, 1986 in respect to which, David James Perryman pleaded guilty on ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- June 24, 1998 when the six incidents referred to in paragraphs 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- above, were read into the court record. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-19. On July 17, 1998, David James Perryman was sentenced to 45 days imprisonment ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- on the assault charge, to be served in the community on terms. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-20. On April 20, 1999, David James Perryman resigned his employment with the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- Upper Grand District Board of Education effective April 27, 1999. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-David James Perryman made an oral presentation to the Committee and submitted ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-letters of support. At that point, he left the Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-[**] testified that David James Perryman did, on numerous occasions between the years ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf:of 1980 and 1986, touch [**] in a sexual and inappropriate manner and that David James ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf:Perryman did have sexual intercourse with [**] on two occasions and attempted on ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf:numerous other occasions to initiate sexual activity. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-William George Blackie, Superintendent of Human Resources for Upper Grand District ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-School Board testified that David James Perryman was employed by the Board, formerly ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-known as Dufferin County Board of Education, beginning in September 1978 until his ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-suspension in November of 1997. Mr. Blackie further testified that after the trial of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-David James Perryman, the Upper Grand District School Board conducted their own ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-investigation and concluded that they would not put children at risk by continuing his ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-employment. Mr. Blackie testified that Senior Administration felt that the plea bargain ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-trivialized what had gone on, and that “a more serious event was being ignored and our ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-concern for the safety of the children had to be recognized” and concluded that, in their ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-opinion, David James Perryman should be terminated. The Board allowed David James ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-Perryman to resign, effective April 27, 1998. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-In his submission to the Committee, L. Thomas Forbes, Prosecution Counsel to the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers referred to the following Supreme Court of Canada ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-decisions: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-1) Ross v. New Brunswick School District No. 15, [1996] 1 SCR 825. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-2) R. v. Audet , [1996] 2 SCR 171. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-3) Toronto (City) Board of Education v. O.S.S.T.F., District 15, [1997] SCR 487. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-The panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-(1) On November 6, 1996 David James Perryman was charged with indecent assault ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- contrary to section 149(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit #2). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-(2) On June 24, 1998, David James Perryman pleaded guilty to assault, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada. (Exhibit #3) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-(3) In the proceedings dated June 24, 1998 Mr. Stern, on behalf of David James ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- Perryman, agreed that the conduct described could be called inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- Furthermore, in the first referred incident, on instruction, Mr. Stern described the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- incident as an assault. (Exhibit #4) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-(4) In the Reasons for Sentence and Sentence given by the Honourable Judge J.B. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- Allen on July 17, 1998, (Exhibit #5), Judge J.B. Allen stated “the essence of it ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- surely is that as the adult in the relationship and often in the context of playful ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- exuberance and in the context of their mutual affection, he went beyond the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- bounds of acceptable behavoiur toward a vulnerable girl”. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-(5) David James Perryman was found guilty of assault. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-(6) The Honourable Judge J.B. Allen sentenced David James Perryman to a term of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- 45 days imprisonment to be served in the community, with specified terms and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- conditions. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-The Committee finds that the testimony of [**] was credible and accepts that while in a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-position of trust, David James Perryman did, on numerous occasions between the years ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf:of 1980 and 1986, touch [**] in a sexual and inappropriate manner. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-Based on [**]’s testimony, the Committee also accepts that David James Perryman did ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf:have sexual intercourse with [**] on two occasions and attempted on numerous other ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf:occasions to initiate sexual activity. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-The Committee accepts that the behaviour of David James Perryman constitutes ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-professional misconduct and is persuaded that he breached a position of trust. The ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-Committee further accepts that David James Perryman does not appreciate the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-significance of his misconduct outside the classroom. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-Supreme Court decisions have confirmed “that teachers are very properly expected to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-maintain a higher standard of conduct than other employees because they occupy such ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-an extremely important position in society.”[Toronto (City) Board of Education v. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-O.S.S.T.F , District 15, [1997] 1 SCR 487 at p. 510.] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-“Section 264 1(c) of the Education Act requires teachers to inculcate by precept and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-example the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-benevolence. These are values that all parents wish their children to learn. In their ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-position of trust, teachers must teach by example as well as by lesson, and that example ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-is set just as much by their conduct outside the classroom as by their performance within ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-it. Thus, misconduct which occurs outside regular teaching hours can be the basis for ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-discipline proceedings.” [Toronto (City) Board of Education v. O.S.S.T.F., District 15, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf-supra at p. 511.] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 7, 1999 was served on the member, hereafter ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-known as T, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-College of Teachers on January 10, 2000, setting a date for hearing and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-charges. The hearing date was set for July 17, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-It is alleged that is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-b) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession by releasing or disclosing ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- information about a student to a person other than that student, the consent of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- the student not having been first obtained, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf:c) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- chapter E.2, and particularly, section 264(1)(c) and the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-e) he committed an act or acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- iii) when T and Student #6 arrived at his home, T invited her to come ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- in to his home to see his paintings. Once inside, T offered Student ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- #6 an alcoholic drink, which she declined; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- iv) thereafter, T kissed Student #6 and touched her genital area to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf: attempt to stimulate her sexually. This touching occurred without ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- Student #6’s consent; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- v) T stopped the touching when his wife opened the door of the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- room and saw T and Student #6; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- vi) showed Student #6 photographs that T had taken of female ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- students and former students of the school, when she returned to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- the secondary school in 1991 as a speaker; and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- vii) asked Student #6 to pose nude for him when she returned as a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- speaker to the said school in 1991 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-b) In respect to Student #1 (born [**]), and while she was a grade [**] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- through grade [**] student of T’s; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- i) made a body cast and sculpture of Student #1; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ii) made a plaster cast of Student #1 having first applied Vaseline to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- her body; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- iii) put his hands underneath Student #1’s bathing suit and touched ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- her breasts and vaginal area without any previous indication or ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- request to do so; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- iv) photographed Student #1 in a pose which made it appear that her ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- hands were tied behind her back; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- v) photographed Student #1 when she was nude; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- iv) allowed Student #1 to look at an art book, depicting women in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- bondage poses, titled “Fetish Girls” ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- xvi) showed to Student #1 a portion of a book he was writing about ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- “Jack” and “Julie” and in which there was also a character “Jane”. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- T told Student #1 that some parts of the book relating to Jack were ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- autobiographical. T told Student #1 that the character Jane ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- referred to Student #1. Jack was portrayed as being in his early ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- 20s. The writings included: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf: a) Jack and Jane are having sex in a barn; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf: b) Jack wanted Jane to have sex with his girlfriend; and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf: c) Jack and Jane had sex by a fireplace; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- xvii) gave Student #1 a photograph that he had taken of her lying on a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- log on which the name “Jane” had been carved; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- xviii) gave Student #1 a mug with the name “Jane” on it; and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- xix) gave Student #1 a cassette tape that he had made for her birthday. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-c) In respect to Student #2 (born [**]), while she was a grade [**] through ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- grade [**] student; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- i) photographed Student #2 in poses in which she appeared to be ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- chained to a log, and appeared to be tied to a tree wearing ripped ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- clothing; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ii) photographed Student #2 in ripped and/or shredded clothing ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- resembling rags which was revealing of her anatomy; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-The Committee accepts the Agreed Statement of Facts as set out in Exhibits #2 and #3. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-The Committee specifically noted that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-T drank alcohol to the point of obvious intoxication in the presence of Student #6, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-guests, other students and teachers at a graduation party at a student’s home. In an ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-effort to assist T, Student #6 accompanied him to his home. In T’s home, T kissed ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf:Student #6 and touched her genital area to attempt to stimulate her sexually. This ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-touching occurred without Student #6’s consent. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-With regard to Student #1, who was a witness, T put his hands underneath Student #1’s ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-bathing suit and touched her breasts and vaginal area without any previous indication ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-or request to do so. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-T made a plaster cast of Student #1 having first applied Vaseline to her body ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-T photographed Student #1 when she was nude ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-T showed Student #2 inappropriate photographs of detailed female genitalia ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-T asked Student #2 to pose nude. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-T photographed Student #2 in wet clothing under which he asked her not to wear a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-brassiere. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-T took a photograph of Student #2 in which part of her breast is showing. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-T kept nude photographs of students which were viewed by Student #2. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-T put his hands underneath Student #1’s bathing suit and touched her breasts and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-vaginal area without any previous indication or request to do so. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-The Committee was not convinced, based upon the evidence, that T contravened section ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-1(6) by disclosing information about a student to someone else. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-The Committee finds T guilty of professional misconduct under sections 1(5), (15) (18), ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-and (19). In addition, the Committee finds T not guilty of section 1(6), guilty of abusing ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf:students sexually, psychologically and emotionally contrary to section 1(7). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-The Discipline Committee directs the Registrar to: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-1) reprimand T; and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf-2) record the fact of the reprimand on the Register for an unlimited period. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- Board and its predecessor, the Toronto Board of Education, as a principal at [**] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- School, Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-3. As the principal, the member had overall responsibility for the discipline of all ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- students attending [**] School, and for the safety and well being of the students. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-4. Between September, 1995 and May, 1998, [**] was a student at [**] School. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-5. In the fall of 1997, [**] frequently engaged in inappropriate behaviour, including ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- aggression towards other students, stealing items from other students, and using ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf: sexually explicit language. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-6. Between September and December 1997, [**]’s classroom teacher reported eight ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- incidents of serious misbehaviour by [**] to the vice-principal. The member was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- made aware of those reports on a regular basis. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-7. In or about December 1997, school board staff working at the school reported to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- the member that [**]’s behaviour was a concern, and that he was frequently ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- abusive to other students. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-8. On or about 16 December 1997, at a meeting attended by the Member, the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- classroom teacher of [**] expressed her concerns as to [**]’s escalating ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- misbehaviour. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-9. Between December 1997 and February 1998, the classroom teacher of [**] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- continued to report to the responsible vice-principal or the school’s social worker ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- incidents of misbehaviour by [**], on a weekly basis. Those incidents included ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf: sexual harassment, bullying and sexual acting out. The member was made ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- aware of these reports. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-10. All, or substantially all, of the inappropriate behaviour by [**] referred to herein ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- was reported to the member at or shortly after, the time of the events. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-11. Between September 1997 and April 1998, in the face of repeated and frequent ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf: reports of misbehaviour, including physical attacks on, and sexual touching of, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- other students, the member permitted [**] to remain in his school and thus ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- exposed the other students in his school to the risks of such abuse and other ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- misbehaviour as outlined above. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-12. Between January 1996 and May 1998, the member failed to appropriately ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf: recognize and respond to [**]’s inappropriate behaviour, including sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-13. Between January 1996 and May 1998, the member failed to recognize signs that ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- [**] may be the victim of abuse and failed to take adequate steps to respond to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- that possibility. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-14. Between September 1997 and May 1998, the member failed to communicate to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- staff members, students and parents of students at his school, any information ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- about what was being done to ensure the safety of the students in light of [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- activities. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-15. Between September 1997 and May 1998, the member failed to act in a timely ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- manner to protect the students in his care at [**]School by preventing [**] from ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf: verbally threatening, physically harassing and sexually abusing those other ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- students. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-16. By his failure to prevent [**]’s activities as outlined above, the member created an ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- unsafe environment for other students at his school, or permitted an unsafe ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- environment to continue. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Between September 1997 and May 1998, student [**]’s behaviour toward other students ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf:was physically and sexually aggressive on a number of occasions. Teacher [**] instituted ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-several strategies within the classroom to control [**]’s behaviour. She also consulted ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Helen Skippon, Social Worker and Vice-Principal Steve Bannerman, regarding [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Various attempts at correction were made by the classroom teacher, the vice-principal ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-and the school social worker. In addition, school personnel contacted the Children’s Aid ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Society and it was arranged for the family pastor to provide behaviour management ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-counselling to the parents. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-[**], parent, communicated regularly to [**] her concerns about [**]’s inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-behaviour. Other parents had also complained to [**]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Steve Bannerman was in his first assignment as a vice-principal and was responsible for ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-discipline in the primary division. Steve Bannerman had knowledge of many of [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-inappropriate behaviours. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-At the Local School Team meeting of December 16, 1997, chaired by Alexander Teliatnik, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-[**] presented several concerns about [**]’s recurring aggressive behaviour. She also ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf:related a recent incident of inappropriate sexual behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Alexander Teliatnik was aware that [**] had been discussed at a Local School Team ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf:meeting in March of 1996 regarding inappropriate sexual play and aggressive ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-behaviour. Alexander Teliatnik was also made aware that [**] had participated in a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-program with other children for aggressive behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-At the December 16, 1997 Local School Team meeting, strategies were put in place to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-assist with the improvement of [**]’s behaviour. [**]was satisfied with the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-recommendations but was dissatisfied that formal consequences for specific behaviours ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-were not put in place. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-[**] did not directly speak to Alexander Teliatnik about [**] between December 16, 1997 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-and May 1, 1998. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-By the end of January, 1998 the focus of assistance to [**] was on involving Helen ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Skippon, the school social worker. Helen Skippon called the Children’s Aid Society ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf:about inappropriate sexual behaviour and alleged punishment by [**]’s parents. Helen ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Skippon, Children’s Aid Society social worker Rayna Morris, and [**]'s parents met and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-determined that the family pastor would provide counselling service with Helen ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Skippon providing ongoing assistance regarding school problems. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Steve Bannerman, as the administrator responsible for primary division discipline, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-believed appropriate assistance was being provided by school personnel and the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Children’s Aid Society and therefore, did not inform Alexander Teliatnik of all the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-incidents of [**]’s misbehaviour. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Although Alexander Teliatnik was aware of some of [**]’s misbehaviours from January ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-30 to April 28, 1998, he was not informed by [**], Helen Skippon or Steve Bannerman of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-The minority of the Committee (the “Minority”) has read the decision of the Majority of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-the Committee (the “Majority”) and concurs in the findings of facts outlined in the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Majority decision. However, the Minority find the following additional facts to be ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-germane for the purposes of its conclusions in this matter: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-1. Alexander Teliatnik, as principal of [**]School, had overall responsibility for the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- discipline and safety of the students in the primary division. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-2. Alexander Teliatnik, as principal, assigned Steve Bannerman, an inexperienced vice- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- principal, the responsibility for discipline in the primary division and left it up to the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- discretion of the vice-principal in what circumstances he would report to him on ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- issues. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-3. [**], [**]’s teacher, was specifically directed by Alexander Teliatnik to report to Steve ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- Bannerman, the vice-principal, any continuing incidents of aggressive behaviour by ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- [**] as a result of the Local School Team Meeting on December 16, 1997. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-4. Alexander Teliatnik, as an experienced administrator, was familiar with Standard ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf: Procedure 54 which had definitions of sexual assault and other related behaviours ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- and had been in place until revised on October 14, 1997. Standard Procedure 54 was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- then replaced by Standard Procedure B-23 which did not have those definitions. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-5. Three binders were kept in the office for each of the divisions (primary, junior, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- intermediate) containing information regarding activities of students in each division ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- which necessitated disciplinary action. Alexander Teliatnik testified that the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- purpose of the binders was “to refer to if we were dealing with a particular child so ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- that we would know some of the background of the child”. Staff could also refer to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- these binders to know what disciplinary actions were being taken regarding their ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- students. Between September 1997 and April 1998, the primary division binder ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- contained seventeen discipline reports on [**]’s aggressive behaviour towards other ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf: students including eight incidents related to offensive language and sexually abusive ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- actions toward other children. Alexander Teliatnik did not refer to these binders ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- with reference to [**] during the period from September 1997 to April 28, 1998. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-6. Between March 2, 1998 and March 4, 1998, Alexander Teliatnik was told by the vice- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- principal, Steve Bannerman, that [**] was subjected to assaultive behaviours and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- threats to his personal safety by so-called “cousins” who were family friends. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- Alexander Teliatnik was also made aware that the Children’s Aid Society was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- involved with [**]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-7. Alexander Teliatnik received a verbal report from Vice-Principal Steve Bannerman, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- as well as a written behaviour report dated March 12, 1998, outlining the concerns of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- Mr. and Mrs. [**] regarding [**] grabbing their son’s private parts as well as other ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- inappropriate behaviours. The [**] also indicated that they wanted a safe ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- environment for their son and that inappropriate behaviours had been “going on for ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- a long time”. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-concerning [**] and the safety of other students. This information should have ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-prompted him to immediately talk with Helen Skippon (social worker), [**] (teacher), ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Steve Bannerman (vice-principal) , Vicki Kelman (child abuse consultant), and Olesia ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Choma (Superintendent) regarding [**] and to have [**] removed from the school ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-immediately. By not recognizing the seriousness of the problem in early March, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-Alexander Teliatnik failed in his duties as a principal to maintain proper order and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-discipline at [**] and to organize and manage the school. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-The Minority is of the view that Alexander Teliatnik should have been proactive and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-vigilant in his supervision of his inexperienced vice-principal, in particular, by ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-monitoring his handling of the matter and by asking for regular updates concerning ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-[**]. Given the inexperience of the vice-principal, it would have been reasonable to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-expect the member to establish parameters which would dictate the circumstances in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-which the vice-principal would report to him. The Minority also believes that a much ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-more timely intervention by Alexander Teliatnik would have resulted in immediate and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf:appropriate help for [**] whose repeated aggressive behaviour, sexual play and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-offensive language was unacceptable and highly unusual for an [**]. The Minority ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-believes that a more timely intervention by Alexander Teliatnik would have protected ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-and minimized the effect that these repeated episodes had on the young victims, their ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-classmates, parents and staff. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf-The Minority finds Alexander Teliatnik guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 2, 2000, was served, requesting attendance before the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on June 12, 2000, and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was scheduled for July 17, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-It is alleged that Richard Michael Costello is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf:b) he abused a student sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statues of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- (15); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-d) he contravened laws and those contraventions are relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-e) he committed acts that having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- reasonably be regarded by Members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Waterloo Catholic ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- District School Board as a teacher at Resurrection Catholic Secondary School in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- Kitchener. He was also a swim coach at the school. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-3. At all materials, [**] was a student at Resurrection Catholic Secondary School. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf:4. On or about 30 August 1999, the Member touched, for a sexual purpose, [**], who ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- was then a [**] who attended Resurrection Catholic Secondary School. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-5. [**] had been offered a job by the member during the first week of August, 1999 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- [**]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-6. On two separate occasions some time between the first week of August 1999, and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 30 August , 1999, the Member massaged [**]’s neck and shoulder area when he ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- complained of a sore back. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-7. After concluding his work [**] in the morning of August 30 1999, which was the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- last day he was to have been on the job, [**] was washing up in the basement of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- the Member’s residence and getting ready for lunch. He was approached by the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- Member from behind. The Member began to massage [**]’s shoulders, chest and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- back because [**] was complaining of a sore back. The Member removed [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- shirt and continued to massage his abdomen and tail bone area and then ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- proceeded to insert his hand inside the front of [**]’s pants and fondle genitals. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-8. The member then took [**] to a spare room located on the second floor of the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- residence where he pulled down [**]’s pants and underpants and then performed ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- fellatio on him. The Member then told [**] to masturbate himself while he stood ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- behind [**] and rubbed his chest. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-9. Immediately after the incident the Member told [**] not to tell anyone about the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- incident or he would be fired. He then took [**] to buy lunch. They returned to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- the Member’s home [**]. Later in the afternoon, the Member and [**] drove to the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- Home Depot in Waterloo and, when the Member went back into the store, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- leaving [**] alone for the first time since the incident, [**] left the Member’s car ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- and contacted the Waterloo Police by dialling 911 from a nearby store. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-10. The member was subsequently charged that on 30 August 1999, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- Kitchener, he being in a position or trust or authority towards [**], a young ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf: person, did for a sexual purpose touch directly the body of [**], with a part of his ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- body: his mouth and hands, contrary to section 153(1) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf: Canada , and that on 30 August, 1999, he committed a sexual assault on [**] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf:11. On or about 20 October 1999, the Member pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- exploitation of a minor, contrary to section 153(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf: and the charge of sexual assault was withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-12. On or about 23 December 1999, the Member was given a four month conditional ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- sentence to be served in the community, following which he was to be placed on ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- probation for a period of one year. During the period of his conditional sentence ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- and probation he was ordered not to be alone with a child under 18 years of age. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-13. On or about 20 October the Member’s employment with the Waterloo Catholic ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- District School board was terminated. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that Richard Michael Costello is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-College of Teachers, (Exhibit #1). At all material times, Richard Michael Costello was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-employed by the Waterloo Catholic District School Board as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts was filed as Exhibit #3. That statement had been signed ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-by L. Thomas Forbes, solicitor for the Ontario College of Teachers and Richard Michael ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-Costello. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-1. Richard Michael Costello (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Waterloo Catholic ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- District School Board as a teacher at Resurrection Catholic Secondary School in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- Kitchener. He was also a swim coach at the school. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-3. At all materials, [**] was a student at Resurrection Catholic Secondary School. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf:4. On or about 30 August 1999, the Member touched, for a sexual purpose, [**], who ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- was then a [**] male student, who attended Resurrection Catholic Secondary ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-5. [**] had been offered a job by the member during the first week of August, 1999 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- [**]. He was to have started in the [**]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-6. On two separate occasions some time between the first week of August 1999, and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 30 August , 1999, the Member massaged [**]’s neck and shoulder area when he ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- complained of a sore back. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-7. After concluding his work [**] in the morning of August 30 1999, which was the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- last day he was to have been on the job, [**] was washing up in the basement of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- the Member’s residence and getting ready for lunch. He was approached by the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- Member from behind. The Member began to massage [**]’s shoulders, chest and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- back because [**] was complaining of a sore back. The Member removed [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- shirt and continued to massage his abdomen and tail bone area and then ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- proceeded to insert his hand inside the front of [**]’s pants and fondle genitals. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-8. The member then took [**] to a spare room located on the second floor of the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- residence where he pulled down [**]’s pants and underpants and then performed ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- fellatio on him. The Member then told [**] to masturbate himself while he stood ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- behind [**] and rubbed his chest. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-9. Immediately after the incident the Member told [**] not to tell anyone about the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- incident or he would be fired. He then took [**] to buy lunch. They returned to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- the Member’s home [**]. Later in the afternoon, the Member and [**] drove to the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- Home Depot in Waterloo and, when the Member went back into the store, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- leaving [**] alone for the first time since the incident, [**] left the Member’s car ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- and contacted the Waterloo Police by dialling 911 from a nearby store. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-10. The member was subsequently charged that on 30 August 1999, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- Kitchener, he being in a position or trust or authority towards [**], a young ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf: person, did for a sexual purpose touch directly the body of [**], with a part of his ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- body: his mouth and hands, contrary to section 153(1) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf: Canada , and that on 30 August, 1999, he committed a sexual assault on [**] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf:11. On or about 20 October 1999, the Member pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- exploitation of a minor, contrary to section 153(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf: and the charge of sexual assault was withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf:Richard Michael Costello was found guilty of sexual exploitation, section 153 (1) under ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-the Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit #4) and was sentenced to imprisonment for four ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-months conditional sentence and probation for one year . ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-The Committee also received a transcript of the Proceedings, before the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-Justice C.R. Westman dated October 20, 1999 (Exhibit #5) and the Ruling before the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-Honourable Justice C.R. Westman dated December 23, 1999 (Exhibit #6) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-REASONS ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-The Committee accepts the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea as presented. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds Richard Michael Costello guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-misconduct under sections 1 (5), (7), (14), (15), (16), (18) and (19) of the Professional ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-Misconduct Regulation, as alleged, and directs the Registrar to revoke Richard Michael ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-Costello’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-Pursuant to Section 30(5)(iii) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf-orders that the findings of this hearing, as well as the name of the member, be published ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated September 25, 1998 was served on Richard Grant Wolff, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Teachers on October 19, 1998 to set a date, and specifying the charges. The date ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-eventually set for hearing was February 10, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-It is alleged that Richard Grant Wolff is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf:b) he abused students and other young persons physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Education Act and the regulations made under that ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- Act , contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-d) he contravened laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-3. At all material times, [**] was a student of the Frontenac County Board of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- Education and attended Prince Charles Public School in Kingston. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-4. On or between February 1987 and July 2, 1992 Richard Grant Wolff committed ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf: sexual assaults, performed fellatio on and counselled or incited [**] to touch his ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- penis. Over that period [**] was 12 to 16 years old. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-5. At all material times, [**] was a student of the Frontenac County Board of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- Education and attended Prince Charles Public School in Kingston. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-6. On or between September 1, 1993 and July 1, 1994, Richard Grant Wolff engaged ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf: in sexual touching of [**], a student. At that time, [**] was 10 years old. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-7. At all material times, [**] was a student of the Frontenac County Board of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- Education and attended Prince Charles Public School in Kingston. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-8. On or between March 1994 and October 1994, Richard Grant Wolff engaged in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf: sexual touching of [**], a student. At that time, [**] was 13 years old. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-9. At all material times, [**] was a student of the Frontenac County Board of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- Education and attended First Avenue Public School in Kingston. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-10. On or between September 1, 1995 and July 1, 1996, Richard Grant Wolff engaged ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf: in sexual touching of [**], a student. At that time, [**] was 12 years old. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-11. At all material times, [**] was a student of the Frontenac County Board of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- Education and attended First Avenue Public School in Kingston. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-12. On or between January 1, 1996 and July 1, 1996, Richard Grant Wolff deliberately ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- splashed water onto the t-shirted chest of [**] and asked her “do you think we ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- should have a wet t-shirt contest?” At that time, [**] was 11 years old. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-13. At all material times, [**] was a student of the Frontenac County Board of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- Education and attended First Avenue Public School in Kingston. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-14. On or between September 1, 1996 and February 28, 1997, Richard Grant Wolff ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf: engaged in sexual touching and sexually assaulted [**], a student. At that time, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- [**] was 11 years old. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-15. At all material times, [**] was a student of the Frontenac County Board of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- Education and attended First Avenue Public School in Kingston. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-16. On or between September 1, 1996 and February 28, 1997, Richard Grant Wolff ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf: engaged in sexual touching and sexually assaulted [**], a student. At that time, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- [**] was 11 years old. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-17. In or about February 1998 whilst on yard duty at Rideau Public School in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- Kingston, Richard Grant Wolff played “king of the hill” with two young female ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- students who later complained of being inappropriately touched by Richard ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- Grant Wolff while rolling down the hill. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-18. On or between September 1, 1988 and June 30, 1995 at Public Charles Public ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- School, Richard Grant Wolff invited students to sit on his lap and slapped and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- pinched their backsides. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-19. On or between September 1, 1988 and June 30, 1995 at Prince Charles Public ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- School, Richard Grant Wolff commented to his class that he did not wear ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- underwear and asked male students if they ever masturbated. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-20. On or between September 1, 1988 and June 30, 1995 at Prince Charles Public ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- School, Richard Grant Wolff encouraged female students to change into their ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- gym clothes whilst in his classroom. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-21. On or between September 1, 1998 and June 30, 1995 at Prince Charles Public ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- School, Richard Grant Wolff exhibited violent tendencies towards his students ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- including an explosive temper, throwing of chairs, tipping over of desks,drawing ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- on student’s faces and calling students “stupid”. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-22. On or between September 1, 1995 and June 30, 1996 at First Avenue Public ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- School, Richard Grant Wolff encouraged students to sit on his lap where he ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- would hug and kiss some of them. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-23. On or between September 1, 1995 and June 30, 1996 at First Avenue Public ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- School, Richard Grant Wolff slapped and grabbed the backsides of some ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- students; discussed with some students penis size and masturbation asking male ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- students if they ever masturbated. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-24. On or between September 1, 1995 and June 30, 1996 at First Avenue Public ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- School, Richard Grant Wolff exhibited violent tendencies by throwing chalk and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- erasers in class; breaking and throwing toys in class, tipping over desks; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- throwing chairs including, on one occasion, throwing a chair out of class and into ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- the hallway. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-25. On and between March 1997 and September 1997, Richard Grant Wolff was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf: charged with seventeen sexually related offences under the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf: Canada including sexual assault under section 245.1(1), sexual assault under ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf: section 271(1), touching for a sexual purpose under section 151, invitation to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- touch under section 153(1)(a), invitation to touch under section 152, all of the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-26. On March 4, 1997, Richard Grant Wolff was removed from his classroom at First ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- Avenue Public School and on August 28, 1997 was suspended by the Frontenac ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- County Board of Education. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that Richard Grant Wolff is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-College of Teachers (Exhibit #1). At all material times, Richard Grant Wolff was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-employed by Frontenac County Board of Education as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Witness A presented evidence that he had been a student of Richard Grant Wolff and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-when the student was in Grade 7, Richard Grant Wolff began a relationship with him, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf:which included inappropriate sexual behaviour. Witness A also indicated that Richard ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Grant Wolff gave him gifts such as trinkets, books, money and drugs over the five or six ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-years of the relationship. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Witness B testified that he had Richard Grant Wolff as a supply teacher in Grade 2 or 3 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-and his band instructor for a number of years. After five or six years, Richard Grant ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Wolff began to pay individual attention to Witness B which started with private music ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf:lessons at the residence of Richard Grant Wolff that led to inappropriate sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-behaviour. Witness B also testified that the relationship lasted for a number of years. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Even when requested to stop, Richard Grant Wolff attempted to continue in this ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-inappropriate relationship. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Detective Carl Wagar of the Kingston Police, Youth Services Bureau testified that he was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf:involved in the investigation leading to the charges of sexual assault against Richard ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Grant Wolff. He also testified that Richard Grant Wolff was convicted in June of 1999 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-(Exhibit #2) and identified the Certificate of Conviction. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Susan Everett, Superintendent of Human Resources for Limestone District School Board ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-testified that Richard Grant Wolff was an employee of the Frontenac County Board of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Education from 1986 to 1997 (Exhibit #4). Ms Everett supplied the Summary of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Employment. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Evidence was not presented on allegation numbers 5 through 24 in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Hearing. (Exhibit #1) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-The panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-(1) Richard Grant Wolff is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-(2) At all material times, Richard Grant Wolff was employed by the Frontenac ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- County Board of Education as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf:(3) Richard Grant Wolff did enter into sexual relationships with two students ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-(4) During the relationship with Witness A, Richard Grant Wolff supplied Witness A ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- with gifts, including money and drugs. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-(5) Richard Grant Wolff was found guilty of counts 2 through 7 under the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- Code of Canada (Exhibit #2) and sentenced to 18 months incarceration, plus three ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- years probation. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-The Committee accepts the evidence provided by Counsel for the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf:Teachers, in that Richard Grant Wolff did commit sexual assault on Witness A and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Witness B. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds Richard Grant Wolff guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-misconduct under sections 1(5), (7), (15), (16), (18) and (19) of the Professional ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Misconduct Regulation, as alleged, and directs the Registrar to revoke Richard Grant ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Wolff’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration immediately. The Committee does ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-not award costs as requested by Counsel for the College. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Notice ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-It is important to the College’s role in the governance of the profession to provide ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-evidence to members that the College is active in self-regulation and is vigilant to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-breaches of its bylaws and rules of conduct. Such evidence is provided through ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-notification of the decisions and orders of the College’s disciplinary Committees, and is, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-in the opinion of the panel, a practice that has significant general deterrent value. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-Pursuant to Section 30(5)(iii) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-orders that the findings of this hearing, as well as the name of the member, be published ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf-in the official publication of the Ontario College of Teachers. The Committee also orders ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 6, 1999 was served on Dennis Charles Doherty, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-Teachers on February 15, 1999, to set a date for hearing and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-The date eventually set for hearing was January 10, 2000. It is alleged that Dennis ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-Charles Doherty is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf:b) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- chapter E.2 and the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-E) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that Dennis Charles Doherty is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-College of Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-Teachers (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-On January 10, 2000, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-conducted a hearing into whether Dennis Charles Doherty was guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-Dennis Charles Doherty was not in attendance at the hearing, nor was he represented by ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-counsel. Proof of service of the Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-panel. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-EVIDENCE: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in Exhibit 1, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-alleging that Dennis Charles Doherty is guilty of professional misconduct in that his acts ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-College of Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997, in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-particular, sections 1 (5), (7), (15), (18) and (19). Particulars of the alleged misconduct ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-are set out in Exhibit 1 and they are to the effect that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-1. Dennis Charles Doherty is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-2. At all material times Dennis Charles Doherty was employed by the Frontenac ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- County Board of Education as a teacher and librarian. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-3. On or between September 1, 1970 and December 31, 1970, Dennis Charles ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: Doherty committed sexual assaults on [XXX], a female student at a school in the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- said board, by kissing her, touching her breasts and vagina, masturbating her, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: inviting her to masturbate and to fellate him and having sexual intercourse with ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- her. At that time, she was enrolled as a student at a school in the said board. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-4. On or between May 1, 1975 and August 31, 1975 and on or between May 1, 1976 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: and September 30, 1976, Dennis Charles Doherty committed sexual assaults on ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- [XXX], a female student at a school in the said board by kissing her, touching her ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- breasts and vagina, masturbating her, inviting her to masturbate and fellate him ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: and by having sexual intercourse with her. At that time, she was enrolled as a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- student in the said board. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-5. On or between October 1, 1975 and January 31, 1976, March 1, 1976 and July 31, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: 1976 and October 31, 1975 and July 31, 1976, Dennis Charles Doherty sexually ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- assaulted [XXX], a female student at a school in the said board, by touching her ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- breasts and vagina, masturbating her, inviting her to masturbate and fellate him, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: performing cunnilingus on her and having sexual intercourse with her. At that ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- time, she was enrolled as a student in the said board. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf:6. On or between March 1, 1976 and July 31, 1976, Dennis Charles Doherty sexually ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- assaulted [XXX], a female student at a school in the said board, by touching her ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- breasts and vagina and inviting her to masturbate and fellate him. At that time, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- she was enrolled as a student in the said board. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf:7. On or about August 31, 1976, Dennis Charles Doherty sexually assaulted [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- a female student at a school in the said board, by kissing her and touching her ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- breasts. At that time, she was enrolled as a student in the said board. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-8. On or between July 1, 1977 and August 31, 1977, Dennis Charles Doherty ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: sexually assaulted [XXX], a female student at a school in the said board, by ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- touching her breasts. At that time, she was enrolled as a student in the said ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- board. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-9. On or between January 1, 1978 and March 31, 1978, Dennis Charles Doherty ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: sexually assaulted [XXX], a female student at a school in the said board, by ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- kissing her on the mouth. At that time, she was enrolled as a student in the said ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- board. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-10. On or between January 1, 1978 and March 31, 1978, Dennis Charles Doherty ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: sexually assaulted [XXX], a female student at a school in the said board, by ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- touching her breasts. At that time, she was enrolled as a student in the said ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- board. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-11. On or between September 1, 1978 and June 30, 1979, Dennis Charles Doherty ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: sexually assaulted [XXX], a female student at a school in the said board, by ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: kissing her, masturbating her, inviting her to fellate him and having sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- intercourse with her. At that time, she was enrolled as a student in the said ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- board. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-12. On or between the aforesaid dates, Dennis Charles Doherty provided to and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- permitted students under the age of 19 years to consume alcoholic beverages. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-13. On or about April 21, 1997, Dennis Charles Doherty was charged with various ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: criminal offences related to the above mentioned sexual assaults including rape, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- attempted rape and indecent assault. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-14. Subsequent to the laying of criminal charges against Dennis Charles Doherty, he ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- was suspended from his employment with the Frontenac County Board of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- Education effective September 1, 1997. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-15. The aforesaid activities of Dennis Charles Doherty are public knowledge through ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- media coverage of the charges involving the said member. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-16. The aforesaid activities and the publicity resulting from media coverage and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- communication within the general public has resulted in a reputation, image and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- lifestyle inconsistent with that expected of a member and, thereby rendering the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- member unable or unfit to discharge the duty of the member to the public, the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- students and his employer. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts was filed as Exhibit #3. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-The Panel accepts the Agreed Statement of Facts in that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-1. At all material times, Dennis Doherty was employed as a teacher and a librarian ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- by the Frontenac County Board of Education. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-2. At all material times, [XXX] was a female student at a school in the said board ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- while Dennis Doherty was a teacher there. During the 1970-71 school year ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- Doherty was her [XXX] [XXX] teacher. [XXX] also occasionally [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-3. In the fall of 1970, [XXX] confided to Doherty about her relationship with her ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- boyfriend. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-4. In the fall of 1970, Doherty hugged and kissed [XXX]. Within a short period of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- time, the relationship progressed to genital touching. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf:5. Thereafter, Doherty and [XXX] engaged in sexual intercourse on several ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- occasions during the fall of 1970. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-6. At all material times, [XXX] was a student at a school in the said board. Doherty ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- was a teacher at the school at the same time. In January 1975, [XXX] was [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- years old. From time to time between January 1975 and June 1976, [XXX] assisted ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- Doherty [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-7. In or about the spring of 1975, Doherty began an inappropriate relationship with ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- [XXX]. This began with kissing and hugging at school and progressed to mutual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- masturbation. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf:8. Beginning in February or March of 1976, Doherty engaged in sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- with [XXX]. Sexual intercourse occurred on several occasions. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-9. Between October 1975 and July 1976, [XXX] was a [XXX] . During the same ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- period, she was also a student in the said board where Doherty was a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf:10. During the time that [XXX] was a [XXX] , Doherty engaged in sexual touching of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf:11. On November 12, 1999, Doherty was found guilty of attempting to have sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- intercourse with [XXX], a female person who was not his wife, [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-12. On November 12, 1999, Doherty was found guilty of the offence of having illicit ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: sexual intercourse with [XXX], [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-13. At all material times [XXX] was a student at a school in the said board while ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- Doherty was a teacher there. [XXX] also [XXX] . ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-14. During the spring of 1976, Doherty hugged and kissed [XXX] on several ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-occasions. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-15. During the summer of 1976, Doherty supervised [XXX] for students of the said ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- school. [XXX] participated in the [XXX] . ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf:16. During the course of the [XXX] , Doherty kissed and sexually fondled [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-17. Following the [XXX] , Doherty continued to engage in kissing, hugging and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- genital touching of [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf:18. While at Doherty’s home, Doherty attempted to eng age in sexual activity with ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- [XXX]. [XXX] cried and indicated that she did not wish Doherty to continue. As ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: soon as she so indicated, Doherty ceased any sexual contact or attempt at sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- contact with [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-19. At all material times, [XXX] was a student at a school in the said board while ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- Doherty was a teacher there. She was enrolled in his [XXX] class. She was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-20. In or about August 1976, Doherty hugged and kissed [XXX] while she was in his ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- car. [XXX] stated that “we should not be doing this”. As soon as [XXX] so ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: indicated, Doherty immediately ceased any sexual activity or attempts at sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- activity with [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-21. At all material times, [XXX] was a student at a school in the said board while ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- Doherty was a teacher there. [XXX] also [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-22. On November 12, 1999, Doherty was found guilty of the offence of indecent ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- assault on [XXX], contrary to section 149 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The facts ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- underlying the conviction were [XXX]’s evidence that Doherty hugged her and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- that his hand brushed her breast. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-23. During the 1978-79 school year, [XXX] was a student at a school in the said board ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- while Doherty was a teacher there. She was involved with a [XXX] which ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- Doherty supervised. [XXX] also [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-24. During 1978-79 school year, Doherty hugged and kissed [XXX] at school on ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- several occasions. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf:25. During the said school year, Doherty engaged in sexual intercourse with [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- on a weekly basis. The intercourse occurred at Doherty’s home on Friday ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- evenings while his wife was out of the house. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf:26. The relationship, including weekly sexual intercourse, continued for a further ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- two years while [XXX] was a student at university. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-27. At all material times, [XXX] was a student at a school in the said board while ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- Doherty was a teacher there. [XXX] was also the [XXX] of a [XXX] that Doherty ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- supervised. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-28. Between January 1, 1978 and March 31, 1978, Doherty hugged [XXX] in his car. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- [XXX] stated that she wished Doherty to stop. Doherty stopped upon her request ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf: and made no further attempt at sexual activity. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-29. Mr. Doherty was a teacher for 27 years prior to retiring from the teaching ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- profession in 1998. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-30. Mr. Doherty accepts that his conduct towards the students described above was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-31. In and about March 1999, Mr. Doherty undertook to the College that he would ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- not engage in any teaching during the period proceeding the conclusion of the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- College of Teachers proceeding. Also, in and about this time Mr. Doherty ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- deposited his teaching certificate with his solicitors, Green & Chercover. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf-32. As a child Mr. Doherty had a very difficult home life. Both of his natural parents ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- were alcoholics. His mother died when he was 7 years old. His stepmother was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- a heroin addict. He did not have proper adult supervision while he was growing ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- up. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-4. On or between October 17, 1958 and October 17, 1960, John David Elliott ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- committed indecent assaults on a male child 10 to 12 years old. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-5. On or about March 16, 1998, John David Elliott invited a 13 year old male and a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf: 14 year old male into his home, where he showed homosexual pornographic ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- movies, masturbated himself and fondled the two boys. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-6. In or about July or August 1997, John David Elliott invited another 14 year old ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- male child into his home, grabbed the boy’s crotch and tried to put his hands ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- down into the underpants of that 14 year old child. John David Elliott then ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- produced gel and condoms and invited the said 14 year old to participate in anal ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf: sex, removed his clothing and invited the said boy to perform oral sex on him. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-7. On or about December 3, 1998, John David Elliott was convicted of one count of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- indecent assault, contrary to section 148 of the Criminal Code of Canada; one count ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf: of sexual touching of a person under 14 years of age, contrary to section 151 of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf: the Criminal Code of Canada; and one count of sexual exploitation of a young ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- person, contrary to section 153 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-8. On or about April 7, 1999, John David Elliott was sentenced to two months ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- imprisonment consecutive on each of the three counts for a total of six months ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- imprisonment and was ordered to serve a period of three years under a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- probation order following his release from prison. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-9. On or about February 22, 1999, John David Elliott’s employment with Grand Erie ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- District School Board was terminated. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea was filed as Exhibit #2. That statement ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-had been signed by John David Elliott and C. Justin Griffin, Solicitor to John David ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-Elliott. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-Ken Bell, Superintendent of Schools, Grand Erie District School Board, testified that John ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-David Elliott was suspended without pay on March 28, 1998, as his bail condition ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-prevented him from performing his duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-Detective Mark Ireland, Brantford Police Service, testified that he was the investigating ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-officer who interviewed two of the victims whose parents had contacted the police ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-regarding John David Elliott. A search warrant was prepared and charges were ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-subsequently laid. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-(1) The Committee accepts the Agreed Statement of Facts and the Guilty Plea as ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- attached (Exhibit #2). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf-(2) John David Elliott was convicted of one count of indecent assault, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf: section 148 of the Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit #6); one count of sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- touching of a person under 14 years of age, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf: Code of Canada (Exhibit #8); and one count of sexual exploitation of a young ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- person, contrary to section 153 of the Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit #7) and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf-James Herbert Dunning was not present ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf-A Notice of Hearing was served on James Herbert Dunning requesting attendance ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf-before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf-charges. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf-It is alleged that James Herbert Dunning is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf: (b) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with instruction from supervisors contained in a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- memorandum titled “Philosophy and Policy re Discipline and Corporal ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- Punishment” dated September 13, 1974 regarding the use of physical ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- punishment as a form of discipline; ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- (e) he performed acts or omissions that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated December 15, 1999 was served on John Frederick Hopley, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-Teachers on January 10, 2000, to set a date for hearing and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-date set for hearing was July 20, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-It is alleged that John Frederick Hopley is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf:b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2 and particularly section 264(1)(c) or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-d) he contravened a law and that contravention is relevant to his suitability to hold ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-e) he contravened a law and that contravention has caused or may cause a student ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- under his supervision to be put at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-f) he performed acts or omissions that, having regard to all of the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-3. Between on or about January 1, 1996 and September 9, 1996, John Frederick ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- Hopley was employed as a science and biology teacher at St. Thomas Aquinas ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- Secondary School, Brampton. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-4. At all material times, [**] was a student at St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- From September 1995 to January 1996 [**] was a student in the Member’s [**] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- class. From February 1996 to June 1996 [**] was a student in the Member’s [**] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- class. Between September 1995 and June 1996, [**] was also a member of the [**] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- team at the said school, of which the member was a coach. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-5. Between September 1995 and September 1996 the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf: inappropriate relationship with [**]. That relationship included sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- intercourse between the member and [**]. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf:6. On or about September 10, 1996 the Member was charged with sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- exploitation of [**] between January 1, 1996 and September 9, 1996, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- section 153.(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-7. On or about October 1, 1996 the Member was dismissed from his employment ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- with the said School Board. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-8. On or about November 12, 1998, the Member pleaded guilty to and was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- convicted of the said charge in respect to student [**] and was sentenced to a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- twelve month conditional prison sentence to be served in the community on ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- various conditions including that he have no association with any female under ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- eighteen years of age unless accompanied by an adult, that he reports to his ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- psychiatrist within ninety days and that he pays $1,000.00 within 120 days to an ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- educational charity. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-Counsel presented the Notice of Hearing setting out that that John Frederick Hopley is a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-member of the Ontario College of Teachers (Exhibit #1). At all material times, John ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-Frederick Hopley was employed by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board as a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea was filed as Exhibit #2. That statement ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-had been signed by the Ontario College of Teachers, John Frederick Hopley and Joseph ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-L. Bloomenfeld, Defense Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-(1) Between May 1996 and September 1996, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf: inappropriate relationship with [**] which included sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf:(2) On or about September 10, 1996, the Member was charged with sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- exploitation of [**] between January 1, 1996 and September 9, 1996, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- section 153.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-(3) On or about October 1, 1996, the Member was dismissed from his employment ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- with the said School Board. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-(4) On or about November 12, 1998, the Member pleaded guilty to and was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- convicted of the said charge in respect to student [**] and was sentenced to a 12 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- month conditional prison sentence to be served in the community on various ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- conditions, including that he have no association with any female under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- of age unless accompanied by an adult, that he reports to his psychiatrist within ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- 90 days and that he pays $1000.00 to an educational charity within 120 days. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-(5) By this document, the Member, John Frederick Hopley, accepts that the matters ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- referred to in the preceding paragraphs constitute professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct with respect to [**], set ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- out in the Notice of Hearing, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97 section 1, subsections (5), (15), (16), (17), (18) and (19) and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf: with regard to section 7, abusing a student sexually. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-John Frederick Hopley was found guilty of section 153(a) under the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-Canada (Exhibit #3) and received a 12 month Conditional Sentence. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-The Committee finds that John Frederick Hopley had an inappropriate relationship with ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf:a 15-year-old female student, [**], which included sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-The Committee finds that John Frederick Hopley breached the trust that is placed in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-teachers and that the teacher is there to instruct and pass knowledge to the student. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-The Committee accepts the findings of the Honourable Judge L.M. Budzinski in the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-Guilty Plea Proceedings (Exhibit #4) that as well, “ the teacher’s duty is to the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-community and not personal, and that is the important part of this message, that it is ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-the duty to the community that you breached and not any relationship with an ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-individual because that duty to the community is higher by law, by morality and ethics ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-than any other relationship that a teacher may have.” ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-The Committee notes that the sentence for 12 months was a conditional one to be served ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-in the community and that John Frederick Hopley obeyed all of the conditions attached ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-to the sentence and as such the Committee will not attach any conditions to the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-revocation which can prevent John Frederick Hopley from ever applying for ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-reinstatement. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-DECISION AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds John Frederick Hopley guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-misconduct under sections 1(1(5), (15), (16) (17), (18) and (19) and with regard to section ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf:7, abusing a student sexually and directs the Registrar to revoke John Frederick Hopley’s ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-Notice ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-It is important to the College’s role in the governance of the profession to provide ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-evidence to members that the College is active in self-regulation and is vigilant to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-breaches of its bylaws and rules of conduct. Such evidence is provided through ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-notification of the decisions and orders of the College’s disciplinary Committees, and is, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf-in the opinion of the panel, a practice that has significant general deterrent value. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Crispian Manfred Wolfgang Kohl was not present nor was he represented. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 10, 2000 was served on Crispian Manfred Wolfgang ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Kohl, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Teachers on April 3, 2000 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The date ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-set for hearing was September 21, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-It is alleged that on Crispian Manfred Wolfgang Kohl is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf:b) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2 and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- under the Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-d) he contravened a law, and that contravention is relevant to his suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-e) he performed acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997, in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-particular, subsections 1 (5), (7), (14), (15), (16), (18) and (19). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Particulars of the alleged misconduct are set out in Exhibit #1 and they are to the effect ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-1. Crispian Manfred Wolfgang Kohl is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-2. At all material times, Crispian Manfred Wolfgang Kohl was employed by the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- District School Board as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-3. On or between June 24, 1994 and October 14, 1995, Crispian Manfred Wolfgang ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- Kohl had sexual relations with a female student under the age of 18 years at the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf: school at which he was teaching and took pornographic photographs and/or ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- videotapes of that sexual activity. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-4. On or about June 30, 1999, Crispian Manfred Wolfgang Kohl pleaded guilty to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf: the criminal offence of making child pornography contrary to section 163.1(2) of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- the Criminal Code of Canada involving photographs and videotapes of a child ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- engaged in explicit sexual activity and was sentenced to six months less nine ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- days imprisonment. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-5. On or about June 30, 1999, Crispian Manfred Wolfgang Kohl wrote a letter to the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- “I, Wolfgang Kohl, admit that I had sexual relations with a female student, under ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- the age of eighteen years while she was a student at the high school where I ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- taught. The previous year, she had been a student in a class that I taught. I took ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf: pictures of our activities, which are deemed to be pornographic. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- I understand that the District School Board intends to file a complaint with the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- I hereby irrevocably consent to the revocation of my Ontario Teaching ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- Certificate. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- I hereby resign my position with the Lambton-Kent District School Board as of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- June 30, 1999,” ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that Crispian Manfred Wolfgang Kohl is a member of the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers, (Exhibit #2). At all material times, Crispian Manfred ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Wolfgang Kohl was employed by the Lambton-Kent District School Board or its ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-predecessor board, the Kent County Board of Education as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-The Committee heard testimony from Detective Bill Ludwig who provided evidence ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf:through electronic imaging, of pornographic photos of [**], in various poses, in various ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-locations and in various states of undress. Detective Ludwig also provided graphic ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-pictures of oral sex between [**] and the Member, as well as photos of [**] bound and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-blind-folded. Detective Ludwig, in his testimony, indicated that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf:convicted of making child pornography contrary to, s. 163.1.(2) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Canada on June 30, 1999. The Member served six months jail, less nine days. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-The victim, [**], testified that she was a student in the Member’s classroom in grade 11 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-when she was 16 years of age. She also testified that she remained a student in the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-school, although not in the Member’s class, the following year. [**] also testified that she ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf:lived with the Member in a sexual relationship, until the conclusion of the relationship ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-just prior to her 18th birthday. She stated that he took advantage of her and that he ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-abused her emotionally and psychologically. The inappropriate sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-began in the Member’s car during a drive in the country after school one day, while she ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-was a 16 year old student in his class. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Malcolm Leitch, Manager of Human Resources at the Lambton-Kent District School ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Board testified that Crispian Manfred Wolfgang Kohl was in the employ of the board ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-from 1974 until 1999. The Member was suspended by the Board on November 10, 1997 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-pending an investigation. The Committee heard testimony that the Member wrote to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-the Registrar of the College in a letter dated June 30, 1999 (Exhibit #4) in which he ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-admitted that he had had sexual relations with a female student, under the age of 18 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-years, when she was a student at the high school where he taught. Malcolm Leitch ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-testified that the teacher’s employment was terminated with the board as of June 30, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-1999 (Exhibit #5). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Based on evidence presented, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-1. Crispian Manfred Wolfgang Kohl did have sexual relations with [**], a 16 year ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- old student in his class ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf:2. Crispian Manfred Wolfgang Kohl was convicted of making child pornography, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf: contrary to s.163.1(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf:Crispian Manfred Wolfgang Kohl was found guilty of making child pornography ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf:contrary to s.163.1(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit #3) and was sentenced to six ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-months jail less 9 days. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-The Committee considered the overwhelming preponderance of evidence as given by ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Detective Ludwig, and this, along with the testimony of the victim, [**], persuaded the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Committee of the charges against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-DECISION AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds Crispian Manfred Wolfgang Kohl guilty of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-professional misconduct under subsection 30(3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-under subsections 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (16), (18) and (19) of the Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Regulation, as alleged, and directs the Registrar to revoke the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Qualification and Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-Notice ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-It is important to the College’s role in the governance of the profession to provide ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-evidence to members that the College is active in self-regulation and is vigilant to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-breaches of its bylaws and rules of conduct. Such evidence is provided through ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-notification of the decisions and orders of the College’s disciplinary Committees, and is, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf-in the opinion of the panel, a practice that has significant general deterrent value. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated August 6, 1999 was served on Henri Lamerise, requesting ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers to set a ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-date for hearing and specifying the charges. The date set for hearing was May 23, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-It is alleged that Henri Lamerise is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf:b) he abused a student sexually, psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statues of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- chapter E.2 section 264(1)(c) or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-d) he contravened laws and those contraventions are relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-e) he committed acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-2. At all material times, Henri Lamerise was employed by Conseil scolaire de ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- district des écoles catholiques des Grandes Rivières as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-3. Between January 1, 1994 and August, 1996, Henri Lamerise committed an ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- indecent act with intent to offend [**], a student or former student of his, by ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- stripping naked in [**]’s presence and masturbating, contrary to section 173(1)(b) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- of Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-4. Between July 1, 1995 and September 1, 1996, Henri Lamerise sexually exploited ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- [**], a student or former student of his, by touching his body with his hand. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-5. For a two week period in 1996, after [**]’s parents had separated, [**] went to live ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- at the residence of Henri Lamerise and while there the member and [**] ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf: masturbated together, Henri Lamerise supplied and showed to [**] pornographic ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- movies and the member touched [**]’s genitalia. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-6. Also during that two week period, the member incited [**] to give him massages, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- measured their penises and attempted to incite [**] to perform fellatio upon him. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf:7. On June 10, 1997, Henri Lamerise was arrested and charged with sexual ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- exploitation and committing an indecent act with [**] and, as a condition of being ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- bailed at large pending the trial of those criminal charges, the member was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- directed to have no contact with [**], nor with [**] (another student or former ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- student of the member), nor with [**] (another student or former student of the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- member), nor to be in the company of any child under 18 years, unless in the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- presence of a responsible adult. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-8. Regardless and in breach of those conditions, on March 31, 1998, the member ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- incited [**] and [**] (both 14 years old at the time) to meet with him at his home ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- without the presence of a responsible adult. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-9. In consequence and upon discovery of this breach of bail conditions, Henri ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- Lamerise was re-arrested, charged and brought back before the criminal court for ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- breaching bail terms, pleaded guilty to the breaches and was further bailed at ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- large to appear on the date set for trial of the original criminal charges referred to ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- above. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-10. On April 29, 1998, Henri Lamerise, once again, incited and was found in the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- presence of [**], [**] and [**], in breach of his conditions of bail. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-11. Henri Lamerise was charged again with breaching bail conditions to which ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- offence he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a period of 90 days ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- imprisonment. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf:12. On August 5, 1998, the trial of the original sexual offences involving the member ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- took place, Henri Lamerise pleaded guilty to the charge of committing an ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- indecent act with [**], to wit, masturbating himself in the presence of [**], in ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- respect to which the member was sentenced to a period of 18 months probation. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-13. On September 25, 1998, the Conseil scolaire de district des écoles catholiques des ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- Grandes Rivières dismissed Henri Lamerise from its employment on the basis of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- the member’s conviction for the criminal charges of performing an indecent act ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- and breaching bail conditions. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-14. The aforesaid activities of the member are public knowledge through media ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- coverage of the criminal prosecution of the member. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-At all material times, Henri Lamerise was employed by Conseil scolaire de district des ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf-écoles catholiques des Grandes Rivières as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On September 17, 2001, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-that may disclose the identity of the students involved in this case. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated September 11, 2000 was served on Danny Norman Bondy, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-Teachers on October 16, 2000 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-hearing date was eventually set for September 17, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that Danny Norman Bondy is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-College of Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-Teachers (Exhibit #1). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-It is alleged that Danny Norman Bondy is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf:(b) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Regulations made thereunder or the By- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- laws thereto, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in the Notice ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-of Hearing (Exhibit #1) alleging that Danny Norman Bondy is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-misconduct in that his acts were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-made under the Ontario College of Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-December 4, 1997, in particular, subsections 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (18) and (19). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts, dated September 18, 2001, was filed as Exhibit #2. That ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-statement had been signed by the member and by Counsel for the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-(1) Danny Norman Bondy is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf:(2) At all material times, the member was employed by the Greater Essex County ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- District School Board as a teacher at [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-(3) During the 1998-1999 school year and particularly in December of 1998, [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- were grade [XXX] students at the school. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-(4) At approximately 0935, the member was advised by [XXX], a student in [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- that the sum of $90 was missing from his gym bag. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf-(5) It was the judgement of the member that the missing funds could only have been ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- taken by a student in the same class as [XXX]. As a result, the students, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- including those mentioned in paragraph 3 above, were asked to remain in the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- change room of the school. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On April 23, 2001, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-that may disclose the identity of the students involved in this case. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated September 11, 2000 was served on John Edwin MacDonald ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-(herein known as John MacDonald), requesting attendance before the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on October 16, 2000 to set a date for ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-hearing, and specifying the charges. A hearing date was set for April 23, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that John Edwin MacDonald is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-College of Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-Teachers (Exhibit #1). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-It is alleged that John Edwin MacDonald is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf:(b) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Regulations made thereunder or the by- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- laws thereto, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-11. During the course of the afternoon of Friday, December 4, 1998, at the direction ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- of his principal, John MacDonald called and spoke with some of the parents of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- the grade [**] students involved in the searches and apologized for his actions. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-12. The aforesaid activities of John MacDonald are public knowledge through ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- extensive national media coverage of the aforesaid events and media interviews ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- conducted with some of the affected students. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-13. The aforesaid activities and the publicity resulting from the extensive media ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- coverage and the communication within the general public has resulted in a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- reputation and image inconsistent with that expected of a member and has, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- thereby, rendered John MacDonald unable or unfit to discharge the duty of a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- member to the public, students and to their employer. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-14. On Monday, December 7, 1998, the member was ordered by the Board of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- Education not to have any student contact and the Board’s Superintendent of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- Schools apologized to the students, as did John MacDonald who informed them ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- that he had made a “bad call” and exercised “bad judgement”. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf:15. On Thursday, December 10, 1998, at a special meeting of the Greater Essex ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- County District School Board, the member, John MacDonald, was suspended ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- without pay for 10 teaching days, effective immediately and demoted from Vice- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- Principal to teacher. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-16. On or about December 10, 1998, the said Board issued a press release expressing ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- regret for the actions of John MacDonald and offering a sincere apology to the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- students, parents and community. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts, dated April 18, 2001, was filed as Exhibit #2. That ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-statement had been signed by the member, counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-and a witness to the member’s signature. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-Defense Counsel presented a Document Brief of John Edwin MacDonald which was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-filed as Exhibit #3. This document contained a resumé of the member as well as ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-testimonials to the member’s character by colleagues and parents. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-(1) John Edwin MacDonald is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf:(2) At all material times, the member was employed by the Greater Essex County ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- District School Board as Vice-Principal at [**]. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-(3) During the 1998-1999 school year and particularly in December of 1998, [**] and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- [**] were [**] students at the school. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-(4) At approximately 0935, the member received a communication from a teacher ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- that [**], a student in the physical education class of that teacher, had reported ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- that there was $90.00 missing from his belongings. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf-(5) It was the judgement of John MacDonald and that teacher that the missing funds ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- could only have been taken by a student in the same class as [**]. As a result, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- students, including the above-mentioned, were asked to remain in the change ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- room of the school. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-Pursuant to section 32 (7) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee orders ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-that only two initials be used to identify the name of the student and his family in order ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-to protect the identity of the student in this case. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 2, 2000 was served on Annie Mary Markson (hereafter ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-known as Annie Markson), requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers on July 5, 2000, to set a date for hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-the charges. The hearing date was set for the week of February 26, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-It is alleged that Annie Markson is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf:(b) she abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-(c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statues of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-(d) she committed acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-(e) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-between [XXX] and Annie Mary Markson were identified, which included the following ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-excerpts from the member to [XXX]: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf:“you are sexy” ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-“you are hot” ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf:“you have sexy biceps” ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-“you make me laugh” ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-“I love you, I love you ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-I miss you, I miss you ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-I need you, I need you ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-I love you always… ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-Goodnight sweetie… ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-I’ll be thinking and dreaming of you as always” ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-“Usually [XXX] gets the phone (he is definitely a bit bossy in a negative way, not the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf:cute and adorable and sexy way that you are)…Sorry, I always get carried away when I ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-talk about you…” ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-An e-mail transmission from [XXX] to the member was also identified which contained ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-the following excerpts: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-“Dearest Annie,” ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-“Anyway, those three spots are able to be touched by your loving hands. I’ll probably ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-have a slight erection. And with your hand there, it won’t help AT ALL… Am I holding ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-11. Between the beginning of July and mid-August, five meetings between [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- and Annie Markson were arranged by [XXX] via telephone, and took place at ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- three different locations; Turtle Park, [XXX] High School, and SilverCity Theatre. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-12. [XXX] kept these meetings from his parents. He used as an excuse that he was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- going to a friend’s house or was seeing a girlfriend or speaking to a girlfriend in ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- order to prevent his parents from knowing that he was meeting with Annie ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- Markson. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-13. On some or most of these occasions, [XXX] greeted Annie Markson with a hug. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- She reciprocated the hug. Also on most of these occasions, [XXX] kissed Annie ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- Markson on the cheek. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-14. There were e-mails exchanged between [XXX] and Annie Markson, as evidenced ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- by Exhibit #5, which includes one e-mail on July 2, 1998 and four e-mails on July ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- 20, 1998. In the July 2 e-mail, [XXX] ended the e-mail with the words “I’ll try to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- reach you again, my sweet. I love you. Love [XXX]”. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-15. There is no evidence to rebut the communication by [XXX] to Annie Markson on ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf: July 2, 1998, which makes reference to touching in a sexual fashion. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-16. [XXX]’s evidence was that nothing other than hugs and kisses on the cheek ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf: occurred and yet there are references to sexual touching in [XXX]’s e-mail ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- communication to the member. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-17. In July, Exhibit #2 was given by the member to [XXX] The note begins “I love it ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- how you say ‘my sweet’ and you sign off, ‘I love you”. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf-18. The evidence is that the note that was given to [XXX] by the member during the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- latter part of July was found in his shorts by [XXX] when doing the laundry. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-aware of the student’s interest in her; her acknowledgment of the need for appropriate ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-boundaries when speaking with the student’s mother; and the personal meetings, e-mail ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-and telephone communications between herself and the student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-According to Dr. Stermac, the fact that the student’s mother, [XXX], told the member ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-that [XXX] was at “a galloping hormones stage of life”, and that her son had a crush on ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-Annie Markson to which Annie Markson responded by advising [XXX] that she did not ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-permit herself to be alone with [XXX], remarking that a teacher must never be alone with ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-a student, indicated that the member was aware of appropriate boundary relationship ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-issues, and that, in her opinion, the member failed to set appropriate boundaries to the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-relationship. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-Dr. Stermac discussed the effect of boundary violations on a student. It was her opinion ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-that such a violation affects a student’s ability to function in further trust relationships ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-within a school environment, and that once there was a boundary violation, a student ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-might become more vulnerable to future violations. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-Dr. Stermac noted in her report submitted to the Committee that, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- “As noted throughout the professional literature on boundaries in professional ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- relationships, it is the professional’s responsibility to maintain these boundaries ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- at all times and regardless of the circumstance.” ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-The Committee also received opinion evidence from forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Peter ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf:Collins, M.C.A., M.D., F.R.C.P.(C) who was accepted as an expert in sexual conduct. Dr. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-Collins emphasized that he did not assess the member, therefore could not provide a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-diagnosis. He was asked by counsel for the College to examine documents that included ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-the written and e-mail communications between the member and [XXX], and to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-comment on the “grooming” process. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-According to Dr. Collins, “grooming” is a technique used by preferential offenders but ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-can also be displayed by opportunistic, situational or surrogate offenders. In his report ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-distributed to the Committee for their consideration, Dr. Collins stated that, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- “Grooming is inappropriate courtship behaviour in which the adult will be ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- seductive in their approach to the child.” ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-It was the opinion of Dr. Collins that he was “left with no other reasonable explanation” ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-based on the communications he examined between the member and [XXX], that the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf:member’s behaviour was consistent with an adult grooming a child for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-purpose. According to Dr. Collins, Annie Markson’s actions and communications ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf:appeared to be for a sexual purpose and constituted a very serious boundary violation. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-The member was not present during the course of the penalty submission phase of this ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-proceeding and did not give evidence on her own behalf. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-Counsel for the member called Dr. Basil C. Orchard, forensic psychiatrist, who gave ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-opinion evidence regarding his examination of the member. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-Dr. Orchard undertook an analysis of the member at the request of Defense counsel after ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-the hearing on charges of professional misconduct was brought before the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-Committee. Dr. Orchard did not write a report concerning his interview with the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-member and was not able to submit any documentation to the Committee for ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-consideration. Dr. Orchard did refer to notes during his testimony that the Committee ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-concluded were made at the time of his interview with the member. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-According to Dr. Orchard, he examined the member on April 18, 2001 for approximately ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-three and one-half hours. Part of this examination time was spent reviewing the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-materials provided by counsel for the member. According to Dr. Orchard, his ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-assessment consisted of taking a history that included the following components: family, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf:educational, vocational, and sexual. Dr. Orchard also conducted a personality ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-assessment, which he explained as a “face to face” assessment that examined a person’s ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-background and the way she/he dealt with things. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-Dr. Orchard stated that he thought the member was “well above average in range of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-intelligence” and was forthright during his examination. According to Dr. Orchard, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-member had wonderful family relationships, excelled in academics and was well liked ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-by her peers. Dr. Orchard stated “everything worked out beautifully for her”. When ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-asked to explain the violation of teacher/student boundaries with the member’s history ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-as he saw it, Dr. Orchard explained that the member felt that “nothing could go wrong ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-because she didn’t do anything wrong.” ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-According to Dr. Orchard, Annie Markson reportedly described [XXX] as “active, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf:interesting and intelligent.” He felt that the member had no deviant sexual urges, but ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-began to “let it slip” when she gave [XXX] her home and cellphone telephone numbers ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-to receive directions when, according to Dr. Orchard, she required help with [XXX]. It ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-was Dr. Orchard’s opinion that the member could be a much better teacher with a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-“moderated approach” which he described as a “spontaneous” approach, with an ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-alertness to anything that would be misleading. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-Dr. Orchard agreed with counsel for the College that a caring, knowledgeable teacher ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-would consider a parent approaching him or her to inform him or her that their child ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-had a crush on them and was in a “galloping hormone stage”, as a “wake up call” and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-that any elementary teacher would be negligent not to. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-When asked to classify the boundary violation between the member and [XXX], Dr. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-Orchard described it as “a clear boundary violation” which he described in examination- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-in-chief as “pretty mild” and in cross-examination as in the “low/serious level”. In his ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-opinion, Dr. Orchard felt that the member did realize that her relationship with [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-“was more than a friendly relationship and some jokes.” Dr. Orchard reported that the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-member had expressed remorse for “having somehow let this go as far as this went,” ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-and for the affect on [XXX] because “he was most vulnerable. He was young.” ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-In considering penalty, the Committee considered the testimony of witnesses presented ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-by counsel for the member and counsel for the College, the reports filed as exhibits, and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf-the transcripts and cases submitted to the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated December 15, 1999 was served on Peter Lawrence Morgan, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-Teachers on January 10, 2000 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-hearing date was eventually set for December 14, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-It is alleged that Peter Lawrence Morgan is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf:b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Act, and with the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof and the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-d) he committed an act or acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-Peter Lawrence Morgan received a Temporary Letter of Standing under the Education ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-Act on October 22, 1991. In accordance with the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-3. At all material times, the female student was attending [**] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-4. In or about the spring of 1996, the Head of Senior School at the School spoke to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- the member in respect to allegations that the female students in his class were ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- being marked more generously than the male students and about ways to deal ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- with that perception. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-5. On or about September 30, 1996, the Head of Senior School at the School spoke to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- the member about apparent over-familiarity with female students exhibited by ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- the member at a dance at the College on or about September 27, 1996, advising ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- the member of the inappropriateness of such behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-6. In or about February 1997, the Head of Senior School at the School spoke with ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- the member in respect to his interaction with the student and advised the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- member to maintain propriety in such interactions. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-7. During the 1996-1997 school year, the member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf: personal relationship with the student. The relationship included a sexual ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- relationship. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-8. During the 1996-1997 school year, the member exchanged inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- electronic communications with the student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-9. In or about March 1997, over the Easter weekend, the Head of Senior School at ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- the School found the member and the student in the weight room at the School , ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- one of the doors to which was locked. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-10. On March 29, 1997, the Head of Senior School at the School wrote to the member ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- in regards to that matter and his earlier discussions as to the inappropriateness of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- being alone with students and requested an explanation, which was not ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- forthcoming. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-3) The female student attended the school from September [**] until June [**]. The ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- student’s date of birth is [**]. During the 1996-97 school year, when the student was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- [**], she was a student in [**] [**] class [**] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-4) In or about February 1997, the Head of Senior School at the School spoke with the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- member about his interaction with the student and advised the member to maintain ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- propriety. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-5) During the 1996-1997 school year, the member engaged in an inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf: and sexual relationship with the student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-6) During the course of this relationship, the member and the student exchanged ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- electronic mail messages (“e-mails”) on the School’s computer system, some of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf: which contained inappropriate and sexually explicit references. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-7) In or about March, 1997, on a weekend when the School was closed, the member and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- the student met in the weight room at the School, one of the doors to which was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- locked. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-8) On March 29, 1997, the Head of Senior School at the School wrote to the member ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- requesting an explanation in respect to being found in the weight room at the school ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- with the student. The member did not respond. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-9) On May 2, 1997, the Headmaster of the School and the Head of Senior School met ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- with the member to inform him that a student had reported that the student and the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf: member were engaging in a sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-10) On May 5, 1997, the School’s computer Network Administrator recovered a number ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- of deleted e-mail messages from the School’s computer system. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-11) On May 6, 1997, the member resigned as a member of staff at the School. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-12) By this document, the member wishes to express his sorrow for any pain and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- embarrassment that his actions may have caused. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-13) The member states that, in the spring of 1997, he was experiencing severe marital ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- difficulties, causing him depression and strain, so that his judgement was impaired. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf:14) The member states that the sexual relationship with the student was consensual, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- with the member and the student expressing mutual feelings of love. The student ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- was [**] at the time. However, the member recognizes that this does not exonerate ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- him from responsibility for the boundary violation of becoming involved with a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf:15) The College states that a sexual relationship between a teacher and a student is ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- unprofessional, regardless of the age of the student or any consent that may be ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- expressed or implied by the student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-16) The parties hereto agree that the above-described behaviour of the member ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- constitutes professional misconduct and respectfully submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- Committee should so find. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-The Committee accepts the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and finds the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-The Committee is convinced that Peter Lawrence Morgan is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf:misconduct in that he engaged in an inappropriate and sexual relationship with a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf-student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in Exhibit #1, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-alleging that Stig Korjus is guilty of professional misconduct in that his acts were ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-Teachers Act, 1996 and filed as Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997, in particular, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-subsections 1(5) and (18). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-Particulars of the alleged misconduct are set out in Exhibit #1 and they are to the effect ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-1. Stig Korjus is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed as a teacher by the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- District School Board at Westwood Junior High School, Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-3. At all material times, [**] was also employed as a teacher by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- School Board. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-4. During the summer of 1999, upon learning that [**] was to join the staff at ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- Westwood Junior High School at the commencement of the 1999/2000 academic ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- year, the member contacted staff, students and parents of students to inform ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf: them of the arrival of [**] and to advise them of his homosexuality. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-5. Between June 1999 and October 1999, the member photocopied and/or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- distributed copies of a newspaper article, depicting and identifying [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- participation in Toronto’s “Gay Pride Parade”, to various members of staff and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- students at Westwood Junior High School and their parents. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-6. On or between June 1999 and October 1999, the member spoke to staff, students ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf: and parents of students at Westwood Junior High School about [**]’s sexuality, in ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- a disparaging and/or derogatory way. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-7. In or about October 1999, the member met one of his students or former students, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- [**], at a local drug store, asked her which mathematics textbook [**] was using to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- teach her grade and when [**] responded in answer, the member stated that [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- was using a lower level book than the academic stream required and did not ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- know what he was teaching. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-8. After October 1999, the Toronto District School Board commenced an ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- investigation into the matters referred to in the preceding paragraphs and, in the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- course of that investigation, the member attempted to discourage the parents of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- student witnesses from allowing their children to participate in the said Board ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- investigation. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-9. By reason of his actions outlined in the preceding paragraphs, the member ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- fostered or attempted to foster, with his professional colleagues, students and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf: parents of students, sexual-preference prejudice and expressed homophobic ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- views, particularly in regard to [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts was filed as Exhibit #2. That statement had been signed ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-by the member, Stig Korjus, and by McCarthy Tétrault on behalf of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-A Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty was filed as Exhibit #3. That statement ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-had been signed by the member, Stig Korjus, and by McCarthy Tétrault on behalf of the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- and that the complainant might not last at the School until the end of the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- 1999 calendar year. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-13. During the summer of 1999, Korjus gave a copy of the photograph with the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- accompanying article in a sealed envelope to a student in his tutorial program ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- who had attended the Gay Pride parade with her mother. He advised the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- student that the individual in the photograph would be a new member of the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- school staff, and told her to take it home to her mother. The student delivered ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- the photograph to her mother. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-14. In the summer of 1999, Korjus showed the photograph to other students of the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- School who were also clients of his tutorial service. Korjus informed them that ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- the complainant, who was depicted in the photograph, would be a teacher at the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- School in the fall. No other comments were made about the complainant at that ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- time. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-Events during the 1999/2000 School Year ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-15. On or about September 1, 1999, Korjus and another teacher engaged in a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- telephone call of a social nature. She recalls that Korjus attempted to engage her ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf: in a discussion about the complainant’s sexual orientation. Korjus stated that ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- parents of students in the School would not accept the complainant as a teacher if ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf: they learned of his sexual orientation. Korjus does not recall this. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-16. In late August or early September 1999, the Principal of the School met with ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- Korjus and told him that if he had made disparaging or negative comments ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf: about the complainant or his sexual orientation, he should not do so again. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-17. In the fall of 1999, Korjus showed the photograph and accompanying article to a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- member of the school staff at a luncheon for school staff at his tutorial office ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- upon the request of another teacher. Several other staff members were present ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- and saw the photograph. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-18. On or about September 22, 1999 the complainant spoke to the Principal about his ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- understanding of Korjus’ conduct. The Principal informed the complainant that ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- he had already discussed this issue with Korjus and suggested that the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- complainant might wish to speak to Korjus directly about the issue. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-19. The complainant spoke to Korjus on or about October 1, 1999 at which time he ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- questioned Korjus about information he had received about Korjus making ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf: negative remarks about the complainant and his sexual orientation. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-20. On or about October 20, 1999, the complainant was absent from school for a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- medical appointment. An occasional teacher, other than Korjus, had been ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- arranged. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-21. While this occasional teacher was in the classroom on that date, during the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- course of a Grade 9 math class normally taught by the complainant, students in ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf: the class began making comments about the complainant and his sexual ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- orientation. One student who was also a client of Korjus’ tutorial service came to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- the front of the class and gave an impersonation of the complainant, including ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- the use of stereotypical gay mannerisms. Other students also were allowed to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- give impersonations. Many students in the class made verbal comments ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- derogatory of the complainant. These activities continued for substantially the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- entire math class. A complaint to the Ontario College of Teachers arose from this ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- incident, as referred to in paragraph 31. Korjus learned about the incident after it ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- was completed. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-The Toronto District School Board Investigation ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-27. The complainant, with the assistance of his union, made a complaint to the Board ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- alleging discrimination and harassment against Korjus and two other school staff ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- members. In or about November 1999, the Board began an investigation into ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- their conduct. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-28. In the course of the Board’s investigation, the Superintendent conducting the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- investigation sought to interview several students who might have knowledge of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- the matters under investigation. Some of these students were also students of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- Korjus’ tutorial service. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-29. Korjus telephoned the parents of some of his students at home and spoke to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- them about the proposed interviews. Following their conversations with Korjus, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- several parents refused to permit their children to be interviewed by Board ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- officials. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-30. The Board has not yet issued a final report with respect to its investigation. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-31. On or after January 27, 2000, the complainant made a complaint about five ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- individuals to the Ontario College of Teachers with respect to this matter, which ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- complaint was received by the College on March 7, 2000. As part of this ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- complaint, the complainant proposed that steps should be taken to ensure that ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- teachers other than Korjus should be educated with respect to issues of racism, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf: homophobia and sexism. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-Effects of the Events at the School ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf-32. As a result of the atmosphere in the School, the complainant left his position at ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- the School. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- do so by the court. In addition, he was to abstain from the consumption of ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- alcohol absolutely. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf-5. On or about 18 October, 1996, while his driver’s license was under suspension, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- Robert Knott placed students of his school at harm by transporting them to and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- from Cobourg, Ontario, for the purposes of attending a soccer tournament. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf-6. On or about 29 March, 1999, Mr. Knott pleaded guilty to a charge that he did, on ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- or about 28 November 1998, at the City of Oshawa in the Regional Municipality ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- of Durham, at a public place, unlawfully communicate with another person for ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf: the purpose of obtaining the sexual services of a prostitute contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- Criminal Code and the amendments thereto. Mr. Knott was given a conditional ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- discharge with probation for a period of twelve months, a condition of which ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- was that he remain out of the downtown core of the City of Oshawa. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf-7. On December 22, 1998, Mr. Knott was suspended without pay by the Kawartha ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- Pine Ridge District School Board due to the fact that he had exhausted his sick ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- leave. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf-8. On 11 February 1999, Robert Knott’s teaching contract and employment status ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board was terminated, for cause, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- including inappropriate and unprofessional conduct inconsistent and ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- incompatible with the trust placed in its teachers by the Board and with the ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- duties and obligations of a teacher pursuant to the Education Act and its ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- regulations. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf-The panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf-(1) Robert Knott is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf-(2) At all material times, Robert Knott was employed as a teacher at Roseneath ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- 2000 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- Centennial Public School in the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf-(3) On or about June 10, 1995 Robert Knott refused a police officer’s demand to take ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- a breathalizer test. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf-(4) On January 15, 1996, Robert Knott was found guilty of “refuse sample” and was ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- sentenced to 21 days jail to be served intermittently Saturdays and Sundays, ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- with probation for three months. During that time he was ordered to abstain ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- from the consumption of alcohol and his driver’s license was suspended for two ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- years (Exhibit #2, #3). ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf-(5) Two witnesses, the principal and the superintendent, testified that at a meeting ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- on November 11, 1996, Robert Knott admitted to driving students to a soccer ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- game while his driver’s license was under suspension and because of that, he ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- received a 10 day suspension without pay and was prohibited from driving ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- students. He then returned to the school to teach for the balance of the school ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- year. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf-(6) In March 1999, Robert Knott pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawfully ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf: communicating with another person for purpose of obtaining the sexual services ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- of a prostitute. Mr. Knott was given a conditional discharge with probation for ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- a period of twelve months. ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2000onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On September 24, 2001, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-which may disclose the identity of the student involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated April 5, 2001 was served on Richard Joseph Poremba, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-Teachers on April 19, 2001 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-hearing date was set for September 24, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-It is alleged that Richard Joseph Poremba is guilty of professional misconduct in that he: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf:(b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally and/or psychologically ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- chapter E.2 and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-(d) he performed an act or acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed by the Brant-Haldimand- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- Norfolk Catholic District School Board as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-3. During the 1999-2000 academic school year, while he was Head of Mathematics ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- and a Grade 12 math teacher at St. John’s College, Brantford, the member acted ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- inappropriately in respect of [**], a female [**] student in his [**] class at St. John’s ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- College. [**]’s date of birth is [**]. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-4. The inappropriate actions of the member towards [**], were that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- improper conversations and communications with [**] via an Internet program. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- These conversations and communications were of a personal nature and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf: included sexual innuendoes and sexual overtones. These communications took ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- place during Internet chats between the member and [**] on an ICQ program ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- over several nights between Saturday February 19, 2000 and Wednesday, March ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- 22, 2000 and more particularly during on-line conversations on the following ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- dates and times: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- (a) Thursday, March 2, 2000 – 11:18 p.m. to 11:24 p.m.; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- (b) Sunday March 5, 2000 between 1:14a.m. and 2:24 a.m; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- (c) Monday, March 6, 2000 – 11:30 p.m. to Tuesday, March 7, 2000, 12:15a.m.; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- (d) Tuesday, March 7, 2000 – 11:20 p.m. to Wednesday, March 8, 2000, 12:17 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- a.m.; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- (e) Wednesday, March 8, 2000 – 11:53 p.m. to Thursday, March 9, 2000, 2:00 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- a.m.; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- (f) Friday, March 10, 2000 – 12:04 a.m. to 1:23 a.m.; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- (g) Sunday, March 12, 2000 – 1:03 a.m. to 2:45 a.m.; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- (h) Thursday, March 16, 2000 – 12:42 a.m. to 1:51 a.m.; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-Robin Baswick, President of the O.E.C.T.A. local of the Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-Catholic District School Board testified for Defense counsel of his concern regarding the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-risk of identification of the student should the member’s name be published. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts (Exhibit #2) attached to this document, the panel ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-(1) Richard Joseph Poremba did communicate in an inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- unprofessional manner with a seventeen-year-old student in his [**] class via an ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ICQ program; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf:(2) There were sexual overtones to these communications; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-(3) The communications occurred during the early hours of the morning in February ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- and March, 2000; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-(4) There were numerous communications, some of which lasted in excess of one ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- hour; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-(5) Richard Joseph Poremba used his position of trust and authority to engage [**] in ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- an inappropriate manner; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-(6) As a direct result of his actions, [**]’s trust in teachers was eroded and she ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- endured several hardships; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-(7) Richard Joseph Poremba fulfilled all of the requirements in his agreement with ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- the Board. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf-(8) In Exhibit 3, Dr. Choy MD FRCP(C), Psychiatry, reported that a phallometric ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated October 5, 2000 was served on Joseph Charles C. Gerard ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-Poulin, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-Teachers on October 16, 2000 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-date set for hearing was December 14, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-It is alleged that Joseph Charles C. Gerard Poulin is guilty of professional misconduct in ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf:b) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Act and with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2 and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof, or the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-d) he contravened laws and those contraventions are relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-e) he committed acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-particular, subsections 1 (5), (7), (14), (15), (16), (18), (19); and he displayed a lack of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-knowledge, skill or judgement and/or a disregard for the welfare of students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-or extent that demonstrates that the member is either unfit to carry out his professional ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-responsibilities or that the member's certificate should be made subject to terms, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-Particulars of the alleged misconduct are set out in Exhibit #1 and they are to the effect ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-1. Joseph Charles C. Gerard Poulin is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed by the Avon Maitland School ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- Board as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-3. On or about July 8, 1997, the member received a conditional discharge on a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- charge of indecent assault on a female and was put on probation, requiring him ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- to keep the peace and be of good behaviour, for a period of one year. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-4. In or about November 1997, the member offered [**], a 16 year old female former ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- student of the member’s, a job helping him after school hours at the [**] Public ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- School. At Christmas 1997, the member gave [**] a silver necklace and told her ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- not to say that he had done so. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-5. In or about May 1998, when [**] told the member that she had to buy a dress to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- go to her “formal”, the member gave her $100 and told the said student that she ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- could “work it off.” He then told the said student “You know how some people ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf: have problems with drugs and alcohol? My problem is sex.” And then offered to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf: pay [**] $100 three or four times a month if she would have sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- with him, which [**] refused. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-12. On or about December 11, 1998, the member asked student [**], with whom he ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- was or had been corresponding, if she would help him with juice orders at the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- school the following day, Saturday, December 12, 1998. The member gave to [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- a blue bead necklace which he said he had custom made for her. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-13. On or about November 12, 1998, student [**] arrived at the said school to assist ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- with the juice orders, expecting to find others at the school but finding that she ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- was alone with the member. The member gave the said student a card, in which ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- was $75.00 cash and also handed to her a gift, which she opened and found to be ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- a candle. The member then told [**] to give him a hug and a kiss on the cheek ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- and when she did, the member grabbed [**]’s chin and started to kiss her on the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- lips and opened his mouth. [**] yelled “No”, the member backed off and said ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- “You do not want that?” to which [**] said “no”. The member then sat the said ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- student on his knee and said “Sorry I scared you”. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-14. In or about November 1998, [**] was another 13 year old female student in the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- member’s class who had taken off her sweater during gym, under which she was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- wearing a t-shirt. The member said “I can see all of you” and “You should wear ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- it more often”. On another occasion, within the 1997/98 school year, the member ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- said to student [**] “You’re looking beautiful today”. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-15. On or about November 19, 1999, the member pleaded guilty to and was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf: convicted of sexual assaults on students [**] and [**], contrary to section 271 of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf: the Criminal Code of Canada, attempting to obtain sexual services from a minor, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- student [**], contrary to section 212(4) of the same Code and breach of his ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- probation order dated July 8, 1997, in respect to the charge involving [**], ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- contrary to section 733.1(1) of the same Code. On the same date, the member ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea was filed as Exhibit #2. That statement ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-was dated November 27, 2000 and had been signed by Joseph Charles C. Gerard Poulin, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-Caroline Zayid, McCarthy Tétrault and Howard Goldblatt, Sach Goldblatt Mitchell. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-Joseph Charles C. Gerard Poulin pleaded guilty to Section 271 of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf:Canada – two counts of sexual assault, Section 212(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada – ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf:attempt for consideration to obtain the sexual services of a person under the age of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-eighteen years, and Section 733.1(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada - breaching a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-probation order. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment concurrent on each ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-count to be served in the community, received a Probation Order for three years and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-was fined (Exhibit #4). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-The Panel accepts the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and finds the member ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-REASONS: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-The Committee accepts the Agreed Statement of Facts in that the member was found ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf:guilty and convicted of two counts of sexual assault on students, attempting to obtain ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf:the paid sexual services of a juvenile who was a former student, and breach of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf-probation. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-It is alleged that Harvey Rainbow is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Education Act and the regulations made under that ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-(d) he contravened a law or laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-(e) he committed an act or acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-(f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that Harvey Rainbow is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-(Exhibit #1). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-Commencing May 17, 1999, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-conducted a hearing into whether Harvey Rainbow was guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-discuss, or to allow [**] to communicate with him, with respect to God. Harvey ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-Rainbow said it was never his purpose to raise the issues of religion, but it had been ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-[**]’s purpose. He testified that he and the [**].’s sat down and had a very conservative ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf:conversation in the [**].’s livingroom and has no memory of [**] being flabbergasted or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-outraged. He testified that the discussion centered around whether or not [**] was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-prepared to take on the lifestyle of a Baptist and that it dealt with an issue of religion ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-and whether or not [**] was going to take the step. He stated that with [**]’s parents’ ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-permissions he continued to write back and forth to [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-Harvey Rainbow testified that while he was not ashamed of what he had done with [**], ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-he was certainly not proud of that journal. He stated that [**]’s relationship with him ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-was different from the relationships with his other students. [**] was more special. He ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-was best friends with her parents, he had been invited her to christening, she had been ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-the lead in two of his plays, and she was like Mona Lisa. He stated that [**] did not have ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-crush on him. He stated that he tried to make every student feel special. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-Ross Fogwell, pastor, testified that it was [**] who came to him regarding some of the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-content of the journal and about how to reply to Harvey Rainbow’s comments. Ross ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-Fogwell spoke to [**]’s mother. [**], [**]’s mother, was aware that exchanges were taking ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-place. [**]’s mother and Harvey Rainbow journalled also, and Harvey Rainbow asked ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-these questions of her as well. [**] wondered why Harvey Rainbow didn’t just go and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-talk to Ross Fogwell about these things. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- [**] had a crush on him, but Harvey Rainbow did not take appropriate ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- responsibility for that. He had received earlier warnings and had been ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- counselled as early as 1989/90 by Principal Ken McCaughan and after that time, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- by Principal Hough and Vice-Principal Adams. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- 9. On or between September 1993 and October 1995, Harvey Rainbow engaged in ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- an improper and inappropriate relationship with [**], in that he consistently ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- abused the relationship of trust and authority between a teacher and a student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- 10. Harvey Rainbow consistently abused the relationship of trust and authority ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- between a teacher and his student during [**]’s Grade [**] and Grade [**] years ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- and early fall of the Grade [**] year in his escalation of the relationship with [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf: The member groomed [**] and became dependent on the student to get through ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- his difficult personal time, in that she was the first non-family member he told ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- about his alleged tumour. The letters read as love letters between two potential ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- partners, one a child the other an adult teacher. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf: 11. Harvey Rainbow was in the process of grooming [**] until her parents became ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- concerned and intervened. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf: 12. The Committee accepts that Harvey Rainbow groomed [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- 13. Harvey Rainbow became dependent on students [**] and [**] to get him through ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- his difficult personal times. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-The Committee relied upon the criminal conviction that Harvey Rainbow did ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-contravene the Criminal Code of Canada contrary to Sections 264.1 and 266 – Utter Death ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-Threats and Assault, Level 1, and considered this to be conduct unbecoming a member. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-That contravention is relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-registration. Further, the Committee considers this act to be disgraceful, and conduct ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-unbecoming a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf:The Committee finds that Harvey Rainbow’s emotional abuse and grooming of [**] and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-[**] was conduct unbecoming a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-The Committee notes that Harvey Rainbow did admit that some of the words in the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-journal were ill chosen. The Committee finds, however, that much of the content of the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-journal and the message of the journal were an inappropriate communication between a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-teacher and a student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-It does appear as though most of the numerous letters in Exhibit #4 from Harvey ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-Rainbow to [**] were written during [**]’s Grade [**] year. Even though she was no ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-longer in his classroom at that time, these letters were highly improper between a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-teacher and a Grade [**] student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-The Committee finds that Harvey Rainbow committed acts that having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-circumstances would be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-unprofessional in that he engaged in writing letters with inappropriate messages to [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-and engaged in inappropriate journal writing with [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-The Committee agrees with Dr. Arnold when she stated that she was positively struck ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-by Harvey Rainbow’s philosophy of teaching as described in his interview with ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf-Investigator Ruth Cohen (Exhibit #14). Dr. Arnold found that when she read the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-call from the child’s mother. The secretary recalled that the mother had expressed ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-concern about her daughter’s bad language and her fear that the child might use it at ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-school. She transferred the call to Karla Tessaro. She further testified that the Principal ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-later asked her what type of parent she felt the mother was. The secretary stated that ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-she told Karla Tessaro that she had no concerns about this parent who was reliable at ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-reporting the child’s absences and in picking up the child on time. She added that Karla ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-Tessaro would ask her about parents with whom the Principal was not familiar. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-Section 37 (2) of the Child and Family Services Act defines when a child is in need of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-protection. Section 72 of the Act outlines the duty to report. Subsection 3 says that a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-professional who has reasonable grounds to suspect abuse shall report to a society. The ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-College has not provided clear and convincing proof of reasonable grounds to suspect ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-abuse. The panel is not persuaded that Karla Tessaro’s actions, as established in the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-evidence, amount to professional misconduct. Karla Tessaro did not have reasonable ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-grounds to suspect: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf:(a) that the child was or may have been sexually molested or sexually exploited by ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- the fourteen year-old boy; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-(b) that the parents would fail to protect their child; or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf:(c) that there was a substantial risk that the child would be sexually molested or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf: sexually exploited. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-Karla Tessaro’s conduct in this matter was reasonable given all of her actions and all of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf-the information she was able to obtain on February 16, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On April 19, 2001, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-which may disclose the identity of the students involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated December 11, 2000, was served on Robert Allan Brown ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-Teachers on January 15, 2001 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. A ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-hearing date was scheduled for April 19, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-It is alleged that Robert Allan Brown is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf:(b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- Ontario, 1990, Chapter E.2 and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof or with the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-(d) he contravened a law, and that contravention is relevant to his suitability to hold ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in Exhibit #1, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-alleging that Robert Allan Brown is guilty of professional misconduct in that his acts ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-College of Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997, in ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-particular, subsections 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (16), (18), (19). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-Particulars of the alleged misconduct are set out in Exhibit #1 and they are to the effect ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-1. Robert Allan Brown is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed by the Lakehead District School ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- Board and its predecessors as an elementary school teacher. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-3. At all material times, the [**] was a 13 or 14 year old female student of the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- member’s at Jumbo Garden’s School, Thunder Bay, where the member was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- employed as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-4. On or between January 1, 1977 and September 30, 1977, the member fostered, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- encouraged or permitted the development of a personal relationship between ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- himself and the said 14 year old female student, [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-5. On or between February 1, 1977 and September 30, 1977, the member was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf: involved in a romantic and sexual relationship with the said student, during ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf: which he and the said student engaged in sexual intercourse and oral sex. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-6. On or between September 1, 1977 and December 31, 1977, after the said ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- relationship between the member and [**] had been terminated, the member ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- telephoned the said student several times in an attempt to re-establish the said ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf: sexual relationship with that student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-7. On or about November 20, 1998, the member was charged with two offences ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- under the Criminal Code of Canada and on or about September 25, 1999, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf: member was convicted of having sexual intercourse with [**] between February ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- 1, 1977 and September 30, 1977, she being a female of previously chaste character ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- over 14 and under 16 years, contrary to section 146(2) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- Canada. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-8. On or about December 3, 1999, the member was sentenced to a period of 12 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- months conditional imprisonment in respect to the said conviction. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-9. The member retired his position as teacher with the said Lakehead District ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- School Board effective June 30, 1998. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that Robert Allan Brown is a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-of Teachers (Exhibit #1). At all material times, Robert Allan Brown was employed by ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-Lakehead District School Board and its predecessors as an elementary school teacher. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea was filed as Exhibit #2. That statement ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-was dated March 21, 2001 and had been signed by the member and Counsel on behalf of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached to that document was the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-Conviction (Exhibit A), the Reasons on Sentence, dated December 3, 1999 (Exhibit B) and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit C). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, the panel finds the following ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-facts: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-(1) Robert Allan Brown is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-(2) At all material times, the member was employed by the Lakehead District School ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- Board and its predecessors, as an elementary school teacher. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-(3) Until June, 1977, the female student , [**] of the member attended at Jumbo ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- Gardens School, Thunder Bay, where the member was employed as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-(4) On or about September 25, 1999, the member was found guilty and was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf: convicted of having had sexual intercourse with [**] between March 9, 1977 and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- September 30, 1977, she being a female of previously chaste character over 14 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- and under 16 years, contrary to section 146(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-(5) On or about December 3, 1999, the member was sentenced to a period of 12 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- months conditional imprisonment in respect to the said conviction. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-(6) The member retired his position as teacher with the said Lakehead District ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- School Board effective June 30, 1998 at the age of 56 after teaching thirty-four (34) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- years with the said school board. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-(7) By the document entitled the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, Robert ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- Allan Brown accepted that the matters referred to in the preceding paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- constitute professional misconduct and pleaded guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- professional misconduct being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-(8) In light of the admitted facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- asked that the Discipline Committee find the member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- misconduct and requested that the Registrar be directed to immediately revoke ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- the Certification of Qualification and Registration of the member, Robert Allan ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- Brown, which was not contested by the member. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-(9) At the member’s request, the Ontario College of Teachers was not seeking a fine ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- nor an order that the member pay the costs of the proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-(10) The Ontario College of Teachers asked that, in addition, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- Committee direct that its finding and Order be published in the College’s official ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- publication, “Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession”. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-The Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea as signed by the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-member. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds Robert Allan Brown guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-under subsections 1 (5), (14), (15), (16), (18) and (19), and under subsection 1(7) in that he ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf:abused a student sexually, as alleged. The Committee also finds the member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-professional misconduct in that he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgement ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-and/or a disregard for the welfare of a student of a nature or extent that demonstrates ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-that the member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-member’s Certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-The Committee directs the Registrar to revoke the member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf-and Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated April 6, 2000 was served on William Douglas Walker, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-on April 25, 2000 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The date for hearing ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-was eventually set for the week of February 12, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-It is alleged that William Douglas Walker is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2 and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof and the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- (15); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-(d) he committed an act or acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-(f) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgement and/or a disregard to the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- welfare of his students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the member is ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-3. In or about 1979 to 1980 school year, [**] was a grade [**] student at [**] , where the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- member taught [**] and [**]. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-4. Between, in or about September 1979 and in or about June 1982, the member engaged ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf: student [**] in a sexual relationship, including but not restricted to sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- on at least fifty-six occasions at various locations off and on school property. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-5. In and between school years 1980 to 1981 and 1981 to 1982, [**], [**], [**] and [**] were ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- all students in grades [**] at [**] where William Douglas Walker was [**] and [**]. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-6. Both in and between the said school years, 1980 to 1981 and 1981 to 1982, the member ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- purchased alcohol for the said students, [**], [**], [**] and [**] when he knew or ought ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- to have known that they were under the legal age for consumption of alcohol. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-7. In and between school years 1979 to 1980 and 1980 to 1981, [**] and [**] were grades ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- [**] students at [**] , taught [**] and [**] by the member. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-8. In or between school years 1979 to 1980 and 1980 to 1981, the member inappropriately ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf: read explicit sexual material to students [**], [**] and [**] in the [**] storage room at ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- [**]. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that William Douglas Walker was a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-College of Teachers until his resignation on October 27, 2000, (Exhibit #1, Tab 2). At all ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-material times, he was employed by the York Region District School Board, formerly York ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-Board of Education, as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts was filed as Exhibit #4. That statement had been signed by ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-William Douglas Walker, his counsel, Josh Phillips, Green and Chercover, and Caroline ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-Zayid, Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers, and included the following: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-1. In or about 1979-1980, [**], whose date of birth is [**], was a grade [**] student at [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- where the member taught [**]. [**]. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf:2. The member engaged [**] in a sexual relationship which included, but was not ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf: restricted to, sexual intercourse on at least fifty-six (56) occasions, taking place at ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- various locations on and off school property as well as on [**]. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf:3. The first incident of sexual intercourse took place in the member’s car prior to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf: which occasion [**] had never had sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf:4. Throughout the time that the sexual relationship continued, the member continued ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- to be [**]’s [**]. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf:5. If called to testify, [**] would indicate that the sexual relationship began in or about ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- September 1979, however the member would indicate that the relationship began ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- in or about early 1981. The relationship ended in or about June of [**]’s grade [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- year. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-6. During the years 1980-82, [**], [**], [**] and [**] were all students in grades [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- through [**] at [**] where Walker was [**] and [**]. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-7. Both in and between the school years 1980/1981 and 1981/1982, William Douglas ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- Walker purchased alcohol for [**], [**], [**] and [**] when he knew or ought to have ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- known that they were under the legal age for consumption of alcohol, and consumed ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- alcohol with the said students. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf:(5) Walker engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with [**], including but not ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf: restricted to, sexual intercourse on at least 56 occasions on and off school property ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- as well as on [**] trips away from school. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf:(6) [**]’s first experience of sexual intercourse took place in the member’s car. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-(7) During the years 1980 to 1982, William Douglas Walker purchased alcohol for ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- students and engaged in consumption of alcohol with them when he knew or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ought to have known that they were under legal age. On occasion, the students ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- consumed enough alcohol to become intoxicated. The member also purchased ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- alcohol for the students while on a school trip. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-Based on the findings and/or evidence given by the witnesses and having examined the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-Exhibits filed, the Committee finds William Douglas Walker guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-misconduct under subsections 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (18) and (19) of the Professional ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-Misconduct Regulation, as alleged. Further, the Committee finds that the member ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-displayed a lack of judgement and complete disregard for the welfare of a student, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-demonstrating that he is unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-William Douglas Walker held a position of trust and authority. He is expected to know ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-and respect the boundaries of the teacher/student relationship and the importance of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-maintaining those boundaries between his students and himself at all times. As a teacher, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-he is expected to set an example of good moral behaviour to students, and parents with the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-care of their children. In this matter, he let the parents down. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf:As to the matter of sexual abuse, he violated one of the most sacred trusts possible in the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-student relationship. It is clear that he did not understand the importance of establishing ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-boundaries and his actions in this regard were reprehensible. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-The Committee orders that the member be verbally reprimanded. The Committee believes ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-that had the member not resigned from the College, his certificate would certainly have ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-been revoked. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-The Committee is of the view that the member’s inappropriate conduct dictates the need ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-for a fine. A fine of $2000.00 (two thousand dollars) is imposed upon William Douglas ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-Walker. This fine is to be paid to the Minister of Finance for the Consolidated Revenue ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-Fund to emphasize to William Douglas Walker, and to other members of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-that actions such as the member’s are not to be tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-The Committee also orders that the member immediately sign an Undertaking agreeing ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf-not to teach in any jurisdiction at any time in the future (attached). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On April 19, 2001, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-which may disclose the identity of the students involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 10, 1999 was served on Frederick Wayne Tyrrell, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-Teachers on December 6, 1999 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. A ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-date for hearing was set for April 19, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-It is alleged that Frederick Wayne Tyrrell is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf:(b) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- chapter E.2 section 264(1)(c) or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-(d) he contravened a law and that contravention is relevant to his suitability to hold ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-(e) he committed acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-Particulars of the alleged misconduct are set out in Exhibit #1 and they are to the effect ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-1. Frederick Wayne Tyrrell is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed by the Thames Valley District ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- School Board, formerly the London Board of Education as a teacher, vice- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- principal, then principal. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-3. On a date or dates between January 1, 1976 and September 30, 1976 the member ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf: had sexual intercourse with [**], who was a [**] female student at [**] School. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-4. On a date or dates on or between January 1, 1976 and September 1976, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- member committed an act or acts of gross indecency with [**], who was a [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- year old student at [**] School. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-5. Between January 1, 974 and January 1, 1976 the member also engaged in ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf: inappropriate sexual and physical contact with [**], including kissing and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- fondling of [**] at [**] School. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-6. On a date or dates on or between September 1, 1977 and September 2, 1978, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf: member had sexual intercourse with [**], a [**] female student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-7. On a date or dates on or between September 1, 1977 and September 2, 1978, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- member committed indecent assaults upon [**], a [**] female student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-8. On a date or dates on or between September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf: member had sexual intercourse with [**], a [**] student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-9. On a date or dates on or between September 1, 1977 and September 2, 1981, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- member committed an act or acts of gross indecency with [**], a female student ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- or former student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf:10. Between September 1, 1988 and September 2, 1981 the member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf: touching of [**] which included fondling, oral sex, and sexual intercourse. The ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- said touching occurred in the member’s car, in the school where the member was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- employed, and elsewhere. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-11. Between September 1, 1977 and September 2, 1981, the member suggested or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf: recommended that [**] engage in sexual touching of, or sexual intercourse with, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- other teachers in exchange for money. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-12. On a date or dates on or between January 1, 1981 and September 30, 1983, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- member committed an act or acts of gross indecency with [**], an [**] female ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-13. On a date or dates on or between January 1, 1981 and January 3, 1983, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- member indecently assaulted [**], a[**] female student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-14. On a date or dates on or between January 4, 1983 and September 30, 1983, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf: member sexually assaulted [**], a [**]female student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf:15. Between January 1, 1981 and September 30, 1983, the member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf: touching of [**] including touching her breasts and oral sex. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-16. On or about December 3, 1998, the member was found guilty of three counts of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf: having sexual intercourse with students [**] and [**], one count of indecent ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- assault on [**] and two counts of gross indecency with [**] and [**], contrary to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- subsections 146(1), 149, 157, 164(2) and of the Criminal Code of Canada applicable ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- at the time of the offences. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-17. On or about January 18, 1999, the member was sentenced to a total of three years ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- penitentiary imprisonment in respect of the said convictions. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-18. On May 30, 1997, the member resigned his employment with the Thames Valley ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- District School Board. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts was filed as Exhibit #2. That statement had been dated ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-April 7, 2001 and was signed by the member, Frederick Wayne Tyrrell, Thomas Forbes, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-Q.C. , Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers and Melvyn Green, Sack Goldblatt ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-Mitchell, Counsel for the member. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-(1) Frederick Wayne Tyrrell is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-(2) At all material times, the member was employed by the Thames Valley District ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- School Board, formerly the London Board of Education, as a teacher, vice- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- principal, then principal. The member was a vice principal at [**] from ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- September 1974 until June 1978, when he left to assume the position of principal ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- at another school. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf:(3) The member was charged with having sexual intercourse with [**], a female, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- between January 1, 1976 and July 19, 1976. [**], whose date of birth is [**]. At the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- time, [**] was a [**] for the [**]. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-(4) The member was also charged with committing acts of gross indecency with [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- between January 1, 1976 and September 30, 1976. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf:(5) The member was charged with having sexual intercourse with [**] between ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- September, 1977 and September 2, 1980. [**] was a [**] student in grade [**] at ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- [**]School [**] when she first met the member, who was then the vice principal at ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- the school. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-(6) The member was also charged with committing acts of gross indecency with [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- between September 1, 1977 and September 2, 1981. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-(7) Finally, the member was also charged with indecently assaulting [**] between ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- September 1, 1977 and September 2, 1978. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-(8) On May 30, 1997, the member resigned his employment with the Thames Valley ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- District School Board. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-(9) On or about December 3, 1998, following a trial in the General Division of the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- Ontario Court of Justice, the member was found guilty of two counts of having ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf: sexual intercourse with [**], and one count of having sexual intercourse with [**], ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- one count indecent assault on [**], one count of gross indecency with [**] and a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- further count of gross indecency with [**], contrary to sections 164(1), 146(2), 149 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- and 157, as the offences were then respectively numbered, of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- Canada. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-(10) On or about January 18, 1999, the member was convicted of these six offences ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- and sentenced to a total of three years imprisonment in respect of the said ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- convictions. An appeal against the convictions and sentence was dismissed by ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- the Court of Appeal for Ontario on January 4, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-(11) A copy of the indictment dated April 23, 1998 on which is noted the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- endorsements of Justice Ronald Haines with respect to the findings of guilt dated ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- December 3, 1998, and convictions entered on January 18, 1999 was attached as ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- Exhibit A to the Agreed Statement of Facts. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-(12) In view of his convictions at trial and the dismissal of his appeal therefrom by the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- Court of Appeal for Ontario, the member, Frederick Wayne Tyrrell, by the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- Agreed Statement of Facts, did not contest the factual findings inherent in his six ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf: convictions (that is, sexual intercourse and gross indecency with [**] and sexual ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- intercourse and gross indecency with and indecent assault of [**]) and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- acknowledged that this conduct, as found, was capable of constituting ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- professional misconduct as defined in Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-The Committee finds that based on the Reasons for Judgement (Exhibit #3) that the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-witnesses were credible and agrees with the judgement that there was sufficient cogent ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-and reliable evidence to support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-The Committee accepts the Agreed Statement of Facts as signed by the member. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds Frederick Wayne Tyrrell guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-misconduct under subsections 1 (5), (15), (16), (18) and (19) of the Professional ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-Misconduct Regulation, as alleged and under subsection 1(7) in that he abused students ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf:sexually, and directs the Registrar to revoke the member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf-and Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On May 28, 2001, the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information which may ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-disclose the identity of the student involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-At the commencement of the hearing, there was a motion requesting that the hearing be ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-held in-camera and that the motion regarding that request be held in-camera. The ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-Committee agreed to hear the submissions for an in-camera hearing, in-camera, and did ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-so. Having heard all the arguments regarding an in-camera hearing, it was the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-Committee’s decision that the protection of the public interest outweighed the member’s ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-reasons for requesting an in-camera hearing. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated February 23, 2001 was served on Terry Shih Chuan Chew, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-Teachers on March 26, 2001 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-hearing date was set for May 28, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-It is alleged that Terry Shih Chuan Chew is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf:(b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- inviting her to keep in touch with him. The note included the following: “if you ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- need to chat about a concern or, you just want to shoot the breeze, I am all ears ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- for you anytime”. The note was signed, “Luv ya, Chew.” [**] periodically came ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- to the member’s office to speak to him. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-5. On or about March 26, 1999, [**] went to Mr. Chew’s office and while conversing ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- with him, she was looking at his bulletin board. He came up behind her and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- started massaging her shoulders. She did not say anything and he moved his ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- right hand and touched one of her breasts over her clothing. He then asked her if ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- that bothered her and she replied that it did and she left the office. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf:6. On or about April 12, 1999, the member was charged with sexual assault contrary ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf: to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada and sexual exploitation contrary to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- section 153 of the Criminal Code of Canada, by the Peel Regional Police. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf:7. On January 18, 2000 the member pleaded guilty to the charge of sexual assault, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- and was found guilty of that charge. On February 18, 2000, he was sentenced to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- a conditional sentence of six months to be served in the community, followed by ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- eighteen months probation. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-8. By letter dated December 15, 1999, the member wrote to the Peel District School ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- Board advising that he would be resigning from his position as a full time ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- teacher effective January 14, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-9. On January 14, 2000, the Peel District School Board accepted the resignation of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- the member. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- for you anytime”. The note was signed, “Luv ya, Chew.” [**] periodically went ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- to the member’s office to speak to him during the next semester. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-(5) On or about March 26, 1999, Mr. Chew invited [**] into his office during the first ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- period, which had commenced at 8:20 a.m. Mr. Chew had seen [**] in the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- hallway after she had been excused from her first period gym class. [**] went ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- into Mr. Chew’s office and while conversing with him, she was looking at his ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- bulletin board. Mr. Chew approached [**] from behind and started to massage ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- her back. He then moved his right hand to reach forward and grab [**]’s right ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- breast over her clothing. He then asked her, “Do you mind if I do this?” [**] was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- surprised at Mr. Chew’s actions and she immediately left the office. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf:(6) On or about April 12, 1999, the member was charged with sexual assault contrary ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf: to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada and sexual exploitation contrary to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- section 153 of the Criminal Code of Canada, by the Peel Regional Police. Attached ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- to the Agreed Statement of Facts as Exhibit “A” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- Information number 4408, which was laid in respect of the charges. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf:(7) On January 18, 2000, the member pleaded guilty to the charge of sexual assault, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- and was found guilty of that charge. On February 18, 2000, he was sentenced to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- a conditional sentence of six months to be served in the community, followed by ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- eighteen months probation. Attached to the Agreed Statement of Facts as ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- Exhibits “B” and “C” respectively are copies of the transcripts of Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- Proceedings before Mr. Justice I.B. Cowan on January 18, 2000, and Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- Sentence, also before Mr. Justice Cowan on February 18, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-(8) By letter dated December 15, 1999, the member wrote to the Peel District School ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- Board advising that he would be resigning from his position as a full time ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- concerned that any further publicity in the matter will have an adverse impact on ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- his family. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-Exhibit ‘A’ attached to the Agreed Statement of Facts (Exhibit #2) showed that Terry ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf:Shih Chuan Chew was found guilty of committing a sexual assault on [**], contrary to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-section 271, under the Criminal Code of Canada and was sentenced to six months ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-conditional sentence and eighteen months probation. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-In correspondence with the College, the member, in a letter dated May 21, 2001 , ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-indicated his greatest regret and remorse and that he clearly went beyond the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-boundaries of a teacher, betraying the trust he once had from this student. He also ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-apologized to the teaching profession and since May of 1999, has been in counselling. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-The member requested that the College revoke his teaching certificate and that there be ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-a publication ban on his name. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-DECISION AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-Having examined the exhibits filed and having considered the Agreed Statement of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-Facts, the Committee finds Terry Shih Chuan Chew guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-under subsections 1 (5), (7), (15), (18), (19) of the Professional Misconduct Regulation, as ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-alleged, and directs the Registrar to revoke Terry Shih Chuan Chew’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf-Qualification and Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated August 22, 2001 was served on Ross Lauchlin Wood, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-Teachers on September 17, 2001 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-The hearing date was set for November 29, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-It is alleged that Ross Lauchlin Wood is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-(d) he committed acts, having regard to all of the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-(f) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgement and/or a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- welfare of a student of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the member is ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-3. During the month of August 1996, [**] who was then 17 years old, accompanied the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- member and other members of the outdoor education club, which included other ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- present and past students and teachers at Bramalea Secondary School, on a canoe ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- trip in the vicinity of Parry Sound, Ontario. On the night of August 14, 1996, which ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- was the second day of the trip, the member asked [**] to go for a walk along the river ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- and while doing so, smoked a cigarette with [**] After walking along the river for ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- approximately five minutes, the member and [**] sat down facing the river and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- conversed. While discussing the unwanted advances of a 16-year-old male towards ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- [**], which had upset [**], the member told her that the interest of a 16 year old male ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- in a 17 year old female was natural and commented on [**]’s attractiveness. [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- became further upset. She was crying and told the Member, “You did not have to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- tell me that.” ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-4. The member then made a motion to hug [**] with the result that her back was up ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- against his chest. He then began to rub [**]’s sides between her waist and her breasts ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- and then moved both of his hands in a grazing motion down across her breasts. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- Immediately thereafter the member, in an upward motion, touched both of [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- breasts and tried to rub her nipples. [**], who was wearing clothing, pushed the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- member away. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-5. The member then told [**] that, “I thought if you did not want me to do this, you ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- would tell me to stop it.” [**] then left to return to the campsite and shortly after ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- that, the member came to her tent and asked to talk to her. During the course of that ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- conversation, he told [**] that he would understand if she never talked to him again ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf: and that she sexually aroused him. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-6. The member has acknowledged that he had, at various different times before August ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- of 1996, hugged [**] and that he knew in August of 1996, that he was to be cautious ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- about engaging in hugs or physical contacts with students. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-7. On or about September 17, 1997, [**] had a conversation with the member which she ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- tape recorded without his knowledge. During the course of the discussion the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- member confirmed to [**] the actions and statements expressed in paragraphs 3 – 6 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- above. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-8. On or about March 31, 1999, the member was charged that between July 1 and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- August 31, 1996, at the District of Parry Sound in the Northeast Region, he being in a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf: position of trust and authority towards [**], a young person, did for a sexual purpose ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- touch directly the body of [**], with a part of his body, to wit his hands, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- section 153(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. On May 2, 2000, following a trial, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- member was found guilty of the said charge. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-9. On or about May 8, 2000, the member retired from the Peel Board of Education. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-10. On or about July 5, 2000, the member was given a conditional discharge with a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- period of probation for 18 months with conditions including: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- (a) that he not communicate with [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- (b) that he not teach or counsel any female persons 17 years of age or younger; and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- (c) that he performs 150 hours of community service work. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-11. On or about December 8, 2000, the member retired as a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-12. The member pleaded no contest to the allegations at the Discipline Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-5. The member then made a motion to hug [**] with the result that her back was up ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- against his chest. He then began to rub [**]’s sides between her waist and her breasts ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- and then moved both of his hands in a grazing motion down across her breasts. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- Immediately thereafter the member, in an upward motion, touched both of [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- breasts and tried to rub her nipples. [**], who was wearing clothing, pushed the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- member away. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-6. The member then told [**] that, “I thought if you did not want me to do this, you ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- would tell me to stop it.” [**] then left to return to the campsite and shortly after ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- that, the member came to her tent and asked to talk to her. During the course of that ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- conversation, he told [**] that he would understand if she never talked to him again ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf: and that she sexually aroused him. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-7. The member has acknowledged that he had, at various different times before August ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- of 1996, hugged [**] and that he knew in August of 1996, that he was to be cautious ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- about engaging in hugs or physical contacts with students. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-8. On or about September 17, 1997, [**] had a conversation with the member which she ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- tape recorded without his knowledge. During the course of the discussion the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- member confirmed to [**] the actions and statements expressed in paragraphs 4 - 7 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- above. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf-9. On or about March 31, 1999, the member was charged that between July 1 and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- August 31, 1996, at the District of Parry Sound in the Northeast Region, he being in a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf: position of trust and authority towards [**], a young person, did for a sexual purpose ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- touch directly the body of [**], with a part of his body, to wit his hands, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- section 153(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. On May 2, 2000, following a trial, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- member was found guilty of the said charge. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 9, 2000 was served on Heidi Franziska Coleman aka ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-Hedwig Franziska Coleman, herein referred to as “Heidi Coleman”, requesting ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on April ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-3, 2000 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The date set for hearing ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-was in September, 2000 at which time, Heidi Coleman requested an adjournment to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-which the Committee agreed. The hearing was rescheduled for February 12, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-It is alleged that Heidi Coleman is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf:(b) she abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-(c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2 and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- Regulations made under the Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-(d) she contravened a law and that contravention is relevant to her suitability to hold ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-(e) she committed acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-lack of knowledge, skill or judgement and/or a disregard for the welfare of a student of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-a nature or extent that demonstrates that the member is either unfit to carry out her ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-professional responsibilities or that the member’s certificate should be made subject to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-Particulars of the alleged misconduct are set out in Exhibit #1 and they are to the effect ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-1. Heidi Franziska Coleman aka Hedwig Franziska Coleman, is a member of the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed by the Halton Board of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- Education, now Halton District School Board, as a supply teacher. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-3. On a date or dates, on or between January 1, 1976 and December 31, 1978, the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf: member committed sexual assaults on a male student, [**], of approximately 13 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- years of age at Brookville Public School, Campbellville, where [**] was a student ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- in the member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf:4. The sexual assaults involved the member touching [**]’s genitals and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- masturbating him, requesting [**] to touch her genitals and to masturbate her, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- and requesting [**] to fondle her breasts. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-5. On or between the same dates, the member drove [**] in her vehicle, without ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf: parental consent, to an isolated location where she invited [**] to have sexual ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- intercourse with her, which he did. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-6. On or about October 7, 1998, the member pleaded guilty to the charge of gross ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- indecency with her former student, contrary to section 157 of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- Canada. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-7. On or about December 16, 1998, the member was sentenced to an 18 month ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- conditional sentence to be served in the community, to be followed by 18 months ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- probation, and was ordered to undertake 100 hours of community service within ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- a 12 month period and was directed to abstain from contact with [**] except in ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- the presence of her counsel. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-8. In a letter to the Ontario College of Teachers written on or about November 24, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf: 1999, the member admits to having sexual intercourse with [**] in 1978 when he ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- was her student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-At all material times, Heidi Coleman was employed by Halton District School Board, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-formerly known as the Halton Board of Education, as a supply teacher. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf:[**], now a 36-year-old male, testified to being a victim of sexual abuse by Heidi ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-Coleman when she was a supply teacher at Brookville Public School during the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-1976/1978 school years, at which time she was a supply teacher in his classroom or in ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-another classroom, commencing when he was 12 years of age. Such abuse consisted of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-her fondling his groin area and penis on a number of occasions in the classroom, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf:culminating two years later with actual sexual intercourse occurring in her vehicle after ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-school. All incidents occurred on school property but for the one that took place in the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf:spring of 1977 which was the sexual intercourse in her car. [**] was a special needs ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf:student and this was his first experience of sexual intercourse. During the summer of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-1977, she visited him at his home when he was sitting on the porch with his parents. At ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-that time, she invited him to attend a church group which he declined because he was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-nervous and uncomfortable with her. The following school year, 1977/1978, when ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-voluntarily left the teaching profession shortly after the events which gave rise to this ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-offense occurring. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-Fred DuVal, investigator at the Ontario College of Teachers, testified that the complaint ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-came to his attention by way of a letter from Paul Anthony, Superintendent of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-Education/Human Resources of Halton District School Board, informing the College ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf:that Heidi Coleman had apparently pleaded guilty to charges of sexually assaulting a ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-young boy in her class between September 1976 and June 1978 (Exhibit #6). The letter ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-stated that it appeared that the assaults occurred on a number of occasions in different ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-forms and in different locations. Heidi Coleman made a request to meet with Fred ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-DuVal, regarding information she thought should be known about the case. However, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-she cancelled this appointment. In a subsequent letter dated November 24, 1999, she ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-outlined a number of inconsistencies regarding information in her court proceedings ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf:and also indicated "I relented and we had sexual intercourse." (Exhibit #11) The ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-member sent a letter to the Ontario Teacher’s Federation dated January 15, 2001 stating ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-that the discipline hearing being held against her by the Ontario College of Teachers was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-unnecessary and that she had no intention of wasting any more time by participating in ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-“your kangaroo court.” She further threatened that if her name was published ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-anywhere she would sue for slander and/or defamation of character. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf-The panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf:(1) The Committee finds that Heidi Coleman sexually abused [**] on a number of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- occasions and in different locations over a period of two school years, 1976-1979. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated October 3, 2000 was served on James Edward Deagle, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf-Teachers on October 16, 2000 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf-hearing date was set for March 5, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf-It is alleged that James Edward Deagle is guilty of professional misconduct or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf-incompetence in that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf:(b) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2 and particularly s. 264(1)(c) thereof, or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- and (15); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf-(d) he performed his teaching duties in an unsatisfactory and incompetent manner ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- resulting in deficiencies in classroom management, discipline and communication ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- with students; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-Keith Stephen Garebian ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On October 1, 2001, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-which may disclose the identity of the student involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated March 27, 2001 was served on Keith Stephen Garebian, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-Teachers on April 9, 2001 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-hearing date was set for October 1, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-It is alleged that Keith Stephen Garebian is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf:(b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- Regulations made under that act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-(d) he committed acts that having regard to all of the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- unprofessional contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-(5) The student became 14 years old on [**], 1992. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-(6) On or about December 26, 1992, the member, after having befriended the student ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- over a period of time, picked the student up at a bus stop and took him to his ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf: apartment where he showed the student a pornographic videotape. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-(7) The member accepts that his actions with respect to the student as described in ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- paragraph 6 above, constitute professional misconduct, and the member hereby ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- pleads guilty to professional misconduct contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- subsections 1(5), (7), (18) and (19). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-(8) The member has not taught since June 30, 1994 and his Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- Qualification and Registration is presently under suspension for non-payment of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- fees. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-(9) By his execution of the Agreed Statement of Facts, the member hereby tenders ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- his resignation as a member of the Ontario College of Teachers, and undertakes ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- not to apply at any time in the future to have a new Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- and Registration issued to him by the Registrar of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, the submissions of Counsel, and having ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-examined the exhibits filed, the Committee finds Keith Stephen Garebian guilty of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-professional misconduct under Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), (7), (18) and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf-(19). ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On February 25, 2002, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- 2002 CanLII 63898 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-which may disclose the identity of the students involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 9, 2002, was served on David Christopher Koloff, ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-Teachers on July 30, 2001 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-hearing date was set for February 25, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-It is alleged that David Christopher Koloff is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- subsection 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-(d) he committed acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that David Christopher Koloff is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-College of Teachers (Exhibit #1). At all material times, the member was employed by ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-the York Region District School Board as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- 2002 CanLII 63898 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts and Submissions as to Penalty was filed as Exhibit #2. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-That statement was dated February 25, 2002 and had been signed by Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-College and Counsel for the member . ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-The Committee received a copy of THE member ’s teaching evaluation from Markham ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-District High School, indicating a general assessment of excellent. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-The Committee received a lengthy letter written by the member, himself, in which he ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-explained the situation around his actions and provided details about the upset in his ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-personal life at the time of the incidents. He said in his letter that “it is with the deepest ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-shame and regret that I respond to these complaints.” ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-The Committee also received a letter of reference from the Acting Principal of ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-Assumption College Catholic High School, indicating her belief that David Christopher ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-Koloff is an excellent teacher. She stated that he is one of the five best teachers that she ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-has known in her thirty years in education. The Superintendent of Education, Windsor- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf:Essex Catholic District School Board, stated in her letter of reference, that he is a “born ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-teacher” and that she “would not hesitate to entrust students to his care.” ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts and Submissions As to Penalty, the panel finds ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-1. David Christopher Koloff is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- 2002 CanLII 63898 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-2. At all material times, the member, whose date of birth is February 15, 1963, was ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- employed as a teacher of English, Grade 9 - OAC at Markham District High ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- School in Markham, Ontario, by the York Region District School Board. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-3. The member resigned his position with the Board effective February 1, 1999 to ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf: take a position with the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board, and is ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- presently employed as a teacher at Assumption Secondary School in Windsor, ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-4. At all material times, [**], whose date of birth is [**]; [**], whose date of birth is ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- [**]; and [**], whose date of birth is [**], (collectively “the students”), were female ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- students of the member at the School. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-5. During the 1998-1999 school year, and particularly during the month of October, ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- 1998, the member, while he was alone in the classroom with [**], made ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- inappropriate remarks to [**], who was in her OAC year. These included the ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- member: ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- (a) telling [**] that he felt like he had a connection with her; ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- (b) telling [**] that perhaps one day they should get together for a drink; ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- (c) telling [**] that other students would think she was his favourite; ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- (e) just prior to his leaving Markham, [**] gave the member a drawing she ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- had done for him and a note, including her address and telephone ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- number and inviting him to do the same so that they could keep in touch. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- 2002 CanLII 63898 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-9. During the 1998-1999 academic school year and particularly during November ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- 1998, the member, while speaking with [**] alone in a classroom, made ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- inappropriate remarks to [**] who was then a Grade 12 student. These included: ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- (a) the member expressed concern regarding a dramatic loss of weight on the ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- part of [**] and observed that she did not have the same body type as she ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- had in Grade 11. The member did inquire of [**] why she had lost so ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- much weight and may have expressed some concern about anorexia; ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf: (b) the member did hug [**] briefly in a non-sexual manner and with [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- consent. This made [**] uncomfortable; and, ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- (c) the member told [**] that he had a connection with her. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-10. The member has co-operated with the College and accepts that his behaviour ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- with the students was inappropriate, unacceptable, and constitutes professional ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf-11. At the material times, the member was experiencing emotional stress, occasioned ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- by his recent marriage and wife’s illness, a falling out with certain colleagues and ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- his and his wife’s decision to move from Markham to the Windsor area. The ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- member acknowledges that his judgement was impaired during this period and ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63898.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- 2002 CanLII 63899 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-(f) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgement and/or a disregard for the welfare of ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- students, of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the member is either unfit to carry out ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- his professional duties or that the member’s Certificate should be made subject to terms, ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-On December 14, 2001, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers conducted ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-a hearing into whether JM was guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-JM was not in attendance at the hearing, nor was he represented by counsel. Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-member notified the College that the member had directed him not to attend the hearing to ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-contest the allegations before the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-EVIDENCE: ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that JM is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-#2). At all material times, JM was employed by a South West Central Ontario school board as a ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-Detective Sgt. Daniel Linkenheld was called by counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-Detective Sgt. Linkenheld testified that on July 21, 1998 he received a detailed complaint of an ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf:alleged sexual assault from the victim, [XXX] He further testified that a similar complaint had ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-been filed two years previously at which time the victim did not feel strong enough to file a ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-formal complaint. He further testified that, as a result of his investigation, a number of criminal ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-charges were laid against JM. Detective Sgt. Linkenheld subsequently testified that the member ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- 2002 CanLII 63899 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf:was found guilty of seven counts of sexual assault against [XXX] under section 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada, in May of 2000. The member is currently serving a four-year ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-concurrent sentence at a federal facility. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-Relevant court documents were submitted by counsel for the College corroborating the evidence ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-of Detective Sgt. Linkenheld. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-[XXX], Administrator of Employee Relations for the relevant District School Board, testified ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-that JM began teaching with the Board in 1978. He testified that the principal of the school in ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-which the member was teaching informed him of the police investigation and resulting criminal ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-charges in September of 1998. [XXX] stated that the member was put on administrative leave ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-which was converted to unpaid leave in September of 1999, after which time he filed a ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-grievance. A Memorandum of Agreement, dated September 2000 (Exhibit #7), was signed ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-between the school board, OSSTF and counsel for JM, resulting in the member’s retirement on ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-September 30, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf:JM was found guilty in criminal court of seven counts of sexual assault relating to charges that ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf:between September 2, 1995 and February 1997, he sexually assaulted [XXX] under the ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit #4). He was sentenced to four years on Count 1, and four ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf-years to run concurrent on Counts 2-7 (Exhibit #5). ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2002canlii63899.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-Suzanne Marie Herbin-Baker ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated May 31, 2001 was served on Suzanne Marie Herbin-Baker, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-Teachers on June 11, 2001 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-hearing date was set for October 15, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-It is alleged that Suzanne Marie Herbin-Baker is guilty of professional misconduct in ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf:(b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-(c) she failed to supervise adequately a person or persons who were under her ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- supervision; contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-(d) she failed to comply with the act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-(e) she committed acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-(8) The member taught Science to [**] when he was in grade 10 during the 1993-1994 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- School year, and Aerobics and Weight Training in 1996-1997 during his OAC ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- year. In addition, she tutored [**] in math on three or four occasions during his ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- OAC year. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-(9) Between September 1993 and June 1997, the member maintained inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- relationships with members of the school’s basketball team, in particular [**] and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- [**], by having long telephone conversations with them after school hours, and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- by parking in secluded areas with those students late at night. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-(10) Between September 1993 and June 1997, the member permitted [**] to drive her ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- motor vehicle on one occasion when she knew that he did not hold a licence to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- drive motor vehicles. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-(11) In December of 1996, the member permitted [**] to drive members of a basketball ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- team of the school to a tournament, without having first obtained parental ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- consent for the students to be driven by [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-(12) Between September 1993, and June 1997, the member treated students at the ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- school inappropriately by asking them personal questions about themselves and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf: their relationships with the opposite sex, and when they refused to inform her, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- did not speak to the students for weeks at a time until they apologized. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-(13) Between September 1993 and approximately June 1997, the member picked up ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- and dropped off some members of the basketball team before or after practice, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- and took them on shopping trips to the United States or within Canada to buy ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- them sports clothing. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf:(14) Between September 1994 and June 1997, the member psychologically, sexually ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- and emotionally abused [**], by engaging in a relationship with him that was ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- inappropriate given their relationship as a teacher and student in that she: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- (a) spent numerous hours with him to the exclusion of his family; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- (b) spent several hours per week speaking to him on the telephone; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- (c) permitted him to stay overnight, and for long periods of time at her ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- residence; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- (d) parked for hours at night in the street adjacent to, or in the driveway of, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- the student’s home while engaged in conversation with him; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- (e) purchased clothing, shoes and other items including stuffed animals and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- a chain for him. In addition, the member sent [**] greeting cards on his ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- birthday, at Easter and at Christmas; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- (f) on one occasion, permitted [**] to operate her motor vehicle before he had ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- obtained his Ontario driver’s licence, and permitted [**] to operate her ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- motor vehicle after he had obtained his licence. Further, the member ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- advised [**] that she had placed him on her insurance policy as a driver of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- the vehicle; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- (g) took trips to the United States and in Ontario with [**], without obtaining ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- the direct permission of his parents in that she would ask [**] to obtain ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- permission and he would tell her that he had done so; ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- (h) maintained her relationship with [**], despite being told by his father, Mr. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- [**], that she had caused the family great pain and that she should leave ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- [**] alone; and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf: (i) engaged in numerous sexual acts, including intercourse, with [**], when ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- he was 18 years of age, but while still a student. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-15. On or about July 14, 1997, the member gave birth to a female child, the father of ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- 2001 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- whom is [**] ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds Suzanne Marie Herbin-Baker guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-misconduct under subsections 1(5), (7), (11), (14), (15), (18) and (19) of the Professional ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-Misconduct Regulation, as alleged, and directs the Registrar to revoke Suzanne Marie ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-Herbin-Baker’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-Notice ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-It is important to the College’s role in the governance of the profession to provide ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-evidence to members that the College is active in self-regulation and is vigilant to ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-breaches of its bylaws and rules of conduct. Such evidence is provided through ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-notification of the decisions and orders of the College’s disciplinary Committees, and is, ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-in the opinion of the panel, a practice that has significant general deterrent value. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-The Committee has balanced the interests of the public and the interests of the child and ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-in this case, the Committee has determined the need to publish the name of the member ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf-outweighs the desireability of protecting the identification of the member’s child. ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2001onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On May 28, 2002, the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information which may ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-disclose the identity of the student involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated January 29, 2002 was served on Mark Howard Barrey, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-Teachers on February 4, 2002 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-hearing date was eventually set for May 28, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-It is alleged that Mark Howard Barrey is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- subsection 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-(d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1 (19). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that Mark Howard Barrey is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-College of Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-On May 28, 2002, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-conducted a hearing into whether Mark Howard Barrey was guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-Mark Howard Barrey was not in attendance at the hearing, and was represented by ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-Maurice Green, Green and Chercover. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-EVIDENCE: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in the Notice ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-of Hearing, alleging that Mark Howard Barrey is guilty of professional misconduct in ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-that his acts were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997, in ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf:particular, subsections 1 (5), (7) in that he abused a student or students sexually and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-emotionally, (14), (15), (18) and (19). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf:(10) On or about August 6, 2001, the member engaged in sexual intercourse with [**], ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- who was then 17 years old, at the home of [**]’s older half-sister in Dunnville. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-(11) Following that incident, the member continued the inappropriate relationship ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- with [**] during which he encouraged her to meet with him after school, on ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- evenings and on weekends. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-(12) On or about September 13, 2001, [**] had a tatoo done on the small of her back. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- The member subsequently wrote a note to [**] which stated, “I’m sorry if I got ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- you in trouble tonight. I had to call to see if I could see you. I really want to see ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- your tatoo. My love for you grows each day. I am nothing without you. All my ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- love, Mark xoxoxo”. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-(13) The member and [**] continue to see each other in an apartment, which they ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- have jointly leased in the City of Hamilton. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-(14) The Committee accepted the Particulars of the Allegations document. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-Based on the exhibits filed and submissions by Counsel, the Committee accepts Mark ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-Howard Barrey’s plea of no contest regarding the particulars of the allegations. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-Committee accepts that those facts constitute professional misconduct and that the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-member is guilty under subsections 1 (5), (14), (15), (16), (18) and (19) of the Professional ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-Misconduct Regulation. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-Based on the exhibits filed and submissions by Counsel, the Committee finds Mark ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf-Howard Barrey guilty of professional misconduct under subsections 1 (5), (7), (14), (15), ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On July 4, 2002, the Discipline Committee made an order ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-directing that there may be no publication of any information which may disclose the identity of the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-students involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated February 11, 2000 was served on Peter Joseph Kaiser, requesting ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on March 6, 2000 to set ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing date was eventually set for July 4, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-It is alleged that Peter Joseph Kaiser is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf:(b) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act, and with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- chapter E.2, and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof and the Regulations made under that ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(d) he committed acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that Peter Joseph Kaiser is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-At all material times, the member was employed by the former Durham Board of Education, now the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-Durham District School Board, as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-A document entitled “Particulars of the Allegations To Which Mr. Kaiser Will Plead No Contest” was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-admitted as Exhibit #1. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-The member pleaded no contest to the following facts as outlined in Exhibit #1: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(1) Peter Joseph Kaiser is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(2) At all material times, the member, whose date of birth is March 5, 1952, was employed as a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- teacher at Brock High School, Cannington, Ontario by the former Durham Board of Education, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- now the Durham District School Board. The member was also the coach of the school’s ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- football and senior boys’ basketball teams. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(3) Between approximately January 1980 and June 1986, the member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- conduct, at different times, toward [**] and [**], who were female students who attended the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- school. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(4) The member, in his position of guidance counsellor, frequently came into contact with [**], ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- whose date of birth is [**], while she [**] of the school during the approximate time of the 1981- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- 1982 school year. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(5) On or about [**]’s 16th birthday on [**], the member asked [**] for a birthday kiss. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- member, also between January 1982 and the fall of 1984, engaged in conduct towards [**], ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- which was inappropriate. That conduct, which occurred at various locations at the school, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf: included kissing, “French” kissing, sexual touching, and making frequent sexual innuendoes. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- The member also engaged in unwanted physical contact, including pushing his body against ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- [**] to show that he had an erection. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(6) The member was [**]’s Grade 9 Science teacher and guidance counsellor during the 1983-1984 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- school year. Following the [**], in or around September 1983, when she was about to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- commence her Grade 10 year, at the age of 15 years, the member had considerable contact ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- with [**] in his position as guidance counsellor. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(7) From that time until some time during her Grade 12 year in 1986, the member became ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf: involved in a sexual relationship with [**] which started with kissing, progressed to petting, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf: oral sex and finally sexual intercourse. Those activities took place at various locations in the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- school, in his vehicle and on school trips. The member asked [**] not to wear a brassiere so he ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- could look at her nipples, and called her out of class so as to arrange liaisons with her. He told ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- [**] that he was falling in love with her, and gave her gifts and greeting cards. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(8) Further, the member told [**] that the song, “Hungry Like A Wolf”, was their song as it ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- described how he felt towards her. In addition, the member urged [**] to become one of the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- [**] of the senior boys’ [**] team, so they could meet more often. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(9) The member also encouraged [**] to miss the school bus, so that he could drive her home, and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf: during those drives would engage in sexual activities with her. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(10) [**] terminated the relationship with the member while she was in Grade 12. The member ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- then became frequently verbally abusive towards [**] thus reducing her to tears. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-(11) The member pleaded no contest to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-Both parties were given the opportunity to speak to the joint submission on the issue of penalty. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-DECISION AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-The conduct to which the member, Peter Joseph Kaiser, is pleading no contest is disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional. The member has broken the most sacred trust that must be ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-preserved between a student and a teacher. The conduct included in the particulars of the allegations ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-contained in Exhibit #1, as they relate to [**], are especially reprehensible in that the member abused ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-his position of trust and authority and his helping relationship as a guidance counsellor by beginning ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-the grooming process with an especially vulnerable young girl. There are never any circumstances ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf:that would justify a teacher engaging in any type of sexual conduct with a student. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-The Committee, in fulfilling its duty to serve and protect the public interest, may exercise all of the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-powers afforded it under the Act. Although the member in this circumstance has pleaded no contest, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-this in no way diminishes the responsibility of the Committee to carry out its duties, as well as to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-serve as a significant deterrent value to members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-Due to the very serious nature of the allegations to which the member pleaded no contest, the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-Committee accepted the joint submission as to revocation and publication, but did not accept the joint ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-submission as to the other components of the penalty. The Committee imposes the following, which ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-it believes to be appropriate in the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-The Committee finds Peter Joseph Kaiser guilty of professional misconduct under subsections 1 (5), ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf:(7) in that he abused students sexually and emotionally, (14), (15), (18) and (19) and that he displayed ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-a lack of knowledge, skill or judgement and a disregard for the welfare of his students of a nature or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-extent that demonstrates that the member is unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-Committee directs the Registrar to revoke Peter Joseph Kaiser’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf-Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On February 5, 2002, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf-which may disclose the identity of the students or complainants involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated December 20, 2001 was served on Marcel Leo Lalonde, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf-Teachers on January 14, 2002 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf-hearing date was set for February 5, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf-It is alleged that Marcel Leo Lalonde is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- Ontario, 1990, c. E 2 and particularly, section 264(1)(c) thereof or the regulations ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- and (15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf-(d) he performed acts or omissions that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On January 24, 2002, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-which may disclose the identity of the student(s) (or children) involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated December 3, 2001 was served on Gerald Rene Levert, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-Teachers on December 14, 2001 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-hearing date was set for January 24, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-It is alleged that Gerald Rene Levert is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, and/or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- subsection 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that Gerald Rene Levert is a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-of Teachers (Exhibit #1). At all material times, Gerald Rene Levert was employed by the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-Ottawa-Carlton Catholic District School Board or its predecessor Board, as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-Julian Hanlon, Superintendent of Human Resources, Ottawa-Carlton Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-School Board, testified that the Board, at its meeting of November 14, 2000, terminated ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-the employment of the member because of the member’s criminal conviction (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-#6). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-Several documents were admitted as exhibits, including a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-Indictment (Exhibit #2), the original Jury Verdict (Exhibit #3), the original Sentencing ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-(Exhibit #4) and a copy of the Court of Appeal decision ( Exhibit #5). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-The panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-(1) Gerald Rene Levert is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-(2) At all material times, the member was employed by the Ottawa-Carleton ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- Catholic District School Board or its predecessor, as a teacher at St. Leonard ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- Catholic School. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-(3) On or about March 11, 1998, the member was charged with the following counts: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf: (a) sexual assault on [**] contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf: (b) that he did for a sexual purpose touch [**], a person under the age of 14 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- years, directly with a part of his body, to wit his hands and penis, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf:(4) Gerald Rene Levert was found guilty of committing a sexual assault on [**] ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada on October 5, 2000 and of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf: touching [**] for a sexual purpose with a part of his body, to wit his hands and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- penis, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-(5) Gerald Rene Levert was sentenced to six months in jail and was placed on ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- probation for a period of two years in respect of that conviction. The conditions ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- of probation included an order for the member to attend for assessment and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- participate in a treatment program offered by the Sexual Behaviour Clinic; that ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- he not associate with [**] and that he not be alone with children under the age of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- 16 years unless accompanied by an adult (Exhibit #2, Exhibit #4). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-(6) The member appealed the finding of guilt and the terms of the sentence to the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- Court of Appeal of Ontario, but the conviction was upheld on October 9, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-(7) The Committee accepts the evidence that the member was convicted under the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf: Criminal Code of Canada of sexual assault and of touching for a sexual purpose a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- person under the age of 14 years and further, that these convictions were upheld ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- by the Court of Appeal of Ontario (Exhibit #5). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf-(8) The Committee finds that the member was in a position of power and authority ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- with the young boy, [**], and that his actions and behaviours constitute a breach ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- of trust. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On May 15, 2002, the Discipline Committee made ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf-an order directing that the finding and Order be published in the College’s official publication, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf-Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession, using only the initials of the students and teachers ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf-and without naming the school or the board, so as to preserve the identity of all but the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf-member. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated June 30, 2001, was served on William Magda, requesting attendance ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf-before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on July 20, 2001, to set a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf-date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing date was set for May 15, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf-It is alleged that William Magda is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf: b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- chapter E. 2 and particularly section 264 (1) (c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- d) he contravened a law or laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (16); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- e) he contravened a law and that contravention has caused or may cause a student ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- who is under his professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (17); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- (b) hugging [**], a 13-year old Grade 8 student who volunteered to assist with ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- various chores. On one occasion, while showing [**] how to fill volley balls, the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- member demonstrated how to do so by instructing her to hold the volley ball ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- with her two hands at chest level, and then placed his fingers above her breasts, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- pressing and releasing them at least three times. The member told [**] that ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- pushing the volley balls in this manner created muscles in that area; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- (c) hugging [**], an 11-year old from behind, and tickling her stomach. Despite [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- advice to the member that such tickling was not okay, he continued to tickle her, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- on one occasion for approximately five minutes. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- (d) hugging and tickling [**], a 12-year old Grade 6 student. Once, when the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- member tickled her while she was on the floor and he was kneeling beside her, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- [**] kicked the member because he would not stop his tickling of her. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf-3. On December 18, 2000, the member was convicted on four accounts of common assault ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- under s. 265(1) (a) and contrary to s. 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada in relation to [**], [**], ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- [**] and [**] On February 14, 2001, the member was sentenced to a conditional discharge ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- and, inter alia, to remain on probation for one year. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf:4. The member also made inappropriate advances of a sexual nature towards female teachers ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- at the school, as set out below: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- (a) [**], a teacher at the school, was often grabbed by the arm by him; was often asked for a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- hug; was teased by the member who said to her “(using her nickname) doesn’t like me ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- to touch her”; was hugged by the member at a staff party at the house of another ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- teacher, and while hugging her, the member put his hand on her left buttock. On one ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- occasion when [**] entered the school library using a key to let herself in and believing ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- that she was alone, the member, who was in the library said to her, “You owe me a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-Sentencing Hearing on June 28, 2001 and Tab 21, Transcript of Sentencing Hearing on ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-July 9,2001. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-College counsel presented evidence that David Terrence O'Brien had been deemed to be ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-an expert in threat assessment of potentially violent individuals by Mr. Justice G.M. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-Hornblower at the Sentencing Hearing of June 28,2001. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-At that hearing, David O'Brien testified that William Majovsky fits the typology of a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-simple obsessional stalker. These are individuals who are prone to violent behaviour ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-and considered volatile. The member has a demonstrated inability to cope with ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-stressors; he shows recent violent behaviour including a conviction for two assaults. He ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-has shown a negative response to counselling or treatment; he has a history of failure to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf:comply with court orders; he has what is known as sexual jealousy; he minimizes his ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-behaviour; he has made a threat to kill the victim; he has recently been terminated from ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-his job as a teacher, and he has a demonstrated inability to cope with stressors. There ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-are ten factors associated with identifying this type of stalker and the different levels of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-violence associated with the different types of stalkers. David O'Brien stated that with ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-respect to those factors, eight or more constitutes a high risk and it is his opinion that ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-William Majovsky poses a high risk for potential violence. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf-The Committee finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that Brian Charles Bender is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf-College of Teachers. At all material times, the member was employed by the Peel Board ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf-of Education, now the Peel District School Board, as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf-A written plea of no contest was entered as Exhibit #1. In this document, the member ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf-pleaded no contest to a number of items, including: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf-1. Brian Charles Bender is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf-2. At all material times, the member, whose date of birth is [XXX], was employed as ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- a teacher with the Peel Board of Education, now the Peel District School Board. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- The member [XXX] Brampton, between 1976 and 1980. The member had ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- obtained his Ontario Teacher’s Certificate on or about April 28, 1976. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf-3. At all material times, [XXX], a male person, whose date of birth is [XXX], was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- between [XXX] years of age. [XXX]’s father had passed away in [XXX] and it was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- arranged for the member to be appointed, through [XXX] Organization in ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- Brampton, as a [XXX]to [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf-4. During the fall of 1977, approximately four weeks after being introduced to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- [XXX], the member took [XXX] to the member’s family cottage on Horseshoe ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf: Lake near Parry Sound where the member sexually assaulted [XXX] in that he: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- (a) placed his hand down the front of [XXX] pajamas and fondled the penis ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- of [XXX]; and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- (b) requested that [XXX] fondle the member’s penis. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf:5. The member further sexually assaulted [XXX] between ten and fifteen times ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- when acts of a similar nature to those described in paragraph 4 above took place ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- at various locations including the member’s residence in Brampton, the home of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On February 5, 2002, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf-which may disclose the identity of the students or complainants involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated December 21, 2001 was served on David Elliott McClure, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf-Teachers on January 14, 2002 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf-hearing date was set for February 5, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf-It is alleged that David Elliott McClure is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- Ontario, 1990, Chapter E.2 and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof, and the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- subsection 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf-(d) he contravened a law or laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-1. SF is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-2. The member has never been employed as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-3. The persons referred to as A and B are respectively an adult female person, and a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- male child, who was born in [XXX]. The identities of persons A and B or any ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- information which could disclose their identities is prohibited pursuant to s.486(3) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- of the Criminal Code of Canada, as ordered by the Superior Court of Justice on ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- March 30, 1998, and reaffirmed by the Court of Appeal for Ontario on May 9, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-4. On or about December 17, 1999, the member was convicted of five counts of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf: assault against A, two counts of sexual assault against A, and two counts of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- assault against B as follows: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- (a) that on December 25, 1984, at the [XXX] in the East Region of the Province ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- of Ontario, the member unlawfully did assault A and did thereby commit ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- an offence contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- (b) that on or about May 27, 1985, at [XXX], the member unlawfully did ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- assault A and did thereby commit an offence contrary to section 266 of the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- (c) that between May 31, 1985 and July 1, 1985, at [XXX], the member ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- unlawfully did assault A and did thereby commit an offence contrary to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- (d) that between May 31, 1985 and August 1, 1985, at [XXX], the member ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- unlawfully did assault A and did thereby commit an offence contrary to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- (e) that on or about September 6, 1987, at [XXX], the member unlawfully did ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- assault A and did thereby commit an offence contrary to section 266 of the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- (f) that between October 31, 1985 and December 1, 1985, at [XXX], the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf: member unlawfully did commit a sexual assault upon A and did thereby ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- commit an offence contrary to section 246.1(i) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- Canada; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- (g) that on or about March 7, 1992, at [XXX], the member unlawfully did ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf: commit a sexual assault on A and did thereby commit an offence contrary ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- to section 271(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- (h) that between May 31, 1993 and August 1, 1993, at [XXX], the member ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- unlawfully did assault B and did thereby commit an offence contrary to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- (i) that on or about April 25, 1995, at [XXX], the member unlawfully did ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- assault B and did thereby commit an offence contrary to section 266 of the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-Submissions on penalty were made by both parties. The College stated that SF was not ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-lightly convicted in criminal court, that the jury, which convicted him, had a heavy ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-threshold of proof to meet and that the panel was bound by those convictions. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-College also stated that although the charges in question pertained to SF’s out of school ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-conduct, this conduct strongly reflected on the member’s suitability to be a teacher, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-especially given that he was convicted of assaults of violence, two of which were assaults ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-against a child. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-SF submitted that there are two sides to every story and that the evidence against him ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-from the criminal trial was inflammatory. He stated that these charges were made ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-during a bitter custody dispute, several years after the incidents in question. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-member further stated that he served his sentence without incident, that he has a second ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-son to whom he is a great father and that he is not out of control, drug-addicted or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-abusive. He stated that he has attended (Exhibit #2), and continues to attend, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-counselling. He also attended at an anger management course for six weeks (Exhibit #3). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-He has completed computer training and has been employed in this field since July, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-The member repeatedly denied the occurrence of the incidents for which he was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-convicted, and as such, stated that he could not show remorse. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-1. SF is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-2. The member has never been employed as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-3. The persons referred to as A and B are respectively an adult female person and a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- male child, who was born in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-4. On or about December 17, 1999, the member was convicted of five counts of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf: assault against A, two counts of sexual assault against A, and two counts of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- assault against B. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf-5. As a result of his conviction on nine counts, a sentence of imprisonment of two ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- years less a day was imposed on the member on June 2, 2000. The court ordered ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- that the member serve the sentence of imprisonment in the community with ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- -2- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf-It is alleged that Joseph Strong is guilty of professional misconduct in that ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection,1, (5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and particularly section 264 (1) (c) thereof, and the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/ 97, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- subsection 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- (d) he performed an act or acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as being disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- 437/ 97, subsection 1 (19); and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- (f) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgement and/or a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- welfare of his students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the member is ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that the member's ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that Joseph Strong is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf-and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- -4- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf-1. Joseph Strong is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed by the Toronto Catholic District School ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- Board, formerly the Metropolitan Separate School Board. During all times material ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- hereto, the member taught Grade 4 at St. Stephen's Catholic School in Etobicoke. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf-3. At all material times, [**] and [**] were 8, going on 9-year-old female students in the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- member's Grade 4 class at the school during the academic year commencing September ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- 1967. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf-4. It is alleged that during the 1967/68 school year, on numerous occasions, the member ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf: touched [**] and [**] in an inappropriate, sexual manner. It is alleged that this ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf: inappropriate sexual touching took place in the classroom, on a train ride (excursion), and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- in the member's car. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf-5. [**] and [**] went to the police independently of each other some twenty-five to thirty ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- years after the events. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf-6. On or about August 13,1997, the member was charged with three counts of indecent ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- assault. Following his trial in the Ontario Court of Justice, General Division, and on ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- December 18,1998, the member was convicted on all counts. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf-7. The member appealed his conviction to the Ontario Court of Appeal. The Court of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- Appeal quashed the conviction and ordered a new trial. The member had served his full ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- sentence by that time. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On February 4, 2002, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf-which may disclose the identity of the students involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated November 27, 2001 was served on Patricia Anne Sutherland, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf-Teachers on January 14, 2002 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf-hearing date was set for February 4, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf-It is alleged that Patricia Anne Sutherland is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf-a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf:b) she abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf-c) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- chapter E.2 and particularly section 264 (1) (c) thereof, and the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf-d) she contravened a law and that contravention is relevant to her suitability to hold ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf-e) additionally, or alternatively, she contravened a law and that contravention has ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- caused and may cause a student under her supervision to be put at risk, contrary ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On November 21, 2002, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-information, which may disclose the identity of the student teachers or teachers ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-involved in this matter. The Committee also placed an interim publication ban on the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-name of the member until such time as the Committee heard and determined ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-submissions on publication by counsel. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 19, 2002 was served on Andrew George Watson, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-Teachers on April 11, 2002, to set a date for hearing and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-hearing date was set for November 21, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-It is alleged that Andrew George Watson is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- Ontario, 1990, c.E2 and particularly, Section 264(1)(c) thereof or the regulations ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- and (15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-(d) he performed acts or omissions that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in the Notice ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-of Hearing alleging that Andrew George Watson is guilty of professional misconduct in ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-that his acts were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on December 4, 1997, in ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-particular, section 1 (19). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts was filed as Exhibit #1. That statement had been dated ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-November 21, 2002 and was signed by the member, his counsel and College counsel. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts stated the following: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-1. Andrew Watson is a member in good standing of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed as a teacher by the Peel District ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- School Board at [XXX] Public School. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-3. The member had received excellent evaluations of his teaching practice at the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- board. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-4. During the period between February 21, 2000 and March 10, 2000, the member ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- made unwelcome and unprofessional comments to [XXX], who was an adult of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- twenty-one years of age who was enrolled in a [XXX] at the school. [XXX] was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- not assigned to the member’s class but he helped her to learn [XXX] as he was a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- [XXX] teacher at the school. The comments were as follows: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- (a) suggesting, in the presence of another [XXX] student, [XXX] that [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf: guard the door while he and [XXX] had sex and that all three of them ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- could have a “threesome”; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf: (b) telling her it was “okay” to make “sexy” remarks to her because of her ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- age; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf: (c) suggesting that they have a sexual relationship and stating to her, “I ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- won’t tell if you won’t tell”; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- (d) on one occasion when she was ill, he suggested that he could take her ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- home and put her in bed and “make her feel better”; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- (e) making suggestive remarks about playing [XXX] saying, “put it in your ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- mouth and blow” to [XXX] in front of another adult student teacher, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-5. At the time the member believed he was engaging in consensual flirtatious ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- conversation with [XXX], but in hindsight recognizes that the comments were ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- unwelcome and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-6. On various occasions during the 1998-1999 academic school years, the member ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- made unprofessional and inappropriate comments to female teachers and female ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- student teachers at the school. These comments included the following: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf: (a) using sexual innuendo in the context of a staff room discussion when ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- female teacher [XXX] commented that she did not know what to put on a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- student’s report card and stated she would have to “fake” her report card ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- comments. The member commented to [XXX], “I bet you’re good at ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- faking other things.” ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- (b) Insulting [XXX], a female teacher in the gym when he saw her wearing a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- shiny top and skirt and said to her, “where do you work out of”, and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- “what number do I call, 1-800-[XXX],” implying that she was “for hire”. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- [XXX] told him that she was angry about the comments even though she ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- believed that he was joking. After stating to the member that she found ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- the comments upsetting, the member did not make them again.; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf: (c) Using sexual innuendo with [XXX], a female teacher at the school who ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- asked the member if there was anything she could do to help on a project, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- and the member responded by commenting suggestively that, “there ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- were many things she could do.” The member also invited [XXX] for a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- drink, and later asked if she was in a relationship with anyone. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf: (d) Making sexual comments to a female teacher, [XXX], about her ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf: relationship with her partner and how often she had sex with her partner. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- The member also asked [XXX] if it was true that “blondes have more fun” ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- and suggested that they “do it in a classroom and hang a do not disturb ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf: sign.” [XXX] engaged in mutual flirtation and consensual sexual banter ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- with the member. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- (e) Commenting to [XXX], a female student teacher who was on assignment ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- as a trainee teacher at the school, in the presence of other teachers at a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- staff meeting, “Don’t stick out your tongue if you are not going to use it”. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- (f) Commenting to [XXX], a female student teacher who was on assignment ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- as a trainee teacher at the school, “nice outfit, it would look better on the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- floor.” ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-7. The member was fired from his employment at the Peel District School Board ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- and chose not to pursue a grievance in order to spare his colleagues and his ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- family the ordeal of a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf-8. The member has not been employed in education since his termination in June of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- 2000. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated December 14, 2000, was served on André Trépanier, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-Teachers on January 15, 2001 to set a date for hearing. The hearing date was set for ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-October 2, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-The Discipline Committee opened the hearing as scheduled. Counsel requested that the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-Notice of Hearing dated December 14, 2000 be withdrawn, indicating that he was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-submitting the case to the panel out of respect and in the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-Mr. Maisonneuve, Counsel for Mr. Trépanier, indicated his assent. The Independent ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-Counsel to the Panel confirmed the validity of this process. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED THAT André Trépanier is guilty of professional misconduct or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-incompetence within the meaning of sections 30(2) and (3) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf:(b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, c.E2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- and particularly, section 264(1)(c) thereof or the regulation made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-(d) he performed acts or omissions that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-5. Mr. Trépanier undertakes to complete a course of training on overstepping the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- bounds between teacher and student. This course is available in French and is ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- offered in Northeastern Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-6. Mr. Trépanier undertakes to undergo a psychological assessment on matters of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf: sexuality and adolescent development. The assessment will be carried out by a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- qualified authority acceptable to both parties. In addition, the assessment will be ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- carried out in French in Northeastern Ontario, if possible. The assessment report will ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- be forwarded to the College. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-7. The College shall issue no publication or public statement identifying Mr. Trépanier. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- A publication summarizing the allegations will appear in the Blue Pages of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. A text was proposed. The parties ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- acknowledge that Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession is an independent ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- publication that makes its own editorial decisions. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-8. Each party shall be responsible for its own expenses. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-REASONS ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-Following the advice of the Independent Counsel to the Panel, the Committee gave the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-proposed agreement its approval. However, the Committee expressed its concerns about ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-the lack of specific dates for the training course and the psychological assessment of the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-Member that are proposed in the agreement. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-The Committee received assurances from both parties that the course and psychological ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf-assessment would take place as soon as possible. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-(f) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgement and/or a disregard for the welfare of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- students, of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the member is either unfit to carry out ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- his professional duties or that the member’s Certificate should be made subject to terms, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-On December 14, 2001, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers conducted ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-a hearing into whether JM was guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-JM was not in attendance at the hearing, nor was he represented by counsel. Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-member notified the College that the member had directed him not to attend the hearing to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-contest the allegations before the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-EVIDENCE: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that JM is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-#2). At all material times, JM was employed by a South West Central Ontario school board as a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-Detective Sgt. Daniel Linkenheld was called by counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-Detective Sgt. Linkenheld testified that on July 21, 1998 he received a detailed complaint of an ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf:alleged sexual assault from the victim, [XXX] He further testified that a similar complaint had ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-been filed two years previously at which time the victim did not feel strong enough to file a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-formal complaint. He further testified that, as a result of his investigation, a number of criminal ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-charges were laid against JM. Detective Sgt. Linkenheld subsequently testified that the member ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf:was found guilty of seven counts of sexual assault against [XXX] under section 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada, in May of 2000. The member is currently serving a four-year ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-concurrent sentence at a federal facility. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-Relevant court documents were submitted by counsel for the College corroborating the evidence ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-of Detective Sgt. Linkenheld. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-[XXX], Administrator of Employee Relations for the relevant District School Board, testified ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-that JM began teaching with the Board in 1978. He testified that the principal of the school in ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-which the member was teaching informed him of the police investigation and resulting criminal ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-charges in September of 1998. [XXX] stated that the member was put on administrative leave ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-which was converted to unpaid leave in September of 1999, after which time he filed a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-grievance. A Memorandum of Agreement, dated September 2000 (Exhibit #7), was signed ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-between the school board, OSSTF and counsel for JM, resulting in the member’s retirement on ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-September 30, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf:JM was found guilty in criminal court of seven counts of sexual assault relating to charges that ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf:between September 2, 1995 and February 1997, he sexually assaulted [XXX] under the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit #4). He was sentenced to four years on Count 1, and four ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf-years to run concurrent on Counts 2-7 (Exhibit #5). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On February 25, 2002, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-which may disclose the identity of the students involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 9, 2002, was served on David Christopher Koloff, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-Teachers on July 30, 2001 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-hearing date was set for February 25, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-It is alleged that David Christopher Koloff is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- subsection 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-(d) he committed acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that David Christopher Koloff is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-College of Teachers (Exhibit #1). At all material times, the member was employed by ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-the York Region District School Board as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts and Submissions as to Penalty was filed as Exhibit #2. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-That statement was dated February 25, 2002 and had been signed by Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-College and Counsel for the member . ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-The Committee received a copy of THE member ’s teaching evaluation from Markham ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-District High School, indicating a general assessment of excellent. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-The Committee received a lengthy letter written by the member, himself, in which he ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-explained the situation around his actions and provided details about the upset in his ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-personal life at the time of the incidents. He said in his letter that “it is with the deepest ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-shame and regret that I respond to these complaints.” ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-The Committee also received a letter of reference from the Acting Principal of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-Assumption College Catholic High School, indicating her belief that David Christopher ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-Koloff is an excellent teacher. She stated that he is one of the five best teachers that she ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-has known in her thirty years in education. The Superintendent of Education, Windsor- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf:Essex Catholic District School Board, stated in her letter of reference, that he is a “born ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-teacher” and that she “would not hesitate to entrust students to his care.” ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts and Submissions As to Penalty, the panel finds ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-1. David Christopher Koloff is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-2. At all material times, the member, whose date of birth is February 15, 1963, was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- employed as a teacher of English, Grade 9 - OAC at Markham District High ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- School in Markham, Ontario, by the York Region District School Board. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-3. The member resigned his position with the Board effective February 1, 1999 to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf: take a position with the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board, and is ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- presently employed as a teacher at Assumption Secondary School in Windsor, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-4. At all material times, [**], whose date of birth is [**]; [**], whose date of birth is ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- [**]; and [**], whose date of birth is [**], (collectively “the students”), were female ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- students of the member at the School. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-5. During the 1998-1999 school year, and particularly during the month of October, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- 1998, the member, while he was alone in the classroom with [**], made ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- inappropriate remarks to [**], who was in her OAC year. These included the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- member: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- (a) telling [**] that he felt like he had a connection with her; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- (b) telling [**] that perhaps one day they should get together for a drink; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- (c) telling [**] that other students would think she was his favourite; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- (e) just prior to his leaving Markham, [**] gave the member a drawing she ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- had done for him and a note, including her address and telephone ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- number and inviting him to do the same so that they could keep in touch. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-9. During the 1998-1999 academic school year and particularly during November ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- 1998, the member, while speaking with [**] alone in a classroom, made ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- inappropriate remarks to [**] who was then a Grade 12 student. These included: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- (a) the member expressed concern regarding a dramatic loss of weight on the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- part of [**] and observed that she did not have the same body type as she ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- had in Grade 11. The member did inquire of [**] why she had lost so ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- much weight and may have expressed some concern about anorexia; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf: (b) the member did hug [**] briefly in a non-sexual manner and with [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- consent. This made [**] uncomfortable; and, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- (c) the member told [**] that he had a connection with her. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-10. The member has co-operated with the College and accepts that his behaviour ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- with the students was inappropriate, unacceptable, and constitutes professional ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf-11. At the material times, the member was experiencing emotional stress, occasioned ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- by his recent marriage and wife’s illness, a falling out with certain colleagues and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- his and his wife’s decision to move from Markham to the Windsor area. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- member acknowledges that his judgement was impaired during this period and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Pursuant to section 32 (7) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee orders ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-that only two initials be used to identify the name of alleged victim and her family in ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-order to protect the identity of those parties. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated September 5, 2001, was served on Daniel Francis Burnie ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Teachers on October 16, 2001 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-hearing date was set for September 17, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-It is alleged that Daniel Burnie is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:(b) he abused students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2 and particularly s. 264(1)(c) thereof, or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- and (15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-(d) he committed an act or acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-after helping Daniel Burnie. According to [XXX], she, Daniel Burnie and [XXX] were ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-running around the gym until they were breathless. [XXX] testified that a large mat had ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-been placed under a rope in the gym. According to [XXX], she, Daniel Burnie and [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-flopped down on the mat and [XXX] cuddled under Daniel Burnie’s left arm while ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] was lying in a “T” position away from [XXX] and Daniel Burnie. [XXX] testified ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-that Daniel Burnie began to rub her back. Daniel Burnie continued rubbing down ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX]’s back and slid his hand beneath her underpants and massaged her lower back for ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-approximately five minutes. [XXX] testified that Daniel Burnie brought up the incident ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-to her on another occasion. According to [XXX], Daniel Burnie told her how warm the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-experience had been and told [XXX] how special she was to him. [XXX] testified that the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:incident disturbed her because she had no previous sexual experience of any kind. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] testified that she disclosed this incident to [XXX]. According to [XXX], [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-became upset when she was advised of Daniel Burnie’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] also testified that Daniel Burnie’s demeanor towards her became abrasive after ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-her disclosure to [XXX]. She testified that after that disclosure, he would not give her a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-ride home from the school parking lot after dark. [XXX] testified that following her ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-disclosure to [XXX], Daniel Burnie became more attentive to [XXX] who sat on his knee ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-and discussed going out on the town. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] testified that on one occasion towards the end of her Grade [XXX] year, she and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] helped Daniel Burnie after school. According to [XXX], the girls dumped a bucket ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-of water causing Daniel Burnie to become angry with both of them. [XXX] testified that ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Daniel Burnie instructed the girls to leave. According to [XXX], [XXX] left and she ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-remained. [XXX] testified that she began to cry. Daniel Burnie came over to her and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-kissed her forehead and cheek. Daniel Burnie sat [XXX] on his knee and fondled her ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-breasts. According to [XXX], she tolerated this in order to be in Daniel Burnie’s “good ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-graces”. [XXX] testified that she would have been prepared to do anything to be in his ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-good graces. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] also testified that Daniel Burnie took her and [XXX] for a drive out to [XXX] on ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-one occasion. According to [XXX], Daniel Burnie rubbed [XXX]’s back the same way he ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-had rubbed hers on a previous occasion. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] testified that during the month of June in 1976, she and [XXX] went to watch ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Daniel Burnie play baseball with a group of teachers. [XXX] testified that Daniel Burnie ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-would “sometimes” drink one or two beers after such a game. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-According to [XXX], on one occasion Daniel Burnie drove the girls to the school after the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-baseball game. [XXX] went home to baby-sit leaving [XXX] and Daniel Burnie alone at ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-the school. [XXX] testified that as she and Daniel Burnie reached the top of the stairs to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-go to Daniel Burnie’s classroom, Daniel Burnie took her by the hand into the nursing ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-station. According to [XXX], Daniel Burnie began kissing her. She testified that she was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:afraid because she had no experience kissing in a sexual manner but that she did not ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-want to do anything that would jeopardize his feelings for her. [XXX] testified that ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Daniel Burnie moved her over to the bed in the nursing station. He reportedly took her ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-jeans down and undid his own pants, which were described as yellow baseball uniform ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-pants. [XXX] testified that she did not want Daniel Burnie to “put it in” her because she ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:did not have any sexual experience. Daniel Burnie reportedly told [XXX] that he loved ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-her, she was pretty, and that everything would be O.K. [XXX] testified that Daniel ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Burnie did not ejaculate inside her. She and Daniel Burnie moved to the bathroom to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-clean up with brown paper towels. Shortly thereafter, Daniel Burnie took her home. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] described Daniel Burnie as very kind and loving toward her. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] testified that she was totally infatuated with Daniel Burnie at that time. Daniel ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:Burnie told her that their sexual encounter was part of loving someone. According to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX], she made the decision that she would “get used to it”. She testified that she did ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-not tell her parents because she was too ashamed. She testified that she went to the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-school willingly. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] also testified that she had intercourse with Daniel Burnie on another occasion at ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-an apartment. [XXX] stated that she remembered that there was a mattress on the floor ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-of the bedroom and that she remembered that occasion because it was the only time the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-two of them had intercourse with their clothes completely removed. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] also testified that she and Daniel Burnie would go to the top of the hill at the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] on some occasions when she was the last student to be dropped off. The two ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-would begin kissing until Daniel Burnie would become aroused at which point he ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-would push the top of [XXX]’s head or neck down onto his lap so that she could perform ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:oral sex on him. [XXX] recalled that Daniel Burnie did not ejaculate on those occasions ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:when she would perform oral sex on him. [XXX] testified that by the time she was a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Grade [XXX] student at [XXX], she understood that she was Daniel Burnie’s girlfriend. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-According to [XXX], her parents had become concerned about a girl of her age spending ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-too much time in Daniel Burnie’s company. In examination–in-chief, [XXX] described ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:the types of sexual activity that took place between her and Daniel Burnie as mostly ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:fondling, kissing and her performing oral sex on him. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] stated that this type of activity would occur in the supply cupboard, in the boy’s ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-change-room across from Daniel Burnie’s classroom, on the staffroom couch, and in the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-library at [XXX]. According to [XXX], Daniel Burnie told her that they would get ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-engaged when she was 16 years old and that they talked about having three children. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] testified that the relationship between herself and Daniel Burnie ended during a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-car ride to a function. According to [XXX], Daniel Burnie indicated to her that he ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:wanted oral sex from her. When she refused, Daniel Burnie became enraged and called ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-her a slut. According to [XXX], Daniel Burnie told her that he was going to tell every ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-male in Peterborough that she was a slut, that she was used goods, and that no decent ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-man would want her as a girlfriend. According to [XXX], Daniel Burnie proceeded to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-drive her home in a rage. When they got home, [XXX] informed Daniel Burnie that she ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:would not participate in any further sexual activity. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-According to [XXX], after their relationship had ended, Daniel Burnie told her on several ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-occasions that if anyone knew about their relationship it would damage his career and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-he would be fired. [XXX] stated that she did not socialize with Daniel Burnie or [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-as adults. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-given the College enough information at the time of her complaint and in her ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-discussions with the College’s investigator. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] testified that the reason she came forward with a complaint to the College in 1999 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:was that Daniel Burnie continued to deny their sexual relationship and that she believed ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-that he remained a risk for repeating such behaviour. She testified that she complained ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-about her relationship with him to the school board in 1990. [XXX] testified that she did ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-not proceed at that time on advice from her lawyer. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] testified during cross-examination that she reported her allegations to the police ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-in 1999, and that she also elected not to proceed after consulting with police about issues ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-of mutual consent according to the law as it was in the 1970s. She responded to a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-question from counsel for Daniel Burnie concerning her failure to report the details of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:any sexual activity between herself and Daniel Burnie, at [XXX] and other locations such ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-as [XXX], to the detective she spoke to at the time. [XXX] testified that she had recalled ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-the events to the officer as they had occurred, but that he may not have written the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-details down. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-During re-examination, [XXX] testified that she did not specifically disclose Daniel ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Burnie’s name to her physician, Dr. Armour, because she did not want her family to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-know. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX], the father of [XXX], testified that he first heard about Daniel Burnie as a teacher at ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX]. [XXX] testified that during [XXX]’s Grade [XXX] and Grade [XXX] years, [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] testified that he first became aware of his daughter’s allegations against Daniel ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Burnie in April or May of 1990 following the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-He testified that he and [XXX] and her husband had approached the school board ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-superintendent to explain what had happened, but that that was the extent of his ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-knowledge about any complaint to the board. [XXX] also testified that he and his wife ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-wrote Daniel Burnie a letter in 1997 or 1998 explaining their feelings and anxiety to him ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-because they had thought that their daughter, as a student, was in good hands with him. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] did not keep a copy of the letter. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Under cross-examination by counsel for Daniel Burnie, [XXX] stated that he was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-prepared to support his daughter and tell the facts as he remembered them. He testified ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-that prior to his daughter’s disclosure to him about the alleged inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-relationship with Daniel Burnie in 1990, there had been no discussion about Daniel ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Burnie. [XXX] testified that the details of [XXX] allegations against Daniel Burnie were ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-not discussed with the school board superintendent in [XXX] presence and that he did ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:not recall any specific details other than it was a sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-[XXX] testified that he could not recall any significant change in [XXX]’s personality ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-during the time of the alleged relationship and that he had no indication of anything ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-happening. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Daniel Burnie testified that he was a bit concerned about [XXX] at that time, because he ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-was invited over to the [XXX]’s on a frequent basis, and [XXX] told him that [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-seemed to be able to have him over to the [XXX] house and that she could not. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Daniel Burnie testified that he did not recall being alone in the gymnasium of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-with [XXX] and [XXX] in the spring of 1976. He stated that [XXX]’s testimony, in which ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-she described placing his hand down her back into her buttocks and rubbing her ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-underwear in the gymnasium, did not happen. Daniel Burnie testified that he did not ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-recall a water fight with [XXX] and [XXX] during the spring of 1976 and that [XXX]’s ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-testimony, in which she described being seated on his knee while he fondled her breasts, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-never occurred. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Daniel Burnie also testified that he played baseball in a men’s industrial league twice a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-week in 1975 and 1976, that [XXX] and [XXX] would be in attendance at the odd game ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-and that he did not return to the school after the games. Daniel Burnie agreed with his ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-counsel that there may have been occasions in which he would drive either or both of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-the girls home from the baseball games. He testified that he never consumed alcohol ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-after a baseball game in [XXX]’s presence, and that he was never drunk in her presence. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:Daniel Burnie testified that he never engaged in sexual intercourse with [XXX] in the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-school nurse’s room and that was there was never an occasion in which he went to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:[XXX] to engage in sexual activity with her. Daniel Burnie also testified that [XXX]’s ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:testimony, concerning sexual activity at [XXX], never occurred. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Daniel Burnie testified that he shared an apartment on Pearl Street with Paul Roy for a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-five to six week period in the summer of 1976 before moving back into his parent’s ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:residence. He testified that [XXX]’s testimony, concerning sexual intercourse with him ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-at the apartment, never occurred. Daniel Burnie testified that [XXX]’s testimony ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:regarding sexual intercourse in the staff lounge at [XXX], mutual oral sex in the library ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf:of the school following a dance, and sexual activity in the closet of his classroom in the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-fall of 1976, all never occurred. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Daniel Burnie testified that he did not recall being in attendance at a fundraising dance ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-for [XXX]’s [XXX]. Daniel Burnie also testified that he recalled taking [XXX] to an ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-athletic function because she wanted him to see her routine and she needed a ride. He ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-agreed with his counsel that there would be times when he would remain at girls’ ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-homes for a brief period to speak with them when he dropped the girls off in his car. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Daniel Burnie testified that he recalled that the last time that [XXX] provided assistance ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-to him at [XXX] School was in September or October of 1977. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Daniel Burnie testified that after the fall of 1977, he occasionally saw [XXX] in passing, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-during teacher baseball fundraising events with both of their respective families until ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-1988 or 1989, and a few times at his home with her husband, [XXX], with whom Daniel ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-Burnie [XXX] for approximately two years. Daniel Burnie also testified that [XXX]’s son ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-and his son [XXX] in 1997 and that he and [XXX] had attended a fundraiser before the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-start of the season and had played progressive euchre together. Daniel Burnie testified ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-that he and [XXX] talked about their families and that the tone of the conversation was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf-very friendly. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated January 2, 2002 was served on Paul Anthony Chambers, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-Teachers on January 21, 2002 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-hearing date was set for February 25, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-It is alleged that Paul Anthony Chambers is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-(a) He failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf:(b) He abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally and/or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-(c) He failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- Ontario, 1990, c.E2 and particularly, section 264(1)(c) thereof or the regulations ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- and (15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-(d) He contravened a law the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration contrary to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-(e) He performed acts or omissions that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that Paul Chambers is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-Teachers (Exhibit #1). At all material times, the member was employed by the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-Catholic District School Board as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-Jacqueline Wallace, Superintendent of Education, Human Resources, Toronto Catholic ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-District School Board, testified on behalf of the College and stated that a file existed that ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-included documentation on the criminal conviction and the accessing/downloading of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf:pornographic material on a Board computer. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-John Morgan, Research Associate, Toronto Catholic District School Board, testified that ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-Paul Chambers was placed in his department when the member was taken out of his ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-classroom, to provide administration support. One day early in the spring, he stated he ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf:saw inappropriate images that were semi-pornographic on the computer screen that the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-member was using. Later, in May, while working on his own computer and sending ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-material to a common printer, John Morgan accidentally picked up a graphic ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf:pornographic image, which Paul Chambers claimed was his, from the common printer. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-The following week, John Morgan along with an IT person, checked the temporary ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-internet files on the member’s computer. They were able to identify several ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf:pornographic sites that had been accessed by Paul Chambers. The following day, the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-member’s computer was removed from his work station. The temporary internet files ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf:indicated that pornographic sites had been accessed that same day. John Morgan stated ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-that each person in the office had their individual log-in and he had never seen anyone ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-else using the member’s computer. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts was filed as Exhibit #3. That statement was dated ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-February 8, 2002 and was signed by McCarthy Tétrault on behalf of the College, by Paul ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-Anthony Chambers and by a witness. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-By letter dated October 15, 1999, the member resigned from the Toronto District Catholic ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-School Board. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-The Committee received as evidence a letter from the member requesting non- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-publication of his name in the official publication of the Ontario College of Teachers, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-(1) The member used his position of trust and authority as a teacher, by engaging in ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf: a pattern of inappropriate sexual conduct with [**], which included sexual ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- comments and suggestions and culminated with him taking her in his arms and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf: kissing her in a sexual manner. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-(2) He also abused his position of trust and authority over [**] by asking her out on a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- date and on the pretext of discussing her poor classroom attendance, lured her ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- into a private room in the school where he embraced her and kissed her in a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf: sexual manner. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf:(3) The court found Paul Chambers guilty of two counts of sexual exploitation with ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- [**] and [**] ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-(4) The member was given a conditional sentence of 6 months with probation of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- three years, during which he was prohibited from holding a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- with any female under the age of 18; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-(5) He was suspended in September, 1999 for a period of three days without pay, for ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf: accessing Internet websites of a pornographic nature and the printing of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf: pornographic images from such sites during working hours while he was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- assigned to perform specified duties at the Catholic Education Centre. After the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- suspension, he was reassigned from the Program Services Department to other ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- alternate non-teaching duties. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-(6) The member resigned by letter dated October 15, 1999. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-The Committee agrees with the Court that Paul Anthony Chambers be prohibited from ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-holding a position of trust, whether for remuneration or not, where he is in a position of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf-authority over females under the age of 18 years (Exhibit #3). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On July 3, 2001, the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf-made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information which may ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf-disclose the identity of the students involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 9, 2000 was served on James Edward Garrow, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf-Teachers on December 5, 2000 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf-hearing date was set for July 3, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf-It is alleged that James Edward Garrow is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf-(c) he failed to keep records as required by his professional duties, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(10); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf-(d) he failed to supervise adequately a person or persons under his professional ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- supervision, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf-(e) he abandoned his teaching position and the students for whom he was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- responsible; ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf-(f) he failed to comply with the Act and with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- Ontario, 1990, ch. E.2, and particularly section 264(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (g) and (i) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On February 4, 2002, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-which may disclose the identity of any and all complainants in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated November 29, 2001 was served on Gary William Hammell, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-Teachers on December 10, 2001 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-hearing date was set for February 4, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-It is alleged that Gary William Hammell is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf:b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, and/or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-d) he contravened laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf:The member was found guilty of one count of sexual touching of a minor, [**], contrary ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-to Section 153(1)(a)of the Criminal Code of Canada (Exhibit #3). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-While the Committee appreciates that the member’s plea of no contest saved [**] from ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-having to testify at the Discipline Hearing, the Committee is cognizant of the member’s ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-betrayal of a trusted position. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds Gary William Hammell guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf:misconduct under subsections 1(5), (7) in that he sexually, psychologically and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-emotionally abused a student or students, (14), (15), (16), (18) and (19) of the Professional ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-Misconduct Regulation, as alleged. The Committee also found that the member ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-displayed a lack of knowledge, skill and judgement and a disregard for the welfare of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the member is unfit to carry out his ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-professional responsibilities. The Committee directs the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-member’s Certificates of Qualification and Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-It is important to the College’s role in the governance of the profession to provide ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-evidence to members that the College is active in self-regulation and is vigilant to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-breaches of its bylaws and rules of conduct. Such evidence is provided through ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-notification of the decisions and orders of the College’s disciplinary Committees, and is, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf-in the opinion of the panel, a practice that has significant general deterrent value. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-James Battin, Barrister and Solicitor, Counsel for the member, did not attend. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Amy Nichole Gehring did not attend. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban. On April 30, 2002, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Committee made an order directing that there may be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-which may disclose the identity of the student(s) or schools involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated February 27, 2002 and amended on April 23, 2002 was served ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-on Amy Nichole Gehring, (also known as Amy Gehring), requesting attendance before ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on March 6, 2002 to set a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing date was set for April 30, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-It is alleged that Amy Gehring is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-(b) she released or disclosed information about a student to a person other than the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- student or the student’s parent or guardian, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:(c) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-(d) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990 c.E.2 and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the regulations made under those Acts ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Amended Notice of Hearing, alleging that Amy Gehring is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-misconduct in that her acts were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-made under the Ontario College of Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-December 4, 1997, in particular, subsections 1(5), (6), (7), (14), (15), (18) and (19). It was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-also alleged that she displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-disregard for the welfare of students of any nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-member is either unfit to carry out her professional responsibilities or that the member’s ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that Amy Gehring is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:Teachers (Exhibit #1). At all material times, the member taught at a school in Middlesex, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-England and at a school in Surrey, England and was employed by TimePlan as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-The following witnesses were heard, via teleconference, from the United Kingdom: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-[**],[**], testified that he met Amy Gehring when she was a substitute teacher at his ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-school. He indicated that he was not taught by her. He testified that following a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-number of casual conversations with the member, they exchanged mobile phone ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-numbers and she invited him to her home to watch a movie. [**] stated that after telling ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-his mother he was going to a friend’s house, he did go to Amy Gehring’s home. She met ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-him at the train station and kissed him on the cheek. He testified he felt uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-He stated that when he arrived at her home, Amy Gehring had a bottle of wine available ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-and he had small amount. He stated that Amy Gehring began kissing him, undressed ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:herself, and then she undid his shirt. They had sexual intercourse twice in her bed, and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:he spent the night. He testified that he had never had sexual intercourse before. He ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-further stated that he was not thinking of her as a teacher, but as a “normal person.” ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:[**] testified that he told a friend he had sex with Amy Gehring and this friend, in turn, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:informed the Headmaster of [**]. While he indicated he was not distressed by the sexual ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-interlude between himself and the member, he testified that he felt under pressure by ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-the media attention. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-[**], [**]’s mother, testified, via teleconference, that her observations of [**] were he ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-became “quite withdrawn for a couple of weeks,” spent quite a lot of time on his own, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-and after she and her husband had been informed of the situation, her son became even ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-more withdrawn. He spent a couple of months isolated and not really going out with ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-friends or having any contact with them. She stated [**] felt he had let her down, having ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-lied to her about where he was going that particular night, and that quite a lot of trust ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-was lost between [**] and his mother. “I think he felt he let me down in some way.” ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Ken Jones, Principal of [**], testified, via teleconference, to [**]’s current educational ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-status. He testified that the publicity surrounding Amy Gehring was clearly detrimental ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-and damaging to the teaching profession in the United Kingdom. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Constable Mandy Smith testified, via teleconference, that she was the investigating ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-police officer for the Child Protection Team in Surrey as of January 5, 2001, when the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:police were alerted with respect to sexual behaviour of a Canadian supply teacher. She ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-stated that the Child Protection Team works in conjunction with Social Services to deal ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:with complaints of sexual, emotional and physical abuse of children. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Constable Smith testified that the police were alerted by a parent whose daughter had ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-confided in her regarding concerns she had about a supply teacher who had been ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-socializing with a group of year [**] male and female students (age [**]). The student ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:told her mother that a number of the male students had had sexual intercourse and/or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:sexual encounters with the teacher at parties and other social gatherings of young ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-persons. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Constable Mandy Smith then testified in respect of her interviews with the following ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-three students (Exhibit #6): ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:Student [**] (Boy A) told the constable that he had had sexual intercourse with Amy ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Gehring on three occasions. He stated that Amy Gehring’s behaviour toward him ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-during this period became overpowering and obsessive, causing him anxiety and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-concern. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Following an evening at his home, student [**] (Boy B) walked Amy Gehring to the train ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-station. While in an alleyway, Amy Gehring fondled his body, including his genitalia, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-then removed his lower clothing. She undressed, laid her clothes on the ground, and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-told [**] to lie down on top of them. She then proceeded to have intercourse with him. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-[**] (Boy C) told the constable of the events at a New Year’s Eve party, December 31, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-2000. He stated that shortly before midnight, Amy Gehring was very upset with him ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-and he had pulled her into the toilet (washroom) to talk. He stated that during the time ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:in the toilet (washroom), they had sexual intercourse and he ejaculated inside her. He ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-stated that they had both been drinking and Amy Gehring was very intoxicated. [**] ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-stated he had received a text message the next day from Amy Gehring asking if she had ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:had sex with him because she could not remember. [**] told police he felt ashamed of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-what had happened as that had not been how he wanted to lose his virginity. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Constable Smith testified that on February 16, 2001, Amy Gehring was arrested at her ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-home address and her bedroom was searched. Amy Gehring had several pictures of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-students and a number of these were displayed on her bedroom wall. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Constable Smith interpreted British law in force prior to January 8, 2001, in that it was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:not an act of indecent assault for a woman to have sexual intercourse with boys under ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-the age of 16 unless there was some hostile act on her part, such as masturbation. She ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-stated that the age of consent in the United Kingdom for boys and girls is 16 years old. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-She stated that no other offense with which Amy Gehring could be charged existed in ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-law prior to January 8, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Constable Smith testified that on April 17, 2001, Amy Gehring was charged with six ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-counts of indecent assault, three on [**] (Boy A), one on [**] (Boy B), one on [**] (Boy C) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-and one on a female. The count regarding the female was subsequently withdrawn by ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Constable Smith testified that at Amy Gehring’s trial, it was successfully argued by ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Defence counsel, that due to the law that existed at that time, she could not be found ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-guilty with regard to [**] (Boy C) and in fact, the judge directed the jury to find her not ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-guilty of indecent assault on that count. On February 4, 2002, the jury found Amy ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Gehring not guilty of indecent assault regarding [**] and [**] (Boys A and B). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Det. Sgt. Christopher Pummell of the Surrey Police Department, stated, via ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-teleconference, that in the fall of 2000, he was the sergeant responsible for the [**] Child ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Protection team. He became involved in the Amy Gehring matter in October of 2000, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-when the team met to discuss a complaint received by a student at the [**]. [**] indicated ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:that he had sexual intercourse with the member and [**] indicated that he had been ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-indecently assaulted by Amy Gehring. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-On October 20, 2000, Det. Sgt. Pummell met with Amy Gehring to discuss the boys’ ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:allegations, which included that she had sexual intercourse with [**] year-old student, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-[**] The second boy, [**]-year-old [**], whom she had allegedly kissed in a school ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-hallway did not want to be involved in an investigation, however, he did want the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-teacher spoken to. As a result, no criminal investigation occurred related to the latter ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-allegation. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Det. Sgt. Pummell met with Amy Gehring and Robert Sternier, Director of TimePlan on ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-October 20, 2000. At this meeting, Amy Gehring categorically denied the allegations but ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-admitted giving students her mobile phone number. She further stated that she thought ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-it was a mistake to do so. Det. Sgt. Pummell testified that the member stated that in ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Canada, the teacher/student relationship was “more friendly”. However, she did seem ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-to recognize the inappropriateness of her behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Det. Sgt. Pummell stated that the police were very clear in their discussions with the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-member. They counselled her and warned her on more than one occasion to stay away ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-from the students. He testified that, “ I was entirely satisfied that I had set out to her in a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-way that she could not possibly misunderstand the implications of her actions.” He ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-added there was “absolutely no way she didn’t understand the serious concerns about ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-her conduct.” They made it clear that she should avoid social conduct with students. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-A second meeting on November 10, 2000 took place with Amy Gehring, himself and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Robert Sternier, to confirm that there would be no further police action. The warning ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-regarding her inappropriate behaviour and the possible consequences was reiterated. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Det. Sgt. Pummell testified that he had heard from another team regarding allegations ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-which had been made against her again in February, 2001, and that he was present at ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-the arrest of Amy Gehring on February 16, 2001. Upon her arrest, he was also involved ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:in her police interview. At that time, she admitted she “may” have had sex in the toilet ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-(washroom) at the party but she could not remember, because she admitted to having ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-been drunk. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-A videotape, produced by the International Television Network (ITN), was admitted as ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Exhibit #7. This videotape contained an interview of Amy Gehring on the program ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-“Tonight with Trevor McDonald”, with interviewer Fiona Foster, which was aired on ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-February 11, 2002. Amy Gehring told the interviewer about a parent/teacher wine and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-cheese event held at the school. She admitted she was drinking and was sick outside. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Student [**] joined her outside and she stated that “somehow we ended up kissing.” ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-When asked by the interviewer if she considered her behaviour to be “totally ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-unreasonable behaviour for a teacher”, she stated, “Looking back, I do feel that way but ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-at the time, I didn’t see it that way”. Amy Gehring further stated in the interview that ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-she had invited student [**] to her home to watch a film. He did go to her home and she ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:admitted to kissing him and having sex with him. She did not deny kissing a [**]-year- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-old male student in the school hallway but stated, “I really didn’t think I did anything ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-wrong with him.” The interviewer questioned Amy Gehring about a signed statement ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:she had submitted to TimePlan, stating that she had not had sexual intercourse with [**] ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-and that he did not go to her house, and denying what she had done. She responded ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-that she was “scared,” and she was “not trying to be purposely deceptive.” When the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-interviewer asked her if she felt she was “not cut out to be a teacher”, Amy Gehring ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-stated, “I did at that point, I didn’t want to go home though and look like I was a failure ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-to my family and friends, who were expecting me to stick it out.” She admitted to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-talking to Boy A. They became friends and starting talking on the phone. She admitted ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-to giving him her mobile phone number even though she had been expressly told not to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-do so. When challenged by the interviewer about comparing herself to the “other girls” ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-who were [**]year-olds, her response was “I was one of the girls, at that time” and was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-adamant in subsequent comments that she was one of the girls. The interviewer asked ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-her if she was jealous that Boy A was not paying attention to her at a New Year’s Eve ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-party. Amy Gehring admitted being disappointed by that. She also admitted to the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-interviewer that she had met [**] (Boy C) in the toilet (washroom) during the party, and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:was told the next day ”it was alleged that I had sex with this boy but I have no ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:recollection of sex. I have no memory of sex occurring in that toilet.“ Amy Gehring ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:stated she texted him the day after the party and asked if they had had sex. He texted ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-back and said he thought so. She stated that she didn’t remember this at all, but since ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-she wasn’t on any birth control and did not want to be pregnant, obtained the morning- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-after pill two days later (January 2, 2001). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-When pressed by the interviewer if she realized that she was basically unfit to be a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-teacher, her response was, “I think so. Looking back now, I think I did.” She stated that ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-she was not their (the students) teacher at that point and thought of herself as being part ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-of their group. The interviewer asked if she was remorseful, and Amy Gehring stated, “I ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-do regret things I’ve done, of course I do, now. I was stupid…” and “I just don’t target ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-young boys”. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Transcripts of her trial before The Honourable Judge Bull, dated February 1, 2002 were ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-admitted as evidence (Exhibit #3). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-An Agreed Statement of Facts was filed as Exhibit #5. The statement was signed April ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-30, 2002 and had been signed by L. Thomas Forbes, Q.C., McCarthy Tétrault, on behalf ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers; Amy Gehring, on her own behalf; and witness ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Linette Cronk. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts included the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-1. Amy Gehring is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-2. At all material times, the member, whose date of birth is August 8, 1975, was ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- employed by TimePlan, a teacher recruitment agency in England, which ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- provides supply teachers to schools in England. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-3. During the period September, 2000 to February, 2001, the member taught at [**], ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf: Middlesex, England and at [**], Surrey, England while being employed by ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- TimePlan. Both [**] and [**] were at the material time, comprehensive schools. A ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- comprehensive school is the British equivalent to a high school in the Province of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-4. At all material times, [**], who was then [**] years of age, was a male student at ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- [**], where the member taught during the month of September, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-5. In or around September, 2000, the member acted in an inappropriate manner ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- towards [**] in that she: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- (a) frequently telephoned [**] on a personal basis; and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- (b) frequently sent personal text messages to [**] on her mobile phone. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-6. On or about January 1, 2001, the member sent a text message to [**] (Boy C) as ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- follows: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf: “Did we have sex last night? I can’t remember.” ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:7. After being told by [**] (Boy C), that she may have had sex with him, the member ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- attended at a physician on January 2, 2001, when she was prescribed a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- contraceptive morning-after pill. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-8. The aforesaid activities and the publicity resulting from the media coverage and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- communication within the general public has resulted in a reputation, image and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- lifestyle inconsistent with that expected of a member; thereby rendering the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- member unable or unfit to discharge the duty of the member to the public. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-12. Included in the Agreed Statement of Facts, under Tab A, is the transcript of an ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- interview that Amy Gehring gave to BBC News on February 11, 2002. Also, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- under Tab B, is an excerpt of the transcript of the evidence of Amy Gehring at ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- her trial on January 30, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-1. The Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-2. Amy Gehring was acquitted of five counts of indecent assault under British law ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- due to the antiquated piece of legislation that was in force at the time of her ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- arrest. Subsequently, new legislation has been enacted that includes the issue of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- position of trust and authority that was not adequately addressed in previous ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- legislation. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-3. The panel is satisfied that Amy Gehring did disclose information about her ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- relationship with a student to other students and the public. Amy Gehring ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- confirmed such in Exhibit #7, the ITN videotape of “Tonight with Trevor ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- MacDonald”. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-4. The Committee is satisfied that Amy Gehring “abused a student or students ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf: sexually and emotionally” in that she had sexual intercourse with a [**]-year-old ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- male student. As a result of this relationship, she caused emotional distress to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- his family and himself. This incident created a rift and loss of trust between the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- student and his mother. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:5. Although the member would not admit to sexually or emotionally abusing a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- student or students in the Agreed Statement of Facts (Exhibit #5), the Committee ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf: found that she did admit to having sexual intercourse with a [**]-year-old ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- student, both in a BBC radio interview attached to the Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- (Exhibit #5. Tab A, P.4) and on the videotaped program, “Tonight With Trevor ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- MacDonald” (Exhibit #7). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Teachers of adolescents must be aware of, and deal appropriately with, students who ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf:want to be friends with and who may be attracted to a teacher in a sexual way. It is the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-teacher who is responsible for maintaining appropriate boundaries. Amy Gehring ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-indicated that she suffered from loneliness. She relied on students to provide social ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-activities and companionship. Teachers need to seek out relationships with other adults ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-in order to satisfy their needs for socialization and companionship. The Committee has ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-grave concerns about Amy Gehring’s apparent inability to grasp the seriousness of her ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-conduct. Despite repeated warnings by the police in the fall of 2000, when placed at a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-new school, she engaged in further inappropriate relationships with students. The ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Committee finds that Amy Gehring abused her position of trust and authority, and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-regards this conduct to be especially reprehensible. This behaviour is contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-“Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession” and the “Ethical Standards for the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-Teaching Profession” as established by the Ontario College of Teachers. These ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-standards represent the underpinning of the professional behaviour by which all ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-members are bound. The Committee finds Amy Gehring’s behaviour, as agreed to in ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-the Agreed Statement of Facts, as well as the conduct heard in testimony and accepted ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf-by the Committee, totally unacceptable. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-James Edward Hutton ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-On November 26, 2002, the Discipline Committee ordered a publication ban directing ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-that there may be no publication of any information which may lead to the disclosure of ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-the identity of the student and that he be identified only by two initials. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated December 3, 2001 was served on James Edward Hutton ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-(James Hutton), requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-College of Teachers on January 14, 2002, to set a date for hearing and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-charges. The hearing was scheduled to commence on November 25, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-It is alleged that James Hutton is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf:(b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- chapter E.2 and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof, and the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-(d) he performed an act or acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as being disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- with the father and student on Friday, June 16, 2000, at a local parkette. When ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- they met, the member apologized for what occurred and stated that he meant ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- nothing by his actions. The meeting was short and at the end, the member and ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- 2002 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- student shook hands. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-13. The father subsequently contacted the school board and an investigation ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- occurred. The member cooperated throughout the investigation with assistance ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- from his Federation. On September 22, 2000, the employer imposed a ten (10) ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- day suspension on the member. The member suffered a loss of approximately ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- $3,000 and did not grieve the penalty, which remains on his record for five years. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-14. In the course of dealing with the employer, the member readily agreed to visit a ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- psychiatrist in order to allay any fears the employer may have had, and to ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- exclude other possibilities. The member saw Dr. Vivian Rakoff, past Director ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- and Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the Clarke Institute (presently called the Centre for ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- Addiction and Mental Health). ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-15. Dr. Rakoff’s conclusions and analysis show that the member does not possess the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf: type of personality that would engage in any sexual contact or conduct of a non- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf: heterosexual variety whether with a student or otherwise. The report places the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- member’s statements in the full context of the “rugby world” and sports ethos. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- The report further confirmed that the member “has been profoundly upset by the ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- events and its consequences, and will no doubt be hyper-vigilant in his ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- relationships with students in the future”. ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf-16. At the request of counsel for the College, the member readily agreed to undergo ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- psychological testing and meet with a second psychiatrist in order to allay any ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2002onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated August 22, 2002 was served on Shawn Ahluwalia, requesting ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-September 23, 2002 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-date was set for January 13 & 14, 2003. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-It is alleged that Shawn Ahluwalia is guilty of professional misconduct and/or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-incompetence as defined in subsection 30(2) and (3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- Ontario 1990, Chapter E. 2 and particularly section 264 (1) (c) thereof, and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-(d) he contravened laws, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (16); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-[**] answered “no” when asked if it had happened at school. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-When asked by McNeely whether [**] thinks Shawn putting hands under the pants is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-unusual, [**] nods in the affirmative. McNeely asked [**] how that makes her feel and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-she responded “angry”. [**] was also asked what she would have said to Shawn if she ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-could and [**] responded, “Please don’t touch me there anymore.” ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-McNeely further testified that she had received a written statement from [**]’s father ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-(Exhibit 3) which confirmed the forgoing facts. She also stated that there was enough ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-information to investigate further based on [**]’s demeanour and what [**] had told her ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-father regarding Shawn Ahluwalia. The Committee heard testimony from McNeely that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-other children, [**], were interviewed and that there were no disclosures. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-McNeely testified to the reliability and credibility of [**]’s statements. She noted the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-consistency of what [**] had told her father (Exhibit 3) and Hal Snyder as well as what ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-[**] had stated in the video interview. McNeely further stated that [**]’s testimony was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-logical. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-The Committee heard testimony from David Harold (Hal) Snyder who is currently ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-employed as a Supervisor with the Children’s Aid Society (CAS). He testified to his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf:experience in handling allegations of sexual abuse in his role as an assessment worker ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf:4. On numerous occasions, Shawn Ahluwalia sexually abused [**]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-5. The Children’s Aid Society’s investigation verified that the Shawn Ahluwalia ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- had abused [**] while in his care. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-6. The Children’s Aid Society placed Shawn Ahluwalia’s name on the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- Child Abuse Registry. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-7. No criminal charges were laid against the member by the local Children’s Aid ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- Society or police authorities. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-8. Shawn Ahluwalia was released from his teaching duties by the Limestone ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- District School Board. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-The Committee in reaching its conclusions relied on the in depth investigation and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-professional experience of Sergeant McNeely and Hal Snyder in dealing with children ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-who are victims of abuse. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-The Committee, in weighing the evidence of the Ontario College of Teachers witnesses, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-finds the consistency of their statements extremely persuasive. The Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-their recollections and explanations of the incidents that occurred when [**] was [**]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-The Committee further accepts that Sergeant McNeely and Hal Snyder believe [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf:explanations of these incidents of sexual touching. The Committee finds the College ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-witnesses testimony to be credible. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-The Committee accepts the written statement by [**] father (Exhibit 3) and is satisfied ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf:that his statement reflects [**] recounting of the sexual abuse which is consistent with the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-testimony of Sergeant McNeely and Hal Snyder. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-The Committee finds that [**] demeanour in the video interview, as well as Sergeant ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-McNeely’s and Hal Snyder’s testimony about [**] demeanour, is clear and convincing ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-evidence that [**] is a victim of abuse. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that [**] understands the difference between the truth and a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-lie. The Committee also finds [**] responses to questions posed to her regarding the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-member and these abusive incidents to be consistent and credible. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-In reaching its decision, the Committee gave little or no weight to the double hearsay ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-evidence in Hal Snyder’s testimony regarding the member admitting that he did touch ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-[**], was sorry, would seek help and would apologize to [**]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf-DECISION AND ORDER: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-This matter came before a panel of the Discipline Committee for a hearing on October 1, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 25, 2003 was served on David Eastwood, requesting ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on March ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-27, 2003 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-David Eastwood was not in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Hearing was presented and accepted by the panel. (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-The allegations against David Eastwood in the Notice of Hearing dated March 25, 2003 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that David Savage Eastwood is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act and/or is incompetent as defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- (d) he contravened laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- to hold a certificate of qualification and registration contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused a student ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- who was under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- remain at risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- (i) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-1. David Savage Eastwood, (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the Kawartha Pineridge District ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-School Board as a teacher at South Monaghan Public School (“the School”) in Baileboro, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Ontario. The Member was a teacher of students in Grades 5, 6 and 7. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-3. At all material times, [**] and [**], were female students of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-4. [**] was a student of the Member during the 1987-1988 school year. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-5. [**] was a student of the Member during the 1995-1996 school year. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-6. [**] and [**] were students of the Member during the 1998-1999 school year. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-7. [**] and [**] were students of the Member during the 1999-2000 school year. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-8. [**] and [**] were students of the Member during the 2000-2001 school year. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-9. [**] and [**] were students of the Member during the 2001-2002 school year. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf:10. While he was their teacher, the Member inappropriately touched and/or sexually ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf:assaulted and/or sexually interfered with the students referred to at paragraphs 4 to 9 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-above. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-David Eastwood admits the allegations set out in numbered paragraphs 3 through 5 of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-the Agreed Statement of Facts and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Further, the Member pleads guilty, in relation to the matters referred to in paragraphs 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf:to 5 of the Agreed Statement of Facts, to engaging in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-2. At all materials times the Member was employed by the Kawartha Pine Ridge ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- District School Board as a teacher at South Monaghan Public School in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- Bailieboro. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- During the 1987-1988 school year, student no. 1 was a female grade 8 student of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-3. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- the Member. On or about 22 April 2003 the Member pleaded guilty to, and was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- found guilty of, a charge that he, some time between 1 September 1987 and 30 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- June 1988 at the Township of South Monaghan in the County of Peterborough, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf: and elsewhere in the Province of Ontario, unlawfully did commit a sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- assault on student no. 1, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-4. During the 1999-2000 school year, student no. 2 was a female grade 8 student of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- the Member. On or about 22 April 2003 the Member pleaded guilty and was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- found guilty of a charge that between 1 September 1999 and 30 June 2000 at the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- Township of Otonabee, South Monaghan, in the County of Peterborough, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf: elsewhere in the Province of Ontario, unlawfully did commit a sexual assault on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- student no. 2, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-5. During the 2001-2002 school year, student no. 3 was a female grade 7 student of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- the Member. On or about 22 April 2003 the Member pleaded guilty and was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- found guilty of a charge that between 1 September 2001 and 5 May 2002 at the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- Township of Otonabee, South Monaghan, in the County of Peterborough, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf: elsewhere in the Province of Ontario, unlawfully did commit a sexual assault on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- student no. 3, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada.. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-6. On or about 22 April 2003 the Member was given a conditional sentence of one ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- year to be served in the community. The conditions included that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- (a) he not associate or communicate directly or indirectly with students ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- numbered 1, 2 and 3 referred to in paragraphs 3 , 4 and 5 above and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- students numbered 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 who are referred to in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- paragraph 14 below, or with any children under 14 years of age unless in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- the presence of a responsible adult; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Charges Nos. 3 and 6, Student No. 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Charges Nos. 7 and 9 Student No. 7 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Charges Nos. 8 and 10 Student No. 1 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Charges Nos. 11 and 12 Student No. 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Charges Nos. 13 and 14 Student No. 9 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Charges Nos. 15 and 16 Student No. 10 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Charge Nos. 17, 18, 19 and 20 Student No. 11 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Charges Nos. 21 and 22 Student No. 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Charges Nos. 23 and 24 Student No. 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Charges Nos. 25 and 26 Student No. 12 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Charges Nos. 27 and 28 Student No. 13 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-12. The Member hereby accepts that the matters referred to in paragraphs 3 to 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- above constitute professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- professional misconduct against him being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf-13. Further, the Member pleads guilty, in relation to the matters referred to in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf: paragraphs 3 to 5 above, to engaging in sexual abuse of a student or students of a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- Also, the Member acknowledges that he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- judgment and/or a disregard for the welfare of students of a nature or extent ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- that demonstrates that the Member is either unfit to carry out his professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated February 5, 2003 (Exhibit 1), was served on Denis Gaumond ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-on May 9, 2003 [sic], requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers on March 20, 2003 to set a date for the hearing. The date was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-set for June 23, 2003. The member sent an e-mail on June 11, 2003 indicating that he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-would not be attending the hearing (Exhibit 3). He did not request an adjournment. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-On June 23, 2003, a panel of the Discipline Committee conducted a hearing into whether ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-Denis Gaumond was guilty of professional misconduct. The panel prohibited the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-publication of any information that could identify the student involved. The student in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-question shall be identified only by two initials. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-The Notice of Hearing alleged that Denis Michel Gaumond was guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-misconduct or incompetence within the meaning of subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-Act in that, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession [subsection 1 (5)]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf: b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally [subsection 1 (7)]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts [subsections 1 (14) and 1 (15)]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- d) he contravened laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- to hold a certificate of qualification and registration [subsection 1 (16)]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused a student ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- who was under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- remain at risk [subsection 1 (17)]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- unprofessional [subsection 1 (18)]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member [subsection 1 (19)]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf: h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-1. Denis Michel Gaumond is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- therefore comes under the College’s jurisdiction (Exhibit 4). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed by the Conseil scolaire de ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- district catholique du Centre-Est de l’Ontario as a teacher at [XXX] (“the school ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ”) in Ottawa. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-3. At all material times, [XXX], whose date of birth is [XXX], 1981, was a student at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- the school. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-4. During the 1996-1997 school year, [XXX] was a student in the member’s [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- class and during the 1997-1998 school year, she was a student in [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- The member was also [XXX]’s [XXX] coach when [XXX] was in Grade [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-5. In or around December 1998, when [XXX] was in Grade [XXX], the member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- photographed her at the school. During the photography session he requested ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- that she touch his private parts, and he touched her breasts and buttocks. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-6. Early in 1999, while they were at the school, the member showed [XXX] erotic ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- photographs from a Playboy or similar magazine and suggested that she should ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- pose for him in that manner. The member also gave [XXX] his telephone number ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- and suggested that he take pictures of her at his home, at a park and at the home ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- of one of her friends. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-7. In or around March 1999, [XXX] was alone in the room next to the gymnasium of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- the school. The member entered the room and closed the door. The member then ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf: engaged in inappropriate sexual touching of the student. In particular, he put his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- hand under [XXX]’s underwear, touched her vagina and inserted his finger in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- her vagina. He then placed one of her hands on his penis. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-8. In or around March of 1999, the member took [XXX] into the photography lab at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- the school, where he showed her several photographs of a woman posing bare- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- breasted. He suggested that [XXX] pose for him in that manner. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-9. During the graduation ceremony at the school in June 1999, the member told ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- [XXX] that she was very pretty and, as they were leaving the room, the member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- touched [XXX] briefly on her buttocks. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf:10. On or around December 3, 1999, the member was charged with sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf: exploitation and sexual assault of [XXX] as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- a) between September 1, 1998 and November 3, 1999 at the City of Ottawa, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- being in a position of authority towards [XXX], a young person, did for a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf: sexual purpose touch directly with a part of his body, a part of the body ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- of [XXX], contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- b) between September 1, 1998 and November 3, 1999 at the City of Ottawa ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf: did commit a sexual assault on [XXX], contrary to section 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-11. On or around February 6, 2002, the member was found guilty in respect of both ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- of the charges referred to in paragraph 10 above. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-12. On or around November 13, 2002, the member was given a sentence of 18 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- months to be served in the community. He was also ordered to perform 100 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- hours of community service and to stay away from the victim and her family. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-13. The member has appealed that conviction. The appeal has not yet been heard. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-The member strenuously denies the accusations against him (Exhibit 3, e-mail sent by ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-the member to the College’s counsel on June 11, 2003). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-OVERVIEW OF THE CASE ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-Denis Michel Gaumond is a member of the College (Exhibit 4). At all material times, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-The member was employed by the Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Centre-Est ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-de l’Ontario as a teacher at [XXX] (“the school ”) in Ottawa. During the 1996-1997 school ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-year, [XXX] was a student in the member’s [XXX] class and during the 1997-1998 school ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-year, she was a student in his [XXX]class. The member was also [XXX]’s [XXX] coach ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-when she was in Grade [XXX]. Lastly, the member took photographs of [XXX] in his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-photography lab at the school. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-The Discipline Committee panel must determine whether the member acted ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf:inappropriately towards [XXX] and whether he committed sexual acts. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-Counsel for the College presented evidence that Denis Gaumond is a member of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-College (Exhibit 4). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated February 5, 2003, was served on Denis Michel Gaumond on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-May 9, 2003 (Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-The member strenuously denies the accusations against him (Exhibit 3, e-mail sent by ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-the member to the College’s counsel on June 11, 2003). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-Counsel for the College presented a doctor’s note explaining the absence of [XXX] to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-hearing (Exhibit 5). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-Sergeant Julie Vaillant was summoned to appear for the College. During the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-examination-in-chief, the sergeant stated that she had been working for the Ottawa ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-Police for 16 years. At the time when the complaint was filed and the investigation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf:began, she was responsible for cases of sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-In November 1999, the sergeant was assigned to [XXX]’s case because [XXX] wanted a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-francophone investigating officer. On November 3, 1999, she began the preliminary ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-questioning at the police station. The questioning had to be broken off because [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-was too emotional and upset to continue. The questioning resumed on November 5, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-1999. At that time, [XXX] told the sergeant that the member had photographed her in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf:sexual poses. She also stated that he had sexually assaulted her in the room next to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-gymnasium, during the graduation ceremony and during a photography session. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-The following evidence was submitted: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- a) record of the trial of Denis Gaumond, Volume 1 (Exhibit 6); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- b) briefcase and photographs (Exhibit 5 from the criminal trial – Exhibit 7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- c) photograph of a woman (Exhibit 24 from the criminal trial – Exhibit 8); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- d) photographs of [XXX] (Exhibit 10 from the criminal trial – Exhibit 9); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- e) photographs of [XXX] (Exhibit 20 from the criminal trial – Exhibit 10); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- f) video of the second examination of [XXX] which was recorded during the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- preliminary investigation at the police station, November 5, 1999 (Exhibit 11); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- g) order from Judge Rutherford giving permission for the evidence referred to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- in items b), c), d), e) and f) to be allowed at the hearing on June 23, 2003, on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- condition that it be returned to the Ontario Court by June 27, 2003 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- (Exhibit 12); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- h) Judge Mercier’s Reasons for Judgement, delivered during the criminal trial, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- dated February 6, 2002 (Exhibit 13); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- i) Judge Mercier’s Reasons for Sentence, delivered during the criminal trial, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- dated November 13, 2002 (Exhibit 14). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-The sergeant testified that she obtained two search warrants, one for the member’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-residence and the other for his photography lab at the school. During the search, she ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-found a white briefcase containing photographs, pictures cut out of Playboy magazine ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-and blown-up photographs of [XXX] and other people. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf:As a result of these discoveries, the member was charged with exploitation and sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-assault, and convicted in the criminal trial against him. He was given a sentence of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-18 months to be served in the community and 100 hours of community service. The ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-sergeant also mentioned that the member is in the process of appealing the decision. The ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-appeal has not yet been heard. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-The panel watched 20 minutes of the videotaped examination (Exhibit 11), during which ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-the plaintiff testified that the member inserted his finger in her vagina and placed one of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-her hands on his penis. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-Counsel for the College drew the Panel’s attention to pages 16-18 of the trial record ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-(Exhibit 6), in which it is alleged that the member touched [XXX] during a photography ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-session. Pages 20-22 indicate that he showed erotic images to [XXX] Counsel then turned ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-to pages 12-14, which describe the incident that occurred in the room next to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-gymnasium. Lastly, counsel referred to pages 18-20 of the trial record, which report that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-the member touched [XXX]’s buttocks during the graduation ceremony. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-The Committee finds the following: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-1. Denis Michel Gaumond photographed [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf:2. The member touched [XXX] sexually during photography sessions and during ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- the graduation ceremony. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf:3. The member sexually assaulted [XXX] when they were together in the room next ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- to the gymnasium of the school. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-DECISION AND ORDERS ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-The Committee finds Denis Michel Gaumond guilty of professional misconduct under ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-subsections 30 (2) and 40 (1.1) of the Act and subsections 1 (5), (7), (14), (15), (16), (17), ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-(18) and (19) of Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-The Committee directs the Registrar to revoke Mr. Gaumond’s Certificates of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-Registration and Qualification immediately and orders the member to return his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-Certificates of Qualification and Registration to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-The Committee also orders that the findings of the hearing, as well as the name of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-member, be published in the College’s official publication, Professionally Speaking / Pour ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-REASONS ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-Although the member’s decision to take photographs of [XXX] in suggestive poses ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-attests to a lack of judgement, that does not in itself constitute professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-warranting revocation. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf:However, his sexual touching of [XXX] during the photography sessions and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-graduation ceremony constitutes professional misconduct that is liable to penalties. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf:The sexual assault committed by Denis Michel Gaumond is a disgraceful and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf-dishonourable act that is utterly unacceptable for a member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf-This matter came before a panel of the Discipline Committee for a hearing on September ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf-17, 2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 25, 2003 was served on Amadou Diallo, requesting ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on May ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf-5, 2003 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf-Amadou Diallo was not in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf-Hearing was presented and accepted by the panel. (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf-The allegations against Amadou Diallo in the Notice of Hearing dated March 25, 2003 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Amadou Diallo is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf-and/or is incompetent as defined in sections 30(2) and (3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 5, 2002 was served on William Andrew Ghent, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Teachers on December 4, 2002 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-hearing date was set for February 13, 2003. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-It is alleged that William Andrew Ghent is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-in sections 30(2) and (40 (1.1) of the Act and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-(d) he contravened laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-(e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused a student who was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-(f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-(g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1 (19); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf:(h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-(i) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the Member is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that William Andrew Ghent is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-College of Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-On February 13, 2003, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-conducted a hearing into whether William Andrew Ghent was guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in the Notice ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-of Hearing alleging that William Andrew Ghent is guilty of professional misconduct in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-that his acts were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation made under the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act and filed as Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-(19). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Counsel for the College presented evidence that William Andrew Ghent is a member of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers. At all material times, William Andrew Ghent was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-employed by the Calgary Board of Education in Calgary, Alberta as a teacher at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-School (“the School”) in Calgary. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Counsel for the College presented evidence that William Andrew Ghent had been the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-subject of these same proceedings in criminal court in Calgary, Alberta, that he had been ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf:convicted of sexual assault and sexual exploitation and that the time for notice of appeal ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-had expired. Counsel submitted the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Exhibit #1 - Affidavit of Service of Danny Goshulak sworn November 13, 2000; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Exhibit #2 – Registered member information of William Ghent as at February 10, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Exhibit #3 – Certified copy of indictment dated November 24, 2000 of the Alberta Court ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-of Queen’s Bench. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf:Exhibit #4 – Certified copy of conviction of sexual assault dated July 16, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf:Exhibit #5 – Certified copy of conviction of criminal charge of sexual exploitation dated ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-July 16, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Exhibit # 6 – Conditional sentence order dated July 3, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Exhibit #7 – Probation order dated July 3, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Exhibit #8 – Reasons for judgment of Mr. Justice Chrumka dated March 6, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Exhibit#9 – Reasons for sentence of Mr. Justice Chrumka dated July 3, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Based on the evidence and submissions presented to the Committee and having ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-examined all of the Exhibits filed, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-(1) William Andrew Ghent (the “Member”), is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-(2) At all material times the Member was employed by the Calgary Board of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- Education in Calgary, Alberta as a teacher at[XXX] School in Calgary. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-(3) At all material times, [XXX], was a [XXX] old grade [XXX] female student of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- Member at the School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf:(4) During the 1998-1999 school year, the Member sexually fondled and touched ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- [XXX] on two occasions on or around [XXX], while at the school. This included: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- a) After arranging to be alone in the [XXX] room of the school with [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- the Member asked for and received a hug from [XXX] He then placed his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- hand inside her clothing, rubbed her back and rubbed her along the back ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- of both sides inside her clothing. He then squeezed her buttocks with ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- both hands outside her clothing and kissed her on the cheek and down ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- her neck; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- b) On the following day, or shortly thereafter, the Member, while alone in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- the classroom with the student after an examination, asked for and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- received a hug from [XXX] The Member then unzipped [XXX]’s coat, felt ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- her back and squeezed her buttocks. When [XXX] announced that she ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- was leaving, the Member touched [XXX]’s breast outside her fleece jacket. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-(5) On or about 24 November 2000, the Member was indicted before the Court of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- Queen’s Bench of Alberta in the Judicial District of Calgary and charged that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- (a) he on or about 17 January 1999, at or near Calgary, Alberta, did ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf: unlawfully commit a sexual assault upon [XXX], contrary to section 271 of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- the Criminal Code of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- (b) he on or about 17 January 1999, at or near Calgary, Alberta, being in a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- position of trust or authority toward or in a relationship of dependency ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf: with [XXX], a young person, did for a sexual purpose unlawfully touch, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, a part of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- the body of [XXX], contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-(6) On or about 6 March 2002, the Member was found guilty of both charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-(7) On or about 3 July 2002, the Member was given a conditional sentence of six ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- months to be followed by a period of probation for a term of 18 months. The ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- Member was also prohibited, pursuant to section 109 of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- Canada from possessing any firearms, cross-bow, restricted or prohibited device, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ammunition or explosive substances for ten years. He was also ordered to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Having considered the evidence presented, in particular Exhibits Numbers 8 and 9, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Committee finds William Andrew Ghent guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-As defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.l) and section 30(3) of the Act as alleged, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-directs the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer to revoke William Andrew Ghent’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-This decision remains subject to an interim publication ban pending the outcome of Dr. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-A. Choy’s psychiatric report. On September 23, 2002, the Discipline Committee made an ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-interim order directing that there may be no publication of any information which may ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-lead to the disclosure of the identity of the student or the member involved in this ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-matter. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-Counsel requested that the hearing be held in-camera because of concerns for the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-member’s personal well being. The Committee denied this request. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated July 5, 2001 was served on Janet Elizabeth Gibson (“Janet ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-Gibson”), requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-of Teachers on July 30, 2001 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-hearing date was set for September 23, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-It is alleged that Janet Gibson is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf:(b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-(c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-(d) she committed acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that Janet Gibson is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-Teachers. At all material times, the member was employed by Upper Grand District ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-School Board (formerly Wellington County Board of Education) as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-A document entitled “Particulars of the Allegations” was filed as Exhibit #1. This ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-document included the following: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-1. Janet Gibson, whose date of birth is [XXX], is a member in good standing of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed by Upper Grand District ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- School Board as a teacher. The member taught [XXX] at [XXX]. In addition, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- member was coach of the school’s [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-3. At all material times, [XXX], whose date of birth is [XXX], was a male student at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- the high school. During the [XXX] school year, [XXX] was a [XXX] student in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- member’s [XXX]. [XXX] was also a member of the [XXX]. [XXX] had been a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- student in the member’s [XXX] class during the [XXX] and [XXX] school years. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-4. During the 1994-1995 school year from approximately September 1994 to May ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf: 1995, the member sexually abused [XXX] by engaging him in a relationship ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- which was inappropriate to the relationship of teacher and student. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-5. The relationship between the member and [XXX] included, but was not restricted ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- to, the member being alone with [XXX]; the member parking with [XXX] in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- secluded areas away from the high school; and, the member engaging in lengthy ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- telephone conversations with [XXX] after school hours. Further, the member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf: engaged in sexual intercourse with [XXX] on at least 14 occasions commencing in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- approximately early October 1994, when [XXX] was [XXX] years of age, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- continuing until approximately April 1995, when the relationship ended. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf:6. The acts of sexual intercourse between the member and [XXX] occurred at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- various locations including the high school, the member’s residence, motels and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- secluded areas in the countryside. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-7. The member maintained the relationship with [XXX] despite being told by his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- parents on or about January 31, 1995 that they were concerned about the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- relationship between the member and [XXX]. At that meeting, the member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- deliberately misled Mr. and Mrs. [XXX] as to the nature of her relationship with ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- [XXX] by presenting it as being a matter of [XXX] wishing to confide in her about ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- personal matters. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-8. Despite being asked by Mr. and Mrs. [XXX] at that meeting, on or about January ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- 31, 1995, to discontinue any contact with [XXX] which did not constitute an ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- appropriate student-teacher relationship, the member continued to maintain an ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf: inappropriate and sexual relationship with [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-9. On or about February 24, 1995, the member was directed by the principal of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- high school to, in her best interest, avoid meeting with or talking to [XXX] other ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- than in school settings. The principal confirmed this conversation by letter to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- member on February 24, 1995 and the member signed an acknowledgement of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- receipt of that letter. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-10. Between September 1994 and June 1995, the member further abused [XXX] by: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- (a) having numerous personal telephone conversations with [XXX] after ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- school hours; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- member be made to subject to terms, conditions or limitations contrary to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 30(3) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- (k) If the Discipline Committee should find the member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- professional misconduct, the member will not oppose a submission by ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers that the appropriate penalty would be the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- revocation of her Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-The member entered a plea of no contest. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-Based on the Particulars of the Allegations, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-(1) During the 1994-1995 school year, from approximately September 1994 to May ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf: 1995, the member sexually abused [XXX], [XXX], by engaging him in a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- relationship which was inappropriate to the relationship of teacher and student. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-(2) The relationship between the member and [XXX] included, but was not restricted ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- to, the member being alone with [XXX]; the member parking with [XXX] in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- secluded areas away from the high school; and, the member engaging in lengthy ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- telephone conversations with [XXX] after school hours. Further, the member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf: engaged in sexual intercourse with [XXX] on at least 14 occasions commencing ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- approximately in early October 1994, when [XXX] was [XXX] years of age, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- continuing until approximately April 1995, when the relationship ended. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf:(3) The acts of sexual intercourse between the member and [XXX] occurred at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- various locations including the high school, the member’s residence, motels and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- secluded areas in the countryside. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-(4) The member maintained the relationship with [XXX] despite being told by his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- parents on or about January 31, 1995 that they were concerned about the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- relationship between the member and [XXX] At that meeting, the member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- deliberately misled Mr. and Mrs. [XXX] as to the nature of her relationship with ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- [XXX] by presenting it as being a matter of [XXX] wishing to confide in her about ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- personal matters. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-(5) Despite being asked by Mr. and Mrs. [XXX] at that meeting, on or about January ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- 31, 1995, to discontinue any contact with [XXX] which did not constitute an ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- appropriate student-teacher relationship, the member continued to maintain an ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf: inappropriate and sexual relationship with [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-(6) On or about February 24, 1995, the member was directed by the principal of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- high school, in her best interest, to avoid meeting with or talking to [XXX] other ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- than in school settings. The principal confirmed this conversation by letter to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- member on February 24, 1995 and the member signed an acknowledgement of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- receipt of that letter. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf-(7) Between September 1994 and June 1995, the member further abused [XXX] by: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- (a) having numerous personal telephone conversations with [XXX] after ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- school hours; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- (b) sending [XXX] a birthday card for his [XXX] birthday on [XXX]. This card ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- included a note, which stated, “I hope this is only the first of many ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- birthdays that I can celebrate with you.” ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf-3. He was charged and pleaded guilty to having in his possession child ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf: pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada. He ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf: had in his possession child pornography, which included some 4000 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- photographic images stored on computer, compact disks, diskettes and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- approximately twenty movies. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf-The allegations in the Notice of Hearing include allegations of both professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf-misconduct and incompetence against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Stephen Robert Guerin, also known as Stephen ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf-Christopher Hart, is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf-Act, and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30 (3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- (a) he provided false information or documents to the College and/or other ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- persons with respect to his professional qualifications, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(1); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- (b) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- (c) he signed or issued, in his professional capacity, a document that he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- knew or ought to have known contained a false, improper, or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- misleading statement, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- 1(12); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf-18. While employed by the PV Board, the Member was a teacher at St. Mary’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- Elementary School in Grafton from September 1989 to 10 June 1991, for the 1997- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- 1998 school year and from September 2000 until May 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- In or around July 2002, the Member had in his possession a Nova Freedom Taser, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf-19. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- which is a prohibited weapon. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf-20. On or about 4 July 2002, the Member was suspended by the PV Board, which ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- dismissed the Member on 27 August 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf-21. The Member, on or about 10 July 2002, failed to report to a peace officer, firearms ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- officer or chief firearms officer, the losses of two firearms, specifically an I.G.A. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- Backpacker 410 calibre shotgun and a Rossi 12 gauge side-by-side overland ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- shotgun, within a reasonable period of time. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf-22. On or about 18 November 2002, the Member pleaded guilty to a charge that on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- or about 10 July 2002, at the Town of Cobourg, or elsewhere in the Province of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf: Ontario, he had in his possession child pornography, to wit: photographs of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- children performing sex acts, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf:23. The child pornography referred to in paragraph 22 above, consisted of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- approximately 4,000 photographic images stored on his computer and in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- computer compact discs and diskettes, including approximately 20 movies ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- depicting, inter alia ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- a) a pre pubescent female masturbating on camera; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf: b) six movies of young teenagers engaged in sexual relations; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- c) images of scantily clad children aged 10 to 13 posing for the camera. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- In addition the photographic images included: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- d) pictures of young pre pubescent children clad only in underwear or tight ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf: bathing suits striking sexually suggestive poses; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- e) pictures of the genital region of children, some of whom were wearing ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- underwear; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- f) a compact disk including a folder containing 86 pictures of a male youth who ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- would appear to be between the ages of 12 to 14 years who was nude in most ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- of the pictures and clad in his underwear for the remainder with many of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- photographs focussed on the youth’s genital region; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- g) a second compact disk depicting boys posing in bathing suits or shorts as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- well as naked children apparently under the age of 16 years; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- h) a third compact disk containing a significant amount of child nudity, photos ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf: of children and youths clad in underwear and bathing suits, some in sexually ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- provocative poses; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- i) a fourth compact disk showing females, under the age of 16, nude, posing in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf: bathing suits, or tight, scant outfits as well as some engaging in sexual acts; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf: j) pictures of gay adult men posing nude or engaging in sexual acts; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- k) pictures of young boys, appearing to be as young as 5 to 6 years of age ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- photographed in poses where they appear to be removing their underwear in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- a provocative or erotic fashion. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf-24. On or about 3 March 2003, the Member pleaded guilty to charges that he: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- a) between January 1989 and July 1989 at the Town of Cobourg or elsewhere in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- the Province of Ontario did knowingly cause Mr. Peter Roach to act upon a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- document, to wit: a résumé, as if it were genuine, knowing the document was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- forged, contrary to section 368(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- b) on or about the 10th day of July 2002 at the Town of Cobourg or elsewhere in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- the Province of Ontario did carry concealed weapon, to wit: credit card knife, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- contrary to section 90 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- c) on or about the 10th day of July 2002 at the Town of Cobourg or elsewhere in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- the Province of Ontario did without lawful excuse store firearm, to wit: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- Winchester Model 94AE Rifle #5639337, in a careless manner, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- section 86(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- d) on or about the 10th day of July 2002 at the Town of Cobourg or elsewhere in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- the Province of Ontario did without lawful excuse store firearm, to wit: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- Winchester Model 94AE Rifle #5590884 in a careless manner, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- section 86(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- e) on or about the 10th day of July 2002 at the Town of Cobourg or elsewhere in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- the Province of Ontario did without lawful excuse store firearm, to wit: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-December 4, 2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated November 24, 2003 was served on Patrick Joseph Herlihey, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-Teachers on December 4, 2003 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-Patrick Joseph Herlihey was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-The allegations in the Notice of Hearing dated November 24, 2003 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- IT WAS ALLEGED that Patrick Joseph Herlihey is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act, the regulations or the bylaws, contrary ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2 and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- specifically paragraph 264 (1)(c) or the regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- (e) he contravened a law that is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- (f) he committed an act that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- (g) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (19); and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-1. Patrick Joseph Herlihey (the “member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- Teachers (Registry number 157090). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-2. At all material times, Patrick Joseph Herlihey was a member of the College and an ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ordained Roman Catholic priest. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-3. During the period from the fall of 1984 until the summer of 1985, [**] (the “Student”) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- attended the Church where the member was a parish priest. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf:4. During the period from 1984 to 1988, the member sexually assaulted [**], a minor, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf: and touched [**] for a sexual purpose. At that time[**] was between 14 and 17 years ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- of age. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-5. During the period from 1984 to 1988, the member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- relationship with [**] which included: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- (a) hugging him; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- (b) kissing him on the lips; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- (c) having the [**] sit on his lap; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- (d) rubbing his back, his buttocks, and his legs, while they were in bed together ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- naked; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- (e) sleeping naked with him; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- (f) having [**] lie on top of him while both were naked. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-6. In or around December 1989 or early January 1990, [**] disclosed the nature of his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- relationship with the member to his mother and his sister-in-law. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-7. In or around 2000, [**] provided the Ontario Provincial Police with information ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- regarding his relationship with the member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf:8. On January 26, 2001, the member was convicted of sexual assault and touching for a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf: sexual purpose contrary to sections 271 and 153(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-On December 4, 2003, the Panel made an order that there be no publication of any ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-information that may disclose the identity of the student involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-The Member Patrick Joseph Herlihey admits that the matters referred to in paragraphs 1 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-through 8 of the Notice of Hearing constitute professional misconduct and pleads guilty ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-and 1 (19) and sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act, as set out in the Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-November 24, 2003. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-Memorandum of Agreement ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the panel that subject to ratification by the panel, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-agreement had been reached on the facts and introduced a Memorandum of Agreement, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- of Teachers Act, 1996, will direct the Registrar to revoke his certificate of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- qualification and registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-10. The member agrees and understands that upon ratification of this MOA by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- Discipline Committee, he will immediately surrender his certificate of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- qualification and registration to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-11. The member agrees and undertakes that upon ratification of this MOA by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- Discipline Committee, he shall not apply to the College for reinstatement and for ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- a new certificate of qualification and registration for a period of three years from ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- the date of the ratification of this MOA. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-12. The member agrees and understands that should he apply for reinstatement and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- a new certificate of qualification and registration, pursuant to subsection 33(1) of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, the Discipline Committee shall review ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- this MOA in considering the member’s application. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-13. Subject to paragraph 11 of the MOA, the member agrees and undertakes not to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- seek or engage in employment where a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- registration is required. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-14. The member agrees and understands that upon ratification of this MOA, a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- notation on the public register maintained by the Registrar, in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- section 23 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, will include the following ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- information: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-(a) on December 4, 2003, Patrick Joseph Herlihey pleaded guilty to professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf: misconduct which included the sexual assault and sexual touching of a 14 year ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- old male; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-(b) on December 4, 2003, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- Teachers directed the Registrar to revoke the member’s certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- and registration. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-15. The member agrees and understands that upon ratification of this MOA by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- Discipline Committee, the College will publish the member’s name with a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- summary of the complaint and its resolution as contained in this MOA. Such ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- publication will be made in the College’s official publication, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession and on the College’s web site. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-16. The member agrees and understands that upon ratification of thus MOA by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- Discipline Committee, the College will maintain a copy of the Decisions and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- Reasons of the Discipline Committee, including this MOA, in the College’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- Margaret Wilson Library. The Decision and Reasons will be available for review ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- by the public. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-17. The member agrees and understands that upon ratification of this MOA by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- Discipline Committee, the College will provide notice of the revocation of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- member’s certificate of qualification and registration to any Canadian school or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- The revised MOA is considered final and binding once the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- has ratified it; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- (b) if the Discipline Committee does not ratify the MOA, or the parties do not accept ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- all of the modifications, the matter will proceed through the hearing process at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- the College and will be considered by another panel of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- without prejudice. The second panel of the Discipline Committee will not be ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- provided with, nor will it consider, this MOA. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-The Panel considered the Memorandum of Agreement and finds that the facts support a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-finding of professional misconduct, and in particular finds that Patrick Joseph Herlihey ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, being more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf:and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-The Memorandum of Agreement contains a joint submission as to penalty as set out ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-above. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-The Committee accepts the joint submission as to penalty as set out in the Memorandum ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf-of Agreement. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-It is alleged that Leanne Carla Hanselman is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf:(b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-(c) she failed to comply with the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, or the Education Act, Revised ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- Statutes of Ontario, 1990, c.E2 and specifically, paragraph 264(1)(c) thereof or the regulations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-(d) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-(e) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf:(f) she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- 40(1.1.) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that Leanne Carla Hanselman is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-The hearing was held by the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers, pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-sections 30 and 32 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, for the purpose of determining ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-whether the member had committed professional misconduct and whether the Memorandum of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-Agreement before the Committee would be accepted as a resolution and conclusion of this matter. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-A Memorandum of Agreement entered into by the member and the Registrar was filed as Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-#1. The Memorandum of Agreement was signed by the member on February 5, 2003, and by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-Registrar, on behalf of the Ontario College of Teachers, on February 11, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-The Memorandum of Agreement includes the following terms: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-1. the member pleads guilty to professional misconduct as alleged in the Notice of Hearing issued ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- on December 9, 2002, and in so doing, accepts as true the particulars of the allegations set out ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- therein. The member agrees and acknowledges that she engaged in the conduct described in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- the Notice of Hearing and that conduct is professional misconduct as alleged; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-2. the parties agree that the terms of this MOA constitute a proposed settlement of this matter and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- that the terms are subject to acceptance by the Discipline Committee of the College. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- Accordingly, this MOA is not considered final and binding on the parties until such time as it ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- is accepted by the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-3. the parties agree that if the Discipline Committee accepts this MOA, there shall be no appeal, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- by either party, to any forum, of any or all of the terms of this MOA or from any decision of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- Discipline Committee on any issue; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-4. the member agrees and understands that once this MOA is accepted by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- Committee, the Discipline Committee will find her guilty of professional misconduct and, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- pursuant to subsection 30(4) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, will direct the Registrar ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- to revoke her certificate of qualification and registration immediately; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-5. the member agrees and understands that for the purpose of considering this matter, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- Discipline Committee will be provided with a copy of this MOA and it will be marked as an ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- Exhibit at the hearing and will, together with the Appendices, if any, constitute the evidence ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- against the member and the evidence upon which the guilty plea will be accepted, the finding ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- of guilt will be made, and the penalty will be imposed; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-6. the member agrees and understands that upon acceptance of this MOA by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- Committee, she will surrender her certificate of qualification and registration to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf-7. the member agrees and understands that upon acceptance of this MOA a notation on the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- public register maintained by the Registrar, in accordance with section 23 of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- of Teachers Act, 1996, will include the following information: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- (a) on February 13, 2003, Leanne Carla Hanselman (Robinson) pleaded guilty to professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf: misconduct which included engaging in sexual relationships with students; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- (f) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-College counsel did not pursue the allegations of incompetence as outlined in section (f) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-1. ALE (also known as AL), (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf:2. Between 1 January 1973 and 31 December 1973 the Member sexually assaulted ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-[XXX] an [XXX] year old boy, which assault included, but was not limited to, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-Member kissing [XXX] all over his body and performing fellatio on him. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf:3. In or around the summer of 1974, the Member sexually assaulted four young ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-persons, [XXX] and [XXX] following which charges were laid against him. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf:4. On or about 9 May 1975, the Member was convicted of sexual assault in respect ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-of [XXX] and [XXX] and was given a suspended sentence followed by two years ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-was given a conditional sentence of fifteen months during which he was ordered not to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-be alone with any child under the age of 16 years. The court imposed a publication ban ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-in respect of the proceedings in that matter. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-8. The particulars of the charges referred to in paragraphs 3, 5, 6 and 7 above of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-which the Member was found guilty are within the knowledge of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-ALE admits the allegations set out in numbered paragraphs 2 through 7 of the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-Statement of Facts and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct, being ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the panel that agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-and introduced as Exhibit 3 an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, which ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-1. ALE (also known as AL) (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “1” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-of Teachers Registry System Status re the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf:2. Between 1 January 1973 and 31 December 1973 the Member sexually assaulted ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- [XXX] an [XXX] year old boy, which assault included, but was not limited to, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- the Member kissing[XXX] all over his body and performing fellatio on him. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-3. On or about 2 March 1994 the Member pleaded guilty to a charge that between 1 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- January 1973 and 31 December 1973, at the [XXX], he unlawfully indecently ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- assaulted [XXX] an [XXX] year old male person, contrary to the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- Canada. The Member was convicted of that charge and was sentenced on 14 July ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- 1994 to twelve months imprisonment followed by probation for a period of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- thirty-six months, during which he was directed not to associate with, or be ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- found in the company of, any young person under the age of 18 years unless ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- accompanied by a responsible adult person. At that hearing, the court imposed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- an order banning publication of any evidence including the identity of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- victim. Attached as Exhibit “2” and “3” respectively are a copy of Information ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- No. 93-05179 in respect of that conviction and sentence, and Probation Order ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- dated 14 July 1994. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf:4. In or around the summer of 1974, the Member sexually assaulted four young ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- persons, [XXX] and[XXX] following which charges were laid against him. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf:5. On or about 9 May 1975, the Member was convicted of sexual assault in respect ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- of [XXX] and[XXX] and was given a suspended sentence followed by two years ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- probation. In or around the year 1984, the Member obtained a pardon in respect ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- of that conviction. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-6. On or about 17 March 1998, the Member pleaded guilty to a charge that between ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- 1 January 1973 and 31 January 1973, at the [XXX] he unlawfully indecently ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- assaulted [XXX] contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- convicted of that charge and was given a suspended sentence. He was also ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- placed on probation for a period of two years during which he was not to be in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- the company of any person under the age of 18 years except in the presence of an ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- adult person. An Order was made by the court banning publication in respect of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- that matter. Attached as Exhibits “4” and “5” respectively, are copies of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- Information No. 97-05275 in respect of that conviction and sentence, as well as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- the Probation Order dated 17 March 1998. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf-7. On or about 24 March 2000, the Member pleaded guilty to a charge that between ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- 1 January 1973 and 31 December 1974, at the [XXX] and elsewhere in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- Province of Ontario, did commit an act of gross indecency with [XXX] to wit ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- fellatio, contrary to section 157 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-This matter came before a panel of the Discipline Committee for a hearing on September ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-29, 2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated September 5, 2003 was served on Christopher John Hicks, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-Teachers on November 17, 2003 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-Christopher John Hicks was not in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the panel. (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-The allegations against Christopher John Hicks in the Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-September 5, 2003 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Christopher John Hicks is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and (3) and 40(1.1) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act, the regulations or the bylaws, contrary ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, RSO 1990, c. E.2, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- specifically section 264(1)(c) and/or the Regulations made under the Act, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- he contravened a law that is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- (e) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- (f) he contravened a law that caused or may have caused a student who was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- (g) he committed an act or omission that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf: (i) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-1. Christopher John Hicks (the “member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed as a teacher at Bancroft ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- Christian Academy (the “school”), a private school in Bancroft, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-3. In or around March 2000, the member touched the body of [**], a male student, in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf: a sexual manner with his hands. At that time, [**] was 12 years of age; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-1. By this document, the member pleads guilty to professional misconduct as alleged in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- the Notice of Hearing attached and marked as Appendix “A”, and in so doing, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- accepts as true the particulars set out therein. The member agrees and acknowledges ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- that he engaged in the conduct described in the Notice of Hearing and that conduct ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- is professional misconduct as alleged. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-2. The parties agree and understand that the terms of this MOA constitute a proposed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- settlement of this matter and that the terms are subject to ratification by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- Discipline Committee of the College. Accordingly, this MOA is not considered final ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- and binding on the parties until such time as it is ratified by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- Committee. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-3. The parties agree and understand that if the Discipline Committee ratifies this MOA, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- there shall be no appeal, by either party, to any forum, of any or all of the terms of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- this MOA, or from any decision of the Discipline Committee on any issue. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-4. The member agrees and understands that once this MOA is ratified by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- Committee, the Discipline Committee will find him guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- misconduct and, pursuant to subsection 30(4) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- 1996, will direct the Registrar to revoke his certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-5. The member agrees and undertakes that upon ratification of this MOA by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- Discipline Committee, he will surrender his certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- registration to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-6. The member agrees and understands that for the purpose of considering this matter ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- the Discipline Committee will be provided with a copy of this MOA and it will be ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- marked as an Exhibit at the hearing and will, together with the Appendices, if any, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- constitute the evidence against the member and the evidence upon which the guilty ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- plea will be accepted, the finding of guilt will be made, and the penalty will be ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- imposed. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-7. The member agrees and understands that for the purpose of considering this matter ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- the Discipline Committee may be provided with a summary of the matter including ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- the allegations contained in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-8. The member agrees and understands that upon ratification of this MOA, a notation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- on the public register maintained by the Registrar, in accordance with section 23 of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, will include the following information: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- (a) on September 29, 2003, Christopher John Hicks pleaded guilty to professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf: misconduct which included sexual touching of a male student; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf:that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-The Memorandum of Agreement contains a joint submission as to penalty as set out ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-above. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-The Committee accepts the joint submission as to penalty as set out in the Memorandum ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-of Agreement. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-The Committee accordingly directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-(“Registrar”) to revoke the certificate of qualification and registration of Christopher ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-John Hicks, which certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-The Committee orders that the Member shall not apply to the Registrar under section 33 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers Act for reinstatement to have a new certificate issued for ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-a period of three years from the date of this order. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (iii) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee also ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf-orders that the findings of this hearing, as well as the name of the Member, be published ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-Owen Wigderson, Wigderson and Associates on behalf of the Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-The Member was present. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 6, 2003, was served on Elizabeth Ann Jeffrey (now known as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-Elizabeth Ann Carter), requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-College of Teachers on January 20, 2003, to set a date for the hearing, and specifying the charges ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-against her. The hearing date was set for March 20, 2003. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-It is alleged that Elizabeth Ann Jeffrey is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf:(b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-(c) she failed to comply with the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, and the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, c.E2 and specifically, paragraph 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-(d) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-(e) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf:(f) she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 40(1.1.) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-The Notice of Hearing provides that Elizabeth Ann Jeffrey is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-The hearing was held by the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers, pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-sections 30, 32 and 40 (1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-determining whether the member had committed professional misconduct and whether the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- approximately December 2001 and continued until approximately May 2002. The practices ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- took place after school, on week-ends, and throughout the 2002 March break. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-(f) The Member often stayed late to work with [**] on that production and then drove him ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- home alone, contrary to School policy. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-(g) The Member permitted [**] to engage in inappropriate contact with her at the School ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- including snapping her bra straps, tickling her and picking her up and swinging her on his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- shoulders. The Member also gave [**] her cell phone number. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-(h) The Member arranged for students to attend a youth conference away from the School, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- which took place on 25 to 27 February 2002. The Member was the only teacher in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- attendance and [**] was one of the pupils who attended. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf:(i) Between approximately October 2001 and May 2002, the Member had a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf: with [**] Incidents of sexual impropriety between the Member and [**] took place at the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- School; at the Member’s home in Mississauga, and in her car; and elsewhere. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-(j) On or about 5 February 2002, the Member admitted to [**], the mother of [**] that she was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- involved with [**] and promised [**] that she would stay away from [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-(k) On or about 2 April 2002, the Vice-Principal of the School and the Director of the School ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- met with the Member and cautioned her with respect to boundary issues regarding ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- students. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-(l) The Member also arranged for a co-op placement at a small theatre in Toronto for [**] He ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- was to report there every afternoon commencing in early April 2002. However, [**] had ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- several unexplained absences from this placement. During that time, the Member left the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- school at noon for the stated reason of illness, on a few occasions. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-(m) On or about 22 May 2002, the Member admitted to the Vice-Principal of the School and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- Director of the School that she: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 1. had a relationship with [**]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 2. had kissed [**]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 3. had physical contact with [**]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 4. had driven [**] home on several occasions, even after being specifically warned not to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- do so by the Principal; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 5. had taken [**] to her home for several hours when her husband was not present; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 6. had driven [**] to his co-op placement in Toronto on 21 May 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-(n) Further, the Member admitted to the Director of the School and the Vice-Principal on 22 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf: May 2002, that the relationship, which she had with [**], was of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-(o) On or about 22 May 2002 the Member resigned her position at the School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-2. The parties agree that the terms of this MOA constitute a proposed settlement of this matter ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- and that the terms are subject to acceptance by the Discipline Committee of the College. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- Accordingly, this MOA is not considered final and binding on the parties until such time as it ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- is accepted by the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-3. The parties agree that if the Discipline Committee accepts this MOA, there shall be no appeal, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- by either party, to any forum, of any or all of the terms of this MOA or from any decision of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- Discipline Committee on any issue. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-4. The Member agrees and understands that once this MOA is accepted by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- Committee, the Discipline Committee will find her guilty of professional misconduct and, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- pursuant to subsection 30(4) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, will direct the Registrar ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- to revoke her certificate of qualification and registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-5. The Member agrees and understands that, for the purpose of considering this matter, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- Discipline Committee will be provided with a copy of this MOA and it will be marked as an ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- Exhibit at the hearing and will, together with the Appendices, if any, constitute the evidence ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- against the Member and the evidence upon which the guilty plea will be accepted, the finding ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- of guilt will be made, and the penalty will be imposed. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-6. The Member agrees and understands, that for the purpose of considering this matter, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- Discipline Committee will be provided with a summary of the matter, including the allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- contained in the Registrar’s complaint and the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-7. The Member agrees and understands that this matter and the signed MOA may be discussed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- with the Chair of the Discipline Committee for the purpose of obtaining a preliminary view of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- whether the Discipline Committee will consider the agreement sufficient to protect the public ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- interest and will therefore accept this MOA. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-8. The Member agrees and understands that, upon acceptance of this MOA by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- Committee, she will surrender her certificate of qualification and registration to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-9. The Member agrees and understands that, upon acceptance of this MOA a notation on the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- public register maintained by the Registrar, in accordance with section 23 of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- of Teachers Act, 1996, will include the following information: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- (a) on March 20, 2003, Elizabeth Ann Jeffrey (Carter) pleaded guilty to professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf: misconduct which included engaging in a sexual relationship with a male secondary ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- student; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- (b) on March 20, 2003, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- directed the Registrar to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- registration. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-10. The Member agrees and understands that, should she apply for reinstatement and for a new ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration, pursuant to subsection 33 (1) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- Teachers Act, 1966, the Registrar shall review this MOA in considering the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- application. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-11. Subject to paragraph 10 of the MOA, the Member agrees and undertakes not to teach in any ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- publicly funded elementary or secondary school in Ontario at any time in the future. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf-12. The Member agrees and understands that, upon acceptance of this MOA by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- Committee, the College will publish the Member’s identity with a summary of the matter and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- the nature of the resolution contained in this MOA. Such publication will be made in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-Myer William Kalin was not present ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban with respect to the name of the student who ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-shall be identified by two initials only. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated May 24, 2002 was served on Myer William Kalin, requesting ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on June ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-3, 2002, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-It is alleged that Myer William Kalin is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- psychologically and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- Ontario, 1990, c.E.2, and particularly, Section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (d) he performed acts or omissions that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- dishonourable, or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that Myer William Kalin is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-College of Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-Teachers (Exhibit #1). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-7. In or about the month of July 1991, [XXX] who had obtained summer ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- employment in [XXX] and who had contacted the Member to arrange to make a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- practice presentation of the product he was selling to the Member, attended at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- the Member’s home for that purpose. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-8. Following the demonstration, the Member invited [XXX] down to his basement. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- While in the basement, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf: (a) turned on a television set on which pornographic images were portrayed; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (b) began to rub his groin area with his hands; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (c) requested that [XXX] expose himself; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (d) touched [XXX]’s penis with his own penis; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (e) performed fellatio on [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (f) masturbated; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (g) subsequently presented [XXX] with a gift. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-Counsel for the College presented evidence that Myer William Kalin was the subject of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-proceedings in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and that he had been found not ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-guilty but the Committee gave weight to the Honourable Mr. Justice Roy’s Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-Judgment (Exhibit #2), where he states on page 11: “There is no doubt as well on the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf:evidence that there was sexual activity, touching, the act of fellatio was committed, and I ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-think that evidence is uncontradicted and accepted." ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-1. Myer William Kalin (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- and at all material times the Member was employed as a mathematics teacher with ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (“the Board”) at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- “School”). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member taught mathematics at the Grade 10 gifted ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- program level, and was acting head of the Mathematics Department at the School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-3. During the 1988/1989 academic school year, [XXX] was a student [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-4. Following a year’s absence from the School as a result of [XXX] returned to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- school for the academic year 1990/1991, at which time he was a [XXX] student at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- the School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-5. In May 1991, the Member invited [XXX] to his home for dinner, and in June 1991, by ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- way of return invitation, [XXX] invited the Member to his home for dinner. On both ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- occasions, others were present, namely, the Member’s partner and [XXX]’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- apartment mates, respectively. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-6. In or about the month of July 1991, [XXX] who had obtained summer employment in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- [XXX] and who had contacted the Member to arrange to make a practice ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- presentation of the product he was selling to the Member, attended at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- home for that purpose. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-7. Following the demonstration, the Member invited [XXX] down to his basement. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- While in the basement, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf: (h) turned on a television set on which pornographic images were portrayed; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (i) began to rub his groin area with his hands; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (j) requested that [XXX] expose himself; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (k) touched [XXX]’s penis with his own penis; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (l) performed fellatio on [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (m) masturbated; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- (n) subsequently presented [XXX] with a gift. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-REASONS ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-The Committee accepts the evidence presented and that Myer William Kalin committed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-the acts as alleged. The most compelling evidence was the statement that Mr. Justice ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-Roy made on page 11 of the Reasons for Judgment (Exhibit #2): “There is no doubt as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf:well on the evidence that there was sexual activity, touching, the act of fellatio was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf-committed, and I think that evidence is uncontradicted and accepted." ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Mark Harper Kannon was present. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee on July 14, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated June 6, 2003 was served on Mark Harper Kannon, requesting ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on June ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-17, 2003 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Mark Harper was in attendance at the hearing. The Notice of Hearing and proof of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-service of was presented and accepted by the panel (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-The allegations against Mark Harper Kannon (the “Member”) in the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-dated June 6, 2003 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED Mark Harper Kannon is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-in sections 30(2) and 40 (1.1) of the Act and/or is incompetent as defined in Section 30(3) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990 c.E.2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof or the regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- those Acts contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act.; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- the member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that the College was withdrawing the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-allegations set out in paragraphs (b) and (f) of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-1. Mark Harper Kannon (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Catholic District School ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Board of Eastern Ontario as a teacher at [**] (“the School”), Cornwall. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-3. During the 2001-2002 school year, the Member sent e-mails containing graphic ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- sexual material, which included nude photographs of women, to male students ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf: of the School and discussed those photographs and the pornographic websites ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- with them. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-4. On or about 11 June 2002, the Member forwarded an e-mail to which was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf: attached ten photographs of a pornographic nature, depicting a nude female in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- various poses, to [**], a fifteen year old male student in Grade 9, who was one of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- his students. That e-mail, with attached photographs, was then forwarded by ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- [**], on or about [**] June 2002, to at least eleven other individuals, including [**], ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- brother, who was a student of [**] School in Cornwall. [**] then sent the e-mail, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- in its entirety, on or about 19 June 2002, to at least twenty-two other individuals. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- One of the recipients of that mailing was [**], another twelve year old male ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- student who was also attending [**] School, and who opened the e-mail in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- computer lab at that school. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-5. The e-mail referred to in the previous paragraph was entitled, “For You!” and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- contained the message, “CHECK OUT THE NICE CARPET BURNS ON HER ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- KNEES…….!!!!”, which refers to the photographs, which were attached to the e- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- mail. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-6. On or around 11 June 2002, the Member also forwarded the same e-mail ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- message, with the attached photographs, referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- above, to [**], an eighteen year old male student of the School, to whom the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Member had also forwarded at least five other e-mails containing jokes and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf: pictures of a sexual nature, during the 2001-2002 school year. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-7. During the 2001-2002 school year, the Member sent several other e-mails ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf: containing pornographic material to [**] and would afterwards ask [**] if he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- enjoyed the pictures that had been sent to him. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-8. During the 2001-2002 school year, the Member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- communications and conversations with students of the School, both on and off ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf: of school premises. Those conversations and communications included sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf: innuendos and sexual overtones. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-9. On or about 25 June 2002, the Member was suspended by the Board, and on 20 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- August 2002, was dismissed from the Board’s employ. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-On July 14, 2003, the Discipline panel made an order that there be no publication of any ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-information which may disclose the identity of the students involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Mark Harper Kannon admitted the allegations set out in paragraphs numbered (a), (c), ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-(d), (e) and (g) in the Notice of Hearing dated June 6, 2003. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Agreed Statement to Facts ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the panel that agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts (Exhibit 2) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-1. Mark Harper Kannon (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-2. On 29 May 2003 an interim order was made by the Executive Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers suspending the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Registration of the Member with effect from 30 May 2003, until the complaint made ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- by the Registrar against the Member is disposed of by the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Attached to the Agreed Statement of Facts and marked as Exhibit “A” and “B” ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- respectively were copies of the Ontario College of Teachers’ Registry System Status ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- of the Member and Interim Order of the Executive Committee of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- of Teachers dated 29 May 2003. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-3. At all material times the Member was employed by the Catholic District School ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Board of Eastern Ontario as an English and Geography teacher at [**] School (the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- “School”) in Cornwall, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-4. During his tenure at the School, the Member met regularly with male and female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- students in his classroom, particularly during the lunch hour. The door to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- classroom was always open. Other teachers in the School met with students in their ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- classrooms over the lunch hour from time to time. The School’s administration was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- aware that the Member met with students in his classroom over the lunch hour. On ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- at least one occasion, the School’s administration spoke to the Member about ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- keeping appropriate professional boundaries between himself and his students. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-5. Between February 2002 and 11 June 2002, the Member, sent e-mail messages with ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- attachments containing graphic sexual material, which included nude colour ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- photographs of women, to at least two male students of the School, [**] and [**] The ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf: Member also discussed those photographs and pornographic websites with ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- students, including [**] and [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-6. The Member forwarded two e-mail messages of the type described in paragraph 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- above to [**], then an eighteen-year-old Grade 12 student of the School. [**] had not ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- been a student of the Member but did routinely attend in the Members classroom ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- during lunch hour. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-7. The Member forwarded approximately nine e-mail messages of the type described in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- paragraph 5 above to [**], then a 15 year old male student who had been in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Member’s Grade 9 English class two years earlier. [**] had initially requested the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Member to send him e-mail messages with attachments containing photographs of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- the type described in paragraph 5 above, after hearing a discussion between the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Member and an older student. While most of the e-mail attachments sent by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Member to [**] depicted nude females, usually in their twenties, one depicted two ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf: nude females engaged in sexual activity with each other. On occasion, the Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- asked [**] whether he liked the pictures that he received from the Member and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- offered to forward other photographs to [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-8. On or about 11 June 2002, the Member forwarded to [**] one such e-mail to which ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- was attached nine photographs of a nude female in various suggestive poses and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- one photograph of a close-up of the said female’s pudendum. The e-mail was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- entitled, “For You!” and contained the message, “CHECK OUT THE NICE CARPET ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- BURNS ON HER KNEES…….!!!!”, which refers to the photographs, which were ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- attached to the e-mail. Attached as Exhibit “C “ to the Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- was a copy of that e-mail and its attachments listed as [**]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-9. On or about 17 June 2002 the e-mail referred to in paragraph 8, with attached ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- photographs, was forwarded by [**] to at least eleven other individuals, including ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- [**], [**]’s brother, who was then a student at [**] School in Cornwall. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-10. On or about [**] June 2002 [**] forwarded the same email and attachments to at least ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- twenty-two other individuals, including male and female students at [**] School and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- [**] School in Cornwall. One of the recipients of that mailing was [**], another 12- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- year-old male student who was then attending [**] School and who opened the email ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- and attachments in the computer lab at that school. [**]’s teacher saw the e-mail and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- attachments on the monitor and contacted the school’s administration, who in turn ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- contacted the Board and the Cornwall police. An investigation ensued and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- determined that the Member was the original source of the e-mail and attachments. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-11. As a result of the discovery of the e-mail message of 11 June 2002 and the subsequent ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- investigation, [**] became upset, withdrawn and unfocused for approximately six ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- months. He refused, and still refuses, to discuss the incident with his parents. He ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- has not been seen by a counsellor. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-12. On or about 25 June 2002, the Member was suspended by the Board, and on 20 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- August 2002, was dismissed from the Board’s employ. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-13. On or about 29 April 2003, Dr. R. Kunjukrishnan, Associate Professor and Associate ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Director of Forensic Psychiatry of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Ottawa, prepared a report concerning his psychiatric assessment of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- whom he examined on 7 January 2003, 20 January 2003 and 22 April 2003. A copy of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- that report was attached to the Agreed Statement of Facts as Exhibit “D.” ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-14. At the request of Dr. Kunjukrishnan, Dr. A. G. Ahmed, a staff psychiatrist with the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Forensic Psychiatry Program of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, also ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf: interviewed the Member and conducted a sexual behaviours assessment, including ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- phallometric testing, and found that there was no clinical or laboratory evidence to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf: support a paraphilia, particularly pedophilia. The Member’s sexual orientation was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf: stated to be strictly homosexual, but there was no evidence to support any ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- pedophilic interests. Dr. Ahmed also concluded that although the Member had ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- engaged in questionable behaviour with regard to his interactions with the student ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- by sending nude female photographs, that did not appear to be on a background of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf: sexual disorder. A copy of Dr. Ahmed’s report was attached to the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Statement of Facts as Exhibit “E.” ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-By the fact that the Member’s counsel signed the Agreed Statement of Facts on his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-behalf, the Member, Mark Harper Kannon, accepts that the matters referred to in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-paragraphs 5 to 8 above constitute professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). Further, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Member accepts that in engaging in the matters referred to in paragraphs 5 to 8 above, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the welfare ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the Member is either unfit to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-carry out his professional responsibilities or that the certificate held by the Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations, contrary to Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-437/97 s. 30(3) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-The Evidence ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-In addition to agreeing to the truth and accuracy of the facts as outlined in the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Statement of Facts, the Member called two witnesses. Dr. Reghuvaran. Kunjukrishnan, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Director of Education, Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-University of Ottawa was the first to testify. The Member, Mark Harper Kannon, then ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-testified on his own behalf. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- Evidence of Dr. Kunjukrishnan ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Dr. Kunjukrishnan gave evidence as to his academic qualifications. He indicated that he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-had been called as an expert witness in the field of forensic psychiatry on a number of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-occasions, both in the criminal courts, in civil litigation matters and also at the Law ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Society of Upper Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Dr. Kunjukrishnan identified his medical report of April 29, 2003 (Tab D of Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf:He indicated that he did not specialize in sexual disorders. He indicated that in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-preparation of his report he had relied in part on the assessment of the Member by Dr. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf:A.G. Ahmed, who was a specialist in sexual behavioural assessment. Dr. Ahmed, a Staff ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Psychiatrist in the Forensic Psychiatry Program at Royal Ottawa Hospital had consulted ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-with the Member in February 2003 and had subsequently prepared his findings (Tab E ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-of Exhitit 2). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Dr. Kunjukrishnan confirmed the findings contained in his report, namely that in his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-assessment of Mark Kannon and in relying on the findings contained in Dr. Ahmed’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-report, he found no evidence of any mental illness or disorder; that he found no ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf:evidence of sexual deviant behaviour and found no evidence to indicate that Mr. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Kannon had any pedophilic or hebephilic urges or tendencies. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Dr. Kunjukrishnan stated that he believed that there was very minimal, if any, risk that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-the Member would again engage in conduct similar to that which was before this ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Committee. He also stated that although motives of individuals are hard to determine, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf:he did not believe that the Member was sending the photographs for any grooming ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-purposes. He believed the member thought “it was a joke at the moment” and that Mr. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Kannon had made an error in judgment. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-Under cross-examination, Dr. Kunjukrishnan admitted that at the time he had prepared ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-his report on the Member he thought that the activity engaged in by the Member was an ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-isolated incident. He was unaware at the time that the Member had in fact sent similar ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf-electronic transmissions a total of 11 times to the two students involved. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee on April 15, 16, June ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-17, 18 and November 26, 2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 18, 2001 was served on Richard Knill, requesting ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on July ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-30, 2001 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing date was set ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-for April 15 and 16, 2003. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- IT WAS ALLEGED that Richard Knill is guilty of professional misconduct or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-incompetence as defined in sections 30(2) and (3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- (c) he failed to supervise adequately a person or persons who were under his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- supervision contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (11); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- people who were around and the Member remarked that she would have to ride ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- home with him later than evening. However, Student A left her belongings in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- the Member’s vehicle and found alternate transportation home. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- On or about 11 November 2000, the Member telephoned Student A at her home ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-12. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- to ask if she was fine and to remind her that she had left her belongings in his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- vehicle. At that time he told Student A that he had been drinking on the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- previous evening. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-13. On the following Monday, 13 November 2000, Student A reported the matter to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- another teacher, following which, a report was made to the Children’s Aid ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- Society. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf:14. The aforesaid actions of the Member constitute sexual assault and breach of trust ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- with respect to which the Member has been charged to be in contravention of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- Section 271 and Section 153(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-15. As a result of the aforesaid actions of the Member, he was removed from the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- classroom by the aforementioned Peel District School Board. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-On April 15, 2003, the Discipline Committee made an order directing that there be no ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-publication of any information that may disclose the identity of the student(s) involved ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-Richard Knill admitted the allegations set out in paragraphs numbered (e) and (f) of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-Notice of Hearing, and as outlined in the Amended Memorandum of Agreement, namely that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-6. Student A, whose date of birth is [**], was a Grade 10 female student at Bramalea ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- Secondary School where the Member taught physical education to male and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- female students in Grades 9, 10 and 12 and coached the co-educational wrestling ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- team of the school. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-7. On 10 November 2000, the Member [**] alone with Student A, a female member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- of the female [**] team. The Member drove Student A in his motor vehicle to a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- school function on 11 November resulting in Student A making allegations that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf: the Member had touched her for a sexual purpose. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-8. Transcripts with respect to Student A and the Member were filed as Exhibits. The ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- Member was found not guilty of the charges against him. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-9. In light of the aforementioned admitted facts and circumstances, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- the Member guilty of professional misconduct in that the above-mentioned acts ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- and behaviour constitute acts that having regard to the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as unprofessional contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and, conduct unbecoming a member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- contrary to subsection 1(19) of the said regulation. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf-10. The parties submit and request the Committee to impose the following penalty: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- (a) The Member shall immediately be reprimanded, admonished and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- counselled by the Committee. The Committee shall direct that the fact of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- the reprimand, admonishment and counselling be recorded on the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- Register. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- (b) The Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member shall be ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- suspended for two months. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- (c) The aforesaid suspension of two months shall be suspended on the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- condition that the Member: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-December 8, 2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated September 3, 2003 was served on Philip Louis King, also ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-known as Philip Louis Roy, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers on October 1, 2003 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing date was set for December 8-9, 2003. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-The Member was present at the hearing and was not represented by counsel. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-The allegations in the Notice of Hearing include allegations of both professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-misconduct and incompetence against the Member. The allegations arose as a result of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf:the Member accessing and/or viewing various websites relating to pornography on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-both a laptop and a desktop computer on school property. These attempts to access ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf:and/ or view these various websites, including child pornography websites, occurred ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-during the period September 19, 2001 to January 8, 2003. The computers used by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Member had been assigned to him by Delia School of Canada, a private school in Hong ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Kong, where he was employed as a Senior Kindergarten teacher. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- IT WAS ALLEGED that Philip Louis King, also known as Philip Louis Roy, is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-guilty of professional misconduct as defined in section 30(2) of the Act, and/or is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-6. In August 2002, all staff members of the School, including the Member, were ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- given a copy of the Information Technology Manual of the Delia School of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Canada (the “Manual”). A copy of a portion of the Manual is attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “B”. In the Manual at Section D on page 93, the School ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- identified material that staff and students were prohibited from accessing on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- the Internet. That section reads as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- “D. PROTECTION AGAINST ACCESS TO INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 1. Inappropriate material. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- a. The School has identified the following types of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- material as Prohibited, Restricted, and Limited ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Access Material. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- i. Prohibited Material. The students or staff may not ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- access prohibited material at any time, for any ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- purpose. This material includes material that is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: obscene, child pornography, material that is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- considered harmful to minors. The school ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- designates the following types of materials as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: Prohibited: Obscene materials, child pornography, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- material that appeals to a prurient or unhealthy ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- interest in, or depicts or describes in a patently ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- offensive way violence, nudity, sex, death or bodily ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- functions, material that has been designated as for ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- “adults” only, and material that promotes or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- advocates illegal activities.” ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-7. On page 94 of the Manual, under the heading, “Technology Protection ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Measure(s), it was stated at paragraph 2 (a) that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- The School has selected a Technology Protection ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Measure(s) for use with the School Internet/Intranet ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- system and has specified the manner in which the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Technology Protection measure will be configured. This ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- selection and configuration is described in full in Exhibit A ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- [not reproduced or attached]. The Technology Protection ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Measure will always be configured to protect against ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: access to material that is obscene, child pornography, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- material that is harmful to minors. The school may, from ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- time to time, reconfigure the Technology Protection ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- filtering survey completed by the teaching staff. A copy of that document is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D”. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Websites Accessed by the Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-14. On or about 3 January 2003, the IT Manager at the School was alerted by ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: SonicWALL of an attempt to access a website that contained sexual acts and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- gross depictions (graphics or text - as defined on page 2 of Exhibit “D”), which is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- prohibited material as set out in the Manual. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Exhibit “E” is a copy of the alert received by the Information Technology ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Department of the School. The alert showed that an attempt had been made to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- access www.gentle-angels.com/sb at 18:53 hours on that date. The source ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- number of the computer which had triggered the alert was 192.168.7.132, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Member’s Desktop computer. It was the Member who attempted to access this ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- prohibited website. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-15. As a result of the activity described in paragraph 13 above, the School’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- administration obtained a log file from the firewall system between 17:22 hours ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- and 22:30 hours on 3 January 2003. A copy of the log file is attached as Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- “F. The log file showed that a further attempt was made to access the “gentle- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- angels” website at 18:56 hours. Further, the firewall system blocked an attempt ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: by the Member on the Desktop computer to access the website www.sex-in- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- www.com, and to conduct the search http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search? ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- p=tight+preteen+lolitas at 18:58 hours. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-16. The references to the websites referred to in paragraphs 14 and 15 are to be found ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- on page 4 of Exhibit F. The firewall showed that the “gentle-angels” website ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: contained sexual acts and gross depictions (graphics or text - as defined on page ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: 2 of Exhibit “D”) and that the “sex.in.www” website contained sexual acts ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- (graphics or text - as defined on page 2 of Exhibit “D”). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-17. As a result of the events described in paragraphs 14 to 16 above, on or about 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- January 2003, the Member’s Laptop and Desktop computers were retrieved by ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- the School’s administration and an inspection was made of their hard drives. It ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- was found that the Desktop computer contained material relating to Internet ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: searches of, and access to adult pornography, teenage pornography and pre-teen ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: child pornography websites. It was found that the Laptop computer contained ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: material relating to Internet searches of, and access to adult pornography ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- websites only. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-18. The records on the Member’s Desktop computer showed it had been used by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: Member to access and/or view various websites relating to pornography, and to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: conduct Internet searches relating to pornography on or around 6, 20 and 23 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- October 2002, 14, 17, 18 and 24 November 2002, 4, 8, 9, 22, 27 and 30 December ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 2002, and 3, 5, 7 and 8 January 2003. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibits ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- “G” and “H” respectively are a print-out showing the Internet activity on the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Desktop computer between 6 October 2002 and 8 January 2003, and a list of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Internet cookies generated from the use of the Internet by the Member on the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Desktop computer between 6 October 2002 and 2 January 2003. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-19. The records on the Member’s Laptop computer showed it had been used by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: Member to access and/or view various websites relating to pornography on 19 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- September 2001, and on 19 April 2002. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- “I” is a printout showing the temporary Internet files and cookies accessed by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Laptop computer on 19 September 2001 between 8:11 p.m. and 8:23 p.m. and on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 19 April 2002 between 8:41 p.m. and 8:42 p.m. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-20. Cookies are pieces of text that a web server can store on a user’s hard disk. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Cookies allow a website to store information on a user’s machine and later ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- retrieve it. For example, a website might generate a unique identification ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- number for each visitor and store the identification number on each user’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- machine using a cookie file. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 21. The definitions of terminology of other web files referred to in Exhibit “I” are as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-  “jpg” and “gif” are types of files used for the storage ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- or transmission of photographs; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-  “htm” and “html” are types of computer language ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- used in web pages on the Internet; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-  “bbs” refers to a bulletin board on the Internet; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-  “swf” is a macromedia flash format file used for ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- viewing videos on the Internet. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Internet Searches Conducted by the Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 22. In addition to information about websites visited on a particular computer, it is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- possible to determine Internet searches conducted on various computers. The ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- administration at the School retrieved the Internet History from the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Desktop computer. A printout of the Internet History of the Member’s Desktop ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- computer between 27 December 2002 and 5 January 2003 is attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- marked as Exhibit “J”. It shows that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- (a) on or about 27 December 2002 at 10:20 a.m., the Member conducted a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: Yahoo search for “child porn”; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- (b) on or about 27 December 2002 at 10:24 a.m. the Member conducted a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Yahoo search for “nude pretty preteen lolitas”; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- (c) on or about 27 December 2002 at 10:34 a.m., the Member conducted a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Yahoo search for “nude lolita tots; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- (d) on or about 30 December 2002 between 5:37 p.m. and 5:39 p.m., the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Member conducted a Yahoo search for “preteen lolita pussies” ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- (e) on or about 3 January 2003 at 8:22 a.m., the Member conducted a Yahoo ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- search for “tight preteen lolitas”; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- (f) on or about 3 January 2003 at 7:03 p.m. the Member again conducted a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Yahoo search for “tight preteen lolitas”; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- (g) on or about 5 January 2003 at 2:20 p.m.. the Member conducted a Yahoo ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- search for “tiny tight preteen lolitas”. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-23. On or about 27 December 2002 at 10:20 a.m., the Member accessed the BBC News ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf: website and viewed a news article entitled “Teacher on child porn charge.” ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “K” is a copy of that article which was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- posted on the BBC News World Edition website on 2 October 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf:24. The School’s I.T. Manager did not find any evidence that any of the pornographic ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- material searched for and viewed by the Member was saved to the hard drives of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- the computers or to a disk. Information about the searches conducted, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- websites visited and the images viewed by the Member were stored in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Windows cookies folders that are specific to the individual user, the Windows ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- “Temp” Folders, and Temporary Internet Files of the computers. Printouts of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- these files are at Exhibits “G”, “H”, “I”, and “J”. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-25. By letter dated 9 January 2003, a copy of which is attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- Exhibit “L”, the Member resigned his employment with the School, with ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- immediate effect. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-26. On or about 22 March 2003, the Member responded to the allegations made by ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers. Copies of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- response and his curriculum vitae are attached hereto and marked as Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- “M” and Exhibit “N” respectively. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-27. During the times that the Member was accessing the web sites described above ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- on the School’s computers, no one reported seeing him viewing of any of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- sites referred to in the previous paragraphs on any of the computers assigned to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- him. There is no evidence that the Member harmed any students while teaching ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- at the School. The School did not receive any complaints from students or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- parents during his time at the School, or afterwards. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-28. Mr. King performed his duties and responsibilities as a teacher at the School very ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- competently and professionally. The School records show that in the eighteen ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- months that Mr. King was under contract at the School, he was not absent once ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- from his duties and responsibilities. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-In his argument he also relied on the fact that the College had withdrawn the allegation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-that he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the Member is either ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that the Member’s certificate should ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-He referred to Exhibit 2, paragraph 28 which states that he performed his duties and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-responsibilities as a teacher very competently and professionally. He further stated that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-he maintained and exceeded many of the standards of the profession. He further argued ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-that in his duties as a teacher, he committed no acts that would reasonably be regarded ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-He further stated that in his role as a teacher, he did nothing unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-He emphasized that all of his conduct occurred outside of school hours and “no child, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-no one, witnessed any of this”. During school hours, he indicated that he inculcated the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-very strong and important values pursuant to the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-The Member argued that this matter had been settled at the School level, and should not ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-be before a discipline Panel of the Ontario College of Teachers. He stated that the School ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-should have provided a safe haven that would have protected him from accessing the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf:pornographic websites. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-The Committee accepts the fact that no student was harmed. The Committee did not ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-accept the Member’s argument that, because the activities engaged in occurred outside ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-of school hours and outside of the province, those actions are not relevant to his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-suitability to hold an Ontario teaching certificate. The Member holds an Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration and therefore comes within the jurisdiction of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-the College. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-The Committee was persuaded by the clear, cogent, compelling evidence contained ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-within the Agreed Statement of Facts. The Committee found the Member’s arguments to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-be without substance. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-The Member’s conduct was reprehensible and appalling. It is immaterial whether this ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-conduct occurred outside of school hours or outside of the Province of Ontario. Viewing ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf:and accessing child pornography sites on the Internet is unacceptable for a Member of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers and constitutes professional misconduct which brings ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-the profession into disrepute. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Counsel for the College requested that the Panel revoke the certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-and registration of the Member and publish its decision, in summary, with the name of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-the Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. College Counsel argued ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-that the facts underlying this case speak to revocation, due to the need to protect ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-students, the public interest and preserve confidence and trust in the education system. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf:Counsel emphasized that the Member was accessing child pornography, including ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-images of children engaged in sexual conduct and sexually graphic material, including ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-children of the same age as he was teaching. Many times he viewed this material just ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-prior to the children coming into the classroom and just after they had left. This ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-behaviour is completely inconsistent with the tenets of being a teacher and is a betrayal ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-of the trust that parents place in teachers. Counsel argued that the Panel should revoke ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-the Member’s certificate because the Member does not understand why it is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-inappropriate to access this type of material. The Member continues to make excuses for ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-his behaviour, including stating that he is completely within his rights to access this ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-material in Hong Kong where there is a different culture and different societal values. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-The Member continues blaming the school administration for not preventing his access ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-to the material, and reiterating that the conduct occurred outside of his teaching time. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Counsel emphasized that the Member continues to miss the point that he should have ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-been part of protecting the students by creating a safe haven for them, rather than ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-expecting the School to create a safe haven for the Member by ensuring he was unable to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf:access these pornographic sites. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-As to the matter of publication, College Counsel argued it was necessary to publish the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-findings in summary, including the Member’s name, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-profession, to act as a general deterrent to the profession. He further argued that the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-summary of this case will bring home to Members the appropriate conduct expected ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-when using technology, particularly as it becomes more readily available. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-of the Member. It should also take into account any aggravating or mitigating factors, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-such as the history of his conduct, his character, the effect of the decision on the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Member, any remorse or acknowledgement of wrongdoing. The Panel should consider ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-whether the Member co-operated with the investigation of the matter, whether the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Member’s conduct was for profit, whether any harm was done to students and whether ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-the Member attempted to mislead the Panel. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Based on the evidence and on the submissions as to penalty, the Committee directs the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Registrar to suspend the certificate of qualification and registration of Philip Louis King, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-also known as Philip Louis Roy, for a period of two years from the date hereof, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-December 8, 2003, which certificate the Member is to surrender immediately. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Prior to his return to the classroom, the Member must attend upon and co-operate with ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-a professional person acceptable to the Registrar, and at the expense of the Member, for ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf:sensitivity training with regard to pornography, in particular child pornography, with a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-report to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Additionally, prior to his return to the classroom, the Member must attend upon and co- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-operate with a professional with expertise in psychological assessment satisfactory to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-Registrar. This assessment will be at the expense of the Member, and upon completion, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf-a report and an opinion is to be forwarded to the Registrar stating that the Member may ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee on October ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-27, 2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated December 9, 2002 was served on Jennifer Elizabeth Allan ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-Teachers on December 17, 2002 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-Jennifer Elizabeth Allan was in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the Notice ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-of Hearing was presented and accepted by the Panel. (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-The allegations against Jennifer Elizabeth Allan in the Notice of Hearing dated December ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-9, 2002 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Jennifer Elizabeth Allan is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- those Acts contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- (d) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- (e) she engaged in conduct unbecoming of a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf: (f) she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-College Counsel withdrew the allegations contained in paragraphs (b) and (f) of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-2. Jennifer Elizabeth Allan (the “Member”), is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-3. At all material times, the Member was a Grade 7-9 teacher at a school in Toronto ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- (“the School”). Up until approximately the middle of June 2001, the Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- resided in a town west of Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-4. At all material times a male student (the “Student”), whose date of birth is [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- 1984, was a student of the School, and was a member of the School’s [**] team. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-5. In approximately March 2001, when the Student was 16 years old and in Grade ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- 11, the Member began an inappropriate relationship with the Student. The ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- relationship progressed over the next two to three months to include the Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- befriending the Student, going for coffee and driving the Student home after a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- hockey game, giving the Student a gift which she had bought for him, going to a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- pub with the Student, engaging in personal telephone conversations with the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- Student, meeting the Student at various locations where the Student and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- Member lived, including her residence, and travelling to and from the School on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- the GO Train with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-6. On the day that he completed his exams in June 2001, the Student spent the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- remainder of the day at the Member’s apartment, where he had drinks with her. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-7. The Member commenced residing in Toronto in approximately mid-June, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-8. During the summer of 2001, the relationship between the Member and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- Student became a physical relationship, which first included the Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf: holding hands with and kissing the Student and then progressed to a sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- relationship, with the Student spending the night on a few occasions at the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- Member’s apartment. In addition, the Member took the Student to movies and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- to bars for drinks. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-9. On returning from holiday in Europe in August 2001, the Member gave the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- Student a present of a [**]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-10. When school resumed in September 2001, the Member and the Student, who ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- then commenced his Grade 12 year, continued to see each other both before and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- after school. In order for the Student to see the Member after school, he did not ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- attend [**] practises. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-11. Further, the Member engaged in inappropriate e-mail communications with the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- Student. In one e-mail dated 18 October 2001, the Student told the Member, “ I ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- love you so much!!” ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-12. When the relationship between the Member and the Student was discovered at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- the School, in or around October 2001, the Member requested the Student to get ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- rid of the e-mails that he had saved. Some of those e-mails between the Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf: and the Student included explicit sexual details. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-13. Following the discovery of the relationship, the Member was suspended by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-14. Between October 2001 and December 2001, the Student met the Member almost ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- every morning before school, with the result that on those occasions the Student ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- was late for school and failed to attend some classes. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf-15. In addition to the presents referred to in paragraphs 4 and 8 above, the Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- gave the Student a sweater and a teddy bear for his 17th birthday, and a ring at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- Christmas, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf-Secondly, the Member was involved in an incident on November 30, 1999 in a Grade 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf-class at a school, where the Member used physical force against a 13-year-old male ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf-student, which resulted in the Member being charged with one count of assault. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that A-Miron Kurczak is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf-in sections 30(2) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E.2, and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- and the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- (d) he contravened laws, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- the member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf-College Counsel indicated that the College would not be proceeding with the allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf-in paragraph (g) above. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-This matter came before a panel of the Discipline Committee for a hearing on September ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-15, 2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated May 15, 2003 was served on William James Kernaghan, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-Teachers on June 10, 2003 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-William James Kernaghan was not in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the Panel. (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-The allegations against William James Kernaghan in the Notice of Hearing dated May 15, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-2003 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that William James Kernaghan is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act, and/or is incompetent as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-defined in section 30 (3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (d) he contravened laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (e) he contravened laws, the contravention of which caused students who ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- were under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- remain at risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (i) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-1. William James Kernaghan, (the “Member”), is a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-12. During the 1982-1983 school year, student no. 7 was a 10 year old female student ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- in the Member’s Grade 5 class at Sprucecourt School, which is located at 70 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Spruce Street, Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- During the 1982-1983 school year, student no. 8 was a 10-11 year old female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-13. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- student in the Member’s Grade 5 class at Sprucecourt School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-14. During the 1983-1984 school year, student no. 9 was an 11 year old male student ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- in the Member’s Grade 5 class at Sprucecourt School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-15. During the 1982-1983 school year, student no. 10 was a 10 year old female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- student in the Member’s Grade 5 class at Sprucecourt School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-16. During the 1984-1985 school year, student no. 11 was an 11-12 year old female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Grade 7 student of the Member at Glen Ames School, which is located at 18 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Williamson Road, Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-17. During the 1986-1987 school year, student no. 12 was a 12-13 year old female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Grade 7 student of the Member at Glen Ames School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-18. During the 1986-1987 school year, student no. 13 was a 12-13 year old female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Grade 7 student of the Member at Glen Ames School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-19. During the 1986-1987 school year, student no. 14 was a 12-13 year old female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Grade 7 student of the Member at Glen Ames School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-20. During the school years referred to in paragraphs 3 to 19 above, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: (a) sexually assaulted student nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (b) committed acts of indecent assault on student nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 15, 16 and 17; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (c) committed acts of gross indecency on student nos. 4, 5, 9 and 17; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: (d) sexually assaulted student no. 9 while using a weapon; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (e) gave several of the students referred to in paragraphs 3 – 19 above, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: cigarettes, money and junk food in exchange for sexual favours which ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: included oral sex, fondling and masturbation; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- requested some of the said students to sit on his knee during class and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (f) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- fondled them while they sat on his knee; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: (g) made sexual comments to some of the said students during class. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-21. Further, in respect of student no. 6, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (a) touched her waist, thighs, back, buttocks and breasts; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (b) gave her and two other female students cigarettes, junk food and cash; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (c) asked her and two other female students to play “spin the bottle” and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- “truth or dare”. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf:22. The sexual assaults of student nos. 7, 8 and 10 were committed at Sprucecourt ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf:23. The sexual assaults of student nos. 11, 12, 13 and 14 were committed at Glen ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Ames School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-24. The acts of indecent assault in respect of student nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15, 16 and 17 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- were committed on school premises at 80 Bowmore Road. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-25. The acts of indecent assault in respect of student nos. 7, 8 and 10 were committed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- at Sprucecourt School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf:26. The acts of sexual assault, gross indecency and sexual assault while using a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- weapon in respect of student no. 9 were committed on school premises at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Sprucecourt School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-27. In addition, in respect of student no. 9, the Member, after being asked by student ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- no. 9 for money for videogames, gave student no. 9 a note that said “H.J. 5$, B.J. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- $20”, and gestured masturbation and fellatio when asked by student no. 9 to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- explain the note. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-28. The acts of gross indecency in respect of student no. 5 were committed on school ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- premises at 80 Bowmore Road. In addition, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (a) masturbated in the presence of student no. 5 after she confided that she ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: was being sexually abused by her father; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (b) asked student no. 5 if his penis looked like her father’s penis; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: (c) performed oral sex on student no. 5 on several occasions; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (d) drew a naked picture of student no. 5 depicting her body with large ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- breasts and pubic hair. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf:29. The acts of indecent assault, gross indecency and sexual intercourse in respect of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- student no. 17 were committed on school premises at 80 Bowmore Road and in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- the City of Toronto. In addition, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: (a) on several occasions performed oral sex on student no. 17 while ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- masturbating himself; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (b) on several occasions masturbated in the presence of student no. 17; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (c) on several occasions had student no. 17 masturbate him; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: (d) received oral sex from student no. 17; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: (e) gave money to student no. 17 in exchange for sexual favours; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (f) threatened to tell student no. 17’s parents that she was smoking or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: fighting at school if she did not continue to give him sexual favours; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (g) on at least two occasions, threatened and coerced student no. 17 to have ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: sexual intercourse with him in his car. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-30. Between approximately 1 September 1979 and 30 June 1980, while student no. 17 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- was a student at Eastern Commerce High School, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: (a) engaged in sexual intercourse with her; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (b) committed acts of gross indecency on her. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-31. The acts of indecent assault and gross indecency in respect of student no. 4 were ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- committed on school premises at 80 Bowmore Road, and while on a school trip ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: in the Ottawa-Carleton Region. After sexually assaulting student no. 4 on that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- occasion, the Member gave student no. 4 five dollars. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-32. In or around December 1999, the Member was found guilty in the Ontario Court ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: of Justice of approximately twenty-seven charges including sexual assault, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- indecent assault and gross indecency, relating to some of the students referred to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- in paragraphs 20 – 31 above. The particulars of the charges of which the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Member was found guilty are within the knowledge of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-33. Following the findings of guilt referred to in paragraph 32 above, the Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- was, on or around 20 December 1999, sentenced to five years imprisonment. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-On September 15, 2003, the Panel made an order that there be no publication of any ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-information which may disclose the identity of the students involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations in the Notice of Hearing by way of a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-written plea. (Exhibit 3) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- indecently assault student no. 5, contrary to S.149(1) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (b) two charges that he, sometime between and including the 4 September ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 1979 and 27 June 1980 in the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto did ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- commit acts of gross indecency, to wit cunnilingus on student no. 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- contrary to S.157 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-8. During the 1980-1981 school year, student no. 6 was an 11-12 year old female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- student in the Member’s Grade 5 class at Bowmore School. On or about 15 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- December 1999, the Member was found guilty of a charge that he, sometime ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- between and including 2 September 1980 and 31 March 1981 in the Municipality ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- of Metropolitan Toronto, did indecently assault student no. 6, contrary to s.149(1) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-Sprucecourt School Assaults ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-9. During the 1982-1983 school year, student no. 7 was a 10 year old female student ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- in the Member’s Grade 5 class at Sprucecourt School. On or about 1 December ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 1999, the Member was found guilty of a charge that he, sometime between and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- including 7 September 1982 and 3 January 1983 in the Municipality of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Metropolitan Toronto, did indecently assault student no. 7, contrary to s.246(1)(1) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-10. During the 1982-1983 school year, student no. 8 was a 10-11 year old female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- student in the Member’s Grade 5 class at Sprucecourt School. On or about ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 1 December 1999, the Member was found guilty of a charge that he, sometime ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- between and including 4 January 1983 and 30 June 1983 in the Municipality of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: Metropolitan Toronto, did commit a sexual assault on student no. 8, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- s.246(1)(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-11. During the 1983-1984 school year, student no. 9 was an 11 year old male student ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- in the Member’s Grade 5 class at Sprucecourt School. On or about 9 December ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 1999, the Member was found guilty of: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (a) two charges that he, sometime between and including 5 January 1983 and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 30 June 1983 in the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, did commit a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: sexual assault on student no. 9, contrary to s.246(1)(1) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (b) one charge that he, sometime between and including 5 January 1983 and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 30 June 1983 in the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, did commit an ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- act of gross indecency-fellatio on student no. 9, contrary to s.157 of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-12. During the 1982-1983 school year, student no. 10 was a 10 year old female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- student in the Member’s Grade 5 class at Sprucecourt School. On or about 1 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- December 1999, the Member was found guilty of a charge that he, sometime ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- between and including 4 January 1983 and 30 June 1983 in the Municipality of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: Metropolitan Toronto, did commit a sexual assault on student no. 10, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- s.246(1)(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-Glen Ames School Assaults ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-13. During the 1984-1985 school year, student no. 11 was an 11-12 year old female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Grade 7 student of the Member at Glen Ames School. On or about 1 December ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 1999, the Member was found guilty of a charge that he, sometime between and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- including the 1 September 1984 and 30 June 1985 in the Municipality of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: Metropolitan Toronto, did commit a sexual assault on student no. 11, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- s.246(1)(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-14. During the 1986-1987 school year, student no. 12 was a 12-13 year old female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Grade 7 student of the Member at Glen Ames School. On or about 1 December ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 1999, the Member was found guilty of a charge that he, sometime between and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- including 1 September 1986 and 30 June 1987 in the Municipality of Metropolitan ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: Toronto, did commit a sexual assault on student no. 12, contrary to s.246(1)(1) of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-15. During the 1986-1987 school year, student no. 13 was a 12-13 year old female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Grade 7 student of the Member at Glen Ames School. On or about 1 December ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 1999, the Member was found guilty of a charge that he, sometime between and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- including 1 September 1986 and the 30 June 1987 in the Municipality of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: Metropolitan Toronto, did commit a sexual assault on student no. 13, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- s.246(1)(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-16. During the 1986-1987 school year, student no. 14 was a 12-13 year old female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Grade 7 student of the Member at Glen Ames School. On or about 1 December ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 1999, the Member was found guilty of a charge that he, sometime between and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- including 1 September 1986 and 30 June 1987 in the Municipality of Metropolitan ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf: Toronto, did commit a sexual assault on student no. 14, contrary to s.246(1)(1) of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-17. On or about 20 December 1999, the Member was sentenced to five years in jail in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- respect of the findings of guilt referred to in paragraphs 3 to 16 above. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-18. Attached was a copy of Information No. 99-70014111 showing the details of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- charges referred to in paragraphs 3 to 16 above, for which findings of guilt were ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- made by Mr. Justice H.D. Porter, as well as the sentence imposed on the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Pursuant to S. 486.3 of the Criminal Code of Canada, a publication ban on anything ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- which would identify the names of the students, referred to in the preceding ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- paragraphs, was imposed by the Court. On 30 May 2003, the said publication ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ban was ordered by Mr. Justice W. Horkins to remain in effect. (Exhibit 2, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Appendix B). The Information has therefore been edited to remove the names of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- the students referred to in paragraphs 3 to 16 above as well as the charges for ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- which the Member was found not guilty. The charges described in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Information relate to the students referred to in paragraphs 3 to 16 herein as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-William James Kernaghan, accepts that the matters referred to in paragraphs 3 to 17 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-above constitute professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-professional misconduct against him being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1 (7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). In ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf:addition, the Member pleads no contest to the allegations that he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-College of Teachers Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- The Member further pleads no contest to the allegation that he displayed a lack ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the welfare of students of a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-nature or extent that demonstrates that he is unfit to carry out his professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-responsibilities. In the circumstances, the Member consents to the revocation of his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- William James Kernaghan hereby undertakes: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (a) that he will immediately surrender his Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- Registration to the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (b) that he will never teach again in any public or private school in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- province of Ontario or elsewhere; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- (c) that he will never seek reinstatement of his Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- and Registration in the province of Ontario; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-and asks that the said undertaking be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, the plea of no contest as set out herein, and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-submissions made by counsel, and having considered the uncontested facts, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-finds that William James Kernaghan committed acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf:1(14), 1(15) 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19); and that he engaged in sexual abuse of students ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; and he displayed a lack of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the welfare of students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-or extent that demonstrates that the Member is unfit to carry out his professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-responsibilities. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts Re Publication ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-Counsel for the College entered into evidence an Agreed Statement of Facts Re Publication ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-(Exhibit 4). Counsel for the College took no position on the matter of publication, but ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-requested that the Panel provide rationale for its decision. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts Re Publication provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf-1. As a result of the publication in the media of criminal charges laid against ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- William James Kernaghan (the “Member”) and as a result of the news coverage ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- following the conviction and subsequent release of the Member, the Member and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- his family members have been subjected to various forms of harassment and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- threats by residents of their neighbourhood and others. The harassment has been ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated April 28, 2003 was served on Shawn Catherine Marcon, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf-Teachers on May 15, 2003 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf-hearing date was set for December 3, 2003. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf-The allegations in the Notice of Hearing include allegations of both professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf-misconduct and incompetence against the Member. The allegations arose as a result of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf-the Member employing negative reinforcement as a classroom management technique ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf-while she was a [**] teacher, during the period September 2000 to January 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- IT WAS ALLEGED that Shawn Catherine Marcon is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf-misconduct and/or is incompetent as defined in sections 30(2) and (3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and particularly section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- and the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- (d) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf-behalf of the College by Carole Jenkins of McCarthy Tétrault and by the Member, David ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf-Brian Lynch. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf-the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf-1. David Brian Lynch, (the “Member”), is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by [XXX] (“the School”), a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- [XXX] school [XXX] in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf-3. On or about February 15, 2002, the Member was charged with three counts of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf: possession of child pornography and one count of importing child pornography ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- pursuant to the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf-4. On January 31, 2003, the Member pleaded guilty before Mr. Justice Knazen to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- count 3, namely, that he “on or about the 15th day of February in the year 2002 in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf: City of Toronto Region did have in his possession child pornography to wit: images ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf: depicting children under the age of 18 years in sexually explicit poses”. The Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- was convicted of the charge and was sentenced to 9 months conditional sentence ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- and 24 months probation, subject to terms. The following terms were also ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- imposed: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- (a) [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- (b) Section 161 (a) and (b) for 5 years, namely, prohibiting the Member from: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- (i) attending a public park or public swimming area where persons ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- under the age of fourteen years are present or can reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- expected to be present, or a daycare centre, schoolground, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- playground or community centre; or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- (ii) seeking, obtaining or continuing any employment, whether or not ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- the employment is remunerated, or becoming or being a volunteer ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- in a capacity that involves being in a position of trust or authority ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- towards persons under the age of fourteen years. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- (c) Section 164 Order. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- [This order permits, inter alia, a judge to issue a warrant to seize crime ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf: comics, obscene publications and child pornography located at a place ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- within the jurisdiction of the judge.] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- (d) The Member was fined a $100.00 victim surcharge. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf-5. As per Exhibit 2, Tab 5, pages 9 and 10, the Member befriended small children, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ages 8, 9, and 10 and brought them to his apartment, where they then accessed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf: pornographic material. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf-6. David Brian Lynch acknowledges that this charge and conviction and the media ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- coverage resulting therefrom conveyed to students, parents and the public, a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- reputation and image inconsistent with that expected of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf-7. By signing the Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- Penalty, the Member, David Brian Lynch accepts that the matters referred to in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- paragraphs 3 and 4 above constitute professional misconduct and pleads guilty ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (5), 1 (14), 1 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- (15), 1 (16), 1 (18, and 1 (19), as set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf-8. In light of the admitted facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-This matter came before a panel of the Discipline Committee for a hearing on September ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-15, 2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated April 28, 2003 was served on Steven Edward Moore, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-Teachers on June 10, 2003 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-Steven Edward Moore was not in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the Panel. (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-The allegations against Steven Edward Moore in the Notice of Hearing dated April 28, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-2003 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Steven Edward Moore is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act, and/or is incompetent as defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-section 30 (3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-1. Steven Edward Moore, (the “Member”), is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-2. The Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board (“the Board”), ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- and at the times material hereto, taught various courses, including History and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- World Religions, at the high school level in the program at Contact Alternative ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- School (“the School”). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-3. During the 1979/1980 academic school year, [**] was one of the Member’s female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- students at the School. Together with [**], another female student at the School, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- [**] regularly attended at the Member’s apartment where she, [**] and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- Member would have meals, would listen to music and would dance. On ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- numerous occasions, [**] and [**] would stay in one of the bedrooms in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- Member’s apartment. One night, the Member climbed naked into bed with [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf: and stated his desire to have sex with her. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- During the 1997/1998 academic year, [**] and [**] were female students of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-4. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- Member at the School. On one occasion, the Member suggested to both [**] and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- [**] that they experiment with the drug ‘Ecstasy’. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-5. In or around June 1998, while on a weekend camping trip with friends and with ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- some students at the School, including [**], and [**], the Member: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (a) appeared nude in front of his students; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (b) consumed marijuana in front of his students; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (c) permitted his students to smoke marijuana. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-6. Between 1997 and 1999, while [**] was a student of the Member’s at the School, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- the Member: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (a) established an inappropriate personal relationship with [**] by: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (i) frequently inviting [**] to his apartment and entertaining her at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- his home; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (ii) attending movies with [**], going on walks with her and having ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- dinner and lunches at restaurants; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (iii) regularly driving [**] to school; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (iv) giving [**] gifts, including cards and books of his poetry; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (v) inviting [**] to move into his house; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (vi) paying for the cost of and having [**] accompany him on a trip to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- Cuba; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf: (b) attempted to establish a sexual relationship with [**] by stating to [**] that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- he loved her; that she was the most beautiful woman in the world; that he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf: felt attracted to her; that he had sexual thoughts about her; that he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- desired to be part of her life and that he was frustrated at his inability to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- see her more often; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (c) persuaded [**], on one occasion during the Spring of 1998 while she was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- over at his apartment to do some gardening, to remove her clothes, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- following which he gave her a Swedish massage; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (d) attempted to establish an inappropriate personal relationship with [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf: mother, [**], by making sexual comments to and about [**], including on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- one occasion during a telephone call to [**], inquiring about why she did ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- not have a man in bed with her; going on walks alone with [**] on two ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- occasions; taking [**] out to dinner; and referring to [**] as beautiful; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (e) disclosed to [**], personal and confidential information about two of his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- colleagues at the School, and made disparaging remarks about these two ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- individuals, one of whom was a fellow teacher and the other a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- receptionist at the School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-On September 15, 2003, the Panel made an order that there be no publication of any ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-information which may disclose the identity of the students involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-Steven Edward Moore did not contest the allegations set out in paragraphs 3 through 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-of the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-submits that the matters referred to in paragraphs 3 to 8 constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437, subsections ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (a) saying to [**] “I feel attracted to you”; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (b) describing [**] as beautiful; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (c) socializing outside of school with [**], including attending movies, taking ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- walks, and having dinners and lunches at restaurants with her; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (d) driving [**] to school; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (e) giving [**] gifts and cards and books of his poetry; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (f) giving [**] a Swedish massage in his bedroom, using oils to massage her ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- shoulders, head, neck and back while she was dressed only in her under ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- garments and wrapped in a sheet which the Member had offered her; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (g) inviting [**] to move into his house; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (h) paying for an airline ticket for [**] to travel to Cuba with him. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-7. As well, the Member attempted to establish a personal relationship with [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- mother, [**], including: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf: (a) making an inappropriate sexual comment to [**], in particular, while ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- asking her out on a walk, enquiring of her why she did not have a man in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- bed with her; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (b) taking [**] out to dinner, both alone and with her daughter, [**]; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- (c) going on two walks alone with [**], during one of which walks the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf: Member made a sexual comment. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-8. The Member discussed two of his female colleagues at the School with [**], ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- making disparaging remarks about a fellow teacher and one of the School ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- receptionists. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-9. By signing the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- Penalty, the Member pleads no contest to the facts referred to in paragraphs 3 to 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- above. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- In light of the above plea of no contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-10. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- Member submit that the Discipline Committee may accordingly treat the matters ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 3 to 8 as constituting professional misconduct and may ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- find the Member guilty of professional misconduct, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty, and submissions made by counsel, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-finds that Steven Edward Moore committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf:1(14), 1(15) 1(18) and 1(19); and that he engaged in sexual abuse of students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; and that he displayed a lack of knowledge, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the welfare of students of a nature or extent ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-that demonstrates that the Member is unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the panel that a joint submission on penalty had been ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban with respect to the name of the student who ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-shall be referred to as a female student. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 5, 2002 was served on Herbert James ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-Mollenhauer, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-College of Teachers on December 4, 2002 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-It is alleged that Herbert James Mollenhauer is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40 (1.1), and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30 (3) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and particularly section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- and the regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (19); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- the member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-On May 5, 2003 the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers conducted ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-a hearing into whether Herbert James Mollenhauer was guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-Herbert James Mollenhauer was in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the panel. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in the Notice ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-of Hearing, alleging that Herbert James Mollenhauer is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-misconduct in that his acts were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-made under the Ontario College of Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-December 4, 1997, in particular, subsections 1 (5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), and1 (19). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-Particulars of the alleged misconduct are set out in the Notice of Hearing. An Agreed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty was filed as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-Exhibit 2. The Agreed Statement of Facts had been signed by Carole Jenkins of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-McCarthy Tétrault and by Ian J. Fellows on behalf of the Member, Herbert James ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-Mollenhauer. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-Counsel presented evidence that James Herbert Mollenhauer is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-College of Teachers, (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-Penalty, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-1. Herbert James Mollenhauer, (the “Member”), is a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- of Teachers. He is 54 years of age, is married to his wife of 13 years and has two ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- children aged 9 and 11. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by a School Board (“the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- Board”) as a teacher at a Secondary School (“the School”). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-3. At all material times, a female student (“the Student”) who was 17 years old ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- attended the School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-4. During the 2001/2002 school year, the Member was requested by the Student to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- offer a co-op program for her. The Member agreed to do so on condition that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- another teacher share the responsibility with him. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-5. Commencing in or about November 2001, the Member and the Student had ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- numerous conversations. On a number of occasions, the Student raised matters ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf: relating to her boyfriend and her sexual relationship. The Member discussed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- these matters with the Student. These conversations included references to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- Student’s personal appearance. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-6. On or about January 15, 2002, the Member had a further discussion with the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- Student. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-7. A part of the conversation was recorded by the Student without the knowledge ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-8. An official transcript of the tape recording was made and was presented to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- Panel as Appendix A of Exhibit 2, Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-9. On or about January 18, 2002, the Student brought the tape recording to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- attention of the administrators at the School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-10. The Member never inappropriately touched the Student nor did he engage in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf: any sexual activity with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-11. The Member never met with the Student outside of school property. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-12. On or about January 21, 2002, the Member was assigned to home with pay by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- Board’s Superintendent. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-13. The Member provided the Board with his full co-operation during the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ongoing investigation and has accepted that his comments were ill-advised and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- highly inappropriate. The Member has also expressed in writing his regret for ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- his actions and for any discomfort or harm caused to the Student. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-14. Prior to this incident, the Member had never been disciplined by the Board nor ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- had there been any allegations of inappropriate behaviour made against him. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-15. On June 11, 2002, the Member made submissions to the Board, a true copy of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- which was attached as Appendix B to Exhibit 2. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-16. On June 12, 2002, the Member’s employment with the Board was terminated. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf-17. Commencing in February 2002, the Member sought the assistance of a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- psychiatrist and is also participating in counselling in order to help him clearly ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-December 10, 2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated October 31, 2002 was served on Joseph Wayne Arsenault, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-Teachers on November 12, 2002 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-The hearing date was set for December 10, 2003. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-Joseph Wayne Arsenault was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- IT WAS ALLEGED that Joseph Wayne Arsenault is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act and/or is incompetent as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- psychologically and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and particularly section 264(1)(c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- and the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- (d) he contravened laws, the contravention of which was and is relevant to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- the member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- Registration contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- (e) he performed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as being disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf: (g) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- (h) he displayed in his professional responsibilities a lack of knowledge, skill ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- and/or judgment of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- Member is unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- Certificate held by the Member should be made subject to terms, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- conditions or limitations contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, Section ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- 30(3) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-At the hearing, College Counsel withdrew the allegations contained in paragraphs (b) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-and (g) of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-The Member pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(18), 1(19) and admitted that he displayed in his professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-responsibilities a lack of knowledge, skill and/or judgment of a nature or extent that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-demonstrates that the Member is unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-that the Certificate held by the Member should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-and/or judgment of a nature or extent that demonstrates that he is unfit to carry out his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-professional responsibilities or that the Certificate held by the Member should be made ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-subject to terms, conditions or limitations contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, Section ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-30(3) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-The Committee authorizes the College, on consent, to withdraw the allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-contained in paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing, that the Member abused a student ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf:or students, sexually, verbally, psychologically and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and in paragraph (g) that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf:sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts and Joint Submission on Penalty contains a joint submission ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-as to penalty as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-The Committee accepts the joint submission as to penalty as set out in the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf-Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty and accordingly: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- 1. directs the Registrar to suspend the certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- registration held by the Member for a period of one year, commencing on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- the date of the hearing of this matter; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- 2. directs the Registrar to impose the following condition on the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- certificate: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban with respect to the name of the student(s) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-who shall be identified by two initials only. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 4, 2002 was served on Terence Julian Paul ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-Munsey, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-of Teachers on November 20, 2002 to set a date for hearing and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-It is alleged that Terence Julian Paul Munsey is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-1. Terence Julian Paul Munsey (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- Teachers, whose Certificate of Qualification is presently suspended for non-payment ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- of fees. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-2. [**], whose date of birth is [**], was a female student of the Member at [**] during the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- 1990-1991 school year. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-3. By signing the Agreed Statement of Facts Re: Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 1), the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- Member pleads no contest to the following allegations: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-4. The member agrees that the Discipline Committee can accept as correct the following ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- facts: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- (a) that between 1991 and 1992, the Member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- conduct towards [**], including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- (b) attending at a nightclub with [**] and a friend of [**]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- (c) attending to meet [**] while she was at a party at the home of a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- friend of [**]; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- (d) attending to meet [**] at a residence where [**] was babysitting; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- (e) consuming alcohol at his home in the presence of [**] on or about 23 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf: December 1991, before engaging in sexual intercourse with her at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- his home; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-5. For the purpose of the proceeding before the Discipline Committee, the Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- agrees that the facts outlined in the paragraph herein constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- misconduct and that the Discipline Committee can so find without a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-6. On or about 25 February 1993, the Member was discharged from his employment by ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf: the Board, with effect from that date, for alleged sexual impropriety. The Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- commenced grievance proceedings against the Board and the matter proceeded to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- arbitration. On or about 13 January 2000, the arbitration award was handed down ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- and the dismissal of the Member was upheld by a two to one majority. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-DECISION AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed and in light of the plea of no contest as set out herein ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-wherein the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member ask that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct, and based on the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-submissions by both parties, the Committee accepts the member’s Agreed Statement of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-Facts Re Plea of No Contest and finds Terence Julian Paul Munsey, Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf-Registration #381210, guilty of professional misconduct under sections 1 (5), 1 (7), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf-Theodore Nwaogu was present. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf-This matter came before a panel of the Discipline Committee for a hearing on June 10, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf-2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf-The allegations against Theodore Nwaogu in the Notice of Hearing dated January 27, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf-2003, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Theodore Nwaogu is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf-in sections 30(2) and 40 (1.1), and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf-Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and particularly section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- and the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Counsel for the College presented evidence that Michael O’Reilly is a member of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers. At all material times, the member was employed by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Durham Catholic District School Board, as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Staff Sergeant Naccarato testified that he was advised by Sergeant Tallon, staff patrol ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf:officer, about a sexual assault on female [**] He then sent a uniformed officer from ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Bowmanville to Michael O’Reilly’s house to interview Michael O’Reilly. Sergeant ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Naccarato advised Michael O’Reilly by telephone that he would probably be arrested ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-and the arrest took place when the member attended the police station. At that time, a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-videotaped interview was conducted by Sgt. Naccarato. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Sergeant Naccarato ultimately conducted a videotaped interview with [**] A non- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-verbatim transcript of the [**] interview was submitted as Exhibit #4 and a videotape of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-the actual interview was admitted as Exhibit #5. He testified that that he searched ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Michael O’Reilly’s wallet, because [**] mentioned that she’d written down her name, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-address and telephone number on a piece of paper from the model home (Exhibit #1) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-and had given it to the member He said that a Vi-CLAS report was made out for ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Michael O’Reilly. He told the panel that, at trial, Michael O’Reilly was acquitted. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-[**] testified that she was working as a model home ‘meet and greet’ hostess in Oshawa ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf:at the time of the alleged sexual assault. She stated that she knew the member as her ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Parenting Course teacher for one semester prior to her graduation from school in June ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-1999. She stated that he was her favourite teacher and that she had confided in him ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-stated that, “He asked me if it bothered me that he was staring at my breasts, and I told ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-him no, not really, because I was used to it. It happened quite a bit.” They were sitting ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-on the couch, he asked what time it was, she stated that it was approximately 4:45, he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-said he was going to get in trouble, and got up to leave. He stopped near the door, kind ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-of finishing up the conversation, he told her to come closer, grabbed her by the arms, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-started kissing her, staring down her shirt and “he said he would like to stick his cock ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-between those”, that he wanted to fuck her and he lifted her shirt and touched her ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-breasts. She told him to stop. She kept saying don’t, got upset and started crying. He ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-eventually stopped and left. She said “I don’t recall yelling very loud, but I know I ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-raised my voice.” She denied responding to him in any positive way and said she was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-upset, scared and mad. She immediately called her boyfriend from the model home at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-which time she saw the tail lights of the member’s car as it was driving away. She then ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-called her grandmother. [**] was interviewed by the police at the model home. “I was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-upset and crying, remember sitting on the couch and asking for my mom.” Later, [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-went to the police station to be interviewed (Exhibit #5). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-She stated that while in school, she wrote in Mr. O’Reilly’s copy of the yearbook “I know ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-you want me, you don’t have to hide your feelings any more, give me a call sometime” ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-and she included a telephone number. During the criminal trial, she was asked if the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf:notation referred to sexual contact and she said yes. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-[**] testified that he was [**]’s boyfriend, and that she had called him upset and crying. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-He said that when he and his father arrived at the model home, [**] was still very upset. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-He called the police. He testified that she told him that Michael O’Reilly had arrived in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-a surprise visit at the model home. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Mrs. [**] grandmother of [**], testified that she worked in the sales office of the model ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-home. She said she received a telephone call from [**] and that [**] was hysterical and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-she could not make out what she was saying. [**] was crying that she was assaulted. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Mrs. [**] told her she would be right over and she went to the model home. On her ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-arrival, [**] told her “When he grabbed me, he said dirty, dirty things.” She stated,” She ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-was very upset, crying and trembling. She calmed down because I was there.” She ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-called [**]’s mother after taking [**] home. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Bob Soffie, Durham Regional police officer, testified that he received a call from the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf:police dispatcher about a sexual assault. When he arrived at the model home, [**] was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-crying and she was very upset and shaking. He took her back to police station and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-videotaped her statement about the incident. (Exhibit #7) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Gerry Blake, Superintendent of Education, Durham Catholic District School Board, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-confirmed [**]’s previous enrolment as well as Michael O’Reilly’s employment at the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Board since 1991. He testified that, when the criminal charges became known, Michael ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-O’Reilly was suspended with pay, pending the outcome of those charges. He testified ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-that the member eventually started doing home assignments but has not been returned ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-to the classroom since being found not guilty. He stated that, until the board has ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-received the report from a psychiatrist, the member would not be allowed to return to a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-classroom. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-[**], student, testified that Michael O’Reilly had been her Grade 11 [**] teacher in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-1992/93 school year. She stated that she discussed her personal life with him, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-babysat for him. On one occasion, when she and two friends went to their former school ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-to see former teachers, they met with Michael O’Reilly and went out for coffee. At the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-end of the visit, they all decided to meet again. At the second meeting, the member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-advised her that they were alone because the others were unable to make it. He said ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-some things to her that made her uncomfortable, such as “they [other teachers] used to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-call you perky and they weren’t talking about your smile.” He said at the prom that he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-was chaperoning that year, a female student had become upset, and when he went to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-comfort her and was hugging her, the smell of her had aroused him. [**] also testified ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-that she wanted to leave and while Michael O’Reilly was driving her home “he spoke of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-affairs his wife and he had had with others. “ She said, “To the best of my memory, he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf:said sex with one woman was ‘very hot’ and he didn’t want to give it up. “ ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-He drove her home and parked in the driveway. She told him her parents were away, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-and he offered to come in and check the house. She made an excuse that the house was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-messy. She stated, “I didn’t want him in my home”. “ She said that she told him that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-she was confused about his intentions and he had replied, “I’m not sure what my ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-intentions are here.” At that point, she left the car. Up to that time, she had looked up ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-to him as one of her favourite teachers. She testified, “I pointed out fact that I thought ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-his wife wasn’t too fond of me in meeting with me. I questioned that because she put ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-her children in my care. He replied ‘men fuck their babysitters all the time’. “ She stated ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-that she felt uncomfortable that he appeared to be attracted to her. At a subsequent ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-pick her up at her parent’s house the following Friday at 7 or 8pm. He stated that he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-believed there was a misunderstanding about who was going to contact the other two ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-students, and that they were alone. They went to a bar for a drink and conversation. At ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-that time, he made the comment about one of his colleagues referring to her as “perky”. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-He denied saying that the comment was not in regard to her personality or to her smile. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-He stated that he did say that his wife could be jealous sometimes. He admitted telling ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-her “men fuck their babysitters all the time” and stated that he told her that because he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf:believed it to be true. He stated that he did not mean to indicate any sexual interest in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-her. He stated that he told her that teenage relationships could be difficult. He testified ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-that he told her that, at the end of the prom, when he saw a student having quite a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-serious argument with her boyfriend, he went to see if she was all right. As he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-approached her, she turned around and sobbed, with her head on his shoulder. He ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-denied saying that he was aroused by the girl, or that he was aroused by the smell of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf:girl. He denied any reference about another woman with whom he’d had sex, or that he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf:told [**] that sex was “hot” or made any indication about having sex outside of his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-marriage. He stated that he drove her directly home, where they chatted in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-driveway. She told him she was nervous as her parents were away and she was in an ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf:empty house. He denied that he indicated any type of sexual interest in [**] He denied ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-[**] asking him anything about his intentions at that time. He stated that he had further ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-contact with [**] on several occasions during that summer, when she dropped by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-school, when she did some babysitting for him and once, when he ran into her at a bar. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-He denied ever asking [**] out but said that there was discussion about attending a play. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-When he called her to babysit on one occasion, he told her that a school play was being ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-held, that she should come out and see it, and that if she went, they could “chat” ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-afterwards. He never saw her after the play. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-He denied telling [**] that he spoke to Mrs. Perch, a colleague at the school, about her. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-He denied that he told [**] that he had advised Mrs. Perch that he had feelings for [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-He stated that he told [**] that he really relied on Ms Perch as someone with whom he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-could talk about things. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-He testified that on one occasion, he asked [**] if she could babysit for him and if she ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-would lend him her father’s car, which she did. He said they always chatted, as that was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-the type of relationship they had. He denied that he brought up that one of the teachers ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-was an alcoholic, and stated that [**] brought up that issue. That was the last occasion ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-that [**] babysat for the member, though he saw her again when she and another ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-student, [**], visited him at the school. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Steven Scullion, Michael O’Reilly’s brother-in-law, corroborated an incident where the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-member met a former student in a bar and they exchanged brief conversation. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf:Michael O’Reilly testified that he did not think [**] had a sexual interest in him, and that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-he felt he had a good relationship with [**] He admitted hugging the upset student at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-the prom. He denied asking [**] to go to the school play with him, and said that he felt ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-she was nervous about going into her parent’s house when they were not home. He ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-stated that he was just trying to be helpful. He stated that his impression of [**] taking ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-off her top was to make a joke and to show him that he had misjudged her personality. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-(13) Around 5:30, Mr. O’Reilly left. [**] contends that before leaving, Mr. O’Reilly ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf: pulled her close, kissed her, touched her breast and made inappropriate sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- comments. Mr. O’Reilly testified that as he was leaving, [**] left the hallway and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- then returned to appear in the doorway of the kitchen, naked from the waist up, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- and said “see, you just never know” to which he replied “spectacular.” ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-(14) [**] called her boyfriend, [**], who said he would be right over. She then phoned ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- her grandmother and while on the phone, [**] arrived. He told [**] to end the call ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- so that he could call the police, which he did. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-(15) [**]’s grandmother, Mrs. [**], arrived at the model home from her job at the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- nearby [**] sales office to find [**] crying and shaking. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-(16) P.C. Soffie of the Durham Regional Police arrived at the model home at 6:08 p.m. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- He testified that [**] was upset and shaking and that her grandmother was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- hugging her. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-(17) More than one witness gave similar fact evidence that was contradictory and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- their evidence did not contribute to the determination as to their credibility. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-(18) [**] who was Mr. O’Reilly’s student in [**], babysat for the O’Reilly’s. She ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- testified that Mr. O’Reilly gossiped about other teachers and some students. On ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- one occasion, Mr. O’Reilly told her that his wife might be jealous. He said that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- women don’t trust baby sitters because “men fuck their baby sitters all the time.” ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- Mr. O’Reilly agreed that the use of profanity was something he shouldn’t have ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- done. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-REASONS ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-The charges arising out of [**]’s allegations against Mr. O’Reilly were heard before the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Honourable Justice Tallon in 2000 resulting in Mr. O’Reilly’s acquittal of the charges of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf:sexual assault. In his opening statement at the Discipline Hearing, Mr. Hanson ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-indicated that the Honourable Justice Tallon found that both [**] and Mr. O’Reilly were ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-credible witnesses. Mr. Justice Tallon’s decision was based on the finding that there was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-reasonable doubt and therefore Michael O’Reilly was acquitted. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-The Discipline Panel, at the conclusion of the hearing, found itself in exactly the same ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-predicament as was Mr. Justice Tallon. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-In this case against Mr. O’Reilly, the nature of the facts to be proved is quasi-criminal ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-and the consequences of a finding of guilt would result in a suspension or loss of Mr. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-O’Reilly’s certificate of qualification. The panel is mindful of independent counsel’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-advice with regard to case law (Bernstein et al 1977), that the panel is required to dismiss ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-the complaint if it is of the view that the charges have not been proven by clear, cogent ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-and convincing evidence. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-The panel, on the basis of its findings, is satisfied that the case has not been made that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-Michael O’Reilly is guilty of professional misconduct as charged. Accordingly, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf-charge is dismissed. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Halton Region District School ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- Board as a teacher at Sam Sherratt Public School (“the School”), in Burlington. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-3. Between in or about September 1998, and in and about July 2001, the Member embarked ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- upon a course of conduct whereby he approached young female persons in the City of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf: Hamilton and elsewhere, to invite sexual participation with the said young female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- persons. The particulars of such known to date are described in the following ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- paragraphs. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-4. On or about 5 September 1998, the Member approached two female persons aged 14 and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- 16, in a residential area in Hamilton, sought to offer them a ride and tried to convince ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- them to get into his car, but they refused to do so. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-5. The matter was investigated by the Hamilton Wentworth Regional Police and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- Member admitted to making the approaches described in paragraph 4 herein and to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- making advances to young girls in the City of Hamilton. On or about 18 January 1999, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- the Superintendent of Human Education Resources of the Halton Region District School ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- Board wrote to the Member cautioning him as to future similar behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-6. On or about 10 July 2001, the Member approached a 15-year-old female person in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf: City of Hamilton to enter his vehicle for sexual purposes and then engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- touching with the said female person. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-7. On or about 10 July 2001, the Member approached a 16-year-old female person in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf: City of Hamilton to enter his vehicle for sexual purposes and then engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- touching with the said female person. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-8. On or about 17 July 2001, the Member approached a 17-year-old female person in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf: City of Hamilton to enter his vehicle for sexual purposes and then engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- touching with the said female person. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf:9. On or about 18 July 2001, the Member was charged with one count each of sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- and forcible confinement contrary to sections 271 and 279(2) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- Canada in respect of the matters referred to in paragraph 8. After a trial before a Court ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- composed of a Judge and Jury, the Member was found not guilty. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf:10. On or about 31 August 2001, the Member was charged with one count each of sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- assault contrary to sections 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada in respect of the matters ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 6 and 7 above. These charges were withdrawn at the request of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- the Assistant Crown Attorney on 17 January 2003. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-11. The aforesaid criminal charges and alleged actions on the part of the Member as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- described in paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 are public knowledge through media coverage, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- particulars and copies of the media coverage having been provided to counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-12. The aforesaid activities and the publicity resulting from the said media coverage and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- communication within the general public has resulted in a reputation, image and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- lifestyle inconsistent with that expected of a Member to enable a Member to discharge ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- the duty of the Member to the public, the students and his employer. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-On October 22, 2003, the Discipline Panel made an order that there be no publication of any ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-information which may disclose the identity of the female persons involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-David Russell Pratt admitted the allegations set out in paragraph (d) (unprofessional only) and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-paragraph (e) of the Amended Notice of Hearing, subject to ratification by the Panel of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-Memorandum of Agreement. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-Memorandum of Agreement ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the panel that subject to ratification by the Panel, agreement ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-had been reached on the facts and introduced as Exhibit 3 a Memorandum of Agreement, which ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-1. David Russell Pratt (“the Member”), is a Member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- Exhibit 4 is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registry information. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Halton Region District School ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- Board as a teacher at Sam Sherratt Public School, in Burlington. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-3. On or about 5 September 1998, the Member is alleged to have approached two female ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- persons aged 14 and 16, in a residential area in Hamilton, sought to offer them a ride ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- and tried to convince them to get into his car, but they refused to do so. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-4. The matter was investigated by the Hamilton Wentworth Regional Police and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- Member was accused of making the approaches described in paragraph 3 herein and to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- making advances to young girls in the City of Hamilton. On or about 18 January 1999, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- the Superintendent of Human Education Resources of the Halton Region District School ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- Board wrote to the Member cautioning him as to future similar behaviour. Exhibit 5 is a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- copy of the letter from the Hamilton District School Board dated January 18, 1999. The ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- Member did not grieve this letter. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-5. In July of 2001, the Member approached a 17 year old female person in the City of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf: Hamilton for sexual purposes and engaged in sexual touching with this female person. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- It is agreed that the female was a prostitute. The Member asserts that he was unaware of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- her age and perceived that she was not a teenager but acknowledges that he was not ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- appropriately concerned about her age. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-6. In July 2001, the Member was approached by two females aged 15 and 16 who wanted a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf: ride with him in his car. Subsequently, the Member engaged in sexual touching with ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- these females. The Member asserts that he was unaware of their ages and perceived that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- they were not teenagers but acknowledges that he was not appropriately concerned ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- about their ages. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf:7. Charges of sexual assault with respect to the 15 and 16 year old female persons were ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- withdrawn at the request of the Crown Attorney subsequent to the Member being found ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf: not guilty of sexual assault and forcible confinement of the 17 year old female person. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-8. Exhibits 6, 7 and 8 are copies of the transcripts of the evidence of the said 17 year old ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- female person and of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-9. The aforesaid matters with respect to the Member became public knowledge through ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- media coverage (Exhibit 9). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-10. In light of the aforementioned admitted facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- of professional misconduct in that the above-mentioned acts and behaviour constitute ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- acts that having regard to the circumstances would reasonably be regarded by members ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- as unprofessional contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and, conduct ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- unbecoming a member contrary to subsection 1(19) of the said regulation. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and having considered the Memorandum of Agreement, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-submissions made by counsel, the Panel finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Panel finds that David Russell Pratt committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-professional misconduct in that his acts and behaviour constitute acts that having regard to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-circumstances would reasonably be regarded by members as unprofessional contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and conduct unbecoming a member contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf-1(19) of the said regulation. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-On December 6, 2002, the Discipline Committee made an order directing that there may ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-be no publication of any information which may disclose the identity of the student ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 2, 2002 was served on January 10, 2002, requesting ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-January 21, 2002 to set a date for hearing and specifying the charges. The hearing date ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-was set for December 6, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-It is alleged that Ernest James Matthew Robinson is guilty of professional misconduct in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-a. he failed to maintain the standards of the profession contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf:b. he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-c. he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statues of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- subsection 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-d. he contravened laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2 and specifically section ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-264(1)(c). Particulars of the alleged misconduct are set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-The member, Ernest James Matthew Robinson, pleaded no contest to allegations (a), (c), ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-(d), (e) and (f) and pleaded not guilty to section (b) of the allegations, that is, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf: ``he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7)” ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-Defense counsel submitted that [**] was not a student of Ernest James Matthew ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-Robinson nor did she attend the school where the Member was teaching, therefore Mr. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-Campbell argued that Regulation 437/97 subsection 1(7) in these circumstances did not ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-apply to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf:Exhibit 6 filed by defense counsel sets out that ``… Professional misconduct of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-nature could involve a member`s own students, other students or children, or even ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-adults…``. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 made under the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 sets out ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-the professional misconduct regulations. Specifically subsections 1(6) and 1(7) make ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-reference to misconduct involving students. Accordingly, the Panel rejected the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-submission of defense counsel. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-Ernest James Matthew Robinson was charged under section 271 of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-Canada (Sexual Assault) and section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada (Sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- her his home telephone number and they engaged in a lengthy telephone call ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- that evening. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-4. Approximately one week later, the Member telephoned [**] at her home and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- continued to exchange telephone calls with [**] over the next period of time. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- During the course of one of these calls, the member advised [**] of his real name ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- and told her that he was [**] of age. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-5. During the course of a subsequent conversation, which took place around the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- beginning of October 1997, the Member asked [**] if she wanted to meet him, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- they finally did so at around the end of November 1997. At that time, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- Member drove [**] to [**]. They parked by a river, sat in the car and talked. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- During the conversation, he put his hands on her leg and kissed her. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-6. On or about 6 December 1997, the Member made arrangements with [**] to meet ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- her at her home while her parents were at a Christmas party and, during the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf: course of that visit, the Member had sexual intercourse with [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-7. During the course of the next three to four months, up until approximately ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- March 1998, the Member met [**] on several other occasions and engaged in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf: further sexual intercourse with her, both at her home and at his apartment. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-8. On or about the 27th day of October, 1999, the Member was charged that, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- between 1 November 1997 and 31 March 1998, both dates inclusive, in the town ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- of [**], and in the city of [**], and elsewhere in the province of Ontario: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf: (a) he did commit sexual assault on [**], contrary to section 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf: (b) he did, for a sexual purpose, touch [**], a person under the age of 14 years ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- directly with a part of his body, hands, mouth and penis, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-9. On or about 10 March 2000, following a trial before a jury, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- found guilty of both counts under the Criminal Code of Canada and on 1 June ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- 2000, was sentenced to a term of incarceration for a period of twelve months ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- followed by probation for a term of two years, during which he was not to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- associate with any female person under the age of 16 years except in the presence ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- of an adult, except with the written permission of his probation officer, and not ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- to participate in any chat line service by way of the telephone or over the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- internet. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-10. The Member appealed his conviction and the appeal was subsequently ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- dismissed by the Court of Appeal for Ontario on 28 May 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-DECISION AND ORDERS ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-Having examined the exhibits filed, and based on the submissions by both parties, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-Committee accepts Mr. Robinson’s plea of no contest and further finds Mr. Ernest James ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-Matthew Robinson, Certificate of Registration #101066, guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-misconduct under sections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18), and 1(19) of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-Professional Misconduct Regulation Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, as alleged ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-including Sexual Abuse of a student and orders the Registrar to revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-Qualification and Registration of Ernest James Matthew Robinson, effective ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf-immediately. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-An Amended Notice of Hearing, dated November 22, 2002 was served on Laura Glen Sclater, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was scheduled for November 29, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-It is alleged that Laura Glen Sclater is guilty of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf:(b) she abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-(c) she failed to supervise adequately a person or persons who were under her professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- supervision, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-(d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- E.2 and particularly section 264(l)(c) thereof or the Regulations made thereunder, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-(e) she performed an act or acts that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-(f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/07, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-It was also alleged that she displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgement and/or a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-disregard for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the member is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts and the joint submission on penalty, the panel finds the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-following facts: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-1. In April 1998, as a result of finding a series of letters apparently written by the member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- to the complainant, [XXX] and his mother, Mrs. [XXX] contacted both the police and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- children's Aid Society ("CAS"). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-2. As a result of receiving Mrs. [XXX]’s complaint, both the police and CAS conducted a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- thorough investigation of this matter. Following that investigation, no criminal charges ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- were laid against the member because all of the many students interviewed, induding ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- [XXX], confirmed that no physical contact took place between the member and [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-3. On or about May 12,2000, the [XXX] family commenced a civil action against the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- member and her school board as a result of the letters. The Original Statement of Claim ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf: does not contain any allegations of physical or sexual misconduct by the member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- against [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-4. In and about the same time, the letters written by the member came to the attention of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers. The Ontario College of Teachers conducted an ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- investigation [XXX]. As a result of that referral, the member's certificate was suspended ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- in September 1998 and, with the exception of September 2000, the member has not been ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- teaching since that time. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-5. Over the course of 1999 and 2000, the matter was dealt with [XXX]. Following ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- completion of the requirements imposed on the member [XXX] the member's certificate ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- was returned subject to certain conditions and restrictions. The conditions and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- restrictions will remain in place for 11 months following Ms Sclater's return to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- classroom. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-6. [XXX], the member returned to the classroom in September 2000, being subject to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- requirements of [XXX] Orders. Within weeks of the member's return to the classroom, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- Mrs. [XXX], through the [XXX] family's civil counsel, contacted the police and advised ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- them that there were now new allegations being made against the member, which ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf: included allegations of sexual misconduct towards [XXX]. As a result of these new ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf: allegations, the member was charged with sexual assault, sexual interference and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf: invitation to sexual touching on October 13, 2000. On that same day, the Registrar, on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- the direction of the Executive Committee, issued an interim suspension of member's ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- certificate. The member's certificate remained under that interim suspension until the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- hearing on November 29,2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-7. Shortly after the new allegations were made by the [XXX] family, and the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf: charges were laid, the civil suit was amended to allege sexual and physical misconduct ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- by the member against [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-8. The member's criminal trial on the charges set out above proceeded before the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- Honourable Mr. Justice Keenan in Barrie in June and July 2002. At that trial, there was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- an exhaustive review of all of the evidence pertaining to the allegations that formed the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- subject matter of the charge and, by necessity, a thorough exploration of the notes and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- letters exchanged between the member and [XXX]. Justice Keenan had an opportunity to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- review the notes and to hear the viva voce testimony of those individuals who claimed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf: that physical or sexual contact occurred between the member and [XXX], including ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- hearing from [XXX] himself. Justice Keenan also heard evidence from the member, her ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- husband, and her principal during the period covered by the allegations, and others, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- who all appeared as defence witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-9. During the course of the evidence of certain of the witnesses, Justice Keenan learned the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf: circumstances under which the new allegations of sexual conduct were brought forward ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- to the police, and evidence about the involvement of Mrs. [XXX] and the [XXX] family's ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- civil counsel in that process. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-10. On July 19, 2002 Justice Keenan released his Reasons for Judgement and acquitted the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- member of all charges. A review of Justice Keenan's Reasons shows that following a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- thorough review of all of the documentary evidence and the viva voce evidence of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- witnesses, he was not satisfied that the Crown had met its burden of proof. He found ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- that "the evidence before me falls short of proving guilt of the accused beyond a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- reasonable doubt". ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-11. Justice Keenan's primary reason for acquitting the member of the charges were his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- negative findings of credibility against [XXX] and the evidence he heard concerning the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf: role of Mrs. [XXX] and the civil lawyers in bringing the allegations of sexual contact ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- forward. With respect to [XXX]'s credibility, at page 12 of his Reasons, Justice Keenan ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- wrote: "I had to conclude on all his evidence that [XXX] was not a reliable witness. The ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- Court will always make appropriate allowances to recognize that witnesses are not ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- usually comfortable in Court and that they may not be always consistent in what they ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- say or have previously said. The Court is quick to forgive lapses in memory caused by ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- the strain of being a witness. However, when it comes to evidence which is essential to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- the issues in the case, the Court will be less likely to overlook shortcomings and will ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- look to other credible evidence on the issue. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-12. With respect to the involvement of Mrs. [XXX] and the civil lawyers, in his Reasons, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- Justice Keenan sets out his serious concerns regarding the conduct of Mrs. [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- the civil lawyers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-13. Subsequent to the member's acquittal, the [XXX] family dropped their civil suit against ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- the member, before even requiring the member to enter a Statement of Defence. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- Additionally, the [XXX] family provided a Full and Final Release to the member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-14. The correspondence between the member and [XXX], as well as the member's overall ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- conduct with respect to [XXX], were thoroughly reviewed by Dr. Why Bloom, a forensic ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- psychiatrist, who conducted a thorough psychiatric assessment of the member. Dr. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf: Bloom concluded that the member does not show any evidence of aberrant sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf: propensities and that her conduct towards [XXX] was not for a sexual purpose. [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- Dr. Bloom's conclusions were also put before the criminal court however; Justice Keenan ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- did not have to rely upon this expert testimony when he found the member not guilty of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- any criminal conduct. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-15. The member admits to authoring letters and sending them to [XXX] and to receiving ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- letters from [XXX]. The member acknowledges that the sending of, and receiving of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- those letters, constitutes professional misconduct in that it is conduct unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- member pursuant to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-The Committee accepts the Agreed Statement of Facts and the joint submission on penalty ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-made by counsel. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-Based on the Agreed Statement of Facts and the Joint Submission on Penalty, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-finds Laura Glen Sclater, Certificate #185257, guilty of professional misconduct under section ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-1(19) of the Professional Misconduct Regulation as alleged and orders that the member present ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-herself for a reprimand immediately after the adjournment of this hearing. The fact of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-reprimand will remain on the public Register for three years from the date of this decision. The ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-Discipline Committee also lifted the interim suspension on the member on November 29, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-The conditions [XXX] are to remain in effect for a minimum of 11 months from the date of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-The member did appear before the panel for the reprimand immediately following ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-adjournment of the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-Pursuant to section 30, subsection 5, part 3 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf-Committee orders that the findings of the hearing, as well as the name of the member, be ./ontario-cases/2003onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf-Michael Bath was present. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf-This matter came before a panel of the Discipline Committee for a hearing on June 10, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf-2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 4, 2002 was served on Michael Bath, requesting ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf-December 4, 2002 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf-Michael Bath was in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf-was presented and accepted by the panel. (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf-The allegations against Michael Bath in the Notice of Hearing dated November 4, 2002 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Michael Bath is guilty of professional misconduct and/or is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf-incompetent as defined in sections 30(2) and (3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- friend of hers, and had asked her to keep in touch with him following her ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- graduation from the School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf-6. In June 2000, one of the female teachers on staff at the school met with the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf: Member and expressed her concerns about the inappropriate sexual comments ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- being made to and in front of students in the Teacher’s class. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf-7. Despite the concerns reported to the Member, the Teacher continued his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- employment at the School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf-8. On or about December 11, 2001, the Teacher was charged by Peel Regional Police ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf: with one count of sexual exploitation of a female student at the school. By ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf: January 2002, two additional charges of sexual exploitation relating to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- Teacher’s conduct with two other female students at the school were also laid by ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf: the police, as well as a charge of sexual assault of a fourth female, unrelated to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- the School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf-9. By failing to respond to the concerns expressed to him by the staff and students of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- the School respecting the conduct of the Teacher and by failing to adequately ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- supervise the Teacher, the Member placed at risk the safety and welfare of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- students at the School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf-The Member admits that the matters referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf-Statement of Facts constitute Professional Misconduct and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf-allegations of Professional Misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (5) and 1 (11) as set out in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf-Hearing dated February 27, 2003. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-Julia Ann Webb was present during the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated May 31, 2002 was served on Julia Ann Webb, requesting ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-January 27, 2003 and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-It is alleged that Julia Ann Webb is guilty of professional misconduct and/or is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-incompetent as defined in sections 30(2) and (3) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf:(b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. E.2 and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the regulations made under those Acts ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(d) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(e) she engaged in conduct unbecoming of a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(f) she displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the member is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- either unfit to carry out her professional responsibilities or that the member’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-The Notice of Hearing states that Julia Ann Webb is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-Teachers and therefore comes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf:5. On or about 25 June 1994, the Member and [**] engaged in sexual intercourse at the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- residence of a mutual friend, following a party at that residence. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-6. The Member thereafter engaged [**] in further inappropriate activity, including the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf: Member taking [**] for drives in her car, and at least one other act of sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- intercourse in mid-July 1994, following which the relationship between them ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- terminated. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-Counsel for the College presented evidence that Julia Ann Webb is a member of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers, (Exhibit 1, Tab A). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-The member, Julia Ann Webb pleaded no contest to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-30 (2), subsection 1(5), (14), (15) and (18), and pleaded not guilty to subsection 1(7). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-Allegations under subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97and section 30(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act were withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-Evidence was submitted that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-1. Julia Ann Webb (the “Member”), is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member, whose date of birth is [**], was employed by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- Thames Valley District School Board as a teacher at [**] in London. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-3. At all material times, male student [**], whose birth date is [**], was a student in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- attendance at [**] in the 1993-1994 school year. During the [**] of the 1993-94 school ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- year. [**] was a student [**]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-4. In approximately May and June, 1994, the Member began an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- relationship with [**] This included the Member allowing [**] to attend in her ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- classroom almost every day after school, going on long walks with [**] and meeting ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- with him outside of school premises. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf:5. On or about 25 June 1994, the Member and [**] engaged in sexual intercourse at the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- residence of a friend of [**], following a party at that residence. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-6. The Member thereafter engaged [**] in further inappropriate activity, including the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf: Member taking [**] for drives in her car, and at least one other act of sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- intercourse in mid-July 1994, following which the relationship between them ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- terminated. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-7. In 1998, the relationship which had occurred with the student was reported to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- Thames Valley District School Board. The school board suspended the Member on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- April 28, 1998, with pay, while it investigated. Ultimately, a hearing was held before ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- the board’s Discipline Review Committee (Exhibit 1, Tab C). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf:8. The Discipline Review Committee found that there had been a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- between the member and [**] between June 25, 1994 and July 1994, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- recommended to the full board that the Member be suspended without pay for one ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- semester. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-9. The Thames Valley District School Board accepted the Discipline Review ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- Committee’s recommendation on September 8, 1998 (Exhibit 1, Tab D). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-10. Pursuant to the requirements of the Thames Valley District School Board, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- Member attended upon Dr. Gail Golden, Ph.D., Psychologist, who subsequently ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- rendered her report to the board by letter, dated November 10, 1998 (Exhibit 1, Tab ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- E). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-11. The board accepted Dr. Golden’s assessment (Exhibit 1, Tab F). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-Julia Ann Webb testified on her own behalf, stating that she is very apologetic for her ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf:error in judgment. She stated that she felt embarrassed at allowing the sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-relationship to occur with [**] and felt wretched that she has compromised her ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-professional integrity. She also stated that she knew absolutely that she should not ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf:have had sex with [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-Ms. Webb testified that she had spoken with [**]’s mother early in the relationship ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-because his mother was concerned about the appropriateness of Ms. Webb’s relationship ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-with her son. Ms. Webb stated that she called [**]’s mother the day after she and [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf:had had sexual intercourse to assure the mother that Ms. Webb would end the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-relationship with [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-FINDINGS OF FACT: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-Based on the evidence, the panel finds the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(1) Julia Ann Webb is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(2) At all material times, the member, whose date of birth is [**], was employed by ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- the Thames Valley District School Board as a teacher at [**] in London. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(3) At all material times, male student [**], whose birth date is [**], was a student in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- attendance at [**] in the 1993-94 school year. During the [**] of the 1993-94 school ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- year, [**] was a student [**]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(4) In approximately May and June, 1994, the Member began an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- relationship with [**]. This included the Member allowing [**] to attend in her ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- classroom almost every day after school, going on long walks with [**] and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- meeting with him outside of school premises. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf:(5) On or about 25 June, 1994, the Member and [**] engaged in sexual intercourse at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- the residence of a friend of [**], following a party at that residence. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(6) The Member thereafter engaged [**] in further inappropriate activity including ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf: the Member taking [**] for drives in her car, and at least one other act of sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- intercourse in mid-July 1994, following which the relationship between them ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- terminated. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(7) In 1998, the relationship which had occurred with the student was reported to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- the Thames Valley District School Board. The school board suspended the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- Member on April 28, 1998, with pay, while it investigated. A hearing was held ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- before the board’s Discipline Review Committee (Exhibit 1, Tab C). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf:(8) The Discipline Review Committee found that there had been a sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- relationship between the member and [**] between June 25, 1994 and July 1994, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- and recommended to the full board that the Member be suspended without pay ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- for one semester. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(9) The Thames Valley District School Board accepted the Discipline Review ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- Committee’s recommendation on September 8, 1998 (Exhibit 1, Tab D). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(10) Pursuant to the requirements of the Thames Valley District School Board, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- Member attended upon Dr. Gail Golden, Ph.D., Psychologist, who subsequently ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- rendered her report to the board by letter, dated November 10, 1998 (Exhibit 1, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- Tab E). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(11) The board accepted Dr. Golden’s assessment (Exhibit 1, Tab F). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(12) The panel accepts that Julia Ann Webb is sincerely remorseful for her conduct. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-DECISIONS AND ORDERS: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-After careful consideration of the evidence and submissions of Counsel, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-finds that Julia Ann Webb’s conduct in this case is reprehensible. Sexual relationships ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-between teachers and students will not be condoned. The factors considered by the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-Committee in deciding upon an appropriate penalty include: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(1) Julia Ann Webb has no prior record of misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(2) Julia Ann Webb acknowledged her wrongdoing and expressed remorse. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(3) Dr. Golden’s assessment of Ms. Webb indicates that she does not pose a threat to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf: students and that it is very unlikely that Ms. Webb would engage in sexually ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- inappropriate behaviour with another student. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(4) Julia Ann Webb is a dedicated, competent and compassionate teacher whose ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- community would be ill served by the revocation of her certificate of registration ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- and qualification. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-Although the Committee determined that a serious penalty was certainly warranted, it ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-did not consider revocation to be appropriate in this circumstance. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-The Committee accepts Julia Ann Webb’s pleas of no contest to professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-as defined in sections 30(2) and (3) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(b) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. E.2 and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the regulations made under those Acts ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(c) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-The Committee finds Julia Ann Webb guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-sections 30(2) and (3) of the Act in that she abused a student or students physically, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf:sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-After careful consideration, the Committee has decided to impose the following penalty: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-The Committee directs the Registrar to suspend Julia Ann Webb’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-Qualification and Registration for a period of one year, such penalty to include the seven ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-months suspension already served by the member. The remaining five months of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-suspension shall be suspended provided that the following conditions are met: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(1) Ms. Webb must attend, at her own cost, a boundary violations course satisfactory ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-to the Registrar, within six months of the date of this order. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(2) Ms. Webb must meet quarterly with a counsellor acceptable to the Registrar, at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-her own expense, for the period of one year. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(3) Ms. Webb’s counsellor must make a report to the Registrar at the end of the year. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(4) The report must confirm that Ms. Webb is unlikely to reoffend and does not ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-constitute a threat to students. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-(5) Ms. Webb must present herself to the Discipline Committee to receive a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-reprimand immediately following the adjournment of this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-Should Ms. Webb fail to fulfill any of the above conditions, then the balance of her ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf-suspension will be served, to commence on a date to be fixed by the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 4, 2003 was served on Piero Cirilli, requesting attendance ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on September 17, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-2003 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Piero Cirilli was not in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-was presented and accepted by the Panel. (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-The allegations in the Notice of Hearing include allegations of both professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-misconduct and incompetence against the Member. The allegations arose as a result of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf:the Member sexually assaulting a fifteen-year-old male student in the student’s home, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-while the Member was there for the purpose of private tutoring. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Piero Cirilli, is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act, and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- (d) he contravened laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- to hold a certificate of qualification and registration contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf: (g) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- (h) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-At the hearing of this matter, College Counsel withdrew the allegations in section 30(3) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-of the Act in that the Member displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-a disregard for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that the member’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-October 20, 2003, the Panel made an order that there be no publication of any ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-information that may disclose the identity of the student involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-The Member pleads guilty to the allegations in numbered paragraphs (a) through (h) in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-the Notice of Hearing by way of a guilty plea in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Plea. (Exhibit 4). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the panel that agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, dated August 21, 2003 that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-1. Piero Cirilli, (the “Member”) was at all material times a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- College of Teachers. Attached hereto at Tab “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- of Teachers Registry Status Information re the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the York Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- School Board as a teacher at a secondary school (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-3. During the 2000-2001 school year, a [XXX] year-old male student (the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- “Student”) was [XXX] at the School. In addition, the Member had been ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- employed as [XXX] since approximately December 1999. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-4. On or about 20 December 2000 the Member, while at the home of the Student for ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- the [XXX], began to massage the Student’s shoulders. The Student was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- immediately uncomfortable, stood up and went downstairs at which time he was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- followed by the Member. The Member then approached the Student from ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf: behind and sexually assaulted the Student by fondling his penis and attempting ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- to perform fellatio on the Student. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-5. On or about 29 November 2001, the Member pleaded guilty to a charge that on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- 20 December 2000, at the [XXX], in the Regional Municipality of York, being in a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- position of trust or authority towards the Student, a young person, did for a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf: sexual purpose touch directly the body of the Student, a young person, with a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- Attached hereto at Tabs “E” and “F” are copies of the conditional sentence order ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- and probation order. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-9. The Member has not appealed either the conviction or sentence referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- preceding paragraphs. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-10. The Member was suspended by the Board on or about 21 December 2000, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- retired from the Board on or about 16 November 2001. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-By this document, the Member, Piero Cirilli, accepts that the matters referred to in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-paragraphs 4 and 5 above constitute professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf:Further, the Member pleads guilty to engaging in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act. In addition, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Member accepts that by engaging in the matters referred to in paragraph 4 above, he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the welfare of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that he is unfit to carry out his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-professional responsibilities. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-In light of the admitted facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Member ask that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-misconduct and direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration, which the Member is ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-to immediately surrender to the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers. Further, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member, ask that the decision of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Committee, and its findings, be published in the official publication of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the guilty plea, the Agreed Statement of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions made by counsel, the Committee accepts the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-guilty plea and finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that Piero Cirilli committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf:subsections 1 (5), 1(7), 1 (14), 1 (15), 1 (16), 1 (18) and 1 (19); and he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-and he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the Member is unfit to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-carry out his professional responsibilities. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-The Committee accepts the withdrawal of section 30(3) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Teachers Act by College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-The Committee agrees with College Counsel that the conduct of the Member was an ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-egregious breach of trust for a classroom teacher, and was aggravated by the trust the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf-parents put in him to [XXX]. The Committee finds this conduct reprehensible. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-This matter came before a panel of the Discipline Committee for a hearing on September ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-29, 2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 17, 2003 was served on Christopher Roy Clause, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-Teachers on September 29, 2003 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-Christopher Roy Clause was in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the Notice ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-of Hearing was presented and accepted by the panel. (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-The allegations against Christopher Roy Clause in the Notice of Hearing dated June 17, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-2003 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Christopher Roy Clause is guilty of professional misconduct or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-incompetence as defined in sections 30(2), 30(3) and 40(1.1) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996 and/or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- the Education Act, RSO 1990, C. E.2, and specifically section 264 thereof, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- and/or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- (d) he committed an act or omission that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill and/or judgment or disregard for ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- the welfare of the student of the extent of a nature that demonstrates that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- he is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- Counsel for the College withdrew the allegation of incompetence as defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- section 30(3) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-1. Christopher Roy Clause (the “member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- Teachers (Registry Number 257373). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed as a teacher at the Hamilton District ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- Christian Private School (the “school”) in Hamilton, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-3. At all material times, [**] was a female secondary student at the school. At that time, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- [**] was 16 to 17 years old. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-4. The member was [**]’s music teacher in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- copy of this MOA to any school, board, or licensing body who inquires about the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- member’s record with the College. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-23. The member agrees and understands that, in the event he breaches a term of this ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- MOA, he is estopped from alleging, by way of defense, that the College failed to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- dispose of the matter in a timely manner and that he has been prejudiced by such ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- delay. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-24. The member agrees and understands that, in the event he breaches a term of this ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- MOA, the College may provide the Investigation, Executive, Discipline or Fitness to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- Practise Committees with all the information necessary to fulfil its statutory ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- mandate. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-25. The member agrees and understands that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- (a) if the Discipline Committee requests any modifications to this MOA, the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- Manager, Intake and Hearings, will consult the parties as to whether the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- modifications are acceptable. If the parties accept the modifications, they will ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- sign and date the revised MOA and return it to the College, within ten business ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- days from the date of the discussion with the Manager, Intake and Hearings. The ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- revised MOA is considered final and binding once the Discipline Committee has ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ratified it; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- (b) if the Discipline Committee does not accept the MOA, or the parties do not ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- accept all of the modifications, the matter will proceed through the hearing ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- process at the College and will be considered by another panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- Committee without prejudice. The second panel of the Discipline Committee will ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- not be provided with nor will it consider this MOA. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the Memorandum of Agreement, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-submissions made by counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-professional misconduct, and in particular finds that Christopher Roy Clause committed ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19); and that he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf-40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996; and that he displayed a lack ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-This decision is subject to a publication ban with respect to the name of the student(s) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-who shall be identified by two initials only. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated September 26, 2002 was served on David Edward W. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-Cummins, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-of Teachers on October 21, 2002 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-It is alleged that David Edward W. Cummins is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40 (1.1), and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30 (3) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and particularly section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- and the regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (19); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- the member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-On December 17, 2002, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-conducted a hearing into whether David Edward W. Cummins was guilty of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-David Edward W. Cummins was in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the panel. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers referred to the charges set out in the Notice ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-of Hearing, alleging that David Edward W. Cummins is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-misconduct in that his acts were contrary to the Professional Misconduct Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-made under the Ontario College of Teachers Act and filed as Regulation 437/97 on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-December 4, 1997, in particular, subsections 1 (5), (7), (14), (15), (18), and (19). Particulars ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-of the alleged misconduct are set out in the Notice of Hearing. An Agreed Statement of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-Facts for Plea of No Contest was filed as Exhibit 1 and a Joint Submission on Penalty was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-filed as Exhibit 2. The Statement of Facts had been signed by David E. Leonard of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- (d) told [**] that what was happening ought to be kept secret and was a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- normal thing to happen when two people cared for each other. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-5. During the summer of 1973, on an evening prior to a canoe trip the following ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- morning to [**] where they were to spend two nights, [**] and another student ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- stayed overnight at the Member’s home. Again, the Member fondled [**] and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- performed fellatio on him. As well, on the second night of the camping trip, [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-6. At some time during [**]’s [**]year, he would spend nights at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- home. On many of these occasions, when [**] would sleep on a couch in the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- family room of the Member’s home, the Member would join [**] on the couch; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- would masturbate [**]; would perform fellatio on [**], and would sometimes put ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- his penis between [**]’s legs. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-7. During March break of [**]’s [**], [**] and a female high school student and friend ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- of his, accompanied the Member on a driving trip to [**]. The Member and [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- shared a motel room, while the female high school student stayed in a separate ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- room. During the night, the Member performed fellatio on [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-8. Twenty (20) years later [**] brought his complaint to the authorities and on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- October 10, 1997, after a full trial in the Ontario Court (General Division), the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- Honourable Justice Lane acquitted the Member of all charges relating to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf: allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct alleged against him by [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-9. Some time during 1983 and 1984, and while [**], a female [**]student was ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- approximately [**], the Member: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- (a) kissed [**] and fondled her breasts in a dormitory room at a conservation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- area; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- (b) lay on top of [**] when he was unclothed from the waist down, and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- fondled and kissed her. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf-10. The Member resigned his employment with the Board on June 30, 1998 and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- retired from teaching. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-September 22 and 23, 2003 at the Ontario College of Teachers at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 21, 2003 was served on Mark Christopher Stanley, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Teachers on April 15, 2003 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Mark Christopher Stanley was in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the panel. (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The allegations against Christopher Mark Stanley in the Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-March 21, 2003 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Mark Christopher Stanley is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-as defined in sections 30(2) and 40 (1.1) of the Act and/or is incompetent as defined in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act.; and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- disregard for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- demonstrates that the Member is either unfit to carry out his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- professional responsibilities or that the Member’s certificate should be ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-1. Mark Christopher Stanley (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the Peterborough Victoria ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board (“the Board”) and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-was a teacher at Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School (“the School”) in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Peterborough. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-3. At all material times, [**] whose date of birth is [**], was a female student of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-the School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-4. During the 2000-2001 school year, the Member entered into an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-relationship with [**], the particulars of which are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- (a) the Member entered into a personal and inappropriate relationship with ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- [**] which included but was not limited to his: ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- (i) visiting [**] at her place of employment on several occasions; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- (ii) driving [**] from school to her place of employment on ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- occasions; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- (iii) discussing his impending marriage with [**] and his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- dissatisfaction with his partner; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- (iv) going on shopping expeditions with [**] at the local mall; ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-the female students at the School. [**] was a 17-year old, female [**] student at the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-material time. The Member did not teach [**], but the issues concern alleged ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-inappropriate interaction between the Member and [**] as a result of the Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-visiting [**]’s place of employment and driving [**] from the School to her place of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-employment. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The specific issues for the Discipline panel to consider were whether or not the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Member engaged in inappropriate communication with [**], both orally, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-electronically and by telephone, and whether, on one occasion the Member had a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf:sexual relationship with [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The Evidence ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The College called two witnesses, [**], and [**], another female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The Defence called two witnesses, Sarah Rogers (“Rogers”), a teacher at Holy Cross ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Secondary School and Michael Nolan, Principal of the School. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-testified before the Panel. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Evidence of [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-During examination-in-chief, [**] testified that she was a student at Holy Cross ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Secondary School from 1998 to 2002. She met Mark Stanley in the spring of 2001 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-when she was 17 years old in [**] during the 2000-2001 school year. She indicated she ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-was not a student of the Member and she first met him in the lobby of the school ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-while talking to another student. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-She testified that she worked part time at a [**] after school and on weekends during ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-school and more frequently during the summer at [**], in [**] (the “Mall”), which ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-was on the same road as the School. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-She subsequently testified that she met the Member in the Mall on numerous ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-occasions after school and on weekends where they would talk in the food court. She ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-also stated that on one occasion he had driven her to work from school. She indicated ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-that she saw him at the Mall more frequently during the summer, perhaps twice a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-week. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-She also testified that she received phone calls from the Member on her private line, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-which she had given to him, at his request. She also indicated that they exchanged e- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-mails, the nature of which was “the same as a friend”. She said the e-mails were ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-more frequent than the phone calls. She indicated that she had deleted all the e-mails. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-She next testified that the last day of school in June 2001 before exams she and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Member drove to the Warsaw Caves in the Member’s car where they walked and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-talked most of the day. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-She testified that she had flowers delivered to her at the Mall in the summer of 2001. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Her name was on the envelope with a blank card. She said they were from the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Member because she recognized his handwriting. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-She testified that during the same summer she had arranged by telephone to meet the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Member at the Mall on a day when she was not working at the Mall. The Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-then drove her to a motel, where they talked for hours, kissed and ended up having ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf:sex. She indicated that the Member had a tattoo of a broken heart on his chest, above ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-his nipple. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-2002 school years. The Member, Mark Stanley taught [**] grade 11 [**] in the first ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-semester in the 2000-2001 school year. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-[**] testified that she knew [**] but that they were not friends and did “not hang out”. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-She said she had seen [**] and the Member once at the Mall in the summer between ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-her grade 11 and grade 12 year (summer of 2001). She thought she may have seen ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-them leave together through the main doors of the Mall. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-She indicated that she was a member of the housekeeping staff at the [**] during the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-summer of 2001. In late July the Member and his family were guests at the Inn on the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-weekend of the Member’s wedding. The Member’s fiancée took a photograph of [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-and the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-[**] said the Member telephoned her at the end of the summer. She told him she had ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-heard that he was involved with [**], that she told him she was shocked and that he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-was immature. He asked her what she had heard and she indicated she had heard ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-“everything” and hung up. She said she never spoke to him again. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-In cross-examination, [**] testified that she began chatting on “ICQ” with [**] in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-December 2000 and continued chatting throughout the summer of 2001 and into the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-fall. She heard rumours that Mark Stanley and [**] were dating. She asked [**] about ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf:the relationship and [**] implied there was a sexual relationship. She testified she had ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-not seen any evidence in the school or in the community of any relationship between ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-[**] and the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-When asked if the Member might have been phoning her to make arrangements to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-send her a copy of the photograph his fiancée had taken, she said “maybe but I didn’t ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-give him a chance to find out if he called about the photo”. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Evidence of Sarah Rogers ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Rogers was qualified as a teacher in 1993. She was a teacher with the Board for 10 or ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-11 years. She was in her 6th year as a teacher at Holy Cross Secondary School. She ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-taught French, [**] and Parenting. She also coached various activities at the school. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Rogers testified that she had met [**] in her grade 9 [**] or [**] class. [**] began to seek ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-advice from Ms Rogers on a regular basis, beginning in grade 9 and continuing until ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-[**] graduated in grade 12. She believed she had the trust and confidence of [**] ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-In January of 2002, [**] approached her concerned that she might be pregnant. At that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-time she also asked Rogers if she had heard rumours about herself and the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-[**] vehemently denied any relationship with the Member. [**] asked Rogers to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-contact her father and tell him there was no substance to the rumours of a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-relationship with the Member and subsequently asked if she had indeed contacted ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-her father on her behalf. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Evidence of Michael Nolan ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Michael Nolan had been a teacher for 28 years, 16 as a principal. He was principal of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Holy Cross Secondary for 5 ½ years and was principal of the School at the time that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-rumours of an inappropriate relationship between the Member and [**] arose, which ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-he investigated. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf:He met with [**] and her father and was assured by [**] that there was no sexual ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-relationship between herself and the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Evidence of the Member ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The Member was born May 28, 1975. He received his B.Ed. from Queen’s University ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-in 1999 and began teaching part time in 1999. He began teaching math and science at ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Holy Cross Secondary School in September 2000. He also coached junior boys ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-basketball and junior girls soccer. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-He said he had a son that was born on [**], who would have been 4 years old in 2001. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-He indicated that he took his son to daycare on Lansdowne Street, past the Mall. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-He confirmed that he first met [**] in the gym at the school and they shot basketballs ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-together at one end of the gym with other students present. He admitted giving her a ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-ride to work at the Mall on that occasion and on one other occasion while leaving the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-school parking lot. He also admitted that he had seen [**] at the Mall on two ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-occasions, one when he was with his son in the food court and once when she was in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-the [**]. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The Member also admitted that between the beginning of June and the end of June ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-2001 he spoke with [**] in the school hallways where she sought advice on non- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-academic issues in a general way. They talked about her future career, future, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-basketball and she sought advice on personal relationships. He indicated that he ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-tried to give her general good advice and that she shouldn’t let guys treat her in ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-demeaning ways. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The Member denied that he had gone to the Warsaw Caves with [**], that he had ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf:gone to a motel with [**], that he had had sex with [**], that he had exchanged e- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The panel, on the basis of its findings, is satisfied that the case has not been made that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Mark Christopher Stanley is guilty of professional misconduct or incompetence as ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-charged. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The Committee finds Mark Christopher Stanley not guilty of the allegations as set out ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The panel is not only satisfied that the College did not meet the Bernstein burden of ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-proof, but having considered the evidence, has concluded that there was no ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf:inappropriate relationship, nor any sexual relationship between the Member and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-student. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Pursuant to section 30(8) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-orders that the finding that the allegations of professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-incompetence are unfounded be published in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Professionally Speaking/pour parler profession, but only at the request of Mark ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Christopher Stanley, the Member against whom the allegations were made. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The panel had serious concerns when assessing the credibility of [**] The panel found ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-it significant that [**] did not remember details regarding e-mails and telephone ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-conversations with the Member or what was discussed at the Warsaw Caves. She ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-indicated to the panel that there was no kissing at the Warsaw Caves but had earlier ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-indicated to [**] that there had been. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The panel found it difficult to believe that it would be possible for a math and science ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-teacher to be absent from school with a student for most of the day and not be ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-queried about it by anyone at the school, as alleged by [**] with respect to going to the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Warsaw Caves. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf:The student could not name the motel or its location. She indicated she had had sex ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-with the Member but could not remember if he was circumsized. She indicated that ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-the motel incident occurred late in the summer of 2001 when the Member indicated ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-he was on his honeymoon in Spain. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-In prior discussions, [**] told Rogers there was not an intimate relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Member and indicated that she would not have spoken of such a personal matter to ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-her. On the other hand, Rogers testified that [**] had been confiding in her about ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-personal relationships since she was in grade 9. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-[**] indicated that she had told her father, a police officer, that there was no ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-relationship with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-She told a school monitor that there was a personal relationship with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-She told the Principal, Mr. Nolan that there was no personal relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-[**] indicated that [**] had told her there was a personal relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-[**] told the College investigator that nothing untoward had happened with the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-The first time [**] mentioned to anyone about the motel incident was to College ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-counsel in July of 2003. This was almost two years after the incident supposedly ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-occurred. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 2003 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Based on these inconsistencies the Committee does not find [**] to be a credible ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-witness. She was a most reluctant witness and spent much of her testimony saying “I ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-don’t remember”. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-On the other hand, the panel found the Member to be forthright and consistent in his ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-testimony. Where there were inconsistencies between the evidence of [**] and the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Member, for the reasons set out above, the panel preferred the evidence of the ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Member. Accordingly, the panel finds that there was no inappropriate relationship ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf:nor any sexual relationship between the Member and the student. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-DATED AT TORONTO,THIS 26TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2003 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-BY ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE. ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-_____________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Bernard J. Adam, Chair ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-_____________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Ernie Checkeris ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-_____________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf-Rosemary Fontaine ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2003onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf:“Board”) and Bonnie Rittersporn (“Rittersporn”), Investigator, Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- Evidence of Shepherd ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-Shepherd is Manager, Employee Relations for the Dufferin-Peel Roman Catholic ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-Separate School Board. Shepherd explained that because of Regulation 521, an ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-amendment to the Education Act that came into effect in 2001, all Boards were required ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-to obtain criminal record checks for all employees by July 31, 2003. She explained the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-process used by her Board for obtaining such checks. The Member consented to having ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-a criminal records check (CRC) done on his behalf. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-When the Member’s CRC was received from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), it was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-positive and showed that the Member had been convicted of a criminal offence under ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-section 156 of the Criminal Code (Canada) of an indecent assault on male on January 7, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-1975 and received a suspended sentence and probation of 2 years. (Exhibit 4, Tab 1 – ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-Brief of Board Documents). Shepherd testified that upon receipt of the CRC, employees ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-were given 40 days to refute the information. The Member did not refute the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-information. The matter was then referred to the Board. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-The Board suspended the Member, with pay, pending an investigation, as the Board was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-required to do by the Education Act. Shepherd testified that because the criminal offence ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-was section 156 of the Criminal Code (Canada) the offence involved a minor. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-“That Brian English be dismissed, effective immediately, from the employ of the Board ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-and that the Ontario College of Teachers be so notified because he was convicted of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-indecent assault on a male who was a minor, an offence under the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-(Canada) involving sexual conduct and minors, and was untruthful when he applied for ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-employment with the Board as a teacher by indicating on the application form that he ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-had not been convicted of any offence under the Criminal Code of Canada for which a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-pardon has not been granted, which is not true.” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-A copy of the termination letter was sent to the Registrar of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf: Evidence of Rittersporn ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf:Rittersporn is an Investigator of the Ontario College of Teachers who was assigned to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-this matter. She explained that she contacted [**], who was the victim of the indecent ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-assault by the Member. [**] indicated that he was 12 years old at the time of the assault ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-and indicated this on her Memo to File. (Exhibit 5) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf:Rittersporn explained the Memo to File Process of how she took her notes. While ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-speaking with [**] on the telephone, she contemporaneously recorded the details of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-conversation and indicated by quotation marks exact statements made to her. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf:The Committee found Rittersporn to be a credible witness and accepted her testimony ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-that [**] was indeed the victim and that he was 12 years old when the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-indecently assaulted him. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-proof with which the Committee is familiar as set out in Re Bernstein and College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) 15 O.R. (2d) 477. The standard of proof applied ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-by the Committee, in accordance with the Bernstein decision, was a balance of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-probabilities with the qualification that the proof must be clear and convincing and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-based upon cogent evidence accepted by the Committee. The Committee also ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-recognized that the more serious the allegation to be proved, the more cogent must be ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-the evidence. The Committee considered the allegations in this case to be very serious. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-made by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Brian Francis English ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(12) 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-1(19) and he displayed a lack of knowledge and judgment to an extent that demonstrates ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf-that the Member is unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- was interested in having sex with men, and in the course of a “chat” with an adult ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- male, the Member sent an electronic image of a nude prepubescent female in a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- seated position with her legs spread, focusing on the vaginal area, to the adult male. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-4. On or about 10 September, 2000, while visiting an Internet chat room, the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- again represented himself to be a young girl of approximately twelve years of age, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- who was interested in having sex with men, and in the course of a “chat” with a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- male person, who described himself as being seventeen years old, the Member sent a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- different electronic image of the same nude prepubescent female in a seated position ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- on a chesterfield with her legs spread, focusing on the vaginal area, to the male ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- person. In that photograph, the female person had both her hands in the area of her ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- vagina. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-5. The person depicted in both the photographs referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- above was a female under the age of eighteen years, and the dominant characteristic ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- of both images was the depiction for a sexual purpose of the person’s sexual organs. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf: Both images therefore fell within the definition of child pornography as set out in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Section 163.1.(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf:6. The Member was charged with three counts of possession of child pornography and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf: two counts of distribution of child pornography. Attached is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Information laid in respect of those charges. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-7. On or around 5 October 2000, the Board suspended the Member, with pay. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-8. On or about 1 January 2003, the Board changed the Member’s status to suspended ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- without pay. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-9. On or about 30 April 2003, the Member pleaded guilty before Mr. Justice W. B. Stead ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf: at Brantford, Ontario to two charges of distributing child pornography, and the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- remaining charges were withdrawn. Attached is a copy of the transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- proceedings on 30 April 2003. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-10. On or about 15 September 2003, the Member was given a conditional discharge and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- was ordered to perform two hundred hours of community service. Attached are ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- copies of the transcript of the sentencing proceedings on 15 September 2003, and the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Probation Order dated 15 September 2003. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tabs D and E) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-11. Attached is a biography of the Member, which he prepared in January 2003. (ASF – ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Exhibit 2, Tab F) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-12. Attached hereto is a document entitled “Events Giving Rise to the Allegations” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- prepared by the Member in January 2003. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab G) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-13. Between the approximate dates of 13 October 2000 to 21 March 2003, the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- was under the care of Dr. Theresa Clark, psychiatrist. In a report, dated 10 April ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf: 2003, a copy of which is attached, Dr. Clark noted that the Member’s sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- proclivities are towards adult males, but she was satisfied, based on clinical grounds, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- that he is not a pedophile and is not dangerous to the public or to minors. (ASF – ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Exhibit 2, Tab H) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-14. At the time of his trial, the Member presented to the Court a report of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Matthew G. Yeager, Criminologist of Ottawa, Ontario, dated 30 April 2003, a copy of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- which is attached (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab I). Mr. Yeager set out in detail the offences to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- which the Member pleaded guilty and gave the background of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Mr. Yeager also referred to a report of Dr. Graham D. Glancy, Forensic Psychiatrist, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- dated 27 March 2003, a copy of which is attached. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab J) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-15. It was the conclusion of Mr. Yeager that the Member is at low risk to commit further ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf: criminal offences, including sexual violations and he could be safely managed under ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- community supervision. Mr. Yeager noted that the Member had no prior criminal ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf: record and no prior sexual offences. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-16. In his report, Dr. Glancy concluded that the Member did not suffer from pedophilia ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf: or any other paraphilia and had a very low risk of general or sexual recidivism. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Further, Dr. Glancy described the circumstances of this case as being most unusual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf: and there was no evidence of any sexual deviation. He predicted that the risk of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- recidivism is almost zero. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-17. Attached is a series of letters which were prepared between January and March 2003, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- in support of the Member and which were filed with the court attesting to the good ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- character of the Member. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab K) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-18. While he was a teacher at the School, the Member was the subject of reviews both as ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- a teacher and as head of his department. Attached are copies of some of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- performance reviews received by the Member up to 29 June 1995. (ASF – Exhibit 2, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Tab L) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-19. On or about 30 September 2003, the Member retired from the Board. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-By this document, the Member, Dale Fisher, accepts that the matters referred to in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 9 and 10 above constitute conduct which is disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-misconduct against him being more particularly, breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-subsections 1(15), (16), and (18), as set out in the Notice of Hearing which is attached ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-hereto. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab M) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-The Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- a. he understands fully the nature of the allegations; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- b. he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- have a hearing; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- c. he voluntarily decided to plead guilty. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-to the terms of his probation, counsel submitted that a reasonable penalty would be a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-suspension of the member’s certificate for three to twelve months. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-After considering the submissions of both counsel, the Committee makes the following ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-1. The Registrar is directed to suspend the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- registration for 22 months from the date of October 5, 2004, which certificate the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30(5) (iii) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- and order of the Discipline Committee are to be published in summary, including ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- the Member‘s name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Speaking/pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-The Committee considered the allegations in this case to be very serious. The Member, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-on two occasions, sent an electronic image of a nude prepubescent female to two adult ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-males, while visiting a chat room. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf:The Member was charged with three counts of possession of child pornography and two ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf:counts of distribution of child pornography. He pleaded guilty to two charges of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf:distributing child pornography and the remaining charges were withdrawn. He was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-found guilty, given a conditional discharge and ordered to perform 200 hours of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-community service. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-The judge in the criminal proceedings indicated that the distribution of child ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf:pornography in this particular case was at the low end of the spectrum. (ASF – Exhibit 2, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf:Tab D, page 6). However, distribution of child pornography, particularly by a teacher, is ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-viewed by the public as very serious in nature. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf:The distribution of child pornography and the production of child pornography ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-frequently involves direct child abuse in one form or another. In this case, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-distribution of these two electronic images by the Member, perpetrated the exploitation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-of the child who was depicted in the images and thus the harm to that child was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-exacerbated. Further, there is a risk that other people would continue to pass these ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-images on. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf:The Committee recognizes the seriousness of a teacher distributing child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-Teachers are charged with the protection, education and promotion of children. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf:Distribution of child pornography is inconsistent with the role of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-Because of the seriousness of the Member’s conduct, the Committee felt that a strong ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-message needed to be sent to the profession that this type of conduct will not be ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-However the Committee, in making its decision, considered the following: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 1. The Member sent an image on two occasions to two adult males. These two ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf: images were the only evidence of child pornography in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- possession. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 2. The activity did not involve any students of the Member or any other ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- children. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf: 3. There was no evidence that the Member used the images as a grooming tool ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- or to promote the abuse of children. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 4. The Member was certified as a teacher in 1979. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab A). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- There was no evidence that the Member had ever engaged in conduct that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- would be considered unprofessional prior to the criminal charges being laid ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- in October of 2000. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 5. The Member was given a conditional discharge by the criminal court. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 6. Two medical practitioners found that the Member is not a pedophile and is ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- not dangerous to the public or to minors. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Ta b H & J). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 7. One of the medical practitioners stated, “This is one of the cases where I can ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- confidently predict that the risk of recidivism is almost zero.” (ASF – Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 2, Tab J). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 8. The Member is compliant with the terms and conditions of his probation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- order. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-For these reasons, instead of revoking the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-registration, the Committee ordered the suspension of his certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-registration for 22 months, with the knowledge that the maximum suspension that can ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-be imposed is 24 months. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-In these circumstances, the Committee is satisfied that this decision serves and protects ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-the public interest and sends a strong message to the profession that the distribution of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf:child pornography is an extremely serious matter. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf-Date: October 20, 2004 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Don Cattani ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Rosemary Fontaine ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Normand Fortin ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 8, 2004 was served on Mark Anthony Hancock, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Teachers on September 15, 2004 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for November 16, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Mark Anthony Hancock was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-The allegations against Mark Anthony Hancock in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-July 8, 2004, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Mark Anthony Hancock is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40 (1.1), and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30 (3) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and particularly section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- or the regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (19); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-On November 16, 2004 the Committee made an order that there be no publication of any ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-information that may disclose the identities of the students involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. (ASF – ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-1. Mark Anthony Hancock (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- Member Information of the Member. (ASF-Exhibit 2, Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed as a teacher by the Upper Canada ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”). From approximately December 1997, until 19 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- June 2003, the Member was assigned to a secondary school. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-8. During the fall of 2002, the Member arranged for [**] to come to his home, by asking ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- her to babysit and tutor his children. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-9. [**] babysat the Member’s children and helped them with their homework ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- approximately four times per week following which she was often asked by the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- Member’s wife, whose name was Jennie, to stay for dinner. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-10. Around November 2002, [**] started helping the Member with catering at the school. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- At around that time, she described the Member as being “a good friend.” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-11. During November or December 2002, [**] went on a school trip to Algonquin ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- College, which was also attended by the Member. While on that trip, [**] spent time ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- with the Member because she did not have any friends in that class. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-12. During the 2002-2003 academic year the Member engaged in a relationship with [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- which included hand holding and kissing. The relationship progressed in March ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf: 2003 to sexual intercourse, as described in more detail in the paragraphs below. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- While engaging in that relationship with [**], the Member: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (a) made inappropriate comments to [**] including telling her that she had to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- get out of her parents’ house before her parents destroyed her; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (b) spent time with [**] alone in his office with the door closed and the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- windows covered; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (c) spent time alone with [**] at the School during evenings and weekends; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (d) gave [**] a key to his office at the School; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-(j) told [**] he would try to understand if she did not love him; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-(k) admitted that he told his brother, “about us today basically everything ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- except the love making;” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-(l) referred to [**] as his best friend; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-(m) told [**] that they were soul mates; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-(n) referred to [**] as, “Angel”, “hunny bun”, “snugly bug”, and “kissy, kissy ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- little missy”; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-(o) told [**] that he wanted to give her, “a bone crusher”; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-(p) wrote, “I love you so much and hate having to hide it!” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-(q) wrote, “My love for you grows deeper inside whenever I think of you ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ‘WAIT’ butterflies have just arrived and with that I will say Love You and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- Will See You Later.” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-(r) told [**] that he could not imagine a life without her; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-(s) told [**] that she made him feel alive and that she energized him; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-(t) jokingly suggested, on about 16 March 2003, that [**] weave some arsenic ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- into a bracelet which she was making for his wife; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-(u) told [**] that he “felt an incredible chemistry” from [**] when he kissed ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- [**]; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf:(v) told [**] that she was sexy and beautiful; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-(w) told [**] on 30 May 2003, that his children would love for them to get ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- married, and asked [**] to marry him; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- trip by other teachers and their families. The trip to Myrtle Beach took place from 7 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- March 2003 to 15 March 2003. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-19. On or about 15 March 2003, on returning to the Member’s home, [**] helped put the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- children to bed and the Member then proceeded to drive [**] home. While on their ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf: way to [**]’s residence, the Member engaged in sexual intercourse with [**] in his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- motor vehicle. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf:20. The Member engaged in further acts of sexual intercourse with [**] subsequent to 15 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- March 2003 and which continued after the end of the 2002-2003 academic year. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-21. On or about 28 March 2003, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (a) took [**] to the Town of Massena in New York State where he purchased ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- an engagement ring for her and matching wedding bands for [**] and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- himself; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (b) permitted [**] to sleep overnight with him at his house while his wife and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- children were away. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-22. On or about 12 April 2003 the Member: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf: (a) told [**]’s mother that he could assure her of her daughter’s sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- orientation; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (b) offered to buy [**] which [**]’s parents were selling because he knew that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- [**] was attached to them and did not want them to be sold. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-23. On or about 13 April 2003 the Member’s wife died by suicide. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-24. On or about 30 April 2003, the Member gave [**] the sum of one thousand dollars. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-25. On or after 1 May 2003, the Member began receiving nightly telephone calls from [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- during which [**] spoke to each of his children about the events of their day. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-26. On or about 2 May 2003, the Member publicly kissed [**] while sitting in his motor ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- vehicle in the parking lot of a Tim Horton’s Restaurant in a neighbouring town. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-27. On or about 4 May 2003, at approximately 11:00 p.m., the Member paged [**] and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- requested that she contact him by telephone. During the subsequent telephone ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- conversation, the Member notified [**] that the following day would be his first day ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- at work following his wife’s death. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf:28. On or about 10 May 2003, the Member engaged in sexual intercourse with [**] at his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- home while [**] waited downstairs and while his children were sleeping. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-29. On or about 16 May 2003, the Member permitted [**] and [**] to stay at his home ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- from approximately 8:00 p.m. to 12:50 a.m. during which time [**]’s parents were ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- under the impression that [**] was at the movies with [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-30. On or about 19 May 2003, at approximately 3:04 a.m., the Member paged [**] with a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- message which stated, “I love you.” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-31. On or about 22 May 2003, the Board wrote to the Member expressing concerns about ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- an alleged relationship between himself and [**]. After setting out the main areas ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- requiring his comments, the Member was directed to have no contact with [**] or her ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- family, either directly or indirectly, until further notice. A copy of the letter of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- Board is attached. (ASF-Exhibit 2, Tab E) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Misconduct Involving [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-38. With respect to [**], the Member acted inappropriately towards her in that he took a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- photograph of [**] as she exited from the shower wearing only a towel while she was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- on an overnight school trip to Kingston on or about 20 or 21 November 2002. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- Attached is a copy of a handwritten statement of [**] in which she described that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- incident. (ASF-Exhibit 2, Tab H) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Termination of Employment ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-39. On or about 19 June 2003, the Member’s employment with the Board was terminated ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- for just cause for his inappropriate conduct. Attached is a copy of a letter dated 19 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- June 2003 from the Board to the Member terminating his employment. (ASF-Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 2, Tab I) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- By this document, the Member, Mark Anthony Hancock, accepts that the matters ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-referred to in paragraphs 7, 8, 10 to 22, 24 to 30, 32 to 34, 37 and 38 above constitute ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-conduct which is disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence against him, being more ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsection 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-1(18) and 1(19), as set out in the Notice of Hearing. Further, the Member pleads guilty to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf:engaging in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-40(1)(1) of the Act. In addition, the Member pleads guilty to displaying a lack of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the welfare of students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-or extent that demonstrates that the Member is either unfit to carry out his professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-responsibilities or that the Member’s Certificate should be made subject to terms, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- The Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (b) he understands that, by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- the right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- to have a hearing; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- (c) he voluntarily decided to plead guilty. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Joint Submission as to Finding ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-In light of the admitted facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers and the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Member jointly submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-professional misconduct and incompetence. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Decision as to Finding ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the guilty plea, the Agreed Statement of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Facts and Guilty Plea, and the submissions made by counsel, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct and incompetence. In particular, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-Committee finds that Mark Anthony Hancock committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-misconduct and incompetence, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf-437/97 subsection 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19), as set out in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf:Hearing. Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated August 23, 2004 was served on Allen Fairfield Judd, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf-Teachers on September 20, 2004 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for November 22, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf-Allen Fairfield Judd was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf-The allegations against Allen Fairfield Judd in the Notice of Hearing, dated August 23, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf-2004, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Allen Fairfield Judd is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) of the Act, and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30 (3) of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- or the regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold his Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-3. Attached as Exhibit 2, Tab “B” is a copy of an Order which was imposed by the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-Ontario Court of Justice and continued by the Court of Appeal of Ontario, pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-Section 486(3) of the Criminal Code (Canada), directing that the identities of complainants ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-and any information that could disclose the identities of those persons, are not to be ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-published in any document or broadcast in any way. The persons involved in this ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-matter are therefore referred to herein by a number and described as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-(a) Victim No. 1 is a female person whose approximate year of birth is 1984, and in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- respect of whom the Member was in a position of trust; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-(b) Victim No. 2 is a female person whose approximate year of birth is 1971, and in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- respect of whom the Member was in a position of trust; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-(c) Victim No. 3 is a female person whose approximate year of birth is 1969, and in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- respect of whom the Member was in a position of trust; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-(d) Victim No. 4 is a female person in respect of whom the Member was in a position ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- of trust; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-(e) Victim No. 5 is a female person in respect of whom the Member was in a position ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- of trust; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-(f) Victim No. 6 is a female person; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-(g) Victim No. 7 is a male person who was a friend of Victim No. 2. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-4. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 1986 and 31 December 1995, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf:Member sexually assaulted Victim No. 1. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-5. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 1988 and 31 December 1995, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf:Member sexually touched Victim No. 2. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-6. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 1987 and 31 December 1990, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-Member physically assaulted Victim No. 2. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-7. Between the approximate dates of 4 January 1983 and 31 December 1987, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf:Member sexually assaulted Victim No. 2. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-8. Between the approximate dates of 4 January 1984 and 31 December 1994, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-Member physically assaulted Victim No. 6. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-9. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 1986 and 31 December 1990, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-Member uttered threats to cause serious bodily injury to Victim No. 7. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-10. On or about 21 March 2002, the Member pleaded guilty to charges that he: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-(a) between 1 December 1978 and 31 December 1979, did indecently assault Victim ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- No. 2, contrary to s.149(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-(b) between 30 May 1979 and 5 June 1979, did commit an act of gross indecency with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- Victim No. 2, contrary to s. 157 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-(c) between 1 May 1987 and 31 December 1990, did in committing an assault on ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- Victim No. 2, cause bodily harm contrary to section 267(b) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-18. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit 2,Tab “L” is a copy of the curriculum ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-vitae of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-19. On 30 May 2002, the Member was interviewed by Dr. William J. Komer, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-psychiatrist of London, Ontario who prepared a report to the Member’s solicitor in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-respect of the criminal matter herein. Attached and marked as Exhibit 2, Tab “M” is a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-copy of the report of Dr. Komer dated 11 June 2002. It was the opinion of Dr. Komer ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-that the Member did not have any major mental illness. He did, however, have a history ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-of alcohol abuse, a severe back injury and problems with anger management and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-relationships, which appear to have been significant problems around the time of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-offences. Dr. Komer also stated that in his opinion the Member did not have any ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf:underlying personality disorder and there is no indication of any sexual deviancy or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-pedophilia. Dr. Komer noted that the Member appeared to have significantly changed ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-his life around in a positive direction and become a productive and a contributing ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-member of society. He appeared to be genuinely remorseful for his actions. Lastly, Dr. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-Komer stated that, as of the time of preparing his report, the Member was not a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-significant threat to the safety of the public. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-20. Attached and marked as Exhibit 2, Tab “N” is a series of three letters prepared ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-in support of the Member in September 2003. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-By this document, the Member Sidney Leys, accepts that the matters referred to in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13 above constitute conduct which is disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf-misconduct against him being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-“Committee”) on September 15, 2004 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-The allegations against Daniel Marcellini (“the Member”) in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Daniel Marcellini is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) and/or is ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically sections 264 (1) (c) and (d) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-1. Daniel Marcellini (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-2. At all times material hereto, the Member was employed by the Hamilton- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- Wentworth District School Board (“the Board”) as a homeroom teacher at the [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- at Mountainview Public School (“the School”). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-3. During the 2001/2002 academic year, until early May 2002, the following ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- children were students in the Member’s class: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (a) [**], a female; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (b) [**], a male; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (c) [**], a female; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (d) [**], a male; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (e) [**], a female ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (f) [**], a male ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (g) [**], a male; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (h) [**], a female; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (i) [**], a female. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-4. During the 2001/2002 academic year, namely from in or about early September ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2001 until early May 2002, the Member acted inappropriately in his conduct and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- dealings with the above-named students. More specifically, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (a) rubbed the stomachs of [**], [**] and [**]., making these students and other ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- members of their class who witnessed this activity, uncomfortable; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (b) hit students on the head, back or buttocks with either a ruler, a book, or a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- rolled-up piece of paper, including but not limited to [**] and [**] On one ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- occasion, the Member told those students who had wrong answers to math ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- questions, to hit themselves in the head with their math books; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (c) made [**] sit on his lap, which embarrassed [**] and resulted in the other ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- students in the class laughing at [**]; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf: (d) told inappropriate jokes of a sexual nature to the students in his class, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- including, but not limited to, [**], [**], [**], [**] and [**]; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- (e) threatened to shoot students if they got incorrect answers; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-contacted by Blimkie), Principal of Mountaiview Public School (the “School”) where the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Member was employed. Blimkie had informed CAS that a parent had raised concerns of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-inappropriate activities occurring in the Member’s classroom. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-CAS first did a record check and found that in a parallel agency, The Catholic Children’s ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Aid Society of Hamilton (“CCAS”), there was a record of a previous incident regarding ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-the Member. [**] It was reported and verified by CCAS from other sources that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Member and the child were naked in a single sleeping bag and that there was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-inappropriate touching. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Given the CCAS report, and given the nature of concern for the students at the School, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-CAS interviewed the students at the school, and then contacted the police where the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-students were interviewed and videotaped by the police. The Member was invited to be ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-interviewed by CAS but declined. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-CAS then convened a meeting of the Child Abuse Support Team (“CAST”) to determine ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-whether the allegations could be confirmed. The three concerns were identified as: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf: 1. sexualized activity and inappropriate touching; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2. physical force with risk of harm to the students; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 3. risk of emotional abuse. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-As a result of CAS’ investigation, CAST verified the allegations and concerns. As well, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-CAS placed the Member’s name on the Child Abuse Registry. CAS also became aware ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-that the Member had been involved with Big Brothers and contacted this organization to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-advise them of their investigation with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-On July 5, 2002, McLoughlin and the Child Protection Worker and the Director at CAS ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-wrote a letter to the Ontario College of Teachers detailing their concerns and findings ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-with respect to the Member. (Exhibit 4, Tab 1 - Documents of The Children’s Aid Society of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Hamilton (“CAS Documents”). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-McLoughlin reported that the police informed her that, although they were not going to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf:lay any criminal charges, they were concerned about grooming behaviour on the part of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-the Member. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Once CAS concluded its investigation, findings and report, McLoughlin testified that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-CAS determined that the Member should not be in contact with children and since the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Member was no longer in the classroom, having been assigned to home with pay by the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Board, children were no longer at risk and therefore CAS’ role in the matter was at an ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-end. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- Evidence of Lane ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Lane, Registered Social Worker for the Board, testified that Mountainview School (the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-“School”) was part of her caseload. The father of one of the School’s female students ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-had referred his daughter (“[**]”) to Lane for counselling. The student had recently lost ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Lane gave further evidence regarding interaction she had with the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Member asked to speak with her about personal issues. During the discussion, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf:Member expressed concern about his sexual orientation. Lane indicated she was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-uncomfortable with the discussion and referred the Member to the Employee Assistance ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Program (EAP). The Member further spoke of Big Brothers and commented on a young ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-man with whom he was trying to reconnect with, years after the mother had terminated ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-the Big Brother relationship. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- Evidence of Bain ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Bain is the Superintendent of Education for the Hamilton-Wentworth District School ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Board and has held this position since 1998. Prior to that he had been an Assistant ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Superintendent. In all, he has 30 years experience as an educator. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Bain testified that in May 2002 Blimkie, the Principal of the School, contacted him with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-concerns about the Member. He testified that these concerns were raised by a parent ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf:and involved inappropriate touching, sexual comments and physical threats by the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Member. He was informed that CAS had been contacted. He advised Blimkie to speak ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-with the Member and to reassign the Member to home with pay. This was done and the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Member was also advised in writing by a letter from Bain on May 22, 2002. (Exhibit 6 – ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Documents of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (“Board Documents”). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-2 reported that he got meaner. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-2 reported that he gave all of the students lines, even if only a few misbehaved and then ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-he ripped the lines up in front of the students. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-2 reported that he had mood changes and that’s when things changed good or bad.” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Blimkie testified that she thought the Member’s conduct was inappropriate, particularly ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-when considering the ages of the students [**]. She also stated, that in her opinion, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf:Member was engaging in grooming behaviour, which she understood to be that of a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-person in a position of trust and authority using threats, tactics, rewards to set up ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-inappropriate relationships. It was her opinion that one student, [**], was being ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf:groomed by the Member. Her opinion was that, although [**] wanted to please the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Member, he was also very afraid of the Member and was nervous about sharing ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf:information about the Member, an indication in her opinion, of such grooming. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Blimkie stated that she had concerns about the Member as a teacher and she felt, in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-consideration of the allegations that had been corroborated, that he was not suitable to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-be a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-proof with which the Committee is familiar as set out in Re Bernstein and College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) 15 O.R. (2d) 477. The standard of proof applied ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-by the Committee, in accordance with the Bernstein decision, was a balance of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-probabilities with the qualification that the proof must be clear and convincing and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-based upon cogent evidence accepted by the Committee. The Committee also ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-recognized that the more serious the allegations to be proved, the more cogent must be ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-the evidence. The Committee considered the allegations in this case to be very serious. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and submissions made ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Daniel Marcellini ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) and is ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-incompetent as defined in section 30 (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-“Act”). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf:The Committee also finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and he displayed a lack ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-of knowledge, skill or judgment and a disregard for the welfare of students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-or extent that demonstrates that the Member is unfit to carry out his professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-responsibilities. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Findings of Fact and Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-The Committee makes the following findings of fact: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-(a) rubbed the stomachs of [**], [**] and [**], making these students and other ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- members of their class who witnessed this activity, uncomfortable; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-(b) hit students on the head, back or buttocks with either a ruler, a book, or a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- rolled-up piece of paper, including but not limited to [**] and [**] On one ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- occasion, the Member told those students who had wrong answers to math ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- questions, to hit themselves in the head with their math books; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-(c) made [**] sit on his lap, which embarrassed [**] and resulted in the other ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- students in the class laughing at [**]; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf:(d) told inappropriate jokes of a sexual nature to the students in his class, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- including, but not limited to, [**], [**], [**], [**] and [**]; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-(e) threatened to shoot students if they got incorrect answers; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-(f) made frightening remarks to students, including, but not limited to, that he ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- would microwave and eat his cat when it died; and that they would end up ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- like a skeleton he had in the classroom if they failed to listen to him; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-(g) on more than one occasion humiliated his students by calling them ‘stupid’ ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- or ‘moron’, and embarrassed [**] in the presence of her classmates when ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- she asked for help, by pointing out that she was asking for help again; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-(h) spoke to his students including, but not limited to, [**], [**], [**], [**], [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- and [**], about his personal life, including sharing with these students that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- his son was gay, and encouraged his students to tell him about their own; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-(i) tickled two of his male students around the ribs, namely [**] and [**], and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-The Committee also accepts that the Member made certain admissions contrary to his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-interests. In particular the Member admitted to the CCAS in 1996 that he was naked ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-with a 9 year old boy in a single sleeping bag. The Member also admitted to Bain that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-some of the incidents reported by students in 2001-2002 had occurred. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Section 32.02 of the By-laws of the Ontario College of Teachers confirms that members of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-the College in their position of trust and influence must “maintain professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-relationships with students”, “recognize and respect the privileged nature of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-relationship that teachers maintain with students”, and “act with integrity, honesty, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-fairness and dignity”. The Committee finds that the Member breached these standards ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-of the profession and accordingly breached section 264 (1) (c) of the Education Act and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/7, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14) and 1(15) by his inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf:touching of students, and his physical and emotional abuse of students and sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-of students as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf:The Committee also finds that the Member’s physical, sexual and emotional abuse of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-his students is contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection and 1(18) and 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-and also finds that the Member engaged in conduct that would reasonably be regarded ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-by members as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional and conduct unbecoming ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-a member. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-The Committee also finds that the Member’s physical touching of his students ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf:constitutes sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-40(1.1) of the Act; and by his inappropriate interaction with students, he displayed a lack ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-of knowledge, skill or judgment and a disregard for the welfare of students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-or extent that demonstrates that the Member is unfit to carry out his professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-responsibilities pursuant to section 30(3) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty be as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 1. revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 2. publication of the findings of the Committee, with the name of the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, which the Member is to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- surrender immediately to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (iii) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 23, 2004 was served Gregory Allan Miller, requesting ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on April ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-26, 2004 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The matter was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-subsequently set for hearing on September 20, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-Gregory Allan Miller was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-The allegations against Gregory Allan Miller in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Gregory Allan Miller is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act ( the “Act”), ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof, or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (14) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-(d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (16); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-(e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk contrary to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (17); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-(f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-(g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf:(h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-(i) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the Member is ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- Certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-At the hearing, the Committee accepted the College’s withdrawal of the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-professional misconduct as set out in paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f), and (h) above and the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-withdrawal of the allegations of incompetence as set out in (i) above and as set out in the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-1. Gregory Allan Miller (the “Member”) was at all material times a member of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information of the Member. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the [**] (the “Board”) as a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- teacher at [**] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-3. At all material times [**] was a [**] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-4. On or about 26 May 2003, in the 2002-2003 school year, the Member acted ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- unprofessionally in respect of [**] in that while [**], he instructed her to return to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- her seat having previously warned her to sit down. The Member then poked [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- on her buttock with his finger as he passed by [**] on his way to assist another ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- student. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf:5. On or about 6 August 2003, the Member was charged with committing a sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- assault on [**] contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Attached ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- hereto is a copy of the Information laid in respect of that charge. (ASF – Exhibit 2, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf-6. On or about 23 March 2004, the Member pleaded not guilty to the charge of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf: sexual assault referred to above but pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- against [**] contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Accordingly the Committee was satisfied that the Member knew that the hearing would ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-proceed on this date. The hearing was scheduled to commence at 9:00 a.m. The hearing ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-commenced 9:30 a.m. The Member had still not appeared and accordingly, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Committee proceeded in the Member’s absence. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-The allegations against Terrance O’Brien (“the Member”) in the Notice of Hearing) are as ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Terrance O’Brien is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (“Act”), and/or is ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (16); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (i) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-1. Terrance O’Brien, (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-2. The Member was employed as a teacher by The Renfrew County District School ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- Board, or its predecessor, between the approximate dates of September 1970 and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- September 1997. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-3. During that period the Member taught at various public and high schools in the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- Pembroke area, and between the approximate dates of September 1992 and 26 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- September 1997, the Member was employed as a teacher at a public school (the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- “School”). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-4. At all material times [XXX], [XXX], [XXX], [XXX], and [XXX] were male students ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-5. Between the approximate dates of 1 September 1996 and 26 September 1997, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf: Member sexually interfered with [XXX] and [XXX], both being under the age of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- fourteen years. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-6. Between the approximate dates of 1 September 1996 and 31 August 1997, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf: Member sexually assaulted [XXX] and [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-7. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 1992 and 1 January 1996, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf: Member sexually assaulted [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-8. On or about 6 February 2002, the Member was found guilty of the following ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- charges brought in the Superior Court of Justice in Ottawa: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (a) that between 1 September 1996 and 26 September 1997, he did for sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- purpose, touch the bodies of [XXX] and [XXX], persons under the age of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- fourteen years, contrary to s.151 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (b) that between 1 September 1996 and 31 August 1997, he did sexually ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- assault [XXX] and [XXX], contrary to s.271 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (c) that between 1 January 1992 and 01 January 1996, he did sexually assault ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- [XXX], contrary to s. 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-9. The finding of guilt referred to in paragraph 6 above, was based on the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- having pleaded no contest to an Agreed Statement of Facts which was filed with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- the Superior Court of Justice, and which included, but was not limited, to the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- following facts: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (a) between the approximate dates of 1 January 1992 and 1 January 1996, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- Member engaged [XXX], who was under the age of fourteen years, in acts of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- masturbation and fellatio. Further, during those dates: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf: (i) the Member watched pornographic movies and looked at pornographic ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- magazines with [XXX]; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (ii) the Member and [XXX] would kiss on the lips in public; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (b) between the approximate dates of 1 September 1996 and 31 August 1997, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- the Member said sexually explicit things to [XXX], who was under the age ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- of fourteen years. Further, during those dates, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (i) rubbed [XXX]’s back and patted his bum; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf: (ii) gave [XXX] alcohol and rented pornographic movies; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (iii) tried to take off [XXX]’s pants and grabbed at [XXX]’s penis over his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-pants; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (iv) took [XXX]’s hand and had [XXX] touch the Member’s genitals while the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- Member was naked; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (v) attempted to penetrate [XXX]’s anus while [XXX] was wearing a pair of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-boxer shorts; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (c) between the approximate dates of 1 September 1996 and 31 August 1997, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- the Member fondled the penis and testicles of [XXX], who was then ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-approximately seventeen years of age. Further, during those dates the Member: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (i) gave [XXX] alcohol and they watched a restricted movie with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:heterosexual sex scenes; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (ii) put his penis in [XXX]’s anus; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-On or about 6 February 2002, the Member was found guilty of the following charges ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-brought in the Superior Court of Justice in Ottawa: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (a) that between 1 September 1996 and 26 September 1997, he did for sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- purpose, touch the bodies of [XXX] and [XXX], persons under the age of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- fourteen years, contrary to s.151 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (b) that between 1 September 1996 and 31 August 1997, he did sexually ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- assault [XXX] and [XXX], contrary to s.271 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (c) that between 1 January 1992 and 01 January 1996, he did sexually assault ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- [XXX], contrary to s. 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-The finding of guilt referred to in the paragraph above, was based on the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-having pleaded no contest to an Agreed Statement of Facts which was filed with the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Superior Court of Justice, and which included, but was not limited, to the following ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-facts: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (a) between the approximate dates of 1 January 1992 and 1 January 1996, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- Member engaged [XXX], who was under the age of fourteen years, in acts of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- masturbation and fellatio. Further, during those dates: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf: (i) the Member watched pornographic movies and looked at pornographic ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- magazines with [XXX]; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (ii) the Member and [XXX] would kiss on the lips in public; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (b) between the approximate dates of 1 September 1996 and 31 August 1997, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- the Member said sexually explicit things to [XXX], who was under the age ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- of fourteen years. Further, during those dates, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (i) rubbed [XXX]’s back and patted his bum; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf: (ii) gave [XXX] alcohol and rented pornographic movies; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (iii) tried to take off [XXX]’s pants and grabbed at [XXX]’s penis over his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-pants; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (iv) took [XXX]’s hand and had [XXX] touch the Member’s genitals while the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- Member was naked; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (v) attempted to penetrate [XXX]’s anus while [XXX] was wearing a pair of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-boxer shorts; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (c) between the approximate dates of 1 September 1996 and 31 August 1997, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- the Member fondled the penis and testicles of [XXX], who was then ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-approximately seventeen years of age. Further, during those dates the Member: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (i) gave [XXX] alcohol and they watched a restricted movie with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:heterosexual sex scenes; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- (ii) put his penis in [XXX]’s anus; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-[XXX] had been a student of the Member in grades [XXX]. [XXX]’s family setting was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-extremely unstable and he was having problems at school. [XXX] From 1992, when ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-[XXX] was approximately 13 years old, to 1996 the Member engaged [XXX] in various ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-sexual activities in his home, at his cottage, and upon one occasion during a trip to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:Montreal. The Member and [XXX] also watched pornographic movies and looked at ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:pornographic magazines together. (Brief of Docs, Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Another victim, [XXX], was one of the Member’s grade [XXX] students. [XXX] had ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-trouble concentrating in school. The Member began his relationship with [XXX] by ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-taking a special interest in him and giving him extra attention. The Member would say ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-sexually explicit things to [XXX], would rub [XXX]’s back when he was taking a test, and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-pat his bum when he was walking in the school hallway. The Member invited [XXX] to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-his cottage by writing a note to [XXX]’s parents indicating that he needed help fixing ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-things up at the cottage. At the cottage, the Member would sometimes walk around ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-naked, play card games, which involved getting naked, give [XXX] alcohol and provide ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:pornographic movies. On one occasion the Member attempted to penetrate [XXX] (Brief ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-of Docs, Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-[XXX] was a student of the Member in grades [XXX]. He had a lot of trouble in school. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-On one occasion, between September 1996 and August 1997 [XXX], who was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-approximately 17 years old, visited the Member’s cottage along with others. On this ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-occasion, the Member fondled the penis and testicles of [XXX], gave him alcohol, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:watched a restricted movie with heterosexual sex scenes, and penetrated [XXX] A few ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-months following these incidents [XXX] was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-(Brief of Docs, Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-[XXX] and [XXX] were best friends and both were students of the Member. Both had ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-troubles in school. The Member would call them names such as “honey”, “cutie” and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-“gorgeous”. On occasions, while on yard duty, the Member put his hand down the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-front of [XXX] and [XXX]’s pants. The Member and some students would exchange ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:sexually explicit jokes while at school. (Brief of Docs, Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-On February 21, 2002, Justice Cunningham sentenced the Member to be incarcerated for ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-a total of five years and ordered [XXX]. (Brief of Docs, Tab C). He further imposed a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Prohibition Order for a period of 10 years, barring the Member from any facility where ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-there would be children under the age of 14. (Brief of Docs, Tab D) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-proof with which the Committee is familiar as set out in Re Bernstein and College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) 15 O.R. (2d) 477. The standard of proof applied ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-by the Committee, in accordance with the Bernstein decision, was a balance of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-probabilities with the qualification that the proof must be clear and convincing and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-based upon cogent evidence accepted by the Committee. The Committee also ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-recognized that the more serious the allegations to be proved, the more cogent must be ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-the evidence. The Committee considered the allegations in this case to be very serious. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and submissions made ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Terrance O’Brien ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) 1(14), 1(15), 1 (16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:The Committee also finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of students of a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. and that he displayed a disregard for ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-the welfare of students of a nature and extent that demonstrates that the Member is unfit ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-to carry out his professional responsibilities. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-It is uncontested that the Member was charged and convicted under sections 151, and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). He was convicted under section 151 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:Code (Canada) that he did for sexual purpose, touch the bodies of persons under the age ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-of 14 years. He was also convicted under section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada) for ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:two counts of sexual assault. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-The Member has not appealed the conviction or sentence within the prescribed time ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-limits. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Rule 13.05 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Teachers states as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-13.05(1) Proof that a person has, in proceedings before a court in Canada, been ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-convicted or discharged of an offence following a finding of guilt is proof, in the absence ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-of evidence to the contrary, that the offence was committed by the person, if no appeal ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-of the conviction or discharge was taken and the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Having no evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts the proof of prior conviction ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-as described in the Brief of Court Docs (Exhibit 4) and finds that the Member did commit ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:sexual assault on [XXX], [XXX] and [XXX] The Committee also finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:did, for a sexual purpose, touch [XXX] and [XXX] This conduct is contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16) and 1(17) and constitutes professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:As such, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Section 32.02 of the By-laws of the Ontario College of Teachers confirms that members of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-the College in their position of trust and influence must “maintain professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-relationships with students”, “recognize and respect the privileged nature of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-relationship that teachers maintain with students”, and “act with integrity, honesty, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-fairness and dignity”. The Committee finds that the Member breached these standards ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-of the profession and accordingly breached section 264 (1) (c) of the Education Act and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/7, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14) and 1(15) by his inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:touching of students, and his physical, verbal, psychological, sexual and emotional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-abuse of students. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s physical, verbal, psychological, sexual and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-emotional abuse of students is contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-and 1(19) and finds that this is conduct that would reasonably be regarded by members ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, and conduct unbecoming a member. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s touching of students for a sexual purpose and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:sexual assault of students showed a disregard for the welfare of students of a nature or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-extent that demonstrates that the Member is unfit to carry out his professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-responsibilities pursuant to section 30(3) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty be as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-The Committee finds that the actions of the Member violated the boundaries that must ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-exist between teachers and students. The Committee also determines that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-actions violate the trust placed upon a teacher in interacting with students. He abused ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:the power and trust vested in him in his role as a teacher by fostering sexual, emotional, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-psychological and physically abusive relationships with his students. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-The Member had a pattern of behaviour, which involved grooming these students for ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf:his own sexual gratification. He sought out boys who were particularly needy, had poor ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-family situations and/or had difficulties at school, and gained their trust. The victims’ ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-impact statements (Brief of Docs, Tab C), describe how, in all cases, the result of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Member’s conduct has been devastating to them and how each of them is now ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-struggling with his past. They are experiencing shame, guilt, and remorse and have ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-relationship problems. Some have turned to drugs and alcohol and some have had ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-suicidal thoughts. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-Section 33 (4) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act specifies that an application for ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-reinstatement following revocation shall not be made earlier than one year from the date ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-of the order. This is of grave concern to the Committee due to the extent that there were ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-criminal convictions, a jail term, a [XXX] and a Prohibition Order for a period of 10 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-years, barring the Member from any facility where children under age of 14 years are ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf-present. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated September 8, 2003 was served on Emmett Jamieson R. O’Neill, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-Teachers on October 20, 2003 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-Emmett Jamieson R. O’Neill was not in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the Panel. (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-The allegations against Emmett Jamieson R. O’Neill in the Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-September 8, 2003 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-IT WAS ALLEGED that Emmett Jamieson R. O’Neill is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) of the Act, and/or is incompetent as defined in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-section 30(3) of the Act, that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- (b) he released or disclosed information about a student to a person other ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- than the student, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- (e) he contravened the law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-3. At all material times, [XXX], [XXX] and [XXX], were female teachers at the School ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- and [XXX] was an adult female student of the School. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-4. During the period from approximately 1992 to approximately 1998, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- (a) engaged in a pattern of abusive and harassing conduct that was in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- contravention of various Board policies including Workplace ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- Harassment; The Role of Teachers; the Credo for Catholic Education; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- Safe Positive Learning Environments. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- (b) created a harmful work and learning environment for female teachers ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- and students; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- (c) referred to women as, “feminazis”; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf: (d) made innuendos about the sexuality of [XXX] in front of other students; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- (e) repeatedly yelled at [XXX] in the classroom and made the remark to her ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- that he knew where she resided and that she had children; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- (f) engaged in a pattern of intimidation and harassment towards female ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- members of staff including, but not limited to, [XXX], [XXX] and [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- (g) engaged in a pattern of intimidation and harassment towards female ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- students, including but not limited to [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- (h) made threats of workplace violence; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- (i) told teacher [XXX] that he had advised the Chair of the Board that unless ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- the Chair backed off he intended to say that the Chair had “fucked young ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- boys”; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- (j) advised [XXX], without providing any further detail when asked, of a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- rumour that she was leaving her husband and that she had taken up with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- a female student, a statement which [XXX] regarded as an indirect threat. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-5. In or around September 1992, the Member made a comment, in the presence of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- students and [XXX], a female teacher at the School, that “men are scum – I did ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- Kristen French.” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-6. In or around October 1992, the Member told [XXX] that he was receiving ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- counselling for an alcohol problem and advised her that she had to understand ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- the way he dealt with conflict and said, “you don’t fuck with me because if you ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- fuck with me I am going to walk all over you.” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf-7. By letter dated 14 September 1993, the Member was disciplined for publicly ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- berating [XXX], a female teacher at the School, threatening to “go toe to toe,” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- with [XXX], and making unacceptable comments to her. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 5, 2003 was served on Mark A. Richards, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf-Teachers on December 3, 2003 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf-Mark A. Richards was not in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf-Hearing was presented and accepted by the Panel. (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf-The allegations against Mark A. Richards in the Notice of Hearing, dated November 5, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf-2003, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf-IT WAS ALLEGED that Mark A. Richards is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf-defined in section 30 (2), and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30 (3) of the Act, in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and particularly section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-“Committee”) on October 5, 2004 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-The allegations against James Leo Ryckman (“the Member”) in the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that James Leo Ryckman is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- (d) he contravened laws, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (16); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: (g) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-1. James Leo Ryckman (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-2. The Member had up until his retirement on 30 June 1997, been employed by the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-3. At all material times, [**] and [**] were female persons, whose dates of birth are ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: [**], and [**], respectively. Both [**] and [**] reside in the county of Essex. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:4. Between 1997 and 28 January 2002, the Member sexually assaulted, sexually ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: interfered with and sexually exploited [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:5. Between October 1999 and January 2002, the Member sexually assaulted, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: sexually interfered with and sexually exploited [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-6. On or about 28 January 2002, the Member was charged by the Ontario Provincial ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: Police with one count each of sexual touching, of [**], one count each of sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: exploitation of [**] and [**], and one count each of sexual assault of [**] and [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-7. Following the laying of charges on 28 January 2002, the Member was granted bail ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: with certain conditions including that he remain within Essex County and not ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- associate with any person under the age of 16 years unless that person was in the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- company of an adult person. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-8. In or about January to March 2002, the Member breached the terms of his bail ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- referred to in paragraph 7 above, and was further charged in respect to the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- breach or breaches of bail. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-9. On or about 13 June 2002, the charges referred to in paragraphs 6 and 8 above, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- against the Member were consolidated into one Information. The member is ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- charged, inter alia, that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:(a) between January 1999 and January 2002, at a town in Ontario, did for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- purpose touch [**], a person under the age of fourteen years, directly with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- a part of his body, to wit: his hand, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-(b) between January 1999 and January 2002, at a town in Ontario, being in a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: position of trust or authority towards [**], a young person, did for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- purpose, touch directly the body of [**] with a part of his body to wit: his hand, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- contrary to section 153 of the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-(c) between January 1999 and January 2002, at a town in Ontario, did commit a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: sexual assault on [**], contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:(d) between October 1999 and January 2002, at a town in Ontario, did for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- purpose, touch [**], a person under the age of fourteen years directly with a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- part of his body, to wit: his hand, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-(e) between October 1999 and January 2002, at a town in Ontario, being in a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: position of trust or authority towards [**], a young person, did for sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- purpose touch directly the body of [**], a young person, with a part of his body, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- to wit: his hand, contrary to section 153 of the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-(f) between October 1999 and January 2002, at a town in Ontario, did commit a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: sexual assault on [**] contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-(g) between 28 January 2002 and 17 March 2002, at a town in Ontario, having ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- been charged with a criminal offence and being at large on a recognizance ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- entered into before a justice and being bound to comply with a condition of that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: recognizance directed by a justice, namely: remain within Essex County, failed ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- without lawful excuse to comply with that condition contrary to section 145(3) of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-(h) between 28 January 2002 and 17 March 2002, at a town in Ontario, having ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- been charged with a criminal offence and being at large on a recognizance ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Tab D – Court of Appeal for Ontario – Certificate of Non-Filing, dated October 1 2004, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- and Warning issued by Court of Appeal. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-The Court Docs outline the following evidence: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-The Member was indicted on 15 counts, pleaded guilty to 4 counts of breach of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-recognizance and after trial was convicted on 6 counts. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Prior to trial, the Member pleaded guilty to the following: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-1. Between 28 January 2002 and 17 March 2002, at a town in Ontario, having been ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-charged with a criminal offence and being at large on a recognizance entered into before ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-a justice and being bound to comply with a condition of that recognizance directed by a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:justice, namely: remain within Essex County, failed without lawful excuse to comply ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-with that condition contrary to section 145(3) of the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-2. Between 28 January 2002 and 17 March 2002, at a town in Ontario, having been ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-charged with a criminal offence and being at large on a recognizance entered into before ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-a justice and being bound to comply with a condition of that recognizance directed by a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-justice, namely: not to associate with any person under the age of sixteen years unless ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-they are in the company of an adult person, failed without lawful excuse to comply with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-that condition contrary to section 145(3) of the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-3. On or about 14 March 2002, a town in Ontario, having been charged with a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-criminal offence and being at large on a recognizance entered into before a justice and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-being bound to comply with a condition of that recognizance directed by a justice, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-namely: not to associate with any person under the age of sixteen years unless they are ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-in the company of an adult person, failed without lawful excuse to comply with that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-condition, contrary to section 145(3) of the Criminal Code; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-4. On or about 15 March 2002, at a town in Ontario, having been charged with a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-criminal offence and being at large on a recognizance entered into before a justice and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-being bound to comply with a condition of that recognizance directed by a justice, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-namely: not to associate with any person under the age of sixteen years unless they are ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-in the company of an adult person, failed without lawful excuse to comply with that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-condition, contrary to section 145(3) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Evidence Re: [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-After trial on May 25, 2004 the Member was found guilty of the following: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-1. Between January 1999 and January 2002, at a town in Ontario, being in a position ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:of trust or authority towards [**], a young person, did for a sexual purpose, touch ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-directly the body of [**] with a part of his body to wit: his hand, contrary to section 153 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-2. Between January 1999 and January 2002, at a town in Ontario, did commit a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: sexual assault on [**], contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Between 1999 and 2002, the Member became a daily visitor at [**]’s home. The Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-and [**], who was [**]’s mother, started out in a business relationship, which progressed ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-to beyond friendship to talk of marriage. Over time the Member began to increase his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-role in his relationship with [**]’s children and began to occupy a parental role. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:According to [**], the Member’s sexual conduct towards her started at some point after ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-July 1998. The Member began by massaging her shoulders in the living room and in her ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-bedroom, and then progressed to the Member rubbing her stomach, her vaginal area ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-and breasts. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-The Member routinely came into [**]’s bedroom to assist her with her homework or to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-say good night at bedtime. On these occasions, he would close and lock the bedroom ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-door, have her lie on the bed, pull her pants or pyjamas down to her thighs and, as he ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-sat on the edge of the bed, massage her breasts and vaginal area. He did so, according to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-[**], on average two or three times a week. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-The Member explained to [**] the reasons for what he was doing. He told her that she ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-had cancerous lesions, especially in her vaginal area and that his rubbing the area would ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-eliminate them. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-[**] wanted to become a model. The Member encouraged [**] in her ambition to become ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-a model and offered to help her by speaking about arranging photo shoots for her and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-introducing her to influential people. He used this knowledge to deceive [**] for his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:own sexual gratification. He convinced [**] that by massaging her to orgasm and then ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-taking a pill, which he provided to her, would improve her physical development for ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-modelling purposes. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Evidence Re: [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-After trial on May 25, 2004 the Member was found guilty of the following: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 1. Between October 1999 and January 2002, at a town in Ontario, being in a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: position of trust or authority towards [**], a young person, did for sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- purpose touch directly the body of [**], a young person, with a part of his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- body, to wit: his hand, contrary to section 153 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 2. Between October 1999 and January 2002, a town in Ontario, did commit a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf: sexual assault on [**] contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-[**], who was a troubled 13-year old, came to reside at the home of [**] in October 1999. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-According to [**], the member presented himself as a doctor, wearing scrubs and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-carrying a medical bag. He removed her clothes, examined her vaginal area and breasts ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-and told her that she had cancerous lesions and an inverted nipple. [**] testified that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-during the period from October 1999 to February 2000, while she resided at [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:residence, sexual assaults by the Member occurred twice a day, five days a week. They ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-took place in her bedroom when the Member came in to help with homework and also ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-when he came in to say good night. The Member would rub her shoulders, her stomach, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-her legs, her breasts and vaginal area. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-After the Member had been charged with the counts involving [**] and [**], and after his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-release on a recognizance which included a term that he not associate with any person ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-under 16 years old unless in the company of another adult, the Member failed to comply ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-with these terms and was found guilty of breach of recognizance. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-In addition to having been convicted of the above with respect to [**] and [**], the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:Member was also convicted of sexual assault a female adult, [**], contrary to section271 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-proof with which the Committee is familiar as set out in Re Bernstein and College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) 15 O.R. (2d) 477. The standard of proof applied ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-by the Committee, in accordance with the Bernstein decision, was a balance of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-probabilities with the qualification that the proof must be clear and convincing and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-based upon cogent evidence accepted by the Committee. The Committee also ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-recognized that the more serious the allegations to be proved, the more cogent must be ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-the evidence. The Committee considered the allegations in this case to be very serious. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and submissions made ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that James Leo Ryckman ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1 (16), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-It is uncontested that the Member was convicted under section 153 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:(Canada) that being in a position of trust, did for sexual purpose touch the bodies of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-young persons. He was also convicted under section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada) of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:3 counts of sexual assault. He was also convicted of 145(3) of the Criminal Code (Canada) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-for breach of recognizance. The Member was sentenced to a term of incarceration of 5 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-years. Therefore the Committee finds that the Member is in breach of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Rule 13.05 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Teachers states as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-13.05(1) Proof that a person has, in proceedings before a court in Canada, been convicted ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-or discharged of an offence following a finding of guilt is proof, in the absence of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-evidence to the contrary, that the offence was committed by the person, if no appeal of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-the conviction or discharge was taken and the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-The Member has not appealed the conviction or sentence within the prescribed time ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-limits. (Court Docs, Tab D – Certificate of Non-Filing) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Having no evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts the proof of prior conviction ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-as described in the Court Docs (Exhibit 4) and as detailed above. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member breached the standards of the profession and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-accordingly breached section 264 (1) (c) of the Education Act and Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:437/7, subsections 1(5), 1(14) and 1(15) by his conviction of sexual abuse and sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-assault on two minors. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-The Committee also finds that the Member’s conduct is contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-437/97, subsection and 1(18) and 1(19) in that the Member engaged in conduct that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-unprofessional and conduct unbecoming a member. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty be as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Reasons for Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-While in a position of trust, the Member played upon the vulnerability of [**] and [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:and manipulated them for his own sexual gratification. The Member willfully deceived ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-these young girls. For example he told them that by massaging their vaginal areas, they ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-would be relieved of their cancerous lesions. He claimed to be a doctor while he ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-assaulted them. The Member ingratiated himself into the life of [**]’s mother, and then ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:systematically sexually preyed on [**] and [**] with deception. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf:These young girls were vulnerable to begin with and the Member’s sexual conduct ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-towards them undermined their fundamental human values, including their self-worth. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-The victim impact statements described how the Member’s criminal actions have had an ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-emotionally devastating effect upon [**], [**] and their families. Both [**] and [**] spoke ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-of depression, the need to escape memories, ongoing feelings of insecurity, and inability ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-to trust people. (Court Docs, Tab C) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-The Committee notes that the Member, at the time of sentencing, was 66 years of age. In ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-imposing a 5 year time period for which the Member could apply for reinstatement, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-Committee is satisfied that the Member will not again be in a position of trust or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf-authority in the publicly funded school system in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-squirming and obvious discomfort. She never doubted the credibility of the students ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-and indicated that they were highly regarded by students and staff. Dowhaniuk ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-notified the Board, Children’s Aid Society (CAS) and the police. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-On March 7, 1995 the Member was arrested at the school. That morning three [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-female students, [XXX], [XXX] and [XXX] had come forward with similar complaints ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-about the Member. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Dowhaniuk testified that on the first day of each school year, the policies and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-procedures for the school and that of the Board were reviewed with all staff. The ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:Routines and Policies at [XXX] regarding child sexual abuse protocol includes the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-statement: “Do not touch”. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Dowhaniuk stated that these policies were reviewed with staff on a regular basis and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-that the Member was certainly aware of the policies. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Dowhaniuk testified that the game was one which was usually played with primary ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-students and was inappropriate at the [XXX] level. She indicated that during the game, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-the touching was usually done by another student, not the teacher. She had concerns ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-about any game whereby the teacher touched students. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Dowhaniuk was of the opinion that the Member was unsuitable to hold teaching ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-qualifications She said, based on her 28 years of experience in education, that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Member should absolutely not be anywhere in the profession. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Francey McKenzie testified that she was a supervisor with CAS in Toronto. She ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-produced the CAS records which had been ordered released by the Committee relating ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:to the Member. CAS investigated the alleged incidents of sexual abuse and verified on ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:the children’s statements that the Member had been sexually inappropriate with three of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-his students, being [XXX], [XXX] and [XXX] As a result, the Member was placed on the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Child Abuse Register on the recommendation of the Child Abuse Team. The Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-was informed by the Ministry of Community and Social Services that he had been ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-placed on the Child Abuse Register and given an opportunity to examine the Register ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-and request that his name be removed or amended. The Member did not respond. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-[XXX], [XXX] old, is currently employed and completing post secondary studies. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-testified that on March 6, 1995, when she was a [XXX] [XXX] student in [XXX] class, in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-first period, while playing the game, “Heads Up Seven Up”, the Member touched her on ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-the right breast. [XXX] demonstrated how this had occurred. With her head on the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-desk, rested on her folded arms, and her eyes closed, her breast was below the lip of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-desk. The Member touched her breast with an open palm, moving his hand from the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-front of her breast to the back of the breast. [XXX] reported that she was shocked and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-scared. After being touched, she was required to go to the front of the class where she ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-and not on the head or shoulders. [XXX] reported that [XXX] was the second student ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-selected and told her, “Mr. A’s a pervert; he touched me on the breast”, to which [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-replied that he had done the same to her. [XXX] then observed that the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-touched the other students on the head or the shoulders. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-[XXX] indicated that at the beginning of the next period that she and [XXX], later joined ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-by [XXX] informed O’Connell that the Member had touched them. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-[XXX] feels angry about what happened, that the Member was not convicted and could ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-therefore do this again. Her aspiration to become a lawyer is based on her experience ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-with the Member and her desire to help other students in similar occurrences. She never ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-wants to see him again and still feels stressed if she sees someone who looks like him ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-because it brings back the memory of the incident. She strongly emphasized that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Member should never be in a classroom. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-[XXX], [XXX] and [XXX] were called to the office to speak with the principal. Later in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-the day, the police and the CAS representative interviewed them. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:The Member was subsequently charged with 5 counts of sexual assault and 5 counts of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:sexual interference. A trial was held in the matter where the students testified. Judge S. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Merenda, in his Reasons for Judgment dated September 18, 1997, (Exhibit 36), found that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-the Member touched [XXX], [XXX], [XXX] and [XXX] on the breast during the game. He ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-indicates on page 6: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- “I’m prepared to accept that on the dates in question…each of the four ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- complainants were touched by the accused in the area of the side of their breast.” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-However, Judge Merenda was not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the touching ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:was intended or of a sexual nature and the Member was acquitted. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- Incidents at [XXX] School (“[XXX]”) – 1999 to 2000 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Marie Adams (Adams) was the principal of [XXX] until June 2000. She testified that she ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-had 33 years experience in education. On June 1, 2000 she had interviewed five students ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-who told her about seeing pictures of naked women on the Member’s computer screen ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-in the classroom. She provided the Committee with handwritten notes of her interviews ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-with these five students (Exhibit 17). The school did not retrieve any images from the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Member’s computer and none were presented to the Committee. When Constables ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Lahey and LeBoeuf later interviewed the students, most of them indicated that when ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-they approached the Member and these pictures were on the computer screen, he turned ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-the screen away and/or told the students to go away. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Marie Adams produced notes written by B. Nasimok, a grade 4 teacher, concerning an ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-incident that happened at [XXX] on May 30, 2000. The notes indicate that [XXX], a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-[XXX], [XXX] old female student, had come to her upset and crying because of an ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-incident with her [XXX] teacher, the Member. [XXX] reported that upon leaving the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-class, the Member called her back, told her to turn around and placed one hand on her ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-belt buckle and one hand on her bottom. [XXX] asked “What are you doing?” and the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Member put his hands on his knees quickly. Two other female [XXX] students ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-witnessed this incident. The Member claimed that she had missed a belt loop. The ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-incident was reported to the principal, Adams. Adams advised Nasimok to inform CAS ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-about the incident. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Constable Mary Lahey (“Lahey”) was a uniformed police officer with the Toronto Police, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:who, in 2000, was assigned to the Youth Bureau dealing with child abuse and sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-assault. Lahey and her partner, LeBouef, interviewed [XXX] Lahey testified that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-interview was conducted at the “Gatehouse”, which was a safe house for children with a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-child-friendly atmosphere. Lahey decided to interview [XXX] at the Gatehouse because ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-she was very young, upset and embarrassed. Lahey and LeBouef also interviewed the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-two other students who had witnessed the incident. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:The Member was subsequently charged with sexual assault and sexual interference and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-a hearing was held on June 21, 2001. The charges were withdrawn when the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-resigned his teaching position and on the Member’s undertaking that he would not ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-teach in Canada and that he planned to leave for Ghana on June 23, 2001. Lahey also ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-testified that the parents of [XXX] did not want to put their child through a lengthy, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-embarrassing trial. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-proof with which the Committee is familiar as set out in Re Bernstein and College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) 15 O.R. (2d) 477. The standard of proof applied ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-by the Committee, in accordance with the Bernstein decision, was a balance of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-probabilities with the qualification that the proof must be clear and convincing and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-based upon cogent evidence accepted by the Committee. The Committee also ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-recognized that the more serious the allegations to be proved, the more cogent must be ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-the evidence. The Committee considered the allegations in this case to be very serious. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and submissions made ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Stephen Owusu-Ansah ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. In addition, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Committee finds that the Member displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-The testimony of the students who testified, [XXX] and [XXX], was compelling. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-was soft-spoken, straightforward and candid in her account of the incident. She was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-convincing in her description and demonstration of the event. From her demeanour it ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-was clear to the Committee that the incident was very troubling to her and has ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-continued to affect her to this day. Her report to the Committee was consistent with the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-report she made at the time of the incident. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-[XXX] was equally candid and straightforward in her description and demonstration of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-the incident. She testified in a logical, clear and convincing manner. Her ambition now ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-to become a lawyer speaks to the significant impact this event has had on her. Like ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-[XXX], her report to the Committee was consistent with the report she made at the time ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-of the incident. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-The Committee is convinced by the testimony of [XXX] and [XXX] that the Member did ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:touch these students in an inappropriate manner for a sexual purpose. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-The Committee did not draw any adverse conclusions from the fact that the three other ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-students who had reported similar incidents did not appear to testify. College counsel ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-was unable to serve [XXX], [XXX] and [XXX] However, [XXX] telephoned Jennifer ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Robinson, Law Clerk with McCarthy Tétrault, saying she was aware someone was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-attempting to serve her. [XXX] confirmed that she knew the Member and stated, “I do ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-not wish to talk about this all again. Just to talk to you is disturbing me now. It was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-very painful and I don’t want to talk about this again.” (Affidavit of Jennifer Robinson, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Exhibit 38). However the Committee did receive evidence from the testimony and notes ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-of the principal Dowhaniuk and those of Clarfield with respect to these three students. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-(Notes of Clarfield, Exhibit 33). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Judge S. Merenda, in his Reasons for Judgment dated September 18, 1997, (Exhibit 36), ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-found as a fact that the Member touched [XXX], [XXX], [XXX] and [XXX] on their ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-breasts while playing the game but was not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:touching was intended or of a sexual nature and the Member was acquitted. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:Although the Judge was left with reasonable doubt as to sexual intent of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-the Committee has no such doubt. The Committee finds that the touching of these four ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:students breasts was of a sexual intent. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-The game, as played by the Member, created an opportunity for him to touch students ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-inappropriately and to make the students vulnerable. The manner in which the students ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-were instructed to put their heads and arms on their desk, rendered their breasts to be ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-behind and below the edge of the desks so they were vulnerable. In this position, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Member would have had to make a conscious effort to reach down to make contact with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-the students’ breasts. The action could not be accidental or inadvertent. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-finds that these actions were intentional. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member was engaged in viewing inappropriate images of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-naked women on the computer screen in [XXX] class in March of 2000 at [XXX]. The ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Committee was not presented with hard evidence of the images. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Adams testified that she interviewed at least four students who reported seeing images ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-of naked women on the Member’s computer screen during class. Constable Lahey ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-subsequently stated that upon interviewing the students, they revealed that when they ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-approached the Member in class, he turned the computer screen away and/or told them ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-to go away. Adams and Lahey submitted notes of their interviews as exhibits. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member did touch a [XXX] female, [XXX] student, [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-at [XXX] on May 30, 2000. Adams testified that [XXX] had approached a teacher, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Nasimok, upset and crying because of an incident with her [XXX] teacher, the Member. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Two other students witnessed the incident. Subsequently the incident was reported to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-CAS and the police. After Lahey determined the facts, the Member was charged with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:sexual assault and sexual interference. The charges were withdrawn because the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Member resigned his employment, undertook not to teach in Canada and stated his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-intention to leave for Ghana. Although there was no criminal finding, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-determined that inappropriate touching of [XXX] did occur. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Section 32.02 of the By-laws of the Ontario College of Teachers confirms that members of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-the College in their position of trust and influence must “maintain professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-relationships with students”, “recognize and respect the privileged nature of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-relationship that teachers maintain with students”, and “act with integrity, honesty, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-fairness and dignity”. The Committee finds that the Member breached these standards ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-of the profession and accordingly breached section 264 (1) (c) of the Education Act and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/7, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19) and that he ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Act by his inappropriate touching of students and by viewing pictures of naked women ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-on his computer screen during class time, with students present. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s touching of students was for a sexual purpose ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-and showed a disregard for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-demonstrates that the Member is unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-pursuant to section 30(3) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty be as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 1. revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 2. costs in the amount of $5,000 per day of hearing to be paid by the Member to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- the College; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 3. publication of the findings and Order of the Committee, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- Member in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 5, 2002 was served on Frank Angelo Sacino, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-Teachers on December 4, 2002 for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-subsequently set for October 21, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-Frank Angelo Sacino was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-The allegations against Frank Angelo Sacino in the Notice of Hearing, dated November 5, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-2002, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Frank Angelo Sacino is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40 (1.1), and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30 (3) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and particularly section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- and the regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (19); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- the member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-At the hearing, the Committee permitted the College to withdraw the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-professional misconduct as set out paragraphs (b), (c), (f) and (g) in the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-which alleged breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(14), 1(15); and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf:that he engaged in sexual abuse of students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-of the Act; and that he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-disregard for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that the member’s ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-On October 21, 2004 the Committee made an order that there be no publication of any ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-information that may disclose the identities of the students involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-Submission on Penalty. (ASF – Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty provides as ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- (d) [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-43. [**] was a male student of the Member’s [**] class during the second semester of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- the 2000/2001 academic year. [**] and [**] were in that class together. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-44. On one particular occasion, in April 2001, students in the [**] class were making ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- oral presentation of their ISUs. The Member warned the students not to talk ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- during a presentation, and threatened to deduct marks from their own ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- presentation if they talked during their classmates’ presentations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-45. During one presentation, while handouts were being distributed, [**] was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- speaking with his neighbour to the left. Then, the Member struck [**] with a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- paperback book on the right side of the back of his head, including his ear area. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- When class ended, [**] stayed behind to discuss the incident with the Member, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- who apologized for embarrassing [**] The Member stated that the contact was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- not that hard. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-46. On many previous occasions, [**] had spoken out in class and the Member had ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- warned [**] to stop talking. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-The Criminal Proceedings ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-47. On February 6, 2002, the Member was charged by Halton Regional Police Service ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf: with 5 counts of sexual assault; 2 counts of sexual exploitation; and 1 count of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- common assault. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-48. The criminal trial was heard before Madame Justice Van Melle in late 2003 early ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- 2004. Justice Van Melle delivered her decision on March 25, 2004. (Exhibit 2, Tab ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- C). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-49. The Member was acquitted on all counts. Justice Van Melle held that she could ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- not conclude, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the Member’s physical touching of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf: the students was sexual in nature. She further observed that some of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- incidents were capable of different interpretations. She also stated that she was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- concerned that there was an element of collusion of, and embellishment by, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- witnesses, and that the evidence of [**] and [**] was tainted. With respect to the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- common assault charge in connection with [**], the Justice held that the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- used reasonable force. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-50. Nevertheless, Justice Van Melle stated that the Member’s behaviour was “ill- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf: considered” and may constitute grooming, which is not a criminal offence. She ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- concluded the judgment by observing that “the conduct of the accused ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- demonstrates a total lack of good judgment and in the context of the teacher- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- student relationship is deserving of censure.” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-By this document, the Member, Frank Angelo Sacino, accepts that the matters referred to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-in paragraphs 5, 6, 7, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-37, 38, 39, 41, 42 and 45 above cumulatively constitute professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-pleads guilty to professional misconduct in breach of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(18) and 1(19), as set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf-By this document, the Member states that he: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- (a) understands fully the nature of the allegations that have been made ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- against him and voluntarily signed the Agreed Statement of Facts; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- (b) understands that by signing this Agreed Statement of Facts, he is ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- consenting to the evidence as set out in that document being presented to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- (c) understands that, depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- Committee, the Committee’s decision and a summary of its reasons may ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- be published in Professionally Speaking/Pour Parler Profession, including ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- reference to his name; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated February 25, 2003 was served on Stéphane Léonard Bélanger, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Teachers on March 20, 2003 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-hearing was subsequently scheduled for March 24, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Stéphane Léonard Bélanger was not in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the Panel. (Exhibit 1). A fax, addressed ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-to OTC (sic) Disciplinary Committee, was received at the College from Stéphane ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Bélanger on March 9, 2004 advising that he would not be defending himself. (Exhibit 3). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The allegations against Stéphane Léonard Bélanger in the Notice of Hearing are as ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Stéphane Léonard Bélanger is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-defined in section 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act and/or is incompetent as defined in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally contrary to Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- (d) he contravened laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- to hold a certificate of qualification and registration contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused a student ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- who was under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- remain at risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- (f) he committed acts, that having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- (i) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-At the hearing of the matter, Counsel for the College advised the Committee that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Stéphane Léonard Bélanger had been acquitted of the charge outlined in paragraph 40 of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-the Notice of Hearing, that he did, being a person in a position of trust or authority ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:towards a young person, with a part of his body, for a sexual purpose directly touch the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-body of a young person, contrary to section 153, (1), (a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-College Counsel then withdrew the allegations contained in paragraphs (d) and (e) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-above. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- his car to students, nor was he to socialize with students of the School outside of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- classroom hours. The member advised the Principal that he accepted those ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- restrictions. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-31. On or about 17 January 2002, which was the last day of English class in that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- semester, the Member showed the Student a message he had written saying, “I ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- miss you.” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-32. On or about 19 January 2002, the Member told the Student that in further ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- electronic messages between them he would use a code word for “I miss you.” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-33. On or about 22 January 2002, the Member resigned his position at the School. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-34. On or about 23 January 2002, the Member told the Student that he would be ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- leaving the School. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-35. On or about 25 January 2002, when the Student went to the Member’s class, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Member told the Student he missed her and gave her an extended hug. He also ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- kissed her on the forehead and gave her a sweatshirt. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-36. On or about 26 January 2002, the Member and the Student sent each other ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- electronic cards, and engaged in an Internet “chat.” ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-37. On or about 28 January 2002, the Member picked up the Student at a municipal ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- library after school and asked her to lower herself in the car so that she would ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- not be seen. The Member then took the Student to his apartment where he had ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf: sexual intercourse with her. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-38. On or about 6 March 2002, the Member was charged by the Ottawa Police ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Service that on or about 29 January, 2002, at the City of Ottawa, he did, being a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- person in a position of trust or authority towards a young person, with a part of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf: his body, for a sexual purpose directly touched the body of that young person, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Overview ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Stéphane Léonard Bélanger is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. At all ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-material times, he was employed by the Conseil scolaire de district catholique du ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Centre-Est de l’Ontario as a teacher at a secondary school (“the School”) in Ottawa. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-During the 2001-2002 school year, the Member taught Grade 10 Academic English at the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-School. The case concerned the Member’s interaction with a 15-year old, female grade ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-10 student who was in the Member’s Academic English class at the time. The issues ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-concern alleged inappropriate interaction between the Member and the Student. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The specific issues for the Committee to consider were whether or not the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-engaged in an inappropriate relationship and inappropriate communication with the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Student, both orally, electronically and by telephone, and whether, on one occasion, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:Member had sexually assaulted the Student. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The Evidence ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The College called three witnesses, a female Student (“the Student”), André Paradis ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-(“Paradis”), Principal of the School, and Kim Kay-Levesque (“Kay-Levesque”), a social ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-worker with the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa-Carleton. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Evidence of the Student ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The Student was in the Member’s Grade 10 English class during the 2001-2002 school ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-year. At the beginning of the school year, the Student noticed that she was receiving ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-special treatment (attention) from the Member. For example, she stated that the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-would choose her to read in the classroom, much more often than he would choose ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:on her coat. The Member told Kay-Levesque he had no sexual feelings towards the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Student. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Kay-Levesque testified that on January 28th or 29th, 2002, a call from the children’s ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-worker at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario was received advising that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:Member had had sexual relations with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-proof with which the Committee is familiar set out in Re Bernstein and College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) 15 O.R. (2d) 477. The standard of proof applied ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-by the Committee, in accordance with the Bernstein decision, was a balance of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-probabilities with the qualification that the proof must be clear and convincing and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-based upon cogent evidence accepted by the Committee. The Committee also ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-recognized that the more serious the allegation to be proved, the more cogent must be ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-the evidence. The Committee viewed the allegations in this case to be very serious. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged in paragraphs (a), (b), ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-(c), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of the Notice of Hearing. In particular, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Member: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- (1) failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf: (2) abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally contrary to Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- (3) failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- (4) committed acts, that having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- (5) engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf: (6) engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- (7) displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The Committee accepts the evidence as presented by the Student, the Principal and the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Social Worker as a true depiction of the described events. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-It is uncontradicted that the Member commenced and pursued an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:relationship with the Student during the 2001-2002 first semester, culminating in sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-intercourse. The relationship progressed from nothing to the Member identifying the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Student as someone he was attracted to and then pursuing her. He made her feel special ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-in class by choosing her more often than others; he arranged for a movie on her birthday ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-and so advised the class; he changed a mark. The Member and the Student ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-communicated by e-mail, with an e-mail account set up by the Member and using ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-pseudonyms so as to try and mislead the Student’s parents. The Member gave the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Student his telephone numbers and they communicated after school hours by telephone. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-This progressed to off school property where the Member gave the Student rides in his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-car; he began to show up at the Student’s place of employment; he bought her meals; he ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-spoke to the Student about having children and wishing that she was older. He ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-subsequently brought her to his apartment a few times. These visits progressed from ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:kissing to touching the Student’s hair and ultimately culminating in sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Section 32.02 of the By-laws of the Ontario College of Teachers confirms that members of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-the College in their profession of trust and influence must “maintain professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-relationships with “students”, “recognize and respect the privileged nature of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-relationship that teachers maintain with students”, and “act with integrity, honesty, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-fairness and dignity”. The Committee finds that the Member breached these standards ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-of the profession by pursuing and encouraging an inappropriate relationship with a 15- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-year old female student whom he was teaching and finds that he did not respect the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-privileged nature of the relationship that teachers must maintain with students. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member abused the Student sexually, psychologically and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) by fostering an ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-inappropriate emotional and psychological relationship with the Student which ended ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:up with kissing, touching and sexual intercourse between the Member and the Student. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The Committee considered the credibility of the Student. The Student gave her evidence ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-in a calm, convincing and straightforward manner. She was not hesitant in her ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-responses to questions. She recalled specific details and was consistent in her responses. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The Committee therefore finds that the Student was telling the truth and accepts all of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-her testimony as being truthful. The evidence of the Student was uncontradicted. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:communication of a sexual nature, orally, electronically and by telephone with the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:Student and had sexual intercourse with her on one occasion. As such, the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-failed to maintain the standards of practice of the profession, breached s. 264(1) (c) of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Education Act, engaged in conduct that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, and engaged in conduct unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-member. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:The Committee also finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of the Student of a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:nature as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act by engaging in sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The Committee also finds that the Member displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-judgment and a disregard for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-demonstrates that the Member is unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities. The ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Member used poor judgment in going out to bars after school hours and consuming ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-alcohol with his students, some of whom he knew to be under the drinking age. As ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:well, by engaging the Student in an inappropriate relationship, culminating in sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-intercourse, the Member displayed a disregard for the Student. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The testimony of Paradis is also uncontradicted. The Committee had no reason not to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-believe the evidence of this Principal who, in a forthright manner, outlined his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-interactions with the Member. The Committee finds that on two occasions, prior to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-January 7, 2002, Paradis warned the Member that his behaviour with respect to his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-interactions with students, for example drinking in bars with his underage students after ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-work, was unacceptable behaviour for a member of the profession and detailed how the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-behaviour of the Member was unacceptable as it related to the Code de déontologie de la ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-profession enseignante (Ethical Standards of the Teaching Profession). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Paradis also met with the Member on January 7, 2002, after meeting with the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-parents, and advised the Member not to communicate with the Student or any other ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-student alone in his classroom, not to offer rides to students or to socialize with students ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-outside of classroom hours. However, the Member continued to communicate with the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:Student after this date and engaged in sexual intercourse with the Student on January ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-28, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty be as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 1. revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 2. imposition of a lengthy period of time limit within which the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- may apply for reinstatement; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 3. publication of the decision and reasons of the Committee, with the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Member’s name, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- immediately the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, which the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (iii) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- and reasons of the Committee be published in summary, with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- name, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-3. Pursuant to section 30(7) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- may not apply for reinstatement for a period of at least ten years following the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- date of this order. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Reasons for Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member displayed a total disregard for the feelings and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-welfare of the Student. Parents place a trust in teachers not to initiate or establish ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-inappropriate relationships with students. The Member broke that trust. The father of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-the Student asked the Member to discontinue any relationship outside of the classroom ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-with his daughter, and although the Member agreed that he would do so, he continued ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-to see the Student. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The Committee finds that the inappropriate relationship that the Member pursued with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-the Student was not an isolated incident with respect to boundary violations. At the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-same time that the Member’s principal was discussing boundary violations with him, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-the Member was actively pursuing an inappropriate relationship with the Student. The ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-Member clearly does not understand the inappropriateness of a secondary school ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-teacher engaging a 15-year-old student of his in a relationship which ultimately leads to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s behaviour towards the student was “grooming ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-behaviour” as defined by Justice Robbins. The behaviour was not an isolated incident. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf-The Member identified the Student as being receptive to his advances and he then ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf:pursued her to the point where he engaged in sexual intercourse with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-the ear to the shoulder. He put his hands around her and grabbed her breasts, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-squeezing or massaging them. [**] froze. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-Some seven years later, [**] wanted to report the matter to the police but her father ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-convinced her not to do so in order to protect the family. However, she subsequently ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-went to the police when she understood that James Tilston would be coming to work at ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-the school where she was teaching. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-Mr. Tilston agreed that he remembered the incident. However he disagreed that he had ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-committed an indecent assault. He said “It is conceivable I could have licked her ear to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf:shoulder. I was not sexually interested in her, and I don’t recall putting hands down to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-her breasts or anyone else’s.” He never touched any private area. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-Judge Michel did not accept Mr. Tilston’s evidence as being fully truthful. He did accept ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-totally the evidence of the complainant, [**], and found the Member guilty of indecent ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-assault. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-Judge Michel, in passing sentence, imposed a fine of $550, imposed probation for a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-period of 3 years, and ordered him not to be alone in the presence of young persons. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-Decision as to Finding ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-Rule 13.05 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-Teachers state as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-13.05(1) Proof that a person has, in proceedings before a court in Canada, been ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-convicted or discharged of an offence following a finding of guilt is proof, in the absence ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf-of evidence to the contrary, that the offence was committed by the person, if, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- (a) no appeal of the conviction or discharge was taken and the time for an ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 23, 2004 was served Gregory Allan Miller, requesting ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on April ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-26, 2004 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The matter was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-subsequently set for hearing on September 20, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-Gregory Allan Miller was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-The allegations against Gregory Allan Miller in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Gregory Allan Miller is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act ( the “Act”), ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof, or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (14) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-(d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (16); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-(e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk contrary to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (17); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-(f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-(g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf:(h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-(i) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the Member is ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- Certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-At the hearing, the Committee accepted the College’s withdrawal of the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-professional misconduct as set out in paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f), and (h) above and the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-withdrawal of the allegations of incompetence as set out in (i) above and as set out in the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-1. Gregory Allan Miller (the “Member”) was at all material times a member of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information of the Member. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the [**] (the “Board”) as a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- teacher at [**] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-3. At all material times [**] was a [**] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-4. On or about 26 May 2003, in the 2002-2003 school year, the Member acted ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- unprofessionally in respect of [**] in that while [**], he instructed her to return to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- her seat having previously warned her to sit down. The Member then poked [**] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- on her buttock with his finger as he passed by [**] on his way to assist another ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- student. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf:5. On or about 6 August 2003, the Member was charged with committing a sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- assault on [**] contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Attached ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- hereto is a copy of the Information laid in respect of that charge. (ASF – Exhibit 2, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf-6. On or about 23 March 2004, the Member pleaded not guilty to the charge of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf: sexual assault referred to above but pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- against [**] contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (19); and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- (f) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- for the welfare of students, of a nature or extent that demonstrates that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- the member is either unfit to carry out his professional duties or that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- member’s Certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-1. Robert William Bridgeman, (the “Member”), whose date of birth is [XXX], is a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was a teacher employed by the London Board ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- of Education or its predecessor. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-3. The Member is currently a teacher employed by the Durham Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- School Board. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-4. On or about 12 June 2000, the Member was arrested on the following charges: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- (a) That between 01 January 1983 and 31 December 1988 at the City of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf: in the County of [XXX], he committed a sexual assault on [XXX], contrary ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- to Section 246.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- (b) That between 01 January 1983 and 31 December 1988 at the City of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- in the County of [XXX], he committed an act of gross indecency with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- [XXX], contrary to Section 157 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-5. The Member first met [XXX] in 1981 when [XXX] was approximately 9 years of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- age. Between approximately 1 January 1983 and 31 December 1988, when [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- was approximately between the ages of 10 and 18 years of age, the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf: sexually abused [XXX] by engaging in mutual masturbation and touching. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-6. Further, during the approximate period of time from 1983 to 1988, the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf: showed [XXX] pornographic movies, offered alcohol and illegal drugs, including ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- marijuana, hash oil and cocaine to [XXX] and consumed alcohol and those illegal ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- drugs with [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-7. The aforesaid criminal charges are public knowledge through the media ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- coverage of aforesaid events involving the Member, which was reported in local ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- newspapers in London, Toronto and Pickering. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-8. The aforesaid activities and the publicity resulting from the said media coverage ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- and communications within the general public has resulted in a reputation, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- image and lifestyle inconsistent with that expected of a member to enable the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- Member to discharge the duty of a Member to the public, his employer, and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- students. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 14, 2001 was served on Robert William Bridgeman, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Teachers on November 29, 2001 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for September 20, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-At the time the Notice of Hearing was issued, Allan D. Gold, Barrister and Solicitor, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-represented the Member and admitted service of the Notice of Hearing on May 19, 2001. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-(Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-The College tendered as Exhibit 2, an Affidavit of Audley Trevor Evans (“Evans”), ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-sworn August 19, 2004. (Affidavit of Evans). The Affidavit of Evans outlines the various ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-attempts that Evans made to contact the Member. Evans confirms that on February 24, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-2004 he received a telephone call from the Member, who was incarcerated at the time, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-acknowledging receipt of disclosure documents sent to him by Evans. The Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- Brief of Court Documents – Regina v. Robert W. Bridgeman (Exhibit 4) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-A Brief of Court Documents (“Brief”) with respect to the criminal proceedings against the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Member was submitted into evidence. This Brief consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-A. Certified copy of Indictment re Robert W. Bridgman dated October 24, 2000, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- showing finding of guilt in respect of counts 1 and 2 and details of sentencing; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-B. Transcript of Reasons for Judgment of Mr. Justice Haynes dated November 30, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 2001 – Ontario Court of Justice; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-C. Transcript of Reasons for Sentence of Mr. Justice Haynes dated March 14, 2002 – ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- Superior Court of Justice; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-D. Reasons of Court of Appeal for Ontario re appeal of Robert W. Bridgeman (B., ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- R.W.) from conviction and sentence, dated July 31, 2003. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-The Member was represented by counsel at trial. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-In summary, this Brief confirms that the Member, was charged in 2000 and convicted on ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-November 30, 2001 of the following: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- (a) That between 01 January 1983 and 31 December 1988 at the City of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf: in the County of [XXX], he committed a sexual assault on [XXX], contrary ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- to Section 246.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- (b) That between 01 January 1983 and 31 December 1988 at the City of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- in the County of [XXX], he committed an act of gross indecency with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- [XXX], contrary to Section 157 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-The Member first met [XXX] in 1981 when [XXX] was approximately 9 years of age. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf:Between approximately 1 January 1983 and 31 December 1988, the Member sexually ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-abused [XXX] by engaging in mutual masturbation and touching. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Further, during the approximate period of time from 1983 to 1988, the Member showed ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf:[XXX] pornographic movies, offered alcohol and illegal drugs, including marijuana, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-hash oil and cocaine to [XXX] and consumed alcohol and those illegal drugs with [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-The Member is [XXX] of [XXX]’s [XXX]. [XXX] testified that the Member became ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-something of a big brother to him following the death of [XXX]’s [XXX] in 1981. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-and the Member had a very close relationship and spent a great deal of time together. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Much of that time was spent participating in sporting activities such as cycling, squash ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-and swimming. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-[XXX] also testified that commencing in 1983 and continuing into 1988 he regularly ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-attended at the Member’s apartment where they used drugs, drank alcohol, watched ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf:pornographic videos, and participated in mutual massage and masturbation. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-believes he was 12 years old when the first incident occurred. [XXX] indicated that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Member showed [XXX] how to masturbate himself and that this was the first time he ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-had done this. He was subsequently concerned that his penis was swollen and red and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-sought out the Member who examined [XXX]’s penis, said he would consult a doctor ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-and advised him later that it was normal for this to occur the first time you masturbate. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Subsequently, episodes of mutual masturbation occurred on a routine basis over the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-ensuing five years. [XXX] estimates that there were over that period approximately a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-thousand such episodes that all adhered to essentially the same pattern. [XXX] and the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Member got together for some social, sporting, or recreational event and then, following ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-the use of alcohol or drugs, engaged in mutual masturbation while viewing ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf:pornographic videos. [XXX] testified that the Member told him “this activity was what ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-best friends do”. (Brief, Tab B, Mr. Justice Haines) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf:[XXX] testified that he did not realize the sexual activity between him and the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-was wrong until he was in high school (or community college) when he took a course ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf:that dealt with the subject of sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-[XXX] met [XXX] while they were high school students and became his girlfriend. They ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-broke up in 1990 but the relationship was rekindled in 1993. They subsequently married ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf:in June 1997. [XXX] and [XXX] testified that there were problems with their sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-relationship and [XXX] indicated he was experiencing flashbacks that started around ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-1994 or 1995. He testified that these flashbacks were triggered by the smell of the type of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-cologne and shampoo that the Member had used. [XXX] ultimately disclosed the details ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-of his relationship with the Member and to his mother. This led to [XXX] attending the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Sexual Assault Crisis Centre where he received counselling and participated in group ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-therapy. Subsequent to that, [XXX] went to the police and charges resulted. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-The parents of [XXX] both testified that they were grateful to the Member for the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-support he gave them and [XXX] following the death of [XXX]. [XXX]’s father said that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-the Member became a member of their family. Both parents agreed that the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-had stepped in to give [XXX] the time and attention he needed. They had been unable to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-provide this attention to [XXX] while they dealt with their grief over the loss of their ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf:It is uncontested that the Member was charged and convicted of committing a sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-assault and committing an act of gross indecency with [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-The Member was sentenced on February 28, 2002 to 18 months imprisonment and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-ordered to [XXX]. (Brief, Tab C). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-The Member appealed both the conviction and sentence. The Appeal was heard on June ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-9, 2003 and on July 31, 2003 the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal. (Brief, Tab D). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Rule 13.05 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Teachers states as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-13.05(1) Proof that a person has, in proceedings before a court in Canada, been convicted ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-or discharged of an offence following a finding of guilt is proof, in the absence of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-evidence to the contrary, that the offence was committed by the person, if no appeal of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-the conviction or discharge was taken and the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-The Member appealed the conviction and sentence and lost on both. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Having no evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts the proof of prior conviction ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf:as described in the Brief (Exhibit 4) and finds that the Member did commit acts of sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-assault and gross indecency on [XXX] and that his actions constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member breached the standards of the profession and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-breached section 264 (1) (c) of the Education Act and Ontario Regulation 437/7, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf:subsection 1(5), 1(14) and 1(15) by his acts of sexual assault and gross indecency with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-[XXX], who was a minor when these assaults first began to occur. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf:The Committee also finds that the Member’s sexual abuse of [XXX] is contrary to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection (18) and as such the Member engaged in conduct ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-that would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf:The Committee finds that by sexual assaulting [XXX], the Member contravened laws ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16) and engaged in conduct unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty be as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 1. revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 2. imposition of a five year time limit within which the Member may not apply ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- for reinstatement; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 3. publication of the findings of the Discipline Committee, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- Member in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-The penalty must meet the objective of general deterrence to the members of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-profession and the objective of specific deterrence to the Member. Accordingly, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Committee was satisfied that revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-registration is the appropriate penalty. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Section 33 (4) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act specifies that an application for ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-reinstatement following revocation shall not be made earlier than one year from the date ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-of the order. This is of grave concern to the Committee due to the nature of the criminal ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-convictions and term of imprisonment. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-The Member was a person with the power to influence the conduct and actions of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-and he exercised that power for his own sexual gratification and against the interests of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-[XXX] [XXX]’s parents were deeply grateful to the Member for the support he gave ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-them and [XXX] following the death of their [XXX], [XXX]’s [XXX]. The Member gained ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-the trust of [XXX]’s family and then committed many breaches of that trust against ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-[XXX] ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-The Member started engaging in criminal sexual activities with [XXX] when [XXX] was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf:approximately 11 years old. He supplied pornographic videos, alcohol, and drugs to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-[XXX] and engaged in mutual massage and masturbation. The Member told [XXX] that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-this activity was what best friends did. The Member persisted in this criminal conduct ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-over a period of five years and abused the relationship and trust of [XXX] The Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-came to the aid of [XXX]’s family in a time of need. In offering his support, he gained ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-their trust, a trust that he ultimately betrayed. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf:The Member was in a position of trust over [XXX], a vulnerable person, and sexually ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-violated him over and over for his own gratification. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-For these reasons, the Committee concluded that Robert William Bridgeman may not ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-apply for reinstatement for a period of 10 years. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that this decision serves and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf-Date: October 19, 2004 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- Rosemary Fontaine ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- Janet Cornwall ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- _________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- Ted Coulson ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated August 7, 2003 was served on John Domenic Di Pasquale, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-Teachers on September 17, 2003 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-John Domenic Di Pasquale was in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the Panel. (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-The allegations against John Domenic Di Pasquale in the Notice of Hearing, dated August ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-7, 2003, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-IT WAS ALLEGED that John Domenic Di Pasquale is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-as defined in subsections 30(2) and (3) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf: b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- c) he failed to comply with the Act, the regulations or the bylaws, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2 and specifically ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- paragraph 264(1)(c) or the regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- e) he committed an act that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf: g) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-At the hearing, Counsel for the College withdrew allegations (b) and (g) as set out above ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-and as set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Panel that agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-1. John Domenic Di Pasquale (“the Member”) is a Member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit 2, Tab “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Register Status Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-2. The Member commenced employment with the Niagara Catholic District School ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- Board (“the Board”) and its predecessors, in or about September 1989. At all ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- material times, he was a secondary school teacher at [XXX] School (“the School”) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- in Port Colborne, Ontario, and was, inter alia, coach of the [XXX] teams for the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- years 1995 – 2001. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-3. Between 1996 and 1998, the Member engaged in several Q/A sessions with ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf: members of the [XXX] Team (“Team”) on sexual matters (“Q/A sessions”). In ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf: particular, the Member answered Team members’ inquiries about his sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf: preferences, the act of sex itself and details of his own sexual experiences. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-4. These Q/A sessions occurred in hotel rooms while the team was on Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- Federation of Secondary School Athletic Associations (“OFSAA”) road trips. No ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- other adult was present. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-5. The Q/A sessions were voluntary; no member of the Team was forced to attend ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- or actively participate, nor did any Team member complain that the Q/A ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- sessions made her feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf:6. The Member did not engage in these Q/A sessions for sexual gratification. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-7. Following a Q/A sessions in 1998, the Member voluntarily stopped the Q/A ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- sessions. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf:8. The Member has not engaged in unlawful or improper discussions of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- nature with the Team, or any individual Team member or student at any time ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- since that date. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-9. By this document, the Member pleads no contest to the facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- paragraphs 3 to 8 above, and states that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- (a) he understands the nature of the allegations that have been made against ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- him; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- (b) he voluntarily decided not to contest the allegations made against him; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- and may find the Member guilty of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-2. The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this case ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- (a) require the Member to appear before the Committee to be reprimanded, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- and that the fact of the reprimand be recorded on the Register of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- College for three (3) years from the date of this Order; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- (b) direct the Registrar to impose the following terms and conditions on the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, said terms and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- conditions to be recorded on the Register until said conditions are met, or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- until such time as the Discipline Committee has imposed an alternative ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- penalty: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- (i) the Member agrees and undertakes to enrol in and complete, at ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- his own expense, a course of instruction, approved by the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- Registrar, on appropriate teacher/student boundaries; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- (ii) the Member undertakes to provide to the Registrar a letter of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- confirmation from his Principal(s) from 1998 to the present, that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf: he has not been the subject of any other complaints of sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- misconduct from students, staff members or parents during that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- time, apart from those that formed the subject of the initial ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- complaint to the College herein and associated complaints; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- (iii) the Member agrees and undertakes that should the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- commence employment at another school or school Board at any ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- time during the year following the date of this order, the above ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- terms and conditions will apply with equal force and effect; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-(b) directs the Registrar to impose the following terms and conditions on the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, said terms and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- conditions to be recorded on the Register until said conditions are met, or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- until such time as the Discipline Committee has imposed an alternative ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- penalty: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- (i) the Member agrees and undertakes to enrol in and complete, at ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- his own expense, a course of instruction, approved by the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- Registrar, on appropriate teacher/student boundaries; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- (ii) the Member undertakes to provide to the Registrar a letter of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- confirmation from his Principal(s) from 1998 to the present, that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf: he has not been the subject of any other complaints of sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- misconduct from students, staff members or parents during that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- time, apart from those that formed the subject of the initial ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- complaint to the College herein and associated complaints; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- (iii) the Member agrees and undertakes that should the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- commence employment at another school or school Board at any ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- time during the year following the date of this order, the above ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- terms and conditions will apply with equal force and effect; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- (iv) the Member agrees and undertakes that if the said terms and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- conditions set forth in paragraphs (i) to (iii) above are not met, this ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- matter will be referred back to the Discipline Committee, or any ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- panel thereof, on notice to the Member, for a hearing on the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- appropriate penalty, if any; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf-(c) directs the Registrar to advise the Board of the terms of this Order and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- shall request the Board to assist the Member in obtaining the letters of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- confirmation referred to in paragraph (b)(ii) above; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated September 12, 2001, was served on Sean Robert Dickson, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Teachers on September 24, 2001 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-The hearing was subsequently scheduled for April 7, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Sean Robert Dickson was not in attendance at the hearing. The Panel waited for more ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-than one hour before proceeding with the hearing. The Member still failed to attend. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Proof of service of the Notice of Hearing was presented and accepted by the Panel. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-(Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-The allegations against Sean Robert Dickson in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Sean Robert Dickson is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-and/or incompetence as defined in sections 30(2) and (3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- Ontario, 1990, c. E2 and particularly, Section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- (d) he performed acts or omissions that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- dishonourable, or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- (f) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgement and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- member is either unfit to carry out his professional duties or that the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- member’s Certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 1. Sean Robert Dickson (the “Member”), is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed as a junior/elementary teacher ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf: in Ontario, by the Greater Essex County District School Board (“the Board”). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 3. On various dates between September 1998, and November 2000, the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- recorded on videotape the actions of approximately thirty female students, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- collectively referred to as “the students” who were between the approximate ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf: ages of 10 and 13 years, in a sexually suggestive and repetitive manner, by the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- oral use of lollipops and other similar objects. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 4. The students were in Grades 5 to 8 at the time or times that they were ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- videotaped. The initials, dates of birth, and grades, if known, of the students and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- the number of times that they were videotaped are set out in the following chart. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Name Date of Birth Grade at Number of Times Videotaped/ ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- time of Types of Objects ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- videotape ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-[**] [**] 1984 Possibly 1 or 2 / peanuts thrown into her mouth ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- grade 8 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-[**] [**], 1988 6 5 or more / lollipops, popsicles, bubble gum ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- and soap bubbles ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-[**] [**], 1987 5 or 6 2 / lollipop and bubble gum ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-[**] [**], 1987 6 More than 15 / lollipops, popsicles and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- bubble gum ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-[**] [**], 1984 8 2 / plastic egg, lollipop and bubble gum ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-[**] Not known Not 1 / she threw candy into a mouth of another ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- known student ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-The Panel proceeded on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Notice of Hearing. The Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-allegations. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Overview ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Sean Robert Dickson is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. At all material ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf:times, he was employed by the Greater Essex County District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-“Board”) as a junior/elementary teacher, in the province of Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-At issue is whether or not the Member videotaped the actions of female students in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf:Grades 5 to 8 in a sexually suggestive manner. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-The Evidence ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-The College called two witnesses: Mary Jean Gallagher (“Gallagher”), Director of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf:Education of the Greater Essex County District School Board and Detective Police ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Constable Mark Loop (“Loop”). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- Evidence of Gallagher ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf:Gallagher is the Director of Education and Secretary to the Board of the Greater Essex ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-County District School Board. She received a report from Superintendent McPherson in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-early November 2000 to the effect that the Member had been videotaping two female ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-students inappropriately and that a videotape had been recovered from the Member. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-This tape was turned over to the police who made three copies and provided one to the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Board. The Children’s Aid Society (CAS) was already involved as a result of a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- The Videotape ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Two female students were observed on the videotape (Exhibit 4). Student 1 was taped ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-on November 2, 2000 and Student 2 was taped on November 3, 2000. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-The students, while being videotaped, were seen: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- (a) spinning the entire lollipop around and around by using the stem to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- propel it; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- (b) repeatedly moving the lollipop in and out of their mouth at a variety of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- speeds; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- (c) placing only the top of the lollipop in their mouth and spinning it; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- (d) repeatedly slapping the lollipop on their tongue; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- (e) quickly pulling the lollipop out of their mouth and making popping ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- sounds with the lollipop. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Several times, the videotape was stopped and, when it resumed, the hairstyles of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-students were changed, or music, make-up and jewellery had been added. The images ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf:on the videotape were sexually suggestive, simulating oral sex. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- Brief of Court Documents – Regina v. Sean Dickson ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-A Brief of Court Documents with respect to the criminal proceedings against the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-was submitted as evidence (Exhibit 3). This brief consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-A. Certified copy of Information sworn January 11, 2001, showing finding of guilt in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf: respect of counts 1 and 2, being that the Member “did for a sexual purpose invite ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- or counsel “Student 1” and “Student 2”, persons under the age of fourteen years ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- to touch directly with an object, namely a Blowpop Lollipop, her body contrary ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- to section 152 of the Criminal Code”; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-evidence accepted by the Panel. The Panel also recognized that the more serious the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-allegation to be proved, the more cogent must be the evidence. The Panel viewed the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-allegations in this case to be very serious. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Having considered the evidence and the onus and standard of proof, the Panel finds the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Member committed acts of professional misconduct as defined in section 30(2) of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Act, as alleged in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of the Notice of Hearing, and is ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act as alleged in paragraph (f) of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Notice of Hearing. In particular, the Panel finds that the Member: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- (a) failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf: (b) abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally contrary to Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- (c) failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- (d) performed acts or omissions that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Ms Gallagher testified that the Member was investigated and terminated by his Board ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-for this conduct. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-The Brief of Court Documents indicated that the Member was criminally charged with two ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-counts of Invitation to Sexual Touching contrary to Section 152 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-(Canada) and was convicted on both counts. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-The Panel accepts the Reasons for Sentence by Justice Momotiuk, and submissions by ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-College Counsel, which indicate that the videotape portrays students simulating oral ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf:sex. The Panel finds that there is no educational purpose for this videotape. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty be as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 1. revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 2. imposition of a lengthy period of time limit within which the Member may ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- apply for reinstatement; and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 3. publication of the findings of the Discipline Panel, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- Member in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-The Discipline Panel makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf:in accordance with the Ontario Education guidelines and was not for a sexual purpose, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-the Panel vehemently rejects these arguments. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Society always places a very heavy responsibility on teachers, including public respect ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-and confidence in the teaching profession. The Panel finds that the Member abused his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-position of trust and authority, and regards this conduct to be blatantly reprehensible. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-This behaviour is contrary to the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession and the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession as established by the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Teachers. These standards represent the underlying principles of the professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-behaviour by which all members are governed. The Panel finds the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-behaviour totally unacceptable. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-The Panel also finds that the Member displayed a lack of knowledge, skill, judgment ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-and a disregard for the welfare of students of a nature and extent that demonstrates the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Member is unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-Section 33 (4) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act specifies that an application for ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-reinstatement following revocation shall not be made earlier than one year from the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-date of the order. This is of grave concern to the Panel in this matter, due to the extent to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf-which the Member displayed a disregard for the welfare of students. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-“Committee”) on November 10, 2005 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-Michel Aboul Dahab, (the “Member”) was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated August 26, 2005 was served on the Member, requesting ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-November 10, 2005 to hold a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-The allegations in the Notice of Hearing dated August 26, 2005 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-IT WAS ALLEGED that Michel Aboul Dahab is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, or the regulations made ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (d) he committed an act that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/87, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-1. Michel Aboul Dahab (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a French teacher at Jarvis Collegiate Institute (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-3. At all material times, [**] was a female secondary school student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-4. During the 2001/2002 academic school year, the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- and unprofessional relationship with [**] which included but was not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (a) exchanging several personal messages with her via electronic mail; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (b) meeting [**] several times outside of the School, including at a dance club; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (c) driving [**] home from School; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (d) taking [**] to lunch on several occasions; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (e) taking [**] to his home on more than one occasion. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-5. In April 2002, shortly after [**] had turned 18 years of age, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf: sexual relations with her. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-6. In May 2002, [**] disclosed her relationship with the Member to the School guidance ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- counsellor and principal. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-7. On June 5, 2002, the Board suspended the Member, with pay, pending an ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- investigation. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf:8. On June 18, 2002, the Member was charged with sexual exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-9. On December 3, 2002, the Board terminated the Member’s employment. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf:10. On December 23, 2003, the member was acquitted of the charge of sexual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-The Member, Michel Aboul Dahab, pleads no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-misconduct contained in paragraphs 1 through 10 of the Notice of Hearing and breaches ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97, particularly subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19), ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-and sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act as set out in the Notice of Hearing dated August 26, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-Memorandum of Agreement ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that subject to ratification by the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-Committee, agreement had been reached on the facts and introduced a Memorandum of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-Agreement (MOA), (Exhibit 3) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-In view of the Member’s plea of no contest, the parties agree that the information ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-hereinafter expressed may be relied on by the College and may be received by the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-Discipline Committee. The plea of no contest is made solely for the purpose of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-disciplinary hearing at the College and is not an admission of the allegations for any other ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-purpose. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-1. Michel Aboul Dahab (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a French teacher at Jarvis Collegiate Institute (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-3. At all material times, [**] was a female secondary school student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-4. During the 2001/2002 academic school year, the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- and unprofessional relationship with [**] which included but was not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (f) exchanging several personal messages with her via electronic mail; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (g) meeting [**] several times outside of the School, including at a dance club; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (h) driving [**] home from School; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (i) taking [**] to lunch on several occasions; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- (j) taking [**] to his home on more than one occasion. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-5. In April 2002, shortly after [**] had turned 18 years of age, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf: sexual relations with her. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-6. In May 2002, [**] disclosed her relationship with the Member to the School guidance ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- counsellor and principal. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-7. On June 5, 2002, the Board suspended the Member, with pay, pending an ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- investigation. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf:8. On June 18, 2002, the Member was charged with sexual exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-9. On December 3, 2002, the Board terminated the Member’s employment. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf:10. On December 23, 2003, the member was acquitted of the charge of sexual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-11. By this document, the Member pleads no contest to the allegations contained in this ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- section of the MOA and in the Notice of Hearing, issued on August 26, 2005, and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- attached as Appendix “A”. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-12. The Member voluntarily pleads no contest to the allegations contained in this section ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- of the MOA and in the Notice of Hearing and understands that by doing so, he is ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the allegations against him and the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- right to a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-The parties agree to resolve the matter as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-1. The Member agrees and understands that upon ratification of this MOA, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- Discipline Committee shall find him guilty of professional misconduct and, pursuant ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- to section 30(4) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, shall direct the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- Registrar to revoke his certificate of qualification and registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-2. The Member agrees and understands that upon ratification of this MOA, he shall ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- immediately surrender his certificate of qualification and registration to the College. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-3. The Member agrees and understands that should he apply for reinstatement, pursuant ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- to section 33 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- shall review this MOA in considering the application. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-4. The Member agrees and understands that upon ratification of this MOA, a notation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- shall be placed on the public register maintained by the Registrar, in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-The Committee accepts the joint submission as to penalty as set out in the Memorandum ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-of Agreement and accordingly makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, which the Member is to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- surrender immediately to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 2. Pursuant to section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-The Member engaged in an inappropriate and unprofessional relationship with a female ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf:secondary school student, including having sexual relations. The Committee finds the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-Member’s conduct is reprehensible and unbecoming a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee is satisfied that revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-qualification and registration is the appropriate penalty for such egregious conduct and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf-meets the objective of specific deterrence to the Member. The Committee is also ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Fact and Guilty Plea. (ASF – ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-1. Donald Arthur P. Curtis (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Teachers. Attached is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Information of the Member. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the Halton District School Board ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-as an occasional teacher. The Member had previously been employed by the Peel ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-District School Board as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-3. Between the approximate dates of 24 March 2002 and 24 March 2003, the Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf:had in his possession child pornography, specifically graphic computer images. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-4. On or about 26 January 2005, the Member pleaded guilty before Madam Justice K. L. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Hawke, in the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton, to a charge that during a one year ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-period ending on or about the 24th day of March, 2003, at the City of Mississauga, he did ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf:have in his possession child pornography to wit: graphic computer images contrary to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf:section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-5. In addition, on 26 January 2005, the Member pleaded guilty to a breach of one of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-terms of his recognisance into which he had entered in connection with the charge of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf:possession of child pornography referred to above, specifically that he was not to have ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-contact with minors except under certain conditions, notwithstanding which he ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-accepted a position of employment in a music store where he was in contact with young ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-people in a manner that did not match the terms of the recognisance. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-6. On or about 31 January 2005, the Member was sentenced by Madam Justice Hawke ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-to a term of incarceration for 141 days, which was suspended, and which was followed ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-by a period of probation for three years. In addition, there was an order that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- a) the Member [XXX] the police; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- b) the Member forfeit of all the items seized by the police; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- c) the Member [XXX]; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- d) the Member be prohibited from seeking, obtaining or continuing any ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- employment whether the employment is remunerated or not, becoming or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- being a volunteer in a capacity that involves being in a position of trust or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- authority for persons under the age of 14 years, for a period of three years, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- pursuant to section 161.1(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-7. The Probation Order included conditions that the Member: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- a) seek treatment at the Bellwood Health Services Center and provide proof ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- upon request to his probation officer that he was seeking that treatment and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- if that treatment was not available or became inappropriate, he was to seek ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- alternative treatment as directed by his probation officer; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- b) for the first twelve months of the probation, not to be with any young person ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- under the age of 14 unless there was another adult present. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-8. A further charge against the Member that he attempted on or about 24 March 2003, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf:to possess child pornography, was withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-9. Attached is a certified copy of Information No. 004116 issued by the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Justice on 1 April 2003, showing the details of the charges against the Member, his plea ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-of guilt to count number two and the details of his sentencing. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-10. Attached is a transcript of the proceedings in the matter of Regina vs Curtis in the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Ontario Court of Justice at Brampton, before the Honourable Madam Justice K. L. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Hawke on 26 January 2005, at Brampton. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab C) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-11. Attached is a transcript of the proceedings in the matter of Regina vs Curtis in the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Ontario Court of Justice, at Brampton, on 31 January 2005, when the Member was ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-sentenced by the Madam Justice Hawke. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab D) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-12. Attached is a copy of the résumé of the Member. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab E) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-13. The Member has been seen at Bellwood Health Services Inc. and a copy of the report ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-of Rob Hawkings, program development specialist of that institution, dated 21 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-September 2004, is attached. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab F) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-The Member accepts as true the facts referred to in paragraphs 3 to 7 above. The ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Member pleads guilty to the allegations that the facts referred to in paragraphs 3 to 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-above relating to the conduct of the Member constitute professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-hereby pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him being ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, 1 (14), (15), (16), (17) and (18). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Submissions as to Penalty ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty would be revocation of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, as well as publication in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-summary of the order and findings with the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Counsel’s reasons to support a decision of revocation are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 1. The Member possessed a great number of graphic pictures of children, some ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf: in sexual poses, including 1200 images of child pornography, 1570 images of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- child nudity and 315 images of child erotica. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 2. The Member breached one of the terms of his recognizance, specifically that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- he was not to have contact with minors except under certain conditions. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf: 3. The Member has pleaded guilty to the possession of child pornography ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 4. The Member is subject to a period of probation for three years. In addition, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- there is an order that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-not a danger to students. Counsel submitted that the Member has completed ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf:counselling, with regard to his sexual addiction, at the Bellwood Health Services ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Centre. He also stated that the Member felt remorse for his actions. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the Member suggested that publication be without the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-This would allow the Member to get on with his life and not again expose the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Member to significant embarrassment and media attention, more than that which has ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-already occurred, as a result of the criminal proceedings against him. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Decision as to Finding ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the guilty plea, the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, and the submissions made by counsel, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that Donald Arthur Curtis committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1 (17) and 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-The Committee considered the submissions of both Counsel for the Member and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College and makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- immediately the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, which ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- certificate the Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- the Member’s full name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-The Committee relied on the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and accepted the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-argument of Counsel for the College that the behaviour of the Member was disgraceful ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-and dishonourable. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-The Committee accepted the evidence contained in the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf:Guilty Plea of the Member’s criminal conviction for possessing child pornography, as ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-well as the evidence that the Member had breached an Order of Recognizance ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-prohibiting his contact with minors unless an adult was present. The Committee was ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-concerned with the breach of the order by the Member and considered this an ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-aggravating factor when making its decision. The Committee was also concerned that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-there was no forensic evidence suggesting that the Member would not reoffend. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-The Committee agreed with arguments by the Counsel for the College that a member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf:possessing this number and type of images of child pornography is not suitable to be in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-a position of trust and authority over children and should not be permitted to hold ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-himself out as a teacher in Ontario or elsewhere, and therefore should have his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration revoked. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-The allegations against Manuel De Jesus Zarate Crespin, also known as Manuel Zarate in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Manuel De Jesus Zarate Crespin, also known as Manuel Zarate is ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-guilty of professional misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-College of Teachers Act (“Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof, and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- (d) he contravened laws relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- subsection 1 (16); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- (e) he performed an act or acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- dishonourable, or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf: (g) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-1. Manuel De Jesus Zarate Crespin, also known as Manuel Zarate, (the “Member”), ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Halton District School ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- Board as a secondary school teacher at a District High School. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-3. At all material times, A, whose date of birth is [XXX], was a [XXX] female ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- student attending a senior public school in the Peel District School Board. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-4. Commencing in or about January 2002, the Member, who posed on the Internet ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- as an eighteen year old male, communicated with A, who was then [XXX] of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- age, via Internet chat rooms and via e-mail for the purpose of meeting A face to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- face. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-5. On or around 17 January 2002, the Member, who then resided in Toronto, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- arranged to meet A in Mississauga. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-6. On or around 18 January 2002, the Member met A as arranged and then drove ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf: her to a motel in Mississauga, where he engaged in unlawful sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf: with her, thereby committing a sexual assault on A. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:7. On or about 30 July 2003, the Member was found guilty of unlawfully sexually ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- assaulting A, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The court ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- has imposed a publication ban in respect of the identity of A. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- Brief of Court Documents – Regina v. Manuel Zarate (Exhibit 4) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-A Brief of Court Documents with respect to the criminal proceedings against Manuel ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Zarate was submitted as evidence (Exhibit 4). This brief consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-A. Certified copy of Information sworn May 9, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-B. Transcript of Reasons for Judgment before the Honourable Mr. Justice W. Sharpe ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- on July 30, 2003 – Ontario Court of Justice. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-C. Transcript of Proceedings at Sentence of Honourable Mr. Justice W. Sharpe on ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- October 8, 2003 – Ontario Court of Justice. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-The Member was represented by Counsel at trial. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-The Brief of Court Documents outline the following evidence: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Student A was [XXX] years of age (born [XXX]) and a virgin at the time of the offence. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-She was a [XXX] student. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-The Member was a high school teacher and 33 years of age at the time of the offence. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Student A and the Member met on line in an MSN Chat Room. The Student told the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Member that she was [XXX] years of age and a virgin. The Member lied about his age ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-stating that he was 18 years of age. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:They subsequently met and had sexual intercourse at a hotel in Mississauga on or about ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-January 18, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:On or about July 30, 2003, the Member was found guilty of unlawfully sexually ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-assaulting A, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and based on the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-submissions made by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Manuel De Jesus Zarate Crespin, also known as Manuel Zarate, committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19) and he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-It is uncontested that the Member was charged in May 2002 and convicted on or about ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:July 30, 2003 of sexual assault on Student A, a [XXX]-year old girl, contrary to section 271 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-of the Criminal Code (Canada). This assault occurred on January 18, 2002. The Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-was sentenced on October 8, 2003 to 12 months in jail. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Rule 13.05 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Teachers states as follows: ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-13.05(1) Proof that a person has, in proceedings before a court in Canada, been convicted ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-or discharged of an offence following a finding of guilt is proof, in the absence of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-evidence to the contrary, that the offence was committed by the person, if no appeal of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-the conviction or discharge was taken and the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-The Member has not appealed the conviction or sentence within the prescribed time ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-limits. (Affidavit of Evans, Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Having no evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts the proof of prior conviction ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-as described in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) and finds that the Member did ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:commit a sexual assault on Student A and that his actions constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:misconduct. As such, the Committee also finds that the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Section 32.02 of the By-laws of the Ontario College of Teachers confirms that members of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-the College in their position of trust and influence must “maintain professional ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-relationships with students”, “recognize and respect the privileged nature of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-relationship that teachers maintain with students”, and “act with integrity, honesty, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-fairness and dignity”. The Committee finds that the Member breached these standards ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-of the profession and accordingly breached section 264 (1) (c) of the Education Act and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:Ontario Regulation 437/7, subsection 1(5), 1(14) and 1(15) by sexually assaulting Student ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-A and lying to her about his age. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:The Committee also finds that the Member abused Student A sexually contrary to ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and 1(18) and as such engaged in conduct ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-that would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:The Committee finds that by sexual assaulting a [XXX]-year old, the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-contravened laws relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16) and engaged in ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- profession. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Reasons for Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- In the Reasons for Judgment (Exhibit 4 B), Mr. Justice Sharpe found that the Member ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-admitted that he lied about his age to the Student, telling her that he was 18 years of age ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-and that he was unmarried, while in fact he was 33 years old and married. The judge ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-also found that the Member failed to take all reasonable steps to establish the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-age. The judge found that Student A gave her evidence in a straightforward manner ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-and the court believed her when she said she told the Member she was [XXX] years of ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-age. The Member denied that Student A told him she was [XXX] years of age. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-The judge who conducted the criminal trial found that the Member, in giving his ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-evidence, was “evasive and convoluted”. As such he rejected the Member’s evidence. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:The Member’s behaviour is that of a sexual predator. He deliberately lured a young girl, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:under the age of consent, into a compromising situation whereby he sexually assaulted ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-her. The Student was a virgin at the time of the assault. Subsequently a [XXX] was ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:made. The sexual assault committed by the Member is a primary designated offence. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:The Member pleaded not guilty to the charge of sexual assault, as was his right. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-However, in so doing, a young girl was required to testify in open court. At the criminal ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 2004 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf:trial itself, the Member admitted to having had sexual intercourse with Student A. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-The media coverage of this case was substantial, locally and nationally, resulting in a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-reputation, image and lifestyle which is inconsistent with that expected of a member and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-contrary to the ethical standards and standards of practice for the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-The penalty must meet the objective of general deterrence to the members of the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-profession and the objective of specific deterrence to the Member. Accordingly, the ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Committee was satisfied that revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-registration is the appropriate penalty. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Section 33 (4) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act specifies that an application for ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-reinstatement following revocation shall not be made earlier than one year from the date ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-of the order. This is of grave concern to the Committee due to the extent that there was a ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-criminal conviction, a jail term and a [XXX]. The Member is [XXX]. For these reasons, ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-the Committee concluded that Manuel De Jesus Zarate Crespin, also known as Manuel ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Zarate may not apply for reinstatement for a period of 10 years. ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf-Date: July 30, 2004 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2004onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 3, 2004 was served on David Bruce Field, requesting ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on April ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-7, 2004 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-subsequently set for March 21, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-David Bruce Field was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-The allegations against David Bruce Field in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-March 3, 2004 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that David Bruce Field is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30 (3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-(d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf:(f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-5. From time to time during the 1987-1988 school year, the Member patted the buttocks ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- of some and/or all of the students referred to in paragraph 4 above. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-6. The Member intended the aforementioned touching to be a gesture of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- encouragement and/or warmth towards his students and the touching was not ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf: intended to harm or cause discomfort, nor was the touching for sexual fulfillment or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- personal gratification. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-7. By his conduct, the Member failed to respect appropriate physical boundaries ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- between students and teachers and caused some of his students to feel ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- uncomfortable and/or upset. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf:8. On or about August 24, 1988, the Member was charged with three counts of sexual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf: assault and sexual interference in relation to students [**] and [**] (formerly [**]) in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- respect of the conduct described in paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 above. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-9. The Member was immediately suspended from teaching, with pay, pending the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- outcome of the criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf:10. The charges of sexual interference were subsequently stayed. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf:11. Following a trial in 1989, the Member was convicted of three counts of sexual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- assault. The conviction was quashed on appeal and a new trial ordered. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-12. On or about January 8, 1991, the charges were withdrawn and the Member returned ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- to [**] as an occasional teacher. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-13. From September 1991 until 2002, the Member was employed by the [**], formerly the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- [**], as an elementary teacher in [**], respectively. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf:14. On or about September 19, 2002, the Member was charged with sexual assault and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf: sexual interference in relation to the students referred to in paragraph 5, including ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- [**], and [**] (formerly [**]), the subjects of the original criminal charges. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-15. The Member was again immediately suspended from teaching, with pay, pending ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- the outcome of the criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-16. On or about October 3, 2002, the College was notified of the charges against the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- Member by the Director of Education of the [**]. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-17. On or about June 12, 2003, the charges in respect of [**] (formerly [**]),[**] and [**] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- were dismissed following a preliminary hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-18. On or about August 7, 2003, the charges in respect of [**] and [**] were stayed ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- pursuant to section 11(b) of the Charter. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-19. On or about December 9, 2003, the last remaining charges in respect of [**] were ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-20. In light of the outstanding College proceeding against the Member, he has remained ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- suspended from teaching. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-21. Save and except for the conduct referred to in paragraph 5, the Member has never ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- been the subject of an oral or written complaint and/or disciplined for inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf: touching or sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-22. The Member cooperated with the Ontario College of Teachers throughout the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- investigation relating to the conduct referred to in paragraph 5 above. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-23. By this document, the Member pleads no contest to the facts stated above and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- acknowledges that the Discipline Committee may find that the conduct referred to in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- paragraph 5 and 6 constitutes professional misconduct, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-24. By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations that have been made ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- against him; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- b) he understands that by pleading no contest he is waiving his right to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- hearing; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- c) he states that this plea of no contest was made voluntarily, unequivocally ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- and with the benefit of independent legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- Member has not been the subject of any oral or written complaint or formal ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- discipline during his employment by the [**] for inappropriate touching or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf:sexual misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- (iii) The Member agrees and undertakes to inform the Registrar immediately ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- of any formal disciplinary action arising from inappropriate touching of students ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- within two (2) years of the date of this Order; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- (iv) The Member agrees that the Registrar shall advise the [**] of the terms of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-this Order. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-(b) directs that the findings and Order of the Discipline Committee, including the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- Member's full name, be published in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-By this document, the Member acknowledges his understanding that any agreement ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-between the College and defence counsel with respect to the penalty proposed does not ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-bind the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-Decision as to Finding ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the plea of no contest in the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-made by Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that David Bruce Field committed acts ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-437/97 subsection 1(5), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty and makes the following order ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-1. The Registrar is directed to impose the following terms and conditions on the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- Member's certificate of qualification and registration, said terms and conditions ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- to be recorded on the Register until said terms and conditions are met or until ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- such time as the Discipline Committee has imposed an alternative penalty: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- (i) The Member agrees and undertakes to enrol in and complete, at his own ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- expense, a course of study approved in advance by the Registrar, in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- appropriate boundaries for physical contact with primary aged children. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- The Member shall deliver directly to the Registrar proof of the successful ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- completion of said course within one (1) year from the date of this Order; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- (ii) The Member agrees to provide to the Registrar, within three (3) months ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- from the date of this Order, evidence to reasonably satisfy the Registrar ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- that the Member has not been the subject of any oral or written complaint ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- or formal discipline during his employment by the [**] for inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf: touching or sexual misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- (iii) The Member agrees and undertakes to inform the Registrar immediately ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- of any formal disciplinary action arising from inappropriate touching of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- students within two (2) years of the date of this Order; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- (iv) The Member agrees that the Registrar shall advise the [**] of the terms of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- this Order. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- full name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-The Committee based its decision to accept the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty on several mitigating factors. The conduct to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf:which the Member has agreed is not of a sexual nature. Although criminal charges were ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-laid, they were ultimately dismissed or withdrawn. Further, save and except for the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-conduct under examination in this proceeding, the Member has not been the subject of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf:an oral or a written complaint and/or disciplined for inappropriate touching or sexual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-misconduct. The Member co-operated fully with the College’s investigation into this ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-matter. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-The Committee also noted that the Member has been suspended for a prolonged period ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-of time, during which he was the subject of significant media scrutiny. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the Member understands the seriousness of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-allegations against him and that he is well aware of the expectation to uphold the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-The Committee finds that this penalty has taken the preceding factors into account and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-is appropriate in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-The necessity to complete a course reinforces with the Member the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf-boundaries that must be maintained between a teacher and a student. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 3, 2005 was served on Alen Kilic, requesting ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-January 24, 2005 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-subsequently set for October 12, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-Alen Kilic was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-The allegations against Alen Kilic in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated January 3, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-2005 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Alen Kilic is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996 (the “Act), in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- and (15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-(d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf:(f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-(a) in or about January 2004, told [**] that his cousin, who was a friend of [**], had ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- said that [**] was “horny”; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-(b) between the approximate dates of 5 February 2004 and 6 April 2004, made ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf: comments of a sexual nature to [**] which included, but were not limited to, his: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- (i) complimenting [**] on her appearance, including her hair; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- (ii) stating that he wanted to see [**] naked; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf: (iii) asking [**] if she wanted to have sex with him; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-(c) on or about 25 March 2004: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- (i) invited [**] to his house after work; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- (ii) asked [**] if she had any tan lines; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- (iii) tickled [**] in the stomach area while they were on a couch. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-5. In addition, during the 2003-2004 academic year, the Member in response to a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-comment from a female colleague that a particular student would make a good stripper, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-responded by saying that he would go to see her any day. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-6. On or about 12 July 2004, the Member wrote to the Superintendent of Employee ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-Relations of the Board in which he stated that he recognized that his conduct with respect ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-to the student who had been assigned to the [**] may well have been misinterpreted. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-Further, the Member apologized for and regretted any discomfort which may have ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-occurred or may have been experienced. He also assured the Board that no similar ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-incident would occur in the future. A copy of that letter is attached. (ASF – Exhibit 2, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-7. In addition to his expressions of regret contained in (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab B), the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf:Member has undergone training, conducted by Sherril Murray, regarding sexual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-harassment and boundaries in the workplace. Attached at Tabs C and D, respectively, are ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-copies of a report of Sherril Murray dated 17 March 2005, and the curriculum vitae of Ms ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-Murray. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tabs C & D) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-8. In her report, Ms Murray concluded that the Member fully appreciated that his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-conduct was inappropriate and had assured her that it would not be repeated. She stated ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-that the Member demonstrated sincere remorse with regards to [**], his wife and his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-employer. The process which Ms Murray described as “sensitivity and awareness”, and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-the ability to “walk in the other person’s shoes”, was the essence of the course completed ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-by the Member. The Member was also required by Ms Murray to re-read specific articles ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-of the Human Rights Code as well as Board and College policies with regards to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf:professional conduct and sexual harassment. Ms Murray determined that those ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-requirements had indeed been met and stated that she had confidence that the Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-now possessed sufficient knowledge and understanding not to re-offend. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-9. By this document, the Member, Alen Kilic accepts the matters referred to in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-paragraphs 4 and 5 above constitute conduct which is disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-unprofessional and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-him being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 1. (18) and (19) as set ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-out in the Notice of Hearing which is attached. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab E) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-10. By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations that have been made against him; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-By this document, the Member, Alen Kilic, accepts that the matters referred to in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-paragraphs 4 and 5 above constitute conduct which is disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-unprofessional and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-him, being more particularly a breach of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-and 1(19), as set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-At the hearing, the College withdrew the allegations of professional misconduct being ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5) 1(7), 1(14) and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf:1(15). The College also withdrew the allegations of sexual abuse of a student or students ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-Joint Submission as to Finding ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-In light of the above facts and circumstances to which the Member has pleaded guilty, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-the Member guilty of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437, subsections 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-Decision as to Finding ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the guilty plea in the Agreed Statement ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf-In particular, the Committee finds that Alen Kilic committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-“Committee”) on April 6, 2005 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-The allegations against Barry Mark Anderson (“the Member”) in the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Barry Mark Anderson is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (“Act”), and/or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- (d) he contravened laws and that contravention of which is relevant to his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (16); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf: (g) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- Sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- (h) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-At the hearing, Counsel for the College withdrew the allegations of incompetence ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-against the member as outlined in (h) above. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-1. Barry Mark Anderson, (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the Algonquin and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- Lakeshore Catholic District School Board (“the Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- (“the School”). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-3. At all material times, [XXX] a female person, who was either a student or former ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- student [XXX] at the School, was approximately [XXX] of age. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-4. While [XXX] was a student at the school, the Member gave her rides to and from ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- school and discussed matters of a personal nature with [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-5. In or about October 2001, the Member, having invited [XXX] to dinner at his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- residence in [XXX], provided alcohol and marijuana to her at his residence. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:6. In or around October 2001, the Member sexually assaulted [XXX], at his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- residence in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-7. At all material times, [XXX] was a [XXX] -old female person, who was a former ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- student [XXX] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-8. In or around April 2002, the Member gave his telephone number to [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-9. On or about 15 June 2002, the Member invited [XXX] to have dinner with him. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- The Member took [XXX] to his residence in [XXX], where he consumed alcohol in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- her presence and provided alcohol to [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:10. On or about 15 June 2002, the Member sexually assaulted [XXX] at his residence ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-11. On or about 15 June 2002, at the City of [XXX], the Member being in a position of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- trust or authority towards [XXX], a young person under the age of 18 years, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- unlawfully touched directly the body of [XXX] with a part of his body, to wit: his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf: hand, for a sexual purpose. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:12. The act of sexual touching in respect of [XXX] referred to in paragraph 11 above, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- was committed at the Member’s residence in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-13. On or about 12 September 2002, the Member was suspended by the Board. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-A Brief of Court Documents (Brief) with respect to the criminal proceedings against the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Member was submitted as evidence. This brief consisted of the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Tab A – Certified copy of Indictment; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Tab B – Probation Order ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Tab C – Transcript of Reasons for Decision of the Honourable Mr. Justice R.G. Byers ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-delivered on December 8, 2003; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Tab D – Transcript of Sentencing Proceedings before the Honourable Mr. Justice R. Byers ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-on February 13, 2004; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Tab E – Transcript of Reasons for Sentence given by the Honourable Mr. Justice R. Byers ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-on February 13, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-The Brief outlines the following evidence: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:The Member was indicted on 2 counts of sexual assault and 1 count of sexual touching, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:to which he pleaded not guilty and after a trial was convicted on 2 counts of sexual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-assault. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-After the trial of this matter, the Member was found guilty on Counts 1 and 3 of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Indictment as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Evidence Re: [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-After a trial on December 9, 2003, the Member was found guilty on Count 1, that he did ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-on or about the 15th day of June 2002, at the City of [XXX], in the East Region, commit a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:sexual assault on [XXX], contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Subsequently, the Member was sentenced on February 13, 2004 to 12 months in custody. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-(Brief – Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-After a trial on December 9, 2003, the Member was found guilty on Count 3, that he did ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-on or between the 1st day of October 2001 and 31st day of October 2001, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:[XXX], in the said Region, unlawfully commit a sexual assault on [XXX], contrary to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Subsequently, the Member was sentenced on February 13, 2004 to three months in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-custody. (Brief – Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-In addition to the sentence of 15 consecutive months in custody, the Member was put on ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-probation for two years on terms and conditions as outlined in a pre-sentence report. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-There was also a 10-year weapons prohibition and a [XXX]. (Brief – Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-The evidence presented by the College comes directly from the Brief of Court Documents ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-(Exhibit 3). This evidence included the following salient points: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- At the time of the offences, the Member was a secondary school teacher. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- His initial contact with the victims was in this capacity. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- He was popular with students and they shared confidences with them. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- The two victims came from troubled backgrounds and had shared their emotional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- vulnerability with the Member prior to the offences. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- In both instances, the Member invited the victims to his residence for dinner. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- With respect to [XXX], at the dinner, both the Member and [XXX] used both alcohol ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- and marijuana. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf: The Member made sexual advances whereby he kissed her, hugged her and tried to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- undo her bra. [XXX] resisted these advances and left. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- With respect to [XXX], at the dinner both the Member and [XXX] consumed alcohol ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- and [XXX] became intoxicated. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf: The Member made sexual advances, including removing her clothing. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf: resisted the removal of her underwear and his suggestion of oral sex. At one point he ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- digitally penetrated her. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- [XXX] subsequently informed her grandmother of the incident and went to the police. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-proof with which the Committee is familiar as set out in Re Bernstein and College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) 15 O.R. (2d) 477. The standard of proof applied ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-by the Committee, in accordance with the Bernstein decision, was a balance of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-probabilities with the qualification that the proof must be clear and convincing and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-based upon cogent evidence accepted by the Committee. The Committee also ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-recognized that the more serious the allegations to be proved, the more cogent must be ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-the evidence. The Committee considered the allegations in this case to be very serious. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and submissions made ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Barry Mark Anderson ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1 (16), 1(18) and 1(19) and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-It is uncontested that the Member was convicted under section 271 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:(Canada) of two counts of sexual assault on two young females. The Member knew ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-these young females in his capacity as a secondary school teacher. In both cases, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Member had gained their trust by befriending them and sharing their confidences. He ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-knew that they were both emotionally vulnerable. He used that trust and their ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-vulnerability to set up a situation in which he was able to supply them with alcohol ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:and/or marijuana and sexually assault them. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-The Member has not appealed the conviction or sentence within the prescribed 30-day ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-time limit. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-Having no evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts as proof that the Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:committed the offences of sexual assault and also accepts in evidence the specific ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-findings of facts as described in the Brief (Exhibit 3) and as detailed above. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member breached the standards of the profession and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-accordingly breached section 264 (1) (c) of the Education Act and Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14) and 1(15) by his conviction of sexual assault on two ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-young females. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member abused a student or students physically, sexually, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-verbally, psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:subsection 1(7), and he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member is in breach of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf:subsection 1(16) by virtue of his criminal convictions for sexual assault. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-The Committee also finds that the Member’s conduct is contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf-437/97, subsection and 1(18) and 1(19) in that the Member engaged in conduct that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- (b) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- (c) he contravened laws, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (16) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-1. John Andrew Larmand (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the Simcoe County District ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-School Board as a teacher at James Keating Public School, Penetanguishene. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-3. On or about 24 March 2005, the Member pleaded guilty to a charge brought in the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Ontario Court of Justice that he did, on 21 October 2003, at the Town of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf:Penetanguishene, have in his possession child pornography, to wit: computerized graphic ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf:image files contrary to Section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-B. Ontario Court of Justice – Transcript of Proceedings before the Honourable Mr. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- Justice R.P. Main on June 15, 2005, at Midland, Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-C. Ontario Court of Justice – Transcript of Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- Mr. Justice R.P. Main on June 15, 2005, at Midland, Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-D. Certified copy of Conditional Sentence Order dated June 15, 2005 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-E. Certified copy of Probation Order dated June 15, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-1. The evidence presented in the Court Documents confirms that on or about 24 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-March 2005, the Member pleaded guilty before Mr. Justice R. Main to a charge brought ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-in the Ontario Court of Justice that he did, on 21 October 2003, at the Town of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf:Penetanguishene, have in his possession child pornography, to wit: computerized graphic ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf:image files contrary to Section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada). A certified copy ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-of the Information laid against the Member is attached. (Exhibit 4, Tab A). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-2. Mr. Justice Main accepted the Member’s plea of guilt and found him guilty of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-charge referred to in paragraph 3. Attached is a copy of the transcript of the proceedings ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-on 24 March 2005 in the Ontario Court of Justice. (Exhibit 4, Tab B). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-3. On or about 15 June 2005, the Member was sentenced by Mr. Justice Main to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-three months imprisonment to be served conditionally, followed by 21 months probation. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-The Member has not appealed the sentence. Attached are copies of the Conditional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Sentence Order and Probation Order issued by the Ontario Court of Justice. (Exhibit 4, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Tabs D & E). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-It is uncontested that on or about March 24, 2005, the Member pleaded guilty to and was ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf:convicted of one count of possession of child pornography, to wit: computerized graphic ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf:image files contrary to Section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-It is also uncontested that on or about June 15, 2005, the Member was sentenced by Mr. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Justice Main to three months imprisonment to be served conditionally, followed by 21 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-months probation. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Rule 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers states as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-13.05 Proof of Prior Conviction or Discharge ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-13.05(1) Proof that a person has, in proceedings before a court in Canada, been ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-convicted or discharged of an offence following a finding of guilt is proof, in the absence ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-of evidence to the contrary, that the offence was committed by the person, if: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- (a) no appeal of the conviction or discharge was taken and the time for an ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- appeal has expired; or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- (b) an appeal of the conviction or discharge was taken but dismissed or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- abandoned and no further appeal is available. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-13.05(2) Sub-rule (1) applies whether or not the convicted or discharged person is a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-party to the proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-13.05(3) A certificate of conviction or discharge or certified copy of a Court ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Information meeting the requirements of sub-section 22.1(3) of the Evidence Act ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-(Ontario) shall be accepted by the Discipline Committee as proof that the person was ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-convicted or discharged of the offence for purposes of sub-rule (1). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-13.06 Findings of Fact in Prior Proceedings ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-13.06(1) Where a certificate of conviction or discharge or certified copy of a Court ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Information has been admitted in evidence under sub-rule 13.05(3), the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Committee shall also admit as ancillary to the certificate of conviction or discharge or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-certified copy of a Court Information the specific findings of fact contained in the court's ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-reasons for judgment or reasons for sentence, which findings of fact are proof, in the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-absence of evidence to the contrary, of the facts so found. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-The Member has not appealed the conviction or sentence within the prescribed 30-day ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-time limit. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Having no evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts as proof that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf:convicted of being in possession of child pornography and was sentenced to three months ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-imprisonment to be served conditionally, followed by 21 months probation. The ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Committee finds that this criminal conviction as detailed in the Brief of Court Documents ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-(Exhibit 4) constitutes professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf:The Committee finds that by being in possession of child pornography and by being ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-convicted for such possession, the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty be as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 1. revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 2. publication of the findings of the Discipline Committee, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- Member in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, which the Member is to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- surrender immediately to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, including ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- the Member’s name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Reasons for Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-The Member was an elementary school teacher who was convicted of being in possession ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf:of child pornography. Evidence demonstrated that the Member downloaded, collected, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-and stored these materials, which included, among others, 23 graphic images of child ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf:pornography and 156 graphic images of child nudity. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf:The Committee was not presented with specific instances of sexual grooming or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-predatory behaviour on the part of the Member. Nonetheless, the number of images ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-collected and the Member’s use of these images for sexual gratification render him ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-unsuitable to be in a classroom. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-The Committee concurs with Justice Main’s reasons for judgment that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-[the educational community must]…"be accountable to the parents of the children who ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-are in their care by removing from the proximity of these children someone who admits ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf:to be sexually aroused or gratified by pornographic images of children of that very age ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-group." ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-The penalty must meet the objective of general deterrence to the members of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-profession as well as the objective of specific deterrence to the Member. Accordingly, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-the Committee determined that revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-and registration and publication of the findings and order of the Committee, with the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-name of the Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession was required. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that this decision serves and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf-Dated: December 12, 2005 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- Anne Vinet-Roy ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-“Committee”) on February 3, 2005 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 10, 2005 was served on Jonathan Michael Ralph ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-Mayan, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-Teachers on January 24, 2005, and specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-set for February 3, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-Jonathan Michael Ralph Mayan was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-The allegations against Jonathan Michael Ralph Mayan (“the Member”) in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Jonathan Michael Ralph Mayan is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-misconduct as defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-Act (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof, or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as being disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (19); and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-1. Jonathan Michael Ralph Mayan (the “Member”), is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-Board as a teacher at [**] (the “School”) in Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-3. During the 2000-2001 school year, [**] whose date of birth is [**], was a [**] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-student [**] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-4. During the 2000-2001 school year, the Member acted inappropriately in his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-conduct and dealings with [**] on three occasions, being: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- (i) on or about 5 September 2000, which was the first day of school in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- the 2000-2001 School Year; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- (ii) on a date in April 2001 around two weeks prior to 9 May 2001; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- (iii) on or about 9 May 2001. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-5. On each occasion described in paragraph 4 above, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf: (a) touched [**]. for a sexual purpose; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf: (b) invited [**]. to touch him for a sexual purpose; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf: (c) sexually assaulted [**]. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-On February 3, 2005, the Committee made an order that there be no publication of any ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-information that may disclose the identity of the student involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-The Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-The Evidence ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-The College called no evidence in support of the allegations set out in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-The Committee finds the Member not guilty of the allegations set out in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf-Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf:(b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf-(c) she failed to keep records as required by her professional duties, contrary ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(10); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf-(d) she failed to supervise adequately students who were under her ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- professional supervision, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf-(e) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf-(f) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf-(g) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf-(h) she displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out her professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf-At the hearing of this matter, Counsel for the College advised the Committee that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf-the College would not be seeking a finding of professional misconduct against the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- Member in respect of paragraphs (b) and (g) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf: she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- she engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS AS SET OUT IN THE NOTICE OF ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf-HEARING ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf-1. Nancy Ann MacGregor (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- Teachers. At all times material hereto, the Member was employed by the Simcoe ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- County District School Board (“the Board”). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf-2. Between September 1999 and February 2000, while a teacher at the Robert ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- Thompson Centre (“the Centre”), the Member: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- (a) interfered with the treatment plan designed for a student suffering from an ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and contrary thereto, assigned an ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- excessive amount of work to this student, thereby jeopardizing both the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- student’s mental health and the student’s chances of success; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- (b) failed to evaluate her students’ work or, in light of her many absences ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- from the Centre, failed to make the necessary arrangements for her ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- students’ work to be evaluated in a timely manner. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated September 18, 2002 was served on Joseph Pender, requesting ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-October 7, 2002 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-scheduled for May 31, 2004 but was adjourned at the request of the Member and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-subsequently scheduled for July 12 to 15, 2004 and May 24, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-Joseph Pender was in attendance at the hearing. Proof of service of the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-was presented and accepted by the Panel. (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-The allegations against Joseph Pender in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Joseph Pender is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- (d) he contravened laws, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf: (g) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- (h) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- the member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-On July 12, 2004, the Committee made an order that there be no publication of any ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-information that may disclose the identity of the students involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-Order Excluding Witnesses ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-On July 12, 2004 the Committee made an order excluding witnesses from the hearing, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf-until called to give evidence. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Trace John Lawrence Ouellette, (the “Member”) was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated August 15, 2005, was served on the Member, requesting ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-November 10, 2005 to hold a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-The allegations in the Notice of Hearing dated August 15, 2005 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-IT WAS ALLEGED that Trace John Lawrence Ouellette is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-misconduct as defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Teachers Act (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act, the regulations or the bylaws, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- (d) he committed an act that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/87, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Peel District School Board ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- (the “Board”) as a History teacher at Erindale Secondary School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-2. At all material times, [**] was a [**] female student, in [**], at the School. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf:3. During 2003 and 2004, the Member engaged in a sexual relationship, which ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf: included having sexual intercourse with [**] [**] was never taught by the member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- but did attend the school at which the member taught. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-4. On or about December 4, 2003, two of [**]’s friends reported the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- relationship with [**] to school authorities. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-5. On or about February 25, 2004, the Board terminated the Member’s employment, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- for cause. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-The Member, Trace Ouellette, pleads no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-misconduct contained in paragraphs 1 through 5 of the Notice of Hearing and breaches of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, particularly subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(18) and 1(19), ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-and sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act as set out in the Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-August 15, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Memorandum of Agreement ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that subject to ratification by the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Committee, agreement had been reached on the facts and introduced a Memorandum of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Agreement (MOA), (Exhibit 3) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-In view of the Member’s plea of no contest, the parties agree that the information ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-hereinafter expressed may be relied on by the College and may be received by the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Discipline Committee. The plea of no contest is made solely for the purpose of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-disciplinary hearing at the College and is not an admission of the allegations for any other ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-purpose. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Peel District School Board ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- (the “Board”) as a History teacher at Erindale Secondary School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-2. At all material times, [**] was a [**] female student, in [**], at the School. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf:3. During 2003 and 2004, the Member engaged in a sexual relationship, which included ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf: having sexual intercourse with [**] [**] was never taught by the Member but did ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- attend the school at which the member taught. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-4. On or about December 4, 2003, two of [**]’s friends reported the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- relationship with [**] to school authorities. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-5. On or about February 25, 2004, the Board terminated the Member’s employment, for ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- cause. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-6. By this document, the Member pleads no contest to the allegations contained in this ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- section of the MOA and in the Notice of Hearing issued on August 15, 2005 and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-The Memorandum of Agreement contains a joint submission on penalty as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-The Committee accepts the joint submission on penalty as set out in the Memorandum of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Agreement and accordingly makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, which the Member is to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- surrender immediately to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- 2. Pursuant to section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf:The Member engaged in a sexual relationship, which included having sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-with a [**] female secondary school student who attended the school where he taught. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct to be reprehensible and unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee is satisfied that revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-qualification and registration is the appropriate penalty for such egregious conduct and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf-meets the objective of specific deterrence to the Member. The Committee is also ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-“Committee”) on September 27, 2005 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated December 6, 2003 was served on Derek Allan Boles, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-Teachers on January 12, 2004 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for September 27, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-Derek Allan Boles was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-The allegations against Derek Allan Boles in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-December 6, 2003 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Derek Allan Boles, is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-in section 30 (2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), and/or is ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-incompetent as defined in section 30 (3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-3. During or prior to the 2000/2001 academic year, the Member made inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- jokes and statements to staff, contrary to the Board’s Ethnocultural Equity and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- Sexual Harassment Policies and Ontario Human Rights legislation. Although the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- Member did not intend to cause offence, his conduct contributed to a toxic work ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- and learning environment for some staff, who felt intimidated, threatened and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- or/hurt by the Member’s statements. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-4. The Member, by his comments and behaviour, failed to create and sustain a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- positive and supportive working environment, reflective of and promoting a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- racially, culturally, and gender diverse population. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-5. In June 2001, following an investigation into the Member’s conduct, the Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- was assigned by the Board to a different school and was removed from his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- responsibilities as Department Head. The Member was reminded to conduct ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- himself in accordance with the policies of the [**], the duties of a teacher as ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- outlined in the Education Act, and the Standards of Practice as outlined by the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Act. The Member was warned that any repeat of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- behaviours identified in paragraph 3 above would result in additional disciplinary ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- action, up to and including termination of his employment. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-6. Since June 2001, the Member has not been the subject of any complaint about ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf: racist or inappropriate sexual statements, and no disciplinary action has been ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- taken pursuant to paragraph 3 above. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-7. The Member co-operated with the Ontario College of Teachers throughout the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- investigation relating to the conduct referred to in paragraph 3 above. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-8. By this document, the Member Derek Allan Boles accepts that the matters ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- referred to in paragraph 3 above constitute professional misconduct and pleads ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf-9. By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf-4. The Board’s investigation concluded that during the 2003/2004 academic school year, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- the member: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (a) discussed matters of a highly personal nature with individual students such as: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (i) remarking that during his time as a university football player team ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- members took a girl into a room and took turns having sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- with her; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (ii) referring to his negative feelings about and personal relationship with his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ex-wife; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf: (iii) telling a female student he intended to watch pornography with his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- girlfriend and that she was “hot”; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (b) made disparaging remarks about students and staff to students indicating that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (i) Mr. [**] was loser who no one liked; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (ii) Mr. [**], and men generally, shouldn’t teach art; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (iii) boys were “asses” and annoying; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (iv) he didn’t like male student “[**]” and wanted him suspended; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (v) female student “[**]” was “dirty and gross”, he didn’t like her and didn’t ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- like the way she dressed; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (c) invited a female student to remain after school to watch a senior basketball game, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- suggesting that she stay with him in the classroom after the game started and then ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- offered to drive her home; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (d) engaged in favouritism towards certain female students such as: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (i) giving them tickets to a game of the Ottawa Senators; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (ii) buying them lunch; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (iii) buying a birthday cake for a particular student when no other birthdays ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- were celebrated in class; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (iv) sharing key test answers with them and awarding them higher than ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- warranted marks; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (v) removing students from other classes during his prep and evaluation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- period so they could spend time with him in his classroom; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf: (e) presented material of a sexual nature in class that was unrelated to the curriculum, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- including discussing the rape of a local teenager with a curling iron which caused ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- students discomfort; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (f) provided a “blunt description” of a male physical examination despite the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- apparent discomfort of students; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- (g) stared and “looked over” the female students making them feel uncomfortable; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-“Committee”) on October 3, 2005 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Two Notices of Hearing, one dated November 5, 2004 and one dated February 14, 2005 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-were served on Lee Thomas Taylor, requesting attendance before the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers and specified the charges. The hearing ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-was subsequently set for October 3, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Lee Thomas Taylor was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-The allegations in the Notices of Hearing dated November 4, 2004 and February 15, 2005 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Lee Thomas Taylor is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-defined in subsection 30(2) and 40(1.1)of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-On October 3, 2005 the Committee made an order that there be no publication of any ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-information that may disclose the identities of the students or young male persons ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 3, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Submission on Penalty. (ASF – Exhibit 3) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty provides as ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-1. Lee Thomas Taylor (the “Member”) is a retired member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Teachers. A copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-the Member is attached. (ASF – Exhibit 3, Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-2. The Member was employed as a teacher by the Toronto District School Board, or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-its predecessor, between the approximate dates of September 1968 and September 1999. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-During that period the Member taught at [XXX] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-3. On or about 30 September 1999, the Member retired from the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-School Board. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-4. At all material times, [XXX], [XXX], [XXX], [XXX], [XXX] and [XXX], were ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-male persons under the age of eighteen years, whose parents were friends of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-5. During the approximate years of 1980 and 1981, [XXX] was a male student ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-[XXX] at the School, and was [XXX] involved in [XXX] of the School. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-6. During the approximate period of 1 January 1983 and 14 May 1986, the Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-was a [XXX] of [XXX], a male person, who was then between approximately [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-[XXX] years of age. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-7. On or about 1 April 2005, an Indictment was laid against the Member in the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Ontario Superior Court of Justice in respect of 23 counts relating to gross indecency, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf:sexual assault, sexual touching and sexual exploitation of various individuals including ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-those referred to in paragraphs 4 to 6 above, between the approximate dates of 11 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-September 1980 and 3 May 2003. Attached is a certified copy of the said Indictment. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-(ASF – Exhibit 3, Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-8. On or about 14 May 2004, an Information, a certified copy of which is attached ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-(ASF – Exhibit 3, Tab C), was laid against the Member charging that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (a) between 1 April 2004 and 12 May 2004 he knowingly accessed child ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf: pornography to wit computerized graphic images contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf: 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (b) on or between 1 April 2004 and 12 May 2004, at the Township of Seguin ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- he failed without lawful excuse to comply with the condition of an ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- undertaking entered into before an officer in charge, to wit: keep the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- peace and be of good behaviour; contrary to section 145(5.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- Criminal Code Canada. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-9. On or about 27 June 2005, the Member pleaded guilty in the Ontario Superior ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Court of Justice to eight counts of the Indictment (Exhibit B) in respect of the following ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-male persons: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (a) [XXX] (Count No. 2) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (b) [XXX] (Count No. 4) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (c) [XXX] (Count No. 7) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (d) [XXX] (Count No. 10) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (e) [XXX] (Count No. 12) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (f) [XXX] (Count No. 18) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (g) [XXX] (Count No. 21) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (h) [XXX] (Count No. 23) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-10. The specific charges against the Member as set out in the counts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-paragraph 9 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (a) That he between 11 September 1980 and 10 September 1981 at the City ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- of Mississauga did commit an act of gross indecency with [XXX] to wit ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- perform fellatio and masturbation of the penis, contrary to section 157 of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada) – Count No. 2; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (b) That he on or between 1 January 1983 and 14 May 1986 at the Township ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf: of Seguin and the City of Mississauga did commit a sexual assault upon ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- [XXX] contrary to section 246.1(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada) – ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- Count No. 4; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (c) That he on or between 4 September 1989 and 4 September 1997 at the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf: Township of Seguin did commit a sexual assault upon [XXX] contrary to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada) - Count No. 7; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (d) That he on or between 28 February 1989 and 27 February 1998, at the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf: Township of Seguin and the City of Mississauga did commit a sexual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- assault upon [XXX], contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (Canada) - Count No. 10; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (e) That he on 1 January 1991 at the Township of Seguin did commit a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf: sexual assault upon [XXX] contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (Canada) - Count No. 12; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (f) That he on or between 9 May 1997 and 8 May 1998 at the City of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf: Mississauga did commit a sexual assault upon [XXX] contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada) - Count No. 18; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (g) That he on or between 5 October 1996 and 4 October 1998 at the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf: Township of Seguin did commit a sexual assault upon [XXX] contrary to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada) - Count No. 21; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf: (h) On or about 3 May 2003 at the Township of Seguin did commit a sexual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- assault upon [XXX] contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (Canada) - Count No. 23. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-11. Attached is a copy of the transcript of the proceedings in the matter of Her ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Majesty The Queen v. Lee Thomas Taylor before Mr. Justice O’Neil on 27 June 2005, at ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Parry Sound. (ASF-Exhibit 3, Tab D) The details of the offences committed by the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Member against the individuals stated in paragraphs 9 and 10, to which the Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-pleaded guilty, are to be found between pages 9 and 38. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-12. The remaining 15 counts against the Member as set out in (ASF-Exhibit 3, Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-were withdrawn by the Crown on 27 June 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-13. The charges against the Member as set out in (ASF-Exhibit 3, Tab C) were also ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-withdrawn by the Crown on 27 June 2005. However, the Member, through his counsel, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-acknowledged that he had been in possession of photographs, which he had downloaded ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-and saved in a folder on his computer, depicting young male persons, under the age of 18 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-years, with exposed genitalia as well as some photographs showing young male persons ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf:under the age of 18 years, engaged in sexual activity such as fellatio or masturbation with ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-each other (pages 38 to 39 and 43 to 44 of ASF-Exhibit 3, Tab D. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-14. On or about 8 July 2004, an Order was made pursuant to section 486 of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada).by Mr. Justice J.C. Crawford , and which was continued by Mr. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Justice J. B. Wilson on 12 November 2004, prohibiting publication of the information ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-now contained in ASF-Exhibit 3, Tab D with respect to anything which would identify ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-the names of the students and young persons who are referred to in the preceding ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-paragraphs. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-15. The Member is to be sentenced by Mr. Justice O’Neill on 21 November 2005, and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-at that time both the Crown and the Defence will ask that the Member be incarcerated in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-a penitentiary for a period of seven years and that he be ordered to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-16. In addition to the criminal charges referred to in the Indictment, the Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-acknowledges that he provided alcohol to all of the young persons referred to in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-paragraphs 4 to 6 above. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-17. By this document, the Member, Lee Thomas Taylor, accepts as true the facts ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-referred to in paragraphs 1 to 16 above. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-18. By this document, the Member, Lee Thomas Taylor, pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-allegations that the facts referred to in paragraphs 9 to 11 and 13 to 16 above, relating to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-the conduct of the Member, is conduct which is disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-19. The Member hereby pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-against him as set out in the Notice of Hearing dated 5 November 2004, and the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Hearing dated 14 February 2005, copies of which are attached in ASF–Exhibit 3 at Tabs ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-E and F respectively, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-1(5), (7), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18) and (19). Further, the Member pleads guilty to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf:engaging in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-40(1.1.) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-12. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-20. By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations made against him; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (b) he understands that by pleading guilty he is waiving his right to require ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- (c) he states that this plea of guilt was made voluntarily, unequivocally and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- with the benefit of independent legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-21. By this document, the Member acknowledges his understanding that any ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Agreement between the College and the Member with respect to the penalty proposed in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-this document does not bind the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-The Member hereby pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-him as set out in the Notice of Hearing dated 5 November 2004, and the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Hearing dated 14 February 2005, copies of which are attached in ASF–Exhibit 3 at Tabs ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-E and F respectively, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Member pleads guilty ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf:to engaging in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-40(1.1.) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-12. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Joint Submission as to Finding ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-In light of the above facts and circumstances to which the Member has pleaded guilty, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-the Member guilty of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17) 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf:1(19), and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Decision as to Finding ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the guilty plea in the Agreed Statement ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-In particular, the Committee finds that Lee Thomas Taylor committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-subsection 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19), and that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf:sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-Reasons for Decision and Order ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-The Committee, having reviewed the Agreed Statement of Facts, finds that the facts ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-support a finding of professional misconduct. The Member provided access to alcohol ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf:and pornography in his effort to befriend the young males. This was evidenced by ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-invitations to the Member’s [XXX], characterized by things that would be attractive, like ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-snowmobiles and boats, access to alcohol and referred to by various of these young boys ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-as a party place for teenagers. (Exhibit 3, Tab D, page 9) This occurred over a number of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-years and with various young males. This is clearly grooming behaviour and allowed the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-member to initiate a repeated and lengthy pattern of sexual abuse, conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-clearly disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. These activities included backrubs, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-masturbation and fellatio on the young males. (Exhibit 3, Tab D, page 13) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-The Member plead guilty to seven counts of sexual assault and one count of gross ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-indecency with respect to eight young males, related to activities dating from 1980 to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf:2003. The Member acknowledged possession of child pornography depicting young ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf:male persons under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity, such as fellatio or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-masturbation with each other. (Exhibit 3, page 5) These behaviours are conduct ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf:unbecoming and confirms that he engaged in sexual abuse of students of a nature defined ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-The Committee finds that this conduct is of the most egregious nature that comes before ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf-the Discipline Committee and therefore should be dealt with in a most serious manner. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 24, 2002 was served on Gordon Samuel Thomas, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-Teachers on September 23, 2002 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for February 3, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-Gordon Samuel Thomas was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-The allegations against Gordon Samuel Thomas in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-July 24, 2002, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Gordon Samuel Thomas is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-misconduct as defined in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and particularly section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- and the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (d) he contravened laws, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (16); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- Marie Board of Education (the “Board”), as a Vice Principal, acting Principal and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- teacher, respectively. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-3. At all material times [**] whose year of birth was [**], was a female [**] student at [**] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- School at which the Member was Vice Principal. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-4. At all materials times [**], whose approximate year of birth is [**], was a female [**] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- student at [**]School at which the Member was Vice Principal. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-5. At all materials times [**], whose approximate year of birth is [**], was a female [**] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- student at [**]School at which the Member was Vice Principal. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-6. At all materials times [**], whose approximate year of birth is [**], was a female [**] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- student at [**] School at which the Member was a Teacher. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-7. At all material times the Member was in a position of trust or authority towards [**], ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- [**], [**] and [**] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-8. On 13 January 2003, the Member was arraigned before the Honourable Madam ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- Justice Pardu of the Superior Court of Justice and charged with twenty-two Counts, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf: including sexual assault, indecent assault and gross indecency, against fourteen ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- complainants, all of whom were [**] students [**], over a period of twenty years from ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- 1965 to 1985. Attached is a copy of the Indictment issued by the Superior Court of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- Justice on 13 January 2003. The Member pleaded not guilty to all charges. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-13. Pursuant to the decision of the Superior Court of Justice, as upheld by the Court of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- Appeal as referred to above, the findings of guilt against the Member are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (a) In respect of [**], between the approximate dates of September [**] and June ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- [**], at the City of Sault Ste. Marie, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf: (i) had sexual intercourse with [**] without her consent (count 5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (ii) indecently assaulted [**] (count 6); and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (iii) committed an act of gross indecency with [**] (count 7), contrary ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- to sections 144, 149 and 157 of the Criminal Code(Canada), 1953- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- 54, C. 51, S.135, 141 and 149, respectively. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- The sentences which were imposed in respect of those ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- counts were modified by the Court of Appeal as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (i) Count 5 – rape = 2 years imprisonment ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (ii) Count 6 – indecent assault = 6 months concurrent ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (iii) Count 7 – gross indecency = 6 months concurrent ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (b) In respect of [**], between the approximate dates of September [**] and June ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- [**], at the City of Sault Ste. Marie, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf: (i) had sexual intercourse without her consent(count 9); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (ii) indecently assaulted [**] (count 10); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (iii) committed an act of gross indecency with [**] (count 11), contrary ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- to sections 144, 149 and 157 of the Criminal Code (Canada), 1953- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- 54, C. 51, S.135, 141 and 149, respectively. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- The sentences imposed in respect of those counts were ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- modified by the Court of Appeal as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (i) Count 9 – rape = 2 years imprisonment ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- consecutive ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (ii) Count 10 – indecent assault = 6 months concurrent ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (iii) Count 11 – gross indecency = 6 months concurrent ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-(c) In respect of [**], between the approximate dates September [**] and December ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- [**], at the City of Sault Ste. Marie, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf: (i) had sexual intercourse with [**] without her consent (count 15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (ii) indecently assaulted [**] (count 16); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (iii) committed an act of gross indecency with [**] (count 17), contrary ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- to sections 144, 149 and 157 of the Criminal Code (Canada), 1953- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- 54, C. 51, S.135, 141 and 149, respectively. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- The sentences imposed in respect of those counts were ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- modified by the Court of Appeal as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (i) Count 15 – rape = 2 years imprisonment ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- consecutive ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (ii) Count 16 – indecent assault = 6 months concurrent ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (iii) Count 17 – gross indecency = 6 months consecutive ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf-(d) In respect of [**], between the approximate dates of September [**] and June ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- [**], at the City of Sault Ste. Marie, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf: (i) had sexual intercourse with [**], without her consent (Count 19); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (ii) indecently assaulted [**] (Count 20); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (iii) committed an act of gross indecency with [**] (Count 21), ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- contrary to sections 144, 149 and 157 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- (Canada), 1953-54, C. 51, S.135, 141 and 149, respectively. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- The sentences imposed in respect of those counts were ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- modified by the Court of Appeal follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated August 24, 2004 was served on Michael Travers, requesting ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-October 25, 2004 to hold a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-Michael Travers was not in attendance at the hearing, nor was he represented. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-The allegations in the Notice of Hearing dated August 24, 2004 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-IT WAS ALLEGED that Michael Travers is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”), Act in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf:(b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act, the regulations or the bylaws, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-(d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2 and specifically ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- paragraph 264(1)(c) thereof or the regulations made under that Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-(e) he committed an act that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/87, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-(f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-1. Michael Ernest Travers (the “member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- Teachers (Registry number 223176). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-2. At all material times, the member was employed by the District School Board of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- Niagara (the “board”) as an English teacher at Niagara Falls Collegiate and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- Vocational Institute (the “school”). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-3. During the 1973/1974 academic school year and the summer preceding that year, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- member engaged in an inappropriate relationship with [**], a grade 13 female ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- student at the school, which included, inter alia: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf: a) engaging in sexual relations with her, including kissing and oral sex; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- b) discussing the possibility of marriage with her; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- c) telling her that he was attracted to her. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-4. During the 1973/1974 academic school year, the member told another male teacher ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf: of the board about his sexual relationship with [**]. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-The Member Michael Travers admits that the matters referred to in paragraph 3 of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-Notice of Hearing constitute professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of the Act, as set ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-out in the Notice of Hearing dated August 24, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-Memorandum of Agreement ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that subject to ratification by the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-Committee, agreement had been reached on the facts and introduced a Memorandum of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-Agreement (MOA), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- 1996, will direct the Registrar to revoke his certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- registration immediately. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-8. The Member agrees and understands that upon ratification of this MOA by the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- Discipline Committee, he will surrender his certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- registration to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-9. The Member agrees and understands that for the purpose of considering this matter, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- the Discipline Committee will be provided with a copy of this MOA and it will be ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- marked as an Exhibit at the hearing and will, together with the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- constitute the evidence against the member and the evidence upon which the guilty ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- plea will be accepted, the finding of guilt will be made, and the penalty will be ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- imposed. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-10. The Member agrees and understands that for the purpose of considering this matter, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- the Discipline Committee will be provided with a summary of the matter including ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- the allegations contained in the Registrar’s complaint and the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-11. The Member agrees and understands that upon ratification of this MOA, a notation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- on the public register maintained by the Registrar, in accordance with section 23 of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, will include the following information: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- On October 25, 2004, Michael Travers pleaded guilty to professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf: which involved a sexual relationship with a female student and the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- Committee directed the Registrar to revoke his certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- registration. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf-12. The Member agrees and undertakes that upon ratification of this MOA by the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- Discipline Committee, he shall not apply to the College for reinstatement and for a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- new certificate of qualification and registration for a period of two years from the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- date of the ratification of this MOA. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-DÉCISION MINORITAIRE (MARILYN A. LAFRAMBOISE) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- Ordre des enseignantes et des enseignants de l’Ontario c Travers, 2005 ONOCT 36 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- Date: 2005-02-25 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-La membre dissidente se demande sérieusement s’il est approprié que cette affaire ait été ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-renvoyée au comité par l’entremise du Programme de règlement à l’amiable. Elle n’accepte pas ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-les conseils de l’avocat indépendant selon qui le comité n’avait pas d’autre choix que d’entendre ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-la question qui lui avait été dûment renvoyée en vertu de l’alinéa 30 (1) a) de la Loi sur l’Ordre ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-des enseignantes et des enseignants de l’Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-Le paragraphe 30 (1) de la loi dispose que : ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-Le comité de discipline fait ce qui suit : ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- a) il entend et tranche les questions qui lui sont renvoyées aux termes de l’article 26, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- 29 ou 33; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- b) il s’acquitte des autres fonctions que lui attribue le conseil. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-La membre dissidente reconnaît qu’à l’audience, les membres du panel siègent à titre de ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-membres du panel du comité de discipline. Elle croit qu’à titre de comité du conseil, le panel a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-la responsabilité, d’abord et avant tout, de suivre les directives du conseil ou les positions que ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-ce dernier adopte. Faute de document de principes, le comité de discipline doit s’acquitter de ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-ses fonctions d’une façon qui reflète les directives du conseil ou les positions adoptées par lui et ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-que les membres du conseil voient comme l’aboutissement de l’examen d’une question par le ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-conseil. En outre, l’examen des documents demandés par le comité et fournis à l’audience, qui ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-comprenaient les diapositives d’une présentation PowerPoint faite au conseil le 28 février 2003 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-et un exemplaire du rapport sur l’examen externe du recours au Programme de règlement à ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf:l’amiable pour le règlement des plaintes pour mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel par Lisa Feld ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-(External Review of Use of the Dispute Resolution Program at the Ontario College of Teachers to Resolve ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-Complaints of Sexual Abuse, mai 2004) a incité la membre dissidente à conclure que, même si le ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-conseil souscrit à l’utilisation du Programme de règlement à l’amiable dans la plupart des cas, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf:il exclut spécifiquement les cas de mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel lorsque la personne qui ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-porte plainte est membre du public. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-Même si le conseil élargit l’objet du Programme de règlement à l’amiable dans l’avenir pour ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-éliminer cette exclusion, une telle affaire ne se prête pas actuellement au règlement à l’amiable. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-La membre dissidente croit qu’il vaut mieux régler les affaires de cette nature, lorsque le ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-membre mis en cause et l’Ordre peuvent s’entendre sur les faits et la sanction, par voie d’un ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-énoncé conjoint des faits et d’un énoncé conjoint sur la sanction et non par voie d’un protocole ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-d’entente conclu par l’entremise du Programme de règlement à l’amiable. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-La membre dissidente du comité a lu la décision de la majorité des membres du comité (la ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-«majorité»). Malgré les préoccupations qu’elle vient d’exprimer, elle souscrit à la décision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-rendue par la majorité. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-Sanction ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-Cependant, la membre dissidente n’est pas d’accord avec la décision sur la sanction rendue par ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-la majorité. Le 25 octobre 2004, le comité a demandé aux parties au protocole d’entente de ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-remplacer la condition suivante du protocole : ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- 12. Une fois le présent protocole d’entente accepté, M. Travers convient de ne pas demander ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- une remise en vigueur ainsi qu’un nouveau certificat d’inscription et une nouvelle carte ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- de compétence pendant une période de deux ans débutant à la date de ratification du ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- protocole d’entente. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-par : ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- 12. Une fois le présent protocole d’entente accepté, M. Travers convient de ne pas ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- demander une remise en vigueur ainsi qu’un nouveau certificat d’inscription et une ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- nouvelle carte de compétence pendant une période de dix ans débutant à la date de ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ratification du protocole d’entente. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-Le comité a été informé que le membre mis en cause n’acceptait pas de modifier les conditions ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-du protocole d’entente. Le 15 janvier 2005, le comité a reçu une lettre du membre datée du ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-29 octobre 2004 (pièce 4). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-Décisions et motifs ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-Selon la majorité, la déclaration du membre mis en cause dans sa lettre du 29 octobre, dans ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-laquelle il faisait valoir qu’il avait déclaré par écrit à l’Ordre qu’il ne reviendrait pas au Canada ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-pour y vivre ni pour y travailler («… I have made a written statement to the College that I will ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-not return to Canada to teach or live…»), sert et protège l’intérêt du public. La membre ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-dissidente n’est pas d’accord avec ce point de vue. Elle n’accepte pas que cette déclaration ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-constitue une promesse et, partant, cette déclaration n’a pas le poids d’une promesse. En outre, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-la déclaration écrite dont le membre parle dans sa lettre n’a pas été fournie au comité. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-En signant le protocole d’entente, le membre mis en cause a plaidé coupable à la faute ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-professionnelle énoncée dans l’avis d’audience. Il a admis avoir eu une relation inappropriée ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-avec une élève pendant l’année scolaire 1973-1974 et pendant l’été précédent, et notamment ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf:avoir eu des relations sexuelles, y compris des baisers et des rapports sexuels oraux, avoir parlé ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-de la possibilité de l’épouser et lui avoir dit qu’il la trouvait attirante. Le membre mis en cause a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf:également admis avoir parlé à un autre enseignant du conseil scolaire de ses rapports sexuels ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-avec l’élève. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-La membre dissidente croit que la conduite que le membre mis en cause a admise est un cas ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf:flagrant de mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel, puisqu’il a eu des rapports sexuels avec une ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-élève de sa classe. La membre dissidente a pris en compte des facteurs atténuants dont l’âge du ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-membre mis en cause, son lieu de résidence et le temps écoulé entre le moment où la conduite a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-eu lieu et celui où l’affaire a été déposée à l’Ordre. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-La membre dissidente a examiné les déclarations faites par le membre mis en cause dans sa ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-lettre du 29 octobre 2004. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-La membre dissidente n’accepte pas la déclaration du membre mis en cause selon qui il ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-s’agissait d’un incident unique, isolé, qui s’est produit avec consentement mutuel («single, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-isolated incident of mutual consent»). Le membre mis en cause a reconnu la période pendant ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-laquelle il a eu une conduite inappropriée. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-La membre dissidente n’a pas reçu les lettres d’employeurs attestant que le rendement du ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-membre mis en cause était impeccable. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-La membre dissidente s’est penchée sur l’allégation du membre mis en cause selon qui l’Ordre ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-avait rendu des jugements plus indulgents. Elle n’a pas reçu la lettre du 2 janvier 2004 dans ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-laquelle le membre mis en cause prétend mentionner ces causes. Elle a examiné les décisions ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-rendues par des comités de l’Ordre des enseignantes et des enseignants de l’Ontario dans ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-lesquelles une interdiction de demander une remise en vigueur pendant 10 ans a été imposée, et ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-plus précisément les affaires Bélanger en 2004, Dickson en 2004 et Gehring en 2002. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-La membre dissidente convient que le membre mis en cause a collaboré avec l’Ordre pendant ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-l’enquête. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-La membre dissidente croit que les facteurs atténuants n’ont pas suffisamment de poids pour ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-diminuer la période pendant laquelle le membre doit s’abstenir de demander une remise en ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-vigueur. Elle croit qu’une telle période ne correspond pas aux décisions rendues dans des cas ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf:flagrants de mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel, qu’elle est disproportionnée par rapport à la ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-faute et va à l’encontre de l’intérêt public et qu’elle discrédite l’administration de la justice. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-Les déclarations faites par le membre mis en cause dans sa lettre sont insuffisantes pour obliger ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-la membre dissidente à accepter de limiter à deux ans la période pendant laquelle il sera interdit ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf-au membre mis en cause de demander une remise en vigueur. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 5, 2002 was served on George Albert Ventura also ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-known as Jorge Albert Ventura, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers on December 4, 2002 to set a date for a hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for May 31, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-George Albert Ventura also known as Jorge Albert Ventura was not in attendance at the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-The allegations against George Albert Ventura also known as Jorge Albert Ventura in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated November 5, 2002, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that George Albert Ventura also known as Jorge Albert Ventura ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-is guilty of professional misconduct and/or is incompetent as defined in sections 30(2) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-and (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and particularly section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- and the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information of the Member. (ASF-Exhibit 2, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- Board (“the Board”), as a teacher at [XXX] (“the School”). The Member taught at ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- the School from approximately 1991 until 22 March 2001, and had at one time been a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-3. The Member, while he was employed at the School, and specifically between ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 24 November 2000, and 22 March 2001, made, possessed and/or distributed child ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf: pornography including photographs, stories and/or videos depicting child ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf: pornography. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-4. Further, while employed at the School, the Member maintained a scrapbook of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- photographs of male students of the school in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf:5. In the course of making child pornography, the Member superimposed photographs ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- of faces of students of the school onto photographs of young males who were ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf: depicted in those photographs as being involved in various sexual acts. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-6. The Member posted on websites on the Internet and provided to third parties, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf: photographs of male persons involved in various sexual acts, on which photographs ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- of faces of students of the School had been superimposed. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-7. The Member held himself out as being a student while he was engaged in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- distributing the said material via the Internet and the postal system. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-8. While employed by the Board, the Member used computer equipment of the School ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf: for the purpose of making, possessing, and/or distributing child pornography, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf: including photographs, stories and videos depicting child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-9. On or about 28 January 2004 the Member pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- Justice to three counts relating to the making, distribution and possession of child ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf: pornography in the City of Toronto between the approximate dates of 25 November ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 2000 and 18 March 2001. The details of the charges are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (a) that the Member, sometime between and including 25 November 2000 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf: and 18 March 2001, in the City of Toronto, did possess child pornography ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- to wit: images and/or written word depicting children under the age of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 18 years engaged in sexually explicit acts or poses thereby committing an ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- offence contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (b) that the Member, sometime between and including 25 November 2000 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf: and 18 March 2001, in the City of Toronto, did make child pornography ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- to wit: images and/or written word depicting children under the age of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 18 years engaged in sexually explicit acts or poses thereby committing an ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- offence contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (c) that the Member, sometime between and including 25 November 2000 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- and 22 March 2001, in the City of Toronto, did distribute child ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf: pornography to wit: images and/or written word depicting children ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- under the age of 18 years engaged in sexually explicit acts or poses ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-10. Attached is a certified copy of the Information issued by the Ontario Court of Justice ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- on 23 March 2001 showing the details of the charges against the Member, his plea of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- guilt to counts 4, 5 and 6 and the details of his sentencing. (ASF-Exhibit 2, Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-11. A non-publication and non-broadcast Order was imposed by the Court pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- Section 486(3) of the Criminal Code (Canada), directing that the identities of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- complainants and any information that could disclose the identities of those persons, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- are not to be published in any document or broadcast in any way. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-12. A transcript of the Proceedings before The Honourable Mr. Justice E.F. Ormston in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- the matter of her Her Majesty the Queen v. Ventura on 28 January 2004 is attached. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (ASF – Exhibit 2, 2 Tab C) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-13. On or about 28 September 2004, Mr. Justice Ormston took note of an Agreed ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- Statement of Facts that had been filed by the Crown in which it was agreed by the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- Member, inter alia, that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (a) on or about 22 March 2001, the Member had in his possession: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf: (i) over six thousand, four hundred images of child pornography; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (ii) approximately six thousand, four hundred other images of child ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- erotica; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (iii) hundreds of loose pictures and stories, many of which referred to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- teacher-student relationships, and which were found in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- approximately eighty binders, some of which were from the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- School; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (iv) a videotape labelled as being from the Board, which depicted ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- young Asian males between eighteen and twenty years of age ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- engaged in sexual acts; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (b) he had created a computer compact disc by downloading images of child ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf: pornography from the Internet. The compact disc contained over four ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- thousand, five hundred such images; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (c) On or about 22 March 2001, he had in his home a large sketch of a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- student, which was found hanging above the Member’s bed, as well as ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- pictures of that student and another [XXX] student; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (d) he also had photographs of both of the students referred to at ( c ) above ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- at his residence. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-14. Mr. Justice Ormston sentenced the Member to one year of incarceration to be ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- followed by a period of probation for one year. The terms of the probation included ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- prohibitions on the Member from: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (a) seeking, obtaining or continuing any employment with remuneration or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- as a volunteer that involved being in a position of trust or authority ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- towards persons under the age of fourteen years for one year; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (b) from attending public swimming areas where persons under the age of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- fourteen were present or could reasonably expect to be present for one ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- year. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-15. The Member was also ordered to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty and makes the following order ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- immediately the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, which ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- certificate the Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- Member’s full name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea, the Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty. The Member admitted that he had made, possessed ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf:and distributed child pornography while employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-Board, that he had kept a scrapbook of photographs of students in [XXX], that he had ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf:superimposed the faces of [XXX] students on to images of child pornography which he ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf:then distributed, that he had posed as a student while distributing child pornography ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-over the internet and through the postal system and that he used school equipment in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-doing so. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-The Member was charged under the Criminal Code of Canada and pleaded guilty to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf:three charges of making, possessing and distributing child pornography. He was ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-sentenced to one year of incarceration and placed on probation for one year. The terms ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-of the probation included prohibitions on the Member from: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (a) seeking, obtaining or continuing any employment with remuneration or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- as a volunteer that involved being in a position of trust or authority ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- towards persons under the age of fourteen years for one year; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- (b) from attending public swimming areas where persons under the age of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- fourteen were present or could reasonably expect to be present for one ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- year. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-The Member was also ordered to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-The Committee concludes that the Member’s actions are deplorable. He breached the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-trust placed in teachers and has shown he cannot be placed in a position of authority ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-over children. His abuses demonstrate unequivocally that he is unsuitable to hold a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee is satisfied that revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-qualification and registration and publication is the appropriate penalty. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, with the Member’s name, meets ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-the objectives of specific deterrence to the Member and general deterrence to the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf-members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 23, 2004 was served on Michael Votskos, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Teachers on December 8, 2004 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for February 14, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Michael Votskos was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-The allegations against Michael Votskos in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-November 23, 2004 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Michael Votskos is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- reasonably be regarded by Members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-On February 14, 2005 the Discipline Committee made an order that there be no ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-publication of any information that may disclose the identity of the victims or any other ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-persons named in the exhibits involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Joint Submission on Penalty. (ASF – Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty provides ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-1. Michael Votskos (the “Member”) is a Member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- Attached hereto is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- Information of the Member. (ASF-Exhibit 2, Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- Board and its predecessor, the North York Board of Education (“the Board”), as a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- teacher of cosmetology. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-3. During the 1994-1995 academic year, while the Member was a teacher at [**], he ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf: acted unprofessionally in that he engaged in sexual intercourse with a 28 year old ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- adult student of that school, but who was not in the Member’s class, on two ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- occasions, once in approximately November or December 1994 and again in late 1994 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- or early 1995. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-4. As a result of that activity, the Member received a written reprimand from the Board ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- and was suspended from his teaching duties for one day without pay. Attached is a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- copy of memorandum dated 18 May 1995, from Superintendent of Schools of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- Board to the Member along with signed details containing information with respect ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- to the incident which was signed by the Member. (ASF-Exhibit 2, Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-5. During 1999, while he was a teacher at Bathurst Secondary School, the Member acted ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- unprofessionally in that he : ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf: (a) repeatedly used a school computer to access pornography or similar ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- material of an adult nature, particularly photographs of nude women, on ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- the Internet; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (b) left printouts of e-mails of a personal nature beside a school computer. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-6. As a result of the matters referred to in paragraph 5 above coming to the attention of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- the School Board, the Member received a written reprimand for using a school ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf: computer to access “pornography” on the Internet and for leaving “e-mail of a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- personal nature”, beside the computer. Further, the Member was provided with a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- warning that any repetition of that behaviour would subject him to the full range of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- disciplinary proceedings. Attached is a copy of letter of reprimand dated 10 June ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 1999, from the principal of Bathurst Heights Secondary School to the Member. (ASF- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- Exhibit 2, Tab C) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-7. During the 2001-2002 school year while teaching at Central Technical School (‘the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- School”), the Member acted unprofessionally in that he used computers of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- School, which he accessed with his own user name and the user names of various ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- other teachers, to: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (a) view photographs of nude women; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (b) view sexually explicit websites; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (c) solicit sex partners; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (d) receive sexually explicit e-mails from a woman. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-8. On or about 17 September 2001, the Member admitted to: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (a) using the identification password of another teacher in order to use a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf: computer of the School so as to access pornography; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf: (b) leaving pornography which he had viewed, visible to others on the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- computer screen in the technical office of the School. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-9. As a result of this matter coming to the attention of the Board, a verbal ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- admonishment was shortly thereafter given to the Member by the technical director ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- of the School and the Member was warned that the computers of the School were not ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf: to be used to access “pornography” on the Internet. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-10. That activity which had been carried on under the user name of the Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- significantly decreased after he was admonished by the technical director, but ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- continued under the user names of other teachers. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-11. An investigation was conducted by the Board and it was determined that computers ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- in the technical office of the School were repeatedly used in various teachers’ users ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- names to access two e-mail accounts in the Member’s name as well as an e-mail ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- account which he shared with a female person. Attached hereto is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- investigation report which gives details of the Member’s inappropriate conduct and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- inappropriate use of the School’s computers. (ASF-Exhibit 2, Tab D) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-12. Tab D of Exhibit 2 includes a number of materials which were viewed through the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- accounts of the Member and were of a sexually explicit nature. The material ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- included photographs of nude women and websites displaying sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- items. The Member also received and viewed sexually explicit e-mails from [**], ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- who is now the common-law spouse of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-13. On or about 27 August 2002, the Board suspended the Member with pay. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-14. On or about 31 October 2002, the Member wrote to the Board admitting that he had ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- used computers at the School to access his personal e-mail account but there was ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- never any intention on his part to have his home life interfere with his work at the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- School or to offend anyone with the content. The Member recognized that his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- behaviour was inappropriate and that his personal sexual life was something that he ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- should not allow to intrude on his professional affairs. The Member however stated ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf: that he had not intentionally accessed any pornographic sites nor did he knowingly ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- use anyone else’s user identification on a School computer. Attached is a copy of a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- letter dated 31 October 2002, from the Member to Thomas Payne, Central Co- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ordinating Principal of the Employee Services department of the Board. (ASF-Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 2, Tab E) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-15. On or about 15 April 2003, Mr. Payne wrote to the Member providing him with a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- report recommending the termination of his employment with the Board. Attached ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- is a copy of that letter with the dismissal report. (ASF-Exhibit 2, Tab F) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-16. By letter dated 1 May 2003, a copy of which is attached, the Member’s counsel ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- responded to Mr. Payne and enclosing a copy of ASF-Exhibit 2, Tab E. (ASF-Exhibit 2, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- Tab G) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-17. By letter dated 5 May 2003, a copy of which is attached, Mr. Payne wrote to the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- Member advising that his termination, effective 2 May 2003 had been approved. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (ASF-Exhibit 2, Tab H) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-18. By this document, the Member, Michael Votskos, pleads no contest to the facts ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1 to 17 above. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-19. By this document, the Member, Michael Votskos, pleads no contest to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- that the facts referred to in paragraphs 3, 5 and 7 above relating to the conduct of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- Member, is conduct which is disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him being ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), (7), (14), ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (15), (18) and (19) as set out in the Notice of Hearing which is attached hereto. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf: Further, the Member pleads no contest to the allegation that he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- of Teachers Act, 1996. (ASF-Exhibit 2, Tab I) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-20. By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations that have been made ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- against him; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (b) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations against him, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- he is waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- him and the right to have a hearing; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (c) he voluntarily decided to plead no contest to the allegations against him. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- (d) this plea of no contest was made voluntarily, unequivocally and with the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- benefit of independent legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-21. In light of the above facts and circumstances to which the Member has pleaded no ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437, subsections 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (18) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf: and (19), and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-By this document, the Member acknowledges his understanding that any agreement ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-between the College and the Member with respect to the penalty proposed in this ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-document does not bind the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-By this document, the Member, Michael Votskos, pleads no contest to the facts referred ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-to in paragraphs 1 to 17 above and to the allegations that the facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-paragraphs 3, 5 and 7 above relating to the conduct of the Member, is conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional and pleads no contest to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-of professional misconduct against him being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (18) and (19) as set out in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Hearing which is attached hereto. Further, the Member pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf:allegation that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. (ASF-Exhibit 2, Tab I) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Joint Submission as to Finding ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-In light of the above facts and circumstances to which the Member has pleaded no ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437, subsections 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (18) and (19), and that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf:he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Decision as to Finding ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the plea of no contest in the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-made by Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Michael Votskos committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf:subsection 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19), and that he engaged in sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- Member’s full name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-The Member had sexual relations with an adult student at his school. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf:Further, the Member accessed pornographic sites on the Internet, using school ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-computers, during school hours, using his name and other teachers’ user names. Some ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-of the material he accessed was left in plain view of others. This behaviour continued ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-despite warnings and reprimands. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee is satisfied that revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-qualification and registration is the appropriate penalty and meets the objective of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-specific deterrence to the Member. The Committee is also satisfied that publication ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf-meets the objective of general deterrence to members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated May 31, 2004 was served on Dennis Stewart Henderson, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-Teachers on June 9, 2004 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for September 27, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-Dennis Stewart Henderson was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-The allegations against Dennis Stewart Henderson in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-dated May 31, 2004 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Dennis Stewart Henderson is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-“Act), and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- and (15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-(d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf:(f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-5. The Member spoke to a number of teachers in the school, including his immediate ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- supervisor and the guidance counsellor, about his concerns regarding [**]’s ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- behaviour. The Member was advised that [**] was receiving counselling for ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- emotional problems. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-6. At that time, the Member received no instructions as to how to deal with infatuated ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- students. The only instructions he received were to discourage false complaints; to be ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- never alone with a female student and to keep his classroom door open and lights on. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- The Member was unaware of any Board policies or procedures or professional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- standards at that time, which addressed such matters. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-7. The Member acknowledges that between the approximate dates of July 1990 and May ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- 1991, he acted inappropriately in his dealings with [**], whom he ought to have ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- known was becoming infatuated with him. More specifically he: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- (a) engaged in personal discussions with [**]; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- (b) took no steps to dissuade her from sending him romantic cards and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf: letters which became sexually explicit as time progressed, and failed to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- make a complete report to the School’s principal that [**] was sending ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- him romantic cards and letters; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- (c) engaged in telephone conversations with [**], made by [**] to his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- residence, sometimes late at night; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- (d) failed to report to the school’s principal that [**] called him at home; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- (e) failed to report [**] to the school’s principal when she requested that he ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- divulge to her questions which were going to be asked on a class ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- examination; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- (f) failed to report [**] to the school’s principal or to the police when she ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- stole personal items from his desk, school closet and motor vehicle. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-8. During portions of the 1989-1990 and 1990-1991 school years, [**] whose date of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- birth is [**], was a female student [**] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-9. [**], a close friend of [**], was also enrolled in the [**] course in 1989-90. In the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- spring of 1991, when [**] was no longer his student, she began to write letters to the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- Member and to speak with him about family problems. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-10. The Member acknowledges that between the approximate dates of July 1990 and May ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- 1991, he acted inappropriately in his dealings with [**], whom he ought to have ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- known was becoming infatuated with him. More specifically, he: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- (a) sent her a Valentine’s Day card in February 1991; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- (b) engaged in personal conversations with her, which included discussions ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- about problems she was encountering with her parents and boyfriend; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- (c) met with [**] in a restaurant and took her for a ride in his car. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf:11. In June 1991, the Member was charged with three counts of sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- pursuant to Section 153(1) of the Criminal Code. Two of the alleged incidents ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- involved [**] and the other charge involved [**] The Member was shocked by the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf: charges and vehemently denied having a sexual relationship with either [**] or [**] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-12. On June 10, 1992, Mr. Justice Smith of the Ontario Court (General Division) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- acquitted the Member of all charges. Attached hereto is a transcript of the Reasons ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- for Judgment of Mr. Justice Smith. In his Reasons for Judgment, Mr. Justice Smith ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- stated that the issue before the Court was one of credibility. He found that the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- evidence of [**] was, “so vague and so lacking in detail on its own that I would be ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- loath to make a finding of guilt on that evidence.” He further stated that his review of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-At the hearing, the College withdrew the allegations of professional misconduct being ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5) 1(7), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf:1(15) and 1(18). The College also withdrew the allegations of sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-or students as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act and incompetence as defined in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-section 30 (3) of the Act, in that he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-and/or a disregard for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-the member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-Joint Submission as to Finding ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-In light of the above facts and circumstances to which the Member has pleaded no ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437, subsections 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-Decision as to Finding ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the plea of no contest in the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty, and the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-submissions made by Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Dennis Stewart ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-Henderson committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-“Committee”) on February 14, 2005 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-The allegations against Peter Lorne Cameron (“the Member”) in the Notice of Hearing are ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Peter Lorne Cameron is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”), ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (16) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- (i) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- the Member’s Certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-1. Peter Lorne Cameron, (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed as a teacher at Our Lady of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Victory School (the “School”) in Buckingham, Québec. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-3. At all material times [XXX] and [XXX] were male students of the Member at the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-School. Between the approximate dates of 1 September 1975 and 24 June 1977, the said ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-students were between 12 and 13 years of age. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- (10) Between the approximate dates of 1 September 1976 and 24 June 1977 in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Buckingham, District of Hull, Québec, the Member committed an act of gross indecency ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-with [XXX], contrary to Section 157 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- (11) Between the approximate dates of 1 September 1975 and 24 June 1976 in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Buckingham, District of Hull, Québec, the Member committed an act of gross indecency ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-with [XXX], contrary to Section 157 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- (12) Between the approximate dates of 1 September 1975 and 24 June 1977 in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Buckingham, District of Hull, Québec, the Member committed an act of gross indecency ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-with [XXX], contrary to Section 157 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- (13) Between the approximate dates of 1 September 1975 and 24 June 1976, at ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Niagara Falls, Ontario, the Member indecently assaulted [XXX], contrary to Section 156 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-5. All of the assaults and acts of indecency referred to in paragraphs 4 (1) to (13) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-above occurred either at the School or while the Member was accompanying students on ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-school trips. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-6. On or about 24 September 2003, in Hull, Quebec, the Member pleaded guilty to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf:eight counts of sexual assault, as set out below: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 1. Between September 1, 1976 and June 24, 1977 in Buckingham and Mayo, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- district of Hull, did, being a male person, indecently assault [XXX] a male person, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- committing thereby the indictable offence provided by section 156 of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Criminal Code, S.R.C. 1970, C-34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 2. Between September 1, 1975 and June 24, 1976 in Buckingham, district of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Hull, did commit an act of gross indecency with [XXX], committing thereby the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- indictable offence provided by section 157 of the Criminal Code, S.R.C. 1970, C- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 3. Between September 1, 1975 and June 24, 1976 in Buckingham, district of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Hull, did, being a male person indecently assault [XXX] a male person, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- committing thereby the indictable offence provided by section 156 of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Criminal Code, S.R.C. 1970, C-34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 4. Between September 1, 1976 and June 24, 1977 in Buckingham and Mayo, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- district of Hull, did commit an act of gross indecency with [XXX], committing ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- thereby the indictable offence provided by section 157 of the Criminal Code, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- S.R.C 1970, C-34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 5. Between September 1, 1976 and June 24, 1977 in Buckingham, district of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Hull, did commit an act of gross indecency with [XXX], committing thereby the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- indictable offence provided by section 157 of the Criminal Code, S.R.C. 1970, C- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 6. Between September 1, 1976 and June 24, 1977 in Buckingham, district of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Hull, did commit an act of gross indecency with [XXX], committing thereby the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- indictable offence provided by section 157 of the Criminal Code, S.R.C. 1970, C- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 7. Between September 1, 1975 and June 24, 1976 in Buckingham, district of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Hull, did commit an act of gross indecency with [XXX], committing thereby the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- indictable offence provided by section 157 of the Criminal Code, S.R.C 1970, C- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 8. Between September 1, 1975 and June 24, 1977 in Buckingham, district of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Hull and Niagara Falls, district of Ontario, did, being a male person, indecently ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- assault [XXX] a male person, committing thereby the indictable offence provided ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- by section 156 of the Criminal Code, S.R.C. 1970, C-34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-7. A sentence has not yet been imposed by the court. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf:8. The Member engaged in sexual touching and assault of the said students as ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-described in paragraphs 4 and 6 above. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated April 2, 2004 was served on Peter Lorne Cameron, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Teachers on May 3, 2004 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for February 14, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-The assaults and acts of indecency occurred at the school where the Member taught, on ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-school trips or at private residences. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-On September 24, 2003, in Hull, Quebec, the Member pleaded guilty to eight counts of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf:sexual assault, as set out below: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-1. Between September 1, 1976 and June 24, 1977 in Buckingham and Mayo, district ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-of Hull, did, being a male person, indecently assault [XXX] a male person, committing ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-thereby the indictable offence provided by section 156 of the Criminal Code, S.R.C. 1970, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-C-34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-2. Between September 1, 1975 and June 24, 1976 in Buckingham, district of Hull, did ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-commit an act of gross indecency with [XXX], committing thereby the indictable offence ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-provided by section 157 of the Criminal Code, S.R.C. 1970, C-34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-3. Between September 1, 1975 and June 24, 1976 in Buckingham, district of Hull, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-did, being a male person indecently assault [XXX] a male person, committing thereby ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-the indictable offence provided by section 156 of the Criminal Code, S.R.C. 1970, C-34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-4. Between September 1, 1976 and June 24, 1977 in Buckingham and Mayo, district ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-of Hull, did commit an act of gross indecency with [XXX], committing thereby the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-indictable offence provided by section 157 of the Criminal Code, S.R.C 1970, C-34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-5. Between September 1, 1976 and June 24, 1977 in Buckingham, district of Hull, did ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-commit an act of gross indecency with [XXX], committing thereby the indictable offence ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-provided by section 157 of the Criminal Code, S.R.C. 1970, C-34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-6. Between September 1, 1976 and June 24, 1977 in Buckingham, district of Hull, did ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-commit an act of gross indecency with [XXX], committing thereby the indictable offence ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-provided by section 157 of the Criminal Code, S.R.C. 1970, C-34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-7. Between September 1, 1975 and June 24, 1976 in Buckingham, district of Hull, did ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-commit an act of gross indecency with [XXX], committing thereby the indictable offence ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-provided by section 157 of the Criminal Code, S.R.C 1970, C-34. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-made by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Peter Lorne Cameron ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf:1(19). The Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and he ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the welfare of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-students, of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the Member is unfit to carry out ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-his professional duties. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-It is uncontested that the Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted of eight counts of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf:sexual assault involving eight of his male students who were between the ages of 12 and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-13 at the time. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Having no evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts the proof of prior conviction ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf:as detailed in the Brief (Exhibit 4) and finds that the Member did commit acts of sexual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-assault on eight boys and that his actions constitute professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf:The Committee finds that by sexually assaulting his students, the Member committed ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf:Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and he displayed a lack ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the welfare of students, of a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-nature or extent that demonstrates that the Member is unfit to carry out his professional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-duties. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty be as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 1. revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 2. publication of the findings of the Discipline Committee, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Member in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, which the Member is to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, including ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- the Member’s name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Reasons for Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf:The member engaged in sexual touching and sexual assault of his students which the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Committee finds to be egregious in nature and reprehensible. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-The Member was a person with the power to influence the conduct and actions of his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf:students. He exercised that power for his own sexual gratification and against the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-interests of his students. This kind of behaviour is completely unprofessional and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-unbecoming of a member and lowers the image and trust of the profession in the eyes of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-the public. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-The penalty must meet the objective of general deterrence to the members of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-profession and the objective of specific deterrence to the Member. Accordingly, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Committee is satisfied that revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-registration and publication in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession is the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-appropriate penalty. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that this decision serves and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf-Date: February 14, 2005 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Ted Coulson ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Fact and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Contest. (ASF – Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts and Plea of No contest provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-1. Kevin Edward Burrows (the "Member") is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Register ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- Status Information respecting the Member. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-2. Between the approximate dates of 1 September 1995 and 3 April 2003, the Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- was a teacher at the Columbia International School, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan (the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- “School”). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-3. Between the approximate dates of January 2000 and 3 April 2003, the Member acted ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- inappropriately and/or unprofessionally in that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- (a) using the laptop computer made available to him by the School, he accessed at an ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- Internet news group available through his Internet provider and downloaded to the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- computer’s hard disk and later burned onto computer compact discs for viewing, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: sets of pornographic material, including graphic sexual images of a person and/or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- persons under the age of eighteen years engaged in explicit sexual acts; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- (b) he purchased and/or maintained and/or owned and/or had in his possession ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: pornographic images, including graphic sexual images of a person and/or persons ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- under the age of eighteen years engaged in explicit sexual acts, which images ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- were contained in magazines, video tapes and computer compact discs. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-4. Between the approximate dates of January 2000 and 3 April 2003, the Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: manufactured or transferred onto computer compact discs, pornographic images, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- including graphic sexual images of a person and/or persons under the age of eighteen ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- years engaged in explicit sexual acts. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-5. In or around March 2003 the Member decided to return to Canada. On or about 31 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- March 2003 the Member shipped a total of 13 boxes of his personal belongings from ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- Japan to Canada. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-6. On or about 3 April 2003, the Member was informed that the boxes he had shipped ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: from Japan to Canada contained approximately 1,400 pornographic images, including ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- graphic sexual images of a person and/or persons under the age of eighteen years ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- engaged in explicit sexual acts and approximately 5,000 images depicting child ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- nudity or erotica, which images were contained on approximately five computer ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- compact discs. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-7. On or about 3 April 2003, the Member attempted to regain possession of his personal ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- belongings, including the items referred to in paragraph 6 above from carriers to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- whom he had entrusted their transportation to Canada from Japan. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:8. Thereafter, the Member was charged with importing child pornography and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: attempting to possess child pornography contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- The Member was acquitted of the charges. However, on or about 9 June 2004, during ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- his trial on these charges, the Member admitted while testifying under oath that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- (a) in his off hours and often while under the influence of alcohol, he used the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- laptop computer made available to him by the School, to access and download ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: pornographic images, including graphic sexual images of a person and/or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- persons under the age of eighteen years engaged in explicit sexual acts, which ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- he saved by transferring the said images to computer compact discs (see pages ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 38 – 39, 68 - 69 of the transcript); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- (b) during the three year period between the approximate dates of 28 March 2000 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: and 28 March 2003, he collected, purchased and possessed pornography, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- including graphic sexual images of a person and/or persons under the age of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- eighteen years engaged in explicit sexual acts, and that the collection included ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: printed pornography, videotapes and computer compact discs (see pages 51 - ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 52, 73 and 75 of the transcript); ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: (c) he viewed the pornography, including some but not all of the graphic sexual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- images of a person and/or persons under the age of eighteen years engaged in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- explicit sexual acts, that he had saved on computer compact discs (see pages ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 41 – 42, 67 - 70 of the transcript); and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- (d) he personally packed his belongings, which unknowingly included five ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: computer compact discs containing pornography, including graphic sexual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- images of a person and/or persons under the age of eighteen years engaged in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- explicit sexual acts, prior to departing from Japan for Canada (see page 47 of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- the transcript). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-9. A copy of the testimony of the Member which is referred to in the preceding ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- paragraph is attached. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-10. A psychological assessment of the Member was conducted by Dr. Robin J. Wilson, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- psychologist, in January 2004. In his report dated 12 January 2004, Dr Wilson noted ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- that the Member had admitted to him that he had frequently downloaded ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: pornographic material and had made compact discs containing that material. Further, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: the Member admitted being in possession of a considerable amount of pornographic ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- material burned onto compact discs as well as photographs of underage girls. The ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- Member admitted to Dr. Wilson a degree of personal concern regarding the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: acquisition of the pornographic material knowing that they were inappropriate. The ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: reason for the Member having possession of the pornographic images was unclear. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- However Dr. Wilson found that the Member did not have any symptoms suggestive ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- of paraphilic preferences and despite the possession of pictures of underage girls, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf: there was no evidence that the Member had ever engaged in sexual activities with ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- minors. Dr. Wilson saw no clinically-defensible rationale for deeming the Member a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- risk to children. A copy of the report of Dr. Wilson is attached (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- C) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-11. In compliance with Dr. Wilson’s recommendations, the Member has been receiving ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- treatments for his depression through the Community Mental Health Program in St. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- Catherines. A copy of a letter from Richard Chrysler confirming this treatment is ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- attached. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab D) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-12. By this document, the Member pleads no contest to the facts stated above and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- acknowledges that the Discipline Committee may find that the conduct referred to in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- paragraphs 3, 4, 7 and 8 above constitutes professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 1(18) and 1(19), as set out in the Notice of Hearing which is attached hereto. (ASF – ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- Exhibit 2, Tab E) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-13. By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations that have been made against ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- him; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- (b) he understands that by pleading no contest he is waiving his right to require the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- (c) he states that this plea of no contest was made voluntarily, unequivocally and with ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- the benefit of independent legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-14. In light of the facts and circumstances stated above, the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- submits that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-15. The parties have not agreed either upon the nature of the penalty to be imposed or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- upon publication. Submissions will be made to the Discipline Committee on both of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- those issues. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-By this document, the Member pleads no contest to the facts stated above and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-acknowledges that the Discipline Committee may find that the conduct referred to in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-paragraphs 3, 4, 7 and 8 above constitutes professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-and 1(19), as set out in the Notice of Hearing which is attached hereto. (ASF – Exhibit 2, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Tab E) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Evidence ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-In addition to the evidence in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Plea of No Contest, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-College called one witness, Constable George Douglas. The Member also testified before ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Evidence of Constable Douglas ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Constable Douglas (“Douglas”) was a police officer with the Peel Regional Police and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:served for three and one-half years in the vice /child pornography unit, with expertise in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:investigating matters of pornography, in particular child pornography. He had also ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-worked for the Ontario Provincial Police in the Organized Crime Division. He testified ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-that he was one of the officers assigned to investigate the materials seized from the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Member by Canada Customs. Douglas indicated that the materials seized included ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-several photographs of underage girls in forms of undress, five compact disks containing ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:approximately 5,000 images classified by various types of pornography, with the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-majority of them being of graphic sexual images of persons under the age of eighteen, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-engaged in explicit sexual acts, as well as video tape of sexually explicit images of child ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-nudity. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Douglas described in detail how the police viewed, categorized and determined the types ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:of child pornography, according to specifically developed police procedures. The police ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-officers viewed the five compact discs, classified the images into three categories – child ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-nudity, child erotica and children engaged in sexual acts. The officers then printed a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-sampling of images in each category which formed part of the Crown brief at the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Member’s criminal trial. This Crown brief was introduced as Exhibit 3 for identification ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-purposes only. College Counsel noted that the Member’s Counsel had had an ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-opportunity to view the Brief prior to it being introduced into evidence. Douglas ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-presented the Brief to the Committee for viewing of the images, which had been ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-downloaded by them from the Member’s seized compact disks. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-When cross-examined by Counsel for the Member, Douglas acknowledged that police ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:officers also found materials in several boxes that were not pornographic, such as music ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-compact disks, videos and various text files. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Evidence of the Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-In his examination-in-chief, the Member stated that he attended teachers’ college in 1994, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-had taught briefly in Ontario around 1990-1991. After obtaining his certification as a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-teacher he worked for the Ministry of Education. While there he learned of a teaching ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-position in Japan. He obtained a teaching position in Business and Computers at ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Columbia International School in Japan, where he was also responsible for developing ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-computer curriculum and other technological support. He remained at the school from ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-September 1995 until April 2003. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-As part of his testimony, the Member described certain cultural differences between ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:Canada and Japan, particularly with respect to how prevalent pornography is in Japan. In ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:his view, the Japanese culture does not distinguish between adult pornography and child ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:pornography, and that pornography in general is readily available. For example he ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:indicated that flyers advertising sex were distributed through the mail, pornographic ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-magazines were in plain view at the local corner store and posters of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-could be seen everywhere. He also indicated that businessmen on the trains would ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:openly be viewing pornographic magazines. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Member stated that although he intended to stay only for a year or so in Japan, he ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-stayed longer due to work opportunities that were presented to him and because he ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-developed a relationship with a Chinese woman. He also stated that he believed that one ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-who lives in Japan should live as the Japanese do. He stated that he tried to do this and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-embraced the culture of Japan. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Member indicated that another significant cultural difference was that it was not ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-uncommon for Japanese businessmen to be severely intoxicated in public and that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-excessive drinking was common. He stated that he himself drank heavily and regularly ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-with friends and colleagues while in Japan but did not seek counselling for alcohol abuse ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-until he returned to Canada. When asked by his counsel why he had not sought ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-counselling in Japan, the Member indicated that he thought that counselling would be ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-difficult to find since drinking to excess was an acceptable part of Japanese culture and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-also that it would be difficult to communicate with a counsellor who spoke another ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-language. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:The Member testified that, as time went by, he started to access pornography, while ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-intoxicated, through an Internet news group. At first the Member was using his own ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-personal computer but when it broke, he began to use the school’s laptop computer that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:had been made available to him on a sharing basis, to view and download pornography. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-When asked by his counsel if the school had a policy on the use of school computers, he ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-said it had been decided at a staff meeting that no specific school policy would be put in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:place. He also testified that a colleague who had found pornographic images on the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-shared laptop, advised him to make sure not to leave any images on the hard drive ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-because some of his other colleagues might be offended and because children could also ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-access this shared computer. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:In addition to viewing and downloading pornographic images, the Member also testified ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-that he also purchased a grab bag at a corner store, which unbeknown to him, contained ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:pornographic images. He also admitted that he had purchased videotapes containing ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:pornographic images. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Member indicated that while he was accessing, downloading and purchasing ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:pornography, he was feeling more and more frustrated with his work and his personal ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-life. He eventually decided to leave Japan because he did not believe school officials ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-were giving him the recognition he deserved and the school would not give him time off ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-to attend his sister’s wedding in Canada. He indicated that the last few days prior to his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-departure from Japan were hectic, that he attended a lot of farewell parties and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-subsequently had little time left to pack his belongings. He believed he had gotten rid of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:all of his pornographic materials. The Member said, “I threw away the stuff I knew about ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-to get rid of my life in Japan”. The Member said because he had so little time left to pack ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-he just threw whatever was left on the shelves into boxes to be shipped to Canada by ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-FedEx. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Member stated that since coming back to Canada, he has found it difficult to adjust ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-because he was not working full time, that he was seeking counselling and has almost ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-stopped drinking. He indicated that his counselling has helped him to better understand ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-his behaviour in Japan and wished he could have apologized in Japan. The Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-ended his examination-in-chief by apologizing to the College for his past behaviour in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Japan. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-In cross-examination, College Counsel reviewed with the Member his background and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-education. The Member said he was presently 42 years old and that he was in his early ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-30’s in the mid 1990’s when he moved to Japan. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:When asked about the difference between child pornography and adult pornography, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Member stated that there was no distinction between the two in Japan. He further ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:indicated that he did not understand the difference between child and adult pornography ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-until he returned to Canada. The Member said, “At the time I was in Japan, there was no ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-distinction”. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:College Counsel asked the Member whether he had an interest in pornography. The ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Member replied that he was just curious and that it was available everywhere. He also ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:stated that he found the pornographic Internet news group through a magazine that he ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-purchased. He further stated that he would access this news group and download certain ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-images while intoxicated. He indicated that he did not know the nature of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:pornography he was downloading. When asked by College Counsel if he was ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:downloading certain images by certain types of pornography, the Member replied that he ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-would download the whole news group content at once and would not necessarily know ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-what was in it. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Submissions as to Penalty ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty would be revocation of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, as well as publication in summary ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-of the order and findings with the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-College Counsel argued that immediate revocation was warranted due to the hard core ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:nature of the pornographic images found in the Member’s possession, and the length of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:time that the Member spent viewing, downloading and purchasing pornography. College ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:Counsel argued that the sheer quantity of child pornography images in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-possession proves that the Member’s reason for acquiring such material goes beyond ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-curiosity. In Counsel’s view, it is more of an interest and desire on the part of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Member to possess such material. Counsel stated that teachers are engaged on a daily ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-basis with children and they have a tremendous trust in their teacher and the public has a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-right to expect this. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-College Counsel further argued that in light of the fact that the Member grew up in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Canada, was educated in Canada and had exposure to Canadian laws, is evidence that the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:Member’s argument that he did not know child pornography was wrong is incredible and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-unbelievable. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-With regard to publication, Counsel for the College submitted that there are no special ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-circumstances to be considered and therefore the order and findings should be published ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-with the Member’s name. He argued that the public interest would be best served ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-through publication. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Counsel for the Member argued that the Member was caught between two cultures, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Japanese and Canadian, and that the Member should not be judged by what he had done ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:in Japan, where pornography and alcohol are widely available and accepted. She stated ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-that the Member was embracing the Japanese culture and simply living his life as a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Japanese. The Member’s counsel reiterated that the Member had tried to get rid of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:pornographic material in Japan, but that some pornographic images inadvertently ended ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-up on compact disks that the Member sent back to Canada. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Counsel for the Member argued that the appropriate penalty would be a reprimand or a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-six-month suspension and that for a period of two years a condition be placed on the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Member’s certificate that he could only teach intermediate and senior grades and adult ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-education. She argued there should be no publication because since December 2003 no ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-complaints have been made against the Member and therefore there was no issue of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-protection of the public. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Committee accepted the evidence contained in the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-By accepting the evidence in Exhibit 2, the oral evidence of Constable Douglas and of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Member, and the content of Exhibit 3 (Crown Brief), the Committee finds that revocation ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-of the Member’s certificate of qualification is warranted. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Committee found the oral evidence presented by Constable Douglas to be credible ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-and compelling. He gave his evidence in a straightforward manner and was ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:knowledgeable in the area of child pornography, in light of his training and background. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Committee found the images contained in the Crown Brief to be very graphic images ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:of child pornography of adults engaging in various sexual acts with pre-pubescent ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-children, images of child erotica and child nudity. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Committee considered the credibility of the Member’s oral evidence and found ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-inconsistencies and contradictions in his testimony. For example, when the Member was ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:asked by College Counsel if he was downloading pornographic images and classifying ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-them by type, the Member indicated he was downloading a whole file at once and did not ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-classify them, nor did he view the content at that point in time. However, College ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Counsel referred the Member to page 70 of his testimony in the transcript of his criminal ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-proceedings, wherein under oath, he admitted to viewing, downloading and sorting files ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:by type of pornography. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Member, in his oral testimony, indicated that he only viewed and downloaded ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:pornography when he was intoxicated. However, when Dr. Wilson, a clinical and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-forensic psychologist, met with the Member for a psycholegal assessment and treatment ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-plan, the Member did not specifically address his drinking in relation to viewing, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:downloading and possessing pornographic material. Throughout the proceedings, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Member repeatedly argued that he only engaged in these activities while intoxicated and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-that he had sought counselling for alcohol abuse when he returned to Canada. Yet, in Dr. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Wilson’s report, the drinking issue appears to have been minimized and presented with ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:no relation to his activities related to possession of child pornography. In addition, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Member indicated that he attended counselling while in Parry Sound. The Committee, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-however, was not presented with any evidence to support this. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Committee found the Member’s evidence that he did not know the difference ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:between adult and child pornography, nor that possession of child pornography was ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-illegal in Canada to be incredible, in light of the fact that the Member lived in Canada ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-until his early thirties, prior to going to Japan and the fact that he was a Canadian ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-university graduate. The Committee also found that the Member’s argument that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-possession of such material in Japan is legal, is irrelevant. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Committee considered the seriousness of the allegations. The fact that the Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-was viewing, downloading and burning these images onto compact disk and purchasing ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:child pornography and did so over a three-year period, is clearly an indication that the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Member does not have a child’s best interest in mind. In fact, the Committee felt that this ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:type of behaviour perpetuates the sexual abuse of children and that such an individual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-should not be in a position of trust over children. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Committee did not believe the Member’s evidence that he was getting rid of his child ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:pornography collection in Japan so he could “put that part of his life behind him and start ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-a new life.” Furthermore, the Committee was not presented with any evidence that the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Member is seeking or has an intention to seek professional help to remediate himself. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Committee is therefore not convinced that the Member is no longer interested in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:child pornography and that he won’t access it in the future. The Committee agreed with ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-College Counsel that given the efforts made by the Member to access and purchase child ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf:pornography over a three-year period indicates that the Member was in fact interested in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-it, rather than being just curious. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-For all of these reasons, the Committee concluded that the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-qualification and registration should be revoked immediately. The Committee strongly ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-feels that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member and that his conduct is ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional and should not be in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-with children. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee is satisfied that revocation of the member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-qualification and registration is the appropriate penalty and is in the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-The Committee was not persuaded that embarrassment to the Member constituted a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-compelling reason not to publish the Member’s name and concluded that the seriousness ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-of the offence was a compelling reason to publish the Member’s name within the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-summary of the decision in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. The ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf-Committee felt that publication meets the objective of general deterrence to the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-“Committee”) on October 24, 2005 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated August 17, 2005 was served on Philip James Chaddock, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-Teachers on August 25, 2005 to set a date for hearing and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for October 24, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-Philip James Chaddock was not in attendance at the hearing, but had been represented by ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-counsel, Milton Verskin, in negotiating the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-Mr. Verskin also advised the Member with regard to his Affidavit (Exhibit 3) and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-provided written submissions with respect to penalty (Exhibit A). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED THAT: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-1. Philip James Chaddock (“the Member”) is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- defined in section 30(2) of the Act pursuant to Ontario Regulation 437/97 section ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 2, in that there has been a finding of incompetence, professional misconduct or a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- similar finding by the Texas State Board for Educator Certification, that is based ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- on facts that, in or around October 1998, the Member communicated with a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf: female child on the Internet, drove the child to a motel room and sexually ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- assaulted her, which constitutes professional misconduct as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, which section defines professional misconduct for the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- purposes of subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (1996), and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- particularly the following sub-sections thereof: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-1. Philip James Chaddock (the “Member”), is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Member Information respecting the Member. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-2. On or about 2 July 1989, the Member was certified to teach in the Province of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- New Brunswick. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-3. On or about 9 August 1989, the Member was granted a Temporary Letter of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Standing to teach in the Province of Ontario. The Temporary Letter of Standing ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- expired in December 2000. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-4. On or about 30 September 1993, the Member was granted a Texas Educator ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Certificate by the State Board for Educator Certification of the State of Texas, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- United States of America (“the State Board”). ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-5. On or about 1 August 1994, the Member was certified to teach in the Province of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Nova Scotia. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-6. On or about 24 March 1999, the Member, who was then 39 years of age, pleaded ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- guilty before Judge Stephen C. Pemberton in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Judicial Circuit, Ogle County, State of Illinois to a charge of Aggravated Criminal ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Sexual Abuse laid by the State’s Attorney of Illinois, specifically that he on or ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- about 17 October 1998, in the County of Ogle and the State of Illinois, committed ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf: an act of sexual penetration with [XXX], who was at least 13 years of age but ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- under 17 years of age, in that he placed his penis in the vagina of [XXX], and he ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- was at least 5 years older than [XXX] Attached is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Information relating to the charge against the Member. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-7. The factual basis for the charges, which was agreed to by counsel for the Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- at the criminal trail, was that [XXX], who was 14 years of age as of 17 October ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 1998, resided in Batavia Illinois. [XXX] spent time communicating with people ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- on the Internet through her home computer. Approximately two weeks prior to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 17 October 1998, she met the Member on the Internet. A relationship developed ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- and he made arrangements through the Internet and by telephone conversations to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf: come from Texas to meet her so that they could engage in sexual activity. On ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Saturday, 17 October 1998, [XXX] met with the Member and they went to a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Holiday Inn at Rochelle, Illinois, where they engaged in vaginal, oral and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf: attempted anal sex. At the time of his arrest on 31 October 1998, the Member ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- admitted to the arresting police officers that he knew that [XXX] was only 14 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- years of age. Attached is a copy of the transcript of the court proceedings on 24 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- March 1999. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab C) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-8. On or about 19th April 1999, the Member was sentenced by Judge Pemberton to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- three years and six months in the Illinois Department of Corrections, less a credit ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- of 171 days for time actually served in custody. The Member was also ordered to: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- a. pay restitution in the amount of US$502.00 to [XXX] and to remit additional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- amounts of US$123.00 for a total of US$625.00 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf: b. to submit to testing for the possibility of sexually transmittable diseases, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- including HIV; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf: c. provide blood specimens to the sex offender DNA Bank of Illinois for the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- purposes of genetic marking; and ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf: d. register as a sex offender in the State of Illinois for a period of 10 years. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-9. Evidence was given during the sentencing proceedings that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- communicated with [XXX] through his computer at his school in Texas. The ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- investigating officer gave evidence that the Member had met [XXX] on Saturday, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 17 October 1998, at the back of a movie theatre and he then took [XXX] to the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Holiday Inn in Rochelle where they stayed overnight. The Member subsequently ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- made arrangements to meet [XXX] at Halloween. The Member was aware that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- [XXX] was attending school. Attached is a copy of the transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- proceedings on 19 April 1999. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab D) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-10. Attached is a certified copy of the Judgement-Sentence to the Illinois Department ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- of Corrections issued by the Circuit Court of Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Ogle ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- County, Illinois. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab E) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-11. Attached is a copy of the Illinois Sex Offender Information for the State of Illinois ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- relating to the Member. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab F) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-12. On or about 28 April 1999, the State Board issued an order of voluntary surrender ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- for Revocation of Texas Teacher Certificate No. 637-36-88-81 (the “Texas ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Certificate”) and all associate endorsements, issued to the Member. The Texas ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Certificate of the Member was revoked on the basis that the Member was arrested ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf: on 2 November 1998, for a criminal sexual assault of a child that had occurred in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Ogle County, in the State of Illinois, United States of America. The Member had ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- been held in Illinois on a bond of one million United States dollars pending trial, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- which bond was subsequently reduced to three hundred thousand United States ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- dollars. During the course of the investigation by the State Board it was learned ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- that the Member had confessed to the Illinois State officials. The Order noted that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- the Member had relinquished his Texas teacher credentials prior to the completion ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- of the investigation. The Order also noted that the Member held a Provisional ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Secondary Social Studies Composite Certificate issued on 26 February 1994 and a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Provisional Generic Special Education Certificate issued 1 June 1994. Further, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- the Order made reference to the Member relinquishing his Texas Certificate as ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- evidenced by the correspondence attached to the Order. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-13. A copy of the Order of Voluntary Certificate for Revocation which was accepted ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- for surrender by the State Board of Educator Certification on 29 April 1999, along ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- with a copy of Letter of Relinquishment signed by the Member on 26 March ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 1999, are attached. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab G) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-14. The revocation of the Member’s Texas Certificate was made on or about 29 April ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 1999. Attached is a copy of the Texas Certificate and a Glossary of terminology ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- of that Board relative to Educator Certificates, which describes “Revocation” as, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- certificate the Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Member’s full name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-Reasons for Decision and Order ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-The Committee concluded that the evidence contained in the Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-and Guilty Plea constitutes professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-The Committee relied on the following facts: At the age of 39, the Member began a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-relationship, via the Internet on the school computer, with a child he knew to be fourteen ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf:years old, made plans to meet her for a sexual encounter, drove 20 hours to another state ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-to meet her, asked that she deceive her parents to spend time with him, took her to a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf:hotel, had vaginal intercourse and oral sex and attempted anal sex with her. Although the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-child was bleeding quite heavily, the Member left her near her house rather than walking ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-her home or seeking medical attention. In subsequent telephone conversations and e- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-mails, it is evident that the Member was concerned not for the child’s well being, but for ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf:his own. He continued to persuade the child to meet for a further sexual encounter, to lie ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-about being with him, and to protect him. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-The Committee found the following statements of Judge Stephen C. Pemberton to be ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-compelling: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- “The Defendant is – was 39 years of age at the time of this offense. This is not a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- situation where a 15 year old is going out with a 22 year old and is prosecuted for ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf: a sexual act. This is a 39 year old having sex with a 14 year old. Someone who ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf: he has never met face-to-face until mere minutes before the sexual act is ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- consummated. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- I’m also concerned about the fact that after this incident occurred he took her back ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- to her home in a condition that he knew, apparently clearly knew, was unsafe. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- She was bleeding. He dropped her off, didn’t even take her to her house in his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- attempt to cover up what was going on because he was afraid of meeting her ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- parents and left here there. Fortunately her mother came in and discovered her. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Fortunately for all of us. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- I’m also concerned about the fact that he on October 31st continued – returned to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf: presumably have additional sexual contact with the victim. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- I’m also concerned about the tone of the various communications that we’ve seen ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- here today. That is, the e-mails, the phone conversations. It’s clear to me that ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- Mr. Chaddock’s first concern throughout this relationship, if we can call it that – I ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- don’t know that that’s appropriate to call it that – was to cover his tracks. To be ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- sure that he wouldn’t get caught. Any other feelings that he expressed appear to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- me to have been, at that time at least, if they were real, very much secondary.” ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- (Exhibit 2, Tab D, page 145 to 146) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member made false statements on the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-Teachers TTOO form in January 2003, in that he denied that he had ever been convicted ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-of a crime, and that he had previously been certified to teach in Texas, although he had ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-voluntarily surrendered his certificate in that jurisdiction upon criminal charges being laid ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf-in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- and [**] and there is no allegation of inappropriate touching of [**] by the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-7. Commencing on approximately 25 October 1981, when [**] was [**] years of age, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- and ending on approximately 22 October 1982, when she was [**] years of age, the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- Member wrote [**] at least seven letters in which he, inter alia: ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- (a) wrote of recapturing his youth through her; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- (b) provided her with literary references in which older male characters fall in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- love with younger women; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- (c) professed his love for her; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- (d) stated that he was hopeful that they would become lovers; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- (e) stated that he felt closer to her than he did to his wife; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- (f) stated to her that after twenty-five years of marriage he and his wife lived ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf: in different worlds and that his wife did not like sex; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- (g) stated that it was not to a [**] year old that he was writing to, but to “a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- woman I want, a woman I can ‘talk to’, be truthful with, run risks with”; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- (h) described her as lovely; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- (i) stated he could imagine himself as her lover; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- (j) stated that she needed to be with him so that she would know the reason for ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- living; ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-Member and [**], in which the Member encouraged [**]’s dependence on him as a ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf:mentor and confidante, and eventually sought to entice her into a romantic and sexual ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-relationship with him. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-Of particular concern are three letters from the Member to [**] dated 30 August 1982, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-postmarked 12 September 1982 and postmarked 22 October 1982. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tabs ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-F, G, H) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-In Tab F, which the Member writes on school letterhead, he professes to be hopelessly in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-love with [**], hopes that in the future they will be lovers, asks how she, a [**] year old, ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-feels about a “man in his ‘prime’.” The Member also requests that [**] write him at his ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-school and that she not put her name and address on the envelope. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-In Tab G, the Member invites [**] to meet him at a hotel in Toronto, the city where she ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-now lives. The Member plans to register for an English conference, if she agrees to meet ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-him, and to attend one or two sessions to be seen, but to spend the remainder of the time ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-with her, “to feel your fresh beautiful skin and to make you joyful.” He states “you have ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-a body of [**] but I don’t know how old your mind is. I don’t write to a [**] year old, I ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-write to [**], a woman I want, a woman I can “talk” to, be truthful with, run risks with.” ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-He asks her to love him. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-In Tab H, the Member indicates his disappointment that [**] refused to meet him in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-Toronto as he had requested. He indicates that the next time, he will “order” her to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-come and that they will shower together and make love together, then go their separate ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-ways. He expresses fear that his “letters might surface.” He asks her to burn them if she ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-has kept them. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- 2005 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-Throughout this exchange of correspondence, the Member maintained his position of ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-authority over [**] by reinforcing their past student-teacher relationship, giving her ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-“fatherly” advice, and writing letters on school letterhead. The Member sought to isolate ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-[**] by ensuring that she keep the relationship secret. The Member sought to initiate an ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf:inappropriate romantic and sexual relationship with [**] ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-By these actions, the Member failed to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-of the teaching profession and as such is guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-Reasons for Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-The Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty that revocation of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-certificate and publication of the findings, in summary form, without the name of the ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-Member, the school where he taught or the city where he taught, was the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-Revocation is appropriate to demonstrate that the Member’s conduct is unacceptable in ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-the eyes of the profession, the public and the complainant. This penalty also serves to ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf-protect the reputation of the profession in the minds of the public. ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2005onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated October 11, 2005 was served on Kevin Cato, requesting ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-November 1, 2005 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-was subsequently set for October 25, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-Kevin Cato was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-The allegations against Kevin Cato in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated October ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-11, 2005 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Kevin Cato is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-and Joint Submission on Penalty. (ASF – Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-1. Kevin Cato (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-Registered Member Information of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the York Region District School ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-Board (“the Board”) as a high school teacher. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty and makes the following order ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-1. The Member is to appear before the Committee immediately following the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-completion of the hearing of this matter, to be reprimanded and the fact of the reprimand ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-will be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-2. The Member must enrol in and complete, at his own expense, within ninety (90) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-days of the date of this order, a course of instruction, pre-approved by the Registrar, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-regarding appropriate boundaries and boundary violation issues and the Member shall ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-deliver directly to the Registrar, proof of the successful completion of the course within ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-thirty (30) days of its completion; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-3. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the Member’s full name, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION AND PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-The Committee accepted the evidence contained in the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty. During the period of 2001 to 2004, the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-Member, on numerous occasions, used inappropriate comments, including comments of a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf:sexual nature, to and about female students. As well, the Member pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf-with regard to an incident with a female student, where, during consensual horseplay, he ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Phillip John Fernandez is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40 (1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- (d) he contravened laws, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (16); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-1. Phillip John Fernandez (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member resided in [XXX] and was employed by the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Durham Catholic District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-3. At all material times, [XXX], whose date of birth is [XXX], was a female student ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-of the Board at an [XXX] school in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-4. On or about 15 February 2006, the Member was found guilty in the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Superior Court of Justice, of charges that he on or between 5 July 2001 and 20 February ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-2003, at the [XXX] in the Regional Municipality of Durham: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf: (a) unlawfully did commit a sexual assault on [XXX] contrary to the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf: (b) unlawfully did, for a sexual purpose, invite [XXX], a person under the age ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- of 14 years, to touch directly with a part of her body, to wit: vagina, the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- body of the Member, contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf: (c) unlawfully did, for a sexual purpose, touch [XXX], a person under the age ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- of 14 years, directly with a part of his body, to wit: penis, contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-5. As a result of that conviction, the Member was sentenced, on 26 April 2006, to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-three years imprisonment. The Court also ordered that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- (a) his [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-A Brief of Court Documents (“Exhibit 4”) with respect to the criminal proceedings ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-against the Member was submitted into evidence. This Brief consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-A. Certified copy of Indictment dated March 3, 2005 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-B. Superior Court Justice – Excerpts of Proceedings before the Honourable Justice ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- H. McLean and Jury on 25 February 2006 at Whitby, Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-C. Superior Court of Justice - Transcript of Submissions on Sentence before the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- Honourable Justice H.R. McLean on April 10, 2006 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-D. Superior Court of Justice Transcript of Reasons for Sentencing before the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- Honourable Mr. Justice McLean on April 26, 2006 at Whitby ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-E. Prohibition Order dated April 26, 2006 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-F. Order to [XXX] dated April 26, 2006 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-G. Order [XXX] dated April 26, 2006 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-H. Report to a Provincial Court Judge or the Court dated April 27, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-The evidence presented in the Court Documents confirms that on or about 15 February ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-2006, the Member was found guilty in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, of one ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf:charge of sexual assault and two charges of sexual touching, specifically that he on or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-between 5 July 2001 and 20 February 2003, at the [XXX] in the Regional Municipality of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Durham: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf: (a) unlawfully did commit a sexual assault on [XXX] contrary to the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf: (b) unlawfully did, for a sexual purpose, invite [XXX], a person under the age ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- of 14 years, to touch directly with a part of her body, to wit: vagina, the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- body of the Member, contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf: (c) unlawfully did, for a sexual purpose, touch [XXX], a person under the age ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- of 14 years, directly with a part of his body, to wit: penis, contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-As a result of that conviction, the Member was sentenced, on 26 April 2006, to three ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-years imprisonment. The Court also ordered that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- (a) his [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- (b) he [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- (c) he be prohibited from using a computer system within the meaning of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- Section 342.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada) for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- communicating with a person under the age of fourteen years, for a period ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- of ten years from 26 April 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-proof with which the Committee is familiar as set out in Re Bernstein and College of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) 15 O.R. (2d) 477. The standard of proof ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-applied by the Committee, in accordance with the Bernstein decision, was a balance of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-probabilities with the qualification that the proof must be clear and convincing and based ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-upon cogent evidence accepted by the Committee. The Committee also recognized that ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-the more serious the allegation to be proved, the more cogent must be the evidence. The ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Committee viewed the allegations in this case to be very serious. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-made by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Phillip John Fernandez ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf:and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-It is uncontested that on or about 15 February 2006 the Member was found guilty in the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf:Ontario Superior Court of Justice, of one charge of sexual assault and two counts of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf:sexual touching of a girl under the age of fourteen years, contrary to the provisions of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-s.151 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-It is also uncontested that, as a result of that conviction, the Member was sentenced, on ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-26 April 2006, to three years imprisonment. The Court also ordered that [XXX]; he ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-[XXX] and he be prohibited from using a computer system within the meaning of Section ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-342.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada) for the purpose of communicating with a person ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-under the age of fourteen years, for a period of ten years from 26 April 2006. (Exhibit 4, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Tab D) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Having no evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts as proof that, the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf:was found guilty of a charge that of unlawfully sexual assaulting and sexually touching ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-[XXX], a person under the age of 14 years, contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-(Exhibit 4, Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf:The Committee finds the Member’s conviction of sexual assault and sexual touching ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-constitutes acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf:and he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty be as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 1. revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 2. publication of the findings of the Discipline Committee, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- Member in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, which the Member is to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- surrender immediately to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, including ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- the Member’s name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-Reasons for Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf:The Member is an [XXX] school teacher who was convicted of sexual assault and two ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf:counts of sexual touching of a person under the age of fourteen. The Member lured a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-[XXX] girl over the Internet and lied about his age, saying he was only 19 years old, when ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-in fact he was 35. This grooming behaviour led to a number of meetings at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf:home with the victim over a twenty-month period. The Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-intercourse with the victim in his bedroom, telling his mother that he was tutoring the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-victim. (Exhibit 4, Tab D) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct to be heinous, particularly given the age and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-vulnerability of the victim. The interaction between the Member and the victim began on ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-the victim’s [XXX] birthday and continued for 20 months. Sexual assault began a week ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf:before her [XXX] birthday. The Member knew the victim’s age and that sexual ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-intercourse with the victim was wrong. (Exhibit 4, Tab C) The Member’s actions ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-violated the trust inherent to the role of a teacher by fostering an abusive relationship ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf:with a very young student for his own sexual gratification. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf:The Member was convicted of sexual assault of a person under the age of 14 years and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-sentenced to three years imprisonment. The Committee determined that the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf-penalty is revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration as well ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated December 7, 2005 was served on Peter John Emery (the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-“Member”), requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-College of Teachers on January 16, 2006 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for October 16, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-Peter John Emery was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-The allegations against Peter John Emery in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-December 7, 2005 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Peter John Emery is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- be regarded by Members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1.) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-and Joint Submission on Penalty. (ASF – Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-1. Peter John Emery (the "Member”) is member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Tab 1 is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-Registered Member information of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the Simcoe County District ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-School Board as an occasional teacher. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-3. On or about 13 May 2004, while acting in the capacity of a supply teacher at ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-Barrie North Collegiate (“BNC”), the Member acted inappropriately and/or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-unprofessionally in certain interactions with students, including: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- (a) during discussions with students about appropriate school attire, told students ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- about an incident in a previous school involving a female student who was ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- inappropriately attired and whose “boobs” were almost in his face; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- (b) spoke in inappropriate detail to students about female student attire, including ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- thong underwear and tank tops and about tattoos on female students; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf: (c) told an inappropriate joke to students that involved the punch line “no sex”. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-4. On or about 2 June 2004, the Member was suspended from the occasional teacher ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-list of the Board, for a period of two weeks without pay, and was directed not to return to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-BNC until the fall of 2005. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-5. On or about 23 November 2004, while acting in the capacity of a supply teacher ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-at Orillia Collegiate Vocational Institute, specifically in a physical education class, the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-Member acted inappropriately and/or unprofessionally towards several female students in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-his class. The inappropriate actions of the Member included his touching their ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-abdomens, knees or legs while they were performing sit-ups and other exercises in the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-weight room of the gymnasium, without their consent. In addition, the Member made ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-inappropriate comments to several female students about their bodies. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-6. The Member resigned from the Board on 1 December 2004, and has not taught ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-since that time. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-7. The Member has no intention of returning to teaching. Immediately following the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-completion of the Discipline Committee hearing into these matters, the Member will ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-provide to the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers an Undertaking never to teach ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-again and never to seek reinstatement or to apply for membership in the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-The Committee accepts the evidence contained in the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty. (Exhibit 2) The Member admits he acted ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-inappropriately and/or unprofessionally in discussions with students, including ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-discussions about female student attire and body parts and telling inappropriate jokes ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf:with a sexual innuendo. The Member was suspended for such behaviour and subsequent ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-to the suspension the Member engaged in inappropriate touching of female students ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-without their consent as well as making inappropriate comments to female students about ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-their bodies. The Committee finds that this behaviour is professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-admitted by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty and makes the following order ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf-as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- (a) the Member is permitted to resign his membership in the College effective ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- immediately upon a finding of professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- (b) the Member shall surrender immediately his certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- registration to the Registrar, whereupon it shall be cancelled; if the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- Member is unable to produce his certificate, he shall alternatively provide ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- immediately an affidavit to the Registrar outlining the efforts he has ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- undertaken to locate it; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- -2- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-“Committee”) on November 7, 2006 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 7, 2005 was served on Patricia Michelle Gaukrodger, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-on April 6, 2005 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-subsequently set for November 7, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Patricia Michelle Gaukrodger was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-The allegations against Patricia Michelle Gaukrodger in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-dated March 7, 2005 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Patricia Michelle Gaukrodger is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-defined in section 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- -3- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- (d) she contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- (e) she contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- (f) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- (g) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf: (h) she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-On November 7, 2006 the Discipline Committee made an order that there be no publication ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-of any information that may disclose the identity of the student involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- -6- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-10. While at the baseball tournament referred to in the previous paragraph, the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-and [XXX] roller bladed in the park, held hands and kissed on a number of occasions. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-11. Between the approximate dates of 1 September 2003 and 25 September 2003, the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Member engaged in further inappropriate conduct with [XXX], including: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- (a) allowing him to visit her in her classroom and her office at the School after ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- regular school hours; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- (b) engaging him in communication on the Internet at which time she told ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- [XXX] that she loved him; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf: (c) engaging him in communication of a sexual nature on the Internet; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf: (d) engaging him in mutual masturbation, oral sex and acts of sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- on several occasions. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-12. During the course of the Internet communications referred to in paragraph 11(b) and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-11(c) above, the Member expressed to [XXX] her concern about getting caught and told ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-[XXX] that they needed to be careful and not obvious about their relationship. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-13. The inappropriate conduct described in paragraph 11(d) above took place in the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Member’s office at the School, at [XXX]’s residence in the absence of his parents, in the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Member’s motor vehicle and in a local park. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-14. On or about 25 September 2003, the Member and [XXX] were observed lying on a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-sofa in the Member’s office at the School, by a custodian. The Member and [XXX] later ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-engaged in communication on the Internet and they agreed that they would explain that they ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-were wrestling on the sofa when the custodian came in. That story was told by both the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Member and [XXX] to the School’s principal as well as a representative of the Region of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Waterloo Family and Children’s Services. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- -7- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-15. On or about 15 April 2004 the Member was charged that she, between the dates of 1 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-September 2003 and 25 September 2003, at the City of Cambridge, being in a position of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf:trust and authority towards [XXX], a young person, did for a sexual purpose touch directly ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-the body of [XXX], a young person, with parts of her body contrary to Section 153(1)(a) of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-the Criminal Code (Canada). Attached and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Information No. No. 15416/04 in respect of that charge. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-16. An order, pursuant to Section 486.3 of the Criminal Code (Canada) was made by the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Court with respect to the identity of the complainant and any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-that identity is not to be published in any newspaper or broadcast in any way. Further, the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-initials of the victim were to be used on arraignment. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-17. On or about 24 January 2005, the Member pleaded guilty before Her Honour Justice ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Margaret Woolcott of the Ontario Court of Justice to the charge referred to in paragraph 15 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-above. Attached and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the transcript of the proceedings ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-before Judge Woolcott. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-18. On or about 19 September 2005, the Member was sentenced by Judge Woolcott to a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-period of imprisonment of fifteen months to be followed by two years probation. She was ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-also ordered to [XXX]. A copy of the transcript of Sentencing Proceedings before Judge ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Woolcott is attached as Exhibit “D”, and copies of the documents relating to the Probation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Order are attached and marked as Exhibit “E”. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- -8- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-19. The Member appealed the sentence which was imposed on her, but that sentence ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-was upheld by the Court of Appeal on 5 September 2006. A copy of the Endorsement of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Court of Appeal is attached as Exhibit “F”. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-20. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-in paragraphs 1 to 19 above (the “admitted facts”). The Member hereby acknowledges that ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-the admitted facts, and in particular the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 5 to 14 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-and paragraph 17 above, constitute conduct which is unprofessional and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against her being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18) and (19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf:pleads guilty to engaging in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-21. By this document, through her counsel, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- (b) she understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, she is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- right to require the College to prove the case against her and the right to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- (c) she voluntarily decided to plead guilty; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- - 10 - ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the Member’s plea of guilt, the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-by Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-In particular, the Committee finds that Patricia Michelle Gaukrodger committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-437/97 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18) and (19). The Committee also finds the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf:guilty of engaging in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers Act. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea, the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty and finds that the agreed facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-The Member engaged in a series of activities with [XXX] that included the purchase of gifts ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-and treats, driving him to and from sporting events, attending at his home with his family, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-participation in inappropriate internet communications, and watching a movie alone with the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-student at his home while cuddling on the couch. These incidents culminated in a physical ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf:relationship, which included mutual masturbation, oral sex and acts of sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-that occurred at the student’s home, in the Member’s car and in the Member’s office at the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-school. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- - 11 - ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf:As a result of this sexual relationship, the Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf:sexual exploitation, contrary to s.153 (1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada) i.e. sexual ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-touching of a young person. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-The Member’s behaviour constitutes professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf:1(18), 1(19) and that she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty and makes the following order as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-to penalty. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration, which the Member is to surrender ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- immediately to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, including the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- profession. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- - 12 - ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf:The Member is an elementary school teacher who was convicted of sexual exploitation of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-one of her students. The Member’s relationship with the student progressed through a series ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-of stages, including teacher/student, coach/student, and a personal friendship with the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-student’s family. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-The Committee concurs with Judge Woolcott in the Reasons for Sentence wherein she ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-found that there is no evidence that the Member deliberately set out to groom [XXX] with ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf:the intention of having a sexual relationship with him. However, “it is clear that she did as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-much as she could to groom him and his family to accept her as a responsible adult worthy ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-of their trust and friendship”. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Judge Woolcott also stated: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- In our society, the teacher is someone who is held up as a person to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- be respected and who is expected to shape his or her students in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- positive ways to become independent adults. Because it is expected ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- that teachers will fulfil this role, it is also expected of students that ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- they will be compliant with the requirements of their teacher. It is ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- expected that the teacher will re-direct them when the child begins ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- to stray from what is right or appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s actions were a serious and egregious breach of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-trust. The Member’s actions, in developing an inappropriate relationship with a student for ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf:her own sexual gratification, while befriending his family, violated the trust inherent to the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-role of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- - 13 - ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf:The Member was convicted of sexual exploitation, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada), and was sentenced to fifteen months imprisonment, followed by ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-two years probation. The Member was also ordered to [XXX]. The Committee determined ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-that the appropriate penalty in these circumstances is revocation of the Member’s certificate ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-of qualification and registration as well as publication of the findings and order of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Committee, with the name of the Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Revocation of the Member’s certificate ensures that the public is protected. Revocation is a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-necessary penalty to demonstrate that the Member’s conduct is unacceptable to the public ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-and to the profession. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Publication of the Member’s name and a summary of the facts serve as a further rebuke of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-the Members’ actions. Publication of the Committee’s order also acts as a general deterrent ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-to guide members of the profession and to inform that similar behaviour will result in a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-finding of professional misconduct and revocation of Certificate. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty serves to preserve the reputation of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-profession and to protect the interest of the public. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf-Date: November 7, 2006 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- Lynne Mastin ./ontario-cases/2006onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-Harrison was asked whether she felt Mr. Fromm’s outside activities were consistent with ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-fulfilling all the duties that a school has to its students and her response was, “well, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-absolutely not. The public persona and the relationships of Mr. Fromm with organizations ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-like the Heritage Front…in the media…like that videotape of him speaking at the Heritage ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-Front is quite sobering…when you see the bands that are singing and the words that they are ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-using and that kind of thing.” She went on to say, “it is the responsibility of teachers to be ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-role models for students…the Peel Board and the Ministry of Education had taken on ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-stronger and stronger statements about supporting ethnic education….The Board was ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf:developing racial harassment policies along with sexual harassment polices and stuff like ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-that. So there were very clear strategies. So his public persona was more and more clearly in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-opposition to what the Board and the school stood for from their public policy stand and so it ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-became increasingly alienating to everybody that was involved there.” ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-Under cross-examination by the Member, Mr. Fromm asked Harrison to identify a teacher ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-evaluation report on the Member dated June 23, 1992 (Exhibit 61). She indicated that the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-evaluation occurred during a time when there was much media attention about the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-and the school. “There are no problems with classroom management and discipline in Paul’s ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-classes…Paul makes use of humour in the classroom…Paul also makes contributions to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-students and staff beyond the classroom. He has been staff advisor to the yearbook for the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-past 12 years….Paul Fromm is a competent classroom teacher of English. The classes ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf-observed were well planned, well organized and well managed.” ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- 30 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated April 8, 2005 was served on George Arnold Hoytema, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf-Teachers on April 27, 2005 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for May 29, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf-George Arnold Hoytema was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf-The allegations against George Arnold Hoytema in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf-dated April 8, 2005, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that George Arnold Hoytema is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf-misconduct as defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated July 5, 2005 was served on Helen Marie Alexander, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-Teachers on July 11, 2005 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for November 29, 2005 and continued on April 27, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-Helen Marie Alexander was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-The allegations against Helen Marie Alexander in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1), are ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Helen Marie Alexander is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Act, and/or is incompetent as defined in Section 30(3) of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”): ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- (d) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- (e) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- (f) she displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- welfare of her students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the Member is ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- either unfit to carry out her professional responsibilities or that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- On November 29, 2005, Counsel for the College withdrew the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- professional misconduct contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- 1(15) and 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- On April 27, 2006, Counsel for the College withdrew the allegation that the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf: abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, and/or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7). Counsel also ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- withdrew the allegations that the Member displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- judgment and/or a disregard for the welfare of her students of a nature or extent that ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- demonstrates that the Member is either unfit to carry out her professional ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- responsibilities or that the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-Submission on Penalty. (ASF – Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty provides as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated April 18, 2005 was served on Walter Jakimczuk, requesting ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on May ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf-2, 2005 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf-subsequently set for April 25, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf-Walter Jakimczuk was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf-The allegations against Walter Jakimczuk in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf-April 18, 2005, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Walter Jakimczuk is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf: (b) telling her that pornography may serve to help some individuals and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- probably saves many marriages; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- (c) sending numerous letters to her; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- (d) sending apologetic e-mails after being told not to send any more e-mails ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- and letters to her; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- (e) leaving gifts including Hershey Chocolate Kisses, a Sweet Marie ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- chocolate bar, a candle, a monthly planner, a key chain, and a magnet with ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- her name inscribed, in her office at the School; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- (f) booking a medical appointment for both [**] and himself to attend a vein ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- clinic; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- (g) writing to her stating that he has more than feelings for her and that he ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- loved her; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf: (h) writing to her that he had observed her in a sexual manner for many years; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- (i) writing to her that hugs are important and she missed two opportunities to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- hug him; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf: (j) writing to her that he would not have sex with her unless she and he were ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- the last two persons on earth; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- (k) describing in a letter, the parts of her body that he liked, including her ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- breasts, buttocks and hair; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- (l) writing that he believed that she had a few lovers prior to her husband; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- (m) telling her that a falling out with her might, “push him over the edge”. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf-5. By engaging in the conduct described in paragraph 4 above, the Member caused [**] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- discomfort and upset. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf-6. In the material period, the Member was suffering a clinical depression for which he ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- sought medical care. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf-- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- paragraphs 1 to 6 above (the “Admitted Facts”). The Member hereby acknowledges ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- that paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Admitted Facts, constitute conduct that is disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- dishonourable and unprofessional and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated May 18, 2004 was served on Glenn Takashi Kagawa, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-Teachers on June 9, 2004 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for May 10, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-Glenn Takashi Kagawa was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-The allegations against Glenn Takashi Kagawa in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-dated May 18, 2004, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Glenn Takashi Kagawa is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-Act, 1996 (the “Act”), and or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- and the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (19); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1.) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-At the hearing on May 10, 2006, Counsel for the College withdrew the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-professional misconduct outlined in (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g) above. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-Submission on Penalty. (ASF – Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty provides as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-1. Glenn Takashi Kagawa (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- Registered Member information of the Member. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- (ii) the Member shall deliver directly to the Registrar proof of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- successful completion of the course referred to a (i) above ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- within thirty (30) days of its completion; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-3. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- full name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea, the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty. The Committee concurred that the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-Member’s communication with students, which included inappropriate verbal comments ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf:and sexually inappropriate electronic communication, constituted professional ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the requirement that the Member successfully complete a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-course of instruction, approved by the Registrar, in recognition of and adherence to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-professional boundaries, will serve to remediate the Member. The Committee also noted ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-their expectation that the content of the course would include appropriate use of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-electronic communication. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-The decision to reprimand acts as a specific deterrent to the Member. It also serves to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-reinforce with the Member the seriousness of his actions and the effect that they have had ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-on the students and the school community involved and on the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf-generally. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-The Member was not represented by counsel. However Bernard LeBlanc of Steinecke ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Maciura LeBlanc appeared on March 20, 2006, indicating that he was not appearing as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-counsel of record but was there, briefly, to provide the Member with some legal advice. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Following the completion of the evidence on March 29, 2006, the Panel requested written ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-closing argument from the parties. The Panel subsequently received written closing ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-argument on behalf of the College but not from the Member. After receiving written ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-advice from Independent Legal Counsel, the panel deliberated on the matter. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-The allegations against Shawn Clifton Daniel Mann (“the Member”) in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Hearing (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Shawn Daniel Clifton Mann is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (“Act”), ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(b) poked fun at students so that many were hurt by his remarks or thought ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- that others would be; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(c) made use of humour to criticize others, such as asking “What are you, an ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- idiot?” ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(d) displayed mercurial behaviour, in that he would be “buddy-buddy” one ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- minute and yelling the next; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(e) acted like a teenager; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(f) knew and talked about personal issues related to his students during class ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- time; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(g) listened in to personal conversations of his students and later repeated ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- publicly something he had overheard; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(h) referred to a student who was not in class at the time as “pimple face” and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- when others in class spoke up about it, he didn’t back down; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(i) made comments in class about the administration; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(j) talked in class about a female student’s bad reputation and what she did at ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- rookie hockey parties; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(k) referred to a student Bobby as “Booby”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(l) commented that it was “nice to teach an Italian who doesn’t have a fat ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ass”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf:(m) asked inappropriate questions, e.g. “Were you having sex on the hill? ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf: Were you having sex in the car?” ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(n) said about a female student who came to the classroom door – “You ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- should pick up on her, she’s got a nice rack”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(o) on one occasion when a student asked to go to the bathroom remarked – ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- “You need a magazine, are you going to play with yourself?” ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(p) asked a student whose father owns the Riverport – “Are your aunts the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- strippers?” ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(q) asked a student who was whistled at – “Hey you like that?” ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(r) used the following to describe a dark complexioned student – “Poncho”, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- “Mexican”, “Browntown”. Once while watching a movie in class, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- remarked – “No Mexican sub-titles, Poncho”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(s) said to a male student who wore his pants low – “You want easy access to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- your butt”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(t) called students “assholes”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(u) made fun of kids from the country; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(v) called students names, such as “slob”, “slow”, “fat”, “ugly”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(w) told a student in front of the class that he probably broke his arm by ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- “jacking off”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(x) wrote the word “gay” on a TV monitor during one student’s presentation; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(y) during class, joined in a discussion with a group of boys about slang words ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf: for sex, including the remark – “Guy runs up to you and hits you with his ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- dick and then runs away”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(z) stated “you smell, you are ugly”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(aa) made several references to a student at a hot tub party; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(bb) referred to a female student as “bongo-boobs”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- (cc) said to a student - “We all know you like to have your hands down your ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- pants; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- (dd) commented in class about people who are dating; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf: (ee) engaged in sexual humour and jokes; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- (ff) about a female student, [**], said words to the effect that: “The only way ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- to shut her up is to put a cock in her mouth”, and/or “the only way to shut ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- her up long enough is to go through the whole hockey team”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- (gg) commented – “You have a small penis”. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-At the outset of the hearing, Counsel for the College also withdrew the allegations found ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-in paragraphs 3 and 4 below as outlined in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-3. In or about September or October 1997, in the presence of members of the School’s ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- soccer team, the Member said to [**], one of the soccer team members, that one of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- his female students, [**] was “just another one of those sluts who licks pussy”. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-4. After being questioned by [**] about what it was that he had said about her to [**], ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- the Member required a member of the soccer team [**] to run extra laps because the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- Member thought that [**] had been the one who told [**] what it is that the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- had said about her. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Publication Ban ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-On January 10, 2006 the Discipline Committee made an order that there be no ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-publication of any information that may disclose the identity of the students involved in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-this matter. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-As the Member was not present, nor represented by Counsel, the Committee proceeded ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Overview ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-There are two areas of allegations against the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- (a) Inappropriate Comments in Class: It is alleged that the Member made ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- inappropriate comments or remarks in class, including comments of a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf: sexual and/or demeaning nature (paragraph 2. of the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- Exhibit 1); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- (b) Inappropriate Comment in School Hallway re: [**]: It is alleged that ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- the Member made inappropriate comments to students outside of class at ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- St. Christopher Catholic School (the “School). In particular, it is alleged ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- that the Member said to a group of boys “the only way to shut her up is to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- stick a cock in her mouth” and/or that “the only way to shut her up long ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- enough is to go through the whole hockey team”. This comment was in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- reference to a particular student [**] (paragraph 2. (ff) of the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- Hearing, Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-The Evidence ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-The College called six witnesses. They were Catharine Hockin, a social worker, Henry ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Kulik, Superintendent of the Board, John Girard, Vice-Principal, [**], [**] and [**] The ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Member also testified on his behalf on March 20, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-proof with which the Committee is familiar as set out in Re Bernstein and College of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) 15 O.R. (2d) 477. The standard of proof ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-applied by the Committee, in accordance with the Bernstein decision, was a balance of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-probabilities with the qualification that the proof must be clear and convincing and based ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-upon cogent evidence accepted by the Committee. The Committee also recognized that ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-the more serious the allegations to be proved, the more cogent must be the evidence. The ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Committee considered the allegations in this case to be serious. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and submissions made ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Shawn Clifton Daniel ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Mann committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(18) and 1(19). The Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Member did not breach subsections 1(7), 1(14) and 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- Inappropriate Comments or Remarks in Class ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf-With respect to the allegations that the Member made inappropriate comments or remarks ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf:in class, including comments of a sexual and/or demeaning nature (paragraph 2. of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-Reasons for Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf:The Member admitted to making an appalling sexual comment concerning a student in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-the company of other students. Although there were many particulars cited in the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-allegations contained in the Notice of Hearing of other inappropriate comments and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-actions by the Member, the Committee found that only one was proven with clear, cogent ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-and convincing evidence. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-By ordering a reprimand and a suspension, placing terms and conditions on the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-certificate and ordering publication, in summary, of the decision, with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-name, the Committee recognizes that the Member’s actions were disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional and warrant a significant penalty. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-Had all of the allegations been proved, the penalty requested by the College may have ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-been appropriate. However, given that the Member was not found guilty of all ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-allegations contained in the Notice of Hearing, the Committee finds that a one-month ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-suspension, in conjunction with the other sanctions, is reasonable and appropriate, and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-will serve the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-The reprimand and the suspension will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-will impress upon him that his conduct is not tolerated by the profession. The terms and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-conditions imposed upon the Member’s certificate, specifically the boundaries course, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-will help to rehabilitate him and provide him with positive direction to continue his ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf-career. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 14, 2005 was served on Erin Jay Montemurro, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf-Teachers on July 11, 2005 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for April 26, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf-Erin Jay Montemurro was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf-The allegations against Erin Jay Montemurro in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf-June 14, 2005, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Erin Jay Montemurro is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf-as defined in section 30(2) and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf-3. During the 2002/2003 academic year, and, more specifically, in or about May ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- 2003, during a class demonstration of CPR, the Member kissed [**], an adult male ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- student, in front of the class. This action shocked and embarrassed [**] who, for a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- time following this incident, bore the brunt of his classmates’ ridicule. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf-4. Also during the course of the 2002/2003 school year, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- conduct that caused certain of his students to experience embarrassment, unhappiness, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- humiliation and discomfort. This conduct included but was not limited to his: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- (a) on one occasion making [**], an adult male student who was late for class, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- stand in a corner of the classroom with books on his head; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- (b) describing as ‘garbage’ the contents of a workbook from another [**] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- course which was brought into the Member’s class by [**], an adult male ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- student, and ripping 3 or 4 pages from this notebook; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- (c) making jokes or comments of such a nature as to cause discomfort to some ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- students in the Member’s class; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf: (d) gesturing with his arms and pelvis to indicate sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf-5. Some of the Member’s students were offended by the Member’s conduct, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- resulting in a disruption to the work and learning environments at the School. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf-6. As a result of the conduct described above, the Member’s employment with the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- Board was suspended for a period of one year. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf-(c) he failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations with ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- pupils contrary to section 14(d) of the Regulation Made Under the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- Profession Act; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf-(d) he failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they were under ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- his care, contrary to section 14(f) of the Regulation Made Under the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- Profession Act; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf-(e) he failed to fulfill the duties of a teacher contrary to section 264(1) (c) of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- Education Act and the Schools Administration Act. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- AND IT IS FURTHER ALLEGED that John Philip Morris is guilty of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf-professional misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) and 40 (1.1) of the Act and/or is ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf-incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) and (k) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf-(d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- At the hearing of the matter, College counsel withdrew the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- misconduct and incompetence set out in (e), (f) and (g) below: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the Member is ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated February 14, 2005 was served on Paul Ronald Leo Primeau ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-College of Teachers on February 28, 2005 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for May 8, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-Paul Ronald Leo Primeau was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-The allegations against Paul Ronald Leo Primeau in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-dated February 14, 2005 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Paul Ronald Leo Primeau is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-“Act”), and/or is incompetent as defined in Section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- be regarded by Members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1.) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- welfare of his students of a nature or extend that demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-and Joint Submission on Penalty. (ASF – Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-1. Paul Ronald Leo Primeau (the "Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-Member information of the Member. (ASF – Exhibit 2, Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-2. The Member was employed during the 2002-2003 academic school year by the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-Durham District School Board (the “Board”) as a full-time probationary elementary ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-teacher at [**] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-(xiii) remarked in class about the lack of single ladies in the town; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf:(xiv) remarked in class without intending any sexual innuendo, if there ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- was a massage parlour in the town; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-(xv) told a female student that she was, “cute”, just like her sister; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-(xvi) singled out a male student who could not throw a ball well and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- commented in front of other students that the said student, “throws ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- like a girl”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-(xvii) made a negative comment about a homeroom teacher in that he ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- told students they might be able to act like animals when that ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- teacher (naming her) was around, but not when he was teaching; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- commented to another teacher that he had encountered problems at ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- a previous school with high school students in his class who had ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- “crushes” on him or who approached him; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-(xviii) stated to students in class that, “all women like to do is shop all the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- time and spend their husband’s money”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-(xix) told students, “I can’t help it if you all have bad parents”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-(xx) stated to another teacher that he could not wait until his ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- probationary period was over so that he would not have to put up ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- with, “all this garbage.” He also told that teacher that once he had ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- a contract he would not have to impress people and he would be, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- “untouchable”; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf-(xxi) swore routinely in class; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-practice. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-Decision on Motion ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-Having considered the submissions of the Member, Counsel for the College and advice ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-from Independent Legal Counsel, the Committee denied the Member’s motion. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-Reasons for Decision on Motion ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-The Committee has no knowledge of the case and will only become aware of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-allegations once the Notice of Hearing is presented by College counsel. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-submissions have not persuaded the Committee that standard procedure should be ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-changed to ensure impartiality. The mandate of the Committee is to adjudicate ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-impartially based on the evidence presented by both parties. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-The allegations in the Notice of Hearing dated June 6, 2005 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that George Siakotos is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-1. George Siakotos (the “Member”), is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-Board as an Occasional Teacher. On the occasion in question, the Member was assigned ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-to the library at Elia Middle School (“the School”). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-3. On April 8, 2004, [**], a female Grade [**] student, had been assigned to the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-School pursuant to a Co-op student placement. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-4. While [**], who had been stacking books on the library shelves, was alone with ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-the Member in the library at the School on the morning of April 8, 2004, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- (a) invited [**] on two occasions to sit at his table; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- (b) asked [**] whether she had a boyfriend; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- Evidence of Good ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-Patricia Good (“Good”) was the co-op teacher at [**] who supervised [**]’s co-op ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-placement. Good received a telephone call from an upset [**], who wanted to leave the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-placement at Elia. Good indicated that [**] was normally very composed. When [**] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-arrived, she stated that the supply teacher in the library had made advances towards her. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-Good told [**] to write down what had happened. Good reported the incident to the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-principal at [**] who informed her that the police would be contacted and that [**] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-should wait for the police. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-Evidence of Hay ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-Charles Hay (“Hay”), Superintendent with the Toronto District School Board, was at the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-time of the incident the Central Co-ordinating Principal, Employee Services. One ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-responsibility was employee relations with the elementary occasional teachers. Hay ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-testified that the internal investigation by the Board concluded that the Member had acted ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-in an inappropriate manner, that he was reprimanded and was removed from the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-occasional teaching list for the balance of the school year 2003-2004, and that there ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-would be no more assignments for the Member at Elia Middle School. Hay agreed that ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-the actions taken by the Board were appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- Evidence of Spaulding ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-Constable Spaulding (“Spaulding”) was assigned to a street crimes unit with ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-responsibilities for neighbourhood schools. Spaulding testified that he received a phone ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf:call from the principal of [**] regarding an incident of sexual harassment. He ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-interviewed [**] and the vice-principal of Elia the same day of the incident. Spaulding ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-indicated that he believed the veracity of the information provided by [**] He concluded ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf:that there was no reasonable prospect for a conviction of sexual assault. At the most he ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-could charge the Member with common assault, but [**] did not want to proceed. The ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-Member was given a formal caution, a police report was filed, and the Board was ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-notified. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- Evidence of the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-Under examination in chief and under cross examination, the Member confirmed that he ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-was a replacement teacher at Elia on April 8, 2004 and that he met [**] who was on a co- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-op placement in the library. When the class left the library, the last student closed the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-door and [**] approached the table and they commenced a normal conversation. He ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-testified that [**] voluntarily gave him personal information and her cell phone number ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-on a scrap of paper. He testified that when [**] gave him her telephone number, he told ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-her “with eye contact” that it was inappropriate. He provided a copy of the scrap of paper ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-with the phone number on it to the Committee and indicated he had taken it “for ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-evidence”, from the table where [**] had left it. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-The Member indicated he went to the computer to see what [**] was doing because he ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-was concerned that she might be viewing an inappropriate web site. He admitted that he ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-may have touched [**]’s hair by accident as it was overflowing over the back of her ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-chair. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-The Member testified that, on April 13, 2004, accompanied by legal counsel, he met with ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-Constable Spaulding. The Member remained silent and said he was told by Spaulding ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf-there were no grounds for charges and that nothing inappropriate had occurred. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 22, 2004 was served on John Louis Stansell (the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-“Member”), requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-College of Teachers on September 15, 2004 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for October 16, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-John Louis Stansell was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-The allegations against John Louis Stansell in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-July 22, 2004 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that John Louis Stansell is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- (b) he released or disclosed information about a student to a person other than the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- student or the student’s parent or guardian, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-4. Over the course of the relevant period, the Member sent graphic material, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf:including items containing profanity, sexual jokes and pornographic images to [**], [**], ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-and [**] via the Internet. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-5. On March 19, 2001, the Member was assigned to home duty with pay, and on ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-November 13, 2001, the Member’s employment with the Board was terminated. The ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-Member grieved his termination. Following a hearing, a Board of Arbitration released an ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-Award on October 2, 2003, finding that the Board had met its onus of showing just cause ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-for the Member’s termination. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-6. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 through 5 above (“the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-7. The Member acknowledges that the Admitted Facts, and in particular the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-Admitted Facts referred to in paragraph 4 constitute professional misconduct, and pleads ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-particularly, breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-8. The Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-submissions made by counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that John Louis Stansell ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-The Committee accepts the evidence contained in the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty. (Exhibit 2) The Member admits that ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-during the 2000/2001 academic year he sent graphic material, including items containing ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf:profanity, sexual jokes and pornographic images to three male students via the Internet. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-This conduct is unbecoming a member of the profession and constitutes professional ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-misconduct as admitted. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty and makes the following order ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf-as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- (a) the Member is required to appear before the Committee to be reprimanded by ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- November 1, 2006, with the fact of the reprimand to be recorded on the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- Register; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- (b) the Registrar is directed to suspend the Member’s certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- and registration for a period of seven months; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated May 31, 2005, was served on Yves Thérien, requesting ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the College on June 14, 2005 to set a date ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf-for a hearing. The hearing was subsequently set for September 13, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf-Mr. Thérien was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf-May 31, 2005, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Joseph Fernand Jacques Yves Thérien is guilty of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf-professional misconduct and/or is incompetent as defined in subsections 30(2) and 30(3) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf: b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 4, 2006 was served on Christopher Douglas Ward, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-Teachers on January 16, 2006 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for October 12, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-Christopher Douglas Ward was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-The allegations against Christopher Douglas Ward in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-dated January 4, 2006 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Christopher Douglas Ward is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-defined in section 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-On October 12, 2006 the Discipline Committee made an order that there be no ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-publication of any information that may disclose the identity of the student involved in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-this matter. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-and Joint Submission on Penalty. (ASF – Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-1. Christopher Douglas Ward, born 20 October 1973, is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-College of Teachers (the "Member”). Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit A is a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member information of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the Ottawa-Carleton Catholic ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher of Grades 7 and 8 at All Saints Catholic High ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-School in Kanata (the “School”), which has a student enrolment from grades 7 to 12. In ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf-addition to his classroom teaching responsibilities, the Member was also the director of a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-3. At all material times, [XXX] was a former female student [XXX] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-4. The Member, while he was employed at the School, and specifically on 27 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- November 2003, was in possession of a considerable amount of graphic electronic ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- images and paper copies of graphic images depicting sexual encounters or sexual ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- activity between children or which involved children. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-5. On or about 13 September 2005, the Member pleaded guilty before The ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- Honourable Mr. Justice Herold in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, to a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- charge that he, on or about the 27th day of November 2003, in the City of Guelph, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf: did possess child pornography, to wit: computerized graphic image files and hard ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- copy computerized graphic images, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-6. Attached is a certified copy of the Indictment issued by the Ontario Superior ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- Court of Justice on 26 April 2005, showing the details of the charges against the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- Member, his plea of guilt and the details of his sentencing. (ASF-Exhibit 2, TabB) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-7. On or about 13 September 2005, Mr. Justice Herold took note of an Agreed ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- Statement of Facts that had been filed by the Crown in which it was agreed by the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- Member, inter alia, that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- (a) he was in possession of a total of four hundred and forty-eight images of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf: child pornography, including hard copies of photographs and computer ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- images, which were found in various places at his residence, including a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- computer, a filing cabinet, and on CD-ROMS. In addition, the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- was in possession of approximately three hundred and three images of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- child nudity. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf: (b) the hard copy images of child pornography consisted of photographs of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- pre-pubescent children, as young as two - three years of age, involved in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- sexually explicit activities or having the dominant characteristic of which ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- was the depiction, for a sexual purpose, of a sexual organ or anal region of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- a person under the age of eighteen years; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf: (c) there were numerous images of child pornography which had been made ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- by “cutting and pasting” images of children’s heads onto photographs ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- showing adult genitalia. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- (d) four of those images referred to in (c) above included photographs of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- head and torso of [XXX], while she was fully clothed, which had been ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- originally taken in the classroom. [XXX] was unaware that the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf: was using her images to make child pornography and was shocked by the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- inappropriate use of her photographs. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-8. A non-publication and non-broadcast order was imposed by the court pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- Section 486(3) of the Criminal Code (Canada), directing that the identities of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- persons under the age of 18 years who were involved in the matter in any way, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- and any information that could disclose the identities of those persons, were not to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- be published in any document or broadcast in any way. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- immediately the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, which ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- certificate the Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- full name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea, the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty. The Member admitted that, while ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-employed by the Upper Grand District School Board he was in possession of a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-considerable amount of graphic electronic images and paper copies of graphic images ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-depicting sexual encounters or sexual activities between children or which involved ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-children. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-The Member was charged under the Criminal Code of Canada and pleaded guilty to a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf:charge of possession of child pornography. Possession of child pornography is a crime ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-against children and perpetuates a market which thrives on the abuse of children. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s use of one [XXX] student’s images “morphed” ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf:onto another’s body to create a pornographic image was an extraordinary breach of trust ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-and showed a complete disregard for the student’s emotional wellbeing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf:By possessing and manipulating child pornography, the Member has effectively ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-surrendered his right to teach in the province of Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-On or about 15 November 2005, the Member was sentenced by Mr. Justice Herold as ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- (a) that he serve a term of 12 months, to be served conditionally in the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- community, and on completion of the conditional sentence, he is to be ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- placed on probation for a period of two years. The terms of the probation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- include that he: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- (i) not use a computer except for employment objectives or pursuit of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- a business endeavour; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- (ii) permit any member of the Ontario Provincial Police, at any time, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- to enter his home or office to inspect any computer to which he has ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- access; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- (iii) not associate directly or indirectly other then through counsel with ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- (b) that he [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- (c) that he [XXX]; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, and/or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- (d) he contravened laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (16) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- the Member’s Certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-1. Ronald Wayne Archer (the “Member”), is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Waterloo Region District ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-School Board (the “School Board”) as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-3. At all material times [XXX], whose date of birth is [XXX], was a student [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-while he was teaching grades [XXX] at [XXX]. [XXX] was in grade [XXX] for the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-[XXX] school year, when he would have been [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-4. [XXX] was in grade [XXX] during the [XXX] school year, and in grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-during the [XXX] school year. [XXX] was between [XXX] years of age during those ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-years. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-5. Between approximately the spring or summer of 1993 and 18 February 1998, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-while [XXX] was between [XXX] years of age, the Member committed a series of acts of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:sexual impropriety on [XXX], at or near [XXX], in the County of Perth, and at other ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-locations in the Province of Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-6. Between 1 July 1993 and 30 September 1993, at or near [XXX], in the County of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Bruce, in the Province of Ontario, the Member used a loaded firearm in the course of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:committing an act of sexual impropriety on [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-7. Between 1 July 1993 and 30 September 1993, at or near [XXX], in the County of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Bruce, in the Province of Ontario, the Member threatened [XXX] with death in the course ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:of committing an act of sexual impropriety on [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-8. Between approximately 11 May, 1995 and 18 February, 1998, the Member, who ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-was in a position of trust of authority towards [XXX], who was then between [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:years of age, did for a sexual purpose, exploit [XXX] by touching the body of [XXX] at ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-[XXX], in the County of Perth and at other locations in the Province of Ontario, with a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-part of his body. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-9. From 1993 to 1995, the Member met alone with a male student, [XXX], in a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-closed or locked classroom at his school until he was directed by the principal in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-November 1995, not to be in a closed room with one student either during or after school ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-hours. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-10. Between 1993 and 1998, the Member purchased marijuana in the presence of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-[XXX] and smoked marijuana with [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-11. Between 1993 and 1998, the Member provided [XXX] with alcohol while [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-was a student [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-12. At some time during the late 1980’s or early 1990’s, the Member watched a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:pornographic movie at his home with [XXX], a [XXX] old male, who was a grade ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-[XXX] student at [XXX], another school in the Board. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-13. Between approximately 1992 and 1995, the Member showered with male students ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-at [XXX], following [XXX], which the Member had [XXX] school, until the school’s ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-administration directed him to use a separate shower available to teachers. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-14. On or about 24 February, 1998, the Member was charged with one count of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:sexual assault on [XXX] between March, 1993 and February, 1998, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:271 of the Criminal Code of Canada, one count of sexual exploitation of [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-between May, 1995 and February, 1998, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:Code of Canada, one count of sexual assault with a weapon on [XXX], between July, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-1993 and September, 1993, contrary to section 272(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Canada, and one count of uttering a death threat to [XXX], between July, 1993 and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-September, 1993, contrary to section 264.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-15. On or about 27 October 2000, the Member was convicted of all four counts ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-referred to in paragraph 14 above. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-16. On or about 17 January, 2001, the Member was sentenced to a term of four years ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-imprisonment, was banned from possessing firearms, ammunition or explosives for ten ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-years and ordered to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-17. The Member was terminated for cause by the Waterloo District School Board on ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-20 November 2000. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:18. The details of the Member’s sexual and other inappropriate activity with [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- (a) In the spring or early summer of 1993 at the request of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- [XXX], who was then approximately [XXX] years old, began [XXX] the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Member and his family. On the first occasion that [XXX] was at the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Member’s home, the Member suggested to [XXX] that they measure each ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- other’s penis and proceeded to do so. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-(b) On subsequent visits, the Member began fondling [XXX] and engaged ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- him in mutual masturbation. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-(c) In the summer of 1993, when [XXX] was [XXX] years old, the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- and the student, [XXX], were at [XXX], Ontario. While at the [XXX], the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Member, who was carrying a loaded shotgun and [XXX] went into the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- bush to hunt wildlife. When they were in a clearing in the bush, the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Member pulled down his pants and told [XXX] to perform fellatio on him ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- threatening to kill him if he did not. [XXX] then performed fellatio on the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Member who ejaculated into [XXX]’s mouth. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-(d) [XXX] was afraid to tell anyone about the incident because the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- threatened to kill him and further reminded [XXX] of the threat. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-(e) During 1994, while [XXX] was [XXX], and continuing in 1995 while ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- [XXX] was XXX], and thereafter until approximately February 1998, the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf: Member engaged in repeated oral sex and anal sex with [XXX] which ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- took place on numerous occasions and at several locations including: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- - in the recreation room in the basement of the Member’s house and in the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Member’s [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- - at the [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- - at the [XXX] in Toronto and at other hotels; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- - on canoe trips; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- - in cabins at [XXX]; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- - in a [XXX] owned by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf: (f) In addition, on at least one occasion, the Member engaged in oral sex with ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- [XXX] at [XXX] on a weekend when the Member and [XXX] were in the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- school setting up for a [XXX] Program and Seminar. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- (g) The Member met alone in a closed or locked classroom with [XXX] at ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- [XXX] until the School Principal directed him in an evaluation report in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- November, 1995, not to be in a closed room with one student either during ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- or after school hours. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- (h) The Member, who was not a guidance counsellor at [XXX], told ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Ms [XXX], the mother of [XXX], during the course of an interview, that ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- he, the Member, had permission from the school principal to [XXX], but ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- the principal was not aware that the Member was [XXX] [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- (i) During a trip to Toronto in January 1998, when [XXX] was [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- old, the Member along with [XXX], purchased marijuana from a dealer on ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- the street. From time to time, the Member smoked marijuana with [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- and also provided alcohol to [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf: (j) The Member continued the acts of sexual impropriety on [XXX] after the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Member moved to another school in the Board up until approximately ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- February 19, 1998. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-19. The aforesaid activities and the publicity resulting from media coverage and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-communications within the general public has resulted in a reputation, image and lifestyle ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-inconsistent with that expected of a member, and that which would enable the member to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-discharge the duty of a teacher to the public, the students and to his employer. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-A Brief of Court Documents with respect to the criminal proceedings against the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-was submitted into evidence. This Brief consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-A. Certified copy of Indictment ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-B. Transcript of Trial Proceedings before Mr. Justice R.C. Sills and a Jury, on 27 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- October 2000 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-C. Transcript of Reasons for Sentence delivered by The Honourable Mr. Justice R.C. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Sills, on 17 January 2001 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-D. Decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario on appeal by Ronald Wayne Archer ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- from the Convictions entered by Justice Ronald Sills on 28 October 2000; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- appeals by Ronald Wayne Archer and the Crown from the sentence imposed by ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Mr. Justice Sills on 17 January 2001, released on 13 October 2005 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-The evidence presented in the Court Documents confirms that on or about 7 May 1999, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-an Indictment was laid against the Member in the Superior Court of Justice setting out the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-following charges: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- (a) that between 1 March 1993 and 18 February 1998, both dates inclusive, at ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- the [XXX], in the County of Perth and elsewhere in the Province of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf: Ontario, the Member did commit a sexual assault on [XXX], contrary to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- (b) that between 11 May 1995 and 18 February 1998, both dates inclusive, at ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- the [XXX], in the County of Perth and elsewhere in the Province of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Ontario, the Member, being in a position of trust or authority towards ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf: [XXX], a young person, did, for a sexual purpose, touch directly the body ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- of [XXX] with a part of his body, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- (c) that between 1 July 1993 and 30 September 1993, both dates inclusive, at ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- the [XXX], in the County of Bruce, in the Province of Ontario, the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf: Member, in committing a sexual assault on [XXX], did use a weapon, to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- wit: a firearm, contrary to section 272(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- (d) that between 1 July 1993 and 30 September 1993, both dates inclusive, at ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- the [XXX], in the County of Bruce, in the Province of Ontario, the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-proof with which the Committee is familiar as set out in Re Bernstein and College of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) 15 O.R. (2d) 477. The standard of proof ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-applied by the Committee, in accordance with the Bernstein decision, was a balance of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-probabilities with the qualification that the proof must be clear and convincing and based ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-upon cogent evidence accepted by the Committee. The Committee also recognized that ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-the more serious the allegation to be proved, the more cogent must be the evidence. The ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Committee viewed the allegations in this case to be very serious. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- (ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-made by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Ronald Wayne Archer ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-It is uncontested that, after a trial, on or about October 27, 2000 the Member was ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:convicted of sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon, sexual exploitation and uttering ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-threats contrary to Sections 271, 272(1)(a), 152(1)(a) and 264.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-(Canada). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-13.06 Findings of Fact in Prior Proceedings ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-13.06(1) Where a certificate of conviction or discharge or certified copy of a Court ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Information has been admitted in evidence under sub-rule 13.05(3), the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Committee shall also admit as ancillary to the certificate of conviction or discharge or ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-certified copy of a Court Information the specific findings of fact contained in the court's ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-reasons for judgment or reasons for sentence, which findings of fact are proof, in the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-absence of evidence to the contrary, of the facts so found. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Having no evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts as proof that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:convicted of sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon, sexual exploitation and uttering ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-threats, and that he was sentenced to four years imprisonment for such conduct. All of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-these criminal acts were perpetrated against [XXX], a student [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member breached the standards of the profession and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-breached section 264 (1) (c) of the Education Act and Ontario Regulation 437/7, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:subsection 1(5), 1(14) and 1(15) by his acts of sexual assault, sexual exploitation, sexual ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-assault with a weapon and uttering threat to cause death against [XXX], who was a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-minor when these assaults occurred. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:The Committee also finds that the Member’s sexual abuse of [XXX] is contrary to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7) and (18) and as such the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-conduct that would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:The Committee finds that by sexually assaulting [XXX], the Member contravened laws ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16) and engaged in conduct unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty be as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 1. revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 2. publication of the findings of the Discipline Committee, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Member in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, which the Member is to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- surrender immediately to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, including ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- the Member’s name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Reasons for Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:The Member was an elementary school teacher who was convicted of sexual assault, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:sexual assault with a weapon, sexual exploitation, and uttering threats against [XXX], a ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-student [XXX]. The Member had become [XXX]’s [XXX] in 1992. The Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-approached [XXX]’s mother for permission [XXX] him for perceived bad behaviour, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:suggesting to her that he believed [XXX] had been sexually abused previously. She ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-apparently felt that the Member would provide [XXX] and be a [XXX] on [XXX] (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-4, Tab C). On the contrary, the Committee finds that he exploited the situation and rather ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-than being a positive influence on [XXX], he was in fact the opposite. He caused [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-great emotional and psychological harm. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-(Exhibit 4, Tab C) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-The Committee finds this conduct to be particularly heinous, given the age and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-vulnerability of the victim. In fact, these assaults began when [XXX] was [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:old. On one particular occasion in 1993, shortly after the sexual abuse began, the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:Member held a loaded gun to [XXX]’s head, demanded and received oral sex, and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-threatened to kill [XXX] if he said anything about the incident. The Member continued ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:to sexually abuse [XXX] from 1993 until 1998 on numerous occasions and in various ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-locations. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-The Member throughout the criminal proceedings denied the charges against him. At no ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-time did the Member accept responsibility for his actions, resulting in a lengthy judicial ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-process for his victim. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-There has been substantial media coverage of this case, locally and provincially, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-resulting in a reputation which portrays an image and lifestyle inconsistent with that ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-expected of a member and contrary to the ethical standards and standards of practice for ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-the teaching profession. (Exhibit 5 – Examples of Media Reports) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-The Member’s actions violate the trust placed upon a teacher. He abused the power and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:trust vested in him in his role as a teacher by fostering a sexual, emotional, psychological, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf:and physically abusive relationship with a student for his own sexual gratification. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-The penalty must meet the objective of general deterrence to the members of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-profession as well as the objective of specific deterrence to the Member. For all of the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-above reasons, the Committee determined that revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-qualification and registration and publication of the findings and order of the Committee, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-with the name of the Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession was ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that this decision serves and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf-Dated: February 20, 2006 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Eileen Walker ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Rosemary Fontaine ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Jacques Tremblay ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated February 21, 2006 was served on Anthony Bucci (the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-“Member”), requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-College of Teachers on March 6, 2006 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for October 16, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-Anthony Bucci was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-The allegations against Anthony Bucci in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-February 21, 2006 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Anthony Bucci is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- be regarded by Members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1.) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-and Joint Submission on Penalty. (ASF – Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-1. Anthony Bucci (the "Member”) is member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit A is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-Registered Member information of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed as a teacher at the York Region ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”). During the 2003-2004 school year, the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-taught English and was a guidance counsellor at Richmond Hill High School in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-Richmond Hill, Ontario (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-3. At all material times, [**] whose date of birth is [**], and [**] whose date of birth ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-is [**], were students of the School. During the 2003-2004 school year, the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-acted inappropriately towards [**] and [**] as set out in the paragraphs that follow. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-4. Prior to 1 November 2003, the Member, [**] and [**] made arrangements to go to ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-a hotel. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-5. On Saturday, 1 November 2003, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- (a) picked up [**] and [**] on a street which was close to their ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- residences, during the afternoon, and drove them to the Marriott ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- Courtyard Hotel, located at 65 Minthorn Court, Markham, where ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- he rented a room with a Jacuzzi tub, for three guests. The Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- was assigned to Room 422. Copies of the Registration Card and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- bill from the hotel are attached as Exhibit B; ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- (b) while in the hotel room, the Member and [**] engaged in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf: consensual sexual activity, which involved kissing and the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf: Member touching [**]’s body in a sexual way; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- (c) in the evening, left the hotel with [**] and [**] and dropped them ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- off at a pub in Richmond Hill. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-6. The Member’s employment with the Board was terminated on or about 28 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-September 2004. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-7. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-to in paragraphs 1 to 6 above (the “Admitted Facts”). The Member hereby acknowledges ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-that his conduct as described in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Admitted Facts, constitutes ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-conduct that is unprofessional and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-students on a street close to their residences and took them to a hotel where he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf:consensual sexual activity with one of the students. Later in the evening, the Member ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-dropped off the students at a pub. The behaviour of the Member in these circumstances ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- 2006 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-and as admitted, constitutes professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty and makes the following order ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- 2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- Member’s full name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member planned to engage in sexual activity with a student ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-in that he reserved a hotel room for three, arranged to meet, pick up and drive the two ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf:students to the hotel. At the hotel, he engaged in sexual activity with one of the students. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-He then dropped them off at a pub. This premeditated act on the part of the Member is ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf-conduct unbecoming a member and is disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf:The Member abused his position in that he engaged in these activities for his own sexual ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2006onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 19, 2006, was served on Danny Donato Ciarmoli, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf-Teachers on February 20, 2006 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for September 12, 2007. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf-Danny Donato Ciarmoli was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf-The Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) sets out the following allegations: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Danny Donato Ciarmoli is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated May 25, 2006, was served on Robert John Creedon, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-Teachers on June 14, 2006 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for May 11, 2007. Robert John Creedon was in attendance ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-The allegations against Robert John Creedon in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-May 25, 2006, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Robert John Creedon is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-At the hearing on May 11, 2007, College counsel sought to withdraw the following ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct contained in the Notice of Hearing: breaches of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(15) and sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-The Committee agrees that these allegations shall be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-on Penalty (ASF – Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty provides as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-1. Robert John Creedon (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A “is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-of Teachers Registered Member Information of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-2. At all materials times, the Member was employed by the Pic Mobert First Nation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf-School Authority (the “Board”). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated April 18, 2005, was served on Patrick Elliot Hall, requesting ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-May 16, 2005 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-subsequently set for September 12, 2007. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-Patrick Elliot Hall was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-The Notice of Hearing sets out the following allegations: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Patrick Elliot Hall is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-was alone with a student in his car on more than one occasion, engaged in conversations ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-of a personal nature with her and received many phone calls from her. Hence, the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-Committee determined that the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a Member of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-After reviewing the Agreed Statement of Facts, College Counsel submitted that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-publication of the Member’s name acts as a general and specific deterrent. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-indicated that publication of the name was a very troubling issue to the Member and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-would therefore serve as a specific deterrent. Counsel submitted that publication of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-Member’s name advises the public and sends a clear message to the profession that this ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-type of behaviour is unacceptable. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the Member requested that the name of the Member not be published. He ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-submitted that there would be no rehabilitative impact on the Member by publishing his ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-name. Publication might inhibit the possibility of re-establishing the Member’s career. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-Counsel acknowledged that this was a boundary violation but said that it was not of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-most severe nature. Counsel further stated that this was an isolated incident in the distant ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf:past and did not involve touching, manipulation or sex. Counsel submitted that general ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-deterrence could be achieved without publication of the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-3. In or around October 2003, the Member commenced employment with the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- Toronto District School Board and was assigned to teach at [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-4. On or about May 26, 2006, the Member pleaded guilty to the following charges ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- which were contained in an Indictment issued in the Superior Court of Justice on ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- April 19, 2006, as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- (a) that he during the period from and including the 1st day of January 1997 to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- and including the 31st of December 1998, at the City of Toronto, did make, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- publish, or have in his possession for the purpose of publication child ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf: pornography, to wit: an image of a person who is, or is depicted as being ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- under the age of 18 years, and is engaged in or is depicted as being ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- engaged in explicit sexual activity, contrary to the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- (b) that he, during the period from and including the 1st day of January 1997 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- to and including the 31st day of December 1998, at the City of Toronto, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- did obtain for consideration the sexual services of [XXX], who is under ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- the age of 18 years, contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- (c) that he, during the period from and including the 1st day of January 1992, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- to and including the 31st day of December 1998, in the Municipality of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- Metropolitan Toronto, did obtain for consideration, the sexual services of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- [XXX], who is under the age of 18 years, contrary to the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- (d) that he, during the period from and including 1st day of January 1992, to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- and including the 31st day of December 1998, at the City of Toronto ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- knowingly without lawful justification or excuse did have in his ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf: possession child pornography, to wit: images of a person who is, or is ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- depicted as being under the age of 18 years, and is engaged in or is ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf: depicted as being engaged in explicit sexual activity, contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the plea of guilt, the Agreed Statement ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Leslie Hoogland ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5) 1(14) 1(15) 1(16) 1(17) 1(18) and 1(19), as set out in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-REASONS FOR FINDING ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and the Agreed Statement of Facts, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-Guilty Plea, and Joint Submission on Penalty. The Member pleaded guilty to and was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-convicted of four charges under the Criminal Code (Canada). These were: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- (a) did make, publish, or have in his possession for the purpose of publication ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf: child pornography, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- (b) did obtain for consideration the sexual services of [XXX], who is under ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- the age of 18 years, contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- (c) did obtain for consideration, the sexual services of [XXX], who is under ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- the age of 18 years, contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf: (d) did have in his possession child pornography, to wit: images of a person ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- who is, or is depicted as being under the age of 18 years, and is engaged in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf: or is depicted as being engaged in explicit sexual activity, contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf:The Committee finds that a member making and possessing child pornography and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-obtaining sexual services of persons under the age of 18 years is not suitable to be in a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-position of trust and authority over children and should not be permitted to teach in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-Ontario or elsewhere. Therefore, his Certificate of Qualification and Registration must be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-revoked. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-The Member sought out underage persons and paid for their services for his own sexual ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-gratification. Also, the Member paid these young persons to pose naked for him so he ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-could take photographs of them. This behaviour takes advantage of young people ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-without any consideration for the victims’ well-being. By this behaviour, the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-has lost the privilege to be a member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-The Committee orders publication of the finding and order with the name of the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf-for the following reasons: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- 1. The Member has pleaded guilty in criminal proceedings to the making and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf: possession of child pornography and to obtaining sexual services of persons ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- under the age of 18 years. This is a serious crime in our society and the public ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- must be informed that a member of the teaching profession who engages in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-The Committee was satisfied, therefore, that the Member had received proper notice of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-the date, time and place of the hearing and proceeded in his absence. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-The allegations against William James Ireland in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-October 13, 2006 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that William James Ireland is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-1. William James Ireland (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-2. A. is a female person who between 1 May 1983 and 18 July 1986, was between ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- approximately [XXX] and [XXX] years of age. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-3. At all material times, the Member was in a position of trust and authority in relation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- to A. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-4. On or about 27 August 2003, the Member was convicted of a charge that he ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- between 1 May 1983 and 18 July 1986 at the Township of [XXX] and the Township ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf: of [XXX] in the [XXX] of Ontario, did sexually assault A. contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- 246.1(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-5. On or about 3 November 2003, a conditional sentence of twenty-two months was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- imposed on the Member, with additional conditions which included his being ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ordered: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- (a) to perform two hundred hours of community service; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- (b) not to be alone with any female person under the age of fourteen years unless ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- accompanied by an adult; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-Brief of Court Documents – Her Majesty the Queen v. William Ireland- Court ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-File569C/02 (Exhibit 4) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-A Brief of Court Documents (“Court Documents”) with respect to the criminal ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-proceedings against the Member as alleged in paragraphs 2 through 5 above, was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-submitted into evidence. These Court Documents consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-A. Certified copy of Indictment dated January 16, 2003 with Judge’s Handwritten ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- Notations and Sentencing orders ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-B. Certificate of Conviction dated September 6, 2006 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-C. Conditional Sentence Order dated November 3, 2003 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-D. Superior Court of Justice Transcript of Court Proceedings before The Honourable ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- Mr. Justice J.S. O’Neill on August 27, 2003 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-E. Superior Court of Justice Transcript of Reasons on Sentencing before The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- Honourable Mr. Justice J.S. O’Neill on November 3, 2003. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-The Court Documents verify that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-1. On or about 27 August 2003, the Member was convicted of a charge that he ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- between 1 May 1983 and 18 July 1986 at the Township of [XXX] and the Township ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf: of [XXX] in the [XXX] of Ontario, did sexually assault A. contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- 246.1(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-2. On or about 3 November 2003, a conditional sentence of twenty-two months was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- imposed on the Member, with additional conditions, which included his being ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ordered: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-(a) to perform two hundred hours of community service; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-(b) not to be alone with any female person under the age of fourteen years unless ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- accompanied by an adult; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-(c) to be on probation for a period of twelve months following the completion of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- conditional sentence. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf:It is uncontested that on or about August 27, 2003, the Member was convicted of sexually ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-assaulting A., a young female, who was between approximately [XXX] and [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-of age, between May 1, 1983 and July 18, 1986. The Member was in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-and authority over A. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-It is also uncontested that on or about November 3, 2003, the Member was given a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-conditional sentence of twenty-two months and was placed on probation for a period of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-twelve months. He was ordered to perform two hundred hours of community service and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-not to be alone with any female person under the age of fourteen years unless ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-accompanied by an adult. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-It is further uncontested that on or about June 30, 2005 the Member pleaded guilty to a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-charge of common assault of [XXX], a [XXX] female. Although [XXX] had, at one time ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-been a [XXX] when the assault occurred. The assault took place sometime between the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-period of July 1, 1974 and August 31, 1975. The Member was convicted and received a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-suspended sentence of fifteen months. He was also ordered to perform thirty hours of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-community service. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-The Member has not appealed either of the convictions or sentences referred to herein. In ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-the absence of evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts as proof, the specific ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-findings of fact contained in Exhibit 4, the Brief of Court Documents – Her Majesty the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-Queen v. William Ireland - Court File 569C/02 and Exhibit 5, Brief of Court Documents ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-– Her Majesty the Queen v. William Ireland – Court File 040287. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-The Member gave no consideration to the wellbeing of the victims. On the contrary, the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-Member took advantage of the vulnerability of both A. and [XXX] Justice O’Neill noted ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-in his Reasons on Sentencing that the repeated actions of the Member had a serious and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-substantial psychological and emotional impact upon A. with respect to which she has ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-only recently begun to recover. (Exhibit 4, Tab E) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct under ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-section 264 (1) (c) of the Education Act and Ontario Regulation 437/7, subsection 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf:1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19) by his acts of sexual assault against A. and common ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-assault against [XXX], a [XXX], both of whom were minors when these assaults ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-occurred. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-The Committee’s finding of professional misconduct, as outlined, is the only reasonable ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-decision under the circumstances. The Member’s actions were disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-The Committee made no finding of professional misconduct under Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(7) and 1(17) or sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act due to the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf-[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-Tiffany Dawn Angus (the “Member”) was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated January 5, 2007 was served on the Member, requesting ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-February 6, 2007 for the hearing of this matter. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-The allegations in the Notice of Hearing dated January 5, 2007 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-IT WAS ALLEGED that Tiffany Dawn Angus is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf:(b) she abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-(c) she failed to comply with the Act, the regulations or the bylaws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-(d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, and specifically ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- paragraph 264(1)(c) or the regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-(e) she committed an act that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-(f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf:(g) she engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that subject to ratification by the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-Committee, agreement had been reached on the facts and introduced a Memorandum of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-Agreement (MOA), (Exhibit 3) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-The parties hereby agree to the truth and accuracy of the facts that are hereinafter ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-expressed and agree to the receipt of this document by the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the [**] Board (the “Board”) as a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- probationary teacher at the [**] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-2. [**] was a male student at the School. His date of birth [**]. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-3. Between December 2005 and April 2006, the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- and unprofessional relationship with [**] that included, but was not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- (a) being alone with [**] in her car and on at least one occasion driving him to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- Napanee; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- (b) sitting side by side with [**] while they were alone together in a computer lab; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- (c) sitting close to [**] in the gym with [**]’s arm behind her at a Christmas ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- assembly; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- (d) being alone with [**] after school in a number of locations including but not ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- limited to classrooms, labs, the hallway, and the library; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- (e) meeting with [**] on a number of occasions after school hours in the computer ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- lab and other locations; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- (f) giving [**] her telephone number; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- (g) buying alcohol for [**] and consuming alcohol with him; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- (h) hugging [**] on more than one occasion in the School library; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- (i) on at least one occasion “passionately” kissing [**] in the School library; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf: (j) engaging in sexual intercourse with [**] in a Toronto apartment occupied by [**] ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-4. The Member persisted in a pattern of inappropriate and unprofessional contact with ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- [**] despite: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-30. The parties agree and undertake that upon ratification of this MOA, there shall be no ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- further action taken, no appeal to any forum, and no application for judicial review of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- the terms of the MOA. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the Memorandum of Agreement, the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-plea of no contest, and the submissions made by counsel, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-that Tiffany Dawn Angus committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, being ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf:1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of the Act and that she engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-The Committee accepts the evidence contained in the Memorandum of Agreement. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-(Exhibit 3) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-Between December 2005 and April 2006, the Member engaged in a number of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-unacceptable behaviours with a male student both inside and outside the school setting. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-These included, but were not limited to the following interactions: kissing, hugging, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-buying and consuming alcohol, staying overnight at the student’s apartment and at a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf:motel, travelling to British Columbia and engaging in sexual relations. The Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-totally disregarded the wellbeing of the student for her own gratification. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf:finds that this conduct constitutes emotional, psychological and sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-The Member engaged in an inappropriate and unprofessional relationship with a male ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf:secondary school student, including having sexual relations. The Committee finds the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-Member’s conduct is reprehensible and unbecoming a member of the profession. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-Member abused the authority and trust vested in her, in her role as a teacher, without ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-regard for the well being of the students in her care. The Member has forfeited the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-privilege to be a member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee is satisfied that revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-qualification and registration is the appropriate penalty for such egregious conduct. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-Committee is also satisfied that publication meets the objective of general deterrence to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-members of the profession and informs the public that such behaviours will not be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-tolerated. Therefore, the Committee concludes that this penalty serves and protects the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-public interest. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf-Date: February 6, 2007 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- Rosemary Fontaine ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- Dean Favero ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- Lynne Mastin ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-3. During the year 2003 the Member was teaching in Japan. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-4. On or about January 24, 2004, as he was re-entering Canada, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- stopped by Canadian Customs at the MacDonald-Cartier International Airport, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- Ottawa. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-5. At that time, the Member was found to have in his possession four compact disks ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- which contained approximately three hundred and fifteen images which met the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf: definition of child pornography as set out in the Criminal Code (Canada). In ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- addition, the Member had on his laptop computer several hundred images which ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf: also met the definition of child pornography as set out in the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- (Canada). Further, the Member had several hundred other images of young, nude ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf: males which did not meet the criteria of being classified as child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-6. On or about October 5, 2006, the Member pleaded guilty to a charge, which was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- contained in an indictment issued in the Superior Court of Justice on October 17, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- 2005, that the Member on or about January 24, 2004, in the City of Ottawa, did ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf: possess child pornography in the form of graphic sexual images, contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf: 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada). A second charge contained in the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- Indictment with respect to the Member unlawfully attempting to smuggle prohibited ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- goods into Canada was withdrawn by the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-7. Attached and marked as Exhibit “B” is a certified copy of the Indictment dated ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- October 17, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-8. The guilty plea of the Member was accepted by The Honourable Madam Justice L. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- D. Ratushny on October 5, 2006 in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice at Ottawa. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-9. On or about October 5, 2006, Madam Justice Ratushny imposed a sentence on the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- Member of a jail term of twelve months to be served in the community provided he ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- comply with conditions including: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- (a) that he not leave the Province of Ontario without first receiving the prior ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- consent of his Conditional Sentence Supervisor; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- (b) he is to remain within his place of residence for the first three months of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- the twelve month conditional sentence, commencing on October 5, 2006; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- (c) that he was only to leave his residence for the purposes of personal ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- medical emergencies, medical appointments and counselling appointments ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- on a schedule approved in advance by the Conditional Sentence ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- Supervisor; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- (d) that he leave his place of residence at specified times for the purposes of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- purchasing necessities of life and for attending a faith ceremony; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- (e) that he attend and comply with and complete all counselling as may be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- recommended by his Conditional Service Supervisor after being assessed ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- and recommended for that counselling; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- (f) that he submit to a police search of his computer at any time during the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- twelve month period; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf: (g) that he not possess any pornographic material during that twelve month ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- period; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the plea of no contest, the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Submissions on Penalty, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-made by counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Myer William Kalin ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5) 1(14) 1(15) 1(16) 1(17) 1(18) and 1(19), as set out in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-REASONS FOR FINDING ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-The Member pleaded guilty and was convicted in the Superior Court of Justice for ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf:possession of graphic images depicting child pornography. Crown Counsel indicated at ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-the Plea of Guilty Proceedings that the Member was found to be in possession of 711 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf:images that met the Criminal Code definition of child pornography. (ASF-Exhibit 2, Tab ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-E, page 6). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member was guilty of professional misconduct by reason ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-of this criminal conviction. Further, the Member did not contest the truth of the facts and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts. (Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-and did not contest that the facts and exhibits constituted professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke immediately ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the Member’s full ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-On October 5, 2006, Madam Justice L.D. Ratushny sentenced the Member to a 12-month ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf:jail term, to be served in the community, for possession of child pornography. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-following conditions were among those imposed: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- (a) that he is prohibited from being alone with any person under the age of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- fourteen years, for a period of ten years; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- (b) that he is prohibited from seeking, obtaining or continuing any ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- employment or being a volunteer in a capacity that involves being in a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- position of trust or authority towards persons under the age of fourteen ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- years, for a period of ten years. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-Madam Justice Ratushny also issued an Order [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-The Committee determined that a member who pleaded guilty to and was convicted of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf:possession of child pornography and who is subject to conditions which do not allow ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-him to be in the company of children should not be permitted to teach in Ontario or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-elsewhere and should have his Certificate of Qualification and Registration revoked. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-The Member did not contest revocation of his certificate. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-Counsel for the College requested publication of the findings and order of the Committee ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-with the name of the Member. The Member opposed publication. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-Under Section 30(5) (3) of the Act, the Committee may order publication of the finding ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-and the order of the Committee with or without the name of the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-Committee orders publication of the finding and order with the name of the Member for ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf-the following reasons: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- 1. The Member has pleaded guilty in criminal proceedings to possession of a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf: large number of images depicting child pornography. This is one of the most ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- serious crimes in our society. The public must be informed that a member of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- the teaching profession who engages in this type of activity will suffer the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- most serious of consequences. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- 2. The Committee notes that throughout the criminal proceedings no publication ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ban was ordered. In the context of the criminal proceedings, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- name and offence are in the public domain. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- 3. The Member is [XXX] and is prohibited from being in the company of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- children under the age of 14 years. It is essential that the public be made ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- aware of these conditions placed upon the Member. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 28, 2006 was served on Deborah McConkey, requesting ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-September 13, 2006 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-was subsequently set for January 30, 2007. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-Deborah McConkey was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-The allegations against Deborah McConkey in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-June 28, 2006 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Deborah McConkey is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf: (b) she abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf:2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Greater Essex County ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-District School Board (“the Board”) and taught [**] at [**] School (“the School”) in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-Windsor, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-3. On or about October 9, [**], the Member failed to adhere to the School and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-Board’s “hands off” policy when interacting with a [**] year old male student in her class ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-(the Student”), who was crying. The Member, in an attempt to stop the Student from ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-crying, yelled at the Student, held him by the wrists and pulled him to her. This action ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-further upset and frightened the Student, who vomited. For a short period, the Student ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-was inconsolable. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-4. The incident was witnessed by another teacher at the School and a parent ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-volunteer. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-5. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-the truth of the facts and exhibit referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 above (the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-“Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-6. The Member hereby acknowledges that her conduct as described in paragraph 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-of the Admitted Facts, constitutes professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against her, being more particularly a breach of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf-7. The Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 29, 2007, was served on James Maurice Melnick, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Teachers on April 10, 2007 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for June 19, 2007. James Maurice Melnick was not in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The allegations against James Maurice Melnick in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-dated March 29, 2007 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that James Maurice Melnick is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, a contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- Registration contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, a contravention of which has caused or may cause a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- student under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (19); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.2) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-on Penalty (ASF – Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty provides as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-1. James Maurice Melnick, also known as Jayme Melnick, (the “Member”) is a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-the Member. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the [XXX] School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-“Board”) as a teacher at a public school (“the School”). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-3. At all material times, the Student attended a [XXX] school in the same town in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-which the Member taught. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-4. The Student had been a student of the Member at the School while she was in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-grades [XXX] and [XXX] during the [XXX] academic year and the [XXX] academic ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-year, respectively. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-5. The Student became [XXX] years of age prior to the end of the [XXX] academic ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-year. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-6. While the Student was in grade [XXX], the Member gave his students his home ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-telephone number and e-mail address. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-7. While the Student was in grade [XXX], she sent e-mails to the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-approximately once per week, but when she was in grade [XXX], there was more ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-communication between them including telephone conversations, more frequent e-mail ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-and by computer instant messenger programs. In those communications, the Student ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-would tell the Member about her problems. They became friends. During this time ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf:period, the Member assured the Student’s mother that he had no sexual interest in the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Student. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-8. During the summer of 2004, the Member and the Student continued the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-communication referred to above. However, the Member started seeing the student alone. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-9. Commencing in approximately the middle of August 2004 and continuing until ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-approximately October 27, 2004, the Member engaged in an inappropriate, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf:unprofessional, sexual relationship with the Student. This included his: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (a) engaging in frequent electronic and telephone communication with her at ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- various hours of the day and night; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (b) engaging in electronic communication with her while using his school ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- computer; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (c) taking her for walks, going with her to the woods and taking her on various ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- trips alone to locations several kilometres away from her residence; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf: (d) engaging in sexual contact with her, including kissing, acts of oral sex, sexual ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- touching and digital penetration, on numerous occasions. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-10. There were approximately 530 e-mails exchanged between the Member and the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Student between August 2004 and October 27, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-11. Prior to October 26, 2004 the Member made arrangements to pick up the Student ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-from her residence after school on that day, and encouraged her to convey false ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-information to her caregivers as to her whereabouts that evening. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-advised the School’s Principal that he would be away from the School on October 27, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-2004 so as to attend to a matter involving a relative. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-12. On the evening of October 26, 2004, the Member drove the Student to a lakeside ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-town which was approximately 50 kilometres away from her residence and later spent the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-night with her in a motel in that town before returning with her to his home on the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-following morning. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-13. On or about 8 February 2005, the Member was dismissed by the Board. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-14. The Member was charged criminally. On or about May 9, 2006, the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice to a charge contained in Information No. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-04-15947 that he being a person of trust or authority towards the Student, a young person, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf:for a sexual purpose did invite, counsel and incite the Student, a young person to touch ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-directly with a part of his body, his hands, lips and mouth, contrary to Section 153(b) of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-the Criminal Code (Canada) and was found guilty of that charge. A certified copy of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Information No. 04-15947 showing the charges against the Member contained in this ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-paragraph and in paragraph 16, and the disposition of those charges is attached as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Exhibit “B”. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-15. A copy of the transcript in respect of the proceedings in the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Justice before Madam Justice Deborah Livingstone on May 9, 2006 is attached and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-marked as Exhibit “C”. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-16. On or about August 3, 2006, the Member pleaded guilty to the second charge ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-contained in Information No. 04-15947, that he on or between September 4, 2004 and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-October 21, 2004, did, by means of a computer system, communicate with the Student, a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-person aged [XXX] whom the Member believed to be aged [XXX], for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-facilitating in the commission of an offence, contrary to Section 172.1 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf:1(19). Further, the Member pleads guilty to the allegation that he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-25. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (b) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- to require the College to prove the case against him, and the right to have a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- hearing; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (c) he voluntarily decided to plead guilty; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (d) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this agreement ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally and without the benefit of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-26. In light of the admitted facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-27. The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter would be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (a) direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that James Maurice Melnick ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17) 1(18) and 1(19), as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-set out in the Notice of Hearing. Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf:in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 49 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and the Agreed Statement of Facts, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Guilty Plea, and Joint Submission on Penalty. Although the Member was not present or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-represented by counsel, the Committee was satisfied that the Member pleaded guilty ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-voluntarily and unequivocally in that the Member provided Questions to be Answered by ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-James Maurice Melnick in respect of his Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts referred to in paragraphs 6 to 18 of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea, and Joint Submission on Penalty (ASF - Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-2) and that these facts constitute professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted of two charges under the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Code (Canada). These were: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (a) that he being a person of trust or authority towards the Student, a young person, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf: for a sexual purpose did invite, counsel and incite the Student, a young person ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- to touch directly with a part of his body, his hands, lips and mouth, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- Section 153(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- (b) that he on or between September 4, 2004 and October 21, 2004, did, by means ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- of a computer system, communicate with the Student, a person aged [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- years whom the Member believed to be aged [XXX] years, for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- facilitating in the commission of an offence, contrary to Section 172.1 of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The Member was sentenced six months in jail to be followed by a conditional sentence of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-fifteen months. He was ordered to [XXX] and [XXX]. He has not appealed the conviction ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Given the guilty plea by the Member in the criminal proceedings and the conviction and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-sentence imposed, the Committee determines this conduct to be professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-under Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf:and 1(19) and that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-in Sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The Committee received a letter from the Member dated June 12, 2007 requesting that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-his name not be published in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. (Exhibit 4) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The Member submitted that publication of his name would bring renewed embarrassment ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-to his wife and brother, both of whom share his last name and are teachers in the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-community. He also submitted that the student continued to be a student in the same ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-town and publication of his name, which would be linked to her, would bring unwanted ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-attention to her and her family. He further suggested that publication of his name is ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-[XXX] and [XXX]. The Member gave his students his home phone number and e-mail ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-address. Over this two year period the Member and the student exchanged increasingly ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-frequent phone calls, e-mails and instant messages. During this time period, the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf:assured the student’s mother that he had no sexual interest in the student. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The Member used his position as a teacher to develop an inappropriate, unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf:relationship involving sexual touching. Once the student entered [XXX] school the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Member continued his frequent communications with the student. Subsequently the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf:Member engaged in a sexual relationship with the student. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The Member encouraged the student to convey false information to the caregivers as to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-the student’s whereabouts in order to drive the student 50 kilometers away from her ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-residence and spend the night with her in a motel. The Member was subsequently ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-criminally charged. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct is reprehensible and unbecoming a member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-of the profession. The Member abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-a teacher for his own gratification, without regard to the well being of the student. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-conduct of the Member was unacceptable and in conflict with the duty of a teacher to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-protect, not abuse students. Therefore, the Member has forfeited the privilege of holding ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-a teaching certificate and being a member of the teaching profession. Revocation is the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-appropriate penalty for misconduct of this severity. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The Committee orders publication of the finding and order with the name of the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-for the following reasons: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 1. The Member has pleaded guilty and was convicted in criminal proceedings ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf: involving a sexual relationship with a [XXX] old student. This is a serious ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- crime in our society and the public must be informed that a member of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- teaching profession who engages in this type of behaviour will suffer the most ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- serious of consequences. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 2. The Member has been ordered to [XXX] and [XXX]. It is therefore essential ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- that the public be made aware of his identity. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 3. In these circumstances, publication acts as a specific deterrent to the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- and as a general deterrent to members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The Committee considered the Member’s request to withhold publication of his name. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The fact of potential embarrassment to the Member’s spouse and brother and other ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-reasons addressed by the Member do not outweigh the responsibility of the College to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-protect the best interests of the public. As the Member’s actions comprise the most ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-serious breach of trust, publication in these circumstances is mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate and serves and protects the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-public interest. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf-Date: June 19, 2007 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- Annilee Jarvis ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 22, 2004, was served on Lindsay Kendal Millar, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-Teachers on July 12, 2004 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for August 13, 2007. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-The hearing took place on August 13, 2007 at which time the Committee rendered its ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-decision orally and reserved its reasons for decision. These are those reasons. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-Lindsay Kendal Millar was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-The Notice of Hearing sets out the following allegations: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Lindsay Kendal Millar (otherwise known as Lindsay Kendle ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-Millar) is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) and 40 (1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”), and/or is incompetent as defined in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-section 30(3) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- (d) he contravened laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf: (g) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- (h) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-At the hearing on August 13, 2007 College counsel sought to withdraw the following ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-particulars contained in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (g) and (h) of the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-being alleged breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(14), 1(16) and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-breaches of sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act and section 30(3) of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf-Committee agrees that these allegations shall be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 30, 2006, was served on Geoffrey Matthew Muldoon, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-Teachers on February 20, 2006 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for September 24, 2007. Geoffrey Matthew Muldoon ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-The allegations against Geoffrey Matthew Muldoon in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-dated January 30, 2006, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Geoffrey Matthew Muldoon is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-(the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-At the hearing on September 24, 2007, College counsel sought to withdraw the following ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct contained in the Notice of Hearing: breaches of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(14),1(15) and sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-the Act. The Committee agrees that these allegations shall be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-The Committee ordered that any future requests for release of the Notice of Hearing in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-this matter be accompanied by a copy of the Oral Decision of the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-on Penalty (ASF – Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty provides as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-Tyler Jason Pike (the “Member”) was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated March 22, 2007 was served on the Member, requesting ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers April 25, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-2007 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-subsequently set for June 4, 2007. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-The allegations in the Notice of Hearing dated March 22, 2007(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Tyler Jason Pike is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act, the regulations or the bylaws, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, or the regulations made under that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- Act contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- (e) he committed an act that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- unprofessional contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf: (g) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that subject to ratification by the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-Committee, agreement had been reached on the facts and introduced a Memorandum of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-Agreement (MOA), (Exhibit 3) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Upper Canada District ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a music teacher at [**] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-2. The Member’s initial certification date with the College is June 30, 1993. (Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- Prior to the events giving rise to these allegations, the Member had no previous ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- disciplinary history at the College. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-3. At all material times, [**]. was a [**] female [**] student but did not attend the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- School. [**]. was not a student of the Member’s at any time. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf:4. Between September 2004 and February 2005, the Member engaged in sexual acts ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- with [**]. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-5. On March 4, 2005, the Member was charged by the Brockville Police Service with ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf: sexual exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-6. On March 13, 2005, the Board assigned the Member to home with pay, pending the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- disposition of the matter. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-7. Effective April 20, 2006, the Board terminated the Member’s employment. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf:8. On October 26, 2006, the Member was convicted of sexual exploitation and was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- sentenced to 15 months in custody and 3 years probation. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-9. The Member voluntarily admits the above particulars and understands that by doing ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- so, he is waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him and the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- right to a contested hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-17. The parties agree and understand that if any phrase or paragraph of this MOA is ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- deemed null and void, the MOA shall be read as though the phrase or paragraph was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- stricken from the MOA and the amended MOA shall remain in force and effect. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-18. The Member agrees and understands that this MOA is the entire agreement between ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- himself and the College and that there have been no oral or written representations ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- made by the College as an inducement or threat to enter into this MOA. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-19. The Member agrees and understands that should he breach this MOA by seeking or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- engaging in employment where a certificate of qualification and registration is ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- required, the College may provide a copy of this MOA to any employer, licensing ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- body, or education authority who inquires about the Member’s record with the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- College. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-20. The Member agrees and understands that, in the event he breaches a term of this ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- MOA, he is estopped from alleging, by way of defence, that the College failed to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- investigate or dispose of the complaint in a timely manner with respect to the period ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- between the resolution of the complaint and the date on which the College became ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- aware of such a breach. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-21. The Member agrees and understands that, in the event he breaches a term of this ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- MOA, the College may provide the Investigation, Executive, Discipline or Fitness to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- Practise Committee with all the information necessary to fulfil its statutory mandate. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-22. The parties agree and undertake that upon ratification of this MOA, there shall be no ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- further action taken, no appeal to any forum, and no application for judicial review of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- the terms of the MOA. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the Memorandum of Agreement, the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-plea of guilt, and the submissions made by counsel, the Committee accepts the plea of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-guilt and finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-the Committee finds that Tyler Jason Pike committed acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-alleged, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf:1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19) and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf:The Member engaged in a sexual relationship with a [**]-year old female student. He ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf:was convicted of sexual exploitation and was sentenced to 15 months in custody and 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-years probation. He was terminated from his employment. The Committee finds that by ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-this conduct the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession and comply ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf:with the Act. He abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-emotionally, and failed to comply with the Education Act. He also committed acts that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-would be regarded as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. His conduct was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf:unbecoming a member of the profession. As well, the Member engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and (40) (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty and makes the following order ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-1. The Registrar is directed to revoke the certificate of qualification and registration ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- effective immediately, which certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-2. The Committee further orders that pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- College of Teachers Act, the findings and Order of the Committee be published in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- summary, with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- Professionally Speaking/ Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the admitted facts in the Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-constitute conduct which is unprofessional and pleaded guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged. He further pleaded guilty to the allegation that he ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Section 1 and 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf:The Member engaged in sexual acts with a [**]-year old student, was convicted of sexual ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-exploitation, and was sentenced to 15 months in custody and 3 years probation. He ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as a teacher without regard for the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-well-being of students. His actions and the criminal conviction demonstrate the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-seriousness of this matter. The Committee, on behalf of the profession, must protect ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-students and the public from such behaviours occurring in an educational setting. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-The Committee therefore determined that revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-qualification and registration was appropriate and necessary given the severity of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-Member’s misconduct. This penalty demonstrates that the Member’s conduct is ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-unacceptable in the eyes of the profession, the public and students and will not be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf-tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated October 30, 2006, was served on Thomas Allan Powers, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-Teachers on November 1, 2006 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for February 12, 2007. Thomas Allan Powers was not ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-The allegations against Thomas Allan Powers in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-January 5, 2005, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Thomas Allan Powers is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-(the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf:he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s suitability ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf:he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-on Penalty (ASF – Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty provides as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-1. Thomas Allan Powers (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf:2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Greater Essex County ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- Windsor. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-3. During the 2004-2005 academic year, [XXX] was a [XXX] old female [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- student [XXX] at the School. [XXX] was also [XXX], a non-credit extra-curricular ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- activity, and the Member was the advisor for [XXX]]. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-4. During the 2004-2005 academic year, the Member commenced an inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- unprofessional relationship with [XXX]. This included his: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- (a) encouraging her to meet him in the [XXX] office and spending a lot of time ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- with her; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- (b) allowing her to keep all of her books in the [XXX] office; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- (c) being alone in his car with her; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- (d) being alone in the [XXX] with her; and on at least one occasion, allowing ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- her to sit on his lap; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- (e) grabbing or slapping her buttocks when no one else was around. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf:5. During the month of June 2005, the Member engaged in kissing and acts of sexual ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- touching with [XXX] on school premises. This included his: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- (a) being alone with her in the dark room; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- (b) on one occasion, sitting at the back of the [XXX] with [XXX] while the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- class was watching a movie and at that time he tickled [XXX] behind the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ear, offered her a piece of gum and when she took it kissed her hand. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-6. Prior to the end of the school year, in June 2005, the Member commented to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- [XXX] that her mark would go up and she would not have to do the exam for his ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- class. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-7. On one occasion, [XXX] told the Member that she knew that what they were doing ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- was wrong as he was married, a teacher and older than herself. The Member asked ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- [XXX] if she could handle it emotionally. He also talked to her about not telling ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- anyone as he could get divorced, go to jail and lose his job. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-8. During the months of June and July 2005 following the end of the school year, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- [XXX] continued to go to the School to work on the [XXX] which had not been ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- completed. The Member also attended the School to [XXX]. While at the School, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf: the Member engaged in several further acts of inappropriate conduct and sexual ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- touching of [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-9. During the summer of 2005, the Member played in a band at a club. On at least one ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- occasion the Member arranged for [XXX] to meet with him after he had finished ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- playing. At approximately 2:30 a.m. on Sunday July 17, 2005, [XXX] sneaked out ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- of her home with a bottle of wine. The Member then picked her up in his car and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- drove to the parking lot behind the School and parked. The Member then engaged in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf: acts of sexual touching with [XXX] in his motor vehicle. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-10. On at least two occasions between 20 July 2005 and 26 July 2005, the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf: engaged in acts of sexual touching and sexual intercourse with [XXX] on school ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- premises. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-11. On or about August 11, 2005 criminal charges were laid against the Member in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- respect of his conduct towards [XXX]. An Order, pursuant to Section 486(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada) was made by the court with respect to the identity of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- complainant and that any information that could disclose that identity is not to be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- published in any newspaper or broadcast in any way. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-12. On or about 18 January 2006, the employment of the Member by the Board was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- terminated. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-13. On or about March 24, 2006, the Member pleaded guilty, and was found guilty, in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- the Ontario Court of Justice of a charge that he, between June 1, 2005 and August 7, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 2005, at the City of Windsor, did being a person in a position of trust or authority ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf: towards a young person, with a part of his part of his body for a sexual purpose ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- directly touch the body of that young person, namely [XXX], contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). Attached and marked as Exhibit “B” is a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- Certified Copy of the Information issued in the Ontario Court of Justice showing the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- details of the charge and the disposition of it. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-14. On or about March 24, 2006, the Member was sentenced to six months ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- imprisonment to be followed by two years probation. The Court also ordered that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- the Member: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- (a) not associate or communicate directly or indirectly with [XXX].; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- (b) [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- (c) be prohibited from possessing any firearms, ammunition or explosive ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- substances for a period of 10 years; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- (d) that the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-15. The Member has not appealed either the conviction or the sentence which was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- imposed on him. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-16. Attached and marked as Exhibit “C” is a Certified Copy of the Probation Order ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- dated March 24, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-17. Attached and marked as Exhibits “D” and “E” respectively are copies of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- transcripts of the proceedings for Madam Justice M. Rawlins on March 24, 2006 in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- respect of the Plea of Guilt and of the Sentencing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-18. The Member has been the subject of several media reports relating to his arrest, plea ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- of guilt and conviction. Examples of those reports are attached as Exhibit “F”. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-19. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- in paragraphs 1 to 18 above (the “admitted facts”). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-20. The Member hereby acknowledges that the admitted facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- paragraphs 4 to 10 and 13 above, constitute conduct which is unprofessional and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him being more ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Member pleads guilty to the allegation that he ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf: engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-21. By this document, through his counsel, he Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- (b) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- right to require the College to prove the case against him, and the right to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- (c) he voluntarily decided to plead guilty; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the plea of guilt, the Agreed Statement ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Thomas Allan Powers ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19), as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-set out in the Notice of Hearing. The Committee further finds that the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf:in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and the Agreed Statement of Facts, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-Guilty Plea, and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts referred to in paragraphs 1 to 18 of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea, and Joint Submission on Penalty (ASF - Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-2) and acknowledges that the admitted facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 4 to 10 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-and 13 of the Agreed Statement of Fact constitute professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf:The Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted of a charge of sexual exploitation of a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-student under the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-The Member was sentenced to six months imprisonment to be followed by two years ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-probation. The Court also ordered that the [XXX] and that [XXX]. He has not appealed ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-the conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf:During a sexual encounter in the school, the Member told the student that her mark would ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-go up and she would not have to do the exam for his class. When the student expressed ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-concerns about the fact that the relationship was inappropriate, the Member showed no ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-concern for her welfare. Instead, the Member asked the student if she could handle it ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-emotionally and asked her not to tell anyone because he could get divorced, go to jail and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-lose his job. By this conduct, the Member failed to maintain the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-profession under Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsection 1(5), engaged in acts that are ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional and conduct unbecoming under 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-1(19). He also failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act by being a poor role ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-model and abusing his position of authority for his own gratification under 1(14) and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-1(15). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-Given the guilty plea by the Member in the criminal proceedings and the conviction for ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf:sexual exploitation of his student and the sentence imposed, the Committee determines ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-this conduct to be professional misconduct under Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf:1(7), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) and constitutes sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-The Committee accepts the joint submission on penalty and makes the following order ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke immediately ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the Member’s full ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-The Member engaged in an inappropriate and unprofessional relationship with a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf:old student under his care and supervision, including having sexual relations. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-Member used his position [XXX] to develop an inappropriate relationship involving ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf:sexual touching. When the student told the Member she knew that the relationship was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-wrong, the Member had an opportunity to end it. Instead, he convinced the student to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf:keep quiet and in fact encouraged the relationship to escalate to include sexual ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct is reprehensible and unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-member of the profession. The Member abused the authority and trust vested in him, in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-his role as a teacher, without regard for the well being of the student in his care. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-conduct of the Member has resulted in a reputation which is inconsistent with that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-expected of a member. Therefore the Member has forfeited the privilege to be a member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee is satisfied that revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-qualification and registration is the appropriate penalty for such egregious conduct. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-Therefore, the Committee concludes that this penalty serves and protects the public ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-interest. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-The Committee orders publication of the finding and order with the name of the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-for the following reasons: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf: 1. The Member has pleaded guilty in criminal proceedings to sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- of one of his students. This is a serious crime in our society and the public ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- must be informed that a member of the teaching profession who engages in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- this type of activity will suffer the most serious of consequences. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 2. The Member is [XXX]. It is essential that the public be made aware of the fact ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- of this condition placed upon the Member. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 3. The Committee deems that publication meets the objective of general ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- deterrence to members of the profession and informs the public that such ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- behaviours will not be tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and it ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-serves and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf-Date: February 12, 2007 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated April 13, 2006, was served on Louis Rémillard requesting his ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the College on May 11, 2006 to set a date for a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-hearing. The hearing was subsequently set for September 18, 2007. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-Following the hearing on September 18, 2007, the Committee rendered an oral decision, with the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-reasons to be provided in writing at a later date. This document includes both the decision and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-the grounds therefor. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-Louis Rémillard was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-The allegations against Louis Rémillard in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated April 13, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-2006 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Louis Rémillard is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-he: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- a) failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to subsection 1(5) of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf: b) abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- contrary to subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- c) failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, or the regulations made under those Acts, contrary to subsections ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- 1(14) and (15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- d) committed an act that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- e) engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- Regulation 437/97; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf: f) engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-At the hearing of this matter, Counsel for the College withdrew several of the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-professional misconduct, namely allegations of breaches of subsections 1(7), 1(14), 1(15) and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and of subsection 40(1.1) of the Act, as outlined in a), c), d) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-and f) above. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-(Exhibit 2). The Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-1. Louis Rémillard (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- hereto is a copy of the Registered Member Information held by the College on the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- (Tab A). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-2. From November 2004 to June 2005, the Member was employed as a secondary teacher by ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- the Conseil scolaire catholique du Grand Nord de l’Ontario in Sudbury. He was assigned to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- [**] (the “school”), where he taught Grades 9 to 12. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-3. In the same time period, “A” was a [**] year old Grade [**] female student at the same ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- school. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-4. The Member admits that during the 2004-2005 school year he engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- behaviour towards “A” and admits in particular that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- a) he had telephone conversations with “A” on several occasions; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf: were inappropriate. He stated that the conversations were never embarrassing or sexual in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- nature. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-8. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and of the appendix referred to in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- paragraphs 1 to 7 above (the “Admitted Facts”). He hereby acknowledges that his actions, as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- described in the Admitted Facts, constitute professional misconduct and he pleads guilty to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- the allegations of professional misconduct against him, specifically to breaches of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- subsections 1(5) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-9. The Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- a) he fully understands the nature of the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- him as detailed above; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- b) he understands that, by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- c) he has voluntarily decided to plead guilty to the allegations detailed in the above ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- Agreed Statement of Facts; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- d) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this agreement voluntarily and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- unequivocally and with the benefit of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf-10. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances, the College and the Member jointly submit ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- that the Discipline Committee should find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated February 19, 2004, was served on Barry Frederick Schroeder, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-Teachers on March 24, 2004 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for October 22, 2007. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-Barry Frederick Schroeder was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-The allegations against Barry Frederick Schroeder in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-dated March 24, 2004 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Barry Frederick Schroeder is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-defined in section 30(2) and 40 (1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- (g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-At the hearing on October 22, 2007 College counsel sought to withdraw the particular ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-allegation contained in paragraphs (f) and (g) of the Notice of Hearing. These allegations ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-related to criminal charges brought against the Member. The Member denied these ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-allegations. College Counsel advised that there were evidentiary issues with respect to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-the College’s ability to prove these allegations before the Committee. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-submitted as resolution, an undertaking and acknowledgement by the Member (Exhibit 3) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-which states: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- 1. The Member will, immediately following the hearing, resign his membership in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and will immediately surrender his original ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration to the Registrar of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- Teachers for cancellation. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- 2. The Member undertakes never again to teach in any public or private school in the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- (c) The Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- of the Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-As indicated above, the Committee heard submissions from College Counsel with respect ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-to withdrawal of certain allegations contained in the Notice of Hearing, namely that the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-Member: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf: (f) engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- (g) displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-The Committee agreed that these allegations could be withdrawn as the public interest ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-was being served by the comprehensive nature of the Member’s Undertaking and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-Acknowledgment (Exhibit 3). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-The Member undertook to immediately resign his membership following the hearing, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-never to teach again or to seek reinstatement of his Certificate in the Province of Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-He acknowledged that the Public Register would reflect this undertaking and the fact that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-he resigned while disciplinary proceedings were in progress. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-The reprimand of the Member in respect of his inappropriate conduct with the student ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf-serves to reinforce the necessity to maintain appropriate boundaries. That the reprimand ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 3, 2006, was served on Laird Norman Schneider, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf-Teachers on April 5, 2006 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for May 23, 2007. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf-The hearing took place on May 23, 2007 at which time the Committee rendered its ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf-decision orally and reserved its reasons for decision. These are those reasons. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf-Laird Norman Schneider was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf-The allegations against Laird Norman Schneider in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf-dated March 3, 2006, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Laird Norman Schneider is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated September 20, 2005 was served on Keith Derek Secor (the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-“Member”), requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-College of Teachers on October 17, 2005 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-charges. The Notice of Hearing was amended on March 26, 2007 and the hearing was set ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-for March 26, 2007. The Member was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Amended Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-March 26, 2007 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Keith Derek Secor is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-(d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf:(f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-(g) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the Member is ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or limitations; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-(h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-(i) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-At the hearing of this matter on March 27, 2007, counsel for the College advised that the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-College would not be proceeding with the allegations of professional misconduct outlined ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-in (a) through (g) above but would be proceeding with the allegations in (h) and (i) above ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-as added in the Amended Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-An order, pursuant to Section 486(3) of the Criminal Code (Canada) was made by the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-Court with respect to the identity of the complainants and any information that could ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-disclose their identities is not to be published in any newspaper or broadcast in any way. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-In order to honour this publication ban, the parties agreed that the complainants would ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-not be identified in any exhibits filed in this matter. Therefore, the Committee orders that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-the names of the complainants and any witnesses be removed from any and all documents ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-that were presented in this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the admitted facts and exhibits referred to in the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-Statement of Facts constitute conduct which is unprofessional and pleaded no contest to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-the allegations of professional misconduct as alleged. The Committee, in reaching a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-decision to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, took into ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-consideration the admitted facts, the plea of no contest, the joint submission on penalty ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-and the criminal convictions. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-The Member was convicted of indecent assault and gross indecency of six of his students ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-who were in grades [XXX] at the time. This was a clear and obvious violation of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf:sexual integrity of the then [XXX] year old complainants. This is a breach of trust in a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-teacher/student relationship that cannot be overemphasized. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-Children should be able to go to school and feel safe and protected. Instead, the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-indecently assaulted students and therefore must forfeit the privilege to be a member of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-The Committee determined that revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-and registration is appropriate and necessary given the severity of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-misconduct. This penalty demonstrates that the Member’s conduct is unacceptable in the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf-eyes of the profession, the public and students. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 7, 2006, was served on Peter Gerard Stirling, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf-Teachers on April 5, 2006 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for May 15, 2007. Peter Gerard Stirling was in attendance ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf-at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf-The allegations against Peter Gerard Stirling in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf-March 7, 2006, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Peter Gerard Stirling is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf-defined in section 30(2) and/or is incompetent as defined in Section 30(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- (c) he failed to keep records as required by his professional duties, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subjection 1(10); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- (d) he failed to supervise adequately a student or students who was/were under his ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- professional supervision, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subjection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 19, 2006 was served on Robert Bruce Tanney, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-Teachers on September 13, 2006 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 60 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for January 30, 2007. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-Robert Bruce Tanney was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-The allegations against Robert Bruce Tanney in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-June 19, 2006 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Robert Bruce Tanney is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-(d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-(e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-(f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 60 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-(g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf:(h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-An order, pursuant to Section 486.3 of the Criminal Code (Canada) was made by the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-Court with respect to the identity of the complainant (the “Student”), that any information ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-that could disclose that identity was not to be published in any newspaper or broadcast in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-any way. In order to honour this publication ban, the parties agreed that the Student ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-would not be identified in any exhibits filed in this matter. Therefore, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-orders that the name of the Student, as well as the names of other minors and persons ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-who may disclose the identity of the Student be removed from any and all documents that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-were presented in this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-and Joint Submission on Penalty. (ASF – Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-Member rubbed [**]’s back and then dropped his hand to the inside of her clothing then ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-touched her buttock with his hand. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf:9. On or about February 24, 2006, the Member pleaded not guilty to a charge of sexual ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 60 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-assault on [**] but pleaded guilty to the lesser and included charge of assault against [**], ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada). A certified copy of the Information dated 6 June ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-2005 is attached and marked as Exhibit “B”. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-10. The guilty plea of the Member was accepted by the Honourable Mr. Justice Peter ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-Hryn on February 24, 2006 in the Ontario Court of Justice at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-11. On or about February 24, 2006, the passing of a sentence by Mr. Justice Hryn was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-suspended and the Member was placed on probation for a period of two years. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-Member was ordered to report as required and was to have no contact directly or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-indirectly with [**] or any members of her family. Further, the Member is to take any ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-counselling as directed by the probation officer and to sign any releases necessary for the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-probation officer to be able to monitor the counselling. In addition, the Member is not to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-be in the presence of any child under the age of 14 years unless he is in the presence of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-persons named in the probation order. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-12. Other conditions were imposed on the Member as part of his probation as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-(a) not to engage in any activity with persons under the age of 14 years including using ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- a computer system within the meaning of subsection 342.1(2) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- (Canada) for the purpose of communicating with a person under the age of 14 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- years; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-(b) not to attend a public park or swimming pool area where persons under the age of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 14 years are present or can be reasonably expected to be present or at a day care ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- centre, school ground, playground or community centre; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-(c) not to seek, obtain or continue employment whether or not the employment is ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- remunerated or become or be a volunteer in a capacity that involves being in a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- position of trust or authority towards persons under the age of 14 years. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 60 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-13. Attached and marked as Exhibit “C” is a certified copy of the Probation Order ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-dated February 24, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-14. Attached and marked as Exhibits “D” and “E” respectively are copies of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-transcripts of the proceedings before Mr. Justice Hryn on February 24, 2006, in respect of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-the plea of guilt and of the sentencing. An order, pursuant to Section 486.3 of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada) was made by the Court with respect to the identity of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-complainant and that any information that could disclose that identity is not to be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-published in any newspaper or broadcast in any way. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-15. The Member has not appealed the sentence that was imposed on him. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-16. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-in paragraphs 1 to 15 above (the “admitted facts”). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-17. The Member hereby acknowledges that the admitted facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-paragraphs 8 to 14 above, constitute conduct which is unprofessional and pleads no ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf:1(19). Further, the Member pleads no contest to the allegation that he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-18. By this document, through his counsel, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-(b) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving the right ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- to require the College to prove the case against him, and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the plea of no contest, the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty, and the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 60 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-submissions made by counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Robert Bruce Tanney ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-Regulation 437/97 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf:Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-The Committee accepted the evidence contained in the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty. On more than one occasion during the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-1999-2000 academic year, while [**], was sitting beside the Member during the showing ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-of movies in the darkened classroom, the Member rubbed [**]’s back and then dropped ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-his hand to the inside of her clothing then touched her buttock with his hand. As a result, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf:two criminal charges were filed against the Member, one of sexual assault and one of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf:touching for a sexual purpose, a person under the age of fourteen years. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-Subsequently, the Member on February 24, 2006, pleaded guilty and was convicted of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-lesser and included charge of assault against [**], contrary to the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the admitted facts and exhibits referred to in the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-Statement of Facts constitute conduct which is unprofessional and pleaded no contest to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 60 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-the allegations of professional misconduct as alleged. He further pleaded no contest to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf:the allegation that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Section ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. The Committee, in reaching a decision to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration, took into consideration the admitted facts, the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-criminal conviction and his plea of no contest. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-The Member arranged to show movies in class, in a darkened room, had [**] sit beside ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-him, with other students sitting in front, and then touched [**] in an inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf:sexual manner. This is an assault on an [**] old, by a teacher who is a person in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-authority. He abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as a teacher without ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-regard for the well being of the students in his care. Children should be able to go to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-school and feel safe and protected. Instead, the Member abused [**] and has forfeited the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-privilege to be a member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-The Committee therefore determined that revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-qualification and registration was appropriate and necessary given the severity of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-Member’s misconduct. This penalty demonstrates that the Member’s conduct is ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf-unacceptable in the eyes of the profession, the public and students. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- (e) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- (f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf-At the hearing on May 14, 2007 College counsel sought to withdraw the following ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf-particulars contained in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of the Notice of Hearing being alleged ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(13), 1(14), 1(15) and 1(18). The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf-Committee agrees that these allegations shall be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf-Submission on Penalty. (ASF – Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty provides as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf-The Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf-1. Joan Bennett is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Member”). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- Attached and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- Registered Member Information in respect of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf-2. The Member has been an educator for 24 years. She has worked for three ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- different boards of education within the Province of Ontario including the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf: London-Middlesex District School Board, the Peel District School Board and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- most recently and currently, the Hastings and Prince Edward District School ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- Board (the “Board”). Other than the events of October 2003 described below, the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- Member has had an unblemished career. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 16, 2004 was served on William George Thomson (the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf-“Member”), requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf-College of Teachers on September 15, 2004 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for January 16, 2007. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf-William George Thomson was not in attendance at the hearing or represented by counsel. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf-College counsel advised the Committee that the Member had informed him that he would ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf-not be present, but agreed that the hearing proceed as scheduled. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf-The allegations against William George Thomson in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf-dated June 16, 2004 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that William George Thomson is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) and/or is ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf-incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated April 7, 2005, was served on David Shepstone Bertram, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-Teachers on April 11, 2005 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for November 19, 2007. David Shepstone Bertram was not ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-The allegations against David Shepstone Bertram in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-dated April 7, 2005, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that David Shepstone Bertram is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-On November 19, 2007, the Committee made an order that there be no publication of any ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-information that may disclose the identity of the victims involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-Submission on Penalty (ASF – Exhibit 3). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-1. David Shepstone Bertram (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” to Exhibit 3 is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the York Region District ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-School Board (“the Board”) as a teacher at [**] School and later at [**] School. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-3. During the 2003-2004 academic year, [**] and [**] were female grade [**] ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-students at high schools of the Board. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-4. [**] and [**] had been students of the Member while they were in grades [**] and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-[**] at [**] School, during the approximate academic years of 1998-1999 and 1999-2000. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-After they commenced high school in the 2000-2001 academic year, both students joined ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-[**] in which the Member was involved. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-5. Between the approximate years of 1999 and 2004, the Member encouraged the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-development of relationships that offended appropriate and acceptable teacher/student ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-boundaries between himself and each of [**] and [**] which included his: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (a) using suggestive nicknames for them; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (b) inviting/allowing them to visit him at his residence; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (c) providing to both girls his e-mail address and home telephone number and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- encouraging them to communicate frequently with him for social ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- purposes; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (d) engaging in inappropriate telephone conversations including the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- discussion of personal matters; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (e) engaging in frequent, lengthy and/or inappropriate communications with ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- them by means of instant messaging on the Internet, as well as by e-mail; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (f) driving them to and from his home and their homes; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf: (g) engaging in sexually suggestive discussions; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (h) inviting them to meet with him outside of the school hours for dinner, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- movies, shopping and other social gatherings; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (i) breaching confidentiality by engaging in discussions with them regarding ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- matters involving other students and staff. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-[**] ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-6. Between approximately January 10, 2003 and November 30, 2003, the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-engaged [**] in a series of instant messaging discussions on the Internet using a program ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-known as ICQ. The ICQ log of the chats between the Member and [**] comprises ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-approximately 377 pages and evidence discussions about [**]’s dates, her boyfriend, and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-inappropriate remarks regarding television programs and areas of [**]’s personal life, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-including several references to the Member’s use of endearing and affectionate personal ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-comments about her. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-7. Had the hearing proceeded, [**] would have testified that in or about May 2003, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-the Member became angry with [**] because she did not take the advice he had given her ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-regarding her boyfriend of whom he disapproved. The Member told [**] that if her ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf:relationship with this boyfriend was purely for sexual purposes, that he, the Member, was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-available, cared about her, and would be better suited for her in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-8. [**] further would have testified that in or around the summer of 2003, the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-Member asked [**] “how far” she had gone with a boy, and some time in the fall of 2003, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf:the member engaged [**] in a discussion in which he implied that she was sexually ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-frustrated. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-[**] ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf:9. In or about December 2000, the Member made sexual comments and told sexual ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-jokes to [**] who was then approximately [**] years of age. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-10. During the summer of 2003, the Member engaged in various discussions with ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf:[**] about his own sexual experiences. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-11. Had the hearing proceeded, [**] would have testified that in or around January ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-2004, the Member engaged in inappropriate personal discussions with [**] which ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-included him telling [**] that she reminded him of a girlfriend who had been killed when ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-this girlfriend was [**]’s age. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-12. Between 2000 and 2003, the Member engaged in voluminous inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-electronic communications to [**] which included e-mail and messages via an instant ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-messaging system known as ICQ, sometimes on a daily basis. The tone and content of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf:these messages were often sexually suggestive. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-PHYSICAL TOUCHING ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-13. In addition to the inappropriate conduct referred to in paragraphs 5 – 12 above, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-the Member also engaged in inappropriate touching of [**] and [**]. Had the hearing ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-proceeded, [**] and [**] would have testified as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-[**] ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (a) that she sat on the Member’s lap and that he rubbed her back; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (b) that on one occasion at his house, the Member kissed her; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (c) on another occasion, the Member massaged her back. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-[**] ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (a) during a train trip [**], she was asleep on the Member’s shoulder and was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- awakened when the Member touched her breast area over her clothing; ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- (b) that on one occasion while she was helping to paint at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- house, the Member wiped paint off her bare legs. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-14. While the Member does not agree as to the exact time, date and circumstances of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-the touching incidents, the Member does not dispute that touching of the nature described ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf:was sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.l) of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-The Committee learned that after the two students graduated from public school, the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-Member continued to develop an inappropriate relationship with them that continued ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-over a four-year period. This conduct involved excessive and improper communication, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-unsuitable socializing in settings outside of the school environment, and touching of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-The Member has acknowledged that he engaged in frequent, lengthy and inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-communications with the students by means of telephone, instant messaging on the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-Internet as well as by e-mail. In one case the ICQ logs of the chats comprised of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-approximately 377 pages and included discussions regarding the student’s personal life. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf:Also, the Member adopted an affectionate and/or sexually suggestive vocabulary with the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-students that transcended acceptable teacher/student interaction. The frequency and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-nature of these exchanges indicate that the Member sought a sustained and intimate ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-relationship with the students. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-The Member’s communication with the students was particularly offensive as it evolved ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf:into sexual invitations and questions of a very personal nature, for example, whether the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf:students were engaging in sexual activities. In addition, the Member discussed his own ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf:sexual experiences. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-In addition to providing the students with his personal contact information, the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-invited them to visit him at his residence and occasionally provided transportation for ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-these visits. The Member also invited the students to meet him outside of school hours ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-for dinner, movies, shopping and other social gatherings. Such social interaction and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-invitations constitute inappropriate professional behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-The students allege that on a number of occasions the Member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-touching, such as rubbing/massaging their back, kissing, and touching a student’s breast. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-The Member does not dispute that touching of this nature occurred and agrees that such ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-touching constitutes professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-Given all of these facts, which the Member does not dispute, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-evidence supports a finding of professional misconduct. In his behaviour, the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf:abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf:emotionally and engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-Overall, the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession and failed in his ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-duties to comply with the Education Act. The Member engaged in conduct that would ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-engaged in conduct unbecoming a member. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-The Committee accepts the joint submission on penalty and makes the following order ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- full name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-The Member engaged in consistent inappropriate behaviour, with two different students, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-over a number of years. This was not an isolated incident but consisted of a series of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf:actions, often of a sexual nature, that included communications, social activities and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-touching. The Committee does not believe that suspension, reprimand and/or course ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-work would address the circumstances of this case. The Member’s behaviour was so ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-serious as to warrant revocation of his certificate. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-Students must be protected from members who engage in this type of misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-Revocation will ensure that the Member no longer has access to opportunities that place ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-him in a position of trust and authority within the community were he to remain a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-member of the profession. Parents and the general public need to be reassured that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-members who behave in such a manner will not be tolerated by the profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-Revocation of the Member’s certificate will ensure that the Member no longer finds ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-himself in a class setting and will advise the community that, since he has failed to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-maintain the standards of the profession in his overall conduct with students, he has lost ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf-the privilege of being a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated May 17, 2005, was served on Gerald Jacob Trutwin, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf-Teachers on June 7, 2005 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for December 6, 2007. Gerald Jacob Trutwin was in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf-attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf-The allegations against Gerald Jacob Trutwin in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf-May 17, 2005, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Gerald Jacob Trutwin is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and/or incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf: b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (16) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf: h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- i) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- the Member’s Certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf-1. Douglas Ian Brown, (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed as a teacher by [XXX] (the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf-“School”) which is located in Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-3. In or around November 2003, the Member commenced employment as an ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- occasional teacher with the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-4. During the months of February, March and April 2004, [XXX] was a female person ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- who was approximately [XXX] years of age. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-5. At all material times, the Member was in a position of trust and authority in relation ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-6. Between the approximate dates of February 2004 and April 2004, in the City of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf: [XXX] the Member acted inappropriately towards [XXX] by committing a sexual ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- assault or assaults on her. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-7. Between the approximate dates of February 2004 and April 2004, in the City of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- [XXX], the Member being in a position of trust and authority towards [XXX], a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf: young person, acted inappropriately towards [XXX] in that he did for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- purpose touch directly the body of [XXX], with a part of his body, specifically his ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- hands. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-8. On or about 23 April 2004, the Member was charged by the [XXX] Police Service ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- that he, in the City of [XXX]: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf: (a) did commit a sexual assault on [XXX] contrary to the section 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- (b) being in a position of trust or authority towards [XXX], a young person, did for ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf: a sexual purpose, touch directly the body of [XXX], a young person, with a part ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- of his body to wit: his hands, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-9. The charges referred to in paragraph 8 above have not yet been heard by the Court. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-As the Member was not present, nor represented by Counsel, the Committee proceeded ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-Counsel for the College entered into evidence the following additional documents: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- Registered Member Information (Exhibit 4) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-Kelvin Brown is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers as shown on the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-Registered Member Information. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- Brief of Court Documents – Her Majesty the Queen v. Kelvin Brown (Exhibit 5) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-A Brief of Court Documents with respect to the criminal proceedings against the Member ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-was submitted into evidence. This Brief consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-A. Certified copy of Information sworn April 23, 2004 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-B. Probation Order re Kelvin Brown dated November 30, 2005 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-C. Ontario Court of Justice - Transcript of Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- Madam Justice D. Hackett dated August 24, 2005 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-D. Ontario Court of Justice - Transcript of Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- Madam Justice D. Hackett dated November 30, 2005 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-E. Superior Court of Justice (Summary Conviction Appeal) (Toronto Region) – R v. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- Brown – Certified copy of Order of Mr. Justice Gans dated September 29, 2006 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- Summary Conviction Appeal, File No. 244/05 – Summary Conviction Appeals – ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-F. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- Endorsement Sheet: May 31, 2006 – October 2, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-These Court Documents verify that: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-1. On or about August 24, 2005 the Member was convicted of one count that he did ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf: commit a sexual assault on [XXX] contrary to the section 271 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-2. being in a position of trust or authority towards [XXX], a young person, did for a ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf: sexual purpose, touch directly the body of [XXX], a young person, with a part of his ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- body to wit: his hands, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-3. On or about November 30, 2005, a sentence of five months incarceration was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- imposed on the Member, with two years probation following incarceration. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-4. Although the Member started an appeal of the conviction and sentence it was ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- dismissed as abandoned. (Exhibit 5, Tab E). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-proof set out in Re Bernstein and College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf:On or about August 24th, 2005, the Member was convicted of sexual exploitation of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-[XXX], a [XXX] year old female, contrary to S.153(1) of the Criminal Code. At all ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-material times, the Member was in a position of trust and authority with respect to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-On or about the 30th day of November 2005, the Member was sentenced to five months ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-incarceration and was placed on probation for two years. He was ordered to [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-to [XXX]. He was also prohibited from being in areas where people under the age of 14 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-are likely to frequent, being involved in employment or engaging in volunteer work with ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-persons under the age of 14, for a period of ten years. The Member was also ordered to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf:attend and actively participate in a counselling program for sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-The Member appealed the conviction and sentence, but his appeal was dismissed by order ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-of The Honourable Mr. Justice Gans on September 29th, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-In absence of evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts as proof, the findings of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-fact by The Honourable Madam Justice, D. Hackett, resulting in the criminal conviction ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf:The Member committed two acts of sexual interference which Justice Hackett described ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf:as “acts of grooming” and as “intentional planned acts to try to prepare [XXX] to be ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-caught in his web of criminal self-gratification.” (Exhibit 5, Tab D, Sentence ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-Proceedings, Page 4). The judge also noted that “there is no mitigating factor of insight ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-or acknowledgement of responsibility”. (Exhibit 5, Tab D, Sentence Proceedings, Page ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-8). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-The Committee notes that the Member took advantage of his position of trust and the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-vulnerability of [XXX] and has not acknowledged his wrongdoing. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s conviction of sexual exploitation as outlined ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-herein constitutes acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- 2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- name of the Member and without any facts which would identify the victim, ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- including the name of the Member’s school board or municipality in the official ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf:The Member was convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor. He was ordered to [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- 2007 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-and to [XXX]. As well, the Member is prohibited from being involved in employment or ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-engaging in volunteer work with persons under the age of 14 for a period of ten years. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-The ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-Member has breached the trust of the public and the profession. Under these ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-circumstances, the Committee was compelled to revoke the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-registration. The Committee ordered publication with the Member’s name in order to ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-protect the public and to inform the public of the terms and conditions of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-conviction. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-Publication with the name of the Member also meets the objective of general deterrence ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-to members of the profession as well as the objective of specific deterrence to the ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf-Dated: March 19, 2007 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- Lynne Mastin ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- Dean Favero ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2007onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated November 10, 2006 was served on Sean P. Connors, requesting his ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the College on December 7, 2006 to set a date for ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf-a hearing. The hearing date was set for October 21, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf-The Member did not attend this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf-The allegations against Sean P. Connors (the “Member”) set out in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf-dated November 10, 2006, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf-subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that he: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- (a) failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to subsection 1(5) of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf: (b) engaged in physical, sexual, verbal, psychological or emotional abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- or students, contrary to subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- (c) failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, R.S.O., 1990, Chapter E.2, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- more particularly paragraph 264(1)(c) of this Act or the regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- these Acts, contrary to subsections 1(14) and (15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- (d) committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- (e) engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-4. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 1971 and 1 September 1971, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-Member committed an act of gross indecency with Victim No. 1, a female person. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-5. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 1971 and 1 December 1976, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-Member indecently assaulted Victim No. 1, a female person. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-6. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 1971 and 1 December 1976, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-Member indecently assaulted Victim No. 1, a female person. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-7. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 1975 and 1 December 1976, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf:Member attempted to have sexual intercourse with Victim No. 1, a female person who ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-was not his wife. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-8. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 1970 and 31 December 1971, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-Member indecently assaulted Victim No. 1, a female person. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-9. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 1973 and 31 December 1973, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-Member committed an act of gross indecency with Victim No. 2. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-10. Between the approximate dates of 5 August 2003 and 6 August 2003, the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf:sexually assaulted Victim No. 3. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-11. Victims No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 were persons in relation to whom the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-held a position of trust. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-12. On or about 30 September 2004 [] Province of New Brunswick, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-convicted of the following offences, to which he had pleaded guilty: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (a) that he between 1 January 1970 and 31 December 1970 at [] Province of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- New Brunswick, did commit an act of gross indecency with Victim No. 1 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (b) between 1 January 1971 and 1 September 1971 at [] Province of New ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- Brunswick did commit an act of gross indecency with Victim No. 1 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- contrary to Section 157 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (c) between 1 January 1971 and 1 December 1976 at [] Province of New ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- Brunswick did indecently assault Victim No. 1, a female person, contrary ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- to Section 149 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (d) between 1 January 1971 and 1 December 1976 at [] Province of New ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- Brunswick, did indecently assault Victim No. 1, a female person, contrary ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- to Section 149 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (e) between 1 January 1975 and 1 December 1976 at [] Province of New ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf: Brunswick, did attempt to have sexual intercourse with Victim No. 1, a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- female person who was not his wife, contrary to Section 145 of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (f) between 1 January 1970 and 31 December 1971 at [] Province of Nova ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- Scotia, did indecently assault Victim No. 1; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (g) between 1 January 1973 and 31 December 1973 at [] Province of New ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- Brunswick, did commit an act of gross indecency with Victim No. 2 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- contrary to Section 149(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (h) between 5 August 2003 and 6 August 2003 at [] Province of New ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf: Brunswick, did commit a sexual assault on Victim No. 3, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- Section 271(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-13. On or about 30 September 2004 the following sentences were imposed on the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-Member in respect of each of the convictions referred to in paragraph 12; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (a) jail for three months consecutive; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (b) jail for three months consecutive; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (c) jail for three months consecutive; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (d) jail for three months concurrent; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (e) jail for one year consecutive; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (f) jail for three months consecutive; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (g) jail for three months consecutive; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- (h) jail for one month consecutive. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-14. The Member has not appealed either the conviction or sentence imposed on him. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-An oral plea inquiry was conducted and the Member entered a plea of no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-An Order was made by the Provincial Court of the Province of New Brunswick that any ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-information that could identify the complainants or witnesses shall not be published in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. The Committee honours this ban ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-and orders that there be no publication of any information that may disclose the identity ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-of the victims involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-Counsel for the College entered into evidence a Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-with respect to the criminal proceedings against the Member as alleged in paragraphs 12 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-through 13 above, was submitted into evidence. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-The evidence presented in these Court Documents confirms that on or about September ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-30, 2004, the Member pleaded guilty to, and was found guilty of 8 charges in total. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-Seven of these convictions were for conduct during the years 1970 to 1976, being 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-charges of gross indecency, 3 charges of indecent assault, and 1 charge of attempt to have ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf:sexual intercourse with respect to two victims. A further charge of sexual assault against ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-1 victim occurred in August 2003. The Member was sentenced to be incarcerated for a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-total sentence of two years and 4 months. There was also a [XXX] issued against the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar; of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- 2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- name of the Member in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-The Member was convicted and pleaded guilty to gross indecency, indecent assault and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf:sexual assault and attempt to have sexual intercourse with minors. He was incarcerated ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-and ordered to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-Sexual assault of a child is among the most reprehensible and egregious acts that any ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf:member of society can commit. When a sexual assault involves minors and the person ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-committing the assault is a member of the teaching profession, a profession that is ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-entrusted with the care and protection of children, revocation is the only appropriate ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-The serious nature of the criminal convictions against the Member require that his ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration be revoked to ensure that he does not have ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-1. Kristian Kyle Coulombe (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed as a high school teacher by the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Grand Erie District School Board (the “Board”) and was assigned to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-3. During the 2002-2003 academic year, A was a [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-4. Between the months of January and February 2003, the Member engaged in acts ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-of inappropriate conduct towards A which included: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf: (a) sexual assault; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf: (b) invitation to sexual touching; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf: (c) sexual interference. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:5. On or about 21 March 2005, the Member was charged with four counts of sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:assault and four counts of sexual exploitation in respect of A, contrary to the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-6. On or about 6 April 2006, and subsequently, further charges were laid against the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:Member including several additional counts of sexual assault, sexual exploitation and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:sexual interference in respect of approximately seven other female students of the Board, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-7. On or about 21 December 2006, the Member was found guilty in the Superior ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:Court of Justice of five counts each of sexual assault and sexual exploitation. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Member is to be sentenced on 7 February 2007. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-8. As a result of the criminal charges laid against the Member, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-suspended with pay by the Board. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-B. Transcript of Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable Mr. Justice J.R. Turnbull ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- on December 21, 2006 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-C. Transcript of Reasons for Sentence before the Honourable Mr. Justice J.R. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- Turnbull on February 21, 2007 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-D. Certified copy of Order [XXX] dated February 21, 2007 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-E. Certified copy of Order [XXX] dated February 21, 2007 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-F. Certified copy of Prohibition Order Imposed at Sentencing dated February 7, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 2007 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-G. Endorsement of Court of Appeal for Ontario dated April 25, 2008 with Warning ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- regarding Order restricting publication ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-H. Certified copy of Order of Mr. Justice James Turnbull dated June 2, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:The Member was charged with five counts of sexual assault against five different ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-complainants, contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). He was also ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:charged with respect to the same complainants, with five counts of sexually touching a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:young person for a sexual purpose, while in a position of trust or authority or power, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-contrary to Section 153 (a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). After a trial, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:convicted on December 21, 2006 of five counts each of sexual assault and sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-On February 21, 2007, the Member was sentenced to four years imprisonment in a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-federal penitentiary. He was ordered to [XXX] and to [XXX]. (Exhibit 4, Tab E) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-The Member appealed both the convictions and sentence and this appeal was heard on ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-April 21, 2008 and denied by the Court of Appeal on April 25, 2008. (Exhibit 4, Tab G) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-proof set out in Re Bernstein and College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-15 O.R. (2d) 477. The standard of proof applied by the Committee, in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-the Bernstein decision, was a balance of probabilities with the qualification that the proof ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-must be “clear and convincing” and based upon “cogent evidence” accepted by the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Committee. The Committee also recognized that the more serious the allegation to be ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-proved, the more cogent must be the evidence. The Committee considered the allegations ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-in this case to be very serious and assessed the evidence on that basis. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Kristian Kyle Coulombe ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Rules 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-granted. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-In absence of evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts the specific findings of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-fact contained in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) that on or about December 21, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:2006 the Member was found guilty of five counts of sexual assault against five different ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-complainants, contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada) and found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:five counts of sexually touching a young person for a sexual purpose, while in a position ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-of trust or authority or power, contrary to Section 153 (a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s convictions for sexual assault and sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-touching as outlined herein constitutes acts of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14) and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:1(15) and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-The Member’s criminal convictions demonstrate that his actions contravened laws. These ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-contraventions are relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Registration and have caused a student to be put at risk, pursuant to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(16) and 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-The Member’s conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional and unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-member contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, 1(18) and 1 (19). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar; of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- name of the Member in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-The assaults cover a four year period from 1999 to 2003, when the complainants were ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-young, teenage girls between [XXX] years of age. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-The Member was certified as a teacher in June 1998. (Exhibit 3). The Member was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-hired as replacement teacher in an elementary school in the second semester of the 1998- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-1999 school year. (Exhibit 4, Tab B, page 53). During that semester the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:engaged in sexual conversations and sexual assault of his [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-The Member’s predatory behaviour continued throughout his career. There was a pattern ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:of grooming the victims which resulted in a breach of trust to the victims, their parents, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-the employer, and the Member’s profession and to the community. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:There was sexual intimacy between the Member and the victims while they were students ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-and he was a teacher in their elementary or high school. The Member used the school as ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-a recruiting ground to lure students who were young, trusting and emotionally susceptible ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:into increasingly intense forms of sexual activity for his own gratification. The activities ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:involved one or more students at a time. They consisted of oral sex performed on the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:Member by the victims, sexual intercourse, and attempted anal sex. These acts occurred ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-in the school, in the classroom, in cars and in the Member’s home. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-There was a significant element of predatory behaviour in the conduct of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-He wore the mask of trust and authority to gain the confidence of these young victims. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Without the mask, he would not have been a position to commit these offences. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-As a result of the criminal proceedings, the Member was incarcerated, ordered to [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-to [XXX], and to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-The entrustment of children to teachers is a sacred trust. Teachers must not breach that ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-trust. The fact that the Member used his position of trust in order to create a long term ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:pattern of abuse, control and sexual exploitation of his students requires that he receive ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-the maximum penalty, revocation of his certificate of qualification and registration. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Member has brought the profession into disrepute and has lost the trust of the public. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession provides both a specific ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to the profession while advising and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-serving the public interest. It also reassures the public that the College will not tolerate ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-such behaviour and will ensure that this type of misconduct is dealt with appropriately. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-In conclusion, the Committee is confident that the penalty serves the interests of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf:public and the profession. It allows the profession to send the message that no sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-contact with a student in any form or in any setting is acceptable and will result in harsh ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-penalty in all instances. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf-Dated: August 20, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- Rosemary Fontaine ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- Jacques Tremblay ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- John Tucker ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 10, 2008, was served on Mary E. Michelle Dayfoot, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf-requesting her attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf-Teachers on January 21, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for May 21, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf-The Member was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf-The allegations against Mary E. Michelle Dayfoot in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf-dated January 10, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Mary E. Michelle Dayfoot is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf-defined in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf: b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- d) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-believed to have been a female person under the age of fourteen years, and during that ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-communication he: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- (a) masturbated himself and permitted that act to be viewed via a web camera ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- by “Sarah”; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf: (b) informed “Sarah” that he would like to have sexual relations with her and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf: to engage her in other forms of sexual touching with him; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- (c) asked “Sarah” to meet him in Toronto and suggested that they meet at a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- motel; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- (d) purchased female underwear and informed “Sarah” that he intended to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- give it to her and have her try it on for him; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- (e) asked “Sarah” to send photographs of herself to him; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- (f) arranged to have telephone conversations with “Sarah”. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-3. On or about 27 January 2005, at the Township of Leeds and Thousand Islands, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-Member had in his possession a firearm, specifically a Mossberg 410 bolt action shotgun, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-without being the holder of a licence for possession of that firearm. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-4. On or about 28 January 2005, the Member was arrested by the Ontario Provincial ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-Police in relation to the activities referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 above, and following ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-his arrest attempted to escape lawful custody. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-5. On or about 28 January 2005, at the Township of Leeds and Thousand Islands, an ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-Information was laid against the Member, by the Ontario Provincial Police, containing ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-the following charges: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- (a) On or about 28 January 2005 at the Township of Leeds and Thousand ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- Islands did escape from lawful custody at 40 Sumac Lane, Seeley’s Bay, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- with a person who he believed was under the age of fourteen years, for ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- the purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- section 172.1(c) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- (e) that between 5 October 2004 and 27 January 2005, at the Township of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf: Leeds and Thousand Islands, he did for a sexual purpose invite “Sarah” a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- person under the age of fourteen years to touch indirectly with a part of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- his body to wit: his penis, the body of David Ditchfield contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- section 152 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- (f) that between 5 October 2004 and 27 January 2005, at the Township of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf: Leeds and Thousand Islands, he did for a sexual purpose touch “Sarah” a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- person under the age of fourteen years indirectly with a part of his body, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- to wit: his penis contrary to section 151(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- (g) that between 5 October 2004 and 27 January 2005, at the Township of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- Leeds and Thousand Islands, he wilfully did an indecent act, to wit: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- masturbate, at 40 Sumac Lane, Seeley’s Bay, with intent thereby to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- offend “Sarah” contrary to section 173(1)(b) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- (h) that on or about 27 January 2005, at the Township of Leeds and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- Thousand Islands, he did possess a firearm, to wit: a Mossberg 410 bolt ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- action shotgun, without being the holder of a licence under which he may ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- possess it, contrary to section 91(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-7. The said charges against the Member are still before the courts. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-As the Member was not present, nor represented by Counsel, the Committee proceeded ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf:can be sexually exploited and abused. The offence requires a denunciation and a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-deterrent. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession provides both a specific ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to the profession while advising and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-serving the public interest. It also reassures the public that the College will not tolerate ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-such behaviour and will ensure that this type of misconduct is dealt with appropriately. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-In conclusion, the Committee is confident that the penalty serves the interests of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-public and the profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf-Dated: August 19, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- Rosemary Fontaine ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- Jacques Tremblay ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- John Tucker ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated August 19, 2008, was served on Tom Goguen, requesting his ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-September 17, 2008, to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-was subsequently set for November 27, 2008. Tom Goguen was not in attendance at the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-The Notice of Hearing sets out the following allegations: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Tom Goguen is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-Submission on Penalty (ASF – Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-1. Tom Goguen (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the Upper Grand District ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] (“the School”) in [XXX]. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-Member was a [XXX] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-3. During the 2006-2007 academic year a grade [XXX] female student (“the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-Student”) was a student at the School and was a member of the School’s [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-4. During the 2006-2007 academic year the Member commenced and conducted a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-personal relationship with the Student, which included his: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- (a) engaging in inappropriate telephone, electronic and written ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- communications, which included the use of cellular phones and text ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- messaging, with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf: (b) engaging in a sexual relationship with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-5. The electronic and written communications referred to in paragraph 4(a) above ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:included sexually explicit text messages as well as greeting cards containing sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-innuendo. Attached and marked as Exhibit “B” is a transcript of some of the text ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-messages sent from the Member to the Student in June 2007. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-6. Attached and marked as Exhibit “C” are copies of two greeting cards sent by the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-Member to the Student. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:7. The sexual relationship referred to in paragraph 4(b) above included the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:engaging in sexual intercourse with the Student at his home. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-8. On or about 9 August 2007, the Member admitted to the principal of the school ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:and a representative of the Board that he did have a sexual relationship with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-9. The Member resigned from the Board on or about 14 August 2007. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-10. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 above. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-11. The Member hereby acknowledges that the facts referred to in paragraph 4 above ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-constitute professional misconduct and pleads no contest to these allegations of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-professional misconduct against him, being more particularly a breach of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-Regulation 437/97 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (18) and (19). The Member also pleads no contest ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:to the allegation that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-12. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Tom Goguen committed ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19) and that he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1.) of the Act as set out in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-of the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest, and Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-(ASF - Exhibit 2). He acknowledges that the admitted facts referred to in paragraph 4 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-constitute professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-professional misconduct against him, specifically breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) and that he engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Agreed Statement of Facts, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-Plea of No Contest, and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-The Committee determined that the Member’s conduct constituted professional ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-misconduct. The Member acted in an unprofessional manner by engaging in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-inappropriate telephone, electronic and written communications including cellular ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:phones and text messaging with the student. The text messages were sexually explicit. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:Greeting cards were sent to the student by the Member which contained sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:innuendo. The Member engaged in a sexual relationship with the student, including ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:sexual intercourse with the student at his home. This conduct clearly breaches Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) and is sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-Submissions on Publication ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-After reviewing the Agreed Statement of Facts, College Counsel submitted that there ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-should be publication with the name of the Member. Publication with the name provides ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-the transparency and openness demanded by the public. Publication in these types of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-situations is necessary in order to provide the appropriate deterrence and to protect the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-public. Counsel indicated that because there were no criminal proceedings against the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-Member in this matter, the Member does not face having his name placed on a Sex ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-Offender Registry or having to provide a DNA sample. Because of these facts, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-publication of the name of the Member is necessary to ensure that the public is protected ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-and made aware of the serious nature of Member’s misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-The Committee received and considered a letter from the Member (Exhibit 4) dated ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-November 26, 2008 in which the Member requested his name not be published to reduce ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-the embarrassment to the student involved, her family as well as his family and himself. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-The Member was concerned with publication of his name because he lives in a small ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-community and continues to have acquaintances who are teachers whose sons and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-daughters are friends with his daughter. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- name of the Member in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-The Committee finds the Member initiated an inappropriate and unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-relationship with the student while she was under his care and supervision. The Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-engaged in inappropriate telephone, electronic and written communications with the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:student. These communications were sexually explicit and contained sexual innuendo. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:The Member engaged in a sexual relationship with the student, including sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-intercourse with the student at his home. These acts by the Member, with the student, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-represent the most egregious breach of trust between a Member and a student under their ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-care. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct is reprehensible and unbecoming a member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-of the profession. The Member abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf:a teacher for his own sexual gratification, without regard to the well being of the student. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-The conduct of the Member was unacceptable and in conflict with the duty of a teacher to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf-protect, not abuse students. The Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 12, 2008, was served on Andrew William Graham, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf-Teachers on April 1, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for October 7, 2008. Andrew William Graham was not in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf-attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf-The allegations against Andrew William Graham in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf-dated March 12, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Andrew William Graham is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf-/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated October 8, 2008, was served on Sherwood John Hinze, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-Teachers on November 13, 2008, to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for November 27, 2008. Sherwood John Hinze was not ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-The Notice of Hearing sets out the following allegations: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Sherwood John Hinze is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-in that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf: (d) engaging with the Student in inappropriate physical contact of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- nature; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- (e) permitting the Student to visit him at his home on evenings and weekends ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- when she on occasion stayed with him overnight. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-6. The Member resigned from the Board on or about January 25, 2008 and the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-Member has continued his relationship with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-7. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6 above. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-8. The Member hereby acknowledges that the facts referred to in paragraph 5 above ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-constitute professional misconduct and pleads no contest to these allegations of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-Regulation 437/97 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (18) and (19). The Member also pleads no contest ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf:to the allegation that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-9. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- evidence as set out in paragraphs 1 to 6 above, including the referenced ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- exhibits, being presented to the Discipline Committee at the hearing of this ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- matter; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- (b) directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- Committee in summary form in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. The parties have not ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- agreed upon whether the Member’s full name will be published in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession and submissions will be ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- made to the Committee on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-13. By this document, the Member acknowledges his understanding that any ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-agreement between the College and the Member with respect to the penalty proposed in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-this document does not bind the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the plea of no contest, the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty, and the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-submissions made by counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Sherwood John Hinze ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19) and that he engaged ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf:in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1.) of the Act as set ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-of the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest, and Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-(ASF - Exhibit 2). He acknowledges that the admitted facts referred to in paragraph 5 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-constitute professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-professional misconduct against him, specifically breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf:subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) and that he engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Agreed Statement of Facts, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-Plea of No Contest, and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-The Committee determined that the Member’s conduct constitutes professional ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-misconduct. The Member initiated and conducted a personal relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-student which is ongoing to date. The Member engaged in inappropriate telephone and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-electronic communications with the student, engaged in inappropriate physical contact of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf:a sexual nature and permitted the student to visit him at his home on evenings and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-weekends when she, on occasion, stayed with him overnight. This conduct breaches ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) and is ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf:sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-Submissions on Publication ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-After reviewing the Agreed Statement of Facts, College Counsel submitted that there ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-should be publication with the name of the Member. Publication with the name provides ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-the transparency and openness demanded by the public. Publication is necessary in order ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-to provide the appropriate deterrence and to protect the public. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf:to a restaurant for a meal. The Member, by his actions, groomed the student for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-relationship; he continues this inappropriate relationship and behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct is reprehensible and unbecoming a member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-of the profession. The Member abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf:a teacher for his own sexual gratification, without regard to the well being of the student. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-The conduct of the Member was unacceptable and in conflict with the duty of a teacher to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-protect, not abuse students. The Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-certificate and being a member of the teaching profession. Revocation is the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-penalty for misconduct of this severity. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-The Committee orders publication of the finding and order with the name of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-The Committee considered the Member’s request to withhold publication until the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-Student graduates from high school. Given the current status of their relationship, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-Committee felt there was no compelling reason to postpone publication. Publication will ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-provide a general deterrent to the membership and ensure that the public is informed and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-protected. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and serves ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-to protect the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf-Date: November 27, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- Brent Hamelin ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 20, 2006, was served on Paul Gary Bedard, requesting his ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on March 6, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-2006 to set a date for a hearing and specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-begin on July 8, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-Paul Gary Bedard was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-The allegations against Paul Gary Bedard in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated January 20, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-2006 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Paul Gary Bedard is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-The Committee recognizes and extends the publication ban imposed by the Superior Court of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-Justice of Ontario and the Criminal Court of Appeal of Ontario pursuant to Sections 486.5 and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-486.6 of the Criminal Code. There shall be no publication of any information that would identify ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-the student or students involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-On July 8, 2008, Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-reached on the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-Submission on Penalty (ASF – Exhibit 3) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-1. Paul Gary Bedard (the “Member”) was a member in good standing of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-of Teachers up until October 6, 2004 when he resigned his membership. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-2. During the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 academic years, the Member was employed by the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-Sudbury Catholic District School Board as a teacher at [XXX] (the “School”). At the same time, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-a female student (“the Student”) was in [XXX] respectively at the School. The Member was the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-[XXX] teacher [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-3. On or about July 14, 2006, the Member was found guilty by the Honourable Mr. Justice ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-Poupore of the Superior Court of Justice at Sudbury of the following charges, which were ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-contained in an Indictment issued in the Superior Court of Justice on July 15, 2005: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (a) that he on or between May 1, 2001 and June 30, 2001 at the City of Greater ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf: Sudbury did commit a sexual assault on the Student contrary to Section 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (b) that he on or between May 1, 2001 and June 30, 2001 at the City of Greater ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Sudbury, being in a position of trust or authority towards the Student, a young ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf: person, did for a sexual purpose touch directly the body of the student with a part ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- of his body, to wit: hand, contrary to Section 151 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (c) that he on or between June 1, 2001 and June 30, 2001 at the City of Greater ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf: Sudbury did commit a sexual assault on the Student contrary to Section 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (d) that he on or between June 1, 2001 and June 30, 2001 at the City of Greater ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Sudbury, being in a position of trust or authority towards the Student, a young ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf: person, did for a sexual purpose touch directly the body of the student with a part ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- of his body to wit: tongue, contrary to Section 151 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (e) that he on or between September 1, 2001 and November 9, 2001 at the City of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Greater Sudbury did commit an assault on the Student contrary to Section 266 of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-11. Attached and marked as Exhibit “G” is a certified copy of an Order to [XXX], dated ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-December 5, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-12. Attached and marked as Exhibit “H” is a certified copy of the Prohibition Order ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-Imposed at Sentencing, dated December 5, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-13. Attached and marked as Exhibit “I” is a copy of the Endorsement of the Court of Appeal ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-for Ontario which respect to the Appeal of Paul Bedard as well as a Warning re an Order ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-Restricting Publication of any information that could identify the victim or witness in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-14. By this document, the Member does not contest the truth of the facts and exhibits referred ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-to in paragraphs 1 to 13 above (the “admitted facts”). The Member hereby acknowledges that the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-admitted facts referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 above constitute conduct which is unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him being more ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-particularly that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Ontario 1990, chapter E.2 and specifically Section 264(1)(c) or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all of the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of the student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-15. By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (b) he understands that by pleading no contest to the particulars set out herein, he is ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- waiving his right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- to have a hearing into those allegations; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (c) he voluntarily decided to plead no contest; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (d) he states that this plea of no contest was made voluntarily, unequivocally and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-19. By this document, the Member acknowledges his understanding that any agreement ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-between the College and the Member with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-not bind the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-DECISION AS TO FINDING ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the plea of no contest, the Agreed Statement of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-Facts, Plea of No Contest and Submissions on Penalty, and the submissions made by counsel for ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that Paul Gary Bedard committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, Chapter 12, and amendments thereto. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-REASONS FOR FINDING ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-On or about July 14, 2006, the Member was convicted in the Ontario Court of Justice of two ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf:counts of sexual assault, two counts of sexual exploitation and one count of common assault ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-between the dates of May and November 2001. (Exhibit 3, Tab C, page 3). The victim in these ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-assaults was a student [XXX] at the time of the offences. The Member appealed the conviction ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-and sentence which was imposed on him and the appeal was dismissed on December 12, 2007. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-(Exhibit 3, Tab I) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct by reason of these ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-criminal convictions. The Member does not contest the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-in paragraphs 1 to 13 of the Agreed Statement of Facts. (Exhibit 3) Further, the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-acknowledges that the admitted facts referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Agreed Statement ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-of Facts constitute conduct which is unprofessional and pleaded no contest to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf:professional misconduct and no contest to the allegations that he engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-student or students. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty and makes the following order as to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-penalty: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke immediately the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the Member is ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- to surrender immediately to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings and order ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the Member’s full name, in the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-On or about December 5, 2006, Mr. Justice Poupore sentenced the Member to incarceration for a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-total period of nine months. Orders were also issued by the court: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (a) for the Member to [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (b) [XXX]; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- (c) prohibiting the Member, pursuant to Section 109 of the Criminal Code of Canada ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- from possessing any firearm, cross bow, restricted weapon, ammunition and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- explosive substance for a period of ten (10) years. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf:The Member has brought the profession into disrepute by his sexual abuse of a student and has ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-lost the trust of the public. Mr. Justice Poupore found that the Member had a history of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-befriending young female students of his and developing with them more than teacher student ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-relationships. (Exhibit 3, Tab D, page 2). The Member committed a serious breach of trust when ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf:he sexually assaulted one of his students. This conduct must be denounced and others must be ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-deterred by the penalty he receives. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-The Member, by grooming young women under his supervision who were vulnerable and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-susceptible to him, abused the power and trust vested in him as a teacher. The manner in which ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-the Member groomed this vulnerable student over a period of time and then violated her trust ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf:adds to the aggravation. He caused emotional, psychological, and sexual harm to a student for his ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-own gratification. Given the facts, the appropriate penalty is to revoke the Member’s certificate ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-The Committee orders publication of the finding and order with the name of the Member for the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf-following reasons: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf: 1. The Member has been convicted of sexual assault, sexual exploitation and common ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- assault against a student. These are some of the most egregious crimes in our society. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- The public must be informed that a member of the teaching profession who engages ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- in this type of activity will suffer the most serious of consequences. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 2. The Member is [XXX]. It is essential that the public be made aware of these ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- conditions placed upon him. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 3. Publication acts as a specific deterrent to the Member and as a general deterrent to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 4, 2007 was served on John Alexander Inglis, requesting ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-August 13, 2007 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-subsequently set for January 30, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-John Alexander Inglis was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-The allegations against John Alexander Inglis in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-July 4, 2007, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that John Alexander Inglis is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-as defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-(d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-(e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-(f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-(g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf:(h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- and 40 (1.1) of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-(i) he contravened Section 264.1(c) of the Education Act; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-(j) he contravened Sections 156, 157 and 246.1(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-At the hearing on January 30, 2008, Counsel for the College sought to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-allegation in (j) above, that the member contravened Sections 156, 157 and 246.1(1) of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-the Criminal Code (Canada). The Committee agreed to this withdrawal. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Submissions on Penalty (ASF - Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Submissions on Penalty provides ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-1. John Alexander Inglis (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. The Member has ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-submitted a letter of resignation to the College. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-2. Between the approximate years of 1978 and 1985, the Member was a teacher and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-guidance counsellor [XXX] (the “School”) which is a private school in Toronto. For a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-period of time after 1985, the Member engaged in private tutoring of students. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Member left the teaching profession altogether, including private tutoring, by 1988. At ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-all material times, the Member held an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-3. Between the approximate years of 1982 and 1985, Student #1, Student #2 and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Student #3, who were then between 14 and 17 years of age, were students at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-School. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-4. On or about 27 October 2004, charges were laid against the Member in the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Ontario Court of Justice with respect to Students #1, #2, and #3, amongst others. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-5. On or about 25 April 2006, the Member pleaded guilty before Mr. Justice C. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Vaillancourt of the Ontario Court of Justice to the following charges with respect to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-students #1, #2, and #3: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-(a) that he some time between and including 1 August 1986 and 31 July 1987 in the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto did commit a gross indecency on student #1 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-(b) that he some time between and including 1 June 1982 and 15 September 1982, in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- the Municipality of Hastings Highlands, did indecently assault Student #2, a male ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- person, contrary to Section 156 of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-(c) that he between and including 31 August 1983 and 31 December 1987, in the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf: Municipality of Hastings Highlands, did commit a sexual assault on Student #3, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- contrary to Section 246.1(1) the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-above and the Reasons for Sentencing given by Mr. Justice Vaillancourt as referred to in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-paragraph 6 above. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-10. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-to in paragraphs 1 to 9 above (the “admitted facts”). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-11. The Member hereby acknowledges that the admitted facts and exhibits referred to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-in paragraphs 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, above, constitute conduct which is unprofessional and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him being more ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Member pleads no contest to the allegations that he ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, Chapter 12, and amendments ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-thereto. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-12. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- (b) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- the right to require the College to prove the case against him, and the right ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- (c) he voluntarily decided to plead no contest; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- (d) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this agreement ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally and with the benefit of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession and submissions will be ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- made to the Committee on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-16. By this document, the Member acknowledges his understanding that any ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-agreement between the College and the Member with respect to the penalty proposed in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-this document does not bind the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-FURTHER SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-At the hearing of this matter on January 30, 2008, the parties agreed that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-full name should be published in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-DECISION AS TO FINDING ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the plea of no contest, the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Submissions on Penalty, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-made by counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-that John Alexander Inglis committed acts of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf:sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, Chapter 12, and amendments thereto. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-REASONS FOR FINDING ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-The Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted in the Ontario Court of Justice of one ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf:count of gross indecency, two counts of indecent assault and one count of sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-between the dates of January 1976 and December 31, 1987. (Exhibit 2, Tab G). The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf:victims in three of these convictions for gross indecency, indecent assault and sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-assault, were students of the Member at the time of the assaults. The Member has not ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-appealed either the conviction or the sentence which was imposed on him. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member was guilty of professional misconduct by reason ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-of these criminal convictions. The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts. (Exhibit 2) Further, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Member acknowledged that the admitted facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 5, 6, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-7, 8 and 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts constitute conduct which is unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-and pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct and no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf:allegations that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke immediately ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the Member’s full ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-On April 25, 2006, Mr. Justice Vaillancourt sentenced the Member to a conditional ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-sentence of two years less one day to be followed by two years of probation. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-following conditions were among those imposed: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-(a) not to have any communication with any of the nine complainants or their family ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- members except through counsel; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-(b) to abstain from alcohol; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-(c) not to be in the presence of anyone under the age of eighteen years except in the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- presence of an adult. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Mr. Justice Vaillancourt further ordered the Member to [XXX] and to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-The Member, by his abuse of students, has brought the profession into disrepute and has ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-lost the trust of the public. The Member, by his actions, abused the power and trust ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf:vested in him in his role as a teacher. He caused emotional, psychological, and sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-harm to his students for his own gratification. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-A member who pleads guilty to and is convicted of gross indecency, indecent assault ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf:and sexual assault, who is subject to conditions which do not allow him to be in the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-company of children and is [XXX] should not be permitted to teach in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Under Section 30(5) (3) of the Act, the Committee may order publication of the finding ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-and the order of the Committee with or without the name of the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Committee orders publication of the finding and order with the name of the Member for ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-the following reasons: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 1. The Member has pleaded guilty in criminal proceedings to gross indecency, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf: indecent assault and sexual assault on three former students. This is one of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- the most serious crimes in our society. The public must be informed that a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- member of the teaching profession who engages in this type of activity will ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- suffer the most serious of consequences. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 2. The Committee notes that throughout the criminal proceedings no publication ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ban was ordered. In the context of the criminal proceedings, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- name and offence are in the public domain. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 3. The Member is [XXX] and is prohibited from being in the company of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- children under the age of 18 years. It is essential that the public be made ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- aware of these conditions placed upon the Member. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 4. Publication acts as a specific deterrent to the Member and as a general ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- deterrent to members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Further, there was no opposition by Counsel for the Member to publication of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-For all of the above reasons, the Committee determined that revocation of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration, and publication of the findings and order of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-the Committee, with the name of the Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf-profession was appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated April 10, 2008, was served on Andrew Charles Jackson, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Teachers on April 29, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for May 5, 2008. Andrew Charles Jackson was not in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-The allegations against Andrew Charles Jackson in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-dated April 10, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Andrew Charles Jackson is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-defined in defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Penalty (ASF – Exhibit 2) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-1. Andrew Charles Jackson (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed as a high school teacher by the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Upper Canada District School Board and was assigned to teach at [**] School (the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-“School”). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-3. Student No. 1 is a female student who attended the School commencing in the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-2001-2002 academic year when she was in grade [**]. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-4. The Member [**] during the 2003-2004 academic year during which she [**]. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-5. During the 2004 -2005 academic year, Student No. 1 again [**] on a number of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-occasions. On occasion, Student No. 1 also [**] to chat with him. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-6. In or about May 2005 and continuing thereafter, the Member commenced an ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-inappropriate and unprofessional relationship with Student No. 1. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-7. Student No. 1 [**] on three occasions during which the Member and herself ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf:engaged in inappropriate sexual activity which, on the last occasion, included sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-8. During the 2003-2004 academic year, Student No. 2 was a grade [**] student of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-the School. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-9. In November 2001, Student No. 2 [**] after [**] at which she [**]. The Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-engaged in inappropriate physical contact with Student No. 2 including kissing her. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-10. By this document, the Member pleads no contest to the facts and exhibits referred ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-to in paragraphs 1 to 9 above. The Member hereby acknowledges that the facts referred to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-in paragraphs 6, 7 and 9 constitute conduct which is unprofessional and pleads no contest ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (18) and (19). The Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf:also pleads no contest to engaging in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-11. By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- (b) he understands that by pleading no contest to the particulars set out herein, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- he is waiving his right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- and the right to have a hearing into those allegations; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- (c) he voluntarily decided to plead no contest; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- (d) he states that this plea of no contest was made voluntarily, unequivocally ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-12. The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the Rules of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-1990, c. E. 23, for the purpose of this proceeding under the College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-1996, chapter 12, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any other civil, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-criminal, or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-13. In light of the Member’s plea of no contest to the facts and circumstances, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-14. The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter would be ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-that the Discipline Committee: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- (a) direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- which Certificate the Member agrees to immediately surrender to the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- (b) direct that there be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- in summary form, including the full name of the Member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- publication of the College. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-15. By this document, the Member acknowledges his understanding that any ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-agreement between the College and the Member with respect to the penalty proposed in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-this document does not bind the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on Member’s plea of no contest and the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty, and the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-submissions made by counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Andrew Charles ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Jackson committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-as set out in the Notice of Hearing. Further, the Committee finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the facts referred to in paragraphs 6, 7 and 9 of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty (ASF - ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Exhibit 2) constitute conduct which is unprofessional and pleaded no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct as set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Committee accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts and exhibits in the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Committee accepts the specific findings of fact contained in Exhibit 2 that the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf:had inappropriate sexual activity with a student, including intercourse and inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-physical contact with another student, including kissing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf:Further, the Committee finds that the Member’s inappropriate sexual relationship and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-inappropriate physical contact with students as outlined herein constitutes acts of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf:subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) and constitutes sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-The Committee accepts the joint submission on penalty and makes the following order as ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- full name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf:The Member sexually abused a student. He used his position of authority to take ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf:advantage of the student for his own sexual gratification. By so doing, he has betrayed ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-the trust of the public and the student. Therefore, the Committee determined that ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-revocation is the necessary penalty. Revocation will ensure that the Member no longer ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-has access to opportunities that place him in a position of trust and authority within the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-school community. Parents and the general public need to be reassured that members who ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-behave in such a manner will not be tolerated by the profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, along with the name ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-of the Member, provides a specific deterrent to the Member by identifying him and the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-nature of his misconduct. This acts as a general deterrent to the profession as it ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-demonstrates that such behaviour will result in revocation. Finally, publication serves ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-the public interest by informing and reassuring the community that the profession acts ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf-decisively when matters of this nature are brought to its attention. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar; of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- 2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- name of the Member in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf-The Member was convicted of three counts of multiple acts of indecent assault on three ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf-male minors over a lengthy period of time. The assaults evolved from touching, to oral ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf:sex, to attempted simulated anal intercourse. Some of these premeditated acts occurred ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf-while the Member was babysitting and were a serious abuse of a position of trust. In his ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf-findings, Mr. Justice Quinn noted the offences were committed by a predator, involved ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf-threats of violence and were within a [XXX] relationship. This conduct by the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf-reflects a high degree of moral blameworthiness and culpability. (Exhibit 4, Tab C, page ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf-8) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf-He was sentenced to be incarcerated for five years and ordered [XXX]. A lifetime order ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf-pursuant to section 161(1) (a) of the Criminal Code was imposed on the Member. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 21, 2007, was served on Kevin Robert L. Kirton, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf-Teachers on December 6, 2007 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for November 12, 2008. Kevin Robert L. Kirton was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf-not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf-The allegations against Kevin Robert L. Kirton in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf-dated November 21, 2007, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Kevin Robert L. Kirton is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf-/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- (c) he failed to keep records as required by his professional duties, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(10); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated April 4, 2008 was served on Tommy Kouzmanis, requesting ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on May ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-13, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-subsequently set for September 18, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-Tommy Kouzmanis was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-The allegations against Tommy Kouzmanis in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-April 4, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Tommy Kouzmanis is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-On September 18, 2008, College Counsel sought to withdraw the allegation contained in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf:(b) above, that the Member abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-College Counsel also sought to withdraw the allegation that the Member is guilty of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-professional misconduct as defined in Section 40 (1.1) of the Act. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-authorizes the College to withdraw these allegations. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-Submissions on Penalty (ASF - Exhibit 2) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-1. Tommy Kouzmanis (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-Board as a teacher at [XXX] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-3. During the 2005-2006 academic year [XXX] (the “Student”) was a female student ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-of the School, and was [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-4. In or about June 2006, the Member acted inappropriately and unprofessionally ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf-towards the Student in that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- a. he requested her to go into the bathroom adjacent to his office to try on ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- various items of sports clothing, including a bathing suit, which he said ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Terrence T. Lithgow is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40 (1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-in that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-1. During the 2002-2003 academic year, the Member commenced an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-and unprofessional personal relationship with a female grade [XXX] student (the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-“Student”) which relationship continued during the 2003-2004, 2004-2005 and 2005- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-2006 academic years and subsequently. The Member taught the Student while she was in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-grades [XXX] and [XXX], and was a [XXX] of the Student while she was in grade ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-2. The improper conduct of the Member included his: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- (a) engaging in inappropriate telephone and electronic communications with ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- the Student; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- (b) meeting the Student to pursue a personal relationship; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- (c) purchasing gifts for the Student; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf: (d) engaging in inappropriate physical contact, sexual activity and sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- intercourse with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf:3. On or about 10 September 2007, the Member pleaded guilty to charges of sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-exploitation of the Student, contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code (Canada) and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Internet luring of the Student, contrary to Section 172 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-4. On or about 10 September 2007, the Member was found guilty of charges of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf:sexual exploitation of the Student, contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code (Canada) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-and Internet luring of the Student, contrary to Section 172 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-(Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-5. On or about 9 November 2007, the Member was sentenced, inter alia, to fifteen ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-months imprisonment, a conditional sentence of twelve months and a period of probation. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-As the Member was not present, nor represented by Counsel, the Committee proceeded ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Counsel for the College entered into evidence the following additional documents: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Registered Member Information ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Terrence T. Lithgow is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers as shown on the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Registered Member Information. (Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Brief of Court Documents – Her Majesty the Queen v. Terrence. Lithgow (Exhibit 4) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-A Brief of Court Documents with respect to the criminal proceedings against the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-was submitted into evidence. This Brief consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-1 Certified copy of Information re Terrence Lithgow ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-2 Transcript of Proceedings before of the Honourable Justice R. Blouin on ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- September 20, 2007 June 5, 2007 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-3 Transcript of Submissions on Sentence before the Honourable Justice R. Blouin ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- on October 26, 2007 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-4 Transcript of Sentencing Hearing and Reasons on Sentencing before the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- Honourable Mr. Justice R. Blouin on November 9, 2007. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-These Court Documents verify that on or about September 10, 2007 the Member pleaded ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf:guilty to and was found guilty of charges of sexual exploitation of a young person, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code (Canada) and Internet child luring under 16 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-years, contrary to Section 172 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-On November 9, 2007, the Member was sentenced, inter alia, to 15 months ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-imprisonment, a conditional sentence of twelve months and a period of probation of two ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-years. (Exhibit 4, Tab 4, p. 59) He was ordered to [XXX] and to [XXX]. (Exhibit 4, Tab ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-4, p. 60) The Member was also ordered to attend for assessment and counselling and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf:treatment for sexual offending as directed by a probation officer. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-proof set out in Re Bernstein and College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-15 O.R. (2d) 477. The standard of proof applied by the Committee, in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-the Bernstein decision, was a balance of probabilities with the qualification that the proof ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-must be “clear and convincing” and based upon “cogent evidence” accepted by the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Committee. The Committee also recognized that the more serious the allegation to be ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-proved, the more cogent must be the evidence. The Committee considered the allegations ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-in this case to be very serious and assessed the evidence on that basis. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Terrence T. Lithgow ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf:Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Rules 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-granted. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-In absence of evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts the specific findings of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-fact contained in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) that on or about September 10, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf:2007 the Member pleaded guilty to and was found guilty of charges of sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-exploitation of the Student, contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code (Canada) and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Internet luring of the Student, contrary to Section 172 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-There was no evidence presented of an Appeal by the Member of his conviction and/or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-sentence and the time for doing so has expired. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s conviction for sexual exploitation and internet ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-luring of a student as outlined herein constitutes acts of professional misconduct, being ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf:and 1(15) and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf:a manner that became increasingly more sexual in nature. This culminated in visits ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-where touching occurred. The relationship continued through grade [XXX] when he ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-continued to be in a in a position of trust, as her [XXX]. This ongoing contact ultimately ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf:led to sexual activity and intercourse on multiple occasions. These activities occurred in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-the school, in a park, in a car, and in a motel. The Member exercised emotional control ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-over the student by telling her that he loved her, giving her gifts and alcohol, and making ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-her promise not to tell anyone about their activities. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-As a result of the criminal proceedings, the Member was incarcerated, ordered to [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-to [XXX]. The Member was also ordered to attend for assessment and counselling and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf:treatment for sexual offending as directed by a probation officer. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-The Member’s conduct over a lengthy period represents an abuse of his position of trust, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-both with the student and her family. The fact that he used his position of trust in order to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf:create a long term pattern of abuse, control and sexual exploitation of his student requires ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-that he receive the maximum penalty, revocation of his certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-registration. The Member, by his abuse of a student, has brought the profession into ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-disrepute and has lost the trust of the public. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession provides both a specific ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to the profession while advising and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-serving the public interest. It also reassures the public that the College will not tolerate ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf-such behaviour and will ensure that this type of misconduct is dealt with appropriately. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- (h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- (i) he committed acts that having regard to all of the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf: (k) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- (l) he contravened Section 264.1 (c) of the Education Act; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- (m) he contravened Sections 151 (a), 156, 157, 176, 231(1), 245(1) and 271 of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-The Committee recognized and extends the publication ban imposed by the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-Court pursuant to Section 486.4(1) of the Criminal Code with respect to any information ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-that would identify the victims. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-Submissions on Penalty (ASF - Exhibit 2) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-and on camping trips. He gained their trust, groomed them, attacked them and assaulted ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf:them sexually and physically. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-These activities occurred while the Member was a classroom teacher, a vice-principal and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-even after he retired when he served as a volunteer in a public school. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-The Member displayed behaviours that are beyond any reasonable semblance of civil ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-behaviour. In any society these types of behaviour are judged to be destructive, immoral ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-and reprehensible. The fact that he abused his position of trust in order to create a long ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf:term pattern of abuse, control and sexual exploitation of his students, for his own sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-gratification, requires that he receive the maximum penalty, revocation of his certificate ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-of qualification and registration. The Member, by his abuse of students, has brought the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-profession into disrepute and has lost the trust of the public. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-The Member, by his actions, abused the power and trust vested in him in his role as a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf:teacher. He caused emotional and psychological trauma and sexual harm to his students ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-for his own gratification. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, along with the name ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-of the Member, provides a specific deterrent to the Member by identifying him and the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-nature of his misconduct. Publication alerts the profession and informs the public that ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf-such behaviour will not be tolerated and will result in revocation. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated December 12, 2007, was served on Ian Scott McCuaig, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf-Teachers on January 30, 2008 to set a date for a hearing and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for March 25, 2008. Ian Scott McCuaig was in attendance ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf-at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf-The allegations against Ian Scott McCuaig in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf-December 12, 2007 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Ian Scott McCuaig is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf-in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf-The parties hereby agree to the truth and accuracy of the facts that are hereinafter ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf-expressed and agree to the receipt of this document by the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Thames Valley District ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a Grade 10 Civic teacher at Central Elgin Collegiate ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- Institute (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf-2. During November and December 2005, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- (a) allowed students to move around the classroom during group activities, especially ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- with respect to a blind student who needed to reorient himself to the classroom on ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- a daily basis; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- (b) from time to time, participated in light-hearted banter with students which she ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- understood to be well-received; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- (c) as part of teaching Ojibwa to certain students, taught the correct names of body ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- parts in order to allow students to communicate properly in their own language. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- Other students may have overheard this and misunderstood; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- (d) discussed with students the Columbine situation with students and the rights and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- responsibilities associated with owning a gun; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- (e) engaged in light-hearted banter with a blind student in an attempt to normalize his ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- disability; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- (f) may have mispronounced a male student’s name but did not intend to be hurtful in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- doing so; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- (g) intervened in a discussion among students regarding the School Vice-Principals’ ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf: sexuality; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- (h) always attempted to provide appropriate answers to students’ questions regarding ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf: sex; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- (i) joked to students that she needed her “hit of caffeine” and her “afternoon coke” ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- while she sniffed a can of cola; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- (j) told students to write a journal as an in-class assignment because she realized that ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- they had not completed it in a manner that would allow her to pass any of them. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- This was done in order to give students a second chance with respect to their ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- work; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- (k) told students that it was okay to be confused because confusion is “part of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- learning and sorting things out”; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- (l) failed to give clear instructions to her students regarding marking schemes and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- failed to recognize that students did not understand her instructions. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf-3. In respect of these allegations, it should be noted that the Member was only briefly in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- the classroom and then left on a sick leave. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf-4. The Member is currently teaching at another School within the Board. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-November 8, 2007 (Exhibit 1) was served on Michel Réal Mondor, requesting attendance before ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on November 21, 2007 to set a date ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-for the hearing, and specifying the allegations. Mr. Mondor did not appear on November 21, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-2007. The Discipline Committee set a hearing date for April 21, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-The College presented the affidavit of Patrick Veilleux (Exhibit 3), sworn April 16, 2008, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-explaining the steps taken to inform Michel Mondor about the conduct of the hearing. After ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-consulting the affidavit, the panel found that Mr. Mondor had been duly advised of the date, time ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-and place of the hearing, and therefore proceeded in his absence. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-Michel Réal Mondor was not represented by legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-The allegations against Michel Réal Mondor in the Notice of Hearing dated November 8, 2007 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED THAT Michel Réal Mondor is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act, in that he: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- a) failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf: b) abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- c) failed to supervise adequately a person who was under his professional supervision, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- contrary to subsection 1(11) of Ontario Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- d) failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- or the regulations made under those Acts, contrary to subsections 1(14) and (15) of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- e) contravened laws and that contravention is relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- of Qualification and Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- f) contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may have caused a student ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- g) committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be regarded ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- h) engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf: i) engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-PARTICULARS ON THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- 1. Michel Mondor (the “Member”) is a member of the College, although his licence was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- suspended on April 30, 2007 for non-payment of fees. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the [**] (the “Board”) as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- 3. In March 2006, the Member was a teacher at [**] (the “School”) in [**]. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- 4. In March 2006, [**] was a [**] student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- 5. In March 2006, the Member acted unprofessionally and inappropriately in that he: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf: a. on March 24, 2006, did, for a sexual purpose, touch the buttocks and anal area of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- [**] with his hands; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf: b. on March 28, 2006, did, for a sexual purpose, touch [**]’s chest, leg, testicles and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- penis with his hands; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- c. in so doing, contravened a law or laws relevant to the Member’s suitability to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and that may cause a student ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- under his professional supervision to be put at or remain at risk. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- 6. The Member was charged with committing the following offences against [**]: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf: a. sexual assault (section 271 of the Criminal Code); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf: b. sexual exploitation (subsection 153(a) of the Criminal Code). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- 7. On April 30, 2006, the Member sent a letter of resignation to the Board. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-the Act and subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(11), 1(14),1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed by the Committee to immediately ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration, which the Member is directed ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-to surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-The Committee also directs that the findings of this hearing, as well as the name of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-be published in the official publication of the Ontario College of Teachers, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-The Committee received evidence that the Member pleaded guilty to assault (section 266 of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-Criminal Code) in connection with the events stated in the Notice of Hearing. These facts ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-confirm the Member’s professional misconduct, particularly with regard to subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-1(7), 1(11), 1(14),1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-The Committee took into account the testimony of the student, who clearly showed that he ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-remembered the events. He gave his evidence in a clear, calm and forthright manner. He also ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-answered questions from the panel in order to clarify certain allegations. The Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-that the student is a credible witness. Further to the student’s evidence, the Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf:the Member engaged in sexual abuse of the student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-DECISION AS TO PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed by the Committee to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- immediately revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration, which ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- the Member is directed to surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated August 28, 2007 was served on Charity Chika Ogoke, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf-requesting her attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf-Teachers on October 3, 2007 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for November 12, 2008. Charity Chika Ogoke was in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf-attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf-The allegations against Charity Chika Ogoke in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf-August 28, 2007 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Charity Chika Ogoke is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf-defined in section 30(2) and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- (c) she failed to supervise adequately a person who was under her ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- professional supervision, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-2. On or about 2 May 2008, the Member was found guilty of charges that he at ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-various dates between 20 May 2001 and 22 July 2005 : ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- (a) at the Municipality of Clarington unlawfully did commit sexual assaults ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- (b) at the Municipality of Clarington unlawfully did commit a sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- on an unknown young male, contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- (c) at the Municipality of Clarington unlawfully did for a sexual purpose ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- touch persons under the age of 14 years, directly with a part or parts of his ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- body, contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf: (d) at the Municipality of Clarington unlawfully did make child pornography ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- (e) at the Municipality of Clarington unlawfully did have in his possession, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf: child pornography, contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-3. The Member has not yet been sentenced by the court. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-4. On or about 31 August 2006, the Member’s employment was terminated by the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- Board. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-At the hearing on November 11, 2008, College Counsel advised the Committee that the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf:Member was not convicted of sexual assaults as alleged in (a) and (b) above, but rather ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf:was convicted of sexual interference. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-A non-publication and non-broadcast order was issued on May 2, 2008 under subsection ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-486.4(1) of the Criminal Code, in the proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Committee recognizes and extends this publication ban imposed in the matter of Her ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Majesty The Queen v. Jeremy Pike by the Ontario Court of Justice. There shall be no ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-publication of any information that might tend to identify the victims involved in this ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-matter. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-As the Member was not present, nor represented by Counsel, the Committee proceeded ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Counsel for the College entered into evidence the following additional documents: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Registered Member Information ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Jeremy Raymond Pike is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers as shown on the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Registered Member Information. (Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Brief of Court Documents – Her Majesty the Queen v. Jeremy Pike (Exhibit 4) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-A Brief of Court Documents with respect to the criminal proceedings against the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-was submitted into evidence. This Brief consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-A Warning re Non-Publication and Non-Broadcast Order issued under subsection ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 486.4(1) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-B Certified copy of Information dated May 10, 2006 with Plea of Guilt, Finding of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- Guilt and Sentencing (pages 11-13) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-C Transcript of Proceedings before the Honourable Madam Justice Devlin at ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- Oshawa on May 2, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-D Transcript of Reasons for Sentence by Madam Justice Devlin on September 29, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 2008. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-These Court Documents verify that on or about May 2, 2008, the Member pleaded guilty ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-to and was found guilty of eight counts of sexual interference, one count of making child ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf:pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-On September 29, 2008, the Member was sentenced to ten years concurrent ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-imprisonment on the sexual interference counts, followed by two years for making child ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf:pornography and two years for possession of child pornography, for a total of fourteen ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-years. He was ordered to [XXX] and to [XXX]. The Judge ordered a life-time ban under ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-section 161 of the Criminal Code prohibiting the Member from being in the presence of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-anyone under the age of fourteen years. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-proof set out in Re Bernstein and College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-15 O.R. (2d) 477. The standard of proof applied by the Committee, in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-the Bernstein decision, was a balance of probabilities with the qualification that the proof ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-must be “clear and convincing” and based upon “cogent evidence” accepted by the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Committee. The Committee also recognized that the more serious the allegation to be ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-proved, the more cogent must be the evidence. The Committee considered the allegations ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-in this case to be very serious and assessed the evidence on that basis. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Jeremy Raymond Pike ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Rules 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-granted. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-In absence of evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts the specific findings of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-fact contained in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) that on May 2, 2008, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Member pleaded guilty to and was found guilty of eight counts of sexual interference, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf:one count of making child pornography and one count of possession of child ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf:pornography. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-On September 29, 2008 the Member was sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment. He ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-was ordered to [XXX] and to [XXX]. The Member is also banned for life from being in the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-presence of anyone under the age of fourteen years. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-There was no evidence presented of an Appeal by the Member of his conviction and/or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-sentence. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conviction for sexual interference, possession of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf:child pornography and making child pornography as outlined herein constitute acts of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(14) and 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-The Member’s criminal conviction is relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Qualification and Registration and has caused students to be put at risk, pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(16) and 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-The Member’s conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional and unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-member contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, 1(18) and 1 (19). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- name of the Member in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-The Member has been found guilty of heinous acts, performed against children. He was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf:originally charged with 95 counts relating to sexual interference and child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-He pleaded guilty to and was convicted of ten counts. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-The sexual offences involved eight young boys (ages two to fourteen), six who have been ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-identified and two who are unknown. There is photographic and video evidence to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-indicate that the Member touched the boys while he bathed them and while he slept with ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-them. These assaults included fondling, masturbation, acts of fellatio and anal ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-intercourse. On some occasions the boys’ legs were restrained during these acts. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Subsequent to his arrest, the police discovered the following items belonging to the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Member: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 1. a DVD which contained approximately 3 hours of the Member’s self-made ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- video of himself sexually assaulting boys; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 2. a CD of still pictures showing the Member sexually assaulting boys; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf: 3. 8 CD’s of child pornography comprised of 8,840 still pictures and 113 movies ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- obtained from the Internet; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 4. floppy disks containing 180 stories describing adult men having sex with ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- young boys; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 5. a number of digital and VHS video-tapes containing 10.5 hours of self-made ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- videos of the Member assaulting young boys; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 6. a laptop and a desktop computer containing approximately 6,525 images of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- adults sexually assaulting boys. These assaults included fellatio and anal ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- (Exhibit 4, Tab D, p. 3) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf:There is evidence to indicate that the making of this child pornography by the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-occurred between 2001 and 2005. (Exhibit 4, Tab C, p. 15) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf:The Member’s acts of sexual interference spanned at least four years. His actions were ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-planned and deliberate. He befriended families and began spending time with their ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-children. The Member gained a position of trust as a close family friend, [XXX]. He ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-[XXX] took these children on [XXX] trips and [XXX] in the park. He [XXX] and [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-them and was allowed to have [XXX] with them. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-In addition, just prior to his arrest, the Member had applied to teach [XXX] which is the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-same age group as the children he victimized. He also applied to be a foster parent to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-young boys and to adopt young boys (Exhibit 4 pp. 10-11, Tab D) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf:To date the Members of this Committee had not been presented with allegations of sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-misconduct against children of such an egregious and disturbing nature. The Court’s ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-decision confirms the severity of this criminal behaviour. The Member received the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf:maximum prison sentence allowed for his counts of sexual interference. He will [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-For life he will not be allowed in the presence of any children under the age of fourteen ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-years. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-The Member has brought the profession into disrepute. The Member’s conduct over a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-lengthy period represents an abuse of trust, both with the children and their families. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf:fact that he engaged in a long-term pattern of sexual abuse of children requires that he ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-receive the maximum penalty, revocation of his certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-registration. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-The Member’s actions were criminal. Publication of the findings and order of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Committee, in summary, along with the name of the Member, identifies to the profession ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-the nature of the Member’s misconduct and the consequences for such behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-Publication, in this case, acts as a general deterrent and informs the profession that such ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf-behaviour will not be tolerated and will result in the harshest penalty, revocation. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- (b) dressed himself in feminine undergarments, and paraded and danced ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- before the child. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-5. The child was not a student. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-6. On or about December 22, 2006, the Member pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf:of Justice to a charge contained in Information No. 05-44516 that he did for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-purpose, touch a person under the age of 14 years directly with a part of his body to wit; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-his penis, contrary to Section 151(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada) and was found guilty ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-of that charge. A certified copy of Information No. 05-44516 showing the charges against ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-the Member contained in this paragraph and the disposition of those charges is attached ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-as Exhibit “B”. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-7. On or about December 22, 2006, the Member was sentenced in the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-Justice by way of a conditional sentence to imprisonment for the term of 12 months to be ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-served in the community (house arrest) followed by three years of probation. The Court ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-also ordered that the Member: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- (a) reside where approved by his Probation Officer; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- (b) not be with persons under the age of 16 unless accompanied by a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- responsible adult, except in accordance with any Family Court Order; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- (c) attend and actively participate in any counselling as directed by probation; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- (d) present himself in full time attendance at any counselling sessions that ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- may be arranged and/or approved by his Probation Officer; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19) of the Act as set out in the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the Agreed Facts described in paragraphs 4 to 10 of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea, and Joint Submission on Penalty (ASF - Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-1) constitute professional misconduct and pleaded guilty to these allegations of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-professional misconduct. The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty, and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-Rules 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-College of Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was committed ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been granted. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-The Committee accepts the specific findings of fact contained in Exhibit 3 that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-On or about December 22, 2006, the Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf:sexual interference of a person under the age of 14 years, contrary to S.151 (a) of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-On or about December 22, 2006, the Member was sentenced to twelve months ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-incarceration in the community (house arrest) followed by probation for three years. He ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-was ordered to [XXX]e and to [XXX]. He was prohibited from being in the presence of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-persons under the age of 16 unless accompanied by an adult. The Member was ordered ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-to attend and actively participate in any counselling program directed by his Probation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-Officer. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-The Member has not appealed either the conviction or the sentence which was imposed ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-on him. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-The Committee accepts as proof, the findings of fact by Mr. Justice J.A.T. Colvin, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-resulting in the criminal conviction of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s conviction of sexual interference as outlined ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-herein constitutes acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-The Committee accepts the joint submission on penalty and makes the following order ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- Member is to surrender immediately to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- 2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- full name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf:The Member was convicted of sexual interference of a minor. He was ordered to [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-and to [XXX]. As well, the Member is prohibited from being around persons under the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-age of 16. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-The Member has breached the trust of the public and the profession. Teachers are ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-assumed to be responsible and trustworthy. A parent entrusted her child to the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-Member’s care. The Member used this opportunity to abuse the child, resulting in a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-criminal conviction. Therefore the Committee determined that revocation is the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-necessary penalty. Revocation will ensure that the Member no longer has access to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-opportunities that place him in a position of trust and authority within the community. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-Parents and the general public need to be reassured that members who behave in such a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-manner will not be tolerated by the profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-The Member’s action was criminal. The Committee ordered publication with the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-Member’s name in order to protect the public and to inform the public of the terms and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf-conditions of the Member’s conviction. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-on Penalty (ASF – Exhibit 3). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts, Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty provides as ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-1. Paul Schalm (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Waterloo Region District ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-School Board (“the Board”). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-3. In early March 2006, including on or about March 13 and 15, 2006, the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf:accessed an Internet chat room where he attempted to communicate, for a sexual purpose, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-with an individual whom he believed to be a thirteen year old female. The Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-specifically indicated that he had no intention to seek a meeting or have any face to face ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-contact with the individual. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-4. On March 21, 2006, the Member was arrested and charged by the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-Provincial Police with two counts, one of child luring (Count No. 1) and one of invitation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf:to sexual touching (Count No. 2). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-chat room and began communicating with a person he believed to be a 13-year old ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-female. In fact he was communicating with a police officer who was posing as a young ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-girl (“the complainant”). The officer was involved in the investigation of criminal ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf:Internet activity and in particular the distribution of child pornography and luring ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-activity. In this conversation, the Member identified himself as a male and a teacher, and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-provided his vital statistics, including his age. He also indicated his city of residence. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf:His conversations included questions regarding the complainant’s sexual experience, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf:flirting, and the sexuality and related experiences of the officer’s persona. The Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-“made inquiries with respect to the young girl’s genitalia and invited her to touch herself ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-to see if her private area was wet”. (Exhibit 3, Tab B, pp. 4-5) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-The Member had a similar conversation with the complainant on March 15, 2006, and a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf:conversation on March 16, 2006 but it had little or no sexual content. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-subsequently arrested on March 21, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-The Committee determined that no member of society should be engaged in this type of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-behaviour. It is particularly disgraceful that the Member was a teacher, someone who is ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-entrusted with the protection of children, and identified himself as such to the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-complainant. The Committee found the Member’s offences to be very disturbing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-Children are vulnerable members of society and must be safeguarded against predators ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf:who use the internet to lure them into a situation where they can be sexually exploited ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-and abused. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-The Member indicated he had no intention of seeking a meeting with the complainant but ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf:rather that they could have, what he referred to as, CHAT sex, i.e. flirtatious talk ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf-involving discussions about kissing, sleeping apparel and private body parts. (Exhibit 3, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf:1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Greater Essex County ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- District School Board as a teacher at Roseland Public School. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf-2. Between 2002 and 2004, the Member displayed in her professional responsibilities a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- lack of knowledge, skill or judgment of a nature or extent that demonstrates that she ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- is unfit to continue to carry out her professional responsibilities, or that terms, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- conditions and limitations should be placed on her certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- registration, in that she: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- a) in March 2004, became emotional in the presence of her Grade 4 students and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- advised them that her job was in jeopardy as a result of the students’ conduct; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- b) lacked organizational skills to the extent that she did not complete some lessons in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- the allotted amount of time; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- c) lacked classroom management skills resulting in disruptive behaviour by students, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- students talking and moving about the classroom, students ignoring her ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- instructions and students remaining off-task; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- d) lacked planning skills; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- e) lacked tracking and reporting skills when she did not assess students’ work ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- regularly or accurately; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf-3. By this document, the Member pleads to incompetence as alleged in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- Hearing and attached as Appendix “A”, and in so doing, accepts as true the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- particulars set out in this section of the MOA. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf-4. The Member voluntarily admits the above particulars against her and understands that ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- by doing so, she is waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- her and the right to a contested hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf-Joint Submission on Resolution ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf-The parties agree to resolve the matter as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf-5. The Member agrees and understands that within 1 year of ratification of this MOA, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- she shall successfully complete at least two (2) courses of instruction, pre-approved ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- by the Registrar, covering: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- a) classroom management; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- b) curriculum development and delivery; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- c) assessment and evaluation. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf-6. The Member agrees and undertakes that both of the above-mentioned courses shall be ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf-at the Additional Qualification (AQ) level. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf-7. The Member agrees and undertakes that the Registrar will be provided with a written ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf-report prepared by the course practitioner(s) confirming her successful completion of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-Circumstantial Evidence ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-Both the Member and Counsel for the College admitted that the evidence presented was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-mainly circumstantial. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-ILC indicated that both direct and circumstantial evidence are equally admissible. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-Following is an excerpt from The Queen v. Cooper [1978] 1 R.C.S. 873 on the subject: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- “In this case circumstantial evidence is very important, and I direct you as a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- matter of law that where the evidence on which you rely is mainly circumstantial, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- before you may find an accused guilty on such evidence standing alone, you must ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- be satisfied that such evidence is consistent only with the guilt of the accused and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- inconsistent with any other rational conclusion….” ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-Further, in Cooper [supra], at page 875: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- “…there was no doubt that a crime had been committed and the only question for ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- the jury was whether the accused was the person who had committed it; whereas ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- in the present case there is no doubt that the respondent was the person who ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- conferred the benefits…” ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-In considering this matter, the Committee found some similarity with the Cooper case. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-There is no doubt that there was a breach of confidentiality. The Committee concluded ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-that the Member indirectly benefitted from that breach in the following manner: the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf:Member testified that he was an activist on behalf of victims of sexual abuse and he ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-subsequently used the leaked information to promote his own point of view with different ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-activist groups and government bodies. [Exhibits 17, 18, 19 and 20] ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-The Committee noted the Member admitted during cross-examination that the fact that he ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-was a member of the reinstatement panel as well as the panel’s deliberations, were ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-confidential. The [XX] reinstatement hearing was closed, and the evidence introduced in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-that hearing was confidential, and had not been disclosed. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-Taking into consideration witness testimony and evidence presented, who was present at ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-the [XX] reinstatement hearing, and the predisposition or self-interests of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-the Committee concluded that it was more likely than not that the Member was the only ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-person who revealed the confidential information from that closed reinstatement hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-The Committee found that there was no other rational conclusion from the circumstantial ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-evidence presented. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-The Committee agreed that on its face, the CTV newscast does not show the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-saying that he alone voted against the reinstatement of [XX], nor does he name him. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-Committee believed however that this broadcast became the means by which the College ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-became aware that the Member had previously divulged confidential information. As ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-early as 2004, he stated in his report to the Ministry of Education, “Equally repugnant is ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-the secret closed reinstatement hearings where personal letters of references from ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-Directors of Education and letters from Superintends [Superintendents] can be read into ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-the record supporting their friends coming back into the profession.” [Exhibit 14]. This is ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-evidence from a closed hearing [Exhibit 5 – closed], and the only reinstatement hearing ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-in which the Member was involved. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-The Committee found Exhibit 16 to be particularly compelling. In October, 2006 the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-Member sent an e-mail [Exhibit 16] to various individuals in the Provincial Legislature, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-including the Premier and the Minister of Education, in which he stated, “I witnessed the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf:reinstatement of a teacher who was sentenced to jail for having sex with a student. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-Behind closed doors, the College hearing, over my objections, reinstated him with ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf-nothing more than a letter from a Director of Education and Superintendent who ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated November 29, 2007 was served on Yves Étienne Tourigny requesting ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the College on February 13, 2007. This Notice of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-Hearing was amended (Exhibit 1) on August 22, 2008 and a new hearing date was set for ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-December 16, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-The Member was present at this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the amended Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-August 22, 2008 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED THAT Yves Tourigny is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-that he: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- a) failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to subsection 1(5) of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf: b) abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- c) failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, R.S.O., 1990, Chapter E.2, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- contrary to subsections 1(14) and (15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- d) committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- e) engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-At the hearing, College counsel requested the withdrawal of several of the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-professional misconduct, more particularly the allegations of having breached subsections 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-1(14), 1(15) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 of the Act, as set out in paragraphs b), c) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf:and e) above. He also requested the withdrawal of the allegation of sexual abuse related to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. The Committee agreed to the withdrawal of these allegations. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-AGREEMENT ON THE FACTS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-1. Yves Étienne Tourigny is a member of the College (Certificate # 482309). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil des écoles publiques de ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- l’Est de l’Ontario (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XX] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-3. During the 2004/2005 school year, A, B and C were [XX] female students at the School ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- in the Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-4. During the 2004/2005 school year, D was a [XX] female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf-5. During the 2004/2005 school year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- a) sent an e-mail to A, in which he wrote that she and another female student were ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- granted more privileges than other students because they were pretty, nice and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- quiet in the classroom. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- b) wrote and presented to A a limerick alluding to her as “a pretty bored girl” and to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- himself as “an ass”; ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-had done the previous year, to and from these [XXX] assignments. On these occasions, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-while alone with B in his car, the Member told B how special she was, how much he ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-cared for her, and that he was always just a telephone call away. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-5. During the 1987/1988 academic year, and while she was a [XXX] student at the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-School, the Member was B’s [XXX] teacher. B continued to [XXX] for the Member and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-his wife. The Member would often eat lunch with B and a number of other female ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-students. Often, these luncheon discussions would include conversations about personal ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:issues, some of which were sexual in nature, including a discussion about oral sex. As ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-well, during the time alone in the car with B on the drives to and from her [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-engagements, the Member’s conversations with her became increasingly intimate. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:Member openly discussed his marriage, his wife’s sexual preferences, and would often ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-compliment B on her appearance. The Member signalled to B his growing personal ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-interest in her. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-6. During the 1988/1989 academic year, which was B’s [XXX] year at the School, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-the Member did not teach her. B did continue to [XXX] for the Member. B experienced ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-some difficulty with her male English teacher during the year. The Member took her ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-aside and explained to her that this English teacher “had it in for her” because he knew ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-that she was the Member’s “favourite student”. The Member continued to share his ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-lunchtime with B and the same group of female students with whom he had shared this ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-time during the previous academic year. The Member developed a close rapport with ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-these students, encouraging them to share with him details of their personal lives and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-divulging details of his own. On occasion the Member would be alone with B during this ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-lunch period. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-7. During the summer of 1989, at the Member’s request that she do so, B agreed to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-[XXX] for the Member for two weeks, while he and his family travelled to the United ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-States. On the morning that the family left Ontario, the Member came back into the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-house on the pretext of having forgotten something. B was in a state of undress. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-Member talked to her alone. While away on vacation, the Member called B and kept in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-touch with her. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-8. From on or about September 1989, and while B was in her [XXX] year, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-Member was again one of her teachers – for the [XXX]. The luncheon group with whom ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-B and the Member shared this meal break, continued to meet, and their discussions ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:increasingly pertained to issues of a sexual nature. Following one of these gatherings, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:Member confided to B that he had sexual feelings for her. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-9. On the evening of October 13, 1989, and following B’s [XXX] graduation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-ceremony, the Member drove B to a reception at her home, to which B’s parents had ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-invited him. En route to B’s house, the Member stopped his car on the side of the road, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-told B how much he cared for her, how proud of her he was, and kissed her. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-10. On the following day, October 14, 1989, the Member invited B over to his house ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-for what he told her was a [XXX] assignment. On arriving at the Member’s home, B ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-discovered that they were alone. The Member told B again how proud of her he was, and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:told her that he had developed deep feelings for her. The Member initiated sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-intercourse with B, who was a virgin. When the Member’s wife and children arrived ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-home, the Member drove B home. He told her that what they had done was special. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:11. Following this initial sexual encounter, the Member called B frequently. Using ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-the pretext of teaching B how to drive, the Member made arrangements to meet her at a ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:hotel in Brantford, and on numerous occasions, the Member and B engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-intercourse. When the Member’s wife started taking a night course, the Member would ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-take B home with him after School, B would have dinner with the family, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-wife would leave for school, the children would be put to bed, and B and the Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-would be intimate. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-12. B spent Christmas morning of 1989 with the Member and his family, sleeping ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-over at their home on Christmas Eve. The Member gave B a present of Kahil Gibran’s ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-The Prophet as a Christmas gift and wrote a personal note to her in the inside front cover ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-of the book. The Member told B that he had told his wife that he needed to explore his ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-feelings for B. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-13. During January 1990, the Member prepared a number of cassette tapes in which ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-he professed his love for B. Prior to and following the making of these tapes, the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-Member also gave B a number of cards, in which he openly expressed his love for her. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-14. In February 1990, the Member left his wife and moved into an apartment on his ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-own. The Member encouraged B to visit him often, discouraged her from spending time ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-away from him with either her friends or family and encouraged B to leave School earlier ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-than she had intended, which she did, having obtained sufficient OAC credits. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-15. The Member encouraged B to move in with him and they commenced their live- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-in relationship. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-The Member groomed the student beginning in the 1985-86 academic year when the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-student was in the Member’s [XXX] and continued to the 1989-90 academic year when ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-the student was in the Member’s [XXX] course. During these years, despite the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-geographical distances between their residences, the Member requested that the student ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-[XXX] the Member’s two young daughters. The Member drove the student to and from ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-the [XXX] sessions and during these times, when alone in the car, engaged in discussions ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-of a personal nature, including that she was important to him and that if she ever needed ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-anything he would be available for support. The Member would often eat lunch with the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-student both alone and at times with a number of other female students. Discussions at ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:lunch would include conversations about personal issues, some of which were sexual in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:nature, including a discussion about oral sex. The Member signalled to the student his ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-growing personal interest in her and following one of these gatherings, he confided to the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:student that he had sexual feelings for her. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-On October 14, 1989, the day following her [XXX] graduation, the Member invited the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-student to his house for what he told her was a [XXX] assignment. On arriving at the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-Member’s home, the student discovered they were alone. The Member told the student ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:that he had developed deep feelings for her. The Member initiated sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-with the student who was a virgin. Using the pretext of teaching the student how to drive, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-the Member made arrangements to meet her at a hotel on numerous occasions and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:engaged in sexual intercourse with her. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-In February 1990 the Member left his wife and moved into an apartment on his own. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-Member encouraged the student to visit him often, discouraged her from spending time ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-away from him with her friends or her family and encouraged her to leave school earlier ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-than she had intended. The Member encouraged the student to move in with him and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-they commenced their live-in relationship. The Member and the student were married in ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-November 1993, a week prior to the birth of their child. They separated in September ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-1995 and were divorced on January 27, 1999. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:The Member engaged in sexual intercourse with a female student while she was a student ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-at the school, and while a student in the Member’s classes. This represents the most ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-serious form of misconduct. The Member pursued the relationship over an extended ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-period of time. By his actions, the Member failed to uphold the honour, dignity and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-ethical standards of the teaching profession. He failed to show consideration in all his ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-relations with pupils and failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-they were under his care. The Member did not abide by the Education Act by failing to ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-lead by example, contrary to section 264 (1) (c). ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the Certificate ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-The Committee finds the Member initiated an inappropriate and unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-relationship with the student while she was under his care and supervision. The Member ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-engaged in inappropriate communication with the student during lunch. He arranged for ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-the student to [XXX] for him despite the geographical distance of their residences. While ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-driving her to and from the [XXX] sessions, the member was alone with her and engaged ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-in discussions of a personal nature, including how much he cared for her, complimented ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-her on her appearance and signalled his growing personal interest in her. The Member, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:by his actions, groomed the student for a sexual relationship which he initiated and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-continued for several years thereafter. The Member eventually married the student, and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-had a child with her. The Member and student were later divorced. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct to be reprehensible. The Member abused the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf:authority and trust vested in him in his role as a teacher for his own sexual gratification, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-without regard to the well being of the student. The conduct of the Member was ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-unacceptable and in conflict with the duty of a teacher to regard as his first duty the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-effective education of his pupils. By his actions, the Member failed to show consistent ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-justice and consideration in all his relations with pupils. The Member has forfeited the ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-privilege of holding a teaching certificate and membership in the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-Revocation is the appropriate penalty for misconduct of this severity. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-The Committee orders publication of the finding and order with the name of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-Publication, with name, will provide a general deterrent to the membership and informs ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf-the profession that this serious misconduct will result in the most severe penalty, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 10, 2008, was served on Roderic Russell Brawn, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf-Teachers on January 21, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- 2008 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for August 20, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf-Roderic Russell Brawn was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf-The Notice of Hearing sets out the following allegations: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Roderic Russell Brawn (“the Member”) is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf-misconduct as defined in section 30(2) and/or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2008onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-ÉNONCÉ CONJOINT DES FAITS ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-L’avocate de l’Ordre a informé le comité que les parties s’étaient entendues sur les faits et a ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- 2009 CanLII 93178 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-déposé un énoncé conjoint des faits, plaidoyer de non-contestation et énoncé conjoint sur la ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-sanction (pièce 2) qui prévoit ce qui suit : ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-1. Shaen Alexander Harrison est membre de l’Ordre. Une copie des renseignements ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-contenus dans le tableau public des membres de l’Ordre le concernant est jointe (onglet A). ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-2. Pendant toute la période en question, M. Harrison travaillait comme suppléant au ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf:Greater Essex County District School Board (le «conseil scolaire»). ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-3. Entre le 18 février et le 21 mai 2005 environ, alors qu’il se trouvait en position de ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-confiance et d’autorité par rapport à A et B, deux adolescents de [XXX] ans, M. Harrison a : ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- a) vers février 2005, dans le village de [XXX], dormi dans le même lit que A et B ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- b) glissé sa main dans le pantalon de A pendant que ce dernier dormait ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- c) vers mai 2005, dans le village de [XXX], dormi dans le même lit que B ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- d) glissé sa main dans le pantalon de B pendant que ce dernier dormait. ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-4. Vers le 14 juillet 2008, devant la Cour de justice de l’Ontario, M. Harrison a plaidé ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-coupable à l’accusation selon laquelle il aurait, entre le 19 et le 21 mai 2005, dans le village de ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-[XXX] et ailleurs en Ontario, agressé B, en contravention de l’article 266 du Code criminel du ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-Canada. Une autre accusation concernant A a été retirée à la demande de la Couronne. ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-5. Au moment du procès, vers le 14 juillet 2008, M. Harrison a admis en Cour les ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-allégations de faute professionnelle vis-à-vis A et B. ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-6. Vers le 14 juillet 2008, M. Harrison a reçu une absolution sous condition assortie d’une ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-période de six mois de probation. En outre, il [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf-7. L’ordonnance de probation rendue le 14 juillet 2008 interdit à M. Harrison : ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- 2009 CanLII 93180 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf-Submission on Penalty (ASF – Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf-1. Shaen Alexander Harrison (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf-Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed as an occasional teacher by the ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf:Greater Essex County District School Board (the “Board”). ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf-3. Between the approximate dates of 18 February 2005 and 21 May 2005, the ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf-Member being in a position of trust or authority towards A, and B, young persons who ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf-were [XXX] years of age: ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- (a) in or around February 2005, in the Town of [XXX], slept in the same bed ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- as A and B: ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009canlii93180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated September 24, 2008 was served on David Bryan Anderson, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-Teachers on October 7, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for May 6, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-David Bryan Anderson was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-The allegations against David Bryan Anderson in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-September 24, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that David Bryan Anderson is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E2 or the regulations made under those Acts, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- derogatory manner, questioned a student about whether this student was, or ought to be, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- engaged in special education. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- 5. On or about November 10, 2005, a student teacher at the school the Member was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- teaching at, was standing at the photocopy machine making copies. The Member ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- approached the student teacher from behind and pressed himself against her buttocks. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- At the same time, the Member grabbed the student teacher by her waist and spoke to her ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf: in a manner which she perceived was sexual, and which was unwelcome. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- 6. On or about October 2, 2006, the Member resigned from his employment with the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- Board. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-7. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-truth of the facts and exhibit referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6 above. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-8. The Member hereby acknowledges that the facts referred to in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-above constitute professional misconduct and pleads no contest to these allegations of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-professional misconduct against him, being more particularly a breach of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-Regulation 437/97 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-9. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- evidence as set out in paragraphs 1 to 6 above, including the referenced ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-On one occasion the Member approached a student teacher from behind and pressed ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-himself against her buttocks, grabbed her by the waist and spoke to her in a manner ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf:which she perceived as sexual and which was unwelcome. This behaviour is disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional and conduct unbecoming a member of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-Overall, this Member in his actions towards students and a colleague, failed to maintain ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-the standards of the profession contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-SUBMISSIONS REGARDING PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that publication with the name of the Member was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-appropriate in this case and part of the consequence of this type of behaviour. He ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-submitted that the public needs to have confidence in the disciplinary hearing process. If ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-the member’s name was not published it would give rise to suspicion on the part of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-public. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-Counsel for the Member argued that the conduct agreed to, occurred in only two school ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-years over a lengthy teaching career. Counsel submitted that there was sufficient ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-transparency through access to the Public Register. In addition, she noted that College ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-discipline hearings are open to the public and decisions of the Discipline Committee are ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-readily available. Counsel also indicated that the Member had resigned his position and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-moved on to other pursuits. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-The Member engaged in repeated verbal and physical abuse of students in a classroom ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-setting. This behaviour will not be tolerated. Further, the Member pressed himself up ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf:against a student teacher and spoke to her in a manner she deemed sexual. Interaction ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-with colleagues must be respectful and beyond reproach. The Member’s behaviour in this ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-situation was repugnant. The Committee found the Member’s actions in all instances ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-were sufficiently serious to warrant a suspension of his certificate. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-The course of instruction in appropriate boundaries and boundary violation issues will ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-serve to clarify for the Member why his behaviour was determined to be professional ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-misconduct. It will reinforce to the Member the need to maintain appropriate boundaries ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-with students and colleagues should he return to teaching. The course will provide a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-rehabilitative component to the penalty. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-The Committee orders publication of the finding and order with the name of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-The behaviour of the Member occurred over a period of two school years and displayed a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-pattern. This shameful misconduct warrants the severe penalty of suspension and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-publication of his name. In addition, publication with name provides a specific deterrent ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-to the Member, a general deterrent to the membership and informs the profession and the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf-public that the College denounces this type of conduct. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf-“Committee”) on August 20, 2009 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated August 19, 2008 was served on Anthony Cardamone, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf-Teachers on September 17, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for August 20, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf-Anthony Cardamone was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf-The allegations against Anthony Cardamone in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf-August 19, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Anthony Cardamone is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf-A disciplinary panel of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) held a hearing on this ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf-matter in Toronto on November 2, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated September 19, 2008 was served on Véronique Isabelle Judith ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf-Pénéloppe Charbonneau. It asked her to appear before the College’s Discipline Committee on ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf-October 1, 2008 to set a date for the hearing. That date was set for November 2, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf-The member did not attend the hearing, but was represented by legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf-The allegations made against Pénéloppe Charbonneau in the Notice of Hearing dated September ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf-19, 2008 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Pénéloppe Charbonneau is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf-defined in subsection 30 (2) of the Act in that she: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- a) failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to subsection 1(5) of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf: b) abused one or more students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- emotionally, contrary to subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- c) failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated February 29, 2008 (Exhibit 1) was served on Susan Mary ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf-Clark (the “Member”), providing her with notice that the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers would meet on March 25, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf-and specifying the charges. The Discipline Committee subsequently set May 26, 27 & 28 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf-2009, as the date for the hearing on the merits. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf-Susan Mary Clark was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf-The allegations against Susan Mary Clark in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf-February 29, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Susan Mary Clark is guilty of professional misconduct and/or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf-incompetence as defined in sections 30(2) and (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf-Act, 1996 (the “Act), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Andrew Stephen Corbett is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Peel District School ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Board as an occasional teacher. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-2. During the 2005-2006 academic year, and specifically during a six month period ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-ending on or about 28 February 2006, the Member, while teaching at [XXX] School, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf:engaged in inappropriate touching or sexual touching of Student No. 1, a male student, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-who was between [XXX] years old, during class. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-3. During the 2005-2006 academic year, and specifically during a six month period ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-ending on or about 28 February 2006, the Member, while teaching at [XXX] School ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf:(“[XXX]”), engaged in inappropriate and/or sexual touching of Student No. 2 and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Student No. 3, who were [XXX] male students, during class, on two separate occasions. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-At that time those students were between [XXX] years of age. The touching by the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Member included his: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- (a) rubbing the students’ backs; and/or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- (b) hugging one or more of the students; and/or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- (c) rubbing the thighs of one or more of the students. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-4. During the 2005-2006 academic year, and specifically during a six month period ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-ending on or about 28 February 2006, the Member, while teaching at [XXX], engaged in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf:inappropriate and/or sexual touching of Student No. 4, Student No. 5 and Student No. 6, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-who were male students of the school. At that time, those students were between [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-years of age. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-5. On or about 24 February 2006, the Member was removed from the Occasional ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Teacher’s List of the Board. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-6. On or about 27 November 2008, the Member pleaded guilty to a charge that he, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-during a six month period, last, past and ending on or about the 28th day of February ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf:2006, at the City of Mississauga, did unlawfully commit a sexual assault on Student No. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-6, contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Counsel for the College entered into evidence a Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 6) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-with respect to the criminal proceedings against the Member was submitted into ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-evidence. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-This Brief consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-A. Superior Court of Justice - Certified copy of Indictment dated February 17, 2008, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-B. Transcript of Guilty Plea Proceedings and Reasons for Sentence before the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- Honourable Mr. Justice Hill on November 27, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the evidence and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-by counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Andrew Stephen ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Corbett is guilty of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf:Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Rules 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-granted. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts the specific findings of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-fact contained in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 6) that on or about November 27, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-2008 the Member pleaded guilty to a charge that he, during a six month period, last, past ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-and ending on or about the 28th day of February 2006, at the City of Mississauga, did ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf:unlawfully commit a sexual assault on Student No. 6, contrary to Section 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). The Member was found guilty and the other charges against ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf:him of committing sexual assaults on five other students were withdrawn at the request of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-On or about November 27, 2008, the Member was given a suspended sentence for a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-period of fifteen months on mandatory statutory terms and was placed on probation. The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Member was also ordered to [XXX] and to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-As a term of his probation, the Member was ordered to abstain from communicating or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-associating directly or indirectly with any of the students involved. Further, he was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-ordered not to be alone with any child under the age of fourteen years, except for ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-immediate family members, unless in the presence of an adult. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s conviction for sexual assault of a student as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-outlined herein constitutes acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14) and 1(15) and that ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf:he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf:The Member’s criminal conviction for sexual assault is a contravention of a law, which is ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration and has ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-caused a student to be put at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-1(16) and 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-The Member’s conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional and unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-member contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, 1(18) and 1 (19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the Certificate ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf:The Member sexually assaulted a [XXX] year old student in his classroom, with other ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-students present. He carried out the assault during the showing of a film, in a darkened ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-classroom, deliberately targeting a student seated at the outside edge of the classroom. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-The Member seated himself next to the student, removed his shoe and placed his foot into ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-the lap area of the student. The student, being alarmed by this, pushed his foot away. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-The Member then repeated the activity, rubbing his foot from the knee area up to the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-groin area. The student then pushed his foot away again. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s actions constitute a serious breach of trust. The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Member’s actions were brazen and aggressive, being conducted in an open classroom ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-with other students present. Sexually assaultive conduct towards children by a person in a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-position of trust is especially repugnant to our moral values and in turn amounts to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-seriously blameworthy conduct and a crime of deserved gravity. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration is the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-penalty, given the serious nature of the Member’s criminal conviction and the need to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-protect children entrusted to the care of the teaching profession. Revocation of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Member’s certificate ensures that he will not ever again teach in the publicly funded ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf:schools of Ontario. Further, a member who pleads guilty to and is convicted of sexual ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-assault of one of his students, who is subject to conditions which do not allow him to be ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-in the company of children under the age of 14 years and who is [XXX], should not be ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-permitted to teach in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-The Committee orders publication of the finding and order with the name of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-Publication, with name, will provide a general deterrent to the membership and informs ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf-the profession that this serious misconduct will result in the most severe penalty, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 8, 2009, was served on Achala Das Gupta, requesting ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf-her attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf-February 10, 2009 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf-subsequently set for November 5, 2009. Achala Das Gupta was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf-The allegations against Achala Das Gupta in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf-January 8, 2009 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Achala Das Gupta is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- (a) she failed to comply with her duty under the Child and Family Services ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- Act, S. 72 (1) when she failed to report information respecting the possible ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- physical abuse of one of her students; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- (b) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf: (c) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- (d) she failed to supervise adequately a person who is under her professional ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- supervision, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- (f) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-There were two Notices of Hearing issued with respect to Michael Robert Doucette (“the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-Member”). The first Notice of Hearing is dated December 4, 2008 (Exhibit 1). The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-second Notice of Hearing is dated May 21, 2009. The hearing with respect to these two ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-matters was subsequently set for June 17, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-Michael Robert Doucette was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-The allegations against Michael Robert Doucette in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-dated December 4, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Michael Robert Doucette is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-defined in section 30(2) and 40 (1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- of Ontario 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-Submissions of Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-Counsel for the Member requested that the name of the Member not be published and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-indicated that each case must be considered on the facts and that there was no ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-presumption in favour of publication. Member’s Counsel submitted that publication of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-the Member’s name would not advance the public interest because the public interest was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-served by the notation on the Public Register, the reprimand and the course work. She ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-noted that the notation of misconduct would remain on the Register for a period of three ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-years and since the hearing was a public and open proceeding, the goal of advancing the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-public interest was achieved. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-Counsel further stated that there were no complaints prior to the matters before the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-Committee and no incidents following the issuance of the second Notice of Hearing. She ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf:stated that the conduct, incidental touch, was not sexual. There was no evidence of harm ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-or ongoing safety concerns that would warrant the further penalty of publication. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-Counsel submitted that the Member had already experienced the penalty of two ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-suspensions by his employer. She indicated that publication of the Member’s name was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-not required as a specific deterrent as he had learned that physical contact of any type is ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-inappropriate. The reprimand and the course would be sufficient. She stated that the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-gravity of his conduct has hit home to the Member. He has taken ownership of his actions ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-and publication will not serve further deterrence. Counsel indicated that general ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-deterrence was achieved by publication of the summary and findings without the name of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf-the Member. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated October 16, 2008 was served on Mark Edward De Sousa, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-Teachers on November 3, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for April 3, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-Mark Edward De Sousa was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-The allegations against Mark Edward De Sousa in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-dated October 16, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Mark Edward De Sousa is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-At the hearing on April 3, 2009, College counsel sought to withdraw the allegation that ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf:the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. The Committee agrees that this allegation be ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-and Joint Submission on Penalty (ASF – Exhibit 2) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-1. Mark Edward De Sousa (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the Near North District ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-School Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] (the “School”), in North Bay. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-3. During the 2004-2005 academic year, Student No. 1, Student No. 2, Student No. 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-and Student No. 4 were female students of the Member at the School. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-4. During the 2004-2005 academic year, the Member acted unprofessionally and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf-inappropriately towards Student No. 1 in that he: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- (a) gave her handwritten notes, cards, books and other gifts; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- (b) spent time alone with her in the School on more than one occasion, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- sometimes after school or between classes and on one occasion, they ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- hugged; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 11, 2008 was served on Jeremy Peter Grimstead ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-(“The Member”), requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-College of Teachers on February 11, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for April 15 and 16, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-The Member was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated January ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-11, 2008 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Jeremy Peter Grimstead is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-(the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-1. During the 2005-2006 academic year, the Member commenced an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-and unprofessional personal relationship with a female grade [XXX] student (the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-“Student”), which included his: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- (a) engaging in inappropriate telephone communications with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- (b) permitting the Student to visit his home; and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf: (c) engaging in sexual touching with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-2. On or about 23 November 2006, the Member was charged by the [XXX] Police ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Service that between 1 March 2006 and 31 August 2006, at the City of [XXX], he being ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:in a position of trust or authority towards the Student, a young person, did for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-purpose, touch directly the body of the Student, a young person, with a part of his body, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-to wit: his hands, contrary to Section 153(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-3. The charges referred to in paragraph 2 are presently before the court. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-The Indictment verifies that on or about July 11, 2007, the Member was charged by the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-[XXX] Police Service that between 1st day of March 2006 and the 30th day of June 2006, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-at the City of [XXX], he being in a position of trust or authority towards the Student, a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:young person, did for a sexual purpose, touch directly the body of the Student, a young ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-person, with a part of his body, to wit: his hands, contrary to Section 153(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). (Exhibit 3, Tab B) On May 26, 2008, the Member pleaded not ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-guilty to this charge and instead pleaded guilty to and was convicted of the charge of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-common assault (sec. 266) pursuant to sec. 606(4). The Member was given a suspended ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-sentence and placed on probation for 12 months, the terms of which were that he report ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-when and as required, and that he attend for treatment or assessment if he is directed to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-do so. (Exhibit 3, Tab D) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL RE FINDING ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that Rules 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers require the Committee to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-accept the Brief of Court Documents as proof of the Member’s conviction and specific ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-findings of fact in the criminal proceedings. Counsel for the College submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-facts contained therein support (a) through (h) of the allegations in the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-and asked the Committee to find the Member guilty of professional misconduct on all of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-these allegations. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF THE MEMBER RE FINDING ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Counsel for the Member indicated that what was admitted in the criminal proceedings ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-were a minimal set of facts but the facts on record were reasonably correct. He told the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Committee that over a defined time period the Member and the Crown agreed that on two ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:occasions, physical contact of a sexual nature occurred. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Even though the Member pleaded no contest to all of the allegations in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Hearing, Counsel for the Member submitted that to find the Member guilty of allegations ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-(b) and (h), (c) and (g) was to convict him twice on the same set of facts. Counsel further ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-submitted that because the Member was removed from class in September 2006 and he ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-had an undertaking with the College not to teach, that there was no risk to students ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-pursuant to (e). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Having considered the Exhibits filed, and based on the Member’s plea of no contest and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-the submissions made by counsel for the College and counsel for the Member, the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct, being ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:sexually), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19) and contrary to sections 1 and 40 (1.1) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-During the school year of 2005-2006, the Member became romantically involved with a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-grade [XXX] female student. The member had been the student’s [XXX] teacher in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Grade [XXX]. In the 2005-2006 school year, when the student was in Grade [XXX], the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Member was an advisor to the [XXX] where the student was [XXX]. During this time he ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-was the coach of the girls’ [XXX] on which the [XXX] was a [XXX]. Her family invited ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-him on more than one occasion to their home to [XXX] [XXX] and he became friendly ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-with the family to the extent that he was also invited to their home over the Christmas ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-holiday. In the fall of 2005 he began to visit the student at her [XXX], where he [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-worked part-time. In January of 2006, when the student travelled to [XXX] with a group ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-of student volunteers, the two of them spoke by telephone on several occasions. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-In January of 2006, the Member was questioned about his involvement with this student ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-by his school principal, who had received an anonymous telephone call with respect to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-this matter. The Member denied there was anything untoward happening. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Between March and June 2006, the Member and the student were alone at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:apartment on several occasions where there was touching of a sexual nature, but there ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:was no sexual intercourse. On one occasion, the student’s parents had seen her entering ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-the parking lot of the Member’s building. She told her parents that she was there to pick ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-up a friend. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-In the summer of 2006, and later in the fall of 2006, the student disclosed that she had ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-been involved romantically with the Member since January of that year, that the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:relationship had become physical but denied that any sexual intercourse had taken place. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-She later recanted this statement and denied that there had been any physical relationship ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-while she was still a student. She assumed part responsibility for the relationship and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-stated she did not see herself as a victim. Following an investigation by CAS and the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:police the Member was charged with sexual exploitation in July 2007. In 2008, the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Member pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, a charge of common assault. He ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-received a suspended sentence, and was placed on probation for 12 months. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Rules 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and no appeal has been granted. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-It is uncontested that on May 26, 2008, the Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-of the charge of common assault of a Student. The Member was given a suspended ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-sentence and placed on probation for 12 months, the terms of which were that he report ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-when and as required, and that he attend for treatment or assessment if he is directed to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-do so. (Exhibit 3, Tab D) There is no evidence of an appeal of the conviction or the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-sentence. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-The conviction of common assault is relevant to the Member’s suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration and has caused a student to be put at risk ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-pursuant to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(16) and 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-The Member engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a female student. The extent ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:of the relationship involved sexual touching which is defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:the Act. While there is no evidence that sexual intercourse occurred, the definition of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:sexual abuse includes touching of a sexual nature. This behaviour is deemed by the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:committee to be sexual abuse of a student of a nature as defined in the Act , Sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:and 40 (1.1) and a breach of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsection 1(7) – sexually. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Teachers are expected to uphold the highest standards and not to engage in any conduct ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-which will bring the profession into disrepute. They are also expected to act as role ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-models for the students they teach. In engaging in conduct of this nature, the Member has ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-failed to maintain the standards of the profession contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-subsection, 1(5). The Committee also finds that the Member’s conviction of assault of a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-student as outlined herein constitutes professional misconduct and demonstrates that he ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-has breached his responsibilities, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-1(14), and 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-The Committee finds this type of relationship between a student and a teacher to be very ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-serious. It is extremely important that teachers recognize the appropriate boundaries that ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-must be maintained between a student and a teacher. In engaging in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:relationship with a student where sexual touching occurred, the Member failed to do this. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-This misconduct reflects poorly upon the teaching profession and would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-seen by other members of the profession to be disgraceful, dishonorable and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-unprofessional and conduct unbecoming a member contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-subsections 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Counsel for the College called the following evidence with respect to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- Evidence of Student’s Mother ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-The mother of the Student testified on behalf of the College with respect to how the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-relationship between the Member and the student had impacted her family. She first ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-learned of the relationship in September 2006, [XXX]. She was stunned, shocked, did ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-not have a lot of emotion and indicated this was not something she ever expected to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-happen. When questioned by College counsel about the impact this had on her daily life, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-she indicated that it was stressful for the first month and throughout the criminal ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-proceedings. She was irritable, angry and depressed within the family unit. She indicated ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-her husband tried to keep things grounded for her but that she tended to push him away ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-be placed in a position of authority.” College counsel submitted that this was not good ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-enough to protect students in the future. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Protection, preservation and restoration of public confidence in the profession ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-The Member’s behaviour has brought the profession into disrepute. Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-that no penalty other than revocation would suffice. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-General deterrence ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Counsel submitted that the penalty should send a strong message to the profession. If the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Member were to be placed back in the classroom, this would not send the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-message. Counsel indicated that the collusionary nature of the relationship between the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Member and the Student was not material to the issue. Sexual abuse of a student is ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-wrong and should not be tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Counsel asked the Committee to consider the following aggravating factors: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-1. Harm done by Member’s behaviour to: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- - The student/victim. The Member knew his behaviour was wrong. The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- relationship was still ongoing at the time of the hearing. His behaviour damaged ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- familial relationships. The Member’s other career successes should not matter. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- His behaviour was harmful. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- - Family and family life. The Member’s behaviour was upsetting. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- reminded the Committee that when you invite a teacher into your home you don’t ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf: expect him to have sex with your daughter. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- - The profession. The Member’s behaviour does not elevate the public’s view of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- the profession. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Counsel posed the question: Is revocation necessary to protect the public interest, and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-also that of students? He indicated that the answer to the question should be in the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-affirmative. Counsel suggested that aggravating/mitigating factors should only be ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-considered if the Committee is considering suspension as a penalty. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Penalty Submissions of Counsel for the Member ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Counsel for the Member argued that what was admitted to the Committee was a limited ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-set of facts. Both parties agreed to the fact that there were two occasions of physical ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:touching of a sexual nature. Although the Member was in a position of authority, he was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-not in a position of control. The expertise of the psychiatrist and the psychologist was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-not challenged by the College. A complete and open disclosure of all court documents ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-was provided to these doctors. Their reports suggest the Member is not a high risk for re- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-offence but is a candidate for remediation i.e. working towards getting back into the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Doctor Pollock felt that the Member was seeking to find answers or clarification. Each ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-doctor recommended therapy, one specifically talking about mentoring upon a return to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-the classroom and the other talking about a course in boundary violations. In the report, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-the nature or gravity of the allegations was deemed to be at the lower end of the scale. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-The Committee was asked to consider the fact that there were only two occasions of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-misconduct, the emotional well being of the victim, and her age. There appears to be no ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-evidence of negative impact. Victim evidence was provided by the mother but the victim ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-herself was not called as a witness. The issue of victim impact should not only take into ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-account impact at the time, but lasting impact. Member’s counsel asked the Committee ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Addressing the issue of future risk, Member’s counsel drew the Committee’s attention to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Exhibit 6, pages 8 & 9 wherein Dr. Pollock states that “based on the SVR-20 schema (a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-forensic assessment instrument which provides a systematic evaluation of risk based ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:upon existing clinical research), Mr. Grimstead’s risk of future sexual misconduct ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-appears to be negligible”. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Member’s counsel also drew the Committee’s attention to Exhibit 4, page 24. In ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-reference to the risk posed by the Member, Dr. Pearce concludes that given “this ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-gentleman’s characterological structure and the numerous variables that contributed to his ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-behaviour, I would expect that there would be a low likelihood of future recidivism.” ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-With respect to the issue of rehabilitation, Member’s counsel referenced Exhibit 6, page ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-9, paragraph 6, it is the opinion of Dr. Pollock that “Mr. Grimstead is sufficiently ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-intelligent, motivated and psychologically minded to benefit from …assistance.” He also ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-noted that in Exhibit 4, page 13 Dr. Pearce reported that the Member “indicated his ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-willingness to participate actively in any treatment as recommended by either myself or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-his licensing body.” ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:Member’s counsel addressed the issue of grooming by referring to Exhibit 4, page 23 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-wherein Dr. Pearce indicates that in “reviewing Mr. Grimstead’s history, there is no ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-suggestion that he is a callous, unempathic or manipulative individual…and although it is ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-difficult to ascertain the true nature of his intentions, in this case I believe that it is most ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-likely that he was genuine in his pursuit of (the student).” ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Member’s counsel asked the Committee to consider other mitigating circumstances: loss ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-of income, future pension benefits and future earnings, voluntary 28-month suspension, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-lost position of employment, charge of criminal offence, voluntary visits to Drs. Pearce ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- Member in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-In making its decision the Committee considered seriously the penalty submissions of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-both counsel. In deciding not to revoke the Member’s certificate, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:weighed both the aggravating and mitigating factors. While the definition of sexual ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:abuse includes touching of a sexual nature, there is no evidence that sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-occurred. The member engaged in an inappropriate relationship with the student. In ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-criminal court he pleaded guilty to and was convicted of common assault but pleaded not ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:guilty to a charge of sexual touching of a young person while in a position of trust. The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-member was not sentenced to a jail term but instead received a term of probation. The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-Member has no prior record of misconduct. There was no evidence presented that this ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-was a situation where the Member was involved in any way in grooming the student for ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf:his own sexual gratification. The College witness, the mother of the student did not offer ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-any evidence that the member had brought irreparable harm to her family. In fact she ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-testified that she continued to have a very good relationship with her daughter to this day, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-despite the fact that her daughter and the Member continue to be involved in a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-relationship. Lastly, based on the medical reports submitted, risk of future misconduct ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-appears to be negligible. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-The Committee found the Member’s conduct to be unbecoming a member of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf-profession and constituted acts of professional misconduct. While the Committee ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated January 3, 2005, was served on Martin Richard Guibord, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf-instructing him to appear before the Committee on February 1, 2005, to set a hearing ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf-date. The hearing was scheduled for October 16, 2007 and continued on October 17 and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf-18, 2007, February 19, 20 and 21, 2008 as well as August 11, 12 and 13, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf-Mr. Guibord was in attendance at the hearings. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf-The following allegations were stipulated in the Notice of Hearing dated January 3, 2005 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf-(Exhibit 1): ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Martin Richard Guibord (the “Member”) is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf-misconduct and/or is incompetent pursuant to subsections 30(2) and 30(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf-College of Teachers Act (the “Act”), in that he: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- (a) failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf: (b) abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- (c) failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically paragraph 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- (d) contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- (e) contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated August 19, 2009, was served on James Geoffrey Hamilton, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-Teachers on September 21, 2009 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for October 15, 2009. James Geoffrey Hamilton was in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-attendance. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-The allegations against James Geoffrey Hamilton in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-dated August 19, 2009 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that James Geoffrey Hamilton is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-misconduct as defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-At the conclusion of the hearing on October 15 2009, College Counsel sought to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-withdraw the allegations of professional misconduct contained in paragraphs (b), (c) and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-(d) above, being alleged breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-and 1(18). The Committee agrees that these allegations shall be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-the facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-Submission on Penalty (SUF– Exhibit 2) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-1. James Geoffrey Hamilton (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Simcoe County ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”) as a high school teacher. The Member was assigned ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-to Barrie North Collegiate Institute (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-3. During the 2005-2006 to 2007-2008 academic years, on multiple ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-occasions, the Member engaged in verbal and physical interactions with several female ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-students that were inappropriate and unprofessional in that they were capable of a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf:sexually suggestive interpretation despite the fact that none was intended by the Member ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-and in that they made the students very uncomfortable to the point that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-removed from the classroom. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that James Geoffrey Hamilton committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-subsections 1(5) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts as outlined in the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-The Member did not contest the truth of the facts referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Fact and that these facts constitute conduct which falls below ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-the standards of the teaching profession and is conduct unbecoming a Member, being ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-more particularly, breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5) and 1(19) and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-pleaded no contest to these allegations of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-The Member engaged in inappropriate physical and verbal interactions with several ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-female students in the 2005-2006 and the 2007-2008 academic years. These comments ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf:and interactions were capable of a sexually suggestive interpretation and made students ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-very uncomfortable to the point where the Member was removed from the classroom. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-For example, after colliding with a student in the hallway, the Member stated “you’re ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-probably used to men throwing themselves at you”. At another time the Member ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-remarked to a different female student “you look good” or “you are good looking”. The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-Member poked one student in the abdomen in what he advised was an effort to lighten ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf-her mood. During another interaction, when a student became unresponsive, the Member ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- (b) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- (c) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-1. Jeremy Allen Houston (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-Teachers. In or about 2005, the Member was a teacher in the Province of Saskatchewan. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-2. On or about 25 January 2008, the Member was found guilty and convicted by the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-Court of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan on the following charges: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- (a) that he on or about 6 August 2005, at or near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf: did access child pornography contrary to Section 163.1(4.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- (b) that he on or about 14 October 2005, at or near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf: did have in his possession child pornography contrary to Section 163.1(4) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-A. Certificate of Conviction, Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan dated April ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- 17, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-B. Transcript of Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable Justice Currie at ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan dated January 25, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-C. Transcript of Reasons for Sentencing dated April 17, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-D. Reasons of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan dated October 21, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-1. The evidence presented in the Court Documents confirms that on or about January ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-25, 2008, the Member was found guilty and convicted by the Court of Queen’s Bench of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-Saskatchewan on the following charges: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- (a) that he on or about August 6, 2005, at or near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf: did access child pornography contrary to Section 163.1(4.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- (b) that he on or about October 14, 2005, at or near Saskatoon, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf: Saskatchewan, did have in his possession child pornography contrary to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf: Section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada). (Exhibit 4, Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-2. Further, on or about 17 April 2008, the following sentence was imposed on the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-Member: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- (a) imprisonment for a term of 18 months to be served in the community ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- subject to his compliance with conditions; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- (b) a probationary period of three (3) years to commence at the end of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- conditional sentence; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18-disgraceful) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-Rules 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-granted. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-It is uncontested that on or about January 25, 2008, the Member was found guilty and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf:convicted of accessing and possession of child pornography contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf:163.1(4.1) and Section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-The Member was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 18 months to be served in the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-community subject to his compliance with conditions; given a probationary period of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-three (3) years to commence at the end of the conditional sentence; ordered to [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-and ordered to [XXX]. (Exhibit 4, Tab C, p. 425) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-The Member appealed the convictions and his appeal was dismissed. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-These convictions are relevant to the Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-Qualification and Registration and have caused students to be put at risk pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16) and 1(17). The Committee noted that while ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-there was no evidence that these incidents took place at school, the Member’s actions in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf:accessing and possession of child pornography demonstrate a complete disregard for ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-children’s welfare, thereby putting his students at risk. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conviction for accessing and possession of child ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf:pornography as outlined herein constitute acts of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14) and 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-The Member’s conduct was disgraceful and unbecoming a member contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-Regulation 437/97, 1(18-disgraceful) and 1 (19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-PENALTY SUBMISSIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty be as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- 1. revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- 2. publication of the findings of the Discipline Committee, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf:The Member’s conviction for accessing child pornography is based on his having ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-accessed one item, a story entitled I Have Afternoon Delight With Eight-Year Old Polish ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-Girl, which was posted on the North American Man Girl Love Association Web site. The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf:Member’s conviction for possession of child pornography is based on his having ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-possession of six images. (Exhibit 4, Tab B, p. 2 and p.416, Tab C). While the Member ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf:accessed and possessed small quantities of child pornography, his actions remain ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf:reprehensible. Anyone who accesses and possesses any amount of child pornography ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-perpetuates the abuse of children and must be dealt with severely. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-The penalty must meet the objective of general deterrence to the members of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-profession as well as the objective of specific deterrence to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-The Member has brought the profession into disrepute. The fact that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf:accessing and possession of child pornography requires that he receive the maximum ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-penalty, revocation of his certificate of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-The Member’s actions were criminal. Publication of the findings and order of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-Committee, in summary, along with the name of the Member, in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession advises the profession of the nature of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-misconduct and the consequences for such behaviour. Publication, with name, acts as a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-general deterrent and informs the profession that such behaviour will not be tolerated and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf-will result in the harshest penalty, revocation. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 4, 2008, was served on Philip Bin Jianping Hu, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf-Teachers on July 17, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for February 5, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf-Philip Bin Jianping Hu was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf-The allegations against Philip Bin Jianping Hu in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf-July 4, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Philip Bin Jianping Hu is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- of Ontario 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf-“Committee”) on August 28, 2009 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated February 5, 2007 was served on Bruce Leslie Hyde, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf-Teachers on March 5, 2007 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for August 28, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf-Bruce Leslie Hyde was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf-The allegations against Bruce Leslie Hyde in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf-February 5, 2007, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Bruce Leslie Hyde is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf-in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- psychologically and/or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 27, 2006, was served on James Michael Kowal, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf-Teachers on September 13, 2006 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for and commenced on February 11, 2008. James ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf-Michael Kowal was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf-The allegations against James Michael Kowal in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf-July 27, 2006, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that James Michael Kowal is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Two Notices of Hearing, one dated February 12, 2009 and one dated February 13, 2009, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-were served on Kelly James Madden, (the “Member”) requesting his attendance before ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on February 24, 2009 to set ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-September 21, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-The Member was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-The allegations against Kelly James Madden in the Notices of Hearing, (Exhibits 1 and 2) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-dated February 12, 2009 and February 13, 2009 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Kelly James Madden is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-(the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (19); and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-the facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-1. Kelly James Madden (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Re Student No. 1 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-2. During the 2003-2004 academic year, the Member was employed by [XXX], a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-[XXX]school in [XXX], Ontario. At the same time, Student No. 1 was a [XXX] female ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-student of [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-3. On or about October 2, 2003, the Member was dismissed from his employment by ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-[XXX] after he allegedly touched the buttocks of Student No. 1 during a [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Re Student No. 2 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-4. During the 2006-2007 academic year, the Member was employed by the District ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-School Board of Niagara (the “Board”) as a high school teacher. He taught [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-the Board would consider a recommendation that his employment be terminated effective ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-April 9, 2008 at its next meeting on April 8, 2008. A copy of the letter of the Board ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-dated March 7, 2008 is attached as Exhibit “F”. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- The Member’s employment was terminated by the Board on or about April 9, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-12. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-2008 and a copy of the letter of termination bearing that date is attached as Exhibit “G”. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-13. By this document, the Member enters a plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the Evidence ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E. 23, for the purpose of this proceeding under the College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Teachers Act, 1996, chapter 12, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-contest does not constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-other civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-14. Pursuant to Rule 3.02(2), by this document, the Member does not contest, for the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-purposes of this proceeding only, the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 2 to 12 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-above (the “uncontested facts”). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-15. Pursuant to Rule 3.02(2), the member does not contest, for the purposes of this ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-proceeding only, the allegations of professional misconduct made against him, being ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (18 - ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf:disgraceful) and (19), and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-16. By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document, he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- evidence as set out in paragraphs 1 to 12 above, including the referenced ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- exhibits, being presented to the Discipline Committee at the hearing of this ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- matter; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the plea of no contest, the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty, and the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-submissions made by counsel for the College and counsel for the Member, the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that Kelly James Madden committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf:1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18 – disgraceful) and 1(19), and that he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-The Member does not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 2 to 12 of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-the Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest, and Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-and pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct as alleged in the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Notices of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-The Member repeatedly put himself in situations involving inappropriate conduct with ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-students. The Member was certified to teach in 2002. In October 2003 the Member was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-dismissed from his employment at [XXX] for allegedly touching the buttocks of a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-female student. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-From September 1, 2006 to December 14, 2006, the Member was employed as a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-teacher in the District School Board of Niagara. During this time the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-least two different communities. The Member’s behaviour escalated from driving a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-student home in his car to kissing a student on the lips in a secluded area in the school. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-The Committee determined that by his conduct, the Member committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18 – disgraceful) and 1(19), and that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf:sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-Member in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-The Member was in a position of trust and authority and repeatedly abused that trust. He ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-did not heed repeated warnings regarding his behaviour. Suspensions had no impact on ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-his behaviour. In a systematic way, the Member engaged in a pattern of misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-evidenced by his advances towards female students. The level of inappropriate behaviour ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf-continued to escalate until he was terminated from his employment. The Member ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated May 15, 2008 (Exhibit 1) was served on Leslie Merlino (the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-“Member”), providing her with notice that the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-College of Teachers would meet on June 10, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-specifying the charges. The Discipline Committee set June 16, 2009 as the date for the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-hearing on the merits. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-The Member was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-The Notice of Hearing sets out the following allegations: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Leslie Merlino is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf:(b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-(c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-(d) she contravened the law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-(e) she contravened the law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- member’s professional supervision to be put at or remain at risk contrary to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-(f) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-(g) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf:(h) she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Submission on Penalty (ASF – Exhibit 3), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-1. Leslie Merlino (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Registered Member Information respecting the Member. The Member voluntarily ceased ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-paying her fees to the College after 13 October 2006. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-2. The Member was employed as a high school teacher by the Peel District School ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Board from September 2001 until May 2007, at which time she submitted her ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-resignation. The Member was assigned to [XXX] (the “School”) where she taught [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-and [XXX] until 13 October 2006 at which time she was sent home and placed on home ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-assignment. She continued on home assignment until her resignation on 27 May 2007. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-3. During the 2005-2006 academic year, student A was a female student of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Member in the first semester (September 2005 to January 2006) at the School. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-4. The Member was a chaperone on a school trip to Spain and France during March ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-2006, in which student A was a participant. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-5. Between July 2006 and October 2006, the Member entered into an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-personal relationship with student A which included her: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf: (a) communicating in a sexually explicit and inappropriate manner by ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- electronic means with student A; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- (b) touched student A without consent. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-6. Examples of the inappropriate electronic communications between the Member ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-and student A are attached as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- (a) Exhibit “B” - a transcript of a portion of an electronic chat between the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Member and student A which took place on 9 August 2006; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- (b) Exhibit “C” - a transcript of a portion of an electronic chat between the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Member and student A which took place on 10 August 2006; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- (c) Exhibit “D” - a transcript of a portion of an electronic chat between the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Member and student A which took place on 26 August 2006; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- (d) Exhibit “E” - a transcript of a portion of an electronic chat between the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Member and student A which took place on 1 September 2006; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- (e) Exhibit “F” - a transcript of a portion of an electronic chat between the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Member and student A which took place on 8 September 2006; and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- (f) Exhibit “G” - a transcript of a portion of an electronic chat between the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Member and student A which took place on 1 October 2006. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-7. On or about 13 October 2006, criminal charges were laid against the Member in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-respect of her engaging in physical contact with student A in October 2006. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-8. On or about 14 September 2007, the Member pleaded guilty to a charge that she ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-assaulted student A, on or about 1 October 2006, at the City of Mississauga, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Section 266 of the Criminal Code (Canada). The Member was found guilty of that ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-charge. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-9. On or about 14 September 2007, the Member was given a suspended sentence, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-placed on probation for of a period of 18 months and ordered to perform 40 hours of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-community service. She was also ordered not to engage in the teaching profession or to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-associate, contact or hold any communication directly or indirectly with student A, during ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-the period of probation. In addition, an Order [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Attached and marked as Exhibit “H” is a certified copy of the Information dated ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-10. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-15 November 2006 which shows the details of the charge against the Member and the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-details of the sentencing. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-11. A certified copy of the Order with respect to [XXX] as Exhibit “I”. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-12. A certified copy of the Probation Order dated 14 September 2007 is attached as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Exhibit “J”. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-13. A copy of the transcript of the Guilty Plea Proceedings before the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Justice W.J. Blacklock on 14 September 2007 is attached as Exhibit “K”. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-14. By this document, the Member admits for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 13 above (the “admitted ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-facts”). The Member hereby acknowledges that the facts referred to in paragraphs 5 and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-8 above constitute professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-professional misconduct against her being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Regulation 437/97 1(5), (7), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18) and (19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf:pleads no contest to the allegation that she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-15. By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document, she is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- evidence as set out in paragraphs 1 to 13 above, including the referenced ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- exhibits, being presented to the Discipline Committee at the hearing of this ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- matter; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-19. By this document, the Member acknowledges her understanding that any ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-agreement between the College and the Member with respect to the penalty proposed in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-this document does not bind the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the Member’s plea of no contest and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty, and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-the submissions made by counsel for the College and counsel for the Member, the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-the Committee finds that Leslie Merlino committed acts of professional misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), (7), ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-(14), (15), (16), (17), (18) and (19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the Agreed Facts described in paragraphs 5 and 6 of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest, and Joint Submission on Penalty (ASF - ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Exhibit 3) constitute professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to these allegations ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-of professional misconduct. The Committee accepted the Member’s plea of no contest ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-and the facts contained in the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest, and Joint ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Student A was a female student of the Member during the 2005-2006 academic year ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-(semester 1). The Member accompanied Student A and other students, as a chaperone, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-on a trip to Spain and France during March 2006. The Member sat with Student A an ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-abnormal amount of time during this trip. The Member began spending more time with ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-the student, going for walks during summer and meeting at coffee shops. [Exhibit 3, Tab ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-K, p. 4-5] The personal relationship continued to develop and eventually included ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-electronic communications over MSN between August 10, 2006 and October 1, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf:The communications were numerous and evolved into significantly sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf:conversations on a number of occasions, describing having sex and other sexual acts with ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-each other. [Exhibit 3, Tab K, p. 5] The Member, while in a position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-authority, entered into and continued this inappropriate personal relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-A. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-On or about October 13, 2006, criminal charges were laid against the Member in respect ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-of her engaging in physical contact with Student A. The Member subsequently pleaded ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-guilty to and was convicted of committing an assault on A, contrary to Section 266 of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). On or about 14 September 2007, the Member was given a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-suspended sentence, placed on probation for of a period of 18 months and ordered to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-perform 40 hours of community service. She was also ordered not to engage in the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-teaching profession or to associate, contact or hold any communication directly or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-indirectly with student A, during the period of probation. In addition, an Order was issued ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s actions that evolved into this inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-relationship and her criminal conviction for assault of a student, as outlined herein ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-constitute acts of professional misconduct. The Member’s criminal conviction is evidence ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-that she contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to her suitability to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-hold a Certificate and may cause students under her professional supervision to be put at ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-risk. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession and breached Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Regulation 437/97 1(14) and 1(15) and engaged in conduct that would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful and dishonourable, and engaged in conduct ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-unbecoming a member. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf:The explicit sexual messaging between the Member and Student A constitutes sexual ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-abuse by the Member towards the student as defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Member in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-The Member has forfeited the privilege of being a member of the teaching profession and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-revocation is appropriate. The Member was criminally convicted of assault against ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Student A, was ordered not to engage in the teaching profession during the probationary ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-period of 18 months and was required to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct is reprehensible and unbecoming a member ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-of the profession. The Member abused the authority and trust vested in her without regard ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-for the well being of the Student by engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf:including sexually explicit electronic communications with Student A. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf:finds this constitutes sexual abuse by the Member towards the student. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-and registration is the appropriate penalty. Publication of the findings and order of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Committee, in summary, along with the name of the Member, provides a specific ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-deterrent to the Member by identifying her and the nature of her misconduct. Publication ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-also alerts the profession and informs the public that such behaviour will not be tolerated ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-and will result in revocation. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-For all of the above reasons, the Committee is satisfied that this decision and penalty ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-serves and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf-Dated: June 16, 2009 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Brent Hamelin ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Danny Anckle ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Hanno Weinberger ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 12, 2008, was served on Rafal Jacek Ralph ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf-Musial, requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf-of Teachers on November 25, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for April 6, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf-Rafal Jacek Ralph Musial was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf-The allegations against Rafal Jacek Ralph Musial in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf-dated November 12, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Rafal Jacek Ralph Musial is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- of Ontario 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- (d) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-the facts and introduced as Exhibit 2, an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-and Joint Submission on Penalty (ASF – Exhibit 2) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-1. Jeffrey Robert Orman (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the Avon Maitland District ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-School Board (the “Board”) as a high school teacher at the Listowel District Secondary ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-3. During the 2007-2008 academic year, the Member taught grades 9 and 10 science ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-and grade 11 physics. The Member was assigned, or had access to, six desktop computers ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-and one laptop computer (“the Board’s computers”) for use at the School. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-4. During the 2007-2008 academic year, the Member, while using one or more of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-the Board’s computers: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf: (a) accessed pornographic web sites; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf: (b) downloaded pornographic photographs, images and movies in which the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- subjects portrayed in the photographs and movies included teenaged girls ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- who, in some cases, were portraying themselves as girls under the age of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- eighteen; and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf: (c) on at least one occasion, downloaded pornographic photographs, images ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- and movies of the kind referred to in (b) above at the School while he was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- supervising an extra-curricular event outside of regular school hours. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- However, the Member did so alone in a private office and after he had ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- delegated his supervisory duties to others. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-5. There is no evidence that there was any effect of the Member’s activities, referred ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-to in paragraph 4, on any of the students of the School or that any of the students were ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-aware of those activities. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-6. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is an extract, comprising pages 1-6 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-and 144-149, from a report dated 6 May 2008, from the firm Technical Security and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-Intelligence with respect to its investigation of the hard drives of the computers which the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-Member had been using. Technical Security and Intelligence identified a large number of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf:pornographic images and videos as well as a large number of photographic images of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-nude teenaged girls which had been downloaded at different times between 2007 and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-2008, by the Member. In addition, the report noted that various other movies had ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-apparently been downloaded. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-7. At the first meeting between the Member and his teachers’ federation and the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-Board after the Board concluded its investigation of this matter, the Member admitted his ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-The Member acknowledges that the facts referred to in paragraph 4, and as demonstrated ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-by Exhibit B of the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-on Penalty, (Exhibit 2) constitute professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-these allegations of professional misconduct against him. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-The Committee accepted both the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts contained in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf:The Member’s actions of accessing and downloading a variety of pornographic materials ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-on school computers constitute disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional conduct ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf:and conduct unbecoming a member. The pornographic materials that the Member ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-downloaded included images of and movies that portrayed teenaged girls who, in some ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-cases were presenting themselves as girls under the age of 18. By engaging in such ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-behaviour and using school computers, on school property, the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-maintain the standards of the profession and failed to comply with the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-specifically 264(1)(c) thereof. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf-1. The Registrar is directed to suspend the certificate of qualification of the Member ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- for a period of six months commencing from April 3, 2009 and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- suspension is to be recorded on the public register of the College; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 19, 2009, was served on Joseph William Palmer, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf-Teachers on July 8, 2009 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for November 5, 2009. Joseph William Palmer was in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf-attendance. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf-The allegations against Joseph William Palmer in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf-dated June 19, 2009 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Joseph William Palmer is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf-misconduct as defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-10. On the afternoon of 22 August 2005, the Member visited the home and the Student ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf:told the Member that she had been sexually touched by the colleague’s husband while ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf:they were staying at the hotel on the night of 21-22 August 2005 (the “sexual touching ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-allegation”). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-11. On or about 31 August 2005, while assisting the Member with preparations for the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-forthcoming school year, the Student again had a conversation with the Member about ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf:the sexual touching allegation. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-12. The Member did not, at any time, inform: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- (a) the Student’s parents; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- (b) any person in a position of responsibility at the School or at the Board or; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- (c) the police and/or the Children’s Aid Society, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf:of the Student’s report of the sexual touching allegation. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-13. The Member did not follow the written policy of the Board to report a suspected case ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-of child abuse to the Durham Children’s Aid Society, according to the Durham District ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-School Board Guidelines for Reporting Children in Need of Protection. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Durham District School Board Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-5146. The Guidelines define a child as someone who is under the age of 16 years. A ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-summary of The Durham District School Board Guidelines for reporting children in need ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-of protection is attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C”. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-14. The charges which were brought against the Member for failing to report contrary to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-Section 72(3) in the Child and Family Services Act were dismissed by the Provincial ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-Offences Court and that decision was upheld on appeal by the Ontario Court of Justice. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct, being more particularly, breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18 - unprofessional) and 1 (19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-The Member had a duty to report allegations of child abuse and this did not occur. On ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-two separate occasions, over a period of approximately ten days, the student disclosed to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf:the Member that she had been sexually touched by the colleague’s husband. By failing to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-report the disclosure, the Member did not follow the written policy of the Durham District ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-School Board to report a case of suspected child abuse. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf:The Member did not, at any time, report the allegation of sexual touching to: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- (a) the Student’s parents; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- (b) any person in a position of responsibility at the School or at the Board; or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- (c) the police and/or the Children’s Aid Society. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-The Member, in failing to report, contravened the Board Regulation 5146 according to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-the Durham District School Board Guidelines for Reporting Children in Need of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-Protection. (Exhibit 2, Tabs B & C). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-Teachers are expected to protect students in their care at all times. By not reporting ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf:allegations of sexual abuse, the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-and failed to comply with the Education Act. Her conduct was unprofessional and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-unbecoming a member. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-1. The Member is required to appear before the Committee to be reprimanded, with ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- the fact of the reprimand to be recorded on the Register of the College. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-The Committee determined that the course of instruction in professional ethics is an ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-appropriate component of the decision as it addresses the rehabilitation of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-provides an opportunity for further education and serves to protect the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf:Failure to report allegations of sexual abuse is an egregious violation of a teacher’s duty ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-to protect students. The Committee determined that publication of the name of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-Member was appropriate in this case because of the severity of the misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession provides a specific deterrent ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-to the Member, a general deterrent to the profession, instructs the profession, and advises ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-the public that this type of misconduct is taken very seriously. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and serves ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf-Date: December 3, 2009 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- Hanno Weinberger, OCT ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- Danny Anckle ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- Darlene Mead, OCT ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-pursuant to Rule 2.03(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers which states that service is deemed to be effective when ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-delivered to the last known address or facsimile number of the person. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-The Committee was satisfied by the details outlined in Mr. Evans’ Affidavit that the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Member has had proper notice of the date, time and place of the hearing and proceeded in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-his absence. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-The allegations against Dwight Olivier Stewart-Ajamu in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-1) dated July 30, 2008 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Dwight Olivier Stewart-Ajamu is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (a) he provided false information or documents to the College or another ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- person with respect to his professional qualifications contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(1); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (b) he inappropriately used a term, title or designation indicating a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- specialization in the profession which is not specified on the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(2); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (c) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (e) he signed or issued in his professional capacity, a document that he knew ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- or ought to have known contained a false, improper or misleading ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- statement, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(12); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (h) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf: (j) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-At the hearing of this matter, on November 19, 2008, College Counsel sought to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-withdraw the allegations contained in (a) and (b) above. The Committee agrees that these ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-allegations can be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-1. Dwight Olivier Stewart-Ajamu, also known as Dwight Stewart (“the Member”) is ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-a member of the Ontario College of Teachers, having been issued a certificate of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-qualification on 11 June 2004. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-2. The Member is the holder of an Ontario Driver’s Licence, in the name of Dwight ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Stewart, issued on or about 12 July 1996, in which his date of birth is stated to be 30 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-October 1962. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-3. On or about 12 May 2000, the Member pleaded guilty to a charge that Dwight ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Stewart between 1 July 1992 and 1 August 1999 at the City of Ottawa did, by deceit, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-falsehood or other fraudulent means, defraud Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (c) used profanity in class; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (d) during the 2005-2006 academic year threatened to kick a male student; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (e) on or about 18 May 2005, threatened and embarrassed students in his class ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- by : ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (i) threatening to hit them; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (ii) saying that if they did not pay attention he would remember that ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- when he marked their tests; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (iii) told students that they did not have a voice in his class; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (iv) told students that no one had freedom of expression in his class; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (v) told students that the classroom was his kingdom and that he could ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- do whatever he pleased. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-14. Prior to 1 May 2006, the Member assumed protection of a student at the School ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-and claimed that he was the student’s legal guardian. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-15. As a Religion teacher with a Catholic Board, the Member was unable to recite the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-seven sacraments when asked by his principal to do so. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-16. During the 2004-2005 academic year, while he was employed by the Dufferin- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Peel Board, he: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (a) picked up a 17 year old female student of the School (the “Student”) from ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- her home and drove her to his home; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf: (b) engaged in sexual activity with the Student, which included but was not ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- limited to his: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (i) requesting that the Student sit on his lap; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (ii) kissing the Student’s neck and lips; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (iii) telling the Student, when she asked him to stop kissing her, that he ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- would kill himself if he could not have her, that he cared about her ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- and that he wanted to make her his girlfriend; and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf: (iv) engaging in sexual touching and/or sexual intercourse with the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- Student; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (c) attempted to isolate the Student from her friends; and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- (d) asked the Student personal questions about her boyfriends and her ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf: sexuality. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-17. In or about June 2007, the Member submitted to the Ottawa Catholic School ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Board, a Criminal Record Check, in the French language, from the Ottawa Police ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Service, dated 1 June 2007, which confirmed that no criminal convictions nor outstanding ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-charges had been found in the Canadian National Repository of Criminal Records as a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-result of a search based on the name and date of birth stated by the Member. The date of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-birth which was submitted by the Member to the Ottawa Police Service was 31 October ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-1963, when he was in fact born on 30 October 1962, and the place of birth was stated as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-“Toronto”, when in fact the Member was born in Kingston, Jamaica. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-18. On or about 4 June 2007, the Member pleaded guilty to a charge that Dwight ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Stewart on or about 7 November 2006 at the City of Ottawa did knowingly use, deal ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-with, or act on a forged document, namely an Ottawa Police Service Record Check for ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Service with the Vulnerable Sector in the name of Dwight Stewart-Ajamu with a date of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-birth: October 31st, 1963 as if it were genuine, contrary to section 368(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada) and was found guilty of that charge. The Member was then ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-given a suspended sentence with six months probation and ordered to do forty hours of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-community service. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-As the Member was not present, nor represented by Counsel, the Committee proceeded ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Counsel for the College entered into evidence the Registered Member Information ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-(Exhibit 3) of the Member, confirming his membership in the College. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-The College called four witnesses, Detective Constable [XXX] (“D.C. [XXX]”), of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Toronto Police Service, the alleged victim of the member’s conduct (whom we have ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-called “A” in these reasons), Peter Jordan (“Jordan”), Acting Manager of Investigations ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers and Detective [XXX] of the Ottawa Police Service) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-(“Detective [XXX]”). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- Evidence of D.C. [XXX] and “A” ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Detective Constable [XXX] is a 9-year veteran with the Toronto Police Service. She has ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-spent the last two years as a detective with the Youth Family Violence Unit, 42 Division ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf:that deals primarily with youth crime, domestic violence and sexual assaults. D.C. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-testified that on March 7, 2008 she received a phone call from Peel Regional Police ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf:alleging that there had been a sexual assault of a student (“A”). D.C. [XXX] was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-assigned to investigate as the assault had taken place in the city of Toronto. D.C. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-provided the Committee with a video interview of “A” that she had conducted on April 8, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-2008 (Exhibit 4). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-In the taped interview and in direct testimony, “A” described the following: The Member ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-was a teacher at a school and was staff advisor to the [XXX] in 2004. The Club ran from ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-September to the end of the year, met weekly on Fridays, sometimes two to three times a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-week, after school, sometimes until 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. “A” was an active member of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Club in 2004 in her grade [XXX] year. The Member often drove “A” and sometimes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-other students home, making sure to drop her off last even if other students lived farther ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-away. The Member brought “A” to his home a number of times. On one occasion, she ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-met his mother and the Member introduced “A” to her as a York University student. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-The Member also lied about his age, and promised students scholarships, trips to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Vancouver for a conference, and a trip to Switzerland with “A”. He lied about being a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-lawyer and being friends with a professor at York University. He admitted to faking a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-marriage certificate and stated he changed his last name from “Stewart” to “Ajamu” to go ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-back to his roots. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-On several occasions, the Member took “A” down to his room in the basement. In ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-November 2004 the Member made her sit on his lap, kissed her neck and asked her if she ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-was uncomfortable. She replied “yes”. He apologized, said he would kill himself if she ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-wanted him to. He stopped that time but they stayed two to three hours in his room ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-watching TV. He then drove her home. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-“A” didn’t know what to do to get out of the situation because he was her teacher. She ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-wanted to tell somebody but didn’t have the courage and was embarrassed. She said ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-nothing because she believed people would judge her. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf:The Member kissed “A” behind the school, and regularly made comments of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-nature about her and the other girls in the Club. He asked students inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf:questions about their sexual experiences and about boyfriends. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-On one occasion, possibly in February 2005, the Member told “A” he would take her to a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-conference at York University with two other students. However, the two other students ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-didn’t come. Once in the car, the Member said the conference was over. He took her to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-his house. “A” was scared, had “legs like jello” and “was numb”. The Member then ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf:coerced her to have sexual intercourse in his room in the basement. Afterwards he took ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-her home. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf:In April 2005, the Member took “A” to his house where they had sexual intercourse. On ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-another occasion the Member took “A” to a school parking lot in Toronto where he asked ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-her to touch his penis and she did. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-“A” trusted the Member because he took an interest in her; for example, he gave her a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-book. Because he was a teacher, she had no reason to think his behaviour was wrong and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-it took her the whole year to realize that he was a liar. She was hurt. She felt stupid and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-embarrassed. She stated that he violated her trust completely. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- Evidence of Peter Jordan ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Peter Jordan, Acting Manager, Investigations, Ontario College of Teachers submitted ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-documentation regarding his membership application with the College. The documents ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-showed the Member to have various birthdates, including October 30, 1963 and October ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-31, 1963. They also showed the Member to have been born in various locations, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-including Ottawa, Toronto and Jamaica. The Member declared he had not been ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-convicted of a criminal offence. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- Evidence of Detective [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-proved, the more cogent must be the evidence. The Committee considered the allegations ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-in this case to be very serious and assessed the evidence on that basis. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Dwight Olivier Stewart- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Ajamu committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(12), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18), 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf:and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in section ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-The Committee accepts the evidence given by “A” against the Member regarding his ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf:sexual abuse of “A”. The Committee finds that the Member engaged in grooming ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf:behaviour designed to get close to “A”, coerce her into having sexual intercourse with ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-him and shame her into not disclosing the incidents for several years. This behaviour on ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-the part of the Member constitutes professional misconduct contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf:Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(18), 1(19) and that he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in section 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-The Committee accepts the evidence of Peter Jordan and Detective [XXX] regarding the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-Member’s deceitful declarations that he had not been convicted of a criminal offence ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-when in fact he has a conviction for fraud of May 12, 2002. Mr. Jordan and Detective ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-[XXX] further testified that the Member had falsified documents on numerous occasions. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-These documents include forged police records checks, falsified application for ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-employment and on-line Offence Declaration, and falsified application for membership in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers. (Exhibits 7 and 8) The Member has a conviction of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-June 4, 2007 for falsifying police records checks. (Exhibit 9, Tab E) These acts on the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-part of the Member constitutes professional misconduct contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(12), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- name of the Member in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-The Member has brought the profession into disrepute. The Member’s conduct was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-fraudulent and abusive. The Member has two criminal convictions, one for fraud and one ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-for forgery. The Member forged documents to gain employment, to hide his criminal ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf-record and to gain access to membership in the College. The Member then used his ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf:professional membership to take advantage of and sexually abuse a student. This ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 5, 2009, was served on Leslie Ann Welsh, requesting ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-her attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-January 28, 2009 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-subsequently set for November 9, 2009. Leslie Ann Welsh was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-The Committee was made aware by counsel that there was a court ordered publication ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-ban from a previous criminal proceeding that prohibited publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-that might tend to identify the student involved in this matter. Both counsel were asked ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-to provide information to the Committee regarding the details of this publication ban. The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-Committee determined that it was bound by this publication ban and therefore ordered ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-that there be no publication of any information that might tend to identify the student ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-The allegations against Leslie Ann Welsh in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-January 5, 2009 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Leslie Ann Welsh is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-12. On the afternoon of 21 August 2005, the Member and her colleague, along with ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-both students, checked into a two bedroom suite at a hotel (“the hotel”). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-13. On the evening of 21 August 2005, the Member, her colleague and the two ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-students were joined by Mr. Welsh, who accompanied them to dinner at a restaurant. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-Following dinner, the group returned to the hotel and, shortly thereafter, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-colleague returned home, leaving the two students with the Member and Mr. Welsh in the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-suite. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-14. During the course of the night of 21 August 2005, or in the early hours of 22 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf:August 2005, the Student alleges that she was sexually touched by Mr. Welsh. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-15. The Member and Mr. Welsh, accompanied by the two students, returned to their ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-residence (“the Welsh home”) on 22 August 2005, and that afternoon, while at the Welsh ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf:home, the Student told the Member that she had been sexually touched by Mr. Welsh ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf:while they were staying at the hotel on the night of 21-22 August 2005 (the “sexual ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-touching allegation”). The Member’s colleague was present during that conversation. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-16. Having been present in the same hotel room as the Student and Mr. Welsh on the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf:night of 21-22 August 2005, the Member did not believe the Student’s sexual touching ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-allegation and therefore did not report it to the Board, the CAS or the student’s parents. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-17. On or about 25 August 2005, 9 September 2005 and 12 September 2005, the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-Member sent further e-mails to the Student which alluded to her feelings for the Student ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-[Exhibit “F”]. The Member also sent an undated hand-written card to the Student which ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-stated, “Not laughing”, “Feel your pain”, Lets carry on as we always have …no ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-communications, the Member used several terms of endearment about the Student. She ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-told the student that they were kindred spirits, expressed her admiration for the Student ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-and told her that she was a special friend or her best friend and that she loved her. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-The Member was aware that her communications with the Student could be viewed as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-inappropriate as in one of these communications she states “I would instantly lose my job ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-and my teaching credentials” (Exhibit 2, Tab E). However the communications ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-continued. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf:Even after the Student’s disclosure to the Member of sexual touching by the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-husband, the Member continued communicating with the student and in one of these ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-communications the Member wrote, “Not laughing”, “Feel your pain”, Lets carry on as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-we always have …no changes”, No more tears…life is too short”, Deep ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-Breath…Smile…Hug…”. (Exhibit 2, Tab G). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-Teachers are expected to protect students in their care at all times and maintain ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-appropriate student/teacher boundaries. The improper nature and content, and the sheer ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-volume of the communications by the Member, fostered and encouraged an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-relationship with the Student. It is clear to the Committee from the tone of the extensive ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-communications (Exhibit 2, Tabs B to G) that the Member was fulfilling her own needs, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-rather than looking out for the wellbeing of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-By her conduct, the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession and failed ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-to comply with the Education Act. Her conduct was unprofessional and unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf-member. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf-b) he released or disclosed information about a student to a person other than ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- the student or the student’s parent or guardian, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf:c) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf-d) he practised or purported to practise the profession while under the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- influence of a substance or while adversely affected by a dysfunction ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- which the Member knew or ought to have known impaired his ability to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- practice and in respect of which the Member had failed to follow a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- treatment which had been recommended, ordered or prescribed, contrary ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(8); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf-e) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf-f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf-g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and/or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf-h) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard for ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- the welfare of his students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or that ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- limitations. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated December 4, 2008, was served on Christopher Enoch Wu, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-Teachers on January 15, 2009 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for April 6, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-Christopher Enoch Wu was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-The allegations against Christopher Enoch Wu in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-December 4, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Christopher Enoch Wu is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- of Ontario 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-plea of no contest and the facts contained in the Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-Contest, and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-In an effort to discipline students, the Member confined some of them to an enclosed area ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-and isolated them. This discipline strategy is inappropriate as it could have had a negative ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-psychological impact on the students contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsection ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-1(7) (psychological). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-The Member gave his Grade 8 mathematics students a homework assignment entitled ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-City of Los Angeles High School Math Proficiency Exam. The questions on the test made ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-reference to criminal activities such as, drive by shootings, drug trafficking, prostitution, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf:theft and murder. The test also contained offensive sexually based questions using such ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-words as “pimping”, “tricks”, and “knocked up”. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-The Committee determined that the Member’s conduct did not comply with the standards ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-of the profession or the Education Act contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsection ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-1(5), 1(14) and 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-The Committee found the Member’s inappropriate discipline methods and extremely ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-poor judgment in his choice of testing material was unprofessional and unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-Member of the profession contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf-Submission on Penalty (ASF – Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf-1. Shaen Alexander Harrison (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf-Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed as an occasional teacher by the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf:Greater Essex County District School Board (the “Board”). ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf-3. Between the approximate dates of 18 February 2005 and 21 May 2005, the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf-Member being in a position of trust or authority towards A, and B, young persons who ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf-were [XXX] years of age: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- (a) in or around February 2005, in the Town of [XXX], slept in the same bed ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- as A and B: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 12, 2008, was served on Rafal Jacek Ralph ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf-Musial, requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf-of Teachers on November 25, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for April 6, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf-Rafal Jacek Ralph Musial was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf-The allegations against Rafal Jacek Ralph Musial in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf-dated November 12, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Rafal Jacek Ralph Musial is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- of Ontario 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Un sous-comité de discipline de l’Ordre des enseignantes et des enseignants de l’Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-(l’«Ordre») a entamé l’audience sur cette affaire à Toronto le 25 novembre 2008. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 2010 CanLII 101494 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-L’audience s’est échelonnée sur trois autres jours (aux dates susmentionnées) et a pris fin ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-le 29 septembre 2009. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Un avis d’audience daté du 5 novembre 2007 (pièce 1), précisant les allégations, a été ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-signifié à Hubert Levi Antone l’informant que le comité de discipline de l’Ordre se ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-réunirait le 6 décembre 2007 pour que soit établie la date de l’audience. Celle-ci a été ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-fixée au 25 novembre 2008. Hubert Levi Antone était présent à l’audience. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-ALLÉGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Les allégations formulées contre Hubert Levi Antone dans l’avis d’audience (pièce 1) ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-daté du 5 novembre 2007 sont les suivantes : ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-IL EST ALLÉGUÉ qu’Hubert Levi Antone a commis une faute professionnelle au sens ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-des paragraphes 30 (2) et 40 (1.1) de la Loi en ce qu’il aurait : ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- a) omis de respecter les normes de la profession, en contravention du ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- paragraphe 1 (5) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- b) infligé à un ou des élèves des mauvais traitements d’ordre physique, ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf: sexuel, verbal, psychologique ou affectif, en contravention du paragraphe ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 1 (7) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- c) enfreint la Loi et la Loi sur l’éducation, Lois refondues de l’Ontario de ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 1990, chapitre E.2, notamment l’alinéa 264 (1) c), ou leurs règlements ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- d’application, en contravention des paragraphes 1 (14) et (15) du ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- d) commis des actes que les membres pourraient raisonnablement juger ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- honteux, déshonorants ou contraires aux devoirs de la profession, compte ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- tenu de l’ensemble des circonstances, en contravention du paragraphe ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 1 (18) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- e) eu une conduite qui ne sied pas au statut de membre, en contravention du ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- paragraphe 1 (19) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf: f) infligé à un ou plusieurs élèves des mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel au ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 2010 CanLII 101494 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- sens de l’article 1 et du paragraphe 40 (1.1) de la Loi. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-PRÉCISIONS SUR LES ALLÉGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-1. Pendant toute la période en question, Hubert Levi Antone était membre de l’Ordre. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-2. Pendant toute la période en question, M. Antone était à l’emploi du Thames Valley ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- District School Board et enseignait les études autochtones. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-3. À partir d’octobre 2006 et plus précisément en novembre et décembre 2006, ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- M. Antone a eu la garde de A, un élève [XXX], pendant au moins quatre week- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ends (la «période en question»). ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-4. Pendant la période en question, A passait la nuit du vendredi et du samedi à la ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- résidence de M. Antone. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-5. Pendant la période en question, M. Antone : ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- a) a permis à A de passer la nuit chez lui ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- b) a permis à A de dormir dans son lit ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- c) s’est couché avec A dans son lit ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- d) a touché A, notamment son dos, ses jambes ou ses bras, avec les mains ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- e) a touché le pénis et/ou les fesses de A avec les mains ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- f) a touché A avec le pénis ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- g) a été nu en présence de A. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-PLAIDOYER DU MEMBRE ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-M. Antone a nié les allégations énoncées dans l’avis d’audience. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-APERÇU ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 2010 CanLII 101494 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Pendant toute la période en question, M. Antone était à l’emploi du Thames Valley ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-District School Board et enseignait les études autochtones. Cette affaire concerne la ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-relation de M. Antone avec A, un garçon [XXX] dont il a eu la garde pendant quatre ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-week-ends. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Le comité devait déterminer si M. Antone avait ou non infligé des mauvais traitements ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf:d’ordre sexuel à ce garçon [XXX] pendant qu’il en avait la garde, et si le fait que ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-M. Antone et l’élève aient dormi dans le même lit représente une faute professionnelle. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-DÉCISION ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-(i) Fardeau de la preuve et norme de preuve ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Le fardeau de la preuve appartenait à l’Ordre. La norme de preuve que le comité a ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-appliquée est la prépondérance des probabilités, s’appuyant sur une preuve claire, forte et ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-convaincante. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-(ii) Décision ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Ayant examiné la preuve, et compte tenu des observations des avocats des deux parties, ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-du fardeau de la preuve et de la norme de preuve, le comité considère que les faits ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-soutiennent la thèse de la faute professionnelle, et reconnaît Hubert Levi Antone ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-coupable de faute professionnelle pour avoir enfreint les paragraphes 1 (5), (18 – ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-conduite contraire aux devoirs de la profession) et (19) du Règlement de l’Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-437/97, tel qu’énoncé dans l’avis d’audience. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Le comité juge que l’Ordre n’a pas prouvé les allégations selon lesquelles M. Antone ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-aurait commis une faute professionnelle pour avoir enfreint les paragraphes 1 (7), (14) et ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 2010 CanLII 101494 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-(15) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97, l’alinéa 264 (1) c) de la Loi sur l’éducation ainsi ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-que l’article 1 et le paragraphe 40 (1.1) de la Loi. Il rejette donc ces allégations. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-PREUVE ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-a) Contexte ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Le contexte général de cette affaire n’est pas remis en question. A a passé la nuit chez ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-M. Antone à plusieurs reprises à l’automne 2006. Il a couché dans le lit de M. Antone, en ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-compagnie de ce dernier et [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-b) Preuve ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Le comité s’est fondé sur la preuve de A et de M. Antone. C’est avant tout sur leur ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-témoignage que le comité s’est appuyé pour rendre sa décision. La preuve supplémentaire ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-déposée par les autres témoins ne portait pas directement sur les allégations ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf:d’attouchements sexuels, mais elle a aidé à mettre les circonstances en contexte. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-L’Ordre a appelé deux témoins, A et sa mère. M. Antone a également témoigné devant le ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-comité et a appelé deux témoins, [XXX] et sa fille. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- Témoignage de A ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Pendant l’interrogatoire principal, A a témoigné qu’il avait passé la nuit chez M. Antone ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-parce qu’il rendait visite à [XXX] et à l’enfant placé chez lui en famille d’accueil. Il a ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-déclaré que la première nuit, M. Antone l’a agressé après son retour à la maison, en ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-précisant : «il me touchait, se frottait contre moi et me touchait là où il ne fallait pas». ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Appelé à préciser les parties de son corps que M. Antone avait touchées et pendant ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-combien de temps, il a répondu «mon pénis, partout», et «pendant le premier week-end, il ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 2010 CanLII 101494 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-n’arrêtait pas et je pense qu’il était éveillé tout le temps. Il a continué jusqu’au matin, et ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-c’est à ce moment-là qu’il a arrêté». A a affirmé n’avoir rien dit parce qu’il pensait que ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-M. Antone lui ferait du mal ou lui dirait que tout était normal. Il a ajouté avoir subi des ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-attouchements déplacés semblables pendant deux ou trois autres week-ends. Il a dit qu’à ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-ces occasions, [XXX] de M. Antone était aussi dans le même lit. A a témoigné qu’à une ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-occasion, M. Antone a écarté sa serviette et s’est exhibé après avoir pris une douche. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-En contre-interrogatoire, A a été incapable de préciser combien de tels incidents s’étaient ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-produits, le moment où ils étaient survenus et leur durée. Il a affirmé qu’à une occasion, ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-M. Antone était rentré de son travail, avait remarqué qu’il était assis sur le divan et lui ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-avait demandé de venir avec lui au lit, où il l’a agressé. Or, A n’a pas divulgué cet ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-incident lors du procès criminel et ne savait trop si [XXX] de M. Antone était toujours ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-éveillée et regardait la télévision ou non. Selon lui, l’incident se serait produit à 5 heures ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-du matin, après le retour de M. Antone de son travail de week-end. A a déclaré qu’au ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-moment où se seraient produits les incidents allégués, la mère de M. Antone était à ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-l’hôpital, et que ce dernier s’est levé à 7 heures pour aller à l’hôpital et donner le déjeuner ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-à sa mère. A était conscient du fait que pendant un week-end où se serait produit l’un des ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-incidents allégués, le père de M. Antone a perdu la vie lors d’un accident tragique. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf:Cependant, il a soutenu avoir subi des attouchements sexuels et a maintenu cette ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-allégation tout au long de l’audience. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-A a également témoigné qu’il avait apprécié sa visite chez M. Antone et d’avoir été en ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-compagnie de ses petits-enfants et de l’enfant placé chez lui en famille d’accueil. Il a ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-témoignage était crédible et le comité juge que, d’après la preuve et la prépondérance des ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf:probabilités, il n’y a pas eu d’attouchements sexuels entre M. Antone et A. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 2010 CanLII 101494 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Le comité considère que M. Antone a omis de respecter les normes de la profession et eu ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-une conduite peu professionnelle qui ne sied pas au statut de membre, en contravention ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-des paragraphes 1 (5), (18 – conduite contraire aux devoirs de la profession) et (19) du ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-M. Antone a reconnu que sa formation et son expérience comme enseignant l’avaient ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-sensibilisé à la conduite appropriée à avoir et aux limites qui doivent séparer les ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-enseignants des élèves, mais il n’a pas pour autant reconnu que la façon dont il a passé la ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-nuit avec A était inappropriée compte tenu des normes de la collectivité où il enseignait. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-M. Antone a témoigné que la veille du pow-wow, les enfants ont couché un peu partout ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-dans son appartement. Ce soir-là, lui et trois enfants ont couché dans son lit. «Cet ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-arrangement ne me semble pas du tout anormal», a affirmé M. Antone. En réponse à ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-d’autres questions, il a déclaré qu’il trouvait tout à fait normal que A couche avec lui ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-dans le même lit quand il lui rendait visite. M. Antone a soutenu que cela n’avait été un ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-problème pour personne auparavant. Le comité juge que cette pratique n’est pas ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-conforme aux normes de la société et qu’elle serait jugée peu professionnelle par les ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-autres membres de la profession enseignante. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Appelé à dire s’il aurait dû parler de cette question avec la mère de A, M. Antone a répété ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-à maintes reprises qu’il n’y avait pas pensé. En contre-interrogatoire, les avocats de ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-l’Ordre lui ont demandé : «N’avez-vous jamais pensé que la façon dont vous passez la ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-nuit chez vous avec un élève qui ne fait pas partie de votre famille justifierait la ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-consultation des parents?» «Pas du tout», a-t-il répondu. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Les membres de l’Ordre doivent comprendre les valeurs de la société et de l’école, qui ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-peuvent différer de celles de leur culture personnelle. M. Antone aurait dû être conscient ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 2010 CanLII 101494 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-de ces différences. Le fait pour des enfants en visite de partager un lit avec un adulte n’est ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-pas accepté dans la société. M. Antone aurait dû en être conscient et modifier son ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-comportement en conséquence. Il n’était pas approprié pour lui de partager son lit avec A ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-comme il le fait avec [XXX]. À ce sujet, M. Antone n’a pas tenu compte des normes de ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-l’ensemble de la collectivité. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Le comité a rejeté les allégations selon lesquelles M. Antone aurait enfreint l’alinéa ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-264 (1) c) de la Loi sur l’éducation ainsi que les paragraphes 1 (14) et (15) du Règlement ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-de l’Ontario 437/97. De l’avis du comité, M. Antone transmet des valeurs appropriées à ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-son entourage. Au cours d’une période de 35 ans, il s’est occupé de 11 enfants placés ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-chez lui en famille d’accueil et a élevé deux enfants à lui. En outre, il s’occupe souvent ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-de [XXX]. Aucune preuve n’a été déposée pour étayer quelque allégation que ce soit qui ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-aurait été soulevée au sujet de ses relations avec ces enfants pendant cette période. M. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Antone demeure à l’emploi du Thames Valley District School Board, il organise des ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-activités de financement pour sensibiliser les élèves à leur patrimoine des Premières ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Nations et il fréquente l’église régulièrement. Le comité reconnaît que M. Antone est un ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-homme bienveillant en tant que fils, père, grand-père et membre de la collectivité. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Le comité a rejeté les allégations selon lesquelles M. Antone aurait enfreint le paragraphe ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-1 (7) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 ainsi que l’article 1 et le paragraphe 40 (1.1) de ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf:la Loi. Il juge que M. Antone n’a pas infligé de mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel à un ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf:élève et rejette l’allégation de l’Ordre selon laquelle il y aurait eu des actes sexuels. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-À l’époque des incidents allégués, M. Antone traversait une période difficile en raison de ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-l’hospitalisation de sa mère et du décès de son père. Il occupait également un emploi de ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 2010 CanLII 101494 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-portier de bar les week-ends; il rentrait à 4 h et devait se lever dès 6 h. C’est alors qu’il ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-partageait son lit avec [XXX] et A. Dans ces circonstances, le comité juge improbable ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf:que les attouchements sexuels allégués se soient produits. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-DÉCISION QUANT À LA SANCTION ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Le comité rend l’ordonnance suivante quant à la sanction : ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-M. Antone doit comparaître devant le comité dans un délai de trois mois suivant la date ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-de la présente ordonnance pour y recevoir une réprimande, qui sera portée au tableau des ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-membres de l’Ordre. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Le registraire doit assujettir le certificat de qualification et d’inscription de M. Antone ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-aux conditions et restrictions suivantes, qui seront portées au tableau des membres ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-jusqu’à ce qu’elles soient respectées : ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- M. Antone doit suivre, à ses frais et dans les trois mois suivant la date de la ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- présente ordonnance, un cours préalablement approuvé par le registraire sur les ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- limites à respecter entre enseignants et élèves, et fournir au registraire une preuve ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- écrite que ce dernier juge acceptable montrant qu’il a suivi ledit cours avec succès ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- dans les 30 jours après l’avoir terminé. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-Le comité ordonne que ses conclusions et son ordonnance, avec le nom de M. Antone, ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-soient publiées sous forme de résumé dans la revue officielle de l’Ordre, Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010canlii101494.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 7, 2008, was served on Glenn Vincent Brazil, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf-Teachers on November 25, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for May 21, 2009. Glenn Vincent Brazil was not in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf-attendance on May 21, 2009 but was in attendance on July 8, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf-The allegations against Glenn Vincent Brazil in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf-November 7, 2008 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Glenn Vincent Brazil is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf-as defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (5); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, Chapter E. 2 and specifically section 264 (1) (c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1 (14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (18); ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- the Member engaged in a heated exchange with the convenor of the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- hockey league, during which he used profane language and gestures; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf-(ii) on or about April 23, 2004, the Member made inappropriate comments to ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- 2009 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- a female Guidance counsellor at the School, including the use of a ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- derogatory descriptive term for a student, using a swear word, and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- accusing the counsellor of lying; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf-(iii) on or about March 3, 2005, during the course of an English lesson and in ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- the course of disciplining one of his male students who was not paying ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- attention, the Member, in the presence of the students in the classroom: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- (i) threw a piece of chalk in the student’s direction ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- (ii) hit the student on the arm with a meter stick; and ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- (iii) made inappropriate and belittling comments to the student in the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- presence of his classmates when he questioned the student’s ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf: sexuality; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf-(iv) on or about January 23, 2007, the Member while dealing with a group of ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- visiting students to the School: ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- (i) said to one of these visiting students, who was wearing satin pants ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- – “If you think I’m chasing you all over the school looking for ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- your fancy pants, you’re sadly mistaken”; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- (ii) referred to these visiting students as “jerk-offs” and “pricks”; ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- (iii) when reporting an incident to the Vice principal respecting the ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- failure of one of the visiting students to identify a fellow student ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2009onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated February 5, 2008 was served on Messaouda Ammoura (the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf-“Member”), providing her with notice that the College’s Discipline Committee would ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf-meet on February 12, 2008 to set a date for a hearing. The Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf-subsequently set November 2, 2009, as the date for the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf-The Member attended at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf-The Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated February 5, 2008 sets out the following ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf-allegations against the Member: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Messaouda Ammoura is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf: (b) she abused one or more students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- Ontario, 1990, Chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- subsections 1(14) and 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- Q. By “inappropriately”, do you recall what he specifically said? ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- A. Very—too short skirts for a teacher, too tight of a blouse, because we, us, we made ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- comments, very rude comments about some of the women teachers, and he’s like, Yeah, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- they do dress very inappropriate for teaching at a Catholic high school. (Transcript of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- evidence of [XXX], September 27, 2007, p. 174, lines 10-20). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- … ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- Q. So you mentioned that Mr. Fabel indicated that some of the—in his view, some of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- teachers dressed inappropriately, and I—and I—you’re saying it’s—it’s suggestively, is ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- that the word you used? ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- A. Yes. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- Q. And what do you understand suggestively to mean? ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- A. I feel bad to say it. Not very classy, you know. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- Q. Suggestive what? ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf: A. Dressed too sexually for having lots of high school boys around them, you know, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- hormones and everything. (Transcript of evidence of [XXX], September 27, 2007, p. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- 175, line 15 to p. 175, line 3.) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-Another witness called by the Member, [XXX], testified as follows. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- Q. …And do you remember in some of these class discussions about other teachers a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- class discussion about the way some of the other teachers in the school dressed? ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- A. Yes. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- Q. And do you remember Mr. Fabel suggesting to the class that he disapproved about the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- way some of the teachers in the school dressed? ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- A. Yes….. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- Q. All right. So you were telling us that you remember Mr.—Mr. Fabel telling the class ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- that he disapproved of some of the way—the way in which some of the teachers dressed ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- at the school? ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- A. Yes. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- Q. And to you remember in particular Mr. Fabel telling the class that he thought some of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- the young female teachers dressed suggestively? ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- A. And you understood that to mean that Mr. Fabel thought some of the young female ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf: teachers dressed in a way that was too sexual? ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf: A. Too—yeah, too sexually for Grade 12 boys to look at. (Transcript of evidence of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- [XXX], October 24, 2007,p. 167, lines 8-16 and p. 168, lines 6-19.) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-The Member’s expression of his disapproval of the dress of his colleagues and his description of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-their attire are unacceptable. The Member should not have allowed students to make “very rude ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-comments” about any teachers. The Member should have shut down the conversation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-immediately and informed students that this type of discussion was not allowed in his classroom. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-Instead of doing so, the Member agreed with the students and added his own comments. The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-Member’s behavior displays a lack of respect for the teachers he was referring to and undermines ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-the respect that students should hold for their teachers. If the Member believed that these young ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-teachers were dressing inappropriately, he should have expressed this to the principal in order ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-that she could deal with the situation. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-I find that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession (Ont. Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-s.1(5)); is in breach of s. 264(1)(c) of the Education Act by failing to inculcate by precept and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-example the highest regard for loyalty (Ont. Regulation 437/97, s. 1(15)); is in breach 264(1)(d) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-of the Education Act by failing to assist in developing cooperation and coordination of effort ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-among the members of the staff of the school (Ont. Regulation 437/97, s.1(15)); has conducted ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-himself in a manner that would reasonably be regarded by members as unprofessional (Ont. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-Regulation 437/97, s.1(18)); and has engaged in conduct unbecoming a member (Ont. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-Regulation 437/97, s.1(19)). I also find that the Member is incompetent in that he displayed a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf-lack of judgment of a nature or extent that demonstrates the Member is either unfit to carry out ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-“Committee”) on May 10, 2010 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated May 9, 2008 (Exhibit 1) was served on Lenny John Francisci ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-(the “Member”), providing him with notice that the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-College of Teachers would meet on May 21, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-specifying the charges. The Discipline Committee subsequently set May 10, 2010 as the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-date for the hearing on the merits. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Lenny John Francisci was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-The allegations against Lenny John Francisci in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-May 9, 2008 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Lenny John Francisci is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-in that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- Registration contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was a teacher at a school (the “School”) of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board in Mississauga. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-2. During the 2006-2007 academic year, the Member entered into an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-and unprofessional personal relationship with a [XXX] female student of the School (the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-“Student”). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-3. During the period commencing approximately 24 April 2007 ending on or about ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-14 May 2007, the Member, being in a position of trust or authority towards the Student, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf:did for a sexual purpose, touch the Student with his hands. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-4. On or about 15 May 2007, a charge was laid against the Member that for a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-twenty-one day period ending on or about 14 May 2007, the Member being in a position ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-of trust or authority towards the Student, in the City of Mississauga and elsewhere did for ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf:a sexual purpose touch the Student with his hands. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-5. The charge referred to in paragraph 4 is presently before the court. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-A non-publication and non-broadcast order was issued under subsection 486.4 of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Criminal Code, in the proceedings in the Superior Court of Justice. The Committee is ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-required to maintain this publication ban imposed in the matter of Her Majesty The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Queen v. Lenny Francisci by the Superior Court of Justice. There shall be no publication ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-of any information that might tend to identify the victim involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-The Member pleaded guilty to the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Brief of Court Documents – Her Majesty the Queen v. Lenny Francisci (Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-A Brief of Court Documents with respect to the criminal proceedings against the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-was submitted into evidence. This Brief consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-1. Order of Mr. Justice Durno dated April 1, 2010 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-2. Certified copy of Indictment dated October 1, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-3. Transcript of Court Proceedings before the Mr. Justice Thomas at Brampton on ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- November 9, 2009 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-4. Probation Order dated January 8, 2010 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-5. Fine Order/Victim Surcharge dated January 8, 2010 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-6. Transcript of Sentencing Proceedings before the Mr. Justice Thomas on January ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 9, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-These Court Documents verify that on or about November 9, 2009, the Member pleaded ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf:guilty to and was found guilty of one count of sexual exploitation, being that he ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-unlawfully did, being in a position of trust or authority towards a young person, did for a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf:sexual purpose, touch directly the body of a young person, with a part of his body, to wit: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-his hands, contrary to section 153(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-On January 8, 2010, the Member was sentenced to 45 days imprisonment, followed by a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-period of 12 months’ probation. The Member was ordered to take such counselling, after ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-an appropriate assessment, as recommended by the probation officer in consultation with ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-the person or persons participating in the assessment, on the issue of boundaries of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-behaviour between female [XXX] and a [XXX] or teacher. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-The College bears the onus of providing the allegations in accordance with the civil ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-standard of proof, being the balance of probabilities using clear, cogent and convincing ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-evidence. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Lenny John Francisci ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19) and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf:that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-The Member pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct set out in the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Rules 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-granted. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-In absence of evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts the specific findings of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-fact contained in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 2) that on or about November 9, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf:2009, the Member pleaded guilty to and was found guilty of one count of sexual ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-exploitation and was subsequently sentenced to 45 days incarceration and placed on ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-probation for twelve months. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-There was no evidence presented of an Appeal by the Member of his conviction and/or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-sentence. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s conviction for sexual exploitation of one of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-[XXX] as outlined herein, constitutes an act of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14) and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf:1(15). By this conduct, the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-The Member’s criminal conviction is relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Qualification and Registration and has caused students to be put at risk, pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(16) and 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-The Member’s conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional and unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-member contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, 1(18) and 1 (19). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the name of the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-During the 2006-2007 academic year, the Member entered into an inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-unprofessional personal relationship with a [XXX] female student. During the period ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-commencing approximately April 24, 2007, ending on or about May 14, 2007, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Member, who was in a position of trust and authority towards the student, touched the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf:student with his hands for a sexual purpose. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-The Committee finds the Member engaged in an inappropriate and unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-relationship with the student while she was under his care and supervision. During the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-school year the Member and the student were friendly and talked to each other ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-frequently. He [XXX] once, even though this was against school policy; he also [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-after the student told him [XXX]. For a period in late April and early May 2007, their ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-relationship intensified and eventually became physical. On May 8, 2007, the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-and the student spent the night together at [XXX] where they engaged in a physical ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-relationship which progressed to kissing, hugging and heavy petting. (Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-The relationship came to the attention of the police on May 14, 2007 when the student ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-[XXX]. She was taken to [XXX] and ended up in the [XXX]in the[XXX]. (Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-The Member was subsequently found guilty in criminal proceedings in the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf:Superior Court of Justice, of sexual exploitation of a [XXX] female, who was [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct is disgraceful and unbecoming a member of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-the profession. The Member abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-teacher, without regard for the well being of the student. The conduct of the Member was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-unacceptable and in conflict with the duty of a teacher to protect students. The Member, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-as a result of his conduct, has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-being a member of the teaching profession. Revocation is the appropriate penalty for ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-misconduct of this severity. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-The Committee orders publication of the finding and order with the name of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-The Committee considered the Member’s request to withhold publication of his name for ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-the sake of his children, some of whom are in the Ontario school system, and his wife ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-who is also a teacher. The Committee determined that having a wife and children within ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-the school system is not unusual and was not sufficient reason to not publish the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-Member’s name. Further, no evidence was presented that harm would occur as a result of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf-publication. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-“Committee”) on April 28, 2010 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 30, 2009 was served on Ryan Geekie, requesting his ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-presence on April 14, 2009 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for April 28, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-Ryan Geekie was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-The allegations against Ryan Geekie in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated March ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-30, 2009, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Ryan Geekie is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically sections 264(1)(c) and 265(1) thereof ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- or the Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-4. Having received complaints about the Member’s use of profane language in the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-classroom, the Board retained HR Proactive, a private firm, to conduct an investigation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-into the Member’s behaviour. Following interviews of students, faculty and School ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-administrators, a final report dated June 30, 2008, was prepared for the Board by HR ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-Proactive. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-5. The information provided by students about the Member’s classroom conduct ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-included: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- (a) a perception by some female students that the Member leered at them; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- (b) he made personal comments to female students regarding their ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- appearance, which comments were considered by some students to have ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf: sexual overtones. Further, the Member questioned female students about ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- their personal and private lives, their weekend activities and their ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- relationships; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- (c) he would on occasion call female students “hon” or “babe”; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- (d) he made a remark about a female student’s broken zipper on her pants; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- (e) he suggested to a number of his female students that they stop talking ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf: about tongue studs as they were for oral sex; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- (f) he slapped the back of the thigh area of a female student with a metre ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- stick; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- (g) on more than one occasion, he used expletives such as “shit” and “fuck” in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- the presence of students; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that Ryan Geekie committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-1(5), 1(7 -verbal), 1(18 – unprofessional) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-(the “uncontested facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest, and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-Joint Submission on Penalty (SUF - Exhibit 2). He acknowledged that the uncontested ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-facts referred to in paragraphs 3 and 5 above constitute conduct that is unprofessional and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-Facts, Plea of No Contest, and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-The Member abused students verbally through the use of language and forms of address ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf:which were sexualized and profane in their nature. Some students had the perception that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-there was some element of leering. Additionally, he solicited personal and private ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-information about his students, to their discomfort. He made derogatory comments to and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-about students under his supervision. He used derogatory labels for students in the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-presence of students. The Member applied a metre stick to the thigh area of a female ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-student. By this conduct, the Member crossed the generally accepted boundaries of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-student teacher relations as practised by the teaching profession and thereby committed ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf-437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7 -verbal), 1(18 – unprofessional) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-on June 8, 2010 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 12, 2009, was served on Dany Gilbert Guimond requesting ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-January 28, 2009 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-subsequently set for June 8, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-Mr. Guimond was not in attendance, but was represented by his legal counsel and by his union ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-representative. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-The allegations against Dany Gilbert Guimond in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-January 12, 2009, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Mr. Guimond is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf: b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically the Regulations made under those ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- 4. During the 2005-2006 academic year, the Member acted inappropriately and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- contravened the standards of the teaching profession, in that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- a. He exchanged email of an inappropriate personal nature with A.; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf: b. He conducted inappropriate sexual conversations and engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf: sexual actions with A.; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- c. He had a relationship with A., a student, that did not respect the legislated ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- boundaries of a student-teacher relationship; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- d. He drove A. home in his car after extracurricular activities or after class; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- e. He spent time alone with A. in his office at the school and outside school ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- premises; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- f. He behaved in a manner that affected the student psychologically and/or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- emotionally. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- 5. The Member acknowledges that he is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”), in that he admits ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- a. he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- of Ontario Regulation 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf: b. he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- b. that there be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee, including ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- the name of the Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- 9. By this document, the Member acknowledges his understanding that any agreement ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- between the College and the Member with respect to the penalty proposed in this ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- document does not bind the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the Plea of No Contest, Statement of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Joint Submission on Penalty, and the submissions made by Counsel for ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-the College and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Dany Gilbert Guimond is guilty ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(18 - disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional) and 1(19), as set out ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-The Committee put forward a number of questions concerning the discrepancies between the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-particulars of the allegations in the Notice of Hearing and the facts as outlined in the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-Uncontested Facts. The Committee was concerned that the particulars in the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf:were primarily sexual and explicit in nature, whereas the facts as outlined in the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-Uncontested Facts only partially reflected this fact. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-In response, Counsel for the College called attention to the severity of the penalty, which, he ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-contended, effectively protected the public interest. Counsel explained that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-aware of the precise nature of his actions. Furthermore, no criminal investigation was conducted. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-The Statement of Uncontested Facts, which is the product of negotiation, avoids a hearing that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-would be costly in terms of time and resources, and circumvents the need for the victim to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-testify. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-Counsel for the Member added that the Member does not admit all of the facts outlined in the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-allegations, but he admits to engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a student that did not ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-respect the boundaries of a student-teacher relationship and is prepared to undertake not to teach. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-In response to the explanations provided by both parties, the ensuing discussions and the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-clarifications added to the Statement of Uncontested Facts, the Committee accepted the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty. The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf:additional clarifications confirm the sexual nature of the facts admitted by the Member, which ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-was the crux of the Committee’s concerns. The link between the admitted facts and the severity ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-of the penalty has now been substantiated. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-The Committee therefore accepted the Member’s plea of no contest under the provisions of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf:The fact that the Member conducted inappropriate sexual conversations and engaged in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf:inappropriate sexual actions with a student, in addition to other exchanges as set out in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf-paragraphs 4 (a), (c), (d) and (e) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts, confirms the professional ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf-“Committee”) on February 18, 2010 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated August 24, 2009 was served on Michael David Hurst, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf-requesting his presence on September 21, 2009 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for February 18, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf-Michael David Hurst was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf-The allegations against Michael David Hurst in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf-August 24, 2009, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Michael David Hurst is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically sections 264(1)(c) and 265(1) thereof ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- or the Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-hearing continued for a further three dates (as shown above), ending on September 29, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-2009. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 5, 2007 (Exhibit 1) was served on Hubert Levi ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Antone (the “Member”), and he was provided with notice that the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers would meet on December 6, 2007, to set a date for a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 25, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-2008. Hubert Levi Antone was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-The allegations against Hubert Levi Antone in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-November 5, 2007 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Hubert Levi Antone is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-in that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-1. Hubert Levi Antone (the “Member”) was at all material times a member of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Thames Valley District ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- School Board and was a teacher of Native studies. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-3. Commencing in October 2006 and specifically during November and December, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 2006, “A”, [XXX], was in the care of the Member on at least four (4) weekends ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- (“the material time”). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-4. “A” spent Friday and Saturday nights during the material time at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- residence. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-5. During the material time the Member: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- a. permitted “A” to spend the night at the Member’s home; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- b. permitted “A” to sleep in the Member’s bed; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- c. joined “A” in the Member’s bed; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- d. touched “A”’s body with his hands, including “A”’s back and/or legs ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- and/or arms; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- e. touched “A”’s penis and/or buttocks with his hands; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- f. touched “A”’s body with his penis; and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- g. was naked in “A”’s presence. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-The Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-At all material times, the Member was employed by the Thames Valley District School ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Board as a teacher of Native Studies. The case concerned the Member’s relationship ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-with “A”, [XXX], who was in the care of the Member on four weekends. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-The specific issues for the Committee to consider were whether or not the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of an [XXX] while in his care and whether the sleeping ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-arrangements allowed by the Member amounted to professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-The onus of proof was on the College. The standard of proof applied by the Committee ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-was the balance of probabilities, using clear, cogent and convincing evidence. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-After hearing all the evidence and considering the submissions of counsel for both parties ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-and the onus and standard of proof, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Hubert Levi Antone ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(18 - unprofessional) and 1(19), as set out in the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-The Committee finds the College has not proven the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-misconduct, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-1(14), 1(15), section 264 (1)(c) of the Education Act and sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-and accordingly these allegations are dismissed. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-(a) Background ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-The general background to this matter is not contested. “A” stayed overnight at the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Member’s home on a number of occasions during the fall of 2006. “A” slept in the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Member’s bed, along with the Member’s [XXX] and the Member on these occasions. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-(b) The Evidence ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-The Committee relied on the evidence provided by “A” and the Member. These two ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-individuals provided the primary testimony used by the Committee in reaching its ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-decision. The supplemental evidence provided by the other witnesses was not first hand ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf:to the allegations of sexual touching but helped in providing context and background. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-The College called two witnesses, “A” and his mother. The Member also testified before ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-the Committee and called two witnesses, his [XXX] and daughter. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- Testimony of Witness “A” ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-In examination in chief, “A” testified that he stayed over at the Member’s house to visit ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-with the Member’s [XXX] and foster son. “A” testified that during the visit on the first ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-night he slept over, “when he (the Member) would come home he would molest me”. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-“A” testified that the Member “would be touching me and rubbing against my body and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-touching inappropriate parts”. When asked “where did he touch you on your body”, “A” ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-indicated “on my penis, everywhere”. When asked how long the touching went on for, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-“A” replied “for the first weekend it just went on and I think he was awake the whole ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-time. It just kept going on until the morning whenever he would stop.” “A” said he did ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-not say anything because he felt the Member would hurt him or tell him it was okay. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-“A” indicated that similar, inappropriate touching occurred on two or three subsequent ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-weekends. During all of these occasions, “A” indicated that the Member’s [XXX] was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-also in the bed. “A” testified that on one occasion, after he had had a shower, the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-opened up his towel revealing himself. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Under cross-examination, “A” was unable to provide exact details of timing, duration and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-number of incidents. “A” stated that on one occasion, the Member returned home from ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-work, found “A” on the couch and asked him to move into the bed and then molested ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-him. This evidence was never provided in the criminal trial and “A” was confused as to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-whether the Member’s [XXX] was awake at this time and watching TV. According to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-“A”, this occurred at 5:00 a.m. when the Member returned home from his weekend job. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-“A” stated that during the time of these alleged incidents, the Member’s mother was in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-hospital, and the Member did get up at 7:00 a.m. and go to the hospital to feed his mother ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-breakfast. “A” was aware that during a weekend where one of these alleged incidents ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-occurred, the Member’s father was killed in a tragic accident. However, “A” maintained ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf:that sexual touching occurred and held this position throughout the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-“A” also provided evidence that he enjoyed visiting the Member’s home and [XXX], and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-foster child. “A” agreed that it was a friendly and warm environment and that everybody ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-got along there. When asked if he was happy there, he said “yes”. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Witness “A” was not credible to the Committee. The testimony of “A” appeared to have ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-been coached and “A” had difficulty recalling details with consistency. When asked ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-about his first meeting with the Member at the Friendship Centre, “A” indicated that he ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-remembered the Member asking if he would sleep over at the Member’s house to visit his ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-foster son, [XXX]. This is inconsistent with the evidence provided by the Member and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-the mother of “A” who stated it was a group decision. There was further inconsistency ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-between the testimony of “A” and that of other witnesses regarding the number of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-sleepovers that occurred, when they occurred and the sleeping arrangements within the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Member’s bed. “A” was inconsistent regarding being asleep or awake, whether the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Member was asleep or awake, where he lay in the bed and how much time passed during ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-the alleged assaults. The Committee found that the testimony of “A” was not cogent, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-clear or convincing. Witnesses testified that “A” seemed to be comfortable with the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Member and the Member’s family. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-The Committee found the Member’s testimony to be clear, cogent and convincing. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Evidence provided by the Member was unchallenged by College counsel and was relied ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-upon by the Committee. The Member’s testimony was credible and the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf:that based on the evidence and the balance of probabilities, no sexual touching occurred ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-between the Member and “A”. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-The Committee found that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-and engaged in unprofessional conduct and conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(18-unprofessional) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Member did not consider the standard of the larger community in allowing children to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-sleep in the same bed as him. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-The Committee dismissed the allegations related to section 264(1) (c) of the Education ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Act and subsections 1(14) and 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In the opinion of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Committee, the Member has fostered appropriate values for those around him. The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Member has cared for eleven foster children and has raised two of his own children over ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-a 35 year period. In addition, he frequently cares for [XXX]. There has been no ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-evidence provided of any allegations or issues being raised about his relationships with ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-these children during this time. The Member continues to be employed by the Thames ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-Valley District School Board. The Member organizes fundraising activities to ensure that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-students are involved in their First Nations heritage. The Member attends church on a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-regular basis. The Committee accepts that the Member is a caring son, father, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-grandfather and community member. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-The Committee dismissed the allegations related to subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-437/97 and sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. The Committee finds that the Member did ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf:not engage in sexual abuse of a student. The Committee did not accept the College’s ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf:submission that sexual activity occurred. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-During the time of the alleged incidents, the Member had difficult personal circumstances ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-with his mother being in hospital and the death of his father occurring. At the same time ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-the Member was working a part-time job on weekends as a bouncer at a bar, arriving ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-home at 4:00 a.m. only to have to arise at 6:00 a.m. At this time the Member was sharing ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf-his bed with [XXX] and “A”. Given these circumstances, the Committee finds it ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf:improbable that the alleged sexual touching occurred. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-5. During the 2001-2002 academic year, the Member acted in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- manner towards [XXX], in that he: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf: (a) repeatedly sexually harassed [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- (b) utilized his senior position within the School to pursue a relationship with ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- [XXX]; and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- (c) utilized his senior position within the School to discourage [XXX] from ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- reporting his conduct to the School administration, the police, or to any ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- other body of authority. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-6. On or about 28 December 2001, the Member acted in an inappropriate manner in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- that he: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- (a) offered alcohol to [XXX] and [XXX] while they were invited guests of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- Member at a party at his residence; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- (b) following the said party at his residence, accompanied [XXX] whom he ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- had also invited to the said party, to her home, against her wishes; and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- (c) after he had accompanied [XXX] to her home, forced her to submit to a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- kiss. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-7. On or about 28 August 2002, the Member was directed by the principal of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- School to have no contact with staff, students or parents of the School, and not to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- enter the property of the Board. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-8. The Member, in contravention of the said direction from the principal: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- (a) failed to refrain from entering the premises of the School; and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- (b) failed to refrain from contacting staff members of the School. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-9. On or about 2 May 2003, the Member was dismissed by the Board.” ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-As the Member was not present, or represented by Counsel on July 26, 2010, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-Committee proceeded on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-Prior to reporting the Member’s behaviour to administration, [XXX] did not speak about ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-her concerns to fellow staff members, as she understood from OSSTF representatives that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-such an action would breach Union protocol regarding making adverse reports about a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-fellow member. However, despite her reluctance to speak to colleagues in the school, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-Member’s frequent presence in the department office was noted by at least one colleague. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-[XXX] indicated that she did speak to other colleagues outside of her Board who acted as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-her sounding board and gave her advice as to what were acceptable interactions between ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-colleagues. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-On July 26, 2010, the Committee delivered orally the following decision with respect to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-finding: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-Having considered the evidence, the onus on the College and the standard of proof that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-must be met, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Gilbert Ignatios McIntyre committed ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(14) 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) as set out in the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-dated July 19, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-The Committee finds that during the 2001-2002 academic year, the Member acted in an ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf:inappropriate manner towards [XXX], in that he repeatedly sexually harassed [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-utilized his senior position within the School to pursue a relationship with [XXX] The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-Committee also finds that on or about 28 December 2001, the Member acted in an ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-1. The Member is to be reprimanded by the Committee within 90 days of December ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- 8, 2010, with the fact of the reprimand to be recorded on the Register of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- College. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-2. The Registrar is directed to suspend the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- Registration of the Member for a period of three (3) months commencing on ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- December 8, 2010 and the fact of the suspension is to be recorded on the Register. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-3. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the name of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-The Committee considers unprofessional interactions between colleagues as serious. In ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-view of the power imbalance between the Member and [XXX], the Committee finds this ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf:ongoing sexual harassment by the Member even more egregious. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-The reprimand and suspension are specific deterrents as they inform the Member that the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-College does not tolerate this type of behaviour. The suspension is also a general ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-deterrent and sends a message to the profession and the general public of the type of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-sanction meted out for such behaviour. Further, these sanctions inform teachers, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-especially new teachers, that the College will take seriously complaints of any form of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf-harassment between colleagues. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf-“Committee”) on April 13, 2010 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated September 8, 2009 was served on Robert Charles Palmateer, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf-requesting his presence on September 21, 2009 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for April 13, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf-Robert Charles Palmateer was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf-The allegations against Robert Charles Palmateer in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf-dated September 8, 2009, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Robert Charles Palmateer is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-sweater in front of two teaching professionals and exposed her brassiere. Subsequently ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-realizing the inappropriate behaviour indicated above, the Member requested these two ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-staff members to write about the specific incident and to leave the letters with her. These ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-two persons wrote the letters under duress but did so because it was requested by their ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-superior, the principal. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-On one occasion the Member, in jest, made inappropriate reference to a staff member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-about a specific body part of that staff member. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-On another occasion, again in jest, and fully stating that she was the principal, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-Member made a comment that intimidated one of her staff. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-On one occasion, the Member in her role as a principal, attempted to obtain confidential ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-information from staff members following an AEFO Advisory Committee meeting, when ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-she ought to have known this request was highly improper. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-Finally, during a discussion in the staff lounge with a group of teachers, the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf:made comments about another teacher which were construed to be of a sexual nature and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-which therefore caused offence among some of the persons who were present. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-The Member entered into an agreement with the Board whereby the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-termination of employment with the Board was deemed a resignation. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf-1. The Member is required to appear before the Committee to be reprimanded, with ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- the fact of the reprimand to be recorded on the Register of the College for a period ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- of one year from December 15, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-hearing took place over a three-year period, continuing on for a further 28 dates (as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-shown above), ending on September 5, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Member was in attendance throughout the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-At the outset of the hearing, the College sought and obtained leave from this Committee ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-to withdraw certain allegations and particulars. The remaining allegations against ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-William Johan Fabel (the “Member”) in the amended Notice of Hearing dated January ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-19, 2004 (Exhibit 1) are as follows. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that William Johan Fabel is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- /or is incompetent as defined in section 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- psychologically, and/or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) and (d) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- (f) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or a disregard ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- for the welfare of students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- the Member is either unfit to carry out his professional responsibilities or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- that the Member’s certificate should be made subject to terms, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-1. William Johan Fabel (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:2. The Member was employed by the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- Board (“the Board”) from in or about September 1989. At all times ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- material hereto, the Member taught [XXX] at the Grade 9 through 12 levels ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- at [XXX] School (“the School”). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-3. From as early as 1997, and continuing through to October 2002, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- Member made denigrating comments to and about students, staff and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf: parents, including sexual remarks and remarks of a racist nature. The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- Member also made demeaning comments about the School administration ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- and staff in the presence of students, fellow teachers and staff members at ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- the School and made overt threats to students and staff respecting their ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- potential disclosure of his behaviour to parents, the School and/or Board ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- administration, respectively. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-4. On numerous occasions throughout 2001 and 2002, the Member made ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- denigrating comments about the Roman Catholic religion that are contrary ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- to the teachings of the Catholic Church. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-5. [XXX] was a female student in the Member’s [XXX] class during the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- academic year commencing September 2001 and was a student in his ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- [XXX] class commencing September 2002. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-19. [XXX] was a female student in the Member’s [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-20. [XXX] was a female student in the Member’s class in 1997. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:21. The Member made sexual, racist, demeaning and denigrating comments, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- including but not limited to the following: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-(a) that he was a leg man and liked girls in kilts; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-(b) that he had a hidden camera under all the girls’ desks so that he could look ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- up their kilts; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-(c) on one occasion when she was wearing suede boots, the Member felt up ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- and down [XXX]’s legs while saying “Nice boots, nice legs”; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:(d) that students who chew on their pencils are sexually frustrated and girls ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- who suck on popsicles are exhibiting penis envy; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:(e) spoke about his own sexual activities and encouraged his students to share ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf: their sexual experiences. On one occasion, the Member told his students ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- that he had three children and that there was nothing happening in his ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- bedroom; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-(f) asked the boys in class, when discussing a student-created website which ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- listed two female students who would make it in Playboy - “How many of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- you guys would sleep with these two girls for a million dollars?” ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-(g) would read “pick-up” lines from the Internet to his male students and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- would provide them with pointers for “how to get into girls’ pants”; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-(h) said to the class about [XXX] - “someone that wide and that poorly ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- dressed cannot be missed”; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-(i) spoke to his students about his own bar experiences and how he would ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- pick up women. When questioned by the students about the fact that he ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- had a wife and children at home, the Member responded that it was a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- different area code; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 23. The Member told his students that if they made reports about him to their ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- parents, that he would lie and they would not be believed because he was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- their teacher. The Member stated that he could ruin their future lives; that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- he could gain access to their bank accounts and student codes at the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- school, and that he knew how to break into any computer. The Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- spoke often and at length about his military experiences, about weapons, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- hunting, and guns. On at least one occasion in class, the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- described in detail how to slit someone’s throat. Many of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- students were frightened by the Member’s comments. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 24. On one occasion, shortly after the Columbine shooting incident, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- Member came into his class, pretended to be a gunman and had his ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- students cower under their desks. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 25. The Member, following one parent-teacher interview, remarked to a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- student that the student’s mother was an ‘m. i. l. f.’, meaning ‘mother I’d ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- like to f***’. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 26. A number of the female teachers at the School were fearful of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- Member. These female teachers were afraid to report the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- behaviour for fear of reprisal by the Member, which fear included fear for ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- their physical safety. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:At all material times, the Member was employed by the Windsor-Essex Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-School Board (“the Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (“the School”). During the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-2001 and 2002 school years, the Member taught [XXX] at the Grade 9 through 12 levels. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The case concerned the Member’s verbal interactions with students, colleagues and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-parents. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The specific issues for the Committee to consider were whether or not the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-engaged in inappropriate communication by making denigrating and demeaning ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:comments, including sexual and racist remarks to and about students, staff, parents and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-the Roman Catholic religion, and whether this conduct amounted to professional ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-After hearing all the evidence and considering the submissions of counsel for both parties ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-and the onus and standard of proof, the Committee found that the Member committed ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-members of the profession as unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-subsection 1(18), in that he made derogatory comments about his ex-wife in class, stating ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-or implying that she was overweight. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The other incidents alleged by the College either were not proven on a balance of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-probabilities, or were proven but were not found by this Committee to constitute ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-professional misconduct in all the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-ONUS AND STANDARD OF PROOF ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The onus of proof was on the College. The standard of proof applied by the Committee ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-was the balance of probabilities, using clear, cogent and convincing evidence. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Committee had the benefit of the transcripts of the evidence, and very detailed ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-written submissions from counsel. The Committee has carefully reviewed and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-considered those written submissions in making its decision. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-(a) Background ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The general background to this matter is not contested. The Member has many academic ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-qualifications (BA, MA, BEd, MEd) and is currently in a Doctoral Program at OISE, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-University of Toronto. [Exhibit 2 and Transcript of Evidence, April 16, 2008, p. 6, l. to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-p. 7, l. 18] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-not called to corroborate the incident. [Transcript of Evidence, November 23, 2006, p. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-363, l. 25 to p. 364, l. 5] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-#10 To unknown student “This isn't Ho High” ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Committee finds that the evidence was not sufficiently clear, cogent and convincing ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-to establish that the statement was made by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Jennifer Roy was a teacher at the School. She testified that one term she taught across ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-the hall from the Member and heard him reprimand a student for a uniform violation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-during class change. The Member said, “unroll your skirt. This isn't Ho High.” Roy ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-testified the student was in violation of the uniform code and looked embarrassed as she ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-became red in the face. Roy did not identify the student or speak to the student about the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-incident. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Roy testified she did not report the incident to administration because she was a new ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-teacher. As a result, she felt intimidated and was unsure of what action to pursue. She did ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-not speak to the Member because she said he wasn't somebody you could easily approach ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-about something like that, but offered no evidence to support that view. [Transcript of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Evidence, July 5, 2007, p. 92, l. 1-6; p. 93, l. 7-11; p. 94, l. 21 to p. 95, l. 15] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Member denied making this statement, but offered a possible explanation. He ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-testified that another high school, St. Joseph's, had a bad reputation for students wearing ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:uniforms that were sexually suggestive. The Member suggested that St. Joseph's was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-shortened to St. Joe's and by the students to St. Ho's and that Roy may have misheard him ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-because of the noise in the hallway during class change time. [Transcript of Evidence, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-April 22, 2008, P. 220, l. 11 to p. 223, l. 20] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-No student witnesses were called with regard to this incident. Roy was not questioned ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-regarding the possibility that she misheard the Member's wording. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-In these circumstances, given the conflicts in the evidence and the possibility that Roy ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-could have misheard the Member since the alleged incident occurred during class change, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-he personalized the information, but that it was drawn from fact he was young once. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[Transcript of Evidence, April 23, 2008, p. 155, l. 13-15] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:#48 Telling his students sexual jokes taken from the internet. For example, in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-reference to Thanksgiving, “Spread the legs and stuff it in”, “How long before you ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-can pull it out”, I didn't know all these people would come at once”. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member did repeat jokes with sexual innuendo related to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-the topic of Freud but those facts would not support a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:[XXX] testified that the Member read a number of sexual jokes with a Thanksgiving ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-theme and not related to anything they were studying. [Transcript of Evidence, March 8, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-2006, p. 299, l. 3-7, 10-13, l. 17-23] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] testified the Member read Thanksgiving jokes he had found on the Internet. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[Transcript of Evidence, May 23, 2006, p. 31, l. 1-25] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:[XXX] testified the Member told jokes of sexual innuendo when discussing Freud. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] could not remember any specific jokes, or confirm the Thanksgiving jokes were ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-told in class. [Transcript of Evidence, September 28, 2007, p. 68, l. 20 to p. 69, l. 16] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:[XXX] testified she could not remember any specific joke, or confirm that sexual jokes, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-jokes from the internet or Thanksgiving jokes were told in class. [Transcript of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Evidence, October 24, 2007, p. 150, l. 15 to p. 152, l. 2] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:[XXX] testified that she recalled jokes of sexual innuendo on the topic of Freud and that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-she would have remembered any jokes with vulgarity, but she did not. [Transcript of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Evidence, September 28, 2007, p. 69, l. 2-16, p. 101, l. 7-11] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Member testified that Freud and Freudian slips were curriculum topics and he used ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-examples from textbooks. The Member had no recollection of Thanksgiving or turkey ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-jokes. [Transcript of Evidence, April 23, 2008, p. 152, l. 9 to p. 153, l. 20] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-#49 In-class joke about a teacher “Sister Monica is a nun who don't get none” ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Committee does not condone the remark but finds that it does not rise to the level of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 51 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:discussion of sexual and reproductive issues, but we find that the College did not provide ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-convincing evidence that the Member was guilty of professional misconduct in this ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-instance. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Former student [XXX] testified that the Member “often spoke about the female system, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-reproductive system, things like that, orgasms, not in the context of any [XXX] lesson”. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] indicated that general discussions took place at the beginning and end of class and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-this involved questions from students regarding issues that were not directly related to the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-class. [Transcript of Evidence, May 23, 2006, p. 123, l. 5-8 and p. 134, l. 2-9] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Member denied having a lesson on this topic but stated it may have arisen during the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-first five or last five minutes of class where students often asked questions. [Transcript of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Evidence, April 16, 2008, p. 78, l. 22 to p. 79, l.15] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Committee is not clear whether the allegation of professional misconduct stems from ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-participation in a discussion of a particular topic or from failure to end discussion of a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-topic introduced by students. Frank discussion of sensitive issues does not, in and of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-itself, constitute professional misconduct. Indeed, many educators and parents would ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-hold an opposite view. Further, a teacher cannot be held responsible for anything a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-student might ask or say. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX]’s testimony stated clearly that the Member “often spoke about the female system, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-reproductive system, things like that….” The Committee finds that there was insufficient ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-evidence presented showing that, even if these topics arose, it was the Member initiating ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-the discussions or allowing them to continue unabated. Lastly, if, as [XXX] alleges, this ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-occurred “often”, why was her testimony uncorroborated? ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-# 53 In-class discussions about his past drunken experiences ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Committee finds that the balance of evidence is that the Member highlighted the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-dangers of drinking with a personalized example but that no professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-occurred. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 54 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] testified the Member talked about drinking while in the army, but could ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-remember no specifics beyond that he would be working so long and on his time off ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-would go and drink and do “something” when drunk. [Transcript of Evidence, November ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-22, 2006, p. 202, l. 8-13] The “something” was “like he would drive his tank into the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-ditch, or something like that – as a joke and – because he had been drinking”. [Transcript ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-of Evidence, November 22, 2006, p. 203, l. 23-25] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] testified that when highlighting the dangers of drinking, the Member related a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-story about himself with a moral. The Member had drunk to excess when younger and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-ended in a ditch next to some water. [Transcript of Evidence, September 28, 2007, p. 15, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-l. 5-11] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] testified to recalling the same story. The Member shared this story after a student ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-brought up a drunken night. She understood the point of the story was not to drink ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-excessive amounts of alcohol, bad things happen. [Transcript of Evidence, October 24, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-2007, p. 19, l. 21 to p. 20, l. 9] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] also testified about the same story in different classes with the Member, and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-understood the Member to be saying it was silly that kids always wanted to get drunk all ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-the time. She remembers the story as not being a promotion for drinking but highlighting ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-the potential dangers. [Transcript of Evidence, October 24, 2007, p. 93, l. 1-13 and p. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-144, l. 2-11] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:#54 Failing to curb class discussions on drinking and sexual experiences of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-students ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Committee finds that the evidence was not clear, cogent and convincing to establish ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-that the Member failed to curb these discussions. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] testified that students would talk about their weekend activities and the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-“let us keep talking” and also offered some of his own experiences. [Transcript of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:Evidence, November 22, 2006, p.201, l. 8-21] [XXX] testified that sex in the context ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-of marriage and family did come up in the class discussions. [XXX] also testified the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 55 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:Member did not discuss his own or student sexual activities. On cross-examination, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] testified that she did not remember any discussion of weekend activities involving ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:student drinking experiences and student sexual experiences. [Transcript of Evidence, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-September 28, 2007, p. 13, l. 25 to p. 14, l. 14 and p. 34, l.14 to p.35, l. 5] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Member confirmed that these topics did occur during the first few minutes of class ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-and also in discussions related to the curriculum. [Transcript of Evidence, April 17, 2008, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-p. 38, l. 2-17] The Member testified that he deemed topics that related to weekend ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-“escapades” and matters of a sensitive or personal nature to be inappropriate and shut ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-them down. [Transcript of Evidence, April 22, 2008, p. 24, l. 11-22] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Committee notes the apparent discrepancy between the testimony of [XXX] and the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-testimony of [XXX] and the Member. [XXX] gave general examples of topics discussed ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-but did not identify specific, detailed incidents. This could be consistent with the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Member’s assertion that discussion may have ventured into sensitive or personal areas ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-but were then stopped. This would also be consistent with the recollections of [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-This allegation relates to the Member’s practice of letting students have a few minutes at ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-the beginning of class to discuss general issues, not necessarily connected to the class. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-This was admitted to by the Member. The Committee finds that this practice would only ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-be objectionable if the Member failed to curb discussions once they became ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-#55 Instructing his under-age students on how to drink safely – for example ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-telling them to drink lots of water, sleep on their side and bring a designated driver ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Committee finds that Member attempted to highlight the potential dangers of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-drinking and no evidence was presented to establish the Member went beyond this ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-intention. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] testified that the Member gave advice on how to drink safely during a class ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-discussion on drinking habits of teenagers. [XXX] stated that while the students talked ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-about the 'fun' part of drinking, the Member would “tell us more about the dangers” and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 56 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-convincing to find the Member made this comment. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Although many of the former Member's students testified, the only evidence came from ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-John Paul Bondy, an educational assistant, who testified the Member made these graphic ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-comments to the class when discussing war. [Transcript of Evidence, July 5, 2007, p. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-117, l. 7-14] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Member denied knowledge of the phrase “poo stab”, and denied ever using the term. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-He mentioned knowledge of another, similar derogatory phrase which had reference to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:homosexuals. He denied having used either phrase. [Transcript of Evidence, April 16, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-2008, p. 74, l. 1-17] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-No students in the class were called to corroborate Bondy’s account of the incident. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-#61 Inviting students to switch out of his class if they didn't like his graphic, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-offensive style of teaching, telling them that “what goes on in class stays in class” ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-and telling them not to bother complaining about him because he would make them ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-look like “fools” ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-The Committee finds that it was not proved on a balance of probabilities that the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-made these exact statements. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] testified that the Member told the class that “what goes on in class stays in the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-classroom.” She testified that after she told [XXX] what the Member had said about ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] (# 59 above), the Member was upset and demanded to know “who said what”. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[May 23, 2006, p. 32, l. 7-15] No other student testified about this. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] testified that the Member warned them at the beginning of the semester that if ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-they were to say anything, he would make them look like fools. [March 8, 2006, p. 301, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-l. 18 to p. 302, l. 1] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] testified that her mother complained, after the September 11th class, when there ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-was a detailed and graphic discussion about the events of 9/11. [XXX] remembers the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Member saying “we cannot talk about that anymore”. [Transcript of Evidence, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-November 22, 2006, p. 216, l. 10 to p. 217, l. 23] While the student ([XXX]) did not ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 61 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-administration in the presence of other teachers. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-9. The Member asked Piazza Chittaro if a position she had been chosen for ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-had been posted, and had a conversation with her in which he suggested that the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-reason she had been chosen for the job was that she was “non-threatening”. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Piazza Chittaro interpreted this as an insult, although the Member did not intend it ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-as such at the time. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-10. The Member once entered Piazza Chittaro’s classroom to discipline a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-student for a uniform infraction. This happened before the bell had rung to signal ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-the beginning of class. The Member was not attempting to undermine his ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-colleagues’ authority when he did this. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-11. The Member attempted to joke with a disabled student by referring to her ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-“chicken legs”. This attempted humour was a lapse in judgment. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-12. The Member did a social profiling exercise in his [XXX], [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-[XXX] class in which he illustrated the concepts by suggesting that one student ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-might turn out to be an axe-murderer because she was so quiet; and another ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-student might turn out to be “suicidal” because of his dress and taste in music. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-These examples could have been more carefully selected. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-13. The Member began a parent-teacher conference by saying to the parents of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-two intelligent, well-behaved children, “Who shall we talk about first, Dumb or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Dumber?” This was a poorly-conceived effort at humour. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-14. The Member, in the course of an in-class discussion about attractiveness, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-personalized the curriculum by revealing his own preferences, and saying that he ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-liked legs, although he qualified this by indicating his spouse was a Highland ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-dancer. The Member discussed pick-up lines and dating in general terms meant to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-warn students about dating. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf:15. The Member repeated jokes with sexual innuendo in class, related to a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 64 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- topic on Freud. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 16. The Member used the phrase, “Sister Monica is a nun that doesn’t get ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- none” or something similar. This was a regrettable choice of words. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 17. The Member had brief “open sessions” typically at the beginning of class, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- where students could ask questions about issues not directly related to the class. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf: These discussions sometimes involved sexual and reproductive issues, drinking ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- alcohol and other social issues. The Member would sometimes personalize this ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- with examples from his own past, meant to highlight the potential dangers of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- drinking. If the discussions became inappropriate, the Member would shut them ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- down. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 18. The Member gave advice in class to underage students about steps they ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- could take to drink safely and responsibly, if they were going to drink. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 19. The Member discussed his ex-wife with his students, using a variety of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- derogatory terms that stated or implied she was overweight (such as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- “humongous”, “whale”, “fat cow”, “hippo environment at the local zoo”, “fat”, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- “Jabba the Hutt” and “rhino section at the zoo.” ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 20. The Member revealed to his class that the reason for his divorce was his ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- wife’s infidelity. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, the Committee finds the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Member committed an act of professional misconduct when he made comments to his ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-students which described the weight of his former wife in a derogatory manner. The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Committee finds that these facts support a finding of professional misconduct pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsection 1(18), an act or omission that, having regard to all ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- 65 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf-“Committee”) on December 16, 2010 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf-at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated November 13, 2009 was served on Reno Joseph Perlin, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf-requesting his presence on December 8, 2009 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for December 16, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf-Reno Joseph Perlin was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf-The allegations against Reno Joseph Perlin in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf-November 13, 2009, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Reno Joseph Perlin is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, or the Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would be ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- reasonably regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 21, 2010 was served on Gordon Charles Baxter, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-requesting his presence on August 30, 2010 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 3, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Gordon Charles Baxter was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-The allegations against Gordon Charles Baxter in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-July 21, 2010, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Gordon Charles Baxter is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-defined in section 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (h) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf: (j) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-the facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-1. Gordon Charles Baxter (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Niagara Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in [XXX]. The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Member also was self employed as a [XXX] high school students. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-3. During the 2007-2008 academic year, the Member was a [XXX] and [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-[XXX] of a female [XXX] student of the School (the “Student”). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-4. While she was in her grade [XXX] year, the Member [XXX] the Student at the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-School in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-5. During the summer of 2008, the Member started to communicate with the Student ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-by e-mails, MSN chats and telephone. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-6. During the 2008-2009 academic year, while the Student was in grade [XXX], the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Member [XXX] and they became close friends. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-7. During the 2008-2009 academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (a) during the course of telephone conversations and electronic ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- communications, disclosed personal information to, and flirted with, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- Student; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (b) on one or more occasions hugged the Student in his portable classroom at ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- the School; and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (c) spent time with the Student during school hours and at his home. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-8. In [XXX] 2009, the month in which she celebrated her [XXX] birthday, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Student started to develop a crush on the Member and told him around the end of that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-month that she liked him. The Member apparently reciprocated those feelings. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-9. On or about Sunday, 1 February 2009, the Member invited the Student to his ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-home to watch [XXX] on television. While sitting on a couch at his home, the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-kissed and cuddled the Student. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-10. Between the approximate dates of 1 February 2009 and 29 April 2009, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf:Member engaged in a sexual relationship with the Student which included kissing, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-cuddling, hugging and her performing fellatio on him. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf:11. There were no incidents of sexual activity between the Member and the Student at ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf:the School or during school hours and they did not engage in sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-12. On or about 9 June 2009, the Member resigned his teaching position with the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Board with immediate effect. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-13. On or about 3 June 2010, the Member pleaded guilty before the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Justice, in respect of the following charge, and was found guilty of that charge: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (a) that he between 1 February 2009 and 29 April 2009, at the City of St. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- Catharines, did, being a person who was in a position of trust or authority ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf: towards a young person, with a part of his body, for a sexual purpose, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- directly touched the body of that young person, contrary to Section 153, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- subsection (1.1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-14. On or about 5 August 2010, the Member was sentenced to an intermittent jail ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-sentence of fourteen (14) days to be followed by probation for a period of one (1) year. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-15. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit B is a certified copy of the Ontario Court ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-of Justice Information, dated 30 April 2009, with respect to that charge. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-16. A certified copy of the Probation Order dated 5 August 2010, is attached as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Exhibit C. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-17. Copies of the transcripts of the Plea of Guilt made on 3 June 2010 before Mr. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Justice D.A. Harris, and the Reasons for Sentence of Justice Harris on 5 August 2010, are ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-attached as Exhibits D and E respectively. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-18. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-the truth of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 17 above (the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-“Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-19. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-paragraphs 7 to 10 and paragraph 13 above, constitute conduct which is professional ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-misconduct, and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf:acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-23. The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter would be ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (a) directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (b) directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- Committee in summary form in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. The parties have not ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- agreed on whether or not the Member’s name should be included and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- submissions will be made on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-by Counsel for the College, and the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Gordon ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Charles Baxter committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf:1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 17 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-(the “uncontested facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest, and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 2). He acknowledged that the uncontested facts ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-referred to in paragraphs 7 to 10 and paragraph 13 above constitute conduct that is ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-misconduct. The Committee accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-the Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest, and Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-On or about 3 June 2010, the Member pleaded guilty before the Ontario Court of Justice, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-in respect of the following charge, and was found guilty of that charge: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- (b) that he between 1 February 2009 and 29 April 2009, at the City of St. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- Catharines, did, being a person who was in a position of trust or authority ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf: towards a young person, with a part of his body, for a sexual purpose, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- directly touched the body of that young person, contrary to Section 153, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- subsection (1.1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-On or about 5 August 2010, the Member was sentenced to an intermittent jail sentence of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-fourteen (14) days to be followed by probation for a period of one (1) year. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and conviction for sexual exploitation of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-one of his students as outlined herein, constitutes an act of professional misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). By this conduct, the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-During the summer of 2008, the Member started to communicate with the Student by ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-e-mails, MSN chats and telephone. During the 2008-2009 academic year, while the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Student was in [XXX], the Member [XXX] and they became close friends. During the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-course of telephone conversations and electronic communications, the Member disclosed ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-personal information and flirted with the Student. On one or more occasion the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-hugged the Student in his portable classroom and spent time with the Student during ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-school hours and at his home. The Student developed a crush on the Member and told ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-him that she liked him and the Member apparently reciprocated those feelings. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-In February 2009, the Member invited the Student to his home to watch the Superbowl ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-football game on television and while sitting on a couch, he kissed and cuddled the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Student. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Between the approximate dates of 1 February 2009 and 29 April 2009, the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf:engaged in a sexual relationship with the Student which included kissing, cuddling, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-hugging and her performing fellatio on him. The Student indicated that the incidents of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf:sexual activity did not occur at the school and did not include sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-These actions led to the Member pleading guilty and being charged and convicted before ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf:the Ontario Court of Justice of sexual exploitation. He was sentenced to14 days ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-intermittent jail time and one year probation. (Exhibit 3, Tab B). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-The Committee finds the Member engaged in an inappropriate and unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-relationship with the Student while she was under his care and supervision. For a period ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-between February 1, 2009 and April 29, 2009 their relationship intensified and eventually ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-became physical. By disclosing personal information and flirting with the Student, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Member showed poor judgment. He did not discourage, but rather allowed the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf:relationship to go beyond the appropriate teacher/student boundary, progressing to sexual ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-activity. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct is disgraceful and unbecoming a member of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-the profession. The Member abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-teacher, without regard for the well being of the student. The conduct of the Member was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-unacceptable and in conflict with the duty of a teacher to protect students. The Member, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-as a result of his conduct, has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-being a member of the teaching profession. Revocation is the appropriate penalty for ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-misconduct of this severity. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-The Committee orders publication of the finding and order with the name of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-The Committee considered the Member’s request to withhold publication of his name to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-prevent embarrassment to himself, colleagues, school board and the victim. However, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-the Committee felt there were more compelling reasons to publish the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, along with the name ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-of the Member, identifies to the profession the serious nature of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-misconduct and the consequences for such behaviour. Publication, in this case, acts as a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-specific and general deterrent and informs the profession that such conduct will not be ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-tolerated and will result in the harshest penalty. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-Publication also serves the public interest by reassuring and informing the community ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf-that the profession acts decisively when matters of this nature are brought to its attention. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). The Committee agrees that this allegation shall be ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-the facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-1. Spencer James Thomason (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the [XXX] Board (the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-“Board”) and from 2003 served as Curriculum Leader in the Deaf/Hard of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-Department at [XXX] (the “School”), in [XXX], Ontario. The Member’s primary form ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-of communication is the American Sign Language or ASL. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-3. During the 2005/2006 academic year, the Member made inappropriate comments ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf:of a sexual nature to a female Sign Language Facilitator at the School, including: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- (a) on or about October 14, 2005, following her advice to the Member during ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- conversation in the School lunchroom of her upcoming attendance at a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- motorcycle course, the Member made the signs for a “hot man” which was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- understood by the Facilitator to mean “You’re going to be all hot and bothered ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- by the men there”; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- (b) on or about October 21, 2005, while she was telling one of her female ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- colleagues about a planned boat trip to [XXX], signed to her - “Did you know ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- there is a nude beach there?”; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- (c) on or about November 2, 2005, during a lunchroom group conversation about ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- masturbation, in reference to her previous remarks on the subject, said to her “I ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- know you masturbate every day”. He signed this from his sitting position at the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- table using the ASL sign which mimics the act of female masturbation; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- (d) in the presence of one of her female colleagues with whom she had been ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- speaking about a hole in her sweater, referred to her by signing the word “slut”. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- When she asked him to what he had signed, he finger spelled “s-l-u-t”. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-4. On or about February 10, 2006, by letter of reprimand to the Member from the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-Superintendent of Education of the Board, attached as Exhibit “B”, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf:advised of his receipt of a 5-day suspension for sexual harassment of a female support ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-staff member with respect to the conduct referred to in paragraph 3 above. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-5. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 above (the “uncontested ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-facts”). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-6. The Member hereby acknowledges that the uncontested facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-paragraph 3 above constitute professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(18 - unprofessional), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-11. By this document, the Member acknowledges his understanding that any ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-agreement between the College and the Member with respect to the penalty proposed in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-this document does not bind the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the plea of no contest, the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty, and the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-submissions made by counsel for the College and counsel for the Member, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that Spencer James Thomason committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(18 – unprofessional) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-(the “uncontested facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest, and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 2). He acknowledged that the uncontested facts ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-referred to in paragraph 3 thereof constitute professional misconduct and pleaded no ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-contest to the allegations of professional misconduct. The Committee accepted the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-No Contest, and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-The Member was employed in the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Department in his school. In ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf-this capacity he worked with co-workers fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf:Member made inappropriate comments of a sexual nature by signing to a colleague on ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- (h) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf: (j) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Thames Valley District ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in London. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 2. During the 2008-2009 academic year, the Student was a female Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- student [XXX] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 3. Between the approximate dates of 31 December 2008 and 25 March 2009, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- Member acted inappropriately and unprofessionally towards the Student in that he: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- (a) fondled her breasts; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- (b) spoke to her about masturbation and instructed her to view specific ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- websites so as to learn about that subject; and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- (c) on or about 24 March 2009, pushed his body against her. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 4. On or about 15 April 2010, the Member pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- Justice to a charge that he between 31 December 2008 and 25 March 2009, at the City ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf: of London, did commit a sexual assault on the Student, contrary to Section 271(1) of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada), and was found guilty of that charge. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-5. On or about 2 July 2010, the Member was sentenced to six months incarceration ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-to be followed by a period of probation for one year. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-As the Member was neither present nor represented by counsel, the Committee proceeded ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-Counsel for the College entered into evidence the following additional documents: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-Registered Member Information (Exhibit 2). Greg James Stewart is a member of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers as shown on the Registered Member Information. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-Brief of Court Documents – Her Majesty The Queen v. Greg J. Stewart (Exhibit 4) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-The Brief of Court Documents with respect to the criminal proceedings against the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-Member submitted into evidence consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- A. Warning and Certified Copy of Information dated March 26, 2009 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- B. Certified Copy of Probation Order dated July 2, 2010 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- C. Transcript of Arraignment and Guilty Plea before Mr. Justice J. Skowronski ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- dated April 15, 2010 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- D. Transcript of Crown Facts, Victim Impact Statement and Statement of Greg ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- Stewart before Mr. Justice J. Skowronski dated June 28, 2 010 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- E. Transcript of Reasons for Sentence before Mr. Justice J. Skowronski dated July ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 2, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-The evidence presented in the Court Documents confirms that on or about 15 April 2010, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-the Member pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice to a charge that he between 31 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf:December 2008 and 25 March 2009, at the City of London, did commit a sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-on the Student, contrary to Section 271(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada), and was found ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-guilty of that charge. On or about 2 July 2010, the Member was sentenced to six months ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-incarceration to be followed by a period of probation for one year. The Member has not ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-appealed the conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-made by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Greg James Stewart ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(15), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf:1(18),1(19) and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-Rules 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-granted. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf:It is uncontested that the Member was convicted of sexual assault of a student and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-sentenced to six months incarceration, followed by a period of probation for one year. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s conviction for sexual assault of a student ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-constitute acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(15), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf:1(18),1(19) and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf:The Member, having been convicted of sexual assault of a female grade [XXX] student ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-under his care, demonstrates that he should not be a teacher in a position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-authority. He has entirely failed in that trust and is considered by the courts of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-to have broken laws that protect the young and was incarcerated. The Member stalked a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf:female student [XXX] in the school and pestered her with unsolicited sexual advice and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf:sexual questioning that he had no business engaging in. The student resisted his advances ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-but in spite of that, the Member persisted (Exhibit 4). The Member’s actions became ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf:increasingly physical and ended with an incident of sexual abuse. His behaviour was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-both dangerous, despicable and totally outside the realm of civilized behaviour. The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-Member, by his actions, has forfeited the privilege of being in the profession and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-therefore revocation of his certificate is the only consequence possible. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, with the name of the Member is ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-appropriate. The behaviour of the Member was such that the strictest of discipline was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-required. The revocation of a Member’s certificate is the most serious consequence ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-available to the Discipline Committee and it is therefore appropriate that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-name be published. Publication also confirms to the profession that this type of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf-behaviour is unacceptable and will result in revocation. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-1. James Hugh Westcott (the “Member”) was employed by the Ottawa Catholic ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-School Board up until his retirement on 30 June, 1998, as an elementary school teacher. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-2. Between the approximate dates of 1 July 2008 and 13 December 2008, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-Member: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- (a) allowed a young female child to touch the fly of his pants; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- (b) opened his pants exposing his penis to that young female child; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- (c) allowed that young female child to touch his penis. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-3. On or about 16 September, 2009, the Member pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-of Justice to a charge that he between 1 July 2008 and 13 December 2008, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf:Ottawa, for a sexual purpose, invited a person under the age of sixteen years to directly ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-touch with a part of her body, the body of the Member, contrary to section 152 of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada), and was found guilty of that charge. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-4. On or about 21 July, 2010, the Member was sentenced to eight months ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-incarceration to be followed by two years probation. In addition, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-banned from attending public places where children may be present. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-A non-publication and non-broadcast order was issued under subsection 486.4 of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-Criminal Code, in the proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The Committee is ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-required to maintain this publication ban imposed in the matter of Her Majesty The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-Queen v. James Hugh Westcott by the Ontario Court of Justice. There shall be no ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf:December 2008, at the City of Ottawa, for a sexual purpose, invited a person under the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-age of sixteen years to directly touch with a part of her body, the body of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-contrary to section 152 of the Criminal Code (Canada), and was found guilty of that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-charge. Further, that on or about 21 July, 2010, the Member was sentenced to eight ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-months incarceration to be followed by two years probation. In addition, the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-was banned from attending public places where children under the age of 16 may be ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-present, for a period of 15 years commencing on his release from imprisonment for the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-offence. This ban also applies to volunteer or employment activities in a capacity that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-involves being in a position of trust or authority towards persons under the age of 16 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-years. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the civil ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-standard of proof, being the balance of probabilities using clear, cogent and convincing ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-evidence. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that James Hugh Westcott ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-Rules 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-granted. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-In absence of evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts the specific findings of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-fact contained in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 5) that on or about 16 September, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-2009, the Member pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice to a charge that he ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf:between 1 July 2008 and 13 December 2008, at the City of Ottawa, for a sexual purpose, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-invited a person under the age of sixteen years to directly touch with a part of her body, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-the body of the Member, contrary to section 152 of the Criminal Code (Canada), and was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-found guilty of that charge July 21, 2010. There was no evidence presented of an Appeal ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-by the Member of his conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s criminal conviction supports a finding of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-subsections 1(5), and 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-The Member’s criminal conviction is relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-Qualification and Registration, pursuant to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(16). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-At the time of the offence the Member held a valid teaching certificate and was in good ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-standing with the Ontario College of Teachers. The nature of the offence has caused ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-students to be put at risk, pursuant to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-The Member’s conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional and unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-member contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, 1(18) and 1 (19). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the findings ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the name of the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-The Member between the dates of July 1, 2008 and December 13, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- (a) allowed a young female child to touch the fly of his pants; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- (b) opened his pants exposing his penis to that young female child; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- (c) allowed that young female child to touch his penis. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-On or about 16 September, 2009, the Member pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-Justice to a charge that he between 1 July 2008 and 13 December 2008, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf:Ottawa, for a sexual purpose, invited a person under the age of sixteen years to directly ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-touch with a part of her body, the body of the Member, contrary to section 152 of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada), and was found guilty of that charge. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-“Committee”) on July 14, 2010 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 16, 2009 was served on Quintino Bordonali, requesting ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-his presence on September 21, 2009 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for July 14, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-Quintino Bordonali was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-The allegations against Quintino Bordonali in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-July 16, 2009, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Quintino Bordonali is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, including section 264(1)(c) thereof, or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-6. As a result of a grievance regarding the discipline, the Member’s suspension was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-reduced to 5-days and the discipline letter was amended to exclude reference to any ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf:perception of sexually suggestive behaviour. A copy of the amended discipline letter is ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-attached as Exhibit “C”. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-7. Following the resolution of the grievance, no boundary or sensitivity training was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-arranged for the Member. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-8. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 7 above (the “uncontested ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-facts”). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-9. The Member hereby acknowledges that the uncontested facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-paragraphs 3 and 4 above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, being ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7 - verbal ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-abuse), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-10. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- evidence as set out in the uncontested facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- the right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-accessible. In order to support the transparency of the proceedings, publication of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf:Member’s name should follow. Counsel for the College pointed out the sexually ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-suggestive nature of some of the language and having opened alcohol in the classroom, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-while not the most serious of allegations, was not minor in nature either and warranted ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-publication. He provided a previous decision of a Discipline Committee (Brawn) with ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-allegations of a less serious nature that led to publication with name. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-stated that this decision resulted in publication but students were not involved, nor was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-there an open bottle of alcohol and suggested that the issues were less problematic in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-comparison to the case before the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that publication of the Member’s name was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-inappropriate as the Member had taught for over twenty years with two different school ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-boards and that these events occurred over one school year, almost 4 years ago, and was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-in her opinion, a minor event in terms of the conduct and comments by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-Counsel for the Member pointed out that the Member has retired and is pursuing another ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-career but is considering putting his name on an occasional teacher list. Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-Member stated that there is no presumption of publication; it is discretionary and that the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-reprimand and course provides enough of a deterrent to the Member. Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-Member stated that publication of the Member’s name would be an excessive penalty on ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-the Member. Publication of the events, including the reprimand and boundaries course, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-provides a general deterrent to the profession and publication without name under these ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-conditions would also satisfy the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-With respect to the Brawn case, Counsel for the Member opined that the conduct was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-more serious, involved students and staff, with physical boundary violations and the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-Member was terminated. She also noted that there was no reprimand in the Brawn case, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-just a course of instruction and that Brawn was an occasional teacher at several different ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-schools and the incidents occurred over several years. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-Counsel for the Member provided a previous decision of a Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-(Musial), which in her opinion, involved more serious conduct, which occurred over two ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-school years, involved physical contact with students and epithets and there was no ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-publication of the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-College Counsel, in reply, pointed out that, in his opinion, the Musial case involved much ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf:less serious conduct, with no sexually suggestive comments or alcohol involved. Musial ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-had also received a satisfactory performance appraisal just prior to the hearing. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-repeated that the nature of the Member’s comments, “shit”, “bullshit”, the presence of an ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-opened bottle of alcohol in the closet in his classroom warrants publishing the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-name. Counsel also had concerns with the fact that the Member may be returning to the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-classroom as an occasional teacher and this supported the need for publication of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-(a) The Member is required to appear before the Committee to be reprimanded, with ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-the fact of the reprimand to be recorded on the Register; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-(b) The Registrar is directed to impose the following term or condition on the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-a lack of understanding of professional boundaries and student sensitivities. The course in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-workplace boundaries / professional boundaries and student sensitivities with particular ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-emphasis on the recognition and protection of same, will clarify for, and reinforce for the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-Member the need to maintain appropriate professional conduct and student boundaries. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-The course will assist in the process of remediation of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-Publication of the decision and findings of the Committee, with the name of the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-serves to inform the public that the College will deal with members of the profession who ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-conduct themselves in an inappropriate and unprofessional manner. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-The Committee considered the submissions of College Counsel and Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-Member with respect to publication of the Member’s name. The Committee ordered ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-publication of the findings and order with the name of the Member for the following ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf-reasons: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 1. The Member’s use of profanity in the presence of students, the presence of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- alcohol in the classroom, embarrassing a student and telling other students to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf: shut up on numerous occasions and his choice and use of sexually suggestive ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- materials warrants publication with name. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 2. Publication of the Member’s name will serve as a specific deterrent and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- remind the Member not to repeat his actions. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 3. The Member’s counsel advised that the Member was putting his name ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- forward to be an occasional teacher. Given this information, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- believes it is appropriate that the Member’s name be published to ensure ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 2, 2009, was served on Dina Calautti, requesting her ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on June ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-17, 2009 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-subsequently set for April 26, 2010. Dina Calautti was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-The allegations against Dina Calautti in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated June 2, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-2009, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Dina Calautti is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-(the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- (d) she contravened the law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- (e) she contravened the law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or remain at risk ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- (f) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- (g) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf: (h) she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-At the conclusion of the hearing on April 26, 2010, College Counsel sought to withdraw ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-the allegations of professional misconduct contained in paragraphs (c), (g) and (h) above, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-being alleged breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(19) and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-A non-publication order was issued on November 24, 2008 under subsection 486.4 of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Criminal Code, in the proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The Committee is ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-bound by and maintains this publication ban imposed in the matter of Her Majesty The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Queen v. Dina Calautti by the Ontario Court of Justice. There shall be no publication of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-any information that might tend to identify the student involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-the facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Submission on Penalty (SUF– Exhibit 2) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-1. Dina Calautti (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-District School Board (“the Board”) and was a [XXX] teacher at a school of the Board in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-[XXX], Ontario (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-3. Commencing on approximately November 2, 2007 until on or about November 9, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-2007, the Member entered into an inappropriate personal relationship with a male student ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-(the “Student”) at the School, including: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf: (a) communicating with the Student in a sexually explicit and inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- manner by electronic means; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- (b) during these communications and specifically during the course of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- week of November 5 to November 9, 2007 when the communications ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- became more romantic and intimate, the Member invited the Student to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- kiss her. Attached hereto as Exhibit “B” is a printout of electronic ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- exchanges between the Member and the Student. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-4. On November 11, 2007, the Member sent an email to the Student advising him of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-her intention to end further internet communications with him. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-5. On November 13, 2007, the Member was arrested and charged by Peel Regional ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Police with four (4) counts, namely the following charges contrary to the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-of Canada: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- Count 1: luring a child, contrary to s. 172.1 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf: Count 2: sexual exploitation, contrary to s.153 (a) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf: Count 3: sexual exploitation, contrary to s. 153 (b); and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf: Count 4: sexual assault, contrary to s. 271. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-The Member provided a statement to police and was remorseful. The Member indicated ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-that she knew that her communication with the Student was inappropriate but stated that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-she never had any intention of having an intimate relationship with the Student. Further, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf:they had never met outside of school and there had never been any physical sexual ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-contact between them. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-6. On November 24, 2008, the Member entered a plea of guilt to Count 1 – of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-knowingly communicating with the Student, knowing he was under 18, and knowing that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-there was a substantial likelihood that he would receive the communication as an ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-invitation to some inappropriate conduct. A finding of guilt to the charge of Internet ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-luring, contrary to Section 172.1 of the Criminal Code was made by Mr. Justice Keaney. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-An Order pursuant to Section 486.4 of the Criminal Code, prohibiting publication of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-information that could identify the Student, was imposed by the Court. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-7. On January 15, 2009, in proceedings at sentencing before Mr. Justice Keaney and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-pursuant to the Member’s plea of guilt to Count 1 as detailed in paragraph 6 above, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Member was granted a conditional discharge; placed on probation for a period of 12 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-months; ordered to keep the peace and be of good behaviour; attend at the court ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-whenever required to do so; notify the probation office in advance of any change of name ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-or address, or any change of employment or occupation; to report to a probation officer ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-thereafter as often as that officer may require; to attend and actively participate in such ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-counselling, including but not limited to marital counselling as her probation officer may ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-recommend; to execute such releases or directions as are necessary for her probation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-officer to monitor her participation in such programs; to not associate, contact or hold any ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-communication directly or indirectly with the Student or any member of his immediate ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-family. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-8. The other charges against the Member were withdrawn at the request of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Crown. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts as outlined in the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts referred to in paragraphs 1 to 10 above and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-acknowledged that her conduct described in paragraphs 3 and 6 of the Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-is unprofessional and pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-being more particularly, breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1 (5), 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-1(16), 1(17) and 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-In November 2007, the Member entered into an inappropriate personal relationship with ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-a [XXX] male student by electronic means. These electronic communications were ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf:inappropriate and sexually explicit. They occurred between November 5 and November ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-9, 2007. The Member was [XXX] teacher who taught [XXX] academic year. (Exhibit 3, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Tab E) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-The Member was arrested on November 13, 2007 and pleaded to and was found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-the charge of luring a child, contrary to Section 172.1 of the Criminal Code, being ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Internet Luring on November 24, 2008. On January 15, 2008 the Member was granted a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-conditional discharge and placed on probation for 12 months. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct and her conviction for Internet luring of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-a student constitutes an act of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), and 1(7). The Member failed to maintain ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-the standards of the profession by her actions and her own admission. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-decision to engage in romantic and intimate conversations with the student by electronic ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf:means constitutes sexual abuse as defined in the Act, pursuant to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(7). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-The Member has contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to her ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration and has caused students ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-to be put at risk, pursuant to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(16) and 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-The Member’s conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional and unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-member contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-SUBMISSIONS RE: PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-The parties had not agreed on whether or not the Member’s name should be published ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-and submissions were made on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Counsel for the Member asked that the Member’s name not be published and requested a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-balanced approach and for the Committee to consider what is in the best interests of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Member. He noted that there was no physical contact, the incident occurred over a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-period of less than two weeks, and that during that time there were only a couple of days ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-where the language was inflammable and questionable. He noted that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-under duress and vulnerable. Counsel asked the Committee to also consider the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Member’s personal health, the adverse publicity already endured, e.g. 2700 hits on the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Internet regarding this incident, and the insight the Member has gained since the event ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-occurred. In conclusion, Counsel noted that the Member was not a threat to the public. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the name of the Member should be published and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-agreed that a balancing act is necessary regarding the Member’s interests and the rights of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-the public. With respect to the Member’s counsel reference to 2,700 hits on the Internet, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-difficulties that the Member faced. He further noted that the Member had a very ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf:favourable psychological assessment, there was no physical or sexual activity, and that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-she was at low risk for re-offence. (Exhibit 3, Tab F). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Were it not for the mitigating circumstances outlined above, the Committee might not ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-have accepted the joint submission and sought revocation of the Member’s certificate. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-The Committee was presented with case law to enable them to compare similar type ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-cases and how they were dealt with by previous panels. Although none were identical to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-this situation, the penalty of suspension was within the range of acceptable penalties. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Given that both counsel agreed on the proposed penalty, including that the suspension ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-was appropriate, the Committee found it reasonable to agree with the joint submission. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-The Member engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student. This constituted a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-serious breach of trust and crossed the appropriate boundary that must always be ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-maintained between a student and a teacher. Enrolment in a course of instruction ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-regarding maintaining appropriate boundaries in student-teacher relations will reinforce ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-to the Member the importance of respecting boundaries. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-Prior to the Member returning to employment, she must provide to the Registrar a written ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-certificate from a psychologist indicating that the Member is able to return to full-time ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-classroom duties without causing risk of harm or injury to students or the school ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-community. This stipulation is intended to reassure the public that the Member will not ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf-repeat this behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-the facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- 1. David Andrew Carswell (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Simcoe County District ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as an elementary school teacher and was assigned to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- Ferndale Woods Elementary School in Barrie. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- 3. On or about 9 June 2009, following a trial, the Member was found guilty in the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- Ontario Court of Justice by Madam Justice N.A. Dawson of a charge that he on or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf: about 31 March 2005 at the Town of Midhurst, Ontario, did possess child pornography ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- to wit: computerized graphic images contrary to Section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- (Canada). Judge Dawson found that the Member was in possession of fourteen images ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf: of child pornography. A copy of the Judgment is attached as Exhibit “B” ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-and pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-Facts, Plea of No Contest, and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-Following a lengthy trial, the Member was found guilty of possession of child ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf:pornography. The conviction of the Member rested on thirteen child pornography images ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-in his temporary Internet file and one live stored image. The Member admitted to the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf:police on their attendance at his home that he had purchased child pornography in the two ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-weeks prior to their attendance (Exhibit 2, Tab C, p.2, 3). He was sentenced to a term of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-six months to be served at home, followed by two years of probation. In addition the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-Member was ordered to do one hundred and sixty hours of community service and to stay ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-away from children under the age of sixteen years unless he was supervised (Exhibit 2, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-Tab C). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf:The Committee finds that by being in possession of child pornography and being ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-convicted for such possession, the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-The Committee received submissions from Counsel for the College and a written ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-submission from the Member with respect to publication of the Member’s name in ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-Counsel for the College argued that the Member’s name should be published. She ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-submitted that hearings are open to the public and that resulting decisions are publicly ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-accessible. In order to support the transparency of the proceedings, publication of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-Member’s name should follow. Counsel submitted that publication of the name is the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-norm unless there are special circumstances. The test is to balance the risk of harm to the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-Member and his family with that of ensuring that the public is protected and advised of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-the Member’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-The Committee received a letter dated October 20, 2010 from the Member (Exhibit 4) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-requesting that his name not appear in the publication of findings which would be ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-included in an upcoming issue of Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-Member made this request because of concern for the safety of his wife and because of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-the effect that the publicity would have on her school and its surrounding community. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- name of the Member in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-The Committee determined that a member who has been convicted of possession of child ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf:pornography and who is subject to conditions which do not allow him to be in the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-company of children under the age of sixteen years, is not suitable to be in a position of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-trust and authority over children and must not be permitted to teach. In her Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-Sentence, the Honourable Justice N. Dawson stated with respect to the Member: “He is ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-being sentenced to the offence he was charged with, which turned out to be fourteen ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf:images… He did purchase child pornography which is a significant aggravating fact as it ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf:encourages the commercialization of child pornography and promotes the victimization ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-of children. Additionally, it does not appear that he has insight into the offence that he ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-committed or what aspects of his personality led him to commit the offences…” (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-2, Tab C, p. 53) Given these facts and the morally reprehensible nature of child ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf:pornography, the Member is not suitable to be in a position of trust and authority over ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-children and therefore his Certificate of Qualification and Registration must be revoked. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-The Committee ordered publication of the finding and order with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-Member in Publication of the Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf:Child pornography is one of the most serious crimes in our society. The public must be ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-informed that a member of the teaching profession who engages in this type of activity ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-will suffer the most serious of consequences. An application was brought in the criminal ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-proceedings seeking a ban on publication and exclusion of the public and named ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-individuals, which application was denied. The Member’s submission to the Committee ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-in a letter dated October 20, 2010 (Exhibit 4), addressed concerns of vulnerability for his ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-family. No evidence was provided in support of the Member’s submission. The ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-Committee concluded that the principles of general and specific deterrence and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf-denunciation warrant publication of the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- (d) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-1. At all material times, Jon Anthony de Veth (the “Member”) was employed by ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-the [XXX] as principal of the [XXX] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-2. During the 2007-2008 academic year, and specifically between 7 September ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-2007 and 28 May 2008, the Member published a weekly publication, entitled the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-“Friday Flyers”, which contained school announcements together with content which ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-included: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf: (a) names of staff members in jokes, some of which were of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- or made reference to drugs and/or alcohol; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- (b) references to the names of some students of the School in connection ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- with: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- (i) a statement about behavioural issues of three [XXX] male ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- students; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- (ii) the weight of an [XXX] year old [XXX] female student; and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf: (iii) a sexual joke using names of three [XXX] male students; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf: (c) references and jokes related to sexual matters including sexual ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- intercourse, masturbation, penis size, adultery, polygamy, erection ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf: dysfunction medication, chastity, venereal disease, incest and/or sexual ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- abuse of a child, and/or bestiality; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- (d) jokes that made specific reference to race; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- (e) references and jokes, several of which referred directly to school staff, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- staff meetings and after school social functions, specifically regarding the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- use of drugs and alcohol; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- (f) several jokes that specifically referenced women and/or female anatomy, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- as well as derogatory jokes about wives; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- (g) jokes regarding harassment and discrimination training provided to staff ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- and health and safety department; ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- (h) jokes which made reference to a leading terrorist suspect, a terrorism ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- attack, learning disabilities, mental health, capital punishment and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- transvestites; and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- (i) a statement made, following harassment and discrimination training on or ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- about 30 November 2007: “To all staff, ‘you have the right to know’, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- that comments made in this newsletter do not intentionally contain ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf: harassing, sexual or culturally religious insults. You must understand that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- they are written by a mentally disabled male bigot and therefore are not ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- subject to [XXX] discrimination and harassment policies. Remember that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- you ‘have the right to refuse’ to read this newsletter”. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-The Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-aware of the content of the flyers, the witness requested a review by the Band General ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-Counsel. The final report of the General Counsel confirmed that [XXX] Principal Jon de ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-Veth had been publishing weekly flyers for all [XXX] staff from Friday September 7, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-2007 to May 28, 2008 that included highly offensive and inappropriate content for the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-workplace, in breach of [XXX] work place policy, and in breach of his professional and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-ethical standards as a member of the teaching profession. The report also concludes that ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf:the conduct constituted sexual harassment in that it was repeated and persistent ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf:communication of a sexual nature that was deliberate and unwelcome and which the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-principal knew or should have known would be unwelcome. The testimony of the witness ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-was credible and demonstrated that there was a breach of the human resources policy of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-the Band. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-Testimony of Nicholas Howard ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-Nicholas Howard had been a teacher at the school since 2003. He had been acting ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-principal since August 2010. The witness confirmed that the Friday Flyers were prepared ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-by the Member on a weekly basis and placed in the mail boxes of each teacher in the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-secretary’s office. This witness testified that he read the first Flyer, found the comments, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-anecdotes and general tone of this flyer to be offensive. Consequently he decided not to ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-read further editions. The witness stated that the comments (in the flyers) “had no place ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-for this writing within a school” ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-Testimony of Jennifer Joseph ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-The following exhibits were entered into evidence: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-Exhibit No. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-1. Notice of Hearing: Ontario College of Teachers and Jon Anthony de Veth, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- April 22, 2010 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-2. [XXX] Employee Handbook ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-3. [XXX] Friday Flyers Investigation ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-4. [XXX] Friday Flyers Investigation Final Report ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-5. Letter dated October 8, 2010 from J. Greg Plyley ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-6. Registered Member Information of Jon Anthony de Veth. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-Assessing the Evidence ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-The Committee reviewed the evidence with special attention being given to the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-Friday Flyers Investigation (Exhibit 3) and the [XXX] Friday Flyers Investigation Final ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-Report (Exhibit 4). ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-Exhibit 3, the Friday Flyers, included names of staff members in jokes, some of which ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf:were of a sexual nature, referred to students in the school, including behavioural issues, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf:weight issues, references to sexual matters including sexual intercourse, masturbation, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-penis size, made references to race and use of drugs and alcohol. This demonstrates poor ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-judgment and is a breach of the standards of the profession, is unprofessional and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-unbecoming a member and entirely inappropriate within a school setting. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-Exhibit 4 reviews the content of the Flyers and confirms the inappropriate nature of the ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-material found within the Flyers and the response of the [XXX] administration. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-Submissions of the College ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) as set out ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- 2010 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-As a principal of a school in a position of leadership and responsibility, the Member ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-should have recognized his obligation to demonstrate leadership in the quality of ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-communication and to set standards for the entire school community. These standards ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-should conform to the expectations of the wider community. The Member has clearly not ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-maintained these standards. The Committee, having reviewed the content of the Flyers, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-finds that they contain the following inappropriate and offensive content: ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf:names of staff members in jokes, some of which were of a sexual nature or made ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-reference to drugs or alcohol; names of students with comments about behavioural issues, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf:disabilities and sexual jokes; general jokes of a sexual nature; jokes with a specific ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-reference to race; jokes directed at school staff, staff meetings and functions with a ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-special regard to the use of drugs and alcohol; jokes that reference female anatomy and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-derogatory jokes about wives in general; jokes that denigrated harassment and ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-discrimination training; inappropriate comments of a jocular nature about terrorism, ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-learning disabilities, mental health, capital punishment and transvestites. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-Communicating this type of information once to the staff would be significant in itself. ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-In this instance, the Member communicated in this manner on an ongoing basis weekly ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-through 23 weeks of the school year. The Committee finds and members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf-community should find such comments to be a breach of the standards and to be ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2010onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Lutz, 2011 ONOCT 21 ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- Date: 2011-08-04 ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- and the Regulation (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- Carmela Lutz, OCT, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- PANEL: Hanno Weinberger, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- John Tucker ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf-BETWEEN: ) Eli Mogil, ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ) McCarthy Tétrault LLP, ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ) for Ontario College of Teachers, ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf-ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ) assisted by Daniela De Bartolo, ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ) Litigation Paraprofessional ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf-- and – ) ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ) ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf-CARMELA LUTZ ) Alejandro Munoz, ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf:(CERTIFICATE #171114) ) Markle & Phibbs, ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ) for Carmela Lutz ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ) ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ) Julie Maciura, ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ) Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc, ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ) Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ) ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ) Heard: July 18, 2011 ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDERS ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2011canlii101892.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf-“Committee”) on January 17, 2011 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated May 31, 2010 was served on Jeffrey Alan Cobden, requesting ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf-his presence on June 14, 2010 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for January 17, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf-Jeffrey Alan Cobden was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf-The allegations against Jeffrey Alan Cobden in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf-May 31, 2010, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Jeffrey Alan Cobden is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf-“Committee”) on April 27, 2011 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 7, 2010 was served on Richard John De Marchi, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf-requesting his presence on June 14, 2010 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for April 27, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf-Richard John De Marchi was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf-The allegations against Richard John De Marchi in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf-dated June 7, 2010, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Richard John De Marchi is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-Jon Anthony de Veth is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. At all material ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-times he was employed by the [XXX] as principal of the [XXX] (the “School”). During ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-the 2007-2008 academic year, between September 7, 2007 and May 28, 2008, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-Member published a weekly newsletter, entitled “Friday Flyers” which contained school ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-announcements together with content which may have been offensive to some teachers. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-It is for the Committee to determine whether the Member is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-misconduct for writing and distributing these flyers. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-In its written decision of November 22, 2010, the Committee determined that Anthony de ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-Veth committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) as set out in the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-In its written decision of November 22, 2010 the Committee considered the following ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-facts. The Member, who was a principal of a school, should have recognized his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-obligation to demonstrate leadership in the quality of communication and to set standards ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-for the entire school community. These standards should conform to the expectations of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-the wider community. The Member has clearly not maintained these standards. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-Committee, having reviewed the content of the Flyers, finds that they contain the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-following inappropriate and offensive content: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf:names of staff members in jokes, some of which were of a sexual nature or made ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-reference to drugs or alcohol; names of students with comments about behavioural issues, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf:disabilities and sexual jokes; general jokes of a sexual nature; jokes with a specific ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-reference to race; jokes directed at school staff, staff meetings and functions with a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-special regard to the use of drugs and alcohol; jokes that reference female anatomy and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-derogatory jokes about wives in general; jokes that denigrated harassment and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-discrimination training; inappropriate comments of a jocular nature about terrorism, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-learning disabilities, mental health, capital punishment and transvestites. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-Communicating this type of information once to the staff would be significant in itself. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-In this instance, the Member communicated in this manner on an ongoing basis weekly ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-through 23 weeks of the school year. The Committee finds and members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-community should find such comments to be a breach of the standards and to be ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-unprofessional and unbecoming a member. Members should and would recognize the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-damage these types of communication have on a community. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-The Committee requested the parties to provide written submissions with respect to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-penalty by December 30, 2010 and would thereafter render a decision in writing with ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-respect to penalty. The Committee received a written submission dated December 6, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-2010 from College counsel. The Committee did not receive a submission from the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-Member, who was acting on his own behalf. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-The Committee reconvened on January 13, 2011 to review the submission received from ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-College counsel and to determine the issue of penalty. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf-The College made the following submissions as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- (d) he contravened a law the contravention of which may cause a student or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- students to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-the facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-(Exhibit 3), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-1. C. Robert Clements (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was involved in a program called [XXX] in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-Belleville, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-3. At all material times, A was a [XXX] male. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-4. On or about January 24, 2009, the Member invited and/or permitted A to visit his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf:home where the Member engaged in the sexual touching of A in that the Member fondled ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-the penis and testicles of A. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf:5. On or about October 14, 2009, the Member was found guilty of sexual assault on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-A, contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-The Committee wishes to note that if it had been alleged, the panel would also have made ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf:a finding under 1(7.3) (sexual). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 10 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-(the “uncontested facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts, and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-(Exhibit 3). He acknowledged that the uncontested facts referred to in paragraph 4 above ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-constitute conduct that is professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct. The Committee accepted the Member’s plea of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-no contest and the facts in the Statement of Uncontested Facts, and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-The Member was involved in a program called [XXX] in Belleville, Ontario. On or about ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-January 24, 2009, the Member invited and/or permitted a [XXX] male student to visit his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-home where the Member fondled the penis and testicles of the student. In October 2009, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf:the Member was found guilty of sexual assault on the student and was sentenced to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-twelve months probation. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-Rules 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-granted. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf: The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and conviction for sexual assault of a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- student as outlined herein, constitutes an act of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- The Committee received submissions from Counsel for the College with respect to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- publication of the Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- Counsel for the College argued that the Member’s name should be published. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf: noted that publication was appropriate because the Member sexually assaulted a student. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- Counsel submitted that the Member’s deplorable and predatory behaviour should be ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- given the most severe penalty, thus warranting publication of his name. He indicated that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- publication of the name serves as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- deterrent to the profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- The Committee did not receive a submission on penalty from the Member who was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- neither present nor represented. The Committee is satisfied that Counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- provided the Member an opportunity to make a submission with respect to publication ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- with name. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-1. The Registrar is directed to revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf-2. The Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- The Member engaged in MSN chat with a [XXX] student and his friend, and invited ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- them to his home. When they arrived, they talked and watched a movie. The Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- offered the students alcohol and a bong, he engaged in conversation with them regarding ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf: their sex lives and he told the [XXX] student that he was a “very attractive lad… you’re ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- very hot.” The Member took the [XXX] student out of the room in order to discuss ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- school and started to unzip the student’s pants. The Member touched the student’s penis ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- and testicles through his boxers. The student slapped the Member’s hand out of the way. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- The Member engaged in inappropriate and unprofessional conduct with the student while ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- that student was under his care and supervision. The Committee finds the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- conduct is disgraceful and unbecoming a member of the profession. The Member abused ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- the authority and trust vested in him in his role as an advocate and mentor, without regard ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- for the well being of the student. The Member’s behaviour is unacceptable and in conflict ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- with the duty of a teacher to protect students. The Member, as a result of his conduct, has ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and being a member of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- teaching profession. Revocation is the appropriate penalty for misconduct of this severity ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-“Committee”) on August 25, 2011 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 1, 2011 was served on Johannes Albert Heller, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-requesting his presence on June 21, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for August 25, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Johannes Albert Heller was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-The allegations against Johannes Albert Heller in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-June 1, 2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Johannes Albert Heller is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (b) he abused a student physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Registration contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may cause ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- a student who is under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- or to remain at risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (h) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf: (j) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of the nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-the facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-(Exhibit 3), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-2. The Member was employed by the Thames Valley District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-“Board”) at all times material hereto and was a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-in Belleville, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-3. Between January 1, 2008 and September 30, 2008, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf: (a) sexually assaulted “A”, a young male under the age of sixteen (16) years; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf: (b) sexually exploited and sexually interfered with “A”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf: (c) permitted “A” to be on the premises to engage in sexual activity; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (d) indecently exposed himself to “A”, and communicated with “A” to obtain ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- sexual services. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-4. From and including August 1, 2008 until September 30, 2008, the Member made ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf:child pornography and accessed child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-5. On or about January 4, 2009, the Member was charged by London Police with ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-twenty seven (27) counts of sexual assault, sexual touching and sexual activity. These ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-counts were reduced to four (4) when the charges came on for hearing on December 15, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-2010. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-6. On December 15, 2010, the Member entered a guilty plea and was found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-the following: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (a) Count #1 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- THAT he, between the 1st day of June 2008 and the 30th day of September ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- in the year 2008 at the City of London in the said region did, with a part of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- his body, for a sexual purpose, directly touch the body of [“A”], a person ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- under the age of sixteen years, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (b) Count #2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- THAT he, between the 1st day of June in the year 2008 and the 30th day of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- September in the year 2008, at the City of London in the said region did, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf: without lawful excuse, make child pornography in the form of a videotape, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf: contrary to Section 163.1, subsection (2) of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (c) Count #3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- THAT he, between the 11th day of January in the year 1993 and the 10th ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- day of January in the year 1997, at the City of London in the said region ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- and elsewhere in the Province of Ontario did, being a person in a position ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf: of trust or authority towards a young person, for a sexual purpose, invite, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- counsel or incite that young person, namely [XXX], to touch his own ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- body, contrary to Section 153, subsection (1), clause (b) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (d) THAT he, between the 1st day of January in the year 1990 and the 10th day ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- of January in the year 1997 at the City of London in the said region and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf: elsewhere in the Province of Ontario did, commit a sexual assault on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- [XXX], [XXX], contrary to Section 271 subsection (1) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-7. On February 18, 2011, the Member was sentenced by the Honourable Mr. Justice ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-P. Hockin to a total of six (6) years in a penitentiary, namely 3 years respecting Count 1, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-and one (1) year respecting Count 2 to be served concurrently to Count 1. With respect ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-to the other two charges, the Member was sentenced to 3-years respecting Count 3 to be ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-served consecutively to the 3 year term relating to Counts 1 and 2, and a 3-year term ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-respecting Count 4 to be served concurrently to the 3 year term relating to Count 3. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Member was also made subject to other sentencing conditions, including a firearms order ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-for ten (10) years, and the provision of a [XXX]. Mr. Justice Hockin also strongly ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-recommended that the Member receive counselling and treatment in a Sexual Offender ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-programme, as asked for by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-8. Attached as Exhibit “B”, Exhibit “C” and Exhibit “D”, respectively, are a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-certified copy of the Certificate of Conviction, the transcript of the Reasons for Judgment ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-dated December 22, 2010 and the transcript of the Reasons for Sentencing of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Honourable Mr. Justice P. Hockin. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-9. The Member’s employment with the Board was terminated on January 25, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-10. By this document the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 above (the “Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-11. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-paragraphs 3 and 4 above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-1(7.3) 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that he ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-12. By this document the Member states that he: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (a) understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (b) understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Committee; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (c) understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- the right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (d) understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- (b) directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Committee in summary form, including the Member’s name, in the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Johannes Albert Heller ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3) 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf:1(19). The Committee also finds that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-defined in Sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-(the “uncontested facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts, and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-(Exhibit 3). He acknowledged that the uncontested facts referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-above constitute conduct that is professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct. The Member also acknowledged that he engaged ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf:in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Committee accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- It is uncontested that the Member was charged, entered a guilty plea and was convicted of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- four counts of sexual misconduct: sexual assault, sexual exploitation, sexual interference ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf: and making child pornography. He was sentenced to six years in a penitentiary. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Rules 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- granted. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf: The Committee finds that the Member’s convictions on four counts of sexual misconduct ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- constitute acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf: 1(18),1(19) and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-1. The Registrar is directed to revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-2. The Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-The Committee finds that the member who is convicted of sexual assault, and accessing ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf:and making child pornography is not suitable to be in a position of trust and authority ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-over children. He has entirely failed in that trust and is considered by the courts of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Ontario to have broken laws that protect the young and is incarcerated as a result of these ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-convictions. This Member should not be permitted to teach in Ontario. Therefore, his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration must be revoked. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Between January 1, 2008 and September 30, 2008, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-a) sexually assaulted a young male under the age of sixteen (16) years; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-b) sexually exploited and sexually interfered with a young male; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-c) permitted a young male to be on the premises to engage in sexual activity; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-d) indecently exposed himself to the young man, and communicated with him to obtain ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-sexual services. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf:In addition, the Member made child pornography in the form of a video tape, and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf:accessed child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-The Member’s disgraceful conduct is an abuse of his position of trust as a teacher and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-authority figure. The Member has brought the profession into disrepute and has lost the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-trust of the public. Although the young male was not a student of the Member, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Committee affirms that the pattern of grooming behaviour evident through the use of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf:drugs, alcohol and pornography represents a threat to students who may be in the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Member’s care. The fact that he used his position of trust in order to create a pattern of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf:abuse, control and sexual exploitation of a young male requires that he receive the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-maximum penalty, revocation of his certificate of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession provides both a specific ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to the profession while advising and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-serving the public interest. It also reassures the public that the College will not tolerate ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-such heinous behaviour and will ensure that this type of misconduct is dealt with ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-severely. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and serves ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf-Date: August 31, 2011 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Annilee Jarvis, OCT ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Danny Anckle ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Mark Christopher Baggio is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (d) he contravened a law or laws, the contravention of which is relevant to his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (e) he contravened a law or laws, the contravention of which may cause a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- student or students under the member’s professional supervision to be or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- remain at risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Windsor-Essex Catholic ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”). The Member taught at an elementary school ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-commencing in the 1998-1999 academic year, and was transferred to a secondary school ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-(“the School”) on or about 1 September 2001. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-2. Between the approximate dates of 1 September 2002 and 31 May 2005, Student ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-No. 1 was a female student of the Member at the School. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-3. Between the approximate dates of 1 September 2002 and 31 May 2005, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:Member engaged in a personal and/or romantic and/or sexual relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-No. 1. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-4. Between the approximate dates of 1 September 2002 and 31 May 2005, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:Member sexually assaulted Student No. 1. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-5. Between the approximate dates of 1 September 2002 and 31 May 2005, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-Member repeatedly engaged in inappropriate communications with Student No. 1 by ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-telephone, e-mail, and otherwise. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-6. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 2000 and 23 January 2004, Student ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-No. 2 was a female student of the Member, first at the elementary school when she was in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-Grade [XXX] and then at the secondary school, after she commenced Grade [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-7. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 2000 and 23 January 2004, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:Member engaged in a personal and/or romantic and/or sexual relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-No. 2. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-8. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 2000 and 23 January 2004, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:Member sexually assaulted Student No. 2. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-9. Between the approximate dates of 1 January 2000 and 23 January 2004, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-Member engaged in inappropriate communication with Student No. 2 by telephone, e- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-mail, and otherwise. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-10. Between the approximate dates of 1 June 2002 and 15 September 2002, Student ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-No. 3 was a female student of the Member at the School. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-11. Between the approximate dates of 1 June 2002 and 15 September 2002, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:Member engaged in a personal and/or romantic and/or sexual relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-No. 3. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-12. On or between 1 June 2002 and 15 September 2002, the Member committed a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:sexual assault on Student No. 3. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-13. On or about 19 September 2008, the Member was found guilty in the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-Superior Court of Justice of charges that he: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (a) on or between 1 September 2002 and 31 May 2005, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- Windsor, being a person in a position of trust or authority towards Student ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- No. 1, a young person, did directly touch the body of Student No. 1 with a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf: part of his body, namely, his penis, for a sexual purpose, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- Section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (b) on or between 1 September 2002 and 31 May 2005, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf: Windsor, did commit a sexual assault on Student No. 1 contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 271(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (c) on or between 1 September 2002 and 31 May 2005 at the City of Windsor ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- did, by means of a computer system within the meaning of subsection ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 342.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada) communicate with a person, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- namely Student No. 1, who was or was believed to be under the age of 18 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- years, for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence under ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- subsection 153(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada) with respect to that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- person contrary to Section 172.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (d) on or between 1 January 2000 and 23 January 2004, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf: Windsor, did commit a sexual assault on Student No. 2 contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 271(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (e) on or between 1 January 2000 and 23 January 2004, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- Windsor, being a person in a position of trust or authority towards Student ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- No. 2, a young person, did directly touch the body of Student No. 2 with a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf: part of his body, namely, his penis, for a sexual purpose, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- Section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (f) on or between 1 January 2000 and 23 January 2004 at the City of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- Windsor, did by means of a computer system within the meaning of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- subsection 342.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada), communicate with a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- person, namely Student No. 2, who was or was believed to be under the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- age of 18 years, for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- offence under subsection 153(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada) with ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- respect to that person, contrary to Section 172.1(2) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-14. On or about 8 January 2009, the Member was sentenced to a total of four years ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-incarceration as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (a) a period of two years incarceration in respect of the finding of guilt as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- stated in paragraph 13(b) above; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (b) a period of one year incarceration in respect of the finding of guilt as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- stated in paragraph 13(c) above, to be served concurrent to 14(a) above; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (c) a period of two years incarceration in respect of the finding of guilt as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- stated in paragraph 13(d) above to be served consecutive to 14(a) above; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- (d) a period of one year incarceration in respect of the finding of guilt as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- stated in paragraph 13(f) above to be served concurrent to 14(a) above. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-15. [Omitted to avoid publishing information that is protected by law]. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-16. Charges have been laid against the Member in the Ontario Superior Court of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:Justice with respect to sexual assault and sexual exploitation of Student No. 3, but those ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-charges are presently before the court. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-17. On or about 28 February 2006, the Member was dismissed by the Board. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-A non-publication and non-broadcast order was issued under subsection 486.4(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada), in the proceedings in the Superior Court of Justice. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-Committee is required to uphold this publication ban imposed in the matter of Her ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-The evidence presented in the Court Transcripts confirms that on September 19, 2008, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:the Member was found guilty of three counts related to the sexual abuse of Student No. 1 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:and three counts related to the sexual abuse of Student No. 2. Specifically he was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:convicted under the Criminal Code (Canada) of one count of sexual exploitation (S. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:153(1)(a), one count of sexual assault (S. 271) , and one count of communicating under ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-18 years for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence, under subsection ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-S.172.1(2) for each student. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-The Member was sentenced on January 8, 2009 to 4 years incarceration. The Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-appealed the conviction and the appeal was dismissed by the Ontario Court of Appeal on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-January 25, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-made by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Mark Christopher ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-Baggio committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was committed by a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been granted. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-accepts as fact, as detailed in the court transcripts, Exhibit 3, that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:convicted and sentenced on six counts related to the sexual abuse of two female students. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-The evidence demonstrates that between September 1, 2002 and May 31, 2005, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-Member, being in a position of trust and authority systematically groomed and engaged ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:in a sexual relationship with Student No. 1, who was a female student of the Member at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-the School. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-The evidence demonstrates that between January 1, 2000 and January 23, 2004, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:Member, being in a position of trust and authority groomed and engaged in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-relationship with Student No. 2, who was a female student of the Member at the School. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-The Member engaged in similar behaviour with both students during an overlapping ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-period of time period. He befriended the students and engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-communications, including thousands of telephone calls and almost one hundred ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-retrieved e-mails. (Exhibit 3, Tab 2). Many of these telephone calls were made between ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. These telephone calls were not part of a normal ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-student teacher relationship. The inappropriate communication became increasingly ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:sexual in nature leading to kissing, fondling, and escalating to oral sex and sexual ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-intercourse. These activities were ongoing, often occurred several times per week, and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-took place at various locations, including at the school, in the Member’s car and in the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-Member’s home. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and the resulting convictions for sexual ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-crimes in relation to his students as outlined herein, constitutes professional misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:Member engaged in sexual abuse of students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-2. Pursuant to subsection 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-The Member’s abuse of these two students, who were both under the age of 18 years, was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf:solely for his personal sexual gratification. He breached his position of trust as a teacher ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-and a coach. The abuse perpetrated by the Member was not a single random act but ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-rather was a premeditated frequent pattern of abuse extending over a period of three or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-four years. The lack of any evidence of remorse demonstrates his disregard for the harm ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf-that his crimes have caused the two students and their families. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- (d) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- (e) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf: (f) she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-The allegations against Joanne Marie Sylvie Léger-Legault in the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-(Exhibit 2) dated February 12, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Joanne Marie Sylvie Léger-Legault is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) and (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- (d) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Student A and the Member met in the Member’s classroom and at coffee shops. From ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-time to time, the Member also drove Student A in her car after school. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-While Student A was a student at the School, the Member kissed him on the lips. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-STUDENT B ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Student B2 was a student at the School from September 2001 to June 2005. Student B ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-was a student in classes taught by the member in his Grade [XXX] years. In Grade ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-[XXX] he acted as a [XXX] for the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-During the time that Student B was a student at the School the Member met with Student ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-B outside school at coffee shops and restaurants, and in her car. They also met regularly ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-at school in her classroom to discuss personal matters. In addition, the Member and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Student B went for walks after school along a bike path. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Beginning during the time that Student B was a [XXX] assigned to the Member, and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-continuing after he left the School in June 2005, the Member exchanged numerous text ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-messages and emails of an inappropriate personal nature with Student B. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-During the time that Student B was a student at the School, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf:intimate sexual relationship with Student B. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-STUDENT C ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Student C3 was a student at the School from September 2001 to June 2005. He was a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-student in classes taught by the Member in each of Grade [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- Referred in the Notice of Hearing dated February 12, 2008 as Student # 2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- Referred in the Notice of Hearing dated February 12, 2008 as Student #3. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-In September 2005, the Member had an email exchange with Student C of an ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-inappropriate personal nature. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-While a student at the School, Student C, along with several other students, had lunch ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-with the Member at a restaurant. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-STUDENT D ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Student D4 was a student at the School from September 2000 to September 2004. He was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-a student in classes taught by the Member. In his [XXX] year, he was a [XXX] for the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-During the time that Student D was a student at the School, the Member commenced an ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf:intimate sexual relationship with Student D. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-The Member does not contest that the facts referred to in paragraphs 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-and 15 above are correct and constitute professional misconduct and pleads no contest to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-the allegations of professional misconduct against her, being more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is not contesting the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- presentation of the Uncontested Facts to the Discipline Committee as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- evidence; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-4 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- Referred to in the Notice of Hearing dated February 12, 2008 as Student #1 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-by Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-that Joanne Marie Sylvie Léger-Legault committed acts of professional misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Committee noted that the reference to section 1 and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-40 (1.1) of the Act in paragraph (f) of Exhibit 1 was not pleaded to by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf:Section 1 of the Act provides a definition of sexual abuse of a student by a member and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-subsection 40(1.1) of the Act allows for the definition of professional misconduct to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf:include sexual abuse of a student by a member, which is included in the head of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-misconduct in subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-the appropriate penalty and introduced a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 5), which ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this case would be that the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Committee: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- (a) directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf:the students on the lips, and having an intimate sexual relationship with two of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-As a teacher, the Member was in a position of trust and authority over these students. By ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf:engaging in inappropriate relationships with, and sexual abuse of students whom she ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-taught, the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged. The Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-failed to maintain the standards of the profession, committed acts that would be regarded ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional and engaged in conduct ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-unbecoming a Member, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Submissions on Publication by College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the Member’s name should be published due to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-the very serious nature of the misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Transparency is important in the most egregious cases and this is a serious act of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-professional misconduct and an appropriate case for publication with name. The conduct ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-involved four different students during the period of 2001 to 2005 and illustrated a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-pattern of conduct. More serious misconduct requires more serious penalty. College ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-counsel stressed that publication of the Member’s name was important for general ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-deterrence and sends a clear message to the profession and the public that this type of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-behaviour will not be tolerated and will receive the strongest sanction possible. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-College Counsel provided the Committee with three recent cases, with facts relatively ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-similar to this case, where the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-The Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-The Committee finds that over a period of four years, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf:inappropriate behaviour involving four students, including sexual abuse of three of those ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-students. The Committee considers this to be the most serious breach of professional ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-conduct. The Member abused the authority and trust vested in her without regard for the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-well being of the students. The conduct of the Member was unacceptable, in conflict ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-with the duty of a teacher and a breach of the public trust. The Committee finds the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Member’s conduct was disgraceful and unbecoming a member of the profession. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and membership in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-the teaching profession. The Committee is satisfied that, given the circumstances of this ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-case, revocation is the appropriate penalty. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-The Committee orders publication of the findings and order in summary, with the name ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-of the Member. In deciding to publish with the Member’s name, even though the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification has been revoked, the Committee considered the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-egregious nature of the conduct; the serial pattern of inappropriate interactions with ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-students; the number of students involved; and the period of time over which this ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf-misconduct occurred. Although the Committee considered the two cases presented by ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-“Committee”) on January 17, 2011 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 26, 2010 was served on Thomas Gerard Nevins, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-requesting his presence on April 12, 2010 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for January 17, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Thomas Gerard Nevins was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-The allegations against Thomas Gerard Nevins in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-dated March 26, 2010, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Thomas Gerard Nevins is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-the facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-1. Thomas Gerard Nevins (the “Member”) was, at all material times, a member of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Board as an occasional secondary school teacher at the [XXX] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-3. Between 2006 and 2008, A and B were adult female students at the School. Both ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-A and B were [XXX] at various times during those years. A ceased attending the School ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-in [XXX] and B graduated from the School in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-4. Immediately after A and B left the School in 2008, the Member commenced and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf:engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with A and B. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-5. In addition, and as part of the relationship described in paragraph 4 above, while ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-the parties have not agreed on specific facts, the Member acknowledges that he: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (a) engaged in inappropriate telephone and electronic communications with A ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- and B using e-mails, social network sites and/or webcam; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (b) engaged in an exchange of inappropriate photographs; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf: (c) made sexual comments to A and B; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (d) between the approximate dates of February 2008 and March 2008: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (i) telephoned B on her cellular phone several times; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (ii) drove B in his car to a restaurant for lunch; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (iii) bought B lunch at a restaurant where he told B that he would have ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- no further contact with her. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-By way of example, printed copies of some exchanges between the Member and A on a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-social networking site between 22-26 May 2008 and 5 September 2008 are attached as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Exhibit “B”. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-6. On or about 30 October 2008 the Member submitted his resignation to the Board, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-effective 10 November 2008. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-7. The Member voluntarily resigned his membership in the College on 17 November ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-2008. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-8. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-the truth of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6 above (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-“Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-9. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-paragraph 4 above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf:The Member also acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-10. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between his counsel and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-by Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-that Thomas Gerard Nevins committed acts of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf:and 1(19); and further that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-(the “uncontested facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest, and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 2). He acknowledged that the uncontested facts ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-referred to in paragraph 4 above constitute conduct that is professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Facts, Plea of No Contest, and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-with two female adults who [XXX]. Further he engaged in inappropriate telephone and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-electronic communications, and exchanged inappropriate photographs with both students, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf:and made sexual comments to both students. In doing so, the Member committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19); and further that the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-The Committee received submissions from Counsel for the College and Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Member with respect to publication of the Member’s name in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Counsel for the College argued that the Member’s name should be published. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-noted that publication was appropriate because the Member’s behaviour culminated in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf:sexual relationships with students. Counsel submitted that even though the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf:engaged in sexual relationships with adult students, not minors, it is just as important to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-maintain professional boundaries. Counsel submitted that the Member’s conduct was at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-the more severe end of the scale and was a very serious breach of trust, thus warranting ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-publication of his name. She indicated that publication of the name is necessary in order ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-to send a message to the profession as a whole that this type of conduct will be viewed ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-most seriously and will not be tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that the findings and order of the Committee should ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-be published without the name of the Member in the official publication of the College. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-Counsel pointed out that the Member comes from a family of teachers and that he had ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-expressed concern for his family members and the embarrassment it would cause them if ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-the Committee ordered publication with his name. While counsel for the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-acknowledged that the allegations against the Member were serious, she also pointed out ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf:that the students were adults when the Member engaged in sexual relationships with ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- them. According to Member’s counsel, this fact should be an important consideration in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- the Committee’s decision regarding publication of the name. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-1. The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf-2. The Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf: The Member engaged in inappropriate behaviour which culminated in sexual ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- relationships with two adult females who were [XXX]. The Member’s conduct was at the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- more severe end of the scale and was a serious breach of trust. Despite the fact that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- following these events the Member submitted his resignation to the Board and to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- College, the Member agreed that this breach of trust constitutes professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- and therefore warrants revocation of his certificate. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- The Committee orders publication of the findings and order with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- Member. The Committee considered the Member’s request to withhold publication of his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- name. Member’s counsel alleged that publication of his name would cause ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- embarrassment to his family. However, as the Member’s actions comprised a serious ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- breach of trust, publication with name is warranted and appropriate. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 3, 2011 was served on Wayne Robert O’Neill, requesting ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-his presence on June 21, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for July 18, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-Wayne Robert O’Neill was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-The allegations against Wayne Robert O’Neill in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-June 3, 2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Wayne Robert O’Neill is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- (b) he abused a student physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- (c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may cause a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- student who is under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- to remain at risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- (h) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf: (j) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of the nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-2. The Member was employed by the Rainbow District School Board (the “Board”) at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-all times material hereto and was a teacher at [XXX] (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-3. Student A was a female [XXX] student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-4. During the 2009/2010 academic year, and specifically, from in and about February ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf:2010, the Member engaged in a sexual relationship with Student A, which included his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-spending time alone with her; his displaying of her photographs in his office; and his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-hugging, kissing and touching Student A. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-5. During the early morning hours of February 11, 2010, the Member was found by ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-police alone in his vehicle with Student A. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-6. At a Bail hearing on February 12, 2010, one of the conditions of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-release was that he not associate with or communicate directly with Student A or her family ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-and that he not attend at or within 500 metres of Student A or her family’s places or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-residence, school or employment. Attached as Exhibit “B” is a transcript of the attendance ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-before His Worship Justice of the Peace N. Ross on February 12, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-7. Despite the terms of Recognizance referred to at paragraph 6 above, the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-exchanged numerous e-mails with Student A between March 26 and March 30, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-8. On August 25, 2010, the Member entered pleas of guilt to both of the charges ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-against him that he, being in a position of trust or authority towards [Student A], a young ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf:person, did for a sexual purpose touch [Student A] directly with a part of his body, to wit, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-his hands, contrary to subsection 153(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada, and that he ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-breached the terms of his Recognizance of Bail. Attached as Exhibit “C” is a certified ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-copy of the Certificate of Conviction. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-9. At a sentencing before the Honourable Mr. Justice W. F. Fitzgerald on December 2, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-2010, a copy of the transcript of which attendance is attached as Exhibit “D”, the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-was sentenced, inter alia, to 14 days in jail and a 24-month probation. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-10. The Member’s employment with the Board was terminated on March 10, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-11. By this document the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 10 above (the “Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-12. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-paragraphs 4, 5 and 7 above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf:sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-13. By this document the Member states that he: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- (a) understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- (b) understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- Committee; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- (c) understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- (d) understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official publication ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- of the College; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- (e) understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- (f) understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Wayne Robert O’Neill committed acts ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3) 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf:Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-in Sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 10 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-(the “uncontested facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-(Exhibit 2). He acknowledged that the uncontested facts referred to in paragraphs 4, 5 and 7 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him. The Committee accepted the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-plea of no contest and the facts in the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-Contest. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf:The Member engaged in a sexual relationship with a [XXX] student who attended the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-school where he taught. The relationship included the Member spending time alone with ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-her, displaying photographs of her in his office and hugging, kissing and touching her. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-At a bail hearing on February 12, 2010, one of the conditions of the Member’s release was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-that he not associate with or communicate directly with the Student. Despite the terms of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-Recognizance, the Member exchanged numerous e-mails with the Student between March ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-26 and March 30, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-On August 25, 2010, the Member entered a guilty plea to both of the charges against him ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-that he, being in a position of trust or authority towards the Student, a young person, did for ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf:a sexual purpose touch the Student directly with a part of his body, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-153(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada, and that he breached the terms of his Recognizance ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-of Bail. On December 2, 2010, the Member was sentenced to 14 days in jail and a 24- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-month probation. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and conviction for sexual exploitation of a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-student as outlined herein constitutes professional misconduct, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3) 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf:1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). By this conduct, the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-1. The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-2. The Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-The Member’s abhorrent behaviour has brought the profession into disrepute. The Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as a teacher to take advantage of and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf:engage in sexual abuse of a student. He pleaded guilty to the charge, that being in a position ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf:of trust or authority towards a young person, did for a sexual purpose touch the young ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-person with his hands, contrary to subsection 153(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-Further, he breached the terms of his Recognizance of Bail. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-The conduct of the Member was unacceptable and in conflict with the duty of a teacher to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-protect students. The Member, as a result of his conduct, has forfeited the privilege of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-holding a teaching certificate and being a member of the teaching profession. This ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-egregious misconduct requires that the Member receive the maximum penalty, revocation ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-of his certificate of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, along with the name ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-of the Member, identifies to the profession the nature of the Member’s misconduct and the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-consequences for such behaviour. Publication, in this case, acts as a general deterrent and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-informs the profession that such behaviour will not be tolerated and will result in the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-harshest penalty, revocation. Publication serves the public interest by reassuring and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-informing the community that the profession acts decisively when matters of this nature are ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf-brought to its attention. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf-“Committee”) on November 1, 2011 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 1, 2011 was served on Michael Wayne Plews, requesting ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf-his presence on June 21, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for November 1, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf-Michael Wayne Plews was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf-The allegations against Michael Wayne Plews in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf-June 1, 2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Michael Wayne Plews is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf-defined in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- (d) he contravened a law and the contravention is relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- (e) he contravened a law and the contravention has caused or may cause a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- student who is under his professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-“Committee”) on June 29, 2011 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 29, 2010 was served on Paola Priscilla Queen, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-requesting her presence on July 26, 2010 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for June 29, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Paola Priscilla Queen was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-The allegations against Paola Priscilla Queen in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-June 29, 2010, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Paola Priscilla Queen is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- (d) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- (e) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf: (f) she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-the facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-(Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-1. Paola Priscilla Queen (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Board as a secondary school teacher at a secondary school (the “School”) between the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-approximate dates of September 2005 to November 2007. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-3. “A” is a male born on [XXX] (the “Student). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-4. Between the approximate dates of September 2003 and November 2006, the Student ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-was a student at the School. The Student left the School on or about November 6, 2006 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-when he was in [XXX]. Attached as Exhibit “B” is a letter from the Student’s father to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-the School. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-5. During the 2005-2006 academic year, the Member taught the Student [XXX]. During ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-the first semester of the 2006-2007 academic year until on or about November 6, 2006, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-the Student was a [XXX] in the Member’s [XXX] class. In addition, during September ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-and October 2006, the Student was a part of the [XXX] of which the Member was a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-coach. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-6. From March 2006 onwards, the Member carried on an inappropriate consensual ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-personal relationship with the Student. During the summer of 2006 and continuing into ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-the first semester of the 2006-2007 school year, the Member carried on an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf:consensual sexual relationship with the Student which included acts of sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Their relationship continued after the Student left the School and continues to this day. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-7. The Member gave birth to a child with the Student in May 2007. They have ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-subsequently had another child together. The Member and the Student are currently ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-common-law spouses in an ongoing relationship. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-8. The Member and the Student have subsequently both changed their surnames to a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-new, shared surname. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-9. The Member was suspended by the Board on or about 7 March 2007 and resigned as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-a teacher with the Board on or about 3 December 2007. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-10. The Member resigned her membership with the College on or about November 22, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-2007. The Member’s status on the Registry was changed to Cancelled-Resigned ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-effective 3 December 2008. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-11. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-truth of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 10 above (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-“Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-12. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-paragraph 6 above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against her, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf:The Member also acknowledges that she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-13. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, she is ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against her and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- (d) she understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- including reference to her name, may be published in the official ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between her counsel and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this Agreement ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-14. The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the Rules of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this proceeding under the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-contest does not constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-15. In light of the uncontested facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-by Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-that Paola Priscilla Queen committed acts of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf:and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-the appropriate penalty and introduced a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 1. The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter would be ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- (a) directs the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- (b) directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- Committee in summary form in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. The parties have not ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- agreed on whether or not the Member’s name should be published and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- submissions will be made on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 10 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-(the “uncontested facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-(Exhibit 2). She acknowledged that the uncontested facts referred to in paragraph 6 above ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-constitute conduct that is unprofessional and pleaded no contest to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-professional misconduct against her, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf:acknowledged that she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Statement ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member engaged in an inappropriate consensual personal ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf:relationship with the Student, including sexual intercourse, culminating in the birth of a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-child. During the 2005-2006 academic year, the Member taught the Student the following ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-subjects: [XXX]. During the first semester of the 2006-2007 academic year until on or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-about November 6, 2006, the Student was a [XXX] in the Member’s [XXX] class. In ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-addition, during September and October 2006, the Student was a part of the [XXX] of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-which the Member was a coach. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-From March 2006 onwards, the Member carried on an inappropriate consensual personal ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-relationship with the Student. During the summer of 2006 and continuing into the first ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-semester of the 2006-2007 school year, the Member carried on an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf:consensual sexual relationship with the Student which included acts of sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Their relationship continued after the Student left the School and continues to this day. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-The Member gave birth to a child with the Student in May 2007. They have ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-subsequently had another child together. The Member and the Student are currently ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-common-law spouses in an ongoing relationship. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-As a teacher, the Member was in a position of trust and authority over the Student. By ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-engaging in an inappropriate relationship with the Student whom the Member taught and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-coached, the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf:and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. The fact that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-the relationship was consensual does not negate the fact that such behaviour constitutes ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf:professional misconduct and sexual abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-The Committee heard testimony from the Student and received submissions from ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member with respect to publication of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Evidence of the Student ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-The Student testified that he was the Student with whom the Member was involved. He ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-indicated that they had two children, ages [XXX] and [XXX] and that they had legally ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-changed their last name to a common family name a little over a year ago. He indicated ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-the change of name was to protect the children and therefore he was very concerned ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-about publication of the new name. He was less concerned about publication of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-former name as the current birth certificates of the children reference the new family ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-name. However, he indicated that his [XXX] year old knew her previous last name, was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-known by that name by some members of the community (i.e. doctors, daycare) [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-He spoke against publication of either name as he did not want his daughter’s self-esteem ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf:affected by allegations from others that she was a child of sexual abuse. He wanted the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-opportunity to tell her at an appropriate age that she was the product of a loving ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-relationship, not abuse. He felt that publication would leave them vulnerable to someone ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-digging into their lives and that possibly a member of the teaching profession might treat ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-his daughter differently. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-The Student also said that he was [XXX], had a great relationship with his employer and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-fellow workers and did not want his reputation tainted by publication of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-name. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Submissions on Publication by College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the Member’s name should be published due to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-the severity of the misconduct. College Counsel contended that the Committee had two ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-choices, to withhold the name or to publish the full name of the Member as publishing ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-with initials was discontinued a decade ago due to possible harm caused other members ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-with the same initials. Transparency is important in the most egregious cases and this is a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-serious act of professional misconduct and an appropriate case for publication with name, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-as the relationship developed in the spring, carried over to the next school year and led to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-a pregnancy. More serious misconduct requires more serious penalty. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-College Counsel stated that parents have every expectation that their children will not be ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf:sexually abused by a teacher. Regardless of the age of the student, or whether the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-relationship is consensual and ongoing, this behaviour is a clear breach of that trust. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-College Counsel advised the Committee to give very little weight to the testimony of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Student. College Counsel pointed out that although the Member’s former name had had ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-widespread media coverage, none of the concerns expressed by the Student have ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-materialized. While concerns regarding harm to the children and the Student are ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-truthfully held by the parents, College Counsel stated that these were based on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-speculation and fear and not based on fact. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Counsel for the Member provided a Book of Authorities with twelve decisions related to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf:cases of sexual misconduct heard by previous Discipline Committees of the These cases ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-ranged from 1999 to 2010. In all of these cases the Committee ordered publication in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession, without the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Reply of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-College Counsel cautioned the Committee that when considering the cases provided in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-the Member’s Book of Authorities to take into account that most offered no analysis or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-explanation for why the decisions of assuring anonymity were made. In addition, some ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-cases presented by Member’s counsel involved court ordered bans where the decision not ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-to publish the Member’s name was to comply with these bans. According to College ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Counsel, the two cases he presented are more relevant to the present case than those ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-offered by Member’s counsel. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-College Counsel initially suggested that both the old and current name of the Member be ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-published. However as a result of further submissions, College Counsel ultimately ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-agreed that if the name of the Member were to be published, it should be the name she ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-had at the time of the misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-The Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student, the most ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-serious breach of professional conduct. The Member abused the authority and trust ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-vested in her without regard for the well being of the Student. The conduct of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-Member was unacceptable, in conflict with the duty of a teacher and a breach of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-public trust. The Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-membership in the teaching profession. Revocation is the appropriate penalty for ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-misconduct of this severity. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-The Committee considered the Member’s request to withhold publication of her name ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-and the concerns expressed by the Student to the Committee, but determined that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-publication with the name of the Member is warranted in this case. In light of the fact that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-the name of the Member at the time of the misconduct is being published, that the family ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-has since legally changed their last name, and that to date there have been no ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-repercussions following previous media attention, the Committee determined that it was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-unlikely that publication of the Member’s name in the official publication of the College ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf-would adversely affect the Student or his children. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-was aware of the time and date of the hearing. The Committee therefore proceeded to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-hear the matter in the absence of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-The allegations against Antonio Raco (“the Member”) in the Notice of Hearing are as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Antonio Raco is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (a) he failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- standards of the teaching profession, contrary to Section 13 of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- Regulation made under the Teaching Profession Act made pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- Section 12 of the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1970, Chapter 361, as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- amended; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (b) he failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they were ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- under his care contrary to Section 14(f) of the Regulation made under the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- Teaching Profession Act, made pursuant to Section 12 of the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- Profession Act, R.S.O. 1970, Chapter 361, as amended; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with Section 22.1(c) of the Schools Administration ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- Act, R.S.O. 1960, Chapter 361 and amendments thereto; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (d) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: (e) be abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 1990, c.E-2 and specifically Section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (i) he committed acts that having regard to all of the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: (k) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-1. At all material times, Antonio Raco (the “Member”) was employed by the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf:Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board (the “Board”) as a Grade [XXX] teacher. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-The Member was assigned to the schools referred to in these allegations during the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-following years: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 1991-1993: [XXX] (“[XXX]”) in Stoney Point; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 1996-1998: [XXX] (“[XXX]”) in [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 1998-1999: [XXX] (“[XXX]”) in [XXX]; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2004-2005: [XXX] (“[XXX]”) in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-2. During the 1991-1992 academic year, Student A was a female Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-student of the Member at [XXX]. During that academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (a) French kissed Student A in an empty classroom; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (b) attempted to undo the buttons to Student A’s clothing while they were in a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- supply room; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: (c) made sexual comments to Student A; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (d) placed his hands on the buttocks of Student A on more than one occasion; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (e) used his chest and/or his arm to brush against Student A’s breasts on more ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- than one occasion; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (f) bought Student A and another female student, Student B, ice cream and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- drove them home; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (g) on more than one occasion, kept Student A indoors during recess and had ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- her sit on his lap. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-3. During the 1992-1993 academic year, Student B was a female Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-student of the Member at [XXX]. During that academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (a) gave Student B a gold necklace for her confirmation; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (b) placed his hand on the buttocks of Student B; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (c) referred to Student B as “angel” and/or “angel eyes”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: (d) made sexual comments to Student B and/or to the class including but not ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- limited to: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (i) “You are going to get me in trouble”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (ii) “You drive me crazy”; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (iii) “Boy, I wish I was 13 again”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (e) took Student B to the supply room where he physically touched her; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (f) grabbed Student B by the belt hoops of her pants and drew her into his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- body, pelvic thrusting her from behind while making a groaning sound; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (g) while playing a game with Student B that involved him placing his hand ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- on various parts of her body until she said “red light”, touched Student B’s ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- vagina; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (h) while seated next to Student B on a bus during a class trip to Toronto: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (i) cuddled Student B; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (ii) placed his hand through the sleeve of Student B’s t-shirt and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- touched her left breast; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (i) wrote statements in Student B’s school journal, after he learned that she ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- had “dirty danced” with a boy at a school dance, which included but were ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (i) “I am not impressed”; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (ii) “I thought more of you”. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (j) as a punishment with respect to 3(i) above, seated Student B at the back of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- the classroom; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (k) contacted Student B’s mother to tell her about a boy that Student B was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- dating and suggested that the boy was into drugs and was a bad influence, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: sexually on Student B. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-4. During the 1992-1993 academic year, Student C was a female Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-student of the Member at [XXX]. During that academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (a) placed his hand on the buttocks of Student C; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (b) during a physical education class, while Student C was seated on the floor, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- pulled her in towards him where his legs were apart, while making a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- groaning sound; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (c) told Student C one afternoon after school that if she cleared her ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- complexion and wore more mascara, it would bring out her blue eyes; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (d) had Student C and one or more other female students sit on his lap; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (e) while on a class trip to Toronto, encouraged Student C to break up with ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- her boyfriend; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: (f) during “circle time”, directed Student C to share with the class a sexually ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- explicit comment which had been made by her boyfriend and which she ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- had written in her school journal. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-5. During the 1992-1993 academic year, the Member, while teaching at [XXX]: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (a) arranged for D, a high school student and sister of Student E, a male ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- student in his class, to give a speech to the class about the behaviour of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- their father when he became inebriated; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (b) instructed Student F, a female student, to break up with Student G, a male ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- student because the Member wanted to see Student I beg for Student F ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- and/or to see Student G cry; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (c) favoured one or more female students in his class; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (d) following a parental complaint about his behaviour in the classroom, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- directed the students in his class to destroy their school journals; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (e) on occasions where a parent or parents complained about him, told all the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- students in his class of the complaint or complaints; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (f) made improper comments about the principal to the students in his class. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-6. While teaching at [XXX] during the 1996-1997 academic year, the Member, on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-more than one occasion, failed to manage the level of noise emanating from his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-classroom. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-7. During the 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 academic years, while teaching at [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-the Member: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (a) made insensitive and inappropriate remarks and/or comments, several of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: which were of a sexual nature, to and about male and female students; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: (b) made comments of a sexual nature about a female teacher in the classroom ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- located across the hall from his classroom and commented to his students ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- that he liked that teacher; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (c) in a display of anger: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (i) broke a yardstick in front of the class; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (ii) threw a desk across the classroom; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (d) threatened students in his class not to tell their parents about what was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- happening in the classroom; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (e) made up songs about some of his students which he would then sing to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- class poking fun at them; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (f) constantly yelled at the class; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (g) stated that he wanted to take specific Grade [XXX] students, including ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- Student H, a Grade [XXX] female student, to the mall for lunch; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (h) following a complaint made to the administration of the school by Student ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- H’s mother, told Student H, “I don’t care if you go running to your Mom”. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (i) spent time in class discussing non-school related topics outside the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- curriculum; and/or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (j) failed to check, mark or grade the work completed by his students. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-8. During the 1998-1999 academic year, while teaching at [XXX], the Member on or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-about February 23, 1999: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (a) physically threw Student I, a Grade [XXX] male student, to the asphalt in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- the school yard; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (b) put his knee in Student I’s stomach; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (c) shook Student I; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (d) forcibly picked Student I up from the asphalt and shoved him. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-9. On or about 23 June 2004, , while teaching at [XXX], the Member used a water ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-gun to squirt students and staff in a hallway at [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-10. During the 2004-2005 academic year, Students J, K, L, M, N, O, P, and Q were ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-female Grade [XXX] students of the Member at [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-11. During the 2004-2005 academic year, while teaching Grade [XXX] at [XXX], the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-Member: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (a) while using the classroom computer, accessed inappropriate internet sites, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: some of which depicted nudity and/or pornography; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (b) allowed his students to view inappropriate internet sites on the classroom ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- computer; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (c) showed his students how to conceal access to inappropriate materials on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- the internet; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (d) used the classroom computer for personal use during class time; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (e) encouraged students in his class not to share discussions that took place in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- the classroom with their parents and specifically stated, “This is Raco’s ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- circle – whatever happens in Raco’s circle stays in Raco’s circle.”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (f) hugged one or more female students; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (g) hugged Student L and touched her breast; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-(h) made comments to the class about the appearance of the principal; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-(i) made comments to the class about the weight and appearance of a former ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- vice-principal and his wife; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf:(j) played a sexual education video which was intended only to be seen by ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- male students, for the female students while they were in the company of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- male students; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-(k) switched the intercom system in the classroom to privacy mode, so that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- the office would not hear what was happening in the classroom; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-(l) used profanities including, but not limited to, such words as “bullshit”, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- “hell”, “damn”, “ass”, and “pissed” in front of the students in his class; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-(m) on an occasion or occasions when he became angry, he: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (i) tipped and or tossed over a desk; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (ii) snapped a computer disk; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (iii) on or about 26 January, 2005, threw a water bottle across the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- classroom; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-(n) constantly yelled at the class; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-(o) told the students in his class that they would get into trouble if their ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- parents telephoned him; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-(p) told the class that the mother of Student J had complained about him and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- as punishment, he “shunned” the student; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-(q) during a parent-teacher interview, told the parents of Student Q, “I really ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- don’t need this job, my family owns Paesano’s”, which is a gourmet ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- market and café in Windsor; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (r) failed to place appropriate emphasis on curricula; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (s) failed to explain school work to his students; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (t) spent most of the school day talking to the students about non-school ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- related topics. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-12. During the 2004-2005 academic year, the Member, while teaching Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf:at [XXX], made sexual innuendos and/or inappropriate comments to his students ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (a) prior to Christmas 2004, and on one other occasion, making insensitive ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- religious remarks to the class; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (b) telling the class that one of their female classmates had been gang raped; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (c) making an inappropriate reference to a candy with the colloquial name of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- “cherry blaster”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (d) telling Student L, while she and other students were doing a test, that he ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- was going to keep her in his class because he saw a [XXX] of her [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- wearing a [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (e) telling Student L to ask a suggestive question of a male student; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (f) asking Students J and L a question relating to the use of marijuana; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (g) on or about 13 May 2005, making an inappropriate remark to Student M ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- about the weight of her sister; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: (h) in or about May 2005 and subsequently, making sexually suggestive ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- remarks to Students J, K, L, M and N; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (i) telling Student O that she was “model material”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (i) telling Student J to say to Student R, a male student, that she loved ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- his blond hair and blue eyes; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (ii) telling Student R to say to Student J that he loved her hair when it ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- was down and that he loved her big brown eyes. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-13. On or about 14 November 2006, the Member’s employment was terminated by ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-the Board. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-14. On or about 21 October 2009, the Member was found guilty in the Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-Superior Court of Justice, of the following charges: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (a) that he on or between 1 September 1992 and 30 June 1993, at the Town of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: Lakeshore, did for a sexual purpose, touch Student B, a person under the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- age of 14 years, directly with a part of his body, namely his hand, contrary ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- to Section 151(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (b) that he on or between 1 September 1992 and 30 June 1993, at the Town of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: Lakeshore, did commit sexual assault on Student B, contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (c) that he on or between 1 September 1991 and 30 June 1992, at the town of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: Lakeshore, did commit sexual assault on Student A, contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-15. On or about 8 February 2010, the Member was sentenced to a total of six months ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-in jail to be followed by three years probation with conditions which included that he: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: (a) attend and actively participate in rehabilitative programs for sexual ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- offending; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (b) not to associate, contact or hold any communication directly or indirectly ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- with Student A or Student B, any of their immediate family members, or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- any witnesses that testified at the trial who were his former students; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (c) that he not be in the presence of anyone under the age of 16 years without ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- direct supervision of a responsible person over the age of 18 years and not ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- to be in a teaching role of anyone under the age of 16 years. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-16. The Member has filed an appeal of the conviction and sentence referred to in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-paragraphs 14 and 15, and that appeal is before the Court of Appeal of Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-NOVEMBER 17, 2011 HEARING ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-At the hearing on November 17, 2011, College Counsel sought to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct in paragraphs (d), (e), (f), (i), (j) and (k), namely ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-that the Member breached Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf:1(18), and 1(19) and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. The Committee agreed that these allegations ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-shall be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-A non-publication and non-broadcast order was issued under subsections 486.4(1) and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-486.4(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada), in the proceedings in the Superior Court of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-Justice. The Committee is required to uphold this publication ban imposed in the matter ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-of Her Majesty The Queen v. Antonio Raco by the Superior Court of Justice. There shall ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-be no publication of any information that might tend to identify the victims involved in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-this matter. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-G. Warning and Copy of Court of Appeal of Ontario Decision heard and released ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- orally on January 19, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-The evidence presented in the Court Documents confirms that on or about October 21, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-2009, the Member was found guilty in the Ontario, Superior Court of Justice, of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-following charges: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (a) that he on or between 1 September 1992 and 30 June 1993, at the Town of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: Lakeshore, did for a sexual purpose, touch Student B, a person under the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- age of 14 years, directly with a part of his body, namely his hand, contrary ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- to Section 151(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (b) that he on or between 1 September 1992 and 30 June 1993, at the Town of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: Lakeshore, did commit sexual assault on Student B, contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (c) that he on or between 1 September 1991 and 30 June 1992, at the town of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: Lakeshore, did commit sexual assault on Student A, contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-The Court Documents further confirm that on or about 8 February 2010, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-sentenced to a total of six months in jail to be followed by three years probation with ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-conditions which included that he: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: (d) attend and actively participate in rehabilitative programs for sexual ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- offending; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (e) not to associate, contact or hold any communication directly or indirectly ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- with Student A or Student B, any of their immediate family members, or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- any witnesses that testified at the trial who were his former students; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was committed by a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been granted. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-accepts as fact, as detailed in the court transcripts, Exhibit 6, that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf:convicted and sentenced on three charges related to the sexual abuse of two female ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-The evidence demonstrates that on 21 of October, 2009, the Member was found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-the following charges: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (a) that he on or between 1 September 1992 and 30 June 1993, at the Town of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: Lakeshore, did for a sexual purpose, touch Student B, a person under the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- age of 14 years, directly with a part of his body, namely his hand, contrary ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- to Section 151(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (b) that he on or between 1 September 1992 and 30 June 1993, at the Town of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: Lakeshore, did commit sexual assault on Student B, contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- (c) that he on or between 1 September 1991 and 30 June 1992, at the town of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf: Lakeshore, did commit sexual assault on Student A, contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-The Committee accepts the description of the Member’s behaviour in fostering a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf:flirtatious and sexual atmosphere in his classroom as described by the Honourable Justice ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-S. Rogin in his Reasons for Judgment. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-The Member created a group of female students who were his favorites. He controlled ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-this group by including them when they pleased him, or ostracizing them or causing them ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-to be ostracized by the others when they displeased him. He often played the “red light, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-green light” game with them. In this game, he would place his hand on their leg, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-approximately at the knee, and start to move it upwards. At some point, the student would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-say “red light” at which time he would stop immediately. Evidence further indicates that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf:the Member engaged in sexual assault and touching students for sexual purpose that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-included touching a student’s breast over her bathing suit, unbuttoning the top button of a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-student’s blouse and kissing a student. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-These were unwanted touchings of vulnerable children to which they, by virtue of their ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-age, were unable to legally consent. Even if they were legally able to consent, that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-consent would have been vitiated by the Member’s position of trust as their teacher. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-Committee finds the Member’s conduct to be reprehensible and unacceptable. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-In the absence of evidence to the contrary and the fact that the Member’s appeal was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-dismissed, the Committee finds that the Member’s actions and the resulting convictions ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf:for sexual crimes in relation to his students as outlined herein, constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-2. The Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf:The Member, having been convicted of two counts of sexual assault and one count of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf:touching students for a sexual purpose, demonstrates that he should not be a teacher in a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-position of trust and authority. The Committee finds the Member’s conduct is disgraceful ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-and unbecoming a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-The Member, by his actions, has forfeited the privilege of being in the profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-Revocation of his certificate of qualification and registration is the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-consequence and serves to protect the public. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-The Committee considered the power imbalance that exists in favour of the teacher, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-vulnerability of students, the privileged position of teachers in society and the breach of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-trust and the injury to the victims that resulted from the actions of the Member. Sexual ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-abuse also tarnishes public trust in the entire teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-Publication of the findings and Order of the Committee in summary, along with the name ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-of the Member, identifies to the profession the serious nature of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-misconduct and the consequences for such behaviors. Publication with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-name acts as a general deterrent and informs the profession that such conduct will not be ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-tolerated and will result in the harshest penalty. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-Publication also serves the public interest by informing the community that the profession ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf-acts decisively when matters of the nature are brought to its attention. In conclusion, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated April 13, 2010 was served on Massimiliano Silvio Tallarico, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-requesting his presence on April 22, 2010 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for February 17, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-Massimiliano Silvio Tallarico was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-The allegations against Massimiliano Silvio Tallarico in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-dated April 13, 2010, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Massimiliano Silvio Tallarico is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-At the hearing on February 17, 2011, College counsel sought to withdraw the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-professional misconduct in paragraphs (b), (c), (e) and (f), namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-breached Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(15), 1(19) and that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf:sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-Act. The Committee agrees that these allegations shall be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-1. Massimiliano Silvio Tallarico (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Peel District School Board ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-(the “Board”) as an elementary teacher at [XXX] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-3. During the 2001-2002 academic year, the Student was a Grade [XXX] female ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-student [XXX] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-4. Towards the end of the academic year, the Member sent the Student a card by way ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-of reassurance in respect of her disclosure to him of a personal problem. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-5. During the summer of 2002, the Member gave the Student a book about [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-because he knew that she loved [XXX] and used the nickname [XXX] at school. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-6. During the 2002-2003 academic year, the Member was the [XXX] School. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-7. Between the approximate dates of 1 September 2002 and 30 June 2003, the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-engaged in an inappropriate relationship with the Student, in that he: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (a) communicated inappropriately with the student using instant messaging and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- e-mails. The Member’s e-mails to the student were written in casual ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- language and used short forms. Topics included parties, school events, tests ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- and the pregnancy of his wife. His e-mail communications to the Student ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- included the following statements: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (i) “I wish I could talk to you all the time”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (ii) “miss you lots”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (iii) “Thanks for the healing kisses”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (iv) “Lots of love”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (v) “You made my day by showing up, I was kinda hoping you were ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- going to come today and my wish came true”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (vi) “I always love it when you come and talk to me”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (vii) “Can’t stop thinking about you, I didn’t want you to leave today”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (b) referred to A as [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-8. On or about 13 November 2009, the Member was found not guilty in the Superior ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf:Court of Justice of charges of sexual assault and sexual exploitation in respect of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-Student. A copy of the Reasons for Judgment of Madam Justice Wein is attached as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-Exhibit “B”. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-9. Madam Justice Wein in her Reasons makes reference to the statements in paragraph ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf:7 a) (i) to (vii) above and states, “Surely, Mr. Tallarico can see the flirty and even sexually ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (ii) “miss you lots”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (iii) “Thanks for the healing kisses”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (iv) “Lots of love”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (v) “You made my day by showing up, I was kinda hoping you were ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- going to come today and my wish came true”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (vi) “I always love it when you come and talk to me”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (vii) “Can’t stop thinking about you, I didn’t want you to leave today”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- (b) referred to the Student as [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-By engaging in this inappropriate relationship and by communicating with the Student in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-this manner, the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5) and 1(18- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-unprofessional). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-Although the Member was found not guilty in the Superior Court of Justice of charges of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf:sexual assault and sexual exploitation in respect of the Student, Madam Justice Wein in her ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf:Reasons for Judgment stated “Surely Mr. Tallarico can see the flirty and even sexually ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-charged context and realize how misleading these would be to an impressionable young ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-girl.” She further went on to state “But this level of chat would be seen by many as entirely ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-inappropriate…”. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-Teachers are expected to maintain appropriate professional relationships with their students ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-and respect the boundaries of the student/teacher relationship. By his conduct, the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-failed to maintain the standards of the profession in that he neglected his duty to maintain ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-professional boundaries. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated February 11, 2010 was served on Wayne Norman Todd, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf-requesting his presence on February 24, 2010 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 8, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf-Wayne Norman Todd was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf-The allegations against Wayne Norman Todd in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf-February 11, 2010 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Wayne Norman Todd is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf-defined in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, or the Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with his duties under the Child and Family Services ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(27). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-At the hearing on November 2, 2010, College counsel sought to withdraw the allegations ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-of professional misconduct in paragraphs (b), (c) and (e), namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-breached Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(11), 1(15) and 1(27). The Committee ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-agrees that these allegations shall be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-the facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-1. Silvio Joseph Tallevi (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Board (the “Board”) and was a Vice-principal at [XXX] (the “School”), in Toronto, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-3. On or about October 26, 2006, the Member was advised by a female teacher at the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf:School that a report had been made to her by a number of female students about sexual ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-activity in one of the boys’ washrooms at the School. The Member was advised that a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-female [XXX] student, Student #1, had been threatened, intimidated and/or coerced by ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf:one or more male students to perform oral sex on one or more male students while at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-least two other male students stood guard at the washroom door. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-4. Further reports about the incident were received by the Member during the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-ensuing days, and on or about November 2, 2006, the Member met with Student #1 who ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-confirmed to the Member that the advice he had received about the bathroom incident ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-was accurate. Student #1 was unable to identify the male students involved and expressed ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-fear about having the incident reported to her father. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-5. As a result of the information he had received, the Member was concerned for the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-safety and well-being of Student #1 and was concerned that she was potentially at risk for ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-further harm in the future. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-6. Sometime later in November, 2006, and not immediately, the Member advised the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Principal of the School about the incident involving Student #1, but did not fill out an ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-incident form. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-7. If called to give evidence at a contested hearing, the Member’s evidence would be ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-that he provided full details of the incident involving Student #1 to the Principal. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-However, if called to testify at a contested hearing, the Principal’s evidence would be that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-although she was told by the Member that Student #1 was being harassed and bullied, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-details of the bathroom incident were not provided to her by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-8. The Member did not at any time, following his discussion with the Principal, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf:report the information relating to the sexual assault of Student #1 to her parents, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-police, the Children’s Aid Society, any social worker, or to the Safe and Caring Schools ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Department. Moreover, even when it became clear to the Member that no action was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-being taken by the Principal about the incident, and despite the Member’s ongoing ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-concerns for the safety and well-being of Student #1, the Member did not contact his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-referred to in paragraphs 6 and 8 above constitute conduct that is unprofessional and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Facts, Plea of No Contest, and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member failed to report an incident of sexual assault of a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-student and further incidents of physical threats and verbal harassment of that student to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-the proper authorities and to his supervisory officer. He was required by the laws and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-regulations pertaining to child welfare in the province of Ontario and by school board ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-policy to report these incidents. By failing to do so, the Member committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5) and 1(18- unprofessional). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-The Committee received submissions from Counsel for the College and Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Member with respect to publication of the Member’s name in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Counsel for the College argued that the Member’s name should be published. She ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-submitted that hearings are open to the public and that resulting decisions are publicly ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-accessible. In order to support the transparency of the proceedings, publication of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Member’s name should follow. It was important to demonstrate general deterrence ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-because the matter is one that should serve to educate the profession as a whole and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-specific deterrence is important because the Member needs to appreciate how he failed in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-his professional duty. In addition, there was no danger that the student would be ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-reminds the Member that he did indeed have a responsibility and that there can be no ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-excuse for failing in that regard. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-It is appropriate that the Member, should he return to the profession, complete a course in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-professional ethics because he has demonstrated a clear deficiency in his understanding ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-of his duties. All teachers and other persons working in schools are assigned the duty of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-first line defence in the care of students entrusted to them by parents and society. Not to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf:report an incident of sexual abuse is egregious and a contravention of the law. An ethics ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-course will reintroduce the Member to the current standards and expectations of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-profession and the public. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-The Committee determined that publication, with the name of the Member, in summary ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-form was appropriate because the Member was an experienced administrator who should ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-have known better. There is nothing unique about this incident. Every member of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-profession knows of the duty to report. The Member, with his 30 years experience, must ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-have been aware that there was no other reasonable option but to report. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-consequences of not reporting must have been obvious to the Member. Had he reported ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf:the incident of sexual abuse, the student might not have been the object of taunts, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-including physical threats and verbal harassment following the incident. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-determined that the Member’s behaviour was of a very serious nature and not at the low ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-end of the scale. The Member betrayed the societal expectations of persons in a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-leadership role of trust and authority. Publication of the findings, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Member, provides a specific deterrent to the Member, a general deterrent to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-profession, instructs the profession and advises the public that this type of misconduct is ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-taken very seriously. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-the Member’s ongoing concerns for the safety and well-being of the student the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-failed to take additional action. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Member’s counsel took the position that a misunderstanding of the obligations imposed ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-by the requirement to alert the Children’s Aid Society fatally tainted the decision of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Discipline Committee. Both parties agreed on this fact and therefore the tribunal agreed ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-“to reconsider the matter afresh and render a valid decision”. Grier v. Metro International ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Trucks Ltd. et al. [1996] O.J. No. 538, p.8. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Additional concerns raised by Member’s counsel also played a role in the decision to re- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-open the matter. The Member could not have known before hand of the possibility of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf:sexual assault and therefore the wording of the original decision of November 29, 2010 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-was not correct. The “proper authorities” in this matter would have been the police and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-this is verified by Board protocol and policy. Counsel suggested that there is no ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-“heightened” legal duty placed on school administrators to report incidents of abuse. All ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-members have an equal duty to report. The Member did not contravene the law but failed ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-to follow school board policy. The submissions by both counsel, substantiated by case ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-law, about the issue of an error in law, helped the Discipline Committee to determine that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-a re-opening of the matter was appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Publication ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Member’s counsel posited that incorrect assumptions about duty of care and reporting ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-requirements negatively affected the decision about publication. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-considered the issue of publication again without considering the issue that no report had ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-been made to the Children’s Act Society. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-In general it can be safely accepted that an administrator has a fundamental role in a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-school setting to provide for first line of care and for student safety. In this case, this ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-standard of care was not provided. The Member was faced by a set of facts that required ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-very careful consideration of all of the possible consequences of his decision. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-According to the Statement of Uncontested Facts the Member was informed about the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-incident of an assault from other sources and asked the student, who was [XXX] at the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf:time to come to his office and she confirmed that a sexual assault had occurred in the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-boys’ bathroom some time previously. Counsel for the Member submitted that according ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-to the Member, the Student was still being harassed by some of the same boys. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Member believed he was acting in the best interests of the student because he was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-concerned for her safety and the student had expressed fear about having the incident ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-reported to her family. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-It is alleged that the Member advised the Principal of the School about the incident but ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-did not fill out an incident form. The Member maintains that he provided full details of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-the incident to the Principal, but did not fill out an incident report as required by school ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-board policy. The Principal’s evidence, if called to give evidence at a contested hearing, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-would be that although she was told by the Member that the Student was being harassed ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-and bullied, the details of the bathroom incident were not provided to her by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Moreover, even when it became clear to the Member that no action was being taken by ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-the Principal about the incident, and despite the Member’s ongoing concerns for the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-matter is a serious one and requires an appropriate consequence. The profession needs to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-be informed that the College takes matters such as this very seriously. There is both a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-specific deterrent and general deterrent that is required in the case. The Member needs to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-fully appreciate how he failed in his professional duty. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Counsel for the Member provided argument for publication without name. She indicated ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-this was a unique incident with no prior evidence of similar behaviour with little risk of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-repetition as the Member is now retired. The nature and gravity of the misconduct falls ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-within the low end of the spectrum. The Member believed that he was acting in the best ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-interests of the Student. The Student was concerned about how her family would react to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-the incident. Only with hindsight does the Member realize and accept that his conduct ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-was inappropriate. There were other individuals, in particular the female teacher who had ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf:received the report about sexual activity in the boys’ bathroom, who had knowledge of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-the incident, who had a similar duty to report to the police and who did not. Publication ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-with name unduly penalizes one particular person among the many who could have ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-reported the incident. Publication without name would serve to inform the profession and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-act as a general deterrent. Counsel submitted that the reprimand that was administered ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-and the imposition of the requirement to take an ethics course serve the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-specific deterrence. The Member has also suffered appropriate specific deterrence by the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-fact of being assigned to home duty the day before his retirement and on a note of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-suspicion and innuendo thereby being deprived of his well-earned proper farewell from ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-his community, students and colleagues. The ensuing publicity and genuine loss to his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-reputation should be taken into consideration when assessing specific deterrence. For the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-above reasons Member’s counsel argues that only a general deterrence is required. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Publication without name serves the public interest and provides for transparency. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Decision in the Matter of Publication ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-Publication with the name of the Member, in summary form is appropriate in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-There is nothing unique in this matter. In fact its circumstances (i.e., failing to make a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-proper report because doing so will create challenges for all those involved) will continue ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-to occur unless members of this profession are made aware of the consequences to them ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-and to our profession of failing to respect the duty to report fully and appropriately. All ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-members should know about their school board’s policy about their duty to report as it is ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-required to do so. The Member’s failure to report as required by Board policy, had ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-serious consequences. The student continued to be harassed. The Member was not able to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-protect the Student. It was essential to report the incident properly so that a more ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-effective action might have been taken. The Member’s behaviour was of a serious nature ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf:and certainly not at the low end of the scale. A failure to so report a sexual assault most ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-certainly constitutes inaction at the high end of the scale. The Committee determined that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-the Member’s actions constituted a serious breach of the public trust and therefore is at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-the high end of the spectrum. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-More importantly his failure to fully carry out his responsibilities had an impact on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-others. This was not just a personal failure that reflected only on the Member, it was a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-failure that had consequences for a school community. The Member did not meet the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-expectations of the public and the profession. Publication with name provides a general ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf-deterrent, instructs the profession and advises the public that this type of misconduct is ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-“Committee”) on November 24, 2011 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 21, 2011 was served on Gavin John Bradford, requesting ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-his presence on May 3, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for November 24, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-Gavin John Bradford was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-The allegations against Gavin John Bradford in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-March 21, 2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Gavin John Bradford is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-in subsection 30(2) and section 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (d) requested her younger sister to crack three eggs over her head while he ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- watched on webcam. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-25. During the 2006-2007 academic year, the Member communicated inappropriately ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-while at School when he: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf: (a) remarked in class, “I’m so sexy” and flexed his muscles; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (b) commented to several female students outside the classroom, including ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Student T, that he “loved to cuddle;” ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (c) remarked to Student U outside of the classroom, “I know where you live and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- if you are ever late again, I will knock down your door and drag you out of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- bed;” ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (d) remarked to Student O that he, “would love to see her wet in that;” when she ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- wore a red shirt to School; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (e) discussed “pieing” people in class as a “silly ambition” and stated in class he ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- knew Student C’s “secret ambition;” ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (f) drew diagrams on the board in class and referred to the drawings as boobs; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (g) complied with the requests of Student P and Student R, when he used the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- word “feather” or “feathers” in class to confirm that he was the person they ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- had chatted with on MSN Messenger on previous occasions, and then ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- winked at them when they laughed at his use of the word. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-26. The Member resigned as a teacher from the Board on or about 22 April 2008. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-27. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-truth of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 26 above (the “Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-28. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-paragraphs 5 to 25 above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf:1(19). The Member also acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-29. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- the right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official publication ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- of the College; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between his counsel and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not bind ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-30. The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the Rules of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-1996, chapter 12, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any other civil, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-31. In light of the uncontested facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Gavin John Bradford committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf:Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 26 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-(the “uncontested facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-(Exhibit 4). He acknowledged that the uncontested facts referred to in paragraph 5 to 25 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf:also acknowledged that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-During the 2006-2007 academic year, the Member communicated electronically via MSN ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-messenger with at least twenty-one Grade [XXX] female students. On several occasions, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-there was additional communication via webcam. The Member also communicated ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-inappropriately with students while at School. The inappropriate behaviour of the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-included but was not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- telling students his favourite swear words which were “fuck, bitch, shit and ass”; telling ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- the student he loved to swear and making a sentence using his favourite words, “This ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- slut is such a bitch and her tits are so big”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- repeatedly asking a student to wear a white shirt and pour or spill water on herself and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- in at least one instance asking the student to do so in front of the webcam while he ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- watched; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- asking a student if she would let him put a pie down her pants and if she would put a pie ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- down his pants; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- stating to another student that he would “let her put mud down his pants”; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- remarking to another student, “you have nice tits;” ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- requesting while two students were on webcam that they make a video “peeing” their ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- pants. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-The Committee finds that based on the Member’s aforementioned inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-communication with students, the Member committed acts of professional misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Committee also finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-appropriate penalty and introduced a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 5), which ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter would be that the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-Committee: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (a) directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- (b) directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- in summary form in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. The parties have not agreed to whether or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- not the Member’s name should be included and submissions will be made on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- that issue. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-Counsel for the College requested that the findings and order of the Committee be ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-published in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf: Member. Counsel submitted that while there was no sexual touching of the students, there ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- was an extensive record of inappropriate communication with many students. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- communications in this case were of a serious nature, starting out innocently and escalating. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Counsel indicated that there was something improper in what the Member was suggesting ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf: to the students; the Member made explicit sexual comments and used vulgar language. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Counsel submitted that the fact that the Member does not intend to return to Canada is ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- immaterial; there is nothing that prevents him from returning to Canada or from teaching in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Canada. Therefore this is a proper case for revocation and for publication of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- name. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- The Committee received a letter from the Member dated October 13, 2011 requesting that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- his name not be published. He indicated that he has been fully co-operative with the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- College throughout this prolonged investigation since April 2007, that he signed the plea of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- no contest and has no intention of living or working in Canada again. He also stated that he ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- wished to protect the good reputation of his ex-wife, who is a member of the College. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-1. The Registrar is directed to revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-2. The Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-The Member engaged in inappropriate communications over many months with more than ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-twenty grade [XXX] female students whom he taught. The behaviour may have started out ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-innocently but escalated to the point of using vulgar language and making improper ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf:suggestions of an explicit sexual nature. The communications were not school related and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-the majority of these communications occurred outside of the school, some as late as 10:36 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-p.m. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-Despite the fact that the Member co-operated with the College and indicated that he has no ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-intention of working in Canada, the Committee finds that this serious breach of trust ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-constitutes professional misconduct to the extent that warrants revocation of his certificate ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-and publication of his name. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-Revocation and publication with name is a specific and general deterrent in that it informs ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-the profession that members are expected to maintain appropriate professional boundaries ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-with students at all times. Further, such serious misconduct will result in the most serious ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty serves the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf-Date: December 12, 2011 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Danny Anckle ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Robert Ryan, OCT ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-“Committee”) on November 28, 2011 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 22, 2011 was served on Eric Gerard Brouillard, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-requesting his presence on May 3, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 28, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Eric Gerard Brouillard was not in attendance, nor was his counsel Kathleen Stokes. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-The allegations against Eric Gerard Brouillard in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-March 22, 2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Eric Gerard Brouillard is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-defined in subsection 30(2) and section 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- (d) he practised or purported to practise the profession while under the influence ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- of any substance or while adversely affected by dysfunction, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(8); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may cause ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- students under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- (h) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf: (j) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-A non-publication order was issued under subsection 464.4 of the Criminal Code, in the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The Committee is required to maintain this ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-publication ban imposed in the matter of Her Majesty the Queen and Eric Brouillard. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-There shall be no publication of any information that might tend to identify the victim ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 3), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-1. Eric Gerard Brouillard (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed as an elementary teacher by the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (the “Board”). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-3. At all material times, the Student was a [XXX] student whom the Member taught at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-the School. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-4. The Member had an inappropriate relationship with the Student in that he: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- (a) communicated electronically with the Student by e-mail, text messages ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- and/or social messaging sites such as Facebook; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- (b) planned social encounters with the Student using e-mail communication, text ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- messages and/or Facebook; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- (c) on or about June 3, 2009, kissed the Student on several occasions, in the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- back seat of his truck while at a community park. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-5. On or about July 7, 2009, the Member was charged with the following in that he: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf: (a) committed a sexual assault on the Student, contrary to Section 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf: (b) did for a sexual purpose touch the Student, a person under the age of sixteen ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- years directly with a part of his body, to wit: his mouth, contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 151(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- (c) being in a position of trust and authority towards the Student, a young ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf: person, did for a sexual purpose, touch directly the body of the Student, with ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- a part of his body, to wit: his mouth, contrary to Section 153(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-6. On or about November 9, 2009, the Member pleaded guilty and was found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-paragraph 5 (a) above. Paragraphs 5 (b) and 5 (c) above were withdrawn by the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-7. On or about November 9, 2009, the Member received a suspended sentence with ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-twenty-four (24) months of probation whereby he is to seek reasonable rehabilitative ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-assessment and counselling and he is not to be within one hundred (100) metres of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Student’s residence, school and/or place of employment. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-8. On or about November 5, 2009, the Member resigned his employment with the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Board. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-9. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit B is a certified copy of the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Justice Information, dated July 7, 2009, with respect to that charge. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-10. A certified copy of the Probation Order dated November 9, 2009, is attached as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Exhibit C. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-11. A copy of the transcript of the Proceedings on Plea of Guilty before Mr. Justice ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-W.M. Fitzgerald dated November 9, 2009 is attached as Exhibit D. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-12. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-truth of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 11 above (the “Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-13. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-paragraphs 3 to 6 above, constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(8), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf:sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-14. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(8), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf:1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 11 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-(the “uncontested facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-(Exhibit 3). He acknowledged that the uncontested facts referred to in paragraphs 3 to 6 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(8), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf:and 1(19). The Member also acknowledged that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Uncontested Fact and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-The Member had an inappropriate relationship with a [XXX] student whom he taught in that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-he communicated with the Student using electronic media such as e-mail, text messages ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-and/or social messaging sites such as Facebook. In these communications, the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-planned social encounters with the Student. This communication culminated on June 3, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-2009, where in a local park and in the backseat of his truck, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-inappropriate conduct with the Student. The conduct consisted of the Member kissing the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-student several times. This behaviour was uncovered by the Student’s mother who, upon ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-her [XXX] failure to return home, went in search of [XXX] and found [XXX] in the backseat ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-of the Member’s truck. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-As a result of this highly inappropriate conduct, the Member pleaded guilty to and was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf:convicted of one count of sexual assault contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-(Canada). The Member received a suspended sentence with 24 months probation. He was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-also prohibited from being within one hundred metres of the Student’s residence, school ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-and/or place of employment. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was committed by a person, where ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that there is no ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been granted. The Committee accepts as ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-fact, as detailed in the court transcripts, Exhibit 3, that the Member was convicted and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf:sentenced on one count of sexual assault on one of his [XXX] students. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and the resulting conviction for sexual ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-assault of one of his students as outlined herein, constitutes professional misconduct, being ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-1(8), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf:also engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-The Committee, in reaching a decision to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-and registration, took into consideration the admitted facts, the Member’s plea of no contest ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-and the evidence presented by counsel. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-The Member engaged in inappropriate relationship with a [XXX] student which culminated ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf:in a criminal conviction for sexual assault of the Student. The Committee finds the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Member’s conduct is disgraceful and unbecoming a member of the profession. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Member abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as a teacher, without regard ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-for the wellbeing of the Student. The conduct of the Member was unacceptable and in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-conflict with the duty of a teacher to protect students. The Member, as a result of his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-conduct, has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and being a member of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-the teaching profession. Revocation is the appropriate penalty for misconduct of this ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-severity. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, with the name of the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-advises the profession of the nature of the Member’s misconduct and the consequences for ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-such behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-As a specific deterrent, publication with name reinforces the gravity of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-behaviour. As a general deterrent, the public and the teaching profession will take note of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-the response of the Ontario College of Teachers in matters such as this. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-determined that arguments about the Member’s personal situation did not outweigh the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-need for transparency in such a serious case of misconduct. The Committee also took into ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-account the fact that the Member’s name was already disclosed in the criminal proceedings ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf-and that personal information had already been publicly shared. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-“Committee”) on January 31, 2011 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated October 20, 2008 was served on Richard Donald Lorne ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Burdett, requesting his presence on November 13, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for January 31, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Richard Donald Lorne Burdett was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-The allegations against Richard Donald Lorne Burdett in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-1) dated October 20, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Richard Donald Lorne Burdett is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1,1) of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-At the hearing on January 31, 2011, College counsel sought to withdraw the allegation of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-professional misconduct in paragraph (c), namely that the Member breached Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14). The Committee agrees that this allegation shall be ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-the facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest and Joint ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-1. Richard Donald Lorne Burdett (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] (the “School”) where he taught [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 3. At all material times, the Student was a female student of the School. The Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- [XXX] the Student [XXX] when she was in [XXX]. The Member was also a [XXX] for ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- which the Student [XXX] while she was in [XXX] and for another [XXX] for which ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- she was the [XXX] while she was in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-4. During the 2006-2007 academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (a) engaged in electronic communication with the Student of a personal ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf: and/or sexual nature; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf: (b) made inappropriate suggestions of a sexual nature to the Student and to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- one or more other female students; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (c) engaged in inappropriate communications regarding private relationships ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- of female students and their boyfriends; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (d) while on a school sponsored [XXX] [XXX], failed to discourage, and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- participated in an activity known as “spooning”, which was engaged in by ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- the Student and other female students in his bedroom. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-5. The spooning incident referred to at paragraph 4(d) and in the MSN electronic chats ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-(see below), involved approximately four female students, including the Student while ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-a group of the School’s students was at [XXX] with the Member during [XXX]. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-[XXX], known as [XXX], is not a [XXX] but is pre-booked for schools, youth ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-organizations and community groups. It has a dormitory and separate staff rooms. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-incident occurred in the Member’s bedroom. The Member was clothed during that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-incident but the students had on their pyjamas. The group from the School on the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-[XXX] comprised [XXX] students, a female teacher, and the Member. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-6. Copies of the MSN printouts of electronic chats referred to at paragraph 5(a) and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-which have references to the allegations at 5(b), 5(c) and 5(d) between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-the Student are attached as follows: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (a) 19-24 February 20, 2007 - prior to the [XXX] trip (pages 1-16 – Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- “B”); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (b) 23-29 March 2007 – after returning from the [XXX] trip (pages 1-26 – ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- Exhibit “C”); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (c) 29 March-5 April 2007 (pages 1-10 - Exhibit “D”) ; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (g) later that night, at 11:52 p.m., the Member wrote to the Student “Wow, I ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf: really think [XXX] (another student) wants me to have sex with her!” He ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- referred to [XXX] and that student was telling him all about how she ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- wanted to lose her virginity anytime to pretty much anyone. When they ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- got to her place, she made it very clear that her mom was out and wouldn’t ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- be home until late. After the Student suggested that [XXX] wanted to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- “hop on the Burdett bandwagon” the Member responded, “She just wants ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- to get laid. I could be anyone.” (p 12); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (h) a short while later, after the Student wrote to him, “Tell me you’d do me ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- before her, given the chance” the Member replied, “That would be ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- inappropriate.” “There are two things stopping me from doing you – ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- family and job.” The Student then said “Next year one of those things ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- won’t be relevant” and he replied “True enough” (12:10 a.m. p 13). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-9. Some of the inappropriate references contained in Exhibit C are: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (a) on 16 April at 11:08 p.m., when the Student referred to her mother being ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- rude to her boyfriend, the Member wrote, “could be because she knows he ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- is fucking her daughter.” (p 3) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (b) during a chat on 29 April the Student referred to the Member as “Rich” ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (11:41 p.m. p 16, and 12:03 a.m. p 19); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (c) at 12:09 a.m. on 30 April, the Member told the Student that he had most of ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- July, “here by myself. We can throw a little spoon fest here if you want.” ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (p 21). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-10. Many MSN chats between the member and the Student, referred to above, occurred ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-late at night and on weekends. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-11. In addition to the MSN chats referred to above, the Member also exchanged several ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-text messages over a considerable period of time with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf:12. There has been no sexual contact of a physical nature between the Member and the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Student. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-13. Mr. Burdett’s close relationship with [XXX] was not hidden from other students ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-and staff. He did not provide her with gifts, he did not make promises or threats, he did ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-not engineer opportunities to be with her, he did not alienate her from friends or family, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-he did not interfere in her personal or romantic life ([XXX] had a boyfriend throughout ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-the period in question). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-14. Upon being confronted with these allegations, the Member prompted admitted them ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-to his employer and acknowledged that his conduct was inappropriate and represented a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-significant lack of judgment. He voluntarily sought counselling to gain insight into his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-15. He has further voluntarily subjected himself to assessment by forensic psychiatrist ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Dr. Derek Pallandi, who completed a report dated 22 March 2010, attached as Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-“F”. Significant among Dr. Pallandi’s findings are: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf: (a) the Member does not suffer from a mental disorder or sexual deviancy (p. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 9); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf: (b) it cannot be rationally or reasonably concluded that a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- would have resulted from ongoing communication with [XXX] and any ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- such suggestion is purely speculative (p.10); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (c) the Member does not pose any significant physical risk to anyone nor a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf: risk of engaging in sexual harmful behaviour toward any person, including ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- a student (p.11); ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (d) that the Member need be subjected to no restrictions or limitations in his ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- teaching, other than continuing to teach adults until he has completed a ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- period of boundary course education and reported to a third party in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- respect of same. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-16. On or about 30 November 2007, following an investigation, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-suspended by the Board for a period of thirty (30) days without pay (Exhibit “G”). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 17. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- truth of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 – 14 (the “Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 18. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- paragraphs 5 to 10 above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18 - ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- dishonourable) and 1(19). Further, the Member pleads no contest to the allegation that ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf: he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 19. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-that Richard Donald Lorne Burdett committed acts of professional misconduct, being ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf:1(18) and 1(19); and further that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 14 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-(the “uncontested facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest, and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 2). He acknowledged that the uncontested facts ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-referred to in paragraphs 5 to 10 above constitute conduct which is professional ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-misconduct and pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- The Committee accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Statement ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest, and Joint Submission on Penalty. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Committee finds that during the 2006-2007 academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (a) engaged in electronic communication with a Student of a personal and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf: sexual nature; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf: (b) made inappropriate suggestions of a sexual nature to that Student and to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- one or more other female students; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (c) engaged in inappropriate communications regarding private relationships ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- of female students and their boyfriends; ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- (d) while on a school sponsored [XXX] [XXX], failed to discourage, and ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- participated in an activity known as “spooning”, which was engaged in by ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- the Student and other female students in his bedroom. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-By engaging in these activities, the Member committed acts of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-1(7), 1(15), 1(18 - dishonourable) and 1(19); and further that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf:sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-The Committee received submissions from Counsel for the College and Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Member with respect to publication of the Member’s name in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Counsel for the College argued that the Member’s name should be published. He ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-submitted that the nature and seriousness of the misconduct warranted publication of the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Member’s name. Counsel indicated that publication serves as both a specific and general ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-deterrent. He submitted that hearings are open to the public and that resulting decisions ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-are publicly accessible. In order to support the transparency of the proceedings, ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-publication of the Member’s name should follow. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Counsel for the Member argued that the matter is appropriate to warrant publication ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-without the Member’s name in the official publication of the College. Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-that the Member acknowledged the seriousness of his behaviour and voluntarily sought ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-counselling. The Member further agreed to assessment by a forensic psychiatrist. He ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-accepted and served a 30-day suspension from his Board. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf:Counsel further submitted that there was no grooming behaviour as there was no secrecy ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-with the Member’s relationship with the Student, and it was not hidden from other ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-The Committee determined that enrolment in a course of instruction regarding ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-maintaining appropriate boundaries with students will reinforce to the Member the ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-importance of respecting boundaries. Parents entrust the care of their children to ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 2011 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-members of the profession. By interacting with this Student inappropriately, the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-has breached the trust of students, parents, the public and the profession. The educative ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-nature of the boundaries course should ensure that the Member does not repeat this ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-behaviour and the fact of the course will reinforce to the public that the College treats ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-matters of this type very seriously. Further, the public interest is served by the Member ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-reviewing his progress with a psychiatrist to confirm that the Member poses no undue ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-risk to students. The Member must also initiate and participate in at least one Teacher ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Performance Appraisal within two years of his return to work. The results of these ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-reviews must be reported to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-The suspension of the Member’s certificate for one year is consistent with the seriousness ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-of the misconduct and serves as a specific and general deterrent to the profession. The ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-Committee viewed the Member’s actions as serious in nature. The Member pleaded no ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf:contest to the allegations of professional misconduct, including having engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-From approximately February to April 2007, the Member engaged in improper electronic ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf:communication of a personal and sexual nature with a Student, including a detailed ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf:recounting of a sexual fantasy dream involving himself and the Student. He made ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf:inappropriate suggestions of a sexual nature to that Student and to one or more other ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-female students; and engaged in inappropriate communications regarding private ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf-relationships of female students and their boyfriends. ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2011onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-The Member argued that the College has the burden of proof and that the Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-must consider the College’s failure to call more witnesses from his classes to validate the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-allegations against him. The Member quoted information related to adverse inference and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-noted that the College interviewed at least one student who was not called as a witness, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-“probably because he would not have been supportive to the party’s case.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-The Member made reference to two unnamed cases on the College website concerning ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-allegations proven against members with less than a year’s experience, one of whom had ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf:completed his NTIP process, but both those cases involved sexual abuse. He reminded ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-the Committee that those allegations were much more serious than those against him, and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-that his lack of experience should not be equated with incompetence. According to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-Member, his behaviour was not unethical or unprofessional, although he may have made ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-“an error on judgement”. The Member further stressed that the Committee must consider ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-the fact that he was educated outside Canada prior to his teacher education and that he ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-should not be expected “to behave and deal with students as any white teacher does.” The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-Member submitted that verbal abuse did not occur as the allegations took place over five ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-weeks and “each of them never occurred two or three times,” and that this whole process ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-was frivolous as all allegations were dealt with at the Board level. The Member cited a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-quote from a previous committee decision that stressed that the Board is better placed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-than the College to manage alleged misconduct issues. He also cited several cases that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-resulted in reprimands even though the charges were more serious than the allegations ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf-against him. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-“Committee”) on February 2, 2012 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 21, 2011 was served on Geoffrey Todd Daye, requesting ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-his presence on May 3, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for February 2, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-Geoffrey Todd Daye was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-The allegations against Geoffrey Todd Daye in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-March 21, 2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Geoffrey Todd Daye is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-At the hearing on February 2 2012, College counsel sought to withdraw the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-professional misconduct in paragraphs (c), (e) and (f), namely that the Member breached ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf:Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(15), 1(19) and that he engaged in sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-Committee agrees that these allegations shall be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-2. The Member was employed by the Durham Catholic District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-“Board”) at all material times hereto and was a music teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-“School”) in Oshawa, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-3. During the 2007-2008 academic year, the Student was a female Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-4. On or about April 21, 2008, the Member used a cellular phone of a male student that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-was confiscated by another teacher at the School and sent text messages to the Student from ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-the cellular phone. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-5. The Member sent the following text messages to the Student, Exhibit B: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- (a) “I see you in the hallway;” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- (b) “I think you are cute;” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- (c) “What are you doing this weekend?” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-6. If the Member were to testify, he would say that he intended to be humorous, but ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf:had no sexual intent. Nonetheless, the Member acknowledges that he did not think it ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-through and did not consider how the text messages would be perceived by the Student or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-other readers. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-7. On or about April 21, 2008, the Member saw the Student in between classes and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-told her that he was the one who sent the text messages. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-8. On or about April 30, 2008, the School had a pyjama day where students came to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-school in their pyjamas. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-9. On or about April 30, 2008, as the Student was standing by the vending machine at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-the School and the Member walked by and stated to the Student, “I like your pyjamas.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-10. By this document the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 above (the “Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- Decision and Reasons of the Discipline Committee; and that the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- has successfully completed the course; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- (c) the Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- Committee in summary form, without the name of the Member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-Both counsel argued that the reprimand was reasonable and appropriate to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-circumstances. The terms, conditions and limitations of an appropriate boundaries and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-boundary violations issues course of instruction and its successful completion and notation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-on the Register is appropriate as a remedial penalty. The Committee concurred. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-College Counsel submitted that there should be publication with name because the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf:Member’s action had a sexual overtone and could have caused concern and upset to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf:student. Member’s Counsel argued the comments were not intended to be sexual, yet the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-impact might have been different in reality. The comments occurred over a short period of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-time and were an attempt to be humorous and the result was unintended by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-Member’s Counsel further argued that publishing the Member’s name was disproportionate ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-to the action as this was an isolated error in judgment. The Member has acknowledged his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-guilt, is prepared to meet the terms, conditions and limitations. Additionally, Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-counsel argued that publication with name would destroy the Member’s reputation and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-prevent any return to teaching. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-The Committee determined that the penalty with its terms, conditions and limitations and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-publication without name would serve the public interest in the following manner: a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf-specific deterrent is achieved through a reprimand; a remedial effect is achieved through a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-This matter began before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-October 11, 2011, at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 19, 2009 was served on Gilmore Alexander Deans, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-requesting his presence on December 8, 2009 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for October 11, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Gilmore Alexander Deans (the “Member”) was in attendance for every hearing date listed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-above. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The allegations against Gilmore Alexander Deans in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-dated November 19, 2009 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Gilmore Alexander Deans is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-defined in subsection s 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-(the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the [XXX] District School ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Board (the “Board”). During the 2002-2005 academic years, the Member was a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-2. During the 2002-2003 academic year, the Student was a female Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-student of the Member at the School. At the commencement of the 2003-2004 academic ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-year, the Student moved to [XXX] School [XXX] where she entered Grade [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-3. During the 2003-2004 academic year, the Member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-electronic communication with the Student, which included, but was not limited to, his: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- (a) commenting about “blow jobs”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- (b) arranging to meet the Student outside of the School. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-4. The Member persisted with the inappropriate relationship with the Student and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-between the approximate dates of May 2004 and October 2004, he met the Student alone ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-on at least four occasions at different locations. He also continued to engage in electronic ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-communication with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-5. Between the approximate dates of May 2004 and October 2004, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- a. met with the Student for pizza; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-perception and ability to observe were also important factors. Self-interest in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-litigation and partisanship were also considered. The Committee was also very much ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-aware of the issues of probability and improbability. The Committee questioned any ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-instances of contradiction and inconsistency and the general sense of truthfulness of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The Evidence: Chronology, Witnesses and Exhibits ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Chronology: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-In 2002/2003, Student A was in grade [XXX] at [XXX]. The Member taught Student A ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-when she was in grades [XXX], [XXX], & [XXX]. The Member taught her various ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-subjects. The Member ran the school [XXX] program, in which Student A was a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-participant. In 2003/2004, Student A was in grade [XXX] at [XXX] School, while the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member remained at [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-In February, 2004, there were e-mails exchanged between the Member and Student A. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:One e-mail which had as its topic a reference to a sexual act, was reported by Student A ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-to another teacher. This report was followed by an investigation by CAS and a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-subsequent written reprimand of the Member, delivered April 29, 2004, by his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Superintendent. The Member also was required to take sensitivity training arranged by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-his Federation. Student A alleged that there were many other e-mails between her and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member but that most were lost due to a computer virus although some were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-subsequently retrieved by Student A [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The examination-in-chief of Student A continued. Student A responded to the question ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-about MSN communications with the Member by saying that she kept in touch with the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member after she left her elementary school and while she was a student at a nearby ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-secondary school. According to Student A, there was communication about meeting to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-fulfill [XXX] requirements and it was at this time that inappropriate e-mail exchanges ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-took place. Student A maintains that these MSN and e-mail communications had specific ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:sexualized content. For example, one question that she posed to the Member about “the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-wildest thing” that he had ever done produced a response about receiving a “blow job ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-while driving.” She also asserts that another discussion about producing a story resulted ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:in the Member developing a plot where the main characters engaged in sex. Student A ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-says that in these exchanges, terms like “and then his third leg kicked in,” “doggie style” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-and “taking shots off a girl’s stomach” were used and the majority came from the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member. Although Student A testified that the MSN and e-mail interactions were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-frequent, a virus on her computer destroyed the e-mails. She [XXX] able to retrieve ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-some. (These retrieved communications are shown in the “Exhibits” section.) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A testified that she shared some of her communications with another teacher, Ms. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Muras, in the elementary school. Student A stated that she believed Ms. Muras reported ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-this to the Principal and this led to the CAS investigation that followed. According to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A, she contacted the Member about her interview with CAS and alerted the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member to the possibility of CAS contacting him. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Meeting #1 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A testified that a meeting took place after a pizza lunch with another student, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student B, who was part of the clean-up crew at the Member’s classroom. She said this ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-occurred in June, 2004 and that the private meeting between them took place at a nearby ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-park. She claimed that she and the Member discussed the CAS investigation and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member’s situation. During the ensuing conversation, according to Student A, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member and Student A discussed their relationship and at one point, according to Student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-A, the Member stated that he was wondering what it would be like “to kiss you.” Student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-A testified the Member suggested that they meet again and then he drove her to within ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-one block of her home. Student A said she believed that the Member knew where she ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-lived because a previous drop-off had occurred at her home. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Meeting #2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-That summer, according to Student A, the Member took her to see a movie after which ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the two went to the same park as the meeting in June, 2004. Student A claims that the two ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-held hands and that the Member asked if the Student wanted to move closer. In her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-testimony, Student A stated that “it felt right even though I knew that it was wrong, and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-he agreed.” “I ended up sitting between his legs with my back to his chest.” “He had his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-arms around me.” “…And he was massaging my neck and back.” He asked about “what ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:colour underwear I was wearing.” “He said that I had sexy legs.” “He asked what I ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-wanted from him and I said to go all the way.” “He said that’s what he wanted, too.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-“Eventually he said that basically we could not continue our relationship because he ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-would go to jail and if anything happened he would lose his job.” Student A stated that at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the end of the meeting she was dropped off a block from her house. At the time Student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-A was [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A testified that the Member visited her current school for [XXX] activities three ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-to four times a year and that she also attended a [XXX] where she saw the Member in his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-role as a teacher. She reflected on her relationship with the Member and realized that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-what had happened between them “was just very wrong.” Student A stated that in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-spring of 2005, she learned that the Member was to be transferred to her high school ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-which produced a great deal of anxiety in her. According to Student A, she decided that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-she needed help and contacted the Kids Help Phone by e-mail in July. Later, she allowed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-her [XXX], who was also a teacher at the elementary school, to read her e-mail exchange ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-with Kids Help Phone. The teacher phoned Student A’s mother [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-In cross-examination by Member’s counsel, Student A admitted to various aspects about ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the nature of the relationship with the Member. Student A agreed that she actively ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-pursued a relationship with the Member. She was [XXX] years old at the time and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-conceded that her behaviour may have been inappropriate. “I was [XXX] years old and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-blinded by my own romantic notions.” Student A insisted that the Member initiated the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:stories that veered off into areas of sexual practice. She testified that the Member said to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-her “I would love to make love to you” and “I’m picturing holding you like this in a bed.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-She insisted that the Member gave out “mixed messages” about the possibility of having ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:sex. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-In response to a question by Member’s counsel, “Mr. Deans indicated to you on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-numerous occasions that he was not prepared to engage further in a relationship with you, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-did he not?” Student A said “yes, but then he would continue to meet with me.” Student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-A admitted to pushing continuously for a stronger relationship. “We did meet again, but I ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member that they were potentially unprofessional activity. The Member never produced ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the MSN and e-mail communications. After a number of days of non-compliance with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the request, Ms. Lester suggested that the Member should call his union representative. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Ms. Lester stated that she was told by the union that its position was that there was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-nothing there that should interest school administrators, the CAS [XXX]. Ms. Lester ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-confirmed that she consulted with her superintendent. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-According to Ms. Lester, a letter of reprimand dated April 29, 2004, was given to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member. She averred that, at the meeting in which the letter was given, a review of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers’ Professional Advisory: “Professional Misconduct Related ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-to Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct” was undertaken. She also affirmed that a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-special focus was made on the directive “professional misconduct includes but is not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:limited to any sexual relationship with a student regardless of the age of the student, a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-former student under the age of 18, a former student who suffers from a disability ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-affecting his or her ability to consent to a relationship.” Further, Ms. Lester confirmed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-that the Member was informed that the advisory states “responsibility for ensuring that a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-member/student relationship is professional and appropriate rests with the member and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-not the student. This remains the case even if it is the student who attempts to initiate the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-inappropriate relationship. Any conduct directed to establishing such a relationship may ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-constitute professional misconduct.” Ms. Lester stated that the Member received training ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-in this directive. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-In cross-examination, and in response to a question about student instigation of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-inappropriate behaviour and whether this should be a factor in mitigating potential ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:When asked about electronic responses that may have been sexual in nature, his response ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-was that he was just trying to be “factual.” He admitted that this may have been in poor ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-judgement and as a result, he was subject to disciplinary action and reprimand. He ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-confirmed that he took a sensitivity training course arranged by his union and then ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-informed Student A that he would no longer be available online. This was in the spring of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-2004. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The Member stated that, at the end of the 2004 school year, in June, several former ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-students came to his classroom. Included in this group were Student A and Student B. He ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-stated that the two students were treated to a pizza lunch after which Student A and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member went to a nearby park to talk about her concerns. The Member said that he chose ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-this location. At that meeting, the Member confirmed that he was a “close friend” of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:Student A but that there was no sexual overtone whatever. The Member testified that he ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-told the Student that there would be no further meeting. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-According to the Member, he agreed to a second meeting at the insistence of Student A ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-who said that she wanted “closure.” The Member verified that this meeting was arranged ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-through MSN and it was initiated by Student A. The Member admitted that he and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A saw a movie together before going to a park to talk. The Member recalled that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-he chose the movie. The Member stated that there was no physical contact at the park but ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-admitted that the two sat on the grass. During the meeting, according to the Member, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:Student expressed “a desire to have sex.” The Member stated that his response was “that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-that could not happen.” He also said that “they should not meet again in any context.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The Member acknowledged that it was an understanding that the Student had developed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:“really strong, romantic feelings and that she wanted to have sex.” Initially, they sat side ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-by side on the grass. When they changed location, the Member testified that “she sat in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-front of me and leaned back.” He claimed that he did not kiss her at any time during the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-course of this meeting. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The Member stated that Student A was very persistent and initiated another meeting. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Again, this was arranged through MSN. The Member’s rationale for agreeing to the third ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-meeting was that he believed that he could defuse the situation and that he could ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-convince Student A that the relationship, such as it was, should end. The Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-asserted that he realized that he had a “mess” on his hands and that he had made “several ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-errors in judgement.” He believed that Student A would eventually come to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-realization that the relationship was untenable. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The Member verified that the fourth meeting occurred because he “foolishly …agreed to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-meet with her.” Again, he stated, this meeting was arranged at the request of Student A. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-At this meeting, by his own admission, the Member kissed the student and there was a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-hug. The Member asserts that this was a “…simultaneous contact. We were just basically ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-saying our goodbyes.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-It was the Member’s position that he was just trying to calm an overly enthusiastic ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-student by talking to her, with a view to convincing her that her desire to be with him was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-inappropriate. He lamented that he was not successful in this action. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Under cross-examination, the Member agreed with a number of propositions put to him ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-by College Counsel. He agreed that he demonstrated bad judgement and used ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-inappropriate language in his relations with this student. He agreed that when he was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:reprimanded in April, 2004, he reviewed the professional advisory on sexual misconduct ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:with his superintendent. He agreed that he was made aware of all aspects of sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:misconduct including “sexual touching.” He agreed that he was made aware that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-responsibility lay with the teacher in these matters. He agreed that the sensitivity training ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-had a specific focus on recognizing boundaries. He said that he also understood that, even ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:if initiated by a student, any sexual misconduct was the responsibility of the teacher. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:Member made it clear that he did not agree the kiss was a sexual act. The Member did ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-agree that he was 41 and that Student A was [XXX] and that he was the professional. He ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-also agreed that he could have said no. He affirmed that he could have spoken to his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-principal. He agreed that, in hindsight, he could have done more to stop the interaction ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-with Student A. He also agreed the drop-offs a block from the Student’s house were done ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-because he did not want Student A’s father to see them together as it was inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-He agreed that he knew that the meetings were unprofessional. He admitted to some ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-details of the meetings including the hug and the kiss, but insisted that the kiss was never ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-a romantic one and was unintended. He said “each time I met with her she promised me ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-that this would be the last time and if I could just meet with her and hear her out, and then ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-that would be it. And I believed her.” The Member testified that he met with Student A ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-“to get her to basically leave me alone and to leave the situation alone.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The Exhibits ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Exhibit 1: Notice of Hearing dated November 19, 2009 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Exhibit 2: E-mail from Student A to Deans dated February 19, 2004 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Exhibit 16: Letter from Robert Dunn, Superintendent, to Gilmore Deans dated April 29, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-2004 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Exhibit 16 is a letter of reprimand delivered in person, to the Member as a result of his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-unprofessional conduct in an early e-mail communication with Student A. This incident ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-was reported to the principal of the elementary school on February 25, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The letter reviewed the nature of the electronic communication with Student A, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:particularly an inappropriate sexual comment that was confirmed by the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-[XXX] Children’s Aid Society concluded that the Member “interacted inappropriately ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:with a child” and advised him “to refrain from communicating in sexually provocative ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-terminology with children as this places them at risk.” Furthermore, the Society ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-indicated that it had no further role “at this time.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The letter references a meeting on April 26, 2004 during which the Member reviewed the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Professional Advisory: “Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Misconduct”, Ontario College of Teachers, September 27, 2002 with Superintendent ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Robert Dunn in the presence of his union representative, his principal and former ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-principal. The Member also agreed to participate in sensitivity training on boundaries, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-and was made aware of his failure to exercise his responsibility of professionalism ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-toward students. He was also advised that any repeat of this, or similar behaviour, would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-result in additional disciplinary action which may include termination. It was determined ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-at that time that there would be no referral to the Ontario College of Teachers even ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-though his actions were considered “unprofessional conduct” by the School Board. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:When cross-examined, the Member agreed that he understood or was aware that: sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:relationships with a student included any form of sexual touching and remarks of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:nature; sexual relationships with former students under the age of 18 amounted to sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-misconduct and; it was his responsibility as the teacher to ensure that relationships with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-students remained professional. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Exhibit17: Ontario College of Teachers’ Professional Advisory: “Professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Exhibit 17 is the Professional Advisory referenced in the letter of reprimand dated April ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-29, 2004, which was given to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Exhibit 18: Memo to file by Daniela De Bartolo dated March 30, 2011 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Exhibit 18 is a record of a telephone conversation between Danuta Muras who was a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-teacher of Student A at the elementary school and a family friend. This memo confirms ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-that Ms. Muras contacted the principal after being told by Student A about one allegedly ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-inappropriate MSN conversation between Student A and the Member. The memo also ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-confirmed Student A confiding to Ms. Muras about meetings with the Member outside of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-school. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Exhibit 19: Handwritten Notes of Ms. Muras dated August 23, 2005 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Exhibit 19 consists of two pages of notes outlining events of which the teacher had been ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-made aware by Student A. In her testimony, Ms. Muras said that her purpose in drafting ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-these notes was to provide a record of what Student A had said. She acknowledged it had ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-to do with meeting in person when she and Student A went grocery shopping. Ms. Muras ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 28 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Exhibit 24 is a collection of awards and acknowledgments given to the Member for his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-contribution to education, in the school and in the community. Included are two letters ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-from parents complimenting him on his leadership in the [XXX] field at the school. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-On February 17, 2012, after hearing all the evidence, the Committee rendered the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-following oral decision: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-by Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-that Gilmore Alexander Deans committed acts of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Credibility ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A consistently told a credible story of her interactions with the Member in 2003- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-2005. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Her account is supported by copies of e-mail and MSN communications during that time. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-These messages document an ever intensifying relationship between Student A and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member. From a review of these messages and testimony relevant to them, it is clear that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the parties knew and understood the inappropriate nature of their relationship. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 30 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A is credible when she recounts that what started as a not quite innocent ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-exchange with the Member – asking him about the “wildest thing” he had ever done - ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:turned into a sexualized communication. His sexualized and graphic reply caught her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-quite off-guard, while the Member has stated “I answered it as a factual question.” But ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:through his response, the Member turned the question, as well as his answer, into a sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-subject – very explicitly so. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A readily admitted that her communication style with the Member was too ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-personal, intrusive and informal, but, she asserted, appropriate from the standpoint of a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-[XXX] -year-old student. Student A readily admitted to the use of colloquial expressions ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:for sexual acts. This was done during the development of a “story line” on MSN initiated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-by the Member. Student A was surprised at how quickly the Member turned the story ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:line into a sexually charged story about a sexual act. Student A admitted that she ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:continued in the vein established by the Member in the development of the sexualized ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-story line. Student A was very clear about her participation and who took ownership of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-particular phrases of plot line. The Member, according to Student A, was very proactive ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-in the development of the story. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A was very clear about her memory of when and where meetings with the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member occurred. Student A was able to recount what was said at these meetings and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-who said it with detail and clarity. At the same time, she was clear about the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-choreography of interactions. Student A described hugging, kissing, holding, leaning and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-sitting against the Member on each of these occasions in great specificity. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 31 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A was confident in her responses about the clandestine nature of the meetings. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-She asked that she be dropped off a block from her home following each meeting. She ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-accepted the secret nature of their relationship. She understood the professional danger to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the Member. However, in her response during cross-examination, she asserted that she ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-was [XXX] and the Member was the adult. Under cross-examination she stated “…but ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-then he would continue to meet with me.” Student A admitted that she was not prepared ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:to take rejection from the Member. She further admitted that she would have had sex with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the Member early in their relationship, if given the opportunity. She was determined to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-pursue him, but it was always his option to refuse to see her. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Throughout her testimony, in chief and in cross-examination, Student A made some ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-reference to her notes. These notes were the subject of a voir dire hearing at the outset of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-her testimony. The Committee reserved the right to apply weight appropriate to the use of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the notes once they were better able to assess the reliance that Student A placed on them. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The Committee is of the opinion that the notes did not play a significant part in assisting ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-in the testimony of Student A. Whether referring to her notes or not, the testimony of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A presented as clear and cogent recollection. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A was strong in her reaction to the suggestion of Member’s Counsel that she was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the instigator and pursuer in her relationship with the Member. In response to questions ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-about why she continued to pursue the Member, Student A replied, “…because I couldn’t ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-see it at the time because I was [XXX] years old and blinded by my own romantic ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 32 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Under cross-examination, Ms. Lester was guided to accept the premise that since Student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-A was the instigator, then there should be some contextual consideration for the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member’s behaviour. Ms. Lester was adamant that this was not the case. The policy of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the Board and the Advisory was that the teacher was always responsible for the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-relationship between a student and teacher. There was no room for consideration of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-student culpability. Her response was “professional misconduct is professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-misconduct.” As far as Ms. Lester was concerned, the Member was reprimanded for ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-“poor professional judgement” and that is where the matter was left. Ms. Lester would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-not be swayed to any other interpretation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-As far as the Board was concerned, at the time the intent was that the Member should ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-move on with his career, and be more careful about his communication choices. There ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-was no need for any more action against the Member. It was assumed that the letter of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-reprimand and sensitivity training had addressed the issue. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Ms. Lester’s testimony was credible, to the point, informed and useful. She was strong ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-and forthright and helped to establish that, as far as the Board was concerned, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member could proceed with his career. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Danuta Muras was a [XXX] of Student A, and a teacher at the same school as the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member. Her testimony at the hearing was significant since she was the conduit by which ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:the Principal came to know about the sexually charged electronic communication in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:first instance of poor professional judgement, when the Member responded in sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-terms to Student A’s question about the “wildest thing” he’d ever done. Ms. Muras also ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 35 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The Committee felt that the Member’s stated motivation and logic behind his behaviour ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-lacked credibility. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-In reference to the Member’s contention that MSN and electronic communication was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-instigated by students, the obvious question is why take this communication down an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-inappropriate path? The Member admitted to this. The Member admitted that he was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-exercising bad judgement. Unfortunately, this pattern of bad judgement continued. To ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-respond to a student’s inquiry about bad behaviour with a “factual response” that is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:sexually charged seems to be naïve at best. The Member ultimately was disciplined by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the Board for that conduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Even after taking sensitivity training and being made fully aware of the relevant ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-information referenced in the Professional Advisory, the Member agreed to meet with the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student for work in his classroom, a pizza and then after that a private meeting set in a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-nearby park. The Member admits to this event and even admits to telling Student A that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-he was “a close friend” to her. The next meeting, according to the Member, was agreed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-to on the insistence of Student A. The Member selected a pre-meeting movie. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member recounted the same story about what was said during the meeting. The stories of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the two participants mesh very well. Even the Member’s description of the physical ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-contact, when Student A sat between the Member’s legs with her back to him, closely ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-parallels the account of Student. A fourth meeting took place and, once again, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member responded to the invitation of Student A. The Member took an active role in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-arranging this meeting. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 37 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Credibility: Exhibits ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Credibility is further supported by a review of the Exhibits. Exhibits 2 and 3 support the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-increasingly personal tone of the communication between the Member and Student A. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Further, while Exhibit 8 shows Student A trying to arrange a meeting, Exhibits 5 and 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-indicate clearly that the Member was an active participant in arranging the meetings that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-occurred. In Exhibit 10, the Member uses informal text-talk better suited to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-communication between youth, and shares information about his personal habits. This ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-further supports the Committee’s assessment of the escalating personal tone of their ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-communications. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-In Exhibit 11, the Member did not dispute the language of Student A when she wrote that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-“what happened between us before was so wrong.” The Member had a clear opportunity ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-to correct her view of their relationship. He did not. Having done so would have ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-supported the Member’s credibility. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Nothing in the Exhibits supports the Member’s testimony that he made a concerted effort ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-to end the relationship and extricate himself from the situation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Counsel Closing Submissions ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-College Counsel opened her comments with the statement “… it is the teacher’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-responsibility to ensure that a relationship with a student remains professional.” “An ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:inappropriate relationship with a student, especially one that has a sexual connotation, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:amounts to professional and sexual misconduct.” Most of the allegations are not in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-dispute. Allegations 5(c) (d) (f) (g) are in dispute. College Counsel said that “…there is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 39 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-not any evidence before this Committee that was led on any of the four facts that were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-not admitted.” Student A was never cross-examined on these allegations by Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Counsel. It was the contention of College Counsel that Member’s Counsel had full ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-opportunity to bring evidence forward to dispute these allegations and did not. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-College Counsel reminded the Committee of the burden of proof that is the balance of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-probabilities and that there was no higher standard for the tribunal to consider. College ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Counsel reviewed the credibility of the four witnesses and stated “…Student A has been ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-corroborated by Ms. Lester, Ms. Muras and by Mr. Deans himself.” “The only difference ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-in Student A’s testimony is that she has added additional details to what occurred at those ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-meetings.” “She has added that Mr. Deans did, in fact, tell her that he loved her. That he ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-wanted to be in bed with her. That he did, in fact, rub his body against hers and touched ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-or attempted to touch her breast.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-College Counsel did not accept that Student A was at fault as an instigator of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-relationship. Student A may have admitted to the instigation, but that is not the issue. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The behaviour of the Member is at issue. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-College Counsel reviewed for the Committee the specifics of the four meetings that took ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-place in two parks. Many of the activities that took place in the parks, and the manner in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-which the meetings were arranged, have been admitted by the Member. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-states that Student A’s memory of these meetings, and what transpired during them, is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:detailed and describes behaviour that is sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 40 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The secretive nature of the meetings speaks to their impropriety. Both the Member and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A were very aware and gave evidence to the fact that they did not want Student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-A’s father to see them together. The Member gave evidence that he was aware that his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-meetings with Student A were inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-College Counsel also reminded the Committee of elements raised during the hearing ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-which could be considered not relevant to the Committee’s decision. It was not relevant ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-that Student A was no longer a student of the Member when the incidents occurred or that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:she initiated the meetings. The Professional Advisory clearly states “…that any sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-relationship with a student, whether it be even with a former student under the age of 18, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-amounts to professional misconduct.” “There is only one professional in such a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-relationship, and that is the teacher.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-College Counsel stressed that the meetings between the Member and Student A occurred ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-within mere weeks of the Member having been reprimanded for inappropriate electronic ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-communications with Student A, and after having completed sensitivity training. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-reprimand was intended to reinforce for the Member the standards of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-of Teachers as outlined in the Professional Advisory and the expectations of the school ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Board. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the tone of the meetings and the events that occurred ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:amounted to professional misconduct and sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 41 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel opened his closing submission by replying to the issue raised by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-College Counsel of the failure to cross-examine Student A on four allegations. Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Counsel argued that simply because there was no recognition of the allegations through ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-cross-examination, it does not make them true. In fact, “it would be a fundamental error ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-of law” to think so. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted the Member was not challenged in cross-examination in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-respect of the four contested facts. He further submitted that the only issue before the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:Committe, therefore, is the issue of sexual misconduct as it is associated with the hug and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the kiss during the fourth meeting. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-College Counsel submitted that Student A was “a student” and that the Professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Advisory was very clear about the Member’s responsibility to her. Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-suggested that since Student A was in a different school, that the Advisory applied in a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-different manner. It was his submission “…that this Tribunal must conduct a contextual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-analysis of alleged misconduct and that in the event of a finding of such misconduct, that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-that contextual analysis must be subject to a proportionality assessment in coming to or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-addressing any question in respect of sanction.” At this point, the Chair suggested that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-this would be an appropriate issue at the penalty phase of the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that Student A was the initiator of all the communications: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-“…Student A was the one who initiated all of the communications that are the subject of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-this complaint” and “…that does, in fact, make her the aggressor.” “[The Member] was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the one in a significant position of vulnerability relative to the student.” Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 42 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Counsel continued that the Member was at serious risk. He could be disciplined, [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-he was at the risk of investigation by CAS, he was at the risk of complaints to Student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-A’s parents and he also ran the risk of complaints to his school Board. He was even at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-the risk of complaint to his pregnant wife and the potential loss of his family. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel suggested that “Despite these threats and acts of intimidation, [the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member] never took steps to preclude Student A from communicating with third parties ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-or authorities. He never acted in reprisal or retaliation.” “If anything, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-sensitivity to the student was his undoing.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that the majority of the allegations are relatively minor. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:There is no allegation of sexual intercourse. The majority of allegations relate to minor ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-verbal communications between the parties. Even the good-bye kiss and hug which ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A initiated were done in an effort to end communications. From the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:perspective, any personal contact between the two was completely non-sexual. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that his client was a responsible person. “If he truly ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:wanted a sexual relationship with [Student A], he could have had it. It was offered to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-him on a platter. He didn’t want it. It’s not what he wanted. He consistently rejected it.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A never expressed any fear or apprehension in her relationship with the Member, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-despite her comments to the contrary in her e-mail communication with the Kids Help ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Phone. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 43 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel contends that Student A had feelings for the Member and wanted to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:have sex with him. In spite of this assertion, which was acknowledged by Student A, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member continually attempted to gently and responsibly break off the relationship. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member was unsuccessful in his well-intentioned efforts. The Member’s effort at dealing ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-with the situation and his failure is a reflection of bad judgment and, therefore, should not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:be considered “culpable conduct and particularly sexual misconduct...” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that the Member had already been disciplined by his Board ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-for inappropriate comments. It would be, therefore, inappropriate for the Member to be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-disciplined once again as it would amount to “double punishment” and would be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-disproportionate. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Summary ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The Member was found to be guilty of professional misconduct, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:Further, the Committee found that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The Member has agreed to several of the particulars of the allegations in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Hearing, but has not accepted four key allegations: 5(c) (d) (f) (g). The Member did not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-agree with the ‘nature’ of the hug and kiss referenced in 5(e), but did concede that they ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-had occurred. Taken together, the sum total of all the allegations, regardless of their ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-‘nature,’ indicates behaviour that is far beyond acceptable in any setting, particularly ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-between teacher and student. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 44 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Submission of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The College sought revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Registration and publication of the findings with the Member’s name. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-College Counsel provided three Ontario College of Teachers Discipline Decisions in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-which revocation was the penalty. These cases were similar to the matter at hand. These ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-cases share the following similarities: inappropriate electronic communication with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:explicit sexual overtones; sexual touching or attempted touching of the breast and leg, as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:well as massaging and kissing; and discussions of a sexual nature, meetings and movies ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-outside of school hours. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-College Counsel also addressed the issue of aggravating factors, the first being that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member had been reprimanded by his school Board for unprofessional conduct. It was at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-this time that he was made fully aware of his responsibilities as an educator. He was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-required to complete sensitivity training. Nonetheless, according to College Counsel, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member continued in his inappropriate behaviour, escalating to the point of kissing ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Student A, hugging Student A and attempting to touch Student A’s breast. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Second, College Counsel submitted that the Member admitted to the particulars of some ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-of the allegations only after three days of hearings, thereby causing undue stress to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The third aggravating factor, according to College Counsel, is that the Member does not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-fully understand the seriousness of his misconduct and, through his Counsel, suggested ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:that Student A was the aggressor and instigator and was the cause of his sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 48 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Pratt; Frederick Brent Holden; Gregory Allan Miller; Richard Joseph Poremba; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Tony Mario Aquino. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel guided the Committee through these cases and their penalties with a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-view to highlighting the principle of proportionality. He reinforced for the Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-that the penalty must fit the offence. In the Committee’s view not all of the examples ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-were similar to the one at hand. Some were similar in that they dealt with professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:misconduct of a sexual nature. Even in those cases, the degrees of similarity and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-applicability were, from the viewpoint of the Committee, insufficient. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Turning from the comments on the Brief of Authorities, Member’s Counsel commented ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-favourably on the Member’s reputation as a “top-rate teacher” and contributor to school, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-students and community. He further stated that “this is not a situation of a teacher ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-attempting to seduce and/or pursue a student. This is a situation of a teacher, against all ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-odds, attempting to end the communications.” Member’s Counsel submitted that in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-regard to the potential danger to the Member of losing his job, family and reputation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-“…she was aware of and acknowledged but nevertheless intentionally and deliberately ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-disregarded [these dangers] in her continued pursuit of [the Member].” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel addressed the issue of the consensual nature of the relationship. Who ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-initiated the relationship, student or teacher? “…there must be a contextual analysis ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-bearing in mind all of the circumstances …” Proportionality examines the nature of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-offence and the conduct, the background of the Member, and the prospect of re- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 50 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-penalty of a suspension of six months, and certainly less than one year, would be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-sufficient. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Reasons for the Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-With regard to the issue of publication, there will be publication in summary in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-without the name of the Member. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The Committee considered very carefully all of the submissions. Revocation is, in this ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-situation, the only acceptable option. The Member demonstrated through his choices and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-subsequent path, that he was not only unable, but unwilling, to terminate his relationship ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-with Student A. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-The Committee strongly believes that the Member, when given such a clear message ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-through a formal reprimand from his employer, should have ended all communication ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-with Student A. When she attempted to renew communication with the Member, he ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-responded affirmatively, when he knew that he should not, and knew that it was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-unprofessional to do so. In the view of the Committee, the Member disregarded very ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-specific rules and some very good advice. He willfully chose to continue this ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-inappropriate relationship. Not to revoke would deny the true nature of this matter. This ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf:is, after all, a case of sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-Revocation is a specific deterrent to the Member in that it will remind him of his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-obligation to conduct himself professionally at all times. By revocation he will realize ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-that teachers are always in the public eye and are held to a high standard. Their ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-behaviour must be beyond reproach in their relationships with persons in their care, and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf-particularly their students. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- 52 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-to use the Member’s computer to surf the Internet and upon entering a website into the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf:search field, websites linked to child pornography popped up. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-4. The Member’s son confronted the Member about it and the Member did not deny ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf:searching for child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-5. The Member’s son reported what he saw to the police. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-6. On or about January 5, 2011, the Member was charged by the Oshawa Police ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-Service that he on or about December 26, 2010 at the City of Oshawa, did without lawful ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf:excuse, possess child pornography, contrary to Section 163.1, subsection (4) of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-7. On or about May 6, 2011, the Member was found guilty of paragraph 6 above and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-received a sentence of twelve (12) days incarceration to be served intermittently and two ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-(2) years probation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-8. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a certified copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-Court of Justice Information, dated January 5, 2011, with respect to that charge. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-9. A certified copy of the Probation Order dated May 6, 2011, is attached as Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-“C”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-10. A certified copy of the Prohibition Order dated May 6, 2011, is attached as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-Exhibit “D”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-11. A copy of the transcript of Proceedings made on May 6, 2011 before Justice M. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-Block is attached as Exhibit “E”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest, dated January 16, 2012 (Exhibit 2) and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-Questions to be answered by John George Drynan in Respect of his Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-as Set Out in the Statement of Uncontested Facts, Plea of No Contest…(Exhibit 3). Both ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-exhibits had been signed by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 11 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-(the “uncontested facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-(Exhibit 2). He acknowledged that the uncontested facts referred to in paragraphs 3 and 7 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct. The Committee accepted the Member’s plea of no ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-contest and the facts in the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-It is uncontested that the Member was charged and convicted of possession of child ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf:pornography, contrary to Section 163.1, subsection (4) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-Further, the Member received a sentence of twelve (12) days incarceration to be served ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-intermittently and two (2) years probation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers allow the Committee to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-accept as proof that an offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-contrary and that no appeal has been granted. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf:The Member was found guilty of possession of child pornography as per section 163.1(4) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-of the Criminal Code (Canada), May 6, 2011. The Member was sentenced to 12 days of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-incarceration and two years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-In light of the Member’s criminal conviction, the Committee accepts his plea of no ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-contest. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s possession of child pornography and his criminal ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf:conviction for possession of child pornography constitute acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-1. The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter would be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- (a) directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- (b) directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- Committee in summary form, including the Member’s name, in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- 1. The Registrar is directed to revoke the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- 2. The Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-The Member was charged under the Criminal Code (Canada) and convicted of possession ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf:of child pornography. Possession of child pornography is a crime against children and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-perpetuates a market which thrives on the abuse of children. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member, by possessing child pornography and by being ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf:convicted of possession of child pornography, is not suitable to be in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-and authority over children. The Member has brought the profession into disrepute and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-has lost the trust of the public. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-The Member has been convicted, incarcerated, and sentenced to probation for a period of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-two years. In addition, a Prohibition Order is in place for a period of 10 years, to ensure ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-the Member is not in the presence of any child under 16 years of age. This Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-should not be permitted to teach in Ontario. Therefore, his Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-and Registration must be revoked. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession provides both a specific ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf-deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to the profession while advising and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 1. Paul André Dumais (the “Member”) is a member of the College. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 2. At all times during the relevant period, the Member was employed by the Conseil ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (the “Board”) as a teacher at École ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- élémentaire publique Jeanne-Sauvé (the “School”) in Ottawa. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf: 3. On February 6, 2009, the Member had child pornography in his possession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 4. On March 23, 2009, the Member was arrested and charged with possession of child ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf: pornography (Criminal Code, sect. 163.1(4). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 5. On September 8, 2010, the Member pleaded guilty to the offence of possessing ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf: child pornography (Criminal Code, sect. 163.1(4). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 6. On January 11, 2011, the Member was sentenced to nine months in prison and to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- one year of probation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 7. The aforesaid criminal charges are public knowledge because of the media coverage ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- they received. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-The Member did not deny the allegations stated in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Evidence Presented by the College: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Member’s Information Sheet (Exhibit 2) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Paul André Dumais is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers, as stated in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Information Sheet. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Collection of Legal Documents – Her Majesty the Queen v. Paul André Dumais (Exhibit 3) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-This document contains certified copies of: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-A. Information from the Court – March 24, 2009 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-B. Indictment – January 26, 2010 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-C. Probation Order – January 10, 2011 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-This document also includes: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-D. Decision of the Honourable Madam Justice Ratushny – January 10, 2011 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-The Collection of Legal Documents is the initial evidence used by Counsel for the College in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-support of her arguments. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Counsel for the College noted the following facts: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-a) The Member was arrested on March 23, 2009, and was charged with possession of child ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf:pornography under section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Exhibit 3, Tab A). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf:b) The Member pleaded guilty to the offence of possessing child pornography under section ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf:163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Exhibit 3, Tab B). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-c) The Member was sentenced to nine months in prison and to one year of probation (Exhibit 3, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Tab C). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-In the transcript of her oral decision (Exhibit 3, Tab D), Judge Ratushny noted that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-“It was discovered that his peripheral computer devices had 170 pictures and 44 films of a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf:pornographic nature depicting sexual activities (fellatio, penetration and voyeurism) involving ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-intimate parts of the bodies of young girls.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf:Counsel for the College quoted Judge Ratushny: “Child pornography is a serious crime; by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-downloading and having these images in his possession, Mr. Dumais participated in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-repeated victimization of the unfortunate children shown in the photographs. He watched their ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-unending virtual rape. By taking these images for his own use, he also participated in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-market created by this type of odious crime and encouraged the exploitation thereof. As a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-result, he unknowingly spurred other people on to victimize even more children and to carry ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-out the same act of violence on them.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Evidence Presented by the Member: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-The Member presented no admissible evidence at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Having reviewed the relevant and admissible exhibits together with the submissions of Counsel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-for the College and of the Member’s counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Paul André Dumais ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-committed an act of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19), as set out in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-The Committee may, at its discretion, admit the transcripts of proceedings resulting in a guilty ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-verdict for a person, and may accept as proof the specific findings of fact indicated in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-grounds for the decision and sentencing before a court in Canada (Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee, Rules 13.03 and 13.04). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf:The Member pleaded guilty to the offence of possessing child pornography (Criminal Code, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-section 163.1(4)) on January 10, 2011, before the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-The Member was sentenced to nine months in prison and to one year of probation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Given that the Member pleaded guilty to criminal charges and considering the sentencing and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-penalty imposed on him, the Committee finds that he committed professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF THE COLLEGE ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Submissions Presented by the College: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Counsel for the College indicated in her submissions that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf: 1. Possession of child pornography is a crime, regardless of the number of pictures or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- videos. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 2. In this case, there were 170 pictures and 44 videos of a graphic nature, including some ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- with instances of violence. This is an offence warranting revocation of the certificate of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 3. It is important that this crime be exposed; this is a serious offence that needs to be a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- deterrent to the teaching population and to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 4. The Committee has the responsibility of protecting the reputation of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 5. Revocation and publication of the Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- parler profession will send a clear message to the profession and protect the public ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- interest. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-SUBMISSION OF THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Submissions Presented by the Member: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-The Member set out the following points in his submissions: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 1. He accepts responsibility for his actions; he is sorry that he did what he did and will ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- regret it for the rest of his life. He admits that what he did was seriously blameworthy ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- and that he has learned a “very hard lesson.” He has not taught for two years. He has ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- already been punished for his actions and has sustained considerable loss. He now has a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- criminal record and feels humiliated in front of his colleagues, family and friends. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 2. He viewed all the digital pictures on his personal home computer and carried out none ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- of these actions at school. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 3. The Member also stated that he had no malicious intention in viewing these pictures; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- instead, he said that he was curious and wanted to have a better understanding of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- problems and suffering of the children victimized by this type of abuse. The Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- continued his explanation, acknowledging that his intentions were good but poorly ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- thought out and amounted to an error of judgment. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 4. He has never received a complaint from the community during his teaching career. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf: 5. According to the Member, possession of child pornography does not necessarily ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- involve a danger for students. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 6. The Member indicated that the Honourable Madam Justice Ratushny of the Superior ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- Court of Ontario stated in her decision that, in her view, he did not use these ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf: pornographic pictures to satisfy his sexual deviance and agreed that the Member is not a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- pedophile. The Court judgment does not ban him from being around children. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 7. The Member is undergoing therapy at the Sexual Behaviours Clinic in the Royal ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- Ottawa Mental Health Centre and is continuing to attend these sessions twice a month ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- of his own free will, even though the order issued by Judge Ratushny of the Superior ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- Court of Ontario stipulates that he report to the clinic only once a month. Dr. Federoff, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- who is his physician at the clinic, carried out a psychiatric assessment of the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- and found that the Member is not at risk of committing the same actions again. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-The Member also submitted his objection to two matters. In the first place, he does not think he ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-has contravened a law that causes or may cause a student who is under a member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, as stated in Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(17). In the second place, he tried to make a distinction between the legal ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-terms “child” and “juvenile.” In the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), the College elected to use ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf:the term “child” to describe the charge of possession of pornography. According to him, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-term “child” is not relevant in describing his case. He pointed out that the criminal court uses ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-“juvenile” rather than “child.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-ADVICE OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-The independent counsel made the following points: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 1. The Member did not deny the allegations stated in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 2. The Committee needs to have a clear understanding of the difference between the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- evidence and submissions of the College and of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 3. The Member did not present any evidence of his own, but it must be acknowledged that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- the submissions do carry a certain weight. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 4. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a decision made by another tribunal ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- cannot be reviewed or contested. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-PENALTY AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-The Discipline Panel makes the following Order: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-1. The Committee directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration of Paul André Dumais. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-2. The Discipline Committee requires that a summary of its Decision and Order appear in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession and that the Member’s name be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- published as it appears in the College’s public register. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ON PENALTY AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-The Committee accepts the Member’s admission of guilt before the Superior Court of Justice ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-of Ontario. The Committee also accepts the interpretation of the Honourable Madam Justice ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf:Ratushny that child pornography is a serious offence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-When the Member decided to download these pictures and videos, he did indeed take part in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-the victimization of children – a serious crime. Through his downloading of these images, he ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-was encouraging a market that promotes the abuse of children and indeed puts all children in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-danger. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-It is therefore the opinion of the Committee that the Member not only contravened a law ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16), but that he also contravened a law that caused or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated April 14, 2011 was served on Larry J. Greenspan, requesting his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-presence on May 10, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-was subsequently set for November 7, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-Larry J. Greenspan was not in attendance; however he was represented by counsel. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-The allegations against Larry J. Greenspan in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated April 14, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Larry J. Greenspan is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member contrary, to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-1. Larry J. Greenspan (the “Member”), at all material times hereto, namely the 2004/2005 and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-2005/2006 academic years, was an employee of the Toronto District School Board (the “Board”) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-and taught [XXX] and [XXX] [XXX] at [XXX] (the “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-2. Student #1 and Student #2 were female students at the School, and Student #3 was a male ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-student at the School during the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 academic years. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-3. During the two academic periods referred to in paragraph 2 above, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- (a) on more than one occasion and in various locations at the School, including at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- the student’s locker, in the gymnasium and in classrooms: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- (i) massaged the shoulders of Student #1; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- (ii) touched and rubbed Student #1’s back; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf: (b) made comments to her with sexual innuendo, including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- (i) following his placement of a $5 bill between his thumb and the palm of his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- hand and sliding it into Student #1’s hand, said – “Thanks for the great ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- time last night. Here is your pay”, or words to that effect; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- (ii) as Student #1 fixed the clasps of her bra, commented – “Too bad we were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- not playing with boys, we would have won”, or words to that effect; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- (iii) when referring to Student #1’s earlier behaviour of laughing and rolling on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- the floor in the hallway of the School, commented that he didn’t recognize ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- her because she wasn’t on her knees. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-4. In or around March 2006, during a [XXX] class, the Member entered this [XXX] classroom ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-and asked Student #2 to turn over her IPod. When she failed to do so, the Member touched the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-necklace around Student #2’s neck, and while doing so, rested the back of his hand against the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-bare skin of her chest. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-5. The Member, after forgetting a thought he wanted to share with his class, said to the students ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-“See why you should not take drugs because I’m a prime example.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-6. On one occasion, while rubbing the shoulders of Student #3, the Member asked him where ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-he could get good “weed”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-College Counsel advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-1. Larry J. Greenspan is a Member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Marked as Exhibit 3 in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-these proceedings is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-(the “Board”) and taught [XXX] and [XXX] and/or [XXX] the [XXX] at [XXX] (the “School”), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-3. Student #1 and Student #2 were female students at the School during the 2004/2005 and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-the 2005/2006 academic years. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-4. On a number of occasions during the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 academic years, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-Member: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- (a) made physical contact with the back of Student #1, a [XXX] on a [XXX] which ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- the Member [XXX], during the course of a [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- (b) made a number of inappropriate comments to Student #1 which could be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf: interpreted to contain sexual innuendo, but were not intended by the Member in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- that way, including: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- (i) while providing Student #1 a $5.00 bill, which he gave to her for his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- sponsorship of her at her request with respect to a charity fund raiser, said ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- words to the effect of – “Thanks for the great time last night. Here is your ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- pay”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-“Uncontested Facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts, and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-Specifically, the Member admitted to making a number of inappropriate comments to Student # ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf:1, which could be interpreted to contain sexual innuendo. In addition, the Member admitted to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-making physical contact with Students # 1 and # 2. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-Regardless of the Member’s intentions with respect to these comments and physical contact, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-Committee found that the Member engaged in unprofessional and inappropriate behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the Uncontested Facts referred to in paragraph 4 above, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-constitute conduct that is unprofessional and pled no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-In light of the admissions made by the Member contained within the Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), the Committee found that the Member committed the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 5), College Counsel and the Member jointly ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-would be a reprimand, terms, conditions and limitations on the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-Registration requiring the successful completion of two courses, one dealing with appropriate ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf-boundaries and boundary violation issues, and the other dealing with classroom management ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf-Counsel for the College brought a motion to seek leave from the Committee to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf-allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing dated June 27, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf-The Member, Jason Gresel was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf-The allegations against Jason Gresel in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated June 27, 2011 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Jason Paul Gresel is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf-subsection 30(2) and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Yves Joseph Georges Lafortune is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, section 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (b) he abused one or more students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- section 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (c) he abused one or more students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 437/97, section 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (d) he abused one or more students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf: (e) he abused one or more students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf: section 1(7.3), or abused one or more students sexually as set out in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- the Act; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- chapter E.2, specifically, section 264(1)(c) of the Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, section 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (g) he contravened a law if the contravention is relevant to the member’s suitability to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 437/97, section 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (h) he contravened a law if the contravention has caused or may cause a student who ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (i) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (j) he displayed conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 437/97, section 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-1. Yves Joseph Georges Lafortune (“the Member”) is a member of the College, but his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration has been suspended for non-payment of dues. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-2. At all material times the Member was employed by the Conseil scolaire des écoles ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-catholiques du Centre-Est as a teacher. During the 2009-2010 school year, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-teaching at [XX] in Orleans. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-3. The Member’s conduct demonstrated a lack of professionalism in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf: (a) between April 13 and May 27, 2010, he was in possession of child pornography; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf: (b) between April 13 and May 21, 2010, he distributed child pornography; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (c) between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2007, he touched the body of Child ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf: “No. 1,” a girl under the age of 14 years, with his hands, for a sexual purpose; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (d) between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2007, he touched the body of Child ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf: “No. 2,” a girl under the age of 14 years, with his hands, for a sexual purpose; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (e) between January 1 and May 25, 2010, he touched the body of Child “No. 3,” a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf: girl under the age of 16 years, with his hands, for a sexual purpose; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (f) between January 1 and May 25, 2010, he touched the body of Child “No. 4,” a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf: girl under the age of 16 years, with his hands, for a sexual purpose. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-4. On December 13, 2010, the Member pleaded guilty to two charges; to wit: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (a) between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2007, in the City of Timmins, for a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- sexual purpose, he touched directly, with a part of his body, the bodies of Child ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- “No. 1” and Child “No. 2,” persons under the age of 14 years, contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada, section 151; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- (b) between January 1 and May 25, 2010, in the City of Ottawa, in the Eastern ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- Region, for a sexual purpose, he touched directly, with a part of his body; to wit, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- his hands, the bodies of Child “No. 3” and Child “No. 4,” persons under the age ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- of 16 years, contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada, section 151. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf:5. On March 14, 2011, the Member pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-6. On April 11, 2011, the Member was found guilty of the charges set out in paragraphs 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-and 5 and sentenced to 54 months of imprisonment. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-ORDER RESTRICTING PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-An order restricting the publication or dissemination of the deliberations of the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-Justice in Her Majesty the Queen v. Yves Joseph George Lafortune was handed down pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The Committee is required to comply with and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-uphold this order, and therefore prohibits the publication of information that could identify the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-victims. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-Given that the Member was not in attendance at the hearing nor was he represented by legal ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-counsel, the Committee continued with the proceedings on the assumption that the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-Following the presentation by Counsel for the College, who drew the Committee members’ ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-attention to specific documents in this case-book, the Committee members noted some relevant ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-items: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-  On Monday, December 13, 2010, the Member pleaded guilty to sexual touching ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- of persons under the age of 16 years. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf:  On March 14, 2011, the Member pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-  On April 11, 2011, the Member was found guilty of the aforementioned charges ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- and sentenced to 54 months of imprisonment. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-The evidence contained in the court documents confirms that the Member was found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-sexual touching of four girls aged [XX] to [XX] years, and guilty of possession of an extensive ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf:collection of child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-(i) Burden of proof and evidentiary standard ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-It falls to the College to prove the allegations in accordance with the standard of civil proof, that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-is, the balance of probability. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the evidence and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-and finds Yves Joseph Georges Lafortune guilty of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, sections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Committee further finds that the Member abused one or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-more students sexually as set out in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-Pursuant to Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules, the Committee accepts as proof that a person has ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-committed an offence when that person has been convicted and sentenced by a Canadian court, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-in the absence of evidence to the contrary, and no appeal has been granted. There is no evidence ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-in this matter that contradicts the finding of guilt, and no appeal has been submitted. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-Accordingly, based on the evidence submitted at the hearing, the fact that the Member was found ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf:guilty of possession of child pornography and sexual touching of persons under the age of 16 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-years is sufficient to prove that the Member is guilty of the offences thereby constituting the acts ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-of professional misconduct set out in Ontario Regulation 437/97, sections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-Submission by College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-Registration should be revoked and his name should subsequently be published in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession, as provided for in the summary. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-The Discipline Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 1. The College Registrar is directed to revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- Registration, effective immediately. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 2. In accordance with paragraph 3 of subsection 30(5) of the Act, the finding and the order ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- of the Committee and the Member’s name in full are to be published in summary in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- College’s official publication, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-In the Committee’s estimation, the Member’s acts constitute professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-The Committee took aggravating factors into account. The case at issue involved four young ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-victims. Furthermore, the sexual touching of these children took place on a number of occasions, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-over a number of years. It is also known that all of the victims were young girls between the ages ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-of [XX] and [XX] years, and that according to the medical evidence, the Member demonstrates ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-pedophiliac tendencies. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-In the Committee’s estimation, the Member’s acts, that is, sexually assaulting children, are ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-among the most reprehensible acts a member of society can commit. The Member’s conduct is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-considered repugnant both by members of the teaching profession and by the public. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-In the Committee’s estimation, the number of photographs (1,400 images) and videos (58) of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf:child pornography found on the Member’s computer constitute an additional aggravating factor. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf-The content in this collection is also of concern. Some of the videos depicted a high level of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf:violence. Some of the photographs depicted very young children. Child pornography is one of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf:1. In or about April 2010, the Member was in possession of child pornography in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-that he had on his home computer numerous images of young boys and girls between the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-ages of 3 and 15. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-2. On or about 20 April 2010, the Member was charged by the Toronto Police ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Service that he sometime between and including the 6th day of April in the year 2010 and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-the 7th day of April in the year 2010 in the City of Toronto, in the Toronto Region did ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf:have in his possession child pornography contrary to Section 163.1, subsection (4) of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-3. The charge referred to in paragraph 2 above is presently before the court. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-1. Stephen Michael Lane (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers. Attached to Exhibit 2 and marked as Exhibit “A” is a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-2. According to the Toronto Police Service News Release, the Member is the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-founder and the former president of the Weston Baseball Association and he also coached ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-numerous teams of children aged 4-18. Attached to Exhibit 2 and marked as “Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-“B” is the Toronto Police Service News Release dated April 20, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-3. The Weston Baseball Association is a local baseball league for boys and girls ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-with ages ranging from 4-15 as well as older players with ages ranging from 16-21. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-4. The Member has not taught in any private or public school since 1972. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf:5. In or about April 2010, the Member was in possession of child pornography in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-that he had on his home computer numerous images of young boys and girls between the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-ages of 3 and 15. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-6. On or about April 20, 2010, the Member was charged by the Toronto Police ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Service that he sometime between and including April 6, 2010 and April 7, 2010 in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf:City of Toronto, in the Toronto Region did have in his possession child pornography ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf:contrary to Section 163.1, subsection (4) of the Criminal Code (Canada). Attached to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Exhibit 2 and marked as Exhibit “C” and Exhibit “D” respectively is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Information dated April 20, 2010 and a copy of the Supplementary Record of Arrest ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-dated April 19, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-7. The Member has pleaded guilty to the charge referred to in paragraph 6 above. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-8. The Member is awaiting sentencing proceedings to take place. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-During the course of the hearing, an issue arose with respect to the Member’s plea before ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-the Committee. In the section entitled “Guilty Plea” contained within Exhibit 3, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-paragraph 12 indicated that the Member was providing a plea of No Contest pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Rule 3.02 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee. The Committee was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-concerned regarding clarity of the Member’s plea. On October 10, 2012, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-rendered the following oral Decision: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-“Having considered the submissions of College Counsel and the advice of Independent ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Legal Counsel, the Committee has decided that the most appropriate course of action ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-given all of the circumstances would be to adjourn the Hearing to allow for College ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-counsel to make an attempt to contact the Member to verify the Member’s intention with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-regard to his plea before the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-“Committee”) on October 10, 2012 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Toronto. College Counsel submitted that the matter before the Committee was quite ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-serious in nature. The allegations outlined in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) include ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf:that the Member was in possession of child pornography. The Committee agrees that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-given the serious nature of the allegations, this matter should proceed as soon as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-practicable. The Committee reviewed the notation on the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Qualification contained within (Exhibit 3, Tab A), which indicates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-agreed and undertook not to teach, or to seek or to engage in any employment for which a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration is required, until the College disposes of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-complaint made against him. In the interest of transparency and with a view to protecting ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-the interests of the public, the Committee is satisfied that the public is protected until this ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-matter is resolved.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-A continuation date of November 9, 2012 was scheduled for the matter to allow Counsel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-for the College to contact the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-The hearing reconvened on November 9, 2012. Counsel for the College provided the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Committee with a new Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea dated October 26, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- (e) he understood that any agreement between counsel for the College and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- himself with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- (f) he understood and acknowledged that he was executing this Agreement ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-In light of the admitted facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Stephen Michael Lane ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-The Committee accepts that the Member admitted for the purposes of this proceeding, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-truth of the facts. The facts are that in or about April 2010, the Member was in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf:possession of child pornography in that he had on his home computer numerous images ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-of young boys and girls between the ages of 3 of 15. On or about April 20, 2010, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Member was charged by the Toronto Police Service that he sometime between and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf:including April 6, 2010 and April 7, 2010, did have in his possession child pornography, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-contrary to section 163.1, subsection 4 of the Criminal Code (Canada). The Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-pleaded guilty to this charge. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-At the hearing before the Committee, the Member acknowledged that the admitted facts ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct. In light of the admitted facts and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-circumstances, the Committee finds the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Counsel for the College and the Member jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter should be that the Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-direct the Registrar to revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Member and that there be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-summary form, including the Member’s name, in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- a) the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- b) directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- summary form, including the Member’s name, in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf:Possession of child pornography is a crime against children and perpetuates a market ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-which thrives on the abuse of children. This conduct is morally reprehensible and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf:Member should not be in a position of trust. Possession of child pornography is one of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-the most serious offenses which should result in the most serious of consequences. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Revocation acts as both a specific and general deterrent as it informs the Member, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf:profession and the general public that possession of child pornography is not tolerated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-and will result in the harshest of penalties - Revocation and Publication with name. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-The Committee is prepared to act quickly and decisively when serious allegations of this ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-nature are proven. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-As this was a Joint Submission on Penalty, the Member has agreed to all terms of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty serves the public interest, informs the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-profession and maintains the standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf-Date: November 9, 2012 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- John Tucker, Chair ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- Alexander (Sandy) Bass, OCT ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- Wes Vickers, OCT ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated April 27, 2011 was served on Peter Gordon Lewer, requesting his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-presence on May 10, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-was subsequently set for September 25, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-Peter Gordon Lewer appeared in person and was self- represented. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-The allegations against Peter Gordon Lewer in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated April 27, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Peter Gordon Lewer is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-section 30(2) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- 1. At all material times, the Member was a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- Attached to the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2-Tab ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- A), is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- 2. The Member was employed by the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- “Board”) at all material times hereto and was a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] Secondary ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- School (“[XXX]”) and [XXX] Secondary School (“[XXX]”) in Hamilton, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- 3. During the 2004-2005 academic year, “A” was a [XXX] year old male student at [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- 4. On or about October 29, 2004, the Member, (Exhibit 2-Tab B): ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- (a) physically assaulted “A”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- (b) grabbed “A” by the shirt; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- (c) pushed “A” into a gym wall; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- (d) applied force to “A” which caused “A” to fall to the ground. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- 5. During the 2005-2006 academic year, “B” was a female elementary teacher with the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- Board. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- 6. During the 2005-2006 academic year, at all material times hereto, the Member taught at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- 7. The Member engaged in a social relationship with “B” which evolved into a personal and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf: sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-included in the Uncontested Statement of Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2, Tab B) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-describes the assault. The Committee accepted the handwritten note as a compelling portrayal ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-of the incident. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-The second incident occurred during the 2005-2006 academic year. The Member was engaged ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf:in a social relationship with “B” which evolved into a personal and sexual relationship. Upon ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-the termination of the relationship, and between the approximate dates of September 1, 2006 and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-October 11, 2006, the Member became harassing toward “B” by calling and visiting her home ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-unannounced and refusing to leave when requested to do so. During the same time frame, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-Member removed and replaced mail from her residential mailbox and became physical with “B” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-causing her pain and bruising on her face. The Member’s conduct caused “B” to believe he was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-stalking her and caused her to fear for her safety and well-being. The Member was criminally ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-charged with harassment toward “B” and entered into a Peace Bond, attached in the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2, Tab C), with respect to that charge. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-Counsel for the College and the Member jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter should be that the Committee reprimand the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-Member and that terms, conditions and limitations be placed on the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-Qualification and Registration requiring him to complete a boundaries course and an anger ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-management course. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-Counsel submitted that the Committee should take into account aspects of the incident involving ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-“A” and the breakdown of the relationship with “B”. The incidents occurred seven to eight years ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf-ago and both “A” and “B” were reluctant to attend the hearing as witnesses. Counsel stated that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-1. Geoffrey Richard Ludkin (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Northeastern Catholic ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-District School Board and the District School Board Ontario North East (the “Boards”) as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-an occasional teacher at various elementary schools within the Boards. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-3. On or about December 16, 2009, the Member was criminally charged in that he, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-between the approximate dates of November 1, 2009 and December 5, 2009, at the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-Township of Coleman in the said region, by means of a computer: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf: (a) did lure a child under the age of eighteen for the purpose of sexually ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- assaulting that child contrary to Section 172.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- (b) did lure a child under the age of eighteen for the purposes of procuring ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- that child contrary to Section 172.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-4. On or about September 6, 2011, the Member pleaded guilty to the charges ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-described in paragraph 3 above and was sentenced to a twelve (12) month conditional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-sentence and two (2) years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-5. The Member has not appealed the conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) confirmed that on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-September 6, 2011, the Member pled guilty to the charges that he, between the 1st day of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-November 2009 and the 5th day of December 2009, by means of a computer, lured a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf:child under the age of eighteen (18) for the purposes of sexually assaulting and procuring ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-that child contrary to section 172.1(1) (a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). Further, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-Member was convicted and sentenced on September 6, 2011 to a twelve (12) month ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-conditional sentence order, two (2) years of probation and prohibited for a period of five ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-(5) years from: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- a) attending a public park or public swimming area where persons under the age of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- sixteen years are present or can reasonably be expected to be present, or a daycare ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- centre, school ground, playground or community centre; or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- b) seeking, obtaining or continuing any employment, whether or not the employment ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- is remunerated, or becoming or being a volunteer in a capacity that involves being ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- in a position of trust or authority towards persons under the age of sixteen years; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- c) using a computer system within the meaning of subsection 342.1(2) for the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- purpose of communicating with a person under the age of sixteen years. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-The Member has not appealed the conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-A non-publication order was issued under subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-(Canada), in the proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The Committee is required ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-and therefore affirmed to uphold this publication ban imposed in the matter of Her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-Majesty The Queen v. Geoffrey Richard Ludkin by the Ontario Court of Justice. There ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-shall be no publication of any information that might tend to identify the victims involved ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Geoffrey Richard ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-Ludkin committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was committed by a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been granted. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-accepts as fact, as detailed in the court documents contained within Exhibit 4, that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf:Member was convicted of Luring for the purposes of sexual assault and Luring for the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-purposes of Procuring, contrary to section 172.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-The conviction was entered on September 6, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-The Member was subsequently sentenced to a twelve (12) month conditional sentence ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-order and two (2) years of probation. In addition, the Court imposed an Order prohibiting ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-the Member from being in the presence of any person under sixteen (16) years of age in a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- a) the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- b) the Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and order of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- Committee, in summary form with the name of the member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-The Committee agreed that the College Counsel’s submissions on penalty were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-appropriate given the severity of the Member’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-The Committee determined that no member of the Ontario College of Teachers should be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-engaged in this type of egregious behaviour. It is particularly disgraceful that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-Member was a teacher, someone who was entrusted with the protection of children, and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-identified himself as such to the Student. The Committee found the Member’s offences ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-to be very disturbing. Children are vulnerable members of society and must be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-safeguarded against predators who use the internet to lure them into a situation where ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf:they can be sexually exploited and abused. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-The Member’s actions were criminal and warrant revocation of the Member’s Certificate ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, along with the name ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-of the Member, provides a specific deterrent to the Member, and a general deterrent to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf-the profession and for the public, by identifying the nature of his misconduct and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-“Committee”) on December 13, 2012 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 10, 2012 was served on Jan Francis Matejovic (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on February 15, 2012 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for December 13, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Jan Francis Matejovic was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-The allegations against Jan Francis Matejovic in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-January 10, 2012 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Jan Francis Matejovic is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40 (1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf:c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-d) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Regulations ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-At the hearing on December 13, 2012, College Counsel sought to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct in paragraphs (b) and (d) namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) and failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-the Regulations. The Committee agreed that these allegations be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-the facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-(Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-1. At all material times, Jan Francis Matejovic (the “Member”) was a member of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers. Attached to Exhibit 2 and located at Tab “A” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by [XXX] School (the “School”), an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- independent school in Toronto, Ontario, as [XXX] teacher. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-3. From on or about March 2010 to on or about September 2010, the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf: exchanged emails of a personal and/or sexual nature with a female student (“the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Student”) of the School. Attached to Exhibit 2 and located at Tab “B” are copies of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- the email communications. Attached to Exhibit 2 and located at Tab “C” is an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- excerpt of the [XXX] Data Analysis Report dated February 24, 2011 which indicates ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- that there were email communications up to October 19, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-4. During the 2009-2010 academic year, the Student was a female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- During the 2008-2009 academic year, the Student was enrolled in the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-5. On July 4, 2011, the Student advised the College Investigator that after she graduated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf: from the School, a sexual relationship with the Member commenced and continued ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- until in or around September 2010 when she went to university. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-6. Attached to Exhibit 2 and located at Tab “D” is a copy of the College Investigator’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Memo to File of the telephone interview with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-7. On or about November 26, 2010, the Member’s employment at the School was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- terminated. Attached to Exhibit 2 and located at Tab “E” is a copy of the letter dated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- November 26, 2010 from the School to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-8. By a letter dated May 17, 2011, the Member, through his counsel, provided a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- response to the allegations and admitted that he engaged in: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf: a) inappropriate email communications of a personal and sexual nature with the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Student while she was a Student at the School; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf: b) a physical/sexual relationship with the Student commencing on or about August ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- [XXX] and that ended about one month later. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- In the same letter, the Member apologized and took full responsibility for what ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- happened and acknowledged that it was his duty as a member of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- profession to set and respect proper boundaries. Attached to Exhibit 2 and located at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Tab “F” is the letter dated May 17, 2011 from Member’s counsel to the College ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Investigator. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-9. Following his termination, on his own initiative, the Member undertook counselling ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- with David I. Feder, Social Worker. On or about July 28, 2011, Mr. Feder sent a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- report to Member’s counsel about that counselling. Attached as to Exhibit 2 and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- located at Tab “G” is a copy of the report dated July 28, 2011 from Mr. Feder to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Member’s counsel. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-10. On October 10, 2012, Mr. Feder sent another letter to Member’s counsel confirming ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- that the Member had completed 26 sessions of counselling to date. Attached to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Exhibit 2 and located at Tab “H” is a copy of the report dated October 10, 2012, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- from Mr. Feder to Member’s counsel. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-11. On or about March 29, 2012, the Student sent a letter to Member’s counsel wherein ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- she described the nature of her interactions with the Member. Attached to Exhibit 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- and located at Tab “I” is a copy of the letter dated March 9, 2012 from the Student to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Member’s counsel. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-12. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- truth of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 11 above (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-13. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- paragraphs 1 to 11 above, constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf: 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that by sending emails of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf: nature to the Student, he engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-14. By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document, he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- hearing; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, including ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- reference to his name, may be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between Counsel for the College and himself ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not bind the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this plea of no contest ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-15. The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the Rules of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this proceeding under the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- contest does not constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- any other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-16. In light of the uncontested facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-by Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-that Jan Francis Matejovic committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf:1(19). The Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 11 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-(the “Uncontested Facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts, and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-(Exhibit 2). He acknowledged that the Uncontested Facts referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-11 above, constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-the allegations of professional misconduct. The Member further acknowledged that by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf:sending inappropriate emails of a personal and sexual nature to the Student, he engaged ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf:in sexual abuse of a student as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Committee accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Uncontested Facts, and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf:The Member exchanged inappropriate emails of a personal and sexual nature with the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Student, as evidenced in Tab B of the Statement of Uncontested Facts, and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Contest (Exhibit 2). These emails were exchanged between March 11, 2010 and June 1, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf:2010 and the nature of the emails became more sexual in nature as time progressed. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf:Following the Student’s graduation, a physical and sexual relationship commenced on or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-about August [XXX] and ended about one month later. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-The Student indicated in a letter to the Member’s Counsel, dated March 29, 2012 at Tab I ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-of the Statement of Uncontested Facts, and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2) that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf:Member had responded to her communication of sexual desires “in kind” by exchanging ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-“fantasies and intimate and loving sentiments” while she was still a student. The Student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-also indicated in the same letter that “these same sentiments exist in any adult ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-relationship”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf:The Member contravened the standards of the profession by committing acts of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf:nature through his emails and sexual relations with a student. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s actions outlined herein, constitute acts of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1(18) and 1(19). The Committee further finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), Counsel for the College and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Member jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Committee in this matter would be that the Committee should order the immediate ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the parties agreed that the findings and order of the Committee should be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-published in summary form in the official publication of the College Professionally ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-The parties had not agreed on whether or not the Member’s name should be published ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-and made submissions on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-SUBMISSIONS RE: PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-The Committee received submissions from Counsel for the College and Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Member with respect to publication of the Member’s name in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College argued that the Member’s name should be published. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-argued that publication with name is appropriate as a general deterrent, especially in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-cases of a more serious nature as in this case. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-The public expects professional boundaries between teachers and students to be upheld ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf:and in this case, the boundaries were breached. The Member’s admission of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-relationship with the Student is a clear violation of professional boundaries. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-Publication of the decision with the Member’s name clears up an important ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-misconception of some members of the profession. Publication informs the profession ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-that it is not sufficient to wait until a student has turned 18 or a student has graduated to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf:commence a relationship of a personal or sexual nature. Teachers are required to maintain ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf-professional boundaries at all times and not respond “in kind” to student instigated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Throughout all of the dates of the hearing listed above, the Committee consisted of three ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-members: Mel Greif, Robert Ryan and Jacques Tremblay. On October 5, 2011, Mr. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Tremblay resigned from Council and was unable to continue serving as a panel member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Subsection 4.4 (1) of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act (“SPPA”) states: “If a member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-of a tribunal who has participated in a hearing becomes unable, for any reason, to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-complete the hearing or to participate in the decision, the remaining member or members ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-may complete the hearing and give a decision.” In accordance with this section of SPPA, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the Committee therefore continued the deliberations with a panel consisting of the two ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-remaining members, Mel Greif and Robert Ryan, and thus render this decision. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 9, 2010 was served on Amy Louise Mullins, requesting ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-her presence on July 6, 2010 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-hearing was subsequently set to commence on January 18, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Amy Louise Mullins was in attendance for every hearing date. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The allegations against Amy Louise Mullins in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-June 9, 2010, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Amy Louise Mullins is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (d) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (e) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf: (f) she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-1. At all material times, Amy Louise Mullins (the “Member”) was employed by the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board (the “Board”) as a high school teacher. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-2. The Member was assigned to St. Peter’s Secondary School (the “School”) during ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the approximate period of September 1998 to June 2002. The Member was transferred to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-St. Joseph’s High School in September 2002 before being assigned to St. Joan of Arc ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-High School in September 2003. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-3. Student A was a male student of the School from approximately September 1998 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-to June 2003. At approximately the same time, Student B and Student C were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-respectively male and female students of the School. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-4. The Member taught Student A Grade 9 English and Geography during the 1998- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-1999 academic year and was his guidance counsellor while he was in Grade 10 and/or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Grade 11. The Member was also a sports coach of Student A. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-5. Commencing some time in or about May 2001, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-inappropriate personal relationship with Student A. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-6. The relationship between the Member and Student A commenced and/or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-continued when: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (a) there was no ongoing professional requirement for her to have contact ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- with him; and/or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (b) she knew or ought to have known that his mother did not wish her to have ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- contact with him; and/or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (c) she knew or ought to have known that an ongoing personal relationship ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- could be detrimental to Student A. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-7. Between 2001 and 2004, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (a) permitted Student A to visit her at her home; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (b) permitted Student A and some of his friends, including Student B, who ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- were also students of the School, to visit her apartment and consume ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- alcohol; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (c) allowed Student A and one or more of his friends referred to in (b) above ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- to sleep overnight at her residence; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (d) allowed Student A to sleep overnight with her in her bedroom with the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- door closed; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf: (e) encouraged or permitted Student B to have sex in her washroom with his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- girlfriend, Student C; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (f) took Student C to an out-of-town school event and allowed her to sleep in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- the same bed as Student C’s boyfriend, Student B, without the consent of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- the parents of Student C; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (g) slept in the same room as Students B and C at the out-of-town school ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- event referred to in (f) above; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (h) slept in the same bed as Student A while attending the out-of-town school ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- event referred to in (f) above; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (i) permitted students on the school trip referred to in (f) above to consume ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- alcohol; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (j) spoke to and met with Student A after she had been transferred to teach at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- another high school; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- (k) visited Student A while he attended community college; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf: (l) engaged in acts of sexual touching and sexual intercourse with Student A. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-8. In addition, while she was a teacher at the School, the Member assisted Student A ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-with his schoolwork. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-9. The Member was suspended by the Board on or around 18 December 2006. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Amy Louise Mullins is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. At all material ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-times she was an employee of the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board. It is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-alleged that in 2001-2003 the Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:including sexual intercourse with Student A and that she permitted alcohol consumption ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-by students in her home and at other locations while the students were in her care. It is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-alleged that she also encouraged other students to take part in inappropriate relationships. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-ONUS AND STANDARD OF PROOF ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-A Review of the Legal Principles ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The burden of proof of the allegations lies with the College. The standard of proof in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-College hearings is one that is used in civil cases and that is accepted to be the balance of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-probabilities. The balance of probabilities standard is whether it is more likely than not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-that the events occurred. It is also acknowledged that the evidence must be sufficiently ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-clear, convincing and cogent to satisfy the balance of probabilities test. The Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-task was to determine if the College has satisfied the burden with clear, cogent and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-convincing evidence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-In fulfilling its task the Committee applied guidance from the courts in determining the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-credibility of witnesses. The Committee took into account the integrity and intelligence ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-of the witness, the candidness of the witness, and the lack of evasion, degree of frankness ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and responsiveness. Considered also was any evidence of bias, memory and capacity to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-remember and any inconsistencies in testimony. The demeanour and manner of speech, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-consistency of retelling of the story or self-contradiction were also important in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-assessment. It was always important to make sure that the testimony “make sense” and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-there was a consistency in the description of the events by witnesses. Timing and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-circumstances were also important considerations in assessing credibility. When faced ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-with inconsistencies about timing and location of events, consideration was given to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-aspects of age and circumstance of the witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-During a team event in Hamilton in June 2001, the Member, accompanied by a female ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-student and a male student, participated in order to “support” the team. The Member did ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-not attend in an official capacity. The Member rented a hotel room and the female ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-student, Student C, was to share the room with the Member. The male student was to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-share space with other team members in rooms previously arranged for them by the team ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-coaches. That evening, the Member’s rented hotel room became a centre for some social ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-activities. According to the testimony of many witnesses, alcohol was available in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-room rented by the Member. Evidence was presented by some witnesses that the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-drove to acquire the alcohol along with several students. The alcohol was made available ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-in the Member’s hotel room. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-During the night, the two double beds were occupied by more than two persons. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member shared a bed with Student A and they were both under the bed covers. Student A ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was shirtless. The other bed was occupied by the female student, Student C, and she was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-accompanied by another male student, her boyfriend, Student B. At least one other male ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-student slept on the floor. In the morning the arrangement, as noted by the first person ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-through the door, was the same. The Member stated in her testimony that she was not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-aware of any sleeping arrangements since she had slept through the whole night and only ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-awoke to find Students in her room. She then went to the bathroom, proceeded to get ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-dressed and had breakfast. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member did not report any of the above sleeping arrangement to anyone, not her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-principal, her board authorities or her union representative nor her closest friends or any ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-of her professional colleagues. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:Evidence was also given about sexual acts that occurred between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Student A on the night of the Friday night sleep-over at her home before the Pre-OFSSA ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-tournament to take place in Toronto May 25-27, 2001. Student A says that the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:touched him sexually under a blanket that they were sharing and induced an ejaculation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:This evidence was provided in some detail. Student A stated that full sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-occurred in the following week. At the time Student A was seventeen years old. Evidence ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was given that in the following week the relationship between the Member and Student A ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:evolved into a full blown sexual relationship. In June of the same year there was a soccer ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:tournament in Hamilton. During that time Student A says that a further instance of sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-intercourse occurred in the washroom of the hotel room rented by the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:Member denies that any sexual intercourse occurred. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member provided a chaperone function to five male students during a sporting event ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-in Peterborough in the summer of 2001. All participants stayed in the same room. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-student evidence states that alcohol was consumed. The Member only admitted that they ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-all shared the same room. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member admitted to sharing a room or same space with male students during an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-outing to an American amusement park and again during a family wedding in Windsor, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Very troubling in the complete story of the Member’s relationship with Students A, B, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and C is the activity that appears to have taken place in her apartment. Not only did the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-students participate in the “Movie Nights”, but these events ran into the late evening and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:early morning and often included sexual activity. The evidence of Student B was that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member indicated to Student B that it was acceptable to take Student C into the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:washroom and engage in sexual activity, including sexual intercourse. Student B and C ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-both testified that this in fact occurred. This took place in the Member’s bathroom with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the bathroom door closed. While Student B and Student C were engaged in such ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:inappropriate sexual activity (given the age of Student C at the time), the Member was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:allegedly undertaking her own sexual activity with Student A in the living room. Student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-B testified that although there was no clear sight line to the activity in the living room ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-from the bathroom, it was very clear from the sounds that could be heard and the words ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:that were exchanged by Student A and the Member, that he believed sexual acts were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-being undertaken by the Member and Student A. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:Throughout the school year, according to Student A, there was continual sexual activity ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-between the Member and the student. Student A also alleged that at least one act of oral ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:sex occurred, on school property, during a charity event for famine relief. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The revelation about the Member’s behaviour first occurred during and after a Christmas ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-celebration at the home of Student A. The mother of Student A says she overheard ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:Student A and the Member as they engaged in an inappropriate and sexualized telephone ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-conversation after the Christmas dinner. This unleashed a series of subsequent exchanges ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-between the Member and Student A’s family. The Member, when confronted by the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-mother of Student A, allegedly acknowledged and apologized for the relationship with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Student A and in two separate subsequent telephone conversations and in person to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Student A’s aunt admitted to a relationship. The Member stated that she would not end ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the relationship. At the same time Student A is said to have became very emotional and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-threatened to kill himself. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-At the immediate time there was no attempt to report the Member’s behaviour to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-authorities, the school principal, the school board, or any other person outside the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-immediate family. The family stated that its goal was to contain information about the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-situation particularly in light of the turmoil that had been caused to their family by the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-allegations made by Student A’s twin brother about a different female teacher at a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-different school some years earlier. Student A’s mother accused the Member of having a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:sexual relationship with Student A (although the Member denies this). As such, it would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-have been reasonable and expected for the Member to have reported the allegations to her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-principal and other school authorities. Any reasonable person would have done so ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-regardless of whether the allegations were true or not. Not to have reported can lead an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-observer to conclude that there was indeed substance to the allegations by the family and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-that there was a serious breach of a teacher’s duty of care. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Finally, the Member is said to have also assisted Student A in the completion of school ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-assignments. The Member’s position regarding the allegations is that they have no ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-substance. The Member takes the view that she has at all times discharged her duties as a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-teacher in a manner appropriate to the expectations placed on the profession. During the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-time under review as part of the allegations the Member was a teacher, guidance ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-counsellor, team coach and manager. She admits to mentoring and guiding Student A and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-ensuring that there was a safe environment but says that it did not go beyond that. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member stated that she took on the mentoring role at the request of the family of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Student A and with the encouragement of her principal. The Member admits to students ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-visiting her home, but only as part of team post game or practice social activity. The only ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-time students stayed overnight was with the permission of parents as part of an early start ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-for an out of town team game. She says no student slept in her bedroom and she never ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-shared any sleeping space with any student. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:The Member stated that there was never any sexual activity of any sort engaged in by the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member and Student A, nor did the Member encourage or allow any students to engage ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-in inappropriate personal behaviours. The Member says no student under her care ever ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-engaged in an inappropriate activity. She says that her chaperoning assignments were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-undertaken with the utmost care and attention to ethical standards. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member testified that no student ever consumed alcohol while under her care, nor ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-did she provide or purchase alcohol in her role as a teacher with students under her care. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Once Student A was no longer in her professional care the Member says she stopped ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-having contact with him. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member only admitted to assisting Student A with his assignments as part of her role ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-as a mentor and tutor. She says she never completed his assignments for him. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:The Member rejected all of the allegations of sexual impropriety and mounted a vigorous ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-defence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Committee deliberated in depth to ensure that appropriate evaluation was made of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the evidence that was submitted. In their evaluation the Committee adhered to principles ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-established by practice and legal precedent. As stated by the Supreme Court of Canada in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-F.H. v. McDougall, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 41, the civil standard – a balance of probabilities – ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-applies to these proceedings. The standard of proof applied by the Committee was a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-balance of probabilities on clear, convincing and cogent evidence. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-looked to evidence for the incidence of overlapping stories and corroboration where a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-number of versions of a situation converge to create a true sense of what actually ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-happened. The Committee was also satisfied that appropriate factors relating to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-credibility assessment were applied to all of the witnesses that were examined during the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-hearing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-by counsel for the College and counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular the Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Amy Louise Mullins committed acts of professional misconduct, as defined in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19) and that she ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Prosecution Witnesses ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Student A ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Trevor Donohue is the complainant and is Student A. Trevor was a competent student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-who was also a star athlete with a wide circle of friends and regarded positively by all. He ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was outgoing and of a generous disposition, in fact he was regarded as a leader in sports ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-in his school. Trevor’s credibility in giving his testimony before the Committee was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-enhanced by the nature of his story and the manner of re-telling it which survived a long ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and intense cross-examination which was designed to test aspects of its veracity. Trevor ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was naturally nervous and had to take a number of rest breaks during his two-day sharing ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-of his version of the facts of the matter. In spite of the difficult time spent under oath on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the witness stand, Trevor managed to convey his experience in a consistent way, one that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-indicated in an appropriate manner his determination to be believed. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-accepts much of what Trevor conveyed on the witness stand. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:The Committee accepts Trevor’s version of the sexual contact with the Member that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:occurred during the 2001 to 2003 school years. This includes all referenced sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:touching and sexual intercourse (with the exception of the allegations relating to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-incident at the famine relief charity and the rubbing of the leg at the front of the class, as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-discussed in more detail below). The Committee accepts Trevor’s version of the sequence ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-surrounding the Christmas telephone call and subsequent meetings with the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-nature of the sleeping arrangements was also adequately re-enforced by Trevor’s detailed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-testimony and by others. Ramtin Aghajan corroborated Trevor’s claims that Trevor ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-insisted that Ramtin first drive his girlfriend Kristen home at the end of each evening ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-(leaving Trevor alone with the Member at her apartment) and then come back for Trevor; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-despite the fact that it meant that Ramtin had to retrace his route. Finally the nature of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the activities that Trevor says took place in the Member’s home was also accepted. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Trevor’s testimony was clear, concise and cogent. There was a significant degree of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-convergence of detail that strengthened the quality of his testimony. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The most serious of Trevor’s allegations relate to conduct that occurred when he was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-alone with the Member, and as such there is no corroboration, however, this is usually the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:case regarding sexual allegations. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Committee discounts the conspiracy theory put forward by the defence, in that it ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-would have required Trevor’s parents to have put the seeds in place for fabricated claims ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:of sexual improprieties back in late 2001/early 2002, as there is ample evidence to show ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-that Mrs. Donohue went to the principal with her concerns about the Member in 2002 and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-indeed the Member herself admits that Mrs. Donohue accused her of inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-conduct shortly after the December 2001 dinner. There is also ample evidence to support ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Mr. Donohue’s public accusations against the Member in the hospital following the car ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-accident in April 2002. In light of what must have been her heightened sensitivity ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-surrounding Trevor (because of the issues relating to his twin brother, of which she ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-admits she was aware) it defies belief to accept that the Member did not report, if only to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:protect herself, what were supposedly unfounded allegations of sexual impropriety ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-against her by Trevor’s mother and father. The Committee does not believe that if the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-allegations were false that the Member would have not told her principal or her union ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-representative. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Committee does not make a specific finding in relation to the allegation that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member rubbed Trevor’s leg under the desk at the front of her classroom. It is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-uncontroverted that Trevor spent a great deal of time in the Member’s classroom before, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-during and after classes and so there was certainly opportunity for the leg rubbing to have ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-occurred and it is not unreasonable to believe that given the other risky behaviour ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-engaged in by the Member (much of which she admits) that she also engaged in this ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-behaviour. The Committee finds that this probably occurred but does not make a specific ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-finding in this regard given the absence of other supporting information. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Committee does find that at least one time the Member rubbed or massaged Trevor’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-shoulders as he sat below her with his back to her knees on the bleachers in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-gymnasium. Ramtin Aghajan testified that he saw this occur on one occasion. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Kristen Britnell ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Kristen Britnell, Student C, was a most forthcoming witness for the College. Her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-testimony and answers were reflective and thoughtful and without any indication of guile ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-or dissemblance. When Kristen remembered clearly, she did so with an air of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-confidence. Conversely when she was unsure, there was no hedging, but a strong ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-assertion that she did not remember or that she was not an actual witness to the event or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-detail. In every aspect of her testimony, Kristen was found by the Committee to be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-credible. Her testimony mirrored and re-enforced the testimony of others. There was no ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-evidence of collusion or rehearsing of the testimony. Kristen Britnell was also ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-noteworthy in that she distanced herself from the group that continued to interact with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Trevor Donohue. She had moved to a different school, was not part of the friendship ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-grouping any longer, nor had she kept in touch with any of those persons. As a “free ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-agent” in this matter, and as an active participant in many of the events and situations ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-under review, Kristen Britnell was a very useful and highly credible witness. She was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-candid, strong and forthright. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:Kristen’s version of the sexual contact that took place between Kristin and her boyfriend ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-in the Member’s apartment, while the Member was present, is credible. The degree and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-nature of alcohol consumption in the Member’s apartment and during the tournament in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Hamilton are believable and credible. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Ramtin Aghajan ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Ramtin Aghajan, Student B, was and continues to be a close friend and confidante of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Trevor Donohue. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Ramtin and Trevor were on the same sports teams during the 2000, 2001 and 2002 school ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-years at St. Peter’s Secondary School. Their experiences at school in the extra-curricular ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-area were closely intertwined. The Committee found the boys to be credible witnesses to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the events that they experienced while students at St. Peter’s Secondary School. Ramtin ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was very clear in his testimony regarding several events that are said to have taken place ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-at the Member’s apartment and about sports in detail. Ramtin provided his own free-hand ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-sketch of the apartment floor plan which helped the Committee to visualize the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-apartment. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:Ramtin’s version of the sequence of events surrounding the sexual contacts that he ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-engaged in while in the washroom of the Member’s apartment was highly credible. He ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-asserted, under oath and with conviction, that he and Kristen, then his girlfriend, were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-invited to avail themselves of the privacy and intimacy of the washroom while Student A ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and the Member were alone in the living room. Ramtin was adamant about what he heard ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-coming out of the Member’s living room where Trevor and the Member remained ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-“cuddling”. The sounds and words that Ramtin heard were consistent with indications of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:sexual activity. Kristen Britnell did not see any sexual activity between Student A and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member but her testimony does demonstrate the fact that there was opportunity for ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:sexual activity between Trevor and the Member to take place in the living room. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Ramtin is credible in his recounting of the alcohol that was available at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-apartment. Others gave the same evidence. There was significant corroboration by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-participants of the activities at the apartment and the availability of alcohol. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Ramtin corroborates the evidence of Trevor that at on at least one occasion, Trevor and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the Member stayed overnight in the Member’s bedroom with the door closed. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-As do many of the witnesses to the events in Hamilton during the soccer tournament, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Ramtin re-affirms the availability of alcohol in the hotel room rented by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Ramtin was clear that the Member occupied the same bed, under the covers, with the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-shirtless Trevor during the evening at the Hamilton hotel. Ramtin, like some of the other ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-occupants of the room has a clear and concise memory of the sleeping arrangement and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:the occupants’ state of dress. Ramtin does say that he did not actually witness any sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-activity between Student A and the Member, but be that as it may, the evidence would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-lead a rational and properly aware reviewer of the events to conclude that highly ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-inappropriate activity had taken place. At the very least, the Member shared a bed with a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-teenage male student and allowed two students, whom she knew to be boyfriend and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-girlfriend, to share the other bed and she never reported this to anyone in authority. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Ramtin Aghajan, despite the passage of time since the events occurred, was very clear ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and precise about the memory of the details of the events. He was, in the end, a very ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-credible and strong witness. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Sharon Donohue ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Sharon Donohue is the mother of Trevor Donohue. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Sharon Donohue has endured a number of difficult times with her two boys, both of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-whom have encountered upsetting events during their school experiences. This, along ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-with other family misfortunes, has made Sharon’s years during 1998-2003 a challenge. In ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-spite of these problems Sharon was still able to provide clear, concise and credibly ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-consistent evidence of her experiences with Trevor in 2001-2002. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Sharon supported her sons’ academic and sports commitments as would any mother and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-in this regard she did the best that she could. Because of the difficulties experienced by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-her sons in their previous school, Sharon was keen on getting as much support as possible ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-from the staff at St. Peter’s Secondary School. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Up until Christmas 2001 Sharon Donohue was confident that her sons were being ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-properly cared for by the teachers at St. Peter’s Secondary School and in fact believed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-that the Member and another teacher, Mr. Levely, were watching out for her sons. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-boys were active in sports and seemed to be happy, in fact, Sharon and her husband Fred ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-invited the Member to attend at a Christmas function at their home. However, during that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-evening Sharon thought that she detected “knowing glances’ between Trevor and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member. Later that evening, at approximately 11:30 p.m., Sharon Donohue noted that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-telephone was in use and she decided to listen in. She overheard a conversation between ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the Member and Trevor in which the two were exchanging words of endearment that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:were inappropriate between a teacher and a student and that indicated a sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-relationship. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-After the telephone conversation was terminated, Trevor, who noted that there might be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-an eavesdropper on the line, confronted his mother and she responded by asking a point ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-blank question about the nature of the relationship between the Member and her son and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:the conversation that she had just heard. Trevor admitted to a sexual relationship and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-stated that he would commit suicide if his mother tried to put a stop to it. He said that he ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was in love with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Sharon Donohue was extremely upset but because of the earlier encounters between a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-female teacher at another school and her other son which had resulted in intense media ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-attention on her family, decided to reflect on her options and did not call the police. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-A few days later Sharon Donohue telephoned the Member to demand an explanation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:Mrs. Donohue states that the Member confirmed the sexual relationship and told Mrs. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue at one point that nothing could be done about it. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-According to Mrs. Donohue, the Member’s responses seemed to indicate that she would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-end the relationship and that she would try to transfer to another school. Mrs. Donohue ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was mollified by the implied agreement that the Member would leave the school. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-After that Sharon Donohue hoped that the relationship was over and believed that the best ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-path to take was a watchful one without any recourse to the authorities. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-In April 2002 there was an automobile accident during which it was revealed that contact ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-between the Member and Trevor was still ongoing. After that Sharon Donohue contacted ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the school principal but declined any communication with any other authorities because ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-of her fear of exposing her son to media frenzy. The principal was taken aback and was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-inclined, as required, to report to the police and other school authorities. Sharon Donohue ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-asked that she not do so but to address the situation quietly and discreetly. In fact, Sharon ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue maintained to the principal that if she was asked about the situation by the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-police or any other authority, she would deny it. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Sharon Donohue’s next contact and awareness with the events of 2001-2002 came in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-2006 when Trevor decided that he would start a legal action against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Much evidence was presented about the alleged alcohol consumption of Sharon ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue. The Committee did not believe that there was any evidence put forward to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-demonstrate that alcohol may have affected Mrs. Donohue’s actions or ability to recall ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the events in question. The Committee came to the conclusion that Sharon Donohue, a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-concerned mother, acted in a manner that she believed was in the best interests of her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-sons, Trevor and Ryan. The demeanour, delivery, consistency of evidence and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-verification by others of important elements of it made it very clear that Sharon Donohue ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was a highly credible witness operating under extreme stress and indeed incredulity that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-such a thing could happen to one of her children yet once again. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Lori Campbell ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Lori Campbell is the aunt of Trevor Donohue and lived next door to the Donohue family ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-during the incidents under review. She was able to substantiate aspects of the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-In this capacity, Lori Campbell provides corroboration for some of the evidence of Mrs. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Lori Campbell relayed what she had been told by her sister, Sharon Donohue, of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-events of the Christmas 2001 telephone call interception. From her sister Lori Campbell ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:heard that Sharon suspected that there was a sexual relationship between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-her son, Trevor. The Committee found Ms. Campbell to be a credible witness who gave ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-her testimony in a straightforward manner and who admitted when she could not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-remember things, such as dates. It is clear to the Committee that as far back as late 2001 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:and early 2002, there were allegations of sexual impropriety being made about the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member and as such, this evidence serves to rebut any allegation of recent fabrication by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the Donohue family. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Lori Campbell testified that she arranged to meet with the Member in the presence of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Trevor to discuss Mrs. Donohue’s concerns. The date and time of the meeting is hazy and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-there is some confusion given the time that has elapsed since 2001-2002, but the basic ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-tenor and conveying of the meeting was consistently recounted by Trevor and his aunt ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and is helpful to the Committee. In an approximately twenty minute conversation in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-kitchen of the Member’s home, Ms. Campbell testified that the Member admitted that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-relationship was inappropriate and in spite of its nature, continued to be active. Ms. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:Campbell interpreted no sense of apology about the inappropriate, sexual and personal ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-behaviour. The Member, when pressured to stop the relationship became confrontational ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and stated that she would not let anyone get between her and Trevor. Lori Campbell felt ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-threatened by the Member and she left the apartment along with her nephew, Trevor, who ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was a witness to the conversation in the Member’s kitchen. At this point Trevor Donohue ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was so distraught about the failure to resolve the problem created by the revelation of his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:personal and sexual relationship with the Member and according to Lori Campbell, once ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-again, he threatened to commit suicide. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Lori Campbell’s evidence was clear, cogent and concise and she had a very strong ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-recollection of the nature and specific detail of the conversation. Despite the length of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-time that has elapsed, it seems to the Committee that certain very traumatic conversations ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-have the ability to stay firmly rooted in the memory of those who experience them. This ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was the case of the testimony of Lori Campbell. Under cross-examination it was apparent ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-that Lori Campbell was very certain of her re-telling of the events of the visit to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member’s home. She may have had some dates confused, which the Committee feels is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-understandable given the passage of time and does not indicate evidence of fabrication, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-but certainly the conversation was firmly entrenched in her conscious memory. She was a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-confidante of Trevor Donohue. By his own admission Trevor took pride in the special ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-relationship that he had with his aunt, Lori Campbell. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Fred Donohue ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Fred Donohue is the father of Trevor. It was conceded by Trevor and by Sharon Donohue ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-that Fred Donohue did not concern himself with many of the details of the experiences of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the family. In fact both Trevor and Sharon Donohue stated that they did not know what ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Fred Donohue knew. It seems that based on the quality and intensity of his testimony, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-that in fact, Fred Donohue knew quite a lot. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-While giving testimony it became evident that Fred Donohue knew about some very ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-important aspects of the allegations. Under cross-examination Fred Donohue was able, in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-his own way, to relay what Trevor had told him regarding the specific nature of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:sexual relationship (i.e., sexual preferences of the Member) that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-with Trevor. This information came out in conversations with his son as a result of an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-interrogatory started by Fred Donohue after Trevor had a therapy session. The Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was not asked about this during her evidence and as such did not refute the information ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:given by Trevor to his father about the Member’s sexual preferences. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Fred Donohue also proved to be a reliable conveyor of information given to him by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Sharon Donohue (which while it is simply a repetition of information given to him by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Sharon Donohue, does tend to prove that the allegations are not a recent fabrication, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-given that he was aware of allegations about the Member’s conduct as far back as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-2001/2002). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Much was made about the supposed alcohol consumption of both parents. Evidence ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-relevant to this accusation was never provided. Mr. Donohue certainly was reliable both ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-in evidence in chief and in cross-examination about what he knew of the events of 2001- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-2002 as they related to the relationship between the Member and Trevor Donohue. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The most helpful part of the testimony of Fred Donohue was his recounting of the events ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-of the evening of April 5th, 2002. Fred Donohue was called to a Toronto hospital because ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Trevor had been in a car accident. In the Emergency Reception Room, Fred encountered ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the Member who had been in the car with Trevor and one other student. His son, Trevor, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was injured and had lost consciousness as a result of the serious accident. When Fred ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue saw the Member in the reception area, the nature of the Member’s relationship ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-with his son came firmly to mind and he reacted bitterly. According to both Fred and an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-eye witness, Fred said “What the fuck are you doing here? You promised to leave him ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-alone!” The eye-witness, Kelly MacMillan, saw the exchange, verified what was said, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and saw that the Member did not respond in any way to the shocking comments being ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-made by the father of Trevor Donohue. Mrs. MacMillan pulled Mr. Donohue away from ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Mrs. MacMillan testified that the Member did not react to a most unsettling accusation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-directed at her by a very upset father, in a public place, a hospital and its emergency ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-room. Instead Mrs. MacMillan states that the Member just sat there without saying a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-word and looked away. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Kelly MacMillan described Fred Donohue as standing over and yelling at the Member, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-who was seated in the hospital waiting area. Mrs. MacMillan was instrumental in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-separating Fred Donohue and the Member. Mrs. MacMillan testified that during that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-exchange she was surprised that the Member was not more reactive and said that she ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-(Mrs. MacMillan) was shocked at the strength of the uncharacteristic reaction of Fred ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue. She was also disturbed by the information conveyed to her by Fred Donohue ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:about the alleged sexual relations of the Member and his son, Trevor. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Kelly MacMillan thought it was very “strange” that the Member was not more responsive ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-in the light of the serious accusations made by Fred Donohue. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Mrs. MacMillan testified that she offered to give the Member a ride home to Barrie but ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-that the Member declined, saying she had called Jennifer Lemieux for a ride. Mrs. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-MacMillan thought this was strange particularly given the fact that the weather was not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-very good that night. Mrs. MacMillan described the Member as pacing back and forth ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-looking for Ms. Lemieux’s car. When Ms. Lemieux arrived the Member ran out the door ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-to the car. Ms. Lemieux drove down from Barrie at the request of the Member. The fact ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-that the Member bolted into the vehicle of the Ms. Lemieux as soon as possible seemed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-very odd to Mrs. MacMillan indeed. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Kelly MacMillan attempted to follow up on the events of April 5th, 2002 with the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-principal of St Peter’s Secondary School. According to Kelly MacMillan, she placed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-three telephone calls to Ms. Catherine-Ann Humphries; messages were left and Mrs. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-MacMillan testified that there was not one acknowledgement or return telephone call ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-from Ms. Humphries. Mrs. MacMillan’s concern was that the principal was made aware ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-of the accident and the fact that the Member was in the car with the Trevor and Kristian. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-School. Duane provided information about the issue of alcohol availability and its ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-consumption. He was also aware, as a witness to the events, about the arrival of students ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-at the home of the Member. Duane Allison provided evidence about delivering Trevor ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and several of his friends to the home of the Member. These occurred on a number of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-occasions according to his testimony. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Duane Allison also attended the soccer tournament in Hamilton where he was an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-observer and participant in the purchase and provision of alcohol. During his testimony, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Duane maintained that the Member was not only in the van when the alcohol was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-purchased but she actually contributed to the cost of the alcohol. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Duane Allison also confirmed that he witnessed that the Member was in bed in a hotel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-room where there were other students including at least two other male students. Trevor ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was in bed with the Member. Duane was a first-hand observer to the sleeping ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-arrangements, and his evidence corroborates testimony that was given by Trevor ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donahue and Ramtin Aghajan. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Duane also took part in a summer tournament where the Member drove the team to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Peterborough, Ontario. According to Duane, the Member shared a bed with two male ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-students, positioning herself between the two of them. In spite of these sleeping ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:arrangements Duane stated that he did not observe any sexual activity taking place while ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-he was present. The Committee accepts Duane’s evidence in respect of the Hamilton ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-soccer tournament. Needless to say the Member’s presence in a hotel room, overnight, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-with male students showed a profound lack of professional judgment. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Duane Allison proved to be a credible witness. His evidence about alcohol consumption ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and sleeping arrangements speaks to the core of the Member’s professional judgment and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-her behaviour. Duane’s testimony added further corroboration about the Member’s lack ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-of care in her professional undertakings. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 26 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-According to Board protocol Ms. Humphries should have launched an investigation if ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-indeed she was made aware of accusations by a parent about an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-relationship. Certainly the matter should not have been referred back to the Member for ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-resolution. However, Ms. Humphries testified that Mrs. MacMillan did not make her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-aware of accusations levelled by Mr. Donohue at the Member and instead maintains that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the only concerns raised with her about the car accident related to the Member’s failure to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-have a permission slip signed for the trip. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:Ms. Humphries maintains she was totally unaware of any allegations of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-relationship between the Member and Trevor and that she was only told by Mrs. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue about late night phone calls between them. Ms. Humphries stated that if she had ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:been aware of the allegation of a sexual relationship between the Member and Trevor, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-she would have launched an investigation immediately. In any event, even though she ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-asserts that she was only told by Mrs. Donohue about late night phone calls, Ms. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Humphries referred the issue to her superintendent and was satisfied that it would be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-handled. She was aware that a union representative had been called in to assist in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-matter. Ms. Humphries was not involved in any further follow-up to this issue. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Ms. Humphries’ position appears naive, but can be understood given the fact that she was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-outside the information loop about what was really going on in the Member’s apartment. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-It was not in the Member’s best interest to report any aspect of the situation to Ms. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Humphries. However, evidence has been given that Ms. Humphries was told by Mrs. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue about the Christmas telephone intercept, and the car accident and Fred ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue’s accusations at the hospital. Had Ms. Humphries reacted earlier, no doubt the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-events and relationship may have had an alternative outcome. In her defence, it is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-recognized that Ms. Humphries was told by her Board superior that the matter would be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-handled centrally due to the fact that Ms. Humphries had already placed a letter in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member’s personnel file about the trip to the track meet and travelling in a student’s car. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 30 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-larger inquiry regardless of Mrs. Donohue’s statement that she would have denied the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-events. The principal insists that she was told that action was being taken by the Board ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-with regard to the concerns raised by Mrs. Donohue and that there should be no further ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-action by Ms. Humphries herself. The principal accepted this direction. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-is of the view that a deeper inquiry into the car accident likely would have revealed more ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-evidence of highly inappropriate activity on the part of the Member which in turn would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-have shed a very different light on the information relayed to Ms. Humphries by Mrs. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue some time later. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Stacey Levely ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Stacey Levely and the Member were friends and continue to be so to this day. Mr. Levely ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and his wife would often socialize with the Member. There was a relationship of trust ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-between them. Mr. Levely’s credibility as a witness is weakened in part because he based ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-his observations and assessments of the information that he heard about the Member and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Trevor on his experiences with his own mother. His attitude about Sharon Donohue was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-shaped by the professed alcoholism of Mr. Levely’s own mother, and so therefore any ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-comments by Mrs. Donohue were, in Mr. Levely’s view, entirely untrustworthy. Stacey ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Levely was not a witness to many of the incidents alleged and he was prepared to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-completely discount them as being impossible because of his own personal experiences. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Mr. Levely testified that he did receive telephone calls from Sharon Donohue referencing ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:improper sexual activity between the Member and Student A. Mr. Levely did not report ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-information about these telephone calls to anyone in authority even though they were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-highly inflammatory and potentially damaging to the Member’s teaching career. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Certainly they begged to be reported to a school authority if only for the benefit of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member, even if Mr. Levely did not believe that they were true. As a senior member of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the teaching staff Mr. Levely should have known that the onus was on him to report his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-knowledge of the accusations against the Member. In the least, Mr. Levely might have ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-been well advised to report the exchange, as recounted to him by the Member, to his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-principal Ms. Humphries if only to protect the Member against what he believed were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-false accusations. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 32 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Mr. Levely stated that he was unaware of any “Movie Nights”, sleeping arrangements at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:tournaments or any other calls from Mrs. Donohue to the Member where a sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-relationship was alleged. By his own admission, Mr. Levely did attend at least one of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-“Movie Nights”. As such, there was some contradiction in Mr. Levely’s testimony on this ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-matter. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-It is clear that the Member, even though supposedly a very close friend of Mr. Levely’s, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-did not share a number of troubling events (corroborated by numerous witnesses) with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-him. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Mr. Levely testified that the Member did recount to him the loud yelling by Fred ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue at the hospital but maintains the nature of the outburst was not conveyed. In this ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-regard, Mr. Levely lacks credibility. To be told of an accident and a subsequent ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-unpleasant exchange with a parent in the hospital and not to ask for more information ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-from one’s very good friend undermines the witness’s credibility. This lack of interest in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the details does not seem to be a credible reaction when presented with such outrageous ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and damaging information, particularly about a close friend. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-As well, Mr. Levely seemed unwilling to consider even the possibility that the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-had engaged in any inappropriate conduct, even after being confronted with information ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-(of which he had been unaware), that called into question the Member’s judgment. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Furthermore, while quite certain in his answers given in chief, Mr. Levely often replied to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-questions on cross-examination with “I can’t recall”, “I couldn’t say” and “I don’t ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-remember”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Jennifer Lemieux ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Jennifer Lemieux is the head of co-curricular and team sports at St. Peter’s Secondary ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-School. She was a friend of the Member and they enjoyed socializing outside of school. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-She also spent social time with Stacey Levely and his wife, Mari. Ms. Lemieux and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member shared personal information about their families and relationships. She ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-continues to be a friend of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 33 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-In examination in chief the Member asserted that some of the College witnesses were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-lying. In fact, the Member asserts that some of the defence witnesses were being ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-untruthful as well. The testimony of Amy Mullins was that of denial of most of the facts ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-in the matter. Even witnesses who were brought forward by the defence were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-countermanded by the Member in their recollection of the events. When a defence ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-witness stated that she saw an event in a certain way, that assertion was rejected by the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member. In the end the Member stated that essentially all of the College witnesses were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-lying. However, there were no reasonable alternatives offered by the Member to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Committee for consideration as alternatives or alibis for consideration. Member’s counsel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-had some hypotheses and options that he offered up but none were corroborated by any ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-witnesses except the Member testifying in her own right. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member admits that there were “Movie Nights”, but says that if there were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-sleepovers, the male students slept in a separate room. She does not admit to sharing a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-bed in a hotel room with a student. There are in fact a number of witnesses who verify ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-that the Member did share a bed in the hotel room in Hamilton with Trevor. Student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-participants in the “Movie Nights” testified that the Member was there for the evenings ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and that a male student slept in the Member’s bedroom, with the Member on at least one ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-occasion. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:The Member maintains that Ramtin was lying when he stated that he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-activity with his underage girlfriend with the express approval of the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-“underage girlfriend”, of her own volition, and without anything to gain, and as a mature ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:person now, testified that she did indeed have sex in the Member’s washroom and with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the Member’s consent, encouragement and full knowledge while the Member remained ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-in the living room with Student A. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member asserts that alcohol was never consumed in her apartment nor provided by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-her for the benefit of any student. Up to four participants in the activities during the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-“Movie Nights” and sleepovers in the Member’s apartment testified that there was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 37 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-alcohol, some brought in and some provided by the Member, at numerous times in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member’s apartment. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:The Member stated that she never had sex in any form with Trevor Donohue. Trevor ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:states that he did engage in sexual activity with the Member and Ramtin testified about ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:hearing sounds normally associated with sexual activity coming from the living room ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-where the Member and Trevor were. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member contends that at a family wedding, the students slept in a separate room and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:that there was never any sexual activity. Student A asserts that there was sexual activity. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member maintains that Louisa Ventura was being untruthful when she gave evidence ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-that she saw the Member and Trevor in the driveway of her home in 2003. This was a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-very telling statement by the Member. The Member did not say that Ms. Ventura must be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-mistaken, but that Ms. Ventura, the Member’s own witness, was being untruthful. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Committee does not believe that Ms. Ventura was being untruthful and indeed can ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-imagine no reason why Ms. Ventura, the Member’s own witness, would fabricate this. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Similarly, the Member had no explanation as to why Ms. Ventura would be untruthful ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-about this point. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member disagreed with Louisa Ventura’s evidence about the number of students ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-who attended at her apartment and yet there were numerous witnesses who testified to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-number of students routinely at the Member’s apartment. Others have stated that it was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-not unusual to meet in the driveway and to leave together as they often shared cars. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member denied the truth of the evidence given by Lori Campbell about what the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member had said to Ms. Campbell about the relationship with Trevor Donohue and her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-meeting with Trevor and his aunt in the Member’s apartment. Trevor gave a detailed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-recounting of the conversation in the Member’s apartment. Lori Campbell corroborated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Trevor’s version of the meeting. The Member not only disagreed with the version of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-events relayed by Trevor and his aunt but instead put forward a completely different ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 38 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-version in which Ms. Campbell and Trevor in fact apologized to the Member for Mrs. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue’s drunken phone calls to her and told her not to worry about the accusations. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Committee does not believe the Member’s version and also points out that this far- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-fetched version of events was not put to either Trevor or to Lori Campbell when they ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-were testifying so that they had an opportunity to either accept or deny this other version. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member denied that there was any accusation of improper conduct at the hospital ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and that both Fred Donohue and Kelly MacMillan were lying about what was said. Fred ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue and Kelly MacMillan both were consistent in their recounting of the events that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-had taken place in the emergency area waiting room of the hospital. Kelly MacMillan, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-who really has little contact with the Donohues, has no reason to fabricate her evidence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Indeed she testified in a forthright manner and could be expected to recall such an event, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-it relating to a car accident involving her son and culminating in the parent of her son’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:friend yelling at a teacher and accusing her of having sex with his son. That is an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-extremely unusual event and one that a person would be able to recall in some detail. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member lacks credibility and the nature of her testimony provided no support to her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-plea of innocence. The Member simply was unable to reasonably account for her actions ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-in relation to any of the allegations except to claim that she did not do anything wrong. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Moreover, even based on what the Member herself has admitted, it is clear that her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-behaviour violated general expectations of the discharge of the professional duties and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-responsibilities of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Allegations of Collusion ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Both counsel addressed the issue of possible collusion on the part of Student A and his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-supporters and witnesses. The issue was assessed from the viewpoint of both parties to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the matter. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-A review of the testimony supports the view that there was no collusion by the Trevor ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue and his supporters. Kristen Britnell, the most credible of witnesses, was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 39 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Fred Donohue maintained that he had not discussed the events at the hospital with Kelly ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-MacMillan. Kelly Macmillan, who no longer is a neighbour of the Donohue family, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-maintains a similar position. She has had no contact with the Donohues about anything ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-that she might know. Duane Allison, an important witness about alcohol consumption ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and sleeping arrangements had to rely on his own recollection in order to refresh his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-memory of the time. He has had no contact with any other participants in the process and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-his testimony was not previewed by other witnesses. The taciturn Kristian MacMillan ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-maintained this approach to information. When he spoke to Trevor Donohue about why ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-he would be summoned to meet with the police, he was told that Trevor had had a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-relationship with the Member - and that was the extent of the conversation. No further ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-details were forthcoming. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-A Consideration of the Submission by Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Committee gave careful consideration to the concerns of the Member’s counsel in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-his closing submission thereby making sure that all points of view were fairly heard and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-considered. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-An argument was made about the passage of time since 1998 when the first of the family ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-concerns about one of the Donohue boys and a teacher was aired. The boy and teacher ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-are not the same in this matter, but defence counsel suggested that the earlier incident and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-resulting civil action was a motive for Trevor to raise allegations against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-However, neither counsel were prepared to present information about the earlier matter, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-nor did either party call Trevor’s twin brother as a witness. The Committee accepts that it ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-is up to the discretion of counsel to determine who is to be heard on the witness stand and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the Committee refrained from asking any questions in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:Member’s counsel suggested it was unlikely that Trevor was as sexually inexperienced as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-he testified he was. No evidence to the contrary was presented and Trevor’s evidence on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-this was not weakened during cross-examination. The Committee accepted the evidence ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:of Trevor about his prior sexual experience. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 41 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-were by then in community college. Trevor testified that the Member visited him a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-“handful” of times in London. Kristian testified that he was aware of at least one visit by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the Member in London. The Member herself in her examination in chief agreed that she ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-met Trevor and Kristian at a restaurant and then they went to a football game together in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-London. As such, the Committee finds that this allegation has been substantiated. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-By his own statement Member’s counsel agreed that the evidence must be clear, cogent ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and convincing. The Committee arrived at this same view but with the aid of the many ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-layers of evidence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member’s counsel implied that Trevor was motivated by monetary considerations in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-bringing forward his allegations. Member’s counsel suggested to the College witnesses ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-that they also had financial motivations for testifying but they denied that Trevor had ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-promised to share any money from the civil action with them. The Committee finds there ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was no evidence to support this line of questioning. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-There was reference made to the possibility of contact between the witnesses. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Committee was satisfied that this did not happen in such a way as to taint the evidence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-No evidence was supplied that would support this position. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member’s counsel in his submission argued that what was mentoring and supporting ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was wrongly twisted to imply ulterior motives on the part of the Member. In fact, in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-relation to the part of the behaviour for which there was eye witness testimony, i.e., of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-“Movie Nights” and alcohol consumption, Member’s counsel suggests this does not rise ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:to the level of “sexual impropriety”. It seems to the Committee that all of the behaviours ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-were highly inappropriate and that it is not difficult to accept that the behaviour cascaded ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-further up the chain of impropriety. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member’s counsel spent considerable time in reviewing the testimony of the College ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-witnesses for inconsistency and confusion. It seemed to the Committee that there should ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-be some inconsistency between witnesses and this demonstrates the absence of collusion ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 43 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-and validates that memory can differ from person to person. The Committee would have ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-been more concerned if each of the witnesses gave testimony that matched up perfectly. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Member’s counsel argued that the Member did not report the allegations made ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:against her because there was no merit to them. She says there was no sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-relationship. This argument fails in the light of evidence that confirms that accusations ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-were made in public and by persons close to Trevor and therefore it is difficult to believe ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-that any right minded, responsible and careful teaching professional would not rush to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-inform their principal about such serious, potentially career-ending, “false accusations”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-It stretches the bounds of common sense to believe that the Member would not tell her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-principal or her union representative, that a parent was making untrue and career ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-destroying accusations. The Member’s explanation for not reporting the accusations does ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-not have the ring of truth to it. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-One of the arguments to test the credibility of the testimony against the Member was that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the incident could not have happened since the principal was never given specific details ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-about the accusations by the Donohues. However, the Member was the person whose ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-actions were being impugned. A reasonable person would have made the principal aware ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-of the rumours swirling around her and the supposedly unfounded accusations being ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-made against her by not one but two parents. The Committee finds credible, although ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-somewhat misguided, the rationale put forward by Sharon Donohue, that she did not go ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-to the police and did not want the principal to report the Member because she did not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-want another media frenzy. While the Committee approaches with some caution the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-testimony of Ms. Humphries, it is clear from even what she would admit that accusations ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-of an inappropriate relationship were raised by Mrs. Donohue back in 2002. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Committee does not know how much information Ms. Humphries shared with her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-supervisors. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-There was also some reference to many telephone calls being placed between the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member and Trevor. The question posed by Member’s counsel was why there was no ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 44 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-record of them. In the years under review, the use of mobile phones was not as yet as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-ubiquitous as it is now, so it is not surprising that there is no record of these calls. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-There was also much reference to the “risky” nature of the classroom behaviour as well ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-as the allegation about the conduct in the portable during the famine charity event. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-According to the Member’s counsel it was far too risky to be allowed to happen. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-question was “Why a teacher would let this happen?” The Committee believes the same ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-question could have been asked about allowing students to sleep over at her apartment or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-sleeping in a hotel room with students, both of which the Member admits and others have ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-verified. However, in light of the difficulty that Trevor had in placing the famine charity ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-event in any sort of definite timeline the Committee has decided that it will not make a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-finding in this instance since it did not feel that the burden of proof was met on this issue. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-A great deal of time in the summation was spent on commentary about the credibility of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-each of the prosecution witnesses. Duane Allison was dismissed by Member’s counsel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-out of hand, yet his testimony was very useful for the issue of sleeping arrangements and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-alcohol consumption. Trevor was described as learning to benefit from such allegations ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-as a result of the experience of his brother Ryan, yet no evidence was provided to support ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-this supposition. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Fred Donohue was characterized as having second hand information. It is true that he did ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-hear about things from others, but he did talk to his son and gained some very interesting ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-information about Trevor’s experiences. Most importantly, Mr. Donohue testified that as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-early as 2002, he confronted the Member in the hospital (which was witnessed by Mrs. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-MacMillan, as stated in her testimony) and she did not do anything about his accusations ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:of a sexual relationship with Trevor (i.e., she did not tell her friend Jennifer Lemieux, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-with whom she rode home that night and did not tell her principal, board administrator or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-union representative). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Kristen Britnell was portrayed as not knowing anything first hand but her testimony ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-confirms that she was at the Member’s apartment and did the things that she is alleged to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 45 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-SUMMARY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the evidence provided by the witnesses for the College ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-was clear, cogent and credible and this evidence established that the bulk of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-allegations have been proven and that the Member has breached the standards as defined ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:by the Act. The Committee finds that the Member engaged in a sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Trevor Donohue in the years 2001, 2002 and 2003. Conversely, the Committee has ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-determined that the evidence provided by the Member and her supporting witnesses was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-largely not credible, nor cogent and clear. In fact the Committee has decided that there is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-a large credibility gap in the testimony in support of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Trevor Donohue proved to be a credible witness even under long examination and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-through a detailed probing of his evidence. Trevor’s description of the events of 2001- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:2003 provided overwhelming support for his contention that sexual abuse and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-exploitation occurred. Kristen Britnell, a witness who had nothing to gain in the telling of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-her account of the relationship between the Member and students proved to be an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-unassailable witness. Her testimony was never denied by any alternate fact. In fact, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Kristen Britnell admitted to behaviour that did not show her in the best possible light. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Kristen Britnell’s self-admitted behaviour damned the Member. Her testimony revealed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the level of the Member’s failure to uphold the professional requirements expected of a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Ramtin Aghajan provided unassailable evidence about the consumption of alcohol with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the knowledge of the Member and most important, about the noises he heard consistent ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:with sexual activity while the Member shared private space with Trevor. Sharon ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue is quite clear about the conversation between Trevor and the Member that she ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-overheard, what was admitted to her and what she conveyed to the principal as the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-information about the Member’s behaviour came to light. Lori Campbell has a clear ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-memory about the events and conversations to which she was a witness and participant. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-She knew a substantial amount of detail about the Member’s behaviour and this ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-behaviour was admitted by the Member. Fred Donohue was the most stalwart witness in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 47 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:the giving of testimony. He may not have been a direct observer of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-improprieties but he did know a lot about them. He did speak to his son, Trevor, about ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-what had happened and he conveyed to the Committee what Trevor told him in an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-unvarnished manner; one that left no room for the imagination. He was also a participant ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-in the altercation in the emergency department on the night of the accident which rebuts ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-any argument of recent fabrication. Kelly MacMillan was very believable as she ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-recounted the exchange in the emergency department of the hospital. This was an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-incident in which she was a participant and she certainly had a very clear and cogent ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-recollection. She was able to quote Fred Donohue and to describe the Member’s reaction. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Kelly MacMillan was also clear about her subsequent action in notifying the principal. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The events were shocking enough that it would be reasonable for Mrs. MacMillan to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-have a clear memory of them. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Duane Allison was a witness who observed very specific behaviour on the part of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member. He witnessed the purchase and provision of alcohol by the Member. He was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-sure about the sleeping arrangements and who was in bed with whom. Duane Allison ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-provided a significant clarity to the understanding of the Committee about the incidents ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-under review. Kristian MacMillan supported evidence about the socializing that took ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-place with the Member and in her home. He too witnessed the consumption of alcohol. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The Committee found the testimony of the witnesses who testified on behalf of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member to be problematic. None of them provided any exculpatory evidence. Louisa ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Ventura, even though she lived directly above the Member`s apartment, claimed to notice ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-little about the comings and goings from the Member’s apartment but did admit that there ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-were students in the apartment and did see Trevor at the house after the Member had ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-switched schools. Catherine-Ann Humphries maintained throughout her testimony that, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-had she known, she would have investigated any serious allegations made about the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member. The Committee heard several witnesses testify that the principal was told about ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-very troubling conduct on the Member’s part. Stacey Levely, although a close friend, was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-unable to provide any insight into the Member’s behaviour. His assertion was that he was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-not a witness to any of the alleged behaviour. He was there in the Member’s apartment ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 48 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-for some of the socializing but that is all he will admit. In fact when told by Mrs. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Donohue about her concerns and knowledge, he dismissed it as the opinion of a person ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-not in full control of her senses. All of this was based on his own life experiences. Had he ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-reacted more like a responsible fellow teacher, the Member’s behaviours might have been ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-dealt with earlier. The Committee is in fact dismayed at the failure to take action which ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:might have prevented, or at the very least, shortened, the sexual relationship between ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Trevor and the Member. The Committee believes that many of the players involved in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-this matter failed utterly in their obligations to protect a vulnerable student from a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-completely inappropriate relationship with a teacher. The Committee believes that there ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-were signs that should have made any reasonable person aware that something was going ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-on between Trevor and the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Jennifer Lemieux was an experienced coach and chair of the co-curricular department. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-She saw the Member an hour after her altercation with Fred Donohue and yet the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Member did not disclose to her that she had just been accused of inappropriate conduct ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-by Mr. Donohue nor did Ms. Lemieux make any efforts to obtain information about what ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-had happened that had required her to drive down to Barrie to pick up the Member. In ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-spite of her years of friendship and after a serious highway accident, she chose not to ask ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-some probing questions. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Amy Mullins offered testimony in her own defence. She did not offer any alibis or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-information that might give the Committee any reasonable alternative to accept other than ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-the version of events presented by the College witnesses. Her only offering was that of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-total denial of the most serious of the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The submissions of counsel were considered in great detail and verified against notes and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-transcripts. College counsel’s submissions were of value as they summarized the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-evidence heard by the Committee in a helpful manner. The Member’s counsel provided ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-submissions that focused on the credibility of the witnesses. He did not offer alternative ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-paths that might explain the Member’s behaviour and that might assist the Committee in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 49 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-understanding what had occurred. In the end the weight of belief lay with the College’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-evidence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-The clear, cogent, convincing and concise evidence and testimony that was produced on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-behalf of the College was overwhelming in its purpose; that of proving that the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf:had breached and significantly violated the Act including engaging in the sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-a student. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf-Date: January 17, 2012 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- Mel Greif, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- Robert Ryan, OCT, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- 50 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-counsel for the College and counsel for the Member, the Committee found that the facts ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-supported a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee found that Amy ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf:Louise Mullins committed acts of professional misconduct when she engaged in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-relationship with Student A in the years 2001, 2002 and 2003. The Committee found that these ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-facts supported a finding of professional misconduct pursuant to the Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf:subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19) and that she engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-The Committee reconvened the hearing on March 8, 2012 to hear submissions on the issue of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-Submissions were made by Member’s Counsel and College Counsel. Letters of reference were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-submitted by Counsel for the Member to support an argument for mitigation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-Submission of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-College Counsel argued that revocation was the only appropriate penalty. Publication with name ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-should also be a significant element of the penalty. Counsel submitted that there was evidence of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-long term abuse. It was not just a single incident. The misconduct was a serious breach of trust ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-and was abuse by a [XXX], educator and member of the College of Teachers. The Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf:sought sexual gratification and there was a great deal of evidence presented during the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-misconduct hearing to substantiate this. The Committee accepted the evidence of Student A and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-other witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-Member’s Counsel presented material (Exhibit 41, Character Witness Binder) under the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-principle that the penalty hearing is a continuation of the original hearing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-A large number of letters of reference were submitted to support an argument for mitigation on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-the Member’s behalf. The letters were assessed in two groups. One group was those letters sent ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-by relatives of the Member. They are heartfelt and very positive about the character of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-Member and her integrity, commitment to her profession, her reliability and selflessness. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-letters refer to her desire to be of service. They also speak of her dedication to her faith. None of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-the letters make any reference to the matter at hand in this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-The second group of letters was written by ex-students, parents of students, colleagues and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-friends. Again, these writers, as those in the first group, make reference to the Member’s positive ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-attributes. These writers also refer to the Member’s excellent traits as an educator. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-Committee read them all thoroughly and assigned a relative weight to them in the deliberations ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-about an appropriate penalty. Again none of these letters make reference to misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-Member’s Counsel argued that the Committee should avoid a zero tolerance perspective when ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-determining the appropriate penalty. Revocation should never be considered as automatic. There ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-are other options including suspension for a number of years. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf:Member’s Counsel suggested that in cases of sexual exploitation of persons between [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-[XXX] years of age, allowances for a lighter penalty could be considered depending on the age ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-of the student, degree of consent and if there was a criminal finding. It was also important to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-determine if the young person was still a student at the time of the offense. “The appropriate ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf:(i.e., that a sexual relationship did not occur) and it would not be appropriate to show remorse ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-now. The Member’s demeanour is consistent with a not guilty plea. The Committee should also ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-consider the health of the Member as a mitigating factor. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-Member’s Counsel also made comment on the “five year suspension” that the Member has ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-already experienced. The Committee understands that she has been paid while on suspension but ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-she has not been able to practise her craft for the past six years. Member’s Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-that this should be taken into consideration when determining the penalty. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-Member’s Counsel reviewed the following legal cases: Kienapple (1974), Carruthers (1996), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-Mitchell (2003), Young (2001). These decisions addressed the degree of multiplicity of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-misconduct, the age of the student, the willingness of the student, the question if a student is a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-student after they graduate, inadequacy of reason for a penalty, the degree of review of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-evidence presented during a hearing. All of the arguments were noted by the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-Member’s Counsel stated that the discipline cases and penalty decisions brought forward by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-College Counsel were all agreed statements of fact. The matter before the Committee is a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-contested one and should therefore be judged differently as the Committee had more leeway in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-determining penalty. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-Member’s Counsel stated that the Committee should keep in mind that the events took place ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-many years ago. There was no harm done to Student A. The Member is not a risk to anyone. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-There is no evidence to indicate the conduct might be repeated. No criminal charges were laid. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-It was a consensual relationship, not in a legal concept, but in its practical form. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-Member’s Counsel also submitted that the Committee should consider the loss of income and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-loss of pension benefits that will ensue regardless of the penalty decision. This would be so even ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-if the Member could find employment as a teacher ever again. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-College Counsel responded to issues raised by Member’s Counsel. The teacher-student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-relationship is very well defined through decisions made by the courts. The issue is about what ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-happened at the school where the Member and Student A were found. The misconduct occurred ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-while the Member and Student A were in a student-teacher relationship. Indeed, the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-began her relationship with Student A at the virtual beginning of her teaching career. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the fact that the Member shows no remorse is a very important ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-argument against mitigation. She has been found guilty; she needs to address that fact. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-College Counsel argued that there has been a significant impact on the Student A, on his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-schooling, his career path, and his future relationships and on his family. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-The passage of time since 2002 or 2006 is irrelevant; that is just how long the process has taken. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-An argument that the relationship was consensual carries no weight since the Member denies the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf:allegations altogether. If there was no sexual relationship at all (as the Member claims) then it ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-could not be consensual. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-The Committee also considered the age of the students in involved in the matter. They ranged ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-from [XXX] to [XXX] years. These are young persons in need of protection and, certainly, not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-exploitation. These students were students of the Member’s school during the time of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-misconduct. There can be no age and distance mitigation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-The Member was a young teacher with very little experience. She was energetic but naïve and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-certainly not wise in the ways and expectations of the profession. As such there was little early ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-indication that the Member might not be able to discharge her duties as a teacher in an acceptable ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-manner, regardless of the formal training and additional courses that she may have completed. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-The Committee is of the opinion that revocation is appropriate in this case. The Member has ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-been found in violation of the Act in a most egregious manner. She abused a student in her care. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf:She allowed students in her care to engage in sexual acts. She placed herself in a compromising ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-situation in hotel rooms. She provided, paid for and tolerated the consumption of alcohol while ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-students were under her care. She continued to be in contact with a student even after expressly ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-forbidden to do so by his parents. She allowed students to stay in her personal residence without ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-their parents’ knowledge and approval. She shared a hotel bed with male students in various ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-stages of undress. There were other male students in the hotel room as well. She engaged in acts ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf:of sexual touching and sexual intercourse with a student. Any one of these misconducts would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-warrant a most severe penalty. The many, together, defy the adequacy of even the most severe ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION, AND ORDERS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-This matter commenced before a panel of the Discipline Committee (“the Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-on November 2, 2011 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-On November 2, 2011, the Notice of Hearing dated January 10, 2011 was entered as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Exhibit #1. The Member, Brent Douglas Ashley, appeared before the Committee via ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-teleconference seeking an adjournment of the hearing. The Committee granted the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-request for an adjournment. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-The hearing reconvened on June 18, 2012 and September 13, 2012 with the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-present and represented by counsel. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-The allegations against Brent Douglas Ashley (“the Member”) in Exhibit #1 are as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Brent Douglas Ashley is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- (d) he contravened a law or laws, the contravention of which is relevant to his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- (e) he contravened a law or laws, the contravention of which may cause a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- student or students under the member’s professional supervision to be or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- remain at risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Upon reconvening the hearing on June 18, 2012, College Counsel advised the Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-that an agreement had been reached on the facts and introduced a Statement of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit #2), which provided as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-1. Brent Douglas Ashley (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers. Attached to Exhibit #2 and [located at Tab] “A” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the York Region District ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at the [XXX] School (the “School”) in [XXX] , ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-3. During the period commencing approximately December 1, 2006 and ending on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-or about September 16, 2007, the Member engaged in an inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-unprofessional personal relationship with a female student (the “Student”) of the School, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-who was in Grade [XXX] during the 2006-2007 academic year. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-4. The personal relationship between the Member and the Student commenced when ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-the Student was approximately [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-5. The personal relationship between the Member and the Student involved: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- (a) kissing; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- (b) touching; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf: (c) oral sex; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf: (d) sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-6. Pursuant to paragraph 5 above, those activities took place at the School and/or at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-the Member’s parent’s home and/or in the Member’s motor vehicle. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-7. On or about July 16, 2010, the Member was found guilty in the Superior Court of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Justice at Newmarket of a charge that he between December 1, 2006 and September 16, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-2007, at the Town of [XXX] in the Regional Municipality of York, and elsewhere in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Province of Ontario, being in a position of trust and authority towards the Student, a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf:young person, did for a sexual purpose, touch directly the body of the Student, a young ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-person, with a part of his body, to wit his penis, contrary to Section 153(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-8. On or about December 6, 2010, the Member was sentenced by Madam Justice ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-C.A. Gilmore to twelve (12) months imprisonment and two (2) years probation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the Uncontested Facts referred to in paragraphs 3, 5, 6, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-and 7 above, constituted conduct which is professional misconduct, and pled no contest ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Member also acknowledged that he engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-By this document, the Member stated that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- (a) he fully understood the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- (b) he understood that by signing this document, he was consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- (c) he understood that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- (d) he understood that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- (e) he understood that any agreement between counsel for the College and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- himself with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-A non-publication and non-broadcast order was issued under subsection 486.4(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada), in the proceedings in the Superior Court of Justice. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Committee is required to uphold this publication ban imposed in the matter of Her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Majesty The Queen v. Brent Douglas Ashley by the Superior Court of Justice. There shall ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-be no publication of any information that might tend to identify the victim involved in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-this matter. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-On June 18, 2012, the Discipline Committee rendered the following oral decision with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-respect to finding: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-made by College Counsel and Member’s Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Brent Douglas Ashley committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf:sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-The Committee was presented with Exhibit #2, in which the Member admitted to a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf:relationship with the student involving kissing, touching, oral sex and sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Further, the Member acknowledged that these activities took place between December 1, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-2006 and September 16, 2007 at the school, and/or his parents’ home and/or in his motor ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-vehicle. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-In addition, the law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-College of Teachers allows the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-granted. The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in the court documents contained ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf:within Exhibit #2, that the Member was convicted of one count of sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-pursuant to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. The conviction was entered on July ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-16, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Madam Justice C.A. Gilmore in her Reasons for Judgment given on July 16, 2010 found ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf:that the Member groomed the Student by way of sexual exploitation over a 10-month ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-period between December 2006 and September 16, 2007. The Student was [XXX] when ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-the abuse began and [XXX] years of age by the time it ended. Further, Madam Justice ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Gilmore found that the relationship began through e-mail, progressed to touching, kissing ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf:and oral sex and culminated in sexual intercourse on many occasions, particularly during ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf:the summer of 2007. A number of the occurrences of sexual contact took place in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-[XXX] school where the victim attended and the Member taught. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-On December 6, 2010, the Member was sentenced by Madam Justice C.A. Gilmore to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-twelve (12) months imprisonment and two (2) years probation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and the resulting conviction for sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-exploitation in relation to his student as outlined herein, constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf:the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-SUBMISSIONS RE: PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-During the hearing on June 18, 2012, the issue of publication arose in relation to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-College’s request to publish the member’s name when a publication ban has been ordered ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-by the Court, pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code (Canada). College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-stated that, in this instance, the publication ban does not extend to the Member’s name, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-but to the name of the complainant only. College Counsel drew the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-attention to Exhibit #2, Tab F, where the name of the Member is clearly evident on the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-cover page of the Reasons for Judgment from the criminal trial. The name of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Member is also evident on the Reasons for Sentence from the criminal trial (Exhibit #2, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Tab G). College Counsel reminded the Committee that this hearing was open and that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-the Member had made no application to have the hearing closed. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-submitted that the request put forth by the Member was really an attempt to protect the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Member and not to protect the identity of the student. College Counsel assured the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Committee that the College has a robust redaction process to protect the student and to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-ensure that the name of the student, which is the focus of the publication ban, is not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-disclosed. College Counsel submitted that protection of the public requires that the name ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-of the Member be published. Withholding the Member’s name indicates a complete ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-media to publish it. Again, there is no evidence before the Committee that this was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-tendered before the Court. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 2. Pursuant to subsection 30 (5) paragraph 3 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- the findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-The Committee finds the Member engaged in an inappropriate and unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-relationship with a student while she was under his care and supervision. The Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-was found to have contravened s. 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code in that he was in a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-position of trust and authority towards a young person (namely the student) and for a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf:sexual purpose, touched directly with a part of the body (namely his penis), any part of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-the body of the young person. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-As noted above, Madam Justice C.A. Gilmore found that the Member groomed the victim ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf:by way of sexual exploitation over a ten (10) month period. Madam Justice C.A. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf-Gilmore found that the relationship began through e-mail, progressed to touching, kissing ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf:and oral sex and culminated in sexual intercourse on many occasions. A number of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf:occurrences of sexual contact took place in the [XXX] school where the student attended ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- (f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-1. Colleen Anne Murphy (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf:2. The Member was employed by the Greater Essex County District School Board ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-and at all material times was an occasional teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”), in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-LaSalle, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-3. On or about April 30, 2009, in the presence of other Grade [XXX] students, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Member: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- (a) struck the upper arm of female Student #1 with her hand; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- (b) struck Student #1 in the chest area with her hand; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- (c) grabbed and/or squeezed the arm of female Student #2. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-The Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf:At all material times, the Member was employed by the Greater Essex County District ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-School Board as an occasional teacher. The specific issues for the Committee to consider ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-were whether or not the Member struck the upper arm and chest area of Student #1 with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-were credible and that indeed the alleged contact had occurred. The CAS investigation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-and its attendant interviews were going on at the same time as the school investigation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-but these two investigations, by the school and by the CAS, were not dependent in any ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-way on each other. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Testimony of Leanne Ross (CAS Rep) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Leanne Ross was the Children’s Aid Society investigator assigned to the school. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf:Ms. Ross was a child protection worker with the Windsor Essex Children’s Aid Society ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-and had been with the organization since 1999. She conducted the investigation at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-School in an independent manner as prescribed by the protocols of the CAS. She also ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-advised the police about being called in by the school. The investigation began on May 1, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-2009, immediately after being called by the school. Ms. Ross’ investigation report is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-listed at Exhibit 9. Student #1 was the first to be interviewed, followed by Student #2. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Ms. Ross verified that she did not see marks on either of the two students. Even though ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Ms. Ross did not see any marks on the students, she believed, because the stories were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-very consistent, that the students were credible. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Ms. Ross, an experienced investigator, was comfortable with the conclusion that physical ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-abuse had occurred because in her experience, “students of this age do not generally lie”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Ms. Ross also interviewed as many students as possible and stated that not all students ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-witnessed the events, nor did she believe that all of the students were credible in their ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-statements. However, in her view, because the most affected students were credible and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-were primary witnesses to the abuse, the abuse did happen. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Ms. Ross did discuss the difficulty that she had in contacting the Member to arrange for ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-an interview. At first the contact telephone number provided by the board was wrong. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Even after acquiring the correct number, she could not make contact with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-By the time that Ms. Ross had made useful contact with Member, the Member had ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-already received advice from her lawyer not to speak to the CAS investigator unless ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-through a lawyer. Ms. Ross, according to her testimony, considered not being able to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-persuade the Member to come for an interview as atypical in matters such as this. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-only response received from the Member was through a lawyer’s letter in which counsel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-for the Member denied all allegations. This was dated June 16, 2009, sometime after Ms. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Ross completed her investigation and after the police investigation was closed. Ms. Ross ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-never spoke to the Member directly about any of the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Ms. Ross reported back to her supervisor with the details of her investigation. Together ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-they used the notes from the CAS investigation and the evidence collected by the school ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-and determined that, in their view, physical abuse did occur. This conclusion was shared ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-with the school. The CAS closed their investigation because they were convinced that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-school and relevant board authorities would proceed appropriately. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Testimony of the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf:Colleen Murphy was an occasional teacher for the Greater Essex County District School ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Board who was assigned to [XXX] School for one day. Her teaching background was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-music and elementary education. Ms. Murphy has a M.Ed. in educational leadership. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-The assignment at the school included supervision of a class normally assigned to a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-teacher of French at [XXX] School. Her direction for the day’s teaching was a one page ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-sheet of instruction and some attendance-taking materials. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-At no time in her investigations did Ms. Major establish a seating plan or map of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-spaces which establishes where students were relative to each other and to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-complainants in the alleged incidents. Even her draft of the line-up in the hallway does ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-not match student recollections of where they stood in relation to their classmates. There ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-was no confirmation of this type of evidence which would have served to strengthen ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-student testimony. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Although well intentioned in undertaking her investigation, Ms. Major was inexperienced ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-in conducting this kind of investigation. In the end, her workload, lack of experience and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-the time constraints undermined the quality of the evidence collected. Therefore, in spite ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-of the well intentioned effort, ultimately the investigation conducted by Ms. Major was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-flawed. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf:Leanne Ross is a child protection worker for the Windsor Essex Children’s Aid Society. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-She has been employed in this capacity for eleven years and counts herself as an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-experienced person in this field. She has had ongoing training and has conducted a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-number of investigations of child abuse with some experience in a school setting. She ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-admits to investigating about fifteen cases a month, but has only had four to five teacher- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-student investigations. She refers to what she does as forensic interviewing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-Ms. Ross was summoned to [XXX] School on May 1, 2009 regarding the allegations ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-against the Member, and she started her interviews that same day. This investigation was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-conducted independently of the school investigation efforts. Ms. Ross conducted her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-investigation as a parallel process. Ms. Ross notified the local police and they conducted ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-their own investigation. At the end of her investigation, Ms. Ross consulted with her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf-superior and produced a comprehensive report (Exhibit 9). This report contained ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-Complaint #1 – Exhibit 3 – Incident April 30, 2008, [XXX]. School ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED in Notice of Hearing #1 (Exhibit 3), that Deoraj Narine is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member contrary, to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- 1. Deoraj Narine (the “Member”) was, at all times material hereto, an employee of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- the Toronto District School Board (the “Board”) and was a Grade [XXX] [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- On or about April 30, 2008, the Member made comments to an [XXX] year old [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- female Student, which included: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (a) that she was “a shit head”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (b) criticized her family for allowing her to continue her [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (c) criticized how she would [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (d) said that if she had listened to him, she “would have had it taken out”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (e) that her [XXX] would cost him money as a taxpayer; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (f) said to her – “I feel sorry for you anyways because it’s [the [XXX]] going ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- to [XXX] in a world of violence and shit”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf: (g) said to her – “You go sexing around and you know shit, and fucking ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- around”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (h) used the expression “Fuck guy” when speaking to her. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-Member’s Plea ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-The Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 3). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-Overview ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-Deoraj Narine is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. At all material times, he ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-was employed by the Toronto District School Board as a Grade [XXX] [XXX] teacher at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-[XXX] School. The case concerned alleged inappropriate comments made by the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-Member to an [XXX] year old [XXX] female Student on April 30, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-The specific issue for the Discipline Committee to consider was whether or not the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-Member, on one occasion, made the inappropriate comments as alleged to the Student. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-The Evidence ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-The College called one witness with respect to this complaint, [XXX] the Student in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-question. The Member also testified before the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-evidence of [XXX], the Member did in fact make inappropriate comments to the student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-which included: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (a) that she was “a shit head”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (b) criticized her family for allowing her to continue her [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (c) criticized how she would [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (d) said that if she had listened to him, she “would have had it taken out”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (e) that her [XXX] would cost him money as a taxpayer; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (f) said to her – “I feel sorry for you anyways because it’s [the [XXX]] going ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- to [XXX] in a world of violence and shit”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf: (g) said to her – “You go sexing around and you know shit, and fucking ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- around”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (h) used the expression “Fuck guy” when speaking to her. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-Accordingly, the Discipline Committee finds that the Member made these inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-comments to an [XXX] year old [XXX] female student, and in doing so failed to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-maintain the standards of the profession, abused a student verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-emotionally, breached s. 264(1)(c) of the Education Act, engaged in conduct that would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-and in conduct unbecoming a member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-Complaint #2 – Exhibit 1 – Incidents between September and November, 2009, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-[XXX] High School ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED in Notice of Hearing 2 (Exhibit1), that Deoraj Narine is guilty ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-of professional misconduct as defined in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member contrary, to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-1. Deoraj Narine (the “Member”) was, at all times material hereto, an employee of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-the Toronto District School Board (the “Board”) and was a Grade [XXX] [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-teacher at [XXX] High School (the “School”) in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf-2. Between September and November 2009, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- (a) treated students in a disrespectful manner, yelling at them and telling them ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- to “shut up” on more than one occasion; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf-Agreement (“MOA”), (Exhibit 3) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- 1. On March 28, 2011, the College received a letter of notification, dated March 3, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf: 2011, from the Greater Essex County District School Board (the “Board”) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- regarding John Ondricko, a Grade 7 teacher at Belle River Public School (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- “School”) with the Board, pursuant to its obligation under section 43.2 of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- 2. John Ondricko is a member of the College in good standing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- 3. According to the Board’s documentation, the Member’s teaching methods and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- content of his Grade 7 Health class went beyond the curriculum. As a result, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- Member was informed that he would not be teaching the Health curriculum until ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- the end of the 2012-2013 school year. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- 4. The Member states that he employed slang terminology in very limited ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- circumstances in Health class and that these circumstances were solely for the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- purpose of explaining the correct terminology to students. The Member states ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf: that he also responded to various questions from students on sexual education ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- topics. The Member acknowledges that at times this went outside of the Health ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- curriculum; however, the Member states that his intention at all times was to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf: attempt to demystify sexual education for the students and to attempt to resolve ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- the students' misperceptions and inaccuracies. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- 5. During interviews with the Member’s students, the Board found that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf-  10 students indicated that the Member used the term “kuif – pussy fart”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf:  six students said the Member talked about different types of sex positions; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf-  six students reported the Member used nicknames for body parts/privates, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- including black hole, Mr. Smiley, cock, balls, and dick; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf-  five students stated that the Member used the phrase “pop a cherry”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf-  five students said that the Member used the expression “blow job”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf-  three students indicated that the Member used the expression “69”; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf-  one student reported the Member having said that a blow-up doll can be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- purchased by unattractive men; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf-  one student reported the Member having said, “What happens in health ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- class stays in health class”; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf-  11 of the 16 students indicated to School administration that the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- answered all questions a Suggestion/Question Box which was available in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- the classroom, while 15 students reported having felt uncomfortable with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- the words/phrases used by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 22, 2011 was served on Anthony John Park, requesting his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-presence on August 8, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for February 2, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-Anthony John Park was in attendance throughout the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-The allegations against Anthony John Park in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated July ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-22, 2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Anthony John Park is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-On February 2, 2012, Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-been reached on the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-2. The Member was employed by the Durham Catholic District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-“Board”) at all material times hereto and was a [XXX] and/or [XXX] and/or [XXX] and/or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-[XXX] teacher at [XXX] (the “School”) in Whitby, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-3. In 2004, the Member was disciplined by the Board as a result of inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-interactions with two female students on a field trip. He received a disciplinary transfer to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-another school, underwent a psychiatric assessment and took a boundaries course. Attached ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-as Exhibit “B” is the disciplinary letter from the Board dated September 2, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-4. At all material times, Students A, B, C, D, E, and F were female Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-and/or Grade [XXX] students of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-5. During the 2007-2008 academic year, the Member while teaching class made ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf:several inappropriate comments to his class and certain students which contained sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-overtones. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-6. During class time, Student A was feeling cold in the Member’s class and asked the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-Member if she could go get her sweater, the Member responded to Student A with his arms ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-open, “Come over, I’ll warm you up”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-7. In addition, during a class in which the Member was discussing animals he called ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-Student A “exotic” comparing Student A to animals. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-8. During class, the Member told Student B that he wished she was his daughter. Also, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-the Member told Student B that he wished she could go home with him. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-9. In addition, when seeing Student B in the School hallway with her boyfriend, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-Member told Student B, “He better be treating you right”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-10. The Member, when confiscating a Cosmopolitan magazine from Student C and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-flipping through the pages said to the class, “You could learn some things from the articles” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-and then reading a headline of an article aloud to the class which said “Why do women ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf:want to have sex all the time?” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-11. When Student C was sitting in class chatting with her friends and looking at a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-magazine, she indicated to her friends that a male in the magazine was cute. The Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-then responded to Student C by saying “I know I’m hot, but we can’t go out cause you’re a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-student and I’m your teacher”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-12. During class while Student F was bent over, the Member stated to her, “I can see ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-your underwear”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-13. The Member, while writing notes on the blackboard in class would look back to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-class and state to Students A, B, C, D and E, “Girls, stop looking at my butt”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-14. The Member, while conducting class and describing organisms, cells, trees and/or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf:plants would describe them in an inappropriate and sexual way such that he would state, “A ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-stem is long, sometimes it goes hard, sometimes it’s soft”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 16 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-above of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2). He ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-acknowledged that the agreed facts referred to in paragraphs 5 to 15 above constitute ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-conduct which is professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18 - unprofessional) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-Statement of Facts and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-The Member acted inappropriately with six female, grade [XXX] and [XXX] students who ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-were in his charge. In these interactions, the Member made the comments, all of them ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-highly inappropriate in a classroom setting and with persons of this age and those who were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-his students and in his care, such as: “I wish you could go home with me.” “Why do women ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf:want to have sex all of the time.” “Stop looking at my butt.” “I know I’m hot, but we can’t ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-go out. Because you’re a student and I’m your teacher.” “A stem is long, sometimes it goes ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-hard and sometimes it’s soft.” “I can see your underwear.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-These comments were made, as well as others, over the span of one year. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-employment was terminated by the Board on or about November 24, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-It is important to note the following details of the incidents of 2004 and the disciplinary ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-action that ensued because they are relevant to an understanding of the nature of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-In 2004, the Member was disciplined by the Durham Catholic District School Board as a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-result of inappropriate interactions with two female students on a field trip. He received a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-disciplinary transfer to another school, underwent a psychiatric assessment and took a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-boundaries course. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-The panel was provided with comments made by the Board as a result of the review of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-Member’s inappropriate comments and the disciplinary process that ensued. “You must ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-understand clearly that the Durham Catholic District School Board utterly disapproves of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-boundary violations of any kind.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf:A psychiatric and sexological evaluation reported the following: “The information ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-provided…suggests…that Mr. Park failed to observe the expected boundary between ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-himself - an adult male teacher - and female adolescent students…the allegations suggest a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-number of types of transgressions that include inappropriate words, gestures and actions ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-that again fall under the rubric of boundary transgression.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-The Member’s board concluded “The Board hopes that you will take advantage of this ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-opportunity and relies on a number of positive observations that Dr. Bloom makes about ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-your regret and your intention to maintain stricter boundaries between yourself and your ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-College Counsel provided Cerasuolo, Di Pasquale and DeSousa - a range of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-College of Teachers cases that reflected varying degrees of penalty provided as a group to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-demonstrate that the Joint Submission on Penalty was in line with the range of penalties. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-Member’s Counsel provided the Committee with fourteen cases in order to provide a sense ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-of range on penalty. The cases cited were in some instances more severe and in others less ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-so. More severe cases were those with actions and comments directed at particular students ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf:over a long time span with actions that approached grooming. Member’s Counsel stated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-“There is no question that the Joint Submission on Penalty is in range.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-The Committee consulted Independent Legal Counsel on this matter of the suitability of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-Joint Submission on Penalty. The Committee was reminded that the Panel of the Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-is entitled to accept or reject a Joint Submission on Penalty. The Committee has an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-obligation to determine the distance between a Joint Submission on Penalty and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-Committee’s opinions on an appropriate penalty. The Committee must not reject a Joint ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-Submission on Penalty unless the Joint Submission on Penalty is a severe departure from an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-appropriate penalty and therefore contrary to the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- (a) the Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately following ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand and the fact of the reprimand is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 30, 2010 was served on Jill Suzanne Sparks, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-requesting her presence on December 16, 2010 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 24, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Jill Suzanne Sparks was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-The allegations against Jill Suzanne Sparks in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-November 30, 2010 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Jill Suzanne Sparks is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-in subsection 30(2) and sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (b) she abused a student physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (c) she abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf: (d) she abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (f) she contravened a law the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (g) she contravened a law the contravention of which may cause a student to be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (h) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (i) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf: (j) she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-A non-publication and non-broadcast order was issued under subsection 486.4 and 517 of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-the Criminal Code (Canada), in the proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Committee is required to uphold this publication ban imposed in the matter of Her Majesty ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-The Queen v. Jill S. Sparks by the Ontario Court of Justice. There shall be no publication of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-any information that might tend to identify the victim involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-“STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-1. Jill Suzanne Sparks (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Durham District School ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Board (the “Board”) as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-3. The Member met the Student at a Public School (the “School”) during the 2006- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-2007 academic year where she taught Grade 6 but was not the Student’s teacher. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-4. From approximately 2006, the Member was the Student’s [XXX] and/or [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-coach for approximately [XXX] years and then began training the Student privately outside ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-of school thereafter. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-5. During the 2008-2009 academic year, the Student was a male Grade [XXX] student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-of the Board. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-6. From the approximate dates of December 2008 to February 2009, the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf:developed a personal and sexual relationship with the Student in that she: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (a) kissed the Student; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (b) performed fellatio on the Student; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (c) allowed the Student to touch her breasts; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (d) undressed in front of the Student after they had finished [XXX]/training ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- together. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-7. On or about 24 February 2009, the Member was charged with the following in that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-she: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (a) on or about the 20th day of February in the year 2009 at the Municipality of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- Clarington in the Central East Region did, with a part of her body, for a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf: sexual purpose, directly touch the body of a person under the age of sixteen ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- years, contrary to Section 151 of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (b) on or about the 20th day of February in the year 2009 at the Municipality of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf: Clarington in the Central East Region did commit a sexual assault, contrary ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- to Section 271, subsection (1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-8. On or about 24 July 2009, the Member pleaded guilty before the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Justice, in respect of the following charge, and was found guilty of that charge: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (a) that she on or about the 20th day of February in the year 2009 at the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- Municipality of Clarington in the Central East region did, with a part of her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf: body, for a sexual purpose, directly touch the body of a person under the age ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- of sixteen years, contrary to Section 151 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-9. Also on or about 24 July 2009, the Member was found guilty of assault on the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Student. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-10. On or about 14 September 2009, the Member was sentenced to forty-five (45) days ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-imprisonment and a 12-month conditional sentence during which she is to be confined to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-her home. In addition, she is prohibited to seek, obtain or continue any employment, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-whether or not the employment is remunerated or becoming or being a volunteer in a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-capacity that involves being in a position of trust or authority towards persons under the age ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-of sixteen (16) years for a period of ten (10) years. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-11. On or about 31 August 2009, the Member resigned her teaching position with the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Board with immediate effect. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-12. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit B is a certified copy of the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Justice Information, dated 24 February 2009, with respect to that charge. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-13. A certified copy of the Probation Order dated 14 September 2009, is attached as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Exhibit C. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-14. A certified copy of the Prohibition Order dated 14 September 2009 is attached as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Exhibit D. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-15. A certified copy of the Conditional Sentence Order dated 14 September 2009 is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-attached as Exhibit E. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-16. Copies of the transcripts of the Plea Proceedings made on 24 July 2009 before Mr. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Justice D.M. Halikowski and the Reasons for Sentence of Justice Halikowski on 14 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-September 2009 are attached as Exhibits F and G respectively. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-17. A copy of a medical report dated May 16, 2011, by Dr. Nancy Wilkinson, Client ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Care Manager/Psychologist at Lakeridge Health Centre in respect of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-rehabilitation has been attached as Exhibit H. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-18. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-truth of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 15 above (the “Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-19. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-paragraphs 6 to 8 above, constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against her, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf:1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that she engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-20. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, she is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against her and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (d) she understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- including reference to her name, may be published in the official publication ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- of the College; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between counsel for the College and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- herself with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not bind ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this Agreement ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-21. The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the Rules of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-1996, chapter 12, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any other civil, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-22. In light of the uncontested facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-professional misconduct.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Counsel for the College and by the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Jill Suzanne ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Sparks committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1 (16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 15 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-(the “uncontested facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-(Exhibit 2). She acknowledged that the uncontested facts referred to in paragraphs 6 to 8 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against her as alleged. The Committee accepted the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-From the approximate dates of December 2008 to February 2009, the Member developed a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf:personal and sexual relationship with a Student in that she: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (a) kissed the Student; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (b) performed fellatio on the Student; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (c) allowed the Student to touch her breasts; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (d) undressed in front of the Student after they had finished [XXX]/training ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- together. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf:The Member was subsequently charged with and found guilty of one count of sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-interference and one count of assault. She was sentenced to forty-five (45) days ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-imprisonment and a 12-month conditional sentence during which she was to be confined to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-her home. In addition, she was prohibited from seeking, obtaining or continuing any ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-employment or being a volunteer in any capacity that involves being in a position of trust or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-authority towards persons under the age of sixteen (16) years for a period of ten (10) years. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and the resulting convictions for sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-interference and assault in relation to a student as outlined above, constitutes professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1 (16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf:finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-23. The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter would be that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Committee: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (a) directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- revoke the Certificate and Qualification and Registration of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- (b) directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- Committee in summary form in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. The parties have not ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- agreed on whether or not the Member’s name should be included and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- submissions will be made on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-The Committee received submissions from Counsel for the College and from the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-with respect to publication of the Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Counsel for the College requested that the findings and order of the Committee be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-published in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-Member. Counsel for the College submitted that even though the Member was not a typical ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf:sex offender and was not likely to reoffend, conduct of this nature cannot be tolerated and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-2. The Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- Committee in summary form, without the name of the Member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf: During the 2008-2009 academic year, the Member entered into an inappropriate and sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf: relationship with a male student and was subsequently convicted of sexual interference and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- assault of that student. The Member, who was in a position of trust toward the student, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf: performed acts of a sexual nature on the student and allowed him to touch her breasts. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- Member has entirely failed in that trust, has broken laws that are intended to protect the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- young and was incarcerated for doing so. The Member is prohibited from seeking, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- obtaining or continuing any employment or being a volunteer in any capacity that involves ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- being in a position of trust or authority towards persons under the age of sixteen (16) years ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- for a period of ten (10) years. The Member’s misconduct, her criminal convictions and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- conditions of her probation disqualify the Member from holding a teaching certificate and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- therefore revocation is necessary. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- With respect to the publication ban in the criminal proceedings, brought to the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- attention by the Member, Independent Legal Counsel clarified that Section 486.4 of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- Criminal Code is a ban on publication of any information that might identify the victim and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- is to be upheld in these proceedings because it applies even after the criminal process has ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ended. Section 517 of the Criminal Code is a temporary ban on any publication during the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- criminal proceedings, which is no longer in effect once the trial is over and therefore does ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- not apply to these proceedings (as the criminal process has ended). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-The Committee considered submissions from both College Counsel and the Member with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-respect to publication of the Member’s name. College Counsel produced some newspaper ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-articles from after the trial had concluded which showed that the Member’s name has ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-indeed been published since that time. Counsel also cautioned the Committee that despite ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-the Member’s reference to her previous attempted suicides, the only document presented ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-(Exhibit 2, Tab H) makes no mention of suicide attempts. Counsel submitted that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-publication with name is an appropriate penalty in serious cases such as this and serves as a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-general deterrent to the remainder of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-The Member stated that she appeared before the Committee to assume her professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-responsibility, to apologize for her actions and to discuss the publication ban. She indicated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-that she did not seek counsel because she wanted to take this on herself and felt it was her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-professional responsibility to stand before her peers. The Member talked at length about ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-her mental and emotional health since the trial. She stated that she sought psychiatric care ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-four days following her arrest and continued with extensive psychotherapy for a period of at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-least 24 weeks. She continues with psychotherapy since that time. The Committee also ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf:carefully considered the fact that the Member voluntarily undertook a sexual offender ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-assessment. The Committee notes that the psychologist’s letter (Exhibit 2, Tab H) stated the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-results of her assessment clearly indicate that the Member does not have the profile of a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf:sexual offender and is not likely to reoffend in the future. Further, the psychologist states ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-the result of this assessment supports her clinical observations that the Member is not a risk ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf-to children or adolescents. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 1. Robert Louis Pickering (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers. Attached to [Exhibit 2] and [found at Tab “A”] is a copy ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information regarding the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed at a [XXX] school in [XXX], Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- (the “School”), as a teacher and advisor. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 3. At all material times, Student No. 1 was a [XXX] year old female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 4. At all material times, Student No. 2 was a [XXX] year old female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 5. Between the approximate dates of [XXX], the Member: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf: a. had a sexual relationship with Student No. 1; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf: b. had a sexual relationship with Student No. 2. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 6. Student No. 1 was [XXX] at the School for her Grade [XXX] and Grade [XXX] years. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- Student No. 1 felt alone while she was [XXX] and found the Member to be a source of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- comfort. Student No. 1 immediately found a connection with the Member because they ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- both enjoyed [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 7. Early on in their relationship, Student No. 1 saw the Member as a father like and/or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- brother like type figure, but as time passed, things changed. The Member started to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- approach her in a different way such that when no one else was around, after school ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- and/or after [XXX], the Member would ask her how she was and give her little nudges ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- which progressed to hugs which then turned into kisses on the cheek and then kisses on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- the lips. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 8. On one occasion, Student No. 1 recalled being out in [XXX] with the Member in the dark ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- and he was fondling her breasts underneath her shirt while they were up against a tree. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-9. Furthermore, on another occasion Student No. 1 was at the Member’s home lying on his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- bed. They were lying side by side on the bed and they were kissing and the Member was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- caressing her breasts. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf:10. During [XXX], the Member asked Student No. 1 to have sexual intercourse with him, but ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- she declined to do so. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-11. The Member also wrote a letter to Student No. 1, a letter which spoke about their ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- relationship. Attached to [Exhibit 2] and [found at Tab “B”] is a letter from the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- to Student No. 1 dated [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-12. Student No. 2 attended the School from [XXX] through to Grade [XXX] and during her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- [XXX] years, the Member was one of her [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-13. During a Grade [XXX] [XXX], the Member massaged the back of Student No. 2 while ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- people were around. As the night progressed and the others left, the Member kissed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- Student No. 2 and invited her back to his [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf:14. While at the Member’s [XXX], there was a lot of sexual touching which included ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- groping. There was also discussion between the Member and the Student about what was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- happening between them. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-15. During Student No. 2’s Grade [XXX] year, the relationship continued. They would often ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- see each other after school and/or in [XXX] during school time, but typically their ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- encounters would be on school property. There would be meetings in the [XXX] as well ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- as the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-16. During Student No. 2’s Grade [XXX] year, there was a lot more physical interaction ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- between the Member and Student No. 2, such that when the encounters occurred in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- [XXX] and/or the [XXX] , the door was locked for privacy and there would be kissing ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- and fondling of each other which included genital contact underneath clothes. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-17. On one occasion, when Student No. 2 had too much to drink while at the School lounge, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- the Member took her and another student home. The Member first dropped off the other ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- student and then dropped Student No. 2 off at her home at around 2:30 a.m. or 3:00 a.m. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- Her parents were asleep and she and the Member went to the basement where she had her ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- bedroom. Both the Member and Student No. 2 got into bed naked where kissing and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf: touching occurred, but no sexual intercourse occurred. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf:18. The Member engaged in sexual intercourse with Student No. 2 after [XXX] in his car. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-19. Furthermore, at the end of Student No. 2’s Grade [XXX] year, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf: sexual intercourse with her in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-20. On or about December 10, 2010, the Member was charged by the York Regional Police ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- Service that he: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- a. between the 1st day of May [XXX] and the 31st day of May [XXX], at the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- in the Regional Municipality of York, a male person being eighteen years of age ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- or more, did seduce Student No. 1, a female person of previously chaste character ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- who was [XXX] years of age or more, but less than eighteen years of age, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- contrary to Section 151 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- b. between the 1st day of May [XXX] and the 31st day of May [XXX], at the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf: in the Regional Municipality of York did sexually assault on Student No. 1, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- contrary to subsection 264.1(1), of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- c. between the 1st day of January [XXX] and the 31st day of September [XXX], at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- the [XXX] in the Regional Municipality of York did, being a person in a position ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf: of trust or authority towards a young person, with a part of his body, for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- purpose, directly touch the body of that young person, namely Student No. 2, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- contrary to subsection 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- d. between the 1st day of January [XXX] and the 31st day of September [XXX], at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf: the [XXX] in the Regional Municipality of York, did commit a sexual assault on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- Student No. 2, contrary to subsection 271(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-21. On or about May 19, 2011, the Member pleaded guilty and was found guilty with respect ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- to paragraphs 20(b) and 20(d) above. Paragraphs 20(a) and 20(c) were withdrawn at the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-The Member was not present or represented during this hearing. However, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-admission of the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 26 above ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-(“Admitted Facts”) was presented to the Committee through Exhibit 2. The Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-acknowledged that the Admitted Facts referred to in paragraphs 7 to 11 and 13 to 22 above, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-constituted conduct which is professional misconduct. The Committee accepted the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-guilty plea and the facts contained within Exhibit 2. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf:The Member was charged and convicted of the sexual assault of Student No. 1 and Student No. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-2, contrary to section 246.1(1) and 271(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). The Member received ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-a conditional sentence of two (2) years less one (1) day concurrent on both charges, which ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-included one (1) year of house arrest, and three (3) years of probation following the completion ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-of the Conditional Sentence Order. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers allow ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was committed by a person, where there is a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-contrary and that no appeal has been granted. The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-court documents contained within Exhibit 2, that the Member was convicted of two counts of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf:sexual assault pursuant to sections 246.1(1) and 271 (1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-convictions were entered on May 19, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- b) the Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and order of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- Committee, in summary form with the name of the Member, in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- the College Professionally Speaking/Pour Parler Profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf:The Committee determined that a member who has been convicted of sexual assault against his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-students is not suitable to be in a position of trust and authority over children and therefore, his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration must be revoked. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-The Member abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as a teacher and a mentor, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-without regard for the well-being of the students. The conduct of the Member was unacceptable ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-and in conflict with the duty of a teacher to protect students. The Member, as a result of his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-conduct, has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and being a member of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-The Committee felt there were compelling reasons to publish the Member’s name. Publication ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, along with the name of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-identifies to the profession the serious nature of the Member’s misconduct and the consequences ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-of such behavior. Publication, in this case, acts as a general deterrent and informs the profession ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-that such egregious conduct will not be tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-Publication also serves the public interest by reassuring and informing the community that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf-profession acts decisively when matters of this nature are brought to its attention. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or remain at risk, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf: he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- he contravened Section 264.1(c) of the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-a) Wayne Clark Thompson (the “Member”) was, during the 1973/1974, 1974/1975 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-and 1975/1976 academic years (the “material times”), an employee of the District ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-School Board of Niagara, formerly the Lincoln County Board of Education (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-“Board”), and was a teacher at a Public School (the “School”) in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-Students #1 and #2 were male students of the Member at the School during the material ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-times, being approximately ages [XXX] and [XXX], respectively. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-During the material times, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf: engaged in conversations with Student #1 of a sexual nature; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- told Student #1 to remove his pants so that the Member could examine ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- him for crabs; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- moved Student #1’s penis from side to side with his hand; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf: performed oral sex on Student #1, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf: allowed Student #1 to perform oral sex on him; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- kissed and fondled Student #1; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf: encouraged sexual contact between Student #1 and Student #2. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-During the material times, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf: engaged in conversations of a sexual nature with Student #2; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- kissed and fondled Student #2; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf: performed oral sex on Student #2; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf: allowed Student #2 to perform oral sex on him; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf: encouraged sexual contact between Student #2 and Student #1. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-The Member retired from his employment with the Board in 1994. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-The Member was arrested by Niagara Regional Police on or about May 4, 2009 and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-charged with the following four (4) counts of indecent assault, two (2) each against ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-Student #1 and Student #2, as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf:sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-Further, the Committee finds that Wayne Clark Thompson: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- i. failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- of the teaching profession, contrary to Section 13 of the Regulation made under ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- the Teaching Profession Act made pursuant to Section 12 of the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- Profession Act, R.S.O. 1970, Chapter 456 as amended; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ii. failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they were ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- under his care contrary to Section 14(f) of the Regulation made under the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- Teaching Profession Act, made pursuant to Section 12 of the Teaching Profession ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- Act, R.S.O. 1970, Chapter 361, as amended; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- iii. failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- pupils, contrary to section 14(d) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- iv. failed to comply with subsection 22(1)(c) of the Schools Administration ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- Act, R.S.O. 1960, Chapter 361 and amendments thereto; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- v. failed to comply with subsection 229(1)(c) of the Education Act 1974 and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- amendments thereto; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- vi. contravened subsection 264.1(c) of the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was committed by a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been granted. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-accepts as fact, as detailed in the Brief of Court Transcripts, Exhibit 4, that the Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-was convicted and sentenced of indecent assault of two male students, specifically: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-(a) that between the 9th day of September in the year 1973 and the 30th day of June ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-in the year 1976 at the Township of West Lincoln in the Central West Region being a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-male person, did indecently assault [Student #1], a male person, contrary to Section 156 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-of the Criminal Code of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-(b) that between the 9th day of September in the year 1973 and the 30th day of June in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-the year 1976 at the Township of West Lincoln in the Central West Region being a male ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-person, did indecently assault [Student #2], a male person, contrary to Section 156 of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-The Committee finds that Member, while employed as a teacher, guidance counsellor and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-vice-principal with a public school in Ontario, indecently assaulted two of his male ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-students, aged [XXX] and [XXX], during the period of 1973 to 1976. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-With respect to Student #1, during the material times, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf: a) engaged in conversations with Student #1 of a sexual nature; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- b) told Student #1 to remove his pants so that the Member could examine him for ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- crabs; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- c) moved Student #1’s penis from side to side with his hand; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf: d) performed oral sex on Student #1, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf: e) allowed Student #1 to perform oral sex on him; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- f) kissed and fondled Student #1; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf: g) encouraged sexual contact between Student #1 and Student #2. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-With respect to Student #2, during the material times, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf:a) engaged in conversations of a sexual nature with Student #2; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-b) kissed and fondled Student #2; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf:c) performed oral sex on Student #2; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf:d) allowed Student #2 to perform oral sex on him; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf:e) encouraged sexual contact between Student #2 and Student #1. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-In Justice Nadel’s Reasons for Sentencing (Exhibit 4, Tab C), he indicates: “a major ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-aggravating factor of these crimes was the abuse of the trust reposed in Mr. Thompson as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-a teacher and principal. He used his position of trust and authority over his victims to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-satisfy his carnal cravings. As noted earlier, another feature of this case is his lack of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-insight into his crimes…This offender has no sense of the gravity or the seriousness of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-his crimes”. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-The Committee concurs. The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-resulting convictions for indecent assault in relation to his students as outlined herein, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-constitute professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-2. The Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-The Member, having been convicted of indecent assault of two of his students ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-demonstrates that he should not be a teacher in a position of trust and authority. The ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-Committee finds the Member’s conduct is disgraceful and unbecoming a member of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-The abuse of these students by the Member occurred, by his own admission, one to two ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-times weekly over a three-year period at the School, in the Member’s office and yearly ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-overnight school trips. The Member claimed he did not know the legal age of consent ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-throughout the duration of his teaching career. He also noted that he was not aware of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf:any associated consequences of teachers having sexual relations with students. Further, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf:the Member did not believe that he used his position as a teacher to sexually take ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-advantage of students. (Exhibit 4, Tab C). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-The Member, by his actions, has forfeited the privilege of being in the profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-Revocation of his certificate of qualification and registration is the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-consequence and serves to protect the public. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-The Committee considered the power imbalance that exists in favour of the teacher, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-vulnerability of students and the privileged position of teachers in society. The victim ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-impact statements of Student 1 and Student 2 indicated the long term, harmful and life- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-altering consequences the Member’s actions had on their lives. Sexual abuse by a teacher ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf-brings the profession into disrepute and tarnishes public trust in the profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- a. on or about January 21, 2010, possessed the image of a nude woman on his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- classroom computer, which was viewed by a Grade [XXX] student; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- b. downloaded and/or accessed and/or viewed and/or saved numerous other ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- inappropriate images and/or nude images of women on his classroom computer; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 4. The Member in possessing these inappropriate and/or nude images on his classroom ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- computer failed to abide by a written undertaking given by the Member to the College on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- or about July 25, 2006, whereby the Member agreed and undertook not to utilize School ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- or Board computers for viewing, accessing and/or downloading inappropriate or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf: pornographic images and/or materials. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 5. The Member resigned from the Board effective February 29, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 1. James Douglas Welch (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- College of Teachers. Attached to Exhibit 2 and located at Tab “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Peel District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Brampton, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 3. On or about Thursday, January 21, 2010, the Member attended an in-school professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- development opportunity during which time a Peel Regional police officer made a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- presentation on Internet Safety to the Member’s grade [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 4. As the police officer plugged her data stick into the Member’s classroom computer, the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- image of a nude woman was instantly displayed and was viewed by a grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- student. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 5. Further review of the Member’s classroom computer revealed numerous other ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- inappropriate and/or nude images of women downloaded and/or accessed and/or viewed ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- and/or saved by the Member on his classroom computer. Attached to Exhibit 2 and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- located at Tab “B” are copies of the inappropriate and/or nude images. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 6. Further, the Member, in possessing these inappropriate and/or nude images on his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- classroom computer, failed to abide by a written undertaking given by the Member to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- College on or about July 25, 2006, whereby the Member agreed and undertook not to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- utilize School or Board computers for viewing, accessing and/or downloading ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf: inappropriate or pornographic images and/or materials. Attached to Exhibit 2 and located ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- at Tab “C” is a copy of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- Teachers and James Douglas Welch dated June 8, 2006 and June 22, 2006 respectively. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 7. The Memorandum of Agreement was ratified by the Investigation Committee on July 25, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 2006. Attached to Exhibit 2 and located at Tab “D” is a copy of same. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 8. The Member resigned from the Board effective February 28, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-By this document, the Member admitted, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the truth of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 8 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-In light of the uncontested facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-Member submitted that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that James Douglas ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-Welch committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18) - disgraceful, 1(19) and 1(24). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-In the Statement of Uncontested Facts (Exhibit 2), the Member admitted that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-behaviour that involved possessing inappropriate and/or nude images on his classroom computer. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-On this occasion, the image of a nude woman was briefly displayed and was viewed by a grade ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-[XXX] student. Further, the Member failed to abide by a written undertaking given by the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-Member to the College on or about July 25, 2006, whereby the Member agreed and undertook ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-not to utilize School and/or Board computers for viewing, accessing and/or downloading ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf:inappropriate or pornographic images and/or materials. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-Based on the Member’s admissions, the Member is a repeat offender in that this was an advertent ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-contravention of the Memorandum of Agreement. The Member acknowledged that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-uncontested facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- b. directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee in summary ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- form, including the Member’s name, in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the uncontested facts constitute conduct which is professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-misconduct and agreed that revocation is the appropriate penalty. The Committee agrees that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-revocation is an appropriate penalty in these circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-The Member’s contravention of the Memorandum of Agreement to not utilize School or Board ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf:computers for viewing pornographic images was unacceptable to the Committee. Possession of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf:pornographic material on a school computer is disgraceful conduct and will not be tolerated by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-this Committee. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-The Committee asserts that publication with name acts as a specific deterrent to this Member and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-serves as a general deterrent to all of the profession that engaging in similar conduct will result in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-the harshest of penalties. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf-Date: November 21, 2012 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- Alexander (Sandy) Bass, OCT ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- John Tucker ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-In light of the uncontested facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers and the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-Member submit that the Discipline Committee should find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Albert Wierenga committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-subsections 1(5); 1(7.1); 1(7.2); 1(15); 1(18 – unprofessional); 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-In the Statement of Uncontested Facts (Exhibit 2), the Member admitted that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-behaviour that involved inappropriate physical interaction with students such as making a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-slashing motion across the front of the knees of Student B, touching the jaw of Student A, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-placing his hands on the hips of Student B and lifting her up against the wall and picking Student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-B up, placing her across his raised knee as if to spank her. The incidents with Student B ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-occurred on separate occasions and over a longer period of time with the initial incident taking ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-place in 2008 and the last occurrence in 2010. Based on the Member’s admissions, it would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-appear that a pattern of inappropriate behaviour began developing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-In addition, the Member admitted to making inappropriate postings to Facebook profile pages of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-former students of the School, examples of which were attached to the Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf:Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2-Tab B). All of these comments had a sexual overtone to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-them. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-College Counsel also submitted that a course on professional boundaries would be of assistance ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-to the Member to learn why his conduct was inappropriate. He observed that comments with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf:sexual innuendo and over-familiarity with students could grow and develop into more serious ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-misconduct over time. He submitted that this was an appropriate case for education for the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-Member as it serves to rehabilitate. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-Counsel observed that publication with name is a general practice of the College, which fosters ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-transparency of process. Counsel submitted that this was an appropriate case for full publication. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-It was also submitted that the Member had made no submissions on penalty, and the Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-had no reasons not to publish before it. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-College Counsel provided three cases for review by the Committee, which demonstrated the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-degree of penalty application for similar behaviour. The cases that were provided demonstrated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-to the Committee, the range of penalty for like actions with students, which actions ranged from ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-less to more serious behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the proposed penalty meets the sentencing principles in that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-components provide specific and general deterrence, and provide a rehabilitative component for ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-With regard to the duration of suspension, College Counsel offered no submissions other than to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-indicate that the fact of the suspension was more important than the duration of the suspension, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-as the Member has retired. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-1. Michael Alexander Wood (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Kawartha Pine Ridge ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-Peterborough, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-3. On or about April 14, 2009, the Member was criminally charged in that he on or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-about June 14, 2008, at the Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, in the County of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf:Peterborough, unlawfully did commit a sexual assault on a female person, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-provisions of Section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-4. On or about February 4, 2011, the Member was found guilty of the charge ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-described in paragraph 3 above. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-5. On or about May 16, 2011, the Member was sentenced to two (2) years less one ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-day of imprisonment and three (3) years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-6. The Member has not appealed the conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- 4. Certified Copy of Probation Order dated May 16, 2011 (Found at Tab D); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- 5. Certified Copy of Prohibition Order dated May 16, 2011 (Found at Tab E); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- 6. Transcript of Reasons for Judgment and Ruling on Application before Mr. Justice ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- B.G. MacDougall at Peterborough dated February 4, 2011 (Found at Tab F); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- 7. Transcript of Reasons for Sentence before Mr. Justice B.G. MacDougall at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- Peterborough dated May 16, 2011 (Found at Tab G); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 3) confirmed that on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf:February 4, 2011, the Member was convicted of the charge of sexual assault by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf:intercourse and/or touching of a sexual nature without consent, contrary to section 271, of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-the Criminal Code (Canada). Further, the Member was sentenced on May 16, 2011 to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-two (2) years less one day in custody and three (3) years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-The Member has not appealed the conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-A non-publication, non-broadcast and non-transmission order was issued under ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code (Canada), in the proceedings in the Superior Court ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-of Justice. The Committee is required to uphold this publication ban imposed in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-matter of Her Majesty The Queen v. Michael Alexander Wood by the Superior Court of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-Justice. There shall be no publication of any information that might tend to identify the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-victims involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-by Counsel for the College and the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Michael ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-Alexander Wood committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-In June 2008 the Member and the victim were at a cottage for a retirement party for a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-[XXX], along with several other [XXX]. The Member and two male [XXX] had planned ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-to leave the cottage and return home that evening. However, having consumed alcohol, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-they decided to stay over. The sleeping arrangement was that the victim was to share one ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-bed with another female [XXX] in a bunkie. Sometime after the victim had fallen asleep, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-she was awakened to a “rocking motion” and felt someone behind her. She realized a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf:male person was in bed with her and engaging in sexual intercourse without her consent. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-She made repeated attempts to have the person stop; however he persisted. As a result of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf:DNA testing, the Member was arrested and charged and convicted of sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-against the victim. (Exhibit 3, Tab F) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was committed by a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been granted. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-accepts as fact, as detailed in the court documents contained within Exhibit 3, that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf:Member was convicted of sexual assault contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-(Canada). The conviction was entered on February 4, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-The Member was sentenced on May 16, 2011 to two (2) years less one day in custody ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-and three (3) years of probation. The Member did not appeal the conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-The Member’s plea of no contest, in accordance with Rule 3.02(1) of the Rules of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers, allows the Committee to accept as correct the facts referred ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-to in paragraphs 1 to 6 in the “Particulars of the Allegations” in the Notice of Hearing, for ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-the purposes of this proceeding only. The Committee is also permitted to accept that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-those facts constitute professional misconduct for the purposes of this proceeding only ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-and that such finding can be made without a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s actions towards a [XXX] to be unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and conduct unbecoming a member. Further, he failed to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-maintain the standards of the profession by showing disregard and disrespect for another ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf:person’s safety and well-being. The Member’s conviction for sexual assault of a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-is a contravention of a law, the contravention of which is relevant to his suitability to hold ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-a Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY-COUNSEL FOR THE COLLEGE ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the Member’s certificate be revoked and that his ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-name be published in the official publication of the College. Counsel stated that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-revocation was the only penalty that is appropriate, given the gravity of the offence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf:Counsel reiterated that the sexual assault was against a [XXX] and that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- b) the Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and order of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- Committee, in summary form with the name of the member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- publication of the College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf:The Member was charged and convicted of sexual assault of a [XXX]. He was sentenced ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-to two years less a day and placed on probation for three years. The Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-contravened a criminal law and his conduct constitutes a serious error in judgment and is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-unbecoming a member of the profession. The Committee agrees with Justice ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-MacDougall (Exhibit 3, Tab G), in his reasons for sentencing, that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf:“…our law considers serious sexual assaults such as non-consensual sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-to be a crime of violence. This act of violence causes harm particularly to the victim but ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-also to society. It is a crime that constitutes a serious violation of a person’s body and an ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf:equally serious violation of their sexual autonomy and freedom of choice. There is also, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-intrinsic to this violation, the likelihood of other very real psychological or emotional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-harm to the victim.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-Justice MacDougall also stated that the Member “took advantage of a very vulnerable ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf:victim” and “engaged in unprotected sexual intercourse with all of its inherent risks to the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-victim.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-Further, the Member and the victim were not only [XXX] but also [XXX]. The Member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf:violated the trust of this [XXX] in order to satisfy his own sexual needs. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-The Committee noted Justice MacDougall’s statement that the Member had two prior ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf-criminal convictions involving alcohol and that after being charged he continued to show ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-Counsel for the College brought a motion to seek leave from the Committee to withdraw ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing dated September 30, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-Ana Gabriela Calota (“the Member”) was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-The allegations against Ana Gabriela Calota in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-September 30, 2010 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Ana Gabriela Calota is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf: (c) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- (d) she failed to supervise adequately a person who is under her professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- supervision, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- (f) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- (g) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf: (h) she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of the nature defined ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-Counsel for the College advised and the Member’s counsel concurred that it would be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-unlikely that there would be a finding of professional misconduct if the matter was to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-proceed to a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-Upon the consent of the parties, the Committee authorizes the College to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against Ana Gabriela Calota set out in the Notice ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-of Hearing dated September 30, 2010 in exchange for the Undertaking and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-Acknowledgement of the Member as set out below: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- 1. The Member undertakes to immediately resign as a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- College of Teachers and surrender for cancellation her Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- Registration. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-2. The Member undertakes to not seek reinstatement of her Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-Qualification and Registration and will not teach again in any public or private school in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-3. The Member acknowledges and understands that the Public Register of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers will reflect the fact that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- (a) the Member resigned while she was the subject of disciplinary ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- proceedings by the College; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- (b) the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration has been ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- cancelled; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-on June 20, 2012 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated June 6, 2011, was served on Nathalie Marie Denise Champagne ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-requesting her attendance before the Discipline Committee of the College on June 21, 2011 to set ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-a date for a hearing. The hearing was subsequently set for June 20, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-Ms. Champagne was not present and was not represented by legal counsel at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-The allegations against Nathalie Marie Denise Champagne in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-dated June 6, 2011, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Nathalie Marie Denise Champagne is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-misconduct as defined in section 30(2) of the Act, in that she: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- a) failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to section 1(5) of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- b) abused one or more students verbally, contrary to section 1(7) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- c) abused one or more students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- section 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf: d) abused one or more students sexually, contrary to section 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- e) failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- section 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- f) failed to comply with the Education Act or the regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- contrary to section 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-(e) gave some students her personal telephone number, personal e-mail address and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- MSN address in order to communicate with them outside the professional ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- relationship; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-(f) invited some students who were not enrolled in her class to attend her classes ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- without informing the principal of their attendance; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-(g) allowed some students to meet in her classroom or her office outside class time ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- for reasons unrelated to teaching; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-(h) planned to meet with a student and the student’s girlfriend away from the school ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- for a reason unrelated to teaching; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-(i) invited [XXX], a student who was [XXX] years old, to her home and served him ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- alcohol; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-(j) consumed alcohol in the presence of at least one student at her home; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-(k) made inappropriate comments to [XXX], a student, in June 2008: “Do you want ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- to go out with me or do you want to fuck me?” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-(l) had inappropriate personal relations with at least one student; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf:(m) had sexual relations with [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-(n) fellated [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-(o) made inappropriate comments to at least one student. She allegedly said, “You’re ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- the 8th guy to have dumped me,” “I hate my life” and “It’s not worth living” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- when [XXX] attempted to break off the relationship; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf:(p) committed acts of a sexual nature through video conferencing with [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf:(q) committed acts of a sexual nature through video conferencing with [XXX], which ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- was viewed by students at the school, such as [XXX] and [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf:(r) invited at least one student to touch himself sexually. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-inappropriate comments to at least one student. She contravened the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf:by committing acts of a sexual nature through video conferencing which was viewed by some ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf:students at the school and had unacceptable sexual contact and sexual relations with a student. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty and makes the following order as to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-penalty: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- 1. The Discipline Committee directs the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directs the Member to surrender ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- her Certificate of Qualification and Registration to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- 2. The Discipline Committee directs that a summary of the findings and order of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- Committee be published in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession with ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- the Member’s name as it appears on the public register. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-SUBMISSION CONCERNING PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-When the agreement was being negotiated, the parties failed to reach agreement on the matter of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-the publication of the Member’s name, and College counsel made submissions to the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-Committee on this matter. Counsel submitted that the Member’s name should be published to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-support the transparency and openness which the public expects. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-After reviewing the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-by College counsel, the Committee directs that its findings and order be published with the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-Member’s name as it appears on the public register. The Committee considered the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-request. It considers that publication is necessary for its deterrent effect on the teaching ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-profession in general and the teacher specifically. Given that the Member’s conduct is a very ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-serious abuse of trust, the publication of her name is warranted and appropriate in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-circumstances, and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-In the Committee’s view, the Member engaged in reprehensible conduct unbecoming a member ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-of the teaching profession. She abused the authority and trust associated with her role as a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf:teacher for her own sexual enjoyment, with no regard for the student’s well-being. This conduct ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-is unacceptable and contravenes the teacher’s obligation to protect students. The Member has ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-therefore forfeited the privilege of holding a Certificate of Qualification and Registration ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-authorizing her to be a member of the teaching profession. Revocation is an appropriate penalty ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-for conduct of this gravity. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-Concerning publication, the Committee recognizes the importance of transparency with respect ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-to the decision and to communication with the public. In this case, a summary of the decision ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-will be published to inform members of the teaching profession and the public that such conduct ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-is unacceptable. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-In conclusion, the Committee finds that the decision serves and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf-June 20, 2012 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- Robert Gagné ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-1. John Roy Maycock (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the London District Catholic ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at St. David’s Elementary School (the “School”) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-in Dorchester, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf:3. On or about June 23, 2009, the Member was in possession of child pornography ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-in that he had on his home computer: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf: (a) child pornography videos; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf: (b) child pornography images. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-4. On or about June 24, 2009, the Member was charged by the London Police ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-Service that he on or about June 23, 2009 at the City of London in the Southwest Region ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf:did, without lawful excuse, possess child pornography in the form of a computer image ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf:file, contrary to Section 163.1, subsection (4) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-5. On or about August 31, 2011, the Member pleaded guilty to the charge described ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-in paragraph 4 above. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- 6. Transcript of Reasons for Sentence before Mr. Justice W.U. Tausendfreund at ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- London dated November 21, 2011 (Found at Tab F); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-Criminal Information dated June 24, 2009 (Exhibit 8); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-Recognizance of Bail Taken by a Justice of the Peace (Exhibit 9). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 7) confirmed that on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf:August 31, 2011, the Member pled guilty to the charge of possessing child pornography ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf:in the form of a computer image file, contrary to section 163.1, subsection (4) of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). Further, the Member was convicted and sentenced on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-November 21, 2011 to 9 (nine) months in custody, 2 (two) years of probation and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-prohibited for a period of 10 (ten) years from: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- a) attending a public park or public swimming area where persons under the age of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- sixteen years are present or can reasonably be expected to be present, or a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- daycare centre, school ground, playground or community centre; or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- b) Seeking, obtaining or continuing any employment, whether or not the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- employment is remunerated, or becoming or being a volunteer in a capacity that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- involves being in a position of trust or authority towards persons under the age of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- sixteen years; or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- c) Using a computer system within the meaning of subsection 342.1(2) for the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- purpose of communicating with a person under the age of sixteen years. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-The Member has not appealed the conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that John Roy Maycock ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was committed by a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been granted. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-accepts as fact, as detailed in the court documents contained within Exhibit 7, that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf:Member pled guilty and was convicted of possessing child pornography in the form of a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-computer image file, contrary to section 163.1, subsection (4) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-(Canada). The conviction was entered on November 21, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-The Member was sentenced on November 21, 2011 to 9 (nine) months in custody, 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-(two) years of probation and prohibited for a period of 10 (ten) years from being in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-presence of any child under 16 (sixteen) years of age. The Member did not appeal the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf:The Committee finds that by being in possession of child pornography and being ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-convicted of such possession, the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-As the member was not present or represented by counsel, the Committee treated the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-matter of penalty as contested. There were no submissions on penalty on behalf of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the appropriate penalty would include revocation of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and publication with name. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-College Counsel provided three cases for review by the Committee, which demonstrated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-the degree of penalty application for similar behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the proposed penalty meets the sentencing principles in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-that the components provide specific and general deterrence, and serves the public ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-interest by denunciating this type of behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- a) the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- b) the Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and order of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- Committee, in summary form with the name of the member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- publication of the College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-The Committee determined that a member who has been convicted of possession of child ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf:pornography and who is subject to conditions which do not allow him to be in the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-company of children under the age of 16 (sixteen) years, is not suitable to be in a position ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-of trust and authority over children and must not be permitted to teach. Child ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf:pornography is one of the most serious crimes in our society. Possession of child ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf:pornography is a crime against children and perpetuates a market which thrives on the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-abuse of children. In his Reasons for Sentence, the Honourable Justice W. U. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-Tausendfreund stated: “one might argue that here there were 4000 plus innocent parties, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf:that is children, and that is the insidious aspect of child pornography.” The public must be ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-informed that a member of the teaching profession, who engages in this type of activity, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-will suffer the most serious of consequences. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-The Committee ordered publication of the finding and order with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-Member in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. Publication serves the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-public interest by informing the community that the profession acts decisively when ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-matters of this nature are brought to its attention. It provides both a specific deterrent to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-the Member and a general deterrent to the profession while assuring the public that the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-College will not tolerate such egregious conduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-In conclusion, the Committee is confident that the penalty serves the interest of the public ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-and the profession and denounces such behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf-Dated: November 15, 2012 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-on January 11, 2010 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated December 12, 2007, was served on Pauline Marie-Francine Charette, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-requesting her attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-December 19, 2007 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-subsequently set for January 11, 2010 and continued on January 12 and April 21, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-Ms. Charette was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-The allegations against Pauline Marie-Francine Charette in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-September 12, 2007, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- IT WAS ALLEGED that Pauline Charette is guilty of professional misconduct and/or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-incompetence as defined in subsections 30(2) and 30(3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-“Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf:b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-c) she failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made under those Acts, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-d) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-e) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-f) she displayed in her professional responsibilities a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment or ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- disregard for the welfare of a student of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the Member is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-argument, College Counsel discussed allegations a), b), c), d) and e) in the Notice of Hearing. He did ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-not submit any argument related to the allegation of incompetence as set out in paragraph f) of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-Notice of Hearing. He discussed the task of assessing the evidence and the credibility of the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-With regard to credibility, the Committee must assess the following factors: the witnesses’ conduct, ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-capacity to recall the events, personal and external consistency (among witnesses) and the witnesses’ ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-interest in the issue in dispute. If the Committee does not accept testimony, it must explain the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-grounds for its decision. With regard to hearsay evidence, Independent Counsel reminded the ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-members of the Committee that the College had its own rules for guiding a decision and the weight ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-assigned to each testimony is significant. Instead, therefore, of referring only to the criminal ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-jurisprudence produced by College Counsel, the Committee should rely on the statements in its own ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-Rules of Procedure. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-The burden of proof rests with the College. This proof must be clear, convincing, acceptable and in ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-line with the severity of the allegations and the consequences for the Member. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-Having heard the testimony and examined the relevant admissible evidence, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-made by counsel, the Committee found that Pauline Marie-Francine Charette was not guilty of ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-professional misconduct as defined in subsection 30(2) of the Act, in that she did not abuse a student ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf:or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-The allegations against the Member are related to incidents with Grade [XXX] students in a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-class in 2006, that is, that she: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-  hit a student in the face with a pile of test papers; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-  took a sandwich out of a student’s mouth and hit him in the face with the sandwich; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-  made inappropriate comments concerning a student’s makeup; ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-  made inappropriate comments to five students, describing them as stupid or having mental ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- problems; and ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-The Member denied making offensive comments about some students. In some cases, she clarified ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-the use of a term. For instance, she may have said to [XXX] “Mais ou [sic] est ta tête?” as a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-translation of the term, “Where is your mind? What are you thinking?” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-The Committee does not find professional misconduct based on the limited information submitted. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- 2012 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-Having examined the testimony and written statements, the Committee agrees that there is ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-insufficient evidence to find that the Member’s actions constitute professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-Additional Comment: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-The Committee questioned some of the principal’s decisions. A school’s professional and legal ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-obligations when physical, emotional or verbal abuse of a student is suspected are clear and precise. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-Ms. Lauzon confirmed, however, that she did not contact the police or the Children’s Aid Society ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-about this incident. The Committee agrees with Counsel for the Member’s argument that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-Ms. Lauzon probably did not contact the authorities because she did not believe that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-physically or emotionally abused students. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-The Committee has the same question concerning the parent’s duty. In his letter of complaint ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-(Exhibit 4, Tab 2), [XXX]’s father referred to “from emotionable (sic) abuse to much more serious ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-acts.” ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-The Member confirmed that she was not contacted by the police or the Children’s Aid Society ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-concerning the incident of the test papers. This fact leaves the Committee with the impression that ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-there was no follow-up either by the school or by the parent. ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-Conclusion: ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-Having examined the evidence and the testimony, the Committee finds that the Member is not guilty ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-of professional misconduct as defined in subsection 30(2) of the Act, in that she did not abuse a ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf:student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7). ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2012onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-that the ninety day suspension was in keeping with progressive discipline, but represented ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-a “huge jump” from his previous ten day suspension from the Board. Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-that the Member “got away with a lot, with modest penalty” and was finally referred to ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-the College. Counsel referenced this as a “big penalty” which was dissimilar to the “soft ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-slope” of progressive discipline applied by the employer. Counsel further stated that ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf:revocation as a penalty was usually reserved for sexual and/or severe behaviour and that ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-the Member’s behaviour would not usually lead to revocation. Counsel submitted that ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-public interest was served by publication in the magazine and the website. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-closed by stating that the result of the Member’s misconduct should be a penalty that ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-includes three very specific courses designed to remediate specific problems and ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-weaknesses. Counsel advised that the ninety day suspension was a punitive action which ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-would deter further misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-a) the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-b) the Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-Committee, in summary form with the name of the member, in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2013canlii101568.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 19, 2011, was served on Andréane Hélène Cadieux requesting ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-her attendance before the College’s Discipline Committee on August 8, 2011, to set a date for a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-hearing. The hearing was subsequently set for October 21, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Ms. Cadieux was not in attendance at the hearing nor was she represented by counsel. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The allegations against Ms. Cadieux in the Notice of Hearing, dated July 19, 2011, are as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Andréane Hélène Cadieux is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-in section 30(2), and sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf: (d) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Act or the regulations, or the by-laws, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- (f) she failed to comply with the Education Act, or the Regulations made thereunder, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- (g) she contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- (h) she contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may cause a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- student under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or remain at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- (i) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- (j) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- (k) she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-1. Andréane Hélène Cadieux (“the Member”) is not a member in good standing of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- College, her Certificate of Qualification and Registration having been suspended for non- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- payment of dues. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil des écoles catholiques du ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- Centre-Est (the “Board”), as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-3. During the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years, the Member taught at École [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- (the “School”) in Ottawa. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-4. During the 2009-2010 school year, the Member’s conduct contravened the standards of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- the teaching profession in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- a) she engaged in inappropriate electronic communication with students at the school; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- b) she behaved inappropriately with the students, when she invited some students to her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- [XXX] and gave out her cell phone number to students; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- c) she displayed the tattoo on her upper thigh to Student A, a [XXX] student; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- d) she offered to pay [XXX] for Student A’s [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- e) she exchanged emails and text messages of a sexual nature with Student A; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf: f) she sent Student A pornographic photographs of herself; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf: g) she touched Student A sexually; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf: h) she had a sexual relationship with Student A; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- i) she exchanged inappropriate emails and text messages with Student B, a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- student; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf: j) she made a comment of a sexual nature to Student C, a [XXX] student; that is, “I’ve ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- done it 40 times at the [XXX].” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-5. On April 21, 2010, the Member resigned from her teaching position. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Because the Member was not in attendance at the hearing nor was she represented by legal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-counsel, the Committee proceeded on the assumption that she denied the allegations set out in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-It should be noted, however, that counsel for the Member, in a letter dated October 17, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-produced at the hearing, stated clearly that the Member did not contest “the facts set out in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-allegations 1, 2, 3, 4(b) and 5 in the Notice of Motion [Notice of Hearing] dated July 19, 2011.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-She did, however “categorically deny all of the other allegations.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-SUMMARY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-During the 2009-2010 school year, the Member’s conduct contravened the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-teaching profession. At all material times, the Member taught [XXX] for the Conseil des écoles ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-catholiques du Centre-Est. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-She displayed the tattoo on her upper thigh to a [XXX] student; engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:electronic communication, exchanging emails and messages of a sexual nature; sent explicit ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:Webcam images of herself; and had a sexual relationship with the student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The first task of the Committee is to review the allegations against the Member against the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-standard of proof of the balance of probability, and to dismiss or uphold the allegations in whole ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-or in part on the basis of the proven facts. If the Committee finds that the Member in her capacity ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Student A is a [XXX] student at [XXX] University. He testified as an adult concerning events ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-which occurred three years ago when he was [XXX] years old. Student A was the first witness of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the day; he testified in English. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College began the examination in chief by referring to the occasion when ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Student A was called in to a meeting by the Principal on April 23, 2010. Student A testified that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the Member had agreed to be a sponsor for his [XXX]. He also explained that different kinds of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-sponsors, such as parents, friends and organizations, were allowed to help with his fund-raising ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-and that the Member had agreed to give him [XXX], which he still had not received. He ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-confirmed that the conversations with the Member were on Facebook and text messages via her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-cell phone. To clarify the content of these conversations, counsel for the College produced a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-printout of a Facebook conversation dated April 21 [2010], Exhibit 4, and a second MSN ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-(Hotmail) conversation dated March 31, 2010, Exhibit 5. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College, substantiated by the content of the Facebook conversation, then raised ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the matter of the type of relationship between Student A and the teacher. Student A explained ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-that he had a “boyfriend/girlfriend” relationship although it was not called that. He testified that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-she showed him a tattoo on her hip (“above panty line”) while they were watching a [XXX] for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the [XXX] and he was alone with her. When this incident took place, he wondered whether the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:Member was flirting with him. He stated that he had sexual relations with her three times and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-testified that at least one of the three involved penetration. Resuming his description of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-events in Mr. Bergeron’s office, he said that the latter did not appear to believe him, and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-demanded proof. That is when Student A decided to provide a printout of the MSN (Hotmail) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-confirmation from an initial BlackBerry which he used solely for telephone communication. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Student A connected to his own Hotmail account from the Principal’s computer and printed out a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-copy of the conversation, Exhibit 5, for him. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-On the question whether Student A was the only one who had such a relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Member, he testified that he was not the only one and that she had relationships with other ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-students, including his best friend, whose name he did not give. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Student A went on to explain that the Monday after this interview, he went to the Principal’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-office with additional proof: revealing photographs of the Member which he claimed to have ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-taken during an MSN conversation with her with her camera on his second BlackBerry, Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-6. He downloaded the photographs from this BlackBerry to the Principal’s computer system ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-using his USB key. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Counsel continued her examination, referring to a meeting between Student A and a police ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-officer. The student responded that he had met with him, but had been unwilling to lay charges ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-against the Member, “wanted to bring that behind me.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:Counsel for the College ended the examination by asking Student A when the sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-had begun and how long it had lasted. The student responded that he could not be certain, but ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-claimed that the relationship began on or about late November and ended on or about late March, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-“After [XXX], around November….” He also claimed that the relationship had lasted four ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-months, but was unsure of his response. No further clarification was provided concerning his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:sexual relationship with the teacher. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Roxane Lamothe’s Testimony: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Roxane Lamothe replaced Stéphane Bergeron during his sick leave. She was a former principal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-at the school. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College asked Ms. Lamothe whether she had been made aware of the rumours ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-concerning Facebook conversations between some students and the Member, and the teacher’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-familiar relationship with some students. Ms. Lamothe said that she had asked the Vice- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Mr. Bergeron asked if anything had gone on between him and the Member. Student A replied ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-“Yes.” Mr. Bergeron asked, “Such as?” and Student A replied, “Stuff.” Mr. Bergeron noted that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Student A was emotional in his responses, giving short, vague answers in a mix of French and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-English, but Mr. Bergeron was able to make out the phrase, “We got closer.” Student A then ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:confessed to him that he and the Member had had a sexual relationship which had begun when ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-she showed him the tattoo on her upper thigh while they were watching the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Mr. Bergeron said that Student A told him that he had additional proof, insisting, “Sir, I have ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-proof, don’t tell my parents.” Mr. Bergeron said, “This was the turning point,” because at his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-request Student A again printed out the MSN (Hotmail) conversation, Exhibit 5, from the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Principal’s computer, validating the source of the MSN (Hotmail) message. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College continued his examination of Mr. Bergeron, asking him to explain his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-concerns with regard to Exhibit 5. He explained that several elements caught his attention such ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-as the term “hun” which occurs twice in the text and two remarks in particular: “we’re good as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:people but for the sex part lol that might be sketchy right now” sent by Student A and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Member’s reply: “for sure! agreed! and don’t worry…I’ll still do the cam! haha I promised! So ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-have a good night.” Mr. Bergeron said that these remarks made him uneasy. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-He explained that after his investigation with Student A, he met immediately with Student B. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-He adopted the same approach he had used with Student A: checking the student’s cell phone ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-number, which substantiated the information on the document printout and identified Student B ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-as the second student with whom the Member was corresponding in the Facebook conversation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-(Exhibit 4). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Seeking to clarify the reason for this text message, Student B explained, “She’s playing with us, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-sir. She thinks she can do what she wants with guys. She tease (sic).” Student B also told Mr. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Bergeron that in a discussion between the Member and another student (Student C), she asked ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-When he got back from the Board, he called the Member to a meeting scheduled for 1 p.m. He ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-told her that it would be in her best interests to be accompanied by her union representative at the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-meeting. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The meeting was attended by the following people: Andréanne [sic] Cadieux, teacher; Donna ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Lee Denham, union representative; Diane Duval and Louise Brunet, representing the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Human Resources department; Anik Charrette, Vice-Principal; and Mr. Bergeron, Principal. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-At the meeting, Ms. Duval gave the Member a letter and told her that the police and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Children’s Aid Society would continue the investigation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:The Committee further learned that Ms. Duval asked her whether she had had a sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-relationship with a student. The Member answered, “No.” Ms. Duval then showed her the series ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-of revealing photographs uncovered by Mr. Bergeron, but the Member did not ask to stop being ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-shown them until after the third one. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Mr. Bergeron then told the Member to leave the premises and advised her that she was not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-allowed to re-enter the school premises at any time. He told the Committee that she was allowed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-15 minutes to collect her personal belongings. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Submission by Counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College began her submission by explaining that the crux of the allegations was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:the inappropriate sexual relationship between the Member and Student A. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-She stated that in her opinion, the three witnesses were credible and each had contributed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-valuable testimony, detailing the value of the testimony as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf: 1. Student A testified concerning his sexual relationship with the Member and clarified the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- nature and content of the Facebook and MSN (Hotmail) communications between ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- himself and the teacher. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-3. During the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years, the Member taught at École [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- (the “School”) in Ottawa. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-4. During the 2009-2010 school year, the Member’s conduct contravened the standards of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- the teaching profession in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- b) she behaved inappropriately with the students, when she invited some students to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- her [XXX] and gave out her cell phone number to students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-5. On April 21, 2010, the Member resigned from her teaching position. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Counsel added that the evidence submitted, particularly the Facebook and MSN (Hotmail) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-communications, clearly substantiated allegation 4(a) in the Notice of Hearing to the effect that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the case presents evidence of contravention of the standards of the teaching profession in that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the Member engaged in inappropriate electronic communication with students at her school. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-She also stated that in her opinion the evidence submitted additionally supported the statements ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-in allegation 4(d); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-i.e., the matter relating to the [XXX] and the [XXX]; 4(e) the exchange of emails and texts of a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:sexual nature; 4(f) the photographs; 4(g) the sexual touching; 4(h) the sexual relationship; 4(i) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the exchange of inappropriate emails and text messages with a second [XXX] student; and 4(j) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the comment “I’ve done it 40 times at the [XXX],” made to a third [XXX] student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College ended her submission by reiterating that the key allegation in the case ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:was the sexual relationship between Student A and the Member and that the series of revealing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-photographs substantially bolstered this allegation. She stated further that the electronic ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:communications also demonstrated the existence of a sexual relationship between the teacher and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Student A and that this fact alone was evidence of serious professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-(i) Onus of proof and standard of proof ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The College is required to prove the allegations on the balance of probability. As always, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-panel relies on clear and convincing evidence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-(ii) After hearing the testimony and reviewing the relevant admissible evidence, including the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-letter of October 17, 2013 from the Member’s counsel containing an admission of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-misconduct by the Member, and the submission by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-that the facts support the case for professional misconduct and that Andréane Hélène Cadieux is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-guilty of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19), as set out in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:The Committee further finds that the Member abused a student sexually as described in sections ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The Committee finds, however, that the testimony, the relevant evidence and the submission by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College fail to prove that the Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-subsection 1(7.1), as set out in the Notice of Hearing, to the effect that she abused one or more ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-students physically. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Onus of Proof and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Furthermore, the Committee is always aware of the importance of determining whether ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-testimony is probable or improbable. It challenges any contradictions or inconsistencies in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-testimony and assesses witnesses’ overall trustworthiness. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Credibility ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Student A ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The importance of Student A’s testimony lies in the evidence provided with reference to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-incidents of 2010. This evidence contributes to and supports the facts relating to the other ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-witnesses’ testimony. The Committee also noted that the student communicated his interpretation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-of the facts to the best of his ability. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:With respect to his testimony that he had a sexual relationship with the Member at the time, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-however, the panel rejects all of this portion of the testimony, because Student A does not appear ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-to recall any dates, even approximate, or locations and even appears unable to recount any ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-particulars that might convince the Committee that it all actually took place. The fact that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:refers to a sexual relationship with the Member does not constitute proof. Student A cannot ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-provide any particulars or evidence in support of this statement. And in this Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:opinion, he is evasive concerning the events relating to the sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Concerning the evidence: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Student A confirmed at the hearing that he communicated with the Member via Facebook and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-MSN (Hotmail). He printed out and gave to Mr. Bergeron copies of the Facebook and MSN ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-(Hotmail) communications between himself and the Member. These copies are filed as Exhibits ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-4 and 5. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Student A recalls two meetings he had with the Member via Webcam and even stated that in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-2nd session he took a series of revealing photographs with his BlackBerry, Exhibit 6. Student A ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-cannot, however, recall the dates of these two sessions, but when he was shown Exhibits 4 and 5, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-he confirmed that the MSN (Hotmail) conversation took place on March 31, 2010 and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Facebook conversation on April 21, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Student A also explained that, during the incidents of 2010, he asked the Member to sponsor him ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-for his [XXX] and, according to him, she promised [XXX] to help him. He explained that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-purpose of the Facebook conversation (Exhibit 4) was in fact for her to make good on her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-promise. The Committee also noted that Exhibit 4 appears to support the claims by the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-counsel that there is an element of extortion involved in this matter, but this evidence does not in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-itself justify the reasons for the teacher and Student A apparently engaging in illicit ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:communication with a clearly sexual context, including sexually explicit photographs of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Ultimately, in his testimony Student A effectively communicated his version of the facts with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-regard to the Facebook and MSN (Hotmail) communications between himself and the Member, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-but his testimony concerning the events which appear to have taken place in 2010 is hazy with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:respect to the sexual relationship between himself and the teacher and he was unable to convince ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:the Committee that this matter in fact included a sexual relationship as stated in allegations 4(g) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-and 4(h). This is a key factor which undermines the credibility of his testimony. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Roxane Lamothe ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Ms. Lamothe stated that she was the supply principal from November 23 to December 18, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-She replaced the school’s principal, Stéphane Bergeron, during a sick leave. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Her testimony gave the Committee a better understanding of her reasons for investigating the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-rumours involving the Member that were circulating and under discussion in several Grade ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-[XXX] and Grade [XXX] classrooms. Initially, the investigation was conducted by Vice- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 26 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-source and validity of the communications, because it was all printed out from Student A’s own ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-account. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-During his testimony, when he read the content of Exhibit 5, the MSN (Hotmail) conversation, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Mr. Bergeron remarked that three items in the email made him uneasy, both at the time and now: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-  the term “hun” which the Member uses twice in her message; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:  the sentence, “We’re good as people but for the sex part lol that might be sketchy right ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- now” which Student A uses; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-  the Member’s reply, “and don’t worry...I’ll still do the cam!” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Another element discussed at the hearing which concerned the Principal was a telephone ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-conversation between Student A and the Member that was heard in an interview with this student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-in his office in April 2010, using Student A’s BlackBerry cell phone. He testified that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-recognized both voices, as those of the Member and Student A. He also noted that the tone of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-message was familiar. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:One of the key exhibits in the case is Exhibit 6. These sexually explicit photographs show the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Member scantily dressed and semi-nude. The photographs were viewed and collected by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Principal from Student A’s BlackBerry cell phone in the interview on Monday, April 26, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-After viewing them, Mr. Bergeron explained his administrative follow-up with the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Human Resources department and the Superintendent of Education. His testimony conveyed his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-concern to the Committee and his reasons for conducting his investigation and he explained ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-clearly his follow-up with the Board’s administration. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The final significant element in Mr. Bergeron’s testimony which assisted the Committee in its ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-decision-making process was the meeting at 1 p.m. on the afternoon of April 26, 2013. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 30 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Member, her union representative and the Board personnel all attended this meeting at which, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Committee learned, Ms. Duval from the Board’s Human Resources department gave her a letter ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-and confronted her on the matter of the photographs and her purported relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:A. The Member denied any sexual relationship with Student A and also denied any Webcam ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-communication with Student A. During the testimony, however, Mr. Bergeron indicated to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Committee that the Member recognized the photographs of herself, and after the third one, asked ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-to stop being shown them. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-One fact of note, though it had little influence on the Committee’s decision, is that Ms. Duval ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-told her that the police and the Children’s Aid Society would continue with the investigation. At ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the hearing, however, the only information provided in relation to the follow-up of the case in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-2010 was Student A’s, who stated that he did not lay charges against the teacher because he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-wanted to put the matter behind him. There is no indication of the conduct of this investigation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-by the authorities. The Committee considered this detail a minor one because the evidence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-submitted at the hearing was reliable and provided a good account of the case in question. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Principal Bergeron testified convincingly and his notes, as well as his summary of the notes ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-prepared by the principal who replaced him during his sick leave and by the Vice-Principal, were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-extremely helpful to the Committee. They summarize the main points of his investigation and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-establish a timeline for the various interviews involving the teacher, the two students and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Board administrators. In addition, his testimony supports the evidence submitted and his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-interpretation of the facts. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Credibility: Exhibits ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-A review of the exhibits supports the credibility of the witnesses. Exhibits 4 and 5 reveal the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-familiarity, and the intimacy and even conflict, of the communication between Student A and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 31 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Member. The conversation filed as Exhibit 5 clearly indicates not only this element of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-familiarity, but also an inappropriate relationship between Student A and the teacher and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-apparently explains and even creates a link to Exhibit 6 while partially bearing out Student A’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:testimony. “[XXX] says: We’re good as people but for the sex part lol that might be sketchy ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-right now. Andréane says: For sure! Agreed! And don’t worry…I’ll still do the cam! haha, I ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-promised! So have a good night.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Exhibit 6 clearly shows a series of revealing Webcam photographs of the Member. At the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-meeting on April 26, 2010 at 1 p.m. called by Mr. Bergeron, after the third photo was shown, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Member asked the Human Resources representative to stop showing the photographs. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Member obviously recognized herself in the photographs; the Committee found no reason to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-doubt the veracity of Mr. Bergeron’s testimony. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The notes prepared by the supply principal and the Principal, Documents 7 and 8, are written ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-clearly and accurately. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Because no evidentiary elements were disallowed, in the Committee’s opinion, the contention of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College that the teacher was in fact guilty of professional misconduct as set out ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:in the subsections of Ontario Regulation 437/37 in maintaining a sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Student A [incomplete sentence]. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Summary ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The Member was found guilty of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-1(19) and not guilty of contravening Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1). The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 32 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:Committee further found that the Member abused a student sexually as described in sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The Act defines “Sexual abuse” as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:…“sexual abuse” of a student by a member means, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf: a) sexual intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations between the member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- and the student, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf: b) touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member, or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf: c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the Member, in his letter dated October 17, 2013, stated that his client admitted to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-several particulars in the allegations in the Notice of Hearing; i.e.,: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-1. Andréane Hélène Cadieux is not a member in good standing of the College, her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration having been suspended for non-payment of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- dues. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil des écoles catholiques du ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- Centre-Est, as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-3. During the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years, the Member taught at École [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- in Ottawa. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-4. b) she behaved inappropriately with the students, when she invited some students to her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- [XXX] and gave out her cell phone number to students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-5. On April 21, 2010, the Member [incomplete] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-She admitted to contravening Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15), to wit, that she failed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-to comply with the Education Act, or the Regulations made thereunder, but categorically denied ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-all of the other allegations and particulars. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 33 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The Member was guilty of numerous errors of judgement, especially being overly familiar with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-some students, engaging in inappropriate electronic communication with students at the school, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-giving out her cell phone number to students, displaying the tattoo on her upper right thigh to a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:student, exchanging emails and text messages of a sexual nature with Student A and exposing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-her breasts on MSN (Hotmail). Furthermore, the Member had been warned more than once by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-her supervisors not to hold conversations with students on social media. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The issue before the Committee rests mainly on the credibility of the testimony and the weight of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the evidence submitted. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The Committee examined and carefully reviewed all of the evidence; i.e., the three pieces of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-testimony and the evidence produced. The electronic communications between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:Student A (Exhibits 4 and 5) and the photographs of a sexual nature (Exhibit 6) support the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-College’s contention that this teacher is guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The evidence shows clearly that the nature of the Member’s conduct considerably exceeds the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-permissible boundaries between teacher and student. No explanation could satisfactorily justify ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-her behaviour or make it appear acceptable. The elements relating to the electronic ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-communications alone warrant a verdict of professional misconduct and prove that the teacher ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:sexually abused at least one student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The Committee considers, however, that the evidence submitted lacks the weight to support ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-allegation 1(7.1). There is no proof or information provided showing that the teacher physically ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 34 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-her Certificate of Qualification, but “respectfully requests that the decision of the tribunal not be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-published.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Counsel further explained that the circumstances examined at the hearing demonstrated and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:supported her contention that there was a sexual relationship between the teacher and Student A. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-She referred to the items in Exhibit 2 and added that the Member herself agreed to the College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-revoking her Certificate, in the letter the Member’s counsel described the teacher’s choice as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-follows: “She also agrees to be struck from the registry of the Ontario College of Teachers and to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the revocation of her Certificate of Qualification.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-In this letter, her lawyer added, “She has not applied to maintain her accreditation with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers, and has let her membership lapse. She has no intention of pursuing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-a career in education.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Counsel added that the Member had been warned several times of the risks involved in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-communicating with students on Facebook and MSN (Hotmail), but opted to disregard this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-advice. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College ended her submission by stating, “It is important to convey to the public ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:that such professional and sexual misconduct is unacceptable and will not be tolerated by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-College.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The panel carefully reviewed the recommendations of both parties and the evidence produced at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the hearing. In the Committee’s opinion, the submission by Counsel for the College and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 36 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-evidence clearly demonstrate the Member’s failure to obey the instructions not to cross the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-professional boundaries between students and teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The Committee found that as teacher the Member was in a position of authority. She entered into ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf:a sexual relationship with a student, in the form of Webcam communications, and crossed the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-professional boundaries between students and teachers by means of inappropriate conversations ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-with students on Facebook and MSN (Hotmail). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The Member abused her position of authority by failing to maintain the standards of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-profession, committing acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-dishonourable or unprofessional and engaging in conduct unbecoming a member. This ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-misconduct is extremely serious and undermines the public’s confidence in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-The Committee finds that it is necessary to revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-It directs that the decision and order of the discipline panel be published in summary form in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Pour parler profession/Professionally Speaking, including the Member’s name as it appears on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the public register. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-Such publication addresses the need for transparency of the disciplinary procedure. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-publication in summary form of the decision, including the Member’s name, will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-specific deterrent for the Member and will act as a more general deterrent for the members of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-the teaching profession. The publication also serves the interests of the public by providing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf-reassurance and by letting the public know that the teaching profession takes decisive action ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- 37 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (i) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- reasonably be regarded by Members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: (k) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-1. At all material times, Alexander Clachers (the “Member”) was employed by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-“School”) in Peterborough, as a grade [XXX] Teacher. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-2. During the 2004-2005 academic year, Student A was a male student of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:3. Between the 2004-2006 academic years, the Member sexually assaulted and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:sexually interfered with Student A, who was then [XXX] years old in that he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (a) wrapped his arms around the back of Student A; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: (b) initiated conversations about homosexuality and anal sex; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (c) told Student A that he should masturbate more; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (d) hugged Student A; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (e) touched Student A’s buttocks; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (f) placed his finger inside Student A’s open fly and touched Student A’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- penis; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (g) called Student A “cutie” and “beautiful”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:4. During the 2006-2008 academic years, the Member sexually assaulted and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:sexually exploited Student B when he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (a) hugged Student B; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (b) grabbed and squeezed Student B’s buttocks in the classroom; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (c) rubbed Student B’s leg with his hand; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: (d) initiated conversations and made remarks of a sexual nature; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (e) grabbed and squeezed Student B’s genitals. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-5. During the 2007-2008 academic year, Student C was a former male student of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Member at the School. During the approximate dates of 1 May 2008 and 31 July 2008, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:the Member sexually assaulted and sexually exploited Student C when he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (a) supplied alcohol to Student C; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (b) invited Student C to stay at his residence overnight; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (c) undid Student C’s belt and took Student C’s penis in his hand; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: (d) attempted to perform oral sex on Student C. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-6. During the 2007-2008 academic year, Student D was a [XXX] year old female ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-student of the Member at the School. During the approximate dates of 1 March 2008 and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:31 July 2008, the Member sexually assaulted Student D when he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (a) hugged Student D; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (b) grabbed Student D’s buttocks in the classroom, and at his residence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-7. During the 2007-2008 academic year, Student E was an [XXX] year old male ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-student of the Member at the School. Between the approximate dates of 1 September ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:2007 and 31 July 2008, the Member sexually assaulted and sexually exploited Student E ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-when he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (a) offered Student E a room in his residence to stay in; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (b) grabbed Student E’s genitals and buttocks; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (c) requested a hug from Student E and hugged Student E; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (d) pulled Student E onto a cot with him; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (e) tried to undo Student E’s belt; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (f) stated to Student E, “I just want to give it a lick”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (g) entered Student E’s bedroom wearing only a bathrobe; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (h) remarked to Student E that he could “help him finish off” with reference ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: to an incomplete sexual encounter. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-8. On or about 30 October 2009, after a trial in the Superior Court of Justice, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Member was found guilty of the following charges: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (a) between 5 September 1991 and 1 April 2001 at the City of Peterborough ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- and elsewhere in the Province of Ontario, the Member unlawfully ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: committed a sexual assault on the person of F contrary to the provisions of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (b) between 5 September 1991 and 17 September 1995 at the City of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: Peterborough, unlawfully did for a sexual purpose touch F, a person under ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- the age of 14 years, directly with a part of his body, to wit: his mouth, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- contrary to the provisions of Section 151 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (c) between 18 September 1995 and 18 September 1999 at the City of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Peterborough and elsewhere in the Province of Ontario, being in a position ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: of trust or authority towards F, a young person, unlawfully did for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- purpose, touch directly the body of F, a young person, with a part of his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- body, to wit: his mouth, contrary to the provisions of Section 153(a) of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (d) between 1 May 2008 and 31 July 2008 at the City of Peterborough, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: unlawfully did commit a sexual assault on Student C, contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- provisions of Section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (e) between 1 September 2007 and 31 July 2008 at the City of Peterborough, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- being in a position of trust or authority towards Student C, a young person, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: unlawfully did for a sexual purpose touch directly the body of Student C, a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- young person, with a part of his body, to wit: his hand, contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- provisions of Section 153 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-(f) between 1 March 2008 and 31 July 2008 at the City of Peterborough, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: unlawfully did commit a sexual assault on Student E contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- provisions of Section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-(g) between 1 September 2007 and 1 January 2008 at the City of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Peterborough, being in a position of trust or authority towards Student E, a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: young person, unlawfully did for a sexual purpose touch directly the body ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- of Student E, a young person with a part of his body, to wit: his hand, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- contrary to the provisions of Section 153 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-(h) between 1 March 2008 and 31 July 2008 at the City of Peterborough, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: unlawfully did commit a sexual assault on Student D contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-(i) between 1 September 2007 and 1 January 2008 at the City of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Peterborough, being in a position of trust or authority towards Student D, a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: young person, unlawfully did for a sexual purpose, touch directly the body ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- of Student D, a young person, with a part of his body, to wit: his hand, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- contrary to the provisions of Section 153 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-(j) between 1 January 2005 and 1 July 2006 at the City of Peterborough, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: unlawfully did commit a sexual assault on Student A, contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- provisions of Section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-(k) between 1 January 2005 and 1 July 2006 at the City of Peterborough, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- being in a position of trust or authority towards Student A, a young ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: person, unlawfully did for a sexual purpose touch directly the body of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Student A, a young person, with a part of his body, to wit: his hand, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- contrary to the provisions of Section 153 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-(l) between 1 December 2006 and 1 April 2008 at the City of Peterborough, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: unlawfully did commit a sexual assault on Student B contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- provisions of Section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (m) between 1 December 2006 and 1 April 2008 at the City of Peterborough, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- being in a position of trust or authority towards Student B, a young person, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: unlawfully did for a sexual purpose touch directly the body of Student B ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- with a part of his body, to wit: his hand, contrary to the provisions of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Section 153 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (n) between 1 January 2006 and 1 July 2008 at the City of Peterborough and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: elsewhere in the Province of Ontario, unlawfully did commit a sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- assault on G, contrary to the provisions of Section 271 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (o) between 1 January 2006 and 1 July 2008 at the City of Peterborough and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- elsewhere in the Province of Ontario, being in a position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf: authority towards G, a young person, unlawfully did for a sexual purpose, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- touch directly the body of G, a young person, with a part of his body, to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- wit: his hand, contrary to the provision of Section 153 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-9. On or about 27 May 2008, in Peterborough, the Member assaulted a female ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-person, H, when he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (a) pushed H three times; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- (b) caused H to fall to the ground. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-10. On or around 5 May 2009, after a trial in the Ontario Court of Justice, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Member was found guilty to a charge that he on or about 27 May 2008, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Peterborough, did commit an assault on H contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-(Canada). The passing of a sentence was suspended and the Member was placed on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-probation with conditions, for a period of fifteen months. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-The Member has not appealed the convictions sentence referred to in paragraphs 8 and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-10. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-C. Transcript of Proceedings at Trial Excerpt before Mr. Justice J.C. Corkery at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Peterborough, dated 30 October 2009 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-D. Transcript of Reasons for Sentence before Mr. Justice J.C. Corkery at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Peterborough, dated 25 October 2010 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-E. Signed and Undated Decision and Reasons of the Ontario Court of Appeal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-The Committee accepts the specific findings of fact contained in the Brief of Court ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Documents (Exhibit 4). The evidence presented in the Court Documents confirms that on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:or about October 30, 2009, after a trial by jury, the Member was found guilty of 15 sex ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:offences, being one count of sexual interference, seven counts of sexual assault and seven ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:counts of sexual exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-On or about October 25, 2010, the Member was sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:and declared a long-term offender for these sexual assaults. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-The Member appealed the convictions and sentence. The appeal was dismissed by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Court of Appeal for Ontario. (Exhibit 4, Tab E). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-made by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Alexander Clachers ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:1(17), 1(18) and 1(19); and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-been granted. The Member did appeal the convictions and the sentence but the appeal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-was dismissed. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-It is uncontested that on or about October 30, 2009, after a trial by jury, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:found guilty of 15 sex offences, being one count of sexual interference, seven counts of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:sexual assault and seven counts of sexual exploitation. The Jury found the Member had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:sexually assaulted seven victims, five of whom were students or former students of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Member. These offences occurred beginning in September 1991 and ending in July 2008. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-On or about October 25, 2010, the Member was sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:and declared a long-term offender for these sexual assaults. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:These convictions for sex offences against students are relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration and have caused students ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-to be put at risk pursuant to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16) and 1(17). The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:Committee noted that these sexual assaults took place at school, at the Member’s home ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-and in the community, demonstrating a complete disregard for children’s welfare, thereby ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:putting his students at risk. By engaging in sexual assaults of students, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s convictions for sexual interference, sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:assault and sexual exploitation of students constitute acts of professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-is disgraceful and unbecoming a member contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY-COUNSEL FOR THE COLLEGE ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the severity and gravity of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-misconduct warranted revocation of the Member’s certificate and publication of his name ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:The Member was found guilty of 15 sex offences, being one count of sexual interference, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:seven counts of sexual assault and seven counts of sexual exploitation. The Jury found ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:the Member had sexually assaulted seven victims, five of whom were students or former ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-students of the Member. These offences occurred beginning in September 1991 and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-ending in July 2008 and involved victims who ranged in age from [XXX] to [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-old at the time the offences were committed. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:The sexual assaults on the students happened in the classroom, at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-residence, in a hotel and elsewhere in the community. The Member targeted and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:groomed vulnerable and innocent children, preyed on them and sexually assaulted them ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-repeatedly over a lengthy period of time. The Member abused his position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:authority for his own sexual gratification, without regard for the well-being of his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct is disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-unbecoming a member of the profession. The Member’s actions were criminal. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:Member engaged in sexual abuse of students and was convicted of 15 counts of sex ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-offences against young persons and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The fact that he used ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:his position of trust in order to create a long term pattern of sexual abuse, control and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:sexual exploitation of students requires that he receive the maximum penalty, revocation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-of his certificate of qualification and registration. The Member, by his abuse of students, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-has brought the profession into disrepute and has lost the trust of the public. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:The Committee agrees with Justice Corkery’s statement that, “Adult sexual predators ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf:who would put the lives of innocent children at risk to satisfy their deviant sexual needs ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-must know that they will pay a heavy price.” In this case, the Member, as a result of his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-conduct has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and being a member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-of the teaching profession. Revocation is the appropriate penalty for misconduct of this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-severity. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, along with the name ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-of the Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession advises the profession ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-of the nature of the Member’s misconduct and the consequences for such behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Publication, with name, acts as a general deterrent and informs the profession that such ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-behaviour will not be tolerated and will result in the harshest penalty, revocation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Publication serves the public interest by reassuring and informing the community that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-profession acts decisively in a transparent manner when matters of this nature are brought ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-to its attention. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-In conclusion, the Committee is confident that the penalty serves the interests of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-public and the profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf-Dated: September 18, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Christine Bellini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 20, 2011 was served on William Clarke (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on February 22, 2011 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for September 24, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-William Clarke was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-The allegations against William Clarke (the “Member”) in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-# 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that William Clarke is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Peel District School ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Board (“the Board”) as [XXX] of [XXX] School (“the School”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-2. Between the approximate dates of January and April 2009, the Member pursed a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-personal and physical relationship with A, while she was employed as a [XXX] at the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-3. Between the approximate dates of January and April 2009, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (a) told A that she was beautiful; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf: (b) told A that she was sexy; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (c) told A that he desired her; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (d) kissed A; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (e) touched A’s arm and leg and with his finger; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (f) touched A’s breasts. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-4. During that time the Member also communicated with A using emails in which he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-stated that he wanted to have an affair with her and that the affair would include lots of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:sex. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-5. During the 2008-2009 academic year, the Member commenced a personal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-relationship with B, a female teacher employed at the School, which included the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (a) stating that he liked her hair; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (b) stating that she was beautiful; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (c) stating that she had a nice buttocks; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (d) stating that he would like to kiss her; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (e) asking her if she was wearing any underwear; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (f) made comments about how she masturbates; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf: (g) made comments about wanting to have sex with her on his desk; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (h) touched her buttocks with his finger. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:6. The Member in the presence of B made sexualized comments that objectified ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-female students which included “nice kid, nice bum.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-7. During the 2007-2008 academic year, the Member commenced a personal and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:sexual relationship with C, a student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:8. The relationship developed into a sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-9. In 2008 and 2009, the Member also communicated with C using emails in which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (a) called C “Angel;” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (b) stated “I miss you;” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (c) stated “I wish I’d been around for the two hour shower;” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (d) called C “Lover;” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (e) stated that “you are just too damn cute, you know that right? Cute, and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- really, really sexy, that I’d really, really like to be lying on your bed right ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- now, face up, with you straddling me and wearing those new stockings ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- with that little black set you saw at La Senza;” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (f) stated “C, you still take my breath away;” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (g) stated that he loved C. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-10. The Member had an inappropriate and close relationship with D, a student at the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-School, in that he would flirt with her in his office. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-11. From approximately November 2008 to April 2009 the Member would access ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-inappropriate internet websites from his Board issued computer which included: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (a) online dating sites; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- (b) chat sites; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf: (c) pornography sites. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-12. The Member resigned from the Board on 30 June 2009. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Member even more time to appear and ensure that the Member would not be prejudiced ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-in the matter. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-As the Member was not present or represented by counsel, the Committee proceeded on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-William Clarke is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. At all material times, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Member was employed by the Peel District School Board (the “Board”) as [XXX] of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-[XXX] School (the “School”). It is alleged that the Member pursued and engaged in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-personal and physical relationship with an employee of the School, commenced a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-personal relationship with B, a female teacher employed at the School and commenced a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:personal and sexual relationship with C, a student at the School. In the pursuit and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-development of these relationships, the Member is said to have made inappropriate, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:“sexualized” comments either verbally or through e-mail correspondence. The central ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-issue for the Committee to consider is whether the Member engaged in this behaviour as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-alleged. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-The College called six witnesses: Mary Anne MacArthur, [XXX] (“Teacher B”), [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-(“Employee A”), [XXX] (“Student C”), Sharon Clarke and Raymond Scanlon. Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-D did not testify and no evidence was led as to the allegations concerning Student D. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Evidence of Mary Anne MacArthur(“Ms. MacArthur”) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Ms. MacArthur has been employed by the Board since 1997 as the Manager of Human ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Rights. Her duties include ensuring that all internal investigations are procedurally fair, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-managing all human rights cases and referrals to the Ontario College of Teachers, as well ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-as training on human rights violation investigations. Employee A, a school attendant in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-the [XXX] staff, raised concerns regarding the behaviour of the Member. Ms. MacArthur ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-was the responsible person at the Board who received and was assigned the management ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-of the complaints about the Member from the Associate Director of the Board. Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-MacArthur gathered the evidence in the Board’s investigation of the Member. As a result ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-of the complaints, Ms. MacArthur interviewed Teacher B, Employee A, the principal of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-the School and a few others to gather initial information in this matter. Immediately, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-witness requested a full review of the computer assigned to the Member, which included ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-internet logs. This computer was specifically assigned to the Member and had dual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-password protection and therefore, could only be used by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Ms. MacArthur was provided a printout of the internet activity undertaken on this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-computer. The Internet Technology (“IT”) staff flagged all inappropriate communications ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:as defined by a well-publicized Board policy such as pornography, adult content and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-other “R” rated sites. The witness confirmed that this activity “violated” Board policy ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-and that there was no reason for the Member to access these sites as part of his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-professional duties. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Ms. MacArthur, in her position as manager of Human Rights, stated that this behaviour ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-contravened Board HR policies, professional standards of the College and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-and interests. Most disturbing, it began with inappropriate proximity as the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-invaded her personal space. The Member was often physically close to Teacher B as he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-was “always popping into the [XXX] office, classroom, and hallways”. Teacher B ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-testified that “he was always watching me”. Teacher B recounted that the Member would ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-“breathe my air”, “he smelled my hair and made a groaning noise”, “he would whisper in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-my ear”, “ran his finger along my rear end”, “he would ask me if I was wearing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-underwear”, “said I had beautiful hair and a nice bum”, and “persisted in trying to ask ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-questions about masturbation”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Teacher B testified that she “felt stuck”, wanted to find ways to stop him without ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-upsetting things at the School, “not wanting to stir things up” or look like she was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-“rocking the boat”. Teacher B felt trapped because of her ambition to be promoted. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Teacher B was on the verge of starting the [XXX] Program [XXX] (“”) which would ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-have necessitated finding a mentor. To Teacher B’s dismay, the Member volunteered to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-be her [XXX] mentor. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:The Member further commented about other students to Teacher B using a sexualized ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-vocabulary, told Teacher B that she was “beautiful”, expressed a desire to kiss her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-“often” and even described the nature of the kiss that he would deliver. Finally, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:Member suggested to Teacher B that they have sexual intercourse on a desk in a Liaison ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Office used by the police to interview students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-When questioned by College Counsel about her failure to report the matter, Teacher B ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-testified that the Member had an “angry streak in him”, “was responsible for my [XXX]” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Student C attended the School for all four years of her secondary education, until her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-graduation in June 2008. She met the Member when she was [XXX] [XXX] in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-period of March to April 2008. Student C testified that she and the Member started ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-talking “a lot” in this period as she had “a lot of things going on at home”, “needed help” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-and “didn’t know where else to turn”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Student C stated that the Member was “someone I trusted at the time” and she began ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-opening up to him about personal issues. Within weeks of their first conversation, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Student C and the Member began having more personal conversations, multiple times per ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-day. She recalled that “a lot of times, he would pull me out” of class to ask “how things ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-were going” and “how things were progressing”. Student C testified that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-also opened up about personal issues by discussing his relationship with his wife, the fact ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-that his father-in-law was ill and the affect that this illness had on his marriage. An ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-emotional relationship developed. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-The Member began making flirtatious comments such as “I like your hair”, “your make- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-up looks good” and “oh, you look good today”. With his office door closed, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-would give her hugs that included intimately rubbing her back and told her “not to worry, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:it’s okay”. There were sexually charged e-mails exchanged between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Student C. In one e-mail, the Member stated that he would “like to ‘F’ me on his desk”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:The Member cited a list of sexual acts that he would like to perform with Student C. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:Member was “definitely sexually attracted to me” and “at that point in time, I was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-attracted to him too”. Student C stated that she “didn’t have anywhere to turn, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-emotionally, I was relying on him. I cared more for someone caring about me”. Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:C testified that there was no sexual intercourse before she graduated. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-A short time after graduation, in July 2008, a physical relationship developed. Student C ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:stated that they had sexual intercourse on three (3) occasions, twice in the Member’s car ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-and once at the School. Student C further stated that the physical relationship ended, but ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-the communication continued for four to five years into 2013. During these ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-communications, the e-mails revealed the nature of the Member’s relationship with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Teacher B and Employee A. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Evidence of Sharon Clarke (“Ms. Clarke”) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Ms. Clarke was the wife of the Member, but they are now divorced. Ms. Clarke waived ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-spousal privilege and spoke freely. Ms. Clarke recounted the events of the evening of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Friday, April 3, 2009. While watching a movie with her husband and sharing a pizza, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Ms. Clarke received a phone call from Employee A’s husband. Employee A’s husband ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-informed her that his wife was having an affair with the Member. Ms. Clarke told him ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-that it was impossible because “my husband adores me”. Ms. Clarke was told that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-could prove the allegation and provided her with Employee A’s e-mail account and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-password. It is at this time that the Member, who became aware of the conversation, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-reached over severed the connection and said “it’s true”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-The Member calmly provided details to a series of questions posed by his wife. As she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-was having a difficult time processing this shocking information, Ms. Clarke asked her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-husband to call their good friend and neighbour, an Elder at their church, Ray Scanlon. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Ray attended at their home around midnight and the Member began to provide details of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-his relationship with Employee A. Ray questioned the Member about possible addiction ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:to pornography and computer games. The Member acknowledged these addictions. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-When asked why he had done this, the Member replied that “it was all fantasy” to him. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-As Ray was getting ready to leave, Ms. Clarke asked the Member “has there been anyone ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:else?” Following a long moment of silence, the Member admitted to having a sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-relationship with Student C. It is at this time that the Member’s wife divulged, in her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-testimony, that there had been issues of professional boundaries in 2005-2006, for which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-the Member received remediation. Ms. Clarke testified that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-communicated with Student C through e-mail from June 14, 2008 and onward, right up ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-until the day before the phone call. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Ms. Clarke then asked “are there others?” The Member admitted to a relationship with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Teacher B, whom Ms. Clarke identified as the girlfriend of her brother. Ms. Clarke ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:testified that the Member admitted to having sex with Teacher B in the office, IT office ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-and car. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Ms. Clarke managed to secure her husband’s Hotmail account and password, which was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Student C’s first name spelled backwards. Ms. Clarke managed to get the password ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-because her husband was so exhausted. Her husband realized that he had given her this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-information. He threatened to commit suicide if she read the e-mails. Some short time ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-later, the Member agreed to the reading of the e-mails. Upon logging on, Ms. Clarke ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-discovered fifty (50) pages, each with twenty-six e-mails, including one in which the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Member was being warned by Employee A that her husband had discovered their illicit ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-College Counsel stated that the most egregious example of the Member’s misconduct was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-how he preyed on Student C. Student C was a very troubled young girl, who confided in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:the Member and was groomed for a sexual relationship. College Counsel asserted that “it ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-does not matter that the Student was a willing participant”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-College Counsel reviewed the facts as they apply to the allegations in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Hearing. He asked that the Committee make a finding of professional misconduct under ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-all of the headings as detailed in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-proof, with which the Committee is familiar, as set out in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-53. The standard of proof applied by the Committee, in accordance with the McDougall ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-decision, is a balance of probabilities. As in all cases, the Committee looks for clear, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-convincing and cogent evidence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that William Clarke ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:The Committee also finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Above all, a teacher and especially an [XXX] has as their primary responsibility the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-safety of the students in their charge. The Committee finds that the Member failed to do ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-this and behaved in the most egregious manner by preying on a student and staff, who ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-were particularly vulnerable, and most in need of his professional knowledge, guidance ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-and protection. This reprehensible behaviour occurred in multiple instances and over a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-prolonged period of time. When presented with opportunities to exercise his professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-responsibilities, the Member chose to follow a path of self-service by exploiting the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-people who came to him for assistance. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-The Committee heard evidence from five witnesses who proved to be highly credible in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-that their shared stories overlapped and reinforced each other in the description of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-events. Additionally, all of the exhibits were supported via testimony and in how they ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-related to the events described by the witnesses. In the end, the Committee was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-convinced, on a balance of probabilities, of the truth of the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-In the matter of Student C, this is an example of a young troubled person without ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-sufficient support at hand, who sought guidance and comfort. The Member chose to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:begin a process of “grooming”. That grooming culminated in the sexual abuse of Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-C, shortly after graduation. The Committee finds that a two-week period after graduation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-does not absolve the Member of the expectation of maintaining the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-profession. Regardless that Student C consented, and was a willing participant, the onus ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-was on the Member to always be aware of his professional duties and commitment to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-trust expected of him by virtue of his position. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-The Member exchanged voluminous and inappropriate e-mails of a personal and sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-nature with Student C. The e-mail exchanges with Student C revealed an unfortunate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-litany of solicitation for sexual exchange and descriptions of inappropriate behaviours. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-None of these e-mails are in any way appropriate for a dialogue with students. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Member should have known enough not to engage in this form of communication with a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-student, but for some reason was unable to recognize the nature of and control his base ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-desires. The Member solicited inappropriate photographs of Student C and she complied ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-with that request, but still, the Member should never have asked. He knew that was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-wrong. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-The Internet Logs (Exhibit 4) demonstrates the Member’s highly inappropriate use of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:electronic technology to indulge his preoccupation with pornography and other “R” rated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-content. Many of the online communication addresses that were found on his Board ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-provided computer made reference to dating websites and adult content websites. A ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-sampling of the titles included “Pornography/Adult content”, “Weapons”, “Games”, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-“Dating/Personals”, “R-rated” and “Croatia-Nudist Beaches” and “Deviantart.com”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Employee A was a part-time attendant and member of the [XXX] staff at the School. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Member’s exploitive relationship with Employee A is a striking example of the power ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-imbalance often found in institutions and the opportunities for an unscrupulous person to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-prey on vulnerable persons. This is a major problem in human resources and needs ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-constant vigilance. The employee, who was new to the School and befriended by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Member, was in need of personal advice regarding family matters. The employee was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-fully aware of the [XXX] in the School of the Member. The Member used this as an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-opportunity for exploitation. The employee realized this but was powerless in rebuffing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:the advances made by the Member, comments about her personal appearance, sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-innuendos and attempts at and subsequent physical contact. Employee A was worried ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-about her employment and the potential role the Member as the [XXX] would have in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-possibly ending her employment. Ultimately and much to her regret, this relationship ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:culminated in significant physical and sexual activity. In her search for a solution in this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-situation, Employee A enlisted the help of her team leader in securing a transfer to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-another school. It was at this moment that the Member’s behaviour became the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-knowledge of others and subject to administrative scrutiny and referral to the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Human Rights manager. This manager provided testimony at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Teacher B was a relatively young teacher at the School. She had a successful teaching ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-career and was encouraged to seek leadership positions within the Board and was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-preparing to take the [XXX] Program. She was trying to present herself in the most ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-positive way to be successful in achieving this goal. It was at this time that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-began to give her special, but unwanted attention. This attention took the form of giving ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-advice, visiting her classroom at inopportune times, and encounters in the hallway and in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-her office for no apparent reason. There was an escalation of contact. Teacher B testified ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-that the Member would “breathe my air”, “smelled my hair”, “he would whisper in my ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-ear”, “ran his finger along my rear-end”, “he would ask if I was wearing underwear” and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-“persisted in trying to ask questions about masturbation”. Teacher B convincingly ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-explained that she attempted in many ways to distance herself, “not wanting to stir things ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-up” and jeopardize any future possible success in her career. For example, Teacher B ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-attempted to block the Member’s offer to mentor her for the [XXX] course and had asked ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-that the other [XXX] conduct her [XXX]. Teacher B developed a fear of the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-and stated that he had an “angry streak in him”, “was responsible for my [XXX]”, and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-had threatened her by leaving a note in her teacher mailbox that said “You Lose”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Ms. Clarke, the former wife of the Member, proved to be a highly credible witness and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-conveyer of the facts of the matter. Ms. Clarke said that she felt betrayed by a husband ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-whom she had supported in previous instances of employment issues, where a boundaries ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-course was mandated, and who believed that her husband adored her. This witness was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-absolutely forthcoming with many corroborating details. She gave evidence of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-devastating impact of her husband’s behaviour on her family and her four daughters, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-sense of betrayal by her husband and the attempts of the couple to salvage an almost ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-insoluble situation. She quickly realized that this was not to be as the deception was too ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-great. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Ray Scanlon, a Church Elder, neighbour and mentor of the Clarke family, confirmed the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-evidence given by Ms. Clarke. Mr. Scanlon was acquainted with the family, had shared ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-experiences with the Clarkes and had experience dealing with people in crisis. His ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-testimony was useful in that it supported many of the facts that were part of the testimony ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-of Ms. Clarke and the other witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:The Member contravened the standards of the profession by committing acts of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-nature with three vulnerable persons under his authority. By a variety of means and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-behaviours, the Member pursued others in a dereliction of his professional duties as a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:teacher and [XXX]. Most disturbing and serious was his sexual abuse of Student C. His ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-abuse of power with Employee A and Teacher B was wrong. The Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-the Member’s actions outlined herein, constitute acts of professional misconduct, being ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in the sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the only appropriate penalty in this case was immediate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-revocation and publication with the name of the Member. College Counsel posed a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-number of questions that would act as a threshold for the Committee’s guidance and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-consideration in the matter of penalty. The Committee must consider the protection of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-the public interest, the safety of students and all other staff under the control of a [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Could the Member remain in the profession given his behaviour? This was a clear abuse ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-of position with students, staff and [XXX] staff of a person who was preying on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-vulnerable individuals and clearly showing no remorse and offering no defence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member should lose the privilege to teach in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Province of Ontario given the abuse of trust and his egregious behaviour. The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-knew that the women were vulnerable and he helped them, but expected something in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-return. College Counsel asserted that the Committee should have zero tolerance for this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-type of behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-College Counsel provided one example of a recent decision by the Committee which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:focused on a case where there was grooming. The submitted case is not as egregious as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-the one before the Committee, yet the decision was to revoke the Certificate and publish ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf:with name. This matter before the Committee is a clear case of “grooming” of Student C, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-both before and after graduation, and warrants the most serious penalty. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 1) The Committee directs the Registrar to revoke the Certificate of Qualification of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- the Member, which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 2) The Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-The Committee carefully considered the evidence of the witnesses and the submissions of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Revocation is the only possible penalty for behaviour of this unacceptable and shameful ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-nature. A member who abuses, to this level, a position of authority and responsibility ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-ceases to maintain the privilege of teaching. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-Publication with name is warranted. The facts of this matter are sufficiently disturbing to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf-be shared with the public and the profession. Publication will assist in deterring this type ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-This matter commenced before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-on January 11, 2011, at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 18, 2008, was served on Steven Anthony D’Amelio, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-requesting his presence on August 18, 2008 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set to commence on January 11, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Steven Anthony D’Amelio was in attendance for every hearing date. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The allegations against Steven Anthony D’Amelio (the “Member”) in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated July 18, 2008, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Steven Anthony D’Amelio is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-(the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- or the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Windsor-Essex Catholic ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-2. During the 2005-2006 academic year, the Member was the grade 12 [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-teacher of a female student (the “Student”) at the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-3. In or about November 2005, the Member engaged in inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-unprofessional conduct towards the Student which included: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- (a) kissing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf: (b) sexual touching ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf: (c) sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf: (d) sexual exploitation; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- (e) engaging in inappropriate conversations with and about the Student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-4. On or about 28 February 2006, the Member was dismissed by the Board. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:At all material times, the Member was employed by the Windsor-Essex Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School. The case concerned the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-interaction with a female student who was in the Member’s grade 12 [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The specific issues for the Committee to consider were whether or not the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-engaged in inappropriate and unprofessional contact with a female student, which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:included kissing, sexual touching, sexual assault, and sexual exploitation, and whether ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the Member engaged in inappropriate conversations with and about the Student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Application for a Stay of Proceedings for Delay ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-On May 22, 2012, the final day of the hearing, Counsel for the Member brought an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-application for a stay of the proceedings for delay. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The parties tendered as Exhibit 21, an Agreed Statement of Facts regarding the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-application. In this Agreed Statement of Facts, the parties agreed to the following: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-“1. The events in question took place in November 2005. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-2. A criminal proceeding took place between December 2006 and May 2008. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-3. Because the criminal trial was underway, it was agreed that the defence would not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-introduce a defence of unreasonable delay with respect to a Notice of Hearing issued ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-within a reasonable time or any resultant hearing date set within a reasonable period of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-time following the issuance of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-4. The trial judgment was released in May 2008. A thirty-day appeal period ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-followed. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-5. The Notice of Hearing was issued in July 2008. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-6. The College received transcripts of all of Mr. D’Amelio’s trial evidence and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-provided them to defence counsel in September 2008. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-7. In September 2008, the parties agreed that they would not proceed to set a hearing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-date until certain preliminary issues were dealt with. In the meantime, a pre-hearing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-conference took place November 25, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-they were discussing [XXX]. Ms. [XXX] further testified that there was no discussion of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-schoolwork at any of her meetings with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] testified that the Member began sketching a diagram of her life (Exhibit 4) to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-map what she could and could not control, and he described this as a method used by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-psychologists. Ms. [XXX] explained details of the diagram, indicating, for example, that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the [XXX] in the diagram represented her name, [XXX] represented [XXX] and [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-stood for [XXX] . She further stated that the dotted lines highlighted stresses that she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-could not control, such as friends who did not understand her, and her having to work and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-to help care for her baby brother, while the solid lines highlighted issues she could ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-control, such as her choice of friends. Ms. [XXX] noted that the words “hurt”, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-“confused”, “lost” and “pain” referred to how she often felt. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] testified that the “T” in the diagram referred to touching and she knew that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:the Member was alluding to physical sexual interactions. She said that he claimed that his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-background in [XXX] enabled him to know, better than others, what goes on in her body. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-According to Ms. [XXX], the Member went on to stress that if a person was going to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:sexually active again, it should be with someone they trust, someone who cares about that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-person. Ms. [XXX] explained that page 2 of the diagram highlighted the two extremes of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-her life, from partying to finding God, and the Member stated that she must find her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-middle ground where touching was something that “humans were meant to do”. Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] admitted that she knew that teachers should not discuss these kinds of issues with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-their students; however, the fact that the Member was “putting himself out on a limb” and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-trusting her made her feel a deep sense of trust and affection for him. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] stated that the Member did most of the talking and she was amazed at how ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-well he seemed to know her. She testified that the Member knew that she had been ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:sexually active during her four-year relationship with a boy on [XXX], but she could not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-recall whether she had volunteered that information. She further testified that he knew ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:that she had progressed from partying, from being sexually active and trying drugs and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-drinking, to attempting to devote her life to God and joining the [XXX] and the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Member said that this did not seem to be working out for her, just as it had not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-worked out for him at university. He went on to explain that whether God existed or not, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-God would want her to be happy and to do things that would relieve her stress. According ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-to Ms. [XXX], everything the Member said sounded reasonable and, by the end of this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-meeting, her feelings for him had changed and he had gained “some level of trust”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] testified that her meetings with the Member continued during fourth period ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-on a daily basis throughout November 2005, except for days on which she was absent. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Those discussions always terminated within five minutes of the end of the school day ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-because Ms. [XXX] had either a [XXX] game or practice after school each day. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-majority of these meetings took place in the library although some occurred in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-classroom. Ms. [XXX] avowed that both she and the Member had agreed “to be truthful ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-no matter what” during these discussions, “even if it sounded really bad”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:According to Ms. [XXX], these discussions began to get more sexual during the week of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:November 7, 2005 - many of these discussions concerned personal sexual stories, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-touching and a former grade school friend of hers, [XXX], who was then a freshman in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-college. Ms. [XXX] testified that the Member told her that before he was married he had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:had sexual experiences with two women at the same time – his wife (prior to their ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-marriage) and her best friend - that included a cruise with a competition about which was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:better at sex. Ms. [XXX] stated that the Member also described an affair he had with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-wife of the manager of a funeral home at which he had worked previously. Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:claimed that the Member told her these personal stories to show how sexually ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-experienced he was and how good he was at manipulating people. Ms. [XXX] testified ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-that they discussed touching and she had responded to the Member’s question regarding ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:what turned her on sexually by telling him “someone touching [her] side”. Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:stated that the Member told her that she was submissive sexually, “someone who wants ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-to be…taken control of”. Ms. [XXX] claimed that, if she seemed reticent to engage in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:sexual discussions, the Member would remind her that there was no God and that society ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-had no right to dictate what is right or wrong. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] testified that during the week of November 7 or 14, 2005, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:questioned her about anal sex and assigned her homework on experimenting with this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-with her thumb. During the week of November 7, 2005, Ms. [XXX] felt that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:was encouraging her to have sex with someone she trusted. When she questioned him ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:about the rumours that he had had sex with students, the Member denied that he had ever ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-done anything with a student while they were in the school. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] claimed that the Member told her about [XXX] because [XXX] visited him ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-often, the Member and [XXX] were close and talked frequently, and he said that [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-missed Ms. [XXX]. Ms. [XXX] testified that the Member encouraged her to contact ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] , because [XXX] was familiar with the stresses of Ms. [XXX] family dynamic, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-but not to tell [XXX] details of their relationship (between the Member and Ms. [XXX]), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-as [XXX] was very jealous. Ms. [XXX] related to the Member an incident she had had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-with [XXX] in [XXX] when they got drunk and kissed. Ms. [XXX] stated that during the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-week of November 7, 2005, [XXX] came to the school and that she, [XXX] and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member met in the Member’s classroom. Ms. [XXX] testified that at that meeting the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member allowed her to lift up his shirt to see the tattoos on his back. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] stated that when she “hung out” with [XXX] on the weekend of November ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-11, 12 and 13, 2005, she got the idea that she should play the game of “21 Questions” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:with the Member – a game involving sexual questions and honest answers. Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-testified that she and the Member played 21 Questions in a back private study room of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-library. Questions included “Have you ever had a threesome?” and “Have you ever done ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-anything with [XXX] or with a student or whatever?” Ms. [XXX] avowed that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:Member stated that he and [XXX] “were together, and that they had been having sex for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-a while.” Ms. [XXX] also stated that at some point she learned that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-uncircumcised. Ms. [XXX] testified that her feelings about the Member were very ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-confused at this time. She knew that the Member’s relationship with [XXX] had started ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-when [XXX] was a student, and Ms. [XXX] felt she had to trust the Member because she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-had told him so many embarrassing things and he knew so much about her. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] testified that her relationship with the Member moved beyond talking during ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the week of November 14, 2005. On November 17, 2005, she believes, she was at her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-locker getting ready for [XXX] practice when the Member walked by and asked her to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-meet him in room [XXX] , a different science room from his own (room [XXX] ). When ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] joined the Member in room [XXX], she testified that he grabbed her sides ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-and kissed her with his mouth open. Afterwards, she found herself with her back to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-blackboard and the Member facing her from the other side of a desk, although she is not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-certain if she walked there or was led there by the Member. Ms. [XXX] testified that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member told her to “masturbate in front of him” and then became frustrated and angry ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-when she refused. She stated that the Member said that nothing would happen unless she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-wanted it to, and then he left the room just as he was being called down to the office and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] went to her [XXX] practice. Ms. [XXX] stated that she felt confused and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-guilty because she thought that her behavior might have caused the Member to believe ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:that she wanted a sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:Ms. [XXX] testified that another sexual interaction with the Member occurred on what ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-she believes was November 24, 2005. On that date, Ms. [XXX] was in the library during ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-third period and observed the Member pass by and look at her. At the end of class, she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-went to the Member’s room to see him. Ms. [XXX] stated that the Member instructed her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-to stand between the side board and the desk so that no one passing one of the room’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-windows could see them. She testified that the Member then pressed himself up against ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-her, grabbed her sides, kissed her with his mouth open, “shoved his tongue” down her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-throat and put his hand down her pants, touching the top of her vagina and putting his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-finger inside her vagina. Ms. [XXX] stated that she undid the clasp of her pants because ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-she was afraid her pants were going to break open. Ms. [XXX] testified that when she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-told the Member to stop he did so, but questioned why as she was about to orgasm. He ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-then put his finger in his mouth and said it tasted good. Ms. [XXX] stated that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-incident took less than ten minutes but she could not recall how they departed the room ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-afterward. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] testified that the Member came to [XXX], where she worked, on the weekend ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-of November 26 and 27, 2005, and then she saw him at school on Monday, November 28, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-2005. On that date, Ms. [XXX] spoke with the Member in room [XXX] and they talked ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-for the final time. Ms. [XXX] testified that when she questioned the Member as to why ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-he came to her workplace, he answered to “check out the competition”, which she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-understood to be the boys with whom she worked. Ms. [XXX] testified that her going to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-see the Member that day was his “last shot” and her “last attempt” to see if she should ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-continue talking with him. Ms. [XXX] stated that when she questioned the Member as to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-whether he really cared about her, the Member replied that he had nothing to gain from ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:her, and she understood this to mean that she could only offer him a “sexual high”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-On Tuesday, November 29, 2005, Ms. [XXX] informed her sister and mother of her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-relationship with the Member and then made a statement to the police. She stated that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-from that point on her life “crumbled”. During the two-year criminal trial that followed, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-she suffered anxiety and panic attacks. Ms. [XXX] stated that the Member was found ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-innocent in the criminal trial due to lack of evidence, such as DNA, to prove the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-allegations beyond a reasonable doubt. A civil trial is still ongoing. Ms. [XXX] stated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-that she did not return to school that semester. She tried returning to school during second ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-semester but had panic attacks and had to leave after one to two weeks. Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-testified that she dropped all [XXX] and extra-curricular activities. She returned to school ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the following year, but attended a different school at this time. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-In cross-examination, Ms. [XXX] agreed that grade 12 [XXX] was a heavy and difficult ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-course and that she had missed a lot of classes in the fall of 2005. She also agreed that she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-thought she recalled writing a [XXX] test in September 2005, which she failed or came ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-close to failing. Ms. [XXX] agreed that the second [XXX] test occurred during the week ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-of October 10, 2005, when she was at [XXX] , and that she did not write this test on the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-for more than a week. Ms. [XXX] agreed that this trip probably coincided with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] in 2006 and, as second semester begins in early February, she had been involved ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-with the School for more than the two weeks to which she testified previously. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] was questioned about concerns expressed by Justice Momotiuk regarding the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-fact that she remembered “different things at different times”. Ms. [XXX] agreed that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-inconsistencies about her assertion that the Member had grabbed her face had caused ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Justice Momotiuk some concern. At the criminal trial, she testified that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-grabbed her by the face, but she made no mention of this in either her statement/interview ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-with the police or in her testimony before this Committee. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:With reference to the alleged incident of sexual assault on November 24, 2005, Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] later testified that she could not recall if this second incident took place on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-November 23, 24 or 25, 2005. Ms. [XXX] stated that she did not recall that her first ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-statement to the police described the pants she was wearing as navy blue on the day that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-she alleges that the Member put his hand down her pants. She agreed that the navy pants ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-had a button, not a clasp. Ms. [XXX] agreed that Justice Momotiuk was concerned about ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the quality of her evidence with regard to the pants, the fact that at the criminal trial she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-could not recall if she had been wearing the blue or the grey pants, but finally she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-concluded that she must have been wearing the grey pants because those pants had the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-clasp that she undid. At this hearing, Ms. [XXX] testified that she was wearing the grey ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-pants with the clasp on the day of this incident. Ms. [XXX] agreed that there is no ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-information on her attendance record to suggest that she was not in the Member’s [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-class on November 25, 2005, the day after the alleged incident. At this point she had no ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-memory of going to the Member’s class the day after the alleged assault. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 29 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-she thought she was getting a 25% or 27% midterm mark. She could not recall, but did ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-not deny, that she may have had conversations with other students about her midterm ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] grade. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] testified that she did not know, and was not concerned about, whether a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-failing grade in [XXX] would have had a negative impact on her scholarship applications ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-or university acceptance. She testified that she thought universities considered only final ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-grades, not midterm marks, and that some scholarships did not stress academic ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-excellence. Ms. [XXX] stated that she believes that she had started to look at scholarships ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-but could not recall applying for a scholarship at that point. Ms. [XXX] testified that she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-did not recall speaking with Ms. Morga about the $60,000 Royal Trust scholarship in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-which she was interested. She stated that she did not know if it would have been well ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-known by the principal and the guidance department that she was looking for a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-scholarship. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] testified that her faith was completely shaken by her interactions with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member. She stated that many of their discussions focused on God and that statements ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-made by the Member caused her to question the existence of God. She denied that her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-meeting with the Member on November 2, 2005 made her question her faith to such an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:extent as to make having sex with a teacher permissible. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] stated that she could not recall if she had been associating with [XXX] in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-November of 2005 before [XXX] visited the school. Ms. [XXX] stated that it was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-possible but she could not recall if she went to a movie with [XXX] or somewhere where ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-she required her false identification. Ms. [XXX] could not remember, but thought that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 32 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] was with her in the classroom, when the Member took off his shirt. She also ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-stated that she was unsure but believes that she told [XXX] about the Member kissing her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-on November 17. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] denied the suggestion of Counsel for the Member that she was misleading the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:Committee in saying that the Member had told her that he had had a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-with [XXX]. While Ms. [XXX] stated that she never saw the Member do anything to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX], she testified that both the Member and Ms. [XXX] told her about their ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-relationship. According to Ms. [XXX], [XXX] would likely deny this now because she is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-still in love with the Member and hates the fact that Ms. [XXX] reported his actions to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the police. Ms. [XXX] noted that she has not spoken with [XXX] since November 2005. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] affirmed that she believed that the Member “deserved to be punished” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-because of what he had done, not only to her, but also to other people. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-When questioned about Exhibit 11, the Credit Counseling Summary, Ms. [XXX] agreed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-that the deadline for dropping courses would have been prior to November 28, 2005. She ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-stated that she did not drop the [XXX] course before November 28 and she did not think ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-that she went back to the School after she went to see the police. She agreed that she did ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-not have to complete the [XXX] course as a result of her report to the police. At the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-suggestion of Counsel for the Member that her complaint against the Member ensured ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-that she would not get a failing grade in [XXX], Ms. [XXX] stated that she was not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-concerned about her grades at that point. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Evidence of Carol Morga ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Carol Morga has been a guidance counselor for about 10 years, and was Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 33 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-care of her baby brother because her mother had gone back to work. Ms. [XXX] also ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-explained that she had to work outside the home to save money for university, because ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-her family did not have a lot of money, and this part-time job, as well as the [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX], took time away from her schoolwork. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Member pointed out that “friends,” listed on the right side of the page, referred to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-fact that Ms. [XXX] said that her friends did not understand what she was going through. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-He testified that “Bible” on the left side of the page, which is joined by a diagonal line to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-a box with “360” inside it on the right side of the page, illustrates the fact that Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-said she did a complete 360 in becoming a better person due to following the bible and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-being more Catholic. The Member explained the “P”, “A”, “T” near the 360 box by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-stating that Ms. [XXX] said that before finding religion she had partied (“P”) and she had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-had alcohol issues (“A”) and poor time management. (“T”). The Member testified that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:during this meeting there was no discussion of sex or anything of that nature. He stated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-that he hoped that Ms. [XXX] could use this diagram “as a tool to help her deal with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-stresses she had” because, as he told her, if she did not deal with those stresses she would ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-end up failing the Grade 12 [XXX] course. During that discussion, the Member offered to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-answer questions related to the [XXX] course and to help Ms. [XXX] catch up with any ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-material that she had missed because the final exam was cumulative. The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-testified that as of November 3, the end of that week, Ms. [XXX] was failing [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Member testified that midterm marks were due on November 9, 2005, and that his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-concern was that he did not have much work by which to evaluate Ms. [XXX] and she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-was failing in the work that she had completed. In addition, he stated that he felt her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-performance in his class to be “odd or out of character” as she was “a high profile student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 56 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-in the library, but she did not complete that assignment. The Member denied that they ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:discussed personal matters or that discussions had sexual content. He denied that he gave ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:Ms. [XXX] “sexual homework” as a result of a discussion in the library. The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-also denied that he had ever made an arrangement to meet Ms. [XXX] alone in any ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-classroom. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Member recalled one occasion on which he met with Ms. [XXX] and a former ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:student, [XXX], in his classroom. The Member denied having a sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX]. The Member stated that he had seen Ms. [XXX] from time to time following ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-graduation because she had requested help with a university subject. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-With reference to the [XXX] project, the Member testified that students chose their own ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-groups for this assignment and that Ms. [XXX] was working with Ms. [XXX] and one ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-other student on this project. The Member also testified that Ms. [XXX] approached him ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-in the classroom during class time on November 15, most likely, when Ms. [XXX] was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-absent and before midterm grades came out on November 17. Ms. [XXX] requested an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-extension for the [XXX] group project because it was so difficult to get in touch with Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] due to her frequent absences. On November 16, when Ms. [XXX] was still ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-absent, the Member asked Ms. [XXX] to stay for a few minutes after class in room ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] to discuss the ongoing difficulties with the group project. At this time, Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] questioned the Member about Ms. [XXX] midterm grade, specifically how Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] had earned a 70% midterm grade when she was absent so often and Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-had received only an 84% midterm grade when she was always in class. The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-knew that the class was talking about Ms. [XXX] grade at that time and he was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-concerned that this would affect the integrity of his marking within the class. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 59 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-day 2, or to advise the teacher in advance if this was not possible. He testified that Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] arrived to discuss the matter between periods 2 and 3, at about 11:40 a.m. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member confirmed that he did not allow Ms. [XXX] to present, that Ms. [XXX] began to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-cry, that he asked her to go to the [XXX] area, and that he then suggested they go to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-library. The Member confirmed that this was the first time he had met with Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-one-on-one outside of class and he suggested the library – an open area with glass - as the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-principal and department head had advised against meeting students alone behind a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-closed, locked door. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Member confirmed that he and Ms. [XXX] discussed the stresses in her life across a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-table in the library, and that he drew the diagram (Exhibit 4) while listening. Although ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] had been a high achiever, the Member was concerned about her falling ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-grades and noted “it would be good that she saw what she was saying so that she could ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-deal with what she was telling me in order to do better in my class”, to organize her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-thinking. He stated that he wrote the general topics of reasons for her stress and that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-written words were from the conversation, issues and emotions. The Member denied that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-he suggested how Ms. [XXX] could deal with these issues: “I was trying to be helpful to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-give her a tool to identify but I didn’t suggest…what she should do with these stresses”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Member stated that he did not know Ms. [XXX] had broken up with a long-standing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-boyfriend. The Member testified that [XXX] and [XXX] stood for [XXX] and [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-and noted that Ms. [XXX] was trying to be a better person. He denied that he told Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:[XXX] that touch could relieve stress or to trust a sexual partner. He stated she felt better ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-at the end of the conversation, as she was not as emotional and seemed appreciative. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 65 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-photocopying, despite differing testimony by him at the criminal trial. The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-agreed that at the criminal trial the evidence from Ms. [XXX] was that he approached her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-while she was readying for [XXX]. During cross-examination at this hearing, it was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-noted that details of the possibility of a [XXX] game, which would be precluded by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-arrangements for parent-teacher interviews, were not referenced at the criminal trial and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-that this hearing was the first time such evidence was tendered. The Member denied ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-making this up during the hearing. The Member further stated that after his arrest he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-advised Ms. Marciano to “note this day” as she might be questioned by the police. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-With reference to the allegations related to November 24, 2005, the Member confirmed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-his testimony from the examination-in-chief that he finished teaching at the end of period ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-three at 1:05 p.m. and left the School during period 4 (as shown by Exhibit 13, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Teacher Sign-Out Sheet dated November 24, 2005) to attend a doctor’s appointment at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-2:15 p.m. The Member stated that he was early for the appointment, arriving around 1:30 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-p.m., and he “killed time” by visiting the pharmacy and his optometrist’s office. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member agreed that, according to related testimony from the criminal trial, the earliest ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-time he was seen at the offices was 1:50 p.m. While he agreed that there could have been ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-time for him to see Ms. [XXX] at the School, he denied having done so. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Member testified that he met with Ms. [XXX] “whenever she needed help” one-on- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-one in the library and sometimes in the classroom. The Member denied having ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:conversations with sexual content but agreed that he had met with Ms. [XXX] and a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-former student. The Member met with this former student on two occasions, once at Tim ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Horton’s and once at his home. The Member stated that Ms. [XXX] was paying more ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-attention in class by mid-November and completed the [XXX] project with good grades. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 67 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Exhibit # 4 Drawings of Student’s life by Steven D’Amelio – This two-page ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-document is a copy of the drawings and notes made by the Member during the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-November 2, 2005 meeting between the Member and Ms. [XXX] in the school library. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Exhibit # 5 October and November 2005 Calendars ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Exhibit # 6 Photographs of the School – This exhibit includes photographs of room ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX], the Member’s classroom at the School during the 2005/2006 school year, and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-room [XXX], Ms. Dietrich’s classroom, which Ms. [XXX] testified was the location of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the incident on November 17, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Exhibit # 7 Provincial Report Card of [XXX] 12/05/2005 – This document indicates ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the marks and comments that Ms. [XXX] received for each of her courses during ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-semester 1 of the 2005/2006 school year. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Exhibit # 8 National Post article May 30, 2008 – This article provides information ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-regarding an interview that Ms. [XXX] gave the National Post following completion of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the criminal trial and the rendering of Justice Momotiuk’s decision. In this article, Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] is quoted as expressing her disappointment in the outcome of the criminal trial. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Exhibit # 9 Reasons for Judgment, May 30, 2008 – This document outlines Justice ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Momotiuk’s reasons for his decision in the criminal trial related to these allegations of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:sexual assault. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Exhibit # 10 Provincial Report Card Response Form 11/11/2005 – This exhibit, dated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-November 21, 2005 by Ms. [XXX] and November 28, 2005 by Ms. Cuderman and Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] Parent/Guardian, outlines Ms. [XXX] goals, achievement, action plan and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-community involvement during the first semester of 2005. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 79 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- not credible. In addition, College Counsel provided the Committee with four ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf: factors to assist with assessing the credibility of a victim of sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-C) Assessing Credibility of Adults Testifying to Childhood Events: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- The College submitted that it is appropriate to take into account the age and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- circumstances of the victim at the time of the events, particularly where there are ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- inconsistencies in the evidence with respect to peripheral matters such as timing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- and location. This viewpoint was substantiated by an excerpt from R. v. W. (R.) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- (1992), 2 S.C.R. 122 at para. 26, which states that “with regard to her evidence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- pertaining to events which occurred in childhood, the presence of inconsistencies, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- particularly as to peripheral matters such as time and location, should be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- considered in the context of the age of the witness at the time of the events to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- which she is testifying.” Similarly in J. L. M. v. P. H., the trial judge noted that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- “invoking memories from childhood is fraught with unreliable accounting but this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- does not necessarily detract from credibility.” V. (J.L.) v. H. (P.) (1997), 31 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- B.C.L.R. (3d) 155 at para. 108 (B.C.S.C.), varied (1998) 109 B.C.A.C. 165 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- (B.C.C.A.). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-D) Circumstantial Evidence: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- College Counsel submitted that the Committee might infer the fact at issue from ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- circumstances if sufficient other facts are proven. According to College Counsel, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- circumstantial evidence is treated in the same way as any other kind of evidence – ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- the weight accorded to this evidence depends upon the inference that is to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- be considered and determined by the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 84 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-College Counsel concluded, “The gist of her evidence is the same as what was testified to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-at the criminal trial”. College Counsel submitted that Ms. [XXX] was upset at missing the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] presentation because she was disappointed in herself and “knew she was probably ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-not doing very well in class.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-College Counsel pointed out that the Member’s illustration of Ms. [XXX] life by means ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-of a life diagram was the start of what became something other than a typical student- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-teacher relationship. The College submitted that the Member was aware that Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:had been sexually active and suggested that she engage in “touching,” which Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:knew referred to physical sexual interactions, with someone she trusted. By the end of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-November 2, 2005 meeting with the Member, Ms. [XXX] felt that the staff ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-misunderstood the Member and that she “felt a deep sense of trust and affection for him”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-According to College Counsel, Ms. [XXX] has been honest about her doubt as to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-specific date of the first incident, and she has been brutally honest about the facts related ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-to what transpired during that first incident. College Counsel stated that, while Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] expressed confusion about whether the Member spun her or led her to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-blackboard, her testimony remained consistent in that she clearly recalled changing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-position so that her back was to the blackboard and that the Member grabbed her sides ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-and kissed her with his mouth open. College Counsel submitted that any discrepancies in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] testimony are consistent with her trying to tell the Committee the truth as best ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-as she can recall it. College Counsel further submitted that Mr. Mulvey’s suggestion that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-a [XXX] practice could not have occurred on that date, due to the set-up of the gym for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-parent-teacher interviews, should be viewed as speculative. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 86 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-counselor and recommended to Mr. Mulvey that he look into a conflict between Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] and the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-College Counsel referenced Ms. [XXX] testimony regarding her discussion with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member about Ms. [XXX] midterm mark, which indicates that the Member asked Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] if she was concerned about Ms. [XXX] and then proceeded to discuss Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-grades. College Counsel submitted that Ms. [XXX] had the impression that the meeting ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-did not make sense and that the discussion was unprofessional, as the Member focused ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-solely on Ms. [XXX] midterm mark, which he had been forced to give to her by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-administration. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Part III: Evidence of Defence Witnesses ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Defence called three witnesses and read into evidence the testimony of two ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-additional witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:While the Member denied any allegations of sexual misconduct involving Ms. [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-College Counsel pointed out that the Member agreed with much of the evidence tendered ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-by Ms. [XXX]. For example, with reference to their descriptions of the life diagram, both ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the Member and Ms. [XXX] agreed on all aspects except for the fact that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-stated that the “P” stands for “Partying” whereas Ms. [XXX] stated that this letter was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-actually a “D” that represented “Drugs”, and also the fact that the Member stated that “T” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-represented “Time management” whereas Ms. [XXX] stated that the “T” represented ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-“Touching”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 90 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-College Counsel stressed that any differences between the Member’s evidence and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-evidence of other witnesses “are inconsistent with both common sense and the usual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-administration of a school”. College Counsel addressed the lack of consistency and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-common sense in the evidence provided by the Member regarding the following issues: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-a) Reasons for 70% Mark: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- With respect to the reasons for Ms. [XXX] 70% midterm mark, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- suggested that Mr. Mulvey was lying about not instructing the Member to change the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- mark to 70%. College Counsel noted that at the criminal trial, Justice Momotiuk ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- rejected the Member's assertion that Mr. Mulvey was lying because the principal’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- evidence was in accordance with the general principles of assessment and common ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- sense, whereas the Member’s evidence was illogical and implausible. According to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- College Counsel, even Ms. Marciano, a witness for the Defence, confirmed that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- midterm marks are not changed based on later work. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-b) The Life Diagram ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- The Member testified that the “T”, “A” and “P” referred to stressors that Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- no longer experienced as a result of religion and the Bible. The Member suggested ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- that the “T” referred to “Time management” whereas Ms. [XXX] suggested that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- “T” referred to “Touch”. According to College Counsel, almost all witnesses testified ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- that time management was an ongoing struggle for Ms. [XXX] in the fall of 2005, not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf: an issue she had resolved, whereas sexuality was a stressor for [XXX] from a past ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- relationship and one that she had overcome when religion began to play a more ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- important role in her life. The College submitted that the “T” referred to “Touching”, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- an issue Ms. [XXX] had resolved, and that the Member told Ms. [XXX] that, while ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 91 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- touching was bad and contrary to the Bible, if she had to choose between alcohol, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf: drugs and sex, touching was the least of the three evils. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- College Counsel also submitted that the Member originally told police that he did ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- not know what diagrams they were talking about, when questioned about the life ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- diagram, and that it was only after the police confirmed the Member’s fingerprints on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- this diagram that the Member admitted to recognizing it. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-c) Motivation to Fabricate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- College Counsel pointed out that the Member suggested that Ms. [XXX] fabricated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- the allegations of misconduct in order to obtain better grades and scholarship ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- opportunities. However, according to College Counsel, given that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- maintains that he gave Ms. [XXX] a better mark than she knew she deserved, it is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- more likely that Ms. [XXX] would have had a disincentive to alienate the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- College Counsel reminded the Committee that, while Ms. [XXX] had an opportunity ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- to take [XXX] in second semester, because she had reported the Member’s conduct to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- the authorities, she was actually unable to finish her school year or to improve her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- prospects for scholarships. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-d) Opportunity to Meet on November 17 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- The College submitted that the Member’s suggestion that Ms. [XXX] could not have ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- had a [XXX] practice on November 17 due to the parent-teacher meetings scheduled ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- in the gym was tendered for the first time at this hearing; the Member did not testify ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- to that effect, or elicit confirmatory evidence, at the criminal trial. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-e) Opportunity to meet on November 24 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 92 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-misconduct on all allegations. In addition, the College submitted that the Member should ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:be found guilty of engaging in sexual abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Closing Comments of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The College submitted that there was a bridge, from November 17, 2005 to November ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-24, 2005 during which the Member was laying groundwork: he engaged in personal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-conversations with Ms. [XXX] and set up a context wherein touching might take place; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-he gave Ms. [XXX] an inflated mark and he fully expected that this would play out. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-While there may be confusion as to the number of days on which the Member and Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] met, the College contended that the Member spent a lot of time with Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:during November of 2005 discussing personal, and increasingly sexual, issues. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-College Counsel stated that, while it might be surprising to the Committee that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member never did allow Ms. [XXX] to present her [XXX] project, considering that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-claimed that he was trying to help her catch up in his class, it is important to note that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-and Ms. [XXX] had never had any conversations at that point. In light of that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-information, College Counsel contended that the Member’s action was not at all ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-surprising. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-College Counsel argued that, if the Committee does not accept the Member’s evidence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-about the midterm marks, that puts the whole sequence of events in a different ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-perspective, and the Committee would clearly have to choose Ms. [XXX] version of what ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-happened on November 17, 2005 and November 24, 2005 over that of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-According to College Counsel, the Member’s evidence as to why he assigned Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-a 70% midterm mark makes no sense. College Counsel suggested that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 100 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-only witness to provide direct evidence in respect of the allegations against the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-was Ms. [XXX], and her memory at the time of this proceeding was badly impaired. He ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-argued that, given that credibility is a central issue in this case, the “prosecution delay in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-bringing this matter to a hearing has irrevocably prejudiced Mr. D’Amelio’s right to a fair ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-hearing.” The position of Counsel for the Member is that Ms. [XXX] evidence was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-insufficient to support a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Part III: The Evidence Does Not Support a Finding of Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that, “Ms. [XXX] evidence was wholly insufficient to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-support the findings of professional misconduct, which are asserted by the College”. He ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-pointed out that College Counsel relied on the testimony of Ms. [XXX] in this case, as no ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:other witness provided direct evidence regarding kissing, sexual touching, sexual assault, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:inappropriate conversations or sexual exploitation. However, according to Counsel for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the Member, Ms. [XXX] evidence was not clear, cogent and convincing. Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member pointed out that Ms. [XXX] was unable to provide consistent and precise ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-testimony on foundational issues such as the dates on which the alleged incidents were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-said to have occurred. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-According to Counsel for the Member, the evidence that Ms. [XXX] gave was poor in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-quality, often full of inconsistencies, and sometimes directly contradicted by independent ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-evidence. Counsel for the Member stressed that there were many inconsistencies, both ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-internal to her testimony before this Committee and in comparison to previous accounts ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 103 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-that she gave. Counsel for the Member stated that it was especially important to note that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:there were inconsistencies in how she described the alleged sexual assaults of touching. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Counsel for the Member advised the Committee to examine the details of the evidence in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the transcripts and the exhibits of this case and in the parts of the criminal transcript that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-are part of the evidentiary body. With reference to Exhibit 9, Justice Momotiuk’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Reasons for Decision, Counsel for the Member suggested that Justice Momotiuk’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-findings regarding the credibility and reliability of Ms. [XXX] are not surprising in light ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-of her testimony before this Committee. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Counsel for the Member contended that Ms. [XXX] was “unwilling or unable” to provide ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-testimony in an open and forthright manner: she was evasive under cross-examination, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-appeared to refuse to answer questions at times and gave testimony that was inaccurate or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-intentionally misleading at other times. He highlighted the way in which her testimony ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-changed regarding November 2, 2005 when she said that it was not the last day on which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-her group could present their [XXX] report. Counsel for the Member stated that all of this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-goes directly to Ms. [XXX] credibility and reliability. Counsel for the Member asked the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Committee to take into account the fact that Ms. [XXX] testimony describes events that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-are improbable and ascribes behaviours to the Member that are illogical and improbable. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Counsel for the Member continued his submission with an overview of the legal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-framework. Counsel for the Member referenced the Supreme Court in F.H. v. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-McDougall, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 41 and the Securities Commission case in MP Global ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Financial Ltd. (Re), (2011), 34 OSCB 8897 (Ont. S.C.) regarding the need for clear, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-cogent and convincing evidence to support a decision based on the balance of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-probabilities. Referencing F.H. v. McDougall, Counsel for the Member pointed out that, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 104 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-“a series of inconsistencies may become quite significant and cause the trier of fact to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-have a reasonable doubt about the reliability of the witness’ evidence.” Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member stated that, since the Member has denied the allegations, the decision of this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Committee would be based on an assessment of the credibility and reliability of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-evidence of Ms. [XXX] and the Member. Referencing R. v. Morrissey, 1995 CanLII 3498 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-(ONCA), Counsel for the Member related veracity - the witness’ willingness to speak the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-truth - to credibility and accuracy to reliability. Counsel for the Member referenced R v. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-White and R v. Filion as cited in McWilliams’ Canadian Criminal Evidence, 4th ed., ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-(Aurora: Canada Law Book, 2006, looseleaf), Vol. 2, pp. 27-5 and 27-6 regarding a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-framework for assessing credibility and reliability. Counsel for the Member stressed that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the Ontario Court of Appeal in R. v. G. (M.) (1994), 93 C.C.C. (3d) 347 identified the use ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-of prior inconsistent statements or “a carelessness with the truth” as the most effective ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-means of gauging the credibility of a crucial witness. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Counsel for the Member reminded the Committee that Ms. [XXX] made a statement to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:the police on November 29, 2005, a matter of days after the alleged incident of sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-assault, and yet she could not tell them the date of this incident at that time. Counsel for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the Member cited R. v. Davis, 1995 ABCA 188, to point out that even one lie by a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-witness might be enough to tarnish the entire testimony of that witness. According to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Counsel for the Member, the many inconsistencies in Ms. [XXX] testimony should cause ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the Committee “to find that her evidence is either incredible or significantly unreliable ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-and thus incapable of providing the clear and cogent evidence necessary to make a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-finding against D’Amelio.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 105 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-could not recall whether she arrived at the beginning or midway through the class but ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-testified that it wasn’t the end of class because the discussion with the Member lasted for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-an extended period of time. Later she testified that this conversation could have been as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-little as five minutes. Counsel for the Member also contended that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-interpretation of the diagram in terms of writing a “P” for partying, rather than a “D” for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-drugs, is more likely when one examines the diagram carefully. In addition, Counsel for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the Member stated that Ms. [XXX] claim that the Member “did pretty much all the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-talking” and “just kind of knew things about me” at their meeting of November 2, 2005 is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-absolutely implausible, and there has been no evidence presented at this proceeding to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-explain how he would have specific knowledge regarding the details of her personal and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-spiritual development. Finally, Counsel for the Member also presented as implausible the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-statement of Ms. [XXX], a committed Catholic, that she started to question her faith after ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-a conversation of less than 75 minutes with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Counsel for the Member stated that it was highly improbable that someone with improper ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-intentions would begin a course of improper conduct and engage in discussions of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:personal, sexual matters and sacrilegious dialogue in a library, where people walk by and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-conversations are overheard. Counsel for the Member also offered as very implausible ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the fact that the Member would leave behind or give to Ms. [XXX] documentary ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-evidence in the form of the life diagram that supposedly represents an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-private discussion. Counsel for the Member presented as very implausible the concept ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:that the Member would have a sexual conversation with a student with whom he had had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-no relationship and what relationship he had was acrimonious. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 111 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-evidence. All parties to a process should have the satisfaction of knowing that they have ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-been fairly dealt with and understood. The Committee assessed the relative force of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-testimony. Discrepancies have been assessed. Common sense and knowledge of human ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-nature were considered. The appearance and demeanour of witnesses were an important ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-consideration. The relative powers of perception and ability to observe were also ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-important factors. Self-interest in the litigation and partisanship were also considered. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Committee was also very much aware of the issues of probability and improbability. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Committee questioned any instances of contradiction and inconsistency and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-general sense of truthfulness of witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-(ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Having considered the evidence and the submissions of the parties, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the Member not guilty of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-alleged in the Notice of Hearing dated July 18, 2008. Further, the Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:the Member did not engage in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Committee finds the College has not proven the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-misconduct as alleged and, accordingly, the allegations in the Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-July 18, 2008 are dismissed. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Credibility ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Both College Counsel and Counsel for the Member advised the Committee as to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-factors to consider when assessing credibility; the Committee combined these factors into ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 126 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Member was clear, confident and believable in his descriptions of school related ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-issues, such as the assessment and marking processes and the related timelines. Much of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-his narrative was in line with that of Ms. [XXX], although he stated that all meetings took ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-place in the library or in room [XXX] and the adjoining [XXX] room, if Ms. Marciano ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-was nearby, and not in room [XXX]. Considering that many staff members had keys to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-all science rooms, including room [XXX], and that no testimony was provided regarding ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the frequency of use of room [XXX] by Ms. Dietrich, the Committee found it improbable ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-that the Member would meet Ms. [XXX] in room [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Committee accepted many of the statements of the Member as more probable and in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-keeping with what happens in the “real world” than those of Ms. [XXX]. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:considered it improbable that the Member would discuss issues of a sexual nature in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-school library, a busy public location in which staff and students could easily be within ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-hearing range. The Committee also found it improbable that the Member would leave ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:Ms. [XXX] the copy of the life diagram if segments of this drawing related to sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-issues. As a result, the Committee accepted the Member’s version of this meeting as a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-discussion of issues related to Ms. [XXX] academic difficulties, with the “T” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-representing “time management” rather than “touching”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-With reference to those issues in which there was a dissonance in evidence between the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member and Ms. [XXX], the Committee found the Member’s description of events more ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-probable. For example, with reference to Ms. [XXX] not writing the makeup test of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-October 17, 2005, the Member testified that Ms. [XXX] informed him that she did not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-write this test because she had not prepared and would have failed anyway. Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-testified that she was absent on October 17 due to a dentist appointment related to her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 139 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-his initial meeting with Ms. [XXX] in the library. According to the Member, he had used ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-these types of diagrams with students in his mentoring class, and he testified that there ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:was no inappropriate or sexual content in the diagram that he made for Ms. [XXX]. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member testified that when he was initially questioned by the police about this life ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-diagram, he was not shown the diagram itself. He admitted to creating the life diagram ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-after he saw the actual diagram in question. Therefore, the Committee determined that it ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-is possible that the Member initially did not admit to preparing the life diagram because, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-as he stated, he had not seen this document from November 2, 2005, the date that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-created it, to February 2006 when he received full disclosure from the police. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-College Counsel reminded the Committee that the Member’s testimony, that there was no ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] practice because of parent/teacher interviews, only arose after the criminal trial. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-From the perspective of the Committee, the fact that this information about parent/ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-teacher meetings came forward at this hearing, and not at the criminal trial, did not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-weaken the Member’s testimony on this issue or detract from the likelihood that this was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-why the [XXX] practice was cancelled. The Committee considered it possible that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member did not make the connection between the parent/teacher interviews and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-cancellation of [XXX] practice at the criminal proceedings. It is also possible that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member made this connection following the criminal proceedings. Therefore, it is logical ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-that the Member brought this information forward at this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-College Counsel pointed out that the Member testified that all meetings with Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-occurred in the library, whereas Ms. Cuderman testified that she saw the Member with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] in his classroom. While the Member did testify that all meetings with Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] occurred in the library, the Committee understood this to mean that all meetings ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 141 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-between himself and Ms. [XXX] alone occurred in the library, because administration ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-had advised teachers not to meet alone with students behind closed doors or in their ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-classrooms. While Ms. Cuderman testified that she saw the Member with Ms. [XXX] in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-his classroom, she stated that she could not see if other students were present with them. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Therefore, it is possible that the Member did not consider this a private meeting with Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] because this meeting involved other students as well or Ms. Marciano was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-working in the working area with the door open to the [XXX] room. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Member was steadfast in his conviction that he had never engaged in a personal or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:sexual relationship with Ms. [XXX]. The Committee accepted the testimony of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member as essentially credible and true. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Sonia Marciano ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Sonia Marciano presented as a very credible witness. Ms. Marciano’s testimony that in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the 2006/2007 school year another teacher was asked by Mr. Mulvey to increase a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-student’s grade was notable. Her testimony suggested that other teachers felt that it was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-not unusual for a principal to direct a staff member to change a grade. Even though Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Marciano testified that she was a close friend of the Member, she appeared very honest ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-and forthright in her testimony. When Ms. Marciano discussed Mr. Mulvey’s advice to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the Member regarding Ms. [XXX] grade, she referred to the principal’s pressure on the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member “to adjust her grade”; she did not say that the Member was being forced to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-change the grade from 25% to 75%. She further testified that the principal had never ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-instructed her to change a grade. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 142 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-reliability of her testimony. The Committee considered implausible Ms. [XXX] testimony ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-that Ms. Marciano was teaching in the next room during the assault of November 24, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-2005, as it was highly unlikely that the Member would engage in the alleged behavior ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-with his friend and colleague nearby. The Committee found there was sufficient time for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the Member to meet with Ms. [XXX] prior to his medical appointment on November 24. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-However, the Committee did not consider the availability of time to be an indication of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-occurrence. As the Member had filled in the teacher sign-out sheet (Exhibit 13) indicating ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-that he would be leaving the School during fourth period (between 13:10 and 14:25), and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-the testimony of Ms. Leavoy indicates that he was at the optometrist office by 1:50 p.m. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-on November 24, 2005, the Committee accepted the Member’s testimony that he left the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-School promptly and did not meet with Ms. [XXX] as more probable than the testimony ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-of Ms. [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Committee questioned Ms. [XXX] lack of recall, not only regarding the details of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-alleged second incident, but also regarding when she saw the Member again following ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-that incident. Ms. [XXX] Daily Attendance Record (Exhibit 12) indicates that she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-attended her [XXX] class as usual on November 25, 2005, and Ms. [XXX] herself ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-admitted that she sought out the Member on November 28, 2005 for a final meeting. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:Committee found both these actions surprising and improbable in light of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-assault that Ms. [XXX] claimed took place on November 24, 2005. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-In conclusion, with reference to the details of Ms. [XXX] testimony regarding the two ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-alleged incidents, the Committee found that Ms. [XXX] descriptions were not clear, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-cogent and convincing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 149 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Committee made a thorough study of the timeline of the Member’s alleged ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-interactions with Ms. [XXX], as the brevity of the timeline was a major source of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-concern. According to Ms. [XXX] testimony, the meeting of November 2, 2005 with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Member, at which he completed the life drawing, constituted their first inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:interaction as she claimed that they discussed personal and sexual issues at that meeting. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-While the Member agreed that he met with Ms. [XXX] on that date, he described this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-meeting as an attempt to assist Ms. [XXX] with resolving issues that were inhibiting her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-academic success. The testimony of Ms. Cuderman regarding the [XXX] assembly that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-had to be cancelled and the testimony of Ms. [XXX] regarding Ms. [XXX] discussing her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] mark of 25% or 27% on November 2, 2005 indicate that Ms. [XXX] was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-experiencing academic difficulties long before her initial meeting with the Member on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-November 2, 2005. Therefore, the Committee concluded that the November 2nd meeting ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-in the library and subsequent meetings between the Member and Ms. [XXX] were likely ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-prompted by the academic difficulties Ms. [XXX] was experiencing during the fall of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-2005. Both the Member and Ms. [XXX] agreed that the final date on which they met was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-November 28, 2005, although they referenced different reasons for that meeting. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Between November 2 and November 28 inclusive, there were 15 dates on which Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] was present at school for fourth period and four dates on which she was absent ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-due to illness. Of the 15 days that she attended school during that time, Ms. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-claimed that she met with the Member on all except 1or 2 days – therefore, a maximum ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-of 13 or 14 possible meetings. If Ms. [XXX] met with the Member on all 13 or 14 days ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-within the short timeframe of November 2 to 28, and if many of those meetings took ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-place in the library, then these meetings would likely have been witnessed by numerous ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 150 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-staff and students. However, there was no corroborative evidence to support the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-frequency of those meetings. While Ms. Cuderman testified that she noticed the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-and Ms. [XXX] in conversation in room [XXX], she could provide no date for this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-meeting and she could not see if others were present with them. Only Ms. Cabana ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-testified about seeing the Member in discussion with Ms. [XXX] and Ms. [XXX] in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-room [XXX] on one occasion in late November of 2005. For the Committee, the lack of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-confirmatory evidence brought the actual number of meetings into question. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Committee found that it was not plausible that the Member and Ms. [XXX] met as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-frequently as Ms. [XXX] claimed in her testimony. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Ms. [XXX] testified that the majority of her meetings with the Member took place in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-school library. The Committee found it very unlikely that the Member would engage in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-inappropriate discussions and behavior with Ms. [XXX] in the school library, a high ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-traffic area in which conversations could easily be overheard by students and staff. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-Committee also considered it unlikely that the Member would give Ms. [XXX] the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-diagram that he made of her life (Exhibit 4) if this diagram represented inappropriate or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf:sexual discussions. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s description of his rationale for changing Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-[XXX] midterm mark for semester 1 of the 2005/2006 school year. Ms. Morga confirmed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-that the Member expressed concern about Ms. [XXX] poor progress in the fall of 2005, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-and both Mr. Auch and Ms. Marciano confirmed that the Member was feeling pressured ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-by Mr. Mulvey to change this student’s mark. Ms. Marciano further testified that another ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-teacher in a subsequent year expressed concern about being pressured by the principal to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf-change a student’s grade. Although Mr. Mulvey agreed that he advised the Member to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- 151 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-would be a reprimand, a two month suspension, terms, conditions and limitations on the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration requiring the successful completion of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-one course dealing with appropriate boundaries and boundary violation issues. The parties had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-not agreed on whether or not the Member’s name should be published in the official publication ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession and made submissions on that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-issue. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-The Committee received submissions from College Counsel and Counsel for the Member with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-respect to publication of the Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-College Counsel argued that the seriousness of the Member’s unprofessional conduct warrants ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-the publication of his name to act as both a specific and general deterrent as members of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-profession take this aspect of penalty very seriously. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-College Counsel provided one case for review by the Committee to support the argument for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-publication of the Member’s name. With some minor differences, these cases were similar and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-resulting in an identical penalty as proposed, along with publication of the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf:Counsel for the Member argued that the case provided had a sexual element to it and that this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-case did not. She further argued that it was the responsibility of the Committee in rendering the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-decision on penalty, to balance the Member’s right to privacy with the public’s expectations of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-full transparency. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-Counsel further submitted that the Member wants to re-enter the teaching profession. Publication ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf-of the Member’s name would have a negative impact on his career. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-2. From in and around February 14, 2010 to in and around June 1, 2010, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:(a) possessed child pornography; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:(b) made available child pornography; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:(c) accessed child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-3. On or about July 13, 2011, the Member was found guilty of three (3) criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:charges: possession of child pornography, making available child pornography and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:accessing child pornography. The charge of making child pornography was withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-4. On or about January 18, 2012, the Member was sentenced by the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-Justice A. Tuck-Jackson to fifty-three (53) months in jail and three (3) years probation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-He was also prohibited pursuant to section 161 the Criminal Code (Canada), from doing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-the following for a period of twenty (20) years: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-(a) Attending a public park or a public swimming area where persons under the age ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-of sixteen years are present or can reasonably be expected to be present, or a daycare ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-centre, school ground, playground or community centre; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-(b) Seeking, obtaining or continuing any employment, whether or not the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-employment is remunerated or becoming or being a volunteer in a capacity, that involves ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-being in a position of trust or authority towards persons under the age of sixteen years; or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-3. Certified Copy of Prohibition Order dated January 18, 2012 (Found at Tab C); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-4. Transcript of Court Proceedings before Madam Justice A. Tuck-Jackson dated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-July 13, 2011 (Found at Tab D); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-5. Transcript of Reasons for Sentence before Madam Justice A. Tuck-Jackson dated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-January 18, 2012 (Found at Tab E). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) confirmed that on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-July 13, 2011, the Member pleaded and was found guilty of three charges: that he, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-between the 14th day of February and the 1st day of June in the year 2010, possessed, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:made available and accessed child pornography contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:The count of making child pornography was withdrawn at the request of the Crown ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-Attorney. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-On January 18, 2012, the Member was sentenced to fifty-three (53) months in jail to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-followed by three (3) years of probation. He was also prohibited pursuant to section 161 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-the Criminal Code (Canada), from doing the following for a period of twenty (20) years: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- (a) Attending a public park or a public swimming area where persons under ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- the age of sixteen years are present or can reasonably be expected to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- present, or a daycare centre, school ground, playground or community ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- centre; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- (b) Seeking, obtaining or continuing any employment, whether or not the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- employment is remunerated or becoming or being a volunteer in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- capacity, that involves being in a position of trust or authority towards ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- persons under the age of sixteen years; or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- (c) Using a computer system within the meaning of subsection 342.1 (2) of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada), for the purpose of communicating with a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- person under the age of sixteen years. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-The Member’s actions were revealed through an undercover investigation conducted by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-the Toronto Police Service Child Exploitation Section, to determine users who were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:engaged in the possession and distribution of known child pornography files. The Police ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-observed an Internet Protocol (“IP”) address which identified the subscriber of that IP ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-address as the Member. The report identified this IP address as having been a download ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:candidate for two hundred fifty-four (254) unique child pornography files. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-College Counsel submitted the Brief of Court documents (Exhibit 4) in support of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-allegations in the Notice of Hearing. The Member was represented by counsel in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-criminal proceedings, where he pled guilty to the charges of possessing, making available ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:and accessing child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member had amassed a shockingly vast amount of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:child pornography. In total, there were 192,327 images of children, 677 child ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:pornography videos and 37 child pornography movies located on various digital devices. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-Moreover, College Counsel added that the Member had made his collection available to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-broader distribution via a peer-to-peer network. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-College Counsel concluded that given the Member’s admission of guilt in the criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-proceedings, subsequent conviction and the amassing and sharing of this collection over ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-the Internet, there was no doubt that the Member was guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in the Brief of Court Documents contained ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-within Exhibit 4 that on July 13, 2011, the Member was convicted of possessing, making ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:available and accessing child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-On January 18, 2012 the Member was sentenced to fifty-three (53) months in jail to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-followed by three (3) years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-The Member was also prohibited pursuant to section 161 the Criminal Code (Canada), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-for a period of twenty years from being in the presence of persons under the age of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-sixteen, seeking employment or volunteer opportunities that involve being in a position ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-of trust or authority towards persons under the age of sixteen years, or using a computer ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-system as a means of communicating with persons under the age of sixteen years. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-been granted. The Member has not appealed the conviction or the sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-The Honourable Madam Justice A. Tuck-Jackson concluded that the quantity of child ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:pornography involved in this case was staggering (Exhibit 4, Tab E). The Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-agrees. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s possession of child pornography and his criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:conviction for possessing, accessing and making available child pornography constitutes ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-College Counsel submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-and Registration, and publication with name was the appropriate penalty for the gravity ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-of the misconduct. College Counsel stated that the overriding principle of penalty in this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-case should be the protection of the public, specifically children. Counsel submitted that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-this case goes to the heart of the suitability of placing individuals in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-and responsibility with children. Given the Member’s conduct and subsequent diagnosis, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-there is no other way to protect the public and children than revocation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-Dr. Julian Gojer, who is a forensic psychiatrist particular to the assessment, treatment and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-management of sex offenders, authored a report on behalf of the Member and testified ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-with regards to his report, dated January 3, 2011 (Exhibit 4, Tab D, page 54). Dr. Gojer ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-testified that the Member actually used some of the children in his class for his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-masturbatory fantasies (Exhibit 4, Tab D, page 70). College Counsel stated that this fact ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-bears directly on the Member’s suitability to hold a teaching certificate. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-submitted the following aggravating factors: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf: 1) The quantity of child pornography involved; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- 2) Symbolized degradation and absence of respect for human dignity; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- 3) A concerted effort to develop a collection of such material; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:Accessing, possessing and making available child pornography are among the most ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-heinous crimes in our society, targeting children and perpetuating a market which thrives ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-on the exploitation and abuse of children. In her Reasons for Sentence, the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-Madam Justice A. Tuck-Jackson stated, “Not only is the gravity of the offences ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-committed by Mr. Adams high, so too is his degree of responsibility. During the relevant ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-time period, Mr. Adams taught as an elementary school teacher. In this capacity, he had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-to have known full well the danger presented to children and society as a whole by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf:very existence of child pornography” (Exhibit 4, Tab E, page 15). As a Member who ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-contravened a law, his conduct is disgraceful, dishonourable and brings the profession ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-into disrepute. The Member is not suitable to be in a position of trust and authority over ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-children and must not be permitted to teach. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-The Committee concurs with the submissions on penalty by College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-Revocation serves as both a specific and general deterrent as removing the Member from ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-the classroom protects children and restores public confidence in the profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-Publication with name serves the public interest by informing the community that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-profession acts decisively when matters of this nature are brought to its attention and will ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-denounce such behaviour to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf-Dated: May 23, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- John Tucker, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:(e) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-(f) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-(g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-(h) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-(i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-1. Stephen Edward Fletcher (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Halton District School ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] (the “School”) in Oakville, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-3. At all material times, Student No. 1, a female student, was enrolled as a student at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-4. From in and around April 1, 2010 to in and around January 27, 2011 the Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:(a) exchanged text messages and/or emails of a personal and/or sexual nature with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Student No. 1; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:(b) engaged in telephone conversations of a personal and/or sexual nature with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Student No. 1; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:(c) engaged in a personal and/or sexual relationship with Student No. 1; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-(d) kissed and/or touched Student No. 1. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-5. On or about January 27, 2011 the Member was charged by the Halton Regional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:Police with sexual exploitation of Student No. 1. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-6. On or about August 16, 2011, the Member was found guilty of that charge that, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:being in a position of trust or authority towards Student No. 1, did for a sexual purpose ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-touch directly the body of Student No. 1, on a part of the body, to wit: the mouth, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-7. The Member was sentenced, for the offence referred to in paragraph 6 above, to a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-fourteen (14) day jail sentence and an eighteen (18) month probationary period. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-At the hearing on February 26, 2013, College Counsel sought to withdraw the allegations ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-of professional misconduct in paragraphs (b) and (c) namely that the Member abused a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-student verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and abused a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1). The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Committee agreed that these allegations be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-The Member pleaded guilty to the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing excluding ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-the allegations withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Counsel for the College entered into evidence the following additional documents: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Registered Member Information (Exhibit 2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Brief of Court Documents-Her Majesty The Queen v. Stephen Edward Fletcher ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-(Exhibit 3); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-The Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 3) with respect to the criminal proceedings ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-against the Member submitted into evidence consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-1. Certified Copy of Information dated March 2, 2011 to August 16, 2011 (Found at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Tab A); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-2. Certified Copy of Probation Order and Variation of Probation Order dated August ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-16, 2011 (Found at Tab B); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-3. Certified Copy of Prohibition Order dated August 16, 2011 (Found at Tab C); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-4. Transcript of Proceedings and Reasons for Sentence before the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Justice Baldwin at Milton, Ontario dated August 16, 2011 (Found at Tab D). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 3) confirmed that on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-August 16, 2011, the Member pleaded guilty to the charge that he, between the 1st day of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-April 2010 and the 27th day of January 2011, both dates inclusive, being in a position of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:trust or authority towards the Student, a young person, did for a sexual purpose touch ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-directly the body of the Student, a young person, with a part of his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-body, to wit: his mouth, contrary to section 153 of the Criminal Code (Canada). Further, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-the Member was convicted and sentenced on August 16, 2011 to fourteen (14) days ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-intermittent jail and eighteen (18) months of probation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING-COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member began an inappropriate relationship with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Student No. 1 [XXX] from September to December 2009, where they exchanged e-mail ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-and telephone numbers. In April 2010, Student No. 1 was no longer [XXX] yet they ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-continued to communicate. College Counsel submitted that the relationship went beyond ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-the school. The Member and Student No. 1 met at a pond near a school, met at their ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-respective homes and exchanged good-bye kisses. Counsel stated that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-introduced Student No. 1 to his twelve year old daughter and together they engaged in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-type of activities that people in a relationship do, such as cooking together, watching ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-movies and “hang[ing] out.” Counsel further stated that there was no evidence before ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:the Committee of sexual intercourse or other sexual behaviour. Counsel explained that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Student No. 1’s mother learned of the relationship after exams in June 2010. When ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:confronted, Student No. 1 said that the relationship was “close and not sexual” and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-begged her mother not to do anything about it. Counsel stated that Student No. 1’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-mother called the Member, who apologized and agreed to end the relationship. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-further stated that in December of that same year, Student No. 1 confided in her aunt ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-about being in a relationship with an older man. Eventually, the aunt told Student No. 1’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-mother about this relationship and the mother realized that the Member was still seeing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-her daughter. The School Board was contacted. The Board reported the matter to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Children’s Aid Society, who in turn contacted the Police. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Counsel made submissions to the Committee on each of the allegations in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Hearing: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-a) the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession by starting and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-developing a relationship with Student No. 1; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-d) the Member abused Student No. 1 psychologically/emotionally by engaging her in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-relationship that inflicted psychological abuse, the undertones of which were evident in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-the relationship with her family. Counsel submitted that whether Student No. 1 thought ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-she was in love with the Member is irrelevant as the relationship was not appropriate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-because of its inherent power imbalance. Counsel stated that although Student No. 1 was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-[XXX], the Member was in a position of authority; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:e) kissing satisfies the definition of sexual abuse of a student within the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-of Teachers Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-f) the Committee was reminded that teachers are expected to be role models inside and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-outside of the classroom; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:g) the Member was convicted of sexual exploitation of Student No. 1 which contravenes ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-a law and is relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-h) and i) Counsel submitted that the facts support findings that the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-unprofessional and that his conduct was unbecoming a member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING-THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-The Member made no submissions on findings. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-A non-publication order was issued under subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-(Canada), in the proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice regarding Student No. 1. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Committee is required to and therefore confirmed, it would uphold this publication ban ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-imposed in the matter of Her Majesty The Queen v. Stephen Edward Fletcher by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Ontario Court of Justice. There shall be no publication of any information that might tend ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-to identify the victim (Student No. 1) involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-by Counsel for the College and the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Stephen ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Edward Fletcher committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:The Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-defined in section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-The Member entered a plea of guilty to the allegations as set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s plea. The Member admitted to engaging in an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-inappropriate relationship with Student No. 1. The Committee finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-allowed a relationship to start while Student No. 1 was [XXX]. The Committee also finds ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-that the Member actively pursued that relationship by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-exchanging contact information with Student No. 1 after the [XXX]. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-accepts Counsel’s submission that the Member was perpetuating a “dating” relationship ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-with a student under the age of eighteen by exchanging texts, phone calls and e-mails, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-and further, by involving his twelve year old daughter in their shared activities. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Committee finds that the Member was aware of the inappropriateness of the relationship ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-as the two consciously avoided going out together in public, and deceived Student No. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-1’s mother into thinking that the relationship had ended. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of Student No. 1 by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-kissing her and in doing so, abused the authority vested in him as a teacher. The conduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-of the Member was disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional and in conflict with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-duty of a teacher to protect a student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was committed by a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been granted. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-accepts as fact, as detailed in the court documents contained within Exhibit 3, that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:Member pleaded guilty and was convicted of sexual exploitation, contrary to section 153 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-of the Criminal Code (Canada). The conviction was entered on August 16, 2011. Further, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-the Member was sentenced to fourteen (14) days in custody, to be served on an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-intermittent basis, as well as eighteen (18) months of probation. The Member has not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-appealed the conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct and the resulting conviction for sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-exploitation constitute professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY-COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-College Counsel submitted that this case “cries out” for the Member’s certificate to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-revoked. College Counsel further submitted that the Member’s name be published in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-College Counsel stated that revocation would act as a specific deterrent to the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-and a general deterrent to the profession. College Counsel submitted that revocation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-sends an important message to the public and the profession that this type of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-is neither trivial nor minor. Counsel stated that the Member used his position of trust to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-develop an inappropriate relationship with Student No. 1. Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Member’s conduct drove a wedge between Student No. 1 and members of her family. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Counsel stated that this consequence was not of a minor nature. Counsel further stated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-that while the criminal court focused on the “kiss”, the Ontario College of Teachers needs ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-to take a broader approach when considering the conduct of the Member. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-submitted that this case is not about “just a kiss”. Counsel reiterated that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-developed a “dating relationship” by exchanging phone numbers, kissing, introducing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Student No. 1 to his daughter, and sharing family activities such as movie nights. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Counsel submitted that the Committee had received no evidence that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-taken steps to rehabilitate himself nor provide assurances that this would not happen ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-again. Counsel further submitted that the onus is on the Member to adduce some ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-evidence that he has taken rehabilitative steps. In the absence of this evidence, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Committee cannot be confident that the public interest is being served. Therefore, student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-submissions on specific deterrent, the Member submitted that he had no prior issues with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-students and in twenty years of teaching, thought he was a good and positive example. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-The Member listed for the Committee the consequences suffered due to his actions such ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-as: he was removed from his job; temporarily lost custody rights to his daughter; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-publication of the misconduct appeared in local papers; his family was embarrassed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-publicly; and he was incarcerated. The Member stated that this personal humiliation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-serves as a specific deterrent. With regard to general deterrence, the Member reiterated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:that he made a mistake. The Member stated that he did not think that kissing was sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-abuse. The Member further stated that he had personal knowledge, of a situation that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-considered to be similar, in which the teacher was just transferred to another school with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-no loss of teaching certificate. At the time, this was the Member’s only frame of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-reference for such misconduct and therefore, no “legal alarm bells” went off when he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-pursued the relationship with Student No. 1. The Member stated that since then, as part ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-of his rehabilitation, he has reflected on the Ontario College of Teachers documents on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:sexual abuse among other documents. The Member submitted that he is an excellent ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-teacher and has boxes of letters and cards of support similar to Exhibits 4 (undated) and 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-(dated June 27, 2011). The Member further submitted that he would like to continue ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-teaching as it is “what I know and excel at.” The Member stated that his conduct was not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-predatory in nature and was at the lowest end of the spectrum. The Member described ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-the conduct as a consensual kiss with a very mature young lady which occurred after a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-long period of developing a relationship. The Member explained that Student No. 1 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-stayed in contact with prior teachers through text messages, called teachers by their first ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-names, ate her lunch with teachers, appeared more comfortable with adults than with her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-peers, and was easy to talk to. With regard to publication, the Member submitted that if ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-publication were necessary, it would serve as part of general deterrence. The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:asked that publication clearly be phrased in a manner to describe “sexual abuse by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-mouth” as “we kissed.” The Member stated that he was not the “only naïve individual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-who believed that kissing is okay.” The Member requested that the Committee order ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-publication without name in order to protect Student No. 1’s sister and also to protect his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-daughter from further embarrassment. The Member apologized to the profession, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-College, his colleagues, his family and friends for the hardship that he has caused them. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-The Member stated that he accepts his wrongdoing and asked the Committee to allow ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-him to continue to teach. The Member further stated that according to an assessment ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-completed during the court process, he had a poor understanding of boundaries. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Member submitted that he now knows where the boundaries stand and “there is no ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-chance that I will cross those boundaries again.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-REPLY SUBMISSIONS-COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-College Counsel submitted that transparency will be lost if publication is ordered without ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-name. Counsel further submitted that there is no doubt that the Member feels badly, but ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-that he still does not “get it.” Counsel pointed out that the Member is still justifying his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-actions by describing Student No. 1 as “very mature,” “easy to talk to,” spent her lunch ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-with teachers and appeared more comfortable with adults than her peers. Counsel stated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-that the Member does not fully understand that he had a professional obligation to push ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-Student No. 1 away and does not have insight into why this conduct is wrong. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-submitted that the Member’s relationship with Student No. 1 continues today despite the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-court order to have no contact or communication with Student No. 1 or her family during ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-his probation, which ended ten days prior to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- a) directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, such Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- b) directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- summary form with the Member’s name, in the official publication of the College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-The Member entered into an inappropriate and unprofessional personal relationship with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf:a female student which culminated in a criminal conviction for sexual exploitation of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-student. The Committee is not convinced that the Member has a full understanding of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-importance of respecting student-teacher boundaries. The Member clearly expressed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-remorse for the impact of his misconduct; however he continued to try to justify his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-actions by referring to the maturity of Student No. 1, her connections to other teachers ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-and by repeating that he believed he was not the only one engaged in such behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s statement that he heard no “legal alarm bells” to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf-disingenuous. The Committee finds it unlikely that a teacher with twenty years of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-The allegations against Christopher Andrew Forrest (the “Member”) in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Christopher Andrew Forrest is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-as defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-“Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-(b) he abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-(c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:(d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-(e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-(f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-(g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-(h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-(i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-1. Christopher Andrew Forrest (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the District School Board of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Niagara (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher, [XXX] tutor and [XXX] at [XXX] District ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Secondary School (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-3. The Student was a [XXX] year old student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-4. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:(a) had sexual contact with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-(b) had an inappropriate personal relationship with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:5. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Member had a sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-the Student which included but was not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-(a) touching the Student’s breasts; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:(b) oral sex; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:(c) sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-6. On or about August 7, 2012, the Member was found guilty of the following ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-charge: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-(a) that he between the 1st day of January in the year 2011 and the 17th day of June ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-in the year 2011 at the Town of [XXX] in the Central West Region, being a person who ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-was in a position of trust and authority towards a young person, with a part of his body, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:for a sexual purpose, directly touch the body of that young person, namely the Student, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-contrary to Section 153, subsection (1.1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-7. On or about August 20, 2012, the Member was sentenced to one (1) year of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-incarceration and two (2) years’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-8. The Member has not appealed the conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-A non-publication order was issued under subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-(Canada), in the proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The Committee is therefore ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-required to uphold this publication ban imposed in the matter of Her Majesty The Queen ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-v. Christopher Andrew Forrest by the Ontario Court of Justice. There shall be no ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-publication of any information that might tend to identify the victims involved in this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-matter. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:body, for a sexual purpose, directly touch the body of that young person, namely the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Student, contrary to section 153 (1.1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). The count of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:sexual assault was withdrawn at the request of the Crown Attorney. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-On August 20, 2012, the Member was sentenced to twelve (12) months in jail to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-followed by two (2) years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-College Counsel submitted the Brief of Court documents (Exhibit 4) in support of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-allegations in the Notice of Hearing. The Member was represented by counsel in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:criminal proceedings, where he pled guilty to the charge of sexual exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-College Counsel submitted that by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts in the criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-proceedings, and the fact that the allegations in the Notice of Hearing mirror that Agreed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Statement, the Member has thereby admitted to the allegations contained in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-College Counsel stated that there was a gross breach of trust whereby the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-engaged in professional misconduct. Specifically over a 6-month period, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:had an inappropriate personal relationship with a Student which included sexual contact. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:This behaviour resulted in the Member pleading to and being convicted of sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-College Counsel submitted that there was sufficient evidence to warrant a finding of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-professional misconduct under all the heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-by College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Christopher Andrew Forrest ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1 (15), 1(16), 1 (17), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:The Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-defined in section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in the Brief of Court Documents contained ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:within Exhibit 4 that on August 7, 2012, the Member was convicted of sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-On August 20, 2012 the Member was sentenced to twelve (12) months in jail to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-followed by two (2) years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-been granted. The Member has not appealed the conviction or the sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:During 2010-2011 academic year, the Member had sexual contact with a [XXX] year old ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-student and had an inappropriate relationship with the Student. During the same academic ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:year the Member had a sexual relationship with the Student which included but was not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:limited to: touching the Student’s breasts, oral sex and sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and attendant criminal conviction for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:sexual exploitation constitute acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1 (15), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-1(16), 1 (17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-College Counsel submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-and Registration, and publication with name was the appropriate penalty for the gravity ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-of the misconduct and was in line with previous decisions of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-with similar misconduct. Counsel presented several recent decisions in support of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- a) The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- b) There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-The Committee finds the Member engaged in an inappropriate and unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-relationship with a student while she was under his care and supervision. The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-was found to have contravened section 153 (1.1) of the Criminal Code in that he was in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-position of trust and authority towards a young person (namely the student), with a part of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:his body, and for a sexual purpose, directly touch the body of that young person. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-The six-month relationship began through chatting on Facebook, progressed to intimate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf:conversations, followed by kissing and touching, oral sex, and culminated in sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-intercourse on three occasions. All incidents occurred in the Member’s classroom before ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-the start of the school day. The student was [XXX] [XXX]( ) when these offences ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-occurred. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-The Committee concurs with the submissions on penalty by College Counsel. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-Committee finds that the Member engaged in reprehensible conduct unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-member of the teaching profession. This conduct is unacceptable and betrays the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf-teacher’s obligation to protect his students. The Member abused the public trust in an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-(b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-(c) he abused a student physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-(c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:(d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-(e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-(f) he contravened a law the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-(g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-(h) he committed acts, that having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-(i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-At the hearing on December 12, 2013, College Counsel sought to withdraw the allegation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-in (b) above, namely that the Member abused a student or students verbally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7). The Committee agrees that this allegation be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-1. Orlando Franco Fusaro (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Toronto, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-3. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Member was the Grade [XXX] teacher ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-of a [XXX] year old female student (the “Student”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-4. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-(a) engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:(b) engaged in an inappropriate physical and/or sexual relationship with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:(c) exchanged emails of a personal and/or sexual nature with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:5. On June 14, 2012, the Member pleaded guilty to one count of sexual interference ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-and was sentenced to 100 hours of community service, a ten (10) day intermittent jail ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-sentence and three (3) years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-As the Member was not present or represented by counsel, the Committee proceeded on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the following additional documents: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-Registered Member Information (Exhibit 3); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-Brief of Court Documents - Her Majesty The Queen v. Orlando Franco Fusaro ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-(Exhibit 4). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-The Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) with respect to the criminal proceedings ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-contained the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-TAB DOCUMENT PAGE No. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-A. Certified Copy Court Information and Appearances and Recognizance 1-9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- of Bail ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-B. Certified Copy of Probation Order June 14, 2012 1-4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-C. Certified Copy of Prohibition Order June 14, 2012 1-2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- Transcript of Court Proceedings and Reasons for Sentence before the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-D. 1-39 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- Honourable Justice F. O’Donnell on June 14, 2012 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) confirmed that on or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:about June 14, 2012, the Member pleaded guilty to one count of sexual interference and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-was sentenced to 100 hours of community service, a ten (10) day intermittent jail ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-sentence and three (3) years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-College Counsel submitted the Brief of Court documents (Exhibit 4) in support of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-allegations in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-College Counsel made submissions that during the 2010-2011 school year the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-actively groomed a [XXX]-year female student who was [XXX]. This grooming ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-behaviour included the following, moving the student’s desk next to his during class ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-time, revealing personal aspects of his domestic relationship, engaging in an extensive ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:(hundreds) e-mail exchanges of a personal and sexual nature, including expressions of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:love, comments about the student’s physical attributes and how sexy they were and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-including comments about undergarments. The Member’s behaviour, e-mails, and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:attitude continued to escalate in a sexual nature towards the student throughout the school ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-year. During a playful event in a park in June 2011, the Member grabbed the student with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-his right hand and pulled her tight against him with her buttocks into his crotch area. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-With his left hand, the Member grabbed the left side of her buttocks. This action resulted ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:in the charge and conviction of sexual interference. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member, by his actions with the student engaged in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-conduct unbecoming that would be regarded as disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-unprofessional and submitted that there was sufficient evidence to warrant a finding of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-professional misconduct under all the heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-by College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Orlando Franco Fusaro committed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:The Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-defined in section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in the Brief of Court Documents contained ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:within Exhibit 4, that on June 14, 2012, the Member pleaded guilty to one count of sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-interference and was sentenced to 100 hours of community service, a ten (10) day ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-intermittent jail sentence and three (3) years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-been granted. The Member has not appealed the conviction or the sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:The Member engaged in an inappropriate personal, physical and/or sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:and exchanged e-mails of a personal and/or sexual nature with a [XXX] year old student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:As a result of this conduct the member pleaded guilty to sexual interference and was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-sentenced to 100 hours of community service, a ten (10) day intermittent jail sentence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-and three (3) years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and resultant criminal conviction for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:sexual interference of the victim constitute acts of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5),1(7.1),1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) and further that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-College Counsel submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-and Registration, and publication with name was the appropriate penalty for misconduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-of this nature. The Member has exhibited such an egregious breach of trust that he has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-forfeited the right to be a member of the teaching profession. Revocation is the only way ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-to ensure that this Member is removed from a position of trust and therefore will be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-unable to ever engage in this conduct again. Revocation sends a message to the public ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-and the teaching profession that this kind of behaviour will not be tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- a) The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- b) There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:The Member engaged in an inappropriate physical and sexual relationship with a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-year old [XXX], who was one of his students. He was subsequently convicted of one ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf:count of sexual interference. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-The Committee concurs with the submissions of College Counsel on penalty that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-Member’s certificate must be revoked and the findings and order be published, in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf-summary with the name of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-College Counsel stated that the Member had appealed his conviction and sentence, which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-appeal was dismissed on June 27, 2013. The only other avenue of appeal for the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-would be to the Supreme Court of Canada which had a 30-day window for appeal and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-that timeframe has since passed. Annie Lacroix, in her Affidavit (Exhibit 1) states that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-on November 20, 2013 she searched the Supreme Court of Canada’s website listing all ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-cases filed and could find no listing for the Member. It would appear that the Member has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-not taken steps to appeal his conviction to the Supreme Court of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Counsel noted with respect to the Member’s claim of ABI, that the Member had been ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-involved in a motor vehicle accident approximately twelve (12) years ago. Since then, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Member was able to achieve two university degrees and obtain employment as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:College Counsel noted that the Member was convicted of sexual exploitation and sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-touching in June 2011. Given the Member’s appeal of his criminal conviction in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-December 2012, the College agreed to put the current proceeding on hold for a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-reasonable amount of time. Following dismissal of the Member’s appeal on June 27, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-2013, the College initiated attempts to schedule a hearing date. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-College Counsel advised that the Member refused to consider hearing dates before the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-end of June 2014, citing terms and conditions of his probation that prevented him from ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-attending a hearing. College Counsel asked the Member to provide documentation or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-communication that would prevent the Member from attending a hearing, but none was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-received. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-In response to the Agent’s request to have more time to prepare, College Counsel stated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-that the Member was aware of these proceedings since November 14, 2012. Further, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The Agent indicated that the Member required extra time to prepare for the hearing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-because of an “Acquired Brain Injury”. No evidence was presented to the Committee of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-the presence of ABI or what effect it might have on the Member’s ability to participate in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-the hearing process. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The request for an adjournment on the day the hearing was scheduled, was not timely. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Given that the Member has a criminal conviction dating back to 2011 for exploitation and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:sexual touching of a student, and he remains a member in Good Standing with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-College, the Committee denied the request for an adjournment and proceeded with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-hearing as scheduled. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The Hearing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-After denying the adjournment request, the hearing of this matter commenced at 12:30 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-p.m. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated October 30, 2012 was served on Aaron Weston ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Michael Aird, requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-College of Teachers on November 28, 2012 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 22, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The Member was not present and his Agent, who represented him on the adjournment ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-request, did not stay to represent him at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The allegations against Aaron Weston Michael Aird (the “Member”) in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Aaron Weston Michael Aird is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-as defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-“Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-(b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:(c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-(d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-(e) he contravened a law the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-(f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-(g) he committed acts, that having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-(h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-1. Aaron Weston Michael Aird (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-2. In the fall of 2008, the Member was a student teacher with the Waterloo Catholic ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-3. At all material times, the Student was a [XXX] year-old female student of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Board. The Member was hired by the Student’s parents to tutor her. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-4. Between September 2009 and June 2011, the Member was employed as a teacher ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-at the Waterloo Region District School Board. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-5. Between September 2008 and December 2008, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-inappropriate personal relationship with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:6. Between November 2008 and March 2010, the Member engaged in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-relationship with the Student, including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-(a) Kissing; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-(b) Sexual touching; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-(c) Sexual intercourse; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:(d) Electronic communication of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-7. On or about March 17, 2010, the Member was criminally charged with two counts ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:of sexual exploitation, regarding his relationship with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-8. On or about June 22, 2011, the Member was found guilty of the charges that, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:between September 4, 2008 and November 25, 2009, he committed an act of sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:exploitation and an act of sexual touching, contrary to Sections 153 (1)(a) and (b) of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-9. The Member was sentenced to 12 months in jail and 12 months of probation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-10. The Member is appealing his criminal conviction and sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-A non-publication order (Exhibit 3, Tab C) was issued under subsection 486.4 of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada), in the proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 3) confirmed that on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-June 22, 2011, the Member was found guilty of the charges that, between September 4, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:2008 and November 25, 2009, he committed an act of sexual exploitation and an act of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:sexual touching, contrary to sections 153 (1)(a) and (1)(b) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-(Canada). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-On October 20, 2011, the Member was sentenced to twelve (12) months in jail to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-followed by twelve (12) months of probation. The Member appealed the criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-convictions and sentence and the appeal was dismissed on June 27, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-College Counsel submitted the Brief of Court documents (Exhibit 3) in support of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-allegations in the Notice of Hearing. The Member was represented by counsel in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-College Counsel made submissions that the Member failed to maintain the standards of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-the profession by engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a [XXX] year ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:old student that progressed for the next two years into a sexual relationship. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-relationship began while the Member was a student teacher and was hired to tutor the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Student. The Member engaged in this abuse prior to becoming a certified teacher and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-continued long after he was issued a certificate. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Counsel submitted that the Student was a vulnerable young person. The Member was in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:position of trust and authority and put the Student at risk. This impacted her sexual, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-psychological and emotional well-being. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming that would ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-be regarded as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional and submitted that there ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-was sufficient evidence to warrant a finding of professional misconduct under all the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-by College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Aaron Weston Michael Aird ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1 (15), 1(16), 1 (17), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:The Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-defined in section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in the Brief of Court Documents contained ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:within Exhibit 3, that on June 22, 2011 the Member was convicted of sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:and sexual touching and on October 20, 2011 was sentenced to twelve (12) months in jail ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-to be followed by twelve (12) months of probation. The Member appealed the criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-convictions and sentence and the appeal was dismissed on June 27, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-been granted. The Member has not appealed the conviction or the sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Between September 2008 and December 2008, the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-personal relationship with the Student. Between November 2008 and March 2010, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:Member engaged in a sexual relationship with the Student, which included kissing, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:sexual touching, sexual intercourse and electronic communication of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and attendant criminal convictions for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:sexual exploitation and sexual touching of the Student constitute acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1 (17), 1(18) and 1(19) and further that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-College Counsel submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-and Registration, and publication with name was the appropriate penalty for the gravity ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-of the misconduct. The Member has exhibited such an egregious breach of trust that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-has forfeited the right to be a member of the teaching profession. Counsel noted that in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-the court documents the Member showed no remorse for his actions. Therefore ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-revocation is the only way to ensure that this Member will never engage in this conduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-again. Revocation sends a message to the public and the teaching profession that this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-kind of behaviour is abhorrent and will not be tolerated and in doing so, confidence in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-profession and the public will be restored. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- a) The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- b) There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The Member and the Student met in September of 2008. The Member was 28 and in his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-second year of teachers’ college. The Student was [XXX] and in grade [XXX]. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Member was hired by the Student’s mother to tutor [XXX] sessions that took place twice ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:a week. The Member and the Student started a sexual relationship in November 2008. It ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:began with sexual touching and progressed to oral sex and then sexual intercourse. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:Member stopped tutoring the Student in February 2009, but their sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-continued until March 2010, when a close friend persuaded the Student to go to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:police. The Member was charged on or about March 17, 2010 with two counts of sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:The Member was subsequently found guilty of sexual exploitation and an act of sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-touching contrary to sections 153(1)(a) and (1)(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada). The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Member was convicted of these charges because he engaged in an inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:and sexual relationship with a student while he was in a position of trust as her tutor. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The Member appealed these convictions and the appeal was dismissed by the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Court of Appeal on June 27, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The Committee concurs with the submissions of College Counsel on penalty that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Member’s certificate must be revoked and the findings and order be published, in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:summary with the name of the Member. The sexual activity took place over a fifteen- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-month period, which is a considerable amount of time. The parents placed the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-in a position of trust and hired him because of his “skill and status” (Exhibit 3, Tab D). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The Member breached this trust and used this opportunity to groom their daughter and to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:engage in an ongoing sexual relationship with her. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The Committee agrees with Justice Sloan’s findings (Exhibit 3, Tab C) that there is “very ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-little if any distinction between the position of trust of a teacher and a tutor under the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-circumstances of this case. … it was that position of trust that allowed Mr. Aird entre ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:(sic) to the victim and gave him the continuing ability to groom her.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The Committee took into consideration aggravating and mitigating factors. The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-was in a motor vehicle accident that occurred more than ten years ago and resulted in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-brain injury. The Member, to his credit, managed to complete two university degrees ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-after his motor vehicle accident. The Committee concurs with Justice Sloan that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Member’s problems from the motor vehicle accident did not affect his ability to tell right ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-from wrong. Justice Sloan further found that the Member “does not appear to show any ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf:remorse and of course the victim has had her sexual innocence taken from her and is left ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-to deal with emotional issues stemming from the offence” (Exhibit 3, Tab C). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member engaged in reprehensible conduct. The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-abused the public trust in a disgraceful manner and has forfeited the privilege of holding ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-a teaching certificate. Revocation is the appropriate penalty and serves as both a specific ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-and general deterrent. Removing this Member from the teaching profession protects ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-students and restores public confidence in the profession. Publication with name advises ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-the profession that misconduct of this severity will result in the most serious penalty. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the finding and penalty protect the public interest and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-uphold the standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf-Dated: December 4, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- Christine Bellini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- Darlene Mead, OCT ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- Pauline Smart ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-before the College’s Discipline Committee on August 8, 2011, to set a date for a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for May 16, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-Mr. Ajab was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated July 19, 2011, are ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Yasin Mohamud Ajab is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-defined in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) and/or is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-incompetent as defined in subsection 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- b) he released or disclosed information about a student to a person other than the student or, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- if the student is a minor, the student’s parent or guardian, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf: c) he abused a student, or students, verbally, physically, psychologically or sexually, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- e) he contravened a law which is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a certificate of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts in paragraphs 1 to 3 of the Agreement. He ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-acknowledges that the facts set out in paragraph 3 constitute professional misconduct and is not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-contesting the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more specifically ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(6), 1(7), 1(14), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s Guilty Plea and his admission of the facts as set out in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-the Agreement, and determined that the Member’s conduct meant that he was guilty of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-professional misconduct: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-During the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school years, the Member’s conduct contravened the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-Firstly, the Committee found that the Member had failed to comply with the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-profession by failing to understand certain [XXX] concepts or teach the subject matter ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-effectively. Furthermore, he failed to provide assistance to students who requested it and even ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-advised students not to participate in remedial [XXX] classes offered by other teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-In addition, the Committee found that the Member had abused students verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-and emotionally by using inappropriate language in the classroom, yelling at students, and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-calling one student stupid and an idiot. He had also abused students physically through his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-intimidating actions (slamming books on his desk and kicking desks) and by slamming the door ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf:on a student’s hand. One student accused the Member of abusing her sexually in an incident in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-which he allegedly looked down her cleavage. At the time of this incident, the student informed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-the principal, who warned the Member, without making an accusation, to be more vigilant in his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf-actions. The principal did not deny or contest this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf: engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:(e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- defined in section 1 or the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(g) he contravened a law the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(h) he contravened a law the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(i) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-1. Gregory Philip Henry Hamelin (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the District School Board of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Niagara as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in [XXX] . ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-3. During the 2009-2010 academic year, the Member was the teacher of a female ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-student (Student “A”) at the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-4. During the 2008-2009 academic year, the Member was the teacher of a female ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-student (Student “B”) at the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-5. During the 2007-2008 academic year, the Member was the teacher of a female ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-student (Student “C”) at the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-6. During the 2002-2003 academic year, the Member was the teacher and/or [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-of a female student (Student “D”) at the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-7. During the 2002-2003 academic year, the Member was the [XXX] of a female ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-student (Student “E”) at the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-8. From around March 2010 until around August 2010, the Member gave Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-“A” a “chore list” which included but was not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(a) going into a dark room with him; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(b) going deep into the woods with him; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(c) going shopping with him; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(d) watching a movie with him. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-9. On or around August 1 and 2, 2010, the Member communicated comments ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:electronically to Student “A” which were of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-10. During or around July and August 2009, the Member communicated comments ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:electronically to Students “B” and “C” which were of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-11. On one occasion between January 1 and June 30, 2003, the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Student “D” in a game of “truth or dare” which resulted in Student “D” removing her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-clothing in a public place. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-12. On one occasion between during or around April-May 2003, the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Student “E” in a game of “truth or dare” which resulted in Student “E” kissing on the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-mouth her friend Student “D” and the Member’s son. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-13. On or about December 5, 2011, the Member was found guilty of the following ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-charges: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(a) between August 1 and 2, 2010, at the City of [XXX] in the [XXX] Region did, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-by means of a computer system within the meaning of subsection 342.1(2) of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Criminal Code, communicate with a person, namely Student “A”, who was or was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-believed to be under the age of 14 years, for the purpose of facilitating the offence of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Invitation to Sexual Touching, contrary to subsection 172.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Canada; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(b) between August 1 and 2, 2010, at the Town of [XXX] in the [XXX] Region did, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:for a sexual purpose, invite a person under the age of sixteen years, namely Student “A”, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-to directly touch with a part of her body the body of Gregory Hamelin, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-152 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(c) between July 1 and August 31, 2009, at the Town of [XXX] in the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:Region did, for a sexual purpose, invite a person under the age of sixteen years, namely ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Student “B”, to directly touch with a part of her body the body of Gregory Hamelin, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-contrary to section 152 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(d) between July 1 and August 31, 2009, at the Town of [XXX] in the [XXX] Region ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:did, for a sexual purpose, invite a person under the age of sixteen years, namely ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Student “C”, to directly touch with a part of her body the body of Gregory Hamelin, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-contrary to section 152 of the Criminal Code of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(e) between April 1 and May 31, 2003, at the City of [XXX] in the [XXX] Region, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-and elsewhere in the Province of Ontario, did, being a person in a position of trust or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:authority towards a young person, for a sexual purpose, invite that young person, namely ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Student “E”, to directly touch with a part of her body the body of Student “D”, contrary ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-to Section 153, subsection (1), clause (b) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-14. On or about April 18, 2012, the Member was sentenced to 12 months in jail in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-addition to 19 days of pre-sentence custody served. At the completion of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-incarceration, he is to serve three years of probation, with the following conditions: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(a) the Member is not to be in the presence of anyone under the age of 16 unless in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-the presence of the child’s parent or guardian who is aware of his conviction; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-A. Certified Copy of Information and Appearances dated August 18, 2010 to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- April 18, 2012 (found at Tab A); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-B Certified Copy of Recognizance of Bail dated August 24, 2010 (found at Tab B); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-C. Certified Copy of Probation Order dated December 5, 2012 (found at Tab C); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-D. Transcript of Proceedings at Guilty Plea before the Honourable Justice D.T. Vyse ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- –December 5, 2011 (found at Tab D); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-E. Transcript of Proceedings before the Honourable Justice D.T. Vyse –January 20, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 2012 (found at Tab E); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-F. Transcript of Submissions on Sentencing before the Honourable Justice D.T. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- Vyse – March 1, 2012 (found at Tab F); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-G. Transcript of Reasons for Sentence before the Honourable Justice D.T. Vyse – ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- April 18, 2012 (found at Tab G). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 3) confirmed that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-on December 5, 2011, the Member was found guilty of the following five (5) charges: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(a) between August 1 and 2, 2010, at the City of …did by means of a computer ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-system within the meaning of subsection 342.1(2) of the Criminal Code, communicate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-with a person, namely Student “A”, who was or was believed to be under the age of 14 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-years, for the purpose of facilitating the offence of Invitation to Sexual Touching, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-contrary to subsection 172.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:(b) between August 1 and 2, 2010, at the Town of … did, for a sexual purpose, invite ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-a person under the age of sixteen years, namely Student “A”, to directly touch with a part ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-of her body the body of Gregory Hamelin, contrary to section 152 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:(c) between July 1 and August 31, 2009, at the Town of … did, for a sexual purpose, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-invite a person under the age of sixteen years, namely Student “B”, to directly touch with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-a part of her body the body of Gregory Hamelin, contrary to section 152 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:(d) between July 1 and August 31, 2009, at the Town of … did, for a sexual purpose, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-invite a person under the age of sixteen years, namely Student “C”, to directly touch with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-a part of her body the body of Gregory Hamelin, contrary to section 152 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Code of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(e) between April 1 and May 31, 2003, at the City of …, and elsewhere in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Province of Ontario, did, being a person in a position of trust or authority towards a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:young person, for a sexual purpose, invite that young person, namely Student “E”, to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-directly touch with a part of her body the body of Student “D”, contrary to Section 153, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-subsection (1), clause (b) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-On April 18, 2012, the Member was sentenced to twelve (12) months in jail in addition to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-nineteen (19) days of pre-sentence custody served, to be followed by a three (3) year ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-probationary period. The Member is also prohibited, for the next twenty (20) years, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-pursuant to section 161of the Criminal Code of Canada, from the following conditions: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(a) the Member is not to be in the presence of anyone under the age of 16 unless in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- the presence of the child’s parent or guardian who are aware of his conviction; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(b) the Member is not to use a computer unless for the purpose of school or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- employment, and not without installing and activating a program that allows his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- probation office to monitor the Member’s use; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-(c) the Member must participate in any assessment, treatment, or counselling as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- required by his probation officer. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-College Counsel submitted the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 3) in support of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-allegations in the Notice of Hearing. The Member was represented by counsel in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-criminal proceedings, where he pled guilty to five (5) charges and did not challenge the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-facts as presented. College Counsel submitted that based on Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-the Committee could rely on the findings of fact at the criminal proceeding and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-convictions of the Member on multiple counts which included computer communication ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:(luring), section 172.1(1) (b), sexual interference x 3, section 152, and invitation to touch, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-section 153(1) (b) of the Criminal Code of Canada. College Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Member’s criminal convictions, on all counts, are sufficient evidence for this Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-to make a finding of professional misconduct as alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Gregory Philip Henry ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Hamelin committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Committee further finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 and subsection ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-been granted. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in the Brief of Court Documents contained ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-within Exhibit 3, that on December 5, 2011 the Member pled guilty to and was convicted ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:of five (5) counts, which included computer communication (luring), sexual interference ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-x 3, and invitation to touch. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-On April 18, 2012 the Member was sentenced to twelve (12) months in jail followed by a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-three year probationary period. The Member has not appealed the convictions or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-According to court documents (Exhibit 3), for a period of approximately seven (7) years ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-and involving five (5) female students [XXX] years of age and younger, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:engaged in inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature. This included electronic ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:communication of a sexual nature with the students, sexual interference and encouraging ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:sexual touching between two students. The Committee finds that the Member’s actions ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- summary, with the name of the Member in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-The Member pled guilty to and was criminally convicted of five (5) counts, which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf:included computer communication (luring), sexual interference x 3, and invitation to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-touch. The activities that led to these criminal convictions occurred at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-farm, in his car, and at a public park, involved five female students over a period of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-several years. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-The Committee found that the Member took advantage of his privileged position of trust ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-and authority as a teacher over a group of vulnerable students. In reviewing the victim ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-impact statements (Exhibit 3, Tab E) the Committee read comments such as: “I no longer ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-trust people, especially teachers;” “I felt like I could not trust men in general;” “I felt ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-petrified.” These victims also described feelings of low self-esteem, inability to cope and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-extreme paranoia. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct and the resulting criminal convictions to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable, and unbecoming a member of the profession. The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate. Revocation is the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-penalty for misconduct of this severity. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-The Committee finds there are compelling reasons to publish the Member’s name in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. Publication of the findings and Order of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf-the Committee, in summary, along with the name of the Member, identifies to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-(h) he failed to comply with Section 21(1)(c) of the Schools Administration Act, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-R.S.O. 1970, c. 424, and amendments thereto. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-1. William Joseph Allen (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Ottawa Catholic School ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at the [XXX] School (the “School”) in Ottawa, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-3. At all material times, Student No. 1 and Student No. 2 were enrolled as students at the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-4. From in and around January 1, 1970 to in and around December 31, 1976 the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- (a) had inappropriate physical contact with Student No. 1; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf: (b) had inappropriate sexual contact with Student No. 1; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- (c) had inappropriate physical contact with Student No. 2; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf: (d) had inappropriate sexual contact with Student No. 2. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-5. On or about July 12, 2010, the Member was charged with indecent assault of Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- No. 1 and Student No. 2. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that William Joseph Allen ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(16), 1(17) and 1(18). The Committee further ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf:finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-Further, the Committee finds that the Member failed: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-(a) to comply with subsection 229(1)(c) of the Education Act, 1974, S.O. 1974, c. 109; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-(b) to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- profession contrary to Section 13 of the Regulation (the “TPA Regulation”) made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- under the Teaching Profession Act, made pursuant to Section 12 of the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- Profession Act, R.S.O. 1970, c. 456, as amended; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-(c) to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations with pupils, contrary ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- to subsection 14(d) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-(d) to concern himself with the welfare of pupils while they were under his care, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-(e) to comply with Section 21(1)(c) of the Schools Administration Act, R.S.O. 1970, c. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- 424, and amendments thereto. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-been granted. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in the Brief of Court Documents contained ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-within Exhibit 4, that on April 19, 2011 the Member was convicted of two counts of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-indecent assault of two young persons. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-On April 19, 2011 the Member was sentenced a nine (9) month conditional sentence to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-followed by a twelve (12) month probationary period. The Member has not appealed the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-convictions or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-The Member was also prohibited pursuant to section 161 the Criminal Code (Canada), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-for a period of ten years from being in the presence of persons under the age of sixteen, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-seeking employment or volunteer opportunities that involve being in a position of trust or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-authority towards persons under the age of sixteen years, or using a computer system as a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-means of communicating with persons under the age of sixteen years. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-According to court documents, in 1969 the Member was a teacher at the school where the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-two victims attended and was a Catholic priest at the church they attended as well. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-Member encouraged both victims to become church organists. The Member befriended ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf:the family and on occasion the students attended his cottage. The sexual abuse occurred ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-in the Member’s room in the School, in the church rectory, after choir practice, and at the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-misconduct will not be tolerated and will lead to one finding – revocation. This is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-especially true in the case of multiple students over many years. It is important to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-highlight that these acts occurred outside school premises. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-that the Committee must send a message that misconduct outside the school environment ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-is just as serious as inside. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-Counsel further submitted that publication of the Member’s name was appropriate in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf:showing the College disciplinary procedure as transparent, especially with serious sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- a) The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- b) Pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection 5 of section 30 of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- Teachers Act, the findings and Order of the Committee shall be published in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- summary, with the name of the Member in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-The Member was found guilty of indecent assault of two students in criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-proceedings. The Committee considered the power imbalance that exists in favour of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-Member’s privileged position of trust and authority as a teacher and priest and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf-vulnerability of students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-This matter was scheduled for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-“Committee”) on December 12, 2013 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 52 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-The Member was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated February 1, 2011 was served on Darcy Douglas ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-Jack, requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-of Teachers on February 22, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for December 12, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-The allegations against Darcy Douglas Jack (the “Member”) in the Notice of Hearing are ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Darcy Douglas Jack is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 52 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-2. The Member was employed by the Rainy River District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-“Board”) at all times material hereto and was a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-in [XXX], Ontario and taught at the Grade [XXX] level. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-3. During the 2007/2008 academic year, A and B were teenaged female students ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-who had previously been taught by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-4. On or about each of February 15, 2008 and February 25, 2008, while A and B ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-were babysitting the Member’s children at the Member’s residence and spending the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-night there, the Member videotaped A and B without their knowledge. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-5. The Member had secretly installed a camera directed at a shower and toilet stall in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-an unfinished downstairs bathroom which was used by A and B, and recorded them while ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-they were showering and performing their bathroom rituals. At no time were A and B ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-aware that they were being watched and videotaped by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-6. On or about April 9, 2008, the Member was charged by Ontario Provincial Police, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf:inter alia, that he, for a sexual purpose, did surreptitiously make a visual recording of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-persons who in circumstances giving rise to a reasonable expectation of privacy and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-where the persons can reasonably be expected to be nude or to expose their genital ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-organs, anal region or their breasts, contrary to Section 162 (1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-7. On August 12, 2008, the Member entered a plea of guilty to the charge of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-voyeurism against him as described in paragraph 5 above. Attached and marked as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-Exhibit “B” is a transcript of the proceedings before the Honourable Mr. Justice Fraser. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 52 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-8. On July 7, 2009, before the Honourable Mr. Justice A.T. McKay, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-was convicted of the charge of voyeurism to which he pleaded guilty on August 12, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-as referred to above. The Member received a conditional sentence of 90 days and a 12- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-month probation. Attached as Exhibit “C” is a transcript of the proceedings before Mr. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-Justice McKay on July 7, 2009. Attached as Exhibit “D” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-Certificate of Conviction and a certified copy of the Probation Order Transfer. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-9. The Member resigned from his employment with the Board as of August 31, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-2008. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-10. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 above (the “Admitted ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-11. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-paragraph 4 to 8 above constitute professional misconduct, being more particularly a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-breach of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf:and 1(19). The Member also admits that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student(s) of a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf-12. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf-Counsel for the College brought a motion to seek leave from the Committee to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf-allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing dated September 25, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf-The Member, Daniel Victor Jolic was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf-The allegations against Daniel Victor Jolic in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated September ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf-25, 2009 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Daniel Victor Jolic is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf-section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Brian Douglas Jones is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf: b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf: h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-1. During the 2006-2007 academic year, the Member entered into an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-and unprofessional personal relationship with Student No. 1, who was a [XXX] year old ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-female student of the Member at the School at which he taught (“the School”), including ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-his: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- (a) spending time with her outside of school hours at her home and elsewhere; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- (b) using marijuana in her presence; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- (c) communicating with her after being requested by her parent not to do so; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- (d) on at least one occasion taking her late at night to a male friend’s home ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- and providing alcohol to her; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf: (e) engaging in sexual touching of, and/or sexual intercourse with her. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-2. During the 2006-2007 academic year, the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-and unprofessional personal relationship with Student No. 2, who was a [XXX] year old ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-female student of the Member at the School, including his: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- (a) spending time with her outside of school hours; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- (b) using marijuana in her presence; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- (c) on at least one occasion taking her late at night to a male friend’s home ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- and providing alcohol to her; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf: (d) engaging in touching her in a sexual manner. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-3. During the 2006-2007 academic year, the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-and unprofessional personal relationship with Student No. 3, who was a [XXX] year old ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-female student of the Member at the School, including his: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- (a) spending time with her outside school hours; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- (b) requesting her to act as a lookout while he was engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- activity with Student No. 1; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- (c) using marijuana in her presence; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf: (d) making remarks of a sexual nature towards her; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf: (e) engaging in touching her in a sexual manner. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-4. During the 2006-2007 academic year, the Member conducted himself in an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-inappropriate and unprofessional manner at the School in that he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- a) made inappropriate comments to a female student; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- b) covered the windows of his loft office behind his classroom with mylar sheets, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- which allowed him to look out from that office, but which prevented anyone from ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- seeing into the office; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- c) erected cameras at the door of his office so that he could see out; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- d) invited students to visit his office for social purposes such as quiet time or to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- sleep, without the knowledge of the School’s administration. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-1) On or about 7 January 2008, the Member was charged by the Ontario Provincial ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf: Police with three counts of sexual assault, three counts of sexual exploitation and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- one charge of obstructing justice in relation to his conduct with Student No. 1, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- Student No. 2 and Student No. 3. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-2) The charges referred to in paragraph 5 are presently before the court. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-As the Member was not present or represented by Counsel, the Committee proceeded on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the following additional documents: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-Registered Member Information (Exhibit 2); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-Brief of Court Documents - Her Majesty The Queen v. Brian Jones (Exhibit 4). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-The Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) with respect to the criminal proceedings ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-against the Member submitted into evidence consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-1. Certified Copy of Indictment dated July 6, 2009 (Found at Tab A); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-2. Certified Copy of Prohibition Order dated January 23, 2013 (Found at Tab B); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-5. Transcript of Proceedings at Guilty Plea before Mr. Justice G. Tranmer dated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-October 26, 2012 (Found at Tab C); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-6. Transcript of Sentencing before Mr. Justice G. Tranmer dated January 23, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-(Found at Tab D). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) confirmed that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-Member was found guilty of the charge that he, between and including 1st day of January ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-2005 and the 31st day of December 2006, unlawfully did while being in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf:and authority towards Student No. 1, a young person, did for a sexual purpose, touch ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-directly or indirectly, the body of Student No. 1, a young person, with a part of his body, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-to wit: his hands and/or penis contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-(Canada). Further, the Member was found guilty of the charge that he, between and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-including the 1st day of January 2006 and the 31st day of December 2006, did wilfully ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-attempt to obstruct the course of Justice by attempting to dissuade Student No. 1 from ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-giving evidence contrary to section 139(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada). The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-remaining six charges were withdrawn at the request of the Crown Attorney. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf:her, kissing her and it developed into a sexual relationship which continued over a period ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf:of time. The sexual conduct took place in many locations including the student’s home, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-the classroom, the Member’s truck, his office at the School and his house. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-When the matter was acted upon by the School, the Member continued to contact Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf:No. 1 and told her that if she disclosed to the Police, the truth about their sexual conduct, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-he would go to jail. The Member instructed her as to what she could say and what she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-could not say, when answering Police questions. As a result, Student No. 1 lied to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-Police initially. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-College Counsel submitted the Brief of Court documents (Exhibit 4) in support of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-allegations in the Notice of Hearing. The Member was represented by counsel in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-criminal proceedings, where he pled guilty to the charges. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf:that the Member’s sexual relationship with Student No. 1 clearly constituted professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-misconduct as defined in sections 30(2) and 40 (1.1) of the Act. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-submitted that the Committee had been provided with ample evidence to make a finding ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-on each and all of the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-by College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Brian Douglas Jones committed acts ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf:The Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-defined in section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in the Brief of Court Documents contained ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-within Exhibit 4 that on October 26, 2012, the Member was convicted of the charges of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf:sexual exploitation and obstruct justice. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-been granted. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-On January 23, 2013, the Member was sentenced to three and one half (3.5) years in jail. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-The Member was also prohibited pursuant to section 161 the Criminal Code (Canada), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-for a period of years from being in the presence of persons under the age of sixteen, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-seeking employment or volunteer opportunities that involve being in a position of trust or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-authority towards persons under the age of sixteen years, or using a computer system as a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-means of communicating with persons under the age of sixteen years. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s criminal conviction for sexual exploitation and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-obstruct justice constitutes acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf:and 1(19). The Committee further finds that because of his sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf:Student No. 1, the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-College Counsel submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-and Registration, and publication with name was the appropriate penalty for the gravity ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-of the misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-College Counsel stated that the overriding principle for the Committee to consider is the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-protection of the public and protection of the public interest. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-that given the conduct engaged in by the Member, the Member could not remain in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-profession. The Member used his position of trust and authority to engage in this type of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-misconduct. College Counsel submitted that the only way to ensure public protection is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-to remove the Member from the profession. Revocation and publication will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-specific deterrent to the Member to not engage in any future misconduct of this nature. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-As a general deterrent, the penalty informs the profession that such behaviour will result ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-in revocation of certification, as well as full publication with the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the aggravating factors were obvious as this was an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf:egregious breach of trust, involving an ongoing sexual relationship with a young student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-on multiple occasions and various locations. In addition, the Member obstructed justice ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf-by counselling Student No. 1 to lie to the Police in their investigation of the matter. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 17, 2011 was served on Tariq Saeed Khan, requesting his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-presence on November 28, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for June 24, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-Tariq Saeed Khan was not in attendance on June 24, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-The allegations against Tariq Saeed Khan in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated November ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-28, 2011, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Tariq Saeed Khan is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-4. During the 2009-2010 academic year, the Member was Student A’s [XXX] school ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-[XXX] teacher. During the course of that academic year, the Member developed an interest in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf:and pursued a relationship with Student A of a personal and sexual nature which included: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (a) communicating with Student A by text messages about personal matters; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (b) on several occasions met with Student A alone on and off school property ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- including inviting Student A to have coffee with him after class; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (c) on more than one occasion, spent time with Student A alone in his car discussing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- matters of a personal nature; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (d) on one occasion, while alone with Student A in his car, the Member tried to put ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf: his hand down Student A’s pants for the purpose of initiating a sexual encounter ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- with Student A. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-5. If called to testify, Student A would say, in addition to the conduct described in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-paragraph 4(d) above, that there was another instance where the Member would try to initiate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf:sexual contact with her, which the Member denies. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-6. The Member resigned from the Board on or about December 14, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-7. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the truth ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-8. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to in paragraph 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-above, constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf:acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-9. By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- hearing; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College and himself ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not bind the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- Committee; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-10. The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the Rules of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-1996, chapter 12, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not constitute ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any other civil, criminal or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-11. In light of the uncontested facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-College Counsel and by the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Tariq Saeed Khan committed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Committee further finds ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf:that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraph 4 above (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-“uncontested facts”) of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-He acknowledged that the uncontested facts referred to in paragraph 4 constitute conduct which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-is professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf:1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also acknowledged that he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-The Committee accepts the Member’s plea of no contest and the facts in the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-During the 2009-2010 academic year, the Member developed an interest in and pursued a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf:relationship with Student A of a personal and sexual nature. The Member established ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-communication with Student A by text messaging about personal matters. On several occasions, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-the Member met with Student A on and off school property including meeting with Student A for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-coffee after class. On more than one occasion, the Member spent time with Student A alone in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-his car where matters of a personal nature were discussed. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of Student A when, on one ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-occasion, the Member, while alone with Student A, tried to put his hand down her pants, for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf:purpose of initiating a sexual encounter. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-The Committee finds that based on the Member’s aforementioned conduct, he committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty document (Exhibit 4), College Counsel and the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Committee in this matter ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-would be that the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers be directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. The parties agreed that publication ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-of the findings and Order of the Committee be published in summary in the official publication ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession but had not agreed on whether or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-not the Member’s name should be published and made submissions on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION-COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member’s name should be published. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-offered a number of previous decisions in order to demonstrate the appropriateness of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member engaged in professional misconduct. The Member took ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-advantage of the vulnerability of a [XXX] year old student by engaging in an ongoing personal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-relationship with the Student outside of the school setting. This behaviour constitutes a serious ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-breach of trust. The Member abused his position as a teacher by having inappropriate contact of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf:a sexual nature with the Student. The Committee finds that revocation is the appropriate penalty ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-for misconduct of this nature. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf:Publication with name is warranted for misconduct of a sexual nature. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-considered the repercussions of publication with name on the Member’s personal life, but ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-determined that these do not outweigh the necessity for transparency to maintain public trust. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and serves and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf-Date: June 24, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- Monika Ferenczy, OCT ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- Mel Greif ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- Annilee Jarvis, OCT ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-on February 27, 2013 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated December 1, 2011 was served on Lawrence Edgar Keyte, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-December 15, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-subsequently set for February 27, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-The Member, Lawrence Edgar Keyte, was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-The allegations against Lawrence Edgar Keyte in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-December 1, 2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Lawrence Edgar Keyte is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College Teachers Act (the “Act”)1996, in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-At the hearing on February 27, 2013, College counsel sought to withdraw the allegation of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-professional misconduct in paragraph (c), namely that the Member abused a student or students ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf:sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act. The Committee agrees that this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-allegation shall be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts, and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-1. Lawrence Edgar Keyte (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers. Attached to Exhibit 2 and [located at Tab “A”] is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Ottawa-Carleton District School ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Ottawa, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-3. At all material times, the Student was a female student at the School and/or [XXX] the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-4. Between the approximate dates of October 2007 and January 2008 the Student was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-[XXX] the Member. The Student withdrew as a student from the Ottawa-Carleton District ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-School Board in April 2008. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-inappropriate conduct and counselled the student not to speak to anyone about their relationship ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-and took steps to conceal their correspondence. The lengthy suspension sends a very strong ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-message to the profession and to the public that serious misconduct warrants serious ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf:consequences. Although there was no evidence of a physical relationship or grooming ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-behaviour, nevertheless conduct of this nature cannot be tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-The reprimand and suspension serve as specific and general deterrents. The reprimand allows ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-the profession to express its concerns to the Member about his misconduct. The course of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-instruction in appropriate boundaries and boundary violation issues will serve to rehabilitate the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-Member and allow him to understand the nature of his misconduct and the impact on his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-Protection of the public is reflected in the suspension, reprimand and course work. This sends a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-strong message to the profession and to the public about the consequences of serious professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-The Committee directed that there be publication in summary form, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-Member in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-profession. In reviewing the facts of this case, the Committee found that the nature and severity ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-of the Member’s actions, and the severe penalty imposed, warranted publication of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-name. The Committee determined that the severity of the misconduct outweighed the mitigating ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-circumstances presented by Counsel for the Member not to publish the Member’s name. In this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-case, publication with name provides the transparency and openness expected by the public, acts ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf-as a specific deterrent to the Member and provides general deterrence to the profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf: 4. he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- subsection 1(7.3) and as described in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 5. he failed to comply with the Act or the Regulations, or Bylaws, made under that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 6. he failed to comply with the Education Act or the Regulations made under that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 7. he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 8. he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused a student under the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 9. he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 10. he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- IT IS FURTHER ALLEGED that Hugues Joseph Marcel Latour is guilty of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-professional misconduct as defined in subsection 30(2) of the Act, pursuant to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Regulation 437/97, section 2, in that a finding of professional misconduct or a similar finding ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-against Hughes Joseph Marcel Latour was made by the governing authority of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-profession in the Northwest Territories that is based on facts that would, in the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-(d) The Member was “grooming” Student “A”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-(e) The Member encouraged Student “A” to join the [XXX] which he supervised; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-(f) The Member helped Student “A” to find a partner so that the [XXX] could ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- continue and would be able to compete in the [XXX] competition; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-(g) The Member gave Student “A” private tutorials and assistance with [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- editing; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-(h) The Member allowed Student “A” to work alone in his classroom; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-(i) The Member invited Student “A” to his home; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-(j) The Member sublet his apartment to Student “A”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf:(k) The Member gave wine to Student “A” on the night that he began a sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- relationship with her; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-(l) The Member invited Student “A” to go with him to [XXX] because she could ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- [XXX] a whale hunt from the boat whereas the Member could not; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-(m) During the three or four nights of the trip, the Member and Student “A” slept ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- together in the same tent with others; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-(n) Two weeks after Student “A”s graduation from high school, she and the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf: began a sexual relationship; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-(o) Student “A” gave birth to the Member’s son; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-(p) The Member lied about his relationship with Student “A” during the first and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- second interviews with the Ministry on September 29 and October 16, 2009; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-(q) Even during the third interview, the Member gave the false impression that his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf: sexual relationship with Student “A” had ended; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-(r) The Member took Student “A” to [XXX] for his own benefit so he [sic] could ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- [XXX] a whale hunt, which the Member could not do; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Decision by the N.W.T. Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The document entitled Hearing Committee Appointed Under the Education Staff Regulations, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Concerning Mr. H. Latour, DECISION, Exhibit 6, specifically pages 31 and 32 of the written ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-decision, drafted in N.W.T., states that the purpose of this Discipline Committee is to determine ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-whether the Member’s teaching certificate should be cancelled or suspended. The issues relating ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-to the Member’s actions are: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-  Conduct inconsistent with a proper student-teacher relationship; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf:  A sexual relationship between Mr. Latour and an [XXX] year old female student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- commencing within days of her Grade [XXX] graduation; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-  Mr. Latour taking advantage of his position of trust over the student to form a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- close relationship that was not accidental in nature and that developed into a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf: sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The College asked Joyce McLean to explain the disciplinary procedures involving teachers in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-N.W.T.: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Joyce McLean ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Ms. McLean is the Registrar for Teacher Certification at the Ministry of Education, Culture & ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Employment in Yellowknife, N.W.T. Her testimony was given in English. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The Committee learned during the testimony that there is only one registrar in N.W.T., that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-N.W.T. Ministry of Education does not deal with many discipline-related cases and that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Latour case is the most recent teacher discipline procedure. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The Registrar went on to discuss the procedure leading to the cancellation of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-certificate. To cancel or suspend a teaching certificate and handle any matters of this kind, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Ministry appoints a discipline committee, on a case-by-case basis, charged with investigating a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-complaint against a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Based on the testimony and the exhibits produced in this case, the Committee noted that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- - the complaint against the Member began in the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- - the Member was a teacher for the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- - the hearing was held on July 14, 2010 and ended on July 16, 2010 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- - the written decision is dated August 6, 2010 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- - the Member was in attendance at this hearing in N.W.T., but was not represented by legal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- counsel. (Exhibit 6) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Ms. McLean referred to the Hearing Committee Appointed Under the Education Staff ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Regulations, Concerning Mr. H. Latour, DECISION, Exhibit 6, when explaining the decision ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-made with regard to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-This document contains the highlights of the decision, but some information has been concealed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-in accordance with the Privacy Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. P-21), while complying with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-requirements of the Access to Information Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. A-1). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-After reading the document and hearing Ms. McLean’s explanations, the Committee noted that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-- The document indicates clearly that the N.W.T. committee’s findings with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf: Member’s conduct relate to “grooming” behaviour and the initiation of a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-with aggravating factors which constitute unprofessional conduct, according to the decision ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-made by the committee: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- The Hearing Committee also finds that there was “grooming behaviour” by Mr. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- Latour with respect to [XXX] The Hearing Committee understands grooming ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- behaviour occurs when a person in authority, such as a teacher, uses threats, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- tactics and rewards to work up to inappropriate relationships. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- Elements of grooming behaviour are: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-  Mr. Latour's continued encouragement of [XXX] to join the [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-  Mr. Latour assisting [XXX] to find [XXX] as a partner, so that the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- would continue, and would be able to complete in the [XXX] competition; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-  Mr. Latour giving [XXX] private tutorials and assistance in [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- editing; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-  Mr. Latour allowing [XXX] to work alone in his classroom; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-  [XXX] being invited over to Mr. Latour’s apartment; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-  Mr. Latour subletting his apartment to [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf:  Mr. Latour giving wine to [XXX] the night that they began their sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- relationship. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- While some of these activities may by themselves be harmless, collectively they ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf: are all evidence of Mr. Latour grooming [XXX] The Hearing Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- this to be an aggravating factor. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- For these reasons, the Hearing Committee has determined that Mr. Latour had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- engaged in unprofessional conduct on the part of the teacher. That is grounds for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- the suspension or cancellation of a teaching certificate, under section 44(b) of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- Regulations. (Exhibit 6, p.36) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-A number of facts in the N.W.T. decision (Exhibit 6) are identical to those in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Hearing, Exhibit 1. The most material show clearly that the Member engaged in “grooming” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-behaviour with a student at his school (Student “A”), that he encouraged her to join the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-he supervised, gave her [XXX] editing tutorials and private help and allowed her to work alone ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-in his classroom. More seriously, the Member asked Student “A” to go with him to [XXX] to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-[XXX] a whale hunt because the Member could not. The Member subsequently invited her to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-his apartment (he sublet the same apartment to her), and gave her wine during an evening with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf:her in which they began a sexual relationship. This relationship continued and Student “A” gave ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-birth to the Member’s son. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The Committee also noted the evidence that the Member denied this relationship when he was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-interviewed in N.W.T., as shown on pages 32 and 33 of Exhibit 6: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-  Mr. Latour was interviewed three times by the Investigators; On September 29, 2009, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- October 16, 2009 and October 21, 2009; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-  In all three interviews, Mr. Latour was asked whether he had a physical relationship with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- a student or former student. In the first interview, Mr. Latour denied having such a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- relationship, and he characterized that as “sick”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-  In the second interview, Mr. Latour again denied having such a relationship. Mr. Latour ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- was then presented with the Facebook e-mail exchange between [XXX] [an individual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- unidentified during the College hearing] and Mr. Latour. The interview ended soon after ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- that, at the request of Mr. Latour’s NWTTA representative. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-  In the third interview Mr. Latour read a written statement. That statement included a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- reference to “an intimate and private moment that happened in the summer” between ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf: [XXX] [Student “A”] and Mr. Latour. Mr. Latour was asked if this was a sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- relationship between [XXX] [Student “A”] and Mr. Latour. He confirmed that it was; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The Committee also noted that other facts support the allegations set out in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Hearing, Exhibit 1: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf:By initiating and maintaining a sexual relationship with a student, the Member failed to maintain ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The Member exploited the vulnerability of an [XXX]-year-old student while occupying a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-position of trust and authority. He abused the student psychologically or emotionally and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf:sexually, contrary to subsections 1(7.2) and 1(7.3), by initiating an intimate relationship with her. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The Committee further considers that the Member’s conduct constitutes a breach of his duties ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-under section 264 of the Education Act. It was his duty to ensure the students’ safety. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The Member failed to comply with the Education Act or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-In his letter of December 18, 2012, the Member wrote: “Furthermore, I was not guilty of any ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-unprofessional conduct…,” Exhibit 7. This piece of evidence shows that the Member has no ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-understanding of a teacher’s role in society and does not uphold the standards of conduct for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-teaching profession, contrary to subsection 1(16). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The fact that the student had to go through pregnancy and childbirth and the demands of parental ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-responsibility as a teenager is proof of the Member’s flagrant negligence with respect to the risk ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-and danger to which he exposed the student, contrary to subsection 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf:An inappropriate relationship with a student, especially a sexual one, represents improper ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-conduct and serious professional misconduct. The Member’s actions would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional and constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-unbecoming a member, contrary to subsections 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The Committee finds it plausible that the alleged events took place. The College has therefore ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-met the burden of proof by relying on clear, cogent and convincing evidence and has achieved ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-the standard of proof of the balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The Committee agrees with the College’s assumption that the Member is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-misconduct, being more particularly breaches of subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 (Professional Misconduct) made under the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-As for the Member’s argument in the N.W.T. decision; i.e., the fact that Student “A” was [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-years old and had graduated a few weeks beforehand, the Committee agrees with the N.W.T. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-committee’s finding on page 34 of Exhibit 6: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- Regardless of the circumstances, it was entirely inappropriate for Mr. Latour to engage in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf: a sexual relationship with an [XXX] year old female who had graduated from Mr. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- Latour’s school approximately two weeks before. Mr. Latour argues that [XXX] [Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- “A”] was, at this time, an adult that there is a clear change in status that occurs on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- graduation. The Hearing Committee disagrees. [XXX] [Student “A”] was, at this time, a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- former student of Mr. Latour. There cannot be a distinction, as Mr. Latour suggests, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf: between a sexual relationship that occurs two weeks before graduation between a teacher ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf: and a student, and a sexual relationship that occurs two weeks after graduation between ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- the same two people. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The Committee agrees with this interpretation by the N.W.T. committee. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY BY COUNSEL FOR THE COLLEGE ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Counsel for the College stated that, in this case, revocation of the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Qualification and Registration was self-evident. She also recommended publication of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Member’s name in the College’s official publication, Pour parler profession/Professionally ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Speaking. She stated that the revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Registration would serve as a specific deterrent for the Member and as a general deterrent for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-members of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-PENALTY AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The Committee made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-1. It directed the College Registrar to revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- Registration. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-2. It directed that the decision and order be published in summary form in the next regular ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- issue of Pour parler profession/Professionally Speaking, including the Member’s name ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- as it appears on the public register. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The Committee accepted the submissions of Counsel for the College and agreed that there was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-evidence of “grooming” behaviour in this case and that the Member had initiated an intimate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf:sexual relationship with one of his students, aged [XXX]. These actions warranted revocation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-and the publication of the Member’s name in the College’s official publication, Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-profession/ Professionally Speaking. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The revocation of the Certificate of Qualification and Registration is warranted by virtue of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf:true nature of this case, which is, after all, one of sexual misconduct. The Committee is not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-convinced that the Member fully comprehends the importance of respecting the boundaries ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-between students and teachers which should not be crossed. The revocation is necessary for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-purposes of ensuring students’ safety and serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-The Committee believes that it is necessary to publish its findings and order with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-Member, because that will act as a deterrent for the teaching profession as a whole as well as for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-the Member. Publication with the Member’s name sends a message both to this Member and to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-the members of the profession as a whole that this misconduct crosses the boundaries between ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-students and teachers which must not be crossed and, in doing so, undermines trust in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-members of the teaching profession. The publication of the Member’s name also serves the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf-interests of the public by providing reassurance and by letting the community know that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that subject to ratification by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf-Committee, agreement had been reached on the facts and introduced a Memorandum of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf-Agreement (“MOA”), (Exhibit 3) which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf-The parties hereby agree to the truth and accuracy of the facts that are hereinafter ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf-expressed and agree to the receipt of this document by the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf-1. On July 22, 2011, the College received a letter of notification, dated June 30, 2011, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf: from the Greater Essex County District School Board (the “Board”), regarding the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- Member, a contract teacher at Margaret D. Bennie Public School (the “School”) with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- the Board, pursuant to its obligation under section 43.2 of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf-2. The Board reported that as a result of surveillance, over a period of five school days ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- the Member was recorded on video taking a total of $33.00 from a locked drawer in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- the School’s office. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf-3. On June 10, 2011, School and Board administration held a meeting with the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- regarding the above-noted matter. During this meeting, the Board indicated that it ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- could establish that the Member had a key and had taken the money. The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- was informed that he would be suspended without pay and that there would be a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- recommendation for termination of his employment. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf-4. The Member resigned from the Board effective June 10, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf-5. On November 18, 2011, the Board received a letter from the Member enclosing a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- $100 cheque for restitution. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf-6. The Member acknowledges that he engaged in the alleged conduct. The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- states that he regrets his conduct and submits that the conduct in question was out of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- character and that it was an isolated occurrence. The Member states that he was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- experiencing financial difficulties at the time and that he made a mistake by engaging ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- in the conduct. The Member states that he had never previously engaged in the same ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- or similar conduct and, moreover, the Member states that he has not engaged in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- same or similar conduct since the time period in question. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf-7. By this document, the Member pleads guilty to professional misconduct as alleged in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- the Notice of Hearing, issued on November 12, 2012, and in so doing, accepts as true ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- the particulars set out in this section of the MOA. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-“Committee”) on October 16, 2013 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated March 8, 2013 was served on Allester Gerard ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Ashley Macedo, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-College of Teachers on April 10, 2013 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for October 16, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-The Member was present and acting on his own behalf. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-The allegations against Allester Gerard Ashley Macedo (the “Member”) in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Allester Gerard Ashley Macedo is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-misconduct as defined in subsection 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 5. On or about May 29, [XXX], Peel Regional Police charged that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf: unlawfully did commit a sexual assault on the Student contrary to section 271 of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- the Criminal Code of Canada and that the Member unlawfully, did being in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf: position of trust or authority towards the Student, a young person, did for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- purpose, touch directly the body of the Student, a young person, with a part of his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- body to wit his hand and lips contrary to section 153(a) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- Canada. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 6. On or about February 8, 2011, the Member was found guilty of the above charges. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 7. On July 22, 2011, the Member was sentenced to ninety (90) days jail and two (2) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- years probation for the charge under section 153(a) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf: Canada. A conditional stay was entered with respect to the charge of sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- assault. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-At the hearing on October 16, 2013, College Counsel sought to withdraw the allegations ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-of professional misconduct in paragraphs (b) and (c) in the Notice of Hearing, namely ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-that the Member abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7) and that he abused a student or students physically, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1). The Committee agreed that these ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-allegations should be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-The Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-A non-publication order was issued under subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-(Canada), in the proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The Committee is required ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 3) confirmed that on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-February 8, 2011, the Member was found guilty of the charge that he, on or about May ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:29, [XXX], unlawfully did commit a sexual assault on the Student contrary to section 271 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-of the Criminal Code (Canada). Further, the Member was found guilty of the charge that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-he, on or about May 29, [XXX], unlawfully, while being in a position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:authority towards the Student, a young person, did for a sexual purpose, touch directly or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-indirectly, the body of the Student, a young person, with a part of his body, to wit his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-hand and lips contrary to section 153(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-The Member was a [XXX] teacher at the School. The Student was a [XXX] year old ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-female in the Member’s Grade [XXX] [XXX] class. The Student was an [XXX] [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-(“”) student, who was struggling academically in the Member’s class. On May 29, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-[XXX], the Member supervised a test in the last period of the day. The bell rang ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-signalling the end of the day and the end of the test. Most students left the classroom as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-they had completed the test. The Student and fellow classmates, approximately [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-were given additional accommodation to remain in class and continue the test (Exhibit 3, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Tab E, page 5). As the students finished the test, they left the classroom until the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Member was left supervising [XXX] students. While supervising these [XXX] students, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-the Member pinched and kissed the Student’s cheek. After the [XXX] student left the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-classroom, the Member kissed the Student a number of times, hugged her, and ran his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-hand from her waist area down quickly to her “butt”. The Member then professed his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-love for her and asked if she loved him. The Member asked permission from the Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-to kiss her. The Student left the classroom after this exchange, almost one hour after the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-end of the school day. Subsequently, the Member called the Student back to his location ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-in the hallway and said “It’s our secret”. The Student replied, “Okay” and then left. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-On July 22, 2011, the Court sentenced the Member to ninety (90) days in jail and two (2) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:years of probation. The sentence was imposed with respect to the charge of sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:exploitation of the Student. A conditional stay was entered with respect to the sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-assault charge. On January 23, 2012, the Member appealed his conviction and sentence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-to the Superior Court of Justice – Ontario Summary Conviction Appeal Court. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-appeal was dismissed on May 17, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Testimony of the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-The Member testified that for the last twenty plus years, he has never been unfaithful to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-his wife. The Member provided the Committee with information regarding his family. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-The Member stated that these events have hurt his family, friends and colleagues. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Member testified that he proceeded with a trial in the hope that the judge would “see the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-truth”. The Member stated that he had no further admissible evidence to submit. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING – COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the starting and ending point for the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-consideration is the Notice of Hearing. College Counsel stated that the Committee must ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-accept as proven and true the evidence contained in Exhibit 3. College Counsel reviewed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-for the Committee how the court documents applied to each of the allegations in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Notice of Hearing. College Counsel stated that the Committee is bound to accept as fact ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-that the conduct occurred and that the Member was convicted of the offences. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-With respect to failing to maintain the standards of the profession, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-submitted that the Committee has evidence of the Member, who in the course of carrying ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-out his professional duties as a teacher, provided undue assistance to the Student for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:purpose of facilitating sexual contact which is a breach of the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-College Counsel referenced the Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Madam Justice ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Ready found at page 5, Tab C (Exhibit 3) to demonstrate the psychological and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-emotional impact of the Member’s misconduct on the Student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-It was submitted that the allegations of kissing, touching the Student’s “bum” and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:comments made by the Member meet the definition in the Act of sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Teachers are role models and must lead by example. With respect to subsection 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-College Counsel stated that the Member, by engaging in this conduct, did not set a good ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-example. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-College Counsel pointed out to the Committee that the Member’s criminal conviction is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-very relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration. In ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-addition, College Counsel submitted that the Member served a jail sentence, is currently ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-on probation with specific terms which may cause students to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-risk. College Counsel further submitted that the Member has expressed no remorse and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-still does not accept that this happened. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-College Counsel emphasized that the Member’s conduct was a “gross breach of trust” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-and conduct unbecoming as he used his position as a teacher to “advance his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-relationship” with a struggling student with poor grades. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING – THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-The Member submitted that the Student received extra time to complete the test because ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-she was an [XXX] student and therefore, the teacher is required to provide ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-accommodation. The Member stated that no finding of grooming was made by the trial ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-judge. The Member submitted that he has been a teacher for twenty-five years, [XXX] a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-number of [XXX] and has never had any other allegations of misconduct made against ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-him. The Member further submitted that there was a mutual respect between him and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-students and that he helped students as much as he could, both in and out of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-classroom. The Member concluded his submissions by stating that he received good ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-evaluations from his administration. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-by Counsel for the College and the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Allester ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Gerard Ashley Macedo committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:The Committee also finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was committed by a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been granted. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-accepts as fact, as detailed in the court documents contained within Exhibit 3, that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:Member was convicted of sexual assault and sexual exploitation of the Student. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-conviction was entered on February 8, 2011. On July 22, 2011, a conditional stay was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:entered with respect to the charge of sexual assault. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-The Member was subsequently sentenced to ninety (90) days in jail and two (2) years of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:probation with respect to the charge of sexual exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-While the Member appealed the conviction and sentence, this appeal was unsuccessful. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s criminal conviction for sexual assault and sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-exploitation constitutes acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:and 1(19). The Committee further finds that because of his inappropriate sexual contact ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:with the Student, the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY - COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the only appropriate penalty in this case was immediate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-revocation and publication with the name of the Member. College Counsel posed a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-threshold question for the Committee to address when considering the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-penalty – Can the Member continue in the profession in light of the serious breach of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-trust? ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member should lose the privilege to teach given his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-conduct and the serious breach of trust. College Counsel stated that revocation would act ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-as a specific deterrent to the Member as he continues to deny any wrongdoing and does ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-not accept or acknowledge his actions. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-With respect to general deterrence, revocation will send a message to the rest of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-profession and the public that this conduct is not appropriate when interacting with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the nature of the Member’s conduct falls at the lower end ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-of the spectrum however “the line has still been crossed”. College Counsel further ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-submitted that the aggravating factors that should be considered are that the conduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-occurred in the classroom during a test, extra attention was given to the Student in an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:attempt to engage in a sexual relationship, all of which caused grave concern when the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Member was sentenced in the criminal justice system. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-College Counsel provided two cases for review by the Committee, which he submitted ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-were very similar in terms of the nature of the conduct and the penalty sought by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-College. In each of these cases, the penalty consisted of revocation and publication with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-name and the misconduct represented a serious breach of trust, which was in conflict with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-the duty of a teacher to protect students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY – THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-The Member submitted that an appropriate penalty would be a reprimand for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-accommodations given to the [XXX] student and publication without name. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-Member stated that the actions are at the lower end of the scale and spoke to the impact ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-of the judge’s decision on his life. The Member further stated that “remorse can only be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-felt if the acts were committed”. The Member submitted that his name should not be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-published as it would negatively impact him and his family. The Member further ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-submitted that some of his former students, who are now teachers, would lose respect for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-him. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- a) the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- b) the Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and order of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- Committee, in summary form with the name of the member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf:The Member was convicted of sexual assault and sexual exploitation of one of his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-students in criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member abused the authority and trust vested in him in his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-role as a teacher, without regard for the well-being of the Student. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-behaviour caused the Student to feel scared, embarrassed and afraid (Exhibit 3, Tab E, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-page 11). In addition, the Student wrote in a victim impact statement that the incident ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-“has changed the relationship that she feels she can have with teachers generally, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-especially male teachers” (Exhibit 3, Tab C, page 5). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-The Committee considered the location of the incident to be an aggravating factor in this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-matter. The conduct occurred in the classroom while the Member was engaged in his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf-duties as a teacher. The classroom is a learning environment in which students should, at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-1. Eric John Maillard (the “Member) is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-2. Between August 1, 2007 to October 23, 2009, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf: (a) was in possession of child pornography; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf: (b) accessed child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-As the Member was not present or represented by counsel, the Committee proceeded on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-The College called two witnesses, Iona Mitchell and Detective Cameron Hyde. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Evidence of Iona Mitchell ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Iona Mitchell (“Ms. Mitchell”) is the Manager of Membership Records for the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-College of Teachers. Ms. Mitchell testified that she is responsible for the department that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-manages the records of members and prospective members. Ms. Mitchell confirmed that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-the College does have a member by the name of Eric John Maillard, whose Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-College of Teachers (“OCT”) Registration number is 491930 and that he was a member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-of the College from 2005 to 2010. Ms. Mitchell testified that the Member’s status was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-“Suspended-Non-payment of fees” as of April 30, 2010. Ms. Mitchell confirmed that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-the Member submitted his resignation from the College on September 2, 2011 (Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Resignation-Exhibit 4) and that his current status is “Cancelled-Resigned” as of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-September 8, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Ms. Mitchell testified that the Member’s last known address was as shown on the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-“Personal Information Tab” of the College’s “New Registry System” (Exhibit 5) and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-made reference to the College’s by-law, which states that within thirty days of any part of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-a record change, the College must be notified of the change. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Evidence of Detective Cameron Hyde ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Detective Hyde (“Det. Hyde”) testified that he was in his eleventh year with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Winnipeg Police Service and that he was a member of the Internet Child Exploitation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Unit (“ICE”) from 2008 to 2013. Det. Hyde stated that the ICE unit is responsible for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:investigating child pornography, internet luring and crimes against children. Det. Hyde ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-further stated that the unit has a ninety percent success rate for securing confessions ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-during interviews. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Det. Hyde testified that he received a phone call from Constable Mark Hutton, (“Const. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Hutton”) who was the first responder for the ICE unit, on October 21, 2009. Det. Hyde ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:stated that Const. Hutton advised him that images of a sexual nature of children between ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-ten to twelve years of age were found on a computer that was brought to a repair shop in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Winnipeg (“Mac Helper”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Det. Hyde testified that he attended at Mac Helper and spoke with the manager, Howie ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Morrow. Det. Hyde further testified that he then interviewed the technician servicing the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-computer, Kevin Russell, who had discovered six (6) to ten (10) images of very young ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-girls “scantily clad”. Det. Hyde advised Mr. Russell that the images did not meet the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:definition of child pornography and therefore were not illegal. Det. Hyde further advised ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Mr. Russell that the images were considered “child-modeling” and that this in itself is not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-illegal. Det. Hyde stated that these images are of a moral concern but not child ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:pornography. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Det. Hyde testified that he obtained a copy of the work order from Mac Helper that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-identified the Member as the owner of the computer. Det. Hyde stated that he left a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-voicemail message for the Member to contact him. Det. Hyde testified that he received a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-phone call from the Member on October 21, 2009. Det. Hyde further testified that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:Member stated that he was a “smut addict”, had an “addiction to pornography” and had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-“bad images” on his computer. Det. Hyde gave evidence that the Member stated that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-wished to meet with the Police in person. Det. Hyde stated that at this time, he read the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Member his “Right to Counsel” from the Charter of Rights (sec:10B), and the Police ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Caution (Exhibit 6). Det. Hyde testified that he was satisfied that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-understood his rights. Det. Hyde further testified that it was arranged that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-would attend at the police station on October 23, 2009 to be interviewed. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Det. Hyde testified that he contacted Mac Helper and advised them to hold the computer ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-for investigation. Det. Hyde further testified that the next morning, October 22, 2009, he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-seized the Member’s computer and an external hard drive, which contained a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-contents of the Member’s hard drive. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Det. Hyde testified that when the Member attended at the police station for the interview, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-he advised him that the interview would be audio and video recorded. Det. Hyde played ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-segments of the video interview (Exhibit 7) with the Member for the Committee. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:video interview showed the Member admitting that the pornography located on the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-computer was his collection and that he relied on the disclaimers of the websites, which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-stated that the images were of girls eighteen years or older. The video interview shows ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-the Member admitting that he knows that looking at the images is not appropriate and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-that looking at images of children would be considered child abuse. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-admitted in the video that as a school teacher, he could tell the difference in ages of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:children, that there was an “inordinate amount of pornography” on the computer, and that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-he is “not in the right profession”. The video interview showed the Member being ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:advised that he would be charged with possession of child pornography and accessing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:child pornography. The video interview also showed the Member being read his Charter ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Rights and being advised that the Police would be obtaining a search warrant to view the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-contents of the Member’s computer. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Det. Hyde testified that following the interview, a search warrant was obtained on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-November 2, 2009 to search the Member’s computer. Det. Hyde further testified that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Constable Daryn Laminman (“Const. Laminman”), an officer assigned to the Tech Crime ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Forensic Unit, extracted images from the Member’s computer using the Law ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Enforcement against Child Exploitation (“LACE”) program. Det. Hyde described the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-LACE program as a computer program that examines photographs by using “LACE ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Image Analysis” to categorize the images (Exhibit 8). Det. Hyde stated that a trained ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-officer then views the image and categorizes it. Det. Hyde further stated that members of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-the task force receive training in how to identify the nature of an image through various ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-conferences and working with medical doctors. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Det. Hyde testified that an examination of the 318,577 images on the Member’s computer ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:found that 197 met the Criminal Code definition of child pornography. Det. Hyde ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-presented the Committee with a sample of fifteen images of pre-pubescent girls in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-various positions that were extracted from the Member’s computer. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Det. Hyde testified that along with the images, the Member used the Google search ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-engine to look up some of the following terms: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-  “Child Porn Law Canada”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:  “How People get caught child porn”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-  “Prevent other users from viewing administrator files”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-  “How do I hide downloaded files on Mac”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-  “How do I hide Vuze files from other accounts”; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-  “Sharing Vuze files with other users”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:Det. Hyde further testified that no child pornography video files were found on the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Member’s computer, however “Play Angel” videos (depicting dancing teenage aged girls ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-with the video camera focused on their groin area) were found on the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-computer. Det. Hyde stated that the collection of images found on the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-computer were of mostly pre-pubescent females ranging from eight to sixteen years of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-age. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Det. Hyde testified that the Crown Attorney assigned to the criminal proceedings advised ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-that the charges against the Member were stayed due to late disclosure of the Forensic ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Eric John Maillard ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), (14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Based on the evidence and testimony of Det. Hyde, and exhibits filed, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:finds that the Member accessed and was in possession of child pornography from August ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-1, 2007 to October 23, 2009. The Member, by his own admission, as seen in the video ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:interview, is addicted to pornography, but upon further investigation, the type of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:pornography that he accessed and possessed depicted children between the ages of eight ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-to sixteen years of age. These images fit the Criminal Code definition of child ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:pornography. The Committee viewed a sample of images taken from the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-computer which clearly depicted pre-pubescent girls, some nude and in various positions. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-In some of the images, the girls were photographed being touched by adults. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member was fully aware that his conduct was inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-as evidenced by the fact that Google searches that were found on the Member’s computer ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:included terms like “Child Porn Law Canada” and “How people get caught child porn”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-It also seems clear to the Committee from the evidence presented that the Member may ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-have attempted to share the images with others because Google searches for terms like ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Counsel submitted that revocation will send the appropriate message that this conduct is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-not consistent with being a member of the College, and is insidious and will not be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-1. directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-2. pursuant to subsection 30 (5) paragraph 3 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- findings and Order of the Committee shall be published in summary, with the name ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-The Committee agrees with the submissions of College Counsel that it has the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-jurisdiction to hear the matter relating to the Member by virtue of subsection 15(4) and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-that it furthermore has the jurisdiction to impose a penalty pursuant to subsection 30(4) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-and (5) even though the status of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Registration is currently “Cancelled-Resigned.” The Member was a member of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-College during the time period which the allegations arose. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf:Possession of child pornography is a crime against children and perpetuates a market ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-which thrives on the exploitation of children. Society abhors child exploitation and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf-Committee is resolute that no member of the profession should engage in this type of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-“Committee”) on June 4, 2013 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated August 20, 2012 was served on Stephen ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Alexander Martin, requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers on September 13, 2012 to set a date for a hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for June 4, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-The Member was not in attendance and was not represented by counsel. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-The allegations against Stephen Alexander Martin (the Member”) in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Stephen Alexander Martin is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(b) he abused a student and/or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(c) he abused a student and/or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf:(d) he abused a student and/or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student and/or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- Member’s professional supervision to be put at or remain at risk, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3), which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-1. Stephen Alexander Martin (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Durham District School ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Board (the “Board”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-3. From in and around June 2009 to in and around April 2011, the Member was a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-teacher at an elementary school of the Board (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-4. From in and around June 1, 2009 to in and around April 12, 2011 the Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(a) communicated in a sexually explicit and inappropriate manner via the Internet ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- with a student and/or students; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf:(b) possessed child pornography; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf:(c) made child pornography; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-5. On or about March 30, 2011, the Member was charged by the Durham Regional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Police Service with Internet luring of a minor and/or minors, invitation to sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf:touching, possession of child pornography and making child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-6. On or about December 17, 2011, the Member’s employment with the Board was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-terminated. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-7. On or about December 16, 2011, the Member was found guilty of ten (10) charges ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-of luring a child via computer for sexual exploitation and one count of making child ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf:pornography contrary to Sections 163(1) and 172.1(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-8. The Member was sentenced, for the offences referred to in paragraph 7 above, to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-two (2) years less a day and a three (3) year probationary period. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-9. Attached to Exhibit 3, Tab “A” is a certified copy of the Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-to the charges. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-10. Attached to Exhibit 3, Tab “B” is a certified copy of the Probation Order and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Schedule of Terms and additional sentencing endorsement dated December 16, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-11. Attached to Exhibit 3, Tab “C” is a copy of the court transcript of the Proceedings ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-at Plea of Guilty and the Reasons for Sentence dated December 16, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-1. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 11 above (the “Admitted ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-2. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-paragraph 4 to 8 above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and admits ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Member also admits that he engaged in sexual abuse of students of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-3. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the College with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- respect to a penalty does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-(f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-4. In light of the admitted facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member request that the Discipline Committee find ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Stephen Alexander ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Martin committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97, 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf:1(19). The Committee also finds that the Member he engaged in sexual abuse of students ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-The Committee accepts the Member’s admission of the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-referred to in paragraphs 1 to 11 above (the “Admitted Facts”). The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-acknowledged that the Admitted Facts referred to in paragraphs 4 to 8 above, constitute ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleaded guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 437/97, 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Committee also finds that the Member he engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-of students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and accepts that the facts in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3) amount to professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-misconduct as pleaded to by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-On or about December 16, 2011, the Member was found guilty of ten (10) charges of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-luring a child via computer for sexual exploitation and one count of making child ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf:pornography contrary to Sections 163(1) and 172.1(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-For these offences, he was sentenced to two (2) years less a day and a three (3) year ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-probationary period. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-been granted. The Member has not appealed the convictions or the sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-The Committee finds that by his actions and his convictions of ten (10) counts of luring a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-child via computer for sexual exploitation and one conviction of making child ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf:pornography, the Member committed acts of professional as alleged. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty document (Exhibit 3), College Counsel and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Member jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Committee in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-this matter would be that the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers be directed to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-revoke the Certificate and Qualification and Registration of the Member. The parties ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-agreed that publication of the findings and Order of the Committee be published in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-summary in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-profession but had not agreed on whether or not the Member’s name should be published ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-and made submissions on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-College Counsel argued that the seriousness of the Member’s professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-warrants the publication of his name. The Member made no submissions with respect to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-publication of his name. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-2. There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- summary form, with the name of the Member in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-This Member was found guilty of ten charges of luring a child via computer for sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf:exploitation and one count of making child pornography. The Member actively preyed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-on his students by posing as a [XXX] -year old female student, named “[XXX]”. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Member would encourage the students to befriend him on Facebook and MSN and then ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-ask them to expose their genitals on a webcam. One victim’s parent worked with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Member and considered him a friend of the family. On reviewing her child’s computer, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-she discovered sexually explicit text which asked that her son expose himself on the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-webcam. This parent informed the police, who launched an investigation and determined ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-the Member’s IP address. A search warrant of the Member’s home revealed 18 external ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-hard drives. At trial, only five of these hard drives had been assessed and these revealed a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf:total of 3,374 pictures that constituted child pornography and 582 movies which were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf:assessed as child pornography. (Exhibit 3, Tab C). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-The victim impact statements, of which there were many, revealed the extent of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-Member’s behaviour and the damage that ensued. A parent stated “a piece of his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-childhood has been stolen from him.” One student stated “there is no word in my ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-vocabulary that I can think of to describe what amount of fear, disgust, disgrace and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-overall dignity, of shamefulness that has scarred me for life and will always stay there ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-with me.” In another statement a parent described the difficulty of having to tell her son, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-that his former teacher had sexually exploited him over the internet. One parent ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-addressed the damage done to the implicit trust that the public places in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-profession and the consequences of such an attack on this trust. (Exhibit 3, Tab C). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-During the relevant time period, the Member taught as an elementary school teacher. In ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-this capacity, the Member had to have known full well the danger presented to children ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-and society by his actions. The Member abused his students and his position of trust for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-his own self-gratification. As a Member who contravened laws, his conduct is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and brings the profession into disrepute. Targeting, and luring ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf:children and perpetuating a market for child pornography that thrives on the exploitation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf-and abuse of children is a crime that is most heinous. The Member’s active participation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(e) he failed to comply with Section 229(1)(c) of the Education Act 1974 and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-amendments thereto including section 235(1)(c) of R.S.O. 1980, c. 129 and section ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-264(1)(c) of R.S.O 1990, c. E.2; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(f) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Member’s professional supervision to be put at or remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(i) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member contrary, to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:(k) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(l) he contravened Section 264.1(c) of the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-1. William Hodgson Marshall (the “Member”) is a Member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-of Teachers. He has held an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate since July 1948. Attached to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Exhibit 2, Tab “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-2. From in and around 1952 to 1954 and again from 1957 to 1958, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-a teacher at the [XXX] School, an [XXX] school, in Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-3. From in and around 1954 to 1956 the Member was an employee of the Windsor ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:Essex Catholic District School Board and was a teacher at [XXX] School in Windsor, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-4. From in and around 1960 to 1961, 1973 to 1974 and 1980 the Member was an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-employee of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board and a teacher and Principal at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-[XXX] in Sudbury, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-5. From in and around 1985 to 1989, the Member was an employee of Windsor ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:Essex Catholic District School Board and was Principal at the [XXX] School in Windsor, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-6. During the material times, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(a) indecently assaulted fifteen (15) Male Persons, Students #1 to #15 and one (1) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Female Person; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:(b) sexually assaulted one (1) Male Person, Student #16. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-7. On June 8, 2011, the Member entered a guilty plea and was convicted of one (1) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:count of sexual assault and sixteen (16) counts of indecent assault before the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Mr. Justice L. Dean. On June 9, 2011 the Member was sentenced by the Honourable Mr. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Justice L. Dean to two (2) years imprisonment, to be served concurrently, and three (3) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-years’ probation for each count. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-8. The particulars of the Member’s convictions are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-indecently assault Student #13, a Male Person, contrary to Section 148 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(n) that between the 1st day of January in the year 1955 and the 31st day of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-December in the year 1956 at the city of Windsor in the Southwest Region, did ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-indecently assault Student #14, a Male Person, contrary to Section 148 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(o) that between the 1st day of January in the year 1981 and the 31st day of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-December in the year 1985 at the city of Windsor in the Southwest Region, did ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-indecently assault Student #15, a Male Person, contrary to Section 156 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(p) that between the 1st day of September in the year 1985 and the 1st day of July in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:the year 1986 at the city of Windsor in the Southwest Region, did sexually assault ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Student #16, a Male Person, contrary to Section 246.1(1) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Canada; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(q) that between the 1st day of January in the year 1969 and the 1st day of January in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-the year 1970, in the City of Galt, did indecently assault, a Female Person, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Section 149(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-9. Attached to Exhibit 2, Tab “B” is a certified copy of the Police Information of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Toronto Police Service, the Greater Sudbury Police Service and the City of Windsor ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Police Service with respect to the charges. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-10. Attached to Exhibit 2, Tab “C” is a copy of the transcript of the Proceedings at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Guilty Plea dated June 8, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-11. Attached to Exhibit 2, Tab “D” is a copy of the transcript of the Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Sentence dated June 9, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- Attached to Exhibit 2, Tab “E” is a certified copy of the Probation Order dated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-12. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-June 9, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-13. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-the truth of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 12 above (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-“Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-14. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-paragraphs 6 to 8 above, constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and admits ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-of the Schools Administration Act, the Education Act, sections 13, 14(d) and (f) of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Ontario Regulation 63/55 made under the Teaching Profession Act, and subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member also admits ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:that he engaged in sexual abuse of students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-15. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-to require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, including ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-reference to his name, may be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(e) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College and himself ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-with respect to penalty does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-(f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-16. In light of the admitted facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-by Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-that William Hodgson Marshall committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-being more particularly breaches of the Schools Administration Act, the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-sections 13, 14(d) and (f) of Ontario Regulation 63/55 made under the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Profession Act, and subsections 1(5), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:Regulation 437/97. The Committee also finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-of students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-The Committee accepts the Member’s admission of the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-referred to in paragraphs 1 to 12 above (the “Admitted Facts”). The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-acknowledged that the Admitted Facts referred to in paragraphs 6 to 8 above, constitute ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleaded guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of the Schools ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Administration Act, the Education Act, sections 13, 14(d) and (f) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-63/55 made under the Teaching Profession Act, and subsections 1(5), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member also admits that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:sexual abuse of students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and accepts that the facts in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2) amount to professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-misconduct as pleaded to by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-On June 8, 2011, the Member entered a guilty plea and was convicted of one (1) count of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:sexual assault and sixteen (16) counts of indecent assault before the Honourable Mr. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Justice L. Dean. On June 9, 2011 the Member was sentenced by the Honourable Mr. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Justice L. Dean to two (2) years imprisonment, to be served concurrently, and three (3) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-years’ probation for each count. These offences occurred while the Member, a priest, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-was both a teacher and principal. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-been granted. The Member has not appealed the convictions or the sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-The Member’s actions and his sixteen (16) convictions of indecent assault and a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:conviction of sexual assault constitute acts of professional misconduct as alleged. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty document (Exhibit 5), College Counsel and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Member jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Committee in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-this matter would be that the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers be directed to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-revoke the Certificate and Qualification and Registration of the Member, with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-publication of the findings and Order of the Committee, with the name of the Member, in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-summary in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-2. There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- summary form, with the name of the Member in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:This Member was found guilty of one (1) count of sexual assault and sixteen (16) counts ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-of indecent assault. These offences occurred over many years and in many jurisdictions ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-while the Member was a priest and employed as a teacher and principal. These assaults ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-commenced in 1952 and continued until 1986. They spanned almost the Member’s entire ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-career as a priest, teacher and principal. Court documents, including victim impact ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:statements, reveal that the Member engaged in a long series of incidents of sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-touching of his students. These assaults occurred in many locations, including in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-rectory, in schools, school showers, in dormitories, in the Member’s office and at his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-cottage and at recreational locations. Students were assaulted in their homes while ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-parents were present in other parts of the house, and some assaults occurred where other ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-adults were present. In some cases the students, who were between the ages of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-and [XXX], were subjected to these assaults on a regular basis over long periods of time. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-The Member often used physical force and confinement and the administration of alcohol ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-to minors to effect his predations. These assaults were also associated with threats to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-students. He warned students that if they told anyone he would fail them or have them ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-removed from the school. (Exhibit 2, Tab C). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-When student victims revealed the Member’s behaviour to their principal, they were told ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-they were either lying and/or hallucinating. Parents were told by the same administrator, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-who was also a priest and principal, that they should stop their children from spreading ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-“vicious rumours”. The parents were warned that their children were causing harm by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:their complaints. The many examples of sexual touching and assaults, together paint a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-horrific picture of ethical failure and immorality. The behaviour can only be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-characterized as reprehensible, debauched and entirely shameful. (Exhibit 2, Tab C). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-The victim impact statements, of which there are many, demonstrate the devastation on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-their personal lives and families, and continuing harm on their emotional and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-psychological well-being, all caused by the Member’s actions. For many of the victims, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-it destroyed their faith in their church and educational institutions. (Exhibit 2, Tab C). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-The Member has brought shame and disrepute to the profession through his abuse of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf:power and sexual exploitation of students. In these circumstances, there is no other ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-recourse but revocation and publication with name. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-Revocation serves as both a specific and general deterrent, protects children and restores ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-public confidence in the profession. Publication with name serves the public interest by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-informing the community that the profession acts decisively when matters of this nature ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-are brought to its attention. Publication with name also serves to inform other members ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-of the profession that the College will denounce such behaviour with the most rigorous ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-This matter began before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) on May ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-8, 2012, at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated May 10, 2011 was served on Troy William Maracle, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-requesting his presence on May 25, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set to commence on May 8, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Troy William Maracle was in attendance for every hearing date. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The allegations against Troy William Maracle (the “Member”) in the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-(Exhibit 1) dated May 10, 2011, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Troy William Maracle is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-defined in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- (b) he abused a student physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- (c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of the nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Hastings and Prince Edward ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”) and was a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Belleville, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-2. On or between June 15, 2008 and August 13, 2008, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf: (a) sexually touched Student #1, a female student at the School, with his penis; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf: (b) engaged in a sexual relationship with Student #1. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-At all material times, the Member was employed by the Hastings and Prince Edward ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:case concerned whether the Member engaged in a sexual relationship with a female ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The specific issue for the Committee to consider was whether or not the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:in a sexual relationship with a female student between June 15, 2008 and August 13, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-2008. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Committee noted that the Notice of Hearing deals with allegations that occurred ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-between June 15, 2008 and August 13, 2008. However, much of the evidence and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-information presented to the Committee by both College Counsel and Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-dealt with alleged events during the month of September 2008. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Committee understands that an administrative proceeding is not held to the same ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-strict timelines that may be required at a criminal trial. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Committee finds that there was no unfairness to the Member. Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-had sufficient notice and knew the case that had to be made. As well, the Member himself ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-tendered evidence as to the September allegations. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-No objections were forthcoming from Member’s Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-THE EVIDENCE: WITNESSES AND EXHIBITS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Committee heard and received evidence in the form of witness testimony and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-tendered exhibits. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Witnesses: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The College called one witness, the Student in question, and the Member called three ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-witnesses: [XXX], [XXX] and Mrs. Tanya Maracle. The Member also testified before ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- Evidence of The Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-During examination in chief, the Student testified before the Committee that she was born ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-in [XXX] , Ontario and left home at the age of 12, as her parents suffered from substance ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-abuse. She lived in twelve different homes prior to moving in with the Member’s family. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The last two residences she stayed in were her uncle’s home, which she left due to his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:alleged sexual advances, and an apartment where she subsequently moved, which she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-shared with three other high school and college aged students. The Student stayed with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the Member’s family from [XXX] to [XXX] . ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Student testified that the Member’s home was an ideal family setting with two ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-children and loving parents, who did not argue. She recognized that they offered her care ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-and comfort in a supportive environment and that they were always there when she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-needed them. She referred to their house as a stable household where she felt safe. She ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-also acknowledged that she learned a good deal about patience and understanding from ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the Member and his wife and that they were the first positive role models she had had in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-her life. Their home life was “perfect and ideal” and she testified that she had trouble ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-adjusting to this environment, including following the rules that were set as a condition of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-her staying with them. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Student testified to five incidents between [XXX] and [XXX] that demonstrated her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-difficulty in maintaining trust and credibility with the Member and his wife. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-incidents she addressed began when the Student did not return from a trip to Ottawa at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the agreed time ([XXX]), changed the pre-arranged plans on a trip to Brantford ([XXX]), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-did not keep her word as to her whereabouts and intended activities ([XXX] Fair, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-[XXX]), and returned to using alcohol ([XXX] and onwards) and drugs (fall of [XXX]). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Student testified that after December 2007, when her birth mother initiated contact ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-with her again following a prolonged absence, she went into a major depressive mood ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-and a downward spiral, compounded by the death of her stepmother in June 2008. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Student recalled that the Member and his wife had urged her to seek counseling for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-her troubled past since her move into their home and had made counseling a condition of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-her staying on after the [XXX] incident (in reference to her wanting to “blow her brains ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-out”). She acknowledged that the Member and his wife worried about her emotional well- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-being and admitted that she felt instability and confusion regarding her emotions and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-state of mind. She testified that she wanted the care, comfort and support offered by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member and his family but blamed the Member for her downward spiral and eventual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-return to drug use in the fall of [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Student testified that soon after her stepmother’s death, the Member began to make ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:sexual advances towards her, comprising of a series of incidents and acts of sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:impropriety and culminating in repeated acts of sexual intercourse during the summer of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-2008. She described the first instance as occurring during the wake for her stepmother, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:where the Member hugged her in a sexually suggestive manner in order to comfort her. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-She described three separate instances occurring after her stepmother’s death, in which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the Member approached her and touched her breast, caressed her vaginal area with his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-hand, kissed her, rubbed the inside of her pants and had her straddle him. She described ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:four additional incidents, in which the Member engaged in sexual intercourse with her in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-her bedroom, on the couch downstairs in the TV room, in the hallway downstairs and in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:the bathroom. The Student also testified to acts of oral sex and “hand jobs”. The Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-could not however, recollect specific dates for these incidents. The Student stated that her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:last sexual encounter with the Member occurred on [XXX], the day before she left the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:home. She also testified that the Member tried to convince her to engage in sexual acts at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-school after she departed his home. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-During cross-examination, the Student was asked to clarify the situation regarding her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:uncle and his sexual advances, which ultimately led to her leaving his home. She ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-remembered that her uncle would come into the bathroom and her bedroom at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-inappropriate times. She described him as perverted, yet indicated he had never touched ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:her, just tried to create chances for sexual conduct to occur. The Student stated that her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:uncle had made reference to her causing sexual tension between them. She testified to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-telling her uncle that she was uncomfortable but could not recall the exact words she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-used. The Student testified that at her friend’s prompting, she disclosed this information ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-to the Member at school on February 23, 2007. The Student stated that the Member took ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-prompt action by alerting the police, the Children’s Aid Society and the school principal. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s Counsel pointed out that in the [XXX] Police Report, the Student had claimed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-that her uncle had raped and abused her, however now she maintained that this was not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the case. The Student responded by explaining that she had difficulty putting into words ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-what had happened to her in her uncle’s house. She testified to passing out as a result of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-alcohol and drug use, waking up in a different room with no clothes on and not knowing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-what had happened to her. Member’s Counsel pointed out that this testimony was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-different from the testimony given at the time of the preliminary hearing and at the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-criminal trial. The Student responded by stating that she had been embarrassed by what ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-had happened and could not clearly recollect the events due to the passage of time. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s Counsel pointed out inconsistencies in the Student’s recollection as to who ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-initiated the request for her to come and live with the Member’s family. The Student had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-told the police that the Member had offered to take her in because of the situation with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-her uncle. In actual fact, Member’s Counsel pointed out that after leaving her uncle’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-home, the Student had moved into an apartment with three other students. It was only ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-when this arrangement was coming to an end that the arrangements to move into the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s home were made. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Student testified that for the first fifteen months of living with the Member and his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-family, there was no inappropriate conduct on the part of the Member towards her. She ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:stated that sexual relations with the Member began in June 2008, following the death of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-her stepmother, specifically on [XXX], the day after her first counseling session, which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the Member and his wife had insisted she begin. Member’s Counsel asked the Student if ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-she maintained that the Member had picked the day after her first counseling session to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:be sexually active with her, and the Student replied “right”. The Student confirmed that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:she understood that the counselor would have a duty to disclose sexual abuse to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-police. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s Counsel pointed out further inconsistencies in the Student’s testimony ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:regarding the sexualized nature of the Member’s conduct in statements given at the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-preliminary hearing, criminal trial and at this hearing. Specifically, any mention of oral ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:sex was omitted in the statement to the police, at the preliminary hearing and at the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:criminal trial, where she was asked about all forms of sexual activity, not just intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:Yet at this hearing, Member’s Counsel pointed out, the Student testified to oral sex, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-“hand jobs” and over twelve incidents of intercourse between June 19, 2008 and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-September 24, 2008. Member’s Counsel pointed out to the Student that during the trial, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-she testified that on seven to ten occasions after school, she and the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:sexual intercourse. The Student agreed. Member’s Counsel further pointed out that this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-would have had to occur during the first three weeks of September 2008, and the Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-again agreed. Member’s Counsel pointed out that this information was omitted the day ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-before at this hearing, and suggested that the Student had done so because it became clear ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-during the criminal trial, that this claim was impossible. The Student responded “nothing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-is impossible”. The Student continued by stating that she remembered one time quite ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-clearly, but that she did not remember other times. She remembered some things more ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-specifically, so it was difficult to recall (if intercourse happened seven to ten times) when ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-it all seemed the same. The Student stated that the preliminary hearing was closer to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-when the events occurred. The Student stated that “my mind is fuzzy about a lot that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-happened” and maintained that, “if I said it at the preliminary, I was telling the truth”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s Counsel challenged the Student on other inconsistencies in her testimony. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-After leaving the Member’s home, the Student moved into another family’s home. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s Counsel suggested that at that time, the Student had told one of the members ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-of that household that she and the Member had had an affair, yet in the [XXX] Police ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:Report, she claimed that she had been sexually abused by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-During cross-examination by Member’s Counsel, the Student stated that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:told her she had been creating sexual tension between the two of them. Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Counsel then suggested that these elements closely resembled the situation the Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-had described at her uncle’s prior to and after leaving his home. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s Counsel continued to question the Student about additional inconsistencies ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-between current and prior testimony given by her. These inconsistencies included ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-whether or not condoms were used, how often condoms were used and how condoms ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-were disposed of following intercourse. Member’s Counsel also questioned the Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:about the number and timing of sexual incidents during the months of June to September, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-given her full time summer employment schedule and the return to school schedule of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s household. The Student responded to these questions by stating she could not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-remember specifics and even though her current and prior testimony may have been ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-contradictory, she was telling the truth at this time. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s Counsel asked the Student if her position at this hearing was that there were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:seven to ten acts of sexual intercourse in September 2008 after school. The student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-responded that she was telling the truth at that time. If that was what she said at the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-preliminary hearing, then that was the truth. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- Evidence of The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-When asked by his Counsel whether the allegations made against him had any truth to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-them, the Member responded by stating that they were false and that there was no truth to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-them. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Member told the Committee that his family has had a tradition of helping out and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-sometimes taking in children from the community. He himself has a brother and a foster ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-brother. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Member testified that he had first met the Student when she was quite young, as he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-was acquainted with her family. The acquaintance did not continue and he next met the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Student as her teacher in [XXX]. The Member taught the Student twice [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-In February of 2007, the Member stated that he was approached by the Student and her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-friend, who asked to speak with him. During this conversation, the Member stated that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the Student disclosed information about the situation with her uncle and that her uncle ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-had raped her. The Student told the Member that she was confused about what had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:happened, and that her uncle had told her she had been creating sexual tension between ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-them. The Member informed the Student that he was legally obligated to inform the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-authorities. The Member testified that he made notes about the conversation and reported ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the details to the principal, the Children’s Aid Society and the police. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Following this incident, the Student and her friend went to live with two other friends. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-When this arrangement was coming to an end, the Member testified that the Student and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-her friend asked if they could move into the Member’s home. Prior to them moving in, he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-and his wife had a discussion with the Student and her friend about their house rules and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-expectations. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Member testified that following the death of the Student’s stepmother, the Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-began counseling. In reference to the events following the [XXX] golf tournament, (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:date the student alleged sexual relations with the Member began), he testified that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-game ended around 5:00 pm, that he and his wife went to dinner with friends, came home ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-again around 11:30 pm and went to bed together. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:When asked if the Member had sex with the Student, his response was, “absolutely not”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Member testified that he and his wife used birth control but not condoms. When ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-asked by his Counsel if he ever used condoms, his response was, “No.”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-During the summer of [XXX], the Member stated that he saw very little of the Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-due to her summer work schedule as a camp counselor. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Once school began again in [XXX], the Member testified that his classes ended at 2:30 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-pm. He stated that he coached volleyball four days a week until 5:30 pm and on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Wednesdays took his children to power skating. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Member gave evidence regarding the incident following the [XXX] Fall Fair ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-weekend that ended with a friend of the Student overdosing. The Member testified that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-following the Student’s phone call, he and his wife picked her up and brought her home. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-In the discussion that ensued, the Member stated that they delivered the final ultimatum ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-to the Student (no more chances, she would have to leave their home if she “messed up ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-again”). The Member stated that the Student understood what that meant. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Member stated that during the discussion with him on [XXX], the Student admitted ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-to the Member that she was using street drugs and that she realized that she must leave ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-their home. The Student moved out the next day. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:Once again when asked by his Counsel if he had had sex with the Student, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-response was, “absolutely not”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Member recalled seeing the Student twice more at school. The last time was when ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-she told him, “The next time you see me, I’ll be dead”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-During cross-examination by College Counsel, the Member confirmed that the Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-told him she had been raped by her uncle and that her uncle accused her of creating ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:sexual tension between them. College Counsel pointed out that at the criminal trial, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member did not use the word “rape” but had testified to the Student saying she had been ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-“abused” by her uncle. The Member agreed. When College Counsel pointed out that at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the criminal trial, the Member did not make reference to the comment about the Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:creating “sexual tension” between herself and her uncle, the Member said he did not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:recall. The Member stated he did not misspeak when using the term “sexual tension” at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-this hearing. He stated he had a vivid recollection about that term being used. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-When questioned about the [XXX] incident (that led to the Member sending an e-mail to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-various school personnel), the Member stated that he and his wife remained quiet ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-throughout the discussion and were trying to be supportive. The Student’s attitude and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-behaviour changed during the course of the conversation. The Member stated that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Student began to yell, made hateful comments and told them she wanted to “blow her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-brains out”. The Member confirmed that even though they did not ask the Student to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-leave, they were ready for her to do so. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-She was aware that the Member coached volleyball. [XXX] testified that in her opinion, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the Member’s reputation for honesty and integrity was good. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-[XXX] responded to Member’s counsel, that during her time as principal at the School, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:there had never been any other allegations against the Member of any kind of sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-impropriety. When asked by Member’s Counsel, the witness affirmed that she had once ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-taken a student into her home. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-When questioned by College Counsel, [XXX] verified that she had left the School in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-June 2007. She also responded that she had never socialized with the Member or his wife. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- Evidence of Tanya Maracle ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Tanya Maracle, the wife of the Member, testified that the Student and her friend ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-approached her and the Member and asked to move into their home. They agreed that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-girls could come and live with them until the end of June 2007. Mrs. Maracle testified ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-that she and the Member discussed their expectations and boundaries with the girls prior ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-to their moving into the house. These expectations and boundaries included no drugs or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-alcohol, minding their language, helping out, being a positive role model to the Maracle ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-children and attending school every day. Early in May, Mrs. Maracle spoke to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member about asking the Student to stay on with them once her friend left for Ottawa at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the end of the school year. The Student had been working at [XXX] and the Maracles ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-offered to pay her to provide day care for their children during the summer months. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Mrs. Maracle gave evidence about three problematic incidents during the summer of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-[XXX]. The first was the July 1st weekend, when the Student went to Ottawa to visit her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-friend. Mrs. Maracle testified that the Student ended up going to Golden Lake and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-first week back and the children began power skating on Wednesdays during the second ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-week back at school, for which the Member took the responsibility of transporting them ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-to and from the arena. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Mrs. Maracle stated that during the first week back at school, the Student participated in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-fund-raiser for the school trip to Italy. After completing her shift, the Student stayed in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-town and did not come home again until Sunday. On Sunday morning, the Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-telephoned the Maracle home. Mrs. Maracle stated that the Student was upset. A friend ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-had overdosed and was in hospital and the Student asked the Maracles to come and pick ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-her up. Mrs. Maracle testified that following this incident, the Maracles had a discussion ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-with the Student. Both Mrs. Maracle and the Member were of the same mind and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-informed the Student that she had used up all her chances. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Mrs. Maracle confirmed that the criminal charges against her husband were laid on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-[XXX]. When questioned by Member’s Counsel as to whether she had the opportunity to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-sit and think about the alleged events, Mrs. Maracle responded that she had. She stated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-she could not believe the time frame since the Student was seldom home. When the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-student got home from work, her Mother often came to pick her up, so she wasn’t often ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-home in the evening. Mrs. Maracle also stated that the Student was not home most ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-weekends. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-When asked by Member’s Counsel if she had any reason to suspect that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:sexually involved with the Student in any way, Mrs. Maracle responded by saying, “No, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-never”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-During cross-examination by College Counsel, Mrs. Maracle admitted that both the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Student and her friend needed a place to stay and could therefore not really negotiate the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Exhibit 8: List of 11 Rules ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Exhibit 9: E-mail from Troy Maracle, April 26, 2008 at 12:09 a.m. to M.S. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Exhibit 10: 2008-2009 School Year Calendar & Meeting Dates, Hastings and Prince ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- Edward District School Board ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Exhibit 11: Poster re: Boys Volleyball Tryouts ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Exhibit 12: Letter dated August 8, 2010 from the Department of Native Studies, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- University of Sudbury re: June 21, 2008 exam ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Exhibit 13: Agreed Statements Filed re: Witnesses ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Closing Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-College Counsel submitted that, between June 2008 and Sepotember 2008, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:engaged in a consensual sexual affair with the Student. College Counsel stated that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-credibility of the Student and the Member is key in determining if the evidence is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-sufficient, on a balance of probabilities, to find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-misconduct. College Counsel argued that there was limited objective and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-contemporaneous evidence that contradicted either witness and that the defense witnesses ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-had limited value. College Counsel submitted that the Committee has had the opportunity ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-to observe and hear both key witnesses and must determine what is more likely than not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-to have happened. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-College Counsel stated that the allegations relating to the June 2008 to September 2008 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-time period are plausible. During that time, the Member had access to the Student and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-opportunity to initiate and continue an affair with her. College Counsel stated to hold ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-otherwise would not be reasonable: the Member and the Student shared the same ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:residence thereby giving the Member access and opportunity to engage in sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Committee should be sensitive to the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-personal circumstances at the time of the alleged events, when she gave her testimony ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-before the Court at the criminal proceedings and now before this Committee. College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Counsel pointed out that the Student did not waver from the core of her allegations. He ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-suggested that any inconsistencies could be explained by the fact that she was [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-years old when the alleged events took place, [XXX] years of age at the time of the police ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-report of the allegations, [XXX] years old at the criminal trial and [XXX] years of age ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-at the current hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-College Counsel stated that there was no probative value in this instance, regarding the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-character evidence of the Member, given by other witnesses. Similarly, the College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-submitted that Mrs. Maracle’s evidence was of no probative value to the Committee as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-she clearly did not see anything happen. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-On a balance of probabilities, College Counsel stated the Committee had enough ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-evidence to make a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Closing Submissions of Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted to the Committee that the burden of proof lies with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-College. They must establish their case, and the Member need not establish anything. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s Counsel argued that there were a number of reasons why the facts presented ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-before the Committee cannot support the burden of proof for a finding of guilt. Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Counsel submitted that there were a number of major inconsistencies in the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-testimony regarding the time and place of the alleged abuse. Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-contended that the Student’s evidence was entirely uncorroborated in circumstances ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-where corroboration could reasonably be expected. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-In contrast, Member’s Counsel stated that the Member`s evidence was credible, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-straightforward and unshaken under cross-examination. Member’s Counsel proffered that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the Member’s testimony must be preferred to that of the Student, since there was not one ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-significant contradiction elicited in the cross examination of the Member. Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Counsel submitted that the College’s case rose or fell on the evidence of the Student, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-which suffered from numerous frailties: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-1) Allegations have changed significantly over time. Member’s Counsel highlighted ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the areas in which the Student’s allegations had evolved over time. Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-submitted that the inference to be drawn from the evolution of the Student’s allegations is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-that the Student tailored her evidence in this proceeding to conform to her own evidence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-given in previous criminal proceedings, as well as the evidence given by other witnesses ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-in previous criminal proceedings. Member’s Counsel further submitted that despite her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-best efforts, the contradictions in the Student’s evidence were numerous, fundamental ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-and at the core of her allegations. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-2) Other inconsistencies in testimony not previously revealed including but not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-limited to details regarding condom use, Facebook comments, and allegations of multiple ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:sexual incidents occurring in September of 2008, in circumstances which would risk their ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-disclosure. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 26 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-3) Allegations that do not make sense. Member’s Counsel submitted that by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:Student’s account, there was no hint of sexual activity with the Member for fifteen ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:months, and then the Member initiated sexual activity the day after the Student attended ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-confidential counseling for the first time. Member’s Counsel further submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-drama resulting from the disclosure of the incident with her uncle and the telling parallel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-between that incident, her departure from the Maracle residence and subsequent ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:allegations of sexual abuse is another example of why the allegations do not make sense. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-4) No corroboration of the Student’s evidence in this case. While there is no ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-requirement for corroboration, Member’s Counsel submitted that in a case of allegations ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:of ongoing sexual abuse, common sense suggests there ought to be. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-5) Motive to fabricate on the part of the Student. In her statement to the police, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Student made it clear that she was coming forward with these allegations in part to show ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-that she was not just some messed up kid that could not cut it in the Maracle household. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s Counsel concluded that there is very good reason to disbelieve the evidence of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the Student. In contrast, the Member was able to put forward evidence specifically ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-contradicting the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-proof which the Committee is familiar, set out in F.H. v. McDougall, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 41. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The standard of proof applied by the Committee, in accordance with the McDougall ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-decision, was a balance of probabilities. As in all cases, the Committee looks for clear, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-convincing and cogent evidence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, the Committee finds the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-College has not proven the allegations of professional misconduct and accordingly the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-allegations in the Notice of Hearing dated May 10, 2011 are dismissed. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-In coming to its decision, the Committee needed to assess the credibility of the witnesses ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-who testified. Both College Counsel and Member’s Counsel submitted that the credibility ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-of the witnesses and their evidence were key factors in determining the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-professional misconduct against the Member. College Counsel provided the Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-with a list of factors which should be applied in assessing the credibility of all the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-witnesses in this proceeding. The Committee used this list in their determination. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s Counsel introduced four witnesses in support of the Member. [XXX] was a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-colleague of the Member and presented as a credible character witness. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-[XXX] was the principal at the School from September 2004 to June 2007. She testified ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:that there had been no allegations of sexual impropriety against the Member while she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-was principal. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Tanya Maracle is the Member`s wife. Her evidence, given during examination by both ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-College Counsel and Member`s Counsel, was intelligent, sincere, consistent, responsive ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-and confident. Her memory and capacity to remember were sound, detailed and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-compatible with the time frames of events presented by other witnesses’ evidence. Her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-demeanour was composed, candid, and sympathetic to the Student’s situation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Committee found it plausible and reasonable, that when Mrs. Maracle discovered the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Student’s drug paraphernalia, she disposed of all the items, with the exception of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 28 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-dime bags. The Committee also found it befitting the role of a concerned parent that she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-would want to discard the evidence of the Student’s drug use in the family home. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Whereas the Committee agreed that Mrs. Maracle clearly did not see anything happen ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-between the Member and the Student, the Committee disagreed with College Counsel’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-submission that her evidence was of no probative value. The Committee found that Mrs. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Maracle could certainly speak to the numerous family members who visited during the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-summer of [XXX] and to the timeframes and schedules of the key players involved. In ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-light of this information, the Committee found that Mrs. Maracle could reasonably offer ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-her opinion regarding the possibility and probability of the alleged events taking place. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-College Counsel advised the Committee to reject Mrs. Maracle’s testimony that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-household was too busy during the summer of [XXX] for an affair to have occurred. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Furthermore, College Counsel argued that if this were true, then hard copies of Mrs. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Maracle’s calendar should have been provided to support her claim. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-found that Mrs. Maracle’s testimony regarding the number of visitors during the summer ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-of [XXX], the fact that those visitors had all slept downstairs in the bedroom adjacent to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the Student’s bedroom, as well as the details of the [XXX] “back to school” family ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-schedule was presented in a clear and credible fashion. While the Committee recognized ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-that this testimony did not rule out the possibility of an affair, it did call into question ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:whether in light of Mrs. Maracle’s credible testimony; the number of alleged sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-incidents could have reasonably and realistically taken place. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-College Counsel argued that between [XXX} and [XXX], the Member had access to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Student when she was at home and therefore had the opportunity to initiate and continue ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-an affair with her. The Committee accepted that although there may have been ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 29 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-opportunity for an inappropriate relationship to develop during that period, the evidence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-presented did not support the allegations made. More specifically, the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-understanding of the Student’s work schedule during the summer of [XXX] and the fact ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-that Mrs. Maracle tended to drive the Student to and from work; the number of summer ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-visitors staying in the bedroom adjacent to the Student’s; the back to school schedules ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:for the Member and his family; and, the claims made by the Student that sexual relations ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-occurred between seven to ten times during the first three weeks of September caused the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Committee to find that the evidence did not support the allegations of an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-relationship. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Committee found the evidence of the above witnesses to be credible. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Committee found the Member’s evidence to be intelligent, candid and responsive to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-questions from both Counsel. He maintained eye contact with both Counsel and had a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-consistently calm, collected demeanour and soft spoken voice. His demeanour was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-consistent throughout questioning by both Counsel. His memory and capacity to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-remember were sound and he was able to recall details; his evidence made sense and was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-corroborated with the evidence presented by his wife and in some cases, the Student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-In her closing submissions, Member’s Counsel stated that the Member’s testimony was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-given in a credible, straightforward manner and was unshaken during cross-examination. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Committee agreed. Any discrepancies during the Member’s testimony for example, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the few occasions when he could not recall the exact wording used or when that exact ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-wording was first used, proved not to be problematic for the Committee. In fact, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s responses seemed to be in keeping with the severity of the allegations, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 30 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-length of time from the onset of the alleged activity and the emotion of appearing at a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-multi-day hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s Counsel detailed for the Committee the actions undertaken by the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-following the Student’s disclosure in February 2007 regarding the allegations involving ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-her uncle’s conduct toward her. The Committee heard how following the disclosure, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member contacted the school administration, the police, the Children’s Aid Society and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-how later that evening, he made notes of his discussion with the Student and his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-subsequent actions in response to her disclosure. The Member’s response was in keeping ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-with the legal obligations of the teaching profession. Further, the Committee found the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member’s description of his conversation with the Student indicated his genuine concern ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-for her wellbeing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Two character witnesses provided evidence for the general reputation for honesty and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-integrity of the Member. The Committee agreed with College Counsel that the evidence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-presented by the character witnesses could not speak to the Member’s propensity to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:commit the alleged sexual misconduct. However, the Committee found it reasonable to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-accept the testimony of [XXX], who in her role as the Member’s supervisor could speak ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-with authority to the fact that no previous complaints of a similar nature had been alleged ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Committee recognizes that as a party to this proceeding, the Member has an intrinsic ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-position of bias. College Counsel advised the Committee that the Member had only filed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-selective documents even though, in his opinion, more relevant and probative documents ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-were within his control to file as exhibits. The Committee did not draw an adverse ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-inference about the documents that were not filed. In fact, the Committee found that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 31 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-In its deliberations, the Committee did recognize and took into account the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-personal situation at the time of the alleged events, during her initial testimony at the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-criminal proceedings and her appearance before this Committee. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Committee was sensitive to the fact that the Student was ashamed and embarrassed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-at having to testify at various venues about the alleged events involving her uncle and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-allegations against the Member. However in its deliberations, the Committee’s awareness ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-of her feelings of shame and embarrassment did not factor into its finding of credibility as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-related to the Student. The Committee was also sympathetic to the fact that the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:modesty would make it difficult for her to talk about incidents of oral sex to the police ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-and at the preliminary hearing. However, in light of the nature of allegations made by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Student, the Committee found it difficult to understand why, in response to questions that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-would have been asked by the police and at the preliminary hearing, there was no ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:reference to acts of oral sex prior to the criminal trial. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Committee agreed with College Counsel and was not suspicious of the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-credibility because she was “well prepared” during these proceedings as opposed to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-criminal proceedings. However, her credibility was questioned, when in light of this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-preparation, the Student’s testimony varied and lacked consistency during the two days ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-that she testified before the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-During closing submissions, Member’s Counsel stated that the Student had tailored her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-testimony in these proceedings to conform to the evidence and that this explained the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-evolution of her allegations. The Committee found that although discrepancies over time ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-are understandable, it was troubled by the inclusion or omission of certain details ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:(allegations of oral sex not coming out prior to the criminal trial) as well as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 33 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-inconsistencies (the number of alleged incidents during the first three weeks of [XXX] in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-light of the family’s schedule). For the Committee, the change or evolution of these ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-allegations from the initial reporting to the police, at the preliminary hearing, then the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-criminal trial and now at this hearing proved to be a concern. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-The Committee understood that the Student’s testimony was based on her recollections at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the time and that her testimony was not meant to be a memory test. That specific details ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-for every alleged incident could not be recalled seemed reasonable. However, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Committee found some of the discrepancies in her testimony concerning. For example, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the Committee struggled with the Student’s conflicting statements and inability to recall ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-whether or not condoms were always used or sometimes used, as well as how they were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:procured and disposed. Given the number of alleged incidents of sexual activity during ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the month of September (2008) alone, it did not seem credible to the Committee that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Student could not recall any specific details regarding condom use and disposal. Further, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:the Student’s allegations concerning the number of times sexual intercourse took place ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-during [XXX] in light of the Member and Mrs. Maracle’s testimony regarding the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-household’s September schedule (as well as departure and arrival times back at home at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-the end of the day) led the Committee to put less weight on the testimony the Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-offered for this time period. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-College Counsel advised the Committee that the issue of condom use was not critical to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-this case. The Committee disagreed and felt the testimony given regarding the use and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-disposal of condoms was important and spoke directly to the issue of the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-credibility and to the task assigned the Committee to make a finding based on a balance ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 34 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf:to be problematic for the Committee. The Student`s evidence of sexual abuse by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Member was incompatible with some of the time frames of events presented by other ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-witnesses’ evidence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Thus the Committee finds that on a balance of probabilities, there was not sufficient clear ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-and cogent evidence to make a finding of professional misconduct against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf-Dated: January 17, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ___________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- Hanno Weinberger, OCT ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ____________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- Monika Ferenczy, OCT ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ____________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- John Tucker ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- 36 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-3. At all material times, the Student was a student of the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-4. In approximately 1971, when the Student was in Grade [XXX], the Member approached ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-her and her mother in a grocery store and asked the Student if she was willing to assist him ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-during parent-teacher interview night. The Student and her mother agreed. The Member does not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-dispute that, once parent-teacher interview night was completed, the Member drove the Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-home and at this time, the Member stroked the Student’s hair and told her that she was pretty and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-special, although he does not have any specific recollection of that occurring. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-5. The Member does not dispute that on one evening, shortly after the encounter between ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-the Student, the Student’s mother and the Member, the Student was leaving her part-time job at a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-[XXX] and the Member approached her and offered her a ride home. The Student accepted the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-offer. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-6. Before taking the Student home from her part-time employment, the Member stopped in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-a parking lot and told the Student once again that she was special and pretty and asked her to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-relax, although he has no specific recollection of doing so. The Member then proceeded to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf:digitally penetrate the Student and then had sexual intercourse with her. The Member then drove ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-the Student home and told her not to say anything about what had happened. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf:7. For the balance of the Student’s high school years, the Member continued to have sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-intercourse with her on numerous occasions. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-8. The Member was charged by the Peel Regional Police that he, within a period of 2,190 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-days last past and ending on or about 2nd day of April 1977, did commit the offence of gross ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-indecency in relation to the Student contrary to Section 157 of the Criminal Code (Canada) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-(Edition 1971 CC). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 14 (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-“Admitted Facts”) of the Agreed Statement of Facts, and Guilty Plea document (Exhibit 2). The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-Member acknowledged that the Admitted Facts referred to in paragraphs 4 to 9 above, constitute ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-professional misconduct and pled guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and accepts that the facts in the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2) amount to professional misconduct as pleaded to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-On October 6, 2011, the Member was convicted of gross indecency in relation to the Student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-For this offence, the Member was sentenced to a sixty (60) day conditional sentence order and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-eighteen (18) months’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers allow ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an offence was committed by a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that there is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been granted. The Member has not appealed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-the conviction or the sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf:Over the period of six years, the Member engaged in a sexual relationship with his student, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-which began when the Student was [XXX] years old. In his Reasons for Sentence, Mr. Justice ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-W. J. Blacklock (Exhibit 2, Tab E) states, “it is clear to me that the accused’s conduct in this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf-case was morally reprehensible. He was in a position of trust. He was the true adult and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- e) he failed to comply with subsection 229 (1)(c) of the Education Act 1974 and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- amendments thereto; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf: f) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- i) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 1) Kenneth John J. O’Keefe (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 2) At all material times, the Member was employed by Ottawa Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- School Board (the “Board” as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- Ottawa, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 3) At all material times, the Student was a [XXX] year old male student at the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 4) From and including September 1, 1974 to December 1, 1974, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- a) had inappropriate physical contact with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf: b) had sexual contact with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 5) On or about September 6, 2012, the Member was found guilty of the following ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- charge: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- a) that between the 1st day of September in the year 1974 and the 1st day of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- December in the year 1974 at the City of Ottawa in the East Region being ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- a male person, did indecently assault the Student, a male person, contrary ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- to section 156 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- section 12 of the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1970, chapter 456, as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- amended (the “TPA Regulation”); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- b) he failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- under his care, contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- c) he failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- with pupils contrary to subsection 14(d) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- d) he failed to comply with subsection 22(1)(c) of the Schools Administration ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- Act, R.S.O. 1960, Ch. 361 and amendments thereto; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- e) he failed to comply with subsection 229(1)(c) of the Education Act 1974 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- and amendments thereto; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- f) he breached Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.3); 1(16); 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 1(18) and 1(19) and the Member also acknowledges that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf: sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-18) By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- b) he understands that by signing this document, he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- Committee; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-by Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-that Kenneth John J. O’Keefe committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.3), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf:The Committee also finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-Further, the Committee finds that the Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- a) failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- standards of the teaching profession, contrary to section 13 of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- Regulation made under the Teaching Profession Act made pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- section 12 of the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1970, chapter 456, as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- amended (the “TPA Regulation”); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- b) failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- under his care, contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- c) failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- pupils contrary to subsection 14(d) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- d) failed to comply with subsection 22(1)(c) of the Schools Administration ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- Act, R.S.O. 1960, Ch. 361 and amendments thereto; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- e) failed to comply with subsection 229(1)(c) of the Education Act 1974 and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- amendments thereto. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-The Committee accepts the Member’s admission of the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-referred to in paragraphs 1 to 15 above (the “Admitted Facts”). The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-acknowledged that the Admitted Facts referred to in paragraphs 6 to 10 above, constitute ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleaded guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of the Schools ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-Administration Act, the Education Act, sections 13, 14(d) and 14(f) of the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-made under the Teaching Profession Act, and Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also acknowledged that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf:sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and accepts that the facts in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2) amount to professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-misconduct as pleaded to by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf:While the Member was a teacher at the School, he had inappropriate physical and sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf:contact, which culminated in a sexual assault, on a [XXX] year old male student in his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf:care. This sexual assault occurred in the Member’s apartment while the Student was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-misconduct and the Committee should communicate strongly that this behaviour will not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-be tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-Counsel for the College presented two recent cases where publication with name ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf:occurred. In both cases, the view of Counsel for the College was that since serious sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-misconduct had occurred that publication with name was necessary. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION-MEMBER’S COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-Member’s Counsel provided no examples of prior decisions made by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-Committee, but did offer a mitigating argument. Member’s Counsel provided an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-argument whereby he maintained that one of the example cases provided by College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-Counsel was for a much more egregious case which warranted an aggressive penalty and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-therefore, perhaps publication with name was appropriate in that case. In the matter at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-hand, the Member’s behaviour could be deemed to be of a lesser nature and should ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-therefore be considered in determining a penalty. At the same time, the Member pleaded ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-guilty, cooperated fully and was remorseful. Member’s Counsel argued that the penalty ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-imposed could be moderated and that publication without name would reflect his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-cooperation in facilitating the legal proceedings against him. Further considerations were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-brought forward for the Committee. The Member is now eighty-three and the incident ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-occurred thirty-nine years ago. The Member has also been sober for many years. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-1. The Committee directs the Registrar to revoke the Certificate of Qualification of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-Member, which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-2. The Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf:Instances of sexual misconduct require significant penalties. In this case, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-pleaded guilty and was found guilty in criminal proceedings before the Superior Court of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-Justice. The Committee was able to rely on the record of those proceedings to fully ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-understand the magnitude of the Member’s transgression. The Committee took into ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-account any mitigating factors that may have been part of the Member’s cooperation in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-those proceedings. Nevertheless, the behaviour still warrants revocation. In the case of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf:such sexual misconduct, the Committee finds that it is appropriate to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-The Committee considered the issue of publication with or without name. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-Committee was of the opinion that in this particular instance, publication with name is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-warranted and appropriate. It considered the matter of deterrence. Specific deterrence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-was no longer an issue because of the Member’s current retired status, age and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-unlikelihood of his ever returning to teach. General deterrence remains an important ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-consideration. The profession must be fully informed as to the consequences of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-behaviour being considered in this matter. Teachers must know that they are held to a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-very high standard and that failure to adhere to the standard will result in the College’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf-most severe penalty. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated February 10, 2011 was served on Christopher Paul McLister, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-requesting his presence on March 8, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for January 31, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Christopher Paul McLister was not in attendance; however he was represented by counsel. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-The allegations against Christopher Paul McLister in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-February 10, 2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Christopher Paul McLister is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- subsection 1 (7.3); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- Member’s professional supervision to be put at or remain at risk, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf: (i) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THE ALLEGATIONS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-1. Christopher Paul McLister (the “Member”) was, at all material times hereto, an employee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-of the Lambton Kent District School Board (the “Board”) and was a teacher at [XXX] School ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-(the “School”) in Sarnia, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-2. In March 2008, the Member began an inappropriate relationship with a [XXX] year old ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-female student at the School, Student #1, which included: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- (a) communicating with Student #1 via “Facebook”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- (b) sending personal e-mails and text messages to Student #1; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- (c) between March 1, 2008 and October 29, 2008, inviting Student #1 to his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- apartment; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf: (d) between March 1, 2008 and October 29, 2008, engaging in a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- with Student #1; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- (e) between March 1, 2008 and October 29, 2008, attending at Student #1’s place of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- work; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- (f) between March 1, 2008 and October 29, 2008, sending multiple text messages to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- Student #1 while she was at work. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:3. On October 29, 2008, the Member was arrested and charged with one count of sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-assault of Student #1, contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada, and one count of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-while being in a position of trust or authority towards Student #1, a young person, did touch for a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:sexual purpose the body of Student #1, contrary, to Section 153(a) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Canada. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-4. The Member’s employment with the Board was terminated effective November 25, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-5. One of the terms of the Recognizance signed by the Member on November 27, 2008, was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-to abstain from communicating or associating or having any contact with, inter alia, Student #1. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-6. Between October 2008 and January 3, 2009, the Member called and left text messages on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Student #1’s cell phone. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-7. On January 9, 2009, the Member was arrested and charged with breaching the terms of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-his Recognizance. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-8. On October 10, 2010, before Mr. Justice Donohue, the Member pleaded guilty to and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:was found guilty of one count of touching the body of Student #1 for a sexual purpose while in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-position or trust or authority towards her, contrary to Section 153(a) of the Criminal Code. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-sentencing of the Member on this charge is scheduled to take place on April 15, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-1. Christopher Paul McLister (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers. Attached to Exhibit 2 and located at Tab A is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Lambton Kent District School ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Board (the “Board”) and was a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”), in Sarnia, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-3. Student #1 was a female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-4. Commencing in March 2008 and continuing through to and including October 29, 2008, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:the Member engaged in an intimate sexual relationship with Student #1, including having sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-intercourse with her on a number of occasions at his residence. The Member told Student #1 that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-he loved her. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-5. In addition, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- a) sent Student #1 a large number of personal e-mails and text messages; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- b) invited her to his apartment; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- c) attended at her place of work and sent multiple text messages to her while she was at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- work. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:6. On November 27, 2008, following his arrest and charge of one count of sexual assault, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-the Member signed a Recognizance, one of the terms of which was that he would abstain from ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-communicating or associating or having any contact with, inter alia, Student #1. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-7. In direct breach of this term, the Member called and left text messages on Student #1’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-cell phone between November 2008 and January 3, 2009. The Member was arrested on January ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-9, 2009, and charged with breaching the terms of his Recognizance. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-8. On October 12, 2010, the Member pleaded guilty to one count against him, namely that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-between the 1st day of March, 2008 and the 29th day of October, 2008 inclusive, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Sarnia, in the Province of Ontario, being in a position of trust or authority towards a young ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:person (Student #1), he did, for a sexual purpose, touch her body, contrary to Section 153(a) of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-the Criminal Code of Canada. A copy of the proceedings at guilty plea before the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Mr. Justice J. Donohue is attached to Exhibit 2 and located at Tab B. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-9. On August 31, 2011, the Member was sentenced, inter alia, to a jail term of seven (7) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-months. A copy of the transcript of the Reasons for Sentencing is attached to Exhibit 2 and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-located at Tab C. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-10. Attached to Exhibit 2 and located at Tab D are certified copies of the Information and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Appearances, and Conditions of Release and Recognizance issued by the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Justice. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-11. Attached to Exhibit 2 and located at Tab E are certified copies of the Certificates of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Conviction issued by the Ontario Court of Justice. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-12. The Member has not appealed the conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-13. The Member’s employment with the Board was terminated, effective November 25, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-2008. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Through this document, the Member admitted, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the truth ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 13 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-The Member hereby acknowledged that the Admitted Facts referred to in paragraphs 4 to 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3),1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:acknowledged that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Through this document, the Member stated that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- a) he understood fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- b) he understood that by signing the document he is consenting to the evidence as set ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-College Counsel and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Christopher Paul ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-McLister committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3),1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:The Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 13 (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-“Admitted Facts”) of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2). Further, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Member acknowledged that the Admitted Facts referred to in paragraphs 4 to 8 above, constitute ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-conduct that is unprofessional and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:Specifically, the Member admitted to engaging in an intimate sexual relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:#1, which included having sexual intercourse with her on a number of occasions at his residence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-The Member also admitted to sending Student #1, a large number of personal e-mails and text ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-messages, inviting her to his apartment and attending at her place of work and sending multiple ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-text messages to her while she was at work. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:Following his arrest on one count of sexual assault and one count of sexual exploitation, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Member was released on a Recognizance of Bail with the condition that he would abstain from ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-communicating or associating or having any contact with Student #1. Between November 2008 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-and January 3, 2009, the Member breached this condition of the Recognizance of Bail by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-continuing to call and leave text messages on the student’s cell phone. Subsequently, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Member was arrested and charged with breaching the terms of the Recognizance of Bail. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:On October 12, 2010, the Member pled guilty and was convicted of the charge of sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-exploitation, contrary to section 153 (a) of the Criminal Code (Canada) and breach of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Recognizance of Bail, contrary to section 145 (3) of the Criminal Code (Canada). The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:was later sentenced to a term of seven (7) months in jail for the sexual exploitation conviction ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-and ten (10) days in jail for the breach of recognizance conviction. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-The Member has not appealed the conviction nor the sentence imposed. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers allow ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was committed by a person, where there is a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-contrary and that no appeal has been granted. The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-court documents contained within Exhibit 2, that the Member was convicted of the offences of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:sexual exploitation and breach of recognizance. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-In light of the admissions made by the Member contained within the Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), the Committee finds that the Member committed the acts of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-misconduct as alleged. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4), College Counsel and Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Member jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-b) the Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and order of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Committee, in summary form with the name of the member, in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Commencing in March 2008 and continuing through to and including October 29, 2008, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:Member engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a [XXX] year old female student, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:including having sexual intercourse with her at his residence on a number of occasions. In ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-addition, the Member sent a large number of personal e-mails and text messages to the student, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-invited her to his apartment, and attended at her place of work. Following his arrest, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-breached his Recognizance of Bail condition by continuing to communicate with the student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-between November 2008 and January 3, 2009. The Member pled guilty to and was convicted of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-the charge, that being in the position of trust or authority towards a young person, he did, for a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:sexual purpose, touch her body contrary to section 153(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Further, he breached the terms of his Recognizance of Bail contrary to section 145(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). The Member was sentenced to seven (7) months and ten (10) days ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-respectively. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-The Committee found the conduct of the Member and the repetitive nature of the conduct to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-abhorrent. The Committee also found the Member’s conduct has brought the profession into ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-disrepute. The Member abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as a teacher to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf:take advantage of and engage in the sexual abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-The conduct of the Member was unacceptable and in conflict of the duty of a teacher to protect ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-students. The Member, as a result of his conduct, has forfeited the privilege of holding a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf-teaching certificate and being a member of the teaching profession. This egregious misconduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf-Counsel for the College brought a motion to seek leave from the Committee to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf-allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing dated November 4, 2011, with the support of Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf-for the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 74 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf-The Member, Michael Norman Ovas, was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf-The allegations against Michael Norman Ovas in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf-November 4, 2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Michael Norman Ovas is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf: contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf-Counsel for the College advised it would be difficult to prove professional misconduct if the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf-matter were to proceed to a full hearing and that the Member had signed an Undertaking and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION, DECISION AND ORDER(S) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-A panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-“College”) was heard in Toronto on November 21, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-An amended notice of hearing dated May 4, 2011 was directed to Jacques René Joseph Perron ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-(the “Member”) requesting that he appear before the College’s Discipline Committee on May 17, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-2011 to set the hearing date. The hearing date was set on November 21, 2011 and was carried out ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-on April 11, September 19, October 22 and 24, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Member was present at the hearing. He denies the allegations made against him as stated in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED IN THE NOTICE OF HEARING ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The allegations made against the Member in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated May 4, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Jacques René Joseph Perron is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act and/or is incompetent as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-subsection 30(3) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-male student “B”, and [XXX]-year old intellectually-challenged male student “C”, in a hotel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-room while on a field trip to Winnipeg on June 18 and 19, 2003; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:sexually abused intellectually-challenged male student “C” on a number of occasions up to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-August 2005; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:failed to notify the Children’s Aid Society that school employee Pierre Grondin had sexually ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-abused intellectually-challenged male student “C” for a number of years up to August 2005; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:watched the filming of school employee Pierre Grondin as he sexually abused [XXX]- and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-[XXX]-year old sisters, “D” and ”E”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-abused his power and authority, exhibited favouritisim and failed to comply with conflict of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-interest rules when he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- continued to entrust intellectually-challenged male student “C” to Educational ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- Assistant Pierre Grondin, even though the student was not making progress and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- educational program for the student was incomplete; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- showed favouritism toward Pierre Grondin by overlooking his incompetence and lack ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- of professionalism in the roles of Educational Assistant, lunch supervisor and school ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- custodian, despite reports by several teachers; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- told the school bus driver, Cheryl Nelson, that he had conducted an investigation into ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- allegations of inappropriate conduct on the part of Educational Assistant Pierre ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- Grondin on a trip to Winnipeg and that “nothing serious had occurred”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- told two male students, “A” and “F”, to not say anything about the incident ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- concerning Pierre Grondin’s conduct in a hotel room on a field trip to Winnipeg on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- June 18 and 19, 2003; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- failed to take action regarding [XXX] written complaint reporting allegations of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: sexual harassment on the part of Pierre Grondin; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: told teacher [XXX] that he could not address her complaint of sexual harassment ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- against Pierre Grondin because Pierre Grondin was his brother and that it was her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- problem; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- in November 2003, offered his partner, Yannick Gélinas, an Educational Assistant ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- position at [XXX] for which Mr. Gélinas was not qualified; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-fostered a climate of intimidation, manipulation, retaliation, threats and criticism with respect to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-staff members, Board members, parents and students, when he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- discouraged teachers Odette De Bonville and Stacy Morin from discussing with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- students “A”, “D” and “E” what was happening at their home when Pierre Grondin ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- visited; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- failed to address a parental complaint that Pierre Grondin was infatuated with their ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- daughter, “G”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- threatened to return teacher [XXX] to his former truck-driver role when he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: complained of Pierre Grondin’s sexual harassment of him and the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- discipline management and lack of support; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- encouraged parent [XXX] to file a complaint against teacher [XXX] because he sent ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: a letter to the Member about Pierre Grondin’s sexual harassment of him; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- dismissed Occasional Teacher Odette De Bonville from her duties when she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- complained to the Member about his discipline management and absences from ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- school; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- asked teacher Julie Lamouche if she had been masturbating in the washroom; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- lacked respect for staff when he disclosed confidential information about them to a small ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- group of employees who ought not to have had access to the information; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Committee accepted Ms. Filion-Prager’s testimony because it contained many details and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-specifications. It is consistent with that of other testimonies on the subject of relationships ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-between the Member and Pierre Grondin, the Member's abusive language and the favouritism ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-exhibited by the Member toward Pierre Grondin. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Donald Dionne ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Mr. Dionne served as Interim Principal of [XXX] during the period from November 2004 to June ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-2005, as the Member's replacement. Mr. Dionne was recruited by the Member and hired by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-School Board. Mr. Dionne observed, upon starting his duties, that the school was not clean and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-that part-time school custodian Pierre Grondin, did not know how to properly maintain the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-school. Mr. Dionne stated that staff records were incomplete and that the records did not contain ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the performance evaluations. Mr. Dionne identified other deficiencies in how the school was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:being run, namely: that there was no religious teaching, that students had access to pornographic ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-web sites and that school textbooks and resources were inadequate. Regarding management of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the school budget, Mr. Dionne reported that the Member informed him not to worry about the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-school’s financial position because the Ministry of Education covers all deficits. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Mr. Dionne testified having received the memo from Robert Laplante, the supervisory officer in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-[XXX], dated February 28, 2005 (Exhibit 7), with a summary of the changes to be implemented ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-in the school that they had discussed together - following his visit to [XXX] on February 21, 22 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-and 24, 2005. Mr. Dionne agreed with the need to introduce the changes proposed in Mr. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Laplante's memo. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Mr. Dionne witnessed that the Member should have stated a conflict of interest when the hiring ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-of Gerry Cliche was discussed by the School Board. He did not do so as shown by the minutes ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-of the extraordinary meeting of the [XXX] on Sunday, January 9, 2005, indicating the Member's ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-attendance (Exhibit 8). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Committee accepted Mr. Dionne's testimony because it was supported by other witnesses ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:regarding the protection of students, for example, access to pornographic web sites and the status ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-of school records. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-[XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-[XXX] is the mother of female student “G” , [XXX] -years old in 2004 at the time she was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-enrolled at [XXX]. [XXX] reported that Pierre Grondin and his spouse Kathleen Toutant, both ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-employees of the school, gave a lot of attention to her daughter. They played excessively with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-child “G”, took her in their arms and even asked permission on many occasions to take her with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-them to Québec in the months of July and August. She confirmed having made a complaint to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the Member, then school principal, to put an end to the inappropriate behaviour on the part of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Grondin and Toutant. During the cross-examination, [XXX] confirmed that, following the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-complaint, Grondin’s and Toutant’s inappropriate conduct ceased. [XXX], nevertheless ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-continuing to fear for the safety of her daughter, withdrew her from the school at the end of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Robert Laplante ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Mr. Laplante is a human resources consultant and a retired supervisory officer. In January 2005, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales hired Mr. Laplante as a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-supervisory officer. He observed, during his three-day visit in January 2005, that the staff records ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-were incomplete, that is, there were no criminal background checks or performance evaluations ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-on file for employees. Regarding teaching, no religion classes were offered and computer safety ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:was inadequate, which explains why students had access to pornographic web sites. He also ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-observed that the hours worked by Pierre Grondin exceeded the number of hours permitted by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Ontario employment standards. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Mr. Laplante testified that he wrote the memo of February 28, 2005 (Exhibit 7) to inform the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-interim principal of certain situations at the [XXX] that had caught his attention and that should ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-have been rectified, namely: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- organizing staff records ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- obtaining criminal background checks of anyone who is in contact with students ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- confirming the hires adopted by the School Board ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- establishing a plan to assess teacher performance ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- establishing planning and corrective measures regarding the teaching of religion ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- taking appropriate measures to prevent students from chatting and accessing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: pornographic web sites ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- following the legislation on employment standards concerning the number of hours ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- paid to Richard Beaudry and Pierre Grondin ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-12 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-During the cross-examination, Julie Lamouche denied the suggestion by the Member's lawyer ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-that the Member's conduct toward Mélanie Penville “was more or less a warning to Mélanie for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-her to behave better than that.” Concerning the letter of complaint from [XXX], Julie Lamouche ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-did not know if it had been submitted to the School Board. She reported that the Member told ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:her that he had told [XXX] to go to the police station “if he was a victim of sexual assault.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-During the cross-examination, Julie Lamouche said that the climate of intimidation in the school ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-made it so that she did not report or indicate the lack of fairness or standards in the protection of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-children and denied having told lies to protect her job (the defence’s theory). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Committee found that her specific recollection of the event that occurred in the fall of 2003, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-of the Member's favouritism towards Pierre Grondin, of Pierre Grondin's incompetence, and of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the climate of intimidation in the school supported the testimonies of several other individuals. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Committee found that her testimony was consistent and that her ability to remember events ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-clearly made her testimony relating the Member's abusive language used towards her, credible. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Yvonne Monto ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Ms. Monto was the PDS secretary and video-technician at [XXX]. She was hired in 1991 by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-[XXX] as a teacher, supply teacher, secretary and technician. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Ms. Monto described the meeting of September 15, 2003 on the subject of budget cuts during ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-which the Member, using an abusive tone, warned employees that they were not entitled to talk. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Member announced that the School Board was cutting 1.5 Educational Assistant positions ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-18 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Pierre Simard noticed that the Member exercised control over “C” and that he used “C” as an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-official reporter of incidents arising in the school. For example, on a trip to Ottawa, at the end of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the 2004-2005 school year, “C” telephoned the Member almost every day. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Pierre Simard reported that Pierre Grondin and Richard Beaudry had reached an agreement with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the Member before he left on sick leave to allow them to work overtime even when it wasn't ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-required. As such, Richard Beaudry told him “he wouldn't be happy earning just the salary that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-he was supposed to earn at that time, because it took more than that to live on …”, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:Mr. Simard agreed with the Member's lawyer that he didn't observe sexual acts performed by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Member on people in the school. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Mr. Simard did not work under the Member's leadership. However, during his testimony, he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-accurately related certain facts and certain information, in particular that Pierre Grondin and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Richard Beaudry admitted to him that they had reached an agreement with the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-concerning overtime worked. The Committee accepted this item of information from this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-testimony. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Cheryl Nelson ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Ms. Nelson was the school bus driver during the 2002-2003 school year. During her testimony, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Ms. Nelson reported that in June 2003, three students enrolled at [XXX] were talking about ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-22 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-having seen school employee Pierre Grondin sleeping naked in a hotel room while on a school ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-field trip to Winnipeg. She also reported that the same three students were teasing another ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-student, student “C”, because Pierre Grondin was making advances toward him. She reported ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-that in accordance with the responsibilities of her position, she informed the Member about what ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-she had heard on the bus route. In response to her report, the Member contacted her about a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-week later, saying that an incident had occurred in the locker room at the pool and that he had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-addressed it. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Committee accepted her testimony; she remembered the incident on the bus that had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-occurred in June 2003[sic] very well and the Member's reaction following her report. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-[XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-[XXX] taught at [XXX] . [XXX] was hired by the Member and the Superintendent in charge of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the school. He reported having filed with the Member a complaint against Pierre Grondin for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:sexual abuse. He confirmed that the Member observed Pierre Grondin's inappropriate behaviour ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-on several occasions and that the Member had maintained a romantic relationship with school ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-employee Pierre Grondin. He reported that the Member also hired his lover, Yannick Gélinas, as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-school secretary. His teaching work load included teaching intellectually-challenged student “C”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-He confirms that student "C", having limited abilities, was not able to write a letter in French and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-was unable to invent a long and complex story. The Member had assigned Educational Assistant ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Pierre Grondin to intellectually-challenged student “C”. During his cross-examination, he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-confirmed having seen bus driver Ms. Nelson, storm into the Member's office. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-23 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-[XXX] testified that he wrote the letter to the Member dated February 6, 2004 (Exhibit 18). In ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:this letter he filed a complaint against Pierre Grondin for sexually abusing him. In this letter, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-[XXX] described Pierre Grondin's actions and indicated that it was his duty to report this abuse ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-in order to “protect students and myself.” In his letter, [XXX] mentioned that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-witnessed one of the times Pierre Grondin abused him, on February 4, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:The Committee accepted the testimony that described in detail Pierre Grondin's sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-harassment of [XXX], the intellectual capacity of student “C” and the Member's favouritism ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-toward Pierre Grondin. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Student "C" ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Student “C” was a student at [XXX] during the 2003-2004 school year. During his testimony and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-cross-examination, “C” confirmed that he was in [XXX] class and that Pierre Grondin worked in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the school. He reported having shared a hotel room on two occasions with Pierre Grondin during ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-field trips to Winnipeg. He confirmed the presence of other students in a hotel room during an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-end-of-year field trip to Winnipeg and the fact of not being able to express himself or write in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-French. He confirmed having seen and read a report (Exhibit 26) detailing the incidents that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-occurred during trips to Winnipeg. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-24 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-During the hearing, the College asked to cross-examine “C” on account of his contradictory ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-responses. Relying on the Act's relevent provisions applicable to the evidence, and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-applicable jurisprudence, the Committee accepted the College's request. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-During the cross-examination by the College's lawyer, “C” admitted having succumbed to Pierre ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:Grondin's repeated sexual advances, having been filmed on many occasions while Pierre ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:Grondin sexually abused him and that the Member took part in a field trip to Winnipeg and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-stayed in the same hotel. He admitted wanting to protect the Member and that the Member and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:his lawyer asked him to sign a letter denying the sexual abuse (Exhibit 27). He confirmed that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the Member saw him in the presence of Pierre Grondin outside the classroom and gave money to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Pierre Grondin. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-“C” confirmed that he took part in an interview with investigators Peter Annis and Robert ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Lefebvre on August 30, 2005 (Exhibit 26). He confirmed that the statements made to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-investigators during the second interview, on February 15, 2006, were true, that is, he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:remembered the trip to Winnipeg, that Pierre Grondin abused him sexually, that he spent a lot of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-time with Pierre Grondin, that he gave him money from time to time, that Pierre Grondin coerced ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:him into sex several times a week. He confirmed the Member was present on one of the field ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:trips to Winnipeg but denied having had a sexual relationship with him. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-“C” identified an attestation letter dated January 12, 2007 (Exhibit 27), which stipulates that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:did not have a sexual relationship with Pierre Grondin and the Member. “C” recognized his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-25 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-signature and attested that he did not write the letter. He testified that the Member and his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-lawyer asked him to sign it. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Committee accepted "C"'s testimony. "C"'s conduct during his testimony demonstrated a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-desire to tell the truth without wanting to reveal too much information. He was incapable of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:responding directly and without emotion to the questions related to the sexual abuse inflicted on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-him by Pierre Grondin. Only when he was confronted with the information contained in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:investigators' report did he confirm having been a victim of sexual abuse by Pierre Grondin and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-wanting to protect the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY THE MEMBER'S LAWYERS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Member's lawyers did not call on witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-THE ARGUMENTS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The lawyer for the Ontario College of Teachers did not present jurisprudence to assist the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Committee in support of its representations. She rather claimed that if they were proven, they ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-would represent professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The lawyer for the College began her representations with general comments, followed by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-subject more specific to the allegations and concluded with a summary of the testimonies. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The College's lawyer's plea presented elements using a thematic approach. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-They were as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- The incident in Winnipeg -- it is alleged that Mr. Grondin exposed himself to students ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- Pierre Grondin's competence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: The sexual relationship between Pierre Grondin and “C” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-26 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-custodian, despite the very specific reports provided by several teachers. It is also relevant with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-regard to allegation 3(g), that the Member had neglected his duties as administrator and staff ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-supervisor. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:The sexual relationship between Pierre Grondin and “C” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:The lawyer for the College pointed out the fact that the sexual relationship between Pierre ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Grondin and “C” is perhaps the most difficult subject for this Committee -- given the difficulty of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the evidence. She provided the Committee with the context to enable it to understand this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-testimony. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-First of all, the Committee must understand the testimony of “C” in the context of the testimony ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-of several other witnesses who described the relationship they observed between Pierre Grondin ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-and “C”. Julie Lamouche explained that “C” helped Pierre Grondin in his custodial work, that “C” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-helped him with the young children in his class rather than learning how to manage a budget, that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-he did laundry for him, and so on. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-[XXX] indicated that “C” (a [XXX] -year old student in [XXX] grade in 2003) did not work a lot ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-in class, that the Member had a lot of influence over “C” and that the Member was well ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-acquainted with his family. [XXX] spoke about the fact that the Member had helped his family ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-obtain a pension for “C”. The lawyer for the College pointed out that [XXX] said that “C” was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-32 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-incapable of writing a letter in French. As a result, “C” did not write the letter in Exhibit 27 in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:which one can read that he never had a sexual relationship with the Member or Pierre Grondin. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Someone wrote it for him and he signed it. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The lawyer for the College maintained that “C” was not capable of inventing a long, detailed and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-complicated story. [XXX] testimony confirmed this fact. The lawyer for the College claimed that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the reference to a fabricated story during the cross-examination by the Member’s lawyer did not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-make sense. Here was a witness who responded in a monosyllabic manner and the Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-must understand “C”’s testimony in the context of [XXX] explanation, that is: a 26-year old ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-witness who still had trouble expressing himself. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Pierre Simard described “C” as the Member’s official reporter – a kind and good young man, over ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-whom the Member had absolute control. According to him, “C” was incapable of living without ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the Member. For example, “C” phoned him every day while on a school field trip to Ottawa. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-lawyer for the College pointed out that "C" denied having a very close relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Member, but it was nevertheless what Pierre Simard observed. Julie Lamouche also said that “C” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-liked Pierre Grondin a lot and looked to him as a role model. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The testimony of “C” was relevant with respect to three allegations in particular: the incident in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-33 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Winnipeg, the fact that “C” had a sexual relationship and that he had been sexually abused. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:lawyer for the College spoke of a second trip to Winnipeg during which pornographic sessions ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-were filmed. The Member went on this field trip as well as the [XXX] family and Pierre ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Grondin. “C” initially denied these events. The lawyer for the College claims that the Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-had to consider the fact that the witness cried during his testimony and that, according to her, it ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-was because he knew he wasn’t telling the truth. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Second, despite the fact that “C” denied that the Member watched the filming in Winnipeg, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Member was travelling with Mr. Grondin, “C” and the [XXX] family. No one provided an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-explanation for this trip. Mr. Grondin stayed in a hotel room with “C”, a completely abnormal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-situation, and “C” testified that the Member was there also. According to the lawyer for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-College, the Member should have been aware of the relationship, which constitutes professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-misconduct. It was a completely inappropriate relationship between a staff member of the school ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-and a very vulnerable student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:In the cross-examination, “C” confirmed having had a non-consensual sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Pierre Grondin. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The lawyer for the College pointed out to the Committee that the witness wanted to tell the truth ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-but didn’t want to harm the Member and Pierre Grondin. The lawyer for the College invited the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-34 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Committee to prove that the events that “C” described happened, namely: a) that the incident in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:Winnipeg occurred, b) that Pierre Grondin exposed himself, c) that there was a sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-relationship between Pierre Grondin and “C” that, even if the Member did not know all the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-details of it, he knew enough to take steps to bring remedial action. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Discipline exercised by the Member with his less appreciated staff members ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The testimony of Yvonne Monto, the school secretary, was as follows: The way in which the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Member exercised discipline over her was consistent with the allegations of abuse of authority ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-and favouritism. This also corresponded with the allegations of a climate of intimidation, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-especially in two respects. First, the Member’s conduct, as it is described by Ms. Monto and Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Filion-Prager, was inappropriate. Second, the contrast between the ways in which the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-managed problems he may have had with Ms. Monto is enormous when compared to the ways in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-which he managed Pierre Grondin’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Ms. Monto had known the Member for several years and there was some animosity between ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-them. Ms. Monto described a series of meetings and incidents with the Member. She described a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-meeting in September 2003 in which the Member addressed the subject of cuts with respect to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-educational assistants (Exhibit 19). She described the tone of this meeting as being highly ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-abusive. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-She said that members of the staff were not entitled to speak, that there were going to be cuts, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-35 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-and she felt threatened in this meeting. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Perhaps the most important meeting was the last one. The context was such that Ms. Monto ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-reported to the Member a complaint from a parent regarding an inappropriate bumper sticker on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Pierre Grondin’s car. Ms. Monto claimed that the Member got angry when the complaint was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-filed, that Mr. Grondin was present during part of the meeting, that he attacked her, raised the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-tone of his voice and that the Member did nothing. Following the meeting, Ms. Monto did not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-feel well, and this contributed to her having to take sick leave. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The lawyer for the College maintained that the testimonies of Louise Filion-Prager and Julie ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Lamouche confirmed the testimony of Ms. Monto: Julie Lamouche confirmed that the meeting ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-was difficult and stressful and the very loud tone embarrassed Ms. Monto. Ms. Filion-Prager said ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-that she felt threatened at school because of her friendship with Ms. Monto. The lawyer for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-College claimed that these incidents gave evidence of the atmosphere of intimidation, or the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Member’s inappropriate exercising of discipline over Ms. Monto and his favouritism toward ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Pierre Grondin. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:Pierre Grondin’s sexual harassment of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Julie Lamouche testified that she saw Mr. Grondin teasing [XXX] by running after him in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-halls, and that she saw [XXX] hide in his classroom in order to protect himself from Mr. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Grondin. The fact that the school is small with [XXX] classrooms is significant for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-understanding this testimony. Ms. Julie Lamouche was well aware of what was going on. It is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-36 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-inconceivable that the Member was not. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-[XXX] testified that Pierre Grondin touched him, licked his ears, teased him, and that he had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-exposed himself in his classroom. He said that the Member was present from time to time when ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Pierre Grondin behaved in this manner. According to [XXX], the Member had control over ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Pierre Grondin, but nothing had really been taken seriously before his letter of complaint ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-(Exhibit 18). During cross-examination, he admitted that the Member was taking steps to stop ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Pierre Grondin’s conduct, but he would continue behaving in this way when the Member left. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The lawyer for the College claims that it isn’t enough to say: “Stop that, Pierre!” because that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:doesn’t constitute appropriate discipline in a sexual harassment situation in a school, and it ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-constitutes evidence of the Member’s favouritism toward Pierre Grondin. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The allegation regarding Yannick Gélinas ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Subsection 3, clause e, paragraph 7, addresses the fact that in November 2003 the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-offered his partner Yannick Gélinas a position as Educational Assistant at [XXX], although Mr. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Gélinas did not have the necessary qualifications. [XXX] testified that Yannick Gélinas came ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-from Québec, that he was the Member’s lover, and that the Member hired him as a secretary. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-lawyer for the College claims that, even if this is exactly what is alleged in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Hearing, these are nonetheless inappropriate actions. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-37 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-for the College referred to the evidence concerning overtime hours worked by certain staff ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-members, including Mr. Grondin. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Administrative deficiencies with respect to records ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The matter of administrative deficiencies associated with the allegation in subsection 3(h) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-“demonstrated a lack of knowledge of the Education Act and Ministry of Education programs," ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-and subsection 3(j), " failed in his administration and supervision of school staff, when he did not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-address employee [...] complaints." The lawyer for the College cited three testimonies on this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-subject, namely, that of Donald Dionne, of Robert Laplante and of Ms. Houston. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The lawyer for the College claimed that Exhibit 7 was a summary that would help the Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-understand the components of the evidence relating to administrative deficiencies. She specified ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-that Exhibit 7 is a memo that was written by Robert Laplante to Donald Dionne, and they both ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-spoke about this memo during the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The lawyer for the College stipulates that the deficiencies identified by Donald Dionne and by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Robert Laplante are: “records, and criminal record checks were missing in a few files, and in all ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the files there was no confirmation of being hired”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The major shortcomings in the school's administration include: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- lack of religious teaching ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: access to pornographic sites via school computers ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- many hours of overtime paid to staff ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-41 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Member's lawyer submitted that Mr. Dionne hid things in his testimony, admitted that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Member had helped him a lot by doing recruiting, that he found himself in a difficult situation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-replacing him in the middle of the school year, and that Mr. Dionne was not prepared to take on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the role of principal of a school. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Member's lawyer claimed that [XXX] testimony didn’t add anything. Her memory failed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-when she said that Pierre Grondin assumed the position of principal after the Member left on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-leave. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Member's lawyer reported that the testimony of “B” was not credible because he was a smart ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:enough young man who would have reported any sexual incident to his mother and, even today, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:at the age of [XXX], he didn't seem to be a witness who would be afraid to report sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-incidents to those in a position of authority. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Member's lawyer stated that the witness Robert Laplante was on the defensive during his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-testimony, that the Member was not working in the school when Mr. Laplante was working in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-his position, that Mr. Laplante made the decision to prohibit the Member access to the school ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-without indicating under what authority he was doing this, that he didn't know if the Member's ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-expenses had been approved or not, and that he contradicted Mr. Nadeau and Mr. Dionne when ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-reporting that the school was clean. The Member's lawyer stipulated that Mr. Laplante wanted to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-set himself up against the Board by doing everything himself. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Member's lawyer stated that it was difficult to establish Julie Lamouche's credibility because ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-she had several methods at her disposal for filing complaints against the Member over several ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-44 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-years, but she never used such methods. According to the Member's lawyer, Ms. Lamouche saw ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-something bad done by the Member but she chose to neglect her responsibilities. Ms. Lamouche ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-was the union representative, she knew how to file a complaint, which she did only after the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-school boards merged, and she did so to keep her job. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Member's lawyer said that Yvonne Monto stated that the Member had been a good principal, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-and that it was only when the Member implemented budgetary restrictions that she decided to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-file a complaint against the Member. The Member's lawyer also stated that Ms. Monto didn't tell ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the truth to Mr. Laplante in order to justify herself before him. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Member's lawyer stated that the witness Pierre Simard had not been at the school when the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:Member was principal, and that the Member's sexual acts, which Mr. Simard saw, occurred in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-tavern and not at the school. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Member's lawyer claimed that Cheryl Nelson’s testimony was contradicted by that of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-[XXX]. The Member's lawyer indicated that the witness said that the Member had an influence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-over Mr. Grondin's conduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:With respect to witness “C”, the Member's lawyer said that “C” denied having sex with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:Member, but admitted having had sex with Pierre Grondin. The Member's lawyer claimed that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-the obligation to report this information to the Children's Aid Society also pertained to parents, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-which eliminated the Member's responsibility to do the same. Despite this statement, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Member's lawyer admitted that the Member had the responsibility to report any suspicion of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-abuse to the Children's Aid Society. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-45 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Member's lawyer named all the other witnesses identified in allegations who did not appear, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-which means that these allegations were all invalid. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Finally, the Member's lawyer referred to the wilful ignorance on the part of the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-concerning Pierre Grondin's actions. The Member's lawyer argued that it was unfortunate for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-young man but, out of friendship for Pierre Grondin, he wilfully overlooked it. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-After having heard the testimonies and reviewed the relevant and eligible exhibits, as well as the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-lawyers' submissions, the Committee recognizes that the facts support the finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-misconduct and considers that the member committed professional misconduct, having violated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19) and 1(27) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-stated in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-REASONS FOR THE DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Committee heard several testimonies that confirm the Member's favourable treatment of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Pierre Grondin, the use of abusive language toward the staff, and the lack of compliance with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-conflict of interest rules. The Committee also heard the testimonies that demonstrate the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:Member's inaction regarding Pierre Grondin's inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature toward a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-student, the inappropriate dress code of Kathleen Toutant, Pierre Grondin's spouse, and the lack ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-of compliance with professional standards to ensure the protection and well-being of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-46 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- “demonstrated a lack of knowledge of the Education Act and Ministry of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- Education curriculums”. The reports and testimonies of Mr. Laplante and Ms. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- Houston demonstrate a lack of knowledge, particularly as to the obligation to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- offer religious teaching, given that [XXX] is a school, neglecting the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: protection of children by allowing access to pornographic sites, by not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- requiring criminal record checks and attestations of diploma and training, by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- not preparing the performance evaluations for the school's staff, but not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- maintaining school records in accordance with standards established by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- Ministry of Education, and by not protecting confidential information. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- “failed to appropriately manage the school budget with respect to his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- expenses". The Committee reviewed the reports of Mr. Laplante to this effect ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- and also heard that the Member assured Mr. Dionne that he didn't need to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- concerned about the school's finances because the Minstry of Education ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- always makes up the deficits. The Committee heard Mr. Laplante and Mr. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- Simard speak about the fact that two employees, Pierre Grondin and Richard ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- Beaudry, claimed a lot of overtime and these claims were made following an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- agreement reached between the Member and his employees. More ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- particularly, the Committee received supporting documentation showing that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- the approvals received for the claiming of expenses incurred during his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- administrative leave were issued after Mr. Laplante brought this fact to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- attention of the School Board. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- “failed in his administration and supervision of school staff, when he did not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- address employee and/or parental complaints, and permitted staff to behave ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- and dress inappropriately at school”. The Committee heard on many occasions ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-48 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- that the Member allowed Kathleen Toutant to dress immodestly at school, that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- he allowed Pierre Grondin to adopt inappropriate conduct towards the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- students in the school, to be absent from work without justification, and to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- sleep during working hours. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Committee is of the opinion that the following allegations were proven by the Member's ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-admission: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- “failed to notify the Children’s Aid Society of allegations that a school ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- employee, Pierre Grondin, exposed his erect or partially erect penis, to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- [XXX]-year old intellectually-challenged male student “C”, in a hotel room ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- while on a field trip to Winnipeg on June 18 and 19, 2003”, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- “failed to notify the Children’s Aid Society that school employee Pierre ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: Grondin had sexually assaulted intellectually-challenged male student “C” for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- a number of years up to August 2005". ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Committee heard and accepted several testimonies including that of student “C” and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:College submitted supporting documents which confirm the sexual abuse on the part of Pierre ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:Grondin, particularly on a field trip to Winnipeg in June 2003, Pierre Grondin's repeated sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-abuse of student “C”, the influence the Member had over student “C”, the favouritism that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Member exhibited toward Pierre Grondin, the lack of follow-up by the Member to the complaint ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:filed by [XXX] against Pierre Grondin for sexual abuse, the Member's lack of follow-up to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-[XXX] request to protect and ensure students' well-being, complaints received with respect to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Pierre Grondin's inappropriate conduct and, in particular, Ms. Cheryl Nelson's report, all of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-49 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:which confirms that the Member had knowledge of the allegation of sexual abuse of student “C” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-by Pierre Grondin and, on the last day of the hearing, the Member alluded to "wilful ignorance" ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-to justify his actions. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-CONCLUSION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The representations of the Member's lawyer were presented as follows: [] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:What is important is that there was no evidence of sexuality by Perron toward students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-In this case, the facts might cause confusion. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Perron was not perfect, but don’t forget that he worked under pressure. All his daily activities ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-and his role as school principal can easily be considered as one. But by law the role of principal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-is specific (sic) to the school premises. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- It appears that Perron maintained the professional standard except ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- toward Grondin, with whom he adopted deliberate ignorance (sic). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: Perron did not sexually mistreat the student. Perron did not mistreat ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: these students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically (sic) etc. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- Perron complied with the Education Act (sic) except toward Grondin, with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- whom he used deliberate ignorance (sic). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: The sex that involves Grondin is shameful, however Perron is subject to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- deliberate ignorance (sic). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- Perron’s misconduct comes back to deliberate ignorance (sic). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- We are treating the poor deliberate ignorance (sic) as a result of Perron’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- friendship with Grondin. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-50 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The Committee is of the opinion that the plea of deliberate ignorance on the part of the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-is an admission and it constitutes definitive proof that he admits to having committed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-professional misconduct. This is serious because it involves abuse of a minor student. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Committee reviewed the applicable jurisprudence and relies on the judgment R. v. Briscoe, 2010 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-SCC 13 (CanLII) in Paragraph 24, which describes the law on the legal concept of "deliberate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-ignorance". ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The expression "deliberate ignorance" seems more descriptive than "wilful blindness", as it ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-connotes "an actual process of suppressing a suspicion". Properly understood in this way, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-concept of wilful blindness is of narrow scope and involves no departure from the subjective ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-focus on the workings of the accused's mind. While a "failure to inquire" may be evidence of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-recklessness or criminal negligence, as for example, where a failure to inquire is a marked ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-departure from the conduct expected of a reasonable person, wilful blindness is not simply a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-failure to inquire but, to repeat Professor Stewart's words, "deliberate ignorance". This ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:deliberate ignorance is equivalent to a knowledge of and active participation in alleged sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-abuse. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-In light of the claims made by the Member's lawyer and the plea of wilful blindness, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-admits having knowledge of Pierre Grondin's actions. He deliberately looked “in the other ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:direction” and allowed Pierre Grondin, among other things, to sexually abuse student “C”, which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-makes him an accomplice. Consequently, the Committee believes that the following allegations ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-have been proven: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-51 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-"Between June 2003 and March 2006, the Member acted inappropriately and incompetently, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-violated the ethics of the teaching profession and failed to carry out his professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-responsibilities, in that he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: sexually abused intellectually-challenged male student “C” on a number of occasions ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- up to August 2005; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf: watched the filming of school employee Pierre Grondin as he sexually assaulted ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- [XXX] and [XXX]-year old sisters, “D” and “E”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- abused his power and authority, exhibited favouritism and failed to comply with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- conflict of interest rules when he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- continued to entrust intellectually-challenged male student “C” to Educational ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- Assistant Pierre Grondin, even though the student was not making progress and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- educational program for the student was incomplete. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-The evidence demonstrates that the Member showed favouritism toward Pierre Grondin by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-overlooking his incompetence, lack of ability and professionalism in the roles of Educational ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-Assistant, lunch supervisor and school custodian, despite reports by several teachers. He told the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-school bus driver, Cheryl Nelson, that he had conducted an investigation into allegations of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-inappropriate conduct on the part of Educational Assistant Pierre Grondin on a trip to Winnipeg ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-and that “nothing serious had occurred”. He failed to take action regarding the complaint, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf:reporting allegations of sexual harassment on the part of Pierre Grondin, written by [XXX], a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-teacher in the school. He failed to address a parental complaint that Pierre Grondin was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-infatuated with their daughter, “G”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf-52 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-Having considered the evidence and the burden of proof, the standard of proof, and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-submissions of the College's counsel and the Member's former counsel, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-determined that the facts supported a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-The January 23, 2013 decision thereby confirmed that the Member committed professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-misconduct when he failed to notify the Children's Aid Society that Pierre Grondin, an employee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf:of the school, sexually abused a [XXX]-year-old student with learning disabilities over a period ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-of several years and that the Member deliberately turned a blind eye to this conduct in order to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-protect his friendship with this employee, who served as a teaching assistant for the student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-Several other factors were taken into account in the written decision. These include a serious ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-failure to protect students, the favouritism shown by the Member toward certain members of his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-teaching staff, the climate of intimidation this fostered at the school, and mismanagement of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-school's public funds. In its January 23, 2013 decision, the Committee therefore concluded that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-the Member committed professional misconduct in violation of sections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-1(18), 1(19), and 1(27) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 as stipulated in the May 4, 2011 Notice of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-The August 7, 2013 hearing followed from this hearing on the merits and was concerned ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-exclusively with the penalty and order. This hearing allowed the Committee to hear submissions ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-from the parties with respect to penalty in order to make a determination concerning it. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-During this hearing, the Member's lawyer sought to have Mr. Perron testify. The College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-opposed this additional testimony on the grounds that the hearing on the merits was complete ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-and a decision had been issued on January 23, 2013. The Member's counsel then made an oral ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-motion to adjourn all proceedings relating to that hearing. The decision on the motion to adjourn ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-is the object of a separate decision. However, in this decision as to penalty, it is important to note ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-that the motion to adjourn is rejected and to inform the reader that the rejection of motion to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-adjourn is dealt with under the Decision on the Motion and Reasons issued on September 17, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-The College's counsel argued that the only appropriate penalty is revocation of the Member's ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration. She submitted that publication of the Member's ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-name in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession must also be part of the penalty. In ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-support of this argument, she cited the reasons given for the January 23, 2013 decision, including ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-the favouritism demonstrated by the member toward a staff member, Pierre Grondin, and the use ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-of abusive language toward staff. She reminded the Committee that the Member repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-neglected his administrative duties. She also highlighted the Member's admission establishing as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-fact that the Member did not report allegations to the Children's Aid Society that a staff member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-had exposed himself to a student and, moreover, that the Member took no disciplinary action ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-against Pierre Grondin because of [his own] "willful blindness." The College's counsel further ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf:argued that the Member's failure to act is tantamount to sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-In order to assist the Committee to fully understand her position, counsel referred to a number of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-Discipline Committee decisions imposing the penalty of revocation: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- The Ontario College of Teachers v. Deans, June 21, 2012 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- The Ontario College of Teachers v. Mullins, May 7, 2012 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- The Ontario College of Teachers v. Williams, August 19, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- The Ontario College of Teachers v. Stack, July 8, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-These decisions impose a penalty of revocation and refer to similar misconduct that had negative ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-repercussions on students and on staff and community morale. These decisions, among others, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-demonstrate that severe ethical lapses carry the most serious consequence: the loss of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-privilege to practice the profession. She reminded the panel that the Member was also found ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-guilty of professional misconduct under several other provisions of the Act and argued that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-revocation is essential to ensure that the Member fully apprehend the gravity of his misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-The College's counsel concluded by arguing that this penalty is necessary to maintain public ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-trust, and that publication of a summary of the case with the Member's name in the College's ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-official publication is essential to deter members of the profession from committing similar ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-offenses. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-Submissions of Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-The submissions made by the Member's counsel were brief. He argued that the testimony related ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-to this case stems from a homophobic campaign in which the College should not become ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-complicit. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-After arguing this position, he focused on errors he claims were made by the Committee during ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-the hearing on the merits and in the writing of the decision. He also took the opportunity to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf:clarify his position and that of the Member by plainly stating that his client never sexually ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-abused children. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-As the Committee determined and explained in its January 23, 2013 decision, the Member's ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-misconduct is very serious. This former school principal abused his position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-authority in failing to conform to the standards of the profession, in committing acts and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-omissions that members would reasonably consider shameful, dishonourable, and contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-standards of the profession, and in acting in a manner unbecoming of a member of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-As is indicated in the reasons for the January 23, 2013 decision, the Member placed his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-friendship with Pierre Grondin above the protection of students. He failed to report his friend ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf:Pierre Grondin's sexual conduct toward children to the Children's Aid Society, and knowingly ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-lied to protect him. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-As a school principal, he failed to meet his responsibilities by fostering a climate of intimidation, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-manipulation, reprisals, threats and criticism -- among the staff, board members, parents and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-Additionally, he did not meet the Ministry of Education standards for the keeping of student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-records, for hiring, and for the implementation of certified, competent teaching in his school. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-Committee is also convinced that he abused his position of authority to influence the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-investigation of a complaint against him and exercised favouritism resulting in pecuniary ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-implications for certain staff, namely his friend Pierre Grondin. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty imposed in this case of serious misconduct serves the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf-public interest. The revocation of certification and the five-year delay before an application for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated September 14, 2012 was served on Jask Ramburn, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-Teachers on October 10, 2012 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for April 23, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-The Member was not present nor was he represented. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-The allegations against Jask Ramburn (the “Member”) in the Notice of Hearing are as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Jask Ramburn is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf: b) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- c) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-At the hearing on April 23, 2013, College Counsel sought to withdraw the allegation of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-professional misconduct in paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf:Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf:1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-the Act. The Committee agrees that this allegation shall be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-College Counsel advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 4), which provides ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-1. Jaskaransingh (“Jask”) Ramburn (the “Member”) was at all material times, a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached to Exhibit 4 and located at Tab ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-“A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed as a teacher at a private school ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-(the “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-3. At all material times, A was [XXX] female child. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-Member advised “A” to keep this physical contact between them a secret. Some physical ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-contact made “A” uncomfortable and was not consensual. “A” told her mother about the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-physical contact and subsequently, the Police were notified. The Member was charged ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf:with sexual assault, touching for a sexual purpose, sexual exploitation and invitation to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf:touch for a sexual purpose contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada). On June 27, 2011, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-the Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted of the lesser and included offence of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-assault contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code (Canada) and the remaining charges ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-were withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-been granted. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in Exhibit 4, Tabs B, C, D, & E, that on June ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-27, 2011, the Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted of assault contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-266 of the Criminal Code (Canada). Further, the Member was given a conditional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-sentence of three (3) months and was placed on probation for a period of twenty-one (21) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-months. The Member was also ordered by the Court to not have any contact with anyone ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-under the age of twelve (12) years, unless accompanied by an adult. The Member has not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-appealed the conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct and the resulting conviction for assault ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-constitute professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 6), Counsel for the College and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-Member jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-Committee in this matter would be that the Committee should order the immediate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-SUBMISSIONS RE: PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that the parties had not agreed on whether ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-or not the Member’s name should be published and made submissions on that issue. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-Member was not present to put forth evidence or submissions on the issue of publication. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-During submissions on publication, Counsel for the College also referred the Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-to review a letter from the Member to the Discipline Committee (Exhibit 2, Tab C). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-However, the Committee found the information provided in this letter did not pertain to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf:the issue of publication, but rather addressed the original charges of a sexual nature that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-were subsequently withdrawn at the criminal proceedings. Nonetheless, Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-College did advise the Committee that former counsel for the Member had relayed the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-Member’s request that his name not be published in any publication of the College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-(Exhibit 2, Tab A). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the Member’s name be published for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-following reasons: general deterrence, transparency, and consistency with the School’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf-actions and policy. Counsel submitted that the Member was convicted of a very serious ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-The Parties hereby agree to the truth and accuracy of the facts that are hereinafter ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-expressed and agree to the receipt of this document by the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-1) At all material times, the Member was employed by the Peel District School Board as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- a teacher at [XXX] School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 78 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf:2) The Member was involved in a consensual sexual relationship with one of his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- colleagues (his “Colleague”), for approximately three years. The relationship ended ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- on or about May 13, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-3) When the relationship ended, the Member continued to pursue and try to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- communicate with his Colleague. The Member acknowledges that some of his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- behaviour toward his Colleague was verbally and emotionally abusive. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-4) On May 14 and 15, 2010, the Member sent a series of offensive text messages to his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- Colleague, which his Colleague found to be threatening. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-5) On May 14, 2010, the Member was upset that his Colleague did not invite him out for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- drinks with their colleagues. He texted her using explicit and vulgar language, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- including the repeated use of the f-word. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-6) In the text messages that followed, he repeatedly continued to use explicit and vulgar ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- language, including repeated use of the f-word. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-7) On May 17 and 18, 2010, the Member apologized for sending the messages, assured ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- his Colleague that he “did not mean any harm by it” and offered to give her space. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-8) The Member admits that the text messages were inappropriate and wholly regrets ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- having sent them to his Colleague. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-9) The Member agrees he should not have continued to pursue his Colleague after she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- made it clear that the relationship had ended by trying to communicate with her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- through text messages, e-mails, notes and/or other colleagues and following her to her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- car at the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-10) The Board commenced an investigation into this matter in September 2010. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- Board found that the Member behaved in an inappropriate manner and on February 2, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- 2011, issued a letter of discipline to the Member. The Member was also transferred ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- to another school, directed to refrain from having any contact with his Colleague ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- directly or indirectly and from speaking about this matter to other employees of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- Board, and required to complete a course. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-11) On March 9, 2011, the Member provided confirmation of the successful completion ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- of a two hour course on “Dealing with Harassment in the Workplace.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-Having examined the Exhibits filed, and based on the Memorandum of Agreement, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-guilty plea, and the submissions made by Counsel for the College and Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-Member, the Committee ratifies the Memorandum of Agreement. The Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 78 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-finds that Andrew James Ritchie committed acts of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-The Committee accepts the Member’s guilty plea and the agreed facts contained in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-Memorandum of Agreement (Exhibit 3). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf:The Member was involved in a consensual sexual relationship with a colleague for a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-three year period. After the relationship ended, the Member continued to pursue his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-colleague by following her to her car at the School and repeatedly attempting to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-communicate with her about the relationship through text messages, e-mails, notes and/or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-other colleagues. On multiple occasions, the Member sent offensive text messages using ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-explicit and vulgar language, which his colleague found to be threatening. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-The Committee acknowledges that the Member has completed a course on “Dealing with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-Harassment in the Workplace.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s actions amount to professional misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf-and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-“Committee”) on January 17, 2013 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 79 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated April 12, 2012 was served on Dustin Phillip ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Rouse, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Teachers on May 7, 2012 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for January 17, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-The allegations against Dustin Phillip Rouse (the “Member”) in the Notice of Hearing are ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Dustin Phillip Rouse is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-defined in subsection 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-“Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- b) he abused a student verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- Regulation 497/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf: d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 79 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-1. Dustin Phillip Rouse (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Grand Erie District ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-School Board (the “Board”) and was an elementary occasional teacher. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-3. In and around November 2007, the Member was a teacher at an elementary school ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-of the Board (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-4. At all material times, the Student, a female, was a student at the School and at one ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-of the Board’s high schools. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-5. From November 2007 to May 2009, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf: a) communicated in a sexually explicit and inappropriate manner via the Internet ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- b) during these communications, encouraged or invited the Student to view his penis ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf: and genitals, perform fellatio, have sexual intercourse with him and discussed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf: topics such as orgasm, masturbation, sex toys bondage and/or sadomasochistic ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- fantasies with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- c) during these communications, attempted to arrange to meet with the Student for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf: the purpose of having a personal and/ or sexual relationship with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-6. On or about June 20, 2009, the Member was charged with Internet luring of a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-minor by the Brant County Ontario Provincial Police. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-7. On or about August 31, 2009, the Member’s employment with the Board was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-terminated. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-8. On or about June 8, 2011, the Member pleaded guilty to the charge of luring a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 79 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf:child via computer for sexual exploitation and for the purpose of facilitating the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf:commission of an offence, to wit, invitation to sexual touching contrary to sections 152 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-and 172.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-9. On July 11, 2011, the Member was sentenced for the offence referred to in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-paragraph 8 above, to a twelve (12) month period of conditional sentence, including ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-house arrest for six (6) months, and a three (3) year probationary period. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-The Member pleaded guilty to the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Counsel for the College entered into evidence the following additional documents: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Brief of Court Documents – Her Majesty The Queen v. Dustin Phillip Rouse, OCT ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-(Exhibit 2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Excerpts of Exhibits (Exhibit 3); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-The Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 2) with respect to the criminal proceedings ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-against the Member submitted into evidence consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 1. Certified Copy of Ontario Court of Justice Information and Appearances, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- Recognizance of Bail (Found at Tab A); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 2. Certified Copy of Conditional Sentence dated July 11, 2011 (Found at Tab B); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 3. Certified Copy of Probation Order dated July 11, 2011 (Found at Tab C); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 4. Certified Copy of Prohibition Order dated July 11, 2011 (Found at Tab D); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 5. Transcript of Proceedings at Guilty Plea before the Honourable Justice M.B. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 79 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- Zivolak at Brantford, Ontario dated June 8, 2011 (Found at Tab E); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 6. Transcript of Reasons for Sentence before Honourable Justice M.B. Zivolak at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- Brantford, Ontario dated July 11, 2011 (Found at Tab F). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-The Member entered into evidence the following document: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 1. A folder containing a variety of individual documents (Exhibit 4). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 2) confirmed that on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-June 8, 2011, the Member pleaded guilty to the charge of luring a child via computer for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf:sexual exploitation and for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence, to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf:wit, invitation to sexual touching, contrary to Sections 152 and 172.1 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-On July 11, 2011, the Member was sentenced for the above mentioned offence to a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-twelve (12) month conditional sentence, including house arrest for six (6) months, and a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-three (3) year probationary period. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-A non-publication order was issued under subsection 486.4(1) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-(Canada), in the proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The Committee is required ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-to uphold this publication ban imposed in the matter of Her Majesty The Queen v. Dustin ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Rouse by the Ontario Court of Justice. There shall be no publication of any information ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-that might tend to identify the victim involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 79 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Dustin Phillip Rouse ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1 (7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept as proof that an offence was committed by a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been granted. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-accepts as fact, as detailed in the court documents contained within Exhibit 2, that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf:Member was convicted of luring a child via computer for sexual exploitation and for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf:purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence, to wit, invitation to sexual touching ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-contrary to sections 152 and 172.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The conviction was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-entered on July 11, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-On July 11, 2011, the Member was sentenced for the offence referred to above, to a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-twelve (12) month conditional sentence, including house arrest for six (6) months, and a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-three (3) year probationary period. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 79 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the penalty should include immediate revocation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and publication with name ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf:was the appropriate penalty for very serious criminal sexual activity. This penalty will ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-serve as a specific deterrent to the Member to not engage in any future conduct of this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-nature. As a general deterrent, the penalty informs the profession and the public that this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-behaviour is not condoned; rather is condemned, and will result in revocation of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-certification, as well as full publication with the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted two cases for review by the Committee, which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-demonstrated a similar degree of penalty application for similar misconduct. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-concluded that the most serious case must attract the most serious of consequences - ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-revocation and publication with name. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-The Member referred the Committee to Exhibit 2 (Tab E) and proceeded to read his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-statement of position to the Court in Proceedings at Guilty Plea, June 8, 2011. His ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-statement of position outlined his desire to teach, past exemplary behaviour, described his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-interpretation of events, and offered an apology for his serious error in judgement. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Member further submitted that he has completed six months of treatment which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-determined that he does not pose a threat to society and is not a pedophile. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-The Member submitted that the publication ban covering contents of the proceedings at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Proceedings at Guilty Plea, June 8, 2011 prohibited publication of the Member’s name ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-as it covers any, all or some of the material. He then presented examples of cases where ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 79 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-the name of the Member had been withheld from publication. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-The Member concluded by asking for an eighteen (18) month suspension of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration and publication of the findings ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-and Order of the Committee without the name of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- a) the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately revoke ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- b) the Committee directs that there be publication of the findings and order of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- Committee, in summary form with the name of the member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-The Member pleaded guilty and was convicted of the offence commonly referred to as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-internet luring, and that between November 2007 and May 2009, he did use a computer ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-to communicate with a person under the age of sixteen (16) for the purpose of facilitating ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf:the commission of an offence, to wit, invitation to sexual touching contrary to sections ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-152 and 172.1 (1) (b) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Following several attempts by a smitten student to engage the Member in conversation, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-he eventually acquiesced, and provided his email address to her. There ensued several ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-months of email communication and chatting online which became increasingly ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 79 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf:inappropriate in nature and dealt with sexual content. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-During these communications, the Member encouraged or invited the student to view his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf:penis and genitals, perform fellatio, have sexual intercourse with him and discussed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf:topics such as orgasm, masturbation, sex toys, bondage and/or sadomasochistic fantasies ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-with the student. Two meetings were arranged with the student for the purpose of having ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf:a personal and/or sexual relationship with the student, but did not ultimately occur. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-The Committee determined that no member of the profession should be engaged in this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf:type of luring and sexually explicit behaviour with a student. It is particularly ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-unacceptable that the Member was a teacher, someone who is entrusted with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-protection of children. Children are vulnerable members of society and must be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-safeguarded against predators who use the internet to lure them into a situation where ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf:they can be sexually exploited and abused. The Committee found the Member’s offences ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-to be very disturbing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-The Member’s actions were criminal and warrant revocation of the Member’s Certificate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-The Committee recognizes that the College discipline process is separate and apart from ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-the criminal process and that the College has a practice of including the name of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-Member in its decision and summary even when publication bans are put in place (with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-the proviso that publication would not identify the student). The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf-that the focus of s.486.4 of the Criminal Code (Canada) is to protect the complainant (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 26, 2010 was served on Colin Jeffrey Sawers, requesting ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-his presence on April 12, 2010 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for April 18, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-Colin Jeffrey Sawers was in attendance throughout the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-The allegations against Colin Jeffrey Sawers in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-March 26, 2010 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Colin Jeffrey Sawers is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-At the hearing on April 18, 2013, College Counsel sought to withdraw the allegation of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf:professional misconduct in paragraph (f), namely that the Member engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-Committee agrees that this allegation shall be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-Teachers. Attached to Exhibit 2 and located at Tab “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-2. The Member was employed by the Waterloo Region District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-“Board”) at all material times hereto and was a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-Kitchener, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-3. During the 2003-2006 academic years, A was a male student of the School and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-graduated on [XXX] . ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-4. The Member was A’s [XXX] teacher during the first semester of the 2003-2004 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-academic year. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-5. In early 2004, A told the Member that he was gay and they spoke about the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-being available to act as a mentor for A – someone to discuss emotional issues with. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-6. The Member spoke to his Principal about A’s disclosure above and he being a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-mentor for A. The Principal agreed that the Member could do so even though he was not a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-guidance counsellor, provided that A’s parents agreed. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-7. The Member spoke to A’s parents and they agreed that the Member continue to act ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-as A’s mentor. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-8. Later in the spring of 2004, A’s father went to the School and spoke with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-Principal to report a concern regarding the Member in that the Member called A at home at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-9:00 p.m. and invited A to Tim Horton’s for tea. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-9. The Principal spoke to the Member about the concern. The Principal told him that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-he was to be available to A if he needed support, but that he should not be initiating contact ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-with A. The Principal instructed the Member that he should not have any contact with A ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-outside of school property and that any contact should be at the request of A. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-10. If the Principal were to testify, she would say that, approximately two weeks later, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-the Member’s department head reported to the Principal that A had disclosed something of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf:a sexual nature to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-11. The Principal subsequently told the Member to have no further contact with A as a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-mentor and/or a counsellor. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-12. Thereafter, while A was still a student at the School, and despite the Principal’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-direction, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- (a) encouraged A to initiate communication with him; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- (b) communicated about personal matters with A through electronic ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- communication and classroom discussions; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf: (c) asked A questions about his sexuality; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- (d) made personal contact with A outside of regular school hours; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- (e) took A for lunch on A’s [XXX] birthday with the permission of A’s parents; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- (f) met with A and A’s friend for lunch; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- (g) organized and chaperoned a group trip to Paris for students, which A ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- attended with his parents’ permission; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- (h) hired or invited A to do renovation work at his property, with the permission ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- of A’s parents. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-13. The Principal provided the Member with a letter of discipline dated November 21, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-2006. A copy of the letter is attached to Exhibit 2 and located at Tab “B”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-14. By this document the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 13 above (the “Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-15. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to herein ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-From 2004 until 2006, the Member engaged in a series of interactions with a student in his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf:school. Initially, the student disclosed his sexual orientation to the Member. With the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-permission of the Principal and the student’s parents, the Member became the student’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-mentor. Concerns arose from the parents regarding the Member’s interactions with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-student outside school hours. In 2004 the Principal told the Member about the concerns ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-raised by the parents and was instructed not to initiate contact with the student outside the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-school property. The Principal subsequently told the Member not to have any contact with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-the student as a mentor or counsellor. Despite the Principal’s direction, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-continued to interact with the student, such as communicating with the student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-electronically, meeting the student socially outside of school and discussed the student’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf:sexuality. On several occasions the student’s parents gave the Member permission for some ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-of these interactions. The Principal provided the Member with a letter of discipline on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-November 21, 2006, reinforcing that the Member was expected to maintain professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-relationships with all students in the school community. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-The Committee finds that based on the Member’s aforementioned conduct, he committed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-acts of professional misconduct, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-Counsel agreed that there be publication of the findings and order of the Committee in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-summary form in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-parler profession, but did not agree on whether the Member’s name should be included. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the name of the member should be published in the official ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf-publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. Counsel stated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 13, 2013 was served on Danny Schnabel, requesting his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-presence on April 18, 2013 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-was subsequently set for October 24, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-Danny Schnabel was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-The allegations against Danny Schnabel in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated March 13, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-2013, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Danny Schnabel is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-(b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf:(c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-(d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-(e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-(f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to these allegations. Specifically, the plea of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-not guilty was entered with respect to allegations that the Member: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-b) abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf:c) abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf:1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-College Counsel requested that the Committee make a guilty finding with respect to allegations ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-(b) and (c) above, even though the Member did not specifically plead to these allegations. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-Counsel submitted an Affidavit of Daniela DeBartolo, Law Clerk, with McCarthy Tétrault LLP, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-sworn October 23, 2013 (Exhibit 4), which confirms that the Member was advised that as the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-parties had not reached an agreement on whether the Discipline Committee should make a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-finding under Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2) and 17.3), section 1 and 40(1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-the Act, the College reserved the right to make findings under those subsections of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-misconduct regulation. Ms. Bartolo wrote to the Member on September 5, 2013 and on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-September 13, 2013 and in both letters advised the Member: “…Counsel for the College will ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-make submissions to the panel of the Discipline Committee that the facts agreed upon in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts constitutes psychological and emotional abuse of a student as well as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf:sexual abuse of a student. You are entitled to make submissions to the contrary.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-At the hearing of this matter, College Counsel requested that the Committee make these ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf:additional findings on psychological and emotional abuse as well as sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-based on the evidence, i.e. the facts agreed to in the Agreed Statement of Facts. College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-Counsel’s position was that when a teacher embarks on a relationship with a student outside of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-the educational setting and engages in touching of a student, this is inappropriate conduct and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf:amounts to psychological or emotional abuse. While the Member has not admitted a sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf:relationship, Counsel submitted that the actual conduct amounts to sexual abuse as detailed in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Agreed Statement of Facts. Counsel indicated that the Committee could ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-logically infer or conclude that this conduct, i.e. communicating electronically for purposes other ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-than educational, having dinner with the Student at his home, meeting on a weekly basis, having ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-multiple outings outside of school hours, physically touching, kissing and holding each other ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf:amounted to emotional, psychological and sexual abuse. College Counsel further pointed out ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-that the Member, although advised that he was entitled to make submissions to the contrary, had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-not actively chosen to do so. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Danny Schnabel committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-The Committee did not make a finding of professional misconduct against the Member as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-alleged, with respect to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2) and 1(7.3). Consequently, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf:the Member was not found guilty of engaging in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. Accordingly those allegations are dismissed. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-“Agreed Facts”) of the Agreed Statement of Facts, and Guilty Plea document (Exhibit 2). The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-Member acknowledged that the Agreed Facts referred to in paragraphs 7 and 8 above, constitute ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-professional misconduct and pled guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct, more ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-The Committee accepts the Member’s guilty plea and the facts in the Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2) with regard to the allegations to which he pled guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-The Member engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a [XXX] year old female student, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-who was in his enriched [XXX] program, from the approximate period of June to November ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-2011. The Member admitted to communicating electronically with the Student outside the scope ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-of the enriched program. He had her to his home for dinner on one occasion and met alone ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-regularly with the student at his home on a regular weekly basis, from September to November ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-2011. During the period commencing June 2011 to November 2011, the Member took the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-Student in his car or by public transit to movies, art galleries, the [XXX] and to the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-family doctor’s office. The Member further admits that during the period July 2011 to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-November 2011, the Member engaged in a relationship with the Student in which he physically ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-touched the Student; they kissed each other and they held each other. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-The Committee finds that this behaviour and the facts as agreed to in Exhibit 2 amount to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-professional misconduct as pled to by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-The Committee finds that the College has not proven the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-with respect to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), and 1(7.3) and therefore finds that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf:the Member did not engage in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-The Committee concurs with College Counsel and the Member, that the Member is guilty of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-professional misconduct. Engaging in, and encouraging, a personal relationship with a student is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-behaviour which is unprofessional and dishonourable, and is conduct unbecoming a Member of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-the profession. The Member abused his position of trust by allowing an academic relationship ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-with the Student to become a personal relationship. The Member disregarded the professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-boundaries through his misconduct. The Committee accepts submissions by Counsel as well as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-the Agreed Statement of Facts, and Guilty Plea which was submitted by both parties, as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-sufficient cause for the finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-Regarding allegations relating to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), and 1(7.3), the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-Committee was unable to make a finding of professional misconduct. These allegations were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-disputed by the Member, and were not included in the Agreed Statement of Facts, and Guilty ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-Plea. Clearly, the Agreed Statement of Facts, and Guilty Plea provided evidence of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-misconduct. The Committee did not agree that on its own, the Agreed Statement of Facts, and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf:Guilty Plea provided sufficient evidence to support a finding of sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf:The Committee acknowledges that kissing and hugging constitute sexual abuse as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. In the Agreed Statement of Facts, and Guilty Plea, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-Member admits that kissing and hugging occurred. However, the Committee took very seriously ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-the knowledge that the Member was neither present nor represented. There was no opportunity ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-for the Committee to clarify the scope or frequency of physical contact between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-the Student. Nor was the Committee comfortable in accepting the suggestion by College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf:Counsel, without additional evidence, that the intent of the Member was to have a sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf-relationship with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-The allegations against Peter David Scorrar (the “Member”) in the Notice of Hearing are ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Peter David Scorrar is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-defined in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- (a) he failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- standards of the teaching profession contrary to section 13 of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- Regulation Made Under the Teaching Profession Act, made pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- section 12 of the Teaching Profession Act R.S.O. 1980, chapter 495, as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- amended (the “TPA Regulation”); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- (b) he failed to regard as his first duty the effective education of his pupils and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- the maintenance of a high degree of professional competence in his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- teaching contrary to subsection 14(a) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- (c) he failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- with pupils contrary to subsection 14(d) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- (d) he failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- under his care contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with subsection 264(1)(c) of the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-1. Peter David Scorrar (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf:2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Greater Essex County ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf:School Board, formerly Essex County District School Board (the “Board) as a teacher at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-[XXX] School (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario and held an Ontario Teacher’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Certificate. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-3. During the 1988-1989 academic year the Member was a teacher of the Student at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-1. During the 1988-1989 academic year the Member began flirting with the Student, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-who was [XXX] years of age at the commencement of the 1988-1989 year. That conduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-continued and escalated during the 1989-1990 academic year. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-2. On or about the last day of the 1988-1989 academic year, the Member kissed the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Student on the lips in front of other students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-3. In or around July 1989, while the Student was working at a restaurant, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Member attended the restaurant alone to drink and waited until the Student finished work, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-walked her to her car and kissed her. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-4. In or around the first month of the 1989-1990 academic year, the Member, on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-more than one occasion, drove the Student to secluded areas where he would rub, fondle ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-and/or kiss her. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-5. During and including the period between October 1989 and December 1989, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf:Member engaged in sexual intercourse or other inappropriate sexual conduct with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-6. During the 1988-1989 academic year, the Member invited the Student to his home ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-and when confronted by the mother of the Student, threatened the Student’s mother by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-saying that she would never see her daughter again. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-In February 1989 the Student recalls the Member began paying attention to her and began ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-flirting with her. On the last day of school the Member kissed the Student on the lips. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf:The Student stated that the relationship then progressed, and included sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-that began on October 19, 1989. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-The Student kept a journal that detailed her evolving relationship with the Member. Her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-journal was discovered by her mother on October 22, 1989. The Student warned the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Member that their relationship had been discovered and she stated the Member told her to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-deny it, to say “it never happened”. The Student’s mother presented the Principal with a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-copy of the journal entries as evidence and a meeting was held between the Student, her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-mother, the Principal and the Member. During the meeting the Member acknowledged ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf:that he had “some contact of a sexual nature” with the Student. The Student testified that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf:while she and the Member had already had sexual intercourse by the time of the October ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-23rd meeting, she had not recorded it in her journal. As such, her mother did not know ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-about it and the Student did not tell her mother about it at the time and so the Principal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-did not find out either. The Student was adamant that she and the Member first had ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf:sexual intercourse on October 19, 1989. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-At the end of the meeting (Exhibit 4 Tab 12), all parties agreed and signed that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-(a) both (the Member and the Student) end their relationship; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-(b) both (the Member and the Student ) agreed that they would not meet at any time or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-place without other people being present; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-(c) (the Member) agreed to attend at least six sessions with a counsellor and to report the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-results to the Principal; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-(d) this report will be placed in the Member’s file; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-(e) copy of the report would be made available to the counsellor. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-The Student attended a second meeting with her mother and a Superintendent at the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Board office. The Student was informed that the Member would be suspended for two ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-months and would return to her school in January 1990. The Student remembers the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-meeting very well and remembers being relieved that the Superintendent was kind to her, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-even fatherly. She had been worried that he would blame her, at least in part, for the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-relationship, and she was relieved that he was nice to her. The Committee found that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Student’s ability to remember and clearly recount these kinds of details tended to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-strengthen her evidence. The Student’s memory was only aided by her journal entries – ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-she clearly remembered the events in question independent of those journal entries. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-The Student stated that despite the agreement, the Member and she continued their ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-relationship. While she could not remember every date on which they met, she did ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf:remember clearly that she had sexual intercourse with the Member in his van on her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-birthday, [XXX]. The Student stated that the Member returned from his short suspension ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf:to the school on January 1990, and they continued to have a sexual romantic relationship ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-off of school property. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf:The Student stated they also had sexual intercourse on her graduation night, [XXX]. On ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-July 30, 1990, the Member wrote a letter to her (Exhibit 4, Tab 15) which stated: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- “When we make love… I’m completely emersed (sic) in you… I want you to love ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- me. I need you to love me. For if you do love me then all of these other things ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- disappear”. The Member also writes in this letter: “As you know – I’m not just a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- good lay. I’ve got a mind. It is important for me to get into your mind as well as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- your pants. Do you remember I said once that it is important to be able to talk ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- with your partner after making love.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-In late August 1990, the Student stated her mother discovered the two at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-home and that they were still having a relationship. She said “an ugly scene ensued ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-including the Member saying to the Student’s mother that if she didn’t leave it alone she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-would never see her daughter again”. By that the Student assumed the Member meant ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-that he would take her away somewhere. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-The Student stated “it’s been many years and I still have many vivid memories. It ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-impacted me and I did not know how much until recently”. The Student recalled two ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-recent events that triggered her to question if what happened in the past with the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-could be considered professional misconduct. For a long time the Student stated that she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-felt that maybe there was nothing wrong with the relationship she had with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-However, the Student is now a teacher, and reading summary decisions in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Speaking “was the first time that gave her pause”. The second incident that caused her to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-come forward was in February 2011, when the Student states that she read a letter, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf:written by the Member, to the editor in a newspaper, in which he publicly defended a sex ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-offender. As she said, “Reading his words, defending this [other] man” prompted her to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-further question the inappropriateness of Member’s conduct towards her when she was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-his student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING - COUNSEL FOR THE COLLEGE ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted to the Committee that it needed to apply the legislation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-that was in place at the time considering the timeframe during which the allegations ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-occurred. College Counsel presented both the testimony of the Student and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-corroborating evidence submitted in the exhibits. The Student testified that the journal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-entries were made on the dates indicated in her journals and that they accurately reflected ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-what happened and how she felt at the relevant times. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-During the 1988-1989 academic year the Member was a teacher of the Student at the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-School. During this academic year the Member began flirting with the Student, who was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-[XXX] years of age at the commencement of this school year. That conduct continued ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-and escalated during the 1989-1990 academic year (Exhibit 4, Tab 1). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-On or about the last day of the 1988-1989 academic year the Member kissed the Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-on the lips in front of other students (Exhibit 4, Tab 2). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-In or around July 1989, while the student was working at a restaurant, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-attended the restaurant alone to drink and waited until the Student finished work, walked ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-her to her, car and kissed her (Exhibit 4, Tab 4) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-In or around the first month of the 1989-1990 academic year the Member, on more than ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-one occasion, drove the Student to secluded areas where he would rub, fondle and/or kiss ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-her. (Exhibit 4, Tab 8) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-During and including the period between October 1989 and December 1989, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf:engaged in sexual intercourse or other inappropriate sexual conduct with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-(Exhibit 4, Tab 15) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-During the 1988-1989 academic year the Student testified that the Member invited the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Student to his home and when confronted by the mother of the Student, threatened the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Student’s mother by saying that she would never see her daughter again. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-College Counsel stated that the evidence submitted as journal entries was used during the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-school board’s investigation. The Student verified that the journal entries submitted as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-exhibits were accurate and written by her in 1989. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Counsel reminded the Committee that in light of the historical nature of the conduct, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Notice of Hearing was drafted in a way to ensure that only those provisions that were in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-force at the time were being alleged against the Member. Counsel submitted the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-following documents for the Committee to consider: the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-1980, and subsection 264(1)(c) of the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Peter David Scorrar ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to section 13, subsections ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-14(a), 14(d) and 14(f) of the Regulation Made Under the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-1980, and failed to comply with subsection 264(1)(c) of the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-The Committee heard evidence from one witness, the Student, about incidents that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-occurred during the 1988-1989 academic year. The witness consistently described events ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-that the Committee concluded were unprofessional, and could reasonably be seen as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf:grooming behaviour. The Committee finds that the witness provided documentary ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-evidence (her journal entries, the letter from the Member, and the Principal’s meeting ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-notes - all made back in 1989) that corroborated her testimony. The Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-the witness was credible and the information that she provided was organized, sequential, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-and well-documented. Her recounting of the events was still clearly upsetting to her, as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-she cried through much of her testimony. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Much of her evidence was corroborated by the Member himself in his letter to her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-(Exhibit 4, Tab 15) and in the admissions he made at the meeting of October 23, 1989, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-as documented in the Principal’s notes of that meeting (Exhibit 4, Tab 12). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-The Member was not present or represented during this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct did not uphold the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-teaching profession as he failed to respect the student-teacher boundaries. In addition, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-the Member repeatedly refused to follow the administration’s direction and the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-mother’s demands to end the relationship, which further demonstrated his disregard for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-professional standards. Even though the Member admitted verbally and in writing that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf:was aware that a sexual relationship with a student was wrong and was disciplined by his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-administration (Exhibit 4, Tab 12), he continued to engage in that inappropriate conduct, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-even going so far as to threaten to take the Student away from her family. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty, given the serious nature ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-of the conduct, was revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-Registration, and publication with name. This penalty will serve as a specific deterrent to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-the Member to not engage in any future conduct of this nature. As a general deterrent, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-the penalty informs the profession and the public that this behaviour is not condoned, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-rather it is condemned, and will result in revocation of certification, as well as full ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf-publication with the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf-The Member, Rebecca Jane Staunton was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 86 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf-The allegations against Rebecca Jane Staunton in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf-January 18, 2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Rebecca Jane Staunton is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf-subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College Teachers Act 1966, in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf: (c) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- (e) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- (f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf-Counsel for the College advised it would be difficult to prove professional misconduct if the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf-matter was to proceed to a hearing and that the Member had signed an Undertaking and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf-on November 26, 2013 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated June 27, 2012 was served on Mark Alan H. Speakman, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf-requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf-July 16, 2012, to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf-subsequently set for November 26, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf-The Member, Mark Alan H. Speakman, was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf-The allegations against Mark Alan H. Speakman in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated June ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf-27, 2012 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Mark Alan H. Speakman is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf-in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College Teachers Act (the “Act”)1996, in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students verbally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- (e) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264 thereof, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Yusuf Ali Talukder is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf: b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and engaged ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf: in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- c) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-1. Yusuf Ali Talukder (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was the Principal of [XXX], Toronto (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-“School”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf:3. On or about November 24, 2007, the Member sexually touched a [XXX] year old ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-female student (“the Student”), whom he was tutoring at the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-4. On or about May 31, 2010 the Member was found guilty in the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Justice of the charges that he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- (a) On or about November 24, 2007, in the City of Toronto, in the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf: Region, did for a sexual purpose touch the Student, a person under the age ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- of 14 years directly with a part of his body contrary to the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- (b) On or about November 24, 2007, in the City of Toronto, in the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf: Region, did commit a sexual assault on the Student contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-5. On or about September 20, 2010, the Member was sentenced to six months in jail ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-to be followed by three years’ probation. He was also prohibited pursuant to section 161 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-the Criminal Code (Canada), from doing the following for a period of ten years: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- (a) Attending a public park or a public swimming area where persons under ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- the age of sixteen years are present or can reasonably be expected to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- present, or a daycare centre, school ground, playground or community ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- centre; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- (b) Seeking, obtaining or continuing any employment, whether or not the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- employment is remunerated or becoming or being a volunteer in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-5. R. v. Talukder, 2010 ONCJ 592 (CanLII)-Reasons for Judgment of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Honourable Madam Justice D. Hackett released on June 13, 2010 (Found at Tab E); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-6. Transcript of Proceedings and Reasons for Sentence before the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Madam Justice D. Hackett dated September 20, 2010 (Found at Tab F). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) confirmed that on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-May 31, 2010, the Member was found guilty of the charge that he, on or about the 24th ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf:day of November in the year 2007, did for a sexual purpose touch the Student, a person ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-under the age of fourteen years, directly with a part of his body, contrary to the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf:Code (Canada). Further, the Member was found guilty of committing a sexual assault on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-the Student contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada), however this charge was later ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-conditionally stayed by the Court at the sentencing hearing according to the principles set ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-out in R. v. Kienapple [1975] 1 S.C.R. 729. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-On September 20, 2010, the Member was sentenced to six months in jail to be followed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-by three years’ probation. He was also prohibited pursuant to section 161 the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Code (Canada), from doing the following for a period of ten years: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- (a) Attending a public park or a public swimming area where persons under ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- the age of sixteen years are present or can reasonably be expected to be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- present, or a daycare centre, school ground, playground or community ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- centre; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- (b) Seeking, obtaining or continuing any employment, whether or not the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- employment is remunerated or becoming or being a volunteer in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Yusuf Ali Talukder ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(16), 1 (17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf:The Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-defined in section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-been granted. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in the Brief of Court Documents contained ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf:within Exhibit 4, that on May 31, 2010 the Member was convicted of sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf:(again, later stayed) and sexual touching of a person under the age of 14 years of age. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-On September 20, 2010 the Member was sentenced to six months in jail to be followed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-by three years’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-The Member was also prohibited pursuant to section 161 the Criminal Code (Canada), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-for a period of ten years from being in the presence of persons under the age of sixteen, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-seeking employment or volunteer opportunities that involve being in a position of trust or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-authority towards persons under the age of sixteen years, or using a computer system as a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-means of communicating with persons under the age of sixteen years. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Counsel submitted that statements made during the criminal trial, that the Member is not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-subject to disciplinary action because he was not employed by a school board, are ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-erroneous. The Member’s misconduct is in conflict with the standards of profession and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-is not any less significant because it occurred in a private school setting. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-agrees with these submissions and finds that it has jurisdiction over the member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-regardless of the setting in which he was teaching. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Qualification and Registration, and publication with name was the appropriate penalty for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-the gravity of the misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Counsel referred the Committee to the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4, Tab F) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-outlining the aggravating factors considered by Madam Justice Hackett in sentencing the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Member: the young age of the victim, her vulnerability as a result of her father’s death, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-the Member’s breach of trust due to the Member’s position as a teacher and highly ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-respected member of the community, multiple incidents of touching in one day, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-deliberate and premeditated attempts to increase the vulnerability of the victim, and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf:evidence of grooming over a period of a year. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Revocation and publication will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member to not engage ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-in any future misconduct of this nature. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-As a general deterrent, the penalty informs the profession and the public that such ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-behaviour will result in revocation of certification, as well as full publication with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Counsel further submitted that criminal convictions are publicly available with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Member’s name and that publication of the Member’s name reinforces the principle of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-transparency for such serious misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- a) The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- b) There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- summary form, with the Member’s name, in the official publication of the College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf:The Member was found guilty of sexual assault and sexual interference in criminal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-proceedings. The victim was a [XXX] year old student in the Member’s [XXX] school ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-[XXX], whose vulnerability was preyed upon by the Member in his position of trust as a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-teacher and respected member of the community. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-Despite being found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, the Member continues to deny the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-allegations and refuses to take responsibility for his actions. As outlined in the Affidavit ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf-of Beverly Hodsdon (Exhibit 3, page 2), on October 17, 2012 “the Member said, in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf-Counsel for the College brought a motion to seek leave from the Committee to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf-allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing dated July 29, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf-The Member, Steven James Boardman, was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf-The allegations against Steven James Boardman in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated July ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf-29, 2010 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Steven James Boardman is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College Teachers Act 1966, in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf: (g) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of the nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf-Mitchell Khalil Thomas (the “Member”) was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf-The allegations against Mitchell Khalil Thomas in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf-February 15, 2012 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Mitchell Khalil Thomas is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College Teachers Act 1996, in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14) and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf-Counsel for the College advised that the key witness for the prosecution of the matter is reluctant ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf: e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- f) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf: i) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in section ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-1) Randy Stuart Ward (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-2) At all material times, the Member was employed by the Algonquin and Lakeshore ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- Catholic District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher and a [XXX] [XXX] at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-3) At all material times, A, B, C, and D were female students of the School. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-4) During the 2008-2009 academic year, the Member acted inappropriately in that he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- a) touched the body of A such that he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- i. tapped the buttocks of A with his hand on several occasions; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ii. hugged A; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- iii. kissed A on the forehead; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- b) met with A alone in his classroom; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- c) on Valentine’s Day gave A, a rose and two cookies and stated to A, “give ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- me a hug”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- d) allowed or encouraged A to hug him; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf: e) called A “sexy”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- f) told A: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- i. “You’re moving in with me when you’re eighteen anyways”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ii. “I think you have such a great body”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- iii. “If you were eighteen, I would ask you out”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- iv. “You’re my type of girl, I would want you as my girlfriend”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- v. that A was still his girlfriend and that A’s boyfriend was really ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- lucky; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- g) asked A to attend a [XXX] game with him to keep him company; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- h) invited A to Tim Horton’s; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- i) gave A his personal cell phone number and sent A, a text message stating, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- “Oh, ok, maybe next time, see you Friday, this was nice we should do it ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- again sometime,” referring to the invitation to go to Tim Horton’s which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- A declined and the subsequent text messages. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-5) During the 2008-2009 academic year, the Member acted inappropriately in that he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- a) text messaged B on her cell phone to the effect that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- i. “Will there be anything between us?” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ii. “Are we a couple?” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- b) touched B on her lower backside one or more times. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-6) During the 2008-2009 academic year, the Member acted inappropriately in that he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- a) met with C alone in his classroom; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- b) ran his fingers through C’s hair; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- c) gave C a hug or hugs; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- d) slapped C’s buttocks with a rolled up piece of paper; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- e) told C that he missed her and enjoys class more when she is there. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-7) During the 2008-2009 academic year, the Member acted inappropriately in that he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf: a) told D that she was hot and/or sexy; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- b) slapped D’s buttocks with a rolled up piece of paper; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- c) met with D alone in his classroom; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- d) hugged D on one or more occasions. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-8) The Member’s employment was terminated by the Board on or about September 22, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2009. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Randy Stuart Ward is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. At all material times, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the Member was employed by the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Board (the “Board”) as a teacher and a [XXX] at [XXX] School (the “School”). It is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-alleged that the Member interacted inappropriately with four female students of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student A recalled that it was in and around this time that the Member began making ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-comments that made her feel uncomfortable. Student A testified that the Member started ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:to call her “sexy” rather than refer to her by her name and that this carried on throughout ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the 2008-2009 school year. She stated that after she started dating a classmate, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member also commented to her that her boyfriend was really lucky to have her as his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-girlfriend, but that she was still the Member’s girlfriend. Student A testified that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member told her that she had “a really nice body” and recalled one occasion, on a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-“civvies day” when the Member told her that her “boobs looked really good” in her shirt. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student A further testified that the Member commented to her that she was “the type of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-girl he would like to date”, that she had “pretty eyes”, was a “great girl” and would refer ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-to her as “his girlfriend”. Student A stated that these comments were made mostly when ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:she was by herself, but that the Member would call her sexy in front of other people, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-either in his classroom or in the hallway. Student A testified that these comments made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-her feel uncomfortable but that she did not say anything to the Member about how she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-felt because he was her teacher and she felt it was wrong to say anything. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student A gave evidence that sometime after October 2008 but still in the first semester ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-of that year, the Member made physical contact with her by hugging her and on one ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-occasion, gave her a kiss on the forehead when he noticed that she was upset. Student A ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-recalled another incident, in which the Member invited her into his classroom and gave ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-her a rose and two cookies on Valentine’s Day and asked for a hug. Student A testified ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-that she felt awkward during this exchange. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student A testified that in addition to hugging her, the Member made physical contact ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-with her on other occasions. Student A described an incident in which she had visited the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student A was questioned by Member’s Counsel about her statements to the Principal, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the Police and her evidence at the Preliminary Inquiry regarding the touching incidents. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Specifically, Member’s Counsel suggested that Student A had provided “absolutely no ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-details about when and where these things took place”. Student A confirmed that in each ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-of the above instances, she had stated that the touching occurred “more than twice”, and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-each time, specifically recalled the details of the classroom and the hallway incidents. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-During questioning by Member’s Counsel about the hallway incident, Student A agreed ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-with the statement that “whatever that event was in the hallway, she [Student E] did not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-see it”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Testimony of Student B ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student B testified that she knew the Member as her [XXX] and her teacher for an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-[XXX] class in previous years. During the 2008-2009 school year, which was the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student’s Grade [XXX] year, the Member was no longer her subject teacher or [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-She would visit the Member frequently and, in the school year in question, she would ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-leave her books and bag, do homework and talk to other students in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-classroom. Student B testified that she would visit the Member’s classroom ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-approximately four (4) times per week during her Grade [XXX] year. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student B testified that towards the end of the 2007 – 2008 school year (her Grade ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-[XXX] year) and during the 2008 – 2009 school year (her Grade [XXX] year), the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:Member called her “sexy”. Student B stated that in January 2009, while she was in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member’s classroom, she added her contact information to the his cell phone while using ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-it to play games. She further stated that she did this so she could talk to him, and one ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-week later sent a text message to the Member saying, “Have a good weekend”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student B then recalled two further text exchanges which she stated were initiated by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member. The first occurred on a Friday night while the Member was out at a bar called ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the [XXX]. In this exchange, Student B stated that the Member sent her a text message ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-stating that he was, “At the [XXX] having a couple of drinks”. Student B testified that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the text exchange continued with the Member asking her, “What do you consider us?” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student B stated that her reply text was, “I’m a student, you’re a teacher” to which the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member replied “I’m not your teacher”. Student B testified that her reply was, “Yes, I’m ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-still a student”. Student B gave evidence that on the following Monday at school, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member asked her to delete the text messages and apologized to her. Student B stated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-that she deleted the messages. Upon further examination, Student B testified that during ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the [XXX] “” text message exchange, the Member asked, “Is there anything, ever going ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-to be anything between us?”, to which, her response was, “No”. Student B stated that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-she was “very shocked and uncomfortable” by the text exchange because she did not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-view the relationship in that way. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student B recounted another text message exchange initiated by the Member, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-approximately one (1) to two (2) months after the [XXX] “” exchange, in which he asked ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:her what she and her boyfriend “did together sexually”. Student B stated that she was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-“very uncomfortable” and may have sent a reply text along the lines of, “What are you ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-talking about?” Student B testified that there were a few other messages of a similar ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-nature, but she did not respond to them. Student B testified that she did not say anything ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-to the Member about the text messages or how they made her feel. Student B further ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-During cross-examination, Student B agreed with the suggestion from Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-that due to the rumours around the school, she began to reflect on things that happened ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-with the Member and wondered whether or not the contact that she described rose to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:level of possible sexual assault. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-When asked about the conversation she had with [XXX] regarding the touching incidents ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-and text messages, Student B stated that she had been touched two (2) times by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member and that the touching occurred in the Member’s classroom. Student B further ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-stated that the nature of the contact was that the Member “touched me on my lower--my ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-bum.” When describing the text messages between the Member and Student B regarding ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:her boyfriend to [XXX], Student B stated that the Member was “asking about sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-questions about my boyfriend and I, our relationship.” Student B testified that following ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the conversation with [XXX], she provided the same information to the police but ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-indicated that she gave more details in the police interview. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member’s Counsel presented Student B with the transcript of her interview with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Police on April 23, 2009 and referred her to the police officer’s questions regarding the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-text messages that the Member sent about Student B’s relationship with her boyfriend. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member’s Counsel read the questions related to the text exchange and Student B’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-answers to the police officer which indicated that she did not have an immediate ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-recollection of the exact contents of the text messages at the time of the interview, but ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:that they were about her sex life with her boyfriend. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-When questioned by Member’s Counsel regarding her description to the Police of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-touching incident, Student B confirmed that the description she provided to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Committee previously was the same as the description she provided to the Police in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-interview. Student B did not agree with Member’s Counsel’s suggestion that she had no ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-memory of the details of the conversation with the police officer regarding the touching ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-incidents. In her interview with the Police, Student B described the touch as the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member’s hand guiding her out of the classroom and that his hand was on the “top of my ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-bum.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member’s Counsel referred Student B to the transcript of the Preliminary Inquiry where ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-she was asked whether she had any discussions with the Member about her personal ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-relationship with her boyfriend. Student B’s reply was “no”. Student B clarified that she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-did not initiate any discussions with the Member about her relationship with her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-boyfriend, however the Member made inquiries through his text messages which were of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member’s Counsel presented Student B with the transcript from the Preliminary Inquiry ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-and referred to the Crown Attorney’s questions regarding the nature of the physical ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-contact and Student B’s answers. Member’s Counsel read the question related to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-touch and Student B’s answer that she “really didn’t think he [the Member] meant to do ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-it”. Member’s Counsel also read from the transcript where the police officer suggested ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-that it was “Mr. Ward sort of pushing you”, and where Student B answered that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member was “guiding” her out of the classroom. Member’s Counsel asked Student B if ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-she remembered those answers being given at the Preliminary Inquiry. Student B replied, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-“Yes”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student C stated that all of this made her feel uncomfortable. Student C testified that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member did not refer to her by any other names, but she overheard him call another ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:student a “sexy [XXX]”. Student C further testified that she overheard the Member tell ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:Student A that she had a sexy outfit on. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student C gave evidence that after returning from her [XXX] trip, Student A approached ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-her and told her that [XXX] wanted to speak to her. Student C stated that following the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-meeting with [XXX], she was asked to go see the Police and make a statement regarding ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-her involvement with the Member. Student C further testified that she did not initiate any ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-discussion with Student A or any other students with respect to what had occurred with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-In cross-examination, Member’s Counsel asked Student C questions about the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-dimensions and layout of the “cubicle area” described in the Floor Plan drawn by Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-A (Exhibit 3). Student C agreed with Counsel’s suggestion that the Member would ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-“take up a fair amount of space” when he stood up and moved around within this cubicle ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-area, however she stated that there was “enough room to walk by and not brush each ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-other”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-When questioned about her conversations with Student A, Student C initially stated that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the only conversations she had with Student A involved discussions of a general nature ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-and that Student A did not “divulge details of anything”. Under further cross- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-examination, however, Student C agreed that in her statement to the Police, she did ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-indicate that she had had conversations with Student A about the Member. Student C ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-stated that the incidents occurred four years ago and she could not remember “word for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-word” what she had said. Student C did acknowledge that rumours were circulating ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-around the school regarding the Member before her interview with the Police. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-When questioned by Member’s Counsel regarding whether the physical contact with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-rolled up paper could be characterized as a “slap”, Student C responded by stating that “a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-slap, swat, tap, he still made contact with me” and “so whatever you want to call it, he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-still touched me”. Further, Member’s Counsel presented Student C with the transcript ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-from the Preliminary Inquiry and referred her to an exchange between Student C and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Preliminary Inquiry judge where the physical contact is characterized as a “tap” and not a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-“swat”. Student C agreed that, “It’s clear. It’s a tap”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Testimony of Student E ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student E was a student at the school during the 2008 – 2009 school year. Student E ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-testified that the Member was not her teacher, nor was she ever a member of the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-team. Student E testified that she was in the same grade and best friends with Student A. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student E stated that she knew of the Member as she often would accompany Student A ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-to the Member’s classroom. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:Student E gave evidence that she heard the Member call Student A “sexy”, “beautiful”, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-“pretty”, and “babe”. Student E stated that the Member would say things to the effect of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:“See you later sexy” or “How are you doing today, beautiful?” Student E further stated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-that she had heard the Member say these things about five (5) or six (6) times. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student E also testified to a hallway incident where she stated that she observed contact ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-between the Member and Student A. Student E recounted that she was walking down the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-school hallway with Student A, and the Member was walking in the opposite direction. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Member stated that he does remember occasions where he would walk down the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-hallway, on his way to the office, and see Student A and Student E in the hallway. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member denied that he ever made physical contact with Student A in the hallway. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-When examined about the invitation to the [XXX] game, the Member stated that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-invited Student A and her sister to the [XXX] playoff game. The Member testified that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-instructed Student A to ask for her mother’s permission to attend, to which Student A ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-responded that she would go home, ask her mother and then send him a text message ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-with the answer. The Member testified that he received a text message from Student A ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-telling him that her mother wanted her to stay home. The Member denied inviting ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student A to Tim Horton’s or suggesting that she lie to her parents about what was going ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-to happen the evening of the [XXX] game. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:The Member admitted to calling Student A and other students “sexy” on several ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:occasions but denied saying “pretty”, “beautiful”, “sexy outfit”, “sexy glasses” or making ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:any reference to “boobs”. The Member testified that he would use the term “sexy” in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:context of asking the students, “How are you doing, sexy?” The Member stated that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-regrets making these comments and has no explanation for why he would use that term. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Member also admitted to making the comment “you’re moving in with me when ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-you’re eighteen” to Student A, but said that he made the comment in a joking manner. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Member denied making the comments “I think you have a great body”, “If you were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-eighteen, I would ask you out” and “You’re my type of girl I would want as a girlfriend” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-to Student A. The Member also denied commenting that Student A was “still his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-girlfriend” or that Student A’s boyfriend was “really lucky”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-When questioned about his interaction and communication with Student B, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-testified that, up to March 13, 2009, he had a good relationship with Student B. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member described that his relationship with Student B was casual and such that they ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-would joke around. The Member gave evidence that he first became aware that Student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-B had entered her contact information into his cell phone address book when he received ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-a text message from her in late December. The Member stated that the message was “so ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-frivolous” that he could not recall what it was. The Member further stated that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-received text messages from Student B on approximately four (4) or five (5) occasions ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-and that he did not initiate any of the messages as he did not know how to use that feature ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-on his cell phone. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Member admitted to communicating with Student B via text message when he was at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the [XXX] Inn. The Member stated that he received a message from Student B that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-night, to which he responded, “I’m at the [XXX]. I can’t talk to you”. The Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-denied that the exchange included any of the statements that Student B testified to or that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-he instructed Student B to delete the text messages on the following Monday morning. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Member further denied that he asked Student B, either through text messages or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:conversations, any questions about her relationship or sexual activities with her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-boyfriend. The Member also denied ever placing his hand on Student B’s “butt”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-When questioned about his interaction with Student C, the Member denied “swatting” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student C on any part of her body with rolled up papers. The Member admitted that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-hugged Student C on three (3) or four (4) occasions. The Member recalled an occasion ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-when he hugged Student C after she returned from a trip. The Member stated that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-thanked her for “coming back because she was a really good [XXX] and she could ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-control the class while I was doing work with other students.” The Member denied ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 26 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-patting Student C on her head or putting his fingers into her hair. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-denied spanking or tapping anyone on the “butt” or asking any of the four students who ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:testified about their personal, sexual relationships or sexual habits with boyfriends or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-boys. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-During cross-examination, the Member stated that he heard the “whole story” from ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student A regarding the situation with her boss in January and that up until then she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-“gave me bits and pieces”. The Member further stated that there was not “a noticeable ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-change” in Student A’s personality in October and that he “didn’t notice it because she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-hid it very well”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Member agreed that instead of referring to the students by their names, he would use ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:the term “sexy”. When cross-examined about why he was certain that he did not use the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-term “beautiful” or “pretty” when referring to the students, the Member stated, “I just ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:know I didn’t”. The Member acknowledged that his use of the term “sexy” when ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-referring to female students was a pattern from the start of his career. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-When questioned about the comment made to Student A regarding moving in with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member when she is eighteen, the Member explained that Student A had talked about ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-running away from home and he made the joke “you can move into my place and you can ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-help me pay my mortgage” during that discussion. The Member stated that Student A ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-was not being truthful with the Committee when she testified that he made the comments ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-“if you were eighteen, I would ask you out”, “you are the type of person I’d want to date” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-or that her boyfriend “is a really lucky guy”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-an emotionally troubled student. Counsel stated that the Member’s behaviour ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-exacerbated her emotional upset. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Counsel submitted that the Member’s conduct was, at a minimum, unprofessional with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:respect to the “sexy” comments, Valentine’s Day incident and the hugs. Therefore, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Committee should find that the Member committed acts that would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) and that he engaged in conduct unbecoming ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-With respect to the remaining allegations (b), (c), (e), and (i) in the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-College Counsel indicated that it was open to the Committee to characterize the evidence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-as it saw fit. Counsel stated that it may be difficult to make a finding on allegation (b) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-because this is not verbal abuse in the sense of a teacher berating a student. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-further stated that it may be difficult to make a finding on allegation (c) because this is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-not physical abuse in the traditional sense, for example, pushing a student against a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-locker. Counsel submitted that, if the Committee finds that the Member touched the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-buttocks of any of the students on any occasion, regardless of the circumstances, this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-must result in a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-With respect to allegations (e) and (i), Counsel stated that he was “not pressing hard” for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:the Committee to find that these events rose to the severity of sexual abuse. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-concluded his submissions by characterizing the conduct of the Member as a serious ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-boundary violation. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 30 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF MEMBER’S COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member’s Counsel stated that there is no evidence that the Member abused a student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:sexually and presented two cases for the Committee to consider: R. v. Chase, [1987] 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-S.C.R. 293 and R. v. T., [1985] A.J. No. 821. Counsel submitted that Chase sets out the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:test to be applied when determining if an act is sexual abuse. At paragraph 11, the Court ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-stated that the test to be applied is “an objective one: ‘Viewed in the light of all the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:circumstances, is the sexual or carnal context of the assault visible to a reasonable ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-observer’… The part of the body touched, the nature of the contact, the situation in which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-it occurred, the words and gestures accompanying the act, and all other circumstances ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-surrounding the conduct, including threats which may or may not be accompanied by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-force, will be relevant”. Counsel added that the intent or purpose of the person ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:committing the act may also be a factor in determining whether the conduct is sexual but ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-that the existence of such a motive is simply one factor to be considered. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-On this point, Member’s Counsel submitted that the evidence of each of the girls ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-regarding the physical contact on the buttocks was to suggest it was a “tap”, not a “slap” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-or a “swat”. Member’s Counsel submitted that this was used as a form of direction at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:worst, and that there was no evidence suggesting that it was done for a sexual purpose. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-In regard to the hallway incident, Counsel argued that the very public nature of the area ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-should raise the question for the Committee of whether the Member would risk engaging ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-in this type of behaviour openly with the student. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Counsel made a similar argument with respect to the touching on the buttocks in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-classroom when other students were present and characterized this as a “high risk” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 31 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-activity. Counsel questioned the plausibility of these accounts, arguing that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-had an open door policy. Moreover, there were two Educational Assistants in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-classroom when some of these events were alleged to have happened, yet the Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-heard no evidence from them that they had observed anything inappropriate. Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Counsel therefore submitted that the Committee should come to the conclusion that if any ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-contact did take place, it was innocent. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member’s Counsel argued that the evidence does not support a finding that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:was involved in “grooming” behavior towards Student A. Member’s Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-that Student A was dealing with a difficult issue at the time. Member’s Counsel further ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-submitted that the fact that the Member did not try to obtain additional information about ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-her difficulties demonstrates that he did not try to take advantage of her vulnerable ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-situation. Member’s Counsel suggested that any comments made by the Member were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-for the purpose of attempting to assist Student A with her problems, make Student A feel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-better about herself and encourage her to return to class. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that there was no evidence that the Member verbally or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-physically abused any of the students and argued that any contact there may have been ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-should be considered incidental; therefore, the Committee should not make a positive ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-finding under Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) or 1(7.1). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Counsel submitted that the fact that the students may have felt uncomfortable does not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-raise these incidents to the level of emotional or psychological harm. Therefore, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Committee should not find that the Member abused a student or students psychologically ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 32 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the testimony of Student B regarding the text messaging ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-had the “ring of truth” to it because the Member had clearly blurred boundaries with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-other students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-College Counsel stated that, although Student E initially said to Student A that she did ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-not see the Member touch Student A’s buttocks when they passed one another in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-hallway, her explanation for saying this was credible. Student E testified that she was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-completely shocked that a teacher would touch a student’s buttocks. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-College Counsel suggested to the Committee that it was unlikely that the Member limited ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:his comments to the use of the term “sexy”. Counsel argued that this denial does not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-have the “ring of truth”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Similar Act/Similar Fact Evidence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-In response to the submissions of Member’s Counsel, College Counsel submitted that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-was not calling similar fact evidence. Counsel clarified that he was inviting the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Committee to look at what the Member acknowledges and admits to happening. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:submitted that by accepting the fact that the Member called his students “sexy”, gave ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-them hugs, roses and cookies, the Committee must find that this is conduct that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member engaged in and to consider that in assessing whether it is plausible that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member engaged in the conduct that is contested. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Collusion/Contamination of Evidence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-College Counsel submitted that there was no actual evidence of collusion. When the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-witnesses were asked whether they spoke to one another about their stories, or if they ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-were told what to say, their answers were consistently “no”. Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 39 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-mere fact Student A may have talked to the other students is not collusion. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-argued that for the Committee to make a finding of collusion, it would require evidence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-that the witnesses were getting together to make up a story about the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-proof, with which the Committee is familiar, as set out in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-53. The standard of proof applied by the Committee, in accordance with the McDougall ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-decision, is a balance of probabilities. As in all cases, the Committee looks for clear, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-convincing and cogent evidence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-by Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-that Randy Stuart Ward committed acts of professional misconduct contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:Committee does not find that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-in section 1(7.3) and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-It was not in issue that the Member was a teacher who was respected and trusted by his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-athletes and students. The Committee heard evidence that he allowed students into his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-classroom, was generous with his time and with the space available in his classroom. It ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 40 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-was also not in issue that Students A, B and C frequently visited the Member’s classroom ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-to “hang out”, complete homework or talk to the Member. At the outset of the hearing, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. However, while ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-giving evidence before the Committee, the Member made admissions regarding several ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-of the allegations which the Committee finds are sufficient grounds to make a finding of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-professional misconduct. Specifically, the Member admitted to: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-  hugging Student A on more than one occasion; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-  giving Student A one (1) rose and two (2) cookies on Valentine’s Day; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-  inviting Student A to attend a [XXX] game with him; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:  calling Student A and other students “sexy”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-  commenting to Student A that “you’re moving in with me when you’re ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- eighteen”; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-  hugging Student C on more than one occasion. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-At the heart of making a determination on the remaining contested allegations is the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-credibility of the witnesses. The Committee was required to determine who was telling ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the truth. Both College Counsel and Member’s Counsel made submissions as to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-appropriate factors to consider in assessing the credibility of witnesses. After considering ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the submissions made by College Counsel and Member’s Counsel, the Committee relied ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-on the following factors to assess the credibility of the witnesses: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-  The ability of the witness to observe the events; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-  The ability of the witness to recall those events; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-  Does the witness have any motivation that might cloud their recollection?; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 41 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-  How plausible is their evidence?; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-  Is their evidence internally consistent?; and, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-  Is that evidence supported by anything else? ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Testimony of Student A ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee finds Student A to be a credible witness. Student A was forthright and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-candid in giving her evidence. An example of Student A’s candidness is her admitting ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-that in addition to seeing the Member before class or at lunch time, she also visited his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-classroom when she did not want to go to class, was late for class or was wandering the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-halls. When questioned, Student A responded without hesitation and was not evasive. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student A experienced the events firsthand and recalled them accurately in her testimony. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The evidence of Student A was supported by the Member’s own admissions in many ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-cases. The Committee finds Student A’s testimony to be plausible and she described ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-events that were similar to events described by other witnesses. Both Student A and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student C described comments made by the Member regarding Student A’s outfit on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-“civvies day.” Student C testified that she overheard the Member tell Student A that she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:had a sexy outfit on. Student A testified that the Member told her that “her boobs looked ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-really good” in her shirt. In describing the Valentine’s Day incident, both Student A and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the Member provided similar testimony regarding the rose and the cookies. Student A’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-evidence to the Committee about the hallway incident, describing the frequency and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-nature of the touching on “her behind” as a “slap or tap” was consistent with previous ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-statements given to the Police, the school administration, and evidence given at the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Preliminary Inquiry. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 42 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee heard no evidence of any motive that Student A would have that would ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-cloud her recollection of the events. Student A did not display any ill-will toward the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member. Student A does not corroborate Student E’s testimony regarding the hallway ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-incident. Student A testified that Student E told her that she did not witness the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-touching Student A in the hallway. It would have been to Student A’s benefit to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-corroborate the testimony of Student E as this would have confirmed her version of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-events. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee accepts Student A’s version of the events that occurred during the 2008- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-2009 school year. This includes: hugging Student A on more than one occasion; kissing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student A on the forehead, giving Student A one rose and cookies on Valentine’s Day ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-and, on occasion, meeting Student A alone in his classroom; exchanging cell phone ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-numbers with Student A; inviting Student A to a [XXX] game and to Tim Horton’s after ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the [XXX] game; sending her a text message after she declined his invitation to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-[XXX] game; and making a number of comments to her including: “I think you have ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-such a great body”; that Student A’s “boobs looked really good in [her] shirt”; "you're ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-moving in with me when you're eighteen anyways"; “If you were eighteen, I would ask ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-you out”; “You’re my type of girl, I would want you as my girlfriend”; “that [Student A] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-was still [his] girlfriend”, that “[Student A’s] boyfriend was really lucky”; and referring ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:to Student A as "sexy". ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Based on the testimony provided, the Committee finds that it is more likely than not that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the events occurred as described in the evidence of Student A. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 43 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Testimony of Student B ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee finds Student B to be a credible and forthright witness. Her testimony ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-and answers were reflective and thoughtful. When Student B was unsure, she indicated so ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-but remained confident and consistent in her testimony. Student B’s evidence to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Committee about the frequency and location of the touching incidents and text messages ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-regarding the Member’s comments about her relationship with her boyfriend was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-consistent with previous statements given to the Police, the school administration and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Preliminary Inquiry. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student B’s testimony came across naturally and she became upset when she recounted ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the events. The Committee heard of no motivation on the part of Student B that would ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-cloud her recollection of the events. In fact, she appeared very upset about having to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-testify against the Member and appeared to have difficulty perceiving the Member in this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-negative light. Student B testified that she did exchange hugs with the Member but that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-they were innocent and caused her no concern. She testified to events that she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-experienced firsthand and the events that she recounted were plausible because they were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-corroborated by the Member’s own testimony. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee accepted Student B’s version of the events, specifically that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-put his hand on the “upper part of [her] buttocks” while guiding her through the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:classroom door; called Student B “sexy”; sent her text messages from the [XXX] asking ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-her if there would be anything between them, and that the Member sent an additional text ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:message asking what was happening sexually between her and her boyfriend. Student B ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-testified that in these instances, she felt uncomfortable. While the Member disputes the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 44 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-placement of his hands while guiding students out of his classroom and the content of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-text messages sent from the [XXX], the Member admitted to the act of calling students ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:sexy, guiding students out of his classroom, and sending text messages to students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Based on these admissions, the Committee finds that on a balance of probabilities, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-events occurred in the manner described by Student B. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee finds that the fact that Student B appeared to be a reluctant witness and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-was visibly upset by having to testify against the Member also made her a credible ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-witness. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Testimony of Student C ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee finds Student C to be a credible witness. She was forthright and confident ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-in her testimony and was not intimidated by the rigorous cross-examination of Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Counsel. She testified to events that she experienced personally and recalled them ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-without hesitation. Student C was not a close friend with Student A, therefore, had no ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-motivation to support her version of the events. Her testimony was also supported by ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-some of the Member’s own admissions. Specifically, the Member admitted to hugging ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student C on three (3) or four (4) occasions and stated that he missed Student C while she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-was away on vacation and hugged her upon her return. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee was provided with a diagram of the Member’s office (Exhibit 3), and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-physical dimensions of this room were measured out and taped on the hearing room floor. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student C testified that the Member “swatted” her on the buttocks with rolled up papers ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-while entering this room. The Committee accepts the testimony of Student C because ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the size and the layout of the room allowed enough space for the Member to pass without ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 45 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-touching the student. By the Member’s own testimony, had there been a scenario where ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-he had to get by any student in the cubicle, he testified that he would have asked them, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-“Could you please let me by”, or “Excuse Me”, or a similar phrase. Therefore, any ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-physical contact with Student C would have had to have been deliberate. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student C testified that the Member would sometimes pat her on the head and would run ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-his fingers through her hair like a comb. The Member admitted to having physical ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-contact with Student C on more than one occasion, therefore, the Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student C’s version of events was more likely to have occurred. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Testimony of Student E ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee finds the evidence of Student E not to be helpful in making a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-determination on finding. In assessing Student E’s evidence, the Committee finds much ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-of what she testified to was based on what she was told by other students, specifically ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student A. While Student E testified that she witnessed events firsthand, such as the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:Member saying “see you later sexy” or “how are you doing today, beautiful?” the fact ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-that Student E and Student A were close friends concerned the Committee and raised the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-possibility that her relationship with Student A may have influenced her recollection of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the events. While testifying, Student E was openly hostile in responding to questions ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-about the Member. This was evident by her responses such as “he [the Member] knows I ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-really don’t like him.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee also finds that it was implausible that Student E witnessed the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-make contact with Student A in the hallway based on her description of the physical ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-location of each person at the time of the incident. Specifically, it was questionable that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 46 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-she could have seen the Member’s hand from where she was in relation to Student A and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the Member. Student A testified that immediately following the hallway incident, she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-asked Student E if she had observed any contact. In Student A’s testimony and in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student E’s own testimony, Student E replied that she did not see what happened. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-However, upon further questioning by Member’s Counsel, Student E states that she did ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-see what happened and provides a detailed description of her observations of the event. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee finds that the evidence of Student E is not true. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Testimony of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee finds [XXX] to be a credible witness. Her testimony was consistent with ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the evidence of Student A and Student E regarding their discussions concerning the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-disclosure of Student A about the Member’s conduct. She was forthright about the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-information that she recalled as she did not take notes during her meetings with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-students. The Committee finds that [XXX] had no motivation that might cloud her ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-ability to recall the events. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-[XXX] testimony falls within the realm of her normal, daily routine, in that the students ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-would confide in her and she would provide support to them. The Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-that [XXX] did instruct Student A and Student E to direct any other students with similar ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-concerns about the Member to see her. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Randy Stuart Ward ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee doubted certain aspects of the Member’s testimony. An example of this ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:was the Member admitted to referring to students as “sexy”, which he stated that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-regrets, yet denied using other terms such as “beautiful” or “pretty”. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 47 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-finds it highly unlikely that the Member confined himself to only calling his students ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:“sexy”. Further, the Member also denied making the comment to Student A that she ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-“was the type of girl he would like to date” yet admitted that he made the comment ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-“you’re moving in with me when you’re eighteen”. The Committee agrees with College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Counsel that his claims in this respect do not have the “ring of truth” to them. While the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Committee accepted the admissions of the Member, it finds these other aspects of his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-testimony inconsistent and implausible. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-While denying some of the more serious aspects of the allegations, the Member does ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-admit to, among other things, hugging students, giving Student A one rose and cookies ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-on Valentine’s Day, inviting Student A to a [XXX] game, and calling her and other ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:students “sexy”. These admissions all demonstrate a profound lack of judgment on the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-part of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Member’s testimony about the contested allegations was not supported by any other ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-evidence. When questioned about the students’ motivation for making these allegations, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the Member simply stated that the witnesses were not being truthful. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-heard no evidence that Student A, B, and C had any motive to be untruthful in their ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-testimony. The Member admits to making some comments in a joking manner to the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-students, the Committee finds that it is likely the Member made the other comments in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the same “joking” fashion. The Member admits to “guiding” Student A or other female ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-students out of the classroom with his hand around the students’ shoulder blades, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Committee finds that it is plausible that the Member made inadvertent contact with the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-students’ “buttocks.” ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 48 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee finds that some aspects of the Member’s testimony to be inconsistent. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-For example, the Member testified that he did not hug Student A on Valentine’s Day, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-however, upon cross-examination, the Member testified that he did hug the student on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Valentine’s Day. Further, the Member testified that he would advise Student A to speak ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-with [XXX] every time she appeared to be “very depressed” or “upset”, yet he testified ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-that on Valentine’s Day, when Student A appeared to be “super depressed,” he gave her a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-rose and two cookies. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-While the Committee finds that the Member's conduct was inappropriate, unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-and clearly breached the teacher-student boundary, the Committee received no clear, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-cogent and convincing evidence to support a finding that the Member's conduct rose to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:the level of sexual abuse as defined by the Act. Therefore, the Committee dismisses the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:allegation that the Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:Regulation 437/97, section 1(7.3) or that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-student or students of a nature defined in section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Similar Act/Similar Fact Evidence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee was satisfied that College Counsel was not relying on the use of similar ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-fact evidence. The Committee considered the testimony of each witness separately in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-reaching its decision. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Collusion/Contamination of Evidence ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee reviewed the testimony of the witnesses and finds that while the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-testimony of the witnesses was consistent, it was not identical and therefore, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Committee does not find that there was collusion between the witnesses. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 49 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-would have found that if the evidence had been identical that would be more likely an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-indication of collusion on the part of the witnesses. The Committee accepts that school ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-officials instructed Student A to gather witnesses that could provide information about ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the Member’s conduct. Student B testified that she was not a friend of Student A and did ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-not speak to Student A about the Member. Student C testified that she did speak to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student A about the Member but did not discuss details. The Committee accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Member was the subject of school rumours, but is satisfied that there was no collusion ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-between the witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-SUMMARY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee is of the opinion that the witnesses for the College were more credible ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-than the Member. Where there were inconsistencies between the evidence of College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-witnesses and the Member, the Committee accepts the evidence of the College witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-With respect to allegation (a), the Committee finds that the Member failed to maintain the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-standards of the profession by breaching appropriate boundaries that must be maintained ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-between students and teachers. The Committee was most concerned about the physical ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-contact with students, including hugging, touching their buttocks and also referring to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:students as “sexy”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-With respect to allegations (b) and (c), the Committee finds that the Member did verbally ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:abuse students by calling them “sexy” and physically abused students by hugging them ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-and touching their buttocks. The Committee finds that hugging students is physical abuse ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-given the teacher’s position of trust and authority. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 50 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-With respect to allegation (d), the Committee finds that the Member did abuse Student A, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Student B and Student C psychologically and emotionally. The witnesses testified that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-the Member’s actions made them feel uncomfortable to the point where they were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-compelled to report the incidents to the school’s youth worker. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-With respect to allegation (f), the Committee finds that the Member failed to maintain the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-standards of the profession and, therefore did not comply with section 264(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-With respect to allegations (g) and (h), the Committee finds that, based on the conduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-admitted to by the Member himself, he acted unprofessionally and has engaged in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-conduct unbecoming a Member of the profession. The Committee finds that it is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-inappropriate for a teacher to give a rose and cookies to an emotionally distraught student ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-on Valentine’s Day (a romantic holiday) because this could confuse the student and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-breaches the teacher-student boundaries. The Committee also finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-acted unprofessionally and engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member of the profession ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:by referring to students as “sexy”, “beautiful”, “pretty” and physically touching students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-With respect to allegations (e) and (i), the Committee finds that there was insufficient ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:evidence to reach a finding of sexual abuse of a student contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.3) section 1 subsection 40(1.1) of the Education Act. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Committee is in agreement with the submissions of both Member’s Counsel and College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Counsel that, although there was inappropriate physical contact between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:his students, it was not of a sexual nature and therefore, should not be characterized as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 51 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-In summary, for the reasons outlined above, the Committee finds that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-actions outlined herein, constitute acts of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf:1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Committee does not find that the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-abuse of a student as defined in section 1(7.3) and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-The Committee will schedule a subsequent date on which to hear submissions from each ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Counsel as to penalty. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf-Dated: June 3, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- _____________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- Danny Anckle ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- _____________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- Alexander Bass, OCT ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- Pauline Smart ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- 52 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-On June 3, 2013, the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) rendered a written ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-decision finding Randy Stuart Ward (the “Member”) guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-In its written decision of June 3, 2013, the Committee found that based on the clear, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-cogent and convincing evidence presented during the four-day hearing, the Member ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct by: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- a) breaching appropriate boundaries that must be maintained between students and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- teachers; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf: b) verbally abusing students by calling them “sexy”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- c) physically abusing students by hugging them and touching their buttocks; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- d) psychologically and emotionally abusing students by making them feel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- uncomfortable to the point where they were compelled to report the incidents to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- the School’s youth worker; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- e) failing to maintain the standards of the profession and, therefore not complying ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- with section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- f) acting unprofessionally and engaging in conduct unbecoming a member of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- profession by breaching teacher-student boundaries, physically touching students ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf: and referring to students as “sexy”, “beautiful” and “pretty”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-The Committee found that these facts supported a finding of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-pursuant to Ontario Regulation 437/97, being more particularly breaches of subsections ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Committee did not find that there ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf:was sufficient evidence to reach a finding of sexual abuse of a student contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-of the Member. College Counsel highlighted the fact that the Committee did not find any ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf:evidence of sexual abuse of a student by the Member and then itemized the myriad of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-findings regarding the physical contact made by the Member such as hugging and kissing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-students, touching their buttocks, some of which were admitted to by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-College Counsel stated that the troubling aspects of this case was some of the language ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-that the Member used when addressing his students such as: “I think you have such a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-great body”; that Student A’s “boobs looked really good in [her] shirt”; “you’re moving ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-in with me when you’re [XXX] anyways”; “if you were [XXX], I would ask you out”; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-“You’re my type of girl, I would want you as my girlfriend”; “that [Student A’s] was still ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-his girlfriend”; that “[Student A’s] boyfriend was really lucky”; and referred to Student A ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf:as “sexy”. College Counsel further stated that the Committee had accepted Student B’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-version of events regarding the exchange of text messages between her and the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the comments made by the Member were deeply ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-troubling, and that all three students testified that the Member’s actions and comments ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-made them feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-College Counsel outlined the principles of sanction that the Committee should consider. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-The penalty should address both specific and general deterrence. College Counsel stated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-that the suspension and reprimand would satisfy the requirement for specific deterrence, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-as it reinforces for the Member, not only the seriousness of his conduct, but the fact that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-his conduct had an effect on multiple students. College Counsel further stated that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-publication with the Member’s name would act as a general deterrent, as it sends a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-message to the other members of the profession that engaging in this behavior will be met ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-with serious consequences. College Counsel emphasized that the penalty should be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-rehabilitative and provide the Member with valuable information regarding teacher- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-student boundaries which the Member “blurred, crossed or breached”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-College Counsel stated the Committee should consider the aggravating and mitigating ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-factors when deciding on penalty. College Counsel cited as aggravating factors the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-length of time that the Member engaged in the inappropriate behaviour, the nature of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-misconduct, and the number of students involved. College Counsel stated that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-mitigating factors to be considered include that this is the first time that the Member is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-before the Discipline Committee and the Member admitted to some of the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-College Counsel provided two cases for review by the Committee, which he submitted, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-demonstrated the degree of penalty application for similar behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COUNSEL FOR THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-Counsel for the Member stated that one significant finding in this case was that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf:Committee did not find the Member guilty of sexually inappropriate behavior, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-specifically Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsection 1(7.3). Counsel further stated that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-Committee should be aware of the context created by the not guilty finding with respect ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf:to sexual abuse and examine the facts, as a whole, in light of this context. Counsel for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-the Member submitted that any comments and touching made by the Member were not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf:intended for sexual purposes. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-Counsel emphasized that in its decision, the Committee made no finding with respect to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf:grooming behaviour toward the students. Counsel reviewed some of the other findings ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-made and stated that the Member acknowledged his lack of good judgment and admitted ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-to some of the allegations. Counsel stated that the Member has since learned that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-appropriate action in the future is to re-direct students to the Guidance Office for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-assistance with personal matters. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that the Member’s lesson has been well learned and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-questioned the need for a suspension. Counsel acknowledged that the Member’s breach ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-of his position of trust was an aggravating factor. Counsel cited the following mitigating ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-factors for the Committee’s consideration: the fact that there were no previous complaints ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-made against the Member; the length of time the Member has been teaching without any ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-additional complaints; the nature of the allegations; the age and experience of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-Member; the loss of income, pension benefits and future earnings; and the fact that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-rehabilitation “had already been achieved”. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-Counsel for the Member provided eight cases for review, which he submitted, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-demonstrated the degree of penalty application for similar and in some cases, more ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-serious behaviour than the case before the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-REPLY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-College Counsel submitted that, while the Committee found that the Member’s behaviour ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf:did not constitute sexual abuse as defined by the Act, the Committee should consider that ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf:the comments were of a sexual nature and not innocent. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-College Counsel acknowledged that the Member has paid a price for his conduct, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-however he encouraged the Committee to examine the admissions made by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-College Counsel submitted that, while the Committee does have admissions made by the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-Member, the admissions were only to the less serious allegations. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-level of awareness of boundaries and appropriate forms of address and communication ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-with his students. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-The reprimand, by his peers, serves as a specific deterrent as it allows the Committee to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-communicate directly with the Member and express its concern over the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-inappropriateness of his behavior. The reprimand provides an opportunity to reinforce ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-the standards that a member of the profession is expected to maintain. The fact of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-reprimand will remain on the Member’s Certificate for a period of three years and will ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-serve as a general deterrent to the profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-The three month suspension sends a very clear message to the Member and the profession ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-that this type of conduct is viewed very seriously and will not be tolerated. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-Committee considered the mitigating factors such as the fact that this was the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-first time before the Discipline Committee and the Member’s own admission to some of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-the allegations. Further, the Committee determined that the Member’s actions did not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf:constitute sexual abuse of the students as defined by the Act. Had this finding been made, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-it would have resulted in the imposition of a more severe penalty. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-Rehabilitation is an important aspect to the discipline process. By postponing the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-imposition of the suspension pending the fulfillment of the directed coursework, the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-Committee expects that the Member will gain an understanding of the serious lack of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-professional judgment he exercised and develop the tools to ensure that this behaviour is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-never repeated. As stated in its Decision and Reasons for Decision, it was not in issue ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-that the Member was a teacher who was respected and trusted by his athletes and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf-students. The Committee heard evidence that the Member allowed students into his ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf-Counsel for the College brought a motion to seek leave from the Committee to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf-allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing dated May 2, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf-The Member, David George Whitehead was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf-The allegations against David George Whitehead in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf-May 2, 2012 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that David George Whitehead is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf-in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College Teachers Act 1966, in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf-Counsel for the College advised and the Member’s counsel concurred that it would be unlikely ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf-that there would be a finding of professional misconduct if the matter was to proceed to a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf-hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf-Upon the consent of the parties, the Committee authorizes the College to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-“Committee”) on May 31, 2013 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 96 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated February 23, 2011 was served on Bryan Williams, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-Teachers on March 8, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for May 31, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-The Member was in attendance and self-represented. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-The allegations against Bryan Williams (the “Member”) in the Notice of Hearing are as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Bryan Williams is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf: b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- subsections 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf: f) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-At the hearing on May 31, 2013, College Counsel sought to withdraw the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 96 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-professional misconduct in paragraphs (b) and (f), namely that the Member abused a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf:student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf:contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-Committee agrees that these allegations shall be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-1. Bryan Williams (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers. Attached to Exhibit 2, Tab “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Peel District School ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-Mississauga, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-3. At all material times, A was a [XXX] female student at the School and the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-Member was A’s former [XXX] [XXX] teacher. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-4. During the last week of classes in December 2007, before the Christmas break, A ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf-and other classmates were speaking casually about children and working with children. A ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-“Committee”) on October 7, 2013 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-College Counsel brought a motion to seek leave from the Committee to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing dated April 8, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-Donald Franklin Winston was not in attendance and not represented. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-The Member began to teach in 1970 and continued to do so until 2003, when he retired. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf:Allegations were made against the Member regarding inappropriate physical and sexual ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-contact with a young person that was said to have taken place between 1981 to 1986. At ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-the time of the alleged misconduct, the Ontario College of Teachers had not yet been ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-created. Recently, criminal charges were brought forward against the Member and as a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-result the matter was reported to the College. A Notice of Hearing was issued on April 8, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-2013 detailing the alleged misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-Even though the Member was retired, he was still deemed a member of the College. His ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration was cancelled-resigned effective October 7, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-2013, the same day of the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-Counsel for the College informed the Committee that following a review of the relevant ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-case law, the College was seeking leave to withdraw the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing on the basis that the College did not have the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-jurisdiction to proceed with a hearing on its merits. College Counsel took the position ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-that once the Member had resigned, the College ceased having jurisdictional power. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-In order to assist the Committee in assessing the issue of jurisdiction, three cases were ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf-cited. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-(b) he abused a student physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-(c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf:(d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-(e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-(f) he contravened a law the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-(g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-(h) he committed acts, that having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-(i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-1. Dale Vincent Gerald Maheux (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Lambton District School ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Board (the “Board”) as a teacher in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-3. The Member had inappropriate physical contact with a [XXX] year old female ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-person (“Person A”) in that he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-(a) rubbed the back of her legs with his hands; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-(b) touched her buttocks with his hand and/or hand. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf:4. The Member had sexual contact with Person A in that he: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-(a) touched her vagina with his hand; ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-(b) had Person A touch his penis with her hand. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-5. On or about November 20, 2012, the Member was found guilty of the following ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-charges: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-(a) on or about the 18th day of July in the year 2011 at the [XXX] in the said Region, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf:did commit a sexual assault on Person A contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-(Canada); ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-(b) on or about the 18th day of July in the year 2011 at the [XXX] in the said Region, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf:did for a sexual purpose touch Person A, a person under the age of [XXX] directly with a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-part of his body, to wit his penis with her hand and her vagina with his hand, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Section 151(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-6. On or about April 29, 2013, the Member was sentenced to six (6) months ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-imprisonment. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-7. The Member has not appealed the conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-A non-publication order (Exhibit 4, Tab A) was issued under subsection 486.4 of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada), in the proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Committee is therefore required to uphold this publication ban imposed in the matter of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Her Majesty The Queen v. Dale Vincent Maheux by the Ontario Court of Justice. There ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-the 18th day of July in the year 2011 at the [XXX] in the said Region, did commit a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf:sexual assault on Person A contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- on or about the 18th day of July in the year 2011 at the [XXX] in the said Region, ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf:did for a sexual purpose touch Person A, a person under the age of [XXX] directly with a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-part of his body, to wit his penis with her hand and her vagina with his hand, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Section 151(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-On April 29, 2013, the Member was sentenced to six (6) months imprisonment. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-College Counsel submitted the Brief of Court documents (Exhibit 4) in support of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-allegations in the Notice of Hearing. The Member was represented by counsel in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-College Counsel made submissions that the Member’s conduct was egregious and an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-atrocious breach of trust. The Member’s behaviour was disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-unprofessional, and College Counsel stated that there was sufficient evidence to warrant a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-finding of professional misconduct under all the heads of misconduct alleged in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-by College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Dale Vincent Gerald Maheux ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1 (15), 1(16), 1 (17), ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf:The Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-defined in section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in the Brief of Court Documents contained ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf:within Exhibit 4, that on November 20, 2012 the Member was convicted of sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf:and sexual interference and on April 29, 2013 was sentenced to six months ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-imprisonment. The Member has not appealed the criminal convictions and sentence. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-been granted. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf:The Member sexually assaulted a [XXX] year old female person, for which he was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-criminally convicted and sentenced to six (6) months imprisonment. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and attendant criminal convictions for ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf:sexual assault and sexual interference of the victim constitute acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-1(5), 1(7.1),1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) and further that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf:Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 and subsection ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-College Counsel submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-and Registration, and publication with name was the appropriate penalty for the gravity ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-of the misconduct. The Member has exhibited such an egregious breach of trust that he ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-has forfeited the right to be a member of the teaching profession. Therefore revocation is ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-the only way to ensure that this Member will never engage in this conduct again. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Revocation sends a message to the public and the teaching profession that this kind of ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-behaviour is abhorrent and will not be tolerated and in doing so, confidence in the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-profession and the public will be restored. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- a) The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- b) There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf:The Member sexually assaulted a [XXX] year-old female person, for which he was ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-subsequently convicted criminally and sentenced to prison for six (6) months. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-The Committee concurs with the submissions of College Counsel on penalty that the ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Member’s certificate must be revoked and the findings and order be published, in ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-summary with the name of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- 2013 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member engaged in reprehensible, predatory conduct. Not ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf:only did the Member sexually abuse the victim, he psychologically abused her. The ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-victim impact statement (Exhibit 4, Tab D) shows the harm suffered by the victim and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-her family, and how it destroyed her life and made her feel like the accused. Removing ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-this Member from the teaching profession protects students and restores public ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-confidence in the profession. Any penalty short of revocation for such an egregious act ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-would bring the College into disrepute. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Publication with name advises the profession that misconduct of this severity will result ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-in the most serious penalty. The Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-certificate. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the finding and penalty protects the public interest and ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-upholds the standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf-Dated: December 11, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- Christine Bellini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- Monique Lapalme Arseneault ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2013onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-Un avis d’audience daté du 30 octobre 2012 et précisant les allégations a été signifié à ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-Ian Howard Alvin Handscomb lui demandant de comparaître le 12 novembre 2012 pour que soit ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- 2014 CanLII 100395 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-établie la date de l’audience. Celle-ci a été fixée au 23 septembre 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-M. Handscomb était présent à l’audience et y était représenté par son avocate. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-ALLÉGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-Les allégations portées contre Ian Howard Alvin Handscomb dans l’avis d’audience daté du ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-30 octobre 2012 (pièce 1) sont les suivantes : ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-IL EST ALLÉGUÉ qu’Ian Howard Alvin Handscomb a commis une faute professionnelle au ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-sens des paragraphes 30 (2) et 40 (1.1) de la Loi, en ce qu’il aurait : ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-a) omis de respecter les normes de la profession, en contravention du paragraphe 1 (5) du ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-b) communiqué ou divulgué des renseignements concernant un élève à un tiers ou, si l’élève ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- est mineur, à une personne autre que son père, sa mère ou son tuteur, en contravention du ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- paragraphe 1 (6) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf:c) infligé à un ou plusieurs élèves des mauvais traitements d’ordre physique, sexuel, verbal, ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- psychologique ou affectif, en contravention du paragraphe 1 (7) du Règlement de l’Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf: 437/97 et/ou infligé à un ou plusieurs élèves des mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel, au ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- sens de l’article 1 de la Loi ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-d) infligé à un ou plusieurs élèves des mauvais traitements d’ordre verbal, en contravention du ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- paragraphe 1 (7) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-e) infligé à un ou plusieurs élèves des mauvais traitements d’ordre psychologique ou affectif, ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- en contravention du paragraphe 1 (7.2) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf:f) infligé à un ou plusieurs élèves des mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel, en contravention du ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- paragraphe 1 (7.3) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 et/ou infligé à un ou plusieurs élèves ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- 2014 CanLII 100395 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf: des mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel, au sens de l’article 1 de la Loi ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-g) enfreint la Loi sur l’éducation, lois refondues de l’Ontario de 1990, chapitre E.2, ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- notamment l’alinéa 264 (1) c) de celle-ci ou ses règlements d’application, en contravention ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- du paragraphe 1 (15) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-h) commis des actes que les membres pourraient raisonnablement juger honteux, déshonorants ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ou contraires aux devoirs de la profession, compte tenu de l’ensemble des circonstances, en ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- contravention du paragraphe 1 (18) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-i) eu une conduite qui ne sied pas au statut de membre, en contravention du paragraphe 1 (19) ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-L’avocate de l’Ordre a demandé que soient retirées les allégations c), d), e) et f), selon lesquelles ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-M. Handscomb aurait enfreint les paragraphes 1 (7), (7.2) et (7.3) du Règlement de ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-l’Ontario 437/97 et le paragraphe 40 (1.1) de la Loi. Le comité a acquiescé à la demande et les ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-allégations ont été retirées. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-ÉNONCÉ CONJOINT DES FAITS ET PLAIDOYER DE CULPABILITÉ ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-L’avocate de l’Ordre a informé le comité que les parties s’étaient entendues quant aux faits et a ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-déposé la pièce 2, énoncé conjoint des faits et plaidoyer de culpabilité, qui prévoit ce qui suit : ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-Énoncé conjoint des faits ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-1. Pendant toute la période en question, Ian Howard Alvin Handscomb était membre de ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- l’Ordre. Une copie des renseignements contenus dans le tableau des membres de l’Ordre ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- le concernant est jointe (pièce A). ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-2. Pendant toute la période en question, M. Handscomb était au service du Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- School Board (le «conseil scolaire») en tant qu’enseignant à [XXX] et [XXX] de la ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- 2014 CanLII 100395 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- [XXX] School (l’«école»), à Toronto (Ontario). ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-3. L’élève 1, un garçon, a fréquenté l’école jusqu’à la fin de [XXX] année en 2008. En juin ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- 2008, après avoir terminé [XXX], l’élève est resté dans le même conseil scolaire. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- L’élève 2, un garçon, a fréquenté l’école en [XXX] et en [XXX] année. Il a quitté l’école ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- après la [XXX] année, en 2005 environ. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-4. Vers décembre 2007, M. Handscomb a commencé à passer du temps avec l’élève 1 et ses ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- parents pour discuter à quelle [XXX] l’élève 1 fréquenterait après la [XXX] année. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-5. Vers février 2008, M. Handscomb et l’élève 1 ont commencé à correspondre par ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- l’entremise de Facebook. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-6. Durant l’année scolaire 2007-2008, M. Handscomb et son époux ont acheté une maison ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- dans le quartier où habitait l’élève 1. Durant l’année scolaire, M. Handscomb a emmené ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- l’élève 1 seul dans sa voiture de chez l’élève à l’école, et vice versa. Il l’a aussi reconduit ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- chez lui seul dans sa voiture après une [XXX] à [XXX]. Les parents de l’élève 1 étaient ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- au courant. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-7. En avril ou en mai 2008, l’élève 1 a révélé à M. Handscomb, dans un message qu’il lui a ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf: envoyé par l’entremise de Facebook, qu’il se posait des questions sur sa sexualité et ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf: songeait à révéler son orientation sexuelle à l’école. M. Handscomb croit que l’élève 1 lui ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- a fait cette confidence parce qu’il est lui-même ouvertement gai et que l’élève 1 voulait ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- des conseils. Si M. Handscomb témoignait, il dirait qu’il a informé le conseiller en ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- orientation de l’école et la direction de l’école de cette confidence. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-8. Vers septembre 2008, alors que l’élève avait [XXX] ans et était en [XXX] année, ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf: M. Handscomb lui a donné des DVD de films sur la sexualité, l’orientation sexuelle et la ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf: révélation de l’orientation sexuelle. Le contenu des films était à caractère sexuel. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- M. Handscomb n’a pas informé les parents de l’élève 1 qu’il avait donné ces films à leur ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- 2014 CanLII 100395 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- fils. La description de certains de ces films est jointe (pièce B). ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-9. Entre avril ou mai 2008 et octobre 2010, M. Handscomb et l’élève 1 ont eu des ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- conversations et communications personnelles par l’entremise de Facebook, entre autres, ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf: des conversations sur la vie personnelle de M. Handscomb, l’orientation sexuelle, la ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf: révélation de l’orientation sexuelle et la sécurité lors des relations sexuelles. La pièce C ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ci-jointe est une copie de certaines des communications électroniques que M. Handscomb ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- a eues avec l’élève 1. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-10. De plus, M. Handscomb a fait des commentaires sur des photos que l’élève 1 a affichées ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- dans Facebook, y compris des compliments sur son apparence physique. La pièce D ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ci-jointe comporte des exemples de mentions «j’aime» que M. Handscomb a faites ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- concernant les photos de l’élève 1. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-11. En octobre 2010 environ, M. Handscomb a entretenu des communications électroniques ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- inappropriées avec l’élève 2, lequel fréquentait alors une [XXX]du conseil scolaire. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- M. Handscomb a omis d’informer les administrateurs que l’élève 2 lui avait fait des ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf: propositions d’ordre sexuel. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-12. Peu de temps après, M. Handscomb a entrepris une conversation dans Facebook avec ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- l’élève 1 au sujet de l’élève 2, au cours de laquelle il a donné des renseignements ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- confidentiels concernant l’élève 2. La pièce E ci-jointe est une copie de la conversation ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- dans Facebook au sujet de l’élève 2 entre M. Handscomb et l’élève 1. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-13. Le ou vers le 24 juin 2011, le conseil scolaire a suspendu M. Handscomb de ses fonctions ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- pour 20 jours et lui a ordonné de suivre une formation sur le maintien des limites ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-M. Handscomb reconnaît avoir eu une conduite non professionnelle à l’égard des élèves 1 et 2. Il ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-a, entre autres, eu des communications électroniques inappropriées. M. Handscomb reconnaît ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- 2014 CanLII 100395 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-qu’il a entretenu une relation personnelle inappropriée avec l’élève 1 alors que celui-ci ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-fréquentait l’école où il enseignait. Il a admis avoir eu des conversations inappropriées de nature ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf:sexuelle avec l’élève 1 et lui avoir donné des DVD dont le contenu était d’ordre sexuel. De plus, ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-M. Handscomb a admis avoir eu des communications électroniques inappropriées en ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-transmettant des renseignements personnels au sujet de l’élève 2 à l’élève 1. M. Handscomb a ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-manqué de jugement en omettant d’informer les administrateurs que l’élève 2 lui avait fait des ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf:propositions d’ordre sexuel. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-Compte tenu de la conduite de M. Handscomb et de son plaidoyer de culpabilité, le comité ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-considère que les gestes de M. Handscomb représentent une faute professionnelle pour avoir ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-enfreint les paragraphes 1 (5), (6), (15), (18) et (19) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-ÉNONCÉ CONJOINT SUR LA SANCTION ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-L’avocate de l’Ordre et l’avocate de M. Handscomb ont déposé un énoncé conjoint sur la ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-sanction (pièce 3) prévoyant ce qui suit : ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-L’Ordre et M. Handscomb demandent conjointement au comité de discipline d’imposer la ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-sanction suivante : ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf-1. M. Handscomb doit se présenter devant le comité immédiatement après l’audience sur la ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- présente affaire pour recevoir une réprimande, laquelle sera administrée dans les bureaux ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- de l’Ordre, sis au 101 de la rue Bloor Ouest, à Toronto (Ontario). Cette réprimande doit ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- être inscrite au tableau de l’Ordre. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100395.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-On May 14, 2014, a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) rendered a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-written decision finding Terence Kazuo Takashima (the “Member”) guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-The Committee considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof as well as the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-submissions made by the parties and ultimately found that the facts supported a finding of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-professional misconduct. There was clear, cogent and convincing evidence that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf:Member engaged in oral sex with a student. Therefore, the Committee determined that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-the Member: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- a) failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- b) abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf: c) abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- d) failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- e) committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- f) engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf:Further the Committee found that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-The Committee reconvened the hearing on June 17, 2014 to hear submissions on the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-issue of penalty. The Member was present during the penalty hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the appropriate penalty would be for the Committee to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration and to publish a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-summary of the case in the College’s official magazine, Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-parler profession, with the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-Counsel for the College argued that revocation is appropriate, given that the Member has ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-committed the most egregious breach of trust that a teacher can commit. The Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf:sexually abused a student and took advantage of his position as the student’s coach for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf:his own sexual gratification. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-College Counsel stated that there have been numerous cases before the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-Committee where teachers have had their teaching certificate revoked for having engaged ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf:in sexual abuse. In the College’s view, revocation and publication with name would meet ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-the penalty goals of specific deterrence to the Member, preventing him from being in a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-position of trust or authority with children again. These measures would also serve as a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-general deterrent to the profession at large. Counsel for the College further stated that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-revocation is the only way to protect Ontario students and instill confidence in the public, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf:informing it that the Committee will deal with matters of sexual abuse appropriately. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that publication with name is appropriate as it is ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-consistent with the openness and transparency of discipline proceedings and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-seriousness of the misconduct committed. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with a June 24, 2013 Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-decision in which a teacher engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf:student and attempted sexual contact with this student on one occasion. Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf:College stated that this case illustrates that sexual abuse of any nature warrants ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf:revocation. Revocation is not just reserved for sexual abuse involving sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf:or a continual sexual relationship with a student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF MEMBER’S COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that since the incident, the Member has not worked as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-a teacher in Ontario and is therefore not earning a livelihood in the profession. Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-Counsel highlighted the issue of “procedural fairness” in that the Member has had this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-matter “hanging over his head” for the past four years. The Member is no longer ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-working, and this case has proved to be a significant hardship for him, and it was “time ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-for closure”. Counsel for the Member asserted that publishing the Member’s name in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-College’s magazine “has no merit”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-Member’s Counsel stated that the Discipline Committee case presented by College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-Counsel is different from the present matter as there were more incidents of inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-contact in the 2013 case, including text messages and meetings with a student outside of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-school. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-REPLY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-College Counsel made arguments with regard to procedural fairness and the length of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-time that this case has taken to come to completion. College Counsel cited that the Notice ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-of Hearing was published in 2013, and the hearing was set for 2014 with a timeframe for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-12 months, which he characterized as “not inordinate”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- 1. The Committee directs the Registrar to revoke the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- 2. The findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-Revocation is the appropriate penalty for misconduct of this severity. The Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-abused his position as a teacher and coach by choosing to engage in an inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf:sexual relationship with a student. Such acts are generally referred to as “the most ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-egregious breach of trust between a teacher and a student under his care”. The Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-has therefore forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and being a member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-As the Member’s actions comprised the most serious breach of trust, publication with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-name in these circumstances is warranted and appropriate. The Committee determined ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-that publication with the Member’s name is necessary in order to provide specific ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-deterrence to the Member and general deterrence to the teaching profession. The public ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-and the teaching profession will take note of the response of the Committee in serious ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf:matters of sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-The Committee determined that the Member’s arguments for non-publication were not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-sufficiently compelling to outweigh the need for student and public protection and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-openness in such a serious case of misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and serves ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf-Dated: June 17, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- _____________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- Christine Bellini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- _____________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- Stefanie Achkewich, OCT ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- Mel Greif ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-(c) he contravened a law the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-(d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 102 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-(e) he committed acts, that having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-(f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-1. Trace Russell Teeple (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Halton District School ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-Board as a teacher at Burlington Central High School in Burlington, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-3. During the 2009 calendar year, the Member was in possession of child ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:pornography. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-4. On or about September 17, 2012, the Member was found guilty of the charge that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-he between the 1st day of January, in the year 2009, and the 16th day of October, in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:year 2009, both dates inclusive, at the City of Burlington, possessed child pornography, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-to wit: images depicting a person who is or is depicted as being under the age of eighteen ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:years and is engaged in or is depicted as engaged in explicit sexual activity, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:Section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-5. On or about April 24, 2013, the Member was sentenced to forty-five (45) days in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-jail and twenty-four (24) months’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-the 1st day of January, in the year 2009, and the 16th day of October, in the year 2009, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:both dates inclusive, at the City of Burlington, possessed child pornography, to wit: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 102 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-images depicting a person who is or is depicted as being under the age of eighteen years ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-and is engaged in or is depicted as engaged in explicit sexual activity, contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada). On or about April 24, 2013, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-sentenced to forty-five (45) days in jail and twenty-four (24) months’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-College Counsel submitted the Brief of Court documents (Exhibit 4) in support of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-allegations in the Notice of Hearing. College Counsel assured the Committee that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-Member was represented by counsel in the criminal proceedings; that he pleaded guilty to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:the possession of child pornography and was fully informed and aware of the significance ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-and implications of this guilty plea. Counsel submitted that the Member’s conviction of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:possession of child pornography was a basis on which to make a finding on all of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-by College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Trace Russell Teeple committed acts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in the Brief of Court Documents contained ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 102 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-within Exhibit 4, that on September 17, 2012, the Member pleaded guilty to being in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:possession of child pornography and on April 24, 2013 was sentenced to forty-five (45) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-days in jail and twenty-four (24) months’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-been granted. The Member has not appealed the conviction or the sentence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s possession of child pornography and his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:resultant criminal conviction for possession of child pornography constitute acts of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-College Counsel submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-and Registration, and publication with name was the appropriate penalty for misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:of this nature. Counsel denounced possession of child pornography noting its insidious ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-nature and allows for a market of child exploitation and abuse. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-Counsel for the College summarized the aggravating factors outlined by Justice B.Durno ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:in the criminal proceedings. Cases of child pornography create a cycle of re-victimization ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:of young children. The mere fact that people consume child pornography creates the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-demand which is the cause of this child abuse. Secondly, the images were viewed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 102 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-repeatedly by the Member over a period of months. Third, there were multiple images of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-children, including infants and young children under the age of 6 years. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- a) The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- b) There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-The Committee concurs with the submissions of College Counsel on penalty that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-Member’s certificate must be revoked and the findings and order be published, in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-summary with the name of the Member. The Member has exhibited such an insidious ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-breach of trust that he has forfeited the right to be a member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-Revocation sends a message to the public and the teaching profession that this kind of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-behaviour will not be tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-The Member was charged under the Criminal Code (Canada) and convicted of possession ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:of child pornography. Possession of child pornography is a crime against children and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-perpetuates a market which thrives on the abuse of children. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member, by possessing child pornography and by being ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf:convicted of possession of child pornography, is not suitable to be in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 102 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-and authority over children. The Member has brought the profession into disrepute and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-has lost the trust of the public. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-The Member has been convicted, incarcerated, and sentenced to probation for a period of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-two years. In addition, a Prohibition Order is in place for a period of 10 years, prohibiting ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-the Member from using a computer for the purpose of communicating with a person ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-under the age of sixteen years of age. This Member should not be permitted to teach in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-Ontario. His Certificate of Qualification and Registration must be revoked. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession provides both a specific ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to the profession while advising and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-serving the public interest. It assures the public that the College will not tolerate such ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-behaviour and will ensure that this type of misconduct is dealt with severely. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and serves ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf-Dated: May 2, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- Robert Gagné ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ___________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- Stefanie Achkewich, OCT ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- Louis Sloan, OCT ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated October 30, 2012 was served on Ian Howard Alvin Handscomb (the ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on November 12, 2012 to set a date for a hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- 2014 CanLII 100404 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for September 23, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-The Member was in attendance at the hearing, and represented by his counsel. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated October 30, 2012 (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Ian Howard Alvin Handscomb is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-“Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- (b) he released or disclosed information about a student to a person other than the student or, if ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- the student is a minor, the student’s parent or guardian, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or engaged in ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf: sexual abuse of a student or students defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- (e) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf: (f) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- (h) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be regarded ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-5. In or around February 2008, the Member and Student No. 1 began corresponding on ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Facebook. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- 2014 CanLII 100404 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-6. During the 2007-2008 school year, the Member and his spouse purchased a house in ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Student No. 1’s neighbourhood. During that school year, the Member drove Student No. 1 alone ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-in his car to school, home from school and home from a [XXX] performance in [XXX] with the ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-knowledge of Student No. 1’s parents. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-7. In April or May 2008, Student No. 1 advised the Member in a Facebook message that he ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf:was questioning his sexuality and was thinking of “coming out” at school. The Member believes ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-that Student No. 1 made this disclosure to him because he is an openly gay teacher and wanted ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-advice. If the Member were to testify he would say he informed the Guidance Counselor at the ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-School and the School Principal of this disclosure. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-8. In or around September 2008, when Student No. 1 was [XXX] years old and in Grade ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf:[XXX], the Member gave Student No. 1 some DVDs of films about sexuality, sexual orientation, ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf:and “coming out”. The films contained sexual content. The Member did not inform Student No. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-1’s parents that he provided the DVDs to Student No. 1. Descriptions of some of the films are ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-attached as Exhibit “B”. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-9. Between April or May 2008 and October 2010, the Member and Student No. 1 engaged ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-in personal conversations and personal communications on Facebook. These included ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf:communications about the Member’s personal life as well as communications regarding sexual ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf:orientation, “coming out”, and safety in sexual relationships. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Exhibit “C” are copies of some of the electronic communications sent by the Member to Student ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-No. 1. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-10. In addition, the Member commented on photographs posted on Facebook by Student No. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-1 including complimenting Student No. 1’s physical appearance. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Exhibit “D” are examples of “likes” posted by the Member regarding Student No. 1’s ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-photographs. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- 2014 CanLII 100404 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-11. In or around October 2010, the Member engaged in inappropriate electronic ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-communications with Student No. 2, who was then a [XXX] student in the Board. The Member ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf:failed to report to administrators that Student No. 2 had sexually propositioned to him. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-12. Shortly thereafter, the Member initiated a Facebook chat with Student No. 1 regarding ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Student No. 2, and shared confidential information about Student No. 2 with Student No. 1. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “E” is a copy of the Facebook communication between ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-the Member and Student No. 1 about Student No. 2. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-13. On or about June 24, 2011, the Board suspended the Member for twenty (20) days and ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-ordered him to undergo training in maintaining professional boundaries. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-marked as Exhibit “F” is a copy of the letter dated June 24, 2011 from the Board. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-14. Following the events described above, the Member has participated in the following ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-courses, Positive Spaces training with TDSB (2011), the Ontario College of Teachers’ Ethical ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Leadership Institute course on principles of Ethical Standards – Care, Trust, Respect and ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Integrity (August 2012), and ETFO’s Boundaries Training and Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Regulation Review (April 2014). ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-15. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding, the truth of ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 13 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- 2014 CanLII 100404 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-counsel for the College and counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support a ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Ian Howard Alvin ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Handscomb committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(6), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the Admitted Facts in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Plea (Exhibit 2) constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and pleaded guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him. The Committee accepts the Member’s guilty ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-plea and the facts contained in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-The Member acknowledged he engaged in unprofessional behaviour with Student No. 1 and ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Student No. 2, which involved inappropriate electronic communications. The Member agreed to ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-having been involved in an inappropriate personal relationship with Student No. 1 while the ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-student attended the Member’s school. The Member further admitted to engaging in ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf:inappropriate conversations of a sexual nature and providing DVDs containing sexual content to ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-Student No. 1. In addition, the Member admitted to engaging in inappropriate electronic ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-communication while sharing information about Student No. 2 to Student No. 1. The Member ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf:also showed a lack of judgement when he failed to report to administration of being sexually ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-propositioned by Student No. 2. ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-In light of the Member’s behaviour and guilty plea, the Committee finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(6), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014canlii100404.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-“Committee”) on July 3, 2014 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated June 1, 2013 (Exhibit 1) was served on Douglas Kenneth ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-George Thompson (the “Member”), requesting his presence on July 9, 2013 to set a date ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-for a hearing and specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for July 3, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-The Member was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 1, 2013 (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Douglas Kenneth George Thompson is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-misconduct as defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf:perceived as displaying a discriminatory attitude towards homosexuals and/or as a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf:suggestion that he believed the student/students in question were homosexual. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-4. In and around the period September-November 2010, the Member made repeated ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-inappropriate and demeaning comments and gestures to a student/students regarding ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-their intelligence, some of which displayed a discriminatory attitude towards persons ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-with intellectual disabilities. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-5. In and around the period September-November 2010, the Member made repeated ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-inappropriate comments to parents and students, including: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- (a) indicating that students were unlikely to achieve academic success; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- (b) speaking negatively about a student’s chances of being admitted to post- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- secondary studies; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- (c) indicating that he felt students in his class(es) were of generally low ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- intelligence; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- (d) making negative comments to parents about the school and school ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- administrators. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-6. An investigation was undertaken by the Board regarding the allegations, and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-Member was disciplined. As a result of the discipline imposed, the member also ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-completed a six (6) session course on establishing and maintaining appropriate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-boundaries with students. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-Board’s February 23, 2011 letter to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-10. In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no contest, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-by College Counsel and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-Douglas Kenneth George Thompson committed acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-1(7.2), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-of the Statement of Uncontested Facts, and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2) and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-acknowledged that the Uncontested Facts referred to above constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-professional misconduct and admitted the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-him. The Committee accepts the Member’s plea of no contest and the statement tendered ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-by the parties. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s repeated inappropriate and demeaning comments ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-to students which could have been perceived as displaying discriminatory attitudes ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf:towards homosexuals are unacceptable. Further, the Member’s repeated inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-3. The findings and orders of the Committee shall be published in summary form, with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-The Committee determined that the Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3) was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member and appropriate in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-circumstances. Therefore, the Committee accepted the proposed penalty presented by the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-parties. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-From September to November 2010, the Member made discriminatory comments ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-towards students with disabilities, displayed a discriminatory attitude towards ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf:homosexuals, and expressed negative comments to students and parents about the school ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-and the administration. The Member did not demonstrate appropriate modeling for the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-students and his actions were unacceptable. The Committee considered this to be serious ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-The reprimand serves to emphasize the necessity to maintain appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-standards. It will further remind the Member to uphold the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-and to not engage in discriminatory conduct unbecoming a member. The fact that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-reprimand will be recorded on the Register also serves as a specific deterrent to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-The coursework regarding boundary violations speaks to the educative and rehabilitative ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-aspect of the penalty. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-The Committee determined that the Member’s behaviour was not at the low end of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf:spectrum and that discriminatory comments regarding sexual orientation and disabilities ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-warrant publication with name and will not be tolerated by the profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession provides both a specific ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-deterrent and remind the Member not to repeat his actions. It serves as a general ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-deterrent to all members of the profession by reminding them of the level of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-professionalism that is expected of teachers and that this type of behaviour will warrant ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-publication. Publication with name serves the public interest by ensuring transparency in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-the discipline process. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances, and serves ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf-Dated: July 9, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- Christine Bellini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- Monique Lapalme Arseneault ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- Wes Vickers, OCT ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated July 12, 2013 was served on Cameron Edward Barr Trueman, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-requesting his presence on August 7, 2013 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for January 9, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Cameron Edward Barr Trueman was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-The allegations against Cameron Edward Barr Trueman in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-dated July 12, 2013 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Cameron Edward Barr Trueman is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-misconduct as defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-(the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf: engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-1. Cameron Edward Barr Trueman (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-2. Furthermore, at all material times, the Member was also a member of the British ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Columbia College of Teachers and was a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-[XXX], British Columbia. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-3. During the 1996-1997 academic year, the Member had inappropriate physical contact ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf:with a Grade [XXX] female student (“Student No. 1”) of the School which escalated to a sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-relationship during the 1997-1998 academic year when the Student was in Grade [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-4. During Student No. 1’s Grade [XXX] year, the personal contact and inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-physical contact between the Member and the Student consisted of: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (a) flirting; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (b) conversations of a personal nature; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (c) kissing in a sports equipment room at the School. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-5. In and around mid-October 1996, during a School sponsored [XXX] to the [XXX], the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf:sexual relationship between the Member and Student No. 1 progressed to: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (a) hugging; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (b) kissing; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf: (c) sexual fondling over and under clothing which included touching of genitals ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- under clothing on two occasions. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf:6. After the [XXX] and during Student No. 1’s Grade [XXX] year, the sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-continued in that the Member and Student No. 1: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (a) kissed; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (b) hugged; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf: (c) sexually fondled each other over clothing on further occasions at School and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- during School field trips. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-7. Furthermore, the Member gave Student No. 1 a [XXX] as a gift. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-8. The Member and Student No. 1 promised each other that they would tell no one about ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-their relationship. The Member told Student No. 1 that, even though their relationship was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-special, he could lose his job if other people learned about it. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-9. On a bike ride during the lunch hour in the Spring of 1997, after “romantic” kissing, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf:Member and Student No. 1 agreed to stop their sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-10. Between and including 1995 to 1997, the Member made inappropriate comments to a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-female student (“Student No. 2”) at the School in that he: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (a) on an occasion when Student No. 2 sat on a desk in the counselling computer ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- room, the Member used his hands to open Student No. 2’s knees and said words to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- effect, “I would like to rip your shirt off right now”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (b) on an occasion when Student No. 2 was at the Member’s home and alone with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- Member he invited Student No. 2 to “try out his new shower”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-11. On or about September 23, 2002, the Member resigned his employment. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-12. On or about April 27, 2004, the British Columbia College of Teachers issued a Citation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-and Notice of Hearing against the Member with respect to his conduct involving Student No. 1 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-and Student No. 2. A copy of the Citation is attached and marked as Exhibit “B”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-13. On December 6, 2004, the Member admitted to professional misconduct and was found ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-guilty. A copy of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Disposition is attached hereto as Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-“C”. A copy of the decision of the Conduct Review Sub-Committee is attached and marked as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Exhibit “D”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-14. On or about December 6, 2004, the Member’s Certificate was cancelled by the British ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Columbia College of Teachers. A copy of the Membership Form printout for the British ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Columbia College of Teachers is attached hereto as Exhibit “E”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-15. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the truth ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 14 above (the “Agreed Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-16. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Agreed Facts referred to in paragraphs 3 to 10 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-above, constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads guilty to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-17. The Member also acknowledges that he has been found guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-by the governing authority of the teaching profession in British Columbia, based on the facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-described in Exhibit C. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-18. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- set out in the Agreed Statement of Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- to require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, including ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- reference to his name, may be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College and himself ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not bind the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-19. In light of the agreed facts, circumstances and plea of guilt, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Counsel for the College and by the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Cameron Edward Barr ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Trueman committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf:Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the Agreed Facts referred to in paragraphs 3 to 10 above ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-constitute behaviour which is professional misconduct and pleaded guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-professional misconduct against him. The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-facts in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-The Member engaged in inappropriate personal relationships with two students in his care. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Between 1996 and 1998, during two school years, the Member engaged in an increasingly ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-physical relationship with Student 1. The contact included flirting, conversations of a personal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf:nature, escalated to kissing, hugging and culminated in sexual fondling over and under clothing, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-both at school and during school field trips. This inappropriate relationship also included the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-giving of gifts. The Member attempted to swear the student to secrecy because of his fear that he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-could lose his teaching position if the relationship became known to others. In the spring of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf:1997, after some “romantic” kissing, the Member and Student 1 agreed to stop the sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-relationship. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Between, and including, 1995 to 1997, the Member made inappropriate comments to Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-These comments included the following: as she sat on a desk, he used his hands to open her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-knees and said, to the effect, “I would like to rip your shirt off”. On a second occasion, Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-was alone at the Member’s home, and he invited her to “try out his new shower”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-The Member has betrayed the trust placed in him by the public, one that is implicit in his status ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-as a teacher. Young people were in his care, and he abused these young people by placing them ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf:into sexualized situations. Further, his efforts at hiding these relationships demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-significant premeditation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-In considering the Member’s behaviour as described above, the British Columbia College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Teachers, in 2004, found the Member guilty of misconduct and cancelled (“revoked”) the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Member’s Certificate. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-By his actions, the Committee finds that Cameron Edward Barr Trueman committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), Counsel for the College and the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-1. directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the Member is to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-immediately surrender to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-2. directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee in summary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-form, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-The parties have not agreed on whether or not the Member’s name should be included and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-submissions will be made on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-SUBMISSIONS RE: PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Counsel for the parties agreed that the findings and order of the Committee should be published ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-in summary form in the official publication of the College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-profession. The parties had not agreed on whether or not the Member’s name should be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-published. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-Counsel for the College argued that the Member’s name should be published. She submitted that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-the proposed penalty serves as both a specific and general deterrent, provides for remediation of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-the Member and the protection of the public. College Counsel submitted that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-name should be published to protect the integrity of the profession. Counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-provided the Committee with three cases with similar facts to demonstrate her argument. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-The Member requested that his name not be published in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-profession. The Member described his situation and the consequences that ensued as “a scar that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-does not go away”. The behaviour occurred at least 15 years ago, and he regrets it to this day. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf:Further, he indicated the various counselling programs he has participated in, including sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-addiction, anger management and family counselling. The Member stated that he had always had ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-good relationships with teachers and students and was still pursuing the “healing process”. He ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-submitted that his name had not been published for the British Columbia College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-finding and therefore the same should apply to the proceeding in Ontario. The Member verified ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-that it was his intention not to seek employment as a teacher in Ontario but that he might want to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-teach overseas. The Member affirmed that he regrets his mistake. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 1. The Registrar is directed to revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- Member; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-1. At all material times, Jan Ralf Vandermeer (“the Member”) was a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 108 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-2. At all materials times, the Member was employed as a secondary school teacher at the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-Delores D. Echum Composite School (“the School”), in Moose Factory. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-3. In or about the period January to February 2012, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf: (a) visited a pornographic website on his school laptop computer (“the School ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- Computer”); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf: (b) downloaded or accessed a pornographic video on the School Computer; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- (c) did not adequately control student access to the School Computer knowing that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf: pornographic material had been downloaded or accessed on the School Computer. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf:4. If the Member were to testify, he would say that when he accessed the pornographic ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-material on the School Computer, he was not at the School nor connected to the School`s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-computer network. He would also say that he mistakenly believed he had completely deleted the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf:pornographic material before he brought the School Computer into the classroom. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-5. In or about January 2012, a student accessing the School Computer during a class taught ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-by the Member saw the title of a video file, link or reference in the browser file history entitled ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-“Dirty Girl 201” or “Dirty Girl 2011”; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-6. On or about February 2 to 8, 2012, the School Computer was examined by School ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-officials. In addition to education related files, the following files, links or references were ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-located in the browser file history on the School Computer: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf: (a) Dirty Girl 2011 (a non-pornographic theatrically-released film); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf: (b) Moms Teaching Teens – Mandy and Carly (a pornographic movie about a mother ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- teaching her adolescent daughter how to perform sexual acts; despite the subject ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf: matter, this movie is not categorized as child pornography). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 108 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-A copy of a screenshot taken from the School Computer on February 2, 2012 is attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-as Exhibit “B”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-7. On or about February 10, 2012, the Member resigned from teaching at the School, as he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-believed that to be in the best interests of the students, School and community. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-8. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-paragraphs 1 to 7 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-9. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts referred to above constitute ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-conduct which is professional misconduct and admits the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-10. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf:The Member visited a pornographic website on his school laptop, accessed or downloaded a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf:pornographic video on his school laptop and did not adequately control student access to his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf:laptop, knowing that pornographic material had been downloaded or accessed. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 108 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-In light of the Member’s behaviour and the plea of guilt, the Committee finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-Counsel for the College and counsel for the Member submitted a Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-(Exhibit 3) indicating the following: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the appropriate penalty to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-1. directs that the Member appear before the Committee immediately following the hearing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be delivered in person at the offices of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-2. directs the Registrar to suspend the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-Member for a period of two (2) months commencing on the date of the Order of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-Committee relating to this matter and the fact of the suspension is to be recorded on the Register. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-3. directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee in summary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-form in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-penalty given that his offence was for the improper use of a laptop and the risk that students ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf:could potentially have been exposed to pornography. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 108 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- 1. The Member is required to appear before the Committee immediately following the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand, and the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- recorded on the College Register. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- 2. The Registrar is directed to suspend the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- the Member for a period of two (2) months commencing on August 11, 2014, the date of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- the Order of the Discipline Committee relating to this matter, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- suspension is to be recorded on the Register. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- 3. The findings and orders of the Committee shall be published in summary form, without ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf:The Member visited, accessed or downloaded pornographic material on his school laptop. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-Member did not adequately control student access to this laptop and subsequently a student, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-while accessing the school laptop during a class taught by the Member, saw the title of a video ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-file, link or reference in the browser file history entitled “Dirty Girl 201” or “Dirty Girl 2011.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf:Upon examination by School officials, it was determined that this film was a non-pornographic ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf:theatrically-released film. Upon further examination, a pornographic movie was located in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf-browser file history of the School computer; however no student accessed this film. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf-Counsel for the College brought a motion to seek leave from the Committee to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf-allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated June 12, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 109 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf-The Member, Jacobus Petrus M. Vollering was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf-The allegations against Jacobus Petrus M. Vollering in the Notice of Hearing, dated June 12, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf-2014 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Jacobus Petrus M. Vollering is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- (b) he abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- (c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the College was seeking to withdraw the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf-Hearing in exchange for an undertaking signed by the Member. Counsel for the College stated ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-Counsel for the College brought a motion to seek leave from a panel of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-(the “Committee”) to withdraw the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing dated June 29, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-2011 (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-Robert Kiyoshi Yoshida (the “Member”) was not in attendance but was represented by legal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-counsel. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 29, 2011 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Robert Kiyoshi Yoshida is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-in subsection 30(2) and section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in section ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that it would be difficult to prove professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-misconduct if the matter was to proceed to a full hearing as the key student witness did not wish ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-to testify. College Counsel further stated that the Member had signed an Undertaking and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-Acknowledgement (Exhibit 2) that was in the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-Upon the consent of the parties, the Committee authorizes the College to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against the Member set out in the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-dated June 29, 2011 in exchange for the Undertaking and Acknowledgment of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-In his Undertaking and Acknowledgment, the Member agrees to and acknowledges the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- 1. The Member will resign as a member of the Ontario College of Teachers with effect on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- the date of the hearing of this matter. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- 2. The Member undertakes to never seek reinstatement of his Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- 3. The Member undertakes to never teach again in any public or private school in Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- nor carry on any activity for which a Certificate of Qualification and Registration is ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- required. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- 4. The Member understands that a breach of this Undertaking and Acknowledgment may ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- constitute professional misconduct. He understands that should he breach this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- Undertaking and Acknowledgment, the Ontario College of Teachers will be at liberty to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- re-institute these proceedings, or to commence other discipline proceedings against him. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated October 30, 2012 was served on Ian Howard Alvin Handscomb (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on November 12, 2012 to set a date for a hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for September 23, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-The Member was in attendance at the hearing, and represented by his counsel. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated October 30, 2012 (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Ian Howard Alvin Handscomb is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-“Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- (b) he released or disclosed information about a student to a person other than the student or, if ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- the student is a minor, the student’s parent or guardian, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or engaged in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf: sexual abuse of a student or students defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- (e) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf: (f) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- (h) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be regarded ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-5. In or around February 2008, the Member and Student No. 1 began corresponding on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Facebook. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-6. During the 2007-2008 school year, the Member and his spouse purchased a house in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Student No. 1’s neighbourhood. During that school year, the Member drove Student No. 1 alone ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-in his car to school, home from school and home from a [XXX] performance in [XXX] with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-knowledge of Student No. 1’s parents. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-7. In April or May 2008, Student No. 1 advised the Member in a Facebook message that he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf:was questioning his sexuality and was thinking of “coming out” at school. The Member believes ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-that Student No. 1 made this disclosure to him because he is an openly gay teacher and wanted ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-advice. If the Member were to testify he would say he informed the Guidance Counselor at the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-School and the School Principal of this disclosure. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-8. In or around September 2008, when Student No. 1 was [XXX] years old and in Grade ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf:[XXX], the Member gave Student No. 1 some DVDs of films about sexuality, sexual orientation, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf:and “coming out”. The films contained sexual content. The Member did not inform Student No. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-1’s parents that he provided the DVDs to Student No. 1. Descriptions of some of the films are ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-attached as Exhibit “B”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-9. Between April or May 2008 and October 2010, the Member and Student No. 1 engaged ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-in personal conversations and personal communications on Facebook. These included ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf:communications about the Member’s personal life as well as communications regarding sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf:orientation, “coming out”, and safety in sexual relationships. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Exhibit “C” are copies of some of the electronic communications sent by the Member to Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-No. 1. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-10. In addition, the Member commented on photographs posted on Facebook by Student No. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-1 including complimenting Student No. 1’s physical appearance. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Exhibit “D” are examples of “likes” posted by the Member regarding Student No. 1’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-photographs. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-11. In or around October 2010, the Member engaged in inappropriate electronic ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-communications with Student No. 2, who was then a [XXX] student in the Board. The Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf:failed to report to administrators that Student No. 2 had sexually propositioned to him. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-12. Shortly thereafter, the Member initiated a Facebook chat with Student No. 1 regarding ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Student No. 2, and shared confidential information about Student No. 2 with Student No. 1. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “E” is a copy of the Facebook communication between ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-the Member and Student No. 1 about Student No. 2. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-13. On or about June 24, 2011, the Board suspended the Member for twenty (20) days and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-ordered him to undergo training in maintaining professional boundaries. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-marked as Exhibit “F” is a copy of the letter dated June 24, 2011 from the Board. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-14. Following the events described above, the Member has participated in the following ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-courses, Positive Spaces training with TDSB (2011), the Ontario College of Teachers’ Ethical ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Leadership Institute course on principles of Ethical Standards – Care, Trust, Respect and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Integrity (August 2012), and ETFO’s Boundaries Training and Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Regulation Review (April 2014). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-15. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding, the truth of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 13 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-counsel for the College and counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Ian Howard Alvin ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Handscomb committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(6), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the Admitted Facts in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Plea (Exhibit 2) constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and pleaded guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him. The Committee accepts the Member’s guilty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-plea and the facts contained in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-The Member acknowledged he engaged in unprofessional behaviour with Student No. 1 and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Student No. 2, which involved inappropriate electronic communications. The Member agreed to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-having been involved in an inappropriate personal relationship with Student No. 1 while the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-student attended the Member’s school. The Member further admitted to engaging in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf:inappropriate conversations of a sexual nature and providing DVDs containing sexual content to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-Student No. 1. In addition, the Member admitted to engaging in inappropriate electronic ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-communication while sharing information about Student No. 2 to Student No. 1. The Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf:also showed a lack of judgement when he failed to report to administration of being sexually ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-propositioned by Student No. 2. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-In light of the Member’s behaviour and guilty plea, the Committee finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(6), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated April 16, 2013 was served on Dean Frederick Buchanan (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on May 27, 2013 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for August 11, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-The Member was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated April 16, 2013 (Exhibit 1) are ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Dean Frederick Buchanan is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-“Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or engaged in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf: sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-1. Dean Frederick Buchanan (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Thames Valley District School ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Board (the “Board”) as an elementary school teacher. The Member also coached a [XXX] team ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-at a high school of the Board. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information for the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-3. At the material time, Student No. 1 was a female student at the high school. She was a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-member of the [XXX] team that was coached by the Member in the Fall of 2005. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf:4. During the Spring of 2006, the Member engaged in a sexual relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf:No. 1, which included sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-5. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the truth ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1-4 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-6. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf:1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member also admits that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-7. The Member’s plea of guilt does not constitute an admission by the Member as to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-facts or findings in any other civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-8. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, including ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- reference to his name, may be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between his counsel and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-9. In light of the admitted facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-counsel for the College and counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Dean Frederick ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Buchanan committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf:further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the Admitted Facts in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Plea (Exhibit 2) constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and pleaded guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him. The Committee accepts the Member’s guilty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-plea and the statement tendered by the parties. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf:During the spring of 2006, the Member engaged in a sexual relationship with a Student, which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf:included sexual intercourse. In light of the Member’s conduct and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct, more particularly ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf:Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Counsel for the College and counsel for the Member submitted a Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-(Exhibit 4) indicating the following: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Submissions of Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Counsel for the Member requested that the Member’s name not be published. Counsel reminded ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-the Committee that it had the discretion to order publication with or without the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Counsel stated that the need for transparency is met as the Member’s name and details of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-decision will be available to the public, and will be recorded on the Register. Furthermore, there ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-has already been public exposure by virtue of the Notice of Hearing being published, and that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-revocation of the Member’s certificate satisfies specific and general deterrence as well as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-transparency. Member’s Counsel argued that the message that this conduct will not be tolerated ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-and will be taken seriously is achieved without publication of the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-1. The Registrar is directed to revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-Member; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-2. The findings and orders of the Committee shall be published in summary form, with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf:The Member engaged in a sexual relationship with a Student, which included sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-The gravity of the Member’s conduct warrants revocation and publication of the Member’s name ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf:in order to act as a general and specific deterrent. Conduct of a sexual nature involving a student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-represents the most egregious breach of trust from a person in a position of trust and authority ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf-over a student. Revocation and publication of the name of the Member warns members of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-1(5), 1(18) –unprofessional and 1(19). The Committee did not find that there was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf:evidence of physical, psychological or emotional or sexual abuse of a student contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2), and 1(7.3). Further, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-Committee did not find that the Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-The College and the Member jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-by the Committee in this matter was that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-that the Member successfully complete a course of instruction on boundary violations ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-prior to returning to the classroom and that there be publication of the findings and Order ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-of the Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-College Counsel provided argument to support the joint submission on penalty but sought ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-an additional condition of a one month retroactive suspension. The suspension would be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-considered to have already been served. The fact of the one-month suspension would be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-recorded on the Register. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-College Counsel stated that the Member had admitted to off-site coffee sessions with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-Student, the use of inappropriate terms of endearment such as “Hon” and “Cutie Pie”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-The Member also admitted to, the inappropriate use of social media, driving the student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-alone in his personal vehicle and assisting the Student to purchase medication. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf-Member admitted in text conversation to the Student that he was in his underwear and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-“Committee”) on July 8, 2013 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated November 4, 2011, was served on Jeffrey Tavis Bussineau ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting his presence on November 24, 2011 to set a date for hearing, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-and specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set to commence on July 8, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-2013. The proceedings continued on July 9, November 14 and December 18, 2013, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-January 14, 2014 and concluded on January 15, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Member was in attendance throughout the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated November 4, 2011 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Jeffrey Tavis Bussineau is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-misconduct as defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- (e) invited the Student to babysit at his home and/or stay overnight at his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- home; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf: (f) had sexual contact with the Student which included: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- (i) touching; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- (ii) fondling her breast(s); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- (iii) kissing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-5. The Member’s employment was terminated by the Board on or about October 13, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-2010. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The allegations against the Member fell under three categories: the implementation of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:inappropriate testing accommodations to a student, non-sexual boundary violations and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-With respect to the first category, the Committee had to determine whether the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-did indeed provide testing accommodations to a student that were inappropriate. In terms ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-of the second set of allegations, the Committee bore the task of deciding whether the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member had violated his professional boundaries by engaging in a personal relationship ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-with a student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:Finally, it was the Committee’s duty to conclude whether the Member had sexual contact ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-with a student, and whether his conduct in each of the categories constituted professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Counsel for the College tendered a brief of documents (Exhibit 3), and the parties advised ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the Committee that they were only requesting the documents identified by witnesses to be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-entered in as evidence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College Witnesses ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The College called two witnesses, namely Asima Vezina, a superintendent of education, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-and the student with whom the Member was alleged to have had an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-relationship (the “Student”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Testimony of Asima Vezina, Superintendent of Education ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Asima Vezina (“Ms. Vezina”) is a superintendent of education with the Algoma District ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-School Board (the “Board”). She testified that she held this role during the 2009-2010 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-school year, the period of the alleged events. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Ms. Vezina stated that as a superintendent of education, she oversaw two different ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-families of schools: the regular family of schools and [XXX] schools. The witness ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-explained that [XXX] schools are set up for students who come from different ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-backgrounds and who, in many cases, have not fared well in regular programming. At the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-time of the alleged incidents, the Member taught at one of these [XXX] schools, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-[XXX] (the “School”), where classes would run from about 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 or 4:00 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-needed to “let out”. She indicated that she was sharing this information so that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member could never make anyone feel like this again. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Student stated that the first time she spent time alone with the Member was when he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-took her to the crisis unit at the hospital. When they were done, he took her to a Subway ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-sandwich shop before bringing her home and speaking to her mother. Before he left, he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-gave her a “caring” hug. The Student indicated to Ms. Vezina that she first began to feel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-uncomfortable when they started talking on Facebook. She stated that the Member used ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-names such as “hon” and “cutie pie” and made comments about sitting on his “deck in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-(his) boxers with (his) third beer, adding that they both signed off on Facebook with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:word “bye, sexy”. The Student told Ms. Vezina that she no longer had the messages as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-her boyfriend had seen the Facebook correspondence, gotten upset and deleted them. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Ms. Vezina asked the Student if anything at school had made her feel uncomfortable, and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the Student responded that the Member would make contact with her leg when they were ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-sitting together, with him sliding his leg towards hers so that they would be touching. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Student indicated that this was when she really started to like him. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Ms. Vezina testified that the Student spoke to the time that she and the Member were ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-alone in his home. The Student stated that the Member’s wife was out with their daughter ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-and that the Member showed her around the house. When the counselor asked the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Student to describe the bedroom, the Student gave a very vivid description of the room ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-and went on to describe that she had butterflies and was afraid Ms. Bussineau, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s wife, would come home. The Student stated that while she was sitting on his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-bed, the Member’s hand ended up on her leg, and he was kissing her, touching her and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-stopped and touched the Student’s crotch and breast. The Student indicated telling the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member that she did not want to have intercourse right then and wanted to wait, and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-nothing further happened. She told the superintendent and counselor that she was scared ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-at the time, adding that the Member told her that he never wanted to lose her and advised ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-her that she should not tell anybody about this because then they would lose each other. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Afterward, the Member and Student went downstairs and made pizza, and the Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-stated that the Member did not seem to feel awkward making pizza when his wife came ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-home. Ms. Vezina testified that the Student told them about her confusion and how she ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-wanted the Member to be her teacher but without “all the other things”. She stated that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-she felt harassed. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Student also stated that there were times when she would come early or leave late, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-and she and the Member would be alone at the School. She stated that she would “touch ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-his bum” and that the Member would tell her, while smiling, not to do that at school. Ms. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Vezina described the Student’s demeanour during this third meeting, stating that she was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-very emotional but did not have the same anger as in the previous two interviews. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Third Interview with the Member, September 27, 2010 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Using her summary from the meeting (Exhibit 3, Tab 1, p. 212), Ms. Vezina testified ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-regarding the third time she sat down with the Member. The witness indicated that she ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-was accompanied by another superintendent of education and that the Member, his union ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-president and the provincial representative, Nancianne Spear (“Ms. Spear”) were present ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-at the meeting. Ms. Vezina informed them of the information she had received from the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:Student, particularly the inappropriate sexual contact that occurred when the Member and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-children. When the Member attempted to pay the Student for her babysitting, she ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-indicated that she did not want all the money right away as she was concerned that she ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-would spend it too quickly; she was saving for her driver’s license and asked the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-to hold the money for her. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Member testified that on one occasion, he drove the Student to a pharmacy. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-witness stated that in retrospect, he probably should have simply given her advice instead ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-of driving her to the pharmacy, which was unwarranted. In reference to the other ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-instances when he drove the Student in his vehicle, the Member conceded that it was not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-appropriate to be alone and driving a student, particularly one of the opposite gender. He ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-stated that he would not do it again. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Member testified to the fourth time that the Student visited his home, a day in early ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-April. On this occasion, he picked the Student up from her home and drove her to a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-[XXX], where they met his wife and daughter. The Student watched his daughter so that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the Member and his wife could shop more effectively, and after they were done at the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-store, the Member’s wife and daughter went to run one more errand, while the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-took the Student back to their home to study for the literacy test. They were alone for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-twenty or thirty minutes before the Member’s wife and daughter came home. The Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-stayed for dinner, and the Member then drove her home. The Member testified that there ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:was no incident of sexual touching as the Student had alleged. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Member testified that he was interviewed in May 2010 by Ms. Vezina. During these ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-interviews, he only mentioned three occurrences in which the Student visited his house ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-and was confused in his account to the superintendent about who was at his home and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 52 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-to reciprocate or pursue, and it was not the reason he had her come over to his house that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-day. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-In response to the assertion of College counsel that he had kissed the Student and touched ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-her crotch and breast, the Member stated that this incident did not occur and that he did ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:not make any sexual advances to the Student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Counsel for the College stated that the allegations against the Member fell into three ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:categories: literacy test accommodations, non-sexual boundary violations and sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-touching. Speaking to the literacy test allegation, College counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s actions around the Student’s IEP were inappropriate, given that the document ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-was not from the 2009-2010 school year. While there was no current IEP for that year, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the absence of an updated plan was due to the fact that the Student barely showed up to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-school in the fall term. Counsel for the College also argued that the 2008-2009 IEP was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-carefully developed through a psychologist report, the expertise of a special education ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-resource teacher and the participation of classroom teachers. As such, even if the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Committee were to determine that the Member’s intentions were noble, the plan should ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-not have been adjusted based on his subjective views. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-With respect to the Member’s assertion that the IEP actually included a fourth page, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College counsel reminded the Committee members that they had never seen this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-additional page, adding that the document produced for the hearing contained no concept ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-of a reading and scribing accommodation. In the College’s view, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-accommodations for the Student completely changed the nature of the test, turning it into ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 61 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-an oral exam. The Student had never previously participated in a scribing arrangement, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-while Ms. Vezina, a superintendent of education, had never heard of a student having a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-reader as an accommodation. The Member’s reading and scribing accommodations were ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-therefore much more than a slight adjustment based on observations over the course of a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-few months. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Counsel for the College further submitted that the Student’s actual test results should be a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-factor in deciding whether the Member’s conduct was appropriate. Counsel pointed to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Student’s Credit Counselling Summary (Exhibit 3, Tab 6, p. 343) and Provincial Report ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Card (p. 347), which indicated that her grades for reading and writing were 10 to 15 % ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-below the average. The Student’s literacy test score, however, was thirty points above the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-provincial median and the third highest mark in the School. College counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-acknowledged that students are able to improve but stated that the Student’s score was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-entirely inconsistent with her grades. After all, the Student’s IEP would not have simply ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-applied to her literacy test but her classroom work as well. Counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-further stated that on the day the Student went over to the Member’s house for literacy ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-tutoring, she became uncomfortable and never ended up studying for the test. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:Touching on the issue of non-sexual boundary violations, College counsel stated that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member had essentially admitted to the violations listed in paragraphs 4(c), 4(d) and 4(e) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-of the Notice of Hearing. He had admitted to engaging in electronic communication with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the Student via Facebook, to calling her “cutie pie” and to inviting her to babysit and stay ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-overnight at his home. The Member had also indicated that he should not have taken the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Student to get birth control pills or held her money in the first place. Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 62 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College asserted that in light of these admissions, the Committee should find that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with the Student, as alleged in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-paragraph 4(b) of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:College counsel submitted that the Member’s non-sexual violations were connected to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:the allegation of sexual misconduct. The progression of the Member’s personal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-relationship with the Student pointed to a classic pattern of grooming, which culminated ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:in sexual contact on April 4, 2010. Counsel for the College traced the steps of their ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-relationship, stating that the Member first met the Student when she enrolled in his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-[XXX] class. After the Student decided to spend both blocks of the school day in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s classroom, the Member moved her desk closer to his, and they began to have ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-leg-to-leg contact. College counsel argued that the fact that two female students ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-complained about the Student’s desk arrangement was evidence of preferential treatment. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the Member then examined the Student’s record ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-to develop a deeper understanding of her background. The Member learned about the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Student’s [XXX], her history of aggressive and defiant behaviour, her strong desire “to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-be smart” and her academic difficulties. He then started driving the Student alone in his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-car and having very personal conversations with her. The Student began frequently ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-showing up early and staying late at school to talk to the Member. During these ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-conversations, the Member learned about the Student’s significant family troubles, her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-serious history of substance abuse, her [XXX] and her medication changes. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College counsel stated that after the Member became aware of these issues and observed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-[XXX], he still did not seem to think that he had gone too far and did not try to call in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 63 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-School infrastructure to manage the situation. On the contrary, the teacher decided that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the Student would make a good babysitter and began taking hour-and-a-half-long round ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-trips to drive the Student between her home and his house. Counsel stated that at this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-point, the Student had been removed from the safety of the School and was at the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s house, forty-five minutes away from town. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Speaking to the Member’s interviews with Ms. Vezina, College counsel rejected the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-notion that the Member was genuinely mistaken when he told the superintendent that he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-had not been alone with the Student in his house. If the Member had simply been “mixed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-up” as he claimed, he would have reported incorrect dates or errand locations but would ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-not have made an outright statement that he had not been alone with the Student. It was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-only when his wife had revealed that she had been out grocery shopping during one of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Student’s visits that the Member admitted to being alone with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Counsel for the College stated that the first time the Member saw [XXX] was in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-February, while the second time was sometime in early April. The second episode of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-[XXX], counsel asserted, could have very well been shortly after April 4, the date of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:Member’s alleged sexual advances. Counsel noted that while the Member initially had ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the Student come over under the guise of babysitting, he subsequently moved on to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-simply inviting her over to study for the literacy test, even though he was not an English ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College counsel asserted that given all the time the Member and the Student spent ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-together, it was unlikely that the Member could not gauge the teenage girl’s feelings. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s relationship with the Student began with unusual attention at school and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 64 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-progressed to physical proximity, brief physical contact, private conversations and alone ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:time. In the College’s view, these non-sexual interactions were an indicator of how likely ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:it was that the Member ended up making sexual advances towards the Student. College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-counsel submitted that although it was possible that the Member’s increasingly personal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:relationship with the Student was not planned and that his sexual advances were a one- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:time lapse in judgment, it was more probable that the non-sexual boundary violations ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-were premeditated steps toward the incident in the Member’s bedroom. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College counsel argued that it was strange that Ms. Bussineau, the Member’s wife, never ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-drove the Student for her babysitting assignments. Further, it was hard to understand why ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the Member would ask a girl who smoked [XXX] every night to babysit his two-year-old ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-daughter and trust that she would not be smoking in his house during this time. Another ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-anomaly was the fact that the Student went to the Member’s house four times over an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-eighteen-day period in the months of March and April, yet after the April 4 visit, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Student never went to babysit at the Member’s residence again. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Turning to the issue of credibility, counsel for the College submitted that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:good reason to continue to deny the allegation of sexual misconduct as his teaching ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-certificate and marriage were at stake. Further, in his interviews with Ms. Vezina, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member had originally denied being alone in his house with the Student and had not been ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-forthcoming about his correspondence and interactions with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College counsel stated that although the Student did not tell Ms. Vezina about the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:Member’s sexual advances during her first two interviews, the superintendent noted that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the Student appeared quite agitated during these meetings. Specifically, Ms. Vezina ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 65 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-recalled the Student being worried that the Member would be angry with her and that she ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-would not get any help in school. During her testimony at the hearing, the Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:indicated that she did not disclose the Member’s sexual advances in her first meeting with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Ms. Vezina because she wanted to keep him as a teacher and did not want to get him in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-trouble. However, as the Student was holding it inside, and it was causing her other ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-problems, she decided to tell someone what had happened. Counsel for the College stated ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-that this testimony was consistent with Ms. Vezina’s evidence that the Student eventually ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-admitted that she had originally lied to protect the Member and described her disclosure ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-as “letting out a weight in her body”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College counsel asserted that the Student’s explanation for lying to Ms. Vezina about her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-relationship with the Member was fair and reasonable. The Student would have had no ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-reason to fly from [XXX] to Toronto three years after the events to testify about the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member if the allegations were not true. With respect to the suggestion of Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-counsel that the Student invented the allegations because students were calling her a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-“skank” and the Student wanted to be portrayed as the victim, College counsel stated that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-this was not the case at all. The Student was not friends with the girls making these ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-comments and had started a new life in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Counsel for the College asserted that the Student gave her testimony honestly and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:without exaggeration in that she described the incident of sexual touching as lasting only ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-thirty seconds and did not attempt to recount a more elaborate story. As such, College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-counsel asked the Committee to accept the Student’s testimony and to find the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-guilty of all the allegations of professional misconduct against him. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 66 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF MEMBER’S COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Counsel for the Member stated that the Member had admitted to having committed some ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-misconduct, namely that he had an inappropriate relationship with the Student, as alleged ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-in paragraph 4(b) of the Notice of Hearing. The Member had acknowledged engaging in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-electronic communication with the Student via Facebook as described in paragraph 4(c) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-of the Notice, and the teacher had indicated calling the Student “hon” or “cutie pie” as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-alleged in paragraph 4(d) of the Notice. Member’s counsel asserted that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-actions around the literacy test, as described in paragraph 4(a) of the Notice, and his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-invitation to the Student to stay overnight at his house, as alleged in 4(e) of the Notice, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-did not rise to the level of professional misconduct. Further, it was the Member’s position ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:that the sexual misconduct alleged in 4(f) never occurred. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s counsel spoke to the issue of hearsay evidence, asserting that the Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-should not give any weight to the testimony provided by Ms. Vezina. In support of this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-position, counsel cited the Discipline Committee decisions Murphy and Mercer in which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-panels gave less weight to witnesses and documents whose evidence was based on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-hearsay and more weight to direct testimony delivered at the hearing. Member’s counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-noted that, with the exception of the Student and the Member, the Committee had not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-been given the opportunity to test the truth of the evidence given by Ms. Vezina ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-regarding her interviews with various individuals or to determine whether these ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-individuals were credible. The conclusions of the superintendent’s investigation into the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s conduct were not relevant as it was not the Committee’s role to determine the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-accuracy of her deductions but to decide whether the Member had engaged in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-professional misconduct. As such, Ms. Vezina’s Summary Investigation Chart (Exhibit 3, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 67 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-a witness’ statements at a hearing and his or her statements on other occasions. In terms ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:of the allegation of sexual contact outlined at paragraph 4(f) of the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s counsel noted that the Student told Ms. Trudel that she would lie to the Board ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:about the Member and that she made the sexual misconduct allegation five months after ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the alleged incident. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that the Student had a motive for inventing the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-allegation as students were blaming her on Facebook for the Member’s absence from ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-school, and she had been fighting with her boyfriend about the Member. Further, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Student had expressed concerns to the police about being charged for making false ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-allegations. She had not gone to the police or the Board on her own volition, but rather, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-they had sought to interview her. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s counsel submitted that the Committee should have serious concerns about the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Student’s credibility as a witness. While she testified to never having discussed her use of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-[XXX] with the Member, College counsel suggested to the Member during cross- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-examination that the teacher had indeed spoken with the Student about her [XXX] use. In ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the same vein, although College counsel asserted that the Member had held onto the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Student’s babysitting money and then gave it to her so that she could buy birth control, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the Student herself testified that the Member had given her his own money during this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-incident. It seemed that the College took a different position than its own witness in these ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-factual discrepancies. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s counsel submitted that while the Member’s testimony at the hearing was not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-entirely consistent with his statements to Ms. Vezina in May 2010, these discrepancies ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 72 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-did not indicate that he was a witness lacking credibility. In his first interview with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-superintendent, the Member had admitted to meeting the Student at a [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-acknowledged corresponding with the Student by phone and Facebook, taking her to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-hospital, going to her home and reading and scribing for her during the literacy test. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-During his second interview, he recognized the inappropriate nature of his actions, even ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-though this admission did not make him look good in front of his employer. Further, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member acknowledged during the hearing that he told Ms. Vezina that the Student had ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-been to his house three times when, in fact, it had been four times. This evidence did not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-shed a positive light on the witness, but he still gave his evidence in a straightforward and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-forthcoming manner. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Touching on Ms. Vezina’s credibility, counsel for the Member challenged the notion that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the superintendent could tell the Student was agitated during her first two interviews ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-because she kept grabbing her collar and twisting her hair. As the superintendent had ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-never met the Student before interviewing her in May 2010, it was implausible that Ms. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Vezina could speak to the Student’s habits or know her patterns well enough to determine ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-whether she was agitated or not. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:With respect to the sexual misconduct allegation at paragraph 4(f) of the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Hearing, counsel for the Member asked the Committee to consider how probable it was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:that a teacher would engage in an act of sexual touching with a student while knowing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-that his wife and daughter could come home at any time. The Committee was also asked ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:to consider how probable it was that days after touching a student sexually, a teacher ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-would take this student to a hospital and put her in touch with medical professionals to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 73 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-whom she could safely disclose the incident. In regard to the alleged leg-to-leg contact, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s counsel submitted that the Student had provided varying accounts of this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-occurrence and that this inconsistency was important to the assessment of her credibility. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Counsel for the Member disagreed with the College’s assertion that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-failed to seek more direction when he saw the Student’s escalating problems. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member spoke to Ms. Trudel about the Student’s problems, and he contacted Kim ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Barnes, a Board employee, when he wanted to take the Student to a crisis service at the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-hospital. After the hospital trip, he also contacted a counselor from Algoma Family ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Services for the Student. The evidence did not demonstrate that the Member had tried to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-handle the situation by himself. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Counsel for the Member concluded that the Member was admitting to engaging in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:professional misconduct under the non-sexual boundary allegations listed in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-4(b), 4(c) and 4(d) of the Notice of Hearing. However, counsel asked that no findings of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-misconduct be made regarding the literacy test allegation at 4(a), the Member’s invitation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:to the Student to stay overnight at his place at 4(e) and the sexual touching incident at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-4(f). Counsel stated that this event had never occurred. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-REPLY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-In response to the arguments of Member’s counsel regarding Ms. Vezina’s hearsay ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-evidence, College counsel stated that the important part of the superintendent’s testimony ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-was her impression of the Student and the Member and the accounts they had previously ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-given her about the alleged events. The Student and the Member were called to testify, so ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the Committee did not have to rely solely on Ms. Vezina’s testimony. However, it was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 74 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Counsel for the College further submitted that the Member’s admissions during his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-interviews with Ms. Vezina did not necessarily mean that the teacher was trying to be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-honest. Rather, he admitted to actions that would otherwise have been discovered fairly ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-quickly, such as his Facebook correspondence with the Student and his trip with her to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:buy birth control. The Member had conceded to these non-sexual boundary violations in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-order to gain credibility in the eyes of the Board on the remaining contentious issue of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:sexual misconduct, and he was using this same tactic at the hearing before the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Committee. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-In terms of the Student’s credibility, counsel argued that Member’s counsel was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-attempting to show inconsistency where there was none by raising minor details or issues. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Student’s overall testimony was consistent as she never attempted make up a wild ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:story. Instead, her account was always that the sexual encounter occurred in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s house, took place very briefly one time and never happened again. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-proof, with which the Committee is familiar, as set out in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-53 (the “McDougall decision”). The standard of proof applied by the Committee, in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-accordance with the McDougall decision, is a balance of probabilities. As in all cases, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the Committee looks for clear, convincing and cogent evidence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 77 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-could relate to the Student. However, in many cases, teachers are advised to reflect ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-carefully before having students babysit for them and are often advised not to have ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-students stay overnight. This admonition is based on the issue of perception of a teacher’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-relation with a student and, more simply, on a student safety principle. This type of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-interaction could lead to misunderstanding and a jaundiced view of the teacher. Today, it ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-is generally seen to be inappropriate to have students spend time in a teacher’s home and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-to engage in a teacher’s private life. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-That being said, the Committee found that there was insufficient evidence to support the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-assertion that the Member’s babysitting request constituted active grooming behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Committee noted that the geographical circumstance of the Member’s home and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-school situation presented challenges peculiar to a northern rural environment in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-obtaining child care. While the Member’s choice of the Student as a babysitter may seem ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-strange or desperate to some, it does not necessarily imply any intention to engage in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-grooming. Furthermore, the Member’s account of the situation was presented in a clear ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-and cogent manner, one that was not undermined by other testimony. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:The most serious allegation was that the Member had sexual contact with the Student by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-touching her, fondling her breast or breasts and kissing the Student. The Committee paid ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-close attention to the quality of testimony and evidence when deliberating in this matter, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-with a focus on credibility. The Committee was very much aware of the seriousness of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Committee heard testimony to the effect that the Member had touched, fondled and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-kissed the Student in his second-floor bedroom of his family home. At the time, this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 83 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-behaviour, according to the Student, occurred while the Member’s wife was away from ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-home for some time. The Student testified that after less than thirty seconds, she put a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-stop to the Member’s advances. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:The Member denied that the sexual touching happened, yet, at the same time, the Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-maintained that her account of the event was a true account. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-In assessing the credibility of the Member, the Committee found that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-evidence and testimony appeared to have a greater degree of clarity and conviction. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-events that occurred after the alleged incident also assisted the Committee in finding the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member credible: a few days after the alleged event in the bedroom, the Member quickly ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-took the Student to a crisis service when the Student was in distress. It could be argued ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-that the Member would have put himself in jeopardy if the Student revealed any details of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:sexual impropriety to medical professionals in the hospital. The fact that the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-acted quickly served to strengthen his version of the events that no impropriety transpired ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-in his home. The Committee gave a great deal of weight to the fact that the Member acted ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-in the best interest of the Student by taking her to urgent care. He also immediately ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-sought counsel from a former colleague working at that time in another school because he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-could not reach anyone at the School. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:The Student’s version of the purported sexual impropriety in the Member’s bedroom was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-less credible. In the first two interviews with Ms. Vezina, the Student denied that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-anything inappropriate happened, which, of course, was different than what she said in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-her testimony during this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 84 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Once impropriety was disclosed by the Student to a counselor and, in turn, in a third ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-interview, to the superintendent, the Student was subsequently interviewed by the police. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Given the option of pressing charges, the Student opted not to proceed and did not follow ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-up with any other scheduled interviews. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Committee was also concerned about the many inconsistencies in the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:testimony. While some of these discrepancies are not specific to the sexual misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-allegation, they point to her general credibility as a witness: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-  In September 2010, the Student originally told a counselor from her new school ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- that she had a crush on the Member, but that nothing had happened. Later that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- month, however, she told the counselor that the Member had touched her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- inappropriately. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-  The Student was inconsistent about the frequency of her Facebook ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- correspondence with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-  The Student denied seeing anyone she knew at [XXX] when she met the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- there on May 13, 2010. Two students from her relatively small [XXX] school ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- worked at that location, and although they recognized her as a fellow student, she ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- claimed to not have recognized anyone during the meeting. The Committee found ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- it unreasonable that the Student did not recognize these other students. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-  The Student told the police that during the bedroom incident, she indicated to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- Member that she was scared that his wife would come home. In her interview ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- with Ms. Vezina, however, she stated that she told the Member that she did not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- want to have intercourse at that time, and wanted to wait. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-  The Student said that before the bedroom incident she had a crush on the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- Member, yet also claimed that he made her feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-  The Student was inconsistent about her leg-to-leg contact with the Member in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- classroom, in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- o It was not mentioned at all to the police; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- o She told Ms. Vezina that the Member slid his leg against hers; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- o She testified at the hearing that she brushed her leg against his. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Committee found these inconsistencies troubling. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 85 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-One of the tests of credibility is self-interest and motive. One aspect of the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-situation that may speak to motive, and taking into account the Student’s use of Facebook ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-and social media, was the fact that other students were blaming her on Facebook for the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s absence from school. It seemed that the other students were not happy about ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the possibility of losing one of their favourite teachers. Therefore, the Student had ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-motivation to tell a version of events that led to an allegation against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Although College counsel argued that the Student is no longer impacted by her peers’ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Facebook comments given that she currently lives in another city, the Committee did not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-give much weight to this argument. The Committee noted that the Student actually made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the report regarding the Member’s advances in the fall of 2010, while she was still living ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-in [XXX]. Therefore, she was likely interacting with the students who had posted these ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:Facebook comments when she made the initial allegation of sexual misconduct to her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-counselor and Ms. Vezina. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Student had a boyfriend, and her relationship with this person was described as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-unstable, partly because the Student had shown her boyfriend her electronic ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-communications with the Member. The timing of this instability with her boyfriend as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-well as her [XXX] and subsequent admission to a hospital for observation, seemed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-coincidental in relation to her disclosure about her relationship with the Member to a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-counselor. In sum, the timing of the Student’s allegation that the Member had initiated ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:sexual contact with her, seemed to be directly related to her personal situation. College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-counsel asserted that the Student had broken up with her boyfriend and that there was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-therefore no reason for her to lie about the Member’s actions. However, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-noted that during the hearing, the Student stated that she had broken up with her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 86 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-boyfriend about two years before the time of her testimony, placing the break-up ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-sometime in 2011. As such, it seems that the Student was still with her boyfriend in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-September 2010 when she initially alleged to her counselor that the Member had made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:sexual advances towards her. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-By carefully applying the relevant considerations, the Committee has assigned less ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-weight to the testimony of the Student, especially as it related to particular 4(f) regarding ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:sexual impropriety. As such, the Committee did not find misconduct under Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2) and 1(7.3). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Committee considered the closing submissions of both counsel and evaluated the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-strengths and weaknesses of their arguments. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Inappropriate Accommodations for Literacy Test ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College counsel raised many issues that might support the Committee’s understanding of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the testimonies regarding the nature of the allegations against the Member. One of his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-concerns was that the Member’s accommodations for the Student were unwarranted and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-changed the nature of the EQAO literacy test. He argued that the Student had never had a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-scribing arrangement before, that it was more than a slight adjustment, and it was not in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the superintendent’s opinion that this accommodation was appropriate. After weighing all ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the evidence, the Committee determined that indeed, the accommodations were ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-reasonable and were shared with responsible school persons. No documentary evidence ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-from the Student’s actual literacy test was offered to prove that the accommodation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-arrangements altered the Student’s final results and that the accommodations should be a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 87 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-matter of concern. Therefore, the Committee could not find the misconduct alleged in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-paragraph 4(a) of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College counsel argued that the Student’s test results and rankings should be a factor in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-deciding whether the Member’s conduct was appropriate. College counsel shared with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the Committee the results of the Student’s literacy test and the apparent inconsistency ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-vis-à-vis ranking both provincially and locally that was revealed therein. He also referred ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-to the Student’s grade [XXX] report card to highlight the significant discrepancy between ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-her academic performance and her literacy test results. However, her grade [XXX] report ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-card was from June 2007, and the Committee therefore determined that the marks could ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-not be given considerable weight in the circumstances. The Committee determined that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-there was an insufficiency of evidence to fully support College counsel’s supposition. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Non-Sexual Boundary Violations ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Committee agreed with College counsel that the Member admitted to the alleged ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:non-sexual boundary violations, which included electronic communication, terms of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-endearment and assistance in the procurement of birth control. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College counsel suggested that there was a “classic pattern of grooming”, which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:culminated in sexual contact on April 4, 2010. The Committee finds that the burden of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-proof was not met with respect to this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College counsel made the point that the Member targeted the Student because of her clear ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:vulnerability, and while there was ultimately no finding of sexual misconduct, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Committee agreed that there were clearly inappropriate boundary violations, but of a non- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 88 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:sexual nature. The Committee determined that the allegations in particulars 4(b), 4(c) and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-4(d) were proven. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:College counsel suggested that non-sexual interactions were indicative of how likely it ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:was that the Member ended up making sexual advances to the Student and that it was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:probable that the non-sexual boundary violations were premeditated steps toward the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-incident in the Member’s bedroom. However, for the reasons articulated in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-assessment of credibility stated above in this decision, the Committee found that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:burden of proof was not met with respect to whether the activity culminated in sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-contact. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Arguments that the Member was Not Credible ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College counsel pointed to the Member’s statements given to his superintendent during ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-his interviews. College counsel suggested that the Member’s story shifted, was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-inconsistent, and that he was careless with the truth. The Committee determined, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-following a full analysis of all the evidence provided and applying the accepted tests for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-credibility, that while the Member’s story might have demonstrated minor ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-inconsistencies, this was in contrast to the Student’s differing versions of material matters ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Committee expresses its appreciation to College counsel for raising numerous issues ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-to consider that would help guide it in its determination of the facts in this matter. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Committee was diligent and careful in its deliberations, took into account College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-counsel’s arguments, and after applying generally accepted principles of credibility ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-assessment, came to its decision. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 89 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Submissions of Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s Admission of Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s counsel made an extensive closing submission and in her initial comments, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-counsel, on behalf of the Member, acknowledged a number of elements of misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s counsel stated that the Member’s actions were professional misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-particularly as it related to 4(b), 4(c) and 4(d) of the Notice of Hearing. However, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s counsel was clear in her assertion that the Member’s action regarding the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-literacy test and the invitation to stay overnight did not rise to the level of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:misconduct. Most important, Member’s counsel refuted the allegation of sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-misconduct as alleged in particular 4(f). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Consideration of Hearsay Evidence ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-An important concern raised by Member’s counsel was the issue of hearsay evidence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s counsel argued that the Committee should give less weight to the testimony of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Ms. Vezina since, for the most part, it was based on information from others, either as a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-second-party or third-party source. Member’s counsel provided the Committee with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-examples of decisions where less weight was ascribed to witnesses and documents based ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-on hearsay and where more weight was attached to direct testimony by persons involved ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-with the incidents of the matter at hand. The Committee was cognizant of the fact that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-some witnesses were not called to speak about documents that were presented and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-statements made, witnesses that could have been called by Member’s counsel or College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-counsel. In that regard, the Committee determined to judiciously weigh all testimony and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-evidence that was tendered. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Consideration of Documentary Evidence ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 90 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-which, on first assessment, could appear to be inappropriate. The Committee considered ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the viewpoint presented by Member’s counsel that there were special geographic factors ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-at play in arranging for babysitting. These factors helped to refute the notion that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:Member’s babysitting invitation was an act of grooming. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Student’s Credibility ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s counsel suggested that the fact that the Student told a school counselor that she ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-would lie to the Board about the Member was a compelling argument that could detract ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-from the weight of the Student’s testimony. In its findings, the Committee did not accept ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the allegation in paragraph 4(f) of the Notice of Hearing for this reason as well as other ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-elements to do with credibility. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s counsel painted a picture whereby the Student demonstrated the possibility of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-a motive for inventing allegations. The pressure of Facebook comments and fear of being ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-caught in making a false allegation to the police should both be evaluated as providing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-motivation that might explain the Student’s vacillating versions of her account. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s counsel suggested a number of concerns about the Student’s credibility as a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-witness. Member’s counsel cautioned the Committee about the statement regarding the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Student’s use of [XXX] and the discrepancy in the details about whose money it was that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-paid for the morning-after medication. The Committee did indeed consider these ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-concerns when assessing the credibility of the Student. Member’s counsel cautioned the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Committee about giving weight to the Member’s testimony based on seeming ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-discrepancies. Discrepancies could be noted in the Member’s testimony about his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-meeting with the Student at [XXX], about his taking the Student to the hospital and their ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 92 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-activities in preparing for the literacy test at the Member’s home. Member’s counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-submitted that the Member’s evidence, on the other hand, was provided in a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-straightforward and forthcoming manner that strengthened his credibility. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s counsel addressed the issue of the superintendent, Ms. Vezina, deciding that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-the Student was agitated during her first two interviews. She based this view on the fact ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-that the Student was grabbing her collar and twisting her hair. The Committee was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-cautioned by Member’s counsel that the superintendent could not possibly know the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Student’s habits or patterns well enough to establish her state. The Committee accepted ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-this supposition as being reasonable. The Committee rejected College counsel’s view that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-these actions should be seen as universal indicators of agitation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:Member’s counsel raised the issue of the sexual misconduct allegation as outlined in 4(f) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-of the Notice of Hearing. Member’s counsel offered up a guideline for considering the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:probability that this sexual misconduct actually happened. Member’s counsel argued that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:it was inconceivable that the Member would engage in an act of sexual touching while ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-knowing that his wife and daughter could come home at any time. The Committee agreed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-with this plausibility argument and recognized that the Member had other opportunities to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-engage in such dishonourable behaviour but that there was no evidence suggesting that he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-did so. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member’s counsel guided the Committee to ask itself the question: would the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-have assisted the Student in getting medical help from professionals to whom she could ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-safely disclose the incident and thereby, put himself into professional jeopardy? The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 93 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Committee, at the end of the day, agreed that these were reasonable factors to consider in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:assessing the allegation of sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-In fact, Member’s counsel argued, the Member called in other professionals and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-colleagues to assist with the Student’s problems and even went so far as to contact a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-family services counselor. While the Committee does recognize that the Member could ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-have done all of these things as a smokescreen, the Committee finds that there is ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-insufficient evidence to demonstrate that this was an attempt to cover up his misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-In addition to this argument, the Committee also considered the fact that the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-fully informed the Student’s mother of their trip to the hospital. All of these actions were ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:considered by the Committee in assessing whether or not sexual misconduct had occurred ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:and contributed to finding that the burden of proof was not met in relation to the sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-impropriety allegation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Reply Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-In reply submission, College counsel argued that it was not necessary to call other ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-witnesses as they would add nothing substantial regarding the superintendent’s so-called ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-hearsay evidence. He argued that the Committee should accept the superintendent’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-evidence regarding the Student and the Member’s relationship. The Student and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Member were called to testify, and the Committee did not have to rely solely on the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-superintendent’s testimony. The Committee considered this and assessed the sufficiency ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-of testimony but still felt that reasonable consideration had to be given to the issue of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-hearsay and did so in coming to its conclusions. All testimony given through the course ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-of the hearing was tested for its cogency, consistency and veracity. Much of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-superintendent’s testimony was hearsay and therefore, given less weight. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 94 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College counsel, in his reply submission, made the point that the superintendent, who had ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-been dealing with students for decades, could very readily assess a student for that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-student’s degree of agitation. The Committee is not convinced that even an experienced ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-educator would always be able to tell when a student was agitated. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College counsel attempted to clarify the nature of the professional misconduct allegedly ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-committed by the Member when he assisted the Student in acquiring birth control. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-College counsel argued that it did not matter whose money it was but that the important ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-consideration was that the Member was there, assisting. As is already stated above, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-Committee did find that this was misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:College counsel dismissed the Member’s concessions regarding the non-sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-allegations contained in paragraphs 4(b), 4(c) and 4(d) of the Notice of Hearing as merely ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:a stratagem to gain credibility on the remaining and more contentious issues of sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-misconduct. The Committee considered this notion very carefully, but ultimately ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-determined that the testimony and evidence provided did not meet the burden of proof in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf:relation to the allegation of sexual touching. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Committee gave careful consideration to the evidence tendered, the submissions ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-made and the authorities relied upon in reaching its decision in this case. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-The Committee will schedule a subsequent date on which to hear submissions with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf-respect to penalty. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- 95 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-“Committee”) on June 30, 2014 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-Two separate Notices of Hearing were dealt with on June 30, 2014. These Notices of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-Hearing contained allegations that arose by way of two separate complaints. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-Prior to the hearing of this matter, Andrew Stewart Campbell (the “Member”) was served ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-with the two separate Notices of Hearing, which outlined the allegations brought against ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-him. The first Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) was issued on October 24, 2012. The second ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 2) was issued on October 25, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-The two matters against the Member were presented to the Committee in two separate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-Notices of Hearing, one dated October 24, 2012, and one dated October 25, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-The Member was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-Notice of Hearing #1 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the first Notice of Hearing dated October 24, 2012 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Andrew Stewart Campbell is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf: engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- and 40 (1.1) of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-9. In and around January 2008, while teaching at [XXX], the Member made the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf: following inappropriate sexual comments: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- called out the word “penis” several times when he was approached by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- (a) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- students in the school yard; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- (b) told students that he had a friend he called, “three bagger”; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- (c) demonstrated the sprinkler effect of urination; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- (d) told students that another student was absent because he went to have his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- testicles or penis cut off. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-10. On or about February 22, 2008, Principal Smith sent the Member a letter confirming ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- a verbal warning given to the Member at meetings held on February 12, 2008 and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- February 20, 2008, and reiterating the Board’s concerns and expectations. Attached ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the letter dated February 22, 2008 from ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- Principal Smith. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-11. On or about February 12, 2008, the Member, while in a [XXX] class at [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- physically assaulted Student No. 1, a female student, when he struck her on the back ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- with a volleyball and hit her on her shin with his knuckles. The incident was reported ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- to the Principal by three students. Principal Smith notified the Children’s Aid Society ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- (“CAS”) and the Board of the incident. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “E” is ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- a copy of the Principal Smith’s memo dated March 6, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-12. On or about February 13, 2008, the Board advised the Member that as a result of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- recent allegations, he was assigned to home with pay pending further investigation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “F” is a copy of the letter dated February 13, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- 2008 from the Board. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- investigation. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “I” is a copy of the letter dated ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- November 11, 2008 from the Board. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-19. On or about January 20, 2009, Principal Murray of [XXX] sent a letter to the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- confirming their meeting on January 19, 2009 regarding the Member’s use of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- physical contact to discipline a student. Principal Murray confirmed that the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- would be suspended for four days without pay to be served from January 20, 2009 to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- January 23, 2009. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “J” is a copy of the letter ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- dated January 20, 2009 from Principal Murray. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-20. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 19 above (the “Admitted ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-21. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- 4, 7, 9, 11 and 17 above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- admits the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7) [pre-2008 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- amendment], 1(7.1), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also admits that he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf: engaged in sexual abuse of a student(s) of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student(s) of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 19 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-above (the “Admitted Facts”) and acknowledged that the Admitted Facts referred to in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-paragraphs 4, 7, 9, 11 and 17 above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-He further admitted the allegations of professional misconduct against him and pleaded ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. The Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-the Member’s guilty plea and the statement tendered by the parties. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-The Member, over a two-year period in two schools, engaged in conduct unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf:member, which included sexualized and abusive language towards students, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-inappropriate choice of age appropriate teaching materials and physical abuse of students. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-The Member’s behaviour was unchanged despite multiple warnings, suspensions, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-counselling and ultimately a transfer to another school. This behaviour constitutes ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member submitted a Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-Penalty (Exhibit 4) indicating the following: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter would be that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf-Committee: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-Attached to Exhibit 2, Tab B is a copy of a letter written by Student No. 3, in which she outlined ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-her concerns about the Member’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-13. The Member sent text messages to friends of Student No. 3, wherein the Member asked ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-them personal details about Student No. 3’s relationship with Student No. 1. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-14. According to Student No. 3, her self-confidence suffered as a result of the way she felt ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-judged by the Member, and she was embarrassed that a teacher was pointing out her flaws to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-boy she liked. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-Inappropriate Electronic Communications: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-15. The Member conversed with students and former students on Facebook and Twitter. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-following comments were posted by the Member on her Twitter account: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-(a) “Well, that was a lot of nudity for one night”; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-(b) “thinking of buying a porsche or mustang with summer school money”; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-(c) “when does one stop having dramatic teenage girl moments”; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-(d) “need to finish all this marking so I can party all weekend!”; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-(e) “eating Hershey kisses in class instead of marking…I’m a bad teacher”; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-(f) “Falling asleep in class. Someone come teach for me.”; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-(g) “It’s official, my summer school students will only ever know me as hungover”; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf:(h) “A smart girl is a sexy girl” (retweeted from Horney Facts). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-Attached to Exhibit 2, Tab C is a copy of a page from the Member’s Twitter Account. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf-16. The Member resigned from the Board while under investigation on September 11, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-6. On or about June 23, 2006, while performing maintenance activities to identify ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-whether there were any security vulnerabilities on the School’s network, a technician at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-the School noticed a large amount of traffic originating from the Member’s computer. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-The technician remotely accessed the Member’s history of internet access and drives to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-examine the Member’s usage, and found a “hidden” or “grey” file under the “My ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-Documents” heading on the Member’s computer. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-7. The technician was concerned the material contained in the file might include a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-virus that could destabilize the School’s network. Therefore, through the School server, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-the technician accessed the contents of the hidden file on the Member’s computer. He ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:found it contained nude, sexually explicit images. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-8. The technician informed the Principal of his findings. The Principal directed the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-technician to copy the images onto a disc. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:9. The next morning the Principal advised the Member that sexually explicit images ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-had been found on his computer. The Member admitted to having the images on his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-laptop. He explained that he had been monitoring the network system and found the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-explicit content on Student No. 1’s computer, and he copied the images onto his own ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-computer. The Member gave his laptop to the Principal as requested. The Principal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-turned over the computer and the disc to a Board technician. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-Board Investigation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-10. A Board technician searched the Member’s laptop and confirmed that a hidden ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-folder entitled “New Folder” on the Member’s computer contained 379 nude and/or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-sexually explicit pictures that the Member had copied from Student No. 1’s computer ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-onto his own computer at 1:02 p.m. on Thursday June 8, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-11. The technician found approximately twelve (12) other hidden folders on the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:Member’s computer. Each contained varying degrees of pornographic material. He ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-searched a folder of documents that the Member had recently accessed, and found it ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:contained links to inappropriate images and pornographic movies, as well as links to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-other students’ pictures folders. He copied these temporary internet files from the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-Member’s surfing history onto another disc. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:12. The technician logged the times the Member was surfing pornography and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:concluded that the Member was using the school assigned computer to surf pornographic ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:material, as well as download pornographic material, during work hours. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-13. The two discs and the Member’s laptop were turned over to the police. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-Criminal Charge ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-14. On April 11, 2013, the Member pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-“wilfully without legal justification or excuse and without colour of right caused mischief ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-by interfering with the lawful use of data, contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-section 430(5)”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-15. The following facts supported the guilty plea: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- Between June 8th and 23rd, 2006 during the course of his employment [the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- Member] accessed a student’s computer and downloaded personal and private ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- photographs belonging to that student without his knowledge or consents. These ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- private photographs were located by authorities when Mr. Cole’s computer was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- accessed for regular maintenance. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-acknowledged that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-misconduct, and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and accepts that the facts in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3) amount to professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-misconduct as pleaded to by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-On April 11, 2013 the Member was found guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-“wilfully without legal justification or excuse and without colour of right caused mischief ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-by interfering with the lawful use of data, contrary to section 430(5) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-been granted. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-The Member downloaded explicit images from students’ files without their knowledge or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:consent. The Member also surfed, accessed and downloaded pornographic images and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-movies during school hours on his school-issued laptop. This misconduct and his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-criminal conviction constitute acts of professional misconduct as alleged. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-The Member, in his supervisory role of the operations of the School computer network, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-was given both rights and power to all of the School’s computer network and server. He ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-abused these rights when he copied 379 nude and/or sexual explicit photos from a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-student’s computer. The Member hid these images in a “grey” file, as well as twelve (12) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:other hidden folders, each containing varying degrees of pornographic material. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:Member also used his school assigned computer to surf pornographic material, as well as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:download pornographic images and movies, during work hours. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-The Member abused his position of authority, by not reporting to administration that he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:found pornographic images in a student’s file. He further failed to report to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-administration that he copied these images onto his school computer. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:copied pornographic images, movies and explicit materials from other students’ pictures ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:folders. He surfed pornography on his school-assigned computer as well as downloaded ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf:pornographic material during work hours. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-The Member’s conduct was unacceptable, disgraceful and illustrated an abuse of power ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-and trust. He violated the standards of the profession and by his actions has forfeited the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-privilege of teaching. Revocation and publication with name are the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-penalties for misconduct of this nature. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-The Committee asserts that publication with name acts as a specific deterrent to this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-Member should he choose to seek reinstatement in the future. Publication with name ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-serves as a general deterrent to the profession that engaging in similar conduct will result ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-in the harshest of penalties. Publication further informs the public, both in the present and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf-in the future, that the College does not tolerate such conduct. Transparency restores ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-“Committee”) on May 30, 2014 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated December 15, 2011 was served on Martin Careen, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Teachers on January 11, 2012 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for May 30, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-The Member was not in attendance but was represented by counsel in these proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-The allegations against Martin Careen (the “Member”) in the Notice of Hearing are as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Martin Careen is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-(b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf:(c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-(d) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-(e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-3. At all material times, the Member was employed by [XXX] (the “Board”) as a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Grade [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”), a [XXX] School in [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-British Columbia. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-4. At all material times, Student #1 was a Grade [XXX] female student [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-5. Student #1 had had access to the Member’s mobile telephone number since ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-October or November 2008. Student #1 received this number when she was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-communicating with the Member about missed assignments. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-6. Student #1 engaged in regular text messaging with the Member thereafter. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-7. On or about April 14, 2009, Student #1 reported to the [XXX] Police in British ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf:Columbia that she had received a number of sexually explicit text messages from the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf:8. On July 6, 2009, the Member was charged with sexual exploitation contrary to s. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-153(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada and with luring contrary to s. 172.1(1)(a) of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-the Criminal Code of Canada. The charge of luring was subsequently stayed by the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Crown. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf:9. On July 13, 2011, the Member was found guilty of sexual exploitation, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-section 153(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada following a trial before the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Honourable Mr. Justice Terence Schultes, in New Westminster, British Columbia. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is the transcript of the Oral Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Judgment of the Honourable Mr. Justice Schultes, including the findings of the Court. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-10. In his Oral Reasons for Judgement, the Honourable Mr. Justice Schultes noted ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-with respect to the text messages: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- “I think the language used by Mr. Careen leads to the inescapable ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- inference that it was intended to incite exactly what it did produce: a state ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf: of sexual interest on the part of the young person who received it and an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- eagerness on her part to act on what had been discussed…I am satisfied ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Careen at the time of these ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- communications intended that [Student #1] would receive his words as an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf: invitation, incitement or counselling to engage in sexual activity with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- him.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-11. On May 16, 2012, the Member was sentenced to a sixty (60) day jail sentence to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-be served intermittently at three (3) week intervals. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Exhibit “C” is a copy of the transcript of the Oral Reasons for Sentencing of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Honourable Mr. Justice Schultes. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-12. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibits “D”, “E”, “F”, “G” and “H” respectively ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-are the certified copies of the Information, Supreme Court of British Columbia Record of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Proceedings and Endorsement of Indictment and Publication Ban, Variation of Order – ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Adult, Warrant of Committal Upon Conviction, Notice of Victim Surcharge and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Probation Order. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf:13. On June 13, 2013, the Member appealed his conviction on the charge of sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-14. On December 12, 2013, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia dismissed this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-appeal. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “I” is a copy of the Court of Appeal for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-British Columbia decision. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf:On July 13, 2011, following a trial, the Member was found guilty of sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-of Student #1, contrary to section 153(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada. On May 6, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-2012 the Member was sentenced to a sixty (60) day jail sentence to be served ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-intermittently at three (3) week intervals. On June 13, 2013, the Member appealed his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf:conviction on the charge of sexual exploitation and on December 12, 2013, the Court of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Appeal for British Columbia dismissed this appeal. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-been granted. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf:The Member’s actions and his conviction of sexual exploitation of a student constitute ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty document (Exhibit 4), College Counsel and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Member jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Committee in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-this matter would be that the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers be directed to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-revoke the Certificate and Qualification and Registration of the Member, with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-publication of the findings and Order of the Committee, with the name of the Member, in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-summary in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-2. There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- summary form, with the name of the Member in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf:This Member was found guilty of one count of sexual exploitation of Student #1, a Grade ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-[XXX] female student who was in the Member’s class. This conviction was the result of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf:the Member sending sexually explicit text messages to Student #1. In his Oral Reasons ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-for Judgment, the Honourable Mr. Justice Schultes noted with respect to the text ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-messages: “…I am satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Careen at the time of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-these communications intended that [Student #1] would receive his words as an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf:invitation, incitement or counselling to engage in sexual activity with him.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Such behaviour represents an egregious breach of trust between a teacher and a student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-under his care. The Member has therefore forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-certificate and being a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-Revocation serves as both a specific and general deterrent, protects children and restores ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-public confidence in the profession. Publication with name serves the public interest by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf-informing the community that the profession acts decisively when matters of this nature ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated January 13, 2012, was served on Salvatore Congi (“the Member”) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-requesting his attendance before the College’s Discipline Committee on February 1, 2012, to set ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-a date for a hearing. The hearing was subsequently set for September 18, 2013 and continued on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-September 23 and 24, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated January 13, 2012, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf: d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf: subsection 1(7.3), or abused a student or students sexually as described in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations, or the by-laws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- f) he failed to comply with the Education Act or the regulations made thereunder, contrary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s suitability ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- i) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-1. Salvatore (Sam) Congi is a member of the College. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil scolaire catholique du ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- Nouvel-Ontario as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-3. During the 2008-2009 school year, the Member taught at [XXX] in Sudbury [sic, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- [XXX]]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-4. During the 2008-2009 school year, the Member engaged in unprofessional conduct, in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- (a) he allegedly undertook to have an inappropriate personal relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- “A” and allegedly exchanged inappropriate e-mails with her; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf: (b) he allegedly engaged in conduct of a sexual nature towards Student “A”, a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf: year old student, by having sexual contact with her and kissing her on several ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- occasions, both at school and elsewhere. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-5. On November 30, 2008, the Member allegedly went to the school, contrary to a condition ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- of the agreement he made before a justice of the peace and, in so doing, allegedly ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- contravened a law that is relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- and Registration, a contravention which may have caused a student under his supervision ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- to be put at risk. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-6. On September 23, 2010, the Member was found guilty of breaking a recognizance of bail ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- made before a justice of the peace (Criminal Code, section 145(5.1)) and was ordered to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- pay a fine of $750. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-WITHDRAWAL OF ALLEGATION 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-When the hearing began, Counsel for the College requested that the allegation set out in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-paragraph 6 of the Notice of Hearing be withdrawn. The request was granted. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-ORDER OF NON-PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College also requested an order of non-publication as to the name of Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-“A”. Counsel for the Member had no objection to the motion. The Committee therefore ordered ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the non-publication of Student “A”’s name. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member denied all of the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-SUMMARY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-During the 2008-2009 school year, the Member allegedly engaged in unprofessional conduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-At all material times, the Member taught [XXX] and [XXX] for the Conseil scolaire catholique ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-du Nouvel-Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:He apparently engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship and conduct of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:towards Student “A”, a [XXX]-year old student, by having sexual contact with her and kissing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-her on several occasions, both at school and elsewhere. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The first task before the Committee is to examine the allegations against the Member using the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-standard of proof of the balance of probabilities, and to dismiss or uphold the allegations in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-whole or in part on the basis of the proven facts. If the Committee finds that the Member in his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-capacity as a teacher contravened any of the allegations in the Notice of Hearing, he will be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-found guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-SUBMISSIONS BY THE PARTIES ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted comments beginning with the allegation of an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:sexual relationship between the Member and Student “A”. She informed the members of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Committee that there would be three witnesses and confirmed that evidence from the criminal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-trial would be produced. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the Member did not object to the non-publication of Student “A”’s name. She ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-informed the members of the Committee that she would examine two witnesses in addition to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Member. She maintained that the Member’s account was the most consistent in support of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-evidence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-EVIDENCE: WITNESSES AND EXHIBITS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Witnesses ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-At the hearing, the College called three witnesses: Student “A”, [XXX]. and Constable Jonathan ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Dahl. They testified as to their versions of the interactions with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the Member called two witnesses, [XXX]. and [XXX]. The Member also testified at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-[XXX]’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-When she came home, Student “A”’s mother confirmed that her daughter’s state of health was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-fragile. Her daughter vomited when she came home after her visit to the police station. During ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the examination in chief, [XXX]., Student “A”’s mother, confirmed that she heard Student “A” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:answer yes to a question asked by Student “A”’s father; that is, had she had a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-with the Member. Nevertheless, on the night of November 28/29, 2008, after her examination at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the police station following Constable Dahl’s involvement, the student denied having had a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-relationship. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-On the morning of November 29, the parents accompanied Student “A” to the [XXX] police ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-station for further questioning. She stated that she now gave the true version of the facts and that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-her responses during the initial session of questioning were untrue. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-In cross-examination, [XXX] confirmed these facts. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A”’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” is now studying Social Science at Western University. She testified as an adult ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-concerning events which occurred five years ago when she was [XXX] years old. Student “A” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-was the first witness of the day; she opted to testify in English. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College began the examination in chief by referring to the knowledge she had ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:acquired during her university studies, specifically with respect to the term “grooming.” She ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:admitted that she was very familiar with the term “grooming” from her university studies. She ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-confirmed that she had testified at the Member’s trial. Counsel for the College questioned her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-concerning her state of mind during this period. Student “A” testified, “I believe that I was in a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-state of denial and I was still in shock, definitely suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. I ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-was in a very deep clinical depression.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” confirmed that in Grade [XXX], she was a student at [XXX] and the Member was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-her teacher for [XXX] and [XXX]. In Grade [XXX], the Member taught her another [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-course. The Member did not teach her in Grade [XXX], that is, in 2008. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” stated that the atmosphere at home was strict and structured. She was not allowed to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-challenge parental authority. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” testified that her relationship with the Member in Grade [XXX] was one of student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-and teacher. In Grade [XXX], he taught her [XXX] and their intimate relationship began in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-second semester of this school year and ended on November 28, 2008. She said that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-relationship with the Member evolved: “It more so evolved in the sense where hugging would ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:occur and that proceeded to incidents of oral sex, fellatio eventually, and then it went back to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-kissing.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:Student “A” described the locations where the Member’s sexual touching of her and hers of him ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-took place: in the classroom, in the [XXX] classroom, in one of the three [XXX] rooms, in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-car and in the [XXX] Counsel for the College asked Student “A” about the physical structure of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the [XXX] classroom. Student “A” confirmed that a movable wall was used as a back-drop for a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-[XXX]. She said that this wall leaned against one of the three classrooms in the [XXX] room. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:Student “A” described how the sexual relations between her and the Member typically ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-proceeded. At lunchtime, she went to one of the three rooms, the one on the left that was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-concealed by the movable wall, to wait for the Member. When he arrived, he kissed her, she ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-pulled her underwear and pants down to her knees. She remained standing. The Member, on his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:knees in front of her, performed oral sex on her with his mouth on her vagina. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:Student “A” reported a total of 15 incidents of “oral sex,” the last of which took place on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:November 28, 2008, but she could not recall when the first sexual relations occurred. Counsel for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:the College asked Student “A” about the number of incidents of oral sex in Grade [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-from there and drove to [XXX]. The student said she met the Member twice on September 2, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-once in the morning and again in the afternoon. When they met in the morning, at approximately ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:11 a.m., they went down to the river. She said they did not have sexual relations because she was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-menstruating. The Member drove Student “A” back to town at about noon. Student “A” said she ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-went to her grandmother’s [XXX] shop. The Member promised to come back in the afternoon. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:She did, however, state that they had sexual relations when they met on the afternoon of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-September 2, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-November 28, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” described the fundraising events that were organized at the school on November 28. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-When the assembly was over, Student “A” got into the Member’s car to go to Tim Hortons. She ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-said he turned left on the highway to get to [XXX] Road. [XXX] Road is approximately [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-minutes before [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-She said that [XXX] Road is approximately 15-20 minutes away from the school. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” explained that she wanted to go to [XXX] Road so she could talk to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-She said that the Member reversed onto a snowy side road and stopped the car. She said that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-place where he parked his car was not visible from the highway. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:Student “A” confirmed that sexual relations took place in the Member’s car. She said she was on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the passenger side with her seat back. The Member was on his knees in front of her performing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:oral sex on her. Her pants were down around her knees. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-She heard someone knock on the window. She panicked, started crying and did not know what to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-do. Student “A” took the time to wipe the sweat from the Member’s head before he returned to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-his seat. According to her, when the Member also heard the person knocking on the car window, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-he said, “It’s a cop.” He returned to his seat. The car windows were fogged up. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” confirmed that before being intercepted by Constable Dahl, they had been there for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-at least 15-20 minutes. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” referred to the questions put to her by Constable Dahl. He asked her age and told ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-her to go behind the car because he wanted to talk to her on her own. She told Constable Dahl ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-that they were just hugging. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Constable Dahl told her to get into his car because he was taking her to the police station. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” described the conversation between Constable Dahl and the Member before they ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-left. She heard the Member tell the officer, “This could really screw me up.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” confirmed that she gave her initial testimony when they arrived at the police station. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-She said that her testimony to the police was false because she did not want the Member to get in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-trouble. Student “A” stated during this initial examination that nothing had happened in the car ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-on [XXX] Road. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A”’s parents picked her up from the police station. When she got home, she vomited. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-She went to bed at approximately 10 p.m. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-September 29, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” was confronted by her father early on the morning of November 29, at 4:30 a.m. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:He wanted to know whether she had sexual relations with the Member. She stated that her father ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-told her that the Member had confessed and that she had to stop lying to the police and tell ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:everything. Student “A” then admitted to having sexual relations with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-On the morning of November 29, Student “A” went back to the police station with her parents. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-She provided testimony a second time in response to questions from the police. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College asked Student “A” about her relationship with [XXX]. Student “A” said ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-that the relationship was fairly brief. It took place when she was in Grade [XXX] and he was in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Grade [XXX]. According to her, [XXX]. wanted a more serious relationship whereas she wanted ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-a friend. She admitted that she was not interested in having a romantic relationship with [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-but said that the Member encouraged [XXX]’s relationship because he used this as a way of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-having access to Student “A”. She said that the relationship ended in late September or early ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-October. According to her, [XXX] was not always kind to her. She admitted to being emotional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-at the time of the breakup. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-In cross-examination, Student “A” recalled that she had known the Member since she was in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Grade [XXX] at [XXX]. In addition to teaching her [XXX] in Grade [XXX], in the first semester ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the Member coached the [XXX] team, of which Student “A” was a member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the Member produced the floor plan for the school. Student “A” recognized the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-locations depicted on the map of the school. She said that the [XXX] classroom was connected to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the [XXX] room. A connecting hallway led straight into the [XXX] room. On the right was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-another door leading to the [XXX] classroom. According to Student “A”, the [XXX] room had a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-direct view of the [XXX] classroom because there were windows. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the Member produced a photograph of the classroom. Student “A” described the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-classroom with tables, [XXX] and two windows at the back. Student “A” also remembered that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-there was a [XXX] at the back of the classroom leading to the [XXX] classroom. Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Member showed her a photograph of the [XXX] classroom. Student “A” provided particulars ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-concerning the layout of the furniture, the three classrooms at the back of the room [XXX] () and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the [XXX] room’s [XXX] door. Counsel produced a photograph showing the left side of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-[XXX] classroom and a photograph showing the [XXX] door inside the [XXX] room. Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-“A” recognized the room from the photographs she was shown. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the Member asked Student “A” about the [XXX] outside the [XXX] room. Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:“A” said that in the second semester of Grade [XXX], in 2008, she and the Member had sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-relations in this [XXX] during the school day. She said again that the Member performed oral ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:sex on her. As was usual, he was on his knees and she was standing, with her pants and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-underwear pulled down to her knees. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” stated that on several occasions the Member drove her and [XXX], [XXX]., to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-another school so she could teach a [XXX] class. Student “A” admitted that on several ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-occasions, the Member drove some students to Tim Hortons in his car. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the Member asked Student “A” about the events of November 28, 2008. Student “A” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-said that on November 28, she was in the passenger seat of the Member’s car on the way to Tim ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Hortons. They met some students outside. She said the Member stopped his car in front of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-students to talk to them and urge them to stop smoking. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the Member produced a photograph of the interior of a car similar to the one in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-which Student “A” and the Member found themselves on November 28, 2008. Student “A” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-reiterated that her seat was tilted back and the Member left his seat to kneel in front of her. She ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:was sitting on the passenger side and he was performing oral sex on her. As was usual, she said ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-that her pants and underwear were pulled down between her knees and her ankles. According to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A”, the Member was still wearing his coat. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-When the Member and Student “A” heard someone knocking at the car window, Student “A” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-claimed that the Member scrambled over the console back to his seat. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Before he opened the window, Student “A” took the time to wipe the sweat from the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-head. She could not provide specific details about how the Member returned to his seat because ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-she said she was in a panic. She said that the Member’s movement, from kneeling in front of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-student sitting in the passenger seat to his own seat, made the car rock. She added that it was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-accomplished in a moment of panic. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-When he returned to his own seat, she said that the Member wiped the window with his hand but ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-she could not recall whether he rolled down the window or opened the door to talk to Constable ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Dahl. Even after reading a passage from the cross-examination conducted by Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Member during the criminal trial, Student “A” could not recall the precise sequence of events ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-after they heard Constable Dahl knocking on the window. She agreed, however, that he returned ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-to his seat in the space of a few seconds. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” recounted that Constable Dahl questioned the Member outside the car and she could ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-not hear the conversation. Constable Dahl then questioned Student “A” outside the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-car. Counsel for the Member read another passage from the cross-examination during the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-criminal trial concerning Student “A”’s comment on the incident in the car: “The officer who ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-came upon you at the scene was Officer Dahl and he indicates that you said to him in this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-conversation outside that car, that they were only talking and he was giving her a hug. And you ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:told him that Congi did not touch her sexually and he did not her. Did you tell Officer Dahl all of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-that. And you replied ‘Yes.’” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the Member questioned Student “A” concerning her initial testimony at the police ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-station on November 28. She confirmed that a woman and a man interviewed her. Counsel for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the Member read a passage from page 19 of Student “A”’s testimony to Constable Medeve: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-“Yes, I was really upset because of – [XXX]. (sic) and I had broken up.” Student “A” claimed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-that she gave this testimony because she did not want the Member to get in trouble. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” admitted that she telephoned [XXX]’s mother, [XXX], because she was upset over ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the breakup with [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the Member recounted the incident of November 28 on [XXX] Road in which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the Member asked about the holes in the wall. According to the Member, there were ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-no holes in the wall and he did not make holes in any of the walls. The Member denied having ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:sexual relations with Student “A” in the [XXX] room, behind the theatrical scenery, in the three ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:[XXX] rooms. He stated that he did not have sexual contact with Student “A”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member admitted teaching a [XXX] course to Student “A” in Grade [XXX] and Grade ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-[XXX]. He said that Student “A” wanted to be on the [XXX] team in Grade [XXX]. At the time, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-he was not the coach. Student “A” did not play on the team because her mother was against it ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-since she had to play [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member provided particulars concerning the start of Student “A”’s relationship with [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-It began at [XXX] camp. He said that [XXX] was starting Grade [XXX] at [XXX] [XXX] met ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” in late August because his wife went to her school to decorate her classroom for the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-start of the school year [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member said that the school year began on September 3, 2008. [XXX]. The Member stated ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-that as soon as he got to the school, he went to his mail slot to greet his colleagues and then ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-returned to class. He said hello to the students on the bench outside his classroom. He stated that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” and [XXX] met at school every morning, noon hour and evening. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member said that several times, [XXX], he drove Student “A” and [XXX] to an English- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-language school because she was teaching [XXX] classes. It was during these trips that he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-learned of the breakup between [XXX] and Student “A”. The Member admitted having several ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-short conversations with Student “A” after the breakup with [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member said that the [XXX] classroom was often used by students when he was in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-classroom. They used the [XXX] to access programs that they could not access at regular times; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-to access some social sites. They used them during his lunch hour or preparation time. Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-“A” used the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-he was hugging her, the Member confirmed that someone he did not know knocked on the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-window. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-He identified this person as Constable Dahl. The police officer asked him, “What’s going on?” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member said he replied that he was just talking to Student “A”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member said that Constable Dahl asked him to get out of his car and they walked to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-back of the car to continue the questioning. After that, Constable Dahl questioned Student “A”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member confirmed saying to Constable Dahl that being with Student “A” in his car on a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-little-used road showed poor judgment on his part. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Because the Member was worried about gossip, he asked Constable Dahl not to report the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-incident. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:The Member confirmed that he did not have sexual contact with Student “A” on [XXX] Road. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-September 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member provided particulars concerning September 2, 2008. He stated that he did not go to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-[XXX] with Student “A”. He attended the Professional Development (PD) Day at his school. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The meeting began at 9:20 or 9:30 a.m. He was in the meeting until 11:45 a.m. He picked up his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-wife from her school at about 12 p.m. for lunch. He was back at the school at 1 p.m. After the PD ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Day, he and his wife returned home about 3 p.m. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel produced the Member’s absence record as evidence. It showed that he was at the school ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-on September 2 because it was a compulsory day. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member identified a photograph of a tattoo on his upper right thigh. The upper part of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-tattoo reads “Precious Angel” and the word “Poupette” is under the image. It symbolized the loss ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-of a child, said the Member. He said that when he wears short gym shorts, the lower part of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-tattoo is visible when he is sitting. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:The Member denied any sexual contact with Student “A” in the [XXX], in his car, at the school ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-or elsewhere. Moreover, he also denied telling Student “A” that he would kill himself if the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-matter ever became public. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member said that he was acquitted of all charges against him because of Student “A”’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-allegations during his criminal trial. Furthermore, he said that no similar allegations had ever ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-been made concerning him throughout his years of teaching. Counsel referred to the fact that in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-her testimony, Student “A” called him a pedophile. The Member admitted to being enraged by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the statement. He said that he too was seeking justice. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-In cross-examination, the Member said that he taught Student “A”. He said that he was in his car ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-on November 28, 2008 with Student “A”. Counsel for the College asked the Member about the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-photographs of [XXX] Road (Exhibits 10 and 10-A). The Member disagreed with Constable ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Dahl’s statement concerning the location of his parked car. He said that the X marked on Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-10-A was inaccurate. The Member indicated a circled X on Exhibit 10-A showing where his car ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-was parked. He did not agree that it is an isolated location. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-He confirmed that when Constable Dahl knocked on his car window, the windows were fogged ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-up. He confirmed that his head was sweating because he was wearing his coat and he was hot. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:The Member denied any sexual activity in the car on November 28, 2008 and contended that if ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:he and Student “A” were engaged in sexual activity as suggested by Counsel for the College, he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-would not have been able to open the door as quickly as Constable Dahl stated that he had. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member added that he gave Student “A” a hug and a little peck on the cheek. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member answered questions about his conversation with Constable Dahl concerning “what ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-he was doing there.” He said that for the initial questions by Constable Dahl, he and Student “A” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-were both in the car. The Member confirmed that when Constable Dahl asked, “What is going on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-here,” he answered, “We were talking.” The Member denied that he was on the passenger side ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-when Constable Dahl knocked on the window. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member agreed that he asked Constable Dahl not to mention the incident at the school, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-because of the gossip. He added that he never asked Constable Dahl not to tell his wife. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member said that he could not have met Student “A” at about 11 a.m. or on the afternoon of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-September 2, 2008 because he attended the Professional Development Day and met his wife for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:lunch. He reiterated that he never had sexual contact with Student “A”. The Member said that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” was lying and he maintained his innocence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member said that the door of the [XXX] room and the [XXX] was always open and that all ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-staff had a key and could open the classroom door for students who wanted to use the [XXX] if it ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-was locked. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Member acknowledged that being with Student “A” in his car parked on a street was an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-error of judgement on his part. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-In re-examination by Counsel for the Member, the Member said that he was never questioned by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-police after the encounter with Constable Dahl on [XXX] Road. When he was arrested, he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-retained a lawyer who told him not to discuss the incident. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-[XXX].’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-In his examination in chief, [XXX] stated that he was [XXX] years old and lived in [XXX] with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-his parents. In 2008, he was in Grade [XXX] at [XXX] in [XXX]. He confirmed that he first met ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” at [XXX] camp in 2006. After [XXX] camp in 2008, he went out with Student “A” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-for approximately three months. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-[XXX] said that he never went to Student “A”’s house because her parents were unaware of their ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-relationship. He admitted telephoning Student “A” three or four times a week. He continued his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-testimony, stating that Student “A” telephoned his house more often. When he telephoned her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 26 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Ms. [XXX] said that she was aware that her husband occasionally talked to Student “A” and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-some of these conversations concerned [XXX]. She said that her husband had a good ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-relationship with all of the students and he knew them all. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Concerning the events of November 28, 2008, Ms. [XXX] was not surprised to learn that her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-husband was in his car with Student “A” and they were talking. She was aware of the allegations ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:that her husband appeared to have had a sexual relationship with Student “A”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-COURT DOCUMENT ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the Member produced legal evidence in support of her submissions to assist the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Committee. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  The caretaker’s written testimony ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  The secretary’s written testimony ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-EXHIBITS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 1: Notice of Hearing, dated January 13, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 2: The Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 3: Unofficial floor plan of the school ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 4: Photograph of the classroom, for identification purposes only ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 5: Photograph of the [XXX] classroom, for identification purposes only ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 6: Photograph of the [XXX] room showing the left side of the classroom, for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-identification purposes only ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 7: Photograph of the [XXX] room looking towards the [XXX] door ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 8: Photograph of the interior of a vehicle, for identification purposes only ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 9: 24 photographs of [XXX] Road and a classroom at the school ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 10: Aerial photographs ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 10-A: Aerial photograph of [XXX] Road ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 29 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 10-B: Concerning [XXX] Road ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 11: Transcript of the examination of Ms. Audet, the school caretaker, dated January 4, 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-6, 2010 in [XXX]; and transcript of the cross-examination ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 12: Transcript of the examination and cross-examination of Ms. Bobiwash, the school ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-secretary, on January 4, 5 and 6, 2010 in [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 13: Sketch of the school done by the Member on September 23, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 14: The Member’s absence record ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Exhibit 15: Copy of the tattoo on the Member’s right thigh ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Submissions by Counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College said that the central allegation in this case was that the Member had an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:inappropriate sexual relationship with Student “A”. She then presented allegations such as the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-inappropriate personal relationship with Student “A” and the e-mail correspondence. Lastly, she ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-summarized the pertinent testimony. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College produced evidence in support of her claims, thematically, to support the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-contention that the Member was guilty of professional misconduct; to wit: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  The Member was in a car in the middle of the day, 13 kilometres away from the school, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- in an isolated location known to all; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  The Member gave Student “A” a hug in the car; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  The Member gave Student “A” a peck on the cheek; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  The Member acknowledged that he showed poor judgment; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:  Student “A” confirmed that a sexual relationship involving oral sex had been going on for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- a lengthy period of time; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:  Student “A” confirmed that sexual relations took place in the car on November 28, 2008; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 30 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  Student “A”’s version differed slightly from Constable Dahl’s because she did not want ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- to harm the Member; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  Student “A” has not lied from the beginning; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  Constable Dahl is a trustworthy and accurate witness with no reason to favour one ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- version over another; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  Constable Dahl discussed circumstances in which he discovered the Member and Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- “A”; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  Constable Dahl’s version does not support the Member’s version; it supports Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- “A”’s version; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  Ms. [XXX]’s testimony is not helpful because she cannot confirm the Member’s presence ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- during the incidents; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:  The Member is trying to conceal a sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College said that there are two contradictory pieces of testimony. According to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-her, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:the Member denied everything whereas Student “A” said that a sexual relationship involving oral ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:sex had been going on for a lengthy period of time and stated that this is what had occurred in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-car on November 28, 2008 when Constable Dahl knocked on the car window. According to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College, Student “A” had not lied from the beginning. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College relied on several passages from the examination of the caretaker, Ms. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Audet, during the Member’s criminal trial, to attempt to show that the relationship between the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Member and Student “A” was more intense and they saw one another often. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College based her submissions on the credible testimony of Constable Dahl. He ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-is a trustworthy and accurate witness with no reason to favour one version over another. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 31 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the Member presented the elements thematically, as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  Student “A”’s testimony is not credible; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:  Student “A” testified concerning the episode of oral sex in the [XXX] for the first time at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- this hearing; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:  no evidence of sexual contact exists for the [XXX] episode on September 2, 2008; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  Student “A” does not know the meaning of the tattooed image because she dislikes ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- tattoos; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  the Member claims that when he is wearing short shorts and sitting down, the word ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- “poupette” is visible; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  Student “A” testified that the Member would kill himself if the whole matter became ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- public and that the Member was careful to close the main [XXX] door and make holes in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- the wall; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  Student “A” testified that she was unconcerned about being seen with the Member; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:  on November 28, 2008, there is no indication that the Member demanded a sexual act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  Student “A”’s testimony reveals that she was the one who asked to go in the opposite ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- direction from the Tim Hortons; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  [XXX]’s and Ms. [XXX]’s testimony to the fact that Student “A” was upset by the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- breakup with [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  the Member testified that if the goal was to be alone, it would have made more sense for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- him to drive further on instead of turning into the street and not reversing; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  the photographs of the tire tracks were not taken that day and the car’s position was not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- marked in any way that day; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-  Constable Dahl admits that he had no reasonable grounds for arresting the Member on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- November 28, 2008; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 34 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The College is required to prove the allegations in accordance with the standard of proof set out ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-in F.H. v. McDougall, [2008] SCR 53; that is, the balance of probabilities. As always, the panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-relies on clear and convincing evidence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-(ii) After hearing the testimony and reviewing the relevant admissible evidence, and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-submissions by counsel, the Committee recognizes that the facts support the case for professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-misconduct and finds that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-1(19), as set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Committee finds, however, that the testimony, the relevant evidence and the submissions by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-counsel fail to prove that the Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(16) and 1(17), as set out in the Notice of Hearing dated January 13, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:The Committee further finds that the Member did not abuse a student sexually as described in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Analytical Criteria ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-As noted above, the onus of proof rests with the College. In hearings held by the College, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-standard of proof is the standard in civil cases, namely, the balance of probabilities, which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-consists in determining the likelihood of the occurrence of the alleged events. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-In assessing the evidence, the Committee applies the guidance provided by the courts with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-respect to assessing witness credibility. It determines whether witnesses appear trustworthy, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-sincere and straightforward, and do not appear evasive, taking into account their behaviour, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-appearance and manner of expressing themselves. To assess the reasonableness of witness ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-accounts, the Committee also considers the consistency of testimony and any contradictions. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 38 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Time and circumstances are also considered in the assessment of credibility. When weighing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-inconsistencies relating to the time or location of events, the Committee takes into account the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-student’s age at the time of the incidents, the witnesses’ situations and the passing of time. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Memory and faculties of perception and observation are important analytical criteria: the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Committee must look at witnesses’ ability to recall the facts of an incident while assessing their ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-capacity for accurate observation. To assess the veracity of statements made during the hearing, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the Committee also considers witnesses’ personal interest and any bias. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Committee is aware of the importance of its duty to state clearly its grounds for giving ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-credence to or dismissing testimony. All of the parties to a proceeding must be confident that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-they have been understood and treated fairly. The Committee assesses the relative probative ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-value of testimony as well as any discrepancies. It relies on common sense and its knowledge of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-human nature when considering the factors described above. The Committee is also aware of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-importance of determining whether testimony is probable or improbable. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-ASSESSMENT OF WITNESS CREDIBILITY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The importance of Student “A”’s testimony lies in the evidence provided with reference to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-incident on November 28, 2008. This evidence contributes to and supports the facts relating to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the testimony of others such as Constable Dahl. More specifically, some particulars provided by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” relating to the [XXX] Road incident recur in the constable’s account, namely, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-fogged-up windows, the sweat on the Member’s head and the dates of the first and second ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-examinations at the police station. The Committee also notes that Student “A” communicated her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-interpretation of the facts to the best of her ability. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:Nonetheless, the Committee dismisses all of Student “A”’s testimony alleging a sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-relationship with the Member at the time, because Student “A” does not appear to remember the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 39 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:start of the sexual relationship and the versions of her reports to the police are inconsistent. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Furthermore, she brought forward a new allegation at the hearing concerning another location ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:where she had sexual relations with the Member: the [XXX] in front of the school’s [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-room. Yet when asked why she never made this allegation to the police or during the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-trial, she replied evasively that nobody had asked her the question before. It is unlikely, however, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:that she was never asked to specify the locations where she had sexual relations with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Member. Similarly, there is no evidence for the incident on September 2, 2008 at [XXX]. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:fact that Student “A” refers to a sexual relationship with the Member does not constitute ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-probative evidence because the witness cannot provide adequate particulars in support of this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-statement. Consequently, in the Committee’s opinion, Student “A” is evasive concerning the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:events relating to the sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:Her testimony concerning the incidents of September 2, 2008, the sexual relations in the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-room, the [XXX] and the Member’s car is unconvincing because of the lack of supporting ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-evidence. Apart from the incident on September 2 and on November 28, Student “A” cannot ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:confirm the dates of the other purported sexual relations with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-She acknowledges that the Member has a tattoo on his upper right thigh, but cannot describe it ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-except for the word “Poupette.” She noticed it when the Member was wearing shorts for Phys. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:Ed., but states that she did not notice it during the sexual relations. Student “A”’s ability to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:recognize part of the Member’s tattoo does not prove a sexual relationship between Student “A” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-and the teacher. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Constable Dahl ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Constable Dahl’s testimony concerning the incident on November 28, 2008 provides crucial ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-support for the Committee’s finding of professional misconduct. The Committee also notes that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 40 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Constable Dahl communicated his interpretation of the facts to the best of his ability, using his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-personal notes relating to the incidents at issue. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-As previously noted, the evidence provided by Constable Dahl corroborates certain elements of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A”’s testimony, such as the sweat on the Member’s head and the fact that the constable ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-drove the student to the police station for questioning. As for the similarities between the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-constable’s testimony and the Member’s, both witnesses refer to the perspiration on the teacher’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-forehead and agree that the Member asked Constable Dahl not to report the incident. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Nonetheless, the Committee dismisses all of his testimony confirming the movement from the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-passenger seat to the driver’s seat, because all of the testimony heard states that the car windows ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-were fogged up. Since he could not see inside the car when he came up to it, Constable Dahl ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-cannot confirm whether the Member actually moved from the passenger seat to the driver’s seat, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-as he suggests. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Salvatore Congi ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Salvatore Congi’s testimony provides crucial support for the Committee’s finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-misconduct. The Committee notes that the Member communicated his interpretation of the facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-to the best of his ability. He acknowledged that he was parked on [XXX] Road with Student “A” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-on November 28, 2008. He stated that Student “A”’s motivation for not wanting to go to Tim ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Hortons was to take the time, away from others, to discuss her breakup with [XXX]. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Member stated unequivocally that he exercised poor judgment in being in his car alone with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” on [XXX] Road. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-He agreed with Constable Dahl’s comment that there was sweat on his head and the car windows ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-were fogged up when he was questioned. He said that he was hot and was wearing his coat. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:The Member’s testimony does not support the allegation that he had sexual contact with Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-“A”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 41 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A”’s mother recounted the facts surrounding the occasion when she learned that her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-daughter was at the police station. She said that she went to the police station on November 28, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-2008 to pick up her daughter. She also stated that her daughter was questioned twice: first on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-November 28, and then on November 29. She provided few particulars that could support the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:allegation of a sexual relationship. She acknowledged that her daughter was friends with [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-but stated that they were not in a romantic relationship. This is what the Committee has accepted ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-from this testimony. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-His testimony recounted the facts of his relationship with Student “A”, which lasted less than ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-three months. He alluded to two encounters after their breakup. In the Committee’s opinion, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-these two encounters with Student “A” provide no credible evidence to support the allegations in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the Notice of Hearing concerning conduct which contravened the standards of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:profession in that the Member allegedly had an inappropriate or sexual relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-“A”, or any other allegations. In his account of the two encounters, [XXX] never stated that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:Student “A” spoke to him concerning a sexual relationship with [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-In its assessment of this testimony, the Committee notes that [XXX] was not an eye witness to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the purported meetings between Student “A” and [XXX]. Moreover, his conversations with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” provide no particulars concerning the incident of November 28, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Consequently, the Committee gives this testimony little weight. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-[XXX] ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Committee considers this testimony somewhat pertinent because Ms. [XXX] stated that she ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-was aware of the teacher/student relationship between her husband and Student “A”. She ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-testified that her family lives in a small community where everyone knows one another and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 42 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-school has a family atmosphere. This statement was confirmed by the Member. Given this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-community context, the Committee finds it normal that Ms. [XXX] should be aware of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-relationship between the Member and Student “A”. It also accepts this witness’s explanation of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the romantic relationship between [XXX] and Student “A”. She confirmed [XXX] statement that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A” often telephoned their house during the relationship and said that after the young ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-couple broke up, she spoke once with Student “A” to give her advice. What she says concerning ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the relationship between [XXX] and Student “A” is supported by the statements made by [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-and Student “A” and may support Counsel for the Member’s contention that Student “A” was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-somewhat emotional. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-This testimony is also important for the following reason: in the Committee’s opinion, her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-testimony casts doubt on Student “A”’s version of the facts concerning the day’s events on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-September 2, 2008. According to her version of the facts, she and the Member, her husband, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-drove to work together, drove together for lunch away from the school and returned home ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-together on September 2. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-She stated that this was their routine procedure on a Professional Development Day and stated ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-unequivocally that this was what took place during her day on September 2, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A”, however, stated that on September 2 she and the Member drove to [XXX] in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-late morning. Afterwards, according to her testimony, the Member drove her back to her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-grandmother’s [XXX] shop. In the Committee’s opinion, a teacher’s absence during a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Professional Development Day would be noticed, especially in a small community and in a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-school with a family atmosphere. For this reason, it believes that Ms. [XXX]’s testimony raises ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-significant doubt in the Committee’s mind concerning the accuracy of Student “A”’s statement ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:that she had sexual relations with the Member on September 2, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Consistency of the Totality of the Evidence ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 43 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Each witness’s testimony presents strengths and weaknesses. Some facts appear to be difficult to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-recall, which calls into question the accuracy of the facts recounted. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:With respect to the matter of a sexual relationship, the totality of the evidence is contradictory. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The witnesses involved in the incidents of November 28, 2008 are Student “A”, the Member and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Constable Dahl. These three are the sole eye witnesses, because the other witnesses were not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-present for precise observation of the incident. Apart from the Member and Student “A”, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-only witness who might have seen any act whatsoever corroborating the allegations in the Notice ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-of Hearing is Constable Dahl who, on November 28, says he saw movement “from the passenger ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-seat to the driver’s seat.” As previously stated, however, the Committee notes that when the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-constable was making the observation, the Member’s car windows were fogged up and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Constable Dahl could not identify who had moved. Because his view was obstructed, in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Committee’s opinion the constable’s testimony does not support the allegation that the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:had sexual relations with Student “A” in a car on November 28, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:Concerning the other alleged incidents of sexual relations, Student “A” and the teacher are the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-only eye witnesses. The Committee notes that Student “A” and the Member maintain their ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-versions of the facts, which are diametrically opposed to one another. According to Student “A”, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:sexual relations took place with the Member, whereas the Member denies any sexual contact ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-with Student “A”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:No written evidence of a sexual relationship between Student “A” and the Member was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-produced. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The onus of proof rests with the College to produce clear, convincing evidence based on sound ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-testimony that the Member contravened several provisions of Regulation 437/97 on the balance ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-of probabilities. The Committee notes, however, that there are significant gaps in Student “A”’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-testimony and her credibility is at issue. She submitted a new allegation at the hearing to the effect ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 44 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:that the Member had sexual relations with her in the [XXX] in front of the school’s [XXX] room, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-but could not explain why she had never mentioned this location during the proceedings leading to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the criminal trial or during the actual trial. Furthermore, although the witness referred to several ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:locations where sexual relations occurred, she provided dates only for the [XXX] and [XXX] Road ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-incidents. She could not recall the dates of other purported meetings with the teacher, nor provide ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-adequate particulars. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:Ms. [XXX]’s testimony also casts doubt on the allegation of sexual relations on September 2. In ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-view of the gaps that have been identified and the evidence of the Member and Ms. [XXX], and in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the absence of other eye witnesses, the Committee prefers their testimony and finds that the College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:has failed to prove that a sexual relationship between the Member and Student “A” in fact took ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-place. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:Notwithstanding the contradictions relating to the allegations of sexual relations, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-is aware of certain consistencies in the witnesses’ evidence. The testimony of Student “A”, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Member and Constable Dahl corroborate the fact that the Member and Student “A” were on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-[XXX] Road on November 28. All three pieces of testimony have certain similarities concerning ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the following facts: parked on [XXX] Road, in the Member’s car, fogged-up windows, Constable ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Dahl questioned the Member and then Student “A”, the Member’s head was sweating, Constable ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Dahl drove Student “A” to the police station for questioning and talked to her on the drive to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-police station. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-No evidence was provided concerning the inappropriate e-mail correspondence or the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-violation of a condition of the undertaking referred to in paragraphs 4(a) and 5 of the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Hearing. In view of the lack of evidence in this regard, the Committee dismisses these ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-allegations. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Finding of Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 45 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-1(19). It finds, however, that the evidence produced is insufficient with respect to the counts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-contained in Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1 (7.3), 1(16) and 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member is not guilty of sexual abuse of a student as described in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Act defines “Sexual abuse” as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf: “sexual abuse” of a student by a member means, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf: (a) sexual intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations between the member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- and the student, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf: (b) touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member, or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf: (c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Committee carefully reviewed the evidence, which supports the College’s contention that this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-teacher is guilty of professional misconduct. The fact that the Member was with Student “A” in his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-car on a little-used road is uncontested. The teacher even acknowledged his lack of judgment in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-regard to being alone with Student “A”, in his testimony. The Committee finds such incidents ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-highly inappropriate. The Member had a responsibility to maintain a professional relationship ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-with all of his students, including Student “A”, and he should have maintained a professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-teaching relationship with this Student “A” at all times. The nature of the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-considerably exceeds the permissible boundaries between teacher and student. No explanation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-could satisfactorily justify his careless conduct with Student “A”. The Member made an error of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 46 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-judgment and is guilty of professional misconduct in being with Student “A” in his car on an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-isolated road. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Section 32.02 of the College Bylaws states that members of the College, in their position of trust ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-and influence, must maintain “professional relationships with students,” recognize and respect ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-“the privileged nature of the relationship that teachers maintain with students” and “act with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-integrity, honesty, fairness and dignity.” The Committee finds that the Member failed to maintain ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-these standards of the teaching profession by being alone with Student “A” in his car on an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-isolated road. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-In so doing, the Member contravened clause 264.1(c) of the Education Act and engaged in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-conduct unbecoming a member. In view of his position of authority over Student “A”, his abuse ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-of trust utterly contravenes the duties of the teaching profession. Moreover, by asking the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-constable not to report the [XXX] Road incident to the school board or to his wife, the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful and dishonourable. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Committee cannot support the contention that Salvatore Congi abused Student “A” physically, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:emotionally or sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2) and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-1(7.3). No evidence has been submitted in support of these allegations. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The Committee further finds that the evidence does not adequately show that the Member is guilty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-of professional misconduct in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 1. he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s suitability ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 47 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2. he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may cause a student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-After hearing the submission by Counsel for the College and in view of the statements made by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-the witnesses, the Committee is confident that its proceedings have been as fair as possible. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-The testimony of some witnesses varied in credibility, being both contradictory and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf:unsubstantiated. The Committee cannot find that the Member had sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Student “A”, but his conduct was inappropriate and constitutes flagrant disregard of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-professional relationships which must exist between a teacher and a student. In view of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-Member’s actions, the Committee finds him guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf-February 5, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- Jean-Luc Bernard, OCT, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- Chair, Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- Marie-Louise Chartrand, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- Member, Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- Louis Sloan, OCT, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- Member, Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- 48 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-Member is accused of engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a female student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf:(“Student A”) and of having sexual contact with her. After hearing the testimony and reviewing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-the relevant admissible evidence, and the submissions by counsel, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf:evidence fails to prove the allegation of sexual abuse against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-The Committee does, however, find that the Member made an error of judgment and is guilty of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-professional misconduct. The Member admitted to being alone in his car with Student A on an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-isolated road. According to the Committee, his conduct was inappropriate and constitutes ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-flagrant disregard of the professional relationship which must exist between a teacher and a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-student. In view of the Member’s actions, the Committee finds Salvatore Congi guilty of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-A subsequent hearing was held on July 21, 2014 for the Committee to determine the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-penalty. The Member was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-The Member’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-The Member testified that he voluntarily signed an undertaking not to work as a teacher until the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-College had dealt with the complaint filed against him (Exhibit 1). The Member said that he had ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-not taught since signing this document. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-In cross-examination, the Member said that after his arrest, he was suspended with pay for two ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-months by his Board. After his first suspension, the Member was suspended for a second time ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-without pay for 22 months. During this suspension, he continued to receive employee benefits. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-One year after his suspension, the Member began working in the construction sector. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-The Member stated that he had not yet taken a course on teachers’ professional boundaries. He ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-was not sure whether he wished to go back to teaching or not. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-Response from the College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-In her response, Counsel for the College emphasized the impact of the events on Student A. Even ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf:though the Committee had not found that the Member had sexually abused Student A, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-teacher’s actions clearly had negative repercussions for her. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-Counsel for the College stated that the Member might return to teaching, which made it ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-necessary to publish his name in order to inform the public and the school boards of his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-professional misconduct, and that there had not been any recurrence because the Member was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-not a classroom teacher. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted to the Committee members that the jurisprudence produced at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-the hearing ought to serve as an indication of appropriate penalties in similar cases and that it ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-was important to note the dates of the decisions. Some decisions produced by Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-Member were not representative of current practice as to publication of the teacher’s name. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-Decision as to Penalty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- (a) The Member is to appear before the Committee immediately following the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- hearing to receive a reprimand. This decision is to be published in the College’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- public register of members. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- (b) The Committee directs the Registrar to impose the following conditions and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- limitations on the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- publish this decision in the public register: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf-“Committee”) on July 22, 2014 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated March 22, 2011 (Exhibit 1) was served on Charles Murray ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf-Cridland (the “Member”), requesting his presence on May 3, 2011 to set a date for a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf-hearing and specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for July 22, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf-The Member was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated March 22, 2011 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Charles Murray Cridland is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf-misconduct as defined in section 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf-in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member contrary, to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated January 11, 2013 was served on Dean Richard Crites (the “Member”), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-requesting his presence on February 21, 2013 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 25, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-The Member was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated January 11, 2013 (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Dean Richard Crites is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-“Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-(b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf:(c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-(d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-(e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-(f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-1. The Member does not contest the facts and exhibits referred to herein. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-2. Dean Richard Crites is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-3. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Grand Erie District School Board ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab A is a copy of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information for the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-4. At all material times, the Student was a female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-5. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Member engaged in an inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-relationship with the Student which included: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-(a) sending inappropriate text messages to the Student; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-(b) meeting the Student at his home and at her workplace; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-(c) providing gifts to the Student; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf:(d) making inappropriate comments of a personal and sexual nature to the Student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf:6. On or around May 27-28, 2011, the Member engaged in sexual conduct with the Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-that included the Member: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-(e) being in a hot tub with the Student while she was in her bra and underwear; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-(f) being with the Student in his bed; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-(g) giving the Student a hot oil massage on his bed; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-(h) kissing and hugging the Student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-7. By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can accept as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-correct the facts alleged against the Member, for the purposes of this proceeding only. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-8. The Member hereby acknowledges that the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-to 6 above (the “Uncontested Facts”) constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that the Discipline Committee can accept that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf:Uncontested Facts constitute sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-9. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right have a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- hearing; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-Crites committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf:Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the Uncontested Facts in the Statement of Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2) constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-accepts the Member’s plea and the statement tendered by the parties. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Member engaged in an inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-relationship which included sending inappropriate text messages, meeting the Student at his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-home and at the Student’s workplace, providing gifts to the Student, and making inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf:comments of a personal and sexual nature to the Student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf:The Member further admits that on or about May 27-28, 2011, he engaged in sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-the Student that included being in a hot tub with the Student while she was in her bra and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-underwear, being with the Student in his bed, giving the Student a hot oil massage on his bed and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-kissing and hugging the Student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-In light of the Member’s conduct and the plea of no contest, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-Member committed acts of professional misconduct, more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf:further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf:The Member engaged in a personal and sexual relationship with a Student. The gravity of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-Member’s conduct warrants revocation and publication of the Member’s name in order to act as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-a general and specific deterrent. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-One component of specific deterrence focuses on the rehabilitation of the Member. However, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-when revocation of the Member’s teaching certificate is ordered, that component of specific ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf:deterrence is redundant. Conduct of a sexual nature involving a student represents the most ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-egregious breach of trust by a person in a position of trust and authority over a student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-General deterrence is a message to the profession at large. Revocation and publication of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-name of the Member advises the profession that such misconduct results in the forfeiture of their ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-membership in the profession. The Committee protects the public interest by revoking the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-member’s right to be in a position of trust and authority of students. Publication of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-Member’s name not only informs the public about this particular Member, but also how severely ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-the College views and addresses conduct of this egregious nature. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-As the Notice of Hearing is on public record, publication, with the name of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-provides clear and public access to the results of the hearing. Publication with name also serves ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-the public interest by providing transparency about the College’s processes, and by reassuring ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-and informing the community that the College acts decisively and consistently when matters of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf-this nature are brought to its attention. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated July 31, 2013 (Exhibit 1) was served on Paul Jorge Da Rosa (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on August 27, 2013 to set a date for a hearing and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for February 3, 2014. Although the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-Member was not in attendance, he was represented by Katherine Rowen from Ursel Phillips ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-Fellows Hopkinson LLP. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated July 31, 2013 (Exhibit 1) are ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Paul Jorge Da Rosa is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-1. Paul Jorge Da Rosa (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed as a secondary school teacher by the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-Thames Valley District School Board (the “Board”). At all material times, the Student was a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-female student [XXX]. The Member was the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-3. During the 2008-2009 academic year, the relationship between the Member and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-Student changed in that the Member and the Student began working together on [XXX] alone in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-the Member’s classroom. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-4. A few weeks after the Student’s [XXX] birthday in [XXX] 2009, the relationship ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-between the Member and the Student began to involve physical contact, which escalated to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-kissing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-5. After the incident referred to in paragraph 4 above, the Student began to stay late at the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-School, and would return to the School in the evenings in order to spend time with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-The Member and the Student would also see each other during school hours, alone in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-Member’s classroom. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-6. The relationship between the Member and the Student progressed such that in [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf:2009, the Member and the Student engaged in sexual intercourse for the first time. This occurred ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-at the School, following a school event. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf:7. Thereafter, the Member and the Student would engage in sexual intercourse on several ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-occasions in the Member’s classroom. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf:8. Furthermore, sexual intercourse between the Member and the Student occurred once, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-during a [XXX] in [XXX] of 2009 in the Member’s hotel room. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-9. Sexual intercourse also occurred a few times in the Member’s car. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-10. The relationship between the Member and Student continued after she graduated from the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-School and lasted until the [XXX] of 2010. The Student reported the matter to the Principal of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-the School on [XXX], 2012. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-11. The Member resigned from the Board on or about December 6, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-12. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the truth ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 11 above (the “Agreed Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-13. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to in paragraphs 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-to 9 above, constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf:acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-14. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- set out in the Statement of Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf:Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-Through the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-acknowledged that his behaviour constituted professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-the allegations of professional misconduct against him. The Committee accepts the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-plea of no contest and the Uncontested Facts outlined in the agreement tendered by the parties. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct did not comply with the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-profession or the Education Act. The Member’s conduct is reprehensible, disgraceful and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-unbecoming a member of the profession. The Member abused the authority and trust vested in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-him in his role as a teacher without regard to the well-being of the student. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-actions were in conflict with his duty to care for and protect students. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-Counsel for the College and counsel for the Member submitted a Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-(Exhibit 4) indicating the following: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the appropriate penalty to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- (a) directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-suicide after the matter had been published in a local newspaper. Counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-submitted that there is no evidence before the Committee to suggest that there are similar issues ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-in this present case. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- 1. The Committee directs the Registrar to revoke immediately the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member, which certificate the Member is to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- immediately surrender to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- 2. The findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-Revocation is the appropriate penalty for misconduct of this severity. The Member chose to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf:engage in a sexual relationship with a student, including sexual intercourse on multiple ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-occasions. He engaged in this behaviour in various locations, including his classroom. Such acts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-represent the most egregious breach of trust between a teacher and a student under his care. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-Member has therefore forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and being a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-As the Member’s actions comprised the most serious breach of trust, publication with name in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-these circumstances is warranted and appropriate. The Committee determined that publication ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf-with the Member’s name is necessary in order to provide the general deterrence to the teaching ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-or to engage in ongoing professional learning. Simply put, he did not demonstrate improvement ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-in the areas identified in his growth plans. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-The Member does not meet the level of competence that is required to teach. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-Student safety is of paramount importance in the teaching profession. The Committee takes the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-Member’s neglect of this responsibility very seriously. Leaving school early or failing to attend ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-without notification to administration is unacceptable. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-Furthermore, a teacher is expected to be a role model for students by treating colleagues with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf:dignity and respect. The Member made inappropriate and offensive comments of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-to his colleagues and publicly disrespected the administration. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-It is noteworthy that the College did not have to go through a lengthy and costly discipline ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-hearing because of the Member’s plea of guilt. This is certainly to his credit. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-In light of the Member’s actions, the Committee finds that the Member is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-misconduct in that he failed to maintain the standards of the profession and to fulfill his teaching ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-duties in accordance with the Education Act, in contravention of subsections 1(5) and 1(15) of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. His difficulties in the classroom and his unsatisfactory appraisals ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-also lead the Committee to find the Member to be incompetent. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-UNDERTAKING OF THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-College Counsel stated that, as the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration has ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-expired (Exhibit 2, Tab A), the Committee no longer has the jurisdiction to impose terms, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-conditions or limitations as part of its penalty order. Counsel for the College stated, however, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf-that the Member has signed an undertaking to fulfill a number of terms, conditions and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated September 11, 2012 was served on Timothy Matthew Scott Dingwall ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting his presence on September 25, 2012 to set a date for a hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for March 7, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-The Member was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated September 11, 2012 (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Timothy Matthew Scott Dingwall is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-misconduct as defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- (b) he abused a student physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- (c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-Counsel for the College requested the withdrawal of allegations (b) and (d) of the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-Hearing, namely subsections 1(7.1) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-granted this request, and these allegations were subsequently withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- (e) talking in person and talking on the phone with her about non-school matters, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- including personal matters; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- (f) giving her a book as a gift. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-4. During the relationship, the Member expressed to Student No. 1 on several occasions that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-their relationship was wrong and they should not be seeing each other outside of school. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-5. Some of the out of school activities engaged in by the Member and Student No. 1 described ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-above were at the suggestion of Student No. 1. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf:6. During the relationship, there was no sexual contact between the Member and Student No. 1 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf:and no discussions or other conduct of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-7. On August 20, 2011 the Board disciplined the Member for having engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-inappropriate relationship with Student No. 1, and suspended the Member for 20 days. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-Member did not grieve this suspension. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-8. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the truth of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 7 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-9. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts referred to above constitute ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-conduct which is professional misconduct and admits the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18 - unprofessional), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-10. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Timothy Matthew ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-Scott Dingwall committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18 - unprofessional), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the Admitted Facts in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-Plea (Exhibit 2) constitute behaviour that is professional misconduct and pleaded guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him. The Committee accepts the Member’s guilty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-plea and the statement tendered by the parties. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-The Member engaged in what is considered to be highly inappropriate behaviour with a student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-in his care. The Member drove with Student No.1 in his personal vehicle over an extended period ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-of time to a variety of destinations, and these destinations were not part of any of his professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-duties. Furthermore, the Member gifted the student with a book and spoke to the student on the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-phone about non-school matters. Finally, the Member hugged the student regularly as a form of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-greeting and farewell. The Member admitted to the behaviours cited above, but maintained that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-he did tell Student No. 1 that their relationship was inappropriate and that they should not see ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-each other outside of school. The Member also stated that many of the activities were at the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf:suggestion of Student No. 1. Throughout, there was no sexual contact between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf:Student No.1. As well, there was no evidence of behaviour of a sexual nature. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-disciplined by his board because of the inappropriate relationship with Student No. 1 and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-received a suspension for a period of twenty days. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-In light of the Member’s behaviours, the Committee finds that the Member committed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-professional misconduct, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf-1(5), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18 - unprofessional), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-Committee therefore proceeded on the basis of the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-set out in the Amended Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-The allegations against Rick William Doran (the “Member”) in the Amended Notice of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-Hearing (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Rick William Doran is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-defined in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-(c) he abused a student or students physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-(d) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- subsection and (15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-(e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-(f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- or remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-(g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-(h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-Counsel for the College requested the withdrawal of allegation (b) of the Amended Notice ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-of Hearing, namely subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-granted this request, and this allegation was subsequently withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-the facts and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 4), which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-1. Rick William Doran (“the Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-Teachers, having been issued a certificate of qualification on November 18, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf:2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Windsor-Essex Catholic ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-District School Board and taught at two schools of the Board, namely [XXX] and [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-respectively. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-3. Between September 1, 2005 and September 30, 2005, the Member, while teaching ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-at [XXX], on one or more occasions used his wet thumb to clean around the mouth of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-Student #1, a student under the age of 14. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-4. Between September 6, 2005 and May 3, 2006, the Member, on at least five ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-occasions, patted Student #2, a student under the age of 14, on the buttocks over his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-clothing. These pats occurred during gym activities, in the classroom and at the movies. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-hearing and spared young witnesses from coming to the College to testify. Counsel for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-the College submitted that in light of these mitigating circumstances, the proposed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-penalty was appropriate and would sufficiently serve the goals of specific deterrence, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-general deterrence and protection of the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that, despite the mitigating circumstances, there were ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-also a number of aggravating factors, and the Committee should therefore publish the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-Member’s name. College Counsel argued that the Member’s conduct was not on the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf:lowest end of the spectrum. While the behaviour was not of a sexual nature or physically ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-injurious, College Counsel emphasized that the repeated nature of the Member’s physical ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-misconduct, despite multiple warnings, was a strong aggravating factor. For this reason, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-the Committee should be concerned with specific deterrence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-College Counsel presented two Discipline Committee decisions for the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-consideration. These two cases, although not identical, demonstrate that similar conduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-warrants penalties of a similar nature. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that publication with name would demonstrate the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-transparency and openness of the Committee’s proceedings. Members of the public and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-the profession take publication with name seriously as it sends a message that this type of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-misconduct will not be tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-Submissions of Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-Counsel for the Member provided context to the case, focusing on the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-character, past accomplishments and community involvement. Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf-described the Member’s behaviour as being at the low end of the spectrum and stated that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated July 4, 2012 (Exhibit 1) was served on Stephen Reginald Badgley ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting his presence on July 16 2012 to set a date for a hearing and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for June 2, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-The Member was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated July 4, 2012 (Exhibit 1) are ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Stephen Reginald Badgley is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- (d) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf: (e) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically Section 264 thereof, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-At the hearing of this matter on June 2, 2014, Counsel for the College requested the withdrawal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-of allegations (b), (c), (d) and (e) namely subsections 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2) and 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-Regulation 437/97. The Committee granted this request, and the allegations were subsequently ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-1. Stephen Reginald Badgley (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Hastings & Prince Edward ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”) as a Grade [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-3. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Member showed inappropriate pictures to his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-Grade [XXX] students during his [XXX] class that contained subliminal images and hidden ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf:messages of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-4. Further the Member made inappropriate comments with reference to those pictures such ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-as: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- (a) the girls were going to be uncomfortable when he showed the pictures; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- (b) he said he would not show one of the pictures because it was too inappropriate, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- but he showed it the following school day; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- c) he said that one of the pictures was gross and was not going to show the class, but ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- he then showed the class the next school day. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-Attached and marked as Exhibit “B” are the pictures shown to his Grade [XXX] students. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-5. The Member was given a disciplinary letter by the Superintendent of Education of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-Board with regards to the inappropriate images that were shown to his Grade [XXX] students. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-Attached and marked as Exhibit “C” is the letter from the Superintendent of Education to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-Member dated January 12, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-6. Furthermore, the [XXX] Children’s Aid Society conducted an investigation with respect ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-to the allegations of inappropriate conduct of the Member, namely showing the pictures that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf:contained subliminal images and hidden messages and making a sexual comment to the student, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-which the [XXX] Children’s Aid Society verified based on the students’ statements. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-7. Furthermore, during the 2010-2011 academic year, the Member was a part of a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-community [XXX] team and would occasionally hug female [XXX] players on the team. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-8. In addition, during the 2010-2011 academic year, the Member would invite and/or permit ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-former female students to attend at his residence outside of school hours, which was with the full ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-knowledge of parents of the students involved. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-the allegations of professional misconduct against him. The Committee accepts the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-plea of no contest and the Uncontested Facts outlined in the agreement tendered by the parties. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct in using subliminal images and hidden ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf:messages of a sexual nature in his media literacy lessons did not comply with the standards of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-the profession or the Education Act. The Member’s conduct was unprofessional and unbecoming ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-Counsel for the College and counsel for the Member submitted a Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-(Exhibit 4) indicating the following: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the appropriate penalty to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-(a) directs that the Member appear before the Committee immediately following the hearing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-of this matter to receive a reprimand and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”). The reprimand will be delivered in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-person at the offices of the College, 101 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-(b) directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Registrar”) to suspend the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member for a period of one (1) month, with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-such suspension having been served from May 1, 2014 to June 1, 2014. The fact of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-suspension set out in this paragraph is to be recorded on the Register immediately; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- A. the course provider has reviewed a copy of the Statement of Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- and Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty document made exhibits at the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- hearing of this matter, and the Decision and Reasons of the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- B. the Member has successfully completed the course. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-(d) There shall be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-The Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty. The penalty, as agreed upon, was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-based on factors that were appropriate, given the nature of the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-The Member displayed poor judgment in his decisions about how to convey appropriate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-subliminal images in his media literacy classes and in his inappropriate comments to the students ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf:about these images. The sexualized images that the Member selected to present to his class of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-Grade [XXX] students were inappropriate and wrong. The inappropriate nature of these images ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-was verified by the Children’s Aid Society, and based on the students’ statements. This is serious ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-The Committee determined that publication with the Member’s name is necessary in order to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-provide specific deterrence to the Member, and general deterrence to the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-The public and the teaching profession will take note of the response of the College in matters ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf-such as this. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Two Notices of Hearing dated December 21, 2012 (Exhibit 1) and December 20, 2012 (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-2) were served on Peter Jeffrey Floro (the “Member”), requesting his presence on January 17, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-2013 to set a date for a hearing and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Counsel for the College requested that the Notice of Hearing dated December 21, 2012 be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-withdrawn and asked that the Committee proceed with the Notice of Hearing dated December ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-20, 2012. The Committee subsequently allowed the Notice of Hearing dated December 21, 2012 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-to be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-The hearing was set for January 21, 2014. Although the Member was not in attendance, he was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-represented by Jennifer Micallef from Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated December 20, 2012 (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-2) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Peter Jeffrey Floro is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (e) he committed acts, that having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 3), which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 1. At all material times, Peter Jeffrey Floro (“the Member”) was a member of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Board (“the Board”) as a secondary school teacher. During the academic years 2008- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 2009 and 2009-2010, and the calendar year 2010, the Member taught at [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 3. Students No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 are three females who at the material time, were ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- students at [XXX], [XXX] in or around. Student No. 4 was at the material time a female ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- student at [XXX]. She [XXX] in or around ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 4. During [XXX] and [XXX], the Member engaged in inappropriate communications, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf: which included making comments of a sexual nature, with Students No. 1, No. 2, and No. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 3 (“the Students”). The communications included, but were not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (a) engaging in inappropriate electronic communications with the Students; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (b) commenting to Student No. 1 that she was his favourite student; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (c) telling Student No. 2 that she looked healthier and had larger breasts than ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- she had in the previous year; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (d) telling Student No. 2 to call him when she wanted a real man; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (e) counselling Student No. 2 on how to use drugs, specifically marijuana; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (f) discussing with Student No. 3 his earlier sexual experiences, and offering ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- sexual services to her; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (g) asking Student No. 3 what she thought about while masturbating, whether ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf: she was “shaved or trimmed”, and whether she watched pornography; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (h) telling Student No. 3 that he wanted to see her naked; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (i) inviting Student No. 3 to his home. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf: 5. In or around June 2010, at the Member’s home, physical contact of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- occurred between the Member and Student No. 4, including but not limited to kissing and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf: sexual touching. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 6. An extensive investigation of the allegations was undertaken by the Board. Attached ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Board’s February 6, 2012 letter to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Member which summarizes the findings of the Board’s investigation of the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-7. By this document, the Member does not contest the facts and exhibits referred to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-in paragraphs 1 to 6 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-8. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to above ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf:Member also acknowledges that the alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-9. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him/her; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Discipline Committee, and that the Committee can accept as correct the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- facts alleged against him for the purposes of the proceeding only; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- the right to require the College to prove the case against him/her and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-The Member acknowledged the Uncontested Facts in the Statement of Uncontested Facts and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 3) constituted behaviour that is professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-accepts the Member’s plea of no contest and the uncontested facts. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-The Committee accepts the Member’s admission to engaging in inappropriate electronic ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf:communication, including social media, and making comments of a sexual nature to all four ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf:students. The Committee also accepts his admission to inappropriate sexual contact with Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf:No.4, which included kissing and sexual touching. The Committee finds that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-actions, as outlined in Exhibit 3, constitute professional misconduct, more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf:the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of Student No. 4, of a nature as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Counsel for the College and counsel for the Member submitted a Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-(Exhibit 5) indicating the following: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter would be that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Committee: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 1. directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 2. directs that there be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- summary form in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. The parties have not agreed on whether or not the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Member’s name should be included and submissions will be made on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-PENALTY SUBMISSIONS RE: PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Submissions of Member’s counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that the Member’s name should not be published in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-College’s publication Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. Counsel stated that there ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-was no presumption in favour of publication with name and cited mitigating circumstances for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-the Committee to consider. Counsel noted that the Member has agreed to the publication of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-facts and penalty, thus sparing the students the burden of appearing and testifying. Furthermore, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Member’s counsel stressed that the events were quite dated and occurred over four years old. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Counsel submitted that the Member has moved on significantly with his life and that publication ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-with name could have a negative impact on his new career path. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf:Member’s counsel advised the Committee that the Member’s sexual contact with Student No. 4, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf:namely kissing and sexual touching, was not at the highest end of spectrum. In addition, this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf:sexual contact occurred after the student’s graduation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that both specific and general deterrence can be met without ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-the publication of the Member’s name. With respect to specific deterrence, Counsel argued that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-the Member has already gone through a criminal investigation and the termination of his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-employment, has agreed to the revocation of his certificate and will not be able to teach in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Counsel stated that revocation of the Member’s certificate is a very significant general deterrent, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-and that the publication of the findings without the Member’s name meets the need for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-transparency. Therefore, counsel for the Member submitted that the Member’s name should be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-anonymized in in the College’s publication Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Submissions of College counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf:With respect to the assertion of Member’s counsel that the sexual contact with Student No. 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-occurred after her graduation, counsel for the College argued that this issue does not detract from ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-the seriousness of the Member’s conduct and is still considered to be a severe breach. Further, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf:College counsel submitted that the definition of sexual abuse is not confined to contact but may ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf:also include comments of a sexual nature. Counsel noted that the Member made such comments ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-to each of the students while they were still attending the school. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the Member’s name should be published in the College’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-publication Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. To illustrate this position, counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-for the College offered two similar-fact cases for consideration by the Committee, Tariq Saeed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Khan v. Ontario College of Teachers and Thomas Gerard Nevins v. Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-Teachers. Both cases had an agreed statement of uncontested facts, a plea of no contest and a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-joint submission on penalty, but publication with name was also in dispute. In both cases, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf:inappropriate communication with students was an issue, as well as sexual touching and/or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-relationships. Ultimately, publication with name was deemed to be the appropriate penalty in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-both cases due to the need for transparency and to maintain the public trust. Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-College submitted that these two cases were good precedents in terms of reasons for publication. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 1. The Committee directs the Registrar to revoke immediately the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member, which certificate the Member is to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- immediately surrender to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 2. The findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member engaged in professional misconduct. He abused his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-position as a teacher by having inappropriate communications with four students, one of which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf:culminated in sexual contact. The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-5) and finds that revocation is the appropriate penalty for misconduct of this nature. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-The Committee considered the repercussions of publication with name on the Member’s new ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-career path, yet determined that this did not outweigh the necessity for transparency to maintain ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-the public trust. Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, along with the name of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-the Member, identifies to the profession the serious nature of the Member’s misconduct and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-consequences of such behaviour. Publication with name acts as a specific and general deterrent ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-and informs the profession that such conduct will not be tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and serves and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf-protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated July 30, 2012 was served on John Robert D. Gerwin (the “Member”), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-requesting his presence on August 9, 2012 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for May 30, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-The Member was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated July 30, 2012 (Exhibit 1) are ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that John Robert D. Gerwin is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-(b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf:(c) he abused a student sexually contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf: and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-(d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-(e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-(f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-Counsel for the College requested the withdrawal of allegation (c), namely subsection 1(7.3) of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Committee granted this request, and the allegation was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-subsequently withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), having determined that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-proposed penalty is proportional to the misconduct committed by the Member and appropriate in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-The Member engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a Student over an extended period of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-time, despite warnings from his colleagues and a request from the Student’s mother to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-discontinue this relationship. Even after the Student made inappropriate advances to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-Member, he continued to meet with the Student both in the school and outside of the School. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-The Member was in a position of trust with respect to the Student. It is a teacher’s duty to protect ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-young persons, who may be physically mature, but who still lack the emotional or intellectual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf:maturity to safeguard their own sexual integrity from being exploited by adults who have unique ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-access and potential influence over them by virtue of being in a position of trust and authority. A ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-teacher is a classic example of such a person. This was a serious breach of trust by the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-and requires a serious penalty. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-A six month teaching suspension was accepted by the Committee as being appropriate given the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-nature of the misconduct. Both parties agreed to this term. A suspension of this duration is a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-reasonable penalty, given the nature of the misconduct and serves as both a specific and general ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-deterrent. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-The suspension signals to the profession, as a general deterrent, that appropriate boundaries need ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-to be maintained at all times. The suspension recognizes the importance of conveying to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-members of the public that teachers are held to a very high standard in order to maintain the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-public trust. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf-In this case, a reprimand is required ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on February 4, 2014 at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated August 21, 2012, was served on Joseph René Gilles Gosselin (“the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Member”) requesting his attendance before the College’s Discipline Committee on September ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-17, 2012 to set a date for a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-The Member was not in attendance at the hearing nor was he represented by legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 2), dated August 21, 2012, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Joseph René Gilles Gosselin is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf: subsection 1(7.3), and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf: (n) described sexual scenarios to female colleagues and solicited their interest in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- same. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-As the Member was not in attendance at the hearing nor was he represented by legal counsel, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Committee proceeded on the assumption that he denied the allegations set out in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-NOTICE TO THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-After reading the Affidavit of Annie Lacroix (Exhibit 1), the Committee was satisfied that every ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-possible attempt was made to notify the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-The Member was informed of the discipline proceeding against him. According to the Affidavit, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-he received the Notice of Hearing on August 31, 2012 (Tab A, Exhibit 1). The College’s legal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-firm sent him an e-mail on November 13, 2013 informing him that the hearing had been ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-scheduled for February 4, 2014 (Tab K, Exhibit 1). On January 14, 2014, the Member advised ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-the law firm that he did not intend to attend the hearing (Tab R, Exhibit 1). The Committee found ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-that the Member had received adequate notice of the hearing date and of the allegations against ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-him and proceeded with the hearing in his absence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-EVIDENCE OF COUNSEL FOR THE COLLEGE ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Proof of Membership ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Counsel for the College produced two proofs of membership. At all material times, the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-was employed as a teacher under the jurisdiction of the Nova Scotia Department of Education, as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-stated in the letter dated May 30, 2011 in which the Nova Scotia Registrar conveyed her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Department’s decision to the College (Exhibit 13). The Member has also held an Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Counsel for the College stated that in view of the facts proven by the Registrar’s report and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-finding of guilt made against the Member in another jurisdiction, the Committee was urged to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-With respect to the Member, having examined the exhibits filed, and based on the evidence and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-the submissions made by Counsel for the College, the Discipline Committee finds that the facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-support a finding of professional misconduct and find Joseph René Gilles Gosselin guilty of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf:subsections 1(5) and 1(7 – sexual, verbal, psychological or emotional abuse – prior to May ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-2008), 1(7 – after 2008), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(11), 1(15), 1(18 – disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-unprofessional acts) and 1(19), as set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-The Committee also finds the Member guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-30(2) of the Act, pursuant to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 2, in that a finding of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-professional misconduct or a similar finding against the Member was made by the Nova Scotia ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Department of Education, based on facts that would constitute professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-defined in Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 1, in particular the aforementioned subsections. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-The decision by the Committee is based on section 2 of Ontario Regulation 437/97 made under ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-the Act, which reads as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- A finding of incompetence, professional misconduct or a similar finding against a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- member by a governing authority of the teaching profession in a jurisdiction other ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- than Ontario that is based on facts that would, in the opinion of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- Committee, constitute professional misconduct as defined in section 1, is defined ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- as professional misconduct for the purposes of subsection 30(2) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Finding of Facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Counsel for the College produced evidence showing that the Member’s teaching certificate was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-cancelled by the Nova Scotia Department of Education on the grounds of his unacceptable ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-conduct. Mr. Osborne’s final investigation report is particularly useful to the Committee because ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-it supports the College’s allegations. With the exception of clauses 5(b) and (g) in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Hearing (Exhibit 2), all of the particulars of the allegations in the Notice are present in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Registrar’s report. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-As stated in the Notice of Hearing, the final investigation report notes that the Member discussed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-with students his relationship with his wife, his relationships with other women and his sister’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf:abortion. He made sexual comments to his female colleagues in front of students and went out to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-dinner with a female student. Moreover, the Notice of Hearing and the Nova Scotia investigation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-report state that the teacher conducted experiments involving chemicals, and show that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Member invited several married female colleagues to go out with him, put his hand on the leg of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-female colleagues while meeting with them in his office, stared at the private area of a female ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-colleague during a meeting and rubbed up against a female colleague in the school hallway. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-In view of the close similarities between the College’s Notice of Hearing and the facts set out in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Mr. Osborne’s investigation report, the Committee finds it plausible that the alleged incidents ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-took place. The College has therefore met the burden of proof by relying on clear, cogent and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-convincing evidence and has achieved the standard of proof of the balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Finding of Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-In view of the findings, the Committee accepts the College’s premise that the Member is guilty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-In discussing his sister’s abortion and his own relationships with women in class or in front of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-students, the teacher failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf:His invitations to married female colleagues and his sexual comments were utterly inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-By making these unacceptable remarks, the Member abused his students and his colleagues ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf:verbally, emotionally and sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7 – ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-after 2008), 1(7.2) and 1(7.3). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-The Committee further notes that the Member disregarded his students’ well-being. He ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-conducted experiments with mercury in class and failed to ensure his students’ safety. His ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-conduct contravenes his duties under section 264 of the Education Act. The Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-comply with the Education Act or the regulations made thereunder, and failed to adequately ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-supervise persons under his professional supervision, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-subsections 1(11) and 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s touching of his female colleagues and his decision to go ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-out to dinner with a female student constitute acts that would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional and conduct unbecoming a Member, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-In its assessment of the Member’s conduct, the Committee agrees with the analysis provided by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Mr. Osborne in his final investigation report (Exhibit 10). He states that over three years, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-teacher adopted inappropriate behavioural patterns by jeopardizing the safety of his students, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf:sexually harassing his colleagues and crossing the boundaries that must be respected between a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-teacher and his students. The Committee therefore finds that the Member is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-misconduct and that his behaviour falls short of the expectations for the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY BY COUNSEL FOR THE COLLEGE ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the Committee ought to revoke the Member’s Certificate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-of Qualification and Registration, as did the Nova Scotia Department of Education. Referring to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-the aggravating factors in the case, Counsel for the College stated that the incidents took place ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf:over a three-year period, that they were sexual in nature and that the teacher has never exhibited ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-remorse. She also recommended publication of the Member’s name in the College’s official ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-publication, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession, arguing that its publication was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-necessary to maintain public trust. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-In support of the proposed penalty, Counsel for the College referred to two previous decisions by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf:the College’s Discipline Committee, Latour and Deans. Both cases involved a sexualized context ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-and the panel directed that the certificate of the teacher in question be revoked. Although Mr. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Deans’s name was not published, Counsel for the College noted that the panel hearing the matter ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-stated in its Reasons for Decision that it would have ordered the publication of his name if the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-Ontario Court of Justice had not issued a publication ban. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-PENALTY AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf-1. It directs the College Registrar to revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- Registration. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf-“Committee”) on July 3, 2014 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated June 11, 2013 (Exhibit 1) was served on Maria Gowans (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf-“Member”), requesting her presence on July 9, 2013 to set a date for a hearing and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for July 3, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf-The Member was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 11, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Maria Gowans is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- (b) she abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- (c) she abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf: (d) she abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated December 18, 2013 (Exhibit 1) was served on Louis William ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-Jefferson (the “Member”), requesting his presence on January 13, 2014 to set a date for a hearing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-and specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for May 15, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-The Member was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated December 18, 2013 (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Louis William Jefferson is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- (h) he has been found to have committee professional misconduct by the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- Commissioner for Teacher Regulation in British Columbia based on facts that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- would constitute professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- section 2. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-4. In the period of time between July and August 2010, Mr. Jefferson was teaching a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-summer school course in [XXX] at the School. One of his students was a [XXX] year old female ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-student (“Student No. 1”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-5. During the course of teaching Student No. 1, the Member engaged in private e-mail ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-communications with her. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-6. In late August 2010, the Member drove Student No. 1 to an area near the [XXX] in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-[XXX], British Columbia to go [XXX]. While [XXX], the Member hugged Student No. 1, kissed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-her on the lips, and lay on the ground on top of her. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf:7. On October 8, 2010, the Member was charged with sexual exploitation contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-section 153 of the Criminal Code of Canada, which resulted from the facts set out in Paragraph 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-above. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-8. On November 1, 2010, the District made a report to the British Columbia College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf:Teachers regarding the Member, advising that he had been charged with sexual exploitation, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. The Member was suspended without pay, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-pending disposition of the criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-9. On October 4, 2012, the Member pleaded guilty to the lesser and included criminal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-charge of assaulting Student No. 1. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-transcript of the proceedings for the guilty plea. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-10. On October 9, 2012, the Member was sentenced in the Provincial Court of British ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-Columbia at Richmond, B.C. to one (1) day in jail, plus 18 months of probation. Included in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-terms of probation were the conditions that the Member have no contact directly or indirectly ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-with Student No. 1, and that he pay $2500 restitution to assist Student No. 1 with counselling ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-16. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-professional misconduct. The Member admits the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/9, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19), and that he has been found to have committed professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-misconduct by the Commissioner for Teacher Regulation in British Columbia based on facts that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-would constitute professional misconduct as defined in Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf:also admits that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student(s) of a nature defined in Sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-17. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set out ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-(c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to require ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-(d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline Committee, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, including reference to his name, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- may be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-(e) he understands that any agreement between his counsel and counsel for the College with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- respect to the penalty does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-(f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-18. In light of the admitted facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Louis William Jefferson committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19), and that he has been found to have ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-committed professional misconduct by the Commissioner for Teacher Regulation in British ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-Columbia based on facts that would constitute professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf:Regulation 437/97, section 2. The Committee also finds that the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-abuse of a student(s) of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-Through the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3), the Member admits the truth ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 14 above (the “Admitted Facts”), and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-Member admits the allegations of professional misconduct against him and pleaded guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him. The Committee accepts the Member’s guilty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-plea and the Admitted Facts outlined in the agreement tendered by the parties. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct with one of his students, and subsequent ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-conviction of assault of the Student and the sentence imposed amount to professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-misconduct. In addition, as a result of a Consent Resolution Agreement, the Member has been ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-found to have committed professional misconduct by the Commissioner for Teacher Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf-in British Columbia based on facts that would constitute professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 52 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf-(c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf-(d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf-1. Kirk Devon Johns (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf-Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf-3. At all material times, Student A was a male [XXX] student and Student B was a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf-male [XXX] student in the Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf-4. On or about November 15, 2006, the Member used physical force to direct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf-Student A and/or dragged Student A across the floor. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf-5. On or about January 30, 2007, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- (a) used physical force to direct Student B toward a table and to sit in a chair; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- (b) lifted Student B under his arms and pulled him backwards towards the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- table and/or chair. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated April 17, 2014 are as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Steve Richard Kilby is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-(the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-1. Steve Richard Kilby is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Simcoe County District ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”), where he taught Grades ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-[XXX] and [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-3. During the 2007-2008 academic year, the Member was the Grade [XXX] teacher ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-of a female student (“the Student”) at the School. During the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-academic years, the Student was a member of [XXX] by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-4. In June 2012, when the Student was [XXX] years old and had completed Grade ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-[XXX], the Member became the Student’s [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-5. For one week in July 2012, the Member allowed the Student to live in his home. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf:6. During July and August 2012, the Member engaged in a personal and sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-relationship with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf:7. On August 28, 2013, the Member was found guilty of sexual interference, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-contrary to section 151(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-8. The Member was sentenced to 54 days incarceration plus three (3) years of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-probation with terms, including a term that prohibits the Member from working with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-and/or volunteering in a capacity that involves being in a position of trust or authority ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-towards persons under the age of 18. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-A non-publication order (Exhibit 4, Tab A) was issued under subsection 486.4 of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada), in the proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) confirms that on or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf:about August 28, 2013, the Member was found guilty of sexual interference, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-section 151(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. On August 28, 2013, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-sentenced to 54 days incarceration plus three (3) years of probation with terms, including ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-a term that prohibits the Member from working with and/or volunteering in a capacity ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-that involves being in a position of trust or authority towards persons under the age of 18. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-The Member was also fined $750.00. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-College Counsel submitted the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) in support of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-allegations in the Notice of Hearing. The Member was represented by counsel in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-College Counsel advised the Committee that they could rely on the court documents, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-which included the criminal conviction, as proof that the offence had been committed and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-there was no evidence to the contrary. Further the Member has not appealed the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-conviction or the sentence. College Counsel stated that the Member’s behaviour as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-detailed in the record of the criminal proceedings and the resultant criminal conviction ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-provided a sufficient basis to justify a finding of professional misconduct under all the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-by College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Steve Richard Kilby committed acts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf:Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-Given the information provided in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4), the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf:Committee accepts as fact that on August 28, 2013, the Member was convicted of sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-interference and was sentenced to 54 days incarceration plus three (3) years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-The Member has not appealed the criminal conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee allow the Committee to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an offence was committed by a person, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that there is ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-no evidence to the contrary and the Member has not appealed the conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and subsequent criminal conviction for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf:sexual interference constitute acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf:1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member abused his position of trust and authority and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-took advantage of a vulnerable student and took her into his own home. Counsel stated ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-that the Member lied to the Student’s mother when being confronted about the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-relationship. Counsel stated that the Member assured the mother that he was “only there ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-to help the daughter.” Notwithstanding this confrontation with the Student’s mother, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-Member continued the inappropriate relationship with the Student. Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-that the student was put in the Member’s care by her family and the Children’s Aid ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-Society due in part to the Member being in a position of trust, having been the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf:teacher and [XXX]. The Member abused this position of trust to advance a sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-relationship and take advantage of her. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member’s actions have brought the profession into ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-disrepute and in these circumstances, the only appropriate penalty is to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member and to publish his name in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-the summary of the Committee’s findings in the College’s official magazine, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 1. The Committee directs the Registrar to revoke the Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 2. The findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-The Member abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as a teacher to take ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf:advantage of and engage in sexual abuse of a student. He pleaded guilty to the charge of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf:sexual interference, contrary to subsection 151(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-Committee agrees with Justice Harpur in his Reasons for Sentencing (Exhibit 4, Tab E, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-page 2, lines 1 to 6), who stated, “as an educator and as an example for young people, as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-well as an intelligent man with a family, Mr. Kilby, perhaps more than most, should have ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-been alive to the perils of involving [the Student] in a relationship which was well ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-beyond her depth at the age of [XXX]”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-The Member’s behaviour has brought the profession into disrepute and was in conflict ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-with the duty of a teacher to protect students. The Member, as a result of his conduct, has ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and being a member of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-teaching profession. This egregious misconduct requires that the Member receive the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-maximum penalty, revocation of his certificate of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-Member, identifies to the profession the nature of the Member’s misconduct and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-consequences for such behaviour. Publication, in this case, acts as a general deterrent ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf-and informs the profession that such behaviour will not be tolerated and will result in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated November 4, 2010 was served on Polly Anne Legros-Stewart (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-“Member”), requesting her presence on November 16, 2010 to set a date for a hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for November 13, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-The Member was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated November 4, 2010 (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Polly Anne Legros-Stewart is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40 (1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf:(b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-(c) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-(d) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-(e) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf:(f) she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-At the hearing on November 13, 2014, College counsel requested that the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-professional misconduct outlined in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) (e) and (f) of the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf-(Exhibit 1) be withdrawn. College counsel stated that the allegations contained in paragraphs 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf-5. From time to time, the Member took photographs of students to be used for a graduation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf-slide show. During the 2009-2010 academic year, the Member photographed Student No. 1 and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf-other students after they had stated that they did not want their photographs to be taken. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf-6. Between January 2009 and February 2010, the Member used a computer belonging to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf-Board (“the Board computer”) to access dating sites, and other sites. As a result of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf:Member’s personal use of the Board computer, pornographic images were present on the Board ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf-computer. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf-7. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf-paragraphs 1 to 6 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf-8. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts referred to above constitute ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf-conduct which is professional misconduct and admits the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf-against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf-1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf-9. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- (d) used the word “retard” during class; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- (e) used a water gun to shoot at students until their clothes were soaked; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- (f) watched “You Tube” during class time; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- (g) shopped online during class time; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- (h) told the students, “I’m sick, I’m going to die.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf-5. On or about April 8, 2009, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- (a) pushed the head of the Student into the water fountain at the School while ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- she was getting a drink; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- (b) caused the Student to chip a tooth; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- (c) laughed after she pushed the Student’s head into the water fountain. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf-6. The Member resigned her employment with the Board on or about December 6, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf-2010. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf-Notice of Hearing #3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the third Notice of Hearing dated October 25, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf-2012 (Exhibit 3) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Samantha Jane Biggs is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf-defined in subsection 30(2) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf:(b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) – prior to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- May 2008. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf-(c) she abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- subsection 1(7) – after May 2008; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf-(d) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- 437/97, 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf-Counsel for the College brought a motion to seek leave from the Committee to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf-allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing dated January 22, 2013, with the support of Counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf-for the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf-The Member, Normand Lucien Lapointe, was in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf-The allegations against Normand Lucien Lapointe in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf-January 22, 2013 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Normand Lucien Lapointe is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the College was seeking to withdraw the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf-Hearing in exchange for an undertaking signed by the Member. College Counsel stated that this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf-was a difficult case. The focus of the Committee should be the public interest, which would be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-(b) he abused a student physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-(c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf:(d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-(e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-(f) he contravened a law the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-(g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-(h) he committed acts, that having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-(i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-1. At all material times, Dale Vincent Gerald Maheux (the “Member”) was a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Lambton District School ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-Board (the “Board”) as a teacher in Sarnia, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-3. At all material times, Person A was a [XXX] year old female person. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-4. From September 2008 and including November 2012, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- (a) had inappropriate physical contact with Person A on more than one ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- occasion; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf: (b) had sexual contact with Person A on more than one occasion. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-5. On or about April 29, 2013, the Member was found guilty of the following charge ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-(a) between the 1st day of January in the year 2008 and the 17th day of November ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- in the year 2012 at the City of Windsor in the Southwest Region did, being a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- person who was in a position of trust and authority towards a young person, with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf: a part of his body for a sexual purpose touch that young person, namely Person A ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- contrary to subsection 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-6. On or about April 29, 2013, the Member was sentenced to three (3) years ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-imprisonment. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-7. The Member has not appealed the conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-A non-publication order (Exhibit 4, Tab A) was issued under subsection 486.4 of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada), in the proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-Committee is therefore required to uphold this publication ban imposed in the matter of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-Her Majesty The Queen v. Dale Vincent Maheux by the Ontario Court of Justice. There ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-shall be no publication of any information that might tend to identify the victim or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-witnesses involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-As the Member was not present or represented by counsel, the Committee proceeded on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the following additional documents: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-Registered Member Information (Exhibit 3); and Brief of Court Documents - Her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-Majesty The Queen v. Dale Vincent Maheux (Exhibit 4). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-The Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) with respect to the criminal proceedings ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-contained the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-TAB DOCUMENT PAGE No. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-A. Warning and Certified Copy of Information dated 21 Nov 2012 1-6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-B. Certified Copy of Prohibition Order Imposed at Sentencing dated 29 1-2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- April 2013 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- Certified Copy of Prohibition Order dated 29 April 2013 1 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-C. Transcript of Proceedings at Guilty Plea (and Sentencing) before Mr. 1-49 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- Justice G. DeMarco at Windsor dated 29 April 2013 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) confirmed that on or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-between the 1st day of January in the year 2008 and the 17th day of November in the year ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-2012 at the City of Windsor in the Southwest Region did, being a person who was in a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-position of trust and authority towards a young person, with a part of his body for a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf:sexual purpose touch that young person, namely Person A contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-The Committee accepts as fact, as detailed in the Brief of Court Documents contained ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf:within Exhibit 4, that on April 29, 2013 the Member was convicted of sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-and on April 29, 2013 was sentenced to three years imprisonment. The Member has not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-appealed the criminal conviction and sentence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-been granted. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf:The Member sexually assaulted a [XXX] year old female person, for which he was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-criminally convicted and sentenced to three (3) years imprisonment. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and attendant criminal conviction for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf:sexual exploitation of the victim constitute acts of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1),1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-College Counsel clarified that the Member’s certificate was revoked on December 11, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-2013 by a panel of the Discipline Committee and provided a copy of the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-prior decision. College Counsel submitted that even though the Member had been ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-revoked, the behaviour occurred while he was a member and is therefore subject to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-jurisdiction of the Discipline Committee, pursuant to subsection 14(5) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-Counsel therefore submitted that the only remedy available to the Committee was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-publication of the findings with the Member’s name, to make his behaviour fully ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-transparent. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College Professionally ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf:The Member, over a four year period, sexually assaulted a [XXX] year-old female ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-person, conduct for which he was subsequently convicted criminally and sentenced to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-prison for three (3) years. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-The Committee concurs with the submissions of College Counsel that in spite of the fact ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-that the Member’s certificate was already revoked, which is the most severe penalty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-available to be imposed by a panel of the Discipline Committee, that the Committee still ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-had an obligation and a right to make public the ongoing misconduct of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-The conduct of the Member towards a young person sinks to the level of abhorrence and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf:was fundamentally reprehensible – in fact it was vile. Having been convicted of sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf:assault and sexual exploitation of another young person, the Member, while waiting for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf:the imposition of a sentence in that matter, repeated the sexual interference with another ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-young person. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-The Committee determined that had the Member not already been revoked, revocation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-would have been the result. The Committee, pursuant to subsection 33(6.6) of the Act, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-would also have imposed a lengthy period of time before which the Member could apply ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-for reinstatement. The Committee is convinced of the unlikelihood of any possible ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-reinstatement. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-Publication of the findings with the Member’s name serves to advise the profession and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf:the public that sexual misconduct will result in the severest penalty available and certain ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-public denunciation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the finding and the publication order protect the public ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-interest and uphold the standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf-Dated: May 8, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- Stefanie Achkewich, OCT ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- Mel Greif ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- Ruth Ann Penny ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-1. Dennis Alan McDermott (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Peel District School ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Board as a teacher at [XXX] School in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-3. At all material times, the Student (the “Student”) was a [XXX] year old former ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-female student of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-4. In or about July 2012, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- (a) had an inappropriate personal relationship with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf: (b) engaged in sexual touching with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf: (c) had a sexual relationship with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-5. On or about April 16, 2013, the Member was found guilty of the following ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-charge, in that he: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- (a) on or about the 17th day of July in the year 2012 at the Township of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- [XXX] in the Regional Municipality of [XXX] did, being a person who ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- was in a position of trust and authority towards a young person, with a part ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf: of his body, for a sexual purpose, directly touch the body of that young ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- person, namely the Student, contrary to Section 153, subsection (1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-6. On or about April 16, 2013, the Member was sentenced to thirty (30) days ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-imprisonment and twelve (12) months probation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-7. The Member has not appealed the conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-A non-publication order (Exhibit 4, Tab A) was issued under subsection 486.4(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada), in the proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Committee is therefore required to uphold this publication ban imposed in the matter of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Her Majesty the Queen v. Dennis McDermott in the Ontario Court of Justice. There shall ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-be no publication of any information that might tend to identify the victim involved in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-this matter. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-As the Member was not present or represented by counsel, the Committee proceeded on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for Dennis ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Alan McDermott (Exhibit 3), which indicates that the Member was registered with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-College during the period of the alleged events. Counsel for the College also provided the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Committee with a Brief of Court Documents: Her Majesty The Queen v. Dennis ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-McDermott (Exhibit 4) which contained the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-TAB DOCUMENT PAGE No. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-A. Warning and Certified Copy of Information dated 18 July 2012 1-3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-B. Certified Copy of Probation Order dated 16 Apr 2013 1-2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-C. Certified Copy of Prohibition Order dated 16 Apr 2013 1-2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-D. Transcript of Plea Proceedings Justice P. Tetley at Newmarket dated 16 1-12 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- April 2013 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-E. Transcript of the Reasons for Judgment before Justice P. Tetley at 1-6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- Newmarket dated 16 April 2013 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) confirms that on or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-about July 17, 2012, the Member, a person who was in a position of trust and authority ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf:towards a young person, did, with a part of his body, for a sexual purpose, directly touch ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-the body of that young person, namely the Student, contrary to Section 153, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-(1.1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). On April 16, 2013, the Member was sentenced to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-thirty (30) days imprisonment and twelve (12) months probation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-College Counsel submitted the Brief of Court documents (Exhibit 4) in support of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-allegations in the Notice of Hearing. The Member was represented by counsel in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-College Counsel made submissions that the Member’s conduct was egregious and a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-breach of his position of trust and authority. College Counsel stated that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-behaviour as detailed in the record of the criminal proceedings and the resultant criminal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-conviction provided a sufficient basis to justify a finding of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-under all the heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-by College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Dennis Alan McDermott committed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Given the information provided in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4), the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf:Committee accepts as fact that on April 16, 2013, the Member was convicted of sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-exploitation and was sentenced to thirty days imprisonment and twelve months probation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-The Member has not appealed the criminal conviction and sentence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee allow the Committee to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an offence was committed by a person, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that there is ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has been granted. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and subsequent criminal conviction for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf:sexual exploitation constitute acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member abused his position of trust and authority and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-took advantage of one of his vulnerable students. Counsel stated that the Member used ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf:the power imbalance between himself and the student to advance a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-and take advantage of her. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the only appropriate penalty is to revoke the Certificate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-of Qualification and Registration of the Member and to publish his name in the summary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-of the Committee’s findings in the College’s official magazine, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 1. The Committee directs the Registrar to revoke the Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 2. The findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-The Member abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as a teacher to take ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf:advantage of and engage in sexual abuse of a student. He pleaded guilty to the charge, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf:that being in a position of trust or authority towards a young person, did for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-purpose touch the young person with a part of his body, contrary to subsection 153, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-subsection (1.1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. The Committee agrees with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Honourable Justice P. Tetley in his Reasons for Judgment (Exhibit 4, Tab E, page 4), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-who stated that, “while the incident in question occurred after the student/teacher ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-relationship had expired and the complainant in the matter had graduated, those facts do ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-little to diminish the seriousness of the offence.” The Member’s objectionable behaviour ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-has brought the profession into disrepute. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-The conduct of the Member was unacceptable and in conflict with the duty of a teacher to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-protect students. The Member, as a result of his conduct, has forfeited the privilege of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-holding a teaching certificate and being a member of the teaching profession. This ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-egregious misconduct requires that the Member receive the maximum penalty, revocation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-of his certificate of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary, along with the name ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf-of the Member, identifies to the profession the nature of the Member’s misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated July 23, 2013 was served on Ashley Marie Kernohan (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf-“Member”), requesting her presence on August 20, 2013 to set a date for a hearing. The hearing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf-was subsequently set for November 18, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf-The Member was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated July 23, 2013 (Exhibit 1) are ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Ashley Marie Kernohan is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf-“Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- (b) she abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- (c) she abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf: (d) she abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- (f) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- (g) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated December 12, 2012, was served on Joseph Mpitabakana (“the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Member”) requesting his attendance before the College’s Discipline Committee on March 25, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-2013 to set a date for a hearing. The hearing was subsequently set for March 24 and 25, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-The hearing commenced and ended on March 24, 2014. The Member was not in attendance at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-the hearing nor was he represented by legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing, dated December 12, 2012 (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-1), are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Joseph Mpitabakana is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf: subsection 1(7.3), or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- (g) was in the whirlpool bath with Child No. 1 and allegedly sat very close to her; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- (h) had an erection ... when getting out of the pool or whirlpool bath; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- (i) was with Child No. 1 in a shower room with the door closed; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- (j) approached Child No. 1, while she was on her way home, to question her about ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- the police investigation, in spite of orders not to have any contact with her. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Because the Member was not in attendance at the hearing nor was he represented by legal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-counsel, the Committee proceeded on the assumption that he denied the allegations set out in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-SUMMARY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:This matter concerns allegations of sexual misconduct. During the 2010-2011 school year, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Member allegedly established an inappropriate relationship with an [XXX]-year-old female ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:student (“Child No. 1”), in particular, by sexually abusing her. The Committee’s task is to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-determine whether the Member did in fact commit these alleged acts and whether they constitute ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-NOTICE TO THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-After reading the Affidavit of Annie Lacroix (Exhibit 2), the Committee is satisfied that every ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-possible attempt was made to notify the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-According to the Affidavit, during the period from January 2013 to March 2014, the College’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-legal firm made several attempts to contact the Member concerning the hearing. The Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-responded to the firm’s communications on three occasions—June 1, 2013; June 27, 2013; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-July 28, 2013—but failed to reply to its emails concerning the hearing dates. None of the firm’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-emails or documents was returned to it. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-The Committee found that the College had made every effort to contact the Member and that he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-had received adequate notice of the hearing date and the discipline proceedings being brought ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-against him, and proceeded with the hearing in his absence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-EVIDENCE OF THE COLLEGE ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Proof of Membership ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Counsel for the College produced the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-(Exhibit 3), which certifies that the Member was a member of the College at all times relevant to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Witnesses ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Counsel for the College called four witnesses at the hearing: Jennifer Trepanier, Jordan ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Buencamino, Greg Carpenay and Maya Bhatti. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Testimony of Jennifer Trepanier ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Jennifer Trepanier (“Ms. Trepanier”) is a lawyer who works in the field of human rights and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-education. In her 15 years of experience in the law, she has conducted numerous interviews, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:especially as part of investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Ms. Trepanier testified that in 2011, she was in charge of professional relations for the Conseil ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-scolaire des écoles catholiques du Centre-Sud. While working for the Board, she led an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-investigation into the Member’s conduct. The teacher had been accused of inappropriate conduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-saying that he had eaten at their home. Because the parents had withdrawn the children from the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-school, he became involved with the family so the children could return to the school. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-The Member belonged to the Extreme Fitness Club, and so he suggested to the parents that he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-take Child No. 1’s two brothers swimming there on Friday evening. He also took along their ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-daughter because the mother wanted Child No. 1 to watch her brothers. Before leaving for the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-pool, the Member talked to the mother about what the children liked to eat and, with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-mother’s permission, he took the children back to his house for pizza after swimming. When ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-they got back to Child No. 1’s house, the teacher asked the mother if they had come back too ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-late. The mother said they had come back too late. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:Ms. Trepanier said that during his interview, the Member denied the allegation of sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-misconduct against him, saying that the lifeguard at the pool had made up the story and had ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:projected his own sexual fantasy onto him. The Member also wondered why the lifeguard had ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-not told him that his conduct was troubling, and said that if his intentions had been bad, he would ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-not have chosen a public place [to follow through on them]. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-The Member told Ms. Trepanier that he took some time to show Child No. 1 and her brothers ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-how to swim, especially in the deep end for Child No. 1. He showed her more advanced ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-swimming techniques, and Child No. 1 said to him, “Don’t let go of me.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-During his interview, the Member admitted that he had gone into the family shower room to join ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Child No. 1. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-During her testimony, Ms. Trepanier said that the Member admitted being in contact with Child ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-No. 1, in spite of the letter prohibiting it which he had received at the beginning of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-investigation (Exhibit 4). He said that he had tried to contact Child No. 1’s family by telephone ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-and that he had spoken to Child No. 1 when she was getting off the bus to go home. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:Ms. Trepanier said that the Member denied any sexual misconduct but admitted being at the pool ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-with the children and that they went to his home. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Testimony of Jordan Buencamino ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Testifying in English, Jordan Buencamino (“Mr. Buencamino”) said that in February 2011, he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-had been a lifeguard at the Extreme Fitness pool for four years. For this position, Mr. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Buencamino had received training in pool supervision, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, drowning ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-prevention and first aid. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-At the time, the Member belonged to Extreme Fitness, where he went swimming. Mr. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Buencamino testified that he had no dispute with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Mr. Buencamino related two incidents which occurred on February 4 and February 11, 2011. On ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-these two occasions, he observed conduct which made him uneasy. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-On the evening of February 4, the Member arrived with three children, two boys and a girl ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-(Child No. 1). Initially, he thought he was watching a family having fun in the water, until he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-observed the Member lifting Child No. 1 out of the water and making noises and grunts which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:made him suspect sexual misconduct although he was not certain. Mr. Buencamino admitted that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:he had not been trained in identifying sexual misconduct but he found the Member’s actions ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-bizarre and inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Mr. Buencamino testified that he was the only employee at the fitness club who observed the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Member’s behaviour on the evening of February 4. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-On the evening of February 4, the Member asked Mr. Buencamino to supervise the two boys ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-while he went into the whirlpool bath with Child No. 1. The Member invited the two boys to join ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-them in the whirlpool bath, but they did not go. When Mr. Buencamino told them that their ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-father was calling them, one of the boys answered that the Member was their teacher, not their ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-father. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-On the evening of February 11, Mr. Buencamino saw the Member arrive at the pool with two ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-children, a boy and Child No. 1. Mr. Buencamino and a co-worker observed the same behaviour ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-as on February 4 and asked the receptionist to come and observe the interactions between the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Member and Child No. 1 in the pool. All three employees found the Member’s actions bizarre ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-and inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-At 9 p.m., most clients were leaving the pool. The children got out to take their showers while ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-the Member stayed in the pool. When the Member got out of the pool, Mr. Buencamino and his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-co-worker observed that he had an erection which he was trying to cover up. Unsure how to deal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-with the situation, Mr. Buencamino and his co-workers decided to call the police. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-questions. Ms. Bhatti insisted that the girl come out of the shower room, but the Member refused ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-to let her leave. During the confrontation, the police officers arrived and took charge of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-situation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-SUBMISSIONS BY THE COLLEGE ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the Member was guilty of professional misconduct, as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-alleged in the Notice of Hearing. Counsel contended that the testimony supported the allegation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:that the Member behaved sexually inappropriately towards a student from his school while they ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-were in a pool. According to Ms. Trepanier’s testimony, Child No. 1 recounted that she had gone ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-to the pool with the Member and had wrapped her legs around his waist, and that this contact had ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-made her uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Concerning Mr. Buencamino’s testimony, Counsel for the College submitted that the lifeguard ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:was certain that sexually inappropriate contact involving the Member and Child No. 1 had taken ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-place in the pool. This witness clearly described the physical contact, testifying that the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:had rubbed against Child No.1 with sexual intention. When the video clip of the pool (Exhibit 7) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-was screened, Mr. Buencamino confirmed that the images on the screen showed what he had ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:seen in February 2011. Mr. Carpenay stated that he too had observed sexually inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-contact between the Member and Child No. 1 when the swimming instructor was working at the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-pool on February 11. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Counsel for the College stated that both Mr. Buencamino and Mr. Carpenay testified that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Member was in a whirlpool bath with Child No. 1 and that on one occasion, he had an erection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-when he came out of the pool. Concerning the allegation that the Member was in a shower room ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-The Committee finds, however, that the testimony, the relevant evidence and the submissions by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Counsel fail to prove that the Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-1(7.1), 1(7.2) and 1(7.3), as set out in the Notice of Hearing; that is, that he abused a student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:physically, psychologically or emotionally, or sexually. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Because the Member was not in attendance at the hearing nor was he represented by legal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-counsel, the Committee proceeded on the assumption that he denied the allegations set out in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Notice of Hearing. In the Committee’s opinion, during the hearing it did not hear convincing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:evidence in support of the allegation of sexual misconduct against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:In fact, the testimony and exhibits produced do not support the case for sexual abuse put forward ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-by Counsel for the College. The first testimony heard by the Committee is Ms. Trepanier’s. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Because she was testifying concerning her interviews with the Member and with Child No. 1, her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-testimony recounted the particulars of events she had not observed [herself]; it was based on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-information from third parties. In other words, her testimony is based solely on hearsay. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-The Committee must determine the admissibility of hearsay. To carry out this assessment, it ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-must ensure that the information heard is satisfactory and that it meets the thresholds of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-reasonable necessity and reliability. The submission must also confirm these concepts. In the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Committee’s opinion, it must take care not to admit hearsay evidence in a disciplinary hearing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-when it is impossible for a party to cross-examine the person who has made the observation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Exceptions to this prohibition do exist, however. Even if it admits this evidence, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-may find that it would be unwise to assign it much importance. Moreover, when an allegation of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-misconduct is associated with an incident, it is often prejudicial to admit hearsay. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-All in all, the Committee did not hear elements proving the necessity for and reliability of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:hearsay evidence in this matter and therefore cannot find that sexual misconduct took place, in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-particular based on Ms. Trepanier’s testimony and also based on the evidence as a whole. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-As for the other testimony, the Committee is concerned by the evidence produced, because it ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-does not contain enough elements to confirm the concept of physical, psychological or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:emotional, or sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-According to paragraph 3(f) in the Notice of Hearing, the Member held Child No. 1 in such a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-way that her backside was in contact with his crotch while he made up-and-down movements ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-and grunting noises. Mr. Buencamino and Mr. Carpenay both testified that the Member held ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Child No. 1 and made up-and-down movements while uttering sounds or grunts. Although both ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-lifeguards stated that Child No. 1 had her legs around the Member’s hips, none of their evidence ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-indicates that the girl came in contact with the Member’s crotch. The Committee therefore finds ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-that the evidence produced at the hearing does not support this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-As for the allegation in paragraph 3(h) to the effect that the Member had an erection when he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-came out of the pool or whirlpool bath, Mr. Buencamino and Mr. Carpenay both testified that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Member came out of the pool at the end of the evening when the children had already got out to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-shower. There is no evidence to indicate that the teacher displayed his erection to the children. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Although the Member was in a less than ideal situation, the Committee is not convinced that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Member’s condition in and of itself constitutes professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:Thus the testimony heard at the hearing does not support the case for sexual abuse, as defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-subsection 1.1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (“Act”), which reads as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf: “sexual abuse” of a student by a member means, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf: (a) sexual intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations between the member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- and the student, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf: (b) touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member, or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf: (c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-The two lifeguards, Mr. Buencamino and Mr. Carpenay, concluded that the Member’s conduct in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:the pool was sexual, although Mr. Buencamino testified that he had not received training in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:identifying sexual misconduct. The Committee notes that their definition of sexual misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-does not tally with the one set out in the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-The Committee also found that the quality of the video clip produced during Mr. Buencamino’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-testimony was such that it was difficult to watch and make sense of. The purpose of the video ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-clip was to support the testimony but it did not add any information of significance because it is ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-impossible to clearly identify the Member and Child No. 1 in the video. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-As for the allegations in paragraphs 3(b) and 3(i), the Committee finds that they are ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-unsubstantiated. Ms. Trepanier was the only witness who stated that the Member took Child No. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-1 and her brothers to his home and that he approached Child No. 1 in spite of instructions to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-refrain from contact with her. Ms. Trepanier’s statements constitute hearsay and, as explained ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-above, the Committee dismissed this evidence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-There is no evidence in support of allegation 3(e), which states that the Member kissed Child No. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-1 on several occasions in the pool. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-The evidence heard by the Committee does, however, support inappropriate conduct on the part ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-of the teacher. The evidence produced by Mr. Buencamino demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-brought Child No. 1 and her two brothers to the pool at Extreme Fitness on at least two ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-occasions, as alleged in paragraph 3(c) of the Notice of Hearing. By socializing with the children ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-away from the school, the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 (the Regulation). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Furthermore, the testimony of Mr. Buencamino and his co-worker, Mr. Carpenay, prompt the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Committee to find that the Member held Child No. 1 while making up-and-down movements and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-grunting noises, and that he held the hips and back of Child No. 1 in order to teach her how to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-swim, as alleged in paragraphs 3(d) and 3(f) of the Notice of Hearing. Although the Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-is unable to find, based on the evidence produced by the witnesses, that the Member’s intentions ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:were sexual, his actions in the pool constitute inappropriate physical contact between a teacher ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-and a student. Accordingly, the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-subsection 1(19) of the Regulation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Both Mr. Buencamino and Mr. Carpenay testified concerning an incident in which the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-was in the whirlpool bath with Child No. 1, as alleged in paragraph 3(g) of the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Hearing. Furthermore, the evidence produced by Mr. Buencamino and Ms. Bhatti shows that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf-Member was with Child No. 1 in a shower room with the door closed, as alleged in paragraph ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf:3(i) of the Notice of Hearing. There is no evidence that the Member engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf-The Member, Leo Oja was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 79 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf-The allegations against Leo Oja in the Notice of Hearing, dated May 30, 2013 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Leo Oja is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf-30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- (b) he abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- (c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the College was seeking to withdraw the Notice of Hearing in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf-exchange for an undertaking signed by the Member. Counsel for the College advised that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf-matter would be strongly contested if it were to proceed to a full hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf-Upon the consent of the parties, the Committee authorizes the College to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against Leo Oja set out in the Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-This matter was scheduled for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-“Committee”) on December 17, 2013 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-The Member was not in attendance at the hearing, nor represented by legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated August 1, 2013 was served on James Allan Biss, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-Teachers on September 13, 2013 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for December 17, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-The allegations against James Allan Biss (the “Member”) in the Notice of Hearing are as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that James Allan Biss is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-2. In the academic years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, the Member was employed by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-the Peel District School Board as a secondary school teacher. In the summer of 2010, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-Member was also employed by the Toronto Catholic District School Board. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-3. At the material time, Student “A”, a [XXX] year-old female, was a student at the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-school where the Member taught. In or around February 2010, Student “A” and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-Member began to correspond electronically, and developed an inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-relationship. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-4. In the year 2010, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-(a) engaged in an exchange of personal e-mail with Student “A”; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-(b) took Student “A” to a shopping mall in Toronto and bought her a dress and shoes; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf:(c) exchanged text messages with Student “A”, including messages of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- nature; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-(d) allowed Student “A” to stay in his hotel room in [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf:(e) engaged in a sexual relationship with Student “A”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-5. In or around October 2010, the Member was diagnosed with Bipolar II Disorder. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of a letter by psychiatrist Dr. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-Domenic Dimanno, dated November 5, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-6. On or around February 24, 2011, the Member was arrested by the Peel Regional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf:Police and charged with sexual exploitation and sexual assault, with respect to this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-relationship with Student “A”. The criminal trial of this matter proceeded on June 6, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-2012, at which time the Member entered a guilty plea, with respect to the charge of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf:sexual exploitation. The sexual assault charge was withdrawn by the Crown. On ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-September 27, 2012, the Member was sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment and three ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-years’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-7. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1-6 above (the “Admitted ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-8. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-which is professional misconduct and admits the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-9. The Member denies that he breached subsections 1(7.2) and 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf:Regulation 437/97. Further, the Member denies that he engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-10. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-(c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-(d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, including ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-reference to his name, may be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-(e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the College with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-(f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-11. In light of the admitted facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-by College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that James Allan Biss committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf:the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-The Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-above (the “Admitted Facts”). He acknowledged that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-professional misconduct and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and the facts in the Agreed Statement ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-of Facts, and Guilty Plea. The conduct of the Member with a student included engaging ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-in an exchange of personal e-mail with the student, taking the student shopping and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-purchasing a dress and shoes for her, exchanging text messages with the student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf:including messages of a sexual nature, allowing the student to stay in his hotel room in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf:[XXX] and finally engaging in a sexual relationship with the student. The member was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-found criminally responsible for his conduct and incarcerated. The committee accepted ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-that court documents provided, as supporting the College’s onus to demonstrate burden ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-of proof. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-The Committee finds that based on the Member’s aforementioned conduct, he committed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-acts of professional misconduct, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf:the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 6), College Counsel and the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-in this matter would be that the Committee directs the Registrar to revoke the Certificate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-of Qualification of the Member. The parties had not agreed on whether or not the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-Member’s name should be published and made submissions on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-College counsel submitted that publication with name was appropriate given the nature of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-the misconduct. College counsel outlined the vulnerability of the student, stating that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-incidents occurred during a time of [XXX] for the student and that she was in a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-psychologically and emotionally vulnerable state. Publication with name is necessary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-act as a general and specific deterrent, as the emotional and psychological harm done to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-the student in such a situation warranted protection of other students and the public from ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-this type of conduct and this particular member. Given that the Member has a criminal ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-conviction and information regarding those proceedings is already in the public domain ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-with the publication of his name, transparency and consistency is obtained through ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-publication of name in these proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- a) The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- b) There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-The Committee carefully considered and accepted the joint submission on penalty. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-gravity of the Member’s conduct warranted revocation and publication of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf:name in order to act as a general and specific deterrent. Conduct of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-involving a student represents the most heinous breach of trust from a person in a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-position of trust and authority over a student. The Member demonstrated complete lack of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf:care and safety for the student in imposing a relationship of a sexual nature that could ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-leave psychological and emotional scars for life on the student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-Revocation and publication of the name of the Member warns members of the profession ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-that such misconduct results in the forfeiture of their membership in the profession. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-committee protects the public interest by revoking the member’s right to be in such a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-position of trust with students ever again and publication of the Member’s name informs ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-the public about this particular Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf-Dated: February 13, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- Monika Ferenczy, OCT ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- Jean-Luc Bernard, OCT ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- Ruth Ann Penny, OCT ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-“Committee”) on July 9, 2014 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated January 10, 2014 was served on Alex Stanley ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Owen, requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-of Teachers on February 4, 2014 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for July 9, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-The Member, Alex Stanley Owen was not in attendance or represented by counsel. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-The allegations against Alex Stanley Owen (the “Member”) in the Notice of Hearing are ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Alex Stanley Owen is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-“Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf: engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- (c) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member Alec Owen (the “Member”) was a member of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers or held an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-2. The Member initially taught for two years in Markham, following which he was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- employed by the Scarborough School Board for 28 years. He retired from teaching in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 1987. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-The Criminal Proceedings: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-3. On August 3, 2012, the Member pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf: pornography, and one count of indecent assault in the Ontario Court of Justice. Based ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- on the Member’s guilty pleas and facts admitted to support the pleas, the trial judge ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- found the Member guilty of both counts. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- and Exhibit “C” are copies of the certified court informations. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the transcript of the proceedings in the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- Court of Justice. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-4. On October 19, 2012, the Member was sentenced to a twelve (12) month conditional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- sentence with conditions for his conviction on the charge of possession of child ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf: pornography. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “E” is a copy of the certified ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- Conditional Sentence Order for that conviction. In addition, he received a six (6) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- month conditional sentence with conditions, to be served consecutive to the first ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- conditional sentence, and to be followed by two (2) years of probation, for his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- conviction on the charge of indecent assault. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- “F” is a copy of the certified Conditional Sentence Order for his indecent assault ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- conviction. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “G” is a copy of the certified ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- Probation Order. The Member was also ordered to abide by a five (5) year Prohibition ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- Order. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “H” is a copy of the Prohibition ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- Order. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “I” is a copy of the transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- Reasons for Sentence in the Ontario Court of Justice. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Facts in Relation to the Offence of Indecent Assault: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-5. “A” immigrated to Canada in April 1960 at the age of [XXX] with his mother, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- brother and sister. The Member became a family friend. Between the years of 1962 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- and 1967, “A” would accompany the Member on driving trips to the [XXX] area ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- where the Member owned a property. During these trips, “A” was in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- care. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-6. The Member “specifically admits that on seven to ten occasions he fondled [“A”]’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- penis by reaching inside his pants, his touch was skin on skin”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Facts in Relation to the Offence of Possession of Child Pornography: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-7. When police executed a Criminal Code search warrant on the Member’s residence on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- November 22, 2011, they seized a number of external storage devices commonly ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- referred to as thumb drives, as well as the Member’s computer. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf:8. There were no images of child pornography found on the Member’s computer. Police ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- found 3300 images of young boys, mostly head shots, as well as approximately five ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- images of child nudity, on the Member’s computer. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-9. The external storage devices were located inside a closet. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-10. Examination of the external storage devices revealed that the Member had been ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf: possessing child pornography from February 2005 up to and including the date of his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf: arrest on November 22, 2011, and had been accessing images of child pornography ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- from February 2005 up to the end of 2009. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-11. The Member acknowledged that the external storage devices contained 9600 unique ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf: images of child pornography of which he had knowledge and control. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-12. The 9600 images include a range from innocent head shots of toddlers to teens, up to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf: extremely graphic images of child pornography. A sample of 18 images, drawn from ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- the collection of 9600 images, was prepared by the investigating officer and presented ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- to the Judge. The sample was not representative of the range of the collection, but ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- contained examples of the extremes – of the least graphic (referred to as the “non- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- worst” pictures), and the most graphic (referred to as the “worst” images), of the 9600 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- images. The images are described in Exhibit “D”, the transcript of the proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-13. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-14. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts referred to above ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and admits the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19), Section 13 of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, being more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19), Section 13 of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Regulation 63/55 made under the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1960, Ch. 393, and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Section 22(1)(c) of the Schools Administration Act, R.S.O. 1960, Ch. 361. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-The Committee accepts the Member’s admission of the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-referred to above (the “Admitted Facts”). The Member acknowledged that the Admitted ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleaded guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19), Section 13 of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Regulation 63/55 made under the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1960, Ch. 393, and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Section 22(1)(c) of the Schools Administration Act, R.S.O. 1960, Ch. 361. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and accepts that the facts in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3) amount to professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-misconduct as pleaded to by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-The Member was convicted of one count of indecent assault and one count of possession ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf:of child pornography. The fact of the Member’s indecent assault of a child and his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf:possession of child pornography and the resultant criminal convictions constitute ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-The Member has been convicted and sentenced to a twelve (12) month conditional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-sentence with conditions for his conviction on the charge of possession of child ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf:pornography. He has also received a six (6) month conditional sentence with conditions, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-to be followed by two a (2) year probation, for his conviction on the charge of indecent ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-assault, and sentenced to probation for a period of two years. In addition, a Prohibition ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Order is in place for a period five years, ensuring that the Member is not in the presence ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-of any child under 16 years of age. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-The Member was charged under the Criminal Code (Canada), pleaded guilty to and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-convicted of one count of indecent assault. The Member befriended a family and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-subsequently indecently assaulted a child of this family. The Member acknowledged that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-on seven to ten occasions he fondled the child’s penis by reaching inside his pants, his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-touch was skin on skin. These assaults took place over a five-year period, between the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-years of 1962 and 1967, while the child was in the Member’s care. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-In addition, the Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted of possession of child ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf:pornography. The Member had been possessing child pornography from February 2005 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-up to an including the date of his arrest on November 22, 2011. The definition of child ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf:pornography as described in the criminal proceedings (Exhibit 3, Tab D, page 18) states ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf:“pornography refers to shots or photos of nude males between the ages of as young as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-infants to mid-teens where the genitals are the prime focus of the photo.” The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-external storage devices, of which he had knowledge and control, contained a range of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf:9600 unique images of child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member, by committing indecent assaults on a child and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf:being criminally charged and convicted for same and by possessing child pornography ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf:and by being convicted of possession of child pornography, is not suitable to be in a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-position of trust and authority over children. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-In Exhibit 3, Tab I, the Judge, in his Reasons for Sentence, quotes from the case of R. v. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-E.O. [2003], O.J. 563 (ONCA) par. 7: where this judge remarks: “… the Courts have ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-repeatedly recognized the most important sentencing principles in cases involving child ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf:pornography are general deterrence and denunciation. Further, the offence of possession ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf:of child pornography requires the imposition of sentences which denounce the morally ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-reprehensible nature of the crime, deters others from the commission of the offence, and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-reflects the gravity of the offence.” The Committee agrees with these sentencing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-principles and recognizes that revocation of the Member’s certificate is the only ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-appropriate penalty. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-The Member has brought the profession into disrepute and has lost the trust of the public. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Revocation serves as both a specific and general deterrent, protects children and restores ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-public confidence in the profession. This Member should not be permitted to teach in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Ontario. Therefore, his Certificate of Qualification and Registration must be revoked. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-Publication with name serves the public interest by informing the community that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-profession acts decisively when matters of this nature are brought to its attention and will ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf-denounce such behaviour to other members of the profession resulting in the most severe ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated July 31, 2013 was served on Harry Pott (the “Member”), requesting ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf-his presence on August 27, 2013 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for October 14, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf-The Member was in attendance at the Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated July 31, 2013 (Exhibit 1) are ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Harry Pott is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf-subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf-(b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf:(c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf: and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf-(d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf-(e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf-(f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated February 7, 2014 was served on Margaret Elizabeth Reeds Alexander ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting her presence on March 4, 2014 to set a date for a hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for November 19, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 86 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-The Member was not in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated February 7, 2014 (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Margaret Elizabeth Reeds Alexander is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-as defined in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-(a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf:(b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-(c) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-(d) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-(e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-(f) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-(g) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-At the hearing on November 19, 2014, College counsel requested that the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-professional misconduct outlined in paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) of the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-(Exhibit 1) be withdrawn. The Committee was in agreement and these allegations were ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-subsequently withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 86 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-1. Margaret Elizabeth Reeds Alexander (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- Teachers. The Member is currently retired, effective December 20, 2010. Attached to Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- 2, Tab A is a copy of the Member’s Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf:2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Greater Essex County District ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-3. During the 2009-2010 academic year, the Member taught Grade [XXX] students at the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-4. On or about March 30, 2010, the Member yelled at Student No. 1, a male student in Grade ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- [XXX], and pushed him in class. Student No. 1 reported the incident to his mother later that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- day. Student No. 1’s mother reported the incident to the Principal. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-5. On or about March 31, 2010, the Principal investigated the incident and interviewed fourteen ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- (14) students in the Member’s class. Some of the students interviewed confirmed the fact that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- the Member had yelled at and pushed Student No. 1 when Student No. 1 wasn’t listening to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-6. During the 2009-2010 academic year: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- (a) the Member yelled at a student when he didn’t listen; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- (b) the Member would push students out the door, on occasion; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- (c) the Member required a student to leave her classroom and work in the hallway when the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- student was misbehaving and/or had trouble focusing; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 86 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- (d) the Member verbally directed a student to turn and face the wall when he was not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- listening or misbehaving; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- (e) on occasion when students were misbehaving, the Member would take them by their ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- arms and physically escort them to another seat in the classroom. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf:7. The Principal contacted the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society (“Society”) regarding the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- above allegations. The Society’s investigation verified concerns relating to the Member’s use ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- of excessive discipline. Attached to Exhibit 2, Tab B is a copy of the letter from the Society ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- to the School dated June 18, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-8. The Member retired from the Board effective May 31, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-9. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- paragraphs 1-8 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-10. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to above constitute ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- professional misconduct against her, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(18-unprofessional), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf-11. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to the evidence as set out ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-5), which he expected to receive within the next day. He did not receive a Conduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Report about the Intruder Incident until December 17, 2009 (Exhibit 6). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Mr. Hum, in his testimony, also referenced a second incident, the “Stink Bomb Incident”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-On December 10, 2009, a number of students set off a stink bomb in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-classroom. The witness became involved in the investigation of the incident, which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-should have resulted in a Conduct Report as it involved issues of discipline and student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-safety. No such Conduct Report was submitted by the Member. As a result of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-investigation, five students were suspended. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Cross-examination ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Mr. Hum agreed that a teacher must exercise professional judgment when dealing with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-incidents in a classroom environment. He agreed that the Grade [XXX] [XXX] class was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-a mixed-ability class that presented challenges as it was a high-content course. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Mr. Hum confirmed that the Member had informed school administration regarding the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Stink Bomb Incident. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Testimony of John Heinrich (“Mr. Heinrich”) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Mr. Heinrich is the Principal of the School. He testified that he had one occasion to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-discuss issues with the Member on December 14, 2009. There were a number of issues ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf:discussed, including the Intruder Incident and an incident involving a poster with sexual ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-images (the “Inappropriate Imagery Incident”). In his opinion, these two incidents were ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-of a nature which impinged on student and teacher safety. The witness testified that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Member failed to follow protocols as part of the process of reporting student conduct and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-indicated that in some instances, the Member was not reporting at all. Mr. Heinrich ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-The School conducted an investigation regarding the release of a “stink bomb”. This ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-investigation was based on information that was not received from the Member, as no ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Conduct Report was filed by her. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Mr. Heinrich testified that the Member’s Teacher Performance Appraisal (“TPA”), of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-which the Member was aware, was scheduled for the 2009-2010 year (Exhibit 11). Mr. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Heinrich indicated that a TPA concludes with a report summarizing the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-performance, using four indicators. These sources of information include meeting with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-the teacher and observation in class. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-There were two classes that Mr. Heinrich observed. He noted that student misbehaviour ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-and disruption were uncontrolled, and there was a lack of response to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-attempts to control behaviour. Mr. Heinrich testified that although teachers should be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-responded to in a respectful manner, the students were “so obviously engaging in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-inappropriate behaviour, it was disconcerting. The nature of discussions or disruptions ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-was not in keeping with the lesson itself… She (the Member) appears oblivious to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-chaos around her”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-During the second TPA, Mr. Heinrich testified that the chaotic environment noted in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-first TPA continued. Mr. Heinrich witnessed an example of group work and subsequent ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-presentation in the Member’s class on the [XXX]. Mr. Heinrich testified that in the work ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-produced by one group of students “there was no relation between the assignment and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-work produced but that it does point to other things going on”. In the presentation about ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-[XXX] (the Inappropriate Imagery Incident), students pointed to a poster with images of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf:a sexual nature. Mr. Heinrich explained that the students “ wanted me to see it and to see ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-that the Principal snatched the poster from the group of students and showed it to her at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf:the end of class. She had not noticed the sexual images on the poster during the class. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Cross-examination ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-The Member confirmed that the “Intruder Incident” resulted in unusual and highly ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-inappropriate behaviour, which hijacked the classroom experience. The Member testified ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-that this appeared to be a “psychotic episode”. The Member agreed that she had no ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-medical training but had volunteer experience and was able to diffuse the situation. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Member testified that she did not mention the term “psychotic episode” in the Conduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Report as it was her perception of what had happened. The Member confirmed that she ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-withheld the Conduct Report for a month despite multiple requests for it. With regard to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-the Field Trip Incident, the Member confirmed that student behaviour on the bus was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-non-compliant and disruptive. However, a Conduct Report was not completed by the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Member as she dealt with the matter at the time. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-THE EXHIBITS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-In reaching its decision, the Committee considered the following exhibits: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-EXHIBIT 1 Notice of Hearing between Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- and Theresa Liana Riccardi ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-EXHIBIT 2 Member Information for Theresa Liana Riccardi ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-EXHIBIT 3 E-mail from Theresa Riccardi to Joseph Hum sent at 8:05 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- a.m. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-EXHIBIT 4 E-mail from Joseph Hum to Theresa Riccardi sent at 8:16 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- a.m. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-EXHIBIT 5 E-mail from Theresa Riccardi to Joseph Hum sent at 12:21 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- p.m. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-The fourth incident was the Stink Bomb incident. According to both Student 2and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Member, the incident was reported to the office immediately. However, a Conduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Report was not filled out. The Member acknowledged that she knew administration ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-would expect a report, yet she chose her own way to deal with the incident based on her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-training. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-The fifth incident was the Inappropriate Imagery Incident. Mr. Heinrich described the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-class as chaotic, loud and disruptive during his TPA observation. With regard to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf:poster, there were numerous references made, many of a sexual nature, that were ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-unrelated to the project. Indeed, they were highly offensive images given the topic at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-hand. Mr. Heinrich stated that he recognized the gravity of the situation and intervened ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-by collecting the poster at the end of the class. According to the Member, the poster was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-“snatched” after the presentation. Regardless, the poster was contrary to what was being ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-taught in class. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that all this evidence shows repeated offences by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-students, and while the Member recognized these as classroom management issues, she ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-failed to take appropriate steps, specifically to make Conduct Reports. The Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-claimed to have called parents to inform them of these behaviours, but there was no ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-supporting evidence of these calls. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-The Member acknowledged knowing about the mechanism of the Conduct Reports and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-she acknowledged having classroom management issues, yet she chose to nurture the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf-students on her own. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts, and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-1. Marcello Bozin (the “Member”) was at all material times, a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-(the “Board”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-3. During the 2009-2010 academic year, the Member was Vice-Principal at an elementary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-school. At the same time, Teacher A was a teacher at the same school. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-4. The Member and Teacher A began a romantic relationship in the latter part of October ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-2009. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf:5. The Member and Teacher A engaged in a sexual relationship while Teacher A was a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-teacher at the school. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-6. On or about October 22, 2009, the Member and Teacher A called in sick to the school in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-order to spend the day together at the Member’s home. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-7. Throughout the course of the relationship, the Member sometimes sought out Teacher A ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-during the school day for reasons unrelated to their professional duties. On other occasions, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-Teacher A met the Member in his office and they engaged in kissing and touching. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-8. Throughout the course of the relationship, the Member used his Board e-mail account and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-his Board computer to exchange inappropriate e-mails with Teacher A, including e-mails ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf:containing language which was sexually explicit. Some of these e-mails were sent during the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-school day when the Member should have been engaged in professional activities. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-9. On or about May 13, 2010, in the evening from his home computer, the Member used his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-Board e-mail account to send an e-mail to Teacher A which included a racially offensive word. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-10. As a result of the conduct described in paragraph 8 and 9 above the Member breached the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-Board’s Code of On-line Conduct. Attached and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-Code of On-line Conduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-11. In July 2010, a complaint was made to the Board by Teacher A’s husband concerning the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-relationship between the Member and Teacher A. When confronted about the complaint, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-Member disclosed to his Superintendent for the first time that he had engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-relationship with a teacher at his school. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-12. By placing himself in a situation that could affect his ability to exercise skill and good ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-judgment in the performance of his duties, and by failing to disclose the relationship to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-Superintendent in a timely manner, the Member breached the Board’s Conflict of Interest Policy. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-Attached and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the Board’s Conflict of Interest Policy. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-13. On July 14, 2010, Teacher A filed a complaint of harassment against the Member. As a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-result of its investigation, the Board did not find evidence to substantiate the claim of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-harassment. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-14. The Member received a disciplinary letter from the Superintendent of Education of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-Board dated October 19, 2010. Attached and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the letter. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-15. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the truth ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 14 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-counsel for the College and counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Marcello Bozin ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 14 above ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-(the “Admitted Facts”). He acknowledged that the Admitted Facts referred to above, constitute ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-conduct which is professional misconduct and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(18) and 1(19). The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-facts set out in the Agreed Statement of Facts, and Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf:While a Vice-Principal at an elementary school, the Member engaged in a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-with Teacher A, a teacher at the school. On one occasion the Member admits that he and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-Teacher A called in sick to the school so they could spend the day together at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-home. The Member also admits to sometimes seeking out Teacher A during the school day for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-reasons unrelated to their professional duties and on other occasions meeting with Teacher A in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-his office where they engaged in kissing and touching. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-As well, throughout the course of the relationship, the Member used his Board e-mail account ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-and his Board computer to exchange inappropriate e-mails with Teacher A, including e-mails ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf:containing language which was sexually explicit. Some of these e-mails were sent during the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf-school day when the Member should have been engaged in professional activities. On one ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated July 9, 2011 was served on Christopher Nicholas ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Sager, requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-of Teachers on July 19, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for November 10, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-The Member and his Counsel were present at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-The allegations against Christopher Nicholas Sager (the “Member”) in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Christopher Nicholas Sager is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-as defined in subsection 30(2) and section 1 and subsection 40 (1.1) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may cause ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- a student who is under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf: (i) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of the nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- section 1 and subsection 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-the facts and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-(Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Teachers. Attached to Exhibit 2, Tab A is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-2. The Member was employed by the Durham District School Board (the “Board”) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-at all material times and was a secondary school teacher at the time of the incidents ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-described herein. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-3. Student A was a Grade [XXX] female student at the school where the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-taught (the “School”) during the 2009/2010 academic year. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-4. During the 2009/10 school year, the Member was the Student’s Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-[XXX] teacher from September 2009 to January 2010. After January 2010, the Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-continued to have contact with him at the School thereafter, including asking him to write ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-a letter of reference for her in support of a [XXX]. The Member and the student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-developed a personal relationship based on common interests in music and literature. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf:5. By April 2010, the personal relationship evolved into a sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Student A, and on or about April 17 and/or on April 19, 2010, the Member met with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf:Student A at his home where he engaged in kissing, oral sex and sexual touching of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf:Student A. If he testified the Member would say that the sexual relationship was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-consensual and he did not use force or coercion in relation to the Student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf:6. The Member and Student A also engaged in numerous sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-communications via text message and/or telephone. Attached to Exhibit 2, Tab B is a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-copy of a summary prepared by Durham Regional Police following their review of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-text messages exchanged between the Member and Student A, which contains excerpts of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-those text messages. The text message summary prepared by the police does not identify ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-the dates or times sent and or who sent and received the text messages and it is not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-chronological. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-7. In April of 2010, the Member was 29 years of age and Student A was [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-months shy of her [XXX] birthday. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-8. On or about May 13, 2010, the Member was charged by Durham Regional Police ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf:with three (3) counts of sexual exploitation of Student A, contrary to Section 153, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-subsection (1), clause (a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. Attached to Exhibit 2, Tab C ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-is a copy of the Durham Regional Police Information. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- (e) understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-16. The Member provides this Plea of No Contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the Rules ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this proceeding under the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, and for no other purpose. The Member’s Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Contest does not constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-17. In light of the uncontested facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Teachers submits that the Discipline Committee should find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-by Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Christopher Nicholas Sager committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, being ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-The Committee accepts the Member’s admission of the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-referred to in paragraphs 1 to 12 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). The Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-misconduct, and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf:1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19) and that he engaged in sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-The Committee accepts the Member’s plea and accepts that the facts in the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Guilty Plea and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2) amount to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-professional misconduct as pleaded to by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a Proceeding on Plea (Exhibit 2, Tab D) as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-proof that an offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-conviction in a Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf:no appeal has been granted. Specifically, the Member engaged in a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-with a student for which he received the maximum probation period of three years. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct and his criminal conviction constitute ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf:and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Counsel held that the publishing of his name as a result of these proceeding would not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-change the status quo. Furthermore, there was no publication ban imposed as result of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-College Counsel submitted case law from 2011 and 2013 supporting publication with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Member’s name in cases involving professional misconduct of a similar nature. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Submissions of Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that the Member’s name should not be published in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-the College’s official publication, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Counsel noted that the Member has been very co-operative in both the criminal and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-College proceedings. Member’s Counsel noted that specific deterrence has already been ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-achieved as a result of the criminal findings and the fact that the Member is no longer ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-teaching; therefore there is no need for publication with the Member’s name. In addition, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-general deterrence has also already been achieved because other teachers know that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Member was criminally charged. Member’s Counsel further argued that publication of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-the Member’s name would bring additional trauma to Student A. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-It was also submitted by Member’s Counsel that the Member had undergone ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-psychological assessment, and was deemed to be at low risk of re-offending, having no ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf:deviant sexual interest. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Member’s Counsel presented seven decisions ranging from 1999 to 2004, which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-supported publication without name. Counsel for the Member also submitted a brief ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-containing fourteen character reference letters. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Reply Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-College Counsel asked the Committee to consider when publication with the name would ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf:ever be appropriate, if not in a case involving such egregious sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-College Counsel submitted that it would be hard to identify a more egregious act, and that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-publication with name is a powerful remedy because no member wants to see their name ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-published in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-With regard to Member’s Counsel suggestion that the Committee carefully consider the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-reference letters, College Counsel maintained that the reference letters are speculation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-and are internally inconsistent. Counsel for the College also pointed out that none of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf:case law presented by the Member’s Counsel involved sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-2. There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- summary form, with the name of the Member in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Revocation of the Member’s certificate is a clear statement that the Member’s actions ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-were so egregious that he lost the licence to teach, and it acts as a specific deterrent. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Member took advantage of the vulnerability of the [XXX] year-old student by engaging ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-in an ongoing personal relationship with Student A outside of the school setting. This ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-behaviour constitutes a serious breach of trust. The Member abused this position of trust ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf:and authority when he developed a personal and sexual relationship with the student. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-Member has been criminally convicted for his misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-The Member’s conduct was unacceptable, disgraceful, dishonourable, and illustrated an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-abuse of power. Revocation and publication with name are the appropriate penalties for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-misconduct of such nature. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-The Committee determines that publication with name serves as a general deterrent to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-profession, and advises members that engaging in similar conduct will result in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-harshest of penalties. Publication further informs the public, both in the present and in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-the future, that the profession does not tolerate such conduct. The Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-publication with name promotes transparency, restores public confidence in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-profession, and reaffirms the College’s commitment to its mandate to protect the public ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-interest. The circumstances of this case were of such a serious nature, that they ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-outweighed the mitigating factors submitted by the Member’s Counsel, and the findings ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf-reflect this. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated February 5, 2014 was served on Deren Ellis Sanli, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Teachers on March 4, 2014 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for October 21, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-The Member was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-The allegations against Deren Ellis Sanli (the “Member”) in the Notice of Hearing are as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Deren Ellis Sanli is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-4. During the 2011-2012 academic year, the Member taught Grade [XXX] [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-and was the [XXX] teacher to Grade [XXX] students at the School. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-5. On October 19, 2011, some teachers overheard a group of students at the School ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-talking about the Member having taken photographs underneath the skirts of female ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-students in his classroom. School counselors spoke with the students and, based on the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-information they received, interviewed additional female students from the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-classes. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-6. The female students, while wearing skirts, were asked by the Member to stand on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-chairs and desks to hang artwork high up on his classroom walls. No boys were ever ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-asked to assist with this task. The female students informed the counselors that this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-behaviour made them feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-7. When the female students stood on a chair to hang something up, the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-stood behind them, and held a camera down low and took a picture up their skirts. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Member took approximately forty (40) pictures of the female students’ underwear in this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-way. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-8. On Friday, October 21, 2011, school administrators confronted the Member with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-the allegations. The Member admitted that he only asked female students wearing skirts ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-to stay after school to hang pictures and acknowledged that he had taken pictures of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-students from under their skirts. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-9. The Member also told administrators that he attended counselling for anxiety, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:family issues and sexual problems with females, and explained that he was involved with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:a church that barred premarital sex. He stated that he had never touched any student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-13. On October 31, 2012, the following criminal complaint against the Member was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-issued with the Trial Court of Massachusetts, District Court Department: that the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-“on 10/20/2011 did with offensive and disorderly acts or language accost or annoy one or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:more persons of the opposite sex, in violation of G.L. c.272, para.53.” Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Criminal Complaint filed with the Trial Court. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-14. On March 20, 2013, the Member pleaded guilty to the offence listed on the face of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-the complaint above, and accepted that the reports filed in the matter were accurate and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-reflected the charge. The court found sufficient basis for the Member’s guilty plea. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-judge convicted the Member and placed the case “on file” without imposing a sentence ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-after accepting the Member’s guilty plea, for a period of three years. During that time, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-case may be brought forward for sentencing should, for example, the Member commit a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-new criminal offence. At the conclusion of the three years, on March 17th, 2016, the file ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-will disappear for sentencing purposes, however, the conviction remains. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the Criminal Docket with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Member’s case. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” are copies of the reports filed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-with the Court which set out the facts admitted by the Member as the basis of the guilty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-plea. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “E” is a copy of a Transcript of the Court ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Proceeding, prepared from the CD copy of the in-court proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Diagnosis and Treatment: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-15. Prior to the criminal complaint being laid, the Member voluntarily underwent a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-psychiatric assessment conducted by Dr. G. A. Chaimowitz, Head of Forensic Services, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton. The Member met with Dr. Chaimowitz on four ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-occasions between November 2011 and January 2012. According to Dr. Chaimowitz, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:Member was a deeply religious and sexually naive man who had insight into his situation, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-and was extremely remorseful and ashamed of what he had done. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-marked as Exhibit “F” is a copy of the Report of Dr. G.A. Chaimowitz, Head of Forensic ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Services, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, dated January 12, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-16. The Member explained to Dr. Chaimowitz that he was exposed to female students ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-in uniform (skirts) in his classroom and he began to get aroused by what he described as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-“upskirt” activities – the concept of being able to look at underwear and “the mystery of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-someone’s underwear”. He explained that his Grade [XXX] class had made ancient ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Greek shields and, over an approximate two week period, he asked the girls to get up on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-chairs to post the shields, while he walked behind them and took pictures of them with a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-concealed, point-and-shoot camera. He termed his behaviour a “cheap thrill” -- he knew it ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-was wrong but he found the risk thrilling. He acknowledged that he was aroused by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-approximately forty (40) pictures of his female students on his computer. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-17. The Member stated that he has no interest in children, nor has he ever touched a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-girl. He explained that although the photographs he took at the School were of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-and [XXX] year old girls, the crime was one of opportunity, and he was and is cognizant ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-that it is wrong and illegal. He acknowledged that he was still aroused by the idea of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-“upskirt” activities and should not be in a classroom setting. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-18. Dr. Chaimowitz concluded that the Member’s recognition of the extent and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-wrongfulness of his behaviours, and his desire to address and treat them, “augers well for ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-reducing the risk of future illegal and inappropriate actions”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-19. The Member also attended twenty-five individual cognitive behavioural therapy ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-sessions with a clinical forensic psychologist who reported the following on December ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-31, 2012: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-[The Member] has made significant gains in addressing the factors identified as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:contributing to inappropriate sexual behaviour. He has demonstrated a firm commitment ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-to managing factors so as to diminish any threat of engaging in such behaviour in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-future. His symptoms and behaviours are not consistent with any diagnosable ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:psychological disorder, including a sexual disorder or paraphilia… [emphasis in original] ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:[The Member] has no history of violent or sexual offending. According to interviews and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:the pre-treatment assessment, there is no evidence of paraphilia, and his sexual preference ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:is for consenting, adult, heterosexual contact. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “G” is a copy of the Report of Dr. Heather ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Moulden, C. Psych., Psychologist, dated December 31, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-20. In a follow-up report dated February 18, 2014, the clinical forensic psychologist ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-reiterated that the Member’s “symptoms and behaviours are not consistent with any ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:diagnosable psychological disorder, including a sexual disorder or paraphilia”: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-[The Member] took full responsibility for his offending, has addressed the issues which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:contributed to his criminal behaviour in evidence-based sex offender treatment, and this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-is reflected in the current risk assessment. His risk for general and violent reoffence is ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:low, and his risk for sexual reoffence is low-moderate…With respect to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-recommendations, no further psychological treatment is recommended at this time.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “H” is a copy of the Report of Dr. Heather ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Moulden, C. Psych., Psychologist, dated February 18, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- Prior to the Member’s misconduct, described above, the Member had never been ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-21. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-charged with any criminal offences and had never been investigated or disciplined by the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:College. The Member has no history of violent or sexual offending. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-22. The Member has established himself in a new career and is now married. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-23. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-to in paragraphs 1-22 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-24. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts, referred to above, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and admits the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:Member also admits that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student(s) of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-25. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-(c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-(d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-(e) he understands that any agreement between his counsel and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-(f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-26. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-by Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Deren Ellis Sanli committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, being more ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). The Committee further finds that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:sexual abuse of students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-The Committee accepts the Member’s admission of the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-referred to in paragraphs 1 to 22 above (the “Admitted Facts”). The Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-acknowledged that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-misconduct, and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19) and that he engaged in sexual abuse of students of a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and accepts that the facts in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3) amount to professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-misconduct as pleaded to by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-On March 20, 2013 the Member pleaded guilty that he “on 10/20/2011 did with offensive ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:and disorderly acts or language accost or annoy one or more persons of the opposite sex, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-in violation of G.L. c.272, para.53.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certificate of conviction as proof that an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and conviction in a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that no appeal has ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-been granted. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-The Member acknowledged that he asked female students wearing skirts to stay after ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-school to hang pictures and acknowledged that he had taken pictures of the students from ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-under their skirts. He termed his behaviour a “cheap thrill” – he knew it was wrong but he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-found the risk thrilling. He acknowledged that he was aroused by approximately forty ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-(40) pictures of his female students on his computer. He also acknowledged that he was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-still aroused by the idea of “upskirt” activities and should not be in a classroom setting. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct and his criminal conviction constitute ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf:that he engaged in sexual abuse of students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty document (Exhibit 4), College Counsel and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Member jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Committee in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-this matter would be that the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers be directed to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-revoke the Certificate and Qualification and Registration of the Member, with publication ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-of the findings and Order of the Committee in summary form in the official publication ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. The parties had not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-agreed on whether or not the Member’s name should be included and submissions were ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-made on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-PENALTY SUBMISSIONS RE: PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Submissions of College counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the name of the Member should be published in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. Publication with name ensures that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf-public interest is satisfied and acts as specific and general deterrence. Publication with ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-1. Alfred Douglas Stelpstra is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 98 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-2. Since approximately 2000, and except for one week in approximately 2008 when the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- Member was supply teaching, the Member has not been involved in the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-3. On March 9, 2010, the Kingston Police executed a search warrant at the Member’s home as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- part of a province-wide sweep based on the work of the “Provincial Strategy to Protect ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- Children from Abuse and Exploitation on the Internet”, a partnership between the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- Provincial Police Child Exploitation Section and eighteen (18) municipal police services, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- including the Kingston Police (the “Police”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf:4. The Police found many pictures and videos of child pornography on the Member’s computer, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- as set out in the Final Report of Detective John Farrugia of the Durham Regional Police ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- Service and attached as Exhibit “B”. If called to testify, Detective Farrugia would state that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- the references to “Category 1” files in his Report refer to files that have been identified as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf: child pornography in an international child pornography database used by police services ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- around the world. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-5. On or about March 10, 2010, the Member was charged with one count of possession of child ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf: pornography, contrary to subsection 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-6. On or about June 4, 2012, in the Ontario Court of Justice, the Member was granted a stay of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- proceedings under Section 24(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a result ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- of a violation of his Section 11(b) Charter rights. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- is a copy of the Certified Court Information. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-11. In light of the admitted facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 98 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-1(5), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the Admitted Facts referred to above constitute conduct which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-is professional misconduct and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-against him. The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and the facts in the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-On March 9, 2010, while executing a search warrant at the Member’s home, the Police found ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf:many pictures and videos of child pornography on the Member’s computer, which files have ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf:been identified as child pornography in an international child pornography database used by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-police services around the world. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf:By being in possession of child pornography, the Committee finds that the Member committed ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 98 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4), Counsel for the College and the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-1. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the Member is to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-immediately surrender to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-2. direct that there be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee in summary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-form, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-SUBMISSIONS RE: PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-The parties agreed that the findings and order of the Committee should be published in summary ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-form in the official publication of the College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-The parties had not agreed on whether or not the Member’s name should be published. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-Counsel for the College argued that the Member’s name should be published in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession. Counsel stated that the Member’s behaviour was at the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-extreme end of the spectrum. He also argued that the public would be alarmed to the extreme if ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-the Member’s certificate was not revoked and the Member’s name was not published. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-provided the Committee with a case with similar facts to support his argument with respect to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-penalty, including publication. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-The Committee received a letter from the Member (Exhibit 5) requesting that his name not be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-published in order to lessen “the collateral damage this event has already had on [my] family”. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 98 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- 1. The Registrar is directed to revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- 2. The findings and Order of the Committee shall be published in summary form, with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-The Committee considered and accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-agreed that revocation was the appropriate penalty for conduct of this nature. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf:The Member was in possession of child pornography. He was subsequently charged with one ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf:count of possession of child pornography. The Member was granted a stay of proceedings under ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-section 24(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a result of a violation of his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-section 11(b) Charter rights. The fact that the Member was granted a stay of proceedings does ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf:not negate the fact that he was in possession of child pornography on his home computer. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf:Possession of child pornography is a crime against children and perpetuates a market which ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-thrives on the abuse of children. The Committee finds that the Member, by possessing child ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf:pornography, is not suitable to be in a position of trust and authority over children. The Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf-has brought the profession into disrepute and has lost the trust of the public. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct98.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated April 3, 2013 was served on Terence Kazuo Takashima, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-requesting his presence on May 6, 2013 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for April 29, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Terence Kazuo Takashima (the “Member”) was in attendance for every hearing date ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-listed above. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The allegations against Terence Kazuo Takashima in the Notice of Hearing, (Exhibit 1) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-dated April 3, 2013 are as follow: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Terence Kazuo Takashima is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-defined in subsection s 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-(the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-1. Terence Kazuo Takashima (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Board (the “Board”) as an occasional teacher. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-3. At all material times, the Member was a volunteer [XXX] coach at [XXX] (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-“School”). ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-4. The Student was a member of the School’s [XXX] team. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-5. On or about December 7, 2010, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf: (a) had a sexual relationship with the Student which included, but was not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- limited to: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf: (i) oral sex; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- (ii) hugging; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- (b) had an inappropriate personal relationship with the Student in that he: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- (i) asked the Student to change his surname to the Member’s surname; ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- (ii) asked the Student to name his first child after the Member in order ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- to inherit the Member’s estate. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-6. The Member’s employment was terminated by the Board on or about ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-February 21, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Member’s denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Terence Kazuo Takashima is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. At all ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-“Board”) as an occasional teacher and was a volunteer [XXX] coach at [XXX] (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:“School”). It is alleged that the Member was involved in a sexual relationship and an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-inappropriate personal relationship with the Student of the School’s [XXX] team. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The specific issue for the Committee to consider is whether or not the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:in a sexual relationship and/or an inappropriate personal relationship with a male student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-EVIDENCE OF THE COLLEGE ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Committee heard and received evidence in the form of witness testimony and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-tendered exhibits. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Witnesses: ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The College called two witnesses: Saththiyeswaran “Sati” Shanmugam and Dolores ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Douglas. Saththiyeswaran “Sati” Shanmugam, a caretaker, testified regarding an alleged ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-incident between the Member and the Student. Dolores Douglas, who is an Attendance ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Secretary, gave evidence regarding her knowledge of the alleged incident and her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-subsequent observations of the alleged participants. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-A potential witness on behalf of the College was a grade [XXX] male student (the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-“Student”). This witness had to be subpoenaed by the College. Ultimately, the Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-appeared as a witness on behalf of the Member. He did not give testimony as a College ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-witness. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-also stated that the one person, who was identified as the Member, had his hand on the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-shoulder of the other person who was identified as the Student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-At this point Mr. Shanmugam shouted “What is going on? Stop it.” Mr. Shanmugam ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:said “I thought they were having oral sex…” He continued by saying “They did not stop, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-they kept at it.” Mr. Shanmugam went out into the hallway to look for his shift ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-supervisor or other witnesses. As he was not able to find anyone, he returned to the staff ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-room and pretended to make tea by filling up the kettle at the sink. Mr. Shanmugam ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-yelled again “Stop” and noted that the Member and the Student remained in the same ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-position and the behaviour continued. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Mr. Shanmugam, as a caretaker and a responsible person at the school, stated that he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-wanted to protect the Student. He further testified that the Student eventually stood up, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-pulled out his shirt and used it to wipe his face and mouth. Mr. Shanmugam testified that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-“No one said anything to me.” The Member, Mr. Takashima, stood up and pulled his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-zipper up. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-At this point, the school attendance secretary, Dolores Douglas walked into the staff ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-room. Mr. Shanmugam asked to speak to Ms. Douglas outside the door. Mr. Shanmugam ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:stated that he told her “a teacher is having oral sex with a kid,” to which she replied “I ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-cannot believe it.” Together, Mr. Shanmugam and Ms. Douglas went back into the staff ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-room. Mr. Shanmugam stated that he observed that the Student’s face was red and he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-appeared to have “tears in his eyes.” Mr. Shanmugam stated that the Member never ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-turned to look at him and Ms. Douglas, but proceeded to exit the room with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Mr. Shanmugam informed his shift leader, Mike Hughes about the incident, who then ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-contacted the school principal. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The next morning Mr. Shanmugam was asked to review video tape footage. The footage ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-revealed the Student and Member entering the staff room. Mr. Shanmugam verified that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-these were the same two persons he encountered in the staff room. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-During cross-examination, Mr. Shanmugam testified that he was reminded by the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-principal that he had worked at Beverly Heights School, during the same time as the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Member. However, Mr. Shanmugam stated that he had not interacted with the Member in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-the past. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Mr. Shanmugam was asked about his eye sight and if he wore glasses, and he responded ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-that he does not need to wear glasses. When questioned by the Defence Counsel if ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Mr. Shanmugam assumed the student was kneeling; he responded he saw a knee on the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-ground underneath the chairs. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-In cross-examination and in reply, when asked if he ever saw a penis or any other ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-genitalia, Mr. Shanmugam stated clearly that he never saw a penis or any “private parts.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-He continued that he “never saw a penis in a mouth,” nor did he see any movement but ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-that the Student’s head was close to the Member’s thigh. In response to the suggestion ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:“you assumed that oral sex was going on,” Mr. Shanmugam responded with an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-affirmative “Yes” and added that it did not look like a [XXX] session. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Testimony of Attendance Secretary, Dolores Douglas “Ms. Douglas” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-In examination in chief, Ms. Douglas testified that she was employed by the Board as an ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-attendance secretary and had been at the School on three separate occasions. Her last ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-assignment was from September to December 2010. Ms. Douglas stated that she knew ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-the Member as a coach of the [XXX] team since, as part of his duties and one of her ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-responsibilities, he would supply her with lists of the team members. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-On the day of the incident, Ms. Douglas went to the staff room between 5:30 p.m. and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-6:00 p.m. in order to pick up her coat and her lunch bag. On entering the room Ms. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Douglas saw the caretaker Mr. Shanmugam standing by the sink, and the Member and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Student sitting close together by the computer. She stated “Sati” (Mr. Shanmugam) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-whispered can I talk to you outside? He said you won’t believe what I saw.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Ms. Douglas testified that she was told that the teacher was lying on his back while the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:student was performing oral sex and he thought they were watching pornography. She ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-noted that Mr. Shanmugam looked very upset. She further questioned him as to why he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-did nothing to try to make a noise or interrupt them. Mr. Shanmugam replied that he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-yelled the word “Stop” but they did not. According to Ms. Douglas, Mr. Shanmugam ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-stated that “the teacher kept telling the student not to stop.” Ms. Douglas continued that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-while Mr. Shanmugam conferenced with another caretaker on duty in the hallway, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Member and the Student walked out of the staff room. At some point while Ms. Douglas ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-was in the staff room she was able to see the Student’s face and, according to her, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Student was “teary eyed.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Ms. Douglas was called to the principal’s office the following morning. She was asked to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-verify that it was the Member and the Student entering the staff room, on the security ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-footage. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Under cross examination, Ms. Douglas was asked to review the layout of the room. She ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:also said that she did not actually see the alleged sex act but could only recount what the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-voluntarily, without being questioned, that he and the Member joked about Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-adopting him and becoming “heir to his throne,” thereby implying an inheritance. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Student claimed that it was a “joke.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-When questioned by the Defence Counsel, if there was a sexual relationship between him ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-and the Member, the Student replied “No.” There was a further question about whether ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:the Student and the Member watched pornography, the Student replied “No.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-In response to a question regarding whether or not the Student wears glasses, he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-responded “I never take them off.” When asked if he was crying, the Student also ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-responded “No.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Student was further questioned whether or not he was kneeling in front of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Member. He responded “No, yes, to give him a hug.” He further stated that hugs were a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-“team thing.” The Student concluded by stating that he had been truthful, both with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-police and here today with the panel. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-During cross-examination, College Counsel asked the Student how long he had known ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-the Member, to which he responded “three years.” He was further asked the following ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-questions: Were you close to the Member? Are you loyal to the Member? Do you want to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-support the Member? The Student replied “Yes” to all of them. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Student described on the day of the incident that while in the staff room, the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-logged into an email account. In order to send an email, he and the Member were sitting ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-close while choosing the [XXX] for individual members on the [XXX] team. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Testimony of Member, Terence Kazuo Takashima (the “Member”) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-During examination in chief, the Member testified that he is currently 57-years-old, is a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-retired elementary teacher, and was a supply teacher at the time of the incident. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Member stated that he was a volunteer [XXX] coach at the School from 1988 to 2010. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Member appeared to have limited recollection of the incident under review. When ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-asked about how he gained access to the staff room, the Member replied that he could not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-remember. When he was asked if he saw anyone else in the staff room, he replied he did ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-not remember. When he was asked if he specifically saw the caretaker entering the staff ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-room, he replied that he did not recall hearing or seeing Mr. Shanmugam. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Member testified that he sat at the computer with the Student and together they ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-emailed a list of [XXX] to the host school. He further added that they were looking at a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-website called actionsports.ca to purchase [XXX] for the team. When asked to provide ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-details about the incident, the Member replied that he was never aware that Mr. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Shanmugam and Ms. Dolores were in the room. However, he did recall the following: he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-did hug the Student as a reward for changing his [XXX]; that he always made jokes about ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-“inheritance” making the Student his “son” and the Student receiving an “inheritance.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Member adamantly stated that he did not remember “a second hug” and further ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:testified that: there was no other physical contact with the Student, no sexual contact, no ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:oral sex – it never happened. The Student was kneeling to hug the Member but his head ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-was never in his lap. The Member did attest that [XXX] were always hugging each other ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-and they hugged him too. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Member testified that his comment regarding his estate was meant as a joke and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-never expected it to happen. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-he did not like the investigator’s line of questions. He also did not want to make his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-[XXX] uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF THE COLLEGE’S COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Counsel for the College opened his closing submissions with the premise that this hearing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-is being decided as a civil matter and not a criminal matter, therefore there are number of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-guiding principles that the Committee needed to consider. The matter has to be decided ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-on the balance of probabilities. The Committee has to consider if the evidence was clear, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-convincing and cogent. The Committee has to determine the issue of credibility and ask ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-the question “How do the witnesses persuade you?” The other important question was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-whether “the facts amount to a breach of professional misconduct?” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-College Counsel stated that there were four witnesses, but three were crucial. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-attendance secretary was only imperative in determining the emotions of the caretaker ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-and the Student, both which she witnessed first-hand. College Counsel stated that if the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Committee accepts the caretaker’s testimony about the conduct in the staff room, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-wiping of the mouth and the zipping up of the pants, then the Committee can make a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:finding of professional misconduct based on the inference that a sexual act occurred. If ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-the evidence is not sufficient to verify the conduct under review, then there was no ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-misconduct. The Committee must evaluate and weigh the statements of the witnesses ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:and make a decision if a sexual act occurred. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-All of the witnesses agree that the alleged incident took place on December 7, 2010, at ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-approximately 6:00 p.m. and that the Member and the Student were in the staff room, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-sitting side by side looking at one computer. Mr. Shanmugam and the Student agree that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Mr. Shanmugam came into the staff room to use the washroom and that they saw each ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-other. Mr. Shanmugam, Ms. Douglas and the Student, all agree that Mr. Shanmugam was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-troubled by the behaviour by the computer and the moment was awkward. Both Mr. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Shanmugam and the Student state that the Student was down on his knee at one point. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:Mr. Shanmugam assumed that something sexual was occurring, however, the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-and the Student stated they only hugged. The Member, the Student and Mr. Shanmugam ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-all agree that nothing on the computer would generate moaning. Mr. Shanmugam and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Ms. Douglas both agree that the Student looked “teary eyed.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-College Counsel stated that the Committee should accept Mr. Shanmugam’s testimony ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-for the following reasons: this was Mr. Shanmugam’s second day on the job; there was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-no animosity between Mr. Shanmugam and the Member; Ms. Douglas verified that Mr. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Shanmugam was visibly upset by what he saw; there was no exaggeration in Mr. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Shanmugam’s testimony; and he stuck to his evidence. College Counsel concluded his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-comments about Mr. Shanmugam by saying that the caretaker did his best to assist; his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-testimony was good and most important he kept it simple and credible. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Committee needs to be very careful when considering ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-the Student’s testimony. The Student stated on numerous occasions and to numerous ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-persons, that he was uncomfortable discussing the incident. The Student did not want the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-information to get out. He did not want to co-operate with the Board or the College. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-According to College Counsel, the Student conceded that he was off the chair and on one ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-knee in order to give the Member a hug. In his testimony, the Student only focused on ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-the name change, inheritance and the joke surrounding this, and was prepared only to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-accept that it was “weird.” College Counsel pointed out numerous inconsistencies in the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Student’s story and suggested that the Student would do almost anything to minimize the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-not to speculate. The evidence is that nothing happened. The Member met with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-police. He is attending this hearing. The onus of proof is on the College, but most ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-important the burden of proof has not been met. This is a credibility case and a great care ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-must be taken in declaring the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Member’s Counsel stated there were serious inconsistencies of the evidence given by Mr. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Shanmugam. Moaning sounds were heard but in cross-examination, Mr. Shanmugam ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-said that he did not know the real source of these sounds. He assumed that the Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:and the Student were having oral sex, but Mr. Shanmugam said that he never saw “a ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-penis in a mouth.” Member’s Counsel noted that this was Mr. Shanmugam’s second day ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-at school and he was not familiar with the culture at the school, he witnessed a hug and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-took it completely out of the context. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Defence Counsel stated that Ms. Douglas’ statements did not corroborate with the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-statements of Mr. Shanmugam. Defence Counsel denied that the Member was stretched ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-out on the chair with the leg up on the table. Neither version has a sufficiency of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-evidence to establish this fact as absolute truth. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Defence Counsel stressed that the Student was honest, credible and forthright. There was ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:no sexual relationship between the Student and the Member. In fact, the Student saw the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Member as a father figure and was never threatened by him. The Student spoke to the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Board’s investigator and the police. At the hearing, the Student stated that “this is a big ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-waste of time.” The Student confirmed that at no point was he crying, he was wearing ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-glasses at all times and the inheritance reference was a joke. The Committee accepted the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-testimony of Mr. Shanmugam and Ms. Douglas that the Student appeared “teary eyed.” ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL (ILC) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-by Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-that Terence Kazuo Takashima committed acts of professional misconduct, being more ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:1(18), and 1(19). Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Credibility ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Committee was guided in its assessment of testimony and evidence in this matter by ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-generally accepted legal principals about the nature of credibility. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The burden of proof of the allegations lies with the College. The standard of proof in ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-College hearings is one that is used in civil cases and that is accepted to be the balance of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-probabilities. The balance of probabilities standard is whether it is more likely than not ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-that the events occurred. It is also acknowledged that the evidence must be ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-sufficiently clear, convincing and cogent to satisfy the balance of probabilities test. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Committee’s task was to determine if the College has satisfied the burden with clear, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-cogent and convincing evidence. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-In fulfilling its task the Committee applied guidance from the courts in determining the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-credibility of witnesses. The Committee took into account the integrity and intelligence ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-of the witness, the candidness of the witness, and the lack of evasion, degree of frankness ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Committee accepted the advice of ILC and the comments of College Counsel in his ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-closing submissions that this was civil and not a criminal matter and therefore the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Committee was to proceed on the principle of the balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Committee assessed four witnesses: Mr. Shanmugam, Ms. Dolores, the Student, and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-the Member. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Mr. Shanmugam ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Committee accepts that Mr. Shanmugam was able to recall the event in some detail. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-In his sharing of his testimony with the Committee, Mr. Shanmugam was consistent. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Mr. Shanmugam’s account was simple, sufficiently detailed and unwavering. Video ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-tapes of the hallway outside the staff room corroborate parts of Mr. Shanmugam’s ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-testimony. These video tapes confirm the time and location of the incident and are ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-consistent with Mr. Shanmugam’s testimony. The Committee accepts that Mr. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Shanmugam had no motivation except to speak the truth. The Committee considered that ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Mr. Shanmugam was on his second day of work in his full-time employment and that he ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-was risking his job security by speaking openly and reporting the event. Under cross- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-examination, Mr. Shanmugam continued to maintain the integrity of his account of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-incident. Member’s Counsel inferred that Mr. Shanmugam, on his second day of work, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-was not familiar with the culture of the school, merely witnessed a hug and took it out of ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-the context. The Committee accepted that all the other facts of the matter give weight to ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:the observation of Mr. Shanmugam that there was a sexual encounter. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Ms. Douglas ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Committee accepts that the testimony of Ms. Douglas was credible. Ms. Douglas’ ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-testimony assisted in strengthening Mr. Shanmugam’s and the Student’s testimony. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:“sexual relationship” between the Student and the Member, the Committee is of the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf:opinion that a sexual encounter did take place in the staff room. The Committee accepted ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-the testimony of Mr. Shanmugam that moaning could be heard, and testimony from both ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 2014 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-the Student and the Member that there was no other possible source of this sound. They ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-accepted the testimony of Mr. Shanmugam, the Student, and the Member, that the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Student was on one knee, and the testimony from Mr. Shanmugam, Ms. Douglas, and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Student, that the moment was “awkward” and the Student appeared teary-eyed. Further, ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-the Committee did not receive any plausible explanation from the Member or the Student ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-why they were not forthcoming with an explanation of what they were doing in this pose ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-to Mr. Shanmugam, the administration, the police, or in this hearing. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-concluded that their behaviour appeared to be covering up much more than a hug. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Member’s Counsel reiterated that the Student did speak to board officials, the police and ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-was present at the hearing. The Committee recognized that the Student was decidedly ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-uncooperative and under subpoena. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Member ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Committee assessed the Member’s testimony very carefully with the overriding ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-principle of establishing the credibility of the evidence that he offered. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-The Committee found the Member to be highly evasive, contradictory and reluctant. The ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Member’s testimony was diametrically opposed to that given by all the other witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Mr. Shanmugam and Ms. Douglas gave testimony that they saw the Member and the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Student in the staff room and had a clear memory of that encounter. In response, the ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf-Member maintained that he never saw Mr. Shanmugam or Ms. Douglas. Both, Mr. ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2014onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated September 11, 2012 (Exhibit 1) was served on Wendy Joy Champion ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting her presence on September 25, 2012 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 17, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing but had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf: (c) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- nature defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264 thereof or the Regulations made under that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- (e) she contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- (f) she contravened a law, the contravention of which caused a student to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- (g) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- (h) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 11 of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 8, and 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 8 and 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-Member abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-1(7). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-Paragraph 8 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf:abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 8, and 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-and specifically section 264 thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-Paragraph 10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf-contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-on March 19, 2013 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated June 29, 2011 (Exhibit 1), was served on Matthew John Chiarot (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on July 19, 2011 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set to commence on March 19, 2013. The proceedings ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-continued on March 20, 2013, May 6 and 7, 2013, August 28 and 29, 2013 and January 28 and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-29, 2014, March 4 and 5, 2014, August 27, 2014, and November 21, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The Member was in attendance throughout the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The allegations in this case arose as a result of the Member’s conduct during the 2006-2007 and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-2007-2008 academic years. The Member’s alleged conduct falls into two general categories: 1) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-inappropriate comments, and 2) substandard teaching practices. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-With respect to the first category, the Member allegedly made inappropriate comments in front ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:of other students in his class about another student’s sexual identity, about the behaviour of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-parent of another student, and about specific activities related to prom. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-With respect to the second category, the Member allegedly did not meet the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-profession in his teaching practices. In particular, the College alleges that he made available a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-copy of an exam to his students before they had to take the exam; he provided an overly-detailed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-exam review to another class to enable them to meet the expected grade range; he kept exams ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-locked in his car rather than in the school as required of him and failed to provide his students’ ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-marks to the School administration upon request; and, he failed to accurately record student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-grades, as evidenced by the raised or lowered grades for an exam that he had previously marked. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The task for the Committee is to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to prove the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-allegations, and if so, whether the Member’s conduct should give rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-For the reasons outlined in detail below, the Committee has determined that the Member is guilty ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 29, 2011, are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Matthew John Chiarot is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-subsection 30(2) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- (c) he failed to keep records as required by his professional duties, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(10); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- (d) he failed to supervise adequately a person(s) who is under his professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- supervision, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] school [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-“School”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-2. The courses [XXX] and [XXX] refer to Grade [XXX] and Grade [XXX] [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-[XXX]courses respectively. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-3. During the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 academic years, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- (a) failed to accurately record the grades of students enrolled in his courses; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- (b) made inappropriate comments to students in that the Member: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- (i) called a student who performed morning announcements “gay”; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- (ii) commented to his class about the activities that students would be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf: engaging in at the prom, including drinking, watching pornography and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf: having sex; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- (iii) following parent/teacher interviews, commented to a student, in front of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- his class, “Your mom grilled me. She sure is animated”; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- (c) failed to adequately supervise students by leaving students unattended and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- unsupervised in the classroom; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Inappropriate Conduct and Comments ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Student No. 3 testified that the Member did not always conduct himself appropriately in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-classroom. She stated that the Member was disorganized and unprofessional. On many ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-occasions, he had what seemed to be personal conversations on his cell phone during class time. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The Member showed favouritism towards students considered to be jocks, and since he was the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-coach of the School’s [XXX] team, students from his team would drop by his classroom for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-[XXX] meetings or just to say “hi” to the Member. The Member would also eat during class and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-sometimes sent students to the cafeteria to buy him food or coffee. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Student No. 3 testified to a particular incident that occurred while the class was listening to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-morning announcements over the School’s PA system. While a student was making an ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-announcement, the Member made a derogatory comment about the student’s tone of voice and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-about the student’s sexual orientation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Student No. 3 stated that on another occasion, grade [XXX] and [XXX] students stopped by the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member’s classroom and discussed prom with him. During this conversation, the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:commented that students would be drinking, having sex and watching pornography during prom. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Student No. 3 further testified that, the day after parent-teacher interviews, the Member singled ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-out Student No. 3’s mother, Ms. 3, stating that she was animated, talked a lot and gave him a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-hard time. The Member’s comments embarrassed Student No. 3. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Exam Review ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-could have a special class during which they would bring food and watch a movie to celebrate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-the end of the semester. The students, however, brought an inappropriate movie for this class ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-celebration and the Member did not want the students to watch it. Student No. 6 could not recall ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-if the students watched the whole movie or not. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Student No. 6 testified that the Member’s [XXX] class took place during first period, which ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-meant that students would listen to morning announcements in the Member’s classroom. There ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-were sometimes announcements directing students from the School’s [XXX] team to find the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member in his classroom after school to submit money for tournaments. On one occasion, there ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-was a morning announcement asking students to find the Member in his classroom during first ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-period to submit money for a trip. After the announcements had ended, some students from the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-team came to the Member’s class to drop off payment for an upcoming trip, and this process only ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-took a few minutes. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Student No. 6 could not recall the Member ever talking on his cell phone or expressing views ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:about gender identity or sexual orientation in class. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Student No. 6 confirmed that he was never interviewed by the School administration, the Board ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-or the College regarding the Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Cross-examination of Student No. 6 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Exam Review ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-During cross-examination, Student No. 6 admitted that he did not have a specific recollection of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-the Member’s exam review, though he recalled the Member telling the class that he did not want ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-them to fail. Student No. 6 also acknowledged that there was some tension between his [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 40 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-and students who were finished early were expected to remain quiet and to respect other students ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-who were still writing the quiz or the test. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Student No. 8 felt that the Member had adequately prepared him for the exam at the end of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-semester. The Member had given an exam review that was not any more detailed than the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-reviews conducted by his other teachers. Student No. 8 had no recollection of other students ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-asking his classmates for their exam review notes. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Classroom Conduct ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Student No. 8 testified about an incident during which a student from the School’s [XXX] was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-making an announcement over the PA system. On this occasion, Student No. 8 was in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member’s [XXX] class, and his desk was positioned directly in front of the Member’s desk. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-During the announcement, the Member leaned over to Student No. 8 and asked him if the student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-speaking over the PA system was gay. Student No. 8 stated that he was not offended by this ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-discussion. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Student No. 8 described another instance where students, including Student No. 6, were having a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-discussion about prom. While the morning announcements were still in progress, some students ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:were saying that there was going to be drinking, drugs and sex at prom. The Member asked the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-students to be quiet, and the discussion subsequently came to an end. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Student No. 8 stated that he had no concerns about the Member’s classroom supervision. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member did not leave his students unattended or talk on his cell phone during class. If the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member needed to step out of his classroom for a brief period of time, he would have another ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-teacher keep an eye on his students. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 43 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The Member also testified about a special “Pancake Tuesday” [XXX]class during which his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-students celebrated the beginning of Lent and the end of the [XXX] unit. This activity gave the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member an opportunity to teach [XXX] to his class while he and his students were preparing the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-food. The Member also allowed his students to watch a movie that day. He had made reference ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-to the particular movie during a previous class as part of an analogy for [XXX], and his students ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-expressed an interest in watching the film. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The Member also testified about the incident in which he commented on the sexual orientation of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-a student. During morning announcements over the PA system, a student spoke in a particular ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-style that the Member “associated with … a gay person,” so the Member leaned over to Student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-No. 8 and asked him if the student making the announcement was gay. Student No. 8 was sitting ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-directly in front of the Member and Student No. 3 was sitting behind Student No. 8. The Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-claimed to have asked this question because he had heard from a colleague that the principal had ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-removed a student from [XXX] simply because he or she was gay. The Member stated that he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-did not ask this question with the intention of demeaning the student. The Member, however, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-acknowledged that he should not have asked the question and that a student’s sexual orientation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-was a personal matter. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The Member also testified about the prom incident. According to the Member, there was an ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-announcement that future School dances might be cancelled, which prompted him to wonder ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-aloud what had happened at prom the previous night to cause the administration to take this kind ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-of action. Student No. 4 and Student No. 6 told the Member that students were drinking, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:watching pornography and having sex at prom. The Member then stopped the conversation after ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-hearing these comments. The Member acknowledged that it was a mistake for him to even ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-initiate such a discussion. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 53 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-According to College Counsel, there is no dispute that the Member commented about a student’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:sexual orientation following the student’s morning announcement over the School’s loudspeaker. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-There is, however, a dispute over what was said and how it was said. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The College submitted that Student No. 3’s evidence on this issue should be accepted. Student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-No. 3, who was extensively cross-examined on this point, testified that when the student made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-his announcement over the loudspeaker, the Member made an offensive comment in front of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-class about the student’s “gay” manner of speaking. College Counsel stated that the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-publicly ridiculed a student by making homophobic comments about him. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The College further submitted that the Member’s evidence that he innocently inquired about the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:student’s sexual orientation should not be accepted. It was implausible that the Member would ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:ask a student in his class about the sexual orientation of the grade [XXX] student with whom ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-neither of them were familiar. College Counsel submitted that the Committee should not accept ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:the Member’s evidence that he had inquired about the student’s sexual orientation because of a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-prior incident in which the principal had allegedly removed a student from [XXX] due to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:student’s sexual orientation. The College submitted that the Member’s explanation should not be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-accepted because no evidence was adduced, nor was Mr. Mayers asked about the incident in his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-testimony. College Counsel submitted that Student No. 3’s evidence that the Member had made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:inappropriate comments about another student’s sexual orientation ought to be preferred over the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member’s evidence. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The College further submitted that if the Committee were to accept that the Member made the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-“gay” comment, it should lead to a finding of professional misconduct. The College referred to a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board Policy Manual and to Pastoral Guidelines ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 56 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-to indicate that the Member’s comments breached the standards of the profession and amounted ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-to professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-College Counsel also referred the Committee to Ontario College of Teachers v. Maracle, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-LNONCTD 20 (“Maracle”), Ontario College of Teachers v. Brazil, 2009 LNONCTD 20 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-(“Brazil”), and Ontario College of Teachers v. Geekie, 2010 LNONCTD 9 (“Geekie”), in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-support of its position that when a Member makes inappropriate or belittling comments in front ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-of a class, or uses derogatory labels for a student including calling a student “gay”, a finding of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-professional misconduct is appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Allegation 3(b)(ii) – The Prom comments ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The College submitted that the Member made inappropriate comments about prom in 2007-2008 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-and that these comments should lead to a finding of professional misconduct. According to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-College Counsel, the Committee should accept Student No. 3’s evidence that senior students ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-entered the classroom and had a discussion with the Member about prom, and that the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:commented that there would be drinking, sex, and watching pornography at prom. The dispute ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-with respect to this allegation concerns what was said by whom, and whether a finding of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-professional misconduct should be made if the Committee accepts that the comments were made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The College submitted that although there was extensive evidence relating to prom that was put ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-forward by both the College’s and the Member’s witnesses, the Committee actually heard about ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-two different events (as opposed to two different versions of the same event). In particular, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Student No. 3’s evidence differed from the defence witnesses’ evidence in three significant ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-ways. First, Student No. 3 testified that there were senior students in the classroom when the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 57 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member made his comments about prom; Student No. 8, however, was emphatic that there were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-no older students in the classroom during the event that he recalled. Second, unlike other student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-witnesses, Student No. 3 never testified that the Member’s comments were triggered by a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-morning announcement to the effect that prom might be cancelled because of an incident that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-occurred at a School dance the night before. Third, unlike other student witnesses, Student No. 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-testified that she could clearly hear that the prom comments were said by the Member to other ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-senior students, and not vice versa. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The College submitted that these distinctions suggest that Student No. 3 was remembering a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-different event from that described by the other student witnesses. It should not come as a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-surprise that prom conversations occurred in the classroom on multiple occasions, as prom is a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-significant event in the life of [XXX] students. Moreover, if the Member were simply putting a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-stop to an ordinary conversation about prom and not making inappropriate comments about prom ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-himself, it would be implausible for the Member to recall such a non-event with the level of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-detail described by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the prom comments were another example in a series of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-inappropriate conduct that should give rise to a finding of professional misconduct. The College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-refuted the Member’s argument that the prom comments did not amount to professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-misconduct because they were accurate. According to the College, the accuracy of the prom ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-comments is irrelevant and this “accuracy defence” reflects the type of concerning, cavalier ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-attitude displayed by the Member. Regardless of whether it is accurate to suggest that drinking, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:sex, and watching pornography occur at prom, if a teacher makes these types of comments to his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-students, it should give rise to a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 58 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel also addressed the College’s theory that the Member had increased his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-students’ grades so that they would fall within an acceptable range, because he had not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-adequately taught the course material. According to Member’s Counsel, this is the grossest form ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-of speculation and should not be accepted by the Committee. The grade discrepancies did not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-reveal a significant pattern that would support this theory and the evidence was insufficient to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-support a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Allegation 3(b)(i) – The “gay” comment ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that the evidence regarding allegation 3(b)(i) is insufficient to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-support a finding of professional misconduct. Although the Member acknowledged that he used ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-the term “gay” when speaking to a student in his classroom about another student in the School, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-this was an isolated incident without any malicious intent, according to Member’s Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel stated that the Member made this comment as there had been an issue with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:respect to a different student being removed from the [XXX] because of sexual orientation. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member acknowledged that the comment was inappropriate, and he claims to have learned from ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-it. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Moreover, Member’s Counsel submitted that the evidence only establishes that two students ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-heard the comment: Student No. 8, to whom he had made the comment, and Student No. 3, who ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-was sitting directly behind Student No. 8. The comment was not made publicly in front of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-entire class, and there is no evidence that Student No. 3’s version of events regarding this ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-incident was corroborated by other witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel also addressed the College’s submission that it was disingenuous and too ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-easy for the Member to apologize for his comments during these proceedings, claiming that he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 75 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel further submitted that Student No. 3’s statement was actually not consistent ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-with her oral testimony, and that, since there was a prior inconsistent statement, the statement ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-actually impairs the testimony of Student No. 3. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Finally, with regard to the “gay” comment, Member’s Counsel submitted that the College has not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-provided any authority which clearly states that a single incident of an inappropriate verbal ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:comment regarding sexual orientation constitutes the basis for a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-misconduct. Member’s Counsel further submitted that the Member had not intended to mock ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-anyone with his comments, that there was no evidence that the comments were part of an ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-ongoing history of homophobia on the part of the Member, and that the Member learned his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-lesson from this incident. Accordingly, Member’s Counsel submitted that the “gay” comment ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-should not give rise to a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Allegation 3(b)(ii) – The Prom comments ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that the evidence regarding allegation 3(b)(ii) is not sufficiently ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-clear, cogent and convincing to support a finding of professional misconduct. Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-took the position that the Member behaved entirely appropriately in this situation and promptly ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-put a stop to a discussion among students about prom; he did not make any inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-comments himself. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-According to Member’s Counsel, the Member and four students testified about the prom ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-comments and indicated that the comments were made by students and not by the Member. Only ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-one witness, Student No. 3, testified that the inappropriate comments were made by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel further submitted that College Counsel could have asked Student No. 4 about ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 77 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Committee should be wary of the Member’s defence that he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-only made the “gay” comment because he was worried that a student had previously been ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:removed from [XXX] as a result of his sexual orientation. According to College Counsel, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member never provided this explanation during the Board investigation and he did not mention it ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-during his examination-in-chief. The issue was only identified during cross-examination and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-College Counsel suggested that this should cause the Committee to question the merit of this ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-defence. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Prior Consistent/Inconsistent Statements ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-College Counsel submitted that Member’s Counsel has put the Committee in a difficult position. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member’s Counsel has urged the Committee not to rely on Tab 20 of Exhibit 3 (the secretary’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-note of her phone call with Ms. 3), although it had been entered into evidence on consent months ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-earlier. College Counsel took issue with the fact that Member’s Counsel urged the Committee to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-disregard this document because of the laws surrounding prior consistent statements, while also ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-telling the Committee that extensive cross-examination had occurred about this document, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-that it was actually a prior inconsistent statement. According to College Counsel, this document ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-should not be relied on for the truth of its contents but rather to demonstrate that what Student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-No. 3 heard the Member say was serious enough for her to tell her mother, and that her mother ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-felt that that it was serious enough to call the School. College Counsel submitted that it would be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-appropriate for the Committee to rely on this document for that purpose. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Allegation 3(b)(ii) – The Prom comments ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-College Counsel replied to the submission of Member’s Counsel that the College’s “two events” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-theory was inappropriate. According to College Counsel, this is not a new theory that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 92 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:was inappropriate to make a comment about a student’s sexuality, particularly in front of other ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Allegations of Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Allegation 3(a) – The “Mark Book” Allegation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The Committee finds that there was sufficient evidence to prove that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-accurately record the grades of students enrolled in his courses and that this gives rise to a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-finding of professional misconduct. Two separate incidents related to inaccurate grades reported ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-in Mark Book were discussed in this context: grades entered into Mark Book were not identical ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-to those written on the exams, and the Member gave all students a grade of 100% on their ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-progress reports. Both incidents are addressed below. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-i) Inputting different grades into Mark Book than recorded on the exams ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The Committee finds that there was sufficient evidence to prove that the Member input grades ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-into Mark Book, which did not correspond to grades on his students’ exams. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-finds that this action gives rise to a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The Committee was persuaded by the testimony of Mr. Mayers, who indicated that, upon ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-investigating this matter, he found a difference between the grades on student exams and the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-grades entered in Mark Book. This testimony was supported by Ms. Scarfone, who also noticed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-these discrepancies. The Committee reviewed Ms. Scarfone’s testimony that there were no ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-technical issues with Mark Book and that no one else in the department raised any concerns ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-about the functionality of Mark Book at that time. While both Mr. Mayers and the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-acknowledged potential technical issues with respect to Mark Book that occurred much later in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 98 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Allegation 3(b)(i) – The “gay” comment ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Student No. 3, Student No. 8, and the Member all testified that the Member made a comment ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-about a student’s tone of voice, and asked why he sounded like that and “is he gay?” By the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Member’s own admission, he asked if the student was gay and acknowledged that it was not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-appropriate for him to have done so. The Committee finds that there was sufficient evidence to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-prove that the Member made the comment. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The Committee further finds that this comment gives rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-misconduct. The Committee does not accept that the intent of the comment was innocent and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-made in any form of genuine concern for the student. The Committee agrees with College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Counsel that it is implausible that the Member would have innocently asked a student in his class ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:about the sexual orientation of a grade student that neither of them knew. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-The Committee does not accept the submission of Member’s Counsel that this was an isolated ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-incident without any malicious intent. This was not the only incident in which the Member made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-an inappropriate comment in front of students that could have humiliated a student; the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-admitted that he also made the “your mom grilled me” comment in front of his class, which was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-inappropriate and embarrassing to a student. Moreover, the Committee finds that it was totally ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:inappropriate for the Member to ask a student about the sexual orientation of another student, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-and highly unprofessional for a teacher to engage a student in that type of conversation. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-question breached student confidentiality and displayed a lack of sensitivity to issues regarding ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf:sexual orientation. It is irrelevant whether one student or twenty students heard the comment; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-teachers are not to make remarks that could be perceived to be homophobic. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf-Allegation 3(b)(ii) – The Prom comments ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- 101 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-4. The Member and Person A were colleagues at the School for over [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-and the professional relationship also turned into a friendship. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-5. The Member and Person A had a friendly and professional working relationship ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-in that they would meet and speak about issues that arose at School, for example, issues ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-with individual students, and [XXX] programs that they were [XXX]. These ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-conversations would usually take place in Person A’s classroom before the school day ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-began. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-6. When greeting Person A, the Member would kiss her on the cheek and give her a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-hug. Person A felt uncomfortable with this, but tolerated it because it seemed that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-Member would do this with all the females he greeted. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-7. Just before lunch on or about April 24, 2009, the Member and Person A were in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-the School’s elevator together. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-8. During this elevator ride, the Member told Person A that she was beautiful and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-kissed her on the cheek. He then placed one hand on her right breast and cupped it. With ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-the other hand, he squeezed the left buttock of Person A. The Member then bent over ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-and kissed the exposed portion of her right breast. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-9. Person A immediately pushed the Member away as his actions were done without ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-her consent. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-10. On or about May 26, 2009, the Member was charged in that he: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-on or about the 24th day of April in the year 2009 in the City of Toronto, in the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf:Region, did commit a sexual assault on Person A contrary to the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-11. On or about December 17, 2010, the Member was found guilty of the charge ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-described in paragraph 10 above. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-12. On or about December 17, 2010, the Member received a conditional discharge ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-and 12 months’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-13. The Member was administratively transferred by the Board to another school and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-was given a three day unpaid suspension. Included in Exhibit 2 at Tab “B” is a letter to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-the Member from the Superintendent of Human Resources dated July 13, 2011 regarding ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-same. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-14. The Member appealed the criminal findings and sentence and on or about January ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-31, 2012, the appeal was allowed. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf:15. A re-trial was held with respect to the charge of sexual assault against Person A ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf:and on or about November 29, 2013, the Member was again found guilty of sexually ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-assaulting Person A. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-16. On or about February 28, 2014, the Member received an absolute discharge by ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-Madam Justice A.E. Tuck-Jackson because the period of probation had already been ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-served successfully. The absolute discharge was given with a common-law peace bond ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-order to keep the peace for 12 months and to not have any contact directly or indirectly ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-with Person A. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-17. Included in Exhibit 2 at Tab “C” is a certified copy of the Information dated May ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-26, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 20 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged, and the Committee finds, that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-the Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-Committee accepts the Member’s guilty plea. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf:The Member was found guilty of sexual assault of a female colleague (Person A) on ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-December 17, 2010. The Member appealed the criminal findings and sentence and was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf:granted a re-trial on appeal. At the second trial, the Member was found guilty of sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf:assault of Person A. The Committee finds that the Member’s sexual assault of a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf:colleague leading to a conviction of sexual assault, constitutes professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), Counsel for the College and Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-for the Member jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-Discipline Committee in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf-1. direct that the Member appear before the Committee immediately following the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be delivered in person at the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- of Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-“Committee”) on February 12, 2015 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated October 2, 2014 was served on Marc Claege (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-“Member”), requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-College of Teachers on November 6, 2014 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for February 12, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-The Member was not in attendance at the hearing, nor represented by legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Marc Claege is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-8. The Student was afraid that if he did not allow the Member to touch him, he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-would lose the Member as his confidant. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-9. On May 17, 2013, the Member was arrested and charged with two counts of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf:sexual assault and one count of sexual exploitation. On February 25, 2014, the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf:pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault in the Ontario Court of Justice. Upon finding ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-the Member guilty, the Trial Judge sentenced the Member to eight (8) months in jail, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-followed by eighteen (18) months of probation. The remaining two charges were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-withdrawn at the request of the Crown. Attached to Exhibit 3 at Tab B are certified ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-copies of the Information and Probation Order. Attached to Exhibit 3 at Tab C is a copy ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-of the Transcript of Proceedings before Justice Le Tourneau on February 25, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-10. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-to in paragraphs 1-9 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-11. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf:admits that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-12. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Marc Claege committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf:Further, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged, and the Committee finds, that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-the Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-and 1(19). Further, the Member admitted, and the Committee finds, that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf:sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-The Committee accepts the Member’s guilty plea, and finds that the facts contained in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea amount to professional misconduct as pleaded ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-to by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-The Member became the Student’s mentor and confidant. Between October 2010 and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf:April 27, 2013, the Member regularly and systematically sexually abused the Student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-The abuse escalated in an aggressive manner, culminating in the Member performing ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-fellatio on the Student. While the Student was uncomfortable with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-behaviour, he was afraid that if he did not allow the Member to touch him, he would lose ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-the Member as his confidant. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf:The Member was found guilty of sexual assault pursuant to s. 271(1) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-Code of Canada, sentenced to eight months in jail and placed on probation for eighteen ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-months. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4), College Counsel and the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-in this matter would be that the Committee direct the Registrar to revoke the Certificate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-of Qualification of the Member and direct that there be publication of the findings and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-Order of the Committee, in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- 2. There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- summary form, with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-The Member abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as a teacher and took ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf:advantage of and engaged in regular and systematic sexual abuse of a student over a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf:lengthy period of time. The Member pleaded guilty to the charge of sexual assault, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-contrary to s. 271(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-The Member’s behaviour has brought the profession into disrepute and was in conflict ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-with the duty of a teacher to protect students. The seriousness of this misconduct is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-compounded by the fact that the Member was acting as a mentor and confidant to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf:Student and used this relationship against the Student for his own sexual gratification. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf:The Member had no regard for the well-being of the Student. The sexual abuse by the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-Member continues to affect the emotional well-being of the Student and his family, as per ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-his victim impact statement (Exhibit 3, Tab C, pages 8-9). The Member, as a result of his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-misconduct, has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and being a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-member of the teaching profession. This egregious misconduct requires that the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-receive the maximum penalty available to the Committee, which is the revocation of his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary form, with the name ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-of the Member, identifies to the profession the nature of the Member’s disgraceful and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-dishonourable misconduct and the consequences for such behaviour. Publication with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-name acts as a specific deterrent and as a general deterrent by informing the profession ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-that such behaviour will not be tolerated and will result in the harshest penalty: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-revocation. Publication serves the public interest by reassuring and informing the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-community that the profession acts decisively when matters of this nature are brought to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf-its attention. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated August 1, 2014 (Exhibit 1) was served on Scott Andrew Dempster ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting his presence on August 11, 2014 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 18, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal representation, but he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf-did provide written submissions to the Committee (see Exhibit 5). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated December 1, 2011 was served on Joseph Kingsley Eyiah ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting his presence on December 19, 2011 to set a date for a hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for June 10, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Joseph Kingsley Eyiah is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf: subsection 1(7.3), and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- (b) told Student No. 1 that if she needed money or anything else from him, she should ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- just ask; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- (c) asked Student No. 1 what prizes she would like to receive at graduation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-6. In June 2009, while leaving the [XXX] classroom alone with Student No. 1, the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-put his arm around Student No. 1. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-7. Student No. 1 reported that, as a result of the Member’s conduct as described in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-paragraphs 4-6 above, she felt uncomfortable and frightened. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-8. During the 2008-2009 school year, during [XXX] class, the Member patted Student No. 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-on her shoulder. Student No. 2 reported that she found this awkward. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-9. During the 2008-2009 school year, during [XXX] class, the Member held Student No. 3’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-hands while providing assistance with her drawing. She reported that this made her feel scared ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-and uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf:10. If the Member were to testify, he would say that none of his conduct had any sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-intention. Rather, he was attempting to express his care for the students involved in his capacity ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-11. The Member does not contest the facts referred to in paragraph 1-10 (the “Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-Facts”) above and agrees that the Discipline Committee accepts these facts as correct for the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-purposes of this procedure only. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-12. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts include facts which ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-constitute professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf-subsections 1(5) and 1(18 - unprofessional). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada. The Committee is therefore required to uphold this publication ban. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Accordingly, there shall be no publication of any information that might tend to identify the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-victim or witnesses involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Kim Doris Gervais is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-b) she abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf:c) she abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf: and/or abused a student sexually as defined in Part 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the regulations made thereunder, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-e) she contravened a law the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s suitability ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-f) she contravened a law the contravention of which has caused and/or may cause a student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- who is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-g) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-h) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-1. Kim Doris Gervais is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil scolaire de district ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- catholique des Grandes Rivières as a teacher. During the relevant period, the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- was teaching at [XXX] in Timmins. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-3. During the relevant period, Student 1 was a boy aged approximately [XXX] years. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-4. During the relevant period, Student 2 was a boy aged approximately [XXX] years. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-5. During the relevant period, Student 3 was a boy aged approximately [XXX] years. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-6. During the relevant period, Student 4 was a boy aged approximately [XXX] years. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-7. During the period from September 1, 2007 to December 31, 2011, the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- in inappropriate personal relationships with Student 1, Student 2, Student 3 and Student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 4. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-8. During the period from September 1, 2007 to December 31, 2011, the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf: in sexual relationships with Student 1, Student 2, Student 3 and Student 4. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-9. In view of the facts set out in paragraphs 1 to 8, the Member contravened sections 271, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 272.1(a), 152 and 151(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf:10. On April 23, 2014, the Member was found guilty of four counts of, for a sexual purpose, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- touching, directly [...], with a part of the body [...], any part of the body of a person under ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- the age of 16 years, contrary to section 151(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-As the Member was not present and did not have legal representation, the Committee proceeded ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The Chair, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for Kim Doris ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Gervais (Exhibit 2) and the Member’s History (Exhibit 3), which indicate that the Member was a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-member of the College at the time of the alleged events. The College also entered into evidence a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Brief of Court Documents - Her Majesty the Queen v. Doris Kim Gervais (Exhibit 6), which ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-contains the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-A. Certificate of Conviction (4), dated June 15, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-B. Charge ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-C. Court Information and Appearances ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-D. Probation Order, dated April 23, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-E. Transcript: R. v. Doris Kim Gervais, Proceeding before the Honourable Justice L. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- Gauthier, dated April 23, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 6 confirms that, on April 23, 2014, in the Superior Court of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf:Justice, the Member was found guilty of three counts of, for a sexual purpose, touching, directly ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, any part of the body of a person under the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-age of 16 years, contrary to section 151(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada, and one count of, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf:[for a sexual purpose,] inviting, counselling or inciting a person under the age of 16 years to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, the body of any person, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-including the body of the person who so invites, counsels or incites and the body of the person ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-under the age of 16 years, contrary to section 152 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-College Counsel described the Member’s criminal history in detail and submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf:Member’s case was one of severe sexual abuse, involving the premeditated sexual assault of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-many young boys. Counsel further submitted that the Member’s conduct, as detailed in the Brief ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-of Court Documents (Exhibit 6) and the resultant criminal conviction, provided a sufficient basis ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-to justify a finding of professional misconduct with respect to all of the allegations of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-put forward in the Notice of Hearing. The Member had legal representation during her criminal ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Having considered the evidence and the submissions made by Counsel for the College, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Committee finds that Kim Doris Gervais committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-the Notice of Hearing, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf:The Committee further finds that the Member abused a student sexually, as defined in Part 1 of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Committee’s Rules”), inter ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-alia, the Committee accepts the certified copy of the Court Information and Appearances as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-proof, in this case, that the Member committed the criminal offences outlined therein. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Member was found guilty and convicted of multiple criminal offences before a Canadian Court. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-She pled guilty on all four counts at the criminal trial. No appeal has been taken, and the time for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Committee’s Rules, the Committee admits as ancillary ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-to the certified copy of the Court Information, the findings of fact contained in the related ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-decision of the Superior Court of Justice involving the Member. The Committee further admits ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-as incidental to the certified copy of the Court Information, transcripts of the proceedings at ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-which the conviction occurred, for the purposes of explaining the finding of guilt (Exhibit 6, Tab ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-E). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College has proven, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-on a balance of probabilities, that between September 1, 2007 and December 31, 2011, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Member directly touched, with a part of her body, several [XXX]-year-old boys or abused them ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-sexually as defined in the Act. During the relevant period, she was a teacher at [XXX] in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Timmins. Between the 2006-2007 and 2011-2012 school years, she sent personal text messages ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-or messages with sexual connotations to Student 1, Student 2, Student 3 and Student 4, engaged ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-in an open-mouth French kiss with one of the students and sent another a text message inviting ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-him to her home and stating that she wanted to perform fellatio on him. The student turned down ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-the invitation. During the 2011-2012 school year, she showed three of the four boys photographs ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-of herself in various states of undress that were stored on her cell phone and said that she could ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-also show them a video of herself masturbating, but that to view it the boys would have to come ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-to her home that evening. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf:Subsequently, she invited the students to her home to view a porn video. When they got there, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf:the boys watched a short porn video and one of the three decided to leave during the viewing ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-because he felt uncomfortable. The Member and the other two students then went to a bedroom ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-in the basement where they were invited to fondle her breasts for approximately one minute. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-two students left shortly after this incident. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf:The Member was arrested in 2012 and charged with three counts of sexual contact and one count ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf:of inciting to sexual contact, contrary to sections 151(a) and 152 of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Canada. She pled guilty on all four counts in 2014 and was sentenced to seven months in jail ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-followed by two years of probation. The College has also proven through its Brief of Court ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Documents that on April 23, 2014, in the Superior Court of Justice, the Member was found guilty ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-of all four of the aforementioned counts. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct egregious. She has abused her position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-authority in the most despicable manner. Accordingly, the Committee finds that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf:multiple, repeated instances of sexual abuse of young boys constitute acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-misconduct contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-and Registration, and publication with name, are appropriate penalties considering the gravity of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf:the Member’s misconduct. According to College Counsel, this is a serious case of sexual abuse, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-in which the Member demonstrated complete disregard for children’s well-being through her ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-repeated targeting of vulnerable children. The Member exploited her position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-authority as a teacher. Revocation is appropriate in serious matters such as this. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-College Counsel further submitted that publication with the name of the Member is warranted in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-this case. It serves as a specific deterrent to the Member and as a general deterrent to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-profession. College Counsel added that the Committee’s denunciation of the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-and the publication of both names appearing in Exhibit 3, that is, Kim Doris Gervais and Kim ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Doris Brousseau, demonstrate to the public that acts of professional misconduct have serious ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-consequences. Moreover, publication is important because it informs the public and other ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-members of the profession that matters before the Committee are resolved in an open and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-transparent manner. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-College Counsel submitted that publication of both of the Member’s names is necessary because, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-according to the probation officer, the Member has left Ontario and moved to British Columbia, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-intending to change her name and return to a teaching career. Publication of both of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Member’s names is therefore necessary to protect the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-College Counsel referred the Committee to two cases involving inappropriate personal and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf:sexual relationships engaged in by a member: Ontario College of Teachers v. Jennings, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-LNONECD 14, and Ontario College of Teachers v. O’Keefe, 2013 LNONECD 54. College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Counsel submitted that these cases were similar to the Member’s case and that revocation and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-publication with name was ordered in both instances. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member immediately; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-2. Pursuant to clause 3 of subsection 30(5) of the Act, there shall be publication of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- findings and order of the Committee, in summary form, with the names appearing in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- Exhibit 3; i.e., Kim Doris Gervais and Kim Doris Brousseau, in the College’s official ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- publication, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-The Committee finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Registration is appropriate in this case. The Member’s conduct towards young children was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf:abhorrent and reprehensible. The Member’s multiple, repeated acts of sexual misconduct warrant ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-the Committee’s most severe penalty available: an order of revocation. The Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-has jeopardized the public’s trust in the teaching profession. Accordingly, the Member is no ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-longer entitled to be a member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-The Committee finds that publication of both of the Member’s names in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession is warranted. It conveys to the profession the serious nature of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-the Member’s misconduct and the consequences of such behaviour. Publication with name acts ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-as a specific deterrent to the Member as it holds the Member accountable for her actions. It also ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-serves as a general deterrent by reminding the profession that such behaviour is not tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Moreover, publishing the Member’s names ensures the transparency of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-and reassures the public that the College acts decisively and does not shield its members when ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-matters of this nature are brought to its attention. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the finding and the penalty protect the public interest and uphold ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-the standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf-Dated: October 19, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- Robert Gagné, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- Jean-Luc Bernard, OCT ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated August 13, 2013 (Exhibit 1) was served on Peter David Giaschi (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on September 18, 2013 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for October 19, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing but had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) [pre-2008 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf: amendment] and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- subsection 1(7) [post-2008 amendment]; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-1. At all material times, Peter David Giaschi was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Teachers. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Hastings and Prince Edward ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-3. In or around September 2008, a Grade [XXX] female student (“Student 1”) performed an ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-erotic monologue in front of the [XXX] class. The monologue performed by Student 1 was one ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-of the monologue options offered to the class by the Member. The Member suggested she ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-perform the monologue while lying on the floor and as though she were “having the best orgasm ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-of her life”. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “B” is a copy of the monologue titled “One Moment”. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-4. In or around the period September to December 2008, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf: (a) used crude sexual language during class; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf: (b) made sexual references when instructing his students on how to act out a scene; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- (c) suggested to a female student (“Student 2”) that she act as though she were drunk, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- because the character in the scene was supposed to have consumed alcohol. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- Member then proceeded to mock Student 2 for her inexperience when she ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- indicated that she had never been drunk; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf: (d) made crude comments about the sexual orientation and activities of the character ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- Romeo in the play Romeo and Juliet; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- (e) engaged in physical contact with students during a class by rolling on the floor ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- with students, including full-body contact with students. If the Member were to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- testify, he would state that he intended this activity to be a form of “Contact ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- Improvisation”, a dance technique. Although students raised concerns about the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- activity described as Contact Improvisation during the class, they did not refuse ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- to participate; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- (f) in December 2008, performed for students the George Carlin monologue, The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television, which contains inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- language; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- (g) during the course of teaching the play Hamlet to a class, the Member described ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- the etymology of the word “cunt” and explained that it was really a beautiful ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- word. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-5. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “C” is a copy of the School principal’s January 12, 2009 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-letter of discipline to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-6. On or around May 22, 2009, the Member confronted an occasional teacher about an issue ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-in front of students. The Member’s conduct made her feel humiliated and intimidated. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Member refused to discuss the issue with her outside of the classroom, despite her request that he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-do so. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-7. On or around May 29, 2009, the Member left his school computer open to a Facebook ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-conversation which included inappropriate comments about School administrators, accessible for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-students to view in his classroom. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “D” is a copy of the Board ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-superintendent’s June 3, 2009 letter of discipline to the Member, advising that the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-would be suspended for two days without pay. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7) [post-2008 amendment], 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4 and 10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Member abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-1(7). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4 and 10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Paragraph 3, 4 and 10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf:Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf:1(7.3) or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, and engaged in conduct ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-In support of this position, College Counsel referred the Committee to five cases: Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-College of Teachers v. Badgley, 2014 LNONCTD 31; Ontario College of Teachers v. Bordonali, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-2010 LNONCTD 14; Ontario College of Teachers v. Lowrie, 2015 LNONCTD 29; Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-College of Teachers v. Woltman, 2015 LNONCTD 43; and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Woltman, 2015 LNONCTD 44. College Counsel submitted that although these cases were not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-directly on point, they dealt with inappropriate language or teaching techniques, or they involved ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-inappropriate interactions with colleagues and administrators and, in all cases, publication with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-name was ordered. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Submissions of Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that publication with the name of the Member is not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-warranted in this case and noted that the Committee has the discretion to order publication with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-or without the name of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that through the Joint Submission on Penalty the Member accepts ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-responsibility for his actions, and that the physical conduct engaged in by the Member was not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf:sexualized conduct. Further, Member’s Counsel indicated that the Member had had a successful ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-career and had never previously appeared before the Committee and had no intention of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-returning to the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Member’s Counsel referred the Committee to five cases: Ontario College of Teachers v. Reist, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-2014 LNONCTD 60; Ontario College of Teachers v. Hill, 2012 LNONCTD 30; Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-of Teachers v. Blanchard, 2012 LNONCTD 17; Ontario College of Teachers v. Musial, 2009 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-LNONCTD 9; and, Ontario College of Teachers v. Hyde, 2009 LNONCTD 27. According to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf-Member’s Counsel, the Committee should follow these precedents in which the members’ names ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-academic years, the Member is alleged to have received two unsatisfactory Teacher Performance ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-Appraisals as a result of his deficiencies in many areas of his teaching practice. Among other ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-things, numerous questions were raised with regard to the Member’s ability to provide his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-students with an environment conducive to learning. The Member is alleged to have been ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-extremely reluctant to improve his teaching practice and he did not show significant signs of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf:improvement before his employment was eventually terminated by the Windsor-Essex Catholic ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”) on November 13, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-In addition, the Member is alleged to have possessed and/or used cocaine at the School, while ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-entrusted with the care of children. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-The Committee’s task is to determine whether the facts alleged by the College have been proven, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-on a balance of probabilities, and if so, whether the Member’s conduct gives rise to a finding of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-professional misconduct and incompetence. For the reasons that follow, the Committee finds the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-Member guilty of professional misconduct and further finds the Member to be incompetent as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-defined in section 30(3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Sean Lee Gibson is guilty of professional misconduct and/or is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-incompetent as defined in subsections 30(2) and 30(3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-1996 in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- E.2, including section 264 (1)(c) or the regulations made thereunder, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s suitability ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- (i) he displayed a lack of knowledge, skill or judgment and/or disregard for the welfare of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- his students of a nature or extent that demonstrates that the Member is either unfit to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- carry out his/her professional responsibilities or that the Member’s certificate should be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- made subject to terms, conditions or limitations. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-1. Sean Lee Gibson is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf:2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Windsor-Essex Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-3. During the 2011-2012 academic year and the 2012-2013 academic year, the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-was a grade [XXX] teacher at the School. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf-4. The Member, inter alia: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- (a) Failed to demonstrate a commitment to the well-being and development of his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- students; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- (b) Failed to demonstrate an effort to teach and support student learning and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- achievement; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated June 19, 2013 was served on John Alexander Spahich ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-Gordon (the “Member”), requesting his presence on July 10, 2013 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for June 19, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-5. On or about April 2, 2009, the Member said to the class, after a Grade [XXX] female ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-student, Student No. 1, who was eating a lollipop left the classroom, words to the effect that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-"That's the only thing her boyfriend will ever like about her, that she can suck on things for a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-long time". If the Member were to testify, he would say that he does not recall his exact words, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf:but did not intend them to be sexual. He acknowledges in retrospect that they were inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-6. The Member used the term, "giving head” while speaking to Grade [XXX] boys. If the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-Member were to testify, he would say that he did so in the context of a discussion about [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-the appropriate way to head a ball, and as the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-7. The Member teased Student No. 2, who was short in stature, and told him that, "There ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-should be a sign on the blackboard indicating that you should be a certain height" in reference to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-Student No. 2’s height. If the Member were to testify, he would say that the teasing was intended ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-to be friendly rather than hurtful. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-8. The Member mimicked Student No. 3, who had a speech impediment, and told him that, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-"No wonder you get your [XXX] answers wrong, one point, tw..tw..tw..two" in reference to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-Student No. 3’s stuttering. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-9. The Member had an argument with Student No. 4, a female student, when she disagreed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-that a quiz was different than a test. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-10. The Member showed videos that were not approved by the Board during class and that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-the Board deemed to be inappropriate. The characters in the videos used racial slurs and other ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-offensive language. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-11. The Member made negative comments about the vice-principal in the presence of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Committee accepts the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-Member’s guilty plea. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-On more than one occasion in 2008 and 2009, the Member made inappropriate, offensive and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-demeaning comments to students in his Grade [XXX] and Grade [XXX] classes. Specifically, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-the facts admitted to by the Member set out that: in one incident, it is alleged that the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-advised his class that while teaching at another school, he arranged the desks in his classroom in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-the shape of a swastika. The Member further informed his class that his former school had many ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-Jewish students. According to an investigation conducted by the Board, students and staff ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-independently reported being witness to the comments made by the Member (Exhibit 2, Tab ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-“B”). As a result of these comments, the Board gave the Member a written reprimand that was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-placed in his file for one year. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-Despite receiving the reprimand, the Member’s pattern of inappropriate behaviour continued. On ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf:two separate occasions, the Member made disparaging comments which had sexual overtones. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf:Although the Member says that he did not intend for the comments to be sexual in nature, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-Committee finds it troubling that the Member was unable to determine beforehand that making ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-comments in the presence of students such as “that’s the only thing her boyfriend will ever like ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-about her, that she can suck on things for a long time” and “giving head” was extremely ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf:inappropriate and may have been easily interpreted by the students as being sexual. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-Furthermore, the Member made insulting comments regarding the physical stature of one student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-and the speech impediment of another student. He also made negative comments about the vice- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-principal in the presence of students and showed unapproved and unacceptable videos to his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf:class that contained sexual and racial themes and other offensive language (Exhibit 2, Tab “C”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-Reply Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-In reply, Counsel for the College submitted that the case presented by Counsel for the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf:was distinguishable because none of the comments made by the member in that case were sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-in nature. Accordingly, the Committee should not rely on that case. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-College Counsel further noted that the submissions of Member’s Counsel with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-impact that publishing the Member’s name would have on his ability to obtain full-time ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-employment were speculative and were unsupported by any evidence. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-1. The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately following the hearing ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- of this matter to receive a reprimand, and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- Register. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf-2. The Registrar is directed to impose the following terms, conditions or limitations on the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration, the fact of such terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- limitations to be recorded on the Register until such time as they are fulfilled: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- (a) Within 60 days of the date of the Discipline Committee’s Order, the Member shall enrol ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- in and successfully complete at his own expense, courses of instruction pre-approved by ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- the Registrar regarding boundary violations and sensitivity training; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- (b) Within 30 days of his completion of the courses outlined in (a) above, the Member shall ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- provide to the Registrar a written certificate from the course providers stating that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated November 16, 2012 was served on Lenford Dale Grant ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting his presence on November 29, 2012 to set a date for a hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for January 14, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing, dated November 16, 2012 are as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Lenford Dale Grant is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or engaged ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf: in sexual abuse of a student or students defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- (g) he practised the profession while in a conflict of interest, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(26). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-10. During the early part of 2008, the Member, while teaching Student No. 8’s class, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-approached Student No. 8, and during a discussion with her about extra-curricular activities, told ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-her that he could tell she was a dancer by the shape of her body. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-11. On one occasion during the 2007-2008 academic year, the Member told Student No. 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-and her female friend about his summer camp for models and asked them for their e-mail ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-addresses in order to send them more information. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-12. During the 2008-2009 academic year, Student No. 9 was a Grade [XXX] female student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-at [XXX] School. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-13. On or about September 17, 2008, the Member approached Student No. 9 during her ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-cheerleading practice. He asked her if she was interested in being in a commercial. He told ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Student No. 9 that he has was involved in making commercials outside of his teaching ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-responsibilities, and that he would need to meet her outside of the school to discuss her ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-participation in television commercials. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-14. If the Member were to testify at a hearing of this matter, he would say that his comments ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf:were not intended to be sexual in nature or to pursue a sexual relationship with any student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-15. By this document the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the truth ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 through 14 above (the “Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-16. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to above ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and does not contest the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-437/97 subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19), and 1(26). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-17. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7) [pre-2008 amendment], 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf:and 1(26). The Committee was not asked to make a finding of sexual abuse as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf:sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. Accordingly, the Committee makes no finding of sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-The Member acknowledged that the Uncontested Facts referred to above constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-which is professional misconduct and pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-misconduct against him. The Committee accepted the Member’s plea and the facts contained in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-The Member was an [XXX] school teacher at [XXX] School during the 2005-2006 academic ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-school year. On or about May 1 and 3, 2006 (incorrectly dated May 20, 2006 in paragraph 4 of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest; see Exhibit 2, Tab B), the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-approached five female Grade [XXX] students, Student No. 1, Student No. 2, Student No. 3, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Student No. 4 and Student No. 5 and invited them to participate in a beauty pageant he was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-organizing. The Member then e-mailed the students with further information about the pageant ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-and requested that the students provide descriptions of themselves to him. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-The administration at [XXX] School was advised of what had transpired between the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-and the students and on May 4, 2006 the Member was suspended from the Board’s [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-teacher list. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-On or about June 7, 2006, the Member was permitted to return to the [XXX] teacher list but was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-prohibited from teaching at [XXX] School. The Board reminded the Member of his duty to be a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-The Committee found the Member’s repeated conduct to be disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-unprofessional. The Member had been previously suspended and placed on probation for his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-conduct, yet he engaged in similar behaviour at another school during the two following years. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-The Member put himself in an obvious conflict of interest by approaching students at the schools ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-where he maintained occasional teaching positions and by attempting to recruit them as models, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-beauty pageant contestants and for television commercials. The Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Member demonstrated a lack of judgment and professionalism and that he did not exercise the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-appropriate professional boundaries that are mandatory when communicating with students. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-In light of the Member’s behaviour, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(7) [pre-2008 amendment], 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19) and 1(26). The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf:Committee was not asked to make a finding of sexual abuse as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf:of the Act. Accordingly, the Committee makes no finding of sexual abuse as defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), Counsel for the College and Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Member jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Committee in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-(a) direct that the Member appear before the Committee following the hearing of this matter to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- receive a reprimand which will be delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. The parties have not agreed on whether or not the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- Member’s name should be included and submissions will be made on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the Member’s name should be published in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. Counsel for the College stated that publication ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-with name is a very important aspect of the general deterrence portion of the penalty. It is the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-most appropriate way to signal to members of the profession and the public that this type of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-behaviour will not be tolerated by the College. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Counsel for the College reminded the Committee that the Member was suspended from the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-[XXX] teacher list in 2006 for making inappropriate comments to five students who may have ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf:interpreted those comments as being sexual in nature. It was further submitted by Counsel for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-the College that despite the events that occurred in 2006, the Member repeated this conduct in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-the following years at a different school. Counsel for the College referred the Committee to two ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-cases where both members’ conduct was repeated over some time and in those cases, publication ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-with name was ordered. It was submitted that the Member’s repeated pattern of behaviour ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-warrants publication with the name. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Submissions of Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that the Member’s name should not be published in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. Counsel for the Member asked the Committee ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-to consider the following factors when deciding whether to order publication with name. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that the nature of the Member’s conduct is on the lower end ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-of the spectrum. He also indicated that the Member has no prior history of misconduct, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct date back six to eight years, the Member has received no ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-prior penalties from the College and the Member acknowledges his own wrongdoing. It was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-submitted that all of these factors warrant publication without name. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Counsel for the Member further submitted that because the Member is an [XXX] teacher, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-employment consequences for him have been severe. It was submitted that the Member has not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-worked for a public school board since the incidents occurred and that publication with name ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-would amount to “professional capital punishment” for the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-In response to College Counsel’s submission that the students may have interpreted the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf:Member’s comments as being sexual in nature, Counsel for the Member submitted that there was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-no evidence to support this claim. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-Reply Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-In reply, Counsel for the College submitted that although there was no evidence proving that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf:female students understood the comments to be sexual in nature, the Committee could exercise ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-its “common sense” to interpret how teenage girls might have construed those comments as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf:being sexual. Counsel for the College further submitted that the comments crossed the line and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-are not appropriate in any school context. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-express concerns about the fact that the window on Mr. Avery’s classroom door was [XXX], but ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-this was the first time the teacher had raised the issue with Mr. Moura. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-During cross-examination, Mr. Moura stated that he did not recall Mr. Stather complaining to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-him that Mr. Avery often left [XXX] class early which put Mr. Stather in the position of having ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-to look after his students. Mr. Moura stated that even if Mr. Stather had spoken to him about this ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-issue, it would not have raised any red flags. Multiple teachers were present during [XXX], and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Program teachers would often watch each other’s students if one of their colleagues needed to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-get supplies for a lesson. Mr. Moura also did not remember Ms. Preston telling him, during the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:investigative interviews, that she had noticed Student #1 exhibiting strange sexual behaviours. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Mr. Moura denied ever calling Mr. Avery a “creep” when speaking to Mr. Stather and Ms. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Preston. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Mr. Moura testified that he and Principal Hodgins looked at the School’s video surveillance ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-footage as part of their investigation. They reviewed footage from different security cameras ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-recording the long path between the [XXX] and Mr. Avery’s classroom but found no evidence ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-that Mr. Avery had acted inappropriately toward Student #1. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Mr. Moura and Principal Hodgins did not inform Student #1’s parents of their investigation as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-the Member’s allegations were found to be unsubstantiated. The vice-principal and principal did, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-however, meet with the Member once again to present their findings. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Video Surveillance Footage ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Mr. Moura testified that he and Principal Hodgins had intended to save the video surveillance ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-footage that they had viewed in relation to the inappropriate touching incident allegation, but ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-when he went back to save the watched footage, he found that it had already been overwritten. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Mr. Farrington testified that the windows on the classroom doors at the School were often ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-[XXX] to prevent students from getting distracted by passersby in the hallway. They were also ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-[XXX] during lockdown drills at the school. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-With respect to the Member’s claim that Mr. Avery made inappropriate physical contact with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Student #1 on March 11, 2009 at around 1:45 p.m., Mr. Farrington testified that Mr. Avery was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-not at school during this time as he had an appointment. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Mr. Farrington could not recall seeing Mr. Avery leave [XXX] class early with Student #1 or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-spending time alone with her in his classroom during the 2008-2009 school year. Mr. Farrington ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-testified that he never observed any inappropriate contact between Mr. Avery and a student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Testimony of Ms. Preston ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-During the 2008-2009 school year, Ms. Preston was an EA in Mr. Stather’s [XXX] classroom. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Ms. Preston testified that she never observed Mr. Avery engage in any inappropriate physical or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:sexual contact with Student #1 or any other student. While Mr. Avery attended [XXX] class the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-majority of the time, Ms. Preston did recall seeing him alone in his classroom with Student #1 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-during [XXX] period on one occasion. Ms. Preston did not think anything of Mr. Avery’s actions ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-at the time. Student #1 could be stubborn and would often sit down on the floor and refuse to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-move, so Ms. Preston felt that there was no issue if Student #1 did not always attend [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-class. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Ms. Preston testified that Mr. Moura had approached her and Mr. Stather in their classroom one ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-day to advise them that they might be questioned about certain allegations against Mr. Avery. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-However, Ms. Preston did not recall Mr. Moura calling Mr. Avery a “creep” during this ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-conversation. Ms. Preston also denied having told Mr. Moura that she had noticed Student #1 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:making strange gestures and exhibiting sexual behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Testimony of Ms. Blackwell ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-During the 2008-2009 school year, Ms. Blackwell was an EA for the Program at the School and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-worked in Ms. Glazier’s classroom. Ms. Blackwell testified about the liar incident between the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member and Mr. Avery in October 2008. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-At the time of the incident, Ms. Blackwell was in the hallway with students when she heard the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member say to Mr. Avery, “You’re a liar”. Mr. Avery then asked her, “Are you calling me a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-liar?” Ms. Blackwell stated that the Member was standing in the hallway during the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-conversation, while Mr. Avery was in his classroom. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Testimony of Ms. Bowman ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-During the 2008-2009 school year, Ms. Bowman was an EA in Mr. Avery’s classroom. Ms. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Bowman testified about her observations of Mr. Avery, Ms. Grogan and Student #1. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Ms. Bowman described the [XXX], stating that teachers would sometimes cover their classroom ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-door windows with [XXX] [XXX] so that their students would not get distracted by activity in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-the hallways. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Ms. Bowman worked directly with Student #1 during the 2008-2009 school year. Ms. Bowman ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-stated that Student #1 had a habit of dropping down to the floor and not moving when she did not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-feel like going to a particular place. As she had [XXX], it would sometimes take two or three ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-people to move her in these instances. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-like going from place to place and would often let her body flop down on the ground to resist ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-moving somewhere. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Mr. Stather testified that sometime in March or April 2009, Student #1 began exhibiting strange ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:sexualized behaviour. She would look at males or females and make sucking sounds with her ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-mouth, and Mr. Stather also noticed, on a couple of occasions, that if a man came close to her, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-she would try to grab or make gestures towards the man’s crotch. Mr. Stather also overheard EAs ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-discussing Student #1’s strange behaviour amongst themselves. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Mr. Stather testified that in March or April 2009, Mr. Moura approached him and Ms. Preston in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-his classroom and questioned them about whether they had seen Mr. Avery leaving [XXX] class ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-early. Mr. Stather reminded the vice-principal how he had previously raised this very issue with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:him, and Ms. Preston told Mr. Moura about Student #1’s strange sexualized behaviour. Mr. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Moura reacted by calling Mr. Avery a “creep”. A few days later, Mr. Moura approached Mr. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Stather once again, telling him that Mr. Avery had to be stopped and that a superintendent would ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-be getting involved. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-During cross-examination, Mr. Stather acknowledged that he did not immediately report Mr. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Avery’s interactions with Student #1 to School administration, his department head or the CAS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-as he did not believe anything of major concern was happening at the time. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Board Investigation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-After the Member made allegations against Mr. Avery, Mr. Avery and Ms. Bowman filed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-workplace harassment complaints against her with the Board. Mr. Stather was interviewed by ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Mr. Tumminieri regarding these complaints. Mr. Stather told Mr. Tumminieri that he had once ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-seen Mr. Avery alone in his classroom with Student #1. Mr. Stather also told Mr. Tumminieri ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 35 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-in danger to her direct supervisor. Ms. Kunabalasingam never formally reported that any teacher ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:at the School had inappropriate physical or sexual contact with a student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-With regard to Student #1 leaving [XXX] class early with Mr. Avery, Ms. Kunabalasingam ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-conceded that she did not follow them after they left the class and that she would have intervened ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-if she were concerned that anything inappropriate was happening. She also did not ask Mr. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Avery what was going on, after the incident. She did not speak to Ms. Bowman, who had a very ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-close connection to Student #1, about the incident. She also did not bring the incident to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-attention of the School administration. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Ms. Kunabalasingam further conceded, during cross-examination, that she made no attempt to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-report the incident in which Student #1 tried to kiss Mr. Avery. During her debrief about the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-incident with the Member, Ms. Kunabalasingam was never told to document the incident or to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-report it to the School administration, the police or the CAS. She agreed that if she were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-concerned about any of the above incidents, she would have reported them. She further agreed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:with College Counsel that she never saw Mr. Avery make any physical or sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Student #1. She never saw him play with her hair and she never saw him step on her toes. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Testimony of Student #2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-At the time of these proceedings, Student #2 was a second year student at Centennial College, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-studying in the child and youth work program. During the 2008-2009 school year, Student #2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-was a grade [XXX] student at [XXX] and she was involved in the School’s leadership program. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-The leadership program was established to help students learn leadership skills by helping to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-integrate other students with [XXX] issues into the school. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 39 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-classroom. She also conceded that when she had gone to check on Student #1 and found the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-classroom doors to be locked with the lights out, she had no way of knowing whether Student #1 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-and Mr. Avery were actually in the classroom or not. Prior to the Member leaving the School, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:she was never concerned that Student #1 was being physically or sexually assaulted. She agreed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-that she would have said something about this if she were concerned for Student #1’s safety. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-During the time between the Winter 2009 semester and the Member’s departure from the School, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Student #2 never complained to the School administration, to the police, or to CAS about Mr. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:Avery. She also never saw Mr. Avery physically or sexually assault Student #1. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Committee ought to determine the outcome of this case by ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-relying on two overarching principles: the burden of proof and relevance. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-highlighted the three main allegations against the Member: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 1) the Member called Mr. Avery a liar in front of students and staff at the School; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2) the Member falsely reported to the School’s administrators that Mr. Avery stood on ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- the toes of a [XXX] [XXX] [XXX]-year-old female student, Student #1, and did not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- allow Student #1 to get out of her chair in the classroom; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 3) the Member falsely reported to the School administrators that she had, on or about ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- March 11, 2009, observed Mr. Avery stroking Student #1’s hair and touching Student #1 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- on her shoulder, at the School. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-With regard to the burden of proof, College Counsel submitted that these three allegations were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-all that the College needed to prove in order for the Committee to make a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 42 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Ultimately, College Counsel submitted that the toes incident never happened and that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member falsely reported it to the School administration. The Member got important details ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-wrong, such as the date and the particulars of how Mr. Avery stepped on the student’s toes, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-she alleged a scenario that defies logic. There was absolutely no corroborating evidence to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-support the Member’s version of events. In addition, there was the issue of the inexplicable delay ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-in reporting the incident or doing anything to respond to the fact that she saw a colleague ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-physically abuse a student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-The Inappropriate Touching Incident ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel submitted that apart from the Member’s evidence, the Committee has no ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:evidence whatsoever of any inappropriate physical or sexual contact between Mr. Avery and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Student #1. Aside from the Member’s testimony, there were no witnesses, no videos, and no ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-evidence that Mr. Avery stroked Student #1’s hair or touched her shoulder inappropriately. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel’s position is that this incident never happened. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel indicated that there were several inconsistencies regarding the location that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member claimed this incident occurred, the supposed timing of the incident, and the date that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member claimed to have reported the inappropriate touching incident. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel further submitted that it is implausible that the Member would have observed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-what she claimed to have observed and that she did absolutely nothing about it. According to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s evidence, she witnessed the inappropriate touching first hand, she felt sick to her ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-stomach as a result, and she noticed that Student #1 seemed uncomfortable. Her response to this ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-situation, however, was to go into her office and do nothing. She did not alert the School ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-administration, she did not call the police, and she did not notify the CAS. Even more peculiar is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 47 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-the fact that the Member claims to have seen Mr. Avery take Student #1 from [XXX] class back ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-to his classroom alone at least six times between October 2008 and March 2009 but still did not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-feel the need to intervene in this situation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Perhaps even more significant, according to College Counsel, is that upon reviewing the video ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-surveillance footage over the entire range of possible times that the incident could have occurred, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-there was absolutely no evidence of inappropriate touching. In fact, there was video evidence ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-showing that Mr. Avery left the School and drove away at 1:15 p.m. on the day of the alleged ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-incident, which means that he could not have possibly been involved in the incident that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member reported. There were several witnesses who corroborated the fact that Mr. Avery was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-not in the School at the time of the alleged incident. Accordingly, College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-that this proves the allegation that the Member falsely reported the inappropriate touching ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-incident. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel also relied on R. v. Mesfin, 2012 ABPC 115 (“Mesfin”), and R. v. Pires, 2012 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-ONCJ 713 (“Pires”) to support his position that, even though the video footage had been lost, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Committee could still rely on the testimony of the several witnesses who had viewed the video ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-before it was lost. This evidence about what they saw (or more precisely, the fact that they did ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:not see Mr. Avery sexually abusing Student #1 in the video) is admissible and is not the same as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-traditional hearsay evidence, according to College Counsel. The witnesses who viewed the video ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-are allowed to give evidence about what they observed, even if the video was no longer ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-available. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Ultimately, College Counsel submitted that there was ample evidence to prove that the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:falsely reported to administration that Mr. Avery sexually abused Student #1. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 48 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF MEMBER’S COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s Counsel began her submissions by framing her argument in terms of credibility and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-motive. She urged the panel to consider the credibility of Mr. Avery and the motives of those ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-involved in this case. Member’s Counsel took the position that the College had not shown clear, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-cogent and convincing evidence that the Member knowingly made false allegations against Mr. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Avery. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s Counsel further submitted this case was all about Student #1, who Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-insisted was the most important person in this case. According to Member’s Counsel, she was a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-happy, sweet student who, over the course of the 2008-2009 school year, began to display ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:sexualized behaviour. Member’s Counsel further submitted that Student #1’s sexualized ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-behaviour ended when her father pulled her out of the School, although the student still screamed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-whenever a door was closed behind her in a new setting. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-In addition, Member’s Counsel presented the Committee with various pieces of legislation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:dealing with the duty to report physical and sexual harm. For instance, Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-highlighted the Ontario College of Teacher’s Professional Advisory on Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct, which states that if a member of the College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:has reasonable grounds to suspect sexual abuse of students or sexual misconduct, a member has a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-responsibility to report suspected or alleged cases to appropriate authorities. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-According to Member’s Counsel, the threshold that triggers the duty to report is a low one: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-“reasonable grounds to suspect” is a much lower legal standard than proof on a balance of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-probabilities. As such, the Member was not acting unreasonably when she reported the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-inappropriate touching incident. She had reasonable grounds to suspect that Mr. Avery had ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 49 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:sexually assaulted a student. Member’s Counsel also relied on Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Ross, 2009 LNONCTD 50, and Ontario College of Teachers v. Tallevi, 2011 LNONCTD 33 to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:indicate that the consequences for failing to report incidents of physical or sexual abuse are ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-severe. Accordingly, the Member acted reasonably when she reported Mr. Avery’s conduct, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-because if she had not reported the conduct, she could have faced severe consequences for her ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-failure to report. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-The Toes Incident ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s Counsel first submitted that the toes incident was quite peculiar. According to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s Counsel, it was improbable that, if the Member were going to make a false accusation, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-she would choose to fabricate such a strange incident. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s Counsel further submitted that the Member was scared and intimidated by what she ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-had seen, which is why she did not report the incident immediately. According to Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Counsel, it was only during the liar incident on October 14, 2008, when the Member and Mr. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Avery were in the midst of a heated argument, that the Member mustered up the courage to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-confront Mr. Avery about the toes incident. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Credibility ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that the toes incident is a he-said-she-said situation where the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member says that Mr. Avery stepped on Student #1’s toes and Mr. Avery denies it. According to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s Counsel, the Committee must determine who is more credible on this point. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s Counsel presented the Committee with case law to assist in its credibility ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-determinations. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 50 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-she could review the video surveillance tapes. She never would have asked to review the video ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-evidence if she had not seen anything happen. Member’s Counsel maintained that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-request to view the video surveillance tapes made sense because when she had reported incidents ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-to the School administration in the past, she had not received an adequate response from ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-administration. The Member needed corroborating evidence to ensure that her complaint would ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-not, once again, fall on deaf ears. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s Counsel responded to College Counsel’s submission that the Member’s account of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-inappropriate touching incident contained significant discrepancies by urging the Committee not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-to place much weight on Exhibit 83 which, according to Member’s Counsel, was not reliable. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel had relied on Exhibit 83, the Police Occurrence Report, to indicate that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:location that the Member had testified that the sexual touching incident occurred differed from ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-that indicated in the police report. According to Member’s Counsel, however, Exhibit 83 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-contains hearsay evidence and potentially biased information. Before preparing this summary, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-the police had been told by the School principal and superintendent that the Member was a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-troublemaker, which according to Member’s Counsel, may have coloured their report. Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Counsel submitted that Exhibit 83 was neither reliable nor necessary and should not be relied on ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-by the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s Counsel further submitted that Mr. Avery’s evidence with regard to the inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-touching incident was troublingly vague and should not be relied on because it was not clear, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-cogent and convincing. According to Member’s Counsel, it was problematic that Mr. Avery was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-not clear about what he was doing on March 11, 2009, where he was doing it, and why he was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-doing it. In addition, given the inconsistencies in the evidence of the various witnesses who ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-described why Mr. Avery was not at the School at the time of the inappropriate touching ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 53 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-were very few students captured by the video surveillance. Ms. Bowman testified that she saw ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-herself on the video returning from lunch alone, whereas Mr. Canam said that he had seen Ms. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Bowman return from lunch with another teacher. Mr. Moura, Principal Hodgins, and Mr. Lopes ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-did not testify that they saw Ms. Bowman returning from lunch on the video. Of all the witnesses ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-who viewed the video, only Mr. Moura saw Mr. Avery speak to Ms. Glazier in the hallway. Only ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Ms. Bowman saw herself and Mr. Avery pass each other in the hallway. Only Mr. Canam claims ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-to have never seen Mr. Avery in the video at all. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that, because the Committee was not provided with a consistent ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-description of what actually happened in the hallway and because it could not view the lost video ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-itself, the video evidence should be given no weight. The witnesses who described the video ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-were biased and lacked credibility and the evidence given was not clear, cogent and convincing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s Counsel further submitted that the Member did not falsely report the inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-touching incident, but rather, her report was appropriate given that she had a reasonable ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:suspicion that Mr. Avery had sexually assaulted Student #1. According to Member’s Counsel, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-the Member was not required to present evidence that would prove her case on a balance of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-probabilities or beyond a reasonable doubt; all that she required was a reasonable suspicion in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-order to report what she witnessed. According to Member’s Counsel, the Member had a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-reasonable suspicion and therefore reported to School administration, the Board, the police, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-the CAS. She had a legal duty to do so. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-The Liar Incident ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that the precise language of this allegation matters and that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-allegation, as drafted in the Notice of Hearing, was not proven. According to Member’s Counsel, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 56 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Fifth, Member’s Counsel submitted that a finding of professional misconduct in this case would ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-deter other members of the profession from reporting inappropriate conduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Ultimately, Member’s Counsel submitted that the Member’s conduct did not amount to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-professional misconduct. She fulfilled her legal duty to report at great personal cost. Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Counsel asked that the Committee consider her strength and resolve and that it dismiss the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-allegations against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-REPLY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel responded to Counsel for the Member’s submission that Student #1 was the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-most important person in this case by suggesting that she was not. According to College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Counsel, Student #1 was the most important person in the fictional case that never happened. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-The fact that Member’s Counsel suggested that she was so important signaled that Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Counsel was conflating the issues in this case. College Counsel reminded the Committee that, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-although Member’s Counsel spent considerable time addressing the [XXX] allegations (i.e. that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Mr. Avery left [XXX] class with Student #1 on several occasions), this was not an issue that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-needed to be addressed; it is not in the Notice of Hearing and it is not part of the College’s case. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-According to College Counsel, the [XXX] allegations have been blown out of proportion and are ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-simply an after the fact justification for the Member’s complaints against Mr. Avery. Regardless ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-of whether there was conflicting evidence before the Committee with regard to the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-allegations, College Counsel reminded the Committee that not a single witness complained about ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:this incident at the time and nobody (including the Member) thought that there was any sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-misconduct occurring between Mr. Avery and Student #1. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 58 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-With regard to the Member’s credibility, College Counsel submitted that the Committee should ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-not rely on any of the written documentation that the Member presented. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-explained that the Member’s credibility issues had nothing to do with her memory but rather, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member’s written documentation contained contradictory information that could not be relied on ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-by the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel also addressed the issue of the Member’s motivation for making false reports. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-According to College Counsel, there was no need to prove what her motivation was; her ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-motivation is irrelevant. The question for the Committee to determine is whether these incidents ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-happened, not why they happened. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel then took the Committee through a series of charts created by Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Counsel, which had been presented as a summary of the evidence. College Counsel advised the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Committee that these charts contained submissions of Member’s Counsel and urged the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Committee to be careful when using these charts and not to rely on them as evidence. Instead, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel insisted that the Committee examine the underlying evidence if it was going to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-rely on any of the submissions presented by Member’s Counsel in her charts. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-offered several examples of where the charts did not provide the full picture. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-First, College Counsel addressed the issue that some of the teachers at the School were part of a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-clique. College Counsel asked, “so what?” and alerted the Committee to the underlying ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-implication of labeling the teachers “cliquey”. The implication was that, because some of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:witnesses were part of a clique, they allowed Mr. Avery to physically and sexually abuse Student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-#1. Because they were part of a clique, they also covered up the incidents and lied under oath. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel urged the Committee to consider these implications before giving any weight to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 59 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-actually see the teacher and student leave class together; he only noticed that neither was in class ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-when he turned around. This distinction is important, in the view of College Counsel, because ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-the fact that Mr. Avery and Student #1 were not in class does not mean that they left class ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-together. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Fourth, College Counsel addressed the argument of Member’s Counsel that Student #1’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:increased sexualized behaviour was linked to Mr. Avery’s conduct. College Counsel stated that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-connecting these two ideas was completely improper. There was nothing linking Mr. Avery to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:these sexualized behaviours, the Committee heard no expert evidence on the issue, and there may ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:be any number of reasons why Student #1 may have begun to display sexualized behaviour. To ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:connect Student #1’s sexualized behaviour to Mr. Avery’s conduct did not just require a leap, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-according to College Counsel, but an “international flight”. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Fifth, College Counsel addressed the issue of there being contradictory evidence of where and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-why Mr. Avery left work early on the day of the inappropriate touching incident. College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Counsel submitted that the Committee should ask itself “so what?” The point is that Mr. Avery ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-was not in the School, so he could not have been involved with the inappropriate touching ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-incident as the Member had alleged. He did not have to prove where he was or why he left. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Sixth, College Counsel addressed the issue of whether or not the window on Mr. Avery’s door ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-was [XXX]. College Counsel suggested that it made no difference whether or not his window ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-was [XXX]. Teachers and EAs from the school testified that different teachers had different ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-practices. Some windows were frosted, some were covered, and others were not. At worst, this ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-leads to the conclusion that the school was not vigilant in applying the same protocol to all ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-teachers. Ultimately, though, this issue should have no bearing on the outcome of this case. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 61 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Seventh, College Counsel addressed the issues surrounding the video evidence. According to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel, the issue that Member’s Counsel raised regarding whether the videos were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-time-stamped or time-embedded was misleading. Based on the evidence of Mr. Moura and Mr. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Canam, when the video was viewed, the date and time stamps were visible in the footage. When ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-the video was saved, however, the date and time stamps were no longer visible in the footage, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-but got saved in the file name. So, according to College Counsel, there should be no question as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-to when the events viewed on the video occurred, and the issue of whether or not there were time ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-stamps is irrelevant. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel also addressed the submission of Member’s Counsel that the Committee cannot ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-be certain that the footage showing Mr. Avery leaving the School was even taken on the day of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-the inappropriate touching incident. Given that there was no suggestion that the video was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-doctored, the only way to come to this conclusion is to accept that all the witnesses who testified ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-that they saw footage of Mr. Avery leaving the School on the day of the incident were lying. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-College Counsel urged the Committee not to buy into a conspiracy theory that a number of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:witnesses lied under oath to cover up an incident where one of their colleagues sexually abused a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-[XXX] [XXX], [XXX] student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-With regard to the issue of blind spots in the video footage, College Counsel submitted that even ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-if the video cameras did not record the insides of the [XXX], there is no way that two people of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Mr. Avery and Student #1’s [XXX] could spend time in an [XXX] without being captured by ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-video surveillance. Moreover, even if the [XXX] were part of a blind spot in the surveillance, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-some of the witnesses would have still seen Mr. Avery and Student #1 entering or exiting the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-[XXX]. Nobody did. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 62 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-the duty to report, the Committee notes that false reports can be extremely damaging. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member, in this case, brought a groundless allegation of physical abuse against one of her ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-colleagues. This is not the type of behaviour that the duty to report seeks to encourage. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-The Inappropriate Touching Incident ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-The Committee finds that there was sufficient evidence to prove, on a balance of probabilities, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-that the Member falsely reported the inappropriate touching incident. The Committee further ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-finds that the act of making this false report gives rise to a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-The Committee heard conflicting evidence with regard to the inappropriate touching incident. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:According to the Member, she had reasonable grounds to suspect the sexual abuse or sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-misconduct of Student #1, and as a result, she reported Mr. Avery’s conduct to the School ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-administration. The College, however, submitted that there was no evidence whatsoever that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:could have given rise to a reasonable suspicion of sexual misconduct on the part of Mr. Avery. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-According to College Counsel, the Member falsely reported that she observed Mr. Avery ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-stroking Student #1’s hair and touching Student #1 on her shoulder at the School. Having ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-carefully reviewed the evidence and submissions of both parties, the Committee finds that it is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-more likely than not that the Member falsely reported the inappropriate touching incident for the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-following reasons: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 1) Mr. Avery had left the School before the inappropriate touching incident allegedly ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- occurred; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2) the Committee heard from several witnesses who had viewed video surveillance footage ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- recorded at the time of the alleged incident, and the footage provided no evidence that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- any inappropriate touching occurred between Mr. Avery and Student #1; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 74 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 3) the Member presented inconsistent evidence regarding the location and timing of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- alleged incident, and with regard to the date on which she reported the alleged incident, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- which calls into question the reliability of her version of events; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 4) the Member’s version of events is implausible and her delayed reporting calls into ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- question the reliability of her version of events. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Before expanding on the reasons set out above, the Committee acknowledges that the threshold ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:which triggers the duty to report the sexual abuse or sexual misconduct of a student is very low. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:If a teacher has reasonable grounds to suspect that a student has been sexually abused, that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-teacher has a duty to report the suspected activity to the appropriate authorities. This means that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:a teacher does not need to be certain that sexual misconduct involving a student has occurred ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-before reporting the activity. The purpose of this low threshold is to ensure that students are ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:protected at all times and to encourage teachers to report, in good faith, incidents of sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-misconduct when there are reasonable grounds to suspect such incidents. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-It is essential, however, that a reporting teacher has reasonable grounds to suspect that an ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:incident of sexual misconduct has occurred before the duty to report is triggered. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-consequences of a false report are grave and can jeopardize a teacher’s career and livelihood. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-In the case before this Committee, the Member had no reasonable grounds to suspect that Mr. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:Avery had committed any act of sexual abuse or misconduct against a student. Although the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:Member submitted that she had reasonable grounds to suspect that Mr. Avery had sexually ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-abused Student #1, the Committee was not presented with sufficient evidence to prove that this ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-was a reasonably held belief. For the reasons that follow, the Committee finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-falsely reported the inappropriate touching incident. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 75 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-The Committee finds that the testimony of the witnesses who viewed the surveillance footage ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-before it was overwritten is admissible and the Committee gives considerable weight to it. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Committee accepts the submission of College Counsel that this evidence is not the same as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-traditional hearsay evidence. Member’s Counsel had the opportunity to cross-examine each of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-the witnesses about what they observed when they viewed the surveillance footage. Mesfin and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Pires provide further authority for the admissibility of this type of evidence. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-The Committee also finds that the witnesses’ descriptions of the video’s contents were reliable ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-and it does not accept that the witnesses were biased, as submitted by Member’s Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-According to Member’s Counsel, many of these witnesses had formed a clique that included Mr. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Avery and excluded the Member. If the Committee were to accept the Member’s claim that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-witnesses were biased and part of a clique, it would have to accept the underlying implication ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-that all of these witnesses were prepared to jeopardize their careers by covering up an incident of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:sexual abuse. Furthermore, the Committee would have to accept that all of these witnesses were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-prepared to lie under oath in order to protect a relatively new colleague, who was alleged to have ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:been involved with the physical and sexual abuse of a [XXX] student. The Committee does not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-accept this clique theory and accordingly finds that the witnesses were not biased and that their ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-testimony was reliable. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-According to Member’s Counsel, Mr. Canam’s testimony, in particular, was inconsistent and he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-was not a credible witness. Even if the Committee were to discount Mr. Canam’s testimony ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-regarding the surveillance footage, however, there were at least three other credible witnesses ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-who reviewed the surveillance footage and did not see Mr. Avery and Student #1 together at any ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-time on March 11, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 78 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Despite minor inconsistencies in the witnesses’ descriptions of what they had seen in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-surveillance footage, the Committee finds that their accounts were reliable. The Committee heard ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-submissions from Member’s Counsel that the video evidence should not be relied on because ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-many of the witnesses who had viewed the videos were not consistent with their accounts of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-what they saw. Most important for the Committee, however, was the fact that none of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-witnesses who viewed the surveillance footage saw Mr. Avery and Student #1 together in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-hallways at any time on March 11, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-All of the witnesses who viewed the surveillance footage were looking specifically for evidence ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-of any interaction between Mr. Avery and Student #1. The Committee is not troubled by the fact ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-that the witnesses were not perfectly consistent with their observations of others in the hallways, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-because their primary focus was to track the movements of Mr. Avery and Student #1. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Committee is also not concerned that the School administrators viewed different portions of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-surveillance footage. In any thorough investigation, it would not be unusual for different ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-investigators to be tasked with looking at different parts of the evidence. The Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-that all of the witnesses who viewed the surveillance footage gave consistent evidence that Mr. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Avery and Student #1 were not seen together at any time on March 11, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-The Committee finds that the fact that the hallways were relatively quiet during exam period ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-lends further credibility to the witnesses’ observations regarding the surveillance footage. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Committee does not accept the submission of Member’s Counsel that, because the hallways were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:relatively empty, Mr. Avery took advantage of this situation to sexually assault a student. There ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-was insufficient evidence to substantiate this claim. Rather, the Committee finds that the empty ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-hallways would have made it easier for those investigating the surveillance footage to identify ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-any unusual activity in the hallways. The fact that none of the witnesses observed any unusual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 79 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 4) The Member’s version of events is implausible ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Finally, the Member’s account of the inappropriate touching incident is implausible. According ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-to the Member, she left her classroom to get supplies from her office. In the short period of time ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-that she was walking from her classroom to her office, she claims to have seen Mr. Avery ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-stroking Student #1’s hair and touching her on the shoulder in the [XXX]. By the time she had ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-collected her supplies, which would not have taken long, Mr. Avery and Student #1 had ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-disappeared from the [XXX]. The Member speculated that they may have snuck away into ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-another classroom, but she did not follow up to see where they went. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-The Committee cannot accept this narrative for several reasons. First, the Committee heard ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-evidence that Student #1 was difficult to move, particularly if she did not want to go somewhere. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-It is difficult to believe that Mr. Avery would have been able to disappear from the [XXX] with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Student #1 so quickly after they were spotted by the Member. Second, there was no video ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-evidence of Mr. Avery and Student #1 retreating from the [XXX] into another classroom as the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member had speculated. It is unreasonable to believe that the surveillance footage would not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-have captured two large individuals moving down the hallway alone into a classroom, if this had ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-truly happened. Third, the Member’s response to what she allegedly witnessed calls into question ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-the truthfulness of her account. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:If the Member had witnessed one of her colleagues engaging in an act of sexual misconduct with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-a [XXX] student, it is unreasonable to believe that the Member would not have responded in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-some way, shortly thereafter. The Member, however, waited approximately two weeks to report ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-this incident to the School administration and she did not follow up with Student #1 after the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-alleged incident. In fact, after allegedly witnessing Mr. Avery take advantage of Student #1, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member returned to her classroom, she did not tell anyone what she saw, and she did not try to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 83 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-find Mr. Avery and the student in order to attempt to put a stop to the misconduct or to check ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-whether the student was safe. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-The Committee heard submissions from Member’s Counsel that the Member was a dedicated ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-and diligent teacher who was passionate about helping students with [XXX]. Given her response ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-to what she claims to have witnessed, the Committee cannot accept that the Member saw what ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-she claims to have seen. It defies logic that a teacher would witness such an incident and would ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-do nothing to ensure the safety of the [XXX] student. That she waited to report such a serious ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-incident for approximately two weeks also calls into question the reliability of her account. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Finally, the Committee heard submissions from Member’s Counsel that Student #1’s increased ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:sexualized behaviour was linked to Mr. Avery’s conduct. The Committee does not accept that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-there is a causal link between the reported change in Student #1’s behaviour and Mr. Avery’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-alleged conduct. The Committee agreed with College Counsel that there was insufficient ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:evidence linking Mr. Avery to these sexualized behaviours, no expert evidence was presented on ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-this issue, and there are any number of reasons why Student #1 may have begun to display ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:behaviour that was described by some witnesses as sexualized. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Conclusions regarding the Inappropriate Touching Incident ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-For the reasons outlined above, the Committee finds that the College has proven, on a balance of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-probabilities, that the Member falsely reported the inappropriate touching incident to the School ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-administration. Mr. Avery was not in the School at the time of the alleged incident and the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-School’s surveillance footage did not capture Mr. Avery and Student #1 together at all on March ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-11, 2009. The Member was the only person who claims to have witnessed the inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-touching incident, but her evidence was both inconsistent and implausible. Accordingly, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:Committee concludes that the Member did not have reasonable grounds to suspect the sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 84 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-abuse of a student and finds that the Member falsely reported the inappropriate touching incident ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-to the School administration. The fact that Mr. Avery had previously complained to School ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-administration about the Member having called him a liar adds to the Committee’s belief that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Member did not report Mr. Avery in good faith. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-The Committee further finds that the Member’s false reporting of the inappropriate touching ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-incident gives rise to a finding of professional misconduct. The Member’s allegations against ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Mr. Avery were extremely serious. She alleged that her colleague had engaged in an act of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:sexual misconduct with a [XXX] student. These allegations have had a significant negative ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-impact on Mr. Avery’s career and his personal life. By leveling groundless allegations against ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-her colleague, the Member tarnished Mr. Avery’s reputation inappropriately and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-unprofessionally. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-While the Committee reiterates that teachers must report when they have reasonable grounds to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:suspect that a student has been sexually molested or sexually exploited or is at risk of same, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Committee did not find sufficient evidence in this case to demonstrate that there was any ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:incident of such sexual activity to be reported. Without diminishing the importance of the duty to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-report, the Committee notes that false reports can be extremely damaging. The Member, in this ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf:case, brought a groundless allegation of sexual misconduct against one of her colleagues. This is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-not the type of behaviour that the duty to report seeks to encourage. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-Ultimately, the Committee concludes that the facts of this case support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the Member’s false reports of the toes ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-incident and the inappropriate touching incident give rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf-misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- 85 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated June 16, 2014 (Exhibit 1) was served on Robert James Harkes (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on July 3, 2014 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 11, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsection ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf-30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- chapter E.2, including section 264 (1)(c) or the regulations made thereunder, contrary ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-successful completion of this course will assist the Member in his daily practice and effective ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-communication with students. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-The Member engaged in a pattern of misconduct over the period of one school year. This ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-misconduct included disregard towards female students by making demeaning and offensive ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-comments, sharing with students inappropriate personal information, binding a student with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-masking tape, playing songs with inappropriate lyrics, calling students names and making ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf:reference to sexual orientation, and making inappropriate comments to colleagues that could be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-heard by students. The Committee found this continued misconduct to be very serious. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-The Committee ordered publication with the name of the Member in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-the College in light of the repeated, serious misconduct displayed by the Member. Publication, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-with name, acts as specific deterrent to the Member and as a general deterrent to the teaching ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-profession. It is important to inform the public and the teaching profession that this type of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-conduct is not tolerated and will be dealt with accordingly. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-Publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary form, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession serves as a specific deterrent and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-encourages the Member not to repeat his actions. It serves as a general deterrent to all members ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-of the profession by reminding them of the level of professionalism that is expected of teachers ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-and that this type of behaviour will warrant publication. Publication with name serves the public ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-interest by ensuring transparency in the discipline process. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances, and serves and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf-protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated January 12, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on John Wilton Kelley (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on February 10, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for October 19, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teacher’s Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-At the hearing on October 19, 2015, Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-professional misconduct outlined in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of the Notice of Hearing be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-withdrawn. The Committee granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-have a right of appearance at the College. The Member’s Representative submitted that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-publication with the name of the Member is not warranted in this case, and that the proposed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-suspension is more than sufficient in the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-The Member’s Representative submitted that the three cases presented by College Counsel were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-distinguishable on their facts and should not be relied on by the Committee because the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-Member’s conduct was less serious than the conduct in each of those cases. In Grant, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-member’s behaviour involved recruiting students for his modeling camp and other inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-behaviour that was repeated and ongoing over an extended period of time. In Congi, the matter ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-was contested and the member did not take previous coursework. In Bussineau, there was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf:explicit sexual content contained in text messages between the member and a student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-The Member’s Representative submitted that, for conduct at the lower end of the professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-misconduct spectrum, publication with name is unnecessary since other deterrents already exist. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-For instance, the fact of the reprimand is recorded on the Register, and a hyperlink is provided in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession that links to copies of full decisions, which ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-include members’ names, on the College’s website. Furthermore, it was submitted that by ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-pleading no contest in this matter and by not contesting the facts, the Member accepted ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-responsibility for his actions and spared witnesses from testifying. The Member’s Representative ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-further submitted that the Member has no prior history of professional misconduct and has ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-already taken a course regarding boundary violations. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-The Member’s Representative urged the Committee to rely on the following 13 cases when ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-determining the issue of publication: Ontario College of Teachers v. McCalla, 2015 LNONCTD ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-53 (“McCalla”); Ontario College of Teachers v. Legros-Stewart, 2014 LNONCTD 97 (“Legros- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf-Stewart”); Ontario College of Teachers v. Gowans, 2014 LNONCTD 48; Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf-27. The Member then laughed and stated that “he has to watch what he says around this place ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- so he doesn’t get into trouble.” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf-28. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “C” is a copy of the Board’s Summary Investigation Report ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- regarding the complaint of Colleague No. 2, dated January 21, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf-Colleague No. 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf-29. Colleague No. 3 was a teacher at the School. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf-30. During the second week of September 2013, Colleague No. 3 was waiting outside a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- colleague’s office to speak with her. The Member called Colleague No. 3 into his office ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- to ask her how many people on staff were married to each other. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf-31. Colleague No. 3 provided an answer to the Member. The Member then told her that there ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- were a lot of people at another school who were married to each other and were having ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf: sex in classrooms. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf-32. Colleague No. 3 stated that she found that disgusting and the Member said, “But it would ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- make a better story if they weren’t married.” The Member then laughed about it and there ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- were no further discussions on this topic. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf-33. On or about September 24, 2013, Colleague No. 3 asked the Member if the on calls were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- completed. She asked the Member, “If we don’t have anything in our mailboxes, we are ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- good?” The Member replied, “Oh you are always more than good.” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf-34. Colleague No. 3 walked away from the Member and the Member said, “How is that for a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- flirtatious comment?” Colleague No. 3 continued to walk away and did not reply. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-“Committee”) on December 15, 2014 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated March 19, 2014 was served on David Khac Nhan ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Lang (the “Member”), requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee on ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-April 30, 2014 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-subsequently set for December 15, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-The Member did not attend the hearing and did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated March 19, 2014 are as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-(b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf:(c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-(d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-continued. The Member forwarded this text to the Student. The Student advised the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Member that she had deleted the texts between them. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-15. On or about May 10, 2012, the Student’s mother spoke with administrators at the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Board, the Children’s Aid Society, and the police. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Criminal Charges ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-16. Police investigated and seized the Student’s cell phone. Analysis by the technical ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-crimes unit revealed that 9,289 text messages had been exchanged between the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-and the Student between October 15, 2011 and May 10, 2012. The text messages ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf:revealed communications regarding their meetings as well as sexual innuendos, among ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-other things. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf:17. The Member was arrested on May 12, 2012 and charged with sexual interference, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf:invitation to sexual touching, and sexual assault. He was released on a recognizance that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-included the following conditions, among others: to abstain from direct or indirect ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-contact with the Student; to not possess or use any cell phones; and to not be in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-company of anyone under 18 years of age unless in the presence of his surety. Attached ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-to Exhibit 3 at Tab B is a copy of the initial Court Information, certified, and a copy of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-the Recognizance. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-18. On or about July 12, 2012, two additional charges of luring a child were added to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-the original charges. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-The Continuing Relationship ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-19. On or about May 28, 2012, approximately 15 days after his arrest, the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-met up with the Student at a mall and produced two new cell phones – one for the Student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Criminal Proceedings ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-23. Following his arrest on November 20, 2012, the Member did not receive bail. As ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-of January 31, 2013, the Member was facing a total of 16 charges. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-24. The Member waived his preliminary inquiry in the Ontario Court of Justice. An ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-indictment alleging all 16 counts was filed in the Superior Court of Justice. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-25. On June 27, 2013, in the Superior Court of Justice, the Member pleaded guilty to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf:one count of sexual interference, one count of failing to comply with his recognizance, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-and one count of personation. Upon the Member’s admission to the facts supporting the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-plea, the trial Judge found the Member guilty and convicted him of all three counts. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Attached to Exhibit 3 at Tab C is a copy of the Indictment, certified. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-marked to Exhibit 3 at Tab D is a copy of the Transcript of the Proceedings at the Guilty ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Plea of the Member dated June 27, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-26. On December 3, 2013, the Member was sentenced to a total of 28 months’ ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-incarceration, which was reduced to 15.5 months’ incarceration as a result of the time he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-had already served in pre-trial custody. Specifically, the Member was sentenced to 12.5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf:months of incarceration plus 36 months of probation for his conviction for sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-interference, to be followed by eight months of incarceration, consecutive, for his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-conviction for failing to comply with his recognizance, plus two months of incarceration, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-consecutive, for his conviction for personation. Attached to Exhibit 3 at Tab E is a copy ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-of the Reasons for Sentence dated December 3, 2013. Attached to Exhibit 3 at Tab F is a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-copy of the ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-27. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-to in paragraphs 1 to 26 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-28. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf:admits that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-29. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- Committee; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between his counsel and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-30. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-by College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that David Khac Nhan Lang committed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf:Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 26 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. He acknowledged that the Admitted ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Facts referred to above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and pleaded ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf:1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also acknowledged that he engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-The Committee accepted the Member’s guilty plea and the facts contained in the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-The Member had an inappropriate relationship with a [XXX]-year-old, Grade [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-female student whom he taught in the 2010-2011 academic year. In the 2011-2012 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-academic year, the Member was teaching at another school and no longer taught the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Student, however, the Member continued to have a romantic relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-The Member and the Student saw each other approximately three to five times per week, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-often meeting at parks, malls, hotels, in the Member’s car, or at the Student’s home while ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf:her parents were out. When they met, the Member and the Student engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-touching. On some occasions, they drank alcohol together. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-In October 2011, the Member purchased a cell phone for the Student for her birthday. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Over the next eight months, a total of 9,289 text messages were exchanged between the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Member and the Student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-In December 2011, the Student’s mother confronted her daughter regarding the numerous ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-text messages between her and the Member and told her to stop messaging the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-The Student’s mother later found the Member and the Student alone inside her house. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-The Student’s mother made it clear to her daughter that if the relationship continued with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-the Member, she would call the police. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-In early 2012, the Member was warned repeatedly by the Student’s mother and cousin to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-cease all contact with the Student. Despite these warnings, the Member continued his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-relationship with the Student. On or about May 10, 2012, the Student’s mother reported ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-the Member to the Board, the Children’s Aid Society and the police. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf:On May 12, 2012, the Member was charged with sexual interference, invitation to sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf:touching and sexual assault. He was released on a recognizance that included the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-following conditions, among others: to abstain from having any contact with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-to not possess or use any cell phones; and to not be in the company of anyone under the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-age of 18 unless in the presence of his surety. On or about July 2, 2012, two additional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-charges of luring a child were added. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-On November 20, 2012, the Member was stopped by the police for a traffic infraction ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-and it was discovered that the Student was in his car. When the police asked them to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-identify themselves, the Member claimed that the Student was his sister. The Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-was searched and three cell phones were found in his possession. As a result, the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-was arrested and charged with three counts of breaching his recognizance. He was also ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-denied bail following this arrest. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-The Member ultimately faced 16 charges and pleaded guilty to and was convicted of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf:three criminal charges contrary to sections 151 (sexual interference), 145(3) (failing to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-comply with his recognizance) and 403(1) (personation) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-The Committee accepts as fact that the Member was convicted and sentenced to 28 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-months of incarceration, as detailed in the court transcripts (Exhibit 3, Tabs D and E). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s actions and the resulting convictions as outlined ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-herein, constitute professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf:Further, the Committee finds that the Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf-of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-A Notice of Hearing, dated March 7, 2013, was served on Luc Bernard Lemieux (“the Member”) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-requesting his attendance before the College’s Discipline Committee on March 25, 2013 to set a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-date for a hearing. The hearing was subsequently set for April 24, 2014 and proceeded on April ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-24, 29 and 30 and May 21, 2014; and on January 19 and 20 and March 31, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-The Member was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated March 7, 2013, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Luc Bernard Lemieux is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf: b) he abused a student, or students, physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- c) he abused a student, or students, physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- d) he abused a student, or students, psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf: e) he abused a student, or students, sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf: subsection 1(7.3), or sexually abused a student, or students, as described in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (viii) he lent her his cell phone; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (ix) in front of the whole class, he, along with the students in the class, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- encouraged her to take off a sweater she was wearing under a see-through ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- jacket; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (x) he cried in front of her in his car because he could not understand why ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- Student “1” was making no attempt to keep him in her life; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (xi) he told her at a sports tournament evening event, “I know I am not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- supposed to tell you that, but you look really gorgeous tonight”; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (xii) in answer to a question by another student in the class, he said that for an ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf: athletic girl like Student “2”, the first time she had sex would be less ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- uncomfortable than for a non-athletic girl. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-(h) engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student, Student “3”, in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (i) he gave her [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (ii) he exchanged personal e-mails with her; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (iii) he hired her to house-sit for him during the summer; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (iv) he sent a bouquet of white roses to her home for her [XXX] birthday; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (v) on a [XXX] trip, he bought gifts for each player on the team to give to her ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- in celebration of her birthday; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (vi) before she left for university, he gave her plates, bowls, utensils, napkins ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- and a set of cordless telephones; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (vii) he bought her a silver necklace; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (viii) when her [XXX], he put his arm around her and kissed her on the cheek, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- saying, “I will never let anything happen to you”; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (ix) he offered her alcohol at his home; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (x) he told her that she had a great body and could wear whatever she wanted; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (xi) when discussing the student’s small breasts, he said, “as long as they’re ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- big enough for a handful and small enough for a mouthful.” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (i) engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student, Student “4”, in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (i) he sent her personal texts and emails; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (ii) he gave her $20, saying, “Just for being you.” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (j) engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student, Student “5”, in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (i) he suggested to her that she should have confirmed whether she was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- taking the Pill when the doctor asked her if she was taking any ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- medications. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-4. The parties agreed that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (a) according to the report by Dr. Jean-Guy Gagnon, an expert hired by the College, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf: there is no evidence that the Member’s behaviour constituted “grooming”. A copy ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- of Dr. Gagnon’s report, dated November 12, 2013, is attached as Appendix B to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- Exhibit 79; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (b) according to the report by Dr. Dominique Bourget, who was hired by the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- Member, there is no evidence that the Member’s actions and remarks represented ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf: “grooming”. A copy of Dr. Bourget’s report, dated February 12, 2014, is attached ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- as Appendix C to Exhibit 79; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (c) according to Dr. Bourget, the Member is not at risk of re-offending if he continues ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- to teach; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (d) in the 2011-2012 school year, the Member was reassigned to another school in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- Conseil scolaire Viamonde. Since then, there have been no other complaints or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- allegations of inappropriate conduct or attitude; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (e) the Member is currently assigned to [XXX] responsibilities for Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- students and cannot be replaced until the end of the school year. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-5. The parties agreed that the Committee is not restricted to the agreed facts set out in this ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-document when drafting its decision. The Committee may refer to the evidence heard in the six ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-days during which the hearing proceeded before the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-6. The Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the truth and accuracy of all of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-the facts referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 above (the “Agreed Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-7. The Member acknowledges that the Agreed Facts constitute professional misconduct, being ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-more particularly breaches of sections 1(5), 1(7) (for the Agreed Facts prior to 2008), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. He further acknowledges that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf:alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-8. The Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- against him; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document, he consents to the production of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- evidence as set out in the Agreed Facts before the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- right to require the College to prove the case against him, and his right to proceed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- with the hearing; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- (d) he understands that, depending on the penalty imposed by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- Committee, the decision by the Committee and a summary of its reasons for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf:The Committee further finds that the Member abused students sexually, as described in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-The Member does not deny the truth of the facts as set out in paragraphs 1 to 4 of the Agreement. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-He acknowledges that the Agreed Facts, describing his relationships with several students, as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-referred to in the aforementioned paragraph 3, constitute professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-The Committee accepts the Agreed Statement of Facts and Plea of No Contest as introduced by ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-the parties. The facts produced support the case for professional misconduct and the Committee ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-finds the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s actions constitute sexual abuse as described in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. The Committee refers, for example, to the following remarks: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-“as long as they’re big enough for a handful and small enough for a mouthful,” “I know I’m not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-supposed to tell you that, but you look really gorgeous tonight,” “don’t you love me,” “do you ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-have feelings for me?”, “you’re the prettiest girl in the school,” “I love you,” “she’s hot” and “I ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-would like to think a boy like me would have a chance with a girl like you.” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-The Member also, among other comments, suggested to all of the girls on the [XXX] team that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-they wear only sports bras to practice; in front of the whole class, along with the students in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-class, encouraged Student “2” to take off a sweater she was wearing under a see-through jacket; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-told Student “3” that she had a great body and could wear whatever she wanted; talked about ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-fellatio when discussing a magazine article that a student was reading; and gave students a ride to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-a park to watch a [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf:The Act defines “sexual abuse” as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-1. “Sexual abuse” of a student by a member means, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf: (a) sexual intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations between the member and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- the student, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf: (b) touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member, or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf: (c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-The Committee finds that in this case, the Member violated section 1, subsection (c) of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf:that is, behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards several students ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf:[occurred], but no sexual relations or sexual touching, as described in subsections (a) and (b), ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-above, took place. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-In addition, his relationships with the five students identified in the Notice of Hearing were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-overly familiar and exceeded the boundaries between teacher and student. He demonstrated ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-favouritism by giving them gifts, such as a silver necklace, a stuffed bear holding a heart reading ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-“Just say yes,” a bouquet of white roses and money; lending some of them his debit card and cell ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-phone; sending them numerous personal texts and e-mails; and inviting them to lunch during ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-school hours. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-The Member also offered one student alcohol at his home. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-The Committee takes such student/teacher relationships very seriously. It is essential that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-teachers be familiar with the boundaries that must be maintained in their relationships with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-students. By engaging in inappropriate relationships with students, including inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf:communications of a sexual nature, the Member failed to observe these boundaries. Such ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-professional misconduct gives a negative impression of the teaching profession and would ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-In view of the seriousness of the Member’s actions and the fact that the proposed penalty ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-addresses the expectations of the teaching profession with respect to discipline, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-upholds the recommendation as it appears in the Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-The reprimand by his peers delivered on behalf of the teaching profession acts as a deterrent for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-the Member. The fact that he has been reprimanded will be recorded in the public register and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-will appear on the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration for three years. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-In her submission on penalty, Counsel for the College stated that the Member’s conduct with the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-five students was evidence of his failure to maintain appropriate boundaries, but that there was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf:no evidence of grooming or sexual touching. In fact, there is no evidence of physical sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-relations. In addition to reiterating the remarks by Counsel for the College, Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-Member added that the Member’s actions showed no evidence of malicious intent respecting the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-young students; it was merely poor judgement on his part. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-Counsel for the College also noted that the Member was still teaching in the same school board ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-and no incidents had taken place for the past five years. According to the reports by the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-psychiatric experts hired by the College and by the Member, the Member is not at risk of re- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-offending. The Committee accepted the finding by the Member’s psychiatric expert that “Mr. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-Lemieux’s conduct, at the time of the situations which gave rise to the allegations, could be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-described as naïve and ill-informed concerning the possible consequences or interpretations.” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-In the Committee’s opinion, the proposed penalty of an 18-month suspension is appropriate and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-falls within the range of the case law produced. The Member’s conduct was very serious, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-involved several students over a prolonged period and warrants a severe penalty that is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf-proportionate to the misconduct. The proposed penalty will also act as a general deterrent for the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated January 16, 2013 was served on Jennifer Lynne McCalla ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting her presence on January 31, 2013 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for June 26, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Jennifer Lynne McCalla is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- (d) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf: (e) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- (f) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof, or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- (g) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- (h) she engaged in conduct unbecoming of a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-At the hearing on June 26, 2015, Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-professional misconduct outlined in paragraph (e) of the Notice of Hearing be withdrawn. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-Committee granted the request. The Committee further accepted the request by College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf:that no finding of sexual abuse be made against the Member as defined in section 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-1. Jennifer Lynne McCalla is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-Exhibit 2 at Tab “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-2. During the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 calendar years, the Member was employed by the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (the “Board”) as a high school teacher at [XXX] School, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-Ottawa (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-3. Between September 2007 and 2010, Student No. 1 and Student No. 2 were male students ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-at the School and Student No. 3 was a female student at the School. The Member taught all three ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-students between 2007 and 2010. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-4. During the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 calendar years, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-inappropriate interactions with Student No. 1, Student No. 2 and Student No. 3. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-12. On or about January 23, 2009, following an argument between Student No. 3 and her ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf:mother regarding the student’s sexual activity, and her mother’s recommendation that her ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-daughter make an appointment with the doctor, the Member offered to drive the student to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-doctor and invited the student to her house to study afterwards. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-13. The Member hosted Student No. 1, Student No. 2 and Student No. 3 at her house to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-swim, watch movies, celebrate a birthday, make ice cream and Christmas decorations, and “hang ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-out”. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “D” are photos of students at the residence of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf:14. In and around March 2009, the Member was charged with the sexual assault of Student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-No. 2. These charges were dismissed in and around October 2010 by Mr. Justice P.F. Lalonde. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-15. In his Reasons for Judgment delivered on October 27, 2010, Mr. Justice P.F. Lalonde ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-noted that during the trial, the Member described four occasions when Student No. 3 came to her ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-home. Once when Student No. 3 had her wisdom teeth out; a second time to finish a curtain for a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-holiday assembly; a third time to discuss Student No. 3 going to university; and the last occasion ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-was for a surprise birthday party for Student No. 3. A small group of students attended this party. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-16. The Member stated that no other students came to her home, except to drop off late ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-assignments. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “E” is a copy of the Reasons for Judgment dated ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-October 27, 2010 (see pp. 11 -12). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-17. On or about January 31, 2011, the Board met with the Member regarding the allegations ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-that the Member engaged in inappropriate interactions with Student No. 1, Student No. 2 and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-Student No. 3. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-18. At this meeting, the Member acknowledged that Student No. 3 had been to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-home on other occasions beyond those described in paragraph 15 above. She also admitted that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-Counsel for the Member stated that the Member has already undergone training relating to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-boundary issues and that she has resumed teaching at the Board in 2011-2012, without further ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf:incident. Counsel for the Member further submitted that this case raised no element of sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-impropriety. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that for the reasons noted above, the goals of the penalty are ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-met without the publication of the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-1. Within 60 days of the date of the Order of the Committee, on a date to be arranged through ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- the Hearings Office, the Member shall appear before the Committee to receive a reprimand ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- which will be delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- Register. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-2. The Registrar is directed to suspend the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- Member for a period of 90 days to be served as follows, and the fact of the suspension is to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- be recorded on the Register: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- (a) a period of 12 school days from June 15 to 30, 2011; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- (b) a period of three school days from June 27 to 29, 2012; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- (c) a period of 75 days commencing on the date of the Order of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- relating to this matter. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-The Committee agrees that the reprimand and the 90 day suspension are both warranted and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-appropriate in the circumstances. As a specific deterrent, this penalty will remind the Member of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-her responsibility to uphold the standards of the profession at all times and to not engage in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-conduct unbecoming a member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-The Committee further agrees that the course on professional boundaries will assist in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-process of remediation and rehabilitation of the Member. This course will address the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-misconduct and will serve to improve her professional judgment and to ensure that she maintains ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-appropriate boundaries with students. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-The Committee finds that publication without the name of the Member is appropriate in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-circumstances. The Committee has determined that the mitigating factors outweigh the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-aggravating factors in this case. In particular, the Member came to an agreement with the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-College as evidenced by the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, and the Joint ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-Submission on Penalty, which conserved resources and spared the students involved in this case ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-from having to testify; the Member has already been suspended for 15 days; she has already ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-attended a boundaries course imposed by the Board; the Member resumed her employment with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-the Board in 2011-2012 without incident; and the Member’s criminal trial concluded in 2010, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf:where she was acquitted of both charges relating to her alleged sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-For these reasons, the Committee has determined that publishing the Member’s name in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-College’s official publication, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession is not warranted ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-in this case. Publication without the name of the Member sufficiently meets the objectives of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf-penalty given the circumstances of the Member’s case. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated October 2, 2014 are as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- (b) he abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- (c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-1. Charles Thomas Jennings is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-District School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Mississauga, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-3. At all material times, the Student was a female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-4. During the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- (a) had an inappropriate personal relationship with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf: (b) engaged in sexual contact with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- (c) had inappropriate electronic communication with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-5. On or about September 6, 2013, the Member pleaded guilty to and was found ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-guilty of the following charge in that he: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf: (a) did unlawfully commit a sexual assault on the Student contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- subsection 271(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-6. On or about September 6, 2013, the Member was given a ninety (90) day ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-conditional sentence and fifteen (15) months probation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-7. The Member has not appealed the conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-As the Member was not present or represented by counsel, the Committee proceeded on ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Chair, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for Charles ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Thomas Jennings (Exhibit 3), which indicates that the Member was registered with the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-College during the period of the alleged events. Counsel for the College also provided the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Committee with a Brief of Court Documents: Her Majesty The Queen v. Charles Thomas ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Jennings (Exhibit 4) which contained the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-TAB DOCUMENT PAGE No. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-A. Certified Copy of Information 1-5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-B. Transcript of the Guilty Plea before the Honourable Mr. Justice R.F. 1-35 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- Kelly at Brampton dated September 6, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-C. Transcript of the Reasons for Judgment before the Honourable Mr. 1-16 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- Justice R.F. Kelly at Brampton dated September 6, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-The evidence presented in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4) confirms that on or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf:about September 6, 2013, the Member was found guilty of sexual assault, contrary to s. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-271(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada), and was given a ninety day conditional sentence ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-and fifteen months’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-College Counsel submitted the Brief of Court Documents in support of the allegations in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-the Notice of Hearing. The Member had legal representation in the criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Committee that they could rely on the court ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-documents, which included the criminal conviction, as proof that the offence had been ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-committed and that there was no evidence to the contrary. According to College Counsel, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-the Member has not appealed the conviction or the sentence. College Counsel stated that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-the Member’s behaviour as detailed in the record of the criminal proceedings and the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-resultant criminal conviction provided a sufficient basis to justify a finding of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-professional misconduct under all the heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-by College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Charles Thomas Jennings committed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf:1(19). The Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Given the information provided in the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4), the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Committee accepts as fact that on September 6, 2013, the Member was convicted of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf:sexual assault and given a ninety day conditional sentence and fifteen months’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-The Member has not appealed the criminal conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Fitness to Practise Committee allow the Committee to accept a certified copy of a Court ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Information as proof that an offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-of guilt and conviction in a Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-contrary and the Member has not appealed the conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member’s misconduct was very serious in nature and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-in these circumstances, the only appropriate penalty is to revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Qualification and Registration of the Member. College Counsel submitted that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-publication of the findings, in summary form, with the name of the Member, in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-College’s official magazine, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession is warranted ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-in this case. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 1. The Committee directs the Registrar to revoke the Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 2. The findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-The Member met the Student on a class trip in March 2012 and they began texting one ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-another and spending time together. The following summer, the Member and the Student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-were in the same summer school and other students began noticing the Student and the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-Member spending an unusual amount of time together, which generated some talk in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf:school. The Member and the Student began exchanging sexual text messages, such as “I ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-love you”, “I love you, too”, “I long for your kiss”, “I want to kiss the back of your ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-neck”, and “long for your touch”, and made plans for a “touching session”. The Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-continued to foster a relationship with the Student and sometime between March 1 and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-December 21, 2012, the Member went to the Student’s home and they participated in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf:sexual activity on at least three different occasions. The Member was subsequently ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-arrested as a result of the aforementioned activity. He pleaded guilty to the charge of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf:sexual assault, contrary to s. 271(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf:Even though the Student was a willing participant and stated that these sexual acts were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-consensual, Justice Kelly, in the criminal proceedings stated that the relationship may ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-have been “factually consensual, but it was legally not consensual and he [the Member] ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-fully acknowledges that” (Exhibit 4, Tab B, page 16). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-The Committee finds it is always the responsibility of a teacher to maintain appropriate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-relationships and boundaries with students. In this case, the Member abused the authority ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-and trust vested in him in his role as a teacher and took advantage of and engaged in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf:sexual abuse of the Student. The Member’s behaviour has brought the profession into ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-disrepute and was in conflict with the duty of a teacher to protect students. The Member, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-as a result of his conduct, has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-being a member of the teaching profession. This most serious misconduct warrants that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-the Member receive the maximum penalty available to the Committee, which is the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf-revocation of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:(b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or engaged in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf: sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-(c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:(d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-(e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-(f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s suitability ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-(g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-(h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-(i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-1. Peter John Nelson is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-2. From about September 2006 to about November 2012, the Member was employed by the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Rainbow District School Board as a [XXX] teacher. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:3. During the period September 1993 to June 1998, the Member had sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-“A”, a female under the age of [XXX] years. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:4. On or about December 14, 2012, the Member was found guilty of touching for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-purpose, contrary to Section 151(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-5. During the period of about September 21, 2010 to about June 21, 2011, the Member had ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:sexual contact with “B”, a female under the age of [XXX] years. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:6. On or about November 2, 2012, the Member was found guilty of invitation to sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:touching and sexual exploitation, contrary to Sections 152 and 153(a) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Canada. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-As the Member was not present and did not have legal representation, the Committee proceeded ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The Chair, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for Peter John ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Nelson (Exhibit 3), which indicates that the Member was a member of the College at the time of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-the alleged events in relation to “B”. When interpreting section 1 of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Teachers Act, 1996, the Committee determined that the Member’s conduct in relation to “A” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:falls within the definition of sexual abuse, specifically, subsections (b) and (c) of the definition. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-The College also entered into evidence a Brief of Court Documents - Her Majesty the Queen v. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Peter John Nelson (Exhibit 4), which contains the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 1) Victim “A” Incident – 1993 to 1998 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- a. Information and Appearances; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- b. Order to Comply with Sex Offender Information Registration Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- c. Prohibition Order; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- d. Probation Order; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- e. Guilty Plea and Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Justice N. Gregson. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 2) Victim “B” Incident – 2010 to 2011 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- a. Information and Appearances; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- b. Prohibition Order; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- c. Probation Order; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- d. Guilty Plea and Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Justice N. Gregson. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 4 confirms that on November 2, 2012, in the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:Justice, the Member was found guilty of invitation to sexual touching and sexual interference in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-relation to “B”, contrary to sections 152 and 151(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Member was sentenced to 12 months of incarceration for each conviction, to be served ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-concurrently, followed by two 24 month probationary orders to be served concurrently. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:Exhibit 4 further confirms that on December 14, 2012 the Member was found guilty of sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-interference in relation to “A”, contrary to section 151(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Member was sentenced to 12 months less one day of incarceration, which was to be served ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-consecutively with the sentence in relation to “B” described above, followed by three years’ ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-probation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-In addition, a mandatory weapons prohibition, a [XXX], a section 161 order pursuant to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada, and a SOIRA order were imposed. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-College Counsel described the Member’s criminal activity, as described in the Brief of Court ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:Documents, in detail and submitted that the Member’s case was an egregious case of sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:abuse involving the premeditated sexual touching of two young females for whom the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-was in a position of trust. According to College Counsel, the Member’s conduct, as detailed in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-the record of the criminal proceedings (see Exhibit 4) and the resultant criminal convictions, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-provided a sufficient basis to justify a finding of professional misconduct under all of the heads ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. The Member had legal representation during his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) [pre-2008 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-amendment], 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Committee’s Rules”), inter ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-alia, the Committee accepts the certified copy of the Court Information as proof, in this case, that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-the Member committed the criminal offences outlined therein. The Member was found guilty and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-convicted of multiple criminal offences before a Canadian Court, no appeal has been taken, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Committee’s Rules, the Committee admits as ancillary ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-to the certified copy of the Court Information, the findings of fact contained in the related ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-decision before the Ontario Court of Justice involving the Member. The Committee further ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-admits as incidental to the certified copy of the Court Information, transcripts of the proceedings ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-at which the conviction occurred, for the purposes of explaining the finding of guilt. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College has proven, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:on a balance of probabilities, that in 2011 the Member engaged in sexual touching of “B”, a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:young female for whom he was in a position of trust. The Member was charged with sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:assault contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada, invitation to sexual touching ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:contrary to section 152 of the Criminal Code, and sexual interference contrary to section 151(a) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-of the Criminal Code, in relation to “B”. On November 2, 2012 the Member pled guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:charges of invitation to sexual touching and sexual interference. He was sentenced to 12 months ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-of incarceration for each conviction, to be served concurrently, followed by two 24 month ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-probation orders to be served concurrently. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-The College has also proven, on a balance of probabilities, that between September 1993 and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:June 1998 the Member engaged in sexual touching of “A”, another young female for whom he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:was in a position of trust. The Member was charged with four counts of sexual interference ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:contrary to section 151(a) of the Criminal Code, and one count of sexual assault contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-section 271 of the Criminal Code, in relation to “A”. On December 14, 2012 the Member pled ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:guilty to one charge of sexual interference. This criminal conviction arose out of a police ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-investigation into the Member’s criminal activities. The Member was sentenced to 12 months ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-less one day of incarceration, to be served consecutively to the previous sentence in relation to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-“B” described above, followed by three years’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct was egregious. The Member abused his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-position of trust and authority in the gravest manner with vulnerable children. Accordingly, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:Committee finds that the Member’s multiple, repeated instances of sexual touching of two young ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-girls for whom he was in a position of trust constitute acts of professional misconduct contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) [pre-2008 amendment], 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-and Registration, and publication with name are appropriate penalties considering the gravity of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:the Member’s conduct. According to College Counsel, this is an egregious case of sexual abuse, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-where the Member demonstrated a complete disregard for the wellbeing of two young girls ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-through his repeated targeting of young and vulnerable children. The Member exploited his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-position of trust and authority. Revocation is appropriate in such serious matters as this. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-College Counsel further submitted that publication with the name of the Member is warranted in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-this case. Publication with the name of the Member serves as a general deterrent to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-profession. College Counsel added that the Committee’s denunciation of the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-through the publication of his name demonstrates to the public that acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-misconduct attract serious consequences. Moreover, publication with the Member’s name is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-important because it informs the public and other members of the profession that matters before ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-the Committee are resolved in an open and transparent manner. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:College Counsel referred the Committee to three cases involving criminal convictions for sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-or physical abuse: Ontario College of Teachers v. Maheux, 2014 LNONCTD 53, Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-College of Teachers v. Jennings, 2015 LNONCTD 14 and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Piatnitsa, 2015 LNONCTD 34. College Counsel submitted that these cases were similar to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Member’s case and that revocation and publication with name were ordered in those ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-2. There shall be publication of the finding and order of the Committee, in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- with the name of the Member in the official publication of the College Professionally ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-The Committee finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-Registration is appropriate in this case. The Member’s conduct towards two vulnerable, young ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-children was abhorrent, reprehensible and predatory in nature. The offences reflected a pattern of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-behaviour that spanned a total of five years with “A” and a year and a half with “B”. The victim ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-impact statements (see Exhibit 4), demonstrate the deep psychological and emotional damage ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-that still afflicts the Member’s victims and their families today. The Member’s multiple, repeated ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf:acts of sexual misconduct warrant an order of the Committee’s most severe penalty available: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-revocation. Not only has the Member’s conduct had a grave impact on his victims, but it has also ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-jeopardized the public’s trust in the teaching profession. Accordingly, the Member is no longer ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf-entitled to be a member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf-Counsel for the College brought a motion to seek leave from the Committee to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf-allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated April 2, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf-Paul Mourad Mouradian (the “Member”) was not in attendance for the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 61 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the College was seeking to withdraw the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf-Hearing in exchange for an undertaking signed by the Member. Counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf-submitted that there was no reasonable prospect of obtaining a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf-misconduct if the matter were to proceed to a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated April 8, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on Joseph Robert Millward (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on April 29, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 11, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 60 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf-Neither the Member nor his legal counsel was in attendance for the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsection ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf-30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-and sharing his personal email address with a student. The Committee is troubled that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-Member provided his personal email address to Student B during the Member’s final week as a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-teacher, which raises questions about the Member’s intentions towards Student B moving ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-forward. The Committee notes that Student B’s parents raised concerns about their son’s safety ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-with School administration, and given the circumstances of this case, that concern was not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-unfounded. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds that the Member’s conduct in relation to the Gifts Allegation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-gives rise to a finding of professional misconduct. By giving gifts to some students for no ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-apparent reason, the Member singled students out and could have embarrassed these students. He ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-also demonstrated preferential treatment towards some students, and may have given them ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-unwanted attention. The Committee also notes that Exhibit 8 demonstrates that the other students ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-in the Member’s class, who did not receive gifts from him, were upset by the fact that they had ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-not received gifts when others had. Given the age of the students (grade [XXX]), it is not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-unreasonable to anticipate that the feelings of such young students would be hurt in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-circumstances. Teachers may reward students for academic achievement, but providing gifts for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-no reason crosses professional boundaries. As noted above, by providing personal notes to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-students and his personal email address to Student B, the Member acted inappropriately and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-unprofessionally. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-The Member was expressly asked to stop giving gifts to Student B, but he failed to comply with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-the parents’ request. His conduct led parents to fear for their children’s safety. The Member did ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-not foster a safe learning environment, as is expected of members of the teaching profession. At ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-best, his conduct crossed professional boundaries; at worst, it could reasonably have been ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf:interpreted as grooming vulnerable young children. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-Accordingly, with no case law to guide its decision with respect to penalty, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-turned to first principles when determining whether the Member’s conduct warranted the most ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-severe penalty available. Subsection 3(2) of the Act provides that, “In carrying out its objects, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-College has a duty to serve and protect the public interest.” Protection of the public interest is of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-the utmost importance in this case and the Committee believes that it can only be achieved ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-through revocation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-The following factors contributed to the Committee’s decision to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration. First, his conduct was very serious. At best, he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf:repeatedly crossed professional boundaries; at worst, he was grooming vulnerable, young boys. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-Second, the Member is a repeat offender; he was found guilty of professional misconduct in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-April 2010 for engaging in similar conduct. Third, the Member’s conduct in this case coincided ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-exactly with the time that the Member was previously before the Discipline Committee during ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-his prior discipline hearing. In April 2010, the Discipline Committee clearly told the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-that his conduct was unacceptable and unprofessional; and yet, in April 2010, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-engaging in the conduct that gave rise to these proceedings. He did not learn from his mistakes. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-Fourth, the Member was uncooperative. On more than one occasion, he refused to meet with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-Superintendent Griffith-Jones and to cooperate with the Board’s investigation into his alleged ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-misconduct. The Committee has seen no evidence that the Member has taken responsibility for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-his actions or demonstrated any awareness that his conduct was unacceptable. In fact, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-Member did not even attend the discipline hearing, which demonstrates a disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-authority of the College. As a result, he now faces serious consequences. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-Through his repeated conduct, the Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf-Certificate in Ontario. He has repeatedly disregarded his professional obligations, in what has ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-1. Joseph Edouard Richard is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-Exhibit 2 at Tab “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Peel District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-“Board”) as a teacher of a [XXX] class at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-3. On or about February 6, 2012, the Member took a group of students from his class on a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-neighbourhood walk. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-4. As the class was walking across the school yard to return to the School, a group of five ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-students began to lag behind the rest of the group. For a brief period of time the five students ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-were out of the Member’s sight behind a concrete structure and therefore unsupervised by him. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-5. During the time the students were unsupervised, and unbeknownst to the Member, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf:inappropriate sexual interactions took place between the students. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-6. As a result of this incident, a letter of discipline was issued to the Member by the Board. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “B” is a copy of the February 24, 2012 letter of discipline from the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-Board to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf:The Member’s failure to supervise five of his students resulted in inappropriate sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-interactions between some of those students. Accordingly, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-Member’s conduct warrants a reprimand by his peers. The reprimand will allow the College to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-directly address its concerns with the Member. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-Register will also serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-The Committee finds that publication without the Member’s name in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession is appropriate given the circumstances of this case. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-Committee accepts that the Member’s failure to supervise some of his students, on the occasion ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-in question, was an isolated incident. Furthermore, the Committee notes that the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-accepted responsibility and expressed remorse for the incident. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-While transparency of the discipline process remains an important concern for the Committee, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-given that this was a single incident of the Member’s failure to supervise his students, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-Committee finds that publication without name is appropriate. The Committee notes that this ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-hearing was open to the public and that a summary of the findings and penalty will be published ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-in the College’s official publication and will be linked to the Member’s certificate. Accordingly, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-the Committee finds that these measures adequately address the transparency concerns in this ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-matter. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and serves and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf-Date: August 31, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated August 11, 2014 was served on Carmel Rouhani (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-“Member”), requesting her presence on August 28, 2014 to set a date for hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for March 23, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and she did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Carmel Rouhani is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teacher’s Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- (d) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf: (e) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- (f) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- (g) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- (h) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-The Committee determined that the Member went outside the scope of the implicit student- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-teacher boundaries, governed by the teaching profession, when she developed an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-relationship with one of her [XXX] year old female students. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-Although the Member assured the Student’s parents, on two separate occasions, that she would ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-cease her relationship with their daughter, she failed to do so. Not only did she lie about ending ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-the relationship, the Member also encouraged the Student to persuade her parents to allow the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-relationship to continue. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-The Member’s failure to end the relationship ultimately led to a police investigation. While ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-investigating the matter, the Police discovered approximately 35,000 text messages that were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-exchanged between the Member and the Student over the course of nine months. The nature of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf:the text messages became increasingly sexual over a short period of time and included comments ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-such as, “Omg I love u anyway!!! Finallyyy”, “The whole point of me getting into bed with u ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-was to keep u warm”, “U should have been more committed to waking me up at 7 so I would be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-coherent by 8 and u shouldn’t have stolen my bed at 4 oclock in the morning when the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-conversation got boring”. The Committee finds that the Member’s continued relationship with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf:the Student, which included inappropriate and sometimes sexual communications, was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-unacceptable and constitutes professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-Furthermore, despite the Student admitting to Police that she and the Member planned and met in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-a [XXX] park, the Member was again untruthful to the Student’s father by claiming that it was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-merely a coincidence that she and the Student were in the park at the same time. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-Member committed a serious breach of the ethical standards to which members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-2. There shall be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-The Committee determined that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member and is appropriate under the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-circumstances. Therefore, the Committee accepted the proposed penalty presented by the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-parties. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-The Member was given numerous opportunities to end the inappropriate relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-Student but failed to do so. The Committee finds that this, coupled with the Member’s repeated ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf:pattern of lying and numerous text messages with sexual content, demonstrates that she did not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-take her teaching duties seriously. As well, the Member was sending text messages to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-Student during school time when she should have been teaching. As a result, she has forfeited ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and being a member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-Accordingly, revocation is the appropriate penalty. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-The Committee agrees with College Counsel’s submissions that publication of the findings and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-Order of the Committee in summary form, with the name of the Member, is warranted. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-Publication with the name of the Member identifies to the profession the nature of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-misconduct and the consequences for such behaviour. As a general deterrent, publication with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-name will inform the public and the teaching profession that this type of conduct is not tolerated ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf-and will result in the harshest penalty - revocation. Additionally, publication with name serves ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated May 5, 2014 was served on Paul Christopher Sabol (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on May 27, 2014 to set a date for hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for April 9, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teacher’s Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or engaged ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf: in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-At the hearing on April 9, 2015, Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-professional misconduct outlined in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of the Notice of Hearing be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-withdrawn. The Committee was in agreement and these allegations were subsequently ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf:withdrawn. The Committee was also not asked to make a finding of sexual abuse as set out in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-section 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-1. At all material times, Paul Christopher Sabol was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-Teachers. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-(the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-3. During the 2007-2008 academic year, the Member taught a Grade [XXX] [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-The Member played the movie “The Girl with the Pearl Earring” for his class. The movie is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-about painter Jan (Johannes) Vermeer’s career and work in 17th century Holland and his famous ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-painting, which gives the movie its title. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-4. The movie is rated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) as “PG-13”, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-meaning “Parents Strongly Cautioned -- some material may be inappropriate for children under ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-13”. The Ontario Film Review Board rated the movie “PG”: “Parental guidance is advised. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf:Themes or content may not be suitable for all children.” The movie contains sexually suggestive ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf:content, including the artist’s paintings of his young peasant maid as well as an attempted sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-assault scene. Some of the students in the Member’s Grade [XXX] [XXX] class were [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-years old at the time and were disturbed by the movie. The Member acknowledges that despite ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-have handled the item while it was between his legs, he did not intent to simulate anything ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf:sexual. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-12. The Member was suspended for 25 days without pay, was required to complete ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-professional counselling and coursework, and was placed in an interim assignment at a new ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-location for the remainder of the academic year. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “C” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-Discipline Letter received by the Member, revised May 7, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-13. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-paragraphs 1-12 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-14. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-1(18-unprofessional) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf-15. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline Committee, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, including reference to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- his name, may be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated June 5, 2014 (Exhibit 1) was served on Stephen Michael Spence (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on June 30, 2014 to set a date for hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for September 24, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 74 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- (e) he failed to supervise adequately a person who is under the professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- of the member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-20. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-21. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 74 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf:1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(11), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member also admits that he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf-22. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline Committee, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, including reference to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- his name, may be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between his counsel and counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not bind the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- Committee; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Michael Grant Slater is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-(a) he failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- profession, contrary to section 13 of the Regulation made under the Teaching Profession ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- Act made pursuant to section 12 of the Teaching Profession Act, (the “TPA Regulation”); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-(b) he failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they were under his care, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-(c) he failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations with pupils ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- contrary to subsection 14(d) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-(d) he failed to comply with subsection 22(1)(c) of the Schools Administration Act, R.S.O. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 1960, Ch. 361 and amendments thereto; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-(e) he failed to comply with subsection 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 129 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- and amendments thereto. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf:(f) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf: and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-(g) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-(h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s suitability ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-(i) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-(j) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-(k) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-At the hearing on August 24, 2015, Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-professional misconduct outlined in paragraph (g) of the Notice of Hearing be withdrawn. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Committee granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-1. Michael Grant Slater is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Carleton Board of Education ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-and/or the Ottawa Carleton District School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Ottawa, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-3. At all material times, the Student was a male student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-4. Between September 1968 and June 1970, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf: (a) had sexual contact with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf: (b) had a sexual relationship with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- (c) had an inappropriate personal relationship with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-As the Member was not present and did not have legal representation, the Committee proceeded ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The Chair, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for Michael Grant ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Slater (Exhibit 4), which indicates that the Member was a member of the College at the time of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-the alleged events. The College also entered into evidence a Brief of Court Documents - Her ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Majesty The Queen v. Michael Grant Slater (Exhibit 5), which contains the following ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-documents: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 1) Certified Copy of Indictment; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 2) Certified Copy of Prohibition Order Imposed at Sentencing dated June 24, 2014; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 3) Certified Copy of Prohibition Order dated June 24, 2014; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 4) Transcript of Verdict before the Honourable Madam Justice Parfett at Ottawa dated ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- March 1, 2014; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 5) Transcript of Trial Continuation and Reasons for Sentence before the Honourable Madam ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- Justice Parfett at Ottawa dated June 24, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 5 confirms that on March 1, 2014, in the Superior Court of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Justice, the Member was found guilty of one count of indecent assault, three counts of gross ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-indecency and one count of buggery, contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada. Exhibit 5 further ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-confirms that on June 24, 2014, the Member was sentenced to three years’ incarceration, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-ancillary orders were made that include a section 109 weapons prohibition for 15 years, a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-order, a section 161 order (clauses a, b & c) for 20 years, and a S.O.I.R.A. order for life. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Member appealed his conviction and subsequently filed a notice abandoning his appeal with the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Court of Appeal for Ontario (see Exhibit 3). No further appeal is available. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member’s case was at the extreme end of the spectrum of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf:professional misconduct, as it involved the sexual abuse of two male students. According to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-College Counsel, the Member’s conduct, as detailed in the record of the criminal proceedings ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-(Exhibit 5) and the resulting criminal convictions, provided a sufficient basis to justify a finding ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-of professional misconduct under all of the heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf:College Counsel further submitted that at the time of the sexual abuse, both victims were [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf:years old students in the Member’s classroom, and the sexual abuse of the two boys was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-separated by a span of 14 years. College Counsel added that these incidents had had a profound ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-and lasting impact on the victims, including depression, guilt, self-doubt, suicidal thoughts, a loss ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-of trust, shame and nightmares. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-College Counsel referred the Committee to a Prohibition Order (see Exhibit 5 at Tab C) within ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-which the Member is prohibited from, amongst other things, being in the presence of children ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-under the age of 16 without court approved supervision for a period of 20 years. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-College Counsel reminded the Committee that the Member’s criminal trial was held before a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-jury, that he was represented by legal counsel and that he was found guilty of all five criminal ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-charges against him. College Counsel further stated the Member was sentenced to three years’ ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-incarceration in a federal institution. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Finally, College Counsel referred the Committee to the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Committee’s Rules”) and reminded the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Committee that they must accept the findings of fact contained in the Reasons for Sentence of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Madam Justice Parfett as being proof of the facts in this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF THE MEMBER ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Although the Member was not present, he prepared written submissions which College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-presented to the Committee. The Member submitted that the evidence of the students at the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-criminal trial was not credible. He further submitted that the jurors in his criminal trial found him ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-guilty in error. Throughout his written submissions, the Member proclaimed his innocence. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Counsel for the College and the Member, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to section 13 and subsections 14(d) and 14(f) of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-TPA Regulation, subsection 22(1)(c) of the Schools Administration Act, R.S.O. 1960, Ch. 361 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-and amendments thereto, subsection 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 129 and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-amendments thereto, and Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-In accordance with Rule 13.03 of the Committee’s Rules, inter alia, the Committee accepts the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-certified copy of the Indictment as proof, in this case, that the Member committed the criminal ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-offences outlined therein. The Member was found guilty and convicted of multiple criminal ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-offences before a Canadian Court, his appeal was abandoned and no further appeal is available. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Committee’s Rules, the Committee admits as ancillary ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-to the certified copy of the Indictment, the findings of fact contained in the decision of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Superior Court of Justice in Slater. The Committee further relies on the transcripts of the Verdict ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-and Reasons for Sentence, to support its finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-The College has established on a balance of probabilities that, between September 1968 and June ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf:1984, the Member committed sexual offences against two [XXX] year old male students while ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-he was a teacher at the students’ school. In 2010, the Member was arrested and charged with one ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-count of indecent assault, three counts of gross indecency and one count of buggery, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-the Criminal Code of Canada. On March 1, 2014 the Member was found guilty of all charges ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-and sentenced to three years’ incarceration. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-The evidence establishes that the Member abused his position of trust and authority in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-gravest manner. He isolated his victims from their peers, provided them with alcohol, forced ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf:them into acts of oral and anal sex, and used threats to ensure their silence (see Exhibit 5 at Tab ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-E). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Having considered the whole of the evidence before the Committee, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Member contravened section 13 and subsections 14(d) and 14(f) of the TPA Regulation, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-subsection 22(1)(c) of the Schools Administration Act, R.S.O. 1960, Ch. 361 and amendments ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-thereto, subsection 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 129 and amendments thereto, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-and Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). As such, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Committee finds the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-College Counsel submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Registration, and publication with name are appropriate penalties considering the gravity of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Member’s conduct. College Counsel stated that revocation is the harshest penalty that can be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-imposed by the Committee and is reserved for the most extreme cases. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-submitted that this is one of those cases. According to College Counsel, revocation is the only ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-way to ensure the protection of the public, the preservation of the public confidence in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-disciplinary process and the maintenance of the high professional standards expected of all ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-teachers. The Member exploited his position of trust and authority as a teacher and caused long- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-term emotional harm to his victims who were his students (see Exhibit 5 at Tab E). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member did not oppose having his Certificate of Registration ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-and Qualification revoked. She referred the Committee to a written letter provided by the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Member in which he advises that he “will gladly turn over my teaching certificate to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-College” (see Exhibit 2 at Tab C). College Counsel also noted that the Member’s submissions ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-dealt with the College’s allegations and supporting evidence but did not address the issue of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-College Counsel further submitted that publication with the name of the Member is warranted in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-this case. Publication with name speaks to the specific deterrence, general deterrence, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-transparency and accountability objectives of penalty orders. According to College Counsel, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-general deterrence, transparency and accountability are of the utmost importance in this case, in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-order to satisfy the College’s mandate to protect the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-College Counsel added that the Committee’s denunciation of the Member’s conduct through the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-publication of his name demonstrates to the public that the most serious acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-misconduct attract the most serious consequences. Moreover, publication with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-name is important because it informs the public and other members of the profession that matters ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-before the Committee are resolved in an open and transparent manner. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-submitted that to best serve the public interest, revocation and publication with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Member is expected and justified. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf:College Counsel referred the Committee to two cases involving sexual abuse: Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Teachers v. O’Keefe, 2013 LNONCTD 54 and Ontario College of Teachers v. Allen, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-LNONCTD 5. College Counsel submitted that although the members in both cases received ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf:lesser criminal sentences since their acts of sexual abuse did not involve anal penetration, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-publication with name was ordered in both instances. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 2. There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- with the name of the Member in the official publication of the College Professionally ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-The Committee finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Registration is appropriate in this case. Based on the excerpts from the victim impact statements ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-contained in Madam Justice Parfett’s Reasons for Decision on Sentencing, the Member’s victims ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-have suffered severe psychological and emotional harm as a result of the Member’s actions. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Member’s conduct has also adversely impacted the public’s trust in the teaching profession as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-not only did the Member prey on children, but he used his classroom as a “hunting ground” (see ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Exhibit 5 at Tab E). In her Reasons for Sentence, Madam Justice Parfett observed that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Member had not expressed remorse or accepted responsibility for the offences (see Exhibit 5 at ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Tab E). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-The Committee further finds that publication with the Member’s name in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession is warranted. Publication with the name of the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated May 22, 2012 was served on Johanne Ste-Croix (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-“Member”), requesting her presence on June 12, 2012 to set a date for hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for May 5, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teacher’s Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf: (d) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- (f) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- (g) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-At the hearing on May 5, 2015, Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-professional misconduct outlined in paragraphs (b) and (d) of the Notice of Hearing be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- (b) within 30 days of her completion of the course outlined in (a) above, the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- shall provide to the Registrar a written report from the course provider stating ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- (i) the Member has successfully completed the course and the progress of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- Member with respect to addressing the outlined goals of the course. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-4. direct that there be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee in summary ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- form in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- profession. The parties have not agreed on whether or not the Member’s name should be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- included and submissions will be made on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-SUBMISSIONS RE: PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that publication with the name of the Member is clearly ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-appropriate and necessary in the circumstances. Counsel for the College submitted that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-publication with name is one of the most important tools the Committee has for deterrence. It ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-sends a strong message to the profession that this type of behaviour is not tolerated and is taken ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-seriously by the College. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-Counsel for the College further submitted that although the Member’s relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-Student may have started with good intentions, it strayed beyond an appropriate relationship or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-what is considered to be an acceptable relationship. Counsel for the College stated that even ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf:though there was no sexual misconduct in this case, transparency is still an important aspect of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf-the penalty. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-6. When questioned by administrators, the Member acknowledged that she sent the email. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-She explained that she was going through an emotional time that December and was intoxicated ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-when she wrote the email. She said the email was intended for a male friend, and not for Student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 78 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-No. 1, and that Student No. 2’s name was mentioned in the email because she was confused ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-when she wrote it. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf:7. The Member acknowledged that while she never suggested any sexual conduct with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-Student No. 1, she understood that some of her conversations and emails with him may have ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-crossed the line and were inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-8. The Member acknowledged that she sent a naked picture of herself to a former student of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-the School upon his request for the picture. The Member never taught the former student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-9. The Member was suspended with pay on February 26, 2013, and was terminated for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-cause on March 5, 2013. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “D” is a copy of the Termination Letter ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-dated March 5, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-10. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-paragraphs 1 to 9 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-11. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-her, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-1(15), 1(18 – unprofessional) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf-12. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- to testify, the Member would state that his intention was to present adolescent characters ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- as noble heroes. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-5. The novel The Sexteens includes the following: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf: (a) sexualized content; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf: (b) sexualized descriptions of fictional novel characters acting in the roles of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- secondary school students; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- (c) negative and/or stereotypical descriptions of the attitudes and behaviour of certain ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- fictional high-school-age novel characters who play the roles of the heroes’ ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- opponents in the narrative structure; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- (d) negative and/or stereotypical descriptions of attitudes and behaviour of fictional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- novel characters who, in the novel, play the roles of teachers and/or educational ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- administrators. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-6. Notwithstanding the nature of the novel, the Member did not use a pseudonym as co- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- author when he published this novel in 2008. In October 2011, an article by a journalist ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- expressing his opinion on the novel created controversy in the school community. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-7. By this document, the Member admits the accuracy of the truth of the facts and evidence ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6 above (“the admitted facts”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-8. Specifically, the Member admits the accuracy of the facts described in paragraphs 1 to 6 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- and that they constitute professional misconduct, being more particularly a breach of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- section 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-The Committee accepts the Agreement reached by the parties and finds that the admitted facts ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-support the finding of professional misconduct. The Member admits the truth of the facts set out ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-in paragraphs 1 to 6 of the Agreement. He acknowledges that the admitted facts, describing the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-nature of the novel The Sexteens, of which he is co-author, constitute professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-The Committee finds the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member showed poor professional judgement. Notwithstanding his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-intention to depict adolescent characters as “noble heroes” in his novel, The Sexteens contains ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf:sexualized content and sexualized, negative and stereotypical descriptions of characters playing ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-the roles of high-school students, teachers and educational administrators. As a member of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-College, the Member ought to have reflected before becoming involved in such a project. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-A teacher’s behaviour must meet the expectations of the community and the members of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-teaching profession. A member must maintain the trust and respect of his or her superiors, peers, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-students and of the public. The profession and the community expect a member to lead by ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-example. Loss of trust or respect can be detrimental to the perception held by the public and the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-profession, and can have a damaging effect on its members. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-Although the characters in his novel are fictional, the public’s perception of a member of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf:College who describes sexual scenes involving young students is extremely negative. The novel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-did in fact stir up controversy in the school community, which resulted in a harmful image of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-teaching profession and its members. Consequently, the Committee finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of the College and that his actions constitute ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-professional misconduct, being more particularly a breach of section 1(19) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf-437/97. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-1. Francis Patrick Ubertelli is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. A copy of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-information concerning the registered member of the Ontario College of Teachers is attached as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-Appendix A. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-2. During the period from November 2007 to December 2011, the Member was employed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-by Conseil scolaire Viamonde as a teacher at the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-3. On or about November 16, 2009, the Member wrote the following comment concerning ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-the abortion policies of the President of the United States in a blog: “Shame on this imposter, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-with his skin as black as tar, shame on this covert murderer….” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-4. On or about April 15, 2010, the Member told a female student that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf: (a) homosexuals are bad for society because they are unable to have children; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf: (b) the student ought to be open to the idea that homosexuality is bad for society ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- because of this fact; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- (c) it is the natural order for a child to need a mother and a father; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- (d) God is the judge who will decide all. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-5. On or about October 3, 2011, the Member was asked to meet with his principal to discuss ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-an e-mail the Member had sent him in the latter’s capacity as Principal of the [XXX]. The e-mail ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-was sent on September 21, 2011 and the Member had expressed certain opinions regarding ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf:homosexuality and the high rate of suicide among homosexual students. The Member had ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-described his opinions as personal ones. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-During this meeting, the Member stated in answer to questions from his principal that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf: (a) homosexuality is against nature; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf: (b) perhaps homosexual teenagers kill themselves because homosexuality is against ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- nature; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf: (c) homosexuality has no place in the Ontario Curriculum and the school board ought ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- not to encourage it; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- (d) the school board ought not to organize sessions to combat discrimination against ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf: homosexuals, because by doing so it would make an exception to other prohibited ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- grounds of discrimination which also enjoy protection. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-6. While he was employed by the school board as a teacher, the Member wrote and/or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-posted inappropriate comments on his web site, and/or supported the content of sites for which ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-he provided the links: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf: (a) “Considering pederasty, lesbianism, bisexuality, transsexuality (mutilation and an ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- attack on the body’s finitude), sodomy, zoophilism and coprophagia within a new ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- anti-moral social order is seeking to ascribe them legitimacy for the sake of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- building a ‘culture.’” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf: (b) “Thus, homosexual desire is not metaphysically ‘absolutely desirable,’ because it ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- is acquainted not with honour and the common concern, but with self-love, which ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- is egocentric, narcissistic and often bestial.” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- 1. The Member’s comments posted to a blog concerning the abortion policies of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- President of the United States, and the inappropriate comments posted on his own web ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- site. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf: 2. The Member’s remarks to a female student, that is, his opinion on homosexuality. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf: 3. The e-mail to the principal expressing certain personal opinions regarding homosexuality ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf: and the high rate of suicide among homosexual students. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- 4. The Member’s answers to his principal’s questions concerning the e-mail the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- sent. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-The Blog ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-The Committee found that the comments posted by the Member to a blog concerning the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-abortion policies of the President of the United States (“Shame on this imposter, with his skin as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-black as tar, shame on this covert murderer….”) are offensive, inappropriate, discriminatory and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-inconsistent with the standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-Discussion with a Female Student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-The Committee found that the discussion between the Member and a female student was highly ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-inappropriate when it came to discussing social and religious morals. It is not the Member’s role ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf:to impose his personal views on homosexuality. In the Committee’s opinion, no school board ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-would approve of such a discussion. A teacher’s role during such discussion is to be respectful, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-and to protect and provide a safe environment for all students. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-E-mail to the Principal ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-In the Committee’s opinion, the Member’s comments in his e-mail, which attempted to make ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf:connections between homosexuality and the high suicide rate among homosexual students, are ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-unprofessional and indicative of conduct unbecoming a member of the College. Such conduct on ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-this teacher’s part is indicative of a lack of awareness and poor judgement. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-Meeting with the Principal ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-During the Member’s meeting with his principal, the discussion in reply to the latter’s questions ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-support the fact that the discriminatory content of the e-mail contradicted the policies of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-Ministry of Education and his own school board. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the appropriate penalty to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-be imposed by the Discipline Committee is as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-1. The Discipline Committee requires the Member to appear before the Committee on ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-March 5, 2015 to receive a reprimand delivered in person at the College’s offices at 101 Bloor ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-Street West in Toronto, Ontario, with the fact of the reprimand to be recorded in the public ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-register. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-2. The Committee directs the Registrar to suspend the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-for one month from the date of the Committee’s decision and to publish a notation to this effect ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-in the public register. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-3. The Committee directs the Registrar to impose the following terms, conditions and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-limitations on the Member’s Certificate of Qualification, and to publish this decision in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf-public register: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-1. Lorna Stacey Van Duyse is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-Exhibit 3 at Tab “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-Information. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Ottawa-Carleton District School ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-Board (the “Board”) and was a Grade [XXX]teacher at [XXX] School (the [XXX]“ School”) in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-[XXX], Ontario. The Member was moved to [XXX] School (the [XXX]“ School”) for the 2012- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-2013 school year. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-3. At all material times during the 2009-2010 school year Student 1, a male student, was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-taught by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-4. In and around September 2010, Student 1’s father complained to the Children’s Aid ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf:Society (the “CAS”) that the Member had sexually abused his son. Student 1’s father ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-subsequently issued an apology through his legal counsel and stated that he had no personal ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf:knowledge that the Member had sexually assaulted his son. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf:5. When the Board commenced its investigation into the allegation of sexual abuse made by ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf:Student 1’s father, several students and staff were interviewed. The allegation of sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-was not verified; however, the students and staff raised additional concerns about how students ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-were disciplined. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-6. The Board found that during the 2009-2010 academic year, the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-adequately supervise a student and/or students, disciplined a student and/or students in an ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-inappropriate or biased manner, and verbally abused a student and/or students by making ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-inappropriate and/or disrespectful comments. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-7. When Student 1 was interviewed by the Board, he stated that the Member: made him feel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-nervous; bullied him; singled him out; would send him to the Daily Physical Activity (“DPA”) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-room to work and would lock him in the room; on one occasion she told him that if she tripped ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-over the leg of his chair, he would go to jail. He reported that he was afraid the Member would ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-kill him, that he felt worthless and that he had nightmares. If called to give evidence at a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-contested hearing, the Member’s evidence would be that she disputes that she locked Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-in the room or that she ever said that the student would go to jail. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-8. Other students in the same class as Student 1 who were interviewed by the Board ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-reported, inter alia, that the Member: would remove Student 1 from the class and send him to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-DPA room; would get mad at Student 1 because he would forget things and would be late for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-class; yelled at Student 1 more than other students; subjected Student 1 to punishment that was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-not justified; was often heard saying to Student 1, “I don’t want to see your face.” If called to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-give evidence at a contested hearing, the Member’s evidence would be that she disputes that she ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-often said to Student 1 that she did not want to see his face. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-9. Students also said that the Member would “draw attention” to a white student who forgot ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-something or who spoke out, but she would yell at Student 1 when he did the same thing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-10. One of the male students felt that the Member had her favourites and that she singled out ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-two of the male students, one of whom included Student 1. He felt that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-“bugging” Student 1 and the other student, and even if it was a small thing, she repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-criticized them. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf:11. The same student also stated that his group talked about the Member being sexist and that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf-the boys got the worst of it. An example was given that if the boys wore the same shirt to class ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 79 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-1. At all material times, Robert Joseph Towler was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-Teachers (Exhibit 2 at Tab “A”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Halton Catholic District School ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-Board (the “Board”) and taught at [XXX] School (the “School”), in Burlington, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 and Student 2 were Grade [XXX] students at the School ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-and were taught by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-4. On or about September 15, 2009, when Student 1 spoke to other students who were upset ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf:with comments that the Member was making during a discussion regarding gays and sexuality in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-the [XXX] class, the Member struck Student 1 on the back of the head with a binder. Attached is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-a copy of the statement of Student 1 (Exhibit 2 at Tab “B”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-5. On or about September 15, 2009, when students were talking in class, the Member struck ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-Student 2 from behind on the back of the head with a book and told Student 2 to stop being so ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-loud. Attached is a copy of the statement of Student 2 (Exhibit 2 at Tab “C” – page 2). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-6. On or about September 16, 2009, the principal of the School advised the Board that five ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-students had complained about the Member’s Grade [XXX] [XXX] class. Attached are copies of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-the email dated September 16, 2009 from the principal to the Board and the statements of three ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-of the students (Exhibit 2 at Tab “D”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-7. Furthermore, on or about September 17, 2009, the principal had a discussion with the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-parent of one of the students in the Member’s class regarding information the student was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf-bringing home about the Member’s inappropriate behaviour in the classroom. Attached is a copy ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- communicate with her through her Facebook profile “Celtic Highlander”. Attached to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- Exhibit 2 at Tab “B” is a copy of the Facebook communication from the Member to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- Student 1 dated November 10, 2011 from “Celtic Highlander” stating: “Its webster, add ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 86 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- me as this please… deleted everyone from the other one”. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- “C” is a printout that includes students as the Member’s Facebook friends through her ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- “Celtic Highlander” Facebook page in November 2011. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf-8. The Member continued to correspond with students via electronic communications after ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- she was spoken to by the vice-principal with respect to this issue on November 10, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- Many of these communications were unprofessional in nature. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf-Inappropriate Electronic Communications with Student 1 – [XXX] Incident ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf-9. In late November 2011, Student 1 was removed from the School’s [XXX] team for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- swearing at one of the [XXX] coaches. On December 7, 2011, Student 1 was suspended ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- from the School as a result of the incident. When his stepfather arrived to collect him, he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- was told by the Member that it was “completely ridiculous” to punish Student 1 for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- swearing because she had witnessed the coach provoke Student 1 and swear at Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- first. She told Student 1’s stepfather that she would inform the office about what she had ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- witnessed. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf-10. During Student 1’s suspension from the School, the Member and Student 1 exchanged ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- text messages wherein she told him that she was fighting to get him back on the team, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- and provided him with advice on how to fight his removal from the [XXX] team and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf: demonstrate that the vice-principal was “sexist”. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “D” is a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated July 29, 2014 was served on William Robert Wallace (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on September 3, 2014 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for May 1, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 85 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teacher’s Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or engaged ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf: in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in Section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- (c) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- (g) he failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- the teaching profession, contrary to Section 13 of Regulation 63/55 made under the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1980, Ch. 495 and as amended thereafter; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- (h) he failed to comply with Section 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, Ch. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 129 and amendments thereto. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-7. During the night, the Member fondled the Student’s buttocks, testicles, and penis. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Student went into his parents’ bedroom and told them what happened. The Member was arrested ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf:for sexual assault the following morning. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 85 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-8. On December 5, 1984, in the Provincial Court (Criminal Division) of Ontario, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf:Member pleaded guilty to, and was found guilty of, committing a sexual assault on the Student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-The trial Judge sentenced the Member to a conditional discharge with three years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “B” is a certified copy of the Court Information and the Probation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Order. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-9. The Member retired from the Board in June 2003. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-10. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-paragraphs 1-9 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-11. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-him, being more particularly that he failed to achieve and maintain the highest degree of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-profession, contrary to Section 13 of Regulation 63/55 of the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-1980, Ch. 495 and as amended thereafter, and failed to comply with Section 235(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, Ch. 129 and amendments thereafter. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-12. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-comply with Section 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, Ch. 129 and amendments ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-thereafter. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 85 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-misconduct against him. He acknowledged, and the Committee finds, that the Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-constitute professional misconduct, being more particularly that he failed to achieve and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-maintain the highest degree of professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-ethical standards of the teaching profession, contrary to Section 13 of Regulation 63/55 of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1980, Ch. 495 and as amended thereafter, and he failed to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-comply with Section 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, Ch. 129 and amendments ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-thereafter. The Committee accepts the Member’s guilty plea. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-The Committee is particularly concerned with the following incidents. On or about August 29, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-1984 the Member attended a party at the home of the Student’s parents. After consuming three ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-alcoholic beverages, the Member asked the Student’s parents if he could stay overnight to avoid ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-driving home after drinking. The Member was given permission to sleep on the part of the couch ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-that was not being used by the Student, who was already asleep on the couch. The Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-admitted that, during the night, he fondled the Student’s buttocks, testicles and penis. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf:Student immediately informed his parents of the sexual assault. The Member was arrested the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-following morning, and on December 5, 1984, the Member pleaded guilty to and was found ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf:guilty of sexual assault. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct to be appalling, reprehensible and disgraceful. His ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-actions and the resulting conviction as outlined herein, undoubtedly constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 85 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf:The sexual assault of a student represents the most egregious breach of trust by a person in a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-position of trust and authority over a student. The Member was invited into the home of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Student by the Student’s parents, one of whom was a personal friend of the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Member abused the authority and trust vested in him by the Student and the Student’s parents ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-without any regard for the well-being of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4), Counsel for the College and Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Member jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Committee in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-1. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-2. direct that there be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee, in summary ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- form, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- profession. The parties have not agreed on whether or not the Member’s name should be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- included and submissions will be made on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-SUBMISSIONS RE: PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the purpose of any decision of the Committee is to protect ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-the public interest, to maintain high professional standards and to preserve public confidence in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-the teaching profession. In order to achieve these goals there are four principles that must be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-considered: specific deterrence, general deterrence, rehabilitation of the Member and protection ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 85 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-of the public. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that, because the Member has been retired since 2003, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-publication with his name will have little to no effect with regard to the specific deterrent or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-rehabilitative aspect of the penalty. Therefore, general deterrence, protection of the public, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-transparency should become the central focus of the Committee’s penalty order. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-further submitted that the College is responsible for informing the public when conduct of this ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-nature occurs. The College, as a self-regulatory body, is accountable to the public and the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-teaching profession. It cannot shield its members when misconduct of a serious nature occurs. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf:Counsel for the College further submitted that sexual assault is the most egregious form of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-misconduct and deserves the harshest penalty. Revocation and publication with name are ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-proportionate to the Member’s misconduct. Publication with name identifies the serious ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-misconduct of the Member and the consequences for such behaviour. Counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf:referred the Committee to three cases involving single incidents of sexual abuse. In all three ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-cases, publication with the member’s name was ordered. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Counsel for the College reminded the Committee that it is the College’s mandate to act in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-public interest. Therefore, publication with the name of the Member is both expected and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-justified in cases such as this. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Submissions of Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that publication with the Member’s name is not appropriate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-in this case. According to Member’s Counsel, the Member’s misconduct and his ensuing ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-criminal conviction occurred in 1984, prior to the creation of the College. Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Member provided documentation to demonstrate that this case was disposed of in 1984 by the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 85 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-proper authorities at the time. Counsel for the Member submitted that the Member cooperated ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-with the police and the Board and subsequently entered into an agreement in 1984, which ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-imposed conditions on the Member. Counsel for the Member stated that there is no evidence ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-before this Committee indicating that the Member has breached any of these conditions. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Member’s Counsel further submitted that the Committee’s decision with respect to publication ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-should reflect the objectives of general deterrence, the maintenance of the public’s confidence in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-the teaching profession, the timely resolution of disciplinary matters, and transparency. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-for the Member submitted that publishing the name of the Member would not achieve these ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-goals; it would have the opposite effect. Informing the public of the Member’s 1984 conviction ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-and his subsequent continuation in the teaching profession until 2003 would not instil public ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-confidence, but rather it would diminish public confidence. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Counsel for the Member responded to the three cases submitted by College Counsel and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-submitted that they were all distinguishable from the Member’s case and should not be relied on. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Unlike the Member’s case, the members in the cases presented were dealt with by the College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-within a reasonable amount of time following their criminal convictions. Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf:Member reminded the Committee that the Member was charged and convicted of sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-more than 30 years ago, in 1984. Counsel for the Member submitted that the public expects the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-College to act promptly in matters involving serious professional misconduct, and in this case, it ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-did not do so. According to Counsel for the Member, publication with name would only serve to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-diminish the public’s confidence in the College and therefore does not align with the goals of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Reply Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 85 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-In reply, Counsel for College stated that the Committee’s duty is to act in the public’s interest in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-the year 2015. Counsel for the College submitted that the fact that the Member continued ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf:teaching until 2003 is not an issue. The key issue is that the Member sexually assaulted [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-and in so doing, seriously breached the trust and abused the authority bestowed on him by the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Student and the Student’s parents. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Counsel for the College acknowledged that the Member was disciplined by the Board in 1984 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-but stated that members are frequently disciplined by their school boards prior to appearing ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-before the College. College Counsel submitted that the Board was not acting in the public’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-interest given that its mandate was to act in its own interest. Although the Member did enter into ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-an agreement with the proper authority in 1984, that authority (the Member’s employer) did not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-serve the same purpose or have the same mandate as a self-regulating body like the College. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Counsel for the College also disagreed with Counsel for the Member’s assertion that the College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-has been sitting on this case since the College’s inception. Rather, Counsel for the College stated ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-that the matter was promptly addressed when it was brought to the College’s attention. College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Counsel further submitted that, notwithstanding the Board’s agreement with the Member in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-1984, the College’s duty is to act now. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the Board’s disciplinary action in 1984 was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf-“irresponsible”, and urged the Committee to not make the same mistakes. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Hamilton-Wentworth District ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-3. During the course of the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 academic years, the Member taught ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-[XXX] as a [XXX] teacher. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-Inappropriate Comments and Conduct to Colleagues ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-4. In the course of the 2011-2012 school year, the Member approached two colleagues at a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf:table that held a range of snacks and dessert and stated with sexual innuendo, “ooh, there’s lots ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-of delicious goodies here today” and “do you have any goodies to offer me.” Colleague A felt the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-comment was about her breasts and Colleague B told the Member to “back off”. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-5. The Member engaged in conduct and made comments, as set out below, to several female ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-colleagues which often drew attention to their bodies or physical appearance and which ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf:sometimes involved overt sexual connotation, by: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- (a) asking about making “any bad decisions this weekend?” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- (b) saying “ooh is that silk?” while rubbing the sleeve of a colleague's shirt; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- (c) saying “oh, if I weren’t married”; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- (d) saying “there are a couple of things I would like to do” while staring at a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- colleague's breasts; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- (e) sometimes touching colleagues’ forearms or shoulders or hair while making such ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- comments; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- (f) saying “you look hot” or “you look good today”; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- (g) commenting “you have a nice figure”; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- (h) stating “I like the length of your skirt”; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- (i) commenting “she’s got nice legs”; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- (j) saying “she is good looking”. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf:6. At times, the Member was knowingly using sexual innuendo or a sexually suggestive ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-tone, intending his comments to be playful. At times, the Member thought his comments were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-complimentary of the colleagues. The Member did not intend to offend, humiliate or otherwise ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-make his colleagues feel uncomfortable. He deeply regrets his conduct, appreciates that his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-comments were taken offensively, and that they were inappropriate and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-Supervision ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-7. On October 18, 2012, the Member took three students in his [XXX] class on a field trip ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-to the public library. Two education assistants assigned to the class also attended the trip. En ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-route to the library, the Member assessed that they had to stop and regroup because the students ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-needed to calm down. He moved the students from the sidewalk into a convenience store called ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-[XXX]”. Among other things for sale, the store displayed and sold devices such as water bongs ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-and pipes used to smoke marijuana. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-Letters of Discipline ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-8. Following Board administrators’ investigation into the above incidents, the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-received two letters of Discipline on May 17, 2013. In the first, administrators found that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-Member “lacked judgment and discretion when he failed to provide a safe environment for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-students” on the field trip to the public library. He was suspended without pay for five days from ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-May 21-27, 2013. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “B” is a copy of the Discipline Letter dated May ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-17, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-9. In the second letter, administrators outlined their findings and concluded that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-Member’s actions represented “gross misconduct”, and his conduct had “caused irreparable ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-damage to the professional working relationships with the staff” at the School. He was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-suspended without pay for ten days from May 28-June 10, 2013, and required to complete a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-College Counsel submitted that teachers are role models and must treat others with respect. They ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-should be seen as breaking down stereotypes, not endorsing them. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-that, as an experienced teacher, the Member ought to have known that making inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-comments and touching female colleagues was unacceptable. The Member demonstrated a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-complete lack of awareness that his behaviour made his female colleagues uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-College Counsel urged the Committee to consider the following aggravating factors when ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-determining whether to order publication with or without the name of the Member: the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-made inappropriate comments towards female colleagues; he inappropriately touched female ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-colleagues; he failed to recognize that his actions were obnoxious and inappropriate; and, his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf:comments, which were of a sexual nature, were made repeatedly over a period of time. College ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-Counsel added that the fact that the Member took his [XXX] class into a store that displayed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-marijuana paraphernalia was a further example of his poor judgment, which ought to be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-considered an aggravating factor in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-College Counsel submitted that publication with name acts as a specific deterrent to the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-as it will deter him from repeating similar conduct and will emphasize the serious nature of his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-misconduct. It also serves as a general deterrent by informing other members of the profession ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-and the public that the College does not tolerate this type of behaviour and that it will not shield ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-its members from public scrutiny. Teachers are held to a high standard and must conduct ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-themselves in a professional manner at all times. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-Furthermore, College Counsel submitted that publishing the name of the Member ensures that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-the penalty objectives of transparency and accountability are met. It informs the public that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-College is acting in accordance with its mandate to protect the public interest. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-it would bring the administration of justice or the discipline process into disrepute. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s inappropriate conduct warrants a reprimand by his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-peers. The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-The Committee finds that the course regarding communication skills with colleagues and the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-maintenance of professional boundaries will assist in the process of remediation and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-rehabilitation of the Member. The course will also address the Member’s inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-unprofessional conduct and it will serve to improve his professional judgment and decision ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-making in order to avoid similar errors in the future. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-The Committee finds that publication with the Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-parler profession is warranted. The Member demonstrated a pattern of behaviour that involved ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-inappropriate verbal and physical interactions with his colleagues. The Member admitted that he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf:knew that his comments were sexually suggestive in nature. The Committee accepts that there ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-was no ambiguity in the way that the Member’s colleagues responded to his behaviour. One ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-colleague told the Member to “back off” and he failed to respond appropriately. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf-notes that some female colleagues reported feeling uncomfortable and stressed as a result of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 5. In and around September 10, 2010, following a request to attend an investigative meeting ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf: held by the Board and the School regarding the inappropriate sexual comment referred to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- in paragraph 4 above, the Member left a written note for the principal of the School ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- stating that: “Now it’s your job to make this go away” and “any disciplinary action will ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- be grieved”. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 6. At all material times, “A” was a male teacher employed at the School. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 7. In and around November, 2010, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- (a) sent an inappropriate and disrespectful e-mail communication to “A”; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- (b) made inappropriate and disrespectful comments regarding “A” to other members of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- the School faculty; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- (c) engaged in abusive behaviour towards “A”. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 8. In and around November, 2010, the Member failed to comply with a directive from the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- principal of the School to move his belongings from “A’s” workstation to another ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- location. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-The Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-EVIDENCE OF THE COLLEGE ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-The College called four witnesses: Student #1, Student #1’s mother, “A” and the principal of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-School during the time in question. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Student #1 described her actions after reading the Comment on her Report Card and her meeting ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-with school officials at the School regarding the Comment. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-the meeting and was told that the incident was still under investigation. According to Student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-#1’s mother, the Member never apologized to her or her daughter. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-In cross-examination, Student #1’s mother acknowledged that she had never met the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-before and did not know what kind of rapport he had with his students. When it was suggested ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-that she did not know the Member’s sense of humour, she agreed that she didn’t, but indicated ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-that he still displayed a lack of professionalism. When it was suggested to her that such a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf:comment could be made without any sexual connotation, Student #1’s mother disagreed with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Member’s Counsel and indicated that such a comment was absolutely inappropriate in the school ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-context, when it was made by a teacher to a student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Testimony of “A” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-“A” testified that he has been a teacher at the School for 12 to 13 years. During the 2010-2011 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-academic year, “A” shared an office with the Member. This was not the first time that he had ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-shared an office with the Member. Prior to the 2010-2011 academic year, “A” claims to have had ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-a good relationship with the Member. The Member had never made any comments to him about ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-his personal hygiene or body odour and he had never disturbed “A’s” personal belongings. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-“A” also described his note-keeping practices for the Committee, which were very diligent. “A” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-testified that he would write notes throughout the day on index cards and that he would then ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-expand on these notes by recording the day’s events in a daily diary. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-“A’s” problems with the Member began to arise in October 2010 when the Member began ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-making comments about “A’s” body odour. “A” testified that he documented, in writing, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-numerous inappropriate, unprofessional and disrespectful incidents initiated by the Member at ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-strengths, needs, and next steps. Comments like the one the Member wrote, according to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf:principal, are “strikingly inappropriate” and “sexual in nature”. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-As a result of the Comment incident, the principal contacted the Member and requested that he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-attend an investigative meeting. A date was set, but the Member did not attend the meeting as he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-had called in sick. Instead, the Member left a written statement for the principal, which was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-received on September 10, 2010 (Exhibit 9). On this document, the Member wrote: “Enclosed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-are two copies of my statement regarding this matter. Now it’s your job to make this go away. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-[…] Any disciplinary action will be grieved.” According to the principal, these statements felt ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-like a threat from the Member. The principal questioned how the Member thought he could ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-“make this go away”. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-The principal further testified that, based on the Member’s written statement (see Exhibit 9), the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Member clearly did not take ownership for his unacceptable conduct. The principal could not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-understand why the Member wrote that he refused to “apologize for this comment as there is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-nothing to apologize for.” ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Despite having missed the initially scheduled meeting, the Member did attend an investigative ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-meeting with Principal Stewart, Vice-Principal Mackenzie-Russell, Superintendent Roy, and an ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-OSSTF representative on September 13, 2010 (see Exhibit 10). At this meeting, the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-apologized for having tried to bully the principal into making this incident disappear. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-The Member attended a second meeting with the School administration on September 20, 2010 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-(see Exhibit 11), in which the Member was given the Board’s findings and decision with respect ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-to the Comment incident. During this meeting, the principal told the Member that, while there ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-may be some circumstances in schools where things are “smoothed over” for a teacher, this does ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-not occur when a teacher has crossed a professional boundary. Ultimately, the Board found that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-the Member’s Report Card comment and his subsequent handling of the situation (i.e. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-threatening the principal to “make this go away”) were unprofessional. As a result, the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-was suspended by the Board without pay for two days. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-During cross-examination, Member’s Counsel took the principal through his notes from the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-September 13, 2010 investigative meeting with the Member (Exhibit 10). The principal ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-acknowledged that, in this meeting, the Member explained that he was in a rush when he was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-writing his Report Cards, that he liked to make personalized comments on his Report Cards, that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf:he did not intend any sexual connotation with the Comment, that he “should write a letter to [the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-student and her family] to apologize and make them feel better,” and that he would refrain from ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-making personal comments on Report Cards in the future. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-The “A” incidents ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-The principal also testified about the alleged incidents that took place between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-“A”. The principal recalled that the Member had an issue with the smell and the heat in the office ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-that he was sharing with “A”. The principal went to the shared office to investigate these ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-concerns, while “A” was in the office, and he did not detect any off-putting odour. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-The principal next heard of the interpersonal conflict between “A” and the Member when he was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-copied on an e-mail, dated November 16, 2010, from “A” to the Member. The principal agreed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-with “A” that it was inappropriate for the Member to have removed “A’s” coat from the shared ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-office and to have left it in the caretaker’s office. The principal also found that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-been communicating with “A” in a threatening manner. Based on the Member’s e-mail response ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-to “A” on November 17, 2010 (the principal was copied), the principal testified that he was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-for students, who may find themselves in the position of having to explain a comment that they ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-did not even write. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Also under cross-examination, the Member conceded that even if he intended the Comment as an ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-inside joke, those not in the Member’s class would not get the joke. The Member further ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-admitted that he has changed his position from his written statement, in which he had stated that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-he refused “to apologize for this comment as there is nothing to apologize for” (Exhibit 9). He ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-reluctantly acknowledged that he could see how people might think that commenting about ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf:someone’s high heels has a sexual connotation, although he maintained that this was never his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-intention. The Member ultimately admitted that the Comment was unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-During his examination in chief, the Member testified that the principal had a very informal ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-conversation with him in the hallway, where Mr. Stewart informed the Member that an ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-investigative meeting was going to be held the following day to address the Comment issue. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf:principal told the Member that he had made a sexual comment on a student’s Report Card and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-that he should get union representation to attend the meeting with him. The Member testified that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf:he was shocked at the accusation that he was a sexual predator and stayed up all night worrying ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-about it. Given that he was in no state to teach the following day, he submitted a written ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-statement to the principal and to the OSSTF representative and called in sick. The Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-further testified that the note he wrote to the principal, which the principal perceived as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-threatening, was written in frustration and after not having slept all night. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-The Member also testified that he did not apologize to Student #1 or her family for two reasons. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-First, the School administration never suggested that he write an apology. Second, the student ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-and her family had moved between the time of the incident and the time that it was brought to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-College Counsel further noted that all four allegations occurred within a five month timeframe. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Moreover, College Counsel submitted that it is no defence to argue that some of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-misconduct was directed towards another member (as opposed to a student) since the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-conduct was both unacceptable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF MEMBER’S COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-With respect to the first allegation (the Comment incident), Counsel for the Member submitted ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf:that the Member admitted to making the Comment but did not intend for it to be sexual in nature. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that it was a common practice for the Member to personalize his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-grade [XXX] students’ Report Cards in order to give them something special to remember from ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-their time together. Counsel for the Member further submitted that the Member was pressed for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-time when preparing his Report Cards. In addition, Member’s Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Comment was the Member’s way of being supportive of the student’s choice of footwear and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf:was not intended to be sexual in any way. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Member’s Counsel also submitted that the Member agreed that the Comment was inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-and showed poor judgment. He acknowledged that he had made a mistake and he was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-apologetic. Member’s Counsel further submitted that, at the time of the incident, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-superintendent did not give the Member any direction regarding an apology and, in any event, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-the Member was unable to apologize at the time, since Student #1 had moved and the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-did not have her new contact information. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Counsel for the Member further submitted that, during her testimony, Student #1 acknowledged ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-that the Member had never singled her out in class, had never said she was attractive, had never ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-bought her gifts or cards, and had never made her feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-The Comment incident ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-There is no doubt that the Member wrote the Comment (“Love the jeans with spike heels”) on ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Student #1’s report card. The only question for the Committee to consider was whether the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Comment amounted to professional misconduct. The Committee finds that the Comment was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-completely inappropriate and gives rise to a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-The Ontario Ministry of Education has set standards with respect to the marking of Report Cards, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-and even the Member agreed that the Guide to Provincial Report Cards, Grade 9 to 12 never ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-mentions anything about adding personal comments to students’ Report Cards. Report Card ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-comments are supposed to focus on students’ strengths, needs, and next steps in their academic ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-development. They are not a forum for inside jokes and certainly not ones that can be perceived ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf:as sexual or sexist in nature. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-The Committee was troubled by the fact that, through his Comment, the Member left Student #1 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-in the unenviable position of potentially having to explain the Comment to others who might ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-view her Report Card. Student #1’s Report Card is an official government document that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Student might have to rely on for college or university applications and for future employment. It ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-is unfair to put students in the position where they may be penalized based on a comment that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-they did not even write. The Committee finds that the Comment could easily be perceived to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf:have a sexual connotation, and this could unjustly call into question Student #1’s character. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Comments of this nature have no place inside or outside of the classroom. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-The Committee was also concerned that the Member produced seven examples of Report Card ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-comments from students who had not consented to the release of their personal information. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-These Report Cards contained sufficient detail to identify the students in question and should not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 29 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Exhibit 9). The Committee finds it reasonable that the principal would have felt threatened by ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-this note, even if the principal did not feel that he was being physically threatened by the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-The Committee does not accept the Member’s evidence that by writing, “any disciplinary action ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-will be grieved” he was simply reminding the principal about the grievance process. In cross- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-examination, the Member acknowledged that the principal was an experienced educator and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-administrator and that he surely would have been aware of the grievance process. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Committee cannot understand why the Member would have felt the need to remind the principal ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-of the grievance process if he knew that the principal was well aware of the process. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Bearing in mind the context in which this note was written, the Committee cannot accept that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-this note was a friendly reminder and not a threat. The Member acknowledged that he was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-anxious and distressed when he was told that a complaint had been brought against him ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf:regarding the sexual nature of the Comment. He did not sleep the entire night before he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-submitted the note and his statement to the School administration. He was clearly upset. It is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-more likely that the Member would have used this note as an outlet for his stress, given the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-circumstances, than as an opportunity to provide the principal with a friendly reminder about the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-grievance process (with which the principal was already very familiar). Even the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-acknowledged that he had apologized for trying to bully the principal, although he noted that it ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-was not his intention to bully the principal. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-Having considered the handwritten note in its proper context and with regard to the events that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf-led the Member to write the note, the Committee finds that the Member’s note was threatening. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- 31 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-suspension. According to Member’s Counsel, the Committee ought to look at similar cases when ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-determining whether or not a one-month suspension is appropriate. To this end, Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-Counsel presented a Book of Authorities containing numerous cases to assist the Committee with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-its task. Member’s Counsel submitted that the cases presented, which have resulted in a one- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-month suspension or greater, were far more serious than the Member’s case and generally ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-involved serious boundary violation issues or instances of grooming. Of the cases that were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-similar to that of the Member, the penalties generally included a reprimand and coursework, but ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-no suspension. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-In the alternative, Member’s Counsel submitted that, if the Committee were to find that a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-suspension is warranted in this case, the suspension should be limited to seven days and it should ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-be retroactive to the time of the suspension already served for the School Board. If the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-Committee were to order a lengthier suspension, Counsel for the Member requested that it be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-served during the summer so that the Member would not suffer any potential adverse ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-consequences with respect to his current employment. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-Counsel for the Member also highlighted seven mitigating factors for the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-consideration. First, Member’s Counsel indicated that the Member has had a 27-year teaching ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-career in which he has had no disciplinary issues prior to this case. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-Second, Member’s Counsel submitted that the Comment that the Member wrote on a student’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf:Report Card was not intended to have any sexual overtones. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-Third, Member’s Counsel reiterated that all of the incidents involving the Member were at the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-lower end of the spectrum of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-The Committee has determined that the aggravating factors outweigh the mitigating factors in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-this case. With respect to the mitigating factors presented by Member’s Counsel, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-recognizes that the Member has had a lengthy and relatively unblemished teaching career, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-notwithstanding the events that gave rise to these proceedings. The Committee also accepts that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-the Member has had a successful return to work with no subsequent incidents of professional ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-misconduct. The Committee is also cognizant of the fact that the Member has already served a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-two-day and a five-day suspension with his School Board, although the Committee remains ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-concerned that the Member’s conduct did not improve significantly following these suspensions. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-The Committee does not accept the following mitigating factors presented by Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-Member. First, the Committee does not find it relevant that the Member did not intend his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf:Comment on the student’s Report Card to be sexual in nature. Regardless of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf:intent, the Comment could be perceived as sexual and sexist, and it should never have been ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-included on a student’s Report Card; there are clear government policies with respect to Report ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-Cards with which the Member certainly did not comply. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-Second, the Committee does not accept that the Member’s conduct was at the lower end of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-spectrum, as suggested by Counsel for the Member. The Member’s misconduct was repeated, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-and it involved multiple people and multiple incidents. The Member humiliated a student by ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-writing an inappropriate Comment on the student’s Report Card, he wrote a threatening note to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-his principal, and his repeated inappropriate and unprofessional conduct directed towards his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-colleague was shameful. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-Moreover, the Committee finds that there were several important, aggravating factors that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf-influenced its decision with respect to penalty. First, the Member demonstrated a complete lack ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (“the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Committee”) on February 8, 2006 at the Ontario College of Teachers (“the College”) at ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated April 18, 2005 was served on Duke Ernest C. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Young, requesting attendance before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Teachers on May 2, 2005 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for February 8, 2006. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-The Member was in attendance at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-The Allegations ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-The allegations against Duke Ernest C. Young (“the Member”) in the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Duke Ernest C. Young is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40 (1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-“Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act and the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- the Regulations made under those Acts, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 437/97, subsections 1(14) and (15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- (d) he contravened laws, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1 (16); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused students ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-1. Duke Ernest C. Young (the “Member”) was at all material times a member of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-2. Between the approximate dates of January 1974 and 30 June 2000, the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-was employed by the Toronto District School Board (“the Board”) as an elementary ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-3. For several years prior to his retirement from the Board at the end of the 1999- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-2000 academic year, the Member was a teacher at [XXX] School (“[XXX] School”). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-4. On or about 15 May 2000, the Member advised the Board of his retirement from ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-the Board with effect from 30 June 2000. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-5. On or about 25 August 2000, [XXX], whose date of birth is [XXX], was a female ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-student of [XXX], Toronto, the premises of which are adjacent to those of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-School, which she had attended for grades [XXX] and [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-6. The Member had been [XXX] [XXX] while she attended [XXX] School and was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-the [XXX] which was independent of the Board. [XXX] was a member of the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-7. During the approximate period between February 2000 and 25 August 2000, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Member acted inappropriately towards [XXX] in that he: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- (a) picked her up from her home to [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- (b) communicated with her on a frequent basis by telephone, e-mail and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- instant messaging on the Internet; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- (c) took her on [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- (d) accompanied her on [XXX]; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- (e) fostered a relationship with her which was outside the boundaries of that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- of a teacher or coach and student. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-8. On or about 25 August 2000, the Member attended at the home of [XXX] at ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-approximately 7:00 a.m. and went for a [XXX] with her. They returned to her home at ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-approximately 8:30 a.m. that morning. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-9. Shortly thereafter, [XXX]’s mother left the home to go to work, and while she ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-was away, the Member entered the bedroom of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-10. When [XXX]’s mother returned home unexpectedly at around noon that day, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Member and [XXX] were on the floor of [XXX]’s bedroom. The Member’s body was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-over that of [XXX] At that time, the Member was engaged in tickling, touching and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-kissing [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-11. On or about 28 May 2002, the Member was found guilty of a charge that he, on or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-about 25 August 2000, in the City of Toronto, being in a position of trust or authority ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf:towards [XXX], a young person, did for a sexual purpose touch directly the body of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-[XXX], a young person, with parts of his body to wit his mouth and hands, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-C. Superior Court of Justice – Notice of Appeal re sentence only, dated 10 July 2002, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- and endorsement re abandonment of appeal dated 17 March 2005 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-D. Transcript of Evidence of [XXX] at trial – 18 March 2002 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-E. Transcript of Evidence of [XXX] at trial (voir dire) – 18 March 2002 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-F. Transcript of Evidence of [XXX] at trial – 19 March 2002 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-G. Transcript of Evidence of Duke Young at trial – Examination in chief – 19 March ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 2002 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-H. Transcript of Evidence of Duke Young at trial – Cross Examination – 28 May ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 2002 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-I. Transcript of Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable Madam Justice R. Shamai ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- dated 28 May 2002 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-J. Transcript of the Proceedings at Sentencing before the Honourable Madam Justice ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- R. Shamai dated 12 June 2002. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-The evidence presented in the Court Documents confirms that on or about 28 May 2002, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-the Member was found guilty of a charge that he, on or about 25 August 2000, in the City ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-of Toronto, being in a position of trust or authority towards [XXX], a young person, did ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf:for a sexual purpose touch directly the body of [XXX], a young person, with parts of his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-body to wit his mouth and hands, contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada). (Exhibit 4, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Tab A). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-On or about 12 June 2002, the Member was given a suspended sentence and was placed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-on probation for a period of twelve months. He was also ordered to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-The Member appealed the sentence but abandoned the appeal on or about March 17, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-2005. (Brief, Tab C, p.10) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-(i) Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-The College bears the onus of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-proof with which the Committee is familiar as set out in Re Bernstein and College of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1977) 15 O.R. (2d) 477. The standard of proof ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-applied by the Committee, in accordance with the Bernstein decision, was a balance of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-probabilities with the qualification that the proof must be clear and convincing and based ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-upon cogent evidence accepted by the Committee. The Committee also recognized that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-the more serious the allegation to be proved, the more cogent must be the evidence. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Committee viewed the allegations in this case to be quite serious. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- (ii) Decision ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and based on the guilty ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-plea, and the submissions made by Counsel for the College and Counsel for the Member, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that Duke Ernest C. Young committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19) and that he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Reasons for Decision ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-It is uncontested that on or about 28 May 2002, the Member was found guilty of a charge ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-that he, on or about 25 August 2000, while in a position of trust or authority towards ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf:[XXX], a young person, directly touched the body of [XXX] for a sexual purpose, with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-parts of his body, i.e. his mouth and hands, contrary to the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-(Exhibit 3, Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-It is also uncontested that on or about 12 June 2002, the Member was given a suspended ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-sentence and was placed on probation for a period of twelve months. He was also ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-ordered to [XXX]. (Exhibit 3, Tabs A & B) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Rule 13.05 and 13.06 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers states as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-13.05 Proof of Prior Conviction or Discharge ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-13.05(1) Proof that a person has, in proceedings before a court in Canada, been ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-convicted or discharged of an offence following a finding of guilt is proof, in the absence ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-of evidence to the contrary, that the offence was committed by the person, if: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- (a) no appeal of the conviction or discharge was taken and the time for an ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- appeal has expired; or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- (b) an appeal of the conviction or discharge was taken but dismissed or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- abandoned and no further appeal is available. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-13.05(2) Sub-rule (1) applies whether or not the convicted or discharged person is a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-party to the proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-13.05(3) A certificate of conviction or discharge or certified copy of a Court ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Information meeting the requirements of sub-section 22.1(3) of the Evidence Act ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-(Ontario) shall be accepted by the Discipline Committee as proof that the person was ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-convicted or discharged of the offence for purposes of sub-rule (1). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-13.06 Findings of Fact in Prior Proceedings ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-13.06(1) Where a certificate of conviction or discharge or certified copy of a Court ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Information has been admitted in evidence under sub-rule 13.05(3), the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Committee shall also admit as ancillary to the certificate of conviction or discharge or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-certified copy of a Court Information the specific findings of fact contained in the court's ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-reasons for judgment or reasons for sentence, which findings of fact are proof, in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-absence of evidence to the contrary, of the facts so found. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-The Member appealed the sentence but abandoned the appeal on or about March 17, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-2005. (Brief, Tab C, p. 10) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Having no evidence to the contrary, the Committee accepts as proof that, the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-was found guilty of a charge that he, on or about 25 August 2000, while in a position of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-trust or authority towards [XXX], a young person, directly touched the body of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf:for a sexual purpose, with parts of his body, i.e. his mouth and hands, contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). (Exhibit 3, Tab A) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf:The Committee finds the Member’s conviction of sexual exploitation constitutes acts of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19) and he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf:sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Although the evidence presented showed that the Member had no prior criminal record, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-the Committee found the Member’s actions to be unbecoming of a member of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-profession. Having been a teacher for many years, the Member was well aware of Board ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-policies and boundaries that should be maintained between students and teachers and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-knew that this type of behaviour could harm [XXX] and her family. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-recognized that he had betrayed the trust he had built up with [XXX] and her family over ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-a [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-The Committee also considered the many times the Member was alone with [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-the frequent and various ways that the Member communicated with [XXX] to be ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-inappropriate, i.e frequent e-mails and instant messaging. He fostered a relationship with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-[XXX] outside the boundaries of teacher [XXX] and student, by going on [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-accompanying her on [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Penalty ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the appropriate penalty be as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 1. revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 2. publication of the findings of the Discipline Committee, with the name of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- Member in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Counsel for the Member did not make any submissions with respect to what would be an ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-appropriate penalty. He did however ask the Committee to consider the fact that the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf:judge at the criminal proceedings had difficulty deciding whether or not there was sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-intent on the part of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, which the Member is to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- surrender immediately to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-2. Pursuant to Section 30 (5) (3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- findings and order of the Committee shall be published in summary, including ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- the Member’s name, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Reasons for Penalty Decision ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-In light of the fact that the Member admitted the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf:set out in the Notice of Hearing, and was convicted of sexual exploitation, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-determined that the appropriate penalty was revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-qualification and registration as well as publication of the findings and order of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Committee, with the name of the Member, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-Revocation is appropriate to demonstrate that the Member’s conduct is unacceptable in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-the eyes of the profession and of the public. This penalty also serves to protect the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-reputation of the profession in the minds of the public. Publication of the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-order is necessary as a general deterrent to guide members of the profession as to what is ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-acceptable conduct between teachers and students. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that this decision serves and protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated August 1, 2014 was served on Mark Ira Young (the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-“Member”), requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee on August 11, 2014 to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-September 22, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-The Member was not in attendance at the hearing but had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsection ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf: 1(7.3) and or/engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-Member called the Student again to ask him to help him with chores and told him that he would ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-also pay the Student $100 if he would come help him with his chores. The Student told the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-Member that he would think about it and would call him back. Ultimately, the Student agreed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-and he went to the Member’s home that same day. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-6. Upon arriving at the Member’s home the Student was greeted by the Member and they ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-engaged in small talk. The Member greeted the Student wearing shorts and holding a glass of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-wine. The Member then asked the Student if he would like a tour of the house. The Student said ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-yes. The Member gave the Student a tour of his home. Afterwards they went back to the living ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-area and they both sat on the couch where they engaged in small talk once again. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-7. While sitting on the couch, the Member touched the Student’s foot with his foot. The ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-Student did not consent to this physical contact. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-8. During the course of the time the Student was at the Member’s home, the Member made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-a number of comments to the Student and asked the Student a number of questions that, viewed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf:objectively, were sexual in nature and that is how they were perceived and understood by the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-Student. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “B” are the Board’s interview notes of the Student dated ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-April 26, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf:9. On or about February 23, 2012, the Member was charged with sexual exploitation with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-respect to his conduct with the Student. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “C” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-certified Information. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-10. Ultimately, on or about August 13, 2013, the Member was found guilty of assaulting the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-Student contrary to Section 266 of the Criminal Code (Canada). The Member received a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-suspended sentence and three years’ probation. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “D” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct warrants revocation. The Member had a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-number of inappropriate interactions with the Student which ultimately resulted in the Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf:being charged with sexual exploitation and being found guilty of assault contrary to section 266 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member took advantage of his position of authority to exploit a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf:naïve and fragile Student sexually. The Student was vulnerable and was hurt psychologically and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-emotionally by the Member whom he trusted and had confided in. As outlined in the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-interview notes with the Student which were not contested by the Member (see Exhibit 2 at Tab ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-B), the Student stated that the Member made repeated phone calls to the Student, inviting him to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-the Member’s home during a holiday weekend. The Student reported that the Member enticed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-him with money on the pretence of completing some chores. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-When the Student attended the Member’s home he was greeted by the Member in shorts with a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-glass of wine. The Member gave the Student a tour of the house and suggested that they go to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-the bedroom and have some fun. The Student reported feeling threatened and fearful of assault ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf:and wanting to extricate himself from the situation. The Member continued to solicit sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-favours and offered to give the Student a blow job for $100.00. The Student felt very ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-uncomfortable and reminded the Member that he was only [XXX] years old. The Member ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-responded “Yeah, it’s better”. After an extended period of discomfort, the Student was able to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-remove himself from the Member’s home, avoiding any further objectionable interaction with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf-the Member. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-(d) he committed acts, that having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-(f) he failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- of the teaching profession, contrary to Section 13 of Regulation 63/55 made under ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1960, Ch. 393 and as amended thereafter; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-(g) he failed to comply with Section 229(1)(c) of the Education Act 1974, c.109, and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- as amended thereafter; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-(h) he failed to comply with Section 22(1)(c) of the Schools Administration Act, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- R.S.O. 1960, Ch. 361 and amendments thereto, and similar provisions of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- Schools Administration Act, R.S.O. 1970, Ch. 424. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-1. Norman Neil G. McLeod (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member held a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-registration under this Act or an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf:3. Between March 1965 and December 1979, the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf:touching and/or sexual assault of male children between the ages of [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-4. On September 9, 2013, in the Ontario Court of Justice, the Member was found ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-guilty of 13 counts of indecent assault and one count of gross indecency, contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (a) the Member was found guilty of indecent assault and gross indecency with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- respect to “A”, between January 1, 1966, and December 31, 1967; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (b) the Member was found guilty of two counts of indecent assault with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- respect to “B”, between January 1, 1974, and December 31, 1979; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (c) the Member was found guilty of two counts of indecent assault with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- respect to “C”, between September 1, 1975, and June 30, 1978; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (d) the Member was found guilty of three counts of indecent assault with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- respect to “D”, between January 1, 1973, and December 31, 1974; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (e) the Member was found guilty of two counts of indecent assault with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- respect to “E”, between January 1, 1974, and December 31, 1976; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (f) the Member was found guilty of two counts of indecent assault with ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- respect to “F”, between January 1, 1968, and February 9, 1974; ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (g) the Member was found guilty of indecent assault with respect to “G”, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- during July and August, 1979. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-In R. v. McLeod, 2014 ONCJ 671 (“McLeod”), Justice D.P. Cole of the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Justice ordered a publication ban (Exhibit 4, Tab C) pursuant to subsection 486.4(1) of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-the Criminal Code (Canada). The Committee is therefore required to uphold this ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-publication ban. The publication ban states the following: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- A non-publication and non-broadcast order in this proceeding has been issued ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- under subsection 486.4(1) of the Criminal Code. This subsection and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- subsection 486.6(1) of the Criminal Code, which is concerned with the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- consequence of failure to comply with an order made under subsection ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 486.4(1), read as follows: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf: 486.4 Order restricting publication — sexual offences.—(1) Subject to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- subsection (2), the presiding judge or justice may make an order directing ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- that any information that could identify the complainant or a witness shall not ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way, in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- proceedings in respect of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (a) any of the following offences: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (i) an offence under section 151, 152, 153, 153.1, 155, 159, 160, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 162, 163.1, 170, 171, 172, 172.1, 173, 210, 211, 212, 213, 271, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 272, 273, 279.01, 279.02, 279.03, 346 or 347, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (ii) an offence under section 144 (rape), 145 (attempt to commit ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- rape), 149 (indecent assault on female), 156 (indecent assault on ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- male) or 245 (common assault) or subsection 246(1) (assault ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- with intent) of the Criminal Code, chapter C-34 of the Revised ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- Statutes of Canada, 1970, as it read immediately before January ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 4, 1983, or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf: (iii) an offence under subsection 146(1) (sexual intercourse with a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf: female under 14) or (2) (sexual intercourse with a female ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- between 14 and 16) or section 151 (seduction of a female ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf: between 16 and 18), 153 (sexual intercourse with step- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- daughter), 155 (buggery or bestiality), 157 (gross indecency), ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 166 (parent or guardian procuring defilement) or 167 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (householder permitting defilement) of the Criminal Code, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- chapter C-34 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, as it read ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- immediately before January 1, 1988; or ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (b) two or more offences being dealt with in the same proceeding, at least ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- one of which is an offence referred to in any of subparagraphs (a)(i) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- to (iii). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (2) Mandatory order on application.— In proceedings in respect of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- offences referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b), the presiding judge or justice ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- shall ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (a) at the first reasonable opportunity, inform any witness under the age ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- of eighteen years and the complainant of the right to make an ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- application for the order; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- (b) on application made by the complainant, the prosecutor or any such ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- witness, make the order. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- . . . ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 486.6 Offence.—(1) Every person who fails to comply with an order made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- under subsection 486.4(1), (2) or (3) or 486.5(1) or (2) is guilty of an offence ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- punishable on summary conviction. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Given the publication ban reproduced above, there shall be no publication of any ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-information that might tend to identify the victim or witnesses involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-In the 1960’s and 1970’s the Member was an [XXX] school teacher and [XXX]. As a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-trusted member of the community, parents allowed the Member to take their children to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-his cottage. While at the cottage, the Member would invite the children to enjoy ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf:recreational activities in exchange for performing and participating in a variety of sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf:acts. In 1979, six [XXX] complained to the local police about the Member’s sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-touchings. The Member was arrested and charged with indecently assaulting six children. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-He pleaded guilty to these charges in 1980, for which he was sentenced to six concurrent ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-custodial terms of three months, followed by probation for three years. His employment ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-with the Board was subsequently terminated. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-In the fall of 2011, a new victim came forward and the police conducted a second ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-investigation, part of which was to encourage other victims to come forward. Six other ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-victims came forward for a total of seven victims. The Member was found guilty of 14 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf:counts of sexual abuse during the period from 1968 to 1979. He was sentenced to three ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-years’ incarceration. Counsel for the College further submitted that the assaults were ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf:premeditated to satisfy the Member’s own sexual desires, with total disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-boys’ wellbeing. College Counsel submitted that the Member’s conduct was one of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-most egregious cases of abuse brought before the College. College Counsel stated the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Member’s behaviour, as detailed in the record of the criminal proceedings and the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-resultant criminal convictions, provided a sufficient basis to justify a finding of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-professional misconduct under all of the heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-by Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(16), 1(17) 1(18) and 1(19), section 13 of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Regulation 63/55 made under the Teaching Profession Act, 1960, section 229(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Education Act, 1974, section 22(1)(c) of the Schools Administration Act,1960, Ch. 361 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-and amendments thereto, and similar provisions of the Schools Administration Act, 1970, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Ch. 424. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-The law of evidence and Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Teachers allow the Committee to accept a certified copy of a Court Information as proof ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-that an offence was committed by a person, where there is a finding of guilt and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-conviction in a Canadian court, provided that there is no evidence to the contrary and that ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-no appeal has been granted. Given that the Member was found guilty and convicted in a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Canadian Court and that no appeal has been granted, the Committee accepts the certified ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-copy of the Court Information as proof, in this case, that the Member committed the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-criminal offences outlined therein. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-It is uncontested that between March 1965 and December 1979, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf:sexual touching and/or sexual assault of male children between the ages of [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-old. On September 9, 2013, before the Ontario Court of Justice, the Member was found ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-guilty of thirteen counts of indecent assault and one count of gross indecency, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-the Criminal Code of Canada, for which he was criminally convicted and sentenced to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-three years’ imprisonment. These contraventions of the law are relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration and have caused children ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-to be put at risk contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16) and 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-The Committee accepts the evidence that the Member committed thirteen counts of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf:indecent assault and one count of gross indecency. The sexual assault ranged from a ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-single incident in the case of one child to hundreds of incidents in the case of another ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-victim. The Committee finds that these actions constitute acts of professional misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-1(17) 1(18) and 1(19), section 13 of Regulation 63/55 made under the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Profession Act, 1960, section 229(1)(c) of the Education Act, 1974, section 22(1)(c) of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-the Schools Administration Act,1960, Ch. 361 and amendments thereto, and similar ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-provisions of the Schools Administration Act, 1970, Ch. 424. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-qualification and registration, and publication with name are appropriate penalties ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf:considering the gravity of the Member’s conduct. This is an egregious case of sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-abuse, where the Member demonstrated a complete disregard for children’s wellbeing ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-through his repeated targeting of vulnerable children. The Member exploited his trusted, ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-dual role as teacher and [XXX] and gave parents and members of the community a false ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-sense of security. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-According to College Counsel, revocation and publication with the Member’s name ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-achieve all three goals of penalty: they ensure the protection of the public; they maintain ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-the high standards of the profession; and they preserve the public’s confidence in the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Publication with name addresses specific and general deterrence, transparency and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-accountability. College Counsel submitted that the Member “cannot hide by resigning ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-before these proceedings” and “the College will not shield members of the profession”. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Counsel for the College emphasized the importance of transparency as it was through ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-publicity of this case that six additional victims came forward. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-2. There shall be publication of the findings and order of the Committee, in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- summary form, with the name of the Member in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-In a criminal court, the Member was found guilty of thirteen counts of indecent assault ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf:and one count of gross indecency for sexual crimes perpetrated against young boys ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-between March 1965 and December 1978. He was subsequently sentenced to three years’ ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-imprisonment. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration is appropriate in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 2015 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-this case. The conduct of the Member towards young children was abhorrent and ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-reprehensible. The victim impact statements, contained within the Justice Cole’s decision ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-in McLeod, demonstrate the deep psychological and emotional damage that still afflicts ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-the Member’s victims today. The disgraceful behaviour of the Member requires that he ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-receive the maximum penalty that the Committee can order: revocation. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-conduct has brought the profession into disrepute and has jeopardized the public’s trust in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf:Publication with name serves to advise the profession and the public that sexual ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-misconduct of this severity will result in the harshest penalty available and public ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-denunciation. As a specific deterrent, publication with the Member’s name signals to the ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Member that there are serious consequences to jeopardizing the safety of children to ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf:inappropriately satisfy one’s sexual desires. Publication with name serves as a general ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-deterrent as it informs the profession of the consequences for the type of conduct in ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-which the Member engaged. Teachers must know that they are held to a high standard ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-and that there are severe consequences for failing to adhere to this standard. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-Finally, although the Member is currently resigned from the College, because his ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-misconduct occurred while he was still a member of the College, the Committee has ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf-jurisdiction to make the findings and orders outlined above. ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2015onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-On March 13, 2015, a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-College of Teachers (the “College”) rendered a decision finding Angela Anita Grogan (the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-“Member”) guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The Committee determined that the Member’s involvement in two incidents during the 2008- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-2009 academic year gave rise to a finding of professional misconduct. First, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-found that the Member falsely reported to her school’s administrators that one of her colleagues, ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Mr. Avery, had physically abused a [XXX] [XXX], [XXX] [XXX]-year-old female student ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-(“Student 1”) by standing on her toes, and did not allow Student 1 to get out of her chair in the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-classroom (the “toes incident”). The Committee found that the Member’s version of events ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-regarding the toes incident was implausible. Second, the Committee found that the Member ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-falsely reported to her school’s administrators that Mr. Avery had inappropriately touched ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Student 1 by stroking her hair and touching her shoulder (the “inappropriate touching incident”). ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The Committee found that the Member had no reasonable grounds to suspect that Mr. Avery had ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:committed any act of sexual abuse or misconduct against a student. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The Committee also found that the Member inappropriately called Mr. Avery a liar in front of ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-staff and students (the “liar incident”), but because this was an isolated incident, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-made no finding of professional misconduct in relation to the liar incident. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The Committee recognized that this matter raised important questions about the duty to report. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-While the Committee acknowledged that it is very important to encourage teachers to report all ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-incidents of abuse where a teacher has a reasonably held suspicion that a student is in need of ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-protection, the Committee found no evidence to demonstrate that the Member had reasonable ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-grounds to suspect that any abuse had occurred in this case. The Member had leveled groundless ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:accusations of physical and sexual abuse against Mr. Avery, which were both stigmatizing and ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-career-threatening. Without diminishing the importance of the duty to report, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-found that false reporting can be extremely damaging and that it was not the type of action that ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-the duty to report seeks to encourage. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The Committee found that the Member’s false reporting of both the toes incident and the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-inappropriate touching incident gave rise to a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-the Committee found that the Member’s conduct contravened subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The Committee reconvened on October 23, 2015 to hear submissions with respect to penalty. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The Member attended the hearing via teleconference for medical reasons (see Exhibit 102) and ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-she had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Committee ought to make an order: ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 1) requiring that the Member be reprimanded in person; ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- Registration; and ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 3) directing that the finding and order of the Committee be published in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-College Counsel first reviewed the Committee’s key findings from its Decision on Finding and ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Reasons for Decision dated March 13, 2015 to provide context for the penalty that the College ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-sought. The key findings are set out above. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-With respect to the order sought, College Counsel first submitted that the reprimand is important ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-because it allows the Committee to speak directly to the Member and to express its displeasure ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-with the Member’s conduct that gave rise to these proceedings. The College asked that this ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-reprimand be given in person. College Counsel then submitted that revocation is an appropriate ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-penalty in this case due to the following seven aggravating factors. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Aggravating factors as described by College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-First, the Member’s allegations against Mr. Avery were unfounded and did not even meet the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-low threshold that triggers the duty to report. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Second, the Member’s allegations against Mr. Avery were extremely serious: the Member ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:alleged that Mr. Avery had physically and sexually abused a [XXX] student. Moreover, these ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-false reports were not isolated incidents. The Member falsely accused Mr. Avery of extremely ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-serious wrongdoing on two separate occasions. These allegations were so serious that they could ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-have ended Mr. Avery’s career or had criminal implications, or both. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:Third, the Member’s allegations of sexual and physical abuse were made against a colleague, ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-who is another member of the College. Counsel for the College added that there is no evidence ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-that the Member even tried to speak to Mr. Avery about her concerns before reporting him to ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-school administration. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Fourth, College Counsel submitted that false reports can be extremely damaging to the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-profession, to the public interest, and to the confidence and trust that the public places in the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The fifth aggravating factor, according to College Counsel, is the impact that this case and these ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-false allegations have had on Mr. Avery. College Counsel noted that the Committee had found ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-that the Member’s false allegations against Mr. Avery have had a significant negative effect on ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-his career and his personal life. The Member tarnished Mr. Avery’s reputation and she did so ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-without sufficient evidence upon which to base her allegations. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Sixth, College Counsel submitted that the Committee ought to consider the impact that the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member’s actions have had on the various witnesses who were involved in this case. According ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-to College Counsel, the Member had insinuated that other colleagues of hers, including ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-administrators, teachers, and educational assistants, were covering up the fact that Mr. Avery had ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:physically and sexually abused a [XXX] [XXX] student. Not only did the Member point her ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-finger at Mr. Avery, but during these proceedings, she also leveled serious accusations against ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-several of her former colleagues who testified in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Seventh, College Counsel submitted that the Committee ought to consider the impact that the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member’s groundless accusations have had on Student 1’s family. According to College ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Counsel, Student 1’s father testified before the Committee and gave very emotionally-charged ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-and genuine evidence. He genuinely believed the allegations that the Member had made against ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Mr. Avery and this belief took an emotional toll on him and his family. The emotional ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-rollercoaster that Student 1’s family was put through, according to College Counsel, was the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-First, College Counsel noted that Welland was resolved by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-and Guilty Plea, unlike the Member’s case which was contested over the course of nine days and ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-involved numerous witnesses and more than 100 exhibits. Because the decision in Welland was ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-the result of a negotiation between the College and the Member, compromises may have been ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-made such that the penalty jointly proposed may have been different (and possibly more lenient) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-than the penalty that the parties would have sought if the hearing were contested. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Second, College Counsel submitted that Welland is distinguishable from the Member’s case ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-because Ms. Welland’s conduct was far less serious than the Member’s conduct. The Member ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:falsely accused Mr. Avery of physically and sexually abusing a [XXX] [XXX] girl. This ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-conduct, according to College Counsel, is not comparable to that of Ms. Welland. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Third, College Counsel submitted that Welland is distinguishable from the Member’s case ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-because there is no indication in Welland that Ms. Welland’s false allegations had a serious ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-impact on anyone involved. In the Member’s case, however, the Member’s false allegations have ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-had a serious impact on the public interest, on several witnesses who testified in these ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-proceedings, on Student 1’s family, and on Mr. Avery in particular. College Counsel pointed to ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-the devastating impact that this matter has had on Mr. Avery, his family, his relationships, and ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-his health. Accordingly, College Counsel urged the Committee not to rely on Welland when ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-determining the appropriate penalty in the Member’s case. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF MEMBER’S COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-At the outset of her submissions, Member’s Counsel indicated that the Member steadfastly ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-maintains her innocence and that she stands by her evidence that her reports against Mr. Avery ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-were truthful. Member’s Counsel added that the Member filed a Notice of Appeal in this matter ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that, in Welland, it was determined that a reprimand, coursework, ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-and publication of the Member’s name were an appropriate response to Ms. Welland’s multiple ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-false accusations made against a student, a colleague, and another professional. While Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Counsel acknowledged that Welland was not identical to the Member’s case, she submitted that ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-it would be helpful to the Committee when determining the severity of the penalty to impose on ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-In addition, Member’s Counsel submitted that the proposed penalty of revocation was too severe ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-for the type of misconduct that the Member was found to have committed. Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-relied on two cases in which the members were found to have committed very serious ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-misconduct, but received lesser penalties than revocation. First, Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:Ciraco, 2015 LNONCTD 47, involved a member who had been found guilty of sexually ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-assaulting a colleague, and the Discipline Committee accepted the jointly submitted penalty of a ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-reprimand, a six-month suspension, and coursework, and determined that publication with the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member’s name was appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Second, Ontario College of Teachers v. Blanchard, 2012 LNONCTD 17 (“Blanchard”), ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-involved a member who had physically assaulted a student, and the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-accepted the jointly submitted penalty of a reprimand and coursework, and determined that ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-publication without the Member’s name was appropriate. According to Member’s Counsel, ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-revocation would be inappropriate in the Member’s case, given that past cases involving physical ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:or sexual assault (which she submitted are more egregious forms of misconduct than making ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-false allegations against a colleague) resulted in lesser penalties. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Similarly, Member’s Counsel relied on two cases involving members who had failed to report ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:incidents of sexual assault involving students, which resulted in lesser penalties than revocation: ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Ross, 2009 LNONCTD 50, and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Tallevi, 2011 LNONCTD 33. According to Member’s Counsel, the failure to report these ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-incidents was found to be at the high end of the spectrum of professional misconduct, given the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-College’s obligation to protect students and to ensure their safety. Nevertheless, the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Committee in these two matters did not find it necessary to revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Qualification and Registration of either of these two members. Member’s Counsel submitted that ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-revocation in this matter would not be in line with past cases before the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- iii. Five mitigating factors weigh against the proposed penalty ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that the proposed penalty does not accurately reflect the mitigating ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-factors present in this matter. Member’s Counsel urged the Committee to consider the following ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-five mitigating factors that weigh against the imposition of the Committee’s most devastating ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-penalty, which is revocation. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The first mitigating factor submitted by Member’s Counsel is the Member’s long, unblemished ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-teaching career prior to this matter. Before these proceedings, the Member had never faced ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-discipline by the College during her 30 year teaching career. Member’s Counsel submitted that ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-the Discipline Committee has frequently accepted the notion that a member’s prior record can be ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-considered a mitigating factor, and she relied on Blanchard at para. 36 in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The second mitigating factor submitted by Member’s Counsel is that the College failed to prove ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-that the Member was guilty of all four of the original allegations of professional misconduct (see ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Exhibit 63). According to Member’s Counsel, Ontario College of Teachers v. Mann, 2006 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-June 30, 2016 (see Exhibit 104). Accordingly, Member’s Counsel submitted that if the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Committee were to order that the Member receive a reprimand or fulfil the condition of ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-successfully completing coursework, these orders could be made contingent on the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-return to the teaching profession, as was done in Ontario College of Teachers v. Primeau, 2010 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-LNONCTD 6, and Ontario College of Teachers v. Robitaille, 2014 LNONCTD 125. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- iv. Issues regarding several of the aggravating factors raised by the College ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that there were issues with several of the aggravating factors raised ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-by College Counsel. With respect to the first aggravating factor, that the Member’s allegations ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-against Mr. Avery were unfounded, Member’s Counsel submitted that this was simply a veiled ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-attempt by College Counsel to penalize the Member for maintaining her innocence and that it ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-should not be considered an aggravating factor. Member’s Counsel submitted that the Member ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-believes that the allegations were well-founded and provided evidence to support this belief. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-With respect to the third aggravating factor, that the Member’s false reports were made against a ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-colleague who was also a member of the College and that there was no evidence that the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member tried to speak to Mr. Avery about her concerns before reporting his alleged conduct to ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-school administration, Member’s Counsel submitted that it is not a requirement for a reporting ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-member to notify a suspected member when making an adverse report concerning the suspected ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:sexual abuse of a student. She referred the Committee to the College’s 2015 Professional ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Advisory on the “Duty to Report”, in addition to the evidence from the hearing of this matter, in ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-support of this proposition. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-With respect to the sixth aggravating factor, regarding the impact that the Member had on ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-various witnesses in this matter by insinuating that they were covering up incidents of physical ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:and sexual abuse to protect Mr. Avery, Member’s Counsel insisted that this was another thinly ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-veiled attempt by College Counsel to penalize the Member for maintaining her innocence and ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-mounting a defence. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-With respect to the seventh aggravating factor, regarding the impact that the Member had on ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Student 1’s family, Member’s Counsel submitted that this was not an aggravating factor because ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-the Member actually had a positive impact on Student 1’s family and not a negative impact as ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-College Counsel submitted. According to Member’s Counsel, Student 1’s family was grateful for ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-and supported the Member’s reports that involved Student 1. Student 1’s family noticed ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:increased sexualized behaviour from Student 1 and found that this behaviour gradually subsided ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-when Student 1 was removed from the school. Student 1’s family welcomed the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-reports that helped them to understand the change in their daughter’s behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- v. The proposed penalty does not serve the public interest ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Finally, Member’s Counsel submitted that revocation does not serve the broader public interest ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-in this matter. According to Member’s Counsel, it is important to promote the duty to report. In ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-fact, the College has recently released a Professional Advisory in June 2015 on the “Duty to ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Report”, which signals the importance of this duty. Member’s Counsel submitted that ordering ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-revocation in this matter would have a chilling effect on the duty to report. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member’s Counsel further submitted that, by ordering revocation in this matter, other members ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-of the profession will become reluctant to report their suspicions of abuse. This problem would ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-be exacerbated in cases involving either very young or [XXX] [XXX] students who might not be ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-able to serve as witnesses to prove that a member had a reasonably held suspicion that the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-student was in need of protection. Ordering revocation in this matter makes it risky for other ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member’s certificate in this matter when other members, who had engaged in worse misconduct ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:involving physical or sexual abuse, did not have their certificates revoked. According to College ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Counsel, all of the cases that Member’s Counsel relied on to support this proposition were the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-result of negotiated agreements between the parties. College Counsel submitted that it was not ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-surprising that those cases resulted in lesser penalties than might have been ordered if the matters ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-were contested, because they were the result of compromises. College Counsel added that there ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:are also many cases involving physical or sexual assault where revocation was ordered, but these ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-cases were not presented by Member’s Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-In any event, College Counsel submitted that cases from other panels of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Committee are not binding on the Committee, and that the task for the Committee is to determine ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-where the Member’s conduct fits along the spectrum of professional misconduct, and to make a ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-penalty order that is in the public interest based on the circumstances of the Member’s case. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Third, College Counsel replied to the submission of Member’s Counsel that Welland is an ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-analogous case in which Ms. Welland received a more lenient penalty than that proposed by the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-College in the Member’s case. College Counsel reiterated that Welland is distinguishable on its ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-facts because the Member’s conduct was far more egregious than that of Ms. Welland and ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-because there is evidence of the negative impact that the Member’s conduct had on various ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-individuals. Accordingly, College Counsel urged the Committee not to rely on Welland when ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-determining the appropriate penalty in the Member’s case. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Reply submissions addressing the Member’s issues regarding the aggravating factors raised by ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-repeated misconduct that had a damaging impact on her colleague. Second, although the Member ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-may pose little future risk to the profession, the Committee’s penalty order must send a strong ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-message to the teaching profession that engaging in similar conduct to that of Member will result ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-in serious consequences. General deterrence is an important penalty objective that must be ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-addressed. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The aggravating factors in this matter are numerous and compelling. They significantly outweigh ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-the mitigating factors described above. First, the Member’s allegations against Mr. Avery were ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-unfounded and they did not meet the low threshold that triggers the duty to report. The ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Committee agrees with College Counsel that it is entitled to rely on its findings when ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-determining the appropriate penalty in this matter. The Committee is deeply concerned that the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member leveled groundless accusations of an extremely serious nature against her colleague. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Second, the Member’s false allegations against Mr. Avery occurred on two separate occasions ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-and they escalated in terms of severity. The Member first falsely accused her colleague of ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:physically abusing Student 1 and she then falsely accused her colleague of sexually abusing ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Student 1 on a second occasion. The Member’s misconduct is not an isolated incident. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Third, the Member’s false reports are damaging to the profession, to the public interest, and to ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-the confidence and trust that the public places in the teaching profession. By making false ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-reports, the Member undermined the duty to report. There is a low threshold that triggers the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-duty to report. The threshold is low in order to encourage teachers to report their reasonably held ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-suspicions when students are in need of protection. Although the threshold is low, there is still a ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-threshold and it is important that the threshold is met before members report concerning ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-behaviour. If members were to report concerning behaviour without meeting this threshold (i.e. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-without having reasonable grounds to suspect that a student is or may be in need of protection), ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-this would likely result in an increased number of false reports, which are damaging to the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-False reporting is damaging to the profession for two reasons: first, it diverts resources that ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-should be used to respond to legitimate concerns that a student is at risk of harm; second, false ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-reporting could desensitize the profession to the point that legitimate concerns are ignored and ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-students who reasonably face a risk of harm are not adequately protected. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The following analogy helps to illustrate how false reporting is a serious concern. Fire alarms, ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-like the duty to report, exist for a reason. They are used to protect the public in case of a fire. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-However, pulling a fire alarm when there is no smoke is problematic for similar reasons to those ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-described above: first, fire fighters may be diverted from attending a legitimate emergency; ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-second, when fire alarms are repeatedly sounded for no reason, people stop responding to the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-warning and those whom the alarm is intended to protect may actually find themselves at greater ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-risk of harm. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Fourth, the Member’s actions have had a significant negative effect on several individuals who ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-were involved in this matter. Most importantly, her false reports have had a devastating impact ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-on Mr. Avery, his family, his career and his health. In addition, the Member’s false reports have ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-had a negative impact on Student 1’s family. Although Member’s Counsel described the positive ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-impact that the Member’s reports have had on Student 1’s family, the Committee does not accept ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-that there is anything beneficial about misleading a family to believe that their daughter’s ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:behavioural changes were the result of her having been physically and sexually abused by her ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-teacher, when there is no evidence to demonstrate that this might reasonably have been the case. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The Committee also notes that Welland was resolved by way of agreement, whereas the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member’s case was determined over the course of a lengthy and hotly contested hearing. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Although the Committee does not find this distinction between Welland and the Member’s case ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-to be a tremendously significant consideration, the Committee notes that there may have been ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-compromises made between the parties in Welland that could have resulted in a more lenient ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-penalty for the sake of reaching an agreement (which compromises may not have been made if ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-the matter were contested). Ultimately, however, the crucial difference between Welland and the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member’s case is that Ms. Welland’s misconduct was less serious than the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The Committee did not rely heavily on Ciraco, Blanchard, Ross, or Tallevi, which Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Counsel presented to support the proposition that revocation would be grossly out of line with ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-past penalties imposed for similar or more serious misconduct. Ciraco and Blanchard were cases ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:involving physical or sexual abuse in which revocation was not ordered. Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-submitted that, because these two cases resulted in lesser penalties than revocation for similar or ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-more serious misconduct than that in which the Member engaged, the Committee must not order ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-revocation in the Member’s case. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-This conclusion is not supported by its premise. In order to accept that revocation in the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member’s case would be grossly out of line with Ciraco and Blanchard, the Committee would ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-have to assume that falsely labelling a colleague as an abuser of [XXX] individuals (as the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member did in this matter) is significantly less egregious than abusing a student. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-would also have to assume that members who abuse students never face penalties as severe as ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-revocation. The Committee does not find it reasonable to make these two assumptions and it ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-therefore does not jump to the conclusion that Member’s Counsel has suggested. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-purpose of the duty to report. This is not the type of behaviour that the duty to report seeks to ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-encourage. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Members of the profession need not worry that they too may have their certificates revoked if ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-they follow through on their duty to report, provided that they have a reasonably held belief that ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-a student is in need of protection. The Committee is not revoking the certificate of a member ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-who reported a reasonably held suspicion; the Committee is revoking the certificate of a member ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-who, despite not having a reasonably held suspicion that a student was in need of protection, ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf:falsely reported that her colleague had engaged in the physical and sexual abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Revocation is being ordered in this case to address the Member’s egregious conduct. The ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member did not appropriately follow through on her duty to report; instead, she undermined this ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-important duty. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds that revocation is the appropriate penalty in this matter. The ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Member damaged the reputation of her colleague and had a devastating impact on his personal ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-and his professional life. Through her false reports, she also misled Student 1’s family about the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-source of their daughter’s concerning behaviour. The Member’s conduct undermined the duty to ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-report, which exists to protect [XXX] members of the population from the risk of harm. As a ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-result, the Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Registration. ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Publication with name is appropriate ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-The Committee further finds that publication of a summary of its finding and order in ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession, with the Member’s name, is appropriate given ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf-the circumstances. Publication with the name of the Member identifies to the profession the ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- 29 ./ontario-cases/2016canlii151723.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-SUMMARY ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:The allegations in this matter are centred on Mr. Castellano’s sexual touching of female students and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:sexual comments to female students between 2008 and 2013. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-For the reasons set out in detail below, the Committee has determined that the College has proven ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-As well, for the reasons set out in detail below, the Committee finds that an appropriate penalty is ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-the revocation of Mr. Castellano’s teaching certificate and the publication of a summary of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Committee’s finding and order, including his name, in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The allegations against Mr. Castellano in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Roberto Castellano is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Mr. Castellano’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16);1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17);2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-1. Roberto Castellano (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-3. Students 1, 2 and 3 were female students in Grade [XXX] at the School during the 2008- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2009 academic year. Students 4 and 5 were female students in Grade [XXX] at the School ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- during the 2012-2013 academic year. Student 6 was a Grade [XXX] female student at the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- School during the 2013-2014 academic year. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:4. Between 2008 and 2013 the Member made inappropriate comments of a sexual nature to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- students in his class. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-5. Between 2008 and 2013 the Member engaged in inappropriate touching of female students in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- his class. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-6. During the 2008-2009 academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (a) touched the shoulders and/or legs and/or thighs of one or more female students; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (b) told Student 1 words to the effect that she should be in “adult movies”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (c) told Student 2 words to the effect of, “sit your nice young bum beside me”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (d) told Student 3 words to the effect of, “I haven’t been screwed in a while”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-7. During the 2012-2013 academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (a) on or about May 15, 2013, grabbed and/or touched and/or held onto the front of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- Student 4’s clothing and/or waist and/or rib cage area; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (b) on or about May 15, 2013, patted and/or rubbed Student 4’s head and/or back and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- said words to the effect of, “good girl”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (c) pressed his body against Student 5’s back; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (d) touched female students on their shoulders and/or their heads and/or their backs; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (e) stood very close to a female student and/or students. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-8. During the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 academic years, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf: (a) talked about sex with his students; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (b) talked to Student 4 about her virginity; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (c) referred to female students as “sweetie” and/or “girly girl” and/or “cutie”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (d) told Student 5 and/or other students words to the effect that they needed to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- “protect those pretty eyes”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-9. On or about October 1, 2013, the Member touched and/or grabbed Student 6 on the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- buttock(s). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:10. On or about November 12, 2013, the Member was charged with sexual assault contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf: section 271(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada, and sexual interference contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-MR. CASTELLANO’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Because Mr. Castellano was not in attendance at the hearing nor was he represented by legal ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-counsel, the Committee proceeded on the basis that he denied the allegations set out in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The College called seven witnesses: five students, a vice-principal and the principal of the School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Overall, the Committee found the College’s witnesses to be credible. All had very similar ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-recollection of events, and made consistent comments about Mr. Castellano’s “creepy” (which at ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:least two of the witnesses described as meaning sexual in nature), uncomfortable demeanour and the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-culture of the classroom. The witnesses did not embellish or exaggerate their testimony. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The Committee makes the following findings as to the evidence given by each of the seven ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-witnesses: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 1. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 1 graduated in [XXX], and was in Mr. Castellano’s 2008-2009 Grade [XXX] [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:Student 1 gave evidence about Mr. Castellano’s sexualized touching and comments to female ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:students. She described the sexual comment he made to her, and the report she made to the vice- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-principal (Exhibit 4). The Committee found Student 1 to be a very credible witness. She was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-straightforward, and recalled the events freely and without prompting. Her recollection of events was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-consistent with her written statement. Student 1 was also honest when she could not remember ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-events because of the time lapse, which added to her credibility. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2. Ms. Sandra Antonutti ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-At the time of the hearing, Ms. Sandra Antonutti had been a principal for four years. She was vice- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-principal of the School beginning in [XXX] and received statements from the four students regarding ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano’s conduct in 2008-2009. She made notes of these conversations (Exhibit 5). The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Committee found her testimony to be plausible and credible. Ms. Antonutti’s notes are consistent ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-with the students’ statements and the testimony of Student 1. Ms. Antonutti followed appropriate ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-procedures in investigating the allegations. As well, the Committee notes that she has left the school ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-and therefore had no interest in the outcome of the hearing in regard to Mr. Castellano’s future ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-employment at the School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 3. Mr. Joe Giancola ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Joe Giancola has been principal at the school since[XXX]. He investigated the 2008-2009 and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-2012-2013 allegations against Mr. Castellano and followed appropriate procedures, including ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-notifying the Board, the police and child services. He testified about the discipline letter given to Mr. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Castellano on October 1, 2013 (Exhibit 9). His evidence was plausible and reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 4. Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 4 graduated from high school in [XXX]. She was in Mr. Castellano’s Grade [XXX] [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-class in 2012-2013. During one incident when she was wearing a hoodie, Mr. Castellano played with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-her shirt, made comments to her about it, and pushed her into her stool with his hands against her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-ribcage just under her breasts. Student 4 had good recall of the events and gave a statement to the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-principal and a written statement (Exhibit 13). Her recollection of the events was corroborated by ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-other witnesses. The Committee found her to be an accurate and credible witness. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 5. Student 9 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 9 graduated from high school in [XXX]. She was in Mr. Castellano’s Grade [XXX] [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-class in 2012-2013. Student 9 testified that Mr. Castellano used “creepy” pet names and touched ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-female students in ways that were not necessary. She gave evidence that she witnessed the incident ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-with Student 4, and corroborated Student 4’s evidence. Student 9’s oral testimony was consistent ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-with her written report (Exhibit 14). The Committee found her to be a credible witness. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 6. Student 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 5 graduated in [XXX] and was in Mr. Castellano’s Grade [XXX] [XXX] class in 2012-2013. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 5 testified that she was touched by Mr. Castellano when he leaned his body against her from ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-behind and put her [XXX] on her face. He also whispered in her ear as he did this. She said she also ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-observed the incident between Mr. Castellano and Student 4. Student 5 gave a written statement ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-(Exhibit 15) and her testimony was consistent with it. Student 5 had a good recollection of the events ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-that occurred and was a clear and straightforward witness. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 7. Student 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 6 graduated in [XXX], and was in Mr. Castellano’s [XXX] class in Grades [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:[XXX]. She testified that Mr. Castellano made personal and sexualized comments to her. She also ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-testified that he squeezed her buttocks. She wrote a written statement (Exhibit 16) about the incident ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-that was consistent with her testimony on the stand. Student 6’s evidence was clear and detailed. Her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-evidence was reasonable and consistent with the evidence of the other students. The Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-her to be a credible witness. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-SUBMISSIONS BY THE COLLEGE WITH RESPECT TO FINDING ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The College argued that Mr. Castellano’s conduct violated the standards of the profession as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-established by the published standards of the College entered into evidence and the testimony of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:principal and vice-principal. College Counsel argued that Mr. Castellano’s sexualized comments and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:touching constituted verbal, psychological or emotional, and sexual abuse of students. College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Counsel also submitted that the Member’s conduct violated the Education Act insofar as students ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-were not treated with fairness and dignity and they were not able to learn in a safe environment. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Finally, College Counsel argued that Mr. Castellano’s conduct was unprofessional and unbecoming ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Onus and standard of proof ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The College is required to prove the allegations in accordance with the standard of proof set out in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-F.H. v. McDougall, [2008] SCR 53; that is, the balance of probabilities, or whether it is more likely ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-than not that the conduct occurred. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Having considered the evidence of the witnesses for the College, the documentary evidence, and the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Mr. Castellano committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The Committee carefully reviewed the submissions of Counsel for the College and the evidence ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-submitted. It assessed the evidence in support of each allegation and made findings of fact for each. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-It then determined whether these findings of fact gave rise to findings of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Findings of Fact ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Incidents during the 2008-2009 academic year ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The Committee finds, based on the testimony and statement of Student 1, the written statement of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 2 (Exhibit 7), the written statement of Student 7 (Exhibit 8), the written statement of Student ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-8 (Exhibit 6), and the evidence of Ms. Antonutti and Mr. Giancola, that Mr. Castellano touched ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-female students in his Grade [XXX] [XXX] class on their bodies including their shoulder or thighs ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:and that he made sexualized comments to them. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The Committee finds that Mr. Castellano told Student 1 that she should be in adult movies. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Committee accepts Student 1’s testimony that Mr. Castellano created an uncomfortable atmosphere ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-in the classroom and was often inappropriately physically close to female students. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The Committee also finds that Mr. Castellano asked Student 2 to sit next to him and said words to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-the effect of “come sit your nice young bum down.” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The Committee concludes that when Student 3 commented to other students in the classroom that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-she had not started a culminating assignment and was “so screwed” about this, Mr. Castellano was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Incidents during the 2012-2013 academic year ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The Committee finds based on the written and verbal evidence of Student 4, Student 5, Student 6, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 9 and Mr. Giancola, that Mr. Castellano pushed Student 4 into her chair and put his hands on ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-her body. During the incident, which was on or about May 15, 2013 in [XXX] class, Mr. Castellano ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-came over to Student 4, who was wearing a hooded sweatshirt in contravention of school uniform ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-rules. Student 4 was sitting in[XXX}stool (which swivelled) with a back rest. Mr. Castellano ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-swivelled her around to face him and then stood close to the [XXX] stool on which Student 4 sat, so ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-that he was essentially standing in between her legs that were resting on the stool. He began to play ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-with the drawstrings of her sweatshirt, and then put his hands on her ribcage below her breasts and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-pushed her against the back of the chair. Mr. Castellano told her that she had a nice sweatshirt but ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-she should take it off. Student 4 stated that she was shocked and felt very uncomfortable during the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-incident. She told him that she would take it off herself. Mr. Castellano then took his hands off her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-ribcage, rubbed her head and back and said “good girl”. Student 4 went to the school office the same ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-day and reported the incident to the principal and made a written statement (Exhibit 13). Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-also spoke to child services and met with a psychologist a number of times after the incident. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano was suspended with pay the following day, May 16, 2013. The Children’s Aid ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:Society did an investigation but found the allegations of sexual impropriety unfounded (Exhibit 9). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 4 also recounted that Mr. Castellano did not respect personal space and came uncomfortably ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-close to female students in the classroom and often touched them. He also came forward to her once, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-sat very close to her, and took her [XXX] from the top of her head where they were resting and put ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-them on her face. She said she was very surprised that he had not asked her to put them on, but had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-instead put them on her physically himself. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 9 recounted that her sister had had Mr. Castellano as a teacher and she had heard stories that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-he made female students uncomfortable, called them by pet names, and made comments that were ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:sexual in nature. She said that she observed Mr. Castellano being “creepy” – he called students ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-names such as “sweetie”, “girly girl” and “cutie”, stood very close to students, and touched students’ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-arms or shoulders in ways that were not necessary. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The Committee finds that Mr. Castellano pressed his body against Student 5’s back while she was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-kneeling on the ground pouring some [XXX], whispered in her ear words to the effect of “I don’t ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-want anything to happen to those pretty little eyes”, and then took her [XXX] off her head and put ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-them on her eyes. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 5 gave evidence that Mr. Castellano had made inappropriate comments in class about having ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:sex, he touched female students on their backs, thighs and hair, and he talked to Student 4 about her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-virginity. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Incidents during the 2013-2014 year ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano returned from his suspension with pay on September 3, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano attended a meeting on September 12, 2013 with the school administration and the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-union present in relation to both the 2008-2009 and 2012-2013 academic year incidents. At the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-meeting, Mr. Castellano acknowledged that he touched Student 4 during the hoodie incident, but ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-suggested that the allegations against him for his conduct were a form of reprisal because he had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-disciplined Student 4 in the past. He stated he did not remember the incident with Student 5 and the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-[XXX]. He stated he did not recall the specifics of any of the 2011 allegations. He was given a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-disciplinary letter signed by the Superintendent of Employee Relations, and was required to take a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-course on appropriate boundaries by December 31, 2013 (Exhibit 9). Mr. Giancola testified that he ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-believed the Member had taken the course. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 6 was in Mr. Castellano’s [XXX] classes in Grade [XXX] and [XXX]. She found his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-treatment of her in Grade [XXX] uncomfortable and “creepy” – he told her that she should skate ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-around in a “puck bunny” costume, he would rub her back if she got an answer right, and would ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-speak “nose to nose” to her (and described him coming extremely close physically) if she was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-answering a question. Student 6 stated that Mr. Castellano spoke to her about many personal topics, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-such as his divorce and the fact that he was interested in dating Student 6’s aunt. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 6 recounted one instance in which she was lying on a table in the classroom (she testified ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-that there was rarely any teaching going on in Mr. Castellano’s class as a way of explaining why she ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-was lying on a table), and she said “fuck me” in a complaining way to the students around her. Mr. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Castellano was nearby and in response to her comment he said, “don’t mind if I do.” She said that all ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-the students were freaked out by his comment, saying things like “Sir, you can’t say that!” and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 6 left the classroom because she found Mr. Castellano’s comment disgusting. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:The Committee accepts the evidence of Student 6 that she was sexually touched by Mr. Castellano ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:and was subjected to other sexualized treatment by him. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-On October 1, 2013, Student 6 was at the front of the class. Mr. Castellano had told students that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-they could take pictures of the overhead slide for their reference, and she was at the projector doing ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-so. Mr. Castellano came over and asked her to move over, and then placed his hand on Student 6’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-behind (indicating her buttocks) and squeezed it. She said Mr. Castellano “full-on grabbed my butt”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 6 was shocked, said something like “Oh my god, that’s gross”, and left the class, as she ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-wanted to remove herself from the situation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano was suspended with pay on October 3, 2013 (Exhibit 10). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Student 6 gave evidence that she was doing well in Mr. Castellano’s class, but once he was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-suspended and replaced by the head of the department she failed the class. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The criminal charge ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The Superintendent of Employee Relations advised the College on November 13, 2013 that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:Member had been charged by Peel Regional Police with sexual assault and sexual interference ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-(Exhibit 12). Mr. Giancola testified that Mr. Castellano signed a peace bond not to be on School ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-property or Board property and not to have contact with the students who made the allegations, and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-the charges were dropped. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Legal conclusions ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The Standards of the Profession were established in this case by reference to the College’s written ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-standards including Exploring Ethical Professional Relationships (Exhibit 11) and Professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Advisory: Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct (Exhibit 17). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The former emphasizes that members should “express their commitment to students’ well-being and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-learning through positive influence, professional judgement and empathy in practice.” As well, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-members should show respect to students through the principles of trust and fair-mindedness. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-latter states that members must use their good judgement to interpret what actions are right or wrong, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:including “when certain acts seem innocent, but may be considered later as a prelude to sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:or sexual misconduct.” The Professional Advisory also states that sexual harassment can be conduct ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:that “need not be overtly sexual but may nonetheless demean or cause personal embarrassment to a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:student, based upon the student’s gender, race or sexual orientation.” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-In addition, the vice-principal and the principal, who are experienced educators, testified that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:members should never touch students in a sexual manner, nor make comments of a sexual nature to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-students. The Committee has considered their evidence and finds that it reflects the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The Committee finds that Mr. Castellano committed conduct such as using pet names for students, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:making sexual innuendoes, touching female students repeatedly without justification, and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:committing sexual acts such as pushing a student into her chair with his hands close to her breasts, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-pressing up against the back of a student and whispering in her ear, and grabbing a student’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-buttocks. The Committee finds that these acts violate the standards of the profession which require a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:teacher to treat students fairly and with respect, and which prohibit sexual harassment or abuse of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-subsection 1(7) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:The Committee finds that Mr. Castellano repeatedly engaged in highly inappropriate sexualized ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-comments to the female students in his classes, thereby abusing them verbally. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-These comments included: calling female students by pet names such as “sweetie” and “girly girl”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-commenting to Student 1 that she should star in adult movies; making a comment to Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-regarding her “nice young bum”; making a comment to Student 3 that he “hadn’t been screwed in a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-while”; telling Student 4 she was a “good girl” after touching her and instructing her to take off her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-sweatshirt; asking Student 4 about her virginity; whispering to Student 5 to protect her “pretty eyes”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-commenting to Student 6 that she should wear a “puck bunny” outfit; and responding “don’t mind if ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-I do” when Student 6 said “fuck me”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-These comments were demeaning and insulting to the students to whom they were addressed, and to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-females in general. They are inappropriate in any setting, and are especially inappropriate in a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-teaching setting, where students should be safe from abusive behaviours. By their nature, these types ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-of comments make the recipient feel degraded and disrespected. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:The Committee is of the view that the sexualized comments made by Mr. Castellano which are ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-described above, constitute psychological or emotional abuse. As already discussed, these ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:comments, being explicitly sexual and demeaning, would make female students feel unworthy and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-objectified. They created an emotionally abusive atmosphere of discomfort, “creepiness” and fear for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-female students. Mr. Castellano had a well-known reputation throughout the school for being a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-“creepy” teacher, and students were hesitant to be in his class. Student 5 testified that she was afraid ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-to ask questions because she did not want to be touched by Mr. Castellano; this is evidence that his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-conduct affected students’ sense of well-being and safety in the classroom. As well, Student 6 failed ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-the class after receiving passing marks from Mr. Castellano, reflecting the fact that he was not ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-teaching the class properly and not ensuring that students received a positive educational experience. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano also failed to respect personal boundaries, both physical and emotional. He spoke to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-students about his private life in what seemed to be attempts to get attention and sympathy from ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-students; actions which are inappropriate and are emotionally manipulative towards students. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The evidence of the students who testified made it clear that the negative psychological effects of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano’s conduct were still with them years later at the time of the hearing, and they were ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-still shocked and disgusted by his conduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:Mr. Castellano abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-the Act ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:The Committee finds that Mr. Castellano’s sexualized comments to female students constituted ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:sexual abuse of students. As noted in section 1 of the Act, sexual abuse can include “behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the student.” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:As well, Mr. Castellano engaged in sexual abuse of Student 4 when he pressed her into her chair ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-with his hands just below her breasts on her ribcage. This touching of Student 4 in an intimate area ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:can reasonably be construed as sexual in nature. The same logic compels the Committee to find that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:Mr. Castellano engaged in sexual abuse of Student 5 when he pressed his body against her back ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-while putting her [XXX] on her face. Finally, there is no doubt that Mr. Castellano’s squeezing of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:Student 6’s buttocks was overt and blatant sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Finally, the Committee notes that Mr. Castellano’s pattern of gratuitous touching of female students ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-and his violation of their personal space, in conjunction with calling them by pet names such as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:“girly girl”, created a constant undertone in the classroom which was sexually abusive in nature to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-female students. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Section 264(1)(b) of the Education Act states that “[i]t is the duty of a teacher and a temporary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-teacher… to encourage the pupils in the pursuit of learning”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The Committee finds that Mr. Castellano’s conduct in engaging in a long pattern of verbal, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:psychological and sexually abusive conduct with female students did not create an environment ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-which encouraged pupils in the pursuit of learning. As Student 5 testified, she did not want to ask ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano questions for fear of being touched by him. His inappropriate behaviour discouraged ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-students from learning and acted as a barrier to students reaching their academic potential. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-As well, Mr. Castellano failed to comply with subsection 264(1)(c) of the Education Act, which ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-provides that it is a teacher’s duty “to inculcate by precept and example respect for religion and the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-principles of Judaeo-Christian morality and the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-country, humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:virtues.” Mr. Castellano routinely made sexualized comments and inappropriately touched female ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-students. He normalized this behaviour, sending the message to both male and female students that it ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:is acceptable to treat women without respect. His acts of sexual groping showed a clear lack of moral ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-regard for his students. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:Mr. Castellano’s long pattern of sexualized comments and touching, culminating with the pushing of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-a female student into her chair with his hands near her breasts, pressing up against the back of a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-student, and grabbing a student’s buttocks, was the antithesis of professional conduct. Mr. Castellano ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-treated his female students in a demeaning and abusive way that is never acceptable under any ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-As a role model, Mr. Castellano was expected to model that all individuals deserve respect and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-dignity. Mr. Castellano’s inappropriate conduct towards female students was on display in front of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-the whole classroom. It set a wholly unacceptable example that female students could be treated as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:sexual objects to be degraded through name calling and sexual touching. This conduct was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-disgraceful and dishonorable, and is entirely at odds with the role of a teacher to protect student ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-well-being and promote positive values. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Mr. Castellano engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-For the same reasons as those set out above, Mr. Castellano engaged in conduct unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:member. Mr. Castellano’s misconduct in the form of verbal, psychological and sexual abuse is ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-extremely serious. Teachers are expected to act with respect and moral integrity. Teachers are ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-obliged to conduct themselves appropriately in the classroom at all times. Mr. Castellano’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-misconduct fell far below the standard expected of members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-SUBMISSIONS BY THE COLLEGE WITH RESPECT TO PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-College Counsel argued for revocation of Mr. Castellano’s teaching certificate and for publication of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-the findings and order of the Committee in summary form, with the name of Mr. Castellano, in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The College argued that revocation was appropriate because the findings of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:include serious instances of boundary violations and sexual abuse: Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Dempster, 2015 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) (“Dempster”), and that revocation was important as a general ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-deterrent to the profession expressing that such severe misconduct will not be tolerated: Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-College of Teachers v. Foucault, 2015 ONOCT 22 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-College Counsel submitted that there was no room for rehabilitation since Mr. Castellano ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:continuously engaged in verbally and sexually abusive conduct, despite the fact that he took a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-boundaries course in 2011 relating to his inappropriate conduct. College Counsel argued that Mr. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:Castellano displayed an attitude that he could sexually abuse female students with impunity. College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Counsel further argued that the repeated nature of the Member’s misconduct is an aggravating ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-factor: Ontario College of Teachers v. Clements, 2016 ONOCT 11 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-College Counsel identified upcoming amendments to Act in Bill C-37, which had yet to receive ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Royal Assent at the time of the hearing (the amendments received Royal Assent and came into force ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:on December 5, 2016). College Counsel argued that amendments to the Act which treat sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:more severely reflect the sentiment of the community that sexual misconduct is to be taken seriously ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-and punished in a manner commensurate with the gravity of the offence. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Finally, College Counsel argued that Mr. Castellano’s “ungovernability” should be regarded as a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-factor supporting the penalty of revocation, noting that other self-regulating professions will make ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-findings of ungovernability against members who refuse to engage in the disciplinary process: Law ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Society of Upper Canada v. Cammisuli, 2012 ONLSHP 157 (CanLII) (“Cammisuli”). College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Counsel relied on Clements for the principal that a refusal to engage in a disciplinary process shows ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-disregard for the College’s authority as a self-governing body and can be an aggravating factor when ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-determining penalty. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The Committee is of the view that this is an appropriate case for revocation. The conduct of Mr. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Castellano was very serious, involving the repeated abuse of female students in his classes through ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:sexual comments and sexual touching during the course of a number of years. This case is even more ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-serious than the conduct warranting revocation in Dempster, because in this case Mr. Castellano has ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:been found guilty of sexual abuse. Revocation is necessary in order to denounce the offensive and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-harmful nature of Mr. Castellano’s misconduct. It is also necessary in order to protect other students ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-from future abuse. The proposed amendments to the Act reflect the public’s heightened concern with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:taking sexual misconduct seriously and protecting students from all types of sexual harm. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-In the Committee’s view, rehabilitation of Mr. Castellano is not realistic at this time. His pattern of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-misconduct has escalated over time, despite attempts to correct his behaviour through a caution ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-issued by the principal and coursework assigned on boundary violations. Mr. Castellano has shown ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-that he is not willing or able to reform his behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Revocation is also necessary as a matter of general deterrence, in order to send a clear message to the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:profession that the sexual abuse of students through touching and sexualized comments is a clear ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-breach of the standards of practice and will not be tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-In addition to finding that Mr. Castellano’s teaching certificate should be revoked based on the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-above considerations, the Committee finds that the ungovernability of Mr. Castellano is another ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-factor weighing in favour of revocation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-A member is ungovernable where he or she will not abide by the authority of the College as a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-governing body. In Cammisuli, the factors which informed the determination of whether a licensee is ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-ungovernable include the following: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (a) the nature, duration and repetitive character of the misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (b) any prior discipline history; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (c) any character evidence; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (d) the existence or lack of remorse. Remorse includes a recognition and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- understanding of the seriousness of the misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (e) the degree of willingness to be governed by the Society; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (f) medical or other evidence that explains (though does not excuse) the misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (g) the likelihood of future misconduct having regard to any treatment being ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- undertaken, or other remedial efforts; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- (h) ongoing co-operation with the Society in addressing the outstanding matters that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- are the subject of the misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-These same factors support a finding in this case that Mr. Castellano is ungovernable. He engaged in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:numerous acts of sexual misconduct with many students over the course of a number of years. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Although he does not have a prior discipline history, he was previously disciplined by the principal ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-for his conduct and did not reform his behaviour. Mr. Castellano did not present any character ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-evidence. He did not show remorse for his actions; to the contrary, his lack of participation in these ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-proceedings and his correspondence during the hearing stating that he is resigning due to disability ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-and not because of his conduct shows a failure to acknowledge that he may have committed serious ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-misconduct and harmed others. His failure to participate in the proceedings and his last-minute ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-request to resign shows that he is not willing to be governed by the College nor cooperate with it. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Though Mr. Castellano claimed he could not attend due to medical issues, he was invited by College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Counsel to submit medical information to confirm his medical condition and failed to do so (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf:2, Tab E). Mr. Castellano has shown he is likely to continue to demean and sexually abuse female ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-students and is unwilling or unable to take remedial action to correct his behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-In the Cammisuli decision, the discipline panel of the Law Society made the following finding about ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-the member who was being disciplined: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- From the Law Society’s perspective, given our obligation to regulate the profession in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- public interest, the public needs to be protected from Mr. Cammisuli, and his predatory and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- abusive behavior towards vulnerable, and essentially impecunious clients. He has adequately ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- demonstrated his refusal to abide by Law Society rules, regulations, requests for books and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- records, attendance at hearings, and more significantly, suspensions. We have no difficulty ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- finding that Mr. Cammisuli is ungovernable. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-The Committee finds that, similarly, the public and students need to be protected from Mr. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-Castellano’s predatory and abusive behavior. The College exists to govern the profession in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf-public interest and it cannot fulfil its mandate when it is ignored by a member who is accused of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-reasons that follow, the Committee finds the Member guilty of professional misconduct, contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-1. Zubair Ahmed Shaikh is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Kawartha Pine Ridge District ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX]at [XXX](the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 and Student 2 were female students at the School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-4. From in and around September 2008 to in and around November 2008, the Member made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- inappropriate comments to Student 1 including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf: (a) said he fantasized about sex with her; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- (b) said they should meet outside school; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- (c) said they should have a threesome with another female teacher at the school; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- (d) asked the Student if she played with herself; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf: (e) asked the Student if she liked rough sex; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- (f) said, “he would probably get hard as fuck” if she pulled her top down; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- (g) told the Student he wanted to suck on her breast. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-5. In or about November 2008, the Member requested and/or permitted Student 1 to expose ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- her breast to him. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-6. On or about November 29, 2011, the Member made inappropriate comments to Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- (a) told her she was beautiful; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- (b) told her if she were walking down the street, he would rate her as 10; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- (c) said that if he pointed her out to friends, they would rate her as a 10; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-On December 21, 2011, Principal Grdovic conducted a formal interview of the Member with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Superintendent Foy at the Board offices. The Member’s union representative, Mr. Warda, was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-present at this interview. Principal Grdovic questioned the Member during this interview and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Superintendent Foy took notes, which were subsequently reviewed and approved by the principal ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-(see Exhibit 5). Although Member’s Counsel objected to the admissibility of Exhibit 5, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Committee ruled that the typed notes were admissible, given the relaxed rules of evidence at ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-hearings before the Discipline Committee. The Committee finds that the notes are relevant; they ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-were identified by Principal Grdovic who was present at and had an independent recollection of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-the interview when they were recorded; and, Principal Grdovic approved of the notes’ content ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-after having reviewed them. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-On January 20, 2012, Principal Grdovic sent a letter to the Member informing him of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-outcome of the investigation into his conduct (see Exhibit 8). The letter indicates that the School ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-administration believed that the Member made “a number of unsolicited, unwelcome and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf:inappropriate comments of a sexual nature” to Student 2 (see Exhibit 8). As a result, the Board ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-suspended the Member without pay for three days and the Member was removed from the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-[XXX]department when he returned to teaching. This was the first time that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-ever been disciplined by the Board. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-On January 26, 2012, the Member returned to teaching at the School (see Exhibit 8), and he has ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-continued teaching there since then. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-On February 3, 2012, the Member’s union (the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-initiated a grievance on behalf of the Member (see Exhibit 23). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-On February 27, 2015, the Member received a satisfactory TPA, in which his current principal ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-to the allegations particularized at paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Notice of Hearing and the College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf:accordingly withdrew the allegation that the Member abused a student or students sexually, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Committee, therefore, makes no ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-findings in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-The Committee notes that witness credibility is important in this matter, given that it heard two ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-significantly different versions of events from the College and the Member. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-therefore addresses the credibility of each witness at the outset of its reasons. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-then sets out its factual findings and the reasons for these. Finally, the Committee explains why ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-the facts in this matter give rise to a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Credibility findings ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-The Committee finds that Student 2’s evidence was credible. She provided an honest and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-straightforward account of the Incident, in which she testified that the Member made the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-comments to her as alleged at paragraphs 6(a)-(d) of the Notice of Hearing. She testified that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Member sat close to her while they were in his office, that he leaned in towards her when he ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-made the comments, and that the door to his office was closed at the time. She had a clear ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-recollection of what the Member said and how he said it. With the exception of a couple of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-insignificant and peripheral issues, her evidence regarding the key events in question was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-internally consistent. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Student 2’s evidence was also externally consistent with that of Principal Grdovic, and it was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-even corroborated in part by the Member’s account. The Member admitted that he told Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-that she was beautiful and he agreed in cross-examination that he had used rating scales. To be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 50 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Committee also finds it improbable that the meeting only lasted approximately 15 minutes, as the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Member suggested. It is more likely that the meeting lasted approximately 45 minutes as the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-College’s timeline would suggest. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-The Committee recognizes the irregularities raised by College Counsel with respect to Exhibit 33 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-and 34 (the copies of the appointment logs), and finds that there was probably some altering of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-the logs as College Counsel suggested and as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-As noted above, the Member’s inconsistent evidence regarding the timing of the Incident raises ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-serious doubts as to his credibility. His timeline was even inconsistent with that of his own ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-witnesses, who the Committee believes were attempting to support his position. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 4. The “beautiful” comment ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-The Committee heard evidence from Student 2, Principal Grdovic, the Member, and Mr. Warda ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-with respect to the Member’s comment to Student 2 that she was beautiful. Student 2 testified ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-that the Member told her that she was beautiful during the Incident. She indicated that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Member had said that her mother was a beautiful woman and that he was not surprised that she ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-was her mother’s daughter. Student 2 disagreed with the suggestion that the Member told her that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-she was beautiful in the context of a broader conversation about how beauty is defined, or to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-make her feel better about her self-image. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Principal Grdovic testified that she learned from Student 2 that the Member had called her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-beautiful. When the principal discussed this comment with the Member, he told her that he did ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf:not intend for the comment to be interpreted as sexual or inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-The Member admitted that he told Student 2 that she was beautiful, but he explained that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 52 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Even if the Committee accepted the Member’s attempt to contextualize the “beautiful” comment ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-(which it does not), the Committee would have still found that the Member made the comment ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-and that it was inappropriate in the circumstances. The Member knew that Student 2 was a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-vulnerable student, and that this type of comment could be easily misinterpreted (particularly ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-when it comes from a teacher to a student). At best, the Member failed to respect appropriate ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-professional boundaries by calling Student 2 beautiful and demonstrated poor professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-judgment; at worst, the Member made an inappropriate comment to a student which, in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf:combination with the other comments that he made, had a sexual undertone. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 5. The “10” rating comments ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-The Committee heard contradictory evidence from Student 2, Principal Grdovic, the Member, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-and Mr. Warda with respect to the allegations particularized at paragraphs 6(b) and 6(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Notice of Hearing, which relate to Student 2 being rated as a “10”. Student 2 testified that, during ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-the November 29, 2011 meeting, the Member told her that she was beautiful and that if he or his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-friends saw her walking down the street, they would rate her as a “10”. Student 2 disagreed with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-the suggestion that the Member had asked her to rate herself from 1 to 10 in terms of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-intelligence, appearance, and how much she liked herself, and that she rated herself as a “4”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Principal Grdovic gave evidence with respect to what she had learned about the “10” rating ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-comments from Student 2 and from the Member. The principal confirmed that Student 2 told her, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-during the December 7, 2011 interview, that the Member had commented that he and his friends ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-would rate her as a “10”. Principal Grdovic further testified that when she spoke to the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-about this allegation, he denied it and claimed that Student 2 rated herself as a “4” to which he ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-responded that he thought she was a “10”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 61 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-mentioned comments. The principal believed that it was inappropriate for a teacher to make ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-these sorts of comments to students. According to Principal Grdovic, Student 2 had reported that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-she felt nervous during the Incident but that the Member did not touch her (see Exhibit 4). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-The Member testified that his November 29, 2011 meeting with Student 2 ended positively and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-was not awkward or inappropriate. He acknowledged that he discussed the correlation between ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf:low self-esteem and self-destructive behaviour (including gambling, drinking and sex addiction) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-with Student 2, but he explained that this was in the context of trying to work on her self-esteem ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-with her. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Based on his notes from the Member’s December 21, 2011 interview with the Board, Mr. Warda ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-corroborated the Member’s evidence that the November 29, 2011 meeting with Student 2 was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-positive, happy and not awkward, and that the student was not uncomfortable during the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-meeting. Mr. Warda also indicated that the Member had explained that the discussion about self- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-destructive behaviour among young women was in the context of a discussion with Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-about self-esteem. The Committee, however, placed little weight on Mr. Warda’s evidence for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-the reasons set out above. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Committee’s factual findings in relation to the tenor of the Incident ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-The Committee finds that it is more likely than not that Student 2 felt uncomfortable during the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-November 29, 2011 Incident. As set out above, the Committee found Student 2 to be a credible ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-witness. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Both parties agree that there was some discussion about the relationship between low self-esteem ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf:in young women and sexual promiscuity and other self-destructive behaviour. Regardless of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Member’s intention in raising these issues, it is reasonable to believe that a female, adolescent ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 66 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-to prove the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-While the Member’s conduct in this matter is unacceptable, it is not so egregious (as for example ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf:a case involving the sexual assault of students) that the Committee can conclude that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-standards of the profession have clearly been breached. Without having received sufficient ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-guidance or evidence as to what the applicable standards are, the Committee does not conclude ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-that the Member has failed to maintain the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 1(7): The Member abused a student verbally ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member abused Student 2 verbally and that his conduct was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-therefore in breach of Ontnario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7). As set out above, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Committee finds that the Member made the comments alleged at paragraphs 6(a)-(d) of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Notice of Hearing. The Member made these inappropriate comments to Student 2. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf:Committee finds that the comments had a sexual undertone given the combination of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-comments and the circumstances in which they were made. The Committee does not believe that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-the Member was simply complimenting the student or trying to boost her self-esteem. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-comments related to the adolescent female student’s physical appearance, they were disrespectful ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-and objectifying, and they made the student feel uncomfortable. It is unacceptable that a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-in a position of trust and authority would direct such comments to a student. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-therefore concludes that the comments were verbally abusive. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 1(7.2): The Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused Student 2 and that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-his conduct was therefore in breach of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). As set out ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-above, the Committee found that the Member made Student 2 feel vulnerable and uncomfortable ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 67 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-during the Incident; the Committee received testimony from Student 2 that she no longer felt safe ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-at the School as a result of the Member’s conduct, and that she was [XXX]for the second ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-semester of grade [XXX] (following the Incident); and, the Committee learned that Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-was worried that she would be singled out as a result of the complaint she made against the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Member, who was a popular teacher. Accordingly, the Committee finds that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-conduct was psychologically or emotionally abusive. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Teachers are expected to provide a safe learning environment for students. This expectation is ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-heightened for [XXX]who are trusted to address sensitive, personal issues with students in a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-respectful and professional manner. The Member failed in this regard. His conduct was uncalled ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-for and it was emotionally abusive. High school can be a difficult enough experience for many ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-students, without receiving a series of inappropriate comments from a teacher. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-well-aware, even before the Incident occurred, that as a [XXX]-year old female student with a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-previous [XXX] history, Student 2 was vulnerable. He never should have put Student 2 in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-uncomfortable position that he did. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19): The Member failed to comply with the Education Act or the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- Regulations made under that Act; his acts were disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- unprofessional; and he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Based on its factual findings set out above, the Committee finds that the Member’s conduct was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-in breach of subsections 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf:determined that the Member made a series of inappropriate comments with a sexual undertone to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Student 2, as set out at paragraphs 6(a)-(d) of the Notice of Hearing. In making these ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-inappropriate comments to Student 2, the Member also violated the Board’s Code of Conduct for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Employees, which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 69 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-The requirement to act as role model is codified in subsection 264(1) of the Education Act. By ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-making the comments set out above, the Committee finds that the Member failed to comply with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, contrary to subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-437/97. In addition, the Committee finds that members of the profession would consider that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-comments made by the Member to Student 2 in the circumstances set out above were ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf:Regulation 437/97. In addition, by making comments with a sexual undertone to a [XXX]-year- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-old student, the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Members of the teaching profession are expected to be positive role models for students, to make ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-them feel comfortable at school so that students are encouraged to learn and to achieve, and to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-interact with students in a professional manner at all times. The Member’s comments to Student ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-2 were insensitive, demeaning and unprofessional. This sort of conduct is not tolerated by the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-The Committee will schedule a subsequent date on which to hear submissions with respect to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf-Date: December 20, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- Marie-Claude Yaacov ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-3. In January 2013, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- (a) accessed the Internet by means of a computer in order to lure another person who ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- was, or who the Member believed was, under the age of 16 years; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf: (b) transmitted sexually explicit material via the Internet to another person who was, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- or who the Member believed was, under the age of 16 years; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- (c) was in unlawful possession of a firearm. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-4. The Member was found guilty: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- (a) of a charge of having made use of the Internet to lure another person who was, or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- who the Member believed was, under the age of 16 years, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- 172.1(2) of the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf: (b) of a charge of having made use of the Internet to transmit sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- material to another person who was, or who the Member believed was, under the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf: age of 16 years, contrary to subsection 171.1(2) of the Criminal Code; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- (c) of a charge of having unlawfully possessed a firearm, contrary to subsection 91(3) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-As the Member was neither present nor represented by counsel, the Committee proceeded on the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The Chair, on ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-behalf of the Member, therefore entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Counsel for the College entered into evidence the Registered Member Information of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Member (Exhibit 2), which indicates that the Member was a member of the College at the time ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-the alleged events took place, as well as the brief of court documents – Her Majesty the Queen v. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Léon Hébert Beaulieu (Exhibit 4), which consists of the following: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-1) Indictment and appearances; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-2) [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-3) Prohibition order, dated January 8, 2014; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-4) Probation order; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-5) Transcript: R. v. Leon [sic] Heber[sic] Beaulieu, Guilty Plea before the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- Justice J. Loignon, dated September 4, 2013; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-6) Transcript: R. v. Leon[sic] Heber[sic] Beaulieu, Decision before the Honourable Justice ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- J. Loignon, dated January 8, 2014; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Exhibit 4 proves and confirms that the Member was found guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-of a charge that he made use of the Internet to lure another person who was, or who the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-believed was, under the age of 16 years, contrary to subsection 172.1(2) of the Criminal Code; of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf:a charge that he made use of the Internet to transmit sexually explicit material to another person ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-who was, or who the Member believed was, under the age of 16 years, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf:171.1(2) of the Criminal Code; and of a charge of having unlawfully possessed a firearm, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-contrary to subsection 91(3) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-SUBMISSIONS AS TO FINDING ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Counsel for the College described in detail the Member’s criminal activities and submitted that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-this matter was very serious. The Member made use of a computer to access the Internet in order ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-to lure another person who was, or who the Member believed was, under the age of 16 years; he ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf:transmitted sexually explicit material to another person who was, or who the Member believed ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-was, under the age of 16 years; and he was in unlawful possession of a firearm. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Counsel of the College also argued that the Member’s behaviour as described in the criminal ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-charges (see Exhibit 4), and the resulting conviction, justified finding the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-professional misconduct with respect to all allegations outlined in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Member was represented in the criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Having considered the evidence and onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-misconduct as alleged, more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-By virtue of the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee, among others, in this case the Committee ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-accepts the Certified Copy of the Indictment as proof that the Member committed the criminal ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-offences in question. The Member was found guilty and sentenced for three criminal offences by ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-a Canadian court of law. No appeal was filed and the appeal period has expired. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-In addition, in accordance with Rule 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure, the Committee accepts, on ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-an ancillary basis and in addition to the Certified Copy of the Indictment, the establishment of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-facts contained in the related decision of the Ontario Court of Justice concerning the Member. In ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-order to explain its reasons for finding the Member guilty, the Committee also accepts, on an ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-ancillary basis, the transcript of the trial in which he was found guilty. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Based on the evidence contained in the court documents, the College proved, based on a balance ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-of probabilities, that the Member: made use of the Internet in order to lure another person who ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-was, or who the Member believed was, under the age of 16 years, contrary to subsection 172.1(2) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf:of the Criminal Code; transmitted sexually explicit material to another person who was, or who ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-the Member believed was, under the age of 16 years, contrary to subsection 171.1(2) of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Criminal Code; and was in unlawful possession of a firearm, contrary to subsection 91(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Specifically, on January 30, 2013, an undercover police officer responded to an advertisement ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-posted on “Craigslist” in which the Member was seeking a male aged 18 to 22 years with whom ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf:to engage in sexual relations. The advertisement also contained a photo of a sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-nature. In responding to the advertisement, the undercover police officer indicated that he was 14 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-years old. The Member had no issue with the age indicated by the undercover police officer and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-attempted to arrange a meeting with him. The Member also sent the undercover police officer a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-photo of the Member’s genitals. Conversations between the Member and the undercover police ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-officer continued to February 8, 2013, when the Member was arrested. When the police searched ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-the Member’s residence, they found two firearms for which the Member did not have permits. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s aforementioned conduct to be reprehensible and that it ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-constitutes professional misconduct in contravention of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-SUBMISSIONS AS TO PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-and Registration and publication of his name is the appropriate penalty for misconduct of this ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-severity. According to counsel, this is a matter in which the Member was found guilty of making ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-use of the Internet to lure another person who was, or who the Member believed was, under the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-age of 16 years, contrary to subsection 172.1(2) of the Criminal Code; of making use of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf:Internet to transmit sexually explicit material to another person who was, or who the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf:believed was, under the age of 16 years, contrary to subsection 171.1(2) of the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-and of having unlawfully possessed a firearm, contrary to subsection 91(3) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Revocation of a member’s Certificate is an appropriate penalty in such severe cases. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Counsel for the College added that publication of the Member’s name is warranted. Publication ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-acts as a specific deterrent to the Member and to members of the profession in general. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-affirmed that in denouncing the Member’s conduct by publishing his name, the Committee will ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-demonstrate to the public that his acts constitute professional misconduct carrying serious ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-consequences. In addition, publication is important because it informs members of the public and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-the profession that matters brought before the Committee are resolved in an open and transparent ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-manner. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf-Counsel for the College drew the Committee’s attention to two cases in which a member had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-The Member’s conduct falls into three general categories: 1) inappropriate comments made to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-students; 2) inappropriate physical contact with a student; and 3) inappropriate electronic ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-communications with a student. In particular, the Member is first alleged to have made a number ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-of insensitive and offensive comments to students. Second, the Member is alleged to have ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-grabbed a student by her coat and angrily yelled at her (the “Coat Grabbing Incident”). Third, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-Member is alleged to have initiated inappropriate electronic communications with a student via ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-Facebook, in which he gave the student his telephone number and invited her to call him during ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-the summer of 2011 (the “Facebook Incident”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-The Committee’s task is to determine whether the facts alleged in the Notice of Hearing have ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-been proven on a balance of probabilities, and if so, whether they give rise to a finding of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-professional misconduct. For the reasons that follow, the Committee has determined that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-Member is guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Gerard Francis Clements is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf: (e) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf: 1(7.3) and or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-1. Gerard Francis Clements is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School in Mississauga, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-3. Student 1 was a male student, Student 2 was a female student, Student 3 was a male ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- student, Student 4 was a female student and Student 5 was a female student and all were ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- students of the School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-4. Person A was a [XXX] year old female. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-5. On or about February 25, 2010, the Member told Student 1, “What are you, an idiot?” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-6. In or about March 2010 the Member: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- (a) spoke to Person A at her workplace and identified himself as a teacher at the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- School; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- (b) attempted to establish a personal relationship with Person A; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- (c) invited Person A to his apartment building; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- (d) asked Person A if she wanted to go out with him sometime. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-During the course of the hearing, the Committee received some evidence relating to the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-Member’s health. In accordance with Rule 13.15 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee, the Committee inquired as to whether any ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-of the evidence that it received related to the Member’s capacity. The Committee notes that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-incapacity is defined at subsection 31(2) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that there are no incapacity issues at play in this matter. Although the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-Committee recognizes that the Member was on medical leave from September 1, 2011 until ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-January 1, 2012 (see Exhibits 10 and 11), this medical leave occurred after the time of the events ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-in question. In addition, the Committee did not receive any evidence regarding the reasons for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-the medical leave, nor did it receive any evidence to indicate that the Member’s conduct was a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-result of a medical condition. At most, the Committee heard that the Member sometimes noted ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-that his behaviour was stress-related, when he was being questioned about his conduct by School ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-administration. The Member was offered support, including through the Board’s Employee ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-Assistance Program (the “EAP”), on multiple occasions but he did not take advantage of any of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-the support that was offered. Accordingly, the Committee finds that the Discipline Committee is ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-the proper forum in which to consider the Member’s conduct at issue. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the evidence in this matter is sufficiently clear, cogent and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-convincing to prove, on a balance of probabilities, the particularized allegations contained at ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-paragraphs 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the Notice of Hearing. No evidence was led with respect to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf-paragraph 6 of the Notice of Hearing and the College accordingly withdrew allegation (e) of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf:Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member abused a student sexually contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Per Jean-Luc Bernard and Ravi Vethamany (Majority decision): This matter came on for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) on December 10, 2015 at ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated February 17, 2015 was served on David Michael ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Cockburn (the “Member”), requesting his presence on March 23, 2015 to set a date for a hearing, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-and specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for December 10, 2015. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-proceedings continued on December 14, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and he had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that David Michael Cockburn is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-1. David Michael Cockburn is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the District School Board of Niagara ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-3. During the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 academic years, Student 1 was a female student at ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- the School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-4. On or about October 12, 2011, the Member hugged and/or kissed Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-5. In or around February 2013, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (a) told Student 1, “you’re making me have a hard on in class”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: (b) called Student 1 and another student and/or students “sexy bitches”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (c) told Student 1 she had a nice “butt”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (d) told Student 1 that he could not wait for her to graduate; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: (e) sent text messages of a personal and/or sexual nature to Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: (f) called Student 1 and made comments of a personal and/or sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-David Cockburn is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers who is employed by the District ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-School Board of Niagara as a teacher at [XXX] in [XXX], Ontario. The Member is accused of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:sexual misconduct and/or sexual abuse, or in the alternative, professional misconduct in the use ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-of electronic communications in his conversations with a female student (Student 1) in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-School when she was in Grades [XXX] to [XXX] as well as in relation to texts and one phone ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-call on Friday, February 15, 2013 at around 6 p.m. when she was in Grade [XXX] in response to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-notes that she had left for him on his classroom desk earlier that day. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The College called three witnesses. Student 1 was the alleged victim witness and Student 2 and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 3 corroborated her evidence with respect to particulars 5(a)-(b) and 5(e)-(f). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Allegation (c), namely that the Member abused a student or students physically, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1), was withdrawn by the College because Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-testimony with respect to particular 4 was that she could not remember the incident. No other ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-evidence was tendered by the College to prove this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-There was also no evidence tendered in support of particulars 5(c)-(d). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member testified in his defence. He denied all of the allegations and specifically denied ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-particulars 5(a)-(b) and 5(e)-(f). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The conflicts in the evidence between the College witnesses and the Member with respect to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-these issues made credibility the central factor in the determination of this case. Ultimately, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Committee found that the College has not proven the allegations against the Member on a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-balance of probabilities, and the Committee therefore does not find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-COLLEGE MOTIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Use of a witness screen by Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Committee permitted Student 1 to testify behind a screen that allowed her not to see the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Member, in accordance with Rule 13.06 of the Rules of the Discipline Committee and the Fitness ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-to Practise Committee (the “Committee Rules”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Committee formed the opinion that Student 1 was a vulnerable witness who would have ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-difficulty testifying in the presence of the Member for appropriate reasons related to her age, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-trauma, emotional state or similar cause of vulnerability under sub-rule 1.01(2) because she was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:a [XXX] -year-old female who was the alleged student victim in the complaint of sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-against a male member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Committee also formed the opinion that a witness screen was likely to help Student 1 give ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-complete and accurate testimony or that it was in her best interests under sub-rule 13.06(1) based ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-on the College motion and College Counsel’s submission that Student 1 was worried and anxious ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-about testifying in the presence of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Defence Counsel argued that the Committee lacked jurisdiction to permit the use of a witness ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-screen because the Committee had not heard evidence on which to base its opinions. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Committee rejected this argument for three main reasons: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-(1) Defence Counsel relied on a criminal decision (R. v. M. (P.) (1990), 1 O.R. (3d) 341) but ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- the Criminal Code provides for a higher hurdle to be met before a witness screen may be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- used than do the Committee Rules. The analogous Criminal Code section 486(2.1) states: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- “…if the judge or justice is of the opinion that the order is necessary to obtain a full and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- candid account from the witness of the acts complained of”, which is in contrast to sub- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- rule 13.06(1) of the Committee Rules which states: “if the Committee is of the opinion ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member was, at all material times, a male teacher in the School in which Student 1, her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-[XXX] (Student 2), and her [XXX] (Student 3) were female students. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member is qualified as a history, health and physical education and special education ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-teacher and he teaches [XXX] studies. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member did not teach Student 1 but he had conversations with her at School when she was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-in Grades [XXX] to [XXX] and she talked with him occasionally about her social-emotional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-problems. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-On February 14-15, 2013, Student 1 left the Member a Valentine’s Day card which said “you’re ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:sexy and I’m graduating in a few months so you won’t be a teacher for me” (see Exhibit 3) and a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:Post-It Note that said “you are sexy xoxo” and included her cellphone number (see Exhibit 5). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Both were left for the Member on his classroom desk. She also admitted that she had left other ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-notes for the Member, which included song lyrics or poems and another which said “Mr. C ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-rocks”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-On Friday, February 15, 2013, students were absent from School in the afternoon because of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-teacher professional activities. The Member texted Student 1 after school and asked her if he ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-could call her later and she replied yes. The Member phoned Student 1 at around 6 p.m. on her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-cellphone. He had a brief conversation with Student 1 and was aware that her [XXX] (Student 2) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-was listening in on the call. He was not aware that Student 3 was listening in on the call. The call ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-was short. Student 1 ended the call. The Member then texted Student 1 and asked if she was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-okay. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Two weeks later, the Member and Student 1 ran into each other in the hallway and the member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-again asked Student 1 if she was okay. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-There was no other subsequent contact between the Member and Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Six weeks later, Student 2 made a complaint to school administration and the Member was sent ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-home with pay. On April 2, 2013, Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 were interviewed together ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-by their principal and substantially common statements were prepared. Student 1 was later asked ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-to hand write notes which she did, dated April 4, 2013. These statements and notes were used as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-memory aids in the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member continues to teach at the School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Contested Evidence ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-(1) Did the Member, in or around February 2013, tell Student 1 she had a nice butt or that he ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- could not wait to see her graduate? ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Committee received no evidence of particulars 5(c) and (d). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:(2) Did the Member make sexual remarks to Student 1 or other students? ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1 said that her comments to the Member in her card and note were a joke, including ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-giving him her cellphone number (see Exhibits 3 and 5). In cross-examination, she admitted that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-the card and notes were not normal student teacher communications. She also admitted that she ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-had left other romantic Post-It Notes for the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member testified that he realized that the Valentine’s Day card was from Student 1 once she ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-asked him in front of other named students whether he had received it. He claimed that he had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-responded that the card was inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member said that he decided that he needed to be more direct in telling Student 1 to stop ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-when he found the Post-It Notes on his classroom desk on Friday, February 15, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member said that one of the Post-It Notes that he found was a drawing of an erection. This ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Post-It Note was not entered as evidence because the Member explained that he had not kept it ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:past the following Monday because of its sexual content. Student 1 confirmed in cross- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-examination that she had seen similar drawings of erections before but she denied that she had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-been the one to leave them for the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member explained that he could not talk with Student 1 at School because students were ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-absent that afternoon because of teacher professional activities. He said that he intended to call ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1 from School but that the School phone was being used by someone else and he ran out ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-of time. He said that he decided to contact her on her cellphone because he wanted to deal with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-the issue as soon as possible and did not want to wait until Monday. The Member referenced ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-progressive discipline and said that he decided that he would give Student 1 another warning to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-stop her behaviour before contacting the principal. The Member acknowledged through his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-lawyer that in hindsight he should have contacted the principal. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-her that he was concerned about the potential impact on a named Grade [XXX] student who had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-witnessed her actions and that her actions could jeopardize his employment as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member claimed that Student 1 told him at the end of the phone call that she and her [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-(Student 2) had been smoking marijuana. He said he was concerned and that he told Student 1 to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-be safe and to make good decisions. The Member testified that he sent Student 1 a short text to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-make sure that she was okay after the call ended. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member specifically denied the following particulars in the Notice of Hearing related to the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-texts and phone call: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 5. In or around February 2013, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (a) told Student 1, “you’re making me have a hard on in class”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: (b) called Student 1 and another student and/or students “sexy bitches”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: (e) sent text messages of a personal and/or sexual nature to Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: (f) called Student 1 and made comments of a personal and/or sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-In cross-examination, College Counsel suggested to the Member that his actions were ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-inconsistent with the following statements found in the College’s Professional Advisories: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct, and Use of Electronic ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Communication and Social Media: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- - Teachers, not students, are responsible for respecting professional boundaries. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- - One way to maintain professionalism is to communicate with students during ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- appropriate times of the day and to avoid private text messages. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: - Teachers should avoid any remarks of a sexual nature, regardless of the age or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- any apparent consent of the student. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- - Teachers should avoid sharing personal information about themselves with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- students. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member asserted that his actions were professional and consistent with the advisories. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Consistent and inconsistent evidence of Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Consistent Evidence ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 ALL testified that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (1) The Member told Student 1 “You’re making me have a hard-on in class.” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (Student 1 used the word “boner” and Student 2 and Student 3 both used the word ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- “hard-on”); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: (2) The Member called Student 1 and Student 2 “sexy bitches”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: (3) The Member had a “creepy” and inappropriate sexual tone of voice; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (4) The cellphone was at full volume and they could all hear the call clearly; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (5) Student 1 was uncomfortable after the phone call. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Inconsistent Evidence ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 were inconsistent in the following parts of their evidence: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (1) Student 1 and her [XXX] (Student 2) said that the cellphone was on the bed and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- that the call was on speaker phone but Student 3 said that Student 1 held the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- cellphone in her hand and that the call was not on speakerphone. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (2) Student 2 said that it sounded like the Member was masturbating during the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- conversation but Student 1 and Student 3 did not say that. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: (b) called Student 1 and another student and/or students “sexy bitches”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-College Counsel submitted that their testimonies constituted clear, cogent and convincing ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-evidence that proved particulars 5(a)-(b) and 5(e)-(f) in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-College Counsel referenced the College’s Professional Advisories: Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct, and Use of Electronic Communication and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Social Media and three previous Discipline Committee decisions (Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Daye, 2011 LNONCTD 3, Ontario College of Teachers v. Ferris, 2013 LNONCTD 22, and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Handscomb, 2014 LNONCTD 92) to connect particulars 5(a)-(b) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-and 5(e)-(f) to allegations (a)-(b) and (d)-(h) in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-College Counsel cited Ontario College of Teachers v. Burdett, 2011 LNONCTD 13 and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-submitted that whether or not Student 1 initiated the communication was irrelevant. College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Counsel cited the College’s Professional Advisory: Use of Electronic Communication and Social ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Media and made the alternative argument that even a one-time error in judgment involving the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-exchange of comments of a personal nature may lead to a complaint of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member had made sufficient admissions with respect to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-particulars 5(e)-(f) to prove allegations (g)-(h) in the Notice of Hearing. For example, College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Counsel argued in the alternative that the Committee should find that the Member used ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-electronic communications to exchange personal comments, even if the Committee did not find ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-credible the evidence of Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 that the Member’s remarks were ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:sexual in nature. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF MEMBER’S COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:creepy, inappropriate, or sexual tone of voice. This opinion was unreasonable given limitations ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-in their opportunity to observe and their lack of qualifications to provide this opinion evidence. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-REPLY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-College Counsel’s main replies were: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-(1) The College had proven the allegations in the Notice of Hearing on balance of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- probabilities with clear, cogent and convincing evidence. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-(2) Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 were credible. College Counsel made reply ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- submissions about the evidence of Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- credibility factors of (a) appearance and demeanour of the witness, (b) opportunity to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- observe, (c) capacity to remember, (d) probability or reasonability of the evidence, (e) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- internal inconsistency, (f) external consistency, and (g) interest in outcome that are ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- outlined in Re Pitts and Director of Family Benefits Branch of the Ministry of Community ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- & Social Services (1985), 51 O.R. (2d) 302). College Counsel also submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: Committee should take judicial notice that teenage girls can discern a sexual tone of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- voice and therefore the Committee should accept the opinion evidence of Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: Student 2, and Student 3 that the Member had a sexual tone of voice. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-(3) The Committee should find that there was no collusion in this case for the following ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- reasons: there were noticeable differences in the evidence of Student 1, Student 2, and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Student 3 with respect to the credibility factors; Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- no recent contact with each other; Student 1 used her own hand written notes as a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- memory aid; none of the witnesses relied on their notes; and, the cases cited by Defence ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 2 appeared casual and cavalier during the hearing. She snickered and laughed after ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-reading her prior written statement and before being posed any questions. She then apologized ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-and said that she often laughs when she gets nervous. She repeatedly snickered in answering ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-questions both in direct and cross-examination. She was argumentative in cross-examination and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-she was equivocal when cross-examined on whether Student 1 told the Member that they had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-been smoking marijuana. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 3 was consistent and direct in answering questions in direct and cross-examination. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member was consistent and direct in answering questions in direct and cross-examination. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (b) Opportunity to observe ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1 had the opportunity to observe all the events except for inherent limitations of text and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-cellphone communications. She said she was affected by low self-esteem and social-emotional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-problems and she cited several examples where her judgement was influenced by others, for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-example: (1) her boyfriend convinced her that the Member’s interactions with her in School were ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-inappropriate; and (2) she had not wanted to make a complaint but she changed her mind after ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-her [XXX] initiated the complaint to the School six weeks later. Her ability to provide the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:opinion that the Member had a sexual tone of voice in the cellphone conversation was also ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-challenged during cross-examination. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 2’s direct observations were limited to the electronic communications. She was a third ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-party to the conversation but she said that she could clearly hear the conversation. Her ability to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-provide the opinion that the Member was masturbating during the cellphone conversation was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-challenged in cross-examination. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 2 and Student 3 both admitted in cross-examination that they lacked background ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-knowledge about the Post-It Note depicting the Member with an erection in class that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Member claimed was discussed during the phone conversation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 3 had the opportunity to observe Student 1 leaving her phone number for the Member on ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-the blackboard in his classroom. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 3 was listening in as a fourth party but said that she could clearly hear the cellphone ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-conversation. She testified that Student 1 had held the cellphone in her hand at full volume but ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-not on speakerphone. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The abilities of Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 to provide the opinion that the Member had a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:sexual tone of voice during the cellphone conversation were challenged in cross-examination. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member had the opportunity to observe his own conduct in this case. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (c) Capacity to remember ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3 collaborated when the principal typed their statements in a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-common interview on April 2, 2013. This occurred before Student 1 handwrote her notes two ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-days later on April 4, 2013 that she used as a memory aid in the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3 read their entire prior written statements as a memory aid in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-the hearing prior to answering any substantive questions and College Counsel routinely led ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-excerpts from the prior written statements in direct examination. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1 could not remember the events on her birthday that related to the allegation that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Member hugged and/or kissed her, which would have formed the factual foundation for the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-allegation in paragraph (c) in the Notice of Hearing that the Member abused her physically, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 2 admitted in cross-examination that she did not remember when asked whether the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-phone call from the teacher was initially about school. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member answered only one question with “I do not recall”. He replied in cross-examination ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-that he could not recall anything about Student 1’s birthday. He implied that there was nothing ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-remarkable to remember rather than an inability to remember. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (d) Probability or reasonability of the evidence ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1’s claim that she did not have romantic feelings for the Member was improbable and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:unreasonable in contrast to her actions. Her claim that the Member tried to establish a sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-relationship with her in School was improbable in contrast to some of her admissions in cross- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-examination, for example: (1) the Member was never alone with her in School; (2) there were a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-limited number of conversations with the Member in the School and the texts and one phone call ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-to her cellphone on February 15, 2013 was the only contact outside of the School; (3) the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Member texted and phoned her on February 15, 2013 in response to finding romantic notes that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:Student 1 is the alleged victim in this complaint of sexual abuse against the Member but she did ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-not make the complaint to the School. She testified that she was concerned about how others in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-the School and the community would perceive her accusations against the Member who was sent ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-home as a result of the complaint. Student 1 did not want to feel like an outcast from her peers ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-since she felt that she already had enough difficulty being accepted at School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 2 had told her [XXX] (Student 1) on Friday, February 15, 2013 that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:been inappropriate in sending her a text. Student 2 made the complaint of sexual abuse against ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-the Member to the School six weeks later. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-During the hearing, Student 3 distanced herself from the complaint and testified that she was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-grateful that the complaint did not personally involve her. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 participated in a common interview on April 2, 2013 in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-which the principal prepared their statements that contained information that formed the basis for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-particulars 5(a)-(b), and 5(e)-(f). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:The Member is the subject of the allegations of sexual misconduct and sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Findings of Credibility ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Committee did not find Student 1 credible with respect to the contested facts. Her denial of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-previous romantic feelings towards the Member was improbable and unreasonable. She admitted ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-to a capacity to lie. She had not disclosed to others until she was cross-examined in the hearing ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-that she had left more than one romantic Post-It Note for the Member on the morning of Friday, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-February 15, 2013. The Committee accepts the Member’s evidence that there was a Post-It note ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-witnesses to the conversations that he had with Student 1 in School and stated that he called ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1 from his parents’ home phone. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-With respect to the conflicts in the evidence about contested facts, the Committee finds the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-evidence of the Member more credible than the evidence of Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Findings of Fact ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Having weighed the evidence, the Committee finds that the College failed to prove on a balance ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-of probabilities that the Member committed the conduct described in particulars 4 and 5(a)-(f) of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-There was no evidence of particular 4, and allegation (c) relating to subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Regulation 437/97 in the Notice of Hearing was accordingly withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-There was also no evidence of particulars 5(c) and (d). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The remaining particulars 5(a), (b), (e) and (f) in the Notice of Hearing were contested. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member admitted in direct and cross-examination that he sent Student 1 texts and called her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-once on her cellphone in response to her leaving him romantic notes. The nature of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-conversations and what was said was contested. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member testified that he texted Student 1 to schedule the call and then he called Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-and told her to stop leaving him notes as a second warning. The Member testified that the call ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-was brief and that he texted Student 1 after she had ended the call quickly in order to make sure ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-that she was okay. The Member testified that his remarks were professional in nature and not ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:personal or sexual in nature. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Student 1, her [XXX] (Student 2), and a third student (Student 3) all testified as to the particulars ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-5(a), (b), (e) and (f) in the Notice of Hearing, which are: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 5. In or around February 2013, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- (a) told Student 1, “you’re making me have a hard on in class”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: (b) called Student 1 and another student and/or students “sexy bitches”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: (e) sent text messages of a personal and/or sexual nature to Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: (f) called Student 1 and made comments of a personal and/or sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-With respect to these particulars, the evidence of the Member was credible whereas the evidence ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-of Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 was not credible. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Accordingly the Committee finds that particulars 4 and 5(a)-(f) in the Notice of Hearing were not ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-proven by the College on the balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Committee therefore decides the main issues and makes the corresponding findings of fact ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-in this case as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:(1) Did the Member make sexual remarks to Student 1 or other students? ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- The Committee finds that the College did not prove this on a balance of probabilities. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Committee finds that the context for his in-School conversation with Student 1 about anal ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: sex was a response to her and another student’s health and physical education question. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- The Committee finds that his texts and phone call on February 15, 2013 were to stop ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Student 1 from continuing to leave him romantic notes. The Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- College did not prove that the member made the statement “you’re making me have a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- hard on in class” but instead the Committee prefers the Member’s evidence that he rather ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 28 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- referred to a Post-It Note which contained a drawing of an erection that he had found on ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- his classroom desk with other notes that had been left for him by Student 1. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Committee finds that Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3’s evidence that he called ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf: Student 1 and another student and/or students “sexy bitches” is implausible in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-(2) Did the Member exchange personal comments with students using electronic ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- communications? ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- The Committee finds that the College did not prove on a balance of probabilities that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Member exchanged personal comments with students using electronic communications. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- The only evidence that the Member exchanged personal comments in his use of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- electronic communications was the evidence of Student 1, Student 2, or Student 3 and the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Committee found that evidence to not be credible. The Committee accepts the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- evidence that he sent short texts and had a brief phone conversation with Student 1 on her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- cellphone in order to tell her for a second time to stop leaving romantic notes for her. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Committee finds that the Member talked about this issue and did not find sufficient ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- evidence to prove that he made comments that were personal in nature. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-CONCLUSION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Committee considered the College’s Professional Advisories: Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct, and Use of Electronic Communication and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:Social Media which are intended to prevent sexual abuse of students and sexual misconduct by ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-providing guidance to members about the legal, ethical and professional boundaries for their ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 29 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The College’s Professional Advisory: Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Sexual Misconduct notes that the Discipline Committee determines whether particular behaviour ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-in each case amounts to professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Committee determines that the Member’s particular behaviour in this case does not amount ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:to professional misconduct. The Committee finds that that the Member did not commit sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:misconduct or sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Committee notes that the precedents submitted by College Counsel are applicable to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:findings that the member exchanged sexual or personal remarks with students, which the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Committee did not make in this case. The Member’s evidence that all of his comments were ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-professional and not personal in nature was credible and there is no other credible evidence to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:support any findings of fact that the member made sexual or personal remarks to students. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Therefore the Committee finds the Member not guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Date: March 9, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Jean-Luc Bernard, OCT ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Ravi Vethamany, OCT ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 30 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 1996, and the Regulation (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- David Michael Cockburn, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- MINORITY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Per Tom Potter (dissenting): I have had the benefit of reading the majority decision in this ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-matter. I do not agree with the finding of the majority that the Member is not guilty of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-professional misconduct. In my opinion, the Member should be found guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-misconduct in that he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, his conduct was unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and he engaged in conduct unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-I agree with the majority that there were credibility issues with the testimonies of Students 1, 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-and 3 in that the manner in which the students were interviewed and in which their statements ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-were prepared was problematic. Nevertheless, all three student witnesses gave consistent ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:evidence that they heard the Member address Students 1 and 2 as “sexy bitches” during the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Friday evening phone conversation, and the Member provided insufficient evidence to contradict ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-this evidence. I believe that the Member made this inappropriate comment, on a balance of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-probabilities, and that this gives rise to a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-The Member also demonstrated poor professional judgment in the way that he claimed to go ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-about employing the “Progressive Discipline Process.” The evidence in this case, including the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 31 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-while Student 2 was listening. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Members of the teaching profession are expected to maintain professional boundaries with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-students at all times. Given Student 1’s vulnerability, the Member risked having her interpret his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-action as encouraging her romantic interest in him. Members of the profession as well as the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-public at large might also interpret the Member’s actions in this way. In this instance the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Member failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-For these reasons, I believe that the Member’s conduct constituted professional misconduct. He ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf:made an inappropriate comment to students by referring to them as “sexy bitches” and he failed ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-to maintain appropriate professional boundaries by phoning an adolescent female student on a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Friday evening, when he could have simply waited to address any concerns that he had with her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-on the next school day. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf-Date: March 9, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- 33 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated September 30, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on Christine Ann Collini ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting her presence on October 30, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for June 7, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal representation. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Member did, however, prepare written submissions which were provided to the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Christine Ann Collini is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf: (d) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (f) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (g) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-College Counsel advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-1. Christine Ann Collini is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- Member Information of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the District School Board of Niagara ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-3. The Member commenced her employment with the Board in September 2000. At all ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- material times the Member was teaching grades [XXX] courses, as well as [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-4. During the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 academic years the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- inappropriate interactions with students in her class including that she: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (a) requested and permitted students in her class to help her move house; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (b) exchanged personal text messages with students in her classes; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (c) gave drives to students in her vehicle without permission from parents or school ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- administration; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (d) used profanity and other inappropriate language in class, including “fuck”, “shit” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- and “bitch”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (e) permitted students to leave class to go to Tim Hortons; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (f) permitted students to drive her vehicle to Tim Hortons; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (g) engaged in personal conversations with students during class including discussing ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf: her divorce, her sexual activity and her consumption of alcohol; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (h) requested and allowed students to contribute to her online dating profile during ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- class time. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-5. During the 2012-2013 school year, Student 1 and Student 2 were students at the School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- Student 1 was [XXX] and Student 2 was [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-6. During the 2012-2013 school year the Member began texting Student 1. Their text ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- messages were flirtatious and she stated that she found Student 1 attractive. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-7. On an evening in October or November 2012, the Member sent a text message to Student ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 1 and Student 2 inviting them to come to her house. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-8. Student 1 and Student 2 went together to the Member’s house. When they arrived the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- Member offered Student 1 and Student 2 alcoholic beverages. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-9. The Member straddled Student 1 on the couch and began to kiss him. The Member and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- Student 1 then got up and went to the Member’s bedroom. Student 1 and the Member sat ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- on the bed talking. The Member began kissing and touching the groin area of Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- over his clothing. Student 1 felt uncomfortable and left the bedroom. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- still fully clothed. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-10. Student 1 returned to the living room and Student 2 went upstairs to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- bedroom. When Student 2 arrived in the Member’s bedroom, she was lying on the bed ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- undressed. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf:11. Student 2 and the Member then had sexual intercourse. The Member supplied a condom. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-12. Student 2 then returned to the living room and Student 1 and Student 2 left the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- house and went to Student 2’s house. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-13. On or about August 29, 2014, the Board assigned the Member to home duties with pay, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- pending the outcome of its investigation of the Member’s conduct. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the letter sent to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-14. On November 25, 2014, the Board of Trustees terminated the Member's employment, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- effective November 26, 2014. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- letter sent to the Member notifying her of the decision. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-15. By this document, the Member admits for the purpose of this proceeding only, the truth ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- of the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1-14 above (the “Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-16. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- misconduct against her being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf: acknowledges that she engaged in sexual abuse of students as defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-17. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, she is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- right to require the College to otherwise prove the case against her and the right to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (d) she understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested Facts as correct, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- and can accept that those facts constitute professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (e) she understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- including reference to her name, may be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (f) she understands that any agreement between counsel for the College and herself ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- (g) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this Agreement ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-18. The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the Rules of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee under ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, chapter 12, and for no other ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not constitute an admission by the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- Member as to the facts or findings in any other civil, criminal or administrative ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-19. In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf:1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) and that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-students of a nature as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 14 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-of professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf:also acknowledges, and the Committee further accepts, that she engaged in sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Contest demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Paragraphs 9 and 11 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-that the Member abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-subsection 1(7.1). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-demonstrate that the Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 6, 9, 10 and 11 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf:demonstrate that the Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf:Regulation 437/97, subsection1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- included and submissions will be made on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-College Counsel submitted that publication with the name of the Member is warranted in this ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-case. Publication with the name of the Member serves as a specific deterrent to the Member and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-as a general deterrent to the profession. College Counsel added that the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-denunciation of the Member’s conduct through the publication of her name demonstrates to the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf:public that acts of professional misconduct involving sexual abuse of students by a teacher attract ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-serious consequences. The Member abused the authority and trust associated with her role as a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf:teacher for her own sexual enjoyment, with no regard for the students’ well-being. Moreover, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-publication with the Member’s name is important, according to College Counsel, because it ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-informs the public and other members of the profession that matters before the Committee are ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-resolved in an open and transparent manner. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-To assist with the Committee’s determination of whether to order publication with or without the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf:Member’s name, College Counsel referred the Committee to two cases involving sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-misconduct by a member towards students: Ontario College of Teachers v. Champagne, 2012 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-LNONCTD 22; and Ontario College of Teachers v. Gervais, 2015 LNONCTD 63. College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Counsel submitted that these cases were similar to the Member’s case and that publication with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-name was ordered in both instances. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Submissions of the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-it would bring the administration of justice or the discipline process into disrepute. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-The Committee finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Registration is warranted due to the serious nature of the Member’s misconduct. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf:conduct involved the sexual, physical and emotional abuse of vulnerable students. Moreover, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Member’s conduct jeopardized the public’s confidence in the teaching profession. Through her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-reprehensible conduct, the Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-The Committee finds that publication with the Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-parler profession is warranted. The aggravating factors in this matter outweigh the mitigating ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-factors. The Member’s conduct was at the high end of the spectrum of professional misconduct: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf:she sexually, physically, and emotionally abused students. The Committee does not accept the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-Member’s submission that her name should not be published because of the negative impact that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-this might have on her life and that of her family. First, the Committee received no evidence to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-demonstrate that such an impact would be felt by the Member or her family. Second, any ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-negative consequences that might arise are the result of the Member’s egregious conduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf-The Member brought shame to the teaching profession through her abuse of her position of trust ./ontario-cases/2016onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf: (b) he abused a student, or students, physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) [pre-2008 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf: amendment], as it was, and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student, or students, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- (c) he abused a student, or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- subsection 1(7) [post-2008 amendment]; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- (d) he abused a student, or students, physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- (e) he abused a student, or students, psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf: (f) he abused a student, or students, sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student, or students, as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, and specifically ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- (h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- (i) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may cause a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- student who is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- (j) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- (k) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- (l) he failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- of the teaching profession, contrary to Section 13 of Regulation 63/55 made under ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- The Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1950, c 385 and as amended thereafter; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- (m) he failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- pupils, contrary to Section 14(d) of Regulation 63/55 made under The Teaching ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- Profession Act, R.S.O. 1950, c 385 and as amended thereafter; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- (n) he failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they were under ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- his care, contrary to Section 14(f) of Regulation 63/55 made under The Teaching ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- Profession Act, R.S.O. 1950, c 385 and as amended thereafter; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- (o) he failed to comply with Section 229(1)(c) of The Education Act, 1974, S.O. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- 1974, c 109 and as amended thereafter; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- (p) he failed to comply with Section 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- 129 and as amended thereafter. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-College Counsel advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-1. William Andrew S. Fraser (the “Member”) is a retired member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member held an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate or a Certificate ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- of Qualification and Registration under the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, S.O. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- 1996, c. 12. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-3. Between September 1, 1980 and June 30, 1983, the Member was employed by the then ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- Huron County Board of Education (which after amalgamation became the Avon Maitland ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- District School Board) at [XXX] School (the “School”). The Member was the Grade ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- [XXX] teacher and responsible for the [XXX] and [XXX] programs at the School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf:4. Between September 1, 1980 and June 23, 1982, the Member had an inappropriate sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- relationship with a female student at the School (“Student 2”). The Member was Student ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- 2’s teacher and Student 2 was [XXX] to [XXX] years old at the time. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf:5. The Member engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with Student 2 on numerous ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- occasions. The contact included inappropriate touching, hugging and kissing. It occurred ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of justice or the discipline ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-process into disrepute. Although no penalty in this case could repair the damage done by the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-Member, the Committee accepts the penalty agreement reached by the parties. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-Revocation of a member’s certificate is the harshest penalty available to the Committee. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-Committee finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration is ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-warranted due to the very serious nature of the Member’s misconduct. The member has brought ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf:shame and disrepute to the profession through his abuse of power and his sexual, physical, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-psychological and verbal abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-The Member’s conduct in relation to Student 2 was particularly egregious. The Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf:in a sexual relationship with Student 2 when she was a young girl. Then, 21 years after his last ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-contact with Student 2, the Member re-victimized her by making unwanted contact with her over ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-email. Five years after that, he made an unwelcome visit to her place of employment. These ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-actions re-traumatized the student. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-The Committee reviewed the transcript of the Proceedings and Reasons for Sentence dated ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-January 26, 2015 (Exhibit 2 at Tab B) and found the statement that Student 2 courageously ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-shared with the Ontario Court of Justice to be a powerful indication of the gravity of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-Member’s misconduct and the impact that it had on Student 2. Among other things, Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-described feeling scared and alone as a child; she described feeling that her development as a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-child had been stunted; she described feeling fearful for herself and her child when the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-re-contacted her 2009 and attempted to find her at her place of employment in 2014; she ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-described the feeling of losing trust in teachers who she had thought were supposed to protect ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf-children from harm and educate them, but in her experience, abused this trust; and she described ./ontario-cases/2016onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- Member’s colleague observed the Member greet Student 1 at his bus on the first day of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- 2013-2014 academic year by putting her arm around his shoulders and walking around with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- him. If the Member testified, she would say that she did not touch Student 1, although it ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- may have appeared that way as she reached her arm behind him as she greeted him. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-Inappropriate Disclosures by the Member to students during the 2012-2013 Academic Year: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-19. In late June 2013, the Member advised the principal that a Grade [XXX] female student was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf: talking about sexual activity in explicit terms to the Grade [XXX] boys. The Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- explained that because the topics referred to by the female student were not covered by the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- Grade [XXX] curriculum, in particular the “69” position, she had taken the Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- boys aside to clarify what the older student was talking about. The principal told the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- Member to contact the boys’ parents and explain what she had told them, and to contact the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- girl’s parents, which she did. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-20. On the last day of classes in June 2013, the Member conducted an open forum discussion ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf: with a small group of boys to cover the sexual education they had missed. During this ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- session, she permitted them to ask her anything. Amongst other topics discussed, one ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- student asked the Member how old she was when she lost her virginity and whether it was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- her choice. The Member told him that she was 16 years old, the age of consent during her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- youth, but that fact did not imply that she made a good decision. The Member discussed this ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- conversation with her colleagues afterwards. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-Investigation: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-21. Issues regarding the Member’s conduct with students were brought to the principal’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- attention at the outset of the 2013-2014 academic year. The principal investigated by ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-Committee’s finding and order without the Member’s name. There is no added value in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-publishing the Member’s name in the College’s official publication. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-Member’s Counsel urged the Committee to consider the following mitigating factors when ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-making its decision regarding publication: the Member has already faced disciplinary action ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-from the Board; she was subject to a lengthy investigation by the police and FCS which resulted ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-in no charges being laid by the police and no finding being made by FCS; she was transferred to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-a different school where she has taught successfully for nearly two years; she has already ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-completed workshops addressing her misconduct and has agreed to take an additional intensive ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-course of instruction in this regard. Moreover, Member’s Counsel submitted that the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf:had no ill intent, she was not pursuing a sexual relationship with Student 1, she has ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-acknowledged the facts and pleaded guilty in this hearing and she has shown a deep interest in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-further rehabilitating her behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-According to Member’s Counsel, the transparency of the discipline process is not jeopardized by ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-ordering publication without the Member’s name. This is an open hearing, the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-decision will be readily accessible since it will be posted on the College website, and a link to the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-decision will be contained in the summary published in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-profession. When coming to its decision regarding publication, Member’s Counsel urged the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-Committee to consider the Member’s privacy interests and noted that, given the small size of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-Member’s community, publishing her name may hinder her rehabilitation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-Member’s Counsel referred the Committee to two cases in support of the Member’s position: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Tallarico, 2011 LNONCTD 12 (“Tallarico”) and Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-College of Teachers v. Shuber, 2015 LNONCTD 6. According to Member’s Counsel, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf-Committee should follow these precedents in which the members’ names were not published in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated November 16, 2012 (Exhibit 1) was served on Victor Damien French ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting his presence on November 29, 2012 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for April 26 and 27, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Victor Damien French is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- defined in Section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- shoulder. Student 3 felt that the Member was looking down her shirt. As she continued to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- do her work, the Member told her to zip up her sweater some more, and she did. At a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- later date, the Member apologized to Student 3 for making her feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-14. During the 2009-2010 academic year, Student 4 was an [XXX]-year-old female student ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- at the School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-15. Early in the spring of 2010, Student 4 and the Member were in the hallway and Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- made a comment about [XXX]. The Member teased her by saying she was a “naughty ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- girl” and tapped her buttock. Student 4 felt uncomfortable. If the Member were to testify, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- he would say that he has no specific recollection of this incident. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-16. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the truth ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- of the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-17. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- misconduct against him being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that he ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf: engaged in sexual abuse of students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- Member as to the facts or findings in any other civil, criminal or administrative ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-20. In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) and that the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf:in sexual abuse of students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 15 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf:Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) and that he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-abuse of students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13 and 15 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Contest demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 7, 11, 13 and 15 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf:demonstrate that the Member abused students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of students as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13 and 15 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Contest demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13 and 15 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Contest demonstrate that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members of the profession as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13 and 15 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Contest demonstrate that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), College Counsel and the Member jointly ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Member’s conduct warranted publication of his name. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf:College Counsel referred the Committee to one case of sexual misconduct by a member towards ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf:students (Ontario College of Teachers v. Park, 2012 LNONCTD 50) and one case of sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-misconduct by a member towards a colleague (Ontario College of Teachers v. Ciraco, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-LNONCTD 47). College Counsel submitted that these cases were similar to aspects of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Member’s case and that publication with name was ordered in both instances. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Submissions of the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-The Member was not present and did not provide any submissions with respect to publication of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and makes an ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-order in accordance with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-With respect to the issue of the form in which the reprimand will be delivered, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-directs that the Member shall attend in person to receive an oral reprimand at the Offices of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario prior to commencing or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-returning to any position requiring a Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-With respect to the issue of publication, the Committee directs that there be publication of a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-summary of the finding and order of the Committee in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession, with the name of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-it would bring the administration of justice or the discipline process into disrepute. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s deplorable conduct warrants a reprimand by his peers. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-The Committee is troubled that the Member’s conduct displayed a pattern of inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf:behaviour and comments of a sexual nature. Colleague A made it clear in no uncertain terms that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-the Member’s conduct and comments were unwelcome and told him to stop. Instead of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-acknowledging that his behaviour was inappropriate and taking responsibility for his actions and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-comments, the Member’s response was that he “could not help it.” Furthermore, the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-repeatedly made comments to students that were offensive and made the students uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-The Committee is also concerned with the Member’s angry and aggressive response when ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Student 1, in the presence of Student 2 and Colleague A, confronted the Member about his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-conduct towards Colleague A. The Member’s response frightened the students and Colleague A. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-The Committee finds that it is appropriate that the Member receive an oral reprimand in person ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-at the Office of the Ontario College of Teachers prior to commencing any position that requires a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration. The Committee recognizes the students’ and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-Colleague A’s desire to have certainty that the Member has received his reprimand. However, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf-the Committee finds that a face-to-face reprimand sends a stronger message to the Member and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) [pre-2008 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf: amendment] and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- subsection 1(7) [post-2008 amendment]; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (e) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf: (f) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (i) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (j) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (k) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-1. Joseph Anthony Graziano is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Hamilton Wentworth Catholic ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-3. At all material times, Students 1, 2 and 3 were male students at the School. Student 4 was a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-4. In or about January and February 2011, the Member assisted Student 1 to copy answers for a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- test. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:5. In or about January and February 2011, the Member made a number of inappropriate sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- remarks and/or gestures to Student 1 at the School, including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (a) simulating masturbation and stating words to the effect of, “you owe me, you ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- know a blow job”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf: (b) telling Student 1 he is writing a book about teenage boys, sexuality and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- homophobia; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (c) asking Student 1 if he had ever done something with another man, because ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- everyone has; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (d) talking about Student 1 showing him his “cock” and/or asking Student 1 how big ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- his “cock” is; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (e) asking Student 1 if he masturbates and/or if he “shoots”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (f) telling Student 1 he could give him a “blow job” and that would not mean he is ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- “gay”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (g) asking Student 1 how big his penis is, saying words to the effect of, “You’re ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- mature, I can tell your penis is big”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:6. In or about February 2011, the Member sexually touched Student 1 including touching ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- Student 1’s penis over his pants. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:7. Between 2006 and 2010, the Member made a number of sexual remarks and/or gestures to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- Student 2 at the School, in his car, and in his home. Student 2 was a person with a [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-8. In or about the 2009-2010 and/or 2010-2011 academic years, the Member made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- inappropriate comments, including but not limited to the following: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (a) telling Student 3 words to the effect of, “you could fit a cock in that… or two”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- (b) telling Student 4 words to the effect of, “he must have a pretty big dick if both of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- you girls are fighting over him”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:9. The Member was found guilty of sexual touching of a minor and sexual assault on May 13, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 2013 by the Superior Court of Justice. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-As the Member was not present and did not have legal representation, the Committee proceeded ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The Chair, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for Joseph Anthony ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Graziano (Exhibit 3), which indicates that the Member was a member of the College at the time ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-of the alleged events. The College also entered into evidence a Brief of Court Documents - Her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Majesty the Queen v. Joseph Anthony Graziano (Exhibit 4), which contains the following ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-documents: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 1) Certified Copy of Indictment; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 2) Certified Copy of Prohibition Order Imposed at Sentencing, dated June 21, 2013; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 3) Certified Copy of Probation Order, dated June 21, 2013; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 4) Transcript of Reasons for Judgment before the Honourable Madam Justice K. A. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- Carpenter-Gunn at Hamilton, dated May 17, 2013 (Superior Court of Justice); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 5) Transcript of Reasons for Sentence before the Honourable Madam Justice K. A. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- Carpenter-Gunn at Hamilton, dated June 21, 2013 (Superior Court of Justice); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 6) Amended Notice of Appeal, filed December 16, 2013 (Court of Appeal for Ontario); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 7) Reasons for Dismissing the Member’s Appeal, dated June 30, 2015 (Court of Appeal for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- Ontario). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 4 confirms that on May 17, 2013 (incorrectly dated May 13, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-2013 in paragraph 9 of the Notice of Hearing), in the Superior Court of Justice, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:found guilty of sexual interference and sexual assault in relation to Student 1, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-sections 151(a) and 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada (see Exhibit 4 at Tab D). On June 21, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-2013, the Member was sentenced to six months’ incarceration. Ancillary orders were also made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-that include a S.O.I.R.A. order for 20 years, a DNA order, a probation order for two years which ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-includes a number of conditions, and a section 109 weapons prohibition for 10 years (see Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-4 at Tabs A, B and C). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-The Member appealed his convictions and sentence, but abandoned the appeal of his sentence. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-On June 30, 2015, his appeal of the convictions was dismissed by the Court of Appeal for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Ontario (see Exhibit 4 at Tab F). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-College Counsel described the Member’s criminal history in detail and submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:Member’s case was one involving the grooming and sexual abuse of Student 1 who was a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-[XXX]-year-old student at the School. According to College Counsel, the Member’s conduct, as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-detailed in the record of the criminal proceedings (see Exhibit 4) and the resultant criminal ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-convictions, provided a sufficient basis to justify a finding of professional misconduct contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-to the certified copy of the Court Indictment, the findings of fact contained in the related decision ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-before the Superior Court of Justice involving the Member. The Committee further admits as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-incidental to the certified copy of the Court Indictment, transcripts of the proceedings at which ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-the convictions occurred, for the purposes of explaining the finding of guilt. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College has proven, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-on a balance of probabilities, that on January 26, 2011 the Member began grooming Student 1 by ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:assisting him on a [XXX] exam and then telling Student 1 “you owe me”, insinuating a sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-favour in exchange for the help provided. On February 9, 2011, the Member brought Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-into his classroom under the guise of wanting to discuss the [XXX] exam, engaged Student 1 in a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:conversation of a sexual nature, blocked the door to prevent Student 1 from leaving the room, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-and then touched Student 1’s penis over his clothes. On May 17, 2013, the Member was found ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:guilty of sexual interference and sexual assault, contrary to sections 151(a) and 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada. The Member was sentenced to six months of incarceration and two ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-years’ probation, in addition to the ancillary orders described above. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct was egregious. The Member abused his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-position of trust and authority in the gravest manner. Accordingly, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:Member’s sexual assault and sexual touching of Student 1 constitute acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-misconduct contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) [post-2008 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-amendment], 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the goal of any order of the Committee is to protect the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-public, to maintain high professional standards, and to preserve public confidence in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-profession. In order to achieve these goals, the Committee must consider the principles of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-specific deterrence, general deterrence, rehabilitation and remediation, and the protection of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-public. According to College Counsel, revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-and registration and publication with the Member’s name are the only way to ensure that these ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-goals are met. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that revocation is the harshest penalty that can be ordered by ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:the Committee and is reserved for the most serious cases. The Member’s sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-[XXX]-year-old boy is one of those cases. The Member’s serious misconduct has brought the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-teaching profession into disrepute. The Member exploited his position of trust and authority as a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-teacher and should no longer be allowed to teach in the province of Ontario. Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:College submitted that the Member’s act of preying on Student 1 for his own sexual gratification ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-constitutes the deepest breach of trust. Revocation is therefore appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Counsel for the College urged the Committee to consider the findings made by Justice K. A. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Carpenter-Gunn, the victim impact statements given by Student 1 and his great uncle and the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-aggravating and mitigating factors referred to in Graziano when deciding the appropriate penalty ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-to be imposed upon the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-College Counsel further submitted that publication with the Member’s name is appropriate in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Member’s case. Publication with the name of the Member will serve as a general deterrent to the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-profession. College Counsel added that the Committee’s denunciation of the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-through the publication of his name will demonstrate to the public that acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-misconduct attract serious consequences. Moreover, publication with the Member’s name is ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-important because it will inform the public and other members of the profession that matters ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-before the Committee are resolved in a decisive manner. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-College Counsel referred the Committee to three cases involving members who were criminally ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:convicted of sexual offences committed against students: Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Clements, 2011 LNONCTD 21, Ontario College of Teachers v. Jennings, 2015 LNONCTD 14 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-and Ontario College of Teachers v. O’Keefe, 2013 LNONCTD 54. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-that these cases were similar to the Member’s case and that revocation and publication with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-name was ordered in all three instances. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Submissions of the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Although not present at the hearing of this matter, the Member made written submissions ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-regarding the publication of his name (see Exhibit 5). The Member requested that the Committee ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-“not publish my name in order to save whatever dignity I have left but most of all to save my ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-children more of the already excessive humility they’ve had to endure.” In his submissions, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:Member continued to deny the sexual abuse of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Reply Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-In reply to the Member’s submission in which he urged the Committee to consider the effect that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-publication with his name would have on his personal life, College Counsel submitted that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-publication with the Member’s name is a result of his own misconduct and that his privacy ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-interests do not outweigh the interests of transparency and accountability. The Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-mandate is to act in the public interest and publication with name is therefore both expected and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-justified. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-2. There shall be publication of the finding and order of the Committee, in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- with the name of the Member in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-The Committee finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Registration is appropriate in this case. The Member’s conduct towards Student 1 was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-reprehensible. As is evident from Justice K. A. Carpenter-Gunn’s Reasons for Sentence, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Member’s conduct has had a significant and lasting negative impact on Student 1 and his family ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf:(see Exhibit 4 at Tab E). The Member’s acts of sexual misconduct warrant an order of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Committee’s most severe penalty available: revocation. Not only has the Member’s conduct had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-a grave impact on his victim, but it has also jeopardized the public’s trust in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-profession. Accordingly, the Member is no longer entitled to be a member of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-The Committee further finds that publication with the Member’s name in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession is warranted. Publication with the name of the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-identifies to the profession the serious nature of the Member’s misconduct and the consequences ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-of such behaviour. Publication with name acts as a specific deterrent to the Member as it holds ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-the Member accountable for his actions. It also serves as a general deterrent by reminding the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-profession that such behaviour is not tolerated. Moreover, publishing the Member’s name ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf-ensures the transparency of the discipline process and reassures the public that the College acts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-The allegations against the Mr. Graziano in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Joseph Anthony Graziano is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-2. At all material times, Joseph Anthony Graziano was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-3. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Hamilton Wentworth Catholic ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- District School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Hamilton, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-4. At all material times, the Student was a male student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-5. Between September 1, 2007 and July 1, 2012, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- (a) engaged in inappropriate physical contact with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf: (b) engaged in sexual contact with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- (c) engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-6. On August 13, 2015, in the Superior Court of Justice, the Member was found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf: sexual interference, contrary to section 151(a) of the Criminal Code, and sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- exploitation, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. He was sentenced on ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- October 29, 2015, to three years’ incarceration. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-PLEA TO ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-As Mr. Graziano was not present and did not have legal representation, the Committee proceeded ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-on the basis that he denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The Chair, on behalf ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-of Mr. Graziano, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-JURISDICTION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Subsection 14(5) of the Act provides that, “A person whose certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-registration is revoked or cancelled continues to be subject to the jurisdiction of the College for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-professional misconduct, incompetence or incapacity referable to any time during which the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-person held, (a) a certificate of qualification and registration under this Act; or (b) an Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Teacher’s Certificate or a letter of standing as a teacher under the Education Act.” Therefore, Mr. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Graziano continues to be subject to the jurisdiction of the College for the purposes of this matter, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-despite the fact that his certificate of qualification and registration was revoked on December 16, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-2015, because he was a member of the College at the time of the alleged misconduct (both at the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-time of the alleged misconduct between 2007 and 2012 and at the time of the criminal finding in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-August 2015). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for Joseph Anthony ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Graziano (Exhibit 3), which indicates that he was a member of the College at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-alleged events. The College also entered into evidence the Brief of Court Documents - Her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Majesty the Queen v. Joseph Anthony Graziano (Exhibit 4), which contains the following ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-documents: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 1) Certified Copy of Indictment; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 2) Certified Copy of DNA Order, dated October 29, 2015; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 3) Certified Copy of Prohibition Order, dated October 29, 2015; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 4) Certified Copy of Non-Communication Order, dated October 29, 2015; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 5) Transcript of Reasons for Judgment before the Honourable Justice H. Arrell, at Hamilton, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- dated August 13, 2015; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 6) Transcript of Reasons for Sentence before the Honourable Justice H. Arrell, at Hamilton ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- dated October 29, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 4 confirms that on August 13, 2015, Mr. Graziano was found ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf:guilty of one count of sexual interference. In particular, Mr. Graziano “did unlawfully for a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf:sexual purpose touch a student, a person under the age of sixteen, directly with a part of his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-body, contrary to the provisions of Section 151(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada between the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-1st day of September 2007 and the 18th day of November, 2009.” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Exhibit 4 also confirms that on August 13, 2015, Mr. Graziano was found guilty of one count of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf:sexual exploitation. In particular, Mr. Graziano, “being in a position of trust or authority towards ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf:a student, did for a sexual purpose, touch directly the body of a student, a young person, with a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-part of his body, contrary to the provisions of Section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-on or between the 1st day of September, 2007 and the 1st day of July, 2012.” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-College Counsel presented the Registered Member Information for Joseph Anthony Graziano ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-(Exhibit 3), followed by a review of the Brief of Court Documents (Exhibit 4). Exhibit 4 includes ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-information regarding Mr. Graziano’s criminal case before the Superior Court of Justice, his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf:conviction, and sentencing. Mr. Graziano was found guilty of sexual interference contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf:section 151(a) of the Criminal Code, and sexual exploitation, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Criminal Code. He was sentenced on October 29, 2015, to three years’ incarceration. College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Counsel submitted that the conduct clearly constituted professional misconduct and Mr. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Graziano provided no information to answer the College’s case. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Mr. Graziano committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf:1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Committee’s Rules”), inter ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-alia, the Committee accepts the certified copy of the Indictment as proof, in this case, that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-between September 1, 2007 and July 1, 2012, Mr. Graziano engaged in inappropriate physical ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf:contact with the Student, engaged in sexual contact with the Student, engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-personal relationship with the Student and furthermore that Mr. Graziano was convicted of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-criminal offences outlined in the certified copy of the Indictment. Mr. Graziano was found guilty ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-and convicted of two criminal offences before a Canadian Court, no appeal has been taken, and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Committee’s Rules, the Committee admits as ancillary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-to the certified copy of the Indictment, the findings of fact contained in the Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Judgement involving Mr. Graziano. The Committee further admits as incidental to the certified ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-copy of the Indictment, transcripts of the Reasons for Judgment and Reasons for Sentence, at ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-which the conviction occurred, for the purposes of explaining the finding of guilt. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College has proven on ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-a balance of probabilities that Mr. Graziano was convicted of touching directly the body of a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-student, a young person, with a part of his body contrary to subsections 151(a) and 153(1)(a) of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-the Criminal Code of Canada. The Committee notes that Mr. Graziano was found guilty and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-convicted during his criminal proceedings, where the applicable standard of proof “beyond ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-reasonable doubt” is a much higher standard than the applicable standard of proof “on a balance ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-of probabilities” in College discipline hearings. The Brief of Court Documents provides the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Committee with sufficient evidence to make a finding of professional misconduct in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Mr. Graziano’s conduct was very serious; he abused his position of trust and authority in an ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf:egregious manner. Over the course of three years, Mr. Graziano engaged in sexual activities with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-the Student in his classroom, at his home, and in a recreational trailer that he owned. Mr. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf:Graziano was found by a criminal court to have performed oral sex on the Student and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf:masturbated himself at the same time. These sexual activities occurred on a number of occasions ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-over the three-year period, although there was no penetration or gratuitous violence or threats. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-The Student was a vulnerable young man, who had experienced a significant loss in his family ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-before he became involved with Mr. Graziano. Justice H. Arrell described the Student as a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-troubled youth who did not excel at school (see Exhibit 4). The Committee is dismayed by Mr. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Graziano’s criminal conduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds that Mr. Graziano’s actions constitute acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-misconduct contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf:1(17), 1(18) and 1(19), and that he committed sexual abuse of a student as defined in Sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-and 40 (1.1) of the Act. SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that revocation of Mr. Graziano’s certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-and registration, and publication with name are appropriate penalties considering the gravity of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-his conduct. College Counsel further submitted that publication of Mr. Graziano’s name is ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-warranted in this case. Publication with name serves as a specific deterrent to Mr. Graziano and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-as a general deterrent to the profession. College Counsel added that the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-denunciation of Mr. Graziano’s conduct through the publication of his name demonstrates that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-members who commit such serious acts of professional misconduct will not be shielded from ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-public scrutiny. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Mr. Graziano’s certificate of qualification and registration was previously revoked on December ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf:16, 2015, by another panel of the Discipline Committee for sexual misconduct related to a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-different student. College Counsel presented College of Nurses of Ontario v. Mark Dumchin, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-2016 ONSC 626 (“Dumchin”) in support of her request that the Committee order that Mr. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Graziano’s certificate be revoked a second time. In Dumchin, the Divisional Court found that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Discipline panel of the College of Nurses of Ontario had the jurisdiction pursuant to section 14 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-of its governing statute (which is a continuing jurisdiction provision similar to that in the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-College of Teachers Act) to revoke Mr. Dumchin’s certificate of registration even though Mr. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Dumchin had previously surrendered his certificate in advance of the discipline hearing. College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Counsel submitted that Mr. Graziano’s certificate of qualification of registration could be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-similarly revoked, even though his certificate had been previously revoked by another panel of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-the Discipline Committee. According to College Counsel, Mr. Graziano continues to be subject ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-to the Committee’s jurisdiction, including its jurisdiction to order penalty, pursuant to section ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-14(5) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that Mr. Graziano’s misconduct warrants an order that his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-certificate be revoked and that the Committee should exercise its jurisdiction given the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-circumstances of this case. She noted that in the event Mr. Graziano should seek to be reinstated ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-after serving his sentence, both the prior revocation and this revocation of his certificate will ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-appear on the College’s website. This will also serve to inform the Complainant, the public and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-members of the profession that the College takes its obligation to protect the public seriously and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-that it has dealt with Mr. Graziano’s misconduct in an open and transparent manner. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Sentence, the Student “has suffered and will continue to suffer the repercussions of Mr. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf:Graziano’s disgusting sexual activities with him and the necessary grooming involved.” Mr. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Graziano preyed on a vulnerable student who had recently lost his [XXX] and took advantage of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-the Student’s trust. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-The Committee further finds that publication with Mr. Graziano’s name in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession is warranted. Publication with his name identifies to the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-profession the serious nature of the misconduct and the consequences of such behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Publication with name acts as a specific deterrent as it holds Mr. Graziano publicly accountable ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-for his actions. It also serves as a general deterrent by reminding the profession that such ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-behaviour is not tolerated. Moreover, publishing his name ensures the transparency of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-discipline process and reassures the public that the College acts decisively and does not shield its ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-members when matters of this nature are brought to its attention. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the finding and the penalty protect the public interest and uphold ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-the standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf-Dated: August 8, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- Wes Vickers, OCT ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- Marie-Claude Yaacov ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated April 22, 2013 (Exhibit 1) was served on Dorothe Joan Fair (the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-“Member”), requesting her presence on May 16, 2013 to set a date for hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for February 22, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and she did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted an Affidavit of Daniela De Bartolo (Exhibit 2) sworn on ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-February 19, 2016, to prove that the Member had been informed of the allegations against her, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-the time and date of the hearing, as well as the penalty being sought. In this affidavit, Ms. De ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-Bartolo, a law clerk with McCarthy Tétrault LLP, outlines her communications with the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-and provides proof of service of all required documents. Based on this affidavit, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-was satisfied that the Member had been properly served with the Notice of Hearing and all ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-disclosure documents and was aware of the time and date of the hearing and the penalty being ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-sought. As a result of the above, and the fact that the hearing actually commenced well after the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-official start time, the Committee heard this matter in the absence of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-This matter was contested in part, but some of the allegations against the Member were admitted ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-through an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3). The Committee heard viva ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-voce evidence with respect to the contested portions of this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-These proceedings arose as a result of two main incidents involving the Member in 2010 and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-2011. The Member was a vice-principal at all material times. First, the Member is alleged to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-have sent an inappropriate email to staff members using the Board’s email accounts, which ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf:contained jokes of a sexual nature (the “Inappropriate Email Incident”). In Exhibit 3, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-Member admitted to having sent this email. Second, the Member is alleged to have ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-4. On or about May 26, 2011, the Member grabbed hold of Colleague 2’s right buttock. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-5. In March 2011, the Member swatted Colleague 3 on the buttocks. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-6. On or about May 6, 2010, the Member sent an email to staff members, which contained ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf: jokes of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-PRELIMINARY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-College Counsel submitted that, through Exhibit 3, the Member has admitted the particularized ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-allegations contained at paragraphs 1, 2 and 6 of the Notice of Hearing (reproduced above) and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-has agreed that the conduct outlined therein amounts to professional misconduct, in that she ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-breached subsections 1(5), 1(18) [unprofessional] and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-particularized allegations contained at paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the Notice of Hearing, however, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-remain contested and were not admitted by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-College Counsel indicated that she will tender additional evidence in order to prove the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-allegation particularized at paragraph 4 of the Notice of Hearing, but that she would not be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-calling any evidence in support of the allegations particularized at paragraphs 3 and 5 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-The Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3) provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-1. Dorothe Joan Fair is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Member’s Ontario College of Teachers Registered ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Upper Grand District School ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- Board as a vice-principal at [XXX] in Guelph, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-The Committee finds that this incident demonstrated poor judgment on the part of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf:The joke was emailed to three of the Member’s male colleagues and it contained sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-innuendo (see Exhibit 3 at Tab B). As a vice-principal, the Member is expected to be a leader ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-and to support her staff in such a way that they feel comfortable approaching her with concerns. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-The Member’s conduct, however, had the opposite effect. By sending the inappropriate email to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-members of her staff, the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, she acted ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-unprofessionally, and she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-The Member also misled the Board during its investigation, which further demonstrates her poor ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-professional judgment. Among other things, the Member had initially denied any knowledge of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf:an email containing sexual innuendo, during the Board investigation, but the Board subsequently ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-brought to her attention that it had a copy of the inappropriate email that she had forwarded to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-her colleagues (see Exhibit 3 at Tab C). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-The Inappropriate Touching Incident ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-The Committee finds that there is sufficiently clear, cogent and convincing evidence to prove the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-Inappropriate Touching Incident on a balance of probabilities, and that the Member’s conduct in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-relation to this incident gives rise to a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-The College’s three witnesses, who were able to observe the incident to varying degrees, testified ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-with respect to the Member’s conduct on May 26, 2011. [XXX], who was the victim of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-Member’s inappropriate touch, explained the series of events leading up to the incident, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-incident itself, and the action that he took following the incident. Ms. McDowall was an ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-eyewitness to the incident and she corroborated [XXX] testimony with respect to what the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-Member said and did to [XXX] during the incident. Mr. Goldston was unable to see the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-but the stage lights were on, so it was not completely dark in the auditorium. [XXX] went to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-speak to Mr. Goldston, who was located towards the front, left-side of the auditorium, near the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-stage (see Exhibit 7), because he needed to organize some of the morning’s proceedings with the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-retired teacher who was being honoured at the assembly. There was a row of students sitting to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-[XXX] immediate right and he was also very close to the stage and to the orchestra. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-During his brief conversation with Mr. Goldston which lasted no more than a couple of minutes, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-[XXX] was suddenly hit on the right buttock and he felt a distinct grab at the end of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-unwanted contact. [XXX] testified that he felt embarrassed and angry, and that he was concerned ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-that the nearby students would have seen this inappropriate incident. He immediately turned to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-see who had hit him, and he saw the Member standing within a couple of feet from him, with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-nobody standing in between them. They made eye contact and the Member told him, in a fairly ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-loud and disdainful voice, to take some pictures. [XXX] testified that the Member had a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-furrowed brow and a sarcastic tone of voice which led him to believe that she was angry. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-Member then walked away and made her way onto the stage for the awards assembly. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-[XXX] testified that Ms. McDowall approached him right after the Member inappropriately ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-touched him and indicated that she had seen what had happened. [XXX] recalls Ms. McDowall ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf:saying “Wow. You just got grabbed. That is sexual harassment.” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-Following the incident, [XXX] spoke to a colleague about what he should do, and he then ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-recorded his account of the incident in writing. The day after the incident, on May 27, 2011 at ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-approximately 9:00 a.m., [XXX] told his union representative about the incident. [XXX]never ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-saw the Member again at the School after the incident. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf-Ms. McDowall’s testimony corroborated key portions of [XXX] evidence. She testified that she ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf: inappropriate comments and/or gestures to students of a vulgar and/or sexual nature, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- which included: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- (a) using the words “asshole”, “fuck”, “shit”, “bullshit”, “dick”, “plug”, “dumbass”, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- “faggot”, and/or “prick”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- (b) calling a student a “greasy [XXX]”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- (c) calling a [XXX] student [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- (d) instructing a student to “sit his fat ass down”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- (e) telling a student to stop “jerking off in the shower too hard”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- (f) when a student said that his school work was “too hard”, replying “that’s not what ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- your mom said last night”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- (g) telling a joke in class with the punchline “a one-eyed yoghurt thrower”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- (h) when a student asked how he could raise his marks, unzipping and re-zipping his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- pants. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf-5. School administrators received complaints from students regarding the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- conduct, which they investigated. Attached to Exhibit 2 and Tab “B” is a copy of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- statements prepared by students in the Member’s class. Attached to Exhibit 2 and Tab ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- “C” is a copy of the Vice-Principal’s notes from her interviews with students. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf-6. In November 2010, the Board investigated the student complaints regarding the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- Member’s conduct, and instructed the Member to not have any contact with any students. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf-7. Despite the Board’s instructions and the ongoing investigation, the Member contacted a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- student and/or students via telephone and/or Facebook to discuss the students’ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- complaints, thereby attempting to influence the Board’s investigation. Attached to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- Exhibit 2 at Tab “D” is a copy of a student’s statement and the Facebook message he ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated September 26, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on Matthew Paul Kras ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting his presence on October 30, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for July 6, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Matthew Paul Kras is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- (b) he abused a student verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- (c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) and/or 265(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-paragraph (d) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf:of Ontario Regulation 437/97 or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-the Act, be withdrawn. The Committee granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-parties, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 13 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-Paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-Paragraphs 7, 10, 11 and 12 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-the Member abused a student verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-Paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf-that the Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf-1. At all material times, Doug James Luymes was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed as a teacher by the Burnaby Board of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- Education – School District No. 41, in the province of British Columbia. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf-3. On or around May 23, 2008, the Member attended at the home of an adult female ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf: (“Person A”) in response to an advertisement placed on Craigslist offering sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- services. While at the home, a dispute and physical confrontation ensued between the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- Member and Person A, resulting in a call to police. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf-4. The Member was charged with assault and forcible entry contrary to sections 266 and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- 72(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. The charges were later stayed in exchange for the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- Member entering into a Peace Bond, in which he acknowledged that his conduct had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- caused Person A fear of personal injury to a person or property. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf-5. In or about April 2013, the Member admitted that his conduct constituted conduct ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- unbecoming a teacher and was contrary to Standard #2 of the Standards for the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- Education, Competence & Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- Fourth Edition, January 2012. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf-6. As a result of the Member’s admission: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- a) the Director of Certification in British Columbia cancelled the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated September 26, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on Christopher Charles ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Parkin (the “Member”), requesting his presence on October 30, 2015 to set a date for hearing, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-and specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for March 1, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing but did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-In R. v. Parkin, Justice Grossman of the Ontario Court of Justice issued an order restricting ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-publication pursuant to subsection 486.4 and 517.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada (see Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-2 at Tab E). The Committee is therefore required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-there shall be no publication of any information that might tend to identify the victim or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-witnesses involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student or students to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (h) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-1. Christopher Charles Parkin was at all material times a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] (the “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-3. During 2011, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old female student at the School. [XXX]. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Member taught Student 1 and was her [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-4. The Member met with Student 1 in the School’s [XXX] and began to give Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- advice of a personal nature. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-5. Subsequently, the Member and Student 1 exchanged numerous e-mails which started as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf: friendly and then turned sexual in nature. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-6. In the e-mails that the Member sent to Student 1, he complimented her on her body and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf: described what he wanted to do to her sexually. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-7. On or about April 21, 2011, the Member and Student 1 were in the School’s [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- alone. Student 1 was preparing to leave for the [XXX] long weekend and was speaking to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- the Member. The Member then kissed Student 1 on the mouth. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-8. Between April 21, 2011 and June 30, 2011, the Member and Student 1 continued to meet ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- outside of the School. They met approximately 10 times outside of School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-9. During the 2012-2013 academic year, Student 2 was a [XXX]-year-old female student at ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- the School. Student 2 played for the [XXX] at the School. The Member, being a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- teacher at the School, was present in the [XXX] when the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-10. During the [XXX], the Member smiled, waved and said hi to Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-11. On or about November 30, 2012, the Member began sending Student 2 [XXX] messages. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Student 2 was not aware that the Member was sending her messages because the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- messages were sent to her “Other” box in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-12. On or about December 11, 2012, Student 2 was in one of her classes when she was told ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- by her teacher she was to go to the [XXX] of the School right away. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-13. Student 2 went to the [XXX] and found the Member waiting for her. The Member asked ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Student 2 if she checked her [XXX] account and Student 2 asked why. The Member told ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- her that he sent her a friend request and messages. The Member told Student 2 that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- friend request and messages were sent to her with a different, fake name, other than the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Member’s name. The Member told Student 2 not to tell anyone about messages. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-14. After school that day [December 11, 2012], Student 2 checked her [XXX] account. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Student 2 found five messages from the Member under the different name in the “Other” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- box. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-15. In the messages, the Member spoke about Student 2’s form when doing [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- offered to help her with that. The Member told her it was easy to watch her and that he ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- didn’t miss many of her [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-16. The Member and Student 2 began flirting back and forth through [XXX] messages. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Member then tried to arrange a meeting with Student 2 alone. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-17. The Member and Student 2 exchanged numerous [XXX] messages, which turned from ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf: friendly to sexual in nature. In the messages, the Member complimented Student 2 on her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf: body and described what he wanted to do to her sexually. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-18. Examples of the [XXX] messages are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (a) On or about December 11, 2012 at 3:53 p.m. the Member sent the following ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- message: “Moving in really close so we just fit together. Tight clothing for both ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- of us. For a while at least lips touching…tongues…hands exploring. Making you ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- watch carefully everything I do to you as things go on.” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (b) Later that same day at 4:12 p.m. the Member sent the following message: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- “Mmm…remember me saying I’d make you watch? ‘Cause I was talking about ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- putting you on the desk…once we’d stripped everything off you…kneeling ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- down…then forcing your legs apart with my shoulders, until one of them resting ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- down my back...before giving you the longest, slowwwest lick…from the bottom ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- alllll the way up. So you could see everything of course.” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-19. The Member continued to pursue Student 2, attempting to arrange a meeting alone with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf: her and continued to send her messages sexual in nature. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-25. Student 3 was a [XXX]-year-old female student at the School and the Member was her ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- [XXX] in 2012. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-26. On or about April 10, 2013, Student 3 sought advice from the Member regarding a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-27. Between April 10, 2013 and April 13, 2013, Student 3 received over 96 e-mails from the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Member. The e-mails began as friendly and then evolved into complimenting and flirting ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- with Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-28. The Member, through the e-mails, began to compliment Student 3’s body. The Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- told Student 3 that he caught himself looking down her shirt and told her that she had a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- nice ass. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf:29. The e-mails then became sexual in nature when the Member began describing sexual acts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- he would like to perform on Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-30. On April 13, 2013, the Member sent Student 3 several e-mails which are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (a) At 12:24 a.m. the Member sent the following e-mail: “Well…I pictured us ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- starting by doing some gentle “exploring” at school. Find a quiet place and maybe ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- each take turns taking little “looks” at what the other has got to offer.” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (b) At 12:59 a.m. the Member wrote: “I pictured what I could do to make you feel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- good…and what you might do to me.” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (c) At 3:45 a.m. the Member wrote: “Want to know what, exactly, I hope to do to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- make you feel better?” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (d) At 3:53 a.m. the Member wrote: “And it would be about mutual enjoyment and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- experience. At least that would be my goal in this case.” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (e) At 3:59 a.m. the Member wrote: “Start to touch the places you let me look at ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- earlier. Maybe start by gently lifting your shirt until I saw everything beneath ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- before unclasping your bra and running my hands up and over you. Eventually ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- easing you back so I could slip your tights off underwear too and just pause to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- appreciate what I was getting to see. Then kneeling so I could let you drape one ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- leg over my shoulder and down my back, leaning in close to you, so I could…” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Criminal Charges ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-31. On or about August 1, 2013, the Member was criminally charged with one count of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf: invitation to sexual touching, one count of sexual assault, one count of sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf: interference, one count of luring a child via telecommunication and three counts of sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-32. On or about October 8, 2014, the Member pleaded guilty to and was found guilty of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- following charges: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (a) on or about the 21st day of April in the year 2011 in the City of Toronto, being in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- a position of trust and authority towards Student 1, a young person, did for a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf: sexual purpose, touch directly the body of Student 1, a young person, with a part ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- of his body to wit: his mouth, contrary to Section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (b) that between and including the 30th day of November in the 2012 and the 26th day ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- of March 2013 at the City of Toronto did, by a means of telecommunication, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- communicate with Student 2, a person who is under the age of sixteen years for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf: the purpose of facilitating the offence of invitation to sexual touching, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Section 172.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (c) on or about the 13th day of April in the year 2013 in the City of Toronto, being in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf: a position of trust and authority did for a sexual purpose invite Student 3, a young ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- person, to touch directly with a part of her body to wit: her leg to the body of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Member, contrary to Section 153(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-33. On or about March 24, 2015, the Member was sentenced to 15 months’ incarceration and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- three years’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-34. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a certified copy of the Information dated ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- August 1, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-35. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a certified copy of the Adult Probation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Order dated March 24, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-36. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a certified copy of the Prohibition Order ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- dated March 24, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-37. A copy of the transcript of Proceedings made on October 8, 2014 before Mr. Justice J. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Grossman is attached and marked as Exhibit “E”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-38. A copy of the transcript of the Reasons for Sentencing made on March 24, 2015 before ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Mr. Justice J. Grossman is attached and marked at Exhibit “F”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-39. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-40. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member also admits ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf: that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-41. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- require the College to otherwise prove the case against him and the right to have a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- hearing; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the College with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-42. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf:Committee also finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 38 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf:admits that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29 and 30 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Paragraphs 7 and 21 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Member abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-subsection 1(7.1). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29 and 30 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member abused a student or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29 and 30 of the Agreed Statement ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf:of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member abused a student or students sexually, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29 and 30 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Paragraphs 31 and 32 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Member contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s suitability to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-subsection 1(16). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Paragraphs 31 and 32 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Member contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student or students to be put ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29 and 30 of the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-profession. In order to achieve these goals, the Committee must consider the principles of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-specific deterrence, general deterrence, rehabilitation and remediation, and the protection of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-public. According to College Counsel, revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-and Registration and publication with the Member’s name are the only ways to ensure that these ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-goals are met. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-College Counsel submitted that publication with name is warranted in this case and urged the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Committee to consider the numerous aggravating factors, which include: the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-grooming of multiple students; his pattern of conduct; his inappropriate communications that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf:started out as friendly and led to communications that were sexual in nature; and the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf:sexual contact with Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that this case involves multiple incidents of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-inappropriate conduct with several students. As set out in Exhibit 2, the Member’s repeated ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf:misconduct was sexual in nature, it occurred over a two-year period and was not just an isolated ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-lapse in judgment. College Counsel reminded the Committee that all three students only became ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-involved with the Member because of his role as a teacher at the School, and that it was the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-students, and not the Member, who put an end to the inappropriate relationships. Students 1 and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-3 reported the Member’s misconduct to the police. Following a media release of the allegations ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-being made against the Member, Student 2 came forward with her allegations to the police. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Counsel for the College asked the Committee to consider the findings made by Justice Grossman ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-when determining the appropriate penalty in this matter. College Counsel submitted that Justice ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Grossman considered the criminal charges against the Member as being serious in nature and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-indicated that the Member needed to be “punished” for his crimes (see Exhibit 2, Tab F, pg. 9). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf:The Member pleaded guilty to and was found guilty of two charges of sexual exploitation and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-one charge of luring a child under the age of 16. He was sentenced to 15 months’ incarceration ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-and three years’ probation, among other orders (see Exhibit 2, Tab D). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-College Counsel further submitted that the Committee ought to order that the Member’s name be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-published in the College’s official publication, in order to satisfy the penalty objectives of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-general deterrence, transparency and accountability. Publishing the name of the Member will ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-serve as a general deterrent by demonstrating to the public and the profession that acts of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-professional misconduct attract serious consequences, and that matters before the Committee are ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-resolved in a decisive manner. College Counsel further submitted that publication with name also ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-helps to ensure the transparency and accountability of the discipline process. The public, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-including Students 1, 2 and 3, their families, and the School, are entitled to learn the outcome of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-this case, and publishing the Member’s name will assist in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-College Counsel referred the Committee to three cases involving inappropriate teacher-student ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-relationships: Ontario College of Teachers v. Jennings, 2015 LNONCTD 14, Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Teachers v. Fusaro, 2013 LNONCTD 86 and Ontario College of Teachers v. Dempster (25 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-November 2015). College Counsel submitted that these cases were similar to the Member’s case ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-and that revocation and publication with name were ordered in all three instances. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Finally, College Counsel submitted that it is the College’s mandate to act in the public interest ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-and that publication with the name of the Member is both expected and justified in this case. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Submissions of the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-The Member submitted that publishing his name is not warranted in this case. While the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-agreed that publishing the details of discipline hearings helps to educate members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-it would bring the administration of justice or the discipline process into disrepute. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-The Committee finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Registration is warranted due to the serious nature of the Member’s misconduct. Through his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-reprehensible conduct, the Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf:Ontario. The Member’s repeated conduct involved the sexual, physical and emotional abuse of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-several students. Not only has the Member’s conduct had a grave impact on his victims and their ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-families, but it has also jeopardized the public’s trust in the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-The Committee further finds that publication with the Member’s name in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession is warranted, given the circumstances of this case. Although the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Member was remorseful and cooperative during his discipline hearing, the aggravating factors in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf:this case outweigh the mitigating factors. The Member’s conduct was serious and sexual in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-nature; it was repeated; and it involved several students over the course of two years. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Member brought shame to the teaching profession through his abuse of his position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-authority. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Publishing the Member’s name in the College’s official publication helps to ensure that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-penalty objectives are achieved. Publication with name helps to ensure the transparency and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-accountability of the discipline process. It acts as a specific deterrent to the Member as it holds ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-him accountable for his actions. Publication with name also serves as a general deterrent by ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-reminding the profession that such behaviour is not tolerated. Moreover, publishing the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf-Member’s name will inform the public that the College acts decisively and does not shield its ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated October 28, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on Brian David Pennycook ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting his presence on November 27, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for January 27, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and he did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 30(3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- (f) he failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- the teaching profession, contrary to Section 13 of the Regulation made under the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- Teaching Profession Act (the “TPA Regulation”); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- (g) he failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations with pupils, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- contrary to subsection 14(d) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- (h) he failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they were under his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- care, contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- (i) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1980, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- chapter 129, and specifically subsection 235(1)(c). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-1. Brian David Pennycook is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. He has held an ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Ontario Teacher’s Certificate since June 1969. Attached to Exhibit 2 at Tab “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Thames Valley District School ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Board (the “Board”) as a secondary teacher at [XXX] Institute (the “School”) in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-3. At the material times, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf:4. In or around the 1986-1987 academic year, the Member engaged in a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-5. In March 1987 the Member resigned from the Board. The Member and Student 1 later ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-married and divorced. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-6. By this document, the Member admits the facts and exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-7. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts referred to above constitute ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19), subsection 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-R.S.O. 1980, c. 129, and sections 13, 14(d), and 14(f) of the Regulation made under the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf:Profession Act. The Member also admits that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-8. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- require the College to otherwise prove the case against him and the right to have a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- hearing; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- the College. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct outlined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-paragraph (i) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member failed to comply with the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1980, chapter 129, and specifically subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-235(1)(c) be withdrawn. The Committee granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19), and sections 13, 14(d) and 14(f) of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Regulation made under the Teaching Profession Act. The Committee further finds that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf:Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 5 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-give rise to a finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Paragraph 4 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19), and sections 13, 14(d) and 14(f) of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf:Regulation made under the Teaching Profession Act, and that the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), Counsel for the College and Counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Member jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Committee in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-1. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-2. direct that there be publication of the finding and order of the Committee in summary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- form, with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-College Counsel urged the Committee to accept the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-and Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf:College Counsel referred the Committee to two cases where members engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-relationships with students: Ontario College of Teachers v. Matejovic, 2012 LNONCTD 43; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Nevins, 2011 LNONCTD 15. College Counsel submitted that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-these cases were similar to the Member’s case and that revocation and publication with name ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-were ordered in both instances. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and makes an ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-order in accordance with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-it would bring the administration of justice or the discipline process into disrepute. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-the misconduct of the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-The Committee finds that revocation is the appropriate penalty given the circumstances of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf:Member’s case. The Member engaged in a sexual relationship with Student 1. In so doing, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Member abused the authority and trust vested in him in his role as a teacher, without regard for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-the wellbeing of the student. The Member’s conduct was unacceptable and in conflict with the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-duty of a teacher to protect students. As a result of his egregious conduct, the Member has ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and being a member of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-profession in Ontario. Revocation, in this case, is proportionate to the Member’s misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-The Committee finds that publication with the Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-parler profession is warranted in this case, as agreed to by the parties. Publication with name will ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-inform and reassure the public and the profession that such egregious conduct will not be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-tolerated. It also helps to achieve transparency in the discipline process and it serves as a general ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and serves and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf-Date: January 27, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- Wes Vickers, OCT ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- Jane Ishibashi ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- Marie-Claude Yaacov ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated June 19, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on Bruno Severino Pecile (the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on July 7, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for June 21, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Bruno Severino Pecile is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-College Counsel advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-1. Bruno Severino Pecile is a retired member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Kawartha Pine Ridge District ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as an [XXX] teacher. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-3. On or about October 5, 2011, while teaching at [XXX] School, the Member participated ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- in a [XXX] game with students in Grade [XXX]. During the [XXX] game, the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- engaged in inappropriate physical contact with a female student who was in the position ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- of [XXX] (“Student 1”). It is alleged that, during the game, the Member backed up and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- touched Student 1 with his buttocks so that his buttocks rubbed her leg. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-4. If called to give evidence at a contested hearing, the Member’s evidence would be that he ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- does not have any specific recollection of making physical contact with Student 1 on the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- day in question and that, if physical contact did occur, it was not intended to be sexual. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-5. On or about May 10, 2012, while teaching at [XXX] School, the Member played an ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- inappropriate YouTube video for a female student in a Grade [XXX] class (“Student 2”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- The video was a parody of the film “Powers of Ten.” It included inappropriate content ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf: which was highly sexual, pornographic, racist and violent. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-6. The Member’s intention was to have Student 2 watch the educational film “Powers of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- Ten.” While watching the video, Student 2 used headphones. The Member did not ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- preview the actual video he played for Student 2 and was not aware that the video he had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- chosen was in fact a parody that included inappropriate language. Only after Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- reported the incident to her parents did the Member become aware of his mistake. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the June 27, 2012 disciplinary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- letter from the Board to the Member concerning this incident. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-7. On or about October 24, 2013, while teaching a Grade [XXX] {XXX] and [XXX] class at ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- [XXX] School, the Member played a music video by Miley Cyrus for the song ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- “Wrecking Ball” on a computer in the classroom as the students were entering the class. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf: The music video contains nudity and sexual imagery. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-8. During the class, the Member discussed the Miley Cyrus video and made comments that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- made a number of female students feel uncomfortable. Students in the class understood ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- the Member’s comments as words to the effect that Miley Cyrus was “sold as a virgin” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf: and is now something sexual. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-9. The incident involving the Miley Cyrus video was reported to the principal by female ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- students. The students also reported that the Member looked at female students in a way ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- that made them feel uncomfortable. The principal observed that two students who ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- attended in her office were visibly upset and appeared to have been crying. They reported ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- that they were scared to participate in the Member’s [XXX] class. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- marked as Exhibit “C” are copies of statements written by students who were in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- Member’s class on October 24, 2013, describing what they observed. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-10. If called to give evidence at a contested hearing, the Member’s evidence would be that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- (a) he attempted to explain to the students that they were to write an essay outline and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- later an essay, but they had difficulty understanding what they were supposed to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- do; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- (b) he used the topic of Music as an example of an essay topic, and Miley Cyrus and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- the development in her career as a subtopic; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- (c) in providing an example of an essay conclusion, he stated words to the effect that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- “the jury is still out on whether Miley Cyrus can make the jump from teen pop ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- star to adult pop star, from virgin to adult, in other words.” He did not intend to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- make any student uncomfortable. He subsequently realized that his comments ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- were inappropriate and that the students had misinterpreted them. His comments, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf: and the reference to Miley Cyrus more generally, were not intended in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- manner whatsoever. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-11. Following the October 24, 2013 incident, the Member was assigned to home by the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- Board pending an investigation. In mid-December 2013, the Member went on a medical ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- leave. In late April 2014, the Member resigned from the Board. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-12. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-13. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf-14. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), dated March 12, 2013 was served on Peter Daniel Robertson ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting his presence on May 6, 2013 to set a date for hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-the charges. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-The hearing concluded on April 28, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing on June 15, 2015 but had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing on April 28, 2016 and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- c) he abused a student or students physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf: d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof, or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-College Counsel advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-1. Peter Daniel Robertson is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-2. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Member was employed by the Hamilton- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- Wentworth District School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School in Hamilton, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-3. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Member made inappropriate physical contact ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- with students in his class, which contact made the students uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-4. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Member made inappropriate comments to a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- female student, which comments made the student feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf-5. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Member had inappropriate physical contact ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- with, and made inappropriate comments to, a female colleague which, while not intended ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf: by the Member to be sexual in nature, were interpreted by the female colleague as sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- in nature and made the female colleague uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated March 12, 2013 (Exhibit 1) was served on David Arthur Rosewell ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting his presence on April 9, 2013 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for June 21, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that David Arthur Rosewell is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) [pre-2008 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf: amendment] and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-College Counsel advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-1. David Arthur Rosewell was at all material times, a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Upper Grand District School ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf:3. From approximately 2008 to December 31, 2011, the Member sent sexually suggestive ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- and/or personal text messages and/or Facebook messages to current and/or former ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- students. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” are hardcopies of some of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- electronic messages sent by the Member to those students. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-4. In or around the 2010-2011 academic year, Student 1 was a female Grade [XXX] student ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- at the School. During that time, the Member sent to Student 1 text messages and/or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- Facebook messages which included inquiries as to what she was doing and suggesting ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- that when she turned [XXX] years old, she and the Member would go to bars together to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- drink and see bands. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-5. In or around 2011, Student 2 was a female Grade [XXX] student at the School. In the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf: summer of 2011, following Student 2’s [XXX], the Member sent to Student 2 sexualized ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- text messages and/or Facebook messages when he was inebriated. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- marked as Exhibit “C” is a hardcopy of some but not all of the communications between ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- the Member and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-6. By this document, the Member does not contest, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- the truth of the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs above (the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-7. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts referred to above ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf: Member also acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student(s) of a nature ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-8. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- right to require the College to otherwise prove the case against him and the right ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College and himself ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not bind the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf:1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) and that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 5 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) and that the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-that the Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf:that the Member abused students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf:1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of students as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-embarrassment factor to publication of members’ names and that it is very clear that in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-majority of cases the names are published. Counsel for the Member argued, however, that each ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-case must be decided on its own facts and that the Committee can exercise its discretion when ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-making this decision; there is no presumption of publication of the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Counsel for the Member submitted that publication with the name of the Member is not ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-warranted in this case. The purposes of penalty, including specific deterrence, general deterrence, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-and transparency will be met through the other components of the penalty order, including the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-reprimand, coursework and suspension. There is no value added by publishing the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-name in the College’s official publication, and it would stigmatize the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Counsel for the Member urged the Committee to look first at the nature of the found misconduct ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-and ask itself what needs to be “fixed” vis-à-vis the Member. Counsel for the Member then ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-asked the Committee to consider what best communicates to the profession the seriousness of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-matter. According to Member’s Counsel, the Member’s conduct crossed a boundary. While ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-acknowledging that it is a serious matter, Counsel for the Member noted that the Member did not ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf:initiate a sexual relationship and he was not grooming or laying the foundation for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-relationship. According to Counsel for the Member, the Member was just trying to befriend ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-students but he was not manipulating or isolating students. Counsel for the Member argued that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-he was not minimizing the Member’s conduct, but noted that the Member “didn’t get it” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-regarding boundaries. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Counsel for the Member argued that once the Committee understands the dynamic of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Member’s relationship with the students in question, then the key specific deterrent for the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Member is the boundary course which will ensure that the Member respects boundaries going ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-forward. Furthermore, Counsel for the Member argued that specific deterrence is the key in this ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-matter. In addition, Counsel for the Member submitted that the six month suspension drives ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-home the message to the Member and the profession regarding this type of conduct. Counsel for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-the Member noted that a six month suspension could have ended the Member’s current ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf:employment had he been employed. Counsel for the Member also noted that a finding of sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-abuse of a student is a very significant deterrent. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Reply Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-College Counsel replied to the submissions of Member’s Counsel by stating that the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-began communicating with Student 2 after she had just barely [XXX]. College Counsel also ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf:replied that the Act’s definition of sexual abuse of students is broad and for a good reason – in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-the context of a student-teacher relationship, even comments are serious enough to be considered ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-a breach of the trust placed in teachers. Sexual comments are a serious violation of the boundary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-between students and teachers. The College has a mandate to protect the public and that is why ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf:sexual abuse is broadly defined. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-College Counsel replied to the issue of the “dynamic” raised by Counsel for the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-College Counsel argued that regardless of how the Member viewed the relationship it was still ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-one of power and supervision. College Counsel pointed to the exchanges between the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-and Student 2 and noted that the Member pressured Student 2 into continuing the exchanges. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and makes an ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-The Committee finds that publication with the Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-parler profession is warranted. In terms of mitigating factors, the Committee acknowledges that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-the Member signed a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest, thus saving ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-College resources and sparing witnesses any inconvenience. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-However, when weighed against the aggravating factors, the balance tips clearly in favour of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-publication of the Member’s name. The Member engaged in inappropriate communications with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-students and those communications spanned approximately three years. The comments were ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf:often sexualized and they were always unprofessional. On some occasions, the Member sent the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-students messages while he was inebriated. The Member’s comments were clearly unwelcomed ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-by Student 2. Despite the fact that Student 2 repeatedly told the Member how inappropriate his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-comments were, the Member showed no insight into how inappropriate his behaviour was and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-how far it crossed student-teacher boundaries. In fact, the Member still pressured Student 2 into ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-maintaining the inappropriate contact. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-The Member ought to understand that the power imbalance inherent in the teacher-student ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-relationship does not enable teachers and students to be friends. No matter how amicable the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Member’s relationship with his students is, it is erroneous to characterize this dynamic as a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-friendship. The Member’s conduct fell far below what is expected of members of the profession ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-who have the privilege of teaching in Ontario. As a specific deterrent to the Member and as a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-message of general deterrence to the profession, publication of the Member’s name is justified. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Publication with the name of the Member identifies to the profession the serious nature of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-Member’s misconduct and the consequences of such behaviour. Publication with name acts as a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf-specific deterrent to the Member as it holds the Member accountable for his actions. It also ./ontario-cases/2016onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-on July 6, 2016 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated July 23, 2014 (Exhibit 1) was served on Duncan Andrew Bell (the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on August 22, 2014 to set a date for hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for July 6, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Duncan Andrew Bell is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-College Counsel advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-1. Duncan Andrew Bell is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Member’s Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] (the “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-3. During the 2012-2013 academic year, the Member taught [XXX], and [XXX] to students ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- in Grades [XXX], [XXX] and [XXX] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-4. During one of the Member’s Grade [XXX] classes in January 2013, a group of female ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- students were talking amongst themselves by the Member’s desk. Student 1, a Grade ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- [XXX] female student, discussed a hypothetical situation about going out on a date with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- someone, then returning to the date’s residence for a coffee. Another student asked ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf: Student 1, “do you mean sex?”, and Student 1 said, “no, just coffee.” ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-5. The Member overheard the conversation and said words to the effect of, “if I were a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf: [XXX] year old boy, I would expect sex after the date.” Student 1 felt uncomfortable ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- when the Member said those words and believed the Member was looking at her as he ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- spoke. The other female students heard the remark and felt uncomfortable around the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- Member afterwards. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-6. If the Member were to testify, he would say that he intended his comment to be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf: humorous. However, he acknowledges that it was an inappropriate sexual comment and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- understands how Student 1 may have been offended by it. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-7. Some of the female students, including Student 1, also felt uncomfortable in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- Member’s class because they felt he was staring at them inappropriately. The Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- agreed to be conscientious about his eye contact with students in the future. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-8. Following its investigation, the Board suspended the Member for 15 days without pay ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- and transferred him to a different school. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- copy of the Board’s letter to the Member dated April 10, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-9. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-10. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) [unprofessional], and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-11. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s inappropriate and offensive comment warrants a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-reprimand by his peers. The Member made students of his feel uncomfortable in his class, which ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-is unacceptable. Teachers hold a position of trust and authority and are expected to set an ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-example of good moral behaviour to students and to respect the appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-boundaries of the teacher-student relationship. The reprimand will allow the Committee to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. It will ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf:remind the Member that making comments of a sexual nature is never appropriate when ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-communicating with students. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-The Committee finds that the course of instruction regarding appropriate boundaries and student ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-sensitivities will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. The coursework will remind the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-Member of his obligations as a teacher and will help him to make better decisions in any future ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-interactions with students. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-The Committee finds that publication with the Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-parler profession is warranted. Publication with the name of the Member identifies to the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-profession the serious nature of the Member’s misconduct and the consequences of such ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-behaviour. Publication with name acts as a specific deterrent to the Member as it holds the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-Member accountable for his actions. It also serves as a general deterrent by reminding the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-profession that such behaviour is not tolerated. Moreover, publishing the Member’s name ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-ensures the transparency of the discipline process and reassures the public that the College acts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-decisively and does not shield its members when matters of this nature are brought to its ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf-attention. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Robert Michael Highill Woron is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-1. Robert Michael Highill Woron is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the [XXX] as a teacher at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- School (the “School”) in [XXX], Manitoba. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 were former female students of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- the Member and/or persons under the age of sixteen. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-4. At all material times, Student 4 and Student 5 were female students at the School and/or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- young persons. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-5. From and including July 10, 2009 to August 31, 2009, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- (a) engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1, Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- and/or Student 3; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf: (b) engaged in sexual touching of Student 1, Student 2, and/or Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-6. From and including September 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- (a) engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 4; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf: (b) engaged in sexual conduct with Student 4. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-7. From and including October 7, 2009 to October 24, 2009, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- (a) engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 5; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf: (b) engaged in sexual conduct with Student 5. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-8. On or about September 25, 2013, the Member was found guilty and convicted of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf: following charge that he did unlawfully for a sexual purpose touch Student 4, a person ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- under the age of sixteen years directly, with a part of his body, to wit: his hand contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- to subsection 151(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-9. On or about October 23, 2013, the Member was sentenced to six months’ incarceration ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- and three years’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-10. The Member has appealed the conviction and sentence. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 4 confirms that on May 22, 2013, in the Provincial Court of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf:Manitoba, the Member was found guilty of sexual interference, contrary to subsection 151(a) of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-The Committee notes the discrepancy between the date of the Member’s guilty finding and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-conviction referred to at paragraph 8 of the Notice of Hearing (September 25, 2013) and the date ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-of the Member’s guilty finding and conviction set out in Exhibit 4 (May 22, 2013). The evidence ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf:establishes that the Member was found guilty and convicted of sexual interference, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-subsection 151(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada on May 22, 2013 (Exhibit 4 at Tab E). His ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-sentencing hearing was adjourned until September 25, 2013 (Exhibit 4 at Tab E), and the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-decision and reasons for sentence were delivered on October 23, 2013 (Exhibit 4 at Tab F). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-College Counsel described the Member’s criminal history in detail and submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Member’s case was straightforward, as detailed in the record of the criminal proceedings, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-resultant criminal conviction, and the dismissal of the Member’s appeal (Exhibit 4). In particular, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Counsel for the College highlighted the fact that the Member was criminally convicted and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-sentenced to six months’ incarceration and three years’ probation, and that the Member received ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-an order of prohibition pursuant to section 161 of the Criminal Code of Canada. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-also indicated that the Member was assessed at “medium risk to re-offend generally” (Exhibit 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-at Tab F). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-According to College Counsel, the Member’s conduct and his resulting criminal conviction ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-provided a sufficient basis to justify a finding of professional misconduct under all of the heads ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. College Counsel noted that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-legal representation during his criminal proceedings and throughout the appeal process. College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Counsel further submitted that the Member was found guilty and convicted during his criminal ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-proceedings, where the standard of proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” that applies is a much ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-higher standard than the standard of proof “on a balance of probabilities” that applies in College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-discipline hearings. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf:1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) and that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Committee’s Rules”), inter ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-alia, the Committee accepts the Brief of Court Documents as proof, in this case, that the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-committed the criminal offence outlined therein. The Member was found guilty and convicted of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-a criminal offence before a Canadian Court. An appeal was undertaken and was dismissed. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Committee’s Rules, the Committee admits as ancillary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-to the certified copy of the Court Information, the findings of fact contained in the Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Judgement involving the Member. The Committee further admits as incidental to the certified ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-copy of the Court Information, transcripts of the Reasons for Judgment and Reasons for Sentence ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-at which the conviction occurred (Exhibit 4 at Tabs E and F), for the purposes of explaining the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-finding of guilt, and a copy of the appeal judgment delivered by Justice Cummings of the Court ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba on April 11, 2016 (Exhibit 4 at Tab G). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College has proven, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf:on a balance of probabilities, that the Member touched for a sexual purpose Student 4, who was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-under the age of sixteen years, directly with his hand, contrary to subsection 151(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada. This criminal conduct occurred while the Member was a teacher at the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-School, during the period from September 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009. On May 22, 2013, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Member was found guilty and convicted for his criminal conduct. On October 23, 2013, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Member was sentenced to six months’ incarceration, followed by three years’ probation, among ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-other orders (Exhibit 4 at Tab D). The Member appealed his conviction and sentence; however, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-the Member’s appeal was dismissed on April 11, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct was egregious and was a clear violation of his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-professional obligations. The Member has abused his position of trust and authority in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-gravest manner. Accordingly, the Committee finds that the Member’s conduct in relation to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Student 4 constitutes an act of professional misconduct contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19), and that the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-and registration, and publication with name are appropriate penalties considering the gravity of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-the Member’s conduct. College Counsel highlighted a number of aggravating factors in this ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-matter, including the following: the Member’s conduct was grossly inappropriate; he took ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-advantage of a young student in a vulnerable community; he breached his position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-authority; and, he has not accepted responsibility for his conduct. According to College Counsel, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-revocation is appropriate in serious matters such as this. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-College Counsel further submitted that publication with the name of the Member is warranted in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-this case. Publication with the name of the Member serves as a specific deterrent to the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-and as a general deterrent to the profession. College Counsel added that the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-denunciation of the Member’s conduct through the publication of his name demonstrates to the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-public that acts of professional misconduct attract serious consequences. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf:College Counsel referred the Committee to two cases involving sexual touching or sexual ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-interference of students by members: Ontario College of Teachers v. McDermott, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-LNONCTD 56; and Ontario College of Teachers v. Kilby, 2014 LNONCTD, 96. College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Counsel submitted that these cases were similar to the Member’s case, and that publication with ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-name was ordered in both instances. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration of the Member, which certificate the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-2. There shall be publication of the finding and order of the Committee in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-The Committee finds that revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-is appropriate in this case. The Member’s conduct was at the highest end of the spectrum of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf:professional misconduct: he sexually abused a vulnerable, young student. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-inability to take responsibility for his actions or to demonstrate remorse has resulted in an ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-assessment of “medium risk to re-offend generally” (Exhibit 4 at Tab F), which would put other ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-students at risk, if the Member were permitted to return to teaching. In addition to the harm that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-he has done to Student 4, the Member’s conduct has jeopardized the public’s trust in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-profession. Accordingly, the Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-The Committee further finds that publication with the Member’s name in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession is warranted. Publication with the name of the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-identifies to the profession the serious nature of the Member’s misconduct and the consequences ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-of such behaviour. Publication with name acts as a specific deterrent to the Member as it holds ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-the Member accountable for his actions. It also serves as a general deterrent by reminding the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-profession that such behaviour is not tolerated. Moreover, publishing the Member’s name ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-ensures the transparency of the discipline process and reassures the public that the College acts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-decisively and does not shield its members when matters of this nature are brought to its ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf-attention. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-on August 24, 2016 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated March 30, 2016 (Exhibit 1) was served on John Charles Leek (the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on May 16, 2016 to set a date for hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for August 24, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that John Charles Leek is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) [pre-2008 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf: amendment] and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- (c) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may cause a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- student who is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-Education Act, S.O. 1974, c. 109 and as amended thereafter; and section 235(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 129 and as amended thereafter. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 22 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7) [pre-2008 amendment], 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19); sections 13, 14(d) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-and 14(f) of Regulation 63/55 under the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1950, c. 385 and as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-amended thereafter; section 22(1)(c) of the Schools Administration Act, R.S.O., 1960, c.361; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-section 229(1)(c) of the Education Act, S.O. 1974, c. 109 and as amended thereafter; and section ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 129 and as amended thereafter. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17 and 19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 9, 12, 14 and 19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf:the Member abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) [pre-2008 amendment] ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf:and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-Paragraphs 18 to 22 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-Member contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s suitability to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-2. direct that there be publication of the finding and order of the Committee in summary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- form, with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and makes an ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-order in accordance with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-it would bring the administration of justice or the discipline process into disrepute. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based on the following ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-analogous cases presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. McLeod, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-LNONCTD 16 and Ontario College of Teachers v. Fraser (27 June 2016). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-The Committee finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-Registration is warranted due to the extremely serious and repeated nature of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf:misconduct. The Member’s conduct involved the sexual abuse of students and young persons ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-over an extended period of time. The Member targeted vulnerable young boys who experienced ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf-family problems and inserted himself into their lives. He gained their trust, and then exploited ./ontario-cases/2016onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated April 9, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on Jonathan K. Eltis (the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on April 29, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for September 22, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Jonathan K. Eltis is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- subsection 1(7.1);1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- Ibid. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-1. Jonathan K. Eltis is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed as a teacher by the Kawartha Pine Ridge ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”). In the academic year 2009-2010, the Member taught ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- at [XXX] School [XXX]. In the academic year 2012-2013, the Member taught at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- School [XXX] In the academic year 2013-2014, the Member taught at [XXX] School ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-3. In or around March 2010, administrators at [XXX] received a complaint from a parent ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- that the Member had exhibited inappropriate behaviour towards her daughter, a student at ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- [XXX]. The Board investigated the matter, and the Durham Children’s Aid Society was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- contacted by the parent. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-4. Following its investigation of the matter, the Board determined that in the academic year ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- 2009-2010 the Member had: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- (a) used profanity in the classroom; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf: (b) on one occasion, made a sexualized joke to students; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- (c) referred to female students by pet names, including but not limited to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- “sweetheart”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- (b) tapped a student or students with a book in response to a funny comment. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-11. Following its investigation of the incidents, the Durham Children’s Aid Society verified ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf: the following: a risk that the child is likely to be sexually harmed, and a risk that the child ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf: is likely to be sexually harmed/questionable sexual activity. Attached hereto and marked ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- as Exhibit “E” is a copy of the April 16, 2013 letter from the Durham Children’s Aid ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- Society to the Board. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-12. As a result of these incidents, the Board issued a letter of discipline to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “F” is a copy of the June 21, 2013 letter of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- discipline from the Board to the Member. The Member was suspended for five ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- instructional days. He was also administratively transferred to [XXX] for the following ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- school year. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-13. In October 2013, while the Member was teaching at [XXX], the Member made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- inappropriate and insensitive comments to a male student (“Student 3”) in the presence of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- students, including: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- (a) asking Student 3 whether he was a boy or a girl, while seeking a female ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- participant for a [XXX] activity; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- (b) referring to Student 3 as “Mademoiselle”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- (c) walking by Student 3 and his sister and saying words to the effect of “Bye ladies, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- have a good weekend”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf-14. As a result of these incidents, the Board issued a letter of discipline to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “G” is a copy of the November 11, 2013 letter of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- discipline from the Board to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated July 23, 2014 (Exhibit 1) was served on Wayne Thomas Bodley (the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on August 11, 2014 to set a date for hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for April 14, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Wayne Thomas Bodley is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- engaged in sexual activity. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-8. The Member took the Student to parks, restaurants, coffee shops, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- apartment in [XXX] and the Member’s [XXX] home. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-9. When the Member and the Student were at an apartment in [XXX] and/or the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- [XXX] home, they engaged in sexual activity on numerous occasions, which included, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- but was not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- (a) oral sex; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- (b) mutual masturbation; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf: (c) watching pornography; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf: (d) sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-10. As the relationship progressed between the Member and the Student, the Member gave ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- the Student marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, beer and clothing. The Member also bought ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- the Student “poppers” which is a liquid drug that lowers one’s inhibitions. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf:11. The Member and the Student continued the personal and sexual relationship until the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- Student graduated in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-12. The Student notified the Board and the Ontario College of Teachers of the personal and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf: sexual relationship between the Member and himself in March 2013. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-13. The Member resigned from the Board on or about May 1, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-14. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the truth of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 13 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-15. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- misconduct against him being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf: acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-16. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- right to require the College to otherwise prove the case against him and the right ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- including reference to his name, may be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College and himself ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-17. The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the Rules of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this proceeding under the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- contest does not constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-18. In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Hearing, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Committee further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-The Member did not contest the facts and Exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 13 of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf:also acknowledges, and the Committee further accepts, that he engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-student of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Paragraphs 7, 9, 10 and 11 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-demonstrate that the Member abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.1). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-demonstrate that the Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf:demonstrate that the Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Paragraphs of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Contest demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-College Counsel submitted that publication with the name of the Member is warranted in this ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-case. College Counsel submitted that the Committee’s denunciation of the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-through the publication of his name demonstrates to the public that acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-misconduct attract serious consequences. College Counsel submitted that a critical feature of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-deterrence is publication of the member’s name. Moreover, publication with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-name is important, according to College Counsel, because it informs the public and other ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-members of the profession that matters before the Committee are resolved in an open and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-transparent manner. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf:College Counsel referred the Committee to three cases involving sexual misconduct of a member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-towards students: Ontario College of Teachers v. Khan, 2013 LNONECD 40, Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Teachers v. Da Rosa, 2014 LNONCTD 10, and Ontario College of Teachers v. Claege, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-LNONCTD 8. College Counsel submitted that these cases were similar to the Member’s case ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-and that publication with name was ordered in all instances. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Submissions of Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that publication with the name of the Member is not warranted in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-this case. Member’s Counsel argued that there is no need for specific deterrence because the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Member agreed to have his Certificate revoked. For the purposes of general deterrence, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Member’s counsel submitted that the Member’s agreement to publication of his misconduct in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-summary form and the revocation of the Member’s Certificate being noted on the College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-website would satisfy general deterrence. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Registration is warranted due to the serious nature of the Member’s misconduct. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-acknowledges that it is a mitigating factor that the Member waived his right to have a full ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-hearing before the College. However, the aggravating factors in this case far outweigh any ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-mitigating factors. The Member’s repeated horrendous conduct over a number of years involved ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf:the sexual, physical and emotional abuse of an already vulnerable student. Moreover, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Member’s conduct jeopardized the public’s confidence in the teaching profession. Through his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-reprehensible conduct, the Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-The Committee further finds that publication with the Member’s name in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession is warranted, given the circumstances of this case. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Committee accepts College Counsel’s submission that if this type of egregious misconduct did ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-not warrant publication of the Member’s name, then no case would warrant publication of a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-member’s name. The Committee finds that there was no evidence, grounds or reasons before the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Committee to support the Member counsel’s submission that the victim’s identity would be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-disclosed by publication of the Member’s name. Furthermore, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-failure to publish the Member’s name in these circumstances would only be a means of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-protecting the Member. The Member brought shame to himself and the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-through his abuse of his position of trust and authority. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-Publishing the Member’s name in the College’s official publication helps to ensure that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-penalty objectives are achieved. Publication with name helps to ensure the transparency and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-accountability of the discipline process. Publication with name also serves as a general deterrent ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-by reminding the profession that such behaviour is not tolerated. In addition, a finding of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf-professional misconduct is serious and will act as a general deterrent, but there is power to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated September 14, 2012 (Exhibit 1) was served on Douglas Lee Saunders ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting his presence on September 27, 2012 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 3, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing but had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7)1 and engaged ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf: in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (1.1) of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- Pre-2008 amendment. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-1. Douglas Lee Saunders is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- Member Information for the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (the “Board”) as an [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-3. During the 2007-2008 academic year, the Member granted and/or permitted Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- and Student 2, two male students of the Board under the age of sixteen years, entry and/or ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- access to his Facebook page and by so doing, allowed Student 1 and Student 2 access to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- the following inappropriate material: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (a) A photographic image of a male athlete without a shirt, wearing a Speedo bathing ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- suit and titled, “Hunk of the Day”; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (b) A cartoon showing a naked woman depicting her breasts and a naked man holding ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- a string which was tied to his penis, with the caption, “When you’re old we’ll use ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- anything not to sag”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-4. During the 2007-2008 academic year, the Member, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (a) permitted a student and/or students in his classroom to have access to his personal ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf: laptop computer that contained cached images of a pornographic nature or erotic ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- nature, which appeared to depict young adolescent males; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (b) permitted a student and/or students in his classroom to have access to his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf: classroom computer that contained cached pornographic images and/or violent ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- cartoon images and/or images of naked bodies; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (c) allowed Student 3, Student 4 and Student 5, male students, to massage his back ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- during class and did not make efforts to deter or prevent them from doing so. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-5. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the truth ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-6. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts referred to in paragraph 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and admits the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18 – unprofessional), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-7. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-and will help the Member make better decisions in the event he chooses to resume his teaching ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-career. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-The Committee finds that publication with the Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-parler profession is warranted. While the Committee recognizes that the Member had no prior ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-discipline history and that there may not have been a professional guideline regarding the use of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-social media at the time of his misconduct, the aggravating factors in this case outweigh the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-mitigating factors. The Member’s conduct was serious and repeated. The Member allowed ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-students to have access to his Facebook page and his personal computer, both of which contained ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf:inappropriate material, including pornographic images. Regardless of whether there was a policy ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-or professional guideline in place at the time, the Member ought to have known that it was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-inappropriate to allow students to access such material. The Member also allowed students to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-massage his back in class and made no efforts to prevent them from doing so. These examples ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-demonstrate the Member’s poor professional judgment and his failure to maintain appropriate ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-boundaries with his students. Teachers are expected to be positive adult role models for students. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-The Member failed in this respect. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-Publication with the name of the Member identifies to the profession the serious nature of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-Member’s misconduct and the consequences of such behaviour. Publication with name acts as a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-specific deterrent to the Member as it holds the Member accountable for his actions. It also ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-serves as a general deterrent by reminding the profession that such behaviour is not tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-Moreover, publishing the Member’s name ensures the transparency of the discipline process and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-reassures the public that the College acts decisively and does not shield its members when ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf-matters of this nature are brought to its attention. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-1. Alistair Martin-Smith was at all material times, a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-2. In 2006, the Member lived and worked in the United Kingdom. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-3. In August 2006, the Member took his laptop into a repair shop where the technician ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf: checked the laptop’s hard drive and found what looked like pornographic images of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- children on the Member’s laptop. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-4. The repair shop reported the findings to the police and the Member was subsequently ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- arrested and charged with related criminal offences. On September 27, 2007, the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- was found guilty of one count of taking an indecent photograph and 14 counts of making ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- indecent photographs of children contrary to the United Kingdom Protection of Children ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- Act, 1978, relating to images that the Member had downloaded from the internet. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- Attached and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Certificate of Conviction from HM ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- Courts & Tribunals Service in the United Kingdom. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf:5. The images found on the Member’s laptop included more than 1700 pornographic images ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- and videos of individuals who were or who appeared to be children. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-6. In January 2012, the Member applied to the York Region District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- “Board”) for a position as a long term occasional teacher. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-7. The Member did not disclose to the Board that he had been convicted of offences in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- United Kingdom as described above. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-8. The Member commenced employment with the Board on August 8, 2012. Thereafter he ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- completed and submitted an Interim Offence Declaration. His Declaration did not ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- disclose his convictions. A copy of his Interim Offence Declaration is attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- marked as Exhibit “C”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-9. In December 2012, the Member provided his consent to the York Regional Police and the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- Toronto Police Service to conduct a police reference check and prepare a Vulnerability ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- Sector Screening Report. While reviewing the Vulnerability Sector Screening Reports in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- June 2013, the Board was advised by the Toronto Police that the Member had a criminal ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- record in the United Kingdom. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-10. Board officials met with the Member on June 24 and July 15, 2013 to discuss the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- information received from the Toronto Police. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-11. The Member resigned his position with the Board on August 12, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Discipline Committee in this matter would be that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-Committee: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-1. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration of the Member, which Certificate the Member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-2. direct that there be publication of the finding and order of the Committee in summary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- form, in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- profession. The parties have not agreed on whether or not the Member’s name should be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- included and submissions will be made on that issue. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-Submissions of College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-College Counsel submitted that publication with the name of the Member is warranted in this ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-case. Publication with the name of the Member serves as a specific deterrent to the Member and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-as a general deterrent to the profession. College Counsel added that the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-denunciation of the Member’s conduct through the publication of his name demonstrates to the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-public that acts of professional misconduct attract serious consequences. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-concluded that publication with name informs the public and other members of the profession ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-that matters before the Committee are resolved in an open and transparent manner. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-College Counsel referred the Committee to three cases involving possession of child ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf:pornography and inappropriate pornographic images by a member: Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-it would bring the administration of justice or the discipline process into disrepute. The ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-The Committee finds that the revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-registration is proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-conduct was at the highest end of spectrum of professional misconduct. In particular, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-Member was found guilty on September 27, 2007 of one count of taking an indecent photograph ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-and 14 counts of making indecent photographs of children relating to images that he had ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-downloaded from the internet, contrary to the United Kingdom Protection of Children Act, 1978. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf:The Member’s laptop contained child pornography including more than 1700 pornographic ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-images and videos. When he applied for a position as a long term occasional teacher with the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-Board, the Member did not disclose his criminal convictions. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-The Member has forfeited the privilege of being a member of the teaching profession in Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-and of holding a certificate of qualification and registration. His disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-unprofessional conduct has jeopardized the public’s perception of teachers in the province and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-must be denounced in the strongest terms. As a panel of the Discipline Committee found in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf:Maycock at paragraph 28, “Child pornography is one of the most serious crimes in our society. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf:Possession of child pornography is a crime against children and perpetuates a market which ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-thrives on the abuse of children.” The Committee agrees. Through his egregious conduct, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-Member has flagrantly abused his position of trust and authority. His reprehensible conduct ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-warrants the most serious consequence available – revocation. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-The Committee finds that publication with the Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-parler profession is warranted. While the Committee recognizes the Member’s desire to protect ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-his family’s privacy and notes that the Member has accepted responsibility for his actions and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-has cooperated with the College in this case, the aggravating factors in this case outweigh these ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-mitigating factors. The Member’s conduct was at the highest end of the spectrum of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf:misconduct. He was convicted of crimes relating to child pornography. His laptop contained ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf:more than 1700 pornographic images and videos of children. He failed to disclose his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-convictions when he applied for a position with the Board. He jeopardized the public’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-perception of the teaching profession. The Member’s privacy interests are far outweighed by the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-need for deterrence, transparency, accountability and the protection of the public interest in this ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-case. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and serves and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf-Date: November 18, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- Stéphane Vallée, OCT ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf-College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Mr. Graziano committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf-misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf:1(15), 1(16), 1 (17), 1(18) and 1(19) and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf-in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf-1. In accordance with the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 subsection 14(5), “A ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- person whose certificate of qualification and registration is revoked or cancelled ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- continues to be subject to the jurisdiction of the College for professional misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- incompetence or incapacity referable to any time during which the person held a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration under this Act”. Given the findings of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- professional misconduct in the current matter, the Registrar of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- Teachers is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- Registration of Joseph Anthony Graziano. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf-2. There shall be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee, in summary form ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- in the official publication of the College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- with Mr. Graziano’s name. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf-Date: July 12, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- Wes Vickers, OCT ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- Marie-Claude Yaacov ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-identify the victim or witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Youssef Benabdallah Chaouni is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 in that: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf: 1(7.3), and/or engaged in sexual abuse as defined in Part 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- (e) he contravened a law which is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- (f) he contravened a law such that the contravention has caused or may cause a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- student who is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-1. The Member is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the [XXX] District School Board as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- a teacher of [XXX]. At all material times, he was teaching at [XXX] School in Ottawa. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf:3. Between November 1 and November 17, 2011, the Member, for a sexual purpose, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- touched a Grade [XXX] female student. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-4. The Member thereby contravened sections 151 and 271(1) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- Canada. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf:5. On March 21, 2014, the Member was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf: two counts of, for a sexual purpose, touching directly with a part of his body any part of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- the body of a person under the age of 16 years, contrary to sections 151 and 271(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Because the Member was not in attendance at the hearing nor was he represented by legal ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-counsel, the Committee proceeded on the assumption that he denied the allegations set out in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Notice of Hearing. The Chair of the Committee, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for Youssef ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Benabdallah Chaouni (Exhibit 2), which indicates that the Member was a member of the College ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-at the time of the alleged incidents. The College also entered into evidence a Brief of Court ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Documents - Her Majesty the Queen v. Youssef Benabdallah Chaouni (Exhibit 5), which ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-contains the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 1) Court Information and Appearances; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 2) Prohibition Order, dated October 13, 2015; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 3) [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 4) Indictment; ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 5) Transcript: R v. Youssef Chaouni-Benabdallah, Proceedings at Trial before the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- Honourable Justice P. F. Lalonde, dated March 21, 2014; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 6) Transcript: R v. Youssef Chaouni-Benabdallah, Reasons for Sentence Delivered by the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- Honourable Justice P. F. Lalonde, dated June 20, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 5 confirms that, on March 21, 2014, in the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf:Justice, the Member was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault and two counts of, for a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf:sexual purpose, touching directly with a part of his body any part of the body of a person under ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-the age of 16 years, contrary to sections 151 and 271(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-College Counsel described the Member’s criminal history in detail and submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf:Member’s case involved sexual abuse. Counsel also submitted that the Member’s conduct, as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-detailed in the Brief of Court Documents (refer to Exhibit 5), and the resultant criminal ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-conviction, provided sufficient basis to justify a finding of professional misconduct with respect ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-to all of the allegations of misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing. The Member had legal ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-representation during his criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Having considered the evidence and jurisprudence produced, the onus and standard of proof, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-submissions by College Counsel and the Member’s written remarks, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Youssef Benabdallah Chaouni committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Notice of Hearing, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Rules of Procedure”), inter ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-alia, the Committee accepts the certified copy of the Court Information as proof, in this case, that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-the Member committed the criminal offences outlined therein. The Member was found guilty and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-convicted of multiple criminal offences before a Canadian Court. No appeal has been made, and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure, the Committee admits as ancillary ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-to the certified copy of the Court Information, the findings of fact contained in the related ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-decision of the Ontario Court of Justice involving the Member. The Committee further admits as ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-incidental to the certified copy of the Court Information, the transcript of the proceedings at ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-which the conviction occurred, for the purposes of explaining the finding of guilt. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Based on the evidence contained in the Brief of Court Documents, the College has proven, on a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-balance of probabilities, that between November 1 and November 17, 2011, the Member, for a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf:sexual purpose, touched a Grade [XXX] female student. The facts relate specifically to two ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-incidents in November 2011. Firstly, during a practice lockdown exercise in his class, he touched ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-a student’s buttocks. He then asked the student if she liked it, to which she replied no. Secondly, ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-he again put his hand down the same student’s pants and touched her buttocks during a ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-presentation in front of the class. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-The Honourable Justice P. F. Lalonde of the Ontario Court of Justice found that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-aforementioned incidents had taken place beyond any reasonable doubt. Notwithstanding the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Member’s written remarks (which the Committee found largely irrelevant as concerns this ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-hearing), the fact remains that on March 21, 2014, the Member was found guilty of two counts of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf:sexual assault and two counts of, for a sexual purpose, touching directly with a part of his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-body any part of the body of a person under the age of 16 years, contrary to sections 151 and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-271(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. The College has therefore shown that the Member is ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-guilty of professional misconduct as alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct unacceptable and reprehensible. He abused his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-position of trust and authority in a repellant manner. Accordingly, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf:Member’s sexual abuse of a Grade [XXX] female student constitutes professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the revocation of the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Qualification and Registration and the publication of his name is an appropriate penalty for ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-misconduct of such a serious nature. Counsel maintained that the matter is one of extremely ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf:serious sexual abuse in the commission of which the Member demonstrated complete ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-indifference to the wellbeing of this young and vulnerable student. He completely abused his ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-position of trust and authority as a teacher. Revocation of certificate is appropriate in such ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-serious cases. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-College Counsel added that publication of the Member’s name is warranted. It acts as a specific ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-deterrent for the Member and serves as a general deterrent for the teaching profession. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-maintained that by exposing the Member’s conduct through the publication of his name, the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Committee would convey to the public that acts of professional misconduct have serious ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-consequences. Publication is also important because it demonstrates to the general public and to ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-the teaching profession that matters brought before the Committee are settled openly and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-transparently. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf:College Counsel referred the Committee to two cases involving sexual misconduct by a member ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-of the College: Ontario College of Teachers v. Gervais, 2015 LNONECD 63 and Ontario ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-College of Teachers v. O’Keefe, 2013 LNONECD 54. Counsel stated that these cases were ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-similar to the Member’s and that publication with name was ordered in both instances. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-The Committee makes the following penalty order: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-1. The Committee directs the College Registrar to revoke the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- Qualification and Registration; and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-2. The Committee directs that a summary of its decision and order be published in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- College’s official publication, Professionally Speaking/ Pour parler profession, including ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-The Committee finds that the revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Registration is appropriate. The Member’s conduct with regard to this young student is heinous ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf:and reprehensible. His repeated sexual misconduct, that is, putting his hand down the student’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-pants and touching her buttocks, warrants the Committee’s order of revocation, the most severe ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-penalty it can impose. The seriousness of the Member’s conduct was traumatic for the [XXX]- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-year-old girl. His blatant actions left the Grade [XXX] student terrified, confused, saddened and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-disenchanted by his treatment of her. His actions have resulted in severe, long-term ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-consequences. The Member has shaken public trust in the teaching profession. Consequently, he ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-loses the privilege of membership. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-The Committee finds that publication of the Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-parler profession is warranted. It conveys to the profession the serious nature of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-misconduct and the consequences of such behaviour. Publication with name acts as a specific ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-deterrent to the Member as it holds him accountable for his actions. It also serves as a general ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-deterrent by reminding the profession that such behaviour is not tolerated. Moreover, publishing ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-the Member’s name ensures the transparency of the discipline process and reassures the public ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-that the teaching profession acts decisively and does not shield its members when matters of this ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-nature are brought to its attention. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the finding and the penalty protect the public interest and uphold ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-the standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf-Date: September 1, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- Irene Cheung, OCT ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-Counsel for the College brought a motion to seek leave from the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-“Committee”) to withdraw the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated June ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-11, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- 2016 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-David Christopher Jarrell (“Mr. Jarrell”) was not in attendance and his counsel did not attend the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-hearing of the motion. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-College Counsel advised the Committee that Mr. Jarrell has resigned from his school board and ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-from the Ontario College of Teachers and he has undertaken never to re-apply for membership ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-with the College. Mr. Jarrell’s status on the Public Register of the Ontario College of Teachers is ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-recorded as “Cancelled-Resigned”. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf:According to College Counsel, Mr. Jarrell had been charged criminally with sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-and assault; however, the charges were withdrawn, as the criminal prosecutor determined that it ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-was no longer in the public interest to pursue the charges. College Counsel further submitted that ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-the complainant in the criminal proceedings, who would also be the complainant in the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-disciplinary hearing, had difficulty recalling the events at issue. Accordingly, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-took the position that the withdrawal of the allegations of professional misconduct was ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-appropriate under the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-UNDERTAKING AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that the parties agreed to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against Mr. Jarrell set out in the Notice of Hearing in ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-exchange for the Undertaking and Acknowledgment of David Christopher Jarrell ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf-(the “Undertaking”), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2016onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated June 16, 2016 (Exhibit 1) was served on Riaz Khamis (the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on July 5, 2016 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for February 28, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Riaz Khamis is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- subsection 1(7.1);1 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- This allegation was withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- This allegation was withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii15620.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- (h) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- (i) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- (j) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: (k) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- (l) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- (m) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- (n) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- (o) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- (p) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-1. James Joseph Lekavy was at all material times a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Teachers. 3 In June 1969, the Member obtained his Ontario Teacher’s Certificate. In May ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 1997, the Member obtained his Certificate of Qualification and Registration. Effective ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-2 This ground of alleged misconduct was dealt with as part of allegation (l). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- December 2009, the Member changed his status with the Ontario College of Teachers to ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Retired. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Kent County Board of Education ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- (now Lambton Kent District School Board) (the “Board”) as a Grade [XXX] or [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- teacher at [XXX]School in, Ontario, [XXX]School or [XXX] School in[XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-3. Students 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 were male students taught by the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Member continued his interactions with Student 1 after Student 1 was no longer taught by ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- the Member or was a student. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Student 1 (Criminal Counts 1, 8, 10 and 15) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-4. Student 1 was a student in the Member’s Grade [XXX] class at [XXX]School. The ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Member took an interest in Student 1, which led to the Member [XXX]Student 1. Student ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 1 would also [XXX]the Member’s[XXX]. On some occasions, Student 1 would stay ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- overnight at the Member’s residence. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-5. Between September 1, 1980 and January 2, 1983, while Student 1 was at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: residence, the Member would isolate Student 1 and then perform oral sex on Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: Student 1 would then perform oral sex on the Member. These acts took place on a regular ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- basis. At the time of these events, Student 1 was between [XXX] and [XXX] years of ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- age. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-6. Between January 3, 1983 and June 27, 1986, the Member continued to make repeated ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- arrangements with Student 1 to meet at the Member’s residence. During these visits, the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: Member would isolate Student 1 and then perform oral sex on Student 1. Student 1 would ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: then perform oral sex on the Member. These acts took place on a regular basis. At the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- time of these events, Student 1 was between [XXX] and [XXX] years of age. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-7. Between September 1, 1980 and January 2, 1983, the Member and Student 1 repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- met at a property where the Member stored an antique motor vehicle. During visits to this ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: property, the Member would perform oral sex on Student 1. Student 1 would then ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: perform oral sex on the Member. These acts occurred on more than one occasion. At the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- time of these events, Student 1 was between [XXX] and [XXX] years of age. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-8. Between September 1, 1981 and June 27, 1986, Student 1 was employed during the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- summers at the [XXX]in[XXX], Ontario. The Member was also employed at the[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- During break periods from work, the Member would take Student 1 to the rear of a ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: [XXX]located on the [XXX]and would perform oral sex on Student 1. Student 1 would ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: then perform oral sex on the Member. These acts occurred on multiple occasions. At the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- time of these events, Student 1 was between [XXX] and [XXX] years of age. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Student 1 (Facts Read into the Record at the Criminal Trial with Respect to Count 11) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-9. Between June 27, 1986 and 1991, the Member and Student 1 continued to meet each ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: other. During the meetings, the Member and Student 1 would perform oral sex on each ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- other. These acts took place on a regular basis. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-10. Between 1991 and 1995, the Member and Student 1 repeatedly met at Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- property in[XXX], Ontario. Student 1 would ask the Member to bring money to visit him. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- The Member would comply. During visits to this property, the Member and Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: would perform oral sex on each other. These acts took place on a regular basis. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-11. On one occasion, when Student 1 asked the Member to bring money to the property, the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Member complied and found Student 1 was under the influence of crack cocaine. The ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Member joined Student 1 in smoking crack cocaine. The Member and the Student 1 then ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: performed oral sex on one another. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Student 2 (Criminal Count 16) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-12. Student 2 was a student at [XXX]School. The Member taught Student 2. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- took an interest in Student 2, which led to Student 2 [XXX]the Member’s [XXX]and ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- staying overnight at the Member’s residence. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-13. Between September 1, 1984 and June 30, 1985, Student 2 went to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: residence for various reasons. On two different occasions, Student 2 was sexually ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- assaulted by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-14. On the first occasion, Student 2 stayed overnight at the Member’s home and slept in the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- same bed as the Member. When Student 2 woke in the morning, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- masturbating Student 2. At the time of these events, Student 2 was between [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- [XXX] years of age. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-15. On the second occasion, Student 2 was [XXX]the Member’s[XXX]. Student 2 had ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- planned to stay overnight in the basement of the Member’s residence. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- returned to the residence in an intoxicated state. The Member approached Student 2, who ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- was seated on a couch, and told him how much he loved him. The Member asked Student ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: 2 to perform oral sex on him. Student 2 said “no.” The Member left the basement. At the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- time of these events, Student 2 was [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Student 5 (Facts Read into the Record at the Criminal Trial with Respect to Count 29) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-25. Between December 1, 1974 and June 30, 1976, Student 5 would go to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: home. During these visits, the Member would isolate Student 5 and perform oral sex on ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- him. The Member would also masturbate Student 5 and then have Student 5 masturbate ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- him. These acts also occurred in a [XXX]in a [XXX]on Student 5’s family[XXX]. These ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- acts occurred on multiple occasions during this time period. At the time of these events, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Student 5 was between [XXX] and [XXX] years of age. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Student 6 (Criminal Count 32) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-26. Student 6 was taught by the Member in Grades [XXX] and [XXX] at [XXX]School. The ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Member took an interest in Student 6, which eventually led to Student 6 spending time at ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- the Member’s residence. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-27. Between September 1, 1987 and June 30, 1988, Student 6 went to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- residence to [XXX]and/or [XXX]the Member’s[XXX]. Student 6 spent a great deal of ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- time at the Member’s residence, which included sleeping over and sleeping in the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Member’s bed. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-28. On one occasion, Student 6 was lying in the Member’s bed and was wearing only ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- underwear. The Member reached over and started to fondle Student 6’s penis, which ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- became erect. The Member said to Student 6, “[i]t’s okay. This is what [the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- wife does to me].” At the time of the events set out in paragraphs 26 to 28, Student 6 was ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- [XXX] or [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Student 9 (Criminal Count 42) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-34. Student 9 was taught by the Member in Grade [XXX] and [XXX] at [XXX]School. The ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Member took an interest in Student 9, which eventually led to Student 9 spending time at ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- the Member’s residence. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-35. Between September 1, 1988 and June 30, 1990, Student 9 visited the Member’s residence ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- for various reasons. On one occasion, Student 9 attended the Member’s residence ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- for[XXX]. The [XXX]took place in the basement of the Member’s residence. During the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: [XXX]session, the Member began to ask Student 9 about his sex life and the adequacy of ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- his penis size. The Member told Student 9 that he could show him his penis and the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Member would tell him if it was an adequate size. Student 9 was unsure, but showed the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Member his penis. The Member grabbed Student 9’s penis, moved it around in his hand ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- and then told Student 9 that he had nothing to worry about. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-36. Between September 1, 1988 and June 30, 1990, Student 9 was going to sleep over at the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Member’s residence. When it came time to go to bed, the Member motioned to Student 9 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- to follow him and to sleep with the Member in his bed. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf:37. While lying in bed, the Member began to talk sexually about women in an attempt to ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- arouse Student 9. At the time, Student 9 was lying on his side. The Member reached his ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- hand over and started to fondle Student 9’s penis. As a result, Student 9 rolled onto his ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- stomach in an effort to get away. The Member then removed his hand and told Student 9 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- that it was okay, Student 9 was not ready. At the time of the events set out in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 34 to 37, Student 9 was [XXX] to [XXX] years of age. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Criminal Charges and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-38. On or about September 26, 2013, the Member was charged with one count of Buggery, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- contrary to section 155 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-39. On or about September 26, 2013, the Member was charged with eight counts of Indecent ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Assault, contrary to section 156 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-40. On or about September 26, 2013, the Member was charged with 13 counts of committing ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- an act of Gross Indecency, contrary to section 157 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-41. On or about September 26, 2013, the Member was charged with 11 counts of Sexual ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Assault, contrary to section 246.1(1) or section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-42. On or about September 26, 2013, the Member was charged with six counts of while being ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: in a position of trust and authority touching a young person for a sexual purpose, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- to subsection 153(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-43. On or about September 26, 2013, the Member was charged with six counts of touching a ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: young person (under the age of 14) for a sexual purpose, contrary to section 151 of the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-44. On or about September 26, 2013, the Member was charged with one count of knowingly ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- uttering a threat to cause death or bodily harm, contrary to subsection 264(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- i) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: j) he abused a student or students sexually contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and /or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- k) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- l) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- m) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- n) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- o) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-55. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-the Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Paragraphs 4-37 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf:the Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Paragraphs 4-37 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Paragraphs 38-52 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-the Member contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(16). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Paragraph 38-52 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-the Member contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Paragraph 4-37 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-to the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf:The Member’s sexual abuse falls into the enumerated acts of professional misconduct listed in ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-subsection 30.2(2) of the Act, which requires the Committee to make an order pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-subsection 30.2(1) of the Act: 1) requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-and 2) directing the Registrar to revoke any certificate held by the Member under the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-Counsel for the College presented the case of Ontario College of Teachers v. Nolan (7 April ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-2017) as a recent example where a mandatory order under subsection 30.2(1) was made. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf:The Member’s repeated, horrific sexual abuse of nine students for a period of close to 20 years ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-was a gross violation of the Member’s position of power. The Member took advantage of the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-authority and trust that were placed in him as a teacher. The Committee echoes the sentiment of ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-the sentencing judge, who stated: ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- There are a couple of words that come to mind in hearing the facts that were read in this ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- morning and also hearing the victim impact statements; incomprehensible and ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- reprehensible are the two words that were foremost on my mind as I was sitting here ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- listening to the material today. Incomprehensible how a teacher charged with the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- responsibility for young developing boys could take such advantage of these children, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- engaged in a noble profession that permitted you to have such a tremendous influence ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- over the course of young men’s lives that you would take advantage in this way for your ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- own purpose and that’s reprehensible and it is just so serious… [The victims] looked up ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- to you as a teacher and as a mentor. They wanted to be in your class. They saw this as a ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- positive element in their life and you completely betrayed their trust. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf-The Member’s conduct constituted devastating abuse of young boys who were his students, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii39927.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-dated January 29, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on Rémi Gagnon (“the Member”), requesting his ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-presence on March 31, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-was subsequently set for December 14, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal representation. He did, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-however, prepare some written remarks concerning the penalty for submission to the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Rémi Gagnon is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40 (1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf: 1(7.3), and/or engaged in sexual abuse as defined in Part 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- (e) he contravened a law which is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- subsection 1(16);1 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- (f) he contravened a law such that the contravention has caused or may cause a ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- student who is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17);2 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- Ibid. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-1. Rémi Gagnon is a member of the College. A copy of the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- Registration issued by the Ontario College of Teachers is attached to this document as ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- Appendix A. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-2. Between October 2005 and September 2013, the Member was employed by the Conseil ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario as a teacher in Ottawa. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 was a [XXX] school student in a school in the Conseil ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est, in Ottawa. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-4. In 2007, when Student 1 was [XXX] years old and a minor, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1. The relationship between the Member ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf: and Student 1 was sexual in nature. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf:5. The Member’s misconduct comes under the category of sexual abuse and sexual ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- misconduct identified by the College. The Member should not have engaged in a personal ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf: relationship with the Student. The Member should not have engaged in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- relationship with the Student. A copy of the College’s Professional Advisory, dated ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- September 27, 2002, is attached to this document as Appendix B. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf:6. On November 15, 2011, the Member was charged with multiple counts of sexual ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- exploitation under section 153(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada, in connection with the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- relationship between the Member and the Student. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf:7. On August 27, 2013, the Member was found guilty of sexual exploitation, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- section 153(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-8. On March 9, 2016, the Superior Court allowed the Member’s appeal and ordered a new ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- trial which has not yet taken place. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-9. In the trial before the Ontario Court of Justice, the judge handed down an order under ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada, directing that any information that could ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- identify Student 1 was not to be published or disseminated. The parties have not agreed ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- as to the effect of the order on the decision of the Discipline Committee; submissions will ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- therefore be made to the Discipline Committee on this matter. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-10. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- paragraphs above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-11. The Member acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts above constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- misconduct and admits the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the alleged conduct ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf: constitutes sexual abuse as defined in section 1 and subsection 40 (1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-12. The Member states that he: ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-1(15), 1(18) and 1(19), as alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 of the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest, and pleaded no contest to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged, and the Committee accepts, that the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf:Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-and Registration and publication of the Committee’s decision and its reasons, and a summary of ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-the decision and reasons with the Member’s name, pursuant to section 45.1 of the Act, is an ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-appropriate penalty. The College submits that the Committee ought not to make a publication ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-order because it no longer has discretion in that regard. Publication has been compulsory in all ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-cases since December 5, 2016, in accordance with the recent amendments to the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Revocation ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-The College submits that revocation would be an appropriate penalty in the Member’s case. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Although the compulsory revocation referred to in subsection 30.2 of the Act does not apply in ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-this matter because the Uncontested Facts do not meet the requirements of subsection 30.2(2), ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf:College Counsel claims that revocation is appropriate in all cases involving sexual relations ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-between teachers and students. The College produced the following case law in support of its ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-position that revocation is an appropriate penalty in such circumstances: Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-The Committee finds that the revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Registration is appropriate. The Member’s conduct with regard to Student 1 is reprehensible. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Sexual relationships between teachers and students are strictly prohibited and have severe ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf:consequences. By engaging in a sexual relationship with Student 1, the Member abused the trust ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-and authority associated with his role as a teacher and undermined public confidence in the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-teaching profession. As a result, the Member has waived the privilege of holding a Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-In the matter of publication of the Member’s name, the Committee has read his written ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-submissions carefully, but rejects his arguments. Firstly, the Member is a member of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-profession, even though his membership status is “suspended for non-payment of dues.” The ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest states clearly that he is still a member of ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-the College (see Exhibit 2). It would be preposterous to allow members to escape the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-consequences of a discipline hearing merely by no longer paying their dues to the College. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Secondly, Justice G. Renaud’s order of non-publication in no way states that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-identity is to be protected. It is the identity of the Member’s victim that is to be protected. The ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Committee finds that the Uncontested Facts were drafted in a sufficiently ambiguous, non- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-specific manner that publication of the Member’s name would not identify Student 1. In the ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Committee’s estimation, Justice G. Renaud’s order of non-publication will be observed, even if ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-the Member’s name is published. ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-Thirdly, the Committee does not believe that publication of the Member’s name would violate ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf-the principle of non-retroactivity of the law. Section 45.1 of the Act stipulates that publication is ./ontario-cases/2017canlii7023.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-1. At all material times, the Member, James Robert Mervyn Coulter was a member of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-3. On or about November 17, 2011, the Member was arrested at his home. He was charged ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- the following day with five counts relating to accessing, attempting to access, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf: possessing child pornography. Items seized by police included written stories containing ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf: child pornography, and movies on the Member’s laptop that included child pornography, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- some of which had been downloaded from the internet. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Agreed Statement of Facts filed in the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- Justice, dated February 14, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-4. On or about April 10, 2014, in the Ontario Court of Justice, the Member was found guilty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- and convicted of one count of Accessing Child Pornography, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf: 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code, and two counts of Possession of Child Pornography, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf: contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code. The Member was sentenced to six ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s very serious criminal conduct requires the revocation of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf:his certificate. The Member’s possession of a large quantity of child pornography necessitates ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-the imposition of a penalty which denounces the morally reprehensible nature of the crime, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-deters others from similar conduct, and reflects the gravity of the offence. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-conduct is a serious breach of public trust, and he must not be permitted to teach in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-The Committee recognizes that it no longer has discretion with respect to publication, as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-publication with name is now mandatory in accordance with subsection 45.1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-Accordingly, a summary of the Committee’s decision and reasons will be published with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-Member’s name on the College’s website and in the official publication of the College, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and serves and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf-Date: January 31, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- Jane Ishibashi ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections 30(2) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- (e) he failed to supervise adequately a person under his professional supervision, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15);2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18);3 and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- Allegation limited to “unprofessional” only. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- (d) he understands that a summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the College with respect ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-18. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct outlined in paragraph (f) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-437/97, be withdrawn. With respect to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-requested that the Committee find that the Member’s conduct was unprofessional only (and not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-disgraceful or dishonourable). The Committee granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of the parties, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(11), 1(18-unprofessional) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1-14 of the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-1(7.3), 1(11), 1(18-unprofessional) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4 and 6-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4, 6 and 8-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Member abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4, 6 and 9-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4, 6, 9 and 13 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf:Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and engaged ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf:in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Paragraphs 7-9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-supervise adequately a person under his professional supervision, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-subsection 1(11). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4 and 6-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf-unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-evidence was provided to demonstrate that publishing the Member’s name would identify the victim in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-this case. The Committee further finds that the order sought by the Member is inconsistent with the recent ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-legislative amendments to the Act, which provide for more open and transparent hearing processes. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-The Committee notes, however, that in the Member’s proceedings before the Ontario Court of Justice, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Justice J.P. Condon made an order restricting publication pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-of Canada (see Exhibit 3 at Tabs C, D and E). The Committee is required to uphold this publication ban. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. This publication ban does not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-extend to the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf: and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (e) he contravened a law which is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (f) he contravened a law such that the contravention has caused or may cause a student who ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-1. Joshua John Pallot was at all material times a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. In ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- April 2010, the Member obtained an Interim Certificate of Qualification and Registration. In May ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 2010, the Member obtained a Certificate of Qualification and Registration. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Algoma District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- “Board”) as an [XXX] teacher. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 was a female student at [XXX] (the “School”). Student 1 was a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- member of the School’s girls’ [XXX] team. The Member was an [XXX] of the School’s female ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- and male [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-4. Student 1 first met the Member when she was [XXX] years old and the Member [XXX] her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- [XXX] team. Student 1’s [XXX] and the Member are [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-5. In or about September 2013, the Member and Student 1 began a [XXX]. At the time, Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf: was a [XXX]-year-old grade [XXX] student. The sexual relationship continued until in or about ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- April 2014. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf:6. The Member and Student 1 engaged in repeated acts of oral sex and intercourse. Often, the sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- relations took place at the Member’s residence. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-7. In or about April 2014, Student 1’s parents became suspicious and concerned about the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- relationship with Student 1. Student 1’s parents warned the Member to stay away from Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-8. On or about April 17, 2014, Student 1’s parents contacted the School and the Police about their ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- concerns about the Member’s relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf:9. On or about April 21, 2014, the Member was charged with one count of sexual exploitation, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf: contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada) and one count of sexual luring, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- contrary to section 172.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-10. On or about June 4, 2014, the Member was granted bail. As a term of his recognizance, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- Member was not to contact Student 1. Attached as Exhibit “B” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- Member’s recognizance of bail. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf:11. On or about April 22, 2016, the Member was found guilty of one count of sexual exploitation in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- Between 1 September 2013 and 17 April 2013 at the [XXX], being in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf: or authority towards [Student 1] a young person did for a sexual purpose touch directly ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- the body of [Student 1] a young person, with a part of his body to wit: his penis and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- hands, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-12. Between May 4, 2015 and July 2015, the Member communicated with Student 1 on Twitter and, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- as a result, the Member was also found guilty of breaching a term of his recognizance of bail, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- contrary to section 145(3) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-13. The Crown withdrew the count relating to section 172.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-14. On or about June 2, 2016, the Member was sentenced to 330 days incarceration and three years’ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- probation with respect to the section 153(1) conviction. The Member was sentenced to 30 days ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- for the breach of recognizance conviction, which was to be served consecutively with the 330 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standard of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf: and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s suitability ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (f) he contravened a law such that the contravention has caused or may cause a student who ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-23. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set out ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to require ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons shall be published ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- on the College’s website, and that a summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- reasons, including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the College with respect ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-24. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the College and the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of the parties, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf:also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 20 of the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 11, 12 and 14-19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 11, 12, 14-17 and 19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-the Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 10, 11, 14-17 and 19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf:the Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 11, 12 and 14-19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 11, 12, 14-17 and 19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-the Member contravened a law which is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 11, 12, 14-17 and 19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-the Member contravened a law such that the contravention has caused or may cause a student who is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 11, 12 and 14-19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 11, 12 and 14-19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf:The Committee is gravely concerned with the Member’s misconduct. His sexual abuse of a student was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-egregious and completely unacceptable. The Committee highlights the following findings contained in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Reasons for Sentence from the Ontario Court of Justice dated June 2, 2016: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- First, the difference in age between [XXX] and [XXX] Mr. Pallot is [XXX] years older than the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- complainant. However, it must be noted also that Mr. Pallot at all times was an adult, whereas the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- complainant was a minor. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- Second, Mr. Pallot has always been in a position of trust and authority in this matter. He was the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- complainant’s [XXX] for both her [XXX[ school and her [XXX]. Given the amount of [XXX] the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- complainant was playing, it is evident that she loved and may still love the game. As her [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- Mr. Pallot not only controlled her playing time, but whether she was even a member of the team. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- He was also her [XXX]. While the status may have been that of a [XXX] or [XXX] teacher, he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- still had the authority of the position of teacher. That position provides not only legal status, but ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- also legal power. With every right, there is a co-relative duty. For the power that Mr. Pallot had, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- there was a co-relative duty to use it in the best interests of the student. He failed to do so. In fact, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- he abused that power. He deliberately violated his duty. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- Mr. Pallot was not only trusted as a teacher, but it also turned out he was a [XXX] of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- complainant’s [XXX]. Whether that was known to the complainant is not clear. It seems likely ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- that it was known to the complainant’s [XXX} and seems likely that that would have provided ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- some comfort or confidence to the complainant’s [XXX], both of which turned out to be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- misplaced. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- Mr. Pallot took the complainant to his home. In that location, there was a power imbalance. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- complainant was no longer in a neutral site of a [XXX] or a [XXX][XXX]. The complainant was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- a minor, was alone in the home of a person whom she regarded as her [XXX], her teacher, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- even her friend. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf: There was repeated sexual acts extending over a period of time. Mr Pallot, as an adult, had time ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- to think and re-think about his misconduct. Mr. Pallot, as a teacher, had time to think and re-think ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- about the impropriety and illegality of his actions. The time and opportunity for better judgment ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- to come forward did not occur. In fact, even after Mr. Pallot was released on a recognisance that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- prohibited communication with the complainant, he breached that recognisance. He renewed his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- communication with the complainant. It is troubling to think that Mr. Pallot, the adult, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- teacher, the [XXX], still could not see the impropriety and illegality of his actions. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- There were multiple breaches of his bail terms – multiple tweets. Mr, Pallot had to have known, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- following his release form custody, that his conduct would have been carefully scrutinized and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- his failure was at stake in so many respects. The lack of judgment displayed by Mr. Pallot is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- troubling. (Exhibit 3 at Tab E) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-As set out above, the Committee finds that the Member blatantly abused his position of trust and authority ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-and showed a complete disregard for the wellbeing of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4), the parties jointly submitted that the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-1. direct that the Member appear before the Committee immediately following the hearing of this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- matter to receive a reprimand which will be delivered via videoconference from the offices of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the reprimand ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-2. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Registrar”) to immediately revoke ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the Member is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and makes an order in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-accordance with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-College Counsel referred the Committee to one case involving the application of a mandatory penalty for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act: Ontario College of Teachers v. Lavigne, 2017 ONOCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 101 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf:55 (CanLII). The Committee recognizes that the Member’s conduct involving the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-student is one of the enumerated acts of professional misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Pursuant to subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, the Committee therefore must make an order: (a) requiring that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-the Member be reprimanded by the Committee; and (b) directing the Registrar to revoke any certificate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-held by the Member under the Act. The Committee notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Member breached his position of trust and authority in an egregious manner and he completely ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-undermined the confidence that the public places in members of the teaching profession. The misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-is made even more grievous by virtue of the fact that the Member was in a position of trust outside of an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-academic setting due to his [XXX] relationship with Student 1. The Committee is deeply concerned by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-the negative impact that the Member has had on Student 1, and it denounces the Member’s repugnant ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-conduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Publication of this decision with the Member’s name is now mandatory in accordance with subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-45.1 of the Act. Accordingly, the Committee’s decision and reasons will be published with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-name on the College’s website and a summary will be published with the Member’s name in the official ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and meets the principle of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf-Date: November 15, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- Ravi Vethamany, OCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct101.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-on July 7, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-October 12, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsection 30(2) of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) [pre-May 2008 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf: amendments to the Regulation] and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- subsection 1(7) [post-May 2008 amendments to the Regulation]; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- (e) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) (pre-May 2008 amendments), 1(7) (post-May 2008 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-amendments), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1-13 of the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) (pre-May ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-2008 amendments), 1(7) (post-May 2008 amendments), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 9 and 11 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 9 and 11 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf:abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf:Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) (pre-May 2008 amendments) and/or engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-of a student or students defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 9 and 11 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) (post-May ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-2008 amendments). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-Paragraphs 5 and 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf-abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s suitability ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-1. Matthew Newton Elms is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] (the “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 and Student 2 were female students at the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-4. During the 2009-2010 academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf: (a) engaged in a sexual and/or personal relationship with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (b) drove Student 1 in his personal vehicle; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (c) met with Student 1 off school property; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (d) provided alcohol to Student 1; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (e) provided marihuana to Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-5. During the 2013-2014 academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf: (a) engaged in a sexual and/or personal relationship with Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (b) engaged in inappropriate electronic communication with Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (c) met with Student 2 off school property; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (d) gave Student 2 birthday gifts, including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (i) a Pleasure Bullet; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (ii) a [XXX] hooded sweatshirt; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (iii) a pair of pink girls [XXX] panties; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- (iv) a pair of boxers. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-6. On October 15, 2015, the Member was found guilty of one count of Sexual Exploitation of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- Student 2, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). The Member was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- sentenced to imprisonment for two years less one day, followed by three years’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-As the Member was not present and did not have legal representation, the Committee proceeded on the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The Chair, on behalf of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for Matthew Newton Elms ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-(Exhibit 3), which indicates that the Member was a member of the College at the time of the alleged ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-events. The College also entered into evidence a Brief of Court Documents - Her Majesty the Queen v. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Matthew Newton Elms (Exhibit 4), which contains the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 1) Certified Copy of Information; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 2) Transcript of the Proceedings before Justice F. O’Donnell in the Ontario Court of Justice, dated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- June 15, 2015; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 3) Transcript of the Proceedings at Sentence before Justice F. O’Donnell in the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- Justice, October 15, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 4 confirms that on June 15, 2015 in the Ontario Court of Justice, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:Member was found guilty of one count of sexual exploitation, contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-section 153(1)(a). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-College Counsel described the Member’s criminal history in detail and submitted that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:conduct, involving the premeditated sexual abuse of two young female students, clearly amounts to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-professional misconduct. According to College Counsel, the Member’s conduct, as detailed in the record ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-of the criminal proceedings (see Exhibit 4) and the resultant criminal conviction provided a sufficient ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-basis to justify a finding of professional misconduct under all of the heads of misconduct alleged in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Notice of Hearing. College Counsel submitted that the Committee can rely on Rule 13.03 and 13.04 of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-“Committee’s Rules”) to admit the facts as contained in the Brief of Court Documents as evidence and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-find the Member guilty of all the heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-College Counsel further submitted that the Committee had jurisdiction to resolve the Member’s matter, in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-accordance with section 14 of the Act, even though the Member is currently suspended for non-payment ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-of fees. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by Counsel for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Committee’s Rules, inter alia, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Committee accepts the certified copy of the Court Information as proof, in this case, that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-committed the criminal offence outlined therein. The Member was found guilty and convicted of one ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-criminal offence before a Canadian Court, no appeal has been taken, and the time for an appeal has ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-expired. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Committee’s Rules, the Committee admits as ancillary to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-certified copy of the Court Information, the findings of fact contained in the related decision before the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Ontario Court of Justice involving the Member. The Committee further admits as incidental to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-certified copy of the Court Information, transcripts of the proceedings at which the conviction occurred, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-for the purposes of explaining the finding of guilt. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College has proven, on a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-balance of probabilities, that during the 2009-2010 and 2013-2014 academic years, the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:in the sexual abuse of two young female students. Between January 1, 2010 and April 12, 2010 the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:Member engaged in a sexual relationship with Student 1 on two separate occasions. Both incidences ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-occurred at the Member’s home. On the first occasion that Student 1 visited the Member’s home, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Member gave her a gift bag that included a pair of female [XXX] Boxer’s and [XXX]. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-asked Student 1 to try the [XXX] on and Student 1 acquiesced. The Member then provided Student 1 with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-and alcoholic drink that she promptly vomited up after consuming it. The Member and Student 1 then ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:began kissing which progressed to Student 1 performing oral sex on the Member and eventually vaginal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-intercourse. Approximately one week later, the Member invited Student 1 over to stay the night. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-told her mother she was sleeping at a friend’s house, the Member picked her up down the street from her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-home and drove her to his home. The Member provided Student 1 with an alcoholic beverage. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:Member and Student 1 again engaged in oral and vaginal sex. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Beginning in September 2013, the Member began a friendship with Student 2 that consisted of in person ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-conversations, Facebook messages, and phone conversations. In May 2014, the friendship between the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Member and Student 2 developed into an intimate relationship. Between May and June 2014 the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-invited Student 2 over to his home on four separate occasions. The physical conduct began on the third ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-visit where the Member and Student 2 began to kiss. On the fourth visit, on June 6, 2014, the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-gave Student 2 a [XXX] gift that included a school sweater, a pair of girl’s panties, a pair of boxers and a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-vibrating pleasure bullet. Student 2 tried the panties on for the Member and then used the vibrator on her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-own vaginal area while the Member watched. The Member then got undressed and he and Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-moved into bed where the Member used his hand and the vibrator to stimulate Student 2’s vagina. Student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-2 used her hand to stimulate the Member’s penis. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-On or about June 6, 2014, the Member was contacted by the police and he turned himself in. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:was cautioned and charged with one count of sexual exploitation contrary to the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Canada, section 153(1)(a), in relation to Student 2. On July 7, 2014, the Member turned himself in where ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:he was arrested and charged with one count of sexual exploitation contrary to the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Canada, section 153(1)(a), in relation to Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-The College has also proven, on a balance of probabilities, that on June 15, 2015 in the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:Justice, the Member pled guilty and was convicted of one count of sexual exploitation, contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada section 153(1)(a) (see Exhibit 4, Tab B, page 11). This charge relates to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:conduct that occurred between the Member and Student 2. The second charge of sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-(relating to Student 1) was withdrawn (see Exhibit 4, Tab B, page 2). On October 15, 2015, the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-was sentenced to two years less one day incarceration, probation for a period of three years and a number ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-of ancillary orders (see Exhibit 4, Tab C, pages 11-16). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct was egregious. The Member has abused his position of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-trust and authority in the gravest manner. Accordingly, the Committee finds that the Member’s multiple, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:repeated instances of sexual exploitation of two young girls constitute acts of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-registration, and an oral reprimand are mandatory penalty orders because the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:constituted the type of sexual abuse of a student that is an enumerated act of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-College Counsel referred the Committee to one case involving the application of a mandatory penalty for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act: Ontario College of Teachers v. Lavigne, 2017 ONOCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-55 (CanLII) (“Lavigne”). College Counsel submitted that the Committee in Lavigne accepted that when a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-finding of guilt under subsection 30.2(2) of the Act is made, the penalty is mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-College Counsel further submitted that the College was not seeking an order for a fine or costs. According ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-to College Counsel, a fine is not appropriate in this case because (among other reasons) the Member had ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-addiction issues and has taken steps to address this, had an emotional issue that may have shed some light ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-onto why he acted the way he did towards Student 1 and 2, and he acknowledged he had issues and pled ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-guilty to the offence in criminal court. According to College Counsel, an order for costs is not appropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-in this case because the Member did not impede the process of this hearing in any way and his conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-does not have any of the attributes enumerated at rule 16.04 of the Committee’s Rules. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-1. the Member is directed to appear before the Committee within 90 days to receive a reprimand, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- which will be delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- Street W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-2. the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf:The Committee recognizes that the Member’s conduct involving the sexual abuse of two students is one ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-of the enumerated acts of professional misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, the Committee therefore must make an order: (a) requiring that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-be reprimanded by the Committee; and (b) directing the Registrar to revoke any certificate held by the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Member under the Act. The Committee notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-breached his position of trust and authority in an egregious manner and he completely undermined the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-confidence that the public places in members of the teaching profession. The Committee is gravely ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-concerned by the negative impact that the Member has had on Student 1 and 2, and it denounces the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-Member’s repugnant conduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf-The Committee accepts College Counsel’s submissions as it relates to an order for a fine or costs, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- 41 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf-Name and Date of Mr. Text from Mr. Spence’s Publication Text from Source Material Name and Date of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- Spence’s Publication Source Material ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- community school can be a safe after- Richard W. Riley et al. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- school and summer haven for children, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- where learning takes place in a building 1997 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- removed from the violence, drugs, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- lack of supervision of children that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- permeate some communities in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- America.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf-8. Chris’s Blog “In an increasingly diverse nation and “In an increasingly diverse nation and Virginia.edu, “Professor ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- (TDSB website), interconnected world, educators must interconnected world, educators must James A. Banks ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- “Learning Locally, teach students to be global citizens teach students to be global citizens Encourages Educating ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- Contributing committed to justice for all people.” committed to justice for all people.” Students to be Global ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- Globally” Citizens in the Annual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- “Students should be taught not only the “… students should be taught not only Ridley Lecture at the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- September 28, ability to master, access and use factual ‘the ability to master, access and use University of Virginia”, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- 2010 knowledge, but also the ability to factual knowledge, but also the ability to by Rebecca P. Arrington ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- challenge assumptions, to interrogate and challenge assumptions, to interrogate and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- reconstruct knowledge and learn to reconstruct knowledge’ and learn ‘to April 4, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- know, to care and to act. This type of know, to care and to act’. This type of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- teaching will educate ‘student’s heads, teaching will educate ‘student’s heads, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- but also their hearts,’ and create but also their hearts,’ and create ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- transformative citizens who are prepared ‘transformative’ citizens who are ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- to take an active role in their society and prepared to take an active role in their ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- work for social justice.” society and work for social justice.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- “A person is not simply a citizen of one “…A person is not simply a citizen of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- country or a member of one ethnic group. one country or a member of one ethnic ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- Instead, our identities incorporate a group. Instead, one’s identity ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- variety of factors, including nation and incorporates a variety of factors, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf: race, but also sexual orientation, religion, including nation and race, but also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf: language and class.” factors such as sexual orientation, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- religion, language and class.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- 44 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf-Name and Date of Mr. Text from Mr. Spence’s Publication Text from Source Material Name and Date of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- Spence’s Publication Source Material ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- Spence at TEDx retained, assigned to special education, Principals, “Wanted: A ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- Conference, given long-term remedial services, and Comprehensive Literacy ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- Stouffville – video why they fail to graduate from high Agenda Pre-K – 12,” by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- recording school…” Vincent L. Ferrandino and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- Gerald N. Tirozzi ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- April 29, 2012 Pre-20047 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf-12. Toronto Star, “…The reality is that despite our best “…The reality is that despite our best New Haven Board of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- “Schools can help efforts, poverty remains high, children efforts, poverty remains high, children Education, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- curb violent are more likely to be raised in single- are more likely to be raised in single- “Comprehensive, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf: behavior” parent households, participate in parent households, engage in risky sexual Integrated Community- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- delinquent activities and violence, use behaviors and become pregnant, Wide Safe Schools/ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- July 23, 2012 tobacco, alcohol and drugs, suffer from participate in delinquent activities and Healthy Students Plan for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- emotional and behavioural problems and violence, use tobacco, alcohol and drugs, New Haven. Connecticut” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- are less likely to meet academic suffer from emotional and behavioral ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- standards.” problems and are less likely to meet June 1, 1999 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- academic standards…” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- “…children will not develop into happy, “…a) children will not develop into ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- healthy, contributing adults unless we happy, healthy, contributing adults unless ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- change the way they are taught and we change the way they are taught and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- nurtured. Both families and schools will nurtured; b) both families and schools ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- have to change their strategies towards must change their strategies towards ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- raising our youth; and we will need new raising our youth; and c) a new ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- kinds of community resources and infrastructure is needed using new kinds ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- partnerships in order for our children to of community resources and partnerships ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- develop into productive members of in order for our children to develop into ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- society.” productive members of society.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf-13. Toronto Star, “…In a culture increasingly inured to “… In a culture increasingly inured to A. San Diego Union- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- “Connecticut senseless violence, the terrible massacre senseless violence, the terrible massacre Tribune “Letters: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- The Committee accepts Ms. Da Silva’s evidence that, despite the fact that this article was undated, she found reference to this article in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- other publications and determined it was published prior to 2004. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Stéphane Gilbert is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf: b) he abused one or more students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) [prior to the 2008 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- amendment]; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- d) he contravened a law which is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- e) he contravened a law such that the contravention has caused or may cause a student who ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-1. The Member is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers in good standing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil scolaire de district ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- catholique Centre-Sud as a teacher. From 1999 to 2003, the Member taught at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- (the “School”) in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-3. During the relevant period, Student 1 was a student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:4. The Member touched Student 1 for a sexual purpose on or about June 30, 2003. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:5. The Member engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:6. On May 22, 2014, the Member was found guilty of sexual exploitation, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- section 153 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Because the Member was not in attendance at the hearing nor was he represented by legal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-counsel, the Committee proceeded on the assumption that he denied the allegations set out in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Notice of Hearing. The Chair of the Committee, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for Stéphane Gilbert ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-(Exhibit 2), which indicates that the Member was a member of the College at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-alleged incidents. The College also entered into evidence a Brief of Court Documents - Her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Majesty the Queen v. Stéphane Gilbert (Exhibit 4), which contains the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-1) Indictment and approvals; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-2) Conditional Sentence, dated September 9, 2014; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-3) Transcript: R v. S.G., Reasons for Judgment before the Honourable Justice Sproat, dated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- May 22, 2014; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-4) Transcript: R v. Stéphane Gilbert, Proceedings at Sentence before the Honourable Justice ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- J. Sproat, dated September 9, 2014; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-5) Transcript: R v. Stéphane Gilbert, Decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, dated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- December 30, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 4 confirms that, on May 22, 2014, in the Ontario Superior ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:Court of Justice, the Member was found guilty of sexual exploitation, contrary to section 153 of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-the Criminal Code of Canada. The Member appealed the guilty verdict, but the appeal was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-rejected on December 30, 2015 and the decision is not appealable. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-College Counsel described the Member’s criminal history and submitted that the Member’s case ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:was one of sexual abuse, which is among the College’s most serious allegations. Counsel also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-submitted that the Member’s conduct, as detailed in the Brief of Court Documents (refer to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Exhibit 4), and the resultant criminal conviction, provided a sufficient basis to justify a finding of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-professional misconduct under all of the heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-The Member had legal representation during his criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-College Counsel produced the following case law in support of his position that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-misconduct warranted a finding of professional misconduct, as set out in the Notice of Hearing: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Gervais, 2015 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) (“Gervais”) and Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-College of Teachers v. McDermott, 2014 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) (“McDermott”). A finding of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-professional misconduct was made in these two cases whose circumstances were similar to those ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-involving the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Having considered the evidence, the onus and standard of proof and the submissions by College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that Stéphane Gilbert committed acts of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-as alleged in the Notice of Hearing, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-[prior to the 2008 amendment], 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Rules of Procedure”), inter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-alia, the Committee accepts the certified copy of the Court Information as proof, in this case, that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-the Member committed the criminal offence outlined therein (refer to Exhibit 4). The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:was found guilty and convicted of sexual exploitation, contrary to section 153 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Code of Canada, before a Canadian Court. An appeal was taken to the Court of Appeal of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Ontario, and was rejected on December 30, 2015 (refer to Exhibit 4, Tab E). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure, the Committee admits as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-incidental to the certified copy of the Court Information, the findings of fact contained in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-related decision by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in the Member’s case. In support of its ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-finding of guilt against the Member, the Committee further admits as incidental transcripts of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-court proceeding at which he was found guilty (refer to Exhibit 4). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Based on the evidence in the Brief of Court Documents, the College has proven, on a balance of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:probabilities, that on or about June 30, 2003, the Member touched Student 1 for a sexual purpose ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:and that he was involved in a sexual relationship with the Student. In particular, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-involved in two incidents in which he kissed Student 1. One of the incidents took place over a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-period of approximately 30 minutes. In addition, the Member’s relationship with the Student was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-overly familiar: they exchanged emails and discussed personal matters. Accordingly, on May 22, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:2014, the Member was found guilty of sexual exploitation, contrary to section 153 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada. His guilt was proven beyond all reasonable doubt. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s conduct unacceptable. He abused his position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-authority as a member of the teaching profession. Accordingly, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:Member’s sexual abuse of Student 1 constitutes professional misconduct contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) [prior to the 2008 amendment], 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-1(18) and 1(19). His misconduct is a serious violation of his responsibilities as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-College Counsel submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Registration would be the only appropriate penalty in the circumstances. Revocation would ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-satisfy the three purposes of the penalty; i.e., 1) protecting the public, 2) upholding the high ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-standards of the teaching profession and 3) promoting public trust in the profession. It protects ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-the public, acts as a specific deterrent for the Member and serves as a general deterrent for the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-other members of the teaching profession. In view of the gravity of the Member’s misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:and the fact that he was convicted of sexual exploitation in criminal court, the College argued ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-that revocation would be an appropriate penalty and drew the Committee’s attention to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-decisions in Gervais and McDermott, in which revocation was ordered in similar circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-In the matter of publication, the College argued that the Committee ought not to make a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-publication order because it no longer had discretion in this regard. Publication has been ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-compulsory in all cases since December 5, 2016, pursuant to the recent amendments to section ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-45.1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-In the matter of the compulsory revocation referred to in subsection 30.2 of the Act, the College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-argued that the provision did not apply in this matter because the facts did not meet the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-requirements of subsection 30.2(2). College Counsel claimed that revocation was appropriate in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:this case, however, in view of the sexual relationship between the Member and Student 1 and his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-abuse of power. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Additional Submissions by the College in Response to Questions from the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-After hearing the submissions by College Counsel, the Committee asked him several questions ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-concerning the proposed penalty. In particular, the Committee wondered whether revocation was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-appropriate given that the Member’s misconduct was considerably less serious than that in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Gervais and McDermott. The Committee gave College Counsel an opportunity to make ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-additional submissions concerning the proposed penalty. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-In response to the questions asked by the Committee, College Counsel reviewed the findings of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-fact in the criminal trial and submitted additional legal authorities to the Committee. The College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-notes several key facts. Firstly, the incidents in question occurred in 2003, but the criminal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-charges were not laid until 2013 (i.e., 10 years later), because the student had eventually seen a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-therapist and had realized the seriousness of the Member’s actions. The College argued that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Member’s misconduct was so serious that its impact was still being felt 10 years later. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Secondly, College Counsel claimed that the incident consisted of more than a single kiss. During ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-one of the two incidents in which the Member kissed Student 1, they kissed intermittently for a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-half-hour. Furthermore, according to the College, the testimony of Student 1’s father and of other ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-students (at the criminal trial) showed that the Member was predisposed to such misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-In addition, College Counsel introduced the Professional Advisory on Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct in support of his position. The Advisory states ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:clearly, inter alia, that members should avoid sexual relationships with and any form of sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:touching of a student. According to the College, any conduct of a sexual nature, such as the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-misconduct in the Member’s case, warrants revocation. The nature of the misconduct is the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-paramount concern, according to the College. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-College Counsel reviewed the case law presented to the Committee in greater detail to show that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-revocation was an appropriate penalty in response to the Member’s misconduct. The College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-argued that the facts in McDermott, for example, were very similar to the facts in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-case. Both cases concerned a kiss between teacher and student, and both members were ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:convicted of sexual exploitation, contrary to section 153 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-College Counsel also drew the Committee’s attention to the aggravating circumstances specified ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-by Justice Sproat at the sentencing hearing (refer to Exhibit 4, Tab D, pages 2-3). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-College Counsel also produced additional case law for the Committee in which revocation was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-ordered in circumstances similar to the Member’s: Ontario College of Teachers v. Fletcher, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-ONOCT 207 (CanLII) (“Fletcher”) and Ontario College of Teachers v. Deans, 2012 ONOCT 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-(CanLII) (“Deans”). In Fletcher, for example, the Committee found that the member had ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student by kissing her and in doing so, abused the trust vested in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-him as a teacher. The Committee revoked Mr. Fletcher’s certificate. In Deans, the member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-disregarded very specific rules and some good advice, and wilfully chose to continue an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-inappropriate relationship. His certificate, too, was revoked. The College argued that the same ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-finding would be appropriate in the Member’s similar case. College Counsel reiterated that it ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:was the sexual nature of the Member’s misconduct that warranted the revocation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-The Committee makes the following penalty order: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-1. The Committee directs the College Registrar to revoke the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-After carefully reviewing the evidence and submissions of College Counsel, and the numerous ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-legal authorities presented, the Committee finds that the revocation of the Member’s Certificate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-of Qualification and Registration is appropriate in the circumstances. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-acknowledges that the compulsory revocation referred to in subsection 30.2 of the Act does not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-apply in this instance because the facts do not satisfy the requirements of subsection 30.2(2), but ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-the Member’s conduct with regard to Student 1 is unacceptable and revocation is warranted in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:the circumstances. The Member engaged in a sexual relationship with the student and was found ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:guilty of sexual exploitation, contrary to section 153 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-The Committee bases its decision on the findings of fact by the Honourable Justice Sproat of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Ontario Superior Court of Justice, in accordance with Rule 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Justice Sproat specified a number of aggravating circumstances, including the following: the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Member’s misconduct was an abuse of trust; the misconduct was not an isolated incident; the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-student was vulnerable and was dealing with significant personal problems; and the student’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-parents told the Member to stop the relationship with their daughter, but he continued it ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-nonetheless (refer to Exhibit 4, Tab D, pages 2-3). Justice Sproat further noted that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:had a tendency to engage in sexual contact with students who made advances to him, and did ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-nothing to avoid this kind of inappropriate relationship (refer to Exhibit 4, Tab C, page 23). The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Committee finds these aggravating circumstances serious. The Member took advantage of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-trust vested in him as a teacher and abused the trust and authority associated with his role as a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:teacher. His sexual relationship with Student 1 is part of a disturbing pattern of behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Consequently, the Committee finds that revocation is an appropriate penalty in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-circumstances, and is in line with the case law produced by the College, particularly McDermott ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf:and Fletcher. The Member’s misconduct was sexual in nature and undermined public confidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-in the teaching profession. As a result, the Member has lost the privilege of holding a Certificate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-In the matter of publication, the Committee acknowledges that it no longer has discretion in this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-regard and that publication has been compulsory since December 5, 2016, pursuant to section ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-45.1 of the Act, which has recently been amended. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and serves and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf-Date: January 9, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- Robert Gagné ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- Brigitte Bidal-Piquette, OCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- Stéphane Vallée, OCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated August 23, 2016 (Exhibit 1) was served on Adam Terrance Thomas ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Coysh (the “Member”), requesting his presence on September 20, 2016 to set a date for hearing, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-and specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for March 9, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-The Member was self-represented and he was in attendance for the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- (c) he abused a student, or students, psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- (f) he contravened a law which is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- (g) he contravened a law such that the contravention has caused or may cause a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- student who is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf:6. Between May 1, 2014 and June 10, 2014, the Member had sexual contact with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- On June 6, 2014, the Member asked Student 1 to come to his [XXX] classroom. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf: Member hugged Student 1 and kissed Student 1 in a sexual way. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-7. Between May 1, 2014 and June 10, 2014, the Member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- electronic communication with Student 1. The Member sent emails and texts to Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- during school day and into the evening. The Member exchanged emails and texts of a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf: sexual nature with Student 1. On or about June 10, 2014, the Member emailed Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf: about how excited he was at the thought of having sex with her after school. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-8. On October 1, 2015, the Member pleaded guilty to and was found guilty of the following ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- charge: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- (a) Between the 1st day of May in the year 2014 and the 10th day of June in the year ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 2014 at the City of Toronto in the Toronto Region did, being a person who was in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- a position of trust or authority towards a young person, with a part of his body, for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf: a sexual purpose, directly or indirectly touch the body of that young person, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- namely Student 1, contrary to Section 153, subsection (1), clause (a) of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-9. On December 7, 2015, the Member was sentenced to 90 days in jail to be served ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- intermittently and 12 months’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-10. The Member did not appeal his conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-11. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Court Information with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- Appearance Dates and Disposition dated December 7, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-12. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the Prohibition Order dated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- December 7, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-13. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the Probation Order dated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- December 7, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-14. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “E” is a certified copy of the Transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Justice K. Doorly dated December 7, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-15. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- paragraphs 1-14 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-16. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf: acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-17. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee ; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Paragraphs 5 and 14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Member abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-the Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf:the Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf:and engaged in the sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Paragraphs 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-demonstrate that the Member contravened a law which is relevant to the member’s suitability to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-it would bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-to the public interest. The Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Penalty is proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-circumstances of this case. The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-based on the following analogous cases presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Teachers v. Jennings, 2015 ONOCT 41 (CanLII); Ontario College of Teachers v. Guilbault, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-2017 ONOCT 6 (CanLII); and Ontario College of Teachers v. Hamm (7 March 2017). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-The Committee finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Registration is appropriate in this case. The Member’s conduct toward Student 1 was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-reprehensible. It is completely unacceptable for members of the profession to engage in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf:relationships of a sexual nature with students. The Committee agrees with the Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Sentence of Justice K. Doorly dated December 7, 2015, which indicate the extent of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Member’s disgraceful and dishonourable conduct. Through his conduct, the Member also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-jeopardized the public’s trust in the teaching profession. As Justice K. Doorly noted: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- Youth are vulnerable and because of their youth, they naturally look to adults for their ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- guidance, their perspectives, their experience, and their knowledge. Adults who have ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- access to young people, whether because they are teachers, coaches, or parents, possess a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- very precious and prized trust. […] Concern about the trustworthiness of the teacher ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- should never be on the radar (Exhibit 2 at Tab E). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member has abused his position of trust and authority, and that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf:through his sexually abusive conduct he failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-with a student. In abusing his position of trust and authority as a teacher, the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-undermined the public’s confidence in the teaching profession. Accordingly, he has forfeited the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-privilege of holding a teaching certificate in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Publication of this decision with the Member’s name is now mandatory in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-subsection 45.1 of the Act. Accordingly, the Committee’s decision and reasons will be published ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-with the Member’s name on the College’s website and a summary will be published with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Member’s name in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the jointly proposed penalty is appropriate in the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-and meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf-Date: March 9, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- Ravi Vethamany, OCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- Marie-Thérèse Hokayem ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated December 8, 2016 (Exhibit 1) was served on Eric William Hamm (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on December 16, 2016 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for March 1, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-The Member had legal representation, but neither the Member nor his lawyer attended the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Eric William Hamm is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-amendments to the Act came into force on December 5, 2016. It has therefore been removed on agreement of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-parties. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-8. At the end of the 2011-2012 school year, Student 1 returned to [XXX]. Student 1 had no ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- plans to return to the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-9. After her return to [XXX], Student 1 and the Member started to exchange emails. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- Member and Student 1 were also Facebook friends. Student 1 told the Member about ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- problems that she was having with her family and her boyfriend. At the time, Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- was approximately [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-10. During one email exchange, Student 1 told the Member that she had “feelings” for him. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- The Member “dismissed” Student 1’s feelings, but nonetheless continued to exchange ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- emails with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf:11. Student 1 made sexual references during her email exchanges with the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- Member did not reciprocate these references, but nonetheless continued to exchange ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- emails with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-12. During a Skype session between the Member and Student 1, Student 1 exposed her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- breasts to the Member. Despite this occurrence, the Member continued to communicate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- with Student 1 by email and Facebook. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-13. In or about August/September 2014, Student 1 returned to the School. Student 1 was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- entering grade [XXX] and was [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-14. On a day shortly after Student 1 returned to the School, the Member picked her up in his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- car. The Member and Student 1 drove to [XXX], which is located near the School in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- Newmarket, Ontario. Student 1 and the Member kissed. The Member did not pull back ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- from the kiss. After the kiss, the Member drove Student 1 back to the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-21. The School reported the Member to the Police. The Police conducted an investigation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- The Member was not charged criminally because the Police did not view the Member as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- Student 1’s teacher. The Member admitted to the Police, however, that he was in a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- position of trust and authority with respect to Student 1. Despite the Police decision, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf: Member’s name is noted as a having been a suspect in a sexual assault investigation, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- which means that the Member’s name will appear on any vulnerable sector screening. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-The Member’s Current Status ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-22. The Member obtained another teaching position with the Simcoe County District School ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- Board (the “Board”). In or about October 2016, the Member resigned his positon with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- Board. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-23. By this document, the Member does not contest, for the purposes of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- the truth of the facts and the Exhibit referred to in paragraphs 1-22, above (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-24. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- is professional misconduct as defined in subsections 30(2) of the Act and pleads no ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- particularly: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-25. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- hearing; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf:and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act, 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 22 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf:Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act, 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the Member abused a student or students ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18 and 21 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf:Contest demonstrate that the Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf:Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Committee in this matter would be that the Committee : ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-1. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Registrar”) to immediately ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and makes an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-order in accordance with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-it would bring the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-The Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-circumstances of this case. The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-based on the following analogous case presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-Teachers v. Guilbault, 2017 ONOCT 6 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf:The Committee recognizes that certain types of sexual abuse enumerated in subsection 30.2(2) of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-the Act require the Committee, pursuant to subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, to make an order: 1) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee; and 2) directing the Registrar to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-revoke any certificate held by the Member under the Act. The Member’s misconduct does not fit ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf:within these enumerated types of sexual abuse, and therefore a mandatory reprimand and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-mandatory revocation are not required in this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-Notwithstanding the above, the Committee determines that revocation of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf:certificate is appropriate in this case. The Member’s conduct in having a romantic and sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-relationship with Student 1 was reprehensible conduct. This student was particularly vulnerable ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-because she was a foreign student away from home and under the Member’s care as resident ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf-supervisor. The Member was responsible for her safety and well-being. The Member’s breach of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on November 8 and 9, 2016 at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated March 12, 2013 (Ex. 1) was served on Sean Michael Douglas (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-“Member”) requesting his attendance before the College’s Discipline Committee on May 6, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-to set a date for a hearing. The hearing was subsequently set for November 8 and 9, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member was not in attendance at the hearing and was not represented by legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted an Affidavit of Annie Lacroix, affirmed November 4, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-(Ex. 2), to prove that the Member had been informed of the allegations against him, the date and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-time of the hearing and the penalty that could be sought by the College. In the affidavit, Ms. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Lacroix, a law clerk with McCarthy Tétrault LLP, describes in detail her communication with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Member and provides proof of service of all required documents. The Member did not attend at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-the hearing. On the basis of the affidavit, the Committee is satisfied that the Member was served ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-with the Notice of Hearing and disclosure documents, and was aware of the date and time of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-hearing and the penalty that could be sought by the College. The Committee therefore heard this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-matter in the absence of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-SUMMARY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The allegations in this matter are centred on the Member’s boundary violations with female ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:students and the sexual abuse of one student between 2009 and 2011. In terms of boundary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-violations, the Member was alleged to have sought to develop intimate, unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-relationships with female students by spending time alone with them in [XXX], [XXX] and in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:his car. In terms of the sexual abuse allegation, the Member was alleged to have fostered a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:sexualized relationship with a grade [XXX] student and then engaged in a physical relationship ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:with her after her [XXX], including having sexual intercourse with her. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-For the reasons set out in detail below, the Committee has determined that the College has ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-proven the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1 (15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-As well, for the reasons set out in detail below, the Committee finds that an appropriate penalty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-is revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration and publication of a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-summary of his case with name in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Sean Michael Douglas is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-THE PARTICULARS OF THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-1. Sean Michael Douglas is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- relationship with Student 4, which included, but was not limited to his: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- (a) exchanging electronic communications with Student 4; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- (b) being alone with Student 4 on a number of occasions; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- (c) allowing Student 4 to stay overnight at his residence; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- (d) providing Student 4, who was under the age of nineteen, with alcohol; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf: (e) engaging in a sexual relationship with Student 4. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-11. Subsequent to the events described in paragraph 10 above, the Member attempted to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- obstruct the Board’s investigation by encouraging Student 4 to lie about and/or to deny ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- that an improper relationship between them existed. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-12. The Member’s employment was terminated by the Board on or about October 27, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Because the Member was not in attendance at the hearing nor was he represented by legal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-counsel, the Committee proceeded on the basis that he denied the allegations set out in the Notice ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-PRELIMINARY LEGAL ISSUE ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Qualifying the participant expert, Leslie Johnstone ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-At the time of the hearing, Ms. Leslie Johnstone was Associate Director of Schools at the York ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Region District School Board. Prior to this, she acted in an administrative capacity as a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-superintendent, principal or vice-principal at the Board since 1998. At the time of her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Student 3 was in the Member’s [XXX] class in the second semester of 2010, when she was in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Grade [XXX]. She testified about approaching the Member and interviewing him for an [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-because she had an interest in [XXX]; they then developed a rapport and he would edit and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-review her [XXX] for other classes. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-She gave evidence about going to a [XXX] at [XXX] in [XXX] with the Member, and then ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-travelling with him alone in his car to have lunch at a restaurant and to go to [XXX] when they ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-were supposed to be at the [XXX]. She also testified as to the personal emails which the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-sent her (Ex. 8). The Committee found Student 3 to be composed and focused in her testimony. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-She became emotional at times because of the nature of the testimony. However, her evidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-was balanced and she did not appear to be editing or changing her evidence to bolster the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-College’s case. The Committee found Student 3 to be a credible witness. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Leslie Johnstone ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Ms. Johnstone interviewed Student 4, her sister, and her mother at the beginning of September ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-2011 (Ex. 14). Ms. Johnstone said that at first Student 4 was reluctant to be involved in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-investigation, but then changed her mind and participated because she said she did not want ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-anyone else to go through a similar experience with the Member. Student 4, her sister and her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:mother spoke to Ms. Johnstone about the Member’s sexual relationship with Student 4 and the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-fallout once this relationship was discovered by Student 4’s sister and mother. Ms. Johnstone ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-was also involved in the investigation and disciplining of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Ms. Johnstone’s status as a participant expert has already been established. In terms of her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-general credibility, the Committee found that Ms. Johnstone was reliable and unbiased in her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-evidence. She had very good recollection of events, and only gave evidence about the aspects of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-the investigation and discipline that she herself was involved in. The emails between Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-and the Member which Ms. Johnstone received from Student 4 and reviewed as part of her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-evidence were consistent with Ms. Johnstone’s evidence about her interview with Student 4. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Committee determined that Ms. Johnstone was a credible witness. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Ms. Johnstone gave evidence as a participant expert that the standards of the profession require ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-teachers to maintain clear professional boundaries with students in terms of not treating them as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:friends or peers, nor engaging them in any kind of sexualized manner. Ms. Johnstone stated that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-it is a standard of the profession that teachers maintain these boundaries regardless of whether ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-the student is in a teacher’s class or in another class or school. Ms. Johnstone explained the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:meaning of sexual “grooming” by a teacher, describing it as the act of playing on a student’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:vulnerability to make her feel special and to isolate her in order to violate boundaries for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:purpose. She explained that grooming by a teacher would be a violation of the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Mr. Johnstone reviewed the documentary sources which, in her opinion, reflect the standards of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-the profession. She noted the College’s Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession (Ex. 10) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-which states that teachers must express their commitment to students’ well-being; must develop ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the public based on trust; and must act with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-honesty and integrity. She also noted the College’s Standards of Practice for the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Profession (Ex. 10), which requires Members to be dedicated in their commitment to students ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-and to treat them with respect. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-As well, she pointed to the College’s Professional Advisory on the Use of Electronic ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Communications and Social Media (Ex. 12), which states: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- The Ontario College of Teachers Act and the Student Protection Act include “behaviour ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf: or remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a student” in the definition of sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- abuse. Thus, some behaviours that do not include any physical contact can be considered ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf: to be sexual abuse, and remarks of a sexual nature communicated online fall within the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf: definition of sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf: Members have been found to have groomed a student for sexual purposes, using ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- electronic messages to gradually win a student’s confidence and establish an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- inappropriate relationship. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf: Even if a member waits until the student has graduated before a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- occurs, the electronic communications with the student could result in findings of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- professional misconduct against the member (p. 5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Ms. Johnstone also highlighted the College’s Professional Advisory – Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Related To Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct (Ex. 11), which indicates that it is unacceptable ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:for a member to attempt to engage in or engage in a sexual relationship with a student, and it is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-not necessary for the student to be in the member’s class: “ A student may be a student who is in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-the school or school system where the member is employed, or in relation to whom a member is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-otherwise considered to hold a position of trust and responsibility.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-This advisory also states that members should use good judgement in order to avoid situations ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:which may be considered preludes to sexual misconduct, and should therefore refrain from: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-  inviting individual students to their homes ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-  seeing students in private and isolated situations ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-  exchanging personal notes, comments or e-mails ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-  becoming personally involved in students’ affairs ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-  giving personal gifts to students ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-  sharing personal information about themselves ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:  making physical contact of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-upsetting because Student 4 was never a student of his and he had no association with her while ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-she was a student. He also wrote “[t]o further this point, she contacted me and initiated the first ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-communication we had.” He denied grooming a student or having a relationship with a student. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member wrote that the emails he had with Student 4 were not in any way inappropriate, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-denied that he knew her when she was a student. He wrote that they went to a restaurant and she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-ordered an alcoholic drink and he did not question her age. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member wrote that Student 4 asked him if she could work for his [XXX] during the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-summer, and he said yes. He alleged that her family knew that she was working at the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member stated that he and Student 4 “cuddled and kissed” one weekend; he wrote, “as far as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-I knew, there was no reasons why we could not, but this act was limited as we were both tired ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-after a long day and an early work day following. We fell asleep and that was that.” The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-denied contacting Student 4 after he received her message stating that she never wanted to hear ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-from him again. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member included a number of reference letters with his written response, including a letter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-written by Student 2, a letter written by another student, and professional references from the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-subject head of [XXX] at [XXX] and another teacher. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-SUBMISSIONS AS TO FINDING BY COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The College argued that the Member’s conduct in violating boundaries with students and his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:sexual misconduct with one student violated the standards of the profession. College counsel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:argued that the Member’s sexualized emails and grooming of Student 4, which led to sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:intercourse, constituted sexual abuse. College Counsel also submitted that the conduct violated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-the Education Act insofar as students were not treated with fairness and respect. Finally, College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member would message Student 3 late at night, a factor which added to the intimacy of their ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-communications (p. 24). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Once the Member was being investigated for his conduct (Ex. 5), he wrote to Student 3 telling ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-her that he was in tears and his life and career were being taken away. He said that he did not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-want to lose Student 3 “on any level” and “unfortunately I agree that until school is over, it has to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-be professional” (p. 27). He asked her to delete all their emails and pretend they had not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-communicated (p. 29-33). The Member also invited Student 3 to work with him at the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-after the school year was over and tried to meet up with her after school was over (p. 30, 39, 47, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-54, 66). The Member wrote that he knew that he was taking a risk, indicating that he knew ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-communicating with Student 3 on a personal level was not allowed. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Committee finds that, based on the evidence of Ms. Johnstone, Ms. Cammaert, and the email ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-correspondence between Student 4 and the Member (Ex. 16), the Member engaged in a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:sexualized relationship with Student 4 between approximately June 22, 2011 and the beginning ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-of September 2011. Student 4 did not graduate high school until [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-In her affidavit, Ms. Annie Lacroix stated that Student 4 and her mother were contacted during ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-the investigation, and indicated that the events at issue were traumatic for Student 4 and she did ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-not wish to re-live the experience by participating in the hearing (p. 7). Although this was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-hearsay, the Committee found that Ms. Lacroix’s explanation for why Student 4 did not want to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-testify was credible, and was reliable based on the sworn nature of her testimony. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-According to Ms. Johnstone’s testimony of her interview with Student 4, Student 4 did not have ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-the Member as a teacher, but saw the Member’s published book on Facebook; she messaged him ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-and they started an email correspondence. She was in Grade [XXX] at the time. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-used his personal email account. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Committee carefully reviewed the email correspondence that Student 4 provided to Ms. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Johnstone. According to the emails, when the Member began to email Student 4, she wrote to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-him on June 22, 2011 that she was surprised to get his message because most “teachers, let alone ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-‘adults’… don’t take me or my generation seriously” (Ex. 16, p.1). Student 4 also wrote that it ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-was intimidating writing to a teacher, and that she thought the Member was “intriguing” based in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-part on her interactions with his students. The Member wrote that Student 4 should not see him ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-as a “teacher” but as a human. On the same date, the Member responded to Student 4’s message ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-and said that it was nice to connect with her, “the real you away from the school persona” (p.3). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Committee finds the Member knew that Student 4 was a student at the time he commenced ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-correspondence with her. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The emails between the Member and Student 4 were very intimate in nature, talking about the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Member’s personal life. During one email, he intoned that he was drunk when messaging ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Student 4, writing in his message of June 23, 2011, “You are wonderful… wait, maybe that is the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:wine talking...” (p.14). He made sexualized innuendo to Student 4 in this message, stating “I’m ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-so proud to be your first” when talking about [XXX] (p.15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member attempted to have Student 4 work for his [XXX], and also wanted to see her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-socially, stating “let us pick a day soon!!! (probably best after [XXX]… LOL… you or I do not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-need any drama in our lives…LOL)” (p.15). The Committee finds that, based on this evidence, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-the Member knew he should not be having a personal relationship with Student 4 because of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-their student-teacher status, but proceeded with this relationship notwithstanding. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Student 4 began to work at the Member’s [XXX] after [XXX] at the beginning of July. He ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-picked her up and dropped her off. After the second day of working at the [XXX], Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-stayed over at the Member’s house. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Committee finds, on a balance of probabilities, that the Member gave Student 4 a glass of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:wine and they had sexual intercourse when she stayed over at his house. The evidence which the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Committee relies on in making this finding is: the testimony of Ms. Johnstone and Ms. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Cammaert, who interviewed Student 4 and were present when she gave her statement about these ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-events; the Member’s double-entendre comment to Student 4 that “I’m so proud to be your first”, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:which alluded to sex; and Student 4’s email to the Member on September 17, 2011, discussed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-further below, stating what she and the Member did was “absolutely” sick and that he was a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-“pedophile”. The Committee finds that these pieces of evidence, taken together, establish that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:Member and Student 4 had sexual intercourse, on a balance of probabilities. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-rejects the Member’s assertion that they only kissed and cuddled. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Based on Ms. Johnstone’s testimony of her interview with Student 4 and the email ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-correspondence, the Member and Student 4 continued to get together over the next two weeks, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-and they went to a movie, for coffee and to a restaurant. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-According to the interview notes of Student 4, at one point during the last two weeks of July, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Student 4 told her sister about the relationship, who then told Student 4’s mother. Student 4’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-mother made her text the Member telling him that they could not see each other anymore and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-that if he contacted her, her mother would alert the Board. On July 11, 2011, Student 4 emailed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-the Member telling him that her mother found out about their relationship and telling him that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-she was going along with her mother’s instructions because “if I don’t things will get ugly for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-knew Student 4 did not want to hear from him, but he wrote about the pain which Student 4 and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-the investigation had caused him and his disappointment that Student 4 “fell victim to the way of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-thinking that so many others do” (para. 47). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member’s employment was terminated by the Board on October 27, 2011 (Exs. 17-18). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Legal findings as to professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession in his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-interactions with all four students referred to in the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Committee accepts Ms. Johnstone’s evidence that it is a standard of the profession that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-teachers maintain clear professional boundaries with students. They must not engage in personal, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-intimate interactions with students. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member breached this standard when he had extra-curricular ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-interactions with Students 1, 2 and 3 in situations where they were isolated, such as alone in a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-car, at a restaurant, or at a café. The inappropriateness of these interactions was not mitigated by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-the fact that, as the Member argued in the case of Students 1 and 3, he had parental permission to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-drive the students, as he was using these opportunities to get close to the students rather than ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-fulfill his professional obligations. In all three cases, the Member engaged with students in a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-manner which violated appropriate student-teacher boundaries. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-More egregiously, the Committee accepts based on Ms. Johnstone’s evidence and the College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-standards documentation that it is a standard of the profession that teachers are prohibited from ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:engaging in sexualized relationship with students, whether in person or over email, and are ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:prohibited from grooming students for future sexual interactions. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member very clearly violated the standards of the profession which ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:prohibit sexual abuse by engaging in a sexualized email relationship with Student 4 and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:grooming her for sexual conduct after her [XXX], a serious act of misconduct which will be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-discussed in the following section. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Committee strongly endorses the statement of Ms. Johnstone that “we don’t expect teachers ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-to act like automatons, we expect human beings, but what the Member did was well beyond the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-appropriate boundaries.” The Committee also agrees with Ms. Johnstone’s assessment that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Member’s conduct with regard to Student 4 was “textbook grooming”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:The Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-of the Act ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member abused Student 4 sexually. The Member established an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-inappropriate personal relationship with Student 4 through emailing and socializing which was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:sexual in nature, as well as through grooming, while she was a student. Sexual abuse in the Act is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:defined as including “behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:student.” The Member’s flirtatious and personal emails to Student 4, as well his sexual jokes ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:such as “I’m proud to be your first” when referring to [XXX], were remarks of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-These emails and the Member’s invitations to Student 4 to go out with him after [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:constituted grooming of Student 4 for a future sexual relationship. This relationship culminated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-in an evening in which the Member gave Student 4 wine, had her stay over at his house, and had ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:sexual intercourse with her. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Although the Member is not being investigated for allegations of engaging in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-relationship with Student 3 through his email correspondence with her, the Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-that these emails should be admitted into the record and considered as similar fact evidence. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-fact that the emails sent by the Member to Student 3 were very similar in tone and content to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-those sent to Student 4 indicates that the Member was not merely being friendly to female ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-students. Rather, he was engaging in a sustained effort to gain the trust of female students in their ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-[XXX], engage in intimate relationships, isolate them through private visits and employment at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:his [XXX], all with the goal of establishing sexual relationships and grooming female students ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:for sex. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:The effects of the Member’s sexual abuse of Student 4 were significant. She wrote in her email ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-of September 17, 2011 that she was sickened by their relationship and she hated herself because ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-of it. As well, the affidavit of Ms. Lacroix confirms that Student 4 is still negatively affected by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-the experience. The Member’s misconduct was extremely exploitive and damaging to Student 4. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:The Committee finds that the evidence supports a finding that the Member sexually abused ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Student 4. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act states that “[i]t is the duty of a teacher and a temporary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-teacher… to inculcate by precept and example respect for religion and the principles of Judaeo- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Christian morality and the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” Through his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:boundary violations and sexual abuse, the Member failed to show respect or moral regard for his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-students. The Member exploited his position of authority as a teacher to gain intimacy with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:students and, ultimately, to sexually abuse a student. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:In addition to his boundary violations and sexual abuse of a student, the Member acted in a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-dishonest manner by pressuring Student 4 to lie about her relationship with him. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-All these actions are antithetical to the responsible, trustworthy role a teacher is expected to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-maintain with students. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member acted in a disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-manner by repeatedly engaging in intimate interactions with students and, in the case of Student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:4, engaging in sexual misconduct with a student. The Member exploited his position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-power over students in order to place these students in compromising, inappropriately personal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:positions. In the case of Student 4, his sexual grooming and sexual abuse of a student was a gross ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-violation of his responsibilities as a role-model and authority figure. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:In addition to sexually abusing Student 4, the Member also attempted to obstruct the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-investigation into his actions by encouraging her to lie and deny her relationship with him. This ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-attempt to emotionally manipulate Student 4 was a further abuse of her trust. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-For the same reasons grounding a finding of a violation of subsection 1(18), the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member’s misconduct was extremely serious. Teachers are expected act with respect and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:moral integrity. The Member’s boundary violations and, in particular, his sexual abuse, fell far ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-below the standard expected of members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-SUBMISSIONS BY THE COLLEGE WITH RESPECT TO PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-College Counsel argued for revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-registration and for publication of the findings and order of the Committee in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The College argued that revocation was appropriate because the findings of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:misconduct included serious online sexual misconduct which was followed by a sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-relationship after [XXX]. College Counsel relied on the following cases in support of its ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-position: Ontario College of Teachers v. Floro, 2014 ONOCT 39 (CanLII), Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Teachers v. Matejovic, 2012 ONOCT 24 (CanLII), and Ontario College of Teachers v. Nevins, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-2011 ONOCT 22 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The College argued that the severe nature of the Member’s misconduct, combined with his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-failure to rehabilitate his conduct and the need for general deterrence, called for revocation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-2. There shall be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee, in summary form ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 26 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- in the official publication of the College Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- with the name of the Member.1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Revocation of the Member’s certificate is necessary in order to protect future students from ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:similar boundary violations and sexual abuse by the Member, as he has shown no willingness to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-rehabilitate his behaviour. The Member was disciplined by his employer in May 2009 and June ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-2010 about boundary violations and given explicit instruction not to engage in personal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-relationships with students. He disregarded these warning and the severity of his misconduct in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:fact increased, culminating in the sexual abuse of Student 4. The Member has shown that he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-cannot be trusted with students and that the strongest possible sanction must be put into place to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-protect the safety of the public. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member’s written response is evidence that he had no insight into why his actions with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Students 1 and 3 violated appropriate boundaries. Even more seriously, his response with respect ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-to Student 4 indicated that he is unwilling to understand that he abused his position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:authority by developing a sexualized relationship with a student at another school and groomed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:her for sexual relations after the school year was over. The Member attempted to minimize the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-seriousness of his contact with Student 4, insisting among other things that his conduct was not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:serious because he only kissed and cuddled her. Even if this was the extent of the sexual conduct, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-which the Committee has rejected, it finds that the Member’s conduct leading up to any kind of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:sexual activity with Student 4 was grooming and constitutes sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- This penalty was ordered before the Act was amended on December 5, 2016. At the time of the order, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Committee retained its discretion with respect to publication, although it recognizes that publication is now ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-mandatory pursuant to section 45.1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Particularly egregious was the Member’s attempt to deflect blame by pointing to the fact that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Student 4 initiated the contact between the two of them; regardless of whether a student or a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:teacher initiates contact, it is wholly unacceptable for a teacher to a cultivate a sexualized ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:relationship with a student and groom her for sexual contact. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Member refused to take responsibility for his actions; instead, he persisted in denying that he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-did anything wrong and characterized himself as the victim. The consequences for a victim of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:sexual abuse are severe. This is evident in Student’s 4 very emotional, disgusted response to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Member in her last email to him. The Member was oblivious to the pain he caused his victim, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-and only focused on the impact of the investigation and discipline on himself. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf:Revocation will also denounce the Member’s predatory and sexually abusive conduct in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-strongest terms possible, and act as general deterrence to show the profession at large that such ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-conduct will not be tolerated in the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Finally, the Committee finds that publication with the Member’s name in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession is warranted. Publication with name acts as general deterrence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-for the profession as it identifies to the profession the serious nature of a member’s misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-the fact that it is not tolerated and the consequences of such behaviour. It also ensures the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-transparency of the discipline process and reassures the public that the College acts decisively ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-and does not shield its members when matters of this nature are brought to its attention. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and serves and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf-protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-on December 5, 2016 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated June 25, 2012 (Exhibit 1) was served on Kenneth Gavin Bernard ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Williamson (the “Member”) requesting his attendance before the Committee on July 16, 2012 to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The Member was also provided with a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Disclosure Brief. The hearing was subsequently set for December 5, 2016, as set out in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-procedural history below. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-In R. v. Williamson, (20 December 2011) (“Williamson”), Justice G. Tranmer (the “trial judge”) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice issued an order restricting publication pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-subsection 486.4(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada (see Exhibit 4, Tab C). The Committee is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-therefore required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, there shall be no publication of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-any information that might tend to identify the victim or witnesses involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-SUMMARY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:The Member was convicted by a judge and jury of crimes relating to the historic sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-of a child whom the Member was mentoring. At the time, the Member was studying for his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Bachelor of Education degree and later became a member of the College. On appeal, the criminal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-charges against the Member were stayed due to unreasonable delay in the Member’s trial ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-process. The appeal courts did not disturb any of the findings of fact relating to the commission ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-of the offences. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- (g) he failed to concern himself with the welfare of pupils while they were under his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- care, contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation;2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- (h) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-1. Kenneth Gavin Bernard Williamson is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-2. From approximately 1979 to 1982, the Member had a position of trust and/or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- responsibility with an [XXX]-year-old male person. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-3. Between the year of 1979 to 1982, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf: a) engaged in sexual touching and/or sexual intercourse with the [XXX]-year-old ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- male person; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- b) committed an act of buggery on the [XXX]-year-old male person; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- c) committed an indecent assault on the [XXX]-year-old male person. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf: d) sexually assaulted the [XXX]-year-old male person; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- e) committed the act of buggery on the [XXX]-year-old male person. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-4. On or about January 7, 2009, the Member was criminally charged in that he, between the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- approximate dates of January 1, 1979 and December 31, 1982 at the City of Kingston in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- the said Region of East did: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- Ibid. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Person 1 explained that his mother’s common law husband was in jail at that time, and he did not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-have any other father figure. Person 1 said that he was getting passing grades at school but was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-defiant and often truant. He testified that he was stealing from his mother, and so she took him to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-the police in order to ‘scare him straight’. However, because of this involvement with the police, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Person 1 was placed into the Children’s Aid Society system and made a ward of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-At this time, Person 1 was placed in a [XXX] program which placed [XXX] boys with male role ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-models who were supposed to help them with their homework and keep them out of trouble. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Member was a Bachelor of Education student at Queen’s University and was living at a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-dormitory for students on campus, Jean Royce Hall. Person 1 stated that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-introduced to him by the program’s coordinator at Person 1’s home. Person 1 said that he then ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-began to meet with the Member at his house, at the Member’s dormitory, and at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-parents’ home in [XXX]. Person 1 testified that he saw the Member three to four times per week. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:Person 1 gave evidence that the Member sexually abused him. This abuse included anal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:intercourse, oral sex, and sexual touching. Person 1 stated that, when anal sex occurred, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:Member would penetrate him. Person 1 also stated that the Member performed oral sex on him, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-and the Member would also touch Person 1’s penis, buttock and chest. Person 1 stated that he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-stayed over at the Member’s dormitory or at the Member’s parents’ house two to three times per ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-week. He testified that anal penetration occurred over 100 times during the time he knew the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:Member, and oral sex occurred approximately 10 to 12 times. Person 1 testified that he did not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-tell anyone at the time; he felt that if anyone found out, he would be chastised for being gay. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Person 1 stated that the Member’s actions made him feel like he was dirty. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The trial judge gave the following synopsis of Person 1’s evidence at trial: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- [Person 1] testified that when he was approximately [XXX] years of age he was paired ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- with [the Member] through the courts as part of a [XXX] program. He was skipping ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- school, disobeying his mother and getting into trouble. He had no stable home life. His ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- mother was on social assistance. His family was unable to eat proper food. His mother ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- was not dependable in a crisis. His father had had nothing to do with him since he was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- aged three. He had no friends. His mother’s boyfriend through his ages [XXX] years was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- incarcerated at Joyceville Penitentiary for armed robbery. [The Member] admitted that he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- knew this background ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- It was admitted by [the Member] that he knew he was in a big brother/little brother ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- position to [Person 1], much like the Big Brother organization. He was a father figure. He ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf: was a role model. Apart from the sexual abuse, he was the only bright light in [Person ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 1’s] life. It was clear on the evidence that [the Member] enjoyed a privileged position in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- life compared to that of [Person 1]. In his trial testimony and in his statement to the police ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- officer, [the Member] stated that he knew it would be an egregious breach of trust for a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf: person in his positon to have sexual relations with a child of [Person 1’s] age, even if the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- child was the instigator. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- [Person 1] testified that for about two and a half years until he was in grade [XXX], he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf: was subjected to sexual abuse by [the Member] at [the Member’s] residence, the Jean ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- Royce hall, or at [the Member’s] family home in [XXX]. The abuse was in the form of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf: anal sex with penetration occurring a ballpark number of about 100 times and less ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf: frequently oral sex with [Person 1] being forced to perform oral sex on [the Member]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The trial judge described the Member’s statement to police and his testimony as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- In the videotapes interview with the police officer on the date that he was arrested, [the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf: Member] initially denied having any sexual relations with [Person 1]. Ultimately, he told ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf: the officer that he had had sexual activity with [Person 1], but he did not admit that he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- had had anal intercourse, him on [Person 1], involving penetration or that he had forced ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf: [Person 1] to perform oral sex on him, the two allegations made by [Person 1]. In his trial ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf: testimony, [the Member] said that those two acts of sexual misconduct were the most ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- violent that could occur between a man and a child. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- [The Member] pleaded not guilty to the three counts. His testimony at trial was a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf: complete denial of having any sexual activity with [Person 1]. He testified at trial that his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- admissions to the police officer when interviewed were false. He testified at trial that he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- made those admissions to the police officer because of the manner of his arrest without ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- prior announcement, being bushwhacked, being shocked, on autopilot, and because the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- officer had made it clear to him that the officer believed [Person 1] and was not looking ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- for the truth from [the Member]. Rather, the officer was only interested in getting a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- confession from [the Member]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- [The Member] testified at trial that he made the admissions to the police officer because ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- he saw no other way out of his custody situation other than attempting to satisfy or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- mollify the officer by telling the officer what he wanted to hear. As noted, [the Member] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- in this statement to the police at no time admitted to the allegations that had, in fact, been ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- made by [Person 1]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- The jury returned a verdict of guilty on all three counts. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The trial judge noted that, as the jury verdict did not provide an explanation of the factual basis ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-upon which the jury made its decision, it was his responsibility to make findings of fact on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-disputed questions of fact that were relevant to sentence. The trial judge found that, as the jury ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-convicted the Member of buggery, it must have found that the Crown had proven beyond a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-reasonable doubt that the Member performed anal intercourse on him with penetration. The trial ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-judge also found that, based on its findings of indecent assault and gross indecency, the jury ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:found that Person 1 was forced to perform oral sex on the Member, and the Member touched ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Person 1’s penis and had Person 1 touch the Member’s penis. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:At trial, Person 1 gave evidence that the sexual abuse continued for about two and a half years, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-through when he was in grade [XXX] until he was in grade [XXX]. The trial judge found that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-timeframe of the abuse occurred between the fall of 1979 until August of 1980. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-became a member of the College on June 16, 1980 (see Exhibit 3). The Member taught full-time ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-until he was arrested and charged with the offences in January 6, 2009, at which time he was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-placed on paid leave. Since his conviction in December 2011, he retired from the Board and is in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-receipt of his pension. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The trial judge found Person 1 to be a reliable witness who “answered questions directly and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-responsively even if the answers put him in a bad light.” The trial judge noted that Person 1 did ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-not tell anyone about the abuse for fear of being thought to be gay and because he thought that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-no one would believe him. He described the effect of the abuse on Person 1 as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- [Person 1] said the anal intercourse was painful. He could not describe the pain. He said ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- he had mixed feelings about what happened. He didn’t think it should be happening, but ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- maybe it should be happening. He felt that no one would believe him. He said the abuse ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- changed his whole world. He stopped looking at the world like a child. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- … ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- He testified that he thought about [the Member] and what had happened all the time. His ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- thoughts included whether he should come out and tell people, in case [the Member] was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- doing it to someone else. He has dreams about what happened. When he wakes up, he is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- just mad. He used to punch holes in the wall and stuff because he was mad over it. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- … ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- He testified that he liked eating real food on the table with napkins at [the Member’s] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- family residence and also going to movies, watching hockey games and going to help ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- cook at [the Member’s] friend’s house. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- In his victim impact statement, [Person 1] says that the effect of the abuse on him is a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- very bad one. He grew up in life scared, angry, lost and very depressed. He lives with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- shame and hates every day and has nightmares at night, waking up in cold sweats and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- then staying awake the rest of the night. He is on medication which causes mood swings. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- He doesn’t like to talk to people or be around people. He says that he does not take his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- kids anywhere because of his depression. He stays in his house most of the time. His ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ability to enjoy a lot of things like outdoor sports in gone. He says he cannot look anyone ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- in the face because he is still ashamed. He wishes that this never happened to him so that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- he would have had a normal life. He says that his life has been very dark a lot of the time. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The trial judge found that there were a number of aggravating factors in the case, including: the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Member was a well-off and educated 26-year-old at the time of the offence; Person 1 was a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-vulnerable and troubled [XXX]-year-old; the Member was a role model and father figure in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Person 1’s life through the [XXX] program, and gave him opportunities he would not otherwise ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:have; there was an element of grooming and gaining of Person 1’s trust; the abuse was an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-egregious breach of trust; the Member asked Person 1 to keep the relationship a secret and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Person 1 felt no one would believe him given his conduct, age and life experiences at time; the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-abuse took place repeatedly and more than once weekly over a substantial period of time; the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-abuse was “horrific, and degrading and painful”; the consequences of the abuse were tragic and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-of long-standing impact; and the Member did not take responsibility for his actions and accused ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-appeal, despite the fact that the appeal was allowed and the conviction stayed on the basis of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-unreasonable delay. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Supreme Court of Canada decision ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Crown appealed the decision of the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Supreme Court heard the appeal on October 7, 2015 and issued its decision on July 8, 2016: R. v. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Williamson, 2016 SCC 28 (CanLII) (Exhibit 4, Tab F). A majority of the Supreme Court of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Canada dismissed the appeal, finding that the Member’s right to be tried within a reasonable time ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-was infringed. The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision dealt only with the unreasonable delay ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-issue, and did not consider the decision on the merits. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-SUBMISSIONS AS TO FINDING BY COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Counsel for the College argued that both the oral evidence of Person 1 and the trial record clearly ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-established that the Member was guilty of professional misconduct. College Counsel argued that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-the factual findings of the trial judge could be used to establish the factual foundations of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:sexual abuse by the Member against Person 1, notwithstanding the fact that the decision was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-overturned on appeal and a stay entered on account of unreasonable trial delay. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:argued that the Member contravened criminal laws regarding sexual assault, and these ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-contraventions were relevant to the issues of his suitability to hold a teaching certificate and his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-risk to students under his supervision. College Counsel added that the member failed to comply ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-with the Education Act and failed to maintain the standards under the Teaching Profession Act ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-regulation. The College further submitted that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, and that his conduct was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-unbecoming a member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Having considered the evidence of the witness for the College, the documentary evidence, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-the submissions of College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-1(17), 1(18) and 1(19), subsection 229(1)(c) of the Education Act, 1974, and subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-235(1)(c) of the Education Act, 1980. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Committee also finds that the facts would have supported a finding under section 13 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-TPA Regulation made pursuant to Section 12 of the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1970, c. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-456, but this is not defined as an act of professional misconduct in Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Factual findings ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Committee accepts the evidence of Person 1. The Committee finds that this evidence was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:consistent with the testimony Person 1 gave at trial. It finds that the Member sexually abused ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:Person 1, including by engaging in over 100 instances of anal intercourse, as well as oral sex and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:sexual touching. This abuse occurred while the Member was in teacher’s college and continued ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-when he became a member of the College in June 1980. As such, the College has jurisdiction to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-discipline the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Committee also accepts the facts as found by the trial judge. The facts found at trial are ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-consistent with the facts that the Committee found based on Person 1’s testimony and support a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-finding of professional misconduct against the Member. Committee recognizes that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-interpreted by the trial judge, remains sound. The Member contravened laws, namely provisions ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-of the Criminal Code of Canada. On this basis, Committee finds that the requirement that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Member “contravened a law” under subsection 1(16) is satisfied. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-This contravention of a law is clearly relevant to the Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Qualification and Registration. The Member’s commission of abhorrent crimes upon a young ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-person indicates that it is wholly unsuitable for him to maintain his teaching certificate. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Member abused a vulnerable child who saw him as a father figure. The Member has preyed on a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:child for his own sexual gratification, and he should never again have the privilege of being ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-certified as a teacher in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Member contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may cause a student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-or students who is under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:For the reasons cited above, the Committee finds that the Member contravened criminal sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-assault laws. Although the Member was not in a student-teacher relationship with Person 1, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Member abused his position of trust as a mentor while he was in teacher’s college and continued ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:while he was a member of the College. The Member’s repeated violent sexual abuse of Person 1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-shows that students under the Member’s supervision would be at risk. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Member failed to comply with subsection 229(1)(c) of the Education Act, 1974 and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-subsection 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-These two provisions required the Member to “to inculcate by precept and example respect for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-religion and the principles of Judaeo-Christian morality and the highest regard for truth, justice, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-loyalty, love of country, humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:and all other virtues.” The Member sexually exploited Person 1 repeatedly over a long period of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-time. He gained access to Person 1 through a program meant to help vulnerable youth. This ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-conduct by the Member shows a complete disrespect for the above values which a teacher is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-required to uphold. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Member failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-profession contrary to Section 13 of the Regulation (the “TPA Regulation”) made under the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Teaching Profession Act, made pursuant to Section 12 of the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-1970, c. 456, as amended and R.S.O. 1980, c. 495 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s deeply abusive conduct shows a failure to maintain the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-highest professional competence and a failure to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-of the teaching profession. However, the Committee has declined to make a finding under the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Teaching Professions Act. Ontario Regulation 437/97 sets out the acts which are defined as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-professional misconduct for the purpose of subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Act, 1996. While the regulation makes it an act of professional misconduct to fail to comply with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-the Education Act and its regulations, it does not include a similar provision making a failure to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-comply with the Teaching Professions Act an act of professional misconduct. Therefore, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Committee declines to make this finding in this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:It is clear that the Member’s actions in sexually abusing Person 1 would be regarded by the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-profession as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. The Member’s conduct was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-reprehensible, violating Person 1 both physically and emotionally. It is the antithesis of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-principle that a teacher should protect and nurture the well-being of young people. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:The Committee concludes that, in sexually abusing Person 1, the Member engaged in conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-unbecoming a member of the profession. All children are vulnerable, and a child with a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-disadvantaged past like Person 1 is especially vulnerable. He had few tools to defend himself ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-against the predatory behaviour demonstrated by the Member. The Member exploited this for his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:own repeated sexual gratification over a period of two and half years, despite the immense harm ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-he was inflicting on Person 1. The Member abused his position of trust and authority in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-gravest manner. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-SUBMISSIONS AS TO PENALTY BY COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-and Registration was appropriate given the extremely serious nature of his misconduct and the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Member’s exploitation of his authority as a mentor to Person 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Upon being questioned by the Committee, College Counsel stated that it had no instructions to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-request fines and/or costs. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-DECISION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-2. There shall be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee in summary form, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- with the name of the Member, in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-3. The Committee imposes a fine in the amount of $5,000, to be paid by the Member to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- Minister of Finance for payment into the Consolidated Revenue Fund (to be sent to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- College for submission to the Minister of Finance), to be paid within three months of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- order becoming final. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-4. The Committee imposes costs in the amount $10,839, to be paid to the College within ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- three months of the order becoming final. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Revocation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Member’s extremely reprehensible conduct warrants the revocation of his teaching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:certificate. The Member abused his position of authority to brutally and repeatedly sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-a young person over a multi-year period. The harm caused by the Member was extremely grave. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Committee accepts the evidence presented in Person 1’s victim impact statement that this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:sustained sexual abuse had a significant detrimental effect on Person 1’s mental health and his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-quality of life. Person 1 testified that the abuse damaged him psychologically and caused him ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-life-long pain. As well, the Member has shown from his conduct during the criminal trial that he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-does not accept responsibility for his actions. In order to denounce the Member’s conduct and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-protect students, the Member’s certificate of registration must be revoked. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Publication ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Committee finds that publication with the Member’s name in Professionally Speaking/Pour ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-parler profession is warranted. Publication with name acts as general deterrence for the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-profession as it identifies to the profession the very serious nature of a member’s misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-its consequences. It also ensures the transparency of the discipline process and reassures the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:public that the College takes sexual abuse cases very seriously and does not shield members ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-from discipline. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Fine ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Committee has the jurisdiction to order a fine under subsection 30(5)2 to a maximum of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-$5000, to be paid by a member to the Minister of Finance for payment into the Consolidated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Revenue Fund. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-In the Committee’s view, a fine of $5000 is appropriate in order to denounce in the strongest ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-possible terms the Member’s conduct. As well, a fine will serve to deter other members of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:profession from engaging in such abuse by making it clear that child sexual abuse will never be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-tolerated. The Member’s conduct was one of the worst violations a person in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-could commit upon a child. Moreover, the Member showed no remorse for his conduct during ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-his criminal trial, did not acknowledge the tremendous damage his abuse has inflicted upon ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Person 1 and did not participate in the College proceeding. Adults who violate young people ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:sexually in the manner committed by the Member should face the most serious consequences. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Committee concludes that in these circumstances, a fine of $5000 is warranted. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Committee notes that a significant burden was placed on the witness in this case, Person 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Because of the Member’s refusal to participate in the process, Person 1 was required to attend at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf:the hearing and to recount in detail the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of the Member. He ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-was required to do so under the formal rules of the hearing process, an experience that is stressful ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-for any witness, and is especially so where the witness must describe a traumatic event. As noted ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-in Person 1’s testimony in court and at the hearing, he still suffers trauma as a result of the abuse. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Had the Member been more cooperative with the College, knowing that he had already been ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-found guilty in criminal court on the same facts and knowing that he had already retired from the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-profession, Person 1 could have been spared the pain of testifying. Instead, the Member’s failure ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-to participate meant that Person 1 was required to go through the onerous process of a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-The Committee also finds costs are warranted given the Member’s rationale for failing to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-participate in these proceedings – namely, that he was financially secure and did not plan to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-teach again, and therefore did not need to engage in the College’s processes. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-indicated in his email of July 13, 2012 that he was receiving his full teaching pension, had let his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-College membership “lapse”, and had no intention of renewing his membership or teaching again ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-in Ontario. This was the Member’s last communication with the College. The Member displayed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-an attitude of disregard for the College’s authority as a self-regulating body tasked with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-protecting the public. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-By failing to communicate or engage in discussions with the College, the Member required the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-College to incur the full costs of a contested hearing which resulted in significant burdens upon ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-the witness in this case. As well, by refusing to participate in the College’s discipline process, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf-Member showed a disregard for the College’s authority and thereby ignored the important role ./ontario-cases/2017onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated September 30, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on Magelle Lepage (“the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-Member”), requesting her presence on November 23, 2015 to set a date for the hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for April 13, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-The Member was present at the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Magelle Lepage is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- (b) she abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf: (c) she abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf: and/or sexually abused a student, as described in Part 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- (e) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- (f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-8. The Member urged Student 1 on several occasions to keep their communications ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- confidential and to delete them. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-9. Between June 1 and August 31, 2013, the Member invited Student 1 to her home, with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- another student, to babysit her children, even though the Principal had told her to end all ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- communication with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-10. During the material time, the Member was going through a difficult personal situation. At ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- the time, she was feeling extremely lonely and trying to cope by surfing social media. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- She became dependent on social media to fulfil her own needs for affection. According to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- a report by Dr. François Beaudoin on April 19, 2014 (copy attached as Tab C), the two ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf: tests he administered to the Member showed no evidence of sexual deviance. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-11. The Member has successfully completed a course on the use of electronic modes of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- communication with students and appropriate relationships with students. According to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- the report dated April 14, 2014 from the course provider, Donat Boulerice (copy attached ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- as Tab D), the Member has completed all of the course requirements and understands the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- serious nature of her actions. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-12. By this document, the Member admits, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the truth ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- of the facts and exhibits referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-13. The Member acknowledges that the aforementioned Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- misconduct against her, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-included numerous inappropriate electronic communications as described above. Even though ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-she was instructed by the Principal of the School to stop all communication with the student, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-Member failed to end the inappropriate relationship. The Committee is seriously concerned by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-the teacher’s inability to maintain appropriate boundaries. The reprimand will allow the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Public Register is important, as it will serve ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-Given the seriousness of the Member’s conduct, the Committee finds that a four-month ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-suspension is reasonable and appropriate. The Member’s psychological or emotional abuse of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf:student was not sexual in nature, but it lasted for several months. The teacher’s inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-communications were multiple and part of a disturbing pattern of behaviour. The behaviour ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-continued even though the Principal of the School warned the Member to end all inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-communications with the student. The Member persisted nonetheless in her worrisome ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-communications with the student. Furthermore, a four-month suspension falls within a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-reasonable range, based on similar case law produced by the College. It will serve as a specific ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-deterrent for the Member, and the recording of the fact of the suspension on the Public Register ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-will serve as a general deterrent to members of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-The Committee finds that the course on maintaining appropriate boundaries will assist with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-Member’s rehabilitation by reminding her of her obligations as a member of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-profession, and will help her to make better decisions in her future interactions with students. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-The Committee notes that the professional advisory on the Use of Electronic Communication ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf-and Social Media (February 23, 2011) submitted by Counsel for the College is intended to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf-on January 26, 2017 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated July 31, 2014 was served on John Robert D. Gerwin (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on August 11, 2014 to set a date for a hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for January 26, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf-The Member was in attendance throughout the hearing of this matter and had legal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf-representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that John Robert D. Gerwin is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated April 9, 2014 (Exhibit 1) was served on Genevieve Huguette ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Emmanuelle Charlton-Rogers (the “Member”), requesting her presence on May 14, 2014 to set a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for April 25, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2);2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf: (c) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- (e) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- (f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- Section 40(1.1) is cited in the original Notice of Hearing, and was in force when the agreement between the parties ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-was signed. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the Act came into force on December 5, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-1. Genevieve Huguette Emmanuelle Charlton-Rogers is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX](the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-3. During the 2012-2013 academic year, Student 1 was an [XXX]-year-old female student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- at the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf:4. In the 2012-2013 academic year, the Member engaged in a romantic and sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-5. In August 2013, the Member resigned from the Board. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-6. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-7. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts referred to above constitute ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- professional misconduct against her, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf: admits that she engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-8. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, she is waiving the right ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- to require the College to otherwise prove the case against her and the right to have ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- (d) she understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- including reference to her name, may be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between the parties with respect to the penalty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this Agreement ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-9. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct outlined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. The Committee granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-The Committee will be disregarding College Counsel’s submissions regarding subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-in light of the withdrawal. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-1(18) and 1(19). The Committee also finds that the Member committed professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf:by engaging in the sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-version of the Act in force at the time the Member pled guilty, on November 29, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1-5 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-1(5), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Committee also finds that the Admitted Facts establish ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf:that the Member committed professional misconduct by engaging in the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the version of the Act in force at the time ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-the Member pled guilty, on November 29, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Paragraph 4 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Paragraph 4 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf:abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf:and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-the version of the Act in force at the time the Member pled guilty on November 29, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Paragraph 4 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Paragraph 4 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Paragraph 4 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-1. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Registrar”) to immediately ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and makes an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-order in accordance with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-it would bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-to the public interest. The Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Penalty is proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-circumstances of this case. The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-based on the following analogous cases presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Teachers v. Pennycook, 2016 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Matejovic, 2012 ONOCT 24 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf:The Committee does not have evidence as to the nature of the sexual acts committed by the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf:Member in this case as part of her “romantic and sexual relationship” with Student 1. As such, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf:the Committee cannot make a finding that the Member’s sexual abuse is one of the enumerated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-acts of professional misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act, which would require it to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-make an order pursuant to subsection 30.2(1) of the Act: 1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-reprimanded by the Committee; and 2) directing the Registrar to revoke any certificate held by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-the Member under the Act. However, the Committee does find that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf:sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the version of the Act in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf:force at the time the Member pled guilty on November 29, 2016, and that her sexually abusive ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-conduct was in breach of subsection 1(7.3) of the Act. Therefore, the Committee is satisfied that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-revocation is the appropriate penalty in this case and that this penalty protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf:The Member had a sexual relationship with an [XXX]-year-old student. At the time, the student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-was in the Member’s class, and later the student served as a [XXX]in her class. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-took advantage of the authority and trust that were placed in her as a teacher. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf:contravened the standards of the profession by committing acts of a sexual nature with a student. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-As a result of her conduct, the Committee finds that the Member has forfeited the privilege of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-holding a teaching certificate in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Revocation in this case is proportionate to the Member’s misconduct. Revocation will reinforce ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-to the profession and to the public the importance of maintaining appropriate student/teacher ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-boundaries, and that inappropriate conduct of this nature will not be tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-Publication of this decision with the Member’s name is now mandatory in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-subsection 45.1 of the Act. In their original Joint Submission on Penalty, the parties had agreed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-that there would be publication of the findings and Order of the Committee in summary form in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf-the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-On December 20, 2016, a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-College of Teachers (the “College”) rendered a decision finding Zubair Ahmed Shaikh (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-“Member”) guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-The Committee found that the Member, a school [XXX]at the time of the events in question, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf:made a series of inappropriate comments with a sexual undertone to a female student while they ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-were alone in his office. In particular, on November 29, 2011, the Member told the student that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- (a) she was beautiful; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- (b) if she were walking down the street, he would rate her as a “10”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- (c) if he pointed her out to friends, they would rate her as a “10”; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- (d) when she was doing push-ups, he had to try hard not to look at her butt (referred ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- to collectively as the “Incident”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-The Committee did not accept the Member’s claim that he was simply complimenting the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-student or trying to boost her self-esteem (see Decision on Finding and Reasons for Decision at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-page 67). Rather, the Committee found that the Member’s comments were disrespectful and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-objectifying, and they made the student feel so uncomfortable that she left the school after her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-[XXX]of Grade [XXX] and was [XXX]for the remainder of the academic year (see Decision on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-Finding and Reasons for Decision at page 67). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-The Committee further noted that while all members of the profession are expected to provide a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-safe learning environment for students, this expectation is heightened for [XXX]who are trusted ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-to address sensitive, personal issues with students in a respectful and professional manner (see ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-Member’s Counsel presented the following cases, which establish a lower range of appropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-penalties for similar types of misconduct: Ontario College of Teachers v. Ward, 2013 ONOCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-92 (CanLII)1 and 2013 ONOCT 93 (CanLII)2 ; and Ontario College of Teachers v. Woltman, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-2015 ONOCT 88 (CanLII)3 and 2015 ONOCT 89 CanLII)4 . Member’s Counsel also presented ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Venditti, 2016 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) in support of the position ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-that the Committee ought to consider as mitigating factors that the Member had engaged in a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-single instance of unprofessional behaviour and that he has no prior or subsequent discipline ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-history.5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-In considering the aggravating and mitigating factors in this case, the Committee finds that a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-substantial penalty is warranted. The jointly proposed penalty, which includes a six-month ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-suspension, is therefore appropriate. While the Committee recognizes that the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-did not form part of a long-term pattern of behaviour and that he does not have a prior or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-subsequent discipline history at the College, the Committee does not consider the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-misconduct to be a momentary lapse in judgment. He made a series of inappropriate comments ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf:with a sexual undertone to a student during an approximately [XXX]meeting (see Decision on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-Finding and Reasons for Decision at page 50). His misconduct was serious, he abused his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-position of trust and authority as a school[XXX], and he provided inconsistent evidence to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-Committee during this hearing, which the Committee finds to have been misleading. His conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-also had a profound negative impact on the student’s high school career (see Decision on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- Decision and reasons on finding. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- Decision and reasons on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- Decision and reasons on finding. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- Decision and reasons on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- The parties also provided the Committee with Ontario College of Teachers v. Palmateer, 2010 ONOCT 27 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-(CanLII) in their Brief of Authorities, but neither party made any submissions in relation to this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-Finding and Reasons for Decision at page 68-69). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-The Committee finds that the various elements of the jointly proposed penalty are appropriate for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-the following reasons. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-Reprimand ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s series of inappropriate comments with a sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-undertone warrants a reprimand by his peers. The Member failed to maintain appropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-professional boundaries and he abused his position of trust and authority as a [XXX]and a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-member of the teaching profession by making the comments that he did to the student. Rather ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-than ensuring that school was a safe space for the student, he made her feel so uncomfortable that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-she ultimately [XXX]the school after her [XXX] of Grade [XXX] and was [XXX]for the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-remainder of the academic year. It is wholly unacceptable for members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-profession to make insensitive, demeaning and unprofessional comments to students. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-The reprimand allows the Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-serves as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-Suspension ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-Given the serious nature of the Member’s misconduct, the Committee finds that a six-month ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-suspension is appropriate. The case law provided by the parties demonstrates that the duration of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-suspensions for similar types of misconduct of varying severity ranges from 15 days (at the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-lower end of the spectrum) to two years (at the upper end of the spectrum). The Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-accepts that the six-month suspension jointly proposed by the parties falls squarely within this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-from professional organizations such as the[XXX]” (Exhibit 27 at page 23). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-The Member violated a number of responsibilities that he had as a school [XXX](which go ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-beyond the responsibilities of other teachers). School[XXX], unlike many other teachers, are ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-privy to sensitive information. The Member must be reminded of the great responsibility that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-comes with this specialized role. The Member had no reason, in this case, to engage in a personal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-discussion with the student. He was not her [XXX](see Decision on Finding and Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-Decision at page 34). He was not asked by the principal (Ms. Grdovic), the [XXX]of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-[XXX]department [XXX], or the student to provide [XXX]to the student on the day of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-Incident. He also took advantage of personal information that he had learned inappropriately ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-about the student “through the grapevine” (see Decision on Finding and Reasons for Decision at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-page 43) and he abused his position of trust and authority by making a series of inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf:comments with a sexual undertone to the vulnerable student. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-The Committee believes that an appropriately tailored course will remind the Member of his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-obligations as a teacher and as a [XXX]and will help him to make better decisions in any future ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-interactions with students, should he return to the teaching profession in a [XXX]or any other ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-position. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-Publication of this decision with the Member’s name is now mandatory in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-subsection 45.1 of the Act. Accordingly, the Committee’s decision and reasons will be published ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-with the Member’s name on the College’s website and a summary will be published with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-Member’s name in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the jointly proposed penalty is appropriate in the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2017onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated June 2, 2016 (Exhibit 1) was served on Phillip Ian Nolan (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on July 21, 2016 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for March 30, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Phillip Ian Nolan is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- b) he abused a student, or students, psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf: c) he abused a student, or students, sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student, or students, as defined ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may cause a student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- who is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-1 Section 40(1.1) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- was cited in the Notice of Hearing, date June 2, 2016. However, this provision has been repealed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-after amendments to the Act came into force on December 5, 2016. It will therefore not be considered by the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Committee. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-1. Phillip Ian Nolan is and was at all material times a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Ottawa-Carleton District School ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX](the “School”). The Member was responsible for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-School [XXX] and the[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 and Student 2 were female students at the School. Both were ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-around [XXX]old at the time of the incidents in question. Both were involved in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-School[XXX], which was [XXX] by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-4. Between January 1, 2000 and July 31, 2000, the Member had an inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf:relationship and sexual contact with Student 1. The contact included, but was not limited to, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-pulling on Student 1’s dress during a[XXX], which partially exposed her breasts to the Member; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-kissing Student 1; having Student 1 perform fellatio on him; and performing cunnilingus on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Student 1. These incidents occurred in the School, at Student 1’s [XXX] residence, at Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-[XXX] residence and during a trip to[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-5. Between January 1, 2000 and July 31, 2000, the Member also had an inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf:relationship and sexual contact with Student 2. The contact included requesting that Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-14. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “F” is a certified copy of the Transcript of an Excerpt ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-of the Proceedings of the Honourable Justice A. M. Alder dated October 29, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-15. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “G” is a certified copy of the Transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Justice A. M. Alder dated January 4, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-16. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-paragraphs 1-15 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-17. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf:sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act and described in section 30.2(2)(1) of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-18. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons shall be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- published on the College’s website, and that a summary of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- Committee’s decision and reasons, including his name, shall be published in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the College with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- respect to the penalty does not bind the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-19. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). The Committee also finds that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf:sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act and described in section 30.2(2)(1) of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1-15 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). The Committee also finds ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf:that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-described in section 30.2(2)(1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Plea demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Plea demonstrate that the Member abused a student, or students, psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf:Plea demonstrate that the Member abused a student, or students, sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf:Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student, or students, as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Plea demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Plea demonstrate that the Member contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-the member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Plea demonstrate that the Member contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-in paragraph 2 will be a written reprimand. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-it would bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-to the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf:The Committee recognizes that the Member’s sexual abuse is one of the enumerated acts of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-professional misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Pursuant to subsection 30.2(1) of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-the Act, the Committee is therefore required to make an order: 1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-reprimanded by the Committee; and 2) directing the Registrar to revoke any certificate held by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-the Member under the Act. The Committee notes that it has no discretion in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf:The Member sexually abused two young students repeatedly. He took advantage of the authority ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-and trust that were placed in him without regard for the effects his abuse would have on those ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-students. The trial judge’s comments in this regard are significant: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- Mr. Nolan was a teacher; he was entrusted to educate, guide and inspire children. We, as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- parents and as a community, believe that our children are safe at school. We trust and we ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- must trust the system. It is not a place where one of a parent’s worse nightmares is to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- become a reality. Yet, that is what occurred in this case. Mr. Nolan breached the trust. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Through his reprehensible conduct, the Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-certificate in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf-Publication of this decision with the Member’s name is now mandatory in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-hearing continued on November 16, 2016 and April 6, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated April 14, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on Richard S. Buckley (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on April 29, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 15, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing but had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Richard S. Buckley is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-defined in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-parties, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1-17 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Paragraphs 5-15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Paragraphs 6-15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Paragraphs 6-15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf:abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Paragraphs 5-15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Paragraphs 5-15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Paragraphs 5-15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-THE INITIAL PENALTY SUBMISSION BY THE PARTIES ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-On November 15, 2016, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member, in a Joint Submission ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-on Penalty (Exhibit 3), submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed by the Committee in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-1. direct that the Member appear before the Committee prior to commencing or returning to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- a teaching position or any position for which a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- Registration (collectively referred to as a “Teaching Position”) is required, to receive a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- reprimand which will be delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- Teachers, 101 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-appraisal within her first year of teaching; and publication of the finding and order in summary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-form in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-The Committee in Calautti accepted the plea of no contest and found the member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-professional misconduct. The Committee also accepted the joint submission on penalty and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-accepted College Counsel’s position that publication should be with name. On the issue of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-risk assessment, the Committee noted that the trial judge had found that the member had a very ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-favourable psychological assessment and was at low risk of re-offense. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-emphasized that the stipulation requiring a written certificate from a psychologist indicating that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-the member can return without posing a risk to students or the school community “is intended to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-reassure the public that the Member will not repeat this behaviour” (Calautti at page 15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-In Keyte, the member pled no contest and was found guilty of professional misconduct after ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf:engaging in a sexualized relationship with a student which included emails, conversations, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-inappropriate pictures of the student sent to the member. The member received a reprimand, a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-two-year suspension, coursework, and publication with name in the College’s official ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-publication. There was no evidence presented that the member had received prior discipline from ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-the College. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf:In Lemieux, the member pled guilty to, inter alia, engaging in inappropriate sexual relationships ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf:with a number of students short of physical sexual relationships. The parties presented evidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-from an expert that the member was not at risk of re-offending. No evidence was presented that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-the member had received prior discipline from the College. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-After hearing submissions by both parties, the Committee expressed its concern that the Joint ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Submission on Penalty brought the administration of justice into disrepute because it did not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-sufficiently protect the public and would erode public confidence in the disciplinary process at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf:the College. The Committee observed that the case at bar involved the sexual and psychological ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-abuse of a female student. Furthermore, the Member had previously been found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-misconduct by the College in a case involving boundary violations with a female. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Committee found that, in these circumstances, the proposed penalty did not offer adequate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-safeguards to protect students, staff and the school community against the risk of re-offense by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-In coming to its conclusion, the Committee noted that, in cases cited by College Counsel, expert ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-assessment reports were utilized to ensure that the goal of public protection was met. These ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-assessments served the purpose of identifying whether there was a risk that the member would ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-reoffend. In Calautti, a psychological assessment was completed in the member’s criminal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-proceeding. In that case, the Committee found that the favourable psychological assessment was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-a factor supporting the joint agreement on penalty. As well, in Calautti, it was a condition of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-penalty order that the member provide a written certificate from a psychologist indicating that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-the member was able return to full-time classroom duties without causing risk of harm or injury ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-to students or the school community. Similarly, in Lemieux, there was evidence from an expert ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-that the member was not at risk of reoffending. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-The Committee invited the parties to make submissions on the possibility that the joint ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-submission be amended to include a requirement that the Member complete a psychological risk ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-assessment which would allow an expert to opine on whether, after completing the suspension ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-and coursework, the Member would be able to return to full-time classroom duties without ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-causing risk of harm or injury to students or the school community. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-violation of the values of Care, Respect, Trust, and Integrity. The Committee rejects Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Counsel’s characterization of the Member’s conduct as an “error in judgement”. Rather, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Member’s conduct was a failure to meet the ethical responsibilities of a teacher. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-emotionally manipulated and abused a student through his behaviour. He breached the trust that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-was placed in him as an educator. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-A reprimand will allow the Committee to emphasize to the Member why these ethical values are ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-important, and explain how he failed to meet these principles in the past. As well, attending for a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-reprimand will serve to heighten the Member’s awareness that the profession denounces his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-misconduct and to remind him that the College expects him to demonstrate responsibility for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-reforming his practice. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Two-year suspension ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-The Committee is of the view that the maximum suspension available to the Committee is an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-appropriate penalty in this case. The Committee would have ordered revocation rather than a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-suspension, given the seriousness of the case and the Member’s previous misconduct, if the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Committee believed that there was no hope for the Member’s rehabilitation. However, after ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-careful consideration, the Committee accepted the submissions made by counsel for both parties ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-that coursework, when properly designed and administered, will assist the Member’s return to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-the profession and safeguard the public interest. The Committee’s decision on coursework will ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-be discussed further below. The following addresses the Committee’s reasons for the two-year ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-suspension. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf:A two-year suspension is appropriate given that the Member’s behaviour involved the sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-abuse of a student, an extremely damaging act which is the antithesis of the caring and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-supporting role expected of a teacher. Parents send their children to school with the expectation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf:that they will be safe. The Member violated this trust place in him by engaging in a sexualized ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-relationship with a student. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-As well, his actions were deeply psychologically abusive. The Member told the Student, “If I ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-lose you, I’ll die”. He tried to isolate the Student by asking her to meet privately and also by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-asking her if they could go for a drive. The Student was uncomfortable and fearful that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Member would do something that would affect his safety and well-being. When he was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-hospitalized due to mental illness, he told the Student that he was going to kill himself. After he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-had been contacted by the vice-principal regarding the investigation into his conduct, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Member contacted the Student to tell her that he was panicking and was going to kill himself, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-and then pressured her to cover up their affair. The Student did not want to be responsible if the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Member lost his job, and told him she would try to keep him safe during the investigation. All of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-the above conduct by the Member is evidence that the Student was in an abusive relationship ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-with him, and that she acted to try to protect her abuser despite the fact that the things he was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-asking her to do were wrong. Moreover, the Member showed no concern for the effect his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-actions were having on the Student, instead fixating on his own suffering and the potential ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-ramifications to his career. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-The Member used his position as a teacher to exert his influence over a student. He acted in a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-manner which would reasonably have made the Student feel that she was responsible for the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Member’s life or death. Such severe emotional blackmail was a gross violation of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-duty to safeguard his students’ psychological well-being. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-As well, a long suspension is appropriate given the Member’s recidivism. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-committed the same type of behaviour for which he previously received discipline – namely, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf:boundary violations of a sexual nature against females at the school. The Member’s previous ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-conduct was very serious, involving harassment which occurred over an 18-month period and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-which made his colleague fear for her safety. The Member’s conduct in this case was even more ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-serious for the purpose of the Committee’s penalty process because it was committed against a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf:student. As well, the sexual abuse of the Student in this case occurred while the Member was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-being disciplined at the College. He had already been disciplined by his school, and had already ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-been found guilty of criminal harassment in court. The Member’s behaviour in the first matter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-has been denounced by his employer, by the police and by the College. Yet, in spite of all of this, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf:the Member was utterly insensitive to the rules prohibiting the psychological and sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-There are very few mitigating factors in this case, other than the fact that the Member pled guilty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-promptly. There was an absence of evidence showing awareness on the part of the Member that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-his behaviour was wrong and that he knew he was subjecting the Student to harm. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-A 24-month suspension will act as both a specific and general deterrent, communicating to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf:Member and the profession at large that the sexual and emotional abuse of students warrant ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-severe consequences. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-Coursework ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-The penalty imposed by the Committee is aimed at providing assurances that should the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-return to the classroom, the school community will not be placed at risk. The original joint ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-proposal put forward by the parties was rejected because the Committee was not confident that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf-the sanctions set out, including the scope of the coursework, would prevent the Member from ./ontario-cases/2017onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto Catholic District School ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX]School (the “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-3. Between January 1, 2015 and March 5, 2015, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- (a) used inappropriate language and made inappropriate comments to her students, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- i) “white trash”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ii) “kiss my black ass”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- iii) “I told my Mom she should have fucked with a white sailor”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- iv) “fucking assholes, fucking bitch”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- v) swearing at students and using the “F” word; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- vi) calling students “losers”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- vii) telling students to “shut up”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf: viii) “if a slutty girl or horny girl wants to have sex with you, you should fuck ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- her well and leave her in a wheelchair for two days”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf: (b) made personal sexually explicit statements to her students, including but not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- limited to: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf: i) talking about her personal sex life; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ii) telling students her mother was beautiful and had slept with many men; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- iii) telling students that her mother “had 20 kids” and was “horny”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- iv) telling students stories about women who were “sluts”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- v) telling students that a man approached her when he was naked and she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- said that his genitals were small and her younger brother had a bigger ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Principal Cangelosi kept him appraised of what was happening (Exhibit 3, Tab 6). He stated that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-he and the principal reviewed the investigation results, including information provided from ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-students and the Education Assistant, Ms. Elizabeth Villagas, and they consulted with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Board’s lawyer. As a result of this review, Mr. Shain met with the Member on March 11, 2015 to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-convey the results of the investigation. He stated that the Member denied the allegations against ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-her. The Member took a leave from teaching shortly after the meeting. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Mr. Shain testified that he gave the Member a letter dated April 28, 2015 indicating that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:Board was concerned by the Member’s actions of using profanity, sexually explicit language and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-inappropriate terms in class (Exhibit 3, Tab 11). As well, the letter stated that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-returned to the School a number of times after taking her leave and was asked by the principal to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-leave on two occasions; she also called the home of Student 2 twice, yelling at her mother, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-calling her daughter a liar, and hanging up. The letter specified that before returning to teaching, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-the Member was required to: meet with the principal, the superintendent, the head of Human ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Resources and Toronto Secondary Unit to discuss her readiness to resume teaching, complete a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-course on classroom management and setting proper boundaries, and provide a medical ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-certificate clearing her to resume teaching. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Mr. Shain indicated that the Member did not return to her job. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Committee found Mr. Shain to be a reliable witness. He explained his role in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-investigation and discipline process and indicated when his memory was unclear. His evidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-was straightforward. The Committee accepts his evidence. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-2. Student 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Student 8 is a [XXX]-year-old student. He testified he was in grade [XXX] in January to March, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-2015, and was [XXX] years old at the time. He said that he did not have the Member as a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-teacher, but that she taught his [XXX] class for one day as a supply teacher on February 25, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-2015. Student 8 stated that the Member was expected to supervise the class for an hour, and if ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-students needed help, they could ask her. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-He reviewed his written statement provided to the vice-principal during the investigation, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-confirmed its contents. He said that the Member spoke about personal matters. He said that she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-mentioned that her mother had 20 kids and that she was “horny”. As well, he stated, “she told us ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-that her mom asked her why she was so black? She told us that she responded in saying ‘Well ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-you should have fucked a white sailor!’” He also added that, towards the end of the class, “she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:told us that if a slutty girl or horny girl wants to have sex with you, you should fuck her well and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-leave her in a wheelchair for two days.” (Exhibit 3, Tab 2) He stated that she also told various ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-students to “shut up”, including Student 8 and his friends, during announcements. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Student 8 gave evidence that in his opinion, the things the Member said were unprofessional and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-unethical in a [XXX] environment. He thought that she should not act this way towards students ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-in grade [XXX] and that it made him feel very uncomfortable. He said he had never heard a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-teacher say such things. He thought that it was a teacher’s job to motivate students to be on a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-better path. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Committee found Student 8 to be a credible witness. He gave evidence about the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-conduct that he observed when she was substitute-teaching his class, and he did not go beyond ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-the bounds of his own observations. He was straightforward and did not embellish. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Committee accepts his evidence. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-3. Student 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Committee finds that, between January 1, 2015 and March 5, 2015, the Member used ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-inappropriate language and made inappropriate comments to her students, which included the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-following remarks: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- i) “white trash” – this finding is based on the written statement of Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ii) “kiss my black ass” – this finding is based on the written statements of Students 2, 3, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- and 6, the oral testimony of Student 7, and the video evidence; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- iii) “I told my Mom she should have fucked with a white sailor” – this finding is based on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- the written statements of Students 3 and 4, and the oral testimony of Student 8; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- iv) “fucking assholes, fucking bitch” – this finding is based on the written statement of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- Student 4; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- v) swearing at students and using the word “fuck” – this finding is based on the written ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- statements of Students 4 and 6; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- vi) calling students “losers” – this finding is based on the written statement of Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- vii) telling students to “shut up” – this finding is based on the written statement of Student 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- and the oral testimony of Student 8; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf: viii) “if a slutty girl or horny girl wants to have sex with you, you should fuck her well and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- leave her in a wheelchair for two days” – this finding is based on the oral testimony of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- Student 8. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Committee also reviewed the written statement provided by Ms. Villagas and noted that she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-stated that the Member made inappropriate comments such as talking about how her father was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-“horny”, and the fact that she was not her father’s daughter because her mother had affairs. She ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-also noted that the Member told students to shut up. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Committee also finds that, between January 1, 2015 and March 5, 2015, the Member made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:personal sexually explicit statements to her students, including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf: i) talking about her personal sex life – this finding is based on the written statements of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- Students 1, 4, 5, 6, 10 and 11; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ii) telling students her mother was beautiful and had slept with many men – this finding is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- based on the written statement of Student 9; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- iii) telling students that her mother “had 20 kids” and was “horny” – this finding is based ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- on the written statement of Student 9 and the oral testimony of Student 8; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- iv) telling students stories about women who were “sluts” – this finding is based on the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- written statement of Student 10; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- v) telling students that a man approached her when he was naked and she said that his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- genitals were small and that her younger brother had a bigger penis – this finding is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- based on the written statement of Student 6 and Ms. Villagas. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-As well, the Committee finds that the Member made students uncomfortable by putting her legs ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-over her head in the classroom, based on the written statement of Students 4 and 9, the oral ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-evidence of Student 7, the written statement of Ms. Villagas, and the video evidence presented. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Legal findings on the allegations of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct was a breach of the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-In this case, expert evidence articling the standards of the profession is not necessary because the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-standards are self-evident and the Member’s conduct was egregious. A teacher is expected to act ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-as a role model, teach the curriculum, and communicate with students in a manner that is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-respectful. By using profanity and racist language, insulting students, speaking explicitly about ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:sex and her personal life, and engaging in inappropriate physical stretching, the Member did not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-act responsibly and respectfully in class. She breached the standards of the profession by failing ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-to create a respectful learning environment. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Member abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-subsection 1(7) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Member’s inappropriate comments to students constituted verbal abuse. She called a student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-a loser and told other students to shut up. A teacher should never speak to students in this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-manner. Such comments are hurtful to students and show a significant disregard for their well- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-being. The Member acted abusively in communicating in this manner. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-In addition to being verbally abusive, the Member also acted in a manner that was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-psychologically abusive to students. Both Students 7 and 8 testified that the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-made them feel uncomfortable in class. Her failure to act without propriety in class would have ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-negatively affected students who were expecting a safe learning environment. As well, her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-actions in calling a student a loser, telling students to shut up, and telling a student she could ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-urinate in her pants rather than going to the washroom were all statements that could cause ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-emotional harm to students. The Member clearly disregarded the feelings of her students through ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-her actions, and engaged in psychologically abusive behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act states that “[i]t is the duty of a teacher and a temporary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-teacher […] to inculcate by precept and example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-love of country, humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-other virtues.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Member, through her conduct, failed to promote the virtues listed above. As Student 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-stated, a teacher should be helping students on a positive path. Instead, the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-was alarming and distracting to students. The Member did not conduct her classes as a role ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-model to students, but instead undermined the integrity she was required to maintain as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:The Member’s conduct in making comments that were rude, profane, sexually explicit and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-inappropriately personal were actions that were deeply unprofessional. As well, engaging in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-physical stretching in class with her legs above her head was also inappropriate. A teacher is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-expected to model appropriate behaviour in class, which includes using respectful language, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-being composed, and not sharing overly personal information. The Member violated these ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-principles of professionalism. In the process, she made students uncomfortable and impeded the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-learning process in her classrooms. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-For the same reasons as those set out above, the Member’s use of profanity, insulting and racist ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:language, her attacks on students, her personal and sexually explicit comments and her physical ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-stretching in class was conduct unbecoming a Member. The Member did not treat students ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-respectfully. Her inappropriate conduct detracted from her students’ ability to learn, and was in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-opposition to the behaviour expected from a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-SUBMISSIONS BY THE COLLEGE WITH RESPECT TO PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Counsel for the College proposed that the following penalty be imposed: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-1. The Committee shall direct that Leanora Brown appear before the Committee within ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 60 days of the date of the Decision, Reasons for Decision and Order of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- Committee to receive a reprimand which will be delivered in person at the offices of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-2. The Committee shall direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- “Registrar”) to impose the following terms, conditions or limitations on the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration, the fact of such terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- limitations to be recorded on the Register until such time as they are fulfilled: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- (a) prior to commencing employment for which a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- Registration is required, the Member shall enrol in and successfully complete at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- her own expense, a course of instruction pre-approved by the Registrar regarding ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- professional boundaries with students, subject to the following conditions; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- (i) the Member will provide to a course practitioner approved by the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-context of a [XXX] class, which is meant to teach students ethical values. In terms of the latter, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-the Member had a 28-year teaching career in Canada without prior discipline and her behaviour ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-was not on the high end of the scale in terms of its abusive impact. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-College Counsel submitted the following cases in support of its position: Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Teachers v. Luke, 2016 ONOCT 33 (CanLII); Ontario College of Teachers v. Law, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-ONOCT 82 (CanLII); Ontario College of Teachers v. Santos, 2016 ONOCT 59 (CanLII); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Gordon, 2015 ONOCT 31 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Committee accepts College Counsel’s proposed penalty and makes an order in accordance ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The Committee finds that the penalty proposed is proportionate to the misconduct committed by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:regarding her profanity, her racist language, her insulting and rude comments, her sexually ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-explicit comments, and other boundary violations. In this way, it will serve as a specific deterrent ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-and help ensure that the Member will not repeat her conduct if she returns to teaching. Recording ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-As well, the coursework ordered will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. The coursework ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-will remind the Member of her obligations to act respectfully and with integrity as a teacher, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- Appendix A ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- Student Comment Log (Exhibit 3, Tab 2) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Student 1 – March 5, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Date of incident: March 4, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-During D2P1, Ms. Brown offended me calling me a loser, saying I’m getting nowhere in life. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-She went on to say how useless I am, and I kept telling her to just let me do my work and for her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-to explain the work. She got more angry and she shouted “I do not want to tell you the work”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-She then kicked me out of the class, still insulting me. I was standing outside where I heard her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-telling my classmates that I’m a loser and my girlfriend’s a loser and we will get nowhere in life. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:Ms. Brown also starts talking about inappropriate subjects like about her sex life. She also has ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-talked bad about my siblings and their personal life to other students which is inappropriate for a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-teacher to do. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Student 2 –February 27, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Date of incident: February 19 and 25, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Ms. Brown has made many racist and inappropriate comments in our classroom. Some terms she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-used were “white trash”, directing her comment to white students in the classroom. Another ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-comment she said when telling a story was for white people to “kiss her black ass” which I ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-showed Mr. Sansone of a video a student at [XXX] made. Another comment she said on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-February 19 was that black people have no rights and don’t get the same opportunity that white ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-people have. In addition Ms. Brown always complains about the staff here at [XXX] and the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-older student. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Student 3 – March 12, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Date of incident: February 19, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Ms. Brown’s classes were mostly normal at the beginning of the year but after the Christmas ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-break, she started acting out more and more. It got to the point where some classes, we didn’t ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-even learn anything. She was talking a lot about her life and story of how she got to where she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-was in life. Some quotes of what she said were “you can kiss my black ass without touching it” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-and “I told my mom that you shouldn’t have fucked with a sailor”. I would say that she was out ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-of line more than just occasionally and I was somewhat concerned about what was happening. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-When I asked around, people told me that she was having problems with some older grades and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-that’s why she was acting out but I don’t really know what was happening. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Student 4 – March 12,2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Date of incident: February 25, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:Ms. Brown was again talking about her life in the experience of sex. On Monday, she was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-talking about someone spitting and calling her a fuckin’ niger [sic]. She again talked about it on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Wednesday, and said more negative things like fuckin’ asshole, fuckin’ bitch, and many more. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-When she was more into the conversation, she talked about her mother fucking with a white ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-sailor. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-She even showed the whole class her “epic exercise” like 4 times, and I can’t even imagine she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-can do that at an old age. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Student 5 – March 12, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Date of incident: February 27, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-On February 27 I asked Ms. Brown to go to the washroom and she screamed no at me and told ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-me I was supposed to go before class and then she started embarrassing me saying I was not in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-[XXX] school and that I have to hold it in or go to the washroom in my pants. She started ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-screaming at me to sit properly when I was just sitting there doing nothing. So I sat properly and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-she said to get out. When I was about to grab my bag she told me to leave it and get out. I was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-sitting in the hallway and she started to scream at me when there were other people in the hall ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-and that embarrassed me. Other times in Ms. Brown’s class she would always tell the class ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:stories about herself talking about sex. She usually screams at telling me [sic] to shut up and stop ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-talking. She kicked me out of the class another time for laughing when the whole class was. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Student 6 – March 12, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Date of incident: February 19, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-On Thursday I had a class in the period four with Ms. Brown. The class was suppose [sic] to go ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-to the library but the teacher started a conversation about her life. When she started the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-conversation I thought it was about her normal conversations in class but it started going to a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:really strange conversation about sex. She said the word “f” and something about kiss my ass. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-She also talked about really nasty things that happen in her life like she said that she was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-cleaning a house when the guy that she cleaned his bedroom got naked and she said “that’s the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-only thing that you got, my brother’s is bigger”. She also said that the principal or some people ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-in the office doesn’t like when she hugs the students and then she said “I’m not gonna “f” with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-you”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Student 7 – March 12, 2014 [sic] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Date of incident: February 19, 2014 [sic] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-We had walked into class and sometimes Ms. Brown has snacks for us and sometimes she does ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-not. We sat down and I was on my phone because she was talking to another student. What made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-me listen is when she said “he can (excuse my language) kiss my black as [sic] without touching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-it”. After she was mostly talking about her childhood and how she was the best at English in her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-class. What intrigued me is when she told us a story about a kid that tried to touch her butt (I ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-think) and she stuck a pencil in his arm. After she was telling us how flexible she was and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-starting doing summer salts [sic]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Student 8 – March 11, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Date of incident: February 25, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-In this incident, Ms. Brown stood in the middle of the class and started to talk to us. As she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-started to talk to us, she started to talk about her life. She mentions that her mother had 20 kids ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-and that she was “horny”. While telling this she mentioned that she was close to her dad and also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-mentions that he was a good man. As her life story continued, she told us that her mom asked her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-why she was so black? She told us that she responded in saying “Well you should have fucked a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-white sailor!” Towards the end of the class, she told us that if a slutty girl or horny girl wants to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:have sex with you, you should fuck her well and leave her in a wheelchair for two days. Also tell ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-us that various students [sic] to shut up all the time, which she also told me and my friend during ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-the announcements. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Student 9 – March 12, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Date of incident: February 19, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Miss Brown started the class by handing out cheese and crackers for a snack. Our class was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:currently on an AIDS assignment and sex was brought up. Miss Brown began talking about sex ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-and her family. She said her mother was beautiful and slept with many men. Miss Brown ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-explained that because of her mother’s infidelity. Miss Brown had many siblings only a couple ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-years apart at most. She also said that she was close to her father even though he was not her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-biological father. At some point two students were told to leave because they were talking and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-did not return until near the end of the period. Then Miss Brown started talking about exercise ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-and how fit she is, she later demonstrated by doing a half summer sult [sic]. Miss Brown then ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:repeated everything she said before about sex. Everyone laughed at the way she told the story. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Student 10 – March 12, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Date of incident: February 19, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-- Ms. Brown used vulgar language in here [sic] stories. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf:- Her stories ranged from sex to her life in Jamaica. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-- In one story she was talking about women being sluts and that men are the real sluts, she then ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-went on to talk about an encounter where a man approached her naked, and she then referred to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-his genitals as being small. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-- She was also talking about cannibalistic tribes in Jamaica and how they kill and eat farmers. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Student 11 –March 12, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Date of incident: [Not listed] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Mrs. Brown had described her husband stupid [sic]. She had also mentioned that she wouldn’t ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-sleep with a man her age because they are slabens [sic], meaning too old & wrinkly. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Student 12 – March 12, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-Date of incident: February 26, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-She was giving other names for the word vagina. She also tells us that we are worst class and that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-we never do any work. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-On other days she told us how she goes into the staff room says “good morning” to a male ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-teacher, he gives her a look and she responds saying “I’m not trying to pick you up”. She also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-talks about her ex-husband saying that he’s an idiot and how he “sits on his white ass in hamition ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf-[sic]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-An Amended Notice of Hearing dated April 7, 2017 (Exhibit 1) was served on Heather Elizabeth ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Earl (the “Member”), requesting her presence on April 28, 2017 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for June 2, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Amended Notice of Hearing dated April 7, 2017 are as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf: (b) she abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf: contrary to 437/97, subsection 1(7)1 , and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- defined section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- (d) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- (e) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Pre-2008 amendment to Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-1. Heather Elizabeth Earl was a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Kawartha Pine Ridge District ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-3. At all material times, the Student was a male student of the Board. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-4. The Member was the Student’s teacher while he was attending [XXX]School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-5. Between January 1996 and December 1999, the Member and the Student engaged in a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf: sexual relationship. When the relationship began, the Student was [XXX] years old and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- in Grade[XXX], whereas the Member was 42 years old. The Student did not attend the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- school at which the Member taught during the material time. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf:6. The Member and the Student saw each other on a near-weekly basis. The sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- encounters between the Member and the Student took place at the Member’s apartment ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf: on an intermittent basis. The sexual encounters involved various acts that also included ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf: sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-7. During their relationship, the Member would spend time with the Student in her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- apartment and in public places. She took the Student on outings such as attending Blue ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Jays games or going to Canada’s Wonderland, and attended the Student’s hockey games ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- and other functions. The Student’s parents knew about these outings but they did not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf: know about the ongoing sexual relationship between the Student and the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-8. The Member paid the Student approximately $200,000 to not report their relationship to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- the police. The Member’s position is that this payment was made at the request of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Student’s mother. The College takes no position on this factual assertion. The parties ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- agree that the Member’s position is not relevant to the appropriate finding of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- and penalty in this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-9. The Student eventually reported the Member’s conduct to the police in March 2015. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-10. On April 3, 2015, the Member was charged with Sexual Assault and Sexual Exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- At the request of the Crown, those charges were stayed on March 21, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-11. On or about September 30, 2015, the Member retired from the Board. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of a letter from the Board notifying the College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- the Member’s retirement. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-College’s Professional Advisory ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-12. The Ontario College of Teachers approved a professional advisory on professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf: misconduct related to sexual abuse and sexual misconduct on September 27, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the College’s advisory. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-13. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- paragraphs 1 to 12 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-14. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- against her, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 1(5), 1(7)2 , 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that she engaged in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf: sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in Sections 1 and 40(1.1) 3 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-15. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee ; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, she is waiving the right ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- to require the College to otherwise prove the case against her and the right to have ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- (d) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons shall be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- published on the College’s website, and that a summary of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Committee’s decision and reasons, including her name, shall be published in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parlez ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- profession; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between her and Counsel for the College with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Ibid. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was referred to in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. During the hearing, however, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-College Counsel advised the Committee that this provision has been repealed after amendments to the Act came into ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-force (which occurred after the parties agreed to the Admitted Facts and guilty plea set out in Exhibit 2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this Agreement ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-16. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-parties, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7)4 , 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 12 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf:subsections 1(5), 1(7)5 , 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19), and that she engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Pre-2008 amendment to Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Ibid. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf:Member abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf:to 437/97, subsection 1(7)6 , and engaged in sexual abuse of a student defined section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4), the parties jointly submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-1. direct that the Member appear before the Committee immediately following the hearing ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Ibid. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be delivered in person at the offices of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-2. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Certificate and Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and makes an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-order in accordance with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-The penalty, which in this case includes the revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-qualification and registration and the reprimand of the Member, is mandatory under the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf:Committee recognizes that the Member’s conduct involving the sexual abuse of a student is one ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-of the enumerated acts of professional misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Pursuant to subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, the Committee therefore must make an order: 1) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee; and 2) directing the Registrar to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-revoke any certificate held by the Member under the Act. The Committee notes that it has no ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-discretion in this regard. The Committee denounces the Member’s egregious conduct in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf-Publication of this decision with the Member’s name is now mandatory in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-to cuddling with K.P. was on December 10, 2015, which was the first day that the Member and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-K.P. exchanged messages. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-16. When the Member first raised the issue of cuddling, K.P. feigned confusion, so the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-Member explained that by using their imaginations he and K.P. would establish an emotional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-connection. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-17. On December 17, 2015, the Member and K. P. had the following message exchange ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-regarding photographs: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- (a) K.P.: “…my mom is at work until late.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- (b) The Member: “She’s not home. Send me those pictures!” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- (c) K.P.: “U never told me wut [sic] to take!!!!! > :(” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf: (d) The Member: “I’m not allowed to tell you to take a sexy picture. So take some ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- PRETTY pictures.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- (e) K.P.: “Wut [sic]…?...im [sic] too dumb to get this I think :(“ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- (f) The Member: “Send me any pictures. I’ll rate them…honestly.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- (g) K.P.: “U [sic] said that u [sic] aren’t allowed to ask for pics from me tho…Im ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- [sic] getting mixed up.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- (h) The Member: “Iw [sic] would love it if you sent them. Do you want to?” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- (i) K.P.: “Sexy pix?” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- (j) The Member: “Do you want to?” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- (k) K.P.: “I can try I gues [sic].” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-18. Later, on December 17, 2015, the Member sent K.P. a picture of himself and the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-following messages were exchanged: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- K.P.: “Nice.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf: The Member: “Your turn and I want sexy.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf:19. Eventually, the Member began to describe what a sexy/sensual/pretty photograph ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-involved. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-20. On December 19, 2015, the Member began to send messages of a more intimate nature to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-K.P. The Member began talking of very intimate encounters as though he and K.P. were in her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-bedroom. The conversation involved a narrative in which the Member described having K.P. rub ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-his genitals over his clothing. The Member asked K.P. if she knew “what happens when [she’s] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-with [him] and [he’s] excited”, which referred to the Member having an erection. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-21. On December 21, 2015, the Member renewed his request for photographs of K.P. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-following messages were exchanged: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “Take a picture for me but clothes stay on.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- K.P.: “Not dressed yet…wuts [sic] wit [sic] the picx u [sic] have wit [sic] clothes on?” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “You can send me those pictures too.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “Would we stay as friends?” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- K.P.: “Stay as friends after wut [sic]?” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “[K], you and I are friends who like to have fun here.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “When you say you have no clothes on, of course I want to see!” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- K.P.: “Ooohhhh….so would we b [sic] friends if I sent u a nudie?” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “I would. Would you still be?” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- K.P.: “Sure why not …should I not b [sic]?” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “Of course we will stay friends and secret friends.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- K.P.: “So u do want nudies?” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “Is it going to change our friendship?” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- K.P.: “No….don’t tink [sic] so.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “It’s your body you decide.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- K.P.: “NVM [Never mind] then…im gonna go shower.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “Send me some pictures.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “I want them.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-22. On December 26, 2015, the Member guided K.P. in detail about how to masturbate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf:properly and described how he would engage in sexual intercourse with K.P. while she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-masturbated. The Member described how he would wet his fingers to touch K.P.’s vagina and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-told K.P. at what point he would put on a condom. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-23. On December 28, 2015, following K.P.’s feigned frustration over the “cuddling” aspect ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “For now we will just think of it.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- K.P.: “For sure dude! ;)” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “Hawt, H-A-W-T!” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- K.P: “What’s hot?” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “You, me, passion.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- The Member: “You choose.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-30. On January 6, 2016, shortly after the exchange of messages set out in paragraph 29, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-Member was arrested and charged with: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- (a) one count of child luring to facilitate sexual interference, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- 172.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf: (b) one count of child luring to make child pornography, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- 172.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf: (c) one count of child luring to facilitate invitation to sexual touching, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- subsection 172.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-31. On January 7, 2016, the Board suspended the Member with pay. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-32. The Member was denied bail. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-33. On June 20, 2016, the Member pleaded guilty to one count of child luring to facilitate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf:invitation to sexual touching, contrary to subsection 172.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-before the Honourable Mr. Justice J. Adamson. The Crown withdrew the other two counts. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-it would bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-to the public interest. The Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-Penalty is proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-circumstances of this case. The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-based on the following analogous cases presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-Teachers v. Beaulieu (24 August 2016) and Ontario College of Teachers v. Schalm, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-ONOCT 57 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-The Committee was apprised of the fact that the Member pled guilty and was convicted on June ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf:20, 2016 of one count of child luring to facilitate invitation to sexual touching with a person he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-believed to be 14 years old. On December 10, 2015, the Member began to converse through ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-Facebook and KIK with a person that he believed to be a 14-year-old girl, who was in fact an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-undercover police officer. The conversations continued until January 6, 2016, and included 1793 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-messages, of which 991 were from the Member. In these conversations, the Member identified ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-himself as a male who was “older”, and asked whether she was “okay” with that fact. He also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-sent 17 photographs of himself, three in which he was shirtless, and one which was taken in a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-classroom. The conversations included requests to “cuddle” with the young girl to establish “an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf:emotional connection”, and he asked her for “pretty” or “sexy” pictures. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf:initiated discussion about sexual encounters such as masturbation, sexual intercourse, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-“meeting up”. Following a final conversation in which the Member attempted to plan an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-encounter, the Member was arrested and charged. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-The Committee finds that this type of misconduct is very serious. It is particularly disgraceful ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-that the Member would engage in such egregious behaviour when he is a teacher who is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-entrusted with the protection of children. The Member’s conduct was very disturbing and was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-intended to take advantage of a vulnerable child. Children must be protected against predators ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf:who use the Internet as a tool to lure them into situations in which they can be sexually exploited ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-and abused. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-Given the serious nature of the Member’s actions and his criminal conviction, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-finds that, in order to protect the public, and children in particular, as well as to maintain the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-integrity of the profession, the Member’s certificate must be revoked. This sanction serves as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-both a specific and general deterrent, demonstrating to the profession that such behaviour will ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-not be tolerated. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-Publication of this decision with the Member’s name is now mandatory in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-subsection 45.1 of the Act. Accordingly, the Committee’s decision and reasons will be published ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-with the Member’s name on the College’s website and a summary will be published with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-Member’s name in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that its findings and penalty protect the public interest and maintain ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-the standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf-Date: May 10, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- Vicki Shannon, OCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-THE PURPOSE OF THE MOTION IS TO OBTAIN: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-1. An order scheduling the dates for a hearing into this matter; or, alternatively, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- An order prohibiting the Member, Nadia Charland (“the Member”), from teaching, or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-2. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- from filling, or attempting to fill, any position requiring her to hold a Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- Qualification and Registration, until the College has disposed of the complaint against ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- her. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-POSITION OF THE COLLEGE ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-According to the College’s Notice of Motion dated March 28, 2017: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-1. A Notice of Hearing setting out the allegations against the Member was issued on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- April 23, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-2. The College has been attempting to schedule dates for a hearing of the Member’s case ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- before the Committee since September 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-3. The Member refuses to schedule any hearing dates. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-4. The Member is suffering from [an illness] for which she is currently being treated. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- Member’s position is that she cannot attend a hearing. She has produced a medical ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- certificate from Dr. Goddard stating that she is receiving treatment for [her illness] and is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- unable to attend a hearing before the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-5. The allegations against the Member are extremely serious. The College is alleging that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf: the Member engaged in a sexual relationship with a student under the age of 18 years. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-6. In November 2011, the Member faced criminal charges. In February 2014, the Crown ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-Member shall not return to the classroom until the College has disposed of the complaint against ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-her, the College maintained that the Committee ought to grant the motion. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-In support of her claims, College Counsel cited three previous decisions by the College and two ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-previous decisions by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, namely, Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-College of Teachers v. De Albuquerque (July 28, 2014); Ontario College of Teachers v. Nault, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-2014 LNONECD 105; Ontario College of Teachers v. Corson (March 1, 2016); Hill (Re), [1994] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-O.C.P.S.D. No. 4; and Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Lowe, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-ONCPSD 21 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-POSITION OF THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-According to the Member’s submissions dated April 10, 2017: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-1. The Member is in agreement with the facts as set out by the College [in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- Motion dated March 28, 2017], subject to the following clarifications. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-2. The Notice of Hearing issued on April 23, 2015 refers to allegations dating to the period ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- between November 1, 2009 and November 1, 2011. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-3. The Member had two sets of criminal charges brought against her. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf:4. The first charges, which included allegations of sexual assault and a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- with a student under the age of 18 years, were stayed by the Crown before the Court ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- granted the stay of the other charges in February 2014 on humanitarian grounds (see the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- College’s motion record, page 180). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-5. It should also be noted that the application by the Crown for a stay of proceedings in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- February 2014 was motivated in part by humanitarian considerations relating to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-The Committee has carefully considered the interests of the parties and the public interest. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-Committee has the power to determine its own procedures and to make the aforementioned order ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-under section 25.0.1 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.22. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-The parties shall agree on a date for a hearing, to take place by September 29, 2017. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-Committee is aware that the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing were brought on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-April 23, 2015 and concern incidents that allegedly occurred between November 1, 2009 and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf:November 1, 2011. The College alleges that the Member engaged in an inappropriate sexual and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-personal relationship with a student under the age of 18 years. The allegations against the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-Member are extremely serious. Regardless of the manner in which the aforementioned criminal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-proceeding unfolded, these allegations must be addressed by the College in a discipline hearing ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-in which the standard of proof (on a balance of probabilities) is much lower than the standard of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-proof in criminal proceedings. The strength or weakness of the College’s evidence will be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-assessed at the hearing on the facts of the matter, and is irrelevant for the purposes of this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-motion. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-The Committee considers it important to provide the public with assurance that a hearing on this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-matter is proceeding without additional delay, and finds it reasonable that the hearing take place ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-by late September 2017, which is more than six months after the most recent medical report ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-concerning the Member and nearly two and one-half years after the issuance of the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-Hearing. The Committee orders the deadline of late September 2017 to coincide with the start of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-the next school year, in order to protect the public in view of the serious nature of the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-It is important that the hearing proceed without further delay if the Member is able to resume ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-teaching. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf-The Member shall provide the College with a detailed medical report concerning her current ./ontario-cases/2017onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-1. Jason Lloyd Ashbaugh is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- Member Information. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-9. Over time, the Student disclosed details about her life and life experiences to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf:10. The Member and the Student engaged in sexual intercourse on several occasions at the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- Member’s home. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-11. On November 12, 2009, the Member’s employment with the Board was terminated. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the letter dated November 12, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- 2009 from the Board to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-12. By this document, the Member pleads no contest, for the purposes of this proceeding ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- only, to the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the paragraphs above (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-13. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- is professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf: acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-14. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Paragraphs 7, 8 and 10 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-demonstrate that the Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Paragraphs 7 and 10 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf:that the Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Paragraphs 6, 7, 8 and 10 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Paragraphs 6, 7, 8 and 10 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-demonstrate that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Paragraphs 6, 7, 8 and 10 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-demonstrate that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-1. directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-In addition to the Joint Submission on Penalty provided to the Committee, the parties orally ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-submitted that the Committee should direct that the Member receive a reprimand. The parties ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-agreed that this component of the penalty is required given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Pursuant to section 30.2 of the Act, where a member is found guilty of an enumerated act of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf:professional misconduct that includes sexual intercourse with a student, a reprimand and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-revocation are mandatory penalties. The parties made submissions about the form of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-reprimand and agreed that the Committee has the discretion to order either an oral or a written ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-reprimand. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-1. The Committee directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-2. The Committee directs that the Member appear before the Committee on a date to be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- determined by the parties to receive an oral reprimand which will be delivered in person ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-3. If the Member has not received his oral reprimand within six months of the date of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- order for the reprimand, he shall receive a written reprimand instead of the oral ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- reprimand. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-The penalty, which in this case includes the revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-qualification and registration and the reprimand of the Member, is mandatory under the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf:Committee recognizes that the Member’s conduct involving the sexual abuse of a student is one ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-of the enumerated acts of professional misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Pursuant to subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, the Committee therefore must make an order: 1) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee; and 2) directing the Registrar to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-revoke any certificate held by the Member under the Act. The Committee notes that it has no ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-discretion in this regard. The Committee denounces the Member’s egregious conduct in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-With respect to the form of the reprimand, the Committee recognizes that it has discretion in this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-regard and finds that an oral reprimand is preferable. The Committee received no evidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-indicating that the Member was unable to attend in person to receive an oral reprimand. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Therefore, the Committee finds that it is appropriate in the circumstances to order that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Member receive an oral reprimand. The oral reprimand will enable the Committee to address the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-Member in person, which will ensure that the Committee’s denunciation of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-conduct will be heard by the Member. The Committee finds that it is in the public interest to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-directly address the Member in this manner. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf-The Committee, however, recognizes that Rule 18.01(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct45.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf-requesting his presence on January 25, 2016 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for June 2, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Robert Brooklyn Roe is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- subsection 1(7);2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- subsection 1(7.1);3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- section 1 of the Act;4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf-amendments to the Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- Ibid. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf-4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- Ibid. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf: Specifically, the Member told the class that homosexuality and transsexuality are genetic ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- and run in families, and if you have gay parents you will be gay. Student 10 was offended ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- by the Member’s statement. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf-28. The principal conducted an internal investigation into Student 10’s complaint by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- interviewing four students from the Member’s classes. These students disclosed further ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- incidents regarding the Member’s inappropriate comments in class. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf-Board’s Investigation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf-29. In January 2014, as a result of the two internal investigations into the incidents involving ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- Students 9 and 10, the Board appointed an investigator to investigate the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- conduct during the first semester of the 2013-2014 academic year. The investigator ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- interviewed seven students from the Member’s classes who disclosed that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- made a number of inappropriate comments to or about students, had yelled at students to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- “shut up”, and used swear words in class, including “shit” and “fuck”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf-30. On one occasion, two [XXX]-year-old male students were talking during a presentation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- The Member made a gesture as though he may hit one of the students and said words to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- the effect of, “if it got physical, and we were outside, I could take you.” Shortly ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- thereafter, the Member asked Student 10, the other male student, to speak with him ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- outside. Student 10 refused to go because he did not feel safe, given what the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- said earlier. The Member stated that he had “never gotten physical with a student.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf-31. On more than one occasion in front of other students, the Member told Student 10 he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- hated his behaviour, and said words to the effect of, “I wouldn’t mind getting suspended ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- for you, without pay.” He suggested to Student 10 that Student 10 should drop his class. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated July 23, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on Kenneth Charles Derr (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on September 8, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for July 12, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 52 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections 30(2) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf-and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- 1(7.1);2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- (c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf: and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be regarded ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- amendments to the Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct52.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-Committee accordingly orders that no person shall publish the identity of, or any information ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-that could disclose the identity of, any student involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Jacqueline Elizabeth Lavigne is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf: (c) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- (e) she contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- (f) she contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- (g) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- (h) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-amendments to the Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-1. Jacqueline Elizabeth Lavigne is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Waterloo Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in[XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-3. During the 2011-2012 academic year, the Member taught Grade [XXX] [XXX]to Student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 1, a [XXX]-old male student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-4. In or about September and October 2011, the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- personal relationship with Student 1 that included but was not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf: (a) inappropriate and/or sexually suggestive electronic communications; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- (b) sent Student 1 one or more inappropriate pictures of herself; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- (c) invited Student 1 to her home; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- (d) allowed Student 1 into her home. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf:5. On or about October 29, 2011, the Member engaged in a sexual relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 1 that included but was not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- (a) kissing; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- (b) fellatio; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf: (c) sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-6. On or about April 14, 2014, in the Superior Court of Justice, the Member was found ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf: guilty of sexual exploitation, contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-7. The Member’s employment with the Board was terminated effective April 29, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-As the Member was not present and did not have legal representation, the Committee proceeded ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The Chair, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for Jacqueline ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-Elizabeth Lavigne (Exhibit 3), which indicates that the Member was a member of the College at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-the time of the alleged events. The College also entered into evidence a Brief of Court ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-Documents - Her Majesty the Queen v. Jacqueline Elizabeth Lavigne (Exhibit 4), which contains ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-1. Certified Copy of Indictment; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-2. Certified Copy of Probation Order, dated September 26, 2014; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-3. Certified Copy of Prohibition Order, dated September 26, 2014; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-4. Reasons for Judgment by the Honourable Mr. Justice P.J. Flynn, Superior Court of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- Justice, Kitchener, Ontario, dated April 14, 2014; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-5. Reasons for Sentence by the Honourable Mr. Justice P.J. Flynn, Superior Court of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- Justice, Kitchener, Ontario, dated September 26, 2014; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-6. Endorsement of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, released December 16, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-Submissions by College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-College Counsel described the Member’s criminal case in detail and submitted that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf:had an inappropriate personal relationship and sexual contact with a Grade [XXX] student. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-According to College Counsel, the Member’s conduct, as detailed in the record of the criminal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-proceedings (see Exhibit 4) and the resultant criminal conviction, provides a sufficient basis to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-justify a finding of professional misconduct under all of the heads of misconduct alleged in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-Notice of Hearing. The Member had legal representation during her criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-College Counsel provided an overview of the evidence presented during the criminal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-proceedings, and organized her submissions according to the following three categories of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-evidence: 1) technical evidence; 2) evidence of Student 1 regarding the events of October 29, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-2011; and 3) testimony of other student witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 1) Technical Evidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-College Counsel submitted that technical evidence consisted of testimony concerning a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-significant number of Blackberry messages between the Member and Student 1. Evidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-established that the PIN code belonging to the Member was used to both send and receive ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-messages. In addition, evidence presented at trial demonstrated that over a weekend, the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-sent 191 messages to Student 1, who responded 119 times, and the next day the Member sent the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-student 104 messages and Student 1 responded 52 times. College Counsel emphasized that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-messaging was frequent and occurred during both the day and night. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 2) Student 1’s Evidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-College Counsel submitted that Student 1 was driven by a friend to the Member’s house after ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf:11:00 p.m. on October 29, 2011, and he described in graphic terms his sexual encounter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-including intercourse with the Member. Student 1 also testified about the inappropriate electronic ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-communications that he received from the Member, which included a picture of her breast that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-she sent to him. Student 1’s testimony was neither contradicted nor successfully challenged by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-the defense on cross-examination. Justice P.J. Flynn of the Superior Court of Justice found ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-parties, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf:1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Committee’s Rules”), inter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-alia, the Committee accepts the Brief of Court Documents as proof, in this case, that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-committed the criminal offences outlined therein. The Member was found guilty and convicted ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf:of sexual exploitation, contrary to Section 153 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of the Member’s conviction and sentence and no further ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-appeal is available. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Committee’s Rules, the Committee admits as ancillary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-to the certified copy of the Indictment, the findings of fact contained in the related decision ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-before the Superior Court of Justice involving the Member. The Committee further admits as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-incidental to the certified copy of the Indictment, transcripts of the proceedings at which the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-conviction occurred, for the purposes of explaining the finding of guilt. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College has proven ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing, on a balance of probabilities. The Member had ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf:sexual intercourse with Student 1, a [XXX]-old student of hers, at her home on the night of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-October 29, 2011. Prior to October 29, 2011, the Member engaged in prolonged electronic ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf:communications of a sexual nature with Student 1. Hundreds of messages were exchanged ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf:between the Member and Student 1. Classmates of Student 1 had seen sexually explicit messages ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-sent to him by the Member (see Exhibit 4 at Tab E). This is not a case in which the Member had ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-a momentary lapse in judgment on October 29, 2011. Her inappropriate conduct involving ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf:Student 1 persisted for two months and culminated in the sexual abuse of the student. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-As stated by Justice P.J. Flynn in his reasons for sentence, the Member’s conduct was “an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-egregious breach of a precious trust. Teachers just cannot behave like this and there is no room ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-for error, none. It will not be tolerated by the public at all” (Exhibit 4 at Tab C, page 10). The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-Committee agrees entirely with this assessment and notes the devastating impact that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-Member has had on Student 1. Among other things, Student 1 struggled to complete ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-[XXX]school, he suffered [XXX], some [XXX], [XXX] issues, he needed counselling and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-medication, he was ashamed and embarrassed by the events at issue, and the court proceedings ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-interfered with and affected his performance in [XXX](see Exhibit 4 at Tab C, page 9). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-The Member “succumbed to her base urges” (Exhibit 4 at Tab C, page 6) and in so doing, she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-has abused her position of trust and authority in the gravest manner. Accordingly, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-finds the Member guilty of professional misconduct for having breached subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf:Counsel for the College submitted that the Member’s sexual misconduct was very serious and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-that she demonstrated a complete disregard for Student 1’s wellbeing. Given that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-misconduct is one of the enumerated acts of professional misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-of the Act, the Committee has no discretion with respect to penalty and must order that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-Member receive a reprimand and that her Certificate of Qualification and Registration be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-revoked. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-1. The Committee directs that the Member appear before the Committee within six months ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- of the Committee’s Order on a date to be arranged by the Member, to receive a reprimand ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- which will be delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which certificate the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-The penalty, which in this case includes the revocation of the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-Qualification and Registration and the reprimand of the Member, is mandatory under the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf:The Committee recognizes that the Member’s egregious conduct involving the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-student is one of the enumerated acts of professional misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-the Act. Pursuant to subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, the Committee therefore must make an order: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-1) requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee; and 2) directing the Registrar to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-revoke any certificate held by the Member under the Act. The Committee notes that it has no ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf-discretion in this regard. The Committee denounces the Member’s egregious conduct in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Rhamey 2017 ONOCT 57 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- Date: 2017-08-02 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- the Regulation (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- Joanne Sarah Rhamey, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers at all ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- material times. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- PANEL: Colleen Landers, Chair ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- Merzak Damou, OCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- Stéphane Vallée, OCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf-BETWEEN: ) Janice Duggan ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ) for Ontario College of Teachers, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf-ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ) assisted by Fiona Wang, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ) Law Clerk ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf-– and – ) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf-JOANNE SARAH RHAMEY ) Patricia D’Heureux, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf:(CERTIFICATE #171918) ) Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ) Cornish LLP, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ) for Joanne Sarah Rhamey ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ) Erica Richler, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ) Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ) Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ) Heard: August 2, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- DECISION ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf-Counsel for the College brought a motion to seek leave from the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf-(the “Committee”) to withdraw the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated September 14, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on David Thomas Hay ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting his presence on October 16, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for July 12, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing but had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- amendments to the Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-and introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-1. David Thomas Hay is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Simcoe County District School ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX]School (the “School”). The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- was also a [XXX][XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-3. From about September 2009 to June 2014, Student 1 was a female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- The Member taught and/or [XXX] Student 1 throughout her five years as a student at the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-4. At the material time, the Member also [XXX] the [XXX]junior [XXX]club. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- was also a member of that [XXX] club while a student at the School. The Member would ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- regularly drive Student 1 to and from activities related to the [XXX] club. While alone ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- together, Student 1 regularly spoke with the Member regarding personal matters, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf: including her sexual relationships. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-5. The Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1, which ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- included text messaging and communications via the Member’s personal email account. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-In his electronic communications with Student 1, the Member made inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf:comments of a sexual or personal nature which included: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-(a) saying “I love you”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-(b) calling Student 1 “sweet girl”, “sweetie”, “sweetheart”, “sugar”, “gorgeous girl”, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- “hotstuff”, and/or “lovely girl”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-(c) saying “we have a rare connection that fits into its own unique category and you’ll ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- find that as time goes by I will be there to help in whatever role you need”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-(d) saying “next year, near the end of the school year you and I will sit down and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- have a long significant talk about life and I’ll share some things that I was lucky ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- enough to have someone share with me when I was at that point in my life and it ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- will include several choices for you in terms of you and me”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf:(e) saying “we just spent an hour talking about sex – some of it involving two girls”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-(f) saying “don’t waste your money on a dildo – take the vibrator route for sure”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-(g) saying “wouldn’t be the first time I took a former [XXX] student shopping for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- toys”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-(h) saying “getting a little turned on by the thought of it are you?”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-(i) saying “if you haven’t played with yourself yet today then what in the hell are you ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- waiting for?”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- (j) saying “Now go and picture me giving you a vibrator and give yourself a fantastic ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- orgasm”; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- (k) saying “On a scale of 1 to 10 how was that orgasm? And btw, took me about the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- same amount of time!” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-6. A copy of an email exchange between the Member and Student 1 dated July 26-28, 2011 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- is attached at Exhibit “B”. A copy of a text message exchange between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- Student 1 dated April 12 and 15, 2013 is attached at Exhibit “C”. A copy of a text ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- message exchange between the Member and Student 1 dated June 2013 is attached at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- Exhibit “D”. A copy of a text message exchange between the Member and Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- dated June 2014 is attached at Exhibit “E”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-7. In June 2014, the Member took Student 1 out for brunch and visited Student 1 at home ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf: while she was alone. The Member engaged in discussions of a personal and sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- with Student 1 which included: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf: (a) telling Student 1 about his sexual activities; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf: (b) advising Student 1 with respect to her sexual activities; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- (c) suggesting to Student 1 that at some point in the future, she and the Member may ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf: engage in a sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-8. Upon visiting Student 1 at home, the Member gave Student 1 movies and a vibrator as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- graduation gifts. Following the Member’s visit, Student 1 told her parents about her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- discussions with the Member. Student 1’s parents contacted the Member to express their ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- shock and disapproval, and told the Member to stay away from Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-9. On or around July 9, 2014, the Member wrote to Student 1 by email to apologize for his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- conduct. In his email, a copy of which is attached at Exhibit “F”, the Member stated: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- …I made a decision two weeks ago to open the door to the possibility of an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- entirely new dynamic in our relationship that should never have been considered ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- if I’d given it the actual consideration it deserved. To take the role I had in so ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- many aspects of your life (school, athletics, family issues, relationships) as your ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- teacher/[XXX]/mentor and friend and think that I should or even could act as a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf: mentor or role model or friend when it came to matters of sexuality, sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf: orientation and sexual experimentation was a mistake… ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- …When I explained how [XX] and I have gone about letting the few people we ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf: have into our sexual lives I wanted you to know that if and when you decided in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- the future that might be a lifestyle that you chose then it would be very likely that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- we would entertain the idea of one of those people being you… ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-10. In August 2014, Student 1’s parents made a complaint to the Board regarding the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- Member’s conduct. Attached at Exhibit “G” is a copy of the parents’ August 30, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- complaint letter to the Board. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-11. In September 2014, the Board conducted an investigation of the allegations. Following ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- the investigation, effective October 24, 2014, the Member received an unpaid suspension ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- for the remainder of the 2014-2015 academic year. A copy of the Board’s October 23, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 2014 disciplinary letter is attached at Exhibit “H”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-12. The Member resigned from his employment with the Board effective November 24, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 2014. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-13. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-14. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also admits that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf: sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-15. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- require the College to otherwise prove the case against him and the right to have a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- hearing; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons shall be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- published on the College’s website, and that a summary of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- Committee’s decision and reasons, including his name, shall be published in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between the parties with respect to the penalty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-16. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-parties, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 12 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-that the Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf:the Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf:and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-demonstrate that the Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-demonstrate that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-1. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- Certificate and Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and makes an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-order in accordance with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-it would bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-to the public interest. The Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Penalty is proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-circumstances of this case. The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-based on the following analogous cases presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Teachers v. Guilbault, 2017 ONOCT 6 (CanLII), Ontario College of Teachers v. Renn, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-ONOCT 9 (CanLII), Ontario College of Teachers v. Kernohan, 2014 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Nevins, 2011 ONOCT 22 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-The Committee finds that the immediate revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-and Registration is warranted given the circumstances of this case. The Member abused his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf:position of trust and authority in an egregious manner. The Member engaged in grooming ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-behaviour towards Student 1 over an extended period of time, beginning when the student was in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Grade [XXX]. Under the pretense of developing a mentoring relationship with Student 1, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Member engaged in inappropriate conduct by discussing personal matters with her. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf:visited Student 1 at her home, took her out for brunch, told Student 1 about his sexual activities, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf:advised Student 1 with respect to her sexual activities, and suggested that, in the future, Student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf:1 may engage in a sexual relationship with the Member and his [XXX]. The Member gave ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Student 1 inappropriate gifts that included a vibrator. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf:It is completely unacceptable for members of the teaching profession to engage in sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-communications with students, regardless of whether the communications lead to other forms of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf:physical sexual abuse or not. Section 1 of the Act defines sexual abuse as including behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature by members towards students. The Member’s conduct had ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-repercussions that affected Student 1 and her family. Student 1’s parents trusted the Member in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-his capacity as a teacher and a [XXX] and this trust was violated. The Member’s conduct was a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-flagrant breach of his professional responsibilities and it jeopardized the public’s confidence in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-the teaching profession. Through his reprehensible conduct, the Member has forfeited the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-privilege of holding a teaching certificate in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Publication of this decision with the Member’s name is now mandatory in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-subsection 45.1 of the Act. Accordingly, the Committee’s decision and reasons will be published ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-with the Member’s name on the College’s website and a summary will be published with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-Member’s name in the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and meets the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Hearing dated July 28, 2014 (Exhibit 1) was served on Michel Joseph Guilbault (“the Member”), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-requesting his presence on September 2, 2014 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for January 30, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal representation. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Committee delayed the commencement of the hearing by approximately 15 minutes to enable the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Member to attend at the hearing, but he failed to appear. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Michel Joseph Guilbault is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-defined in sections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf: 1(7.3), and/or sexually abused a student, as described in Part 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-and introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-1. Michel Joseph Guilbault (“the Member”) is a member of the College. A copy of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- attached to this document as Appendix A. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil scolaire catholique de ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- district des Grandes Rivières as a teacher. During the 2010-2011 school year, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- Member was teaching at [XXX] in [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-3. During the 2010-2011 school year, the Member engaged in an inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- relationship with a [XXX]-year-old student (“Student 1”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-4. The Member communicated electronically with Student 1. The electronic ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf: communications included comments of an inappropriate romantic and sexual nature. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- correspondence took place using various methods, including MSN Instant Messenger, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- text messages and Facebook. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-5. Between March 28 and April 8, 2011, the Member engaged in copious Facebook ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- exchanges with Student 1. A copy of the Facebook messages sent to Student 1 by the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- Member is attached to this document as Appendix B. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-6. The Member’s messages to Student 1 include the following: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- (a) “What if I know you better than you think ;) LOL sometimes even better than you ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- know yourself!”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- withdrawn. The Member signed a peace bond, a copy of which, dated August 30, 2013, is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- attached as Appendix C. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-8. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- paragraphs above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-9. The Member acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts above constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- misconduct and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the alleged ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf: conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-10. The Member states that he: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- (a) fully understands the nature of the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- him; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- (b) understands that by signing this document, he is consenting to the evidence as set ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- (c) understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving the right ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- to require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- hearing; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- (d) understands that a summary of the decision and reasons of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- Committee, including reference to his name, will be published in the official ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/ Pour parler profession; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-the Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf:the Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf:and that his conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in section 1 and subsection 40(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-the Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-is reprehensible. Engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a student and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf:exchanging romantic and sexual communications are strictly prohibited. This type of shameful ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-conduct has severe consequences. The Member abused the trust and authority associated with his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-role as a teacher and undermined public confidence in the teaching profession. As a result, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Member has lost the privilege of holding a Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-The Committee acknowledges that it no longer has discretionary power in the matter of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-publication of an accused member’s name, as publication is now compulsory pursuant to section ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-45.1 of the Act. Accordingly, the Committee’s decision and reasons, with the Member’s name, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-will be posted on the College website and a summary of its decision and reasons, with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Member’s name, will be published in the official publication of the College, Professionally ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and serves and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-protects the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf-Date: January 30, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- Stéphane Vallée, OCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- Jean-Luc Bernard, OCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- (b) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 60 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- (c) he contravened a law which is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- (d) he contravened a law such that the contravention has caused or may cause a student who ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- (e) he committed acts, that having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-1. Brian Anthony Mallette is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board as an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- occasional teacher. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:3. Between October 21, 2012 and March 27, 2015, the Member accessed child pornography and was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf: in possession of child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-4. On November 23, 2015, the Member pleaded guilty to and was found guilty of: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf: (a) one count of possessing child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- Code of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 60 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf: (b) one count of accessing child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-5. On January 8, 2016, the Member was sentenced to four months of imprisonment and placed on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- probation for three years. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-As the Member was not present and did not have legal representation, the Committee proceeded on the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The Chair, on behalf of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for Brian Anthony Mallette ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-(Exhibit 4), which indicates that the Member was a member of the College at the time of the alleged ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-events. The College also entered into evidence a Court Document Brief between Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-Teachers and Brian Anthony Mallette (Exhibit 5), which contains the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-1. Transcript of the Proceedings of the Honourable Justice M. McLeod dated November 23, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- and January 8, 2016; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-2. Transcript of the Proceedings of the Honourable Justice M. McLeod dated January 6, 2016; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-3. Court Documents: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- (a) Court Information with Appearance Dates; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- (b) General Prosecution Summary; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 60 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- (c) New Court Information with Appearance Dates and Disposition; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- (d) Original Court Information with Appearance Dates and Disposition; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- (e) Order to Comply with [xxx] Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- (f) Prohibition Order; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- (g) Adult Probation Order. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 5 confirms that on November 23, 2015, in the Ontario Court of Justice, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:the Member pleaded guilty to and was found guilty of one count of possessing child pornography and one ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:count of accessing child pornography, contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-College Counsel described the Member’s criminal actions in details, which involved the possession and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:accessing of child pornography gathered from the internet. The images and videos collected by the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-Member mostly depicted pubescent boys, some looking as young as 10 or 12 years old. According to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-College Counsel, the Member’s conduct, as detailed in the record of the criminal proceedings (see Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-5) and the resultant criminal convictions, provide a sufficient basis to justify a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-misconduct under all of the heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. The Member had legal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-representation during his criminal proceedings, he pleaded guilty to the possession and accessing of child ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:pornography charges voluntarily and with the advice of legal counsel, and he did not appeal the court’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-decision. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 60 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Committee’s Rules”), inter alia, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-accepts the certified copy of the Court Information as proof, in this case, that the Member committed the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-criminal offences outlined therein. The Member pleaded guilty to and was found guilty of two criminal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-offences before a Canadian Court, no appeal has been taken, and the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Committee’s Rules, the Committee admits as ancillary to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-certified copy of the Court Information, the findings of fact contained in the related decision before the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-Ontario Court of Justice involving the Member. The Committee further admits as incidental to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-certified copy of the Court Information, transcripts of the proceedings at which the conviction occurred, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-for the purposes of explaining the finding of guilt. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-Based on the evidence contained within the Court Document Brief, the College has proven, on a balance ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:of probabilities, that the Member accessed and was in possession of child pornography between October ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-21, 2012 and March 27, 2015. On November 23, 2015, the Member pleaded guilty to and was found ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:guilty of one count of possessing child pornography and one count of accessing child pornography, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:contrary to subsections 163.1(4) and 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. On January 8, 2016, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-Member was sentenced to four months of imprisonment and he was placed on probation for three years. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-The Member’s conduct was repugnant. As set out by Justice McLeod in his reasons for judgment on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-January 8, 2016 (see Exhibit 5 at Tab 1), the Member had in his possession approximately 150 images of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:child pornography and 40 video files of varying length. Virtually all of the images and videos depicted ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-pubescent boys, some looking as if they could be 10 to 12 years old. Most of the images and videos ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-depicted acts of masturbation, and some involved fellatio or anal penetration. Most of the videos appeared ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 60 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-to be webcam recordings, and one of the videos included adult participation. Justice McLeod described ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-the Member’s collection as relatively modest (both in terms of the size of the Member’s collection and the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:nature of the acts depicted) compared to others cases involving the possession of child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-There was no indication of coercion, violence, bondage, bestiality or other features that courts have ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-considered to heighten the seriousness of the images and videos beyond what they are. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:Although the Member’s child pornography collection may not have been as large or as violent as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-that of other offenders, the Committee vehemently denounces the Member’s conduct all the same. It is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:completely unacceptable for members of the teaching profession to possess and access child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-Through his egregious conduct, the Member has jeopardized the public’s trust in the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-and he has perpetuated the cycle of violence and abuse involving children who are the subjects of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:pornography. The Member’s despicable conduct was a clear breach of the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:Possessing and accessing child pornography represents such a marked departure from the expectations ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-placed on members of the profession that it self-evidently constitutes professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:Accordingly, the Committee finds that the Member’s prohibited acts involving child pornography ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-constitute acts of professional misconduct contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:College Counsel submitted that committing prohibited acts involving child pornography is one of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-enumerated acts of professional misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Therefore, pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, the Committee has no discretion with respect to penalty and must order that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-the Member receive a reprimand and that his Certificate of Qualification and Registration be revoked. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- The Committee directs the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Registrar”) to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 60 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of Brian Anthony Mallette ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- (the “Member”), which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-2. The Committee directs that the Member appear before the Committee within 90 days of the date ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- of the Decision, Reasons for Decision and Order of the Discipline Committee, on a date to be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- arranged by the Member, to receive a reprimand, which will be delivered in person at the offices ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-The Committee recognizes that the Member’s conduct involving a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf:pornography is one of the enumerated acts of professional misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-Act. Pursuant to subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, the Committee therefore must make an order: 1) requiring ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee; and 2) directing the Registrar to revoke any ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-certificate held by the Member under the Act. The Committee notes that it has no discretion in this regard ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-and is of the opinion that the reprimand is best delivered to the Member in person. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-denounces the Member’s egregious conduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-Publication of this decision with the Member’s name is now mandatory in accordance with subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-45.1 of the Act. Accordingly, the Committee’s decision and reasons will be published with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-name on the College’s website and a summary will be published with the Member’s name in the official ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf-publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated February 16, 2016 (Exhibit 1) was served on Hendrik Christopher Reinders ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-(the “Member”) requesting his attendance before the College’s Discipline Committee on March 2, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-to set a date for a hearing. The hearing was subsequently set to commence on March 22, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-The Member was not in attendance at the hearing and was not represented by legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted an Affidavit of Daniela Spano, sworn March 20, 2017 (Exhibit 3), to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-prove that the Member had been informed of the allegations against him, the date and time of the hearing ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-and the penalty that could be sought by the College. In the affidavit, Ms. Spano, a law clerk with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-McCarthy Tétrault LLP, describes in detail her communications with the Member and provides proof of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-service of all required documents. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-On February 22, 2016, the Member wrote to the College asking not to be contacted again. On September ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-22, 2016, the Member wrote to Ms. Spano and stated, “leave me the fuck alone, I retired in 2012. I don’t ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-care what you do anymore.” He wrote to her again on September 26, 2016 with a similar message, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-asked the College not to contact him. On March 15, 2017, he wrote to Ms. Spano stating that the Near ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-North District School Board (the “Board”) had put him through “hell” and that he did not want to be in a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-classroom again. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-On the basis of the affidavit, the Committee is satisfied that the Member was served with the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Hearing and the disclosure documents, and was aware of the date and time of the hearing and the penalty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-that could be sought by the College. The Committee therefore heard this matter in the absence of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-SUMMARY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-The allegations in this matter are centred on the Member’s alleged harassment of two colleagues, and his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:alleged physical, verbal, psychological and sexual abuse of students between 2009 and 2011. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-For the reasons set out in detail below, the Committee has determined that the College has proven that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The College has not established that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Member has breached subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-As well, for the reasons set out in detail below, the Committee finds that the appropriate penalty is the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Hendrik Christopher Reinders is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf: (e) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf: and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-amendments to the Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- (c) slammed his hands on a desk and told a student or students to “shut the fuck up”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- (d) raised his fist at Student 3 and said, “I am not afraid to hit a kid”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- (e) slammed the classroom door and/or yelled at students, telling them to “shut up”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- (f) made inappropriate comments to students such as “shit”, “dick”, and “fuck”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- (g) threw a pencil at Student 4; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- (h) told students to be quiet and gave them “the finger”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- (i) told students that, if he was going to die or get a life sentence like jail, there would be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- five people he was going to kill; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf: (j) told students that he “got fired eight years ago for sexually assaulting girls,” and/or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- “people are messed up about that, but I won my case and a ton of money.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-7. The Member resigned his employment with the Board on or about March 27, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Because the Member was not in attendance at the hearing or represented by legal counsel, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-proceeded on the basis that he denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-At the hearing, the College called two witnesses: Mr. Andy Gagné, who was the principal at the School ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-during the time of the events at issue, and Mr. Kelly Cameron, a colleague of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Mr. Andy Gagné ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Mr. Andy Gagné’s role as participant expert ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Principal Gagné gave evidence as to his experience as an administrator. He is currently a principal at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-The College argued that the Member’s conduct violated the standards of the profession as established by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Principal Gagné’s evidence and the published standards of the College entered into evidence. College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Counsel argued that the Member’s conduct constituted verbal, physical, psychological or emotional, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:sexual abuse of students. College Counsel also submitted that the Member’s conduct violated the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Education Act. Finally, College Counsel argued that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, and that it was conduct unbecoming of a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Onus and standard of proof ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-The College is required to prove the allegations in accordance with the standard of proof set out in F.H. v. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-McDougall, 2008 SCC 53; that is, the balance of probabilities, or whether it is more likely than not that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-the conduct occurred. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Finding ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Having considered the evidence presented and the submissions of College Counsel, the Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Committee finds that the College has ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-not established that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.3). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-The Committee carefully reviewed the submissions by Counsel for the College and the evidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-submitted. It assessed the evidence in support of each allegation and made findings of fact for each. It ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-then determined whether these findings of fact gave rise to findings of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Mr. Cameron testified that his interactions with the Member made him feel intimidated and frustrated. He ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-stated that it affected his morale at work and made it hard to do his job when he knew there was someone ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-at the school who did not like him. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Principal Gagné testified that in an interview on June 7, 2011 with Ms. Trina Ball, an administrator at the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-school, she indicated that on May 13, 2011, the Member saw her in the teachers’ parking lot, looked down ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-at her, checked his watch, and laughed at her. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-On the same date, a student reported to Principal Gagné that the Member had badmouthed Mr. Cameron ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:and Vice-Principal Buckland, had talked about his charges of sexual touching, and had taken the student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-to his small office in the basement, despite having being told by the principal not to take students there. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-On October 13, 2011, the Member approached Mr. Cameron at a parent-teacher interview event at the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-school. Mr. Cameron was with Mr. Mair. The Member said to Mr. Cameron, “you have to answer me, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-you can’t snub me, I checked with the union and you can’t do this.” Mr. Cameron became upset and left. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-The Member tried to follow him, and Mr. Cameron grabbed his coat and left the building. Vice-Principal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Buckland and Mr. Mair witnessed the interaction. Principal Gagné also witnessed a conversation between ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-the Member, Mr. Mair and Mr. Cameron in which he observed the Member acting aggressively, and he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-saw Mr. Cameron leave. Mr. Mair told Principal Gagné that the Member boasted to him after the incident ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-that he had done it just to get a rise out of Mr. Cameron. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Mr. Cameron was interviewed about the incident on October 21, 2011 by the administration, as indicated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-in Principal Gagné’s notes (Exhibit 8). Mr. Cameron confirmed the above and noted that he felt that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Member was acting in an intimidating and aggressive manner during the episode. Mr. Cameron explained ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-the stress that his interactions with the Member were causing him: “When I pass him in the hallway, I am ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-apprehensive and I am anticipating something happening, my blood pressure goes up and I have been ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-dealing with this for 3 years. It makes me feel uncomfortable and I don’t think he understands the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-direction he has received” (Exhibit 8 at page 39). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-and then said that she was a “good kid”. She said that the incident made her uncomfortable because she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-knew it was inappropriate. She also said she did not trust older men because of an incident when she was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-younger. She gave a written statement (Exhibit 16). Student 1 was a vulnerable student. She had a[XXX], ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-as well as [XXX], [XXX] and [XXX] problems (Exhibit 13). The student said that she was afraid of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Member, and she did not attend class after this. The incident was reported to the police and the Children’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Aid Society of [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Mr. Gagné conducted interviews with other students at this time who were in the Member’s classes. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Member taught students in the [XXX] classes, which included students with[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Multiple students reported that the Member swore in class, saying words like “shit”, “dick” and “fuck”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-As well, multiple students gave evidence that the Member saw a student, Student 2, who was eating, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-said “you shouldn’t eat all that food because you are overweight,” so that the whole class could hear the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-remark. Student 2 affirmed that this incident occurred. He stated that he has learned to block this sort of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-comment out. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Student 4 gave evidence during these interviews that the Member threw a pencil near his head. He also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-indicated that the Member would slam his hands on desks and yell when he was angry. Another student, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Student 5, also indicated that the Member threw a pencil at him and threw one at Student 4, and that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Member would use the word “fuck”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Multiple students indicated that the Member would threaten to hurt students, and would shake his fists. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-As well, they stated that the Member would yell, slam the door, and tell students to shut up and listen. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-On February 3, 2012, Principal Gagné spoke with Students 6 and 7, whom the Member had taught Grade ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-[XXX[[XXX]two years prior. They reported that the Member said that “if he was going to get sentenced ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-to life in jail or die from medical there was 5 people he was going to kill first” [sic]. Student 7 also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-reported that “he told us the whole story about how he got fired for 8 years because he was accused for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:[sic] sexually assaulting girls. He said people are messed up about that but he won his case and a shit ton ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-He slammed his hand on Student 3’s desk and raised his fist at him. The Member failed to maintain ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-appropriate boundaries. His angry outbursts and physically threatening conduct were inappropriate in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-classroom or anywhere else. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-The Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-The Member’s demeaning treatment of students was psychologically abusive. He insulted and intimidated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Student 3 by telling him to “shut the fuck up” and threatening to hit him. He humiliated Student 2 by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-commenting on his weight in front of his classmates, comments that Student 2 said he had to “block” out. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-These statements by the Member were clearly harmful to students, threatening their well-being and self- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-esteem. Teachers are expected to support students and provide them with safe spaces in which to learn ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-and develop. By deliberately being psychologically abusive towards his students, the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-protect them and to promote a safe learning environment. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:The Member did not abuse a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:or engage in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:The Committee finds that the College has not established that the Member sexually abused a student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 or that he engaged in the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-student as defined in section 1 of the Act. College Counsel presented Exhibit 15, a written statement from ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:a student dated February 2, 2012, as proof of sexual abuse. The student who wrote and signed this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-statement, however, did not testify and this evidence is hearsay. While hearsay evidence is admissible ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-under section 15 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, R.S.O, 1990, c. S.22, the Committee must still ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-determine the appropriate weight to give to this evidence. The Committee gives some weight to this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-evidence, given that the student’s written statement is consistent with Principal Gagné’s notes from his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-interview with the student (see Exhibit 8 at page 21-23), but the Committee does not believe that this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:evidence is sufficient to establish that the Member sexually abused a student. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-The student’s written statement makes no suggestion that she thought that the Member’s conduct towards ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:her was sexual in nature. Even accepting the student’s hearsay statement in its entirety, it does not provide ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:evidence that the Member’s conduct was sexual in nature. Although Principal Gagné opined that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:Member’s conduct was sexual in nature, he neither witnessed the incident nor asked the student when he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:spoke with her if she felt the Member’s conduct was sexual in nature. His opinion about the sexualized ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-nature of the conduct is therefore of limited assistance to the Committee. That assessment must be made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-on the evidence before the Committee and the Committee finds that this allegation has not been ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-established on the balance of probabilities. As indicated above, the Committee nonetheless denounces the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Member’s conduct, which frightened the student and made her feel uncomfortable, even though the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf:Committee does not find that the conduct amounted to sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-Subsection 264(1)(c) of the Education Act states that “[i]t is the duty of a teacher and a temporary teacher ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-[…] to inculcate by precept and example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” Subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-264(1)(d) states that it is the duty of a teacher “to assist in developing co-operation and co-ordination of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-effort among the members of the staff of the school.” Subsection 264(1)(e) mandates the duty “to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-maintain, under the direction of the principal, proper order and discipline in the teacher’s classroom and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-while on duty in the school and on the school ground.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-The Member’s actions did not uphold the principles under subsection 264(1)(c) of the Education Act. His ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-conduct did not set a good example for students. He treated his colleagues with hostility and disrespect. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-He swore, insulted and intimidated students. He hugged a female student in a way that made her feel very ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-uncomfortable. All these actions do not reflect the virtues expected of a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-As well, subsection 264(1)(d) requires co-operation between members of the staff at a school. Rather than ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf-working co-operatively with Mr. Cameron, the Member acted with hostility and malice towards him. He ./ontario-cases/2017onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- subsection 1(7.3) and/or section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-51. In or about May/June 2016, the Member told Student 1 that he would be teaching summer school ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- at [XXX] School in Burlington, Ontario and he said that he and Student 1 could meet at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- Starbucks. Student 1 made excuses not to meet the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf:52. On one occasion after school, the Member attempted to have a “casual sex” talk with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- Student 1 felt that the Member had crossed a line and that he liked her “more than a student.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- Student 1’s friends remarked that the Member had a crush on Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-53. Student 2 was close friends with Student 1. Student 2 was in the same [XXX]class, taught by the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- Member, as Student 1 during the winter semester of the 2015-2016 school year. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-54. Student 2 also obtained extra assistance in [XXX] from the Member at lunch and after school. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-55. The Member gave Student 2 his debit card so that she could buy coffee. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-56. The Member also bought pizza for Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-57. The Member followed Student 2 on Instagram. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-58. On the last day of school in the 2015-2016 school year, the Member hugged Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-59. During the 2013-2014 school year, the Member taught Student 3 grade [XXX] [XXX]at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- [XXX]School located in Oakville, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-60. Once during class, Student 3 misplaced her cell phone. Student 3 used another cell phone that she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- saw was unlocked to text her cell phone in an attempt to locate her cell phone. After she used the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- other cell phone, Student 3 realized it was the Member’s cell phone. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-70. The C.A.S. opened a joint investigation with the H.R.P.S. Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Unit ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- into the Member’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-71. During the course of the investigation, Student 1 advised the H.R.P.S. that she wanted no further ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- contact with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-72. On or about July 7, 2016, the Board advised the Member that he was assigned home with pay ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- pending the completion of the joint H.R.P.S. and C.A.S. investigation. Attached as Appendix “E” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- is a copy of the Board’s letter to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf:73. On or about August 31, 2016, the H.R.P.S. cautioned the Member with respect to sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf: (s. 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada)) and sexual exploitation (s. 153 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (Canada)). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-74. On or about September 2, 2016, the C.A.S. advised the Board that it had completed its ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf: investigation. The C.A.S. advised “…risk that [Student 1] is likely to be sexually ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf: harmed/questionable sexual activity has been verified.” Attached and marked as Appendix “F” is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- a copy of the C.A.S.’s September 2, 2016 letter to the Board. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-The Member’s Current Status ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-75. On September 20, 2016, the Member resigned from the Board. Attached as Appendix “G” is a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- copy of the Member’s letter of resignation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-76. On April 19, 2017, the Member was administratively suspended by the College for failure to pay ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- his annual fees. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-77. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and Appendices referred to in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- paragraphs 1-76 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-78. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- professional misconduct as defined in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 1996 (the “Act”) and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- being more particularly: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-79. By this document1 the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- This “document” refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set out ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to require ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons shall be published ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- on the College’s website, and that a summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- reasons, including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the College with respect ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-80. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the College and the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 76 of the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf:1(15), 1(18) and 1(19), and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Paragraphs 10-35, 37-43, 45-52, 55-58 and 61-74 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Paragraphs 42, 46-52, 61-65, 71 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Paragraphs 43-49, 52, 58, 73 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf:Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-and/or section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Paragraphs 10-35, 37-43, 45-52, 55-58 and 61-74 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Paragraphs 10-35, 37-43, 45-52, 55-58 and 61-74 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-demonstrate that the Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Paragraphs 10-35, 37-43, 45-52, 55-58 and 61-74 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes that, once ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the Committee’s role to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. The penalty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based on the following analogous cases ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Renn, 2017 ONOCT 9 (CanLII), Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-College of Teachers v. Kernohan, 2014 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Rouhani, 2015 ONOCT 69 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-The Committee accepts that the revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-as requested in the Joint Submission on Penalty, is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Member repeatedly failed to maintain appropriate boundaries with several students over an extended ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf:period of time. His actions amounted to sexual misconduct, which made several students feel very ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-uncomfortable. He invited students to meet him off school property. He engaged in inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-communications with students via email and text message, including late at night and early in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-morning. The Member’s conduct was completely inappropriate and represents a reprehensible pattern of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf:grooming behaviour. The Member flagrantly abused his position of trust and authority, he failed to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-provide students with a physically and emotionally safe learning environment, and he jeopardized the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-public’s confidence in the teaching profession. The Member’s behaviour demonstrates disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-trust that parents and the public place in teachers. Accordingly, the Member has forfeited the privilege of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-holding a teaching certificate and being a member of the teaching profession in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf-Publication of this decision with the Member’s name is now mandatory in accordance with subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-Hearing dated August 12, 2015 (Exhibit 2) was served on the Member, requesting his presence on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-September 8, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-allegations set out in Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2 was subsequently set for October 10, 2017. The parties ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-agreed to proceed with a single hearing to address the allegations of professional misconduct set out in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-both Notices of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-The Member was self-represented and he attended the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the first Notice of Hearing (dated October 30, 2013) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- (c) he abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1);2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- Ibid. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf: [XXX], the Member told her to wear something bright and beautiful and/or sexy, and told her she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- could wear high heels. The student felt uncomfortable with the Member’s comments, as did some ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- of the other students in the class. If the Member were to testify, he would say that he did not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf: recall using the word “sexy”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-9. One of the female students in the [XXX] lived a distance away from the School and encountered ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- challenges getting to and from [XXX]. On several occasions, she stated she would not be able to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- attend [XXX]. On one occasion, the Member said to her, “I know it is not appropriate but if it was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- allowed, you could stay over at my house.” The Member also said that if he had a car, he would ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- give her a ride home. The Member wanted her to [XXX] at this important [XXX] and tried to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- offer suggestions to help her attend [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-10. The principal interviewed some students from the Member’s classes. They agreed the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- expectations were high, he pushed them hard, and he angered easily. Some students reported they ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- were not able to meet his expectations and felt singled out by the Member’s conduct and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- comments, which made them feel inferior. Others felt the Member pushed them to be their best, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- and although he got angry and frustrated, his conduct was not extreme. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-11. On or about April 2, 2012, when the principal met with the Member and his representative to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- discuss the above concerns, the Member acknowledged much of the conduct, for which he was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- remorseful, and explained that although he sometimes said “stupid things”, he was a caring ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- teacher. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf-12. By letter dated April 19, 2012, the principal advised the Member she had completed her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- investigation into the students’ concerns. She concluded that his inappropriate comments and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- conduct made some students “very uncomfortable” and, because the comments were mostly made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- in front of other students, “caused fellow students to feel awkward and uncomfortable.” The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- Member accepted responsibility for his actions and indicated his remorse. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 71 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-1. Roger Bradley Jaarsma is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf:2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Greater Essex County District School ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Windsor, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-3. During the 2013-2014 school year, the Member taught [XXX] to applied-stream Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- and [XXX] students. The majority of students in his classes were male. Students 1, 2, and 3 were ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- female students in classes taught by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-4. During the 2013-2014 school year, the Member made the following inappropriate comments ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf: including sexual references and innuendo in class which made some students feel uncomfortable: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- (a) as he approached a group of students talking, he said it looked like a “jerk circle”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- (b) as he approached a group of students watching a “twerking” video in class, he said, in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- reference to someone in the video, “nice bum”, and asked the students to turn off the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- video; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- (c) when he explained how to replace the [XXX] on the [XXX], he said words to the effect ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- of, “smack it on there, slap it on there”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- (d) on one occasion as the Member held a [XXX] to explain to the class how it had been ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- made, he described how the middle piece looked “like a nipple” as he felt it; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and makes an order in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-accordance with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 71 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes that, once ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the Committee’s role to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. The penalty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based on the following analogous cases ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Gedies, 2015 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Law, 2016 ONOCT 82 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s pattern of inappropriate conduct warrants a reprimand by his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf:peers. The Member repeatedly made inappropriate comments during class, used sexual innuendo and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-profane language, and made references to drugs and drug paraphernalia that have no place in an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-educational setting. In particular, the Member’s comments regarding a female student feeling ill as a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-result of having her period were insensitive. The Member ought to have known that such comments ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-would prove embarrassing to the student. Members of the teaching profession are expected to serve as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-positive role models and to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with students. The Member fell ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-short of meeting these expectations. The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf-The Committee finds that the course of instruction regarding appropriate boundaries with students and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- (i) “How was the dance? Did you have a great time? Dance with anyone special? Any ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- pictures to share by mistake? ” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- (j) “Oh man, I’m going to miss you so much next year. You have no idea!” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- (k) “stay in 1st break and I’ll make sure you know what you need to know to get A+” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- (l) “glad we talked after school, and I hope you know that my door is ALWAYS open for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- you, even next year when i’m not teaching you.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- (m) “I might cry when you walk out next Thursday for the last time. I’m actually not joking ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- when I say that!  Very sad thinking about it‼!” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- (n) “dude – don’t forget the kool [XXX] tomorrow – maybe the ones I gave you at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- christmas?” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- (o) “Soooo good to hear from you. Love ya and miss ya x 1,000,000! Honestly! I was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- seriously missing you the first week of July. [Name of Student 1] withdrawal, I ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- suppose...” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-13. Student 1 alleges that the Member asked him not to tell his parents about their email exchanges. If ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- the Member were to testify, he would deny this. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-14. In August 2013, a report was made to the School and to the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- regarding electronic communications the Member engaged in with Student 1. An investigation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- was initiated by the Board and the CAS. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf:15. Following its investigation, the CAS concluded that the Member’s conduct constituted grooming ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- behaviour and that a risk was posed to Student 1. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- copy of the CAS letter to the Member dated October 23, 2013. The Member denies that his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf: conduct was for the purpose of grooming, though he acknowledges that it was not appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-accordance with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes that, once ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the Committee’s role to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. The penalty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based on the following analogous cases ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-presented by the parties: Ontario College of Teachers v Lepage, 2017 ONOCT 29, (CanLII) and Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-College of Teachers v Gerwin, 2014 ONOCT 42 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s failure to maintain appropriate professional boundaries warrants ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-a reprimand by his peers. The Member engaged in inappropriate personal electronic communications and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-demonstrated favouritism to Student 1, as described above. Although the Member denies that his conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf:was for the purpose of grooming, the CAS investigated the Member’s conduct and concluded that it ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf:constituted grooming behaviour and that a risk was posed to Student 1. Members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-profession hold a unique position of trust and authority, and the Member abused this position in a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-concerning manner. The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its concerns with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-Given the serious nature of the Member’s misconduct, the Committee finds that a two month suspension ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-is appropriate in the circumstances. The Member’s conduct formed part of a troubling pattern of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-behaviour, in which he had inappropriate personal communications with Student 1 over a period of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf-approximately six months. The suspension is within a reasonable range based on the analogous cases ./ontario-cases/2017onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing (other than the delivery of the penalty order and the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-reprimand, which was delivered via video conference). He did, however, have legal representation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-throughout the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 74 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections 30(2) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- subsection 1(7.1);2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-1. David William Vesey is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- Ibid. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 6, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections 30(2) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf-and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- (b) he released or disclosed information about a student to a person other than the student or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- the student’s parent or guardian, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- (c) he abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1);2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- (d) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf: (e) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf: and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s suitability ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16);4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- (h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17);5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- (i) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf-4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf-5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated December 22, 2016 (Exhibit 1) was served on Véronique Josée Vallée ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-(“the Member”), requesting her presence on January 30, 2017 to set a date for the hearing, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-specifying the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for October 3, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-The Member was not present at the hearing, but had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Véronique Josée Vallée is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40 (1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- (b) she abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf: (c) she abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf: 1(7.3), and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in Part 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- (e) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- (f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- Subsection 40(1.1) of the Act was referenced in the Notice of Hearing, but this provision was repealed with the coming into force of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-amendments to the Act on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-7. Between January and September 2014, the Member engaged in an inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf: and sexual relationship with Student 1. The Member also engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- electronic communications with Student 1. The relationship and the electronic ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf: communications between the Member and Student 1 constitute sexual abuse as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- section 1 of the Act prior to its amendment in December 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-8. Following an investigation, the Board terminated the Member’s employment. Copies of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- the letters from the Board to the Member, dated February 25 and March 23, 2016, are ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- attached as Tabs C and D. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-9. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- paragraphs above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-10. The Member acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts described above constitute ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- misconduct against her, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf: that the alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-11. The Member states that she: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- (a) fully understands the nature of the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- her; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- (b) understands that by signing this document, she is consenting to the evidence as set ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that Véronique Josée Vallée is guilty of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf:1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member is also guilty of sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 8 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest, and pleaded no contest to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-of professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged, and the Committee accepts, that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf:subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19), and that the Member is guilty of sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 7 and 8 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-Paragraphs 7 and 8 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-Paragraphs 7 and 8 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf:Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf:and is guilty of sexual abuse as defined in Part 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5, 7 and 8 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest show that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-that once it has determined its jurisdiction to make the order in question, the law confines the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 75 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-it would bring the administration of justice or the discipline process into disrepute. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-Moreover, the penalty proposed by the parties falls within a reasonable range, based on similar ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-case law produced by Counsel for the College, to wit, Ontario College of Teachers v. Guilbault, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-2017 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) and Ontario College of Teachers v. Kernohan, 2014 ONOCT 53 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-(CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-The Member’s misconduct as set out in the Statement of Uncontested Facts is not included in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf:acts of sexual abuse listed in subsection 30.2(2)(1) of the Act that require an order of compulsory ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-revocation and reprimand since the coming into force of the amendments to the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf:transitional provisions in the Act do not include retroactivity for sexual misconduct other than the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-acts listed in this clause. Under the Act as it existed at the time of the Member’s misconduct, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-Committee has the power to order revocation where warranted. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct was shameful and that revocation is an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-appropriate penalty given the circumstances of this case. The Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf:inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with Student 1, in addition to engaging in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-inappropriate electronic communications with the student. This type of shameful conduct has ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-severe consequences. The Member abused the trust and authority associated with her role as a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-teacher and undermined public confidence in the teaching profession. As a result, the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf-has lost the privilege of holding a Certificate of Qualification and Registration in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct75.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Committee’s task is to determine whether the facts alleged by the College have been proven on a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-balance of probabilities and if so, whether the Member’s conduct gives rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-misconduct. For the reasons that follow, the Committee finds the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-misconduct under each head of misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing below. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections 30(2) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-and 40(1.1)1 of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- (b) he abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf: engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-1. Craig James Lusk is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Sudbury Catholic District School Board ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- as a teacher at [XXX]School (the “School”) in Sudbury, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the Member’s class in 2013-2014, and it persisted in 2014-2015 when the Student continued to serve as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-one of the Member’s student [XXX] at the beginning of the year. The Member’s inappropriate touching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-made the Student feel gross, uncomfortable, and “weirded out”. The principal learned that Student A and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Student B also witnessed the touching. In addition, the Member yelled at the Student for no longer ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-playing on his [XXX], and he gave her dirty looks in the hallway and got mad at her for no longer being a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-student [XXX] or visiting his classroom at recess (once the Student was in grade [XXX] and no longer in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-his class). The Student also told the principal that the Member treated her as his favourite (see Exhibits 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-and 6). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Principal [XXX] reported the incidents to the CAS, which conducted its own independent investigation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The principal believed that the CAS had verified the allegations, although she did not receive the CAS’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-findings personally. College Counsel showed Principal [XXX] a letter from the CAS to the principal’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:superintendent, which confirms that the allegations were substantiated: the Member sexually touched the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Student on the back of her leg over the course of a significant period of time, which made the Student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-uncomfortable (see Exhibit 7). The principal testified that the police were also involved, but they did not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-press charges at the request of the Student’s parents, who did not want to draw any further attention to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-their daughter. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Principal [XXX] also interviewed Student A and Student B as part of her investigation, and the notes ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-from these separate interviews were entered as Exhibit 8. The students’ individual responses to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-principal’s interview questions were consistent with their testimony before the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Principal [XXX] testified that she did not have the opportunity to discuss the allegations with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Member, because he was absent from school on November 26, 2014 without providing any explanation, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-and he never returned to the School after that. The principal has not spoken to the Member since then. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Principal [XXX] was also asked questions about the Board’s Code of Conduct (see Exhibit 9), the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-College’s Professional Advisory regarding Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-this matter. The Committee found that the two student witnesses were very credible: they both had the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-opportunity to observe the Member’s inappropriate touching of the Student; they were able to clearly ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-recall the events in question; their evidence was reasonable and not overstated or exaggerated; and their ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-evidence was consistent – both internally and externally. Principal [XXX] detailed and contemporaneous ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-investigation notes also corroborated the students’ accounts. The College’s evidence was uncontradicted, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-given the Member’s decision not to participate in this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Committee recognizes that some of the evidence that it received was hearsay; particularly the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-evidence with respect to the Student’s reactions to certain events or conversations that she had. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Student did not testify before the Committee, and the evidence of what she purportedly told others ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-(including Student A, Student B and Principal [XXX]) is hearsay. Hearsay evidence is, however, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-admissible in discipline hearings at the College, and the Committee gives substantial weight to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-hearsay evidence that it received in this case. All of the witnesses provided credible and consistent ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-accounts of their conversations with the Student, and the comments attributed to the Student were all ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-reasonable and logical. For example, it is self-evident that a young, female student would feel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:uncomfortable after having her upper thigh rubbed in a sexual manner by an adult teacher on a regular ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-basis over the course of one and a half academic years. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:The Committee finds that, on a balance of probabilities, the Member sexually touched the Student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-regularly and repeatedly. In particular, the Member rubbed the Student’s upper thigh, on the back of her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-leg above her knee, repeatedly during the 2013-2014 academic year and during the beginning of the 2014- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-2015 academic year. Student A and Student B both witnessed this conduct on multiple occasions and their ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:testimonies were consistent. The Committee accepts their evidence that the sexual touching took place ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-while the Member was seated at his desk in the classroom, that there were no other adults in the class, that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the Member’s student [XXX](all of whom were female)2 were present while this occurred, and that it ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-made the Student feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:Principal [XXX] interview notes with the Student confirms that the Member’s sexual touching was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-frequent and unwanted, and it made the Student feel uncomfortable, “weirded out”, and gross. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-In addition, the Member inappropriately singled out the Student. The Committee received clear, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-consistent and uncontradicted evidence that the Member favoured the Student and singled her out from ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-her peers. The Committee accepts the evidence of the student witnesses that the Member treated the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Student as his favourite. He called on her more often than other students to present her work in front of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the class; he invited her to participate in special activities during class time; and he ran an [XXX] page ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-with her alone. The Committee believes that the Member fostered an inappropriate relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:Student, in which he targeted her specifically and ultimately sexually abused her by repeatedly rubbing ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-her upper thigh over the course of one and a half academic years. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Moreover, the Member angrily lashed out at the Student for no good reason. The Committee received ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-clear, consistent and uncontradicted evidence that the Member became unreasonably angry with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Student on multiple occasions. He yelled at her when she quit his [XXX] and stopped serving as his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-student [XXX](even after he was no longer her teacher), and he became very angry with her when she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-accidentally knocked over a Christmas tree in the classroom. These angry outbursts were entirely ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-inappropriate. The Member had no good reason to be upset with the Student who (for good reason) chose ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-to distance herself from him. The Member’s irrational anger towards the Student is indicative of his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:inappropriate feelings towards the young student, which ultimately materialized in his repeated sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-touching of the young girl. There is a clear power imbalance between the Member and the Student, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- While Principal [XXX] testified that she believed that the Member may have had one or two male student [XXX], the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Committee prefers the student witnesses’ evidence that all student [XXX] were female. This evidence is also consistent with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-documentary evidence, in which all of the student [XXX] referred to are female. The Committee finds that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:decision to choose only girls to serve as his student [XXX] is an important detail that helps to contextualize his sexually abusive ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-conduct towards the Student. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the Committee believes that the Member exploited his position of trust and authority by making the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Student feel guilty or scared for trying to distance herself from him. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct set out above gives rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); he abused a student physically contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); he abused a student psychologically or emotionally contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); he abused a student sexually contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the Act; he failed to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(15); he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 1) The Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-received the following documents relating to professional standards: the Board’s Code of Conduct; the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-College’s Professional Advisory regarding Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Misconduct; and the College’s Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession and the Standards of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Practice for the Teaching Profession. The Committee also accepts the submission of College Counsel and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the advice of Independent Legal Counsel that this is not the type of case in which expert evidence is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-required in order to prove the standards of the profession. Independent Legal Counsel highlighted the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-following passage from Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (CanLII) at paragraph ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-71: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- There may be cases where conduct is so egregious that an expert is not required to inform the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf: Committee about it being misconduct. For example, physical or sexual abuse of a student by a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- teacher, or counselling a student to commit a criminal act, would be clear examples of conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- that is so offside what is acceptable as to be self-evidently misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s sexual abuse of the Student in this case constitutes conduct that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-is so egregious that no expert evidence is required. The Member regularly and repeatedly rubbed the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-upper thigh of a young female student over the course of one and a half academic years. His conduct is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-self-evidently professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:The Member’s sexual touching of the Student was a clear breach of the Ethical Standards for the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Teaching Profession and the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession. Through his alarming ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-conduct, the Member blatantly disregarded the ethical standards of care, trust, respect and integrity and he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-demonstrated a lack of commitment to students and student learning. Teachers are expected to act as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-positive role models and to provide students with a safe learning environment. The Member did the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:opposite. His repeated sexual touching of the Student made her feel uncomfortable, it frightened her, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-it had a negative impact on other students who witnessed this conduct. Several students decided to change ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-schools in part because they no longer felt comfortable at the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2) The Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member abused a student physically. There is plentiful evidence that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Member rubbed the Student’s upper thigh repeatedly during the 2013-2014 academic year and during the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-beginning of the 2014-2015 academic year. Touching a young student in this manner is physically ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-abusive. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 3) The Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Committee finds that the member psychologically or emotionally abused a student or students. While ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the Committee did not receive evidence from the Student directly, it received evidence about the impact ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-that the Member’s conduct had on the Student through Principal [XXX] contemporaneous investigation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-notes and through the two student witnesses who had discussed the incidents with the Student. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Committee accepted this hearsay evidence for the reasons set out above. The Committee accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Student felt uncomfortable, “weirded out”, and gross because of the Member’s conduct. She was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-embarrassed to be the recipient of the Member’s unwanted touching and she was scared to tell an adult ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-about it. The Student was only [XXX] and then [XXX] years old at the time of the incidents. A clear ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-power imbalance existed between the Member and the Student and the Member’s exploitation of his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-position of trust and authority is repugnant. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-It is logical and reasonable that a [XXX] girl would feel incredibly uncomfortable and scared when ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:subjected to the repeated, unwanted, sexual touch of a man whom she would have expected to be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-trustworthy. Teachers are supposed to provide safe spaces in which students can learn and develop. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Member’s conduct that specifically targeted the Student was emotionally and psychologically abusive. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Member’s angry and intimidating responses to the Student’s attempts to distance herself from him ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-are also deeply concerning to the Committee and suggest that the Member had developed inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-feelings toward the Student. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-While the Member’s conduct towards the Student is sufficient to establish that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-psychologically or emotionally abused a student, the Committee notes that the Member’s actions toward ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the Student did not only negatively affect her. The Member’s behaviour was upsetting to other students ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-who witnessed his conduct (including Student A and Student B) and it affected their academic careers as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-well. Students other than the recipient of the Member’s unwanted touching changed schools in part ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-because they no longer felt comfortable at the School, and some now question whether they can trust their ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-teachers. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Because the Notice of Hearing is limited to the Member’s conduct towards the Student, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-does not base its findings of psychological or emotional abuse on the impact that the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-had on others who observed his behaviour from a distance. However, the Committee notes that it is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-important for members of the profession to recognize that their unprofessional behaviour can have ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-harmful, unintended effects on students who merely witness their conduct and are not directly targeted by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-it. There is a powerful ripple effect that may occur when members conduct themselves as the Member did ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-in this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 4) The Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member sexually abused a student. The definition of sexual abuse at section ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:1 of the Act includes “touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member.” The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:repeatedly touched the Student in a sexual manner over the period of one and a half academic years. In ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-arriving at this conclusion, the Committee considered the young age of the Student (she was [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-[XXX] years old at the relevant times); the area of her body where the Member touched her (on the back ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-of her upper thigh, above the knee); and, the type of touch (both Student A and Student B described it as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-circular rubbing). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 5) The Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-which sets out the duties of teachers. Teachers are expected to encourage students in the pursuit of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-learning and to set a positive example for students, among other things. The Member’s conduct was in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:stark contradiction to these expectations. He singled out the Student, sexually abused her and made her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-feel uncomfortable and scared. He also modelled this reprehensible behaviour in front of other students. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Not only did the Member fail to act as a positive role model and to encourage student learning in a safe ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-space, but he also eroded his students’ trust and confidence in teachers and he tarnished the reputation of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 6) The Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:exploited his position of trust and authority in an egregious manner by repeatedly sexually abusing a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-[XXX] and then [XXX]-year-old female student of his. He invaded the Student’s personal space on a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-regular basis and singled her out. The Member’s conduct formed part of a disturbing pattern of behaviour, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-in which he violated the Student’s physical integrity with impunity over the course of one and a half ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-academic years. Rather than promoting student learning and providing students with a classroom ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-environment in which they could develop and prosper, the Member had a profoundly negative effect on a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-young girl’s formative education. His lack of professionalism is indisputable. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 7) The Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of the teaching profession, for similar reasons to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-those set out directly above in relation to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Among other ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-things, the Member eroded his students’ trust and confidence in teachers and he tarnished the reputation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Committee ought to order a penalty that includes the following ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-elements: 1) a reprimand that the Member must receive prior to commencing or resuming a teaching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-position; 2) a one-month suspension; and 3) the imposition of terms, conditions or limitations that include ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the Member’s successful completion of a course regarding appropriate boundaries and boundary violation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-issues. According to College Counsel, the Committee ought to consider the following penalty objectives ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-in crafting its order: 1) specific deterrence; 2) general deterrence; 3) rehabilitation; 4) denunciation of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-misconduct; and 5) protection of the public interest and the promotion of the public’s confidence in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-disciplinary process. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-on the case law presented. Out of fairness to the Member who was advised of the penalty that the College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-would be seeking in advance of the hearing, College Counsel did not change her position with respect to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the proposed penalty. She maintained that a one-month suspension was reasonable and appropriate based ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-on her review of the case law. College Counsel also cautioned the Committee that ordering a 12-month ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-suspension would go far beyond the one to three-month suspension range that she considered appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-College Counsel provided the Committee with the following additional case law in which three, six and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-12-month suspensions had been ordered, so as to provide additional guidance to the Committee: Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-College of Teachers v. Ward, 2013 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) and 2013 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) (“Ward”); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Gerwin, 2014 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) (“Gerwin”); Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Teachers v. Gowans, 2014 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) (“Gowans”); and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Calautti, 2010 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) (“Calautti”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the penalty ordered in Ward included a three-month suspension and the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-conduct in that case was arguably more serious than the Member’s misconduct. It involved hugging, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-kissing, touching of buttocks and inappropriate comments, although the Committee in Ward did not make ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:a finding of sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the penalty ordered in Gerwin included a six-month suspension and that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the conduct at issue was more serious than the Member’s misconduct. In Gerwin, the member developed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-an inappropriate relationship with a [XXX]-year-old student over the course of two academic years, in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-which the member: hugged the student; exchanged emails with the student; spent time alone with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-student outside of school despite warnings from a colleague and the student’s mother not to do so; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-kissed the student on the cheek. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the penalty ordered in Gowans included a 12-month suspension and that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the conduct at issue was more serious than the Member’s misconduct. In Gowans, the member gave a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-student a hug and a kiss on the cheek, she exchanged 2200 text messages with the student about personal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-issues, and she referred to the student as “babe”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the penalty ordered in Calautti included a 12-month suspension and that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the conduct at issue was more serious than the Member’s misconduct. In Calautti, the member exchanged ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:sexually explicit electronic communications with a student, invited a student to kiss her, and she was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:arrested and charged by the police with four counts, including luring a child, sexual exploitation and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:sexual assault. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-College Counsel reiterated that the Member’s case was serious, but that it was not at the high end of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:spectrum of sexual abuse cases. College Counsel urged the Committee to provide clear reasons if its ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-penalty order went beyond the one to three-month suspension range that the College sought. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Given the recent legislative amendments to the Act, which came into effect in December 2016 and include ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:a more robust scheme for addressing sexual misconduct, the Committee requested additional case law that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-was decided under the current legislative scheme in order to better guide its determination of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-appropriate penalty in this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-In response to this request, College Counsel submitted that the majority of the cases since the legislative ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:amendments involved mandatory revocation for the types of sexual misconduct that are expressly ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-stipulated at subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. These cases are not relevant to the Committee because the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:Member’s misconduct does not fall within one of the delineated types of sexual abuse that would attract ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the penalty of mandatory revocation. College Counsel provided the Committee with one additional case, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-with the caveat that it is distinguishable on its facts and far less relevant than the other cases that were ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-presented to the Committee: Ontario College of Teachers v. Hay, 2017 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) (“Hay”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-According to College Counsel, Hay resulted in the revocation of the member’s teaching certificate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-following misconduct that was far more egregious than the Member’s misconduct. Mr. Hay had made a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:series of sexually explicit comments to a student, he visited the student at home alone, he suggested that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:they have a sexual relationship in the future, and he engaged in grooming behaviour over a number of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-years. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Finally, College Counsel submitted that the College was not seeking costs in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-On September 26, 2017, the Committee made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-1. Prior to commencing or resuming a teaching position for which a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- Registration is required (a “Teaching Position”), the Member shall appear before the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- to receive an oral reprimand and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-2. The Registrar is directed to suspend the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- Member for a period of six months commencing on the date of the Order of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- Committee relating to this matter and the fact of the suspension is to be recorded on the Register. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-3. The Registrar is directed to impose the following terms, conditions or limitations on the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration, the fact of such terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- limitations to be recorded on the Register until such time as they are fulfilled: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- (a) Prior to commencing or resuming a Teaching Position, the Member shall enrol in and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- successfully complete at his own expense, a course of instruction pre-approved by the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- Registrar regarding appropriate boundaries and boundary violation issues and a course of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- instruction pre-approved by the Registrar regarding professional ethics, subject to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- following conditions: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Before addressing the issue of the appropriate duration of the suspension ordered, the Committee will ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-briefly address the other elements of its penalty order. The penalties ordered in all of the cases presented ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-to the Committee include a reprimand and the imposition of terms, conditions or limitations (notably that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the members must successfully complete remedial coursework). The Committee finds that these orders ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-are reasonable and appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Reprimand ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:The Member’s repeated pattern of sexually abusive conduct warrants a reprimand by his peers. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:Committee is deeply concerned that the Member regularly rubbed the Student’s upper thigh in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-manner over the course of one and a half academic years. He made the Student feel scared and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-uncomfortable, he singled her out in a way that was completely inappropriate, and he utterly failed to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-provide students with a safe space in which they could learn and develop. The Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-demonstrated a gross abuse of his position of trust and authority and it undermined the public’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-confidence in the teaching profession. The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Coursework ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Committee finds that the courses of instruction regarding appropriate boundaries and boundary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-violation issues, and professional ethics will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. The coursework ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-will remind the Member of his obligations as a teacher and will help him to make better decisions in any ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-future interactions with students. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-While College Counsel did not seek an additional course regarding professional ethics, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-believes that the Member’s flagrant violation of the College’s Ethical Standards for the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Profession and the College’s Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession warrant additional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-remedial coursework in that area. The Member’s complete disregard for the standards of care, trust, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-respect and integrity and his lack of commitment to students and student learning indicate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Member is in need of additional professional development in the areas of both boundary violation issues ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-and professional ethics. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Six-month suspension ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Committee finds that a six-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate given the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-of this case. The aggravating factors are significant and there are no mitigating factors in this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:Among other things, the Member singled out a [XXX] and then [XXX]-year-old girl and he sexually ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-abused her by rubbing her upper thigh repeatedly over the course of one and a half academic years; he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-scared and intimidated the Student and made her feel uncomfortable; he became unreasonably angry with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the Student when she tried to distance herself from him; and he treated her noticeably different than the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-other students by favouring her, which is indicative of a troubling personal relationship that he appeared ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-to be fostering with the young girl. The Member demonstrated absolutely no understanding that his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-conduct was inappropriate, and he showed a complete and utter disregard for the physical and emotional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-wellbeing of his students. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Committee does not believe that the cases provided by College Counsel establish that an appropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-penalty would include a suspension of only one to three months. Such a lenient penalty does not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-sufficiently address the Member’s egregious misconduct and it does not adequately protect the public ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-interest. The Committee recognizes that it is rare to order a penalty that goes beyond the order sought by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the College; however, this decision turns entirely on its facts and the facts in this case warrant a more ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-severe penalty than that sought by the College. The cases provided by College Counsel in support of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-proposed penalty were distinguishable on their facts from the Member’s case and did not satisfy the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Committee that a one-month suspension was appropriate in this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-First, Primeau was an uncontested decision from 2006. That decision arose under a different legislative ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:scheme, which did not include such robust protections against sexual misconduct as does the current ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 26 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-version of the Act. The Committee agrees with the following sentiment expressed in College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v. Peirovy, 2017 ONSC 136 at paragraph 39 (“Peirovy”), and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-believes that similar logic applies to the teaching profession as the medical profession: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf: […] community tolerance for sexual abuse by doctors has lessened. The public’s confidence in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf: the medical profession demands more from the disciplinary process than recent sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- discipline cases suggest.3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Moreover, in uncontested matters (like Primeau), a Committee is provided with a joint submission on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-penalty, which is the result of a negotiation between the parties. The law therefore confines a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-interest. It is possible that the penalties agreed to in uncontested matters are more lenient than they might ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-otherwise be in contested matters where there is no quid pro quo between the parties. In addition, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Primeau is distinguishable from the Member’s case in that Mr. Primeau did not target and cultivate an ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-inappropriate relationship with one student over the course of one and a half academic years. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Second, Ste-Croix is distinguishable from the Member’s case in that there was no finding of physical or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:sexual abuse in that matter. Ms. Ste-Croix failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:student, but she did not physically or sexually abuse the student. The Member’s case is considerably more ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:serious in that he repeatedly and regularly sexually abused a young female student. The penalty in Ste- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Croix included a three-month suspension. A proportionate suspension in the Member’s case should ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-therefore be longer than three months. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- The Committee received submissions from College Counsel that Peirovy has been appealed to the Ontario Court of Appeal. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-However, the Committee accepts the advice of Independent Legal Counsel that Peirovy remains good law in Ontario until and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-unless it is successfully appealed. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Third, Ward is similarly distinguishable from the Member’s case. Mr. Ward was not found to have ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:sexually abused a student or students. At page 9 of its penalty decision, the Committee in Ward expressly ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-addressed this issue as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf: [...] the Committee determined that the Member’s actions did not constitute sexual abuse of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- students as defined by the Act. Had this finding been made, it would have resulted in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- imposition of a more severe penalty [emphasis added]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The penalty in Ward included a three-month suspension. The Committee believes that a more severe ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:penalty is appropriate in the Member’s case in which a finding of sexual abuse was made. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Fourth, Gerwin is a case in which Mr. Gerwin received a six-month suspension, as has been ordered in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-the Member’s case. The Committee will not engage in an analysis of whether kissing a student on the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-cheek and hugging a student for an extended period of time (as was the case in Gerwin) is worse than ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:rubbing a student’s leg regularly and repeatedly. Both are unacceptable. Ultimately, the sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-misconduct in both Gerwin and the Member’s case took place regularly and repeatedly over the course of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-at least one and a half academic years, and the Committee believes that the six-month suspension ordered ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-in Gerwin is similarly appropriate in the Member’s case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Fifth, the Committee does not find that Gowans is sufficiently analogous to the Member’s case to be of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:any assistance. There was no finding of sexual abuse in Gowans and Ms. Gowans’ misconduct was of a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-significantly different nature than that of the Member. She exchanged approximately 2200 text messages ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-of a personal nature with a student, among other things, and her 12-month suspension came as a result of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-a joint submission agreed upon by the parties. The Committee does not rely on Gowans in arriving at its ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-penalty order. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Sixth, Calautti is a case in which Ms. Calautti was found guilty of professional misconduct for, among ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-other things, engaging in criminal conduct for which she was found guilty of Internet luring, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-section 172.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Calautti involved serious criminal charges and a guilty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 28 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-finding before the Ontario Court of Justice. The criminal finding in Calautti distinguishes it from the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Member’s case and the penalty ordered in that case (which included a 12-month suspension) provides ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-limited guidance to the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 77 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Finally, the Committee agrees with College Counsel that Hay is not relevant and is distinguishable on its ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-facts. The Committee did not rely on Hay in arriving at its penalty order. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Committee finds that the cases presented by College Counsel demonstrate that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-misconduct was considerably more serious than the misconduct in the cases presented that resulted in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-suspensions of one to three months in duration. In particular, the Committee believes that the young age ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-of the Student and the repeated nature of the misconduct are distinguishing features of this case. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Committee did not receive any sufficiently analogous cases where a 12-month suspension was ordered ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-and it accepts the submission of College Counsel (based on her review of the case law) that a 12-month ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-suspension would go far beyond the range of what would be considered an appropriate penalty in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-circumstances. Therefore, based on its review of the cases provided and based on the submissions of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-College Counsel, the Committee finds that a six-month suspension is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-The Committee notes, however, that this finding is limited to the circumstances of this case. Members ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-may receive penalties up to and including revocation when they are found guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-misconduct, pursuant to subsections 30(4) and 30(5) of the Act. The Committee does not tolerate the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:sexual abuse of students and encourages the College to consider the full range of penalties available in all ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf:cases of sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-Publication of this decision with the Member’s name is now mandatory in accordance with subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-45.1 of the Act. Accordingly, the Committee’s decision and reasons will be published with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-name on the College’s website and a summary will be published with the Member’s name in the official ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf-publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct77.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for October 4, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 79 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections 30(2) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set out ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to require ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 79 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons shall be published ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- on the College’s website, and that a summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- reasons, including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the College with respect ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-24. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct outlined in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-(c) and (e) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened subsection 1(7.1) and 1(7.3) of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf:Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-of the Act, be withdrawn. The Committee granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of the parties, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf-finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct79.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted an Affidavit of Tatiana Tkatch (Exhibit 2) sworn on November 6, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-2017 to prove that the Member had been informed of the allegations against him, the time and date of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-hearing, as well as the penalty being sought. In this affidavit, Ms. Tkatch, a law clerk with the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-College of Teachers, outlines the communications with the Member and provides proof of service of all ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-required documents. Based on this affidavit, the Committee was satisfied that the Member had been ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-properly served with the Notice of Hearing and all disclosure documents and was aware of the time and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-date of the hearing and the penalty being sought. The Committee therefore heard this matter in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-absence of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-The Committee received a certified copy of the transcript of the Proceeding Upon Plea and Sentence from ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice J.A. Payne dated September 12, 2016 (Exhibit 4 at Tab ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-B). In these proceedings before the Ontario Court of Justice, an order restricting publication in accordance ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-with section 486.4(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada was in place pursuant to an order from Justice of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-the Peace C. Henderson made on April 1, 2014. The Committee is required to uphold this publication ban. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that David William Bradley is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- (b) he abused a student, or students, psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf: (c) he abused a student, or students, sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- subsection 1(7.3) and/or as defined in sections 1 and 30.2(2) of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- (e) he contravened a law which is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- (f) he contravened a law such that the contravention has caused or may cause a student who ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- (g) he committed acts, that having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-1. David William Bradley was at all material times a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Trillium Lakelands District School Board ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 was a male who was under 18 years of age. At all material times, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- Student 2 was a male who was under 18 years of age. At all material times, Student 3 was a male ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- who was under 16 years of age. The Member did not teach Students 1, 2 or 3. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-4. In or about March 2014, Student 3’s mother discovered that Student 3, who was [XXX] years old, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf: was having sexual conversations via electronic media with the Member, who was 57 years of age. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- After making the discovery, Student 3’s mother contacted her local police service, the School and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- the City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-5. In or about March 2014, the City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service commenced an investigation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- into the Member’s conduct. As a result of its investigation, the Member’s computer and other ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- electronic devices were seized and analyzed. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-6. The City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service’s investigation disclosed that the Member had a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- Skype message log. The message log disclosed that on November 2, 2012, the Member used the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- internet to contact Student 1. The Member quickly established that Student 1 was [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- old. The Member asked Student 1 to communicate with him via Skype. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-7. The Member and Student 1 communicated via Skype over the course of four days. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf: and Student 1 engaged in sexually explicit acts which focussed on the display of their genital and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- anal areas. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-8. The investigation further disclosed that on May 18, 2013, the Member contacted Student 2 via the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- internet and asked Student 2 to Skype with him. The Member established that Student 2 was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-9. The Member sent Student 2 naked images and videos of himself and requested that Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf: send him sexually explicit photographs. The communications between the Member and Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- culminated with Skype video communication for the purpose of seeing each other ejaculate. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-10. The investigation also disclosed that in or about November 2013, the Member contacted Student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 3 via the internet and asked that he communicate with him via Skype. Student 3 told the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- that he was [XXX] years old although, in fact, he was [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-11. The Member made a number of inappropriate communications to Student 3, including, “Wish ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- you were a lot closer”; “Home alone?”; “Can you skype?” “Can I look at you?”; “Can you go to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- your room?” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-12. The Member sent Student 3 a photograph of his penis. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:13. The Member and Student 3 had sexually explicit conversations via Skype. During Skype video ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- sessions, the Member would masturbate for Student 3 and request that Student 3 masturbate for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-14. In or about January 2014, the Member asked Student 3 to send him a photograph of his erect ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- penis. Student 3 took a photograph of his erect penis and sent it to the Member via the internet. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- The Member accepted the photograph. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-15. On or about April 1, 2014, the City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service charged the Member with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- two counts of Luring a Person Under 18 Years of Age by means of Telecommunication, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- to s. 172.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-16. On April 1, 2014, the City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service charged the Member with one count ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- of Luring a Person Under 16 Years of Age by means of Telecommunication, contrary to s. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 172.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-17. On or about April 1, 2014, the City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service charged the Member with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf: one count of Possession of Child Pornography, contrary to s. 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-18. On or about April 1, 2014, the City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service charged the Member with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- one count of Exposure to a Person under 16 Years of Age, contrary to s. 173(2) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-19. On or about April 1, 2014, the City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service charged the Member with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- one count of Making Sexually Explicit Material Available to a Person Under 16 Years of Age, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf: contrary to s. 171.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-20. On or about September 12, 2016, the Member was found guilty of between the 1st day of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- November in the year 2013 and the 30th day of November in the year 2013 at the City of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- Kawartha Lakes in the said region, by means of telecommunication, communicating with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- [Student 3], a person under the age of sixteen years, for the purposes of facilitating an offence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- under section 152 of the Criminal Code, contrary to section 172.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-21. On or about September 12, 2016, the Member was found guilty that between the 1st day of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- November in the year 2013 and the 31st day of January in the year 2014 at the City of Kawartha ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf: Lakes in the said Region, did transmit sexually explicit material to wit: computer graphic movies ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- to [Student 3] a person whom the Member knew to be under the age of 16 years for the purposes ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- of the commission of an offence under section 152 of the Criminal Code (Canada), contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf: section 171.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-22. On or about September 12, 2016, the Crown withdrew the balance of the criminal charges. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-23. On or about September 12, 2016, the Member was sentenced to 90 days’ incarceration to be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- served intermittently and consecutive on each conviction. The Member was also placed on three ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- years’ probation and made subject to a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-24. As of June 3, 2015, the Member’s status with the College was administratively suspended for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- failure to pay fees. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-25. On April 12, 2017, the Member advised the College that he had retired from the Board. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-As the Member was not present and did not have legal representation, the Committee proceeded on the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The Chair, on behalf of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for David William Bradley ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-(Exhibit 3), which indicates that the Member was a member of the College at the time of the alleged ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-events. The College also entered into evidence a Brief of Court Documents - Her Majesty the Queen v. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-David Bradley (Exhibit 4), which contains the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 1) Certified Copy of Information; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 2) Transcript of Proceedings upon Plea and Sentence, Justice J.A. Payne in the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- Justice, dated September 12, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 4 confirms that on September 12, 2016, in the Ontario Court of Justice, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-the Member was found guilty of one count of telecommunication, communicating with a person under the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-age of 16 years, for the purposes of facilitating an offence under section 152 of the Criminal Code, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:contrary to section 172.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada); and one count of transmitting sexually ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-explicit material to wit: computer graphic movies to a person whom the Member knew to be under the age ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-of 16 years for the purposes of the commission of an offence under section 152 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-(Canada), contrary to section 171.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-College Counsel described the Member’s criminal history in detail and submitted that the Member’s case ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:was a notorious case of sexual abuse involving three young male students. According to College Counsel, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-the Member’s conduct, as detailed in the record of the criminal proceedings (see Exhibit 4) and the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-resultant criminal convictions, provided a sufficient basis to justify a finding of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-under all of the heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. College Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Member did not appeal his two criminal convictions and that the appeal period has lapsed. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-had legal representation during his criminal proceedings. College Counsel submitted that the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-can rely on Rule 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Committee’s Rules”) to admit the facts as contained in the Brief of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Court Documents as evidence and find the Member guilty of all the heads of misconduct alleged in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:College counsel submitted that between November 2013 and January 2014 the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-and psychological or emotion abuse of Student 3 who was [XXX]years old. According to College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Counsel, during the time of this misconduct the previous version of the Act (before it was amended in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:December 2016), contained the offenses of sexual and psychological or emotional abuse but did not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-define the term “student”. College Counsel cited the Kalin v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2005 CanLII ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-18286 (ON SCDC) to support the proposition that in order for a Member to be found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-professional misconduct the regulation had to have been in place at the time the misconduct occurred. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-College Counsel stated that it is clear that at the time of the Member’s misconduct the regulations that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:relate to sexual and psychological or emotional abuse of a student were in place. College Counsel further ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-submitted the case of Ontario College of Teachers v. Robinson, 2003 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) (“Robinson”) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-for the purpose of defining the term “student” under the Act, prior to the December 2016 amendments. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-According to College Counsel, the Committee in the Robinson case found that there was no requirement ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-for there to be a direct teacher-student relationship to satisfy the term “abuse of a student.” College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Counsel submitted that evidence contained in the Brief of Court Documents, specifically the Victim ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Impact Statement (Exhibit 4, Tab B), proves that Student 3 was in fact “a student” at the time the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-misconduct occurred. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the evidence against the Member is overwhelming and that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-acts of misconduct are so notorious that the Committee could find the Member guilty of all of the heads ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-College Counsel further submitted that section 14 of the Act gives the Committee the jurisdiction to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-resolve the Member’s matter, even though the Member is currently suspended for non-payment of fees. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by Counsel for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 30.2(2) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Committee’s Rules, inter alia, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Committee accepts the certified copy of the Court Information as proof, in this case, that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-committed the criminal offences outlined therein. The Member was found guilty and convicted of two ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-criminal offences before a Canadian Court, no appeal has been taken, and the time for an appeal has ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-expired. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Committee’s Rules, the Committee admits as ancillary to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-certified copy of the Court Information, the findings of fact contained in the related decision before the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Ontario Court of Justice involving the Member. The Committee further admits as incidental to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-certified copy of the Court Information, transcripts of the Proceedings upon Plea and Sentence at which ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-the conviction occurred, for the purposes of explaining the finding of guilt. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College has proven, on a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-balance of probabilities, that in November 2013 the Member reached out to Student 3 requesting that he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-contact the Member on Skype. Student 3 revealed to the Member that he was [XXX] years old although, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-in fact, he was [XXX] years old at that time. The communications between the Member and Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:contained sexually explicit material, including a digital image of the Member’s penis. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-established a video session with Student 3 where he would masturbate for the student and requested that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Student 3 masturbate for him. In December 2013, the Member attempted to arrange a meeting with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:Student 3 where he would pick him up in his vehicle for the purpose of having sexual intercourse. In ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-January 2014, the Member requested that Student 3 send him a photograph of his erect penis. Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-took and sent this photograph via the internet to the Member and the Member accepted it. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-was arrested on April 1, 2014 and charged with two counts of Luring a Person Under 18 Years of Age by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-means of Telecommunication, one count of Luring a Person Under 16 Years of Age by means of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Telecommunication, one count of Possession of Child Pornography, one count of Exposure to a Person ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-under 16 Years of Age, and one count of Making Sexually Explicit Material Available to a Person Under ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:16 Years of Age, contrary to sections 172.1(1)(a), 172.1(1)(b), 163.1(4), 173(2), and 171.1(1)(b) of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Further, based on the Victim Impact Statement contained in the Brief of Court Documents, the College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-has proven on a balance of probabilities that as a result of the Member’s conduct, Student 3 suffers from ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-anxiety and panic attacks. Student 3’s attendance at school and grades began to suffer due to the stress ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-and anxiety brought on by the Member’s conduct. Student 3 has since been hospitalized more than once ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-for suicidal tendencies and was prescribed medication and regular counselling as a part of a long-term ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-course of treatment. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-The College has also proven, on a balance of probabilities, that on September 12, 2016, in the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Court of Justice, the Member pled guilty to one count of Luring a Person Under 16 Years of Age by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-means of Telecommunication and one count of Making Sexually Explicit Material Available to a Person ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:Under 16 Years of Age, contrary to sections 172.1(1)(b) and 171.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-The balance of the criminal charges were withdrawn at the request of the Crown. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-sentenced to 90 days’ incarceration to be served intermittently and consecutive on each conviction. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Member was also placed on three years’ probation and made subject to a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-With respect to the allegations as they relate to Student 1 and 2 contained in the Notice of Hearing, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Committee finds that the facts contained in the Brief of Court Documents (see Exhibit 4, Tab B at pages ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-6-7), the Member’s admission to these facts (see Exhibit 4, Tab B at page 9), and the judge’s finding on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-these facts as they relate to Students 1, 2 and 3 (see Exhibit 4, Tab B at page 45), prove on a balance of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-probabilities the particulars at paragraph 3 and 6-9 as contained in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-The Committee accepts College Counsel’s submission as it relates to the applicable definition “student”, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-including the case law, which demonstrates that the undefined term “student” (contained in the pre- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-December 2016 amendment of the Act) does not require a direct teacher-student relationship. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct was egregious. The Member has abused his position of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-trust and authority in the gravest manner. Accordingly, the Committee finds that the Member’s repeated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:instances of sexual abuse of three boys and his psychological or emotional abuse of Student 3 constitute ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-acts of professional misconduct contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 30.2(2) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-registration, and an oral reprimand are mandatory penalty orders because the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:constituted the type of sexual abuse of a student that is an enumerated act of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Specifically, College Counsel submitted that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-conduct constituted the type of misconduct captured by subsection 30.2(2) at subparagraphs 1(iii) and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-1(v) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-College Counsel referred the Committee to one case involving the application of a mandatory penalty for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act: Ontario College of Teachers v. Lavigne, 2017 ONOCT ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-55 (CanLII). College Counsel submitted that the Committee in Lavigne accepted that when a finding of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-guilt under subsection 30.2(2) of the Act is made, the penalty is mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-College Counsel further submitted that the College was not seeking an order for a fine or costs. According ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-to College Counsel, a fine is not appropriate in this case because the Member taught successfully for over ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-30 years with no prior discipline record, he was a well respected teacher and member of the community, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-he apologized and acknowledged the grave impact his misconduct had on the students, and he is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-undergoing psychological counselling and had an undiagnosed illness at the time the misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-occurred. According to College Counsel, an order for costs is not appropriate in this case because the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Member did not impede the process of this hearing in any way and his conduct does not have any of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-attributes enumerated at rule 16.04 of the Committee’s Rules. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-1. the Member is directed to appear before the Committee to receive a reprimand, which will be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street W., ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- College of Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-2. the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Registrar”) is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf:The Committee recognizes that the Member’s conduct involving the sexual abuse of a student is one of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-the enumerated acts of professional misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, the Committee therefore must make an order: (a) requiring that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-be reprimanded by the Committee; and (b) directing the Registrar to revoke any certificate held by the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-Member under the Act. The Committee notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-breached his position of trust and authority in an egregious manner and he completely undermined the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-confidence that the public places in members of the teaching profession. The Committee is gravely ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-concerned by the negative impact that the Member has had on Student 3 and his family, and it denounces ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf-the Member’s repugnant conduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-by his peers. The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-general deterrent to other members of the profession. The Committee notes that the reprimand will be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 86 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-delivered via video conference as agreed to by the parties. The Committee is satisfied, based on the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-submissions of Member’s Counsel, the agreement of the parties, and the jurisprudence3 presented by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-Member’s Counsel, that it is appropriate to deliver the reprimand via video conference. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-currently lives in a remote community in northern Ontario, and travel to the College would be difficult ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-and costly. While it is not common for reprimands to be delivered via video conference, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-accepts that this is appropriate in the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-Suspension ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-The Committee finds that a three-month suspension is reasonable in this case. The duration of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-suspension is within an appropriate range as established by previous cases before the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-Committee, and it is proportionate to the Member’s misconduct. While the six-month suspension ordered ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-in Ciraco was longer than the proposed suspension in the Member’s case, the Committee accepts that Mr. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-Ciraco’s misconduct was more serious than the Member’s misconduct. Mr. Ciraco was found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf:sexual assault contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada, which distinguishes that case from the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-Similarly, the Member’s misconduct was less serious than the misconduct in French, which involved the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-inappropriate touching of a colleague and students by Mr. French. The involvement of students in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-Member’s misconduct in French make that case more serious than the Member’s case. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-finds it reasonable that the suspension in the Member’s case is therefore shorter than the four-month ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-suspension ordered in French. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-The Committee agrees with the parties that the misconduct committed in Fair is similar to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf-3 See Ontario College of Teachers v. Cheechoo, 2017 ONOCT 25 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf-1. Ryan Paul Gabourie is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached as Appendix “A” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 88 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Hastings and Prince Edward District ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). During the 2014-2015 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- academic year, the Member was assigned to the [XXX]for students with [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 was a male student and Student 2 was a female student in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf-4. In November 2014, the Member became aware of a rumour that Student 1 was suspended from ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- School and may be under investigation following an allegation by Student 2 that Student 1 had ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf: sexually assaulted her. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf-5. The Member believed Student 2 may have fabricated the allegation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf-6. On or about November 14, 2014, the Member met with Student 2 to discuss the situation, without ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- the knowledge of the School administration. During this meeting, the Member tricked Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- into believing he had video and physical evidence of what had happened. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf-7. The Member had Student 2 try to write an apology to Student 1. When this proved difficult, he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- videotaped an apology from Student 2 to Student 1, without Student 2’s parent’s consent, using a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- colleague’s cell phone. The Member then provided this video and a written summary of his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- investigation to the School’s vice-principal. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf-8. In taking the actions described in paragraphs 5–7 above, the Member interfered with the School ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- and Police investigations. If the Member were to testify, he would say that he had heard from ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- colleagues at the School that there was an ongoing Police investigation relating to the allegation, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- but was not aware of all the details. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct88.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Lubomir Iason is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf: and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- (e) he contravened a law which is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-1. Lubomir Iason is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a Grade [XXX] teacher at [XXX]School in Hamilton, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-3. In November 2015, [XXX] was a [XXX]-year-old female. The Member was not [XXX]teacher. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:4. On or about November 21, 2015, the Member was charged with one count of sexual assault, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf: contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada), and one count of sexual interference, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:5. On or about June 16, 2016, the Member was found guilty of one count of sexual interference, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 4 confirms that on June 16, 2016, in the Ontario Court of Justice, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:Member was found guilty of one count of sexual interference, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-College Counsel described the Member’s criminal history in detail and submitted that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:matter involved the sexual abuse of a [XXX]year-old female,[XXX]., who was also the Member’s[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-According to College Counsel, the Member’s conduct, as detailed in the record of the criminal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-proceedings (see Exhibit 4) and the resultant criminal conviction, provided a sufficient basis to justify a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-finding of professional misconduct under all of the heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member did not appeal his criminal conviction and that the appeal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-period has lapsed. The Member had legal representation during his criminal proceedings. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-submitted that the Committee can rely on Rule 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Committee’s Rules”) to admit the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-facts as contained in the Brief of Court Documents as evidence and find the Member guilty of all the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:College Counsel submitted that on November 5, 2015 the Member engaged in sexual and psychological ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-or emotional abuse of[XXX]. College Counsel stated that even though[XXX]. was not the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-student, she was a [XXX] year-old female in Ontario and could properly be described as being a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-“student”. According to College Counsel, during the time of this misconduct, the previous version of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:Act (before it was amended in December 2016), contained the offences of sexual and psychological or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-emotional abuse but did not define the term “student”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-The Committee requested additional submissions and advice on the issue of retrospectivity. In response to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Independent Legal Counsel’s reference to Kalin v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2005 CanLII 18286 (ON ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-SCDC), College Counsel submitted that in order for a Member to be found guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-misconduct, the regulation had to have been in place at the time the misconduct occurred. College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Counsel stated that it is clear that at the time of the Member’s misconduct, the regulations that relate to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:sexual and psychological or emotional abuse of a student were in place. College Counsel further ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-presented Ontario College of Teachers v. Robinson, 2003 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) (“Robinson”) for the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-purpose of defining the term “student” under the Act, prior to the December 2016 amendments. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-According to College Counsel, the Committee in Robinson found that there was no requirement for there ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-to be a direct teacher-student relationship to satisfy the term “abuse of a student.” College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-submitted that, prior to the December 2016 amendments, the Committee was tasked with interpreting the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:term “student” as it related to sexual and psychological or emotional abuse without the assistance of a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-definition. According to College Counsel, based on Robinson, the legislative intent, and the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-mandate to protect the public interest, the term “student” should be construed broadly to include non- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-direct teacher-student relationships. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the evidence against the Member is overwhelming and that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-acts of misconduct are so notorious that the Committee could find the Member guilty of all of the heads ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by Counsel for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Committee’s Rules”), inter alia, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-accepts the certified copy of the Court Information as proof, in this case, that the Member committed the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-criminal offence outlined therein. The Member was found guilty and convicted of a criminal offence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-before a Canadian Court, no appeal has been taken, and the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Committee’s Rules, the Committee admits as ancillary to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-certified copy of the Court Information, the findings of fact contained in the related decision before the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Ontario Court of Justice involving the Member. The Committee further admits as incidental to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-certified copy of the Court Information, transcripts of the proceedings at which the conviction occurred, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-for the purposes of explaining the finding of guilt. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College has proven, on a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:balance of probabilities, that on November 5, 2015 the Member engaged in sexual touching of a female ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-under the age of 16.[XXX]. is the Member’s[XXX]. On November 5, 2015,[XXX]. was visiting her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-[XXX]’s residence, which is where the Member[XXX]. At one point during the visit,[XXX]. went ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-upstairs to her [XXX] room to watch a movie. The Member entered the bedroom and observed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-[XXX]lying on her stomach watching a movie. The Member proceeded to touch [XXX]buttocks and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-vaginal area, initially over her pants. The Member attempted to remove [XXX]pants and asked her if she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-had any pubic hair. [XXX]held onto her pants to prevent the Member from pulling them down. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Member continued to make attempts at removing [XXX]pants. The Member then placed his hands down ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-[XXX]pants touching her buttocks and vaginal area. [XXX]advised the Member that she was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-uncomfortable with what was occurring, she pulled up her pants and proceeded to leave to the room. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Member asked [XXX]not to tell anyone about what happened. [XXX]was distressed and disturbed about ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-what had occurred. [XXX]ultimately advised her family members about the incident. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:On November 21, 2015, the Member was charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:sexual interference, contrary to sections 271 and 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The College has ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-also proved, on a balance of probabilities, that on June 16, 2016 in the Ontario Court of Justice, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:Member was convicted of one count of sexual interference, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-of Canada. The Member was sentenced to 90 days’ intermittent jail, three years’ probation, and a number ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-The Committee accepts College Counsel’s submission, including the Robinson case from 2003, as it ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-relates to the applicable definition “student”, which demonstrates that the undefined term “student” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-(contained in the pre-December 2016 amendment of the Act) does not require a direct teacher-student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-relationship. The Committee accepts College Counsel’s submissions regarding the discretion to interpret ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-the legislative intent of the term “student” in the pre-December 2016 amendments, based on its primary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-duty to serve and protect the public. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s misconduct was egregious. The Member sexually touched his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-[XXX]-year-old[XXX], disregarding her protestations to stop. His actions resulted in psychological and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-emotional harm to the child, and fractured [XXX]. The Committee finds that the Member’s abhorrent ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-conduct is a notorious breach of the standards of the profession, as not to be the subject of debate among ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-reasonable persons. The Member’s conduct has undermined the public’s trust in the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:Accordingly, the Committee finds that the Member’s instance of sexual abuse constitutes professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-misconduct contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-registration is an appropriate penalty, considering the gravity of the Member’s misconduct. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Member’s misconduct was egregious and constituted a serious breach of trust. College Counsel further ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-submitted that the Member’s misconduct had a devastating effect on the victim and the victim’s family. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-According to College Counsel, the Member’s misconduct was so notorious that revocation is the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-appropriate penalty in such serious matters as this. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-College Counsel referred the Committee to Ontario College of Teachers v. Fusaro, 2013 ONOCT 24 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:(CanLII) (“Fusaro”), which is a case involving a member who was convicted of sexual interference. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-College Counsel submitted that this case was similar to the Member’s case in that they were both ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-convicted of the same crime. Further, the Committee in Fusaro found the member guilty of many of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-same heads of misconduct as the Member in this matter. College Counsel submitted that the penalty in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Fusaro was revocation, which indicates that the penalty sought in this matter is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-College Counsel further submitted that the College was not seeking and order for a fine or costs. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-According to College Counsel, a fine is not appropriate in this case for the following reasons: the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-showed remorse and immediately accepted responsibility for his actions; he voluntarily resigned from his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:teaching position; and he pled guilty to the charge of sexual interference in the criminal court. According ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-to College Counsel, an order for costs is not appropriate in this case because the Member did not impede ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-the process of this hearing in any way, and his conduct does not have any of the attributes enumerated at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-rule 16.04 of the Committee’s Rules. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the Member is to immediately ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-The Committee weighed the aggravating and mitigating factors relevant to the Member’s misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-The Committee considered the following aggravating factors: the nature of the misconduct of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Member; the age of victim; the [XXX] between the Member and the victim; and the psychological and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-emotional harm caused to the victim, and the resulting [XXX] (see Exhibit 4, tab F). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:The Committee considered the following mitigating factors: the Member pled guilty to sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-interference in criminal court and was sentenced to a 90-day intermittent sentence; he resigned his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-teaching position; and he accepted responsibility and expressed remorse (see Exhibit 4, tab F). The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Committee also considered the possible side effects of the Member’s testosterone treatment, his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-participation in a treatment program and his commitment to continue treatment, and the opinion of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-criminal court that the Member was a low risk of reoffending. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-The Committee found that the Member’s conduct towards the young female was abhorrent and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf:reprehensible. The Member’s act of sexual misconduct was also psychologically and emotionally abusive ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-to the victim. Members of the College are expected to uphold the standards of the profession and to model ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-appropriate behaviour both in and out of the classroom at all times. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Even though the Member’s criminal conduct did not directly involve his own student, his conduct has ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-eroded the public’s trust and confidence in teachers and has tarnished the reputation of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-profession. Accordingly, the Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-being a member of the teaching profession in Ontario. The Committee finds that revocation of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration is appropriate in this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-The Committee makes no order with respect to fines and costs, in accordance with College Counsel’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-submissions. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-Publication of this decision with the Member’s name is now mandatory in accordance with subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-45.1 of the Act. Accordingly, the Committee’s decision and reasons will be published with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-name on the College’s website and a summary will be published with the Member’s name in the official ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the finding and the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and meet ./ontario-cases/2017onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated January 12, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on David Andrew Renn (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on January 26, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and specifying ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-the charges. The hearing was subsequently set for January 31, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that David Andrew Renn is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- (e) he failed to keep records as required by his professional duties, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(10);1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-6. Student 2 told Student 1 that she had provided Student 1’s cell phone number to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- Member. Student 1 was not concerned. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-7. Student 1 was in the Member’s class during the second semester of the 2012-2013 school ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- year. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-8. Throughout the second semester, from January to June 2013, the Member sent ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf: inappropriate text messages, including sexually explicit text messages, to Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” are copies of some of the messages. Other ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- similar messages were sent by the Member but deleted by Student 1 at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- request. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-9. Student 1 felt uncomfortable around the Member after he began to send her inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- text messages. She felt uncomfortable in his class when he made inappropriate remarks ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf: containing sexual innuendo, and when he stood next to her. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-10. During the semester, the Member texted Student 1 to ask her to meet up with him outside ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- of school. Student 1 either replied briefly to the Member’s texts, or not at all. On ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- occasion, she responded with explicit texts that suggested she wanted to be with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- Member “way in the future”. The Member continued to send Student 1 inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- suggestive text messages throughout the semester. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-11. Student 1 believed she received special privileges in class from the Member during the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- semester. For example, on occasion the Member marked her present when she missed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- class. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-12. Student 1 also received favours outside of school from the Member. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- provided her with alcohol and cigarettes when she asked him to, dropping them off at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- pre-arranged locations for her. When Student 1 offered to pay for the alcohol or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- cigarettes, the Member would not take her money. However, on other occasions he would ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ask her how she intended to repay his favours, and she believed he wanted her to promise ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf: to have sex with him. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-13. Student 1 wanted the Member’s inappropriate interactions and behaviour towards her to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- stop, but she did not know how to end the situation without adverse consequences to her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- or the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-14. Student 2, as well as some of the other students at the School, also asked the Member for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- alcohol and cigarettes. The Member provided these items by dropping them off at pre- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- arranged locations. The Member did not drink or smoke cigarettes with the students. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-15. The Member exchanged personal and inappropriate text messages with Student 2 during ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- the second semester of the 2012-2013 school year. Some referred to Student 1, others ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- referred to drinking and drugs. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- some of their text messages between January and March 2013. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-16. The Member warned Student 2 that if she ever snitched on him, she should “watch out”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- Student 2 felt caught in the middle of a difficult and stressful situation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Board Investigation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-17. At the outset of the 2013-2014 school year, Student 2’s employer contacted the School to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- report that Student 2 had disclosed information about an inappropriate relationship she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-22. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- misconduct against him being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf: acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in Sections ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-23. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- right to require the College to otherwise prove the case against him and the right ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested Facts as correct, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- and can accept that those facts constitute professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- (e) he understands that a summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- reasons, including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College and himself ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and did not contest the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 19 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Paragraphs 8, 9, 10, 15 and 16 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-demonstrate that the Member abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Paragraphs 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16 and 17 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Contest demonstrate that the Member abused a student or students psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Paragraphs 8, 9, 10, 15 and 17 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf:demonstrate that the Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf:Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 19 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based on the following ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-analogous cases presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Kernohan, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-ONOCT 53 (CanLII); Ontario College of Teachers v. Young, 2015 ONOCT 92 (CanLII); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Bradford, 2011 LNONCTD 17. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-The Committee finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-Registration is appropriate in this case, based on the facts before it. The Member’s repeated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-conduct toward students formed part of a reprehensible pattern of behaviour. The Member sent ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf:inappropriate and sexually explicit text messages to Student 1, and knowing that this was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-unacceptable, asked that she delete these messages. The Member’s inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf:communications included language such as: “You are sooo fucking sexy… and I wanted to just ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-reach over and kiss you!” and “I got home and was sooooo fucking horny. Your ass looks so ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-tempting! Going to be a long HARD semester” (see Exhibit 2 at Tab C). The Member also made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf:inappropriate and lewd remarks containing sexual innuendo to Student 1 in class, which made ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-her feel uncomfortable; he provided students with alcohol and cigarettes; he exchanged personal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-and inappropriate text messages with Student 2, in which he made reference to drinking and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-drugs, among other things; and he made threatening remarks to Student 2 so that she would not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-“snitch” on him. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf:This objectionable conduct, which the Committee considers to include grooming behaviour, falls ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-far below the standards to which members of the teaching profession are held. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-conduct was abusive toward students and it jeopardized the public’s trust in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf-profession. The Member was also unremorseful and took no responsibility for his actions (see ./ontario-cases/2017onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-3. On or around December 1, 2011, while speaking with a colleague in the School’s gym, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- Member was struck in the head by a basketball. Student 1, who is Muslim, was in the vicinity ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- retrieving a ball. The Member said to Student 1 words to the effect of “Is this what your religion ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- teaches you?” in reference to hitting someone in the head then laughing at them. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- regretted her comment, recognizing it was inappropriate. She apologized to Student 1 and her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- parents and understood that her apology was accepted. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-4. Following the December 1, 2011 incident, the Member received a letter of discipline from the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- Board, and was directed to participate in sensitivity training. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Board’s December 16, 2011 letter to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-5. During the academic year 2011-2012, the Member made inappropriate comments to or about ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- students in her Grade [XXX] [XXX] class. The Member’s evidence would be that the comments ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- were made colloquially with irony and jest and without intending offence. The Member now ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- realizes that her comments were inappropriate irrespective of her intent. Her comments included ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- the following: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- (a) Referring to Student 2, who is Muslim, as “Bomber”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- (b) Referring to Student 2 as “dildo”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- (c) Referring to Student 3, who is white, as “Cracker” and “Whitey”; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- (d) Referring to Student 4, who is black, as a “thief” and/or saying words to the effect that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- “all blacks are thieves”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-6. During the 2011-2012 academic year, the Member used the words “shit” and “hell” in error in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- presence of students. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf:7. During her Grade [XXX] [XXX] class, the Member discussed with students subjects of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- nature. The Member’s evidence would be that the [XXX] class followed a class on [XXX] with a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- different teacher and that students made comments and/or asked her questions that they had as a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- result of that earlier class. The Member’s evidence would be that she responded to students when ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- she was asked questions about: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- (a) The sexual act referred to as “69”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- (b) Use of a dildo; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- (c) The meaning of “cunt”; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf: (d) The pornographic website “redtube.com”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-8. Following the School’s investigation, the Member received a letter of discipline. She also chose ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- to transfer to a different school. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- Board’s June 18, 2012 discipline letter to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-9. By this document1, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-10. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- her, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-11. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 9 and 11, this “document” refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-appropriate in this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-The Committee accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and makes an order in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-accordance with its terms, as set out above. With respect to the issue of the form of the reprimand, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-Committee directs that the Member receive a written reprimand. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes that, once ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the Committee’s role to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. The penalty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based on the following analogous cases ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-presented by the College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Brown, 2017 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Graham, 2015 ONOCT 32 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s repeated pattern of making discriminatory, sexually explicit, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-disrespectful comments warrants a reprimand by her peers. The Member’s misconduct involved multiple ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-students over the course of one academic year. The Committee is concerned with the Member’s lack of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-sensitivity toward students and her lack of professional judgment. Members of the profession are ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-expected to behave respectfully and to foster collaborative, safe and supportive learning communities. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-The Member’s conduct fell short of meeting these expectations. The reprimand will allow the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf-Given that the College took no position with respect to the form of the reprimand and that Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN .................................................................................................................................. 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................. 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS .................................................................................................................................. 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA....................................................................................................................................... 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-EVIDENCE................................................................................................................................................... 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- College Witnesses ..................................................................................................................................... 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- [XXX] .......................................................................................................... Erreur ! Signet non défini. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Student 3 ............................................................................................................................................. 13 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- [XXX] .......................................................................................................... Erreur ! Signet non défini. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Teacher 1............................................................................................................................................. 16 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Teacher 2............................................................................................................................................. 18 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- The Member’s Testimony ....................................................................................................................... 19 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ............................................................................................. 23 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF THE MEMBER ......................................................................................................... 24 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-REPLY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ................................................................................ 26 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-DECISION ON FINDING .......................................................................................................................... 26 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Onus and Standard of Proof .................................................................................................................... 26 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Decision .................................................................................................................................................. 26 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ...................................................................................................................... 27 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- The Member’s credibility ....................................................................................................................... 27 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Factual findings....................................................................................................................................... 29 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Particular 8(a): The College did not establish that the Member said to Student 1 words to the effect ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- of “with lips like that, you could do a lot of things”, or that he placed his hand on his belt in a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf: sexually suggestive manner ................................................................................................................ 29 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Particular 8(b): The Member made comments to Student 2 about her weight.................................... 33 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Particular 8(c)(i): The Member said to Student 3 words to the effect of “Oh, look at you [Student 3]” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- and “Check me out” ............................................................................................................................ 34 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Particular 8(c)(ii): Referring to an [XXX] used in class, the Member said to Student 3 words to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- effect of “Hey [Student 3], let me see our [XXX]. Hey class, does it look more like her or me?” .... 36 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Particular 8(c)(iii): The Member said to Student 3 words to the effect of “Sure, I’ll take anything ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- from you” when Student 3 offered the Member a muffin ................................................................... 37 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Particular 8(c)(iv): The Member called Student 3 by nicknames without her permission.................. 39 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Particular 8(c)(v): The Member told another student words to the effect of “Tell [Student 3] I’m ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- busy, I can’t hang out tonight.............................................................................................................. 40 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Particular 9(a): The Member pinched the cheeks of Student 2 ........................................................... 41 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Particular 9(b): The College did not establish that the Member placed his hands on the shoulder of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Student 4 ............................................................................................................................................. 43 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf: Particular 10(a): The Member called Teacher 1 a “sexy blonde” ....................................................... 45 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Particular 10(b): The Member said to Teacher 1 that her cheeks were chubby .................................. 46 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Particular 10(c): The Member talked about grabbing Teacher 2’s cheeks and said words to the effect ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- of “Can I give you a cheeky?” ............................................................................................................ 47 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Particular 10(d): The Member made comments about Teacher 3’s appearance and/or dress ............. 49 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Particular 11: The Member grabbed and/or touched Teacher 1’s arm and/or cheeks ......................... 52 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Legal conclusions.................................................................................................................................... 53 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Factual findings that do not amount to professional misconduct ........................................................ 53 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Factual findings that amount to professional misconduct ................................................................... 55 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 1(5): The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ................................................ 55 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 1(7): The College did not establish that the Member abused a student or students verbally .............. 58 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 1(7.1): The College did not establish that the Member abused a student or students physically ........ 58 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 1(7.2): The Member abused students psychologically or emotionally ............................................... 59 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf: 1(7.3): The College did not establish that the Member sexually abused a student or students ........... 59 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 1(15): The College did not establish that the Member failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Education Act...................................................................................................................................... 60 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 1(18): The Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.............................................. 60 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 1(19): The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member........................................................ 62 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Conclusion .............................................................................................................................................. 62 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-PENALTY .................................................................................................................................................. 63 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) on May ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-15, 2017 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated June 29, 2016 was served on Ronnie Joseph Odjig (the “Member”), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-requesting his presence on July 26, 2016 to set a date for a hearing, and specifying the charges. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for May 15, 2017. The proceedings continued on May 16 and May 17, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member was in attendance throughout the hearing of this matter and he was self-represented. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-In accordance with subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-“Act”), the Committee has ordered that no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-could disclose the identity of, any students who were involved in this case. All student names will ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-therefore be anonymized in this decision. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The allegations of professional misconduct in this matter arose as a result of the Member’s alleged ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-conduct during the 2013-2014 academic year. The Member was a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-at the time, and the School administration received several complaints from students and teachers ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-regarding his conduct. The complaints generally involved the Member’s alleged inappropriate comments ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:or gestures, some of which the complainants believed to be sexual harassment. Several of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-students and colleagues claimed that the Member’s conduct and remarks had made them feel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member denied all of the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He claimed that School ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-administration had weaved together a story to ruin his reputation, and that none of it was true. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee must determine whether the facts alleged by the College have been proven, on a balance ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-of probabilities, and if so, whether the Member’s conduct gives rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-misconduct. For the reasons that follow, the Committee finds the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-misconduct, for having contravened subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-437/97. The College has not proven that the Member breached subsections 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.3) or 1(15) of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. A subsequent date will be set to hear submissions with respect to penalty. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-1. Ronnie Joseph Odjig is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the [XXX] as a teacher at [XXX] School in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-4. At all material times, Student 2 was a [XXX]-year-old female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-5. At all material times, Student 3 was a [XXX]-year-old female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-6. At all material times, Student 4 was a [XXX]-year-old female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-7. At all materials times, Teacher 1, Teacher 2, and Teacher 3 were female colleagues of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- Member who taught at the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-8. During the 2013-2014 academic year, the Member made inappropriate comments to students ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- which included: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (a) Saying to Student 1 words to the effect of “with lips like that, you could do a lot of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf: things”, and placing his hand on his belt in a sexually suggestive manner; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (b) Making comments to Student 2 about her weight; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (c) Towards Student 3: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (i) saying words to the effect of “Oh, look at you [Student 3]” and “Check me out”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (ii) about an [XXX] used in class, saying words to the effect of “Hey [Student 3], let ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- me see our [XXX]. Hey class, does it look more like her or me?”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (iii) when Student 3 offered the Member a muffin, saying words to the effect of “Sure ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- I’ll take anything from you”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (iv) calling Student 3 by nicknames without her permission; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (v) telling another student words to the effect of “Tell [Student 3] I’m busy, I can’t ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- hang out tonight”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-9. During the 2013-2014 academic year, the Member engaged in inappropriate physical contact with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- students which included: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (a) Pinching the cheeks of Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (b) Placing his hand on the shoulder of Student 4. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-10. During the 2013-2014 academic year, the Member made inappropriate comments to colleagues, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf: including comments of a sexual nature. The comments included: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf: (a) Saying to Teacher 1 that she was a “sexy blonde”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (b) Saying to Teacher 1 that her cheeks were chubby; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (c) Talking about grabbing Teacher 2’s cheeks and saying words to the effect of “Can I give ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- you a cheeky?”; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- (d) Making comments about Teacher 3’s appearance and/or dress. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-11. During the 2013-2014 academic year, the Member grabbed and/or touched Teacher 1’s arm ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- and/or cheeks. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-College Witnesses ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The College called five witnesses:[XXX]; Student 3;[XXX[; Teacher 1; and Teacher 2. Teacher names ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-have been anonymized for consistency with the Notice of Hearing. Student names have been anonymized ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-consistently with the Notice of Hearing and in accordance with the publication ban that the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-ordered. Relevant portions of the witness’s evidence will be set out in greater detail in the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-reasons for decision, below. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-[XXX]Background ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-[XXX] (“Principal [XXX]”) is an experienced educator who worked as a teacher for approximately three ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-years before moving into the role of vice-principal during his third year of teaching. He then worked as a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-him with their own written accounts of the events in question. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Principal [XXX] first received complaints about the Member in 2011, which he documented in his daily ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-journal entries from March 31, 2011 and April 8, 2011 (see Exhibits 5 and 6). According to two female ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-students who complained to the principal, the Member had made them feel uncomfortable through his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-comments and his physical proximity to them. Principal [XXX] met with the Member to relay these ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-concerns to him, to encourage him to be more cautious around female students, and to review the key ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:principles of sexual harassment training. The principal did not formally discipline the Member at the time ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-because he did not believe that it was necessary. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-In September 2012, Principal [XXX] gave the Member a verbal and a written warning about his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-punctuality issues (see Exhibit 7 and Exhibit 8). The principal testified that the Member was late on more ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-than one occasion, which led to the written warning on September 19, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-In late November 2012, another incident was brought to the principal’s attention, involving the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-A student had reported that the Member was blocking the entry to the [XXX] and asked the student if his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-stomach was too big. She responded, “Yeah, a little bit,” to which the Member replied, “That’s not the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-only thing that’s big” (Exhibit 9). Principal [XXX] testified that the student’s parents were very emotional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-and angry about this incident and that they addressed it with him and with the director of education at the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-time. The student also provided the principal with a written statement describing the incident in her own ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-words (see Exhibit 9). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-As a result of this incident, the Member received a second written warning from Principal [XXX] on ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-December 18, 2012 (see Exhibit 10). The Member was also suspended without pay for one day, as part of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-the progressive discipline process. Principal [XXX] testified that he believed that the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:constituted sexual harassment and that it was a breach of the standards of the profession. He noted that he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-had addressed his concerns at the time with the Member, who disputed them. The principal encouraged ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-the Member to watch his language around students and to be more careful with the types of jokes that he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-told (see Exhibit 11). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-During the 2013-2014 academic year, Principal [XXX] received a number of complaints regarding the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Member from students and teachers. He testified about the way that he handled these complaints, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-relevant portions of which are described in greater detail in the Committee’s reasons for decision, below. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Principal [XXX] testified that he had asked the teachers and students to document their complaints, but ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-that he did not instruct them what to write in their signed statements. Following his receipt of these ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-complaints, Principal [XXX] relayed his concerns to Mr. [XXX], the director of education at the Board. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-On June 18, 2014, Principal [XXX] and Mr. [XXX] met with the Member to address the complaints. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Member was offered the opportunity to have another staff member attend the meeting to support him, but ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-he refused this courtesy (see Exhibit 20). Following this meeting, the Member was suspended with pay ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-(pending the completion of the investigation) and escorted off the School premises (see Exhibit 25). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Principal [XXX] testified that this was done out of concern for the welfare of staff and students at the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-School, and to ensure that the investigation process would not be tainted. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The principal then individually interviewed a number of students at random to determine whether any ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-teacher (without specifically referencing the Member) had made them feel uncomfortable. Several ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-students indicated that the Member had made them or others feel uncomfortable (see Exhibits 20 and 21). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-On July 11, 2014, the Board terminated the Member’s employment because of the numerous complaints ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:of sexual harassment against him from his colleagues and students (see Exhibit 26). Principal [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-testified that the Member breached the Board’s “Harassment in the Workplace” policy, which was in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-effect and made available to teachers during the 2013-2014 academic year (see Exhibit 27). The principal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-further testified that the Member failed to maintain the Ethical Standards and the Standards of Practice ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-for the Teaching Profession (see Exhibit 28). In particular, Principal [XXX] noted that the Member failed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-to meet three ethical standards: 1) Care; 2) Trust; and 3) Respect. He further testified that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-failed to meet two standards of practice: 1) Commitment to Students and Student Learning; and 2) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-[XXX] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Mr. [XXX]began teaching at the School in 2001 and he taught there at all material times. He met the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Member in the fall of 2001 and he taught in the classroom adjacent to the Member’s for at least ten years. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Mr. [XXX]testified about the inappropriate comments that he saw the Member make to both students and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-teachers. Relevant portions of his evidence will be described in greater detail in the Committee’s reasons ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-for decision, below. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Mr. [XXX]testified that he believed that the Member’s conduct toward students and teachers constituted ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:sexual harassment because the Member made them feel uncomfortable by making sexually suggestive ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-comments to them. Mr. [XXX]testified that the Member’s inappropriate conduct escalated and became ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-more habitual over time. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Cross-examination ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-During cross-examination, the Member asked Mr. [XXX]about an incident involving a student in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-November 2012. The student reported that the Member blocked the entrance to a classroom and asked, “Is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-my stomach too big?” The student responded, “Yeah, a little bit,” to which the Member replied, “That’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-not the only thing that’s big” (see Exhibit 9). The Member denied having made these comments and asked ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Mr. [XXX] if he had any reason to have the student’s statement altered. Mr. [XXX] responded that he did ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-not even know that the student’s statement existed until the Member showed it to him during his cross- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-examination. He added that he did not recall the situation and was not present during this incident. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Member put to Mr. [XXX] that he was present during the incident and that he was the individual holding ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-the door open for the Member’s students. Mr. [XXX], however, disagreed and reiterated that he had no ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-involvement with this incident and had never heard about it until the Member raised the issue in cross- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-examination. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member also put it to Mr. [XXX] that it was he (and not the Member) who made the alleged ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-inappropriate comment to Student 1 that “with lips like that, you could do a lot of things.” Mr. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-because he made students feel uncomfortable around him, which affected their learning. Similarly, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Teacher 2 felt uncomfortable when she was around the Member at the School and she tried to avoid him ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-to the extent possible. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member did not call any witnesses, but he testified on his own behalf. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Throughout the hearing, the Member had an [XXX] present on his desk. He explained that this holds a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-cultural significance to his [XXX]community as it sends the message that the truth will be spoken, which ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-is why it is often present for the purposes of conflict resolution. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member denied the allegations against him and began his testimony by explaining that he believed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-that Principal [XXX] and Mr. [XXX], his director of education at the time, orchestrated this entire ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-situation to ruin his reputation. He relied on his typed personal notes to support this claim (see Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-32), as well as his written response to the allegations against him that he had provided to a College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-investigator (see Exhibit 33). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member explained that he liked to laugh and “jest”, but that he never had any ill intent or acted ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:inappropriately. According to the Member, he never engaged in any conduct of a “sexual nature”, and any ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-suggestion that he did must have been misconstrued by others. The Member further testified that several ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-of the complainants were coached by School administration in preparing their complaints. He felt that he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-was being used a scapegoat for the School’s shortcomings. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member presented a number of reference letters dated between June 2005 and May 2017 as evidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-of his good character (see Exhibit 35). College Counsel objected to the admissibility of these reference ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-letters on the basis that some of the letters pre-date the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-several years and are therefore irrelevant, and because of concerns that the authors of these letters were ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-not informed of the purpose for which they would be used (i.e. as good character evidence during the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Member’s discipline hearing). The Committee decided to admit the letters into evidence as they were ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-sufficiently relevant to the Member’s defence. Nevertheless, the Committee gave limited weight to this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-evidence as the vast majority of the letters did not directly address the Member’s character as it relates to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-the specific allegations of misconduct in the Notice of Hearing. For example, two letters were written ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-years before the alleged misconduct and one of the authors is now deceased. In addition, the majority of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-the letters related to the Member’s abilities as an educator generally and did not speak to his reputation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-with respect to maintaining appropriate boundaries with teachers and students. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member addressed the evidence that was raised during the testimonies of the College’s witnesses. He ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-responded to Principal [XXX] first written warning dated September 19, 2012 (Exhibit 8), in which the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-principal gave the Member a written warning about his continued punctuality issues. In his response letter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-dated September 27, 2012 (Exhibit 42), the Member claims that he was being treated unfairly because a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-number of other staff members were also late but received no reprisals. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-With respect to Principal [XXX] second written warning dated December 18, 2012 (see Exhibit 10), the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Member presented his written response to that warning dated January 17, 2013 (see Exhibit 40). In his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:response, among other things, the Member denied the allegations of sexual harassment against him; he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-claimed that he was never cautioned to be careful about how he communicated with students; he accused ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-the principal of not following the proper procedures in dealing with the concerns that were raised; and, he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-claimed that the principal was treating him like a scapegoat to divert attention away from the School’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-shortcomings (see Exhibit 40). Principal [XXX] maintained his position in a responding memo dated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-January 25, 2013 (see Exhibit 41). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-With respect to the “that’s not the only thing that’s big” comment that was attributed to the Member (see ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Exhibit 9), the Member claimed that it was actually Mr. [XXX] who made this comment and not him. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member also responded to Student 3’s evidence that her family (who had known the Member for a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-long time) had told her to avoid him if he was bothering her because this was not the first time that issues ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-had arisen involving the Member. According to the Member, Student 3’s family would have been ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-referring to the fact that he liked to “jest” and “horse around” but they would not have been implying that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:he was a “sexual harasser”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member also responded to several of the allegations particularized in the Notice of Hearing. His ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-defence to several of these allegations is set out in greater detail in the Committee’s reasons for decision, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-below. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Finally, the Member testified that he was very proud of his School and his community, and his role in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-shaping the School while he served as its principal in 2006-2007 (several years prior to the events in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-question). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Cross-examination ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-During cross-examination, College Counsel questioned the Member about the character references that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-were entered into evidence as Exhibit 35, asking why only one of the letters was about the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-character for the purposes of these proceedings. The Member responded that he had asked his references ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-to address this issue but did not know why only one of them did. He indicated that he had told his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-references about the nature of the allegations and that they were beside themselves, but that he did not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-think that it was appropriate to share the detailed particulars with them. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-College Counsel also questioned the Member about the fact that he had questioned the character of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-several of the students who had made complaints against him, indicating that these students were often ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-absent from school or had discipline problems. The Member did not provide a clear response when he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-was asked whether he was calling into question the character of these complainants to suggest that their ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-statements were not credible. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:College Counsel asked the Member what he thinks sexual harassment is. The Member responded that he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:believes that sexual harassment must be blatant or intentional. College Counsel then had the Member look ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-at the Board’s “Harassment in the Workspace” policy (Exhibit 27) and suggested to him that conduct does ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-not need to be “blatant” to be considered harassment. While the Member did not disagree with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-definition provided in Exhibit 27, he explained that nobody had ever suggested to him that he was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:offending them or making unwanted sexual advances. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-When College Counsel suggested that the Board’s harassment policy provides that a number of other ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:behaviours (other than sexual advances) can constitute sexual harassment including leering, making ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:sexually suggestive comments or gestures, or making unwelcome remarks or jokes, the Member agreed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:that these behaviours might also constitute harassment but that it was never his intention to sexually ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-harass anyone. College Counsel then asked whether the Member thought that it was his intention or the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-recipient’s perception of his behaviour that mattered. The Member responded by asking why the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-complainants laughed at his conduct, which led him to believe that his conduct was not objectionable. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:Member acknowledged, however, that teachers were expected to comply with the Board’s sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-harassment policy. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-College Counsel cross-examined the Member about the fact that he appeared to question the authenticity ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-of several written statements, including that of Teacher 1 and Mr. [XXX] (see Exhibits 16 and 22), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-despite the fact that they both testified that these were their signed statements and that they were produced ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-without any outside influence. The Member responded by saying that he was not suggesting that they did ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-not write their statements, but that the statements seemed odd and that they did not appear to be in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-expected writing style (in the case of Mr. [XXX] in particular). When pushed on this issue and asked ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-again whether the Member was suggesting that someone else wrote these statements, the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-responded that he was not suggesting that. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-College Counsel asked the Member what possible motivation several of the complainants in this matter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-(including Student 3, Teacher 1, Teacher 2 and Teacher 3, and several other students) had to not tell the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-truth. The Member did not know and could not explain why all of them would have complained about ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-him if his actions did not make them feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-College Counsel cross-examined the Member about a number of incidents that were addressed over the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-course of this hearing. For instance, with respect to the “that’s not the only thing that’s big” comment that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-was attributed to the Member (see Exhibit 9) and that he claimed Mr. [XXX] said, College Counsel asked ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-the Member why a student would have said in her written statement dated November 25, 2012 that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Member made the comment. The Member did not know why she would have said that he made the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-comments, but he suggested that the investigation was conducted in a sloppy manner. When asked ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-whether people at the School often mistook him for Mr. [XXX], the Member avoided the question and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-indicated that that was not the issue. The Member went on to explain that he had gone to the student’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-home to apologize to her and to resolve this incident, but that the student did not seem to think that there ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-was any issue to resolve. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member’s responses from his cross-examination regarding a number of the allegations particularized ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-in the Notice of Hearing are set out in greater detail in the Committee’s reasons for decision, below. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Committee ought to find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-misconduct for having breached each of the heads of misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-According to the College, the Member has engaged in a pattern of misconduct towards female students ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:and colleagues, which included making inappropriate comments that were at least sexually suggestive, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-and making physical contact that included grabbing the cheeks of a teacher and a student. College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Counsel clarified that the College was not seeking a finding of misconduct based on any of the events that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-occurred prior to the 2013-2014 academic year. The prior incidents that were raised during this hearing ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-provide important background information that demonstrates that the Member’s conduct did not suddenly ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-occur in the 2013-2014 academic year, but rather that it came to a head at that time. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-conduct did not improve despite warnings that he received from School administration. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the College witnesses were all clear and consistent with their evidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-and that their evidence was supported by documentary evidence authenticated by the witnesses. All ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-written statements were prepared without coaching from School administration. The witnesses’ evidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-was unshaken during cross-examination and they all confirmed that the Member had made staff and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-students feel uncomfortable at the School because of his inappropriate comments and gestures. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-According to College Counsel, the Member was very evasive during cross-examination and his answers ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-were not always responsive to the questions asked. Despite having claimed to have an excellent ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-recollection of certain events like his June 18, 2014 meeting with School administration, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-submitted that the Member conveniently had little recollection of other events that occurred around the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-same time and which formed part of the allegations against him. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Committee had received sufficient evidence to find the Member guilty ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-of professional misconduct for having breached subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. She reviewed the relevant evidence with the Committee that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-supports a finding of professional misconduct under each of these heads of misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-According to College Counsel, the Member lacked any insight into why his behaviour was inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-or how it affected others. He repeatedly testified that any comments he might have made were in jest, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-that none of the complainants ever indicated to him that he was making them feel uncomfortable at the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:time. The College submitted that none of this matters. It is not the responsibility of a victim of sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-harassment to confront their harasser. It also does not matter what the intentions behind a comment were ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-if they made someone feel uncomfortable. College Counsel submitted that the Member’s lack of insight is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-troubling considering that he is an experienced educator who was in a position of trust and authority. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member denied all of the allegations against him and urged the Committee not to make a finding of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He submitted that he was truthful in his testimony and that he was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 29 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Finally, the Committee finds that several of the Member’s responses to College Counsel were evasive or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-unresponsive during cross-examination. He would often neither admit nor deny suggestions that were put ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-to him by College Counsel, but he rarely offered credible explanations in support of his position. For ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-instance, with respect to the “Sure I’ll take anything from you” comment, the Member claimed that it was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-difficult for him to recall the specifics of an incident that occurred three years ago when he has dealt with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-hundreds of students in his career. This explanation begs the question of how the Member was able to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-deny each of the other incidents that occurred three years ago if he actually had a limited recollection. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-This evasiveness calls into question the Member’s credibility with respect to some of the issues addressed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-in this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Factual findings ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Particular 8(a): The College did not establish that the Member said to Student 1 words to the effect of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:“with lips like that, you could do a lot of things”, or that he placed his hand on his belt in a sexually ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-suggestive manner ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee does not find that the Member made this comment or engaged in the conduct alleged at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-paragraph 8(a) of the Notice of Hearing. The College presented insufficient evidence to prove this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-allegation. The Committee received evidence from Principal [XXX], Mr. [XXX] and the Member about ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Evidence in relation to paragraph 8(a) of the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Principal [XXX] testified that, during the 2013-2014 academic year, he received a number of complaints ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-regarding the Member. In April 2014, Student 1 complained that the Member made an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:comment having to do with her lips. The comment had a sexual undertone that made her feel extremely ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-uncomfortable. Student 1, who did not testify before the Committee, provided the principal with a written ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-statement about the Member dated April 24, 2014 (see Exhibit 12). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-On June 18, 2014, Principal [XXX] followed up with Student 1 about the statement that she prepared in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 30 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-April 2014. The principal took notes of his follow-up interview with Student 1, in which he indicated that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-he had not forgotten about her concerns regarding the Member and he asked the student to provide more ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-specific information about what occurred during the incident that she reported (see Exhibit 20). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-According to Principal [XXX] notes, Student 1 agreed to provide him with an additional letter that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-included a more detailed explanation of the incident. The Committee, however, did not receive this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-evidence and Principal [XXX] did not testify about having received any additional documentation or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-information from Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Principal [XXX] also followed up with Mr. [XXX] about this incident, as part of his investigation, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-because Mr. [XXX] claimed to have observed the incident. Mr. [XXX] provided a written statement to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Principal [XXX] in which he indicated that the Member suggested to Student 1 that, “with lips like that, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-you could do a lot of things,” and he subsequently moved his right hand to his belt (see Exhibit 22). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Mr. [XXX] also testified about this incident. According to Mr. [XXX], the Member walked into his (Mr. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-[XXX][XXX]) [XXX]class where Student 1 was putting on lipstick or lip-gloss. The Member made a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-comment to Student 1 along the lines of “you could do a lot with those lips” and he then made a motion ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-with his index finger and thumb toward the zipper of his pants. Two other students then escorted the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Member out of the classroom. Mr. [XXX] testified that the class was full of students at the time and that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Student 1 appeared to be upset and offended by the comment. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Mr. [XXX] added that he told Student 1 to go to the principal’s office to report the incident to Principal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-[XXX]. Mr. [XXX] also provided a verbal report to the principal himself, followed by a written report a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-few weeks later (see Exhibit 22). Mr. [XXX] testified that he was not told what to write in his written ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-statement and he was not coached in any way by School administration; he simply wrote what he recalled ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-of the incident. According to Mr. [XXX], the Member’s comment and his hand gesture were very ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:inappropriate and sexually suggestive. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-During cross-examination, the Member put to Mr. [XXX] that it was him (and not the Member) who ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 31 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-made the inappropriate comment to Student 1 about her lips. Mr. [XXX] disagreed with this suggestion. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member also asked Mr. [XXX] why there was no incident report created for the incident involving ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Student 1. Mr. [XXX] responded that incident reports were only used to report student behaviour not staff ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-behaviour. Mr. [XXX] did not believe that it was necessary to write an incident report about another staff ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-member, which is why he simply gave a verbal report to the principal, followed by a written statement ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-(when he was asked to do so as part of the principal’s investigation). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member also gave evidence about this incident when he was cross-examined by College Counsel. He ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-denied making the comment to Student 1 that “with lips like that, you could do a lot of things”, and he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:denied pointing to his pants in a sexually suggestive manner. The Member reiterated that it was Mr. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-[XXX] and not he who had made that comment. College Counsel asked the Member why Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-written statement dated April 24, 2014 refers to her having felt harassed by the Member and not by Mr. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-[XXX] (see Exhibit 12). The Member had no explanation and stated that he did not “know why all of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-these stories were knitted together.” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Reasons for finding in relation to paragraph 8(a) of the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee does not find that the College has proven, on a balance of probabilities, the allegation set ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-out at paragraph 8(a) of the Notice of Hearing, as the Committee received insufficient evidence to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-substantiate this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Given the gravity of this allegation, the Committee expected to receive more substantial evidence from ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Principal [XXX] investigation into this matter. Instead, the Committee received evidence that Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-raised concerns with the principal on April 24, 2014, and that nothing was done about these concerns until ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-June 18, 2014. Student 1’s written statement was very general and did not refer to any statement about her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-lips or any gesture made by the Member (see Exhibit 12). She was asked on June 18, 2014 to provide ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-additional information regarding her concerns (see Exhibit 20). The Committee, however, received no ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-such evidence further detailing Student 1’s concerns. Student 1 did not testify and the College did not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 32 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-present any documentary evidence from Student 1 that specifically explained how the Member made her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-feel uncomfortable or that made any reference to the comment and gesture alleged at paragraph 8(a) of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee received Mr. [XXX][XXX] written statement about this incident dated June 26, 2014 (see ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Exhibit 22). Mr. [XXX][XXX] written statement is brief, it contains few details given the gravity of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-allegation, and it is dated months after the alleged incident. The Committee also received vague oral ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-testimony from Mr. [XXX] that he had verbally reported this incident to Principal [XXX] a few weeks ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-before he submitted his written report. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee has concerns with the reliability of this evidence and does not find that Mr. [XXX][XXX] ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-evidence or oral testimony in relation to this incident was credible. If Mr. [XXX] had reported a serious ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:incident of sexual misconduct to Principal [XXX], it is implausible that weeks would have passed before ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-the School administration took any action or even began to investigate the matter. The Committee also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-received fairly detailed notes from Principal [XXX] logging his daily activities. It is unlikely that such a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-significant event would have been unrecorded in any of the notes that the Committee received from ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Principal [XXX], if Mr. [XXX] had indeed provided a verbal report to Principal [XXX]. The absence of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-any such notes from Principal [XXX] calls into question the reliability of this portion of Mr. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-[XXX][XXX] evidence. Given the implausibility of Mr. [XXX][XXX] version of events and the lack of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-consistency in this portion of his testimony, the Committee did not rely on Mr. [XXX][XXX] evidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-regarding the allegation set out at paragraph 8(a) of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Of the witnesses who provided evidence of their observations of this alleged incident, Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-documentary evidence lacked any specificity, Mr. [XXX][XXX] evidence was unreliable for the reasons ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:set out above, and the Member denied having made the comment or the sexually suggestive gesture that is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-alleged at paragraph 8(a) of the Notice of Hearing. Principal [XXX] evidence regarding this incident is of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-limited assistance because he was not present during the incident, he did not investigate Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 45 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:Particular 10(a): The Member called Teacher 1 a “sexy blonde” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member called Teacher 1 a “sexy blonde” as alleged at paragraph 10(a) of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-the Notice of Hearing. The Committee received evidence from Teacher 1, Principal [XXX], and the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Member about this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Evidence in relation to paragraph 10(a) of the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Teacher 1 testified that the Member made inappropriate comments to her on several occasions. The first ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-incident that she described occurred when the Member came to her classroom, stood at the doorway and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-stared at her. A volunteer teacher at the School then asked the Member if he was looking for something, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:and Teacher 1 overheard the word “sexy” in the Member’s response to the volunteer (although Teacher 1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-did not hear his entire comment). Teacher 1 asked the volunteer what the Member had said to her, and the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:volunteer told her that the Member said he was staring at the “sexy blonde” (referring to Teacher 1 who ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-had blonde hair at the time). Teacher 1 added that students were able to hear the Member’s comment as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-well, and that two male students told her that they could not believe that the Member would make such a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-rude comment about her. Teacher 1 reported this incident to School administration and prepared a written ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-statement in June 2014 (see Exhibit 16). While the principal had asked her to prepare a written statement, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Teacher 1 testified that Principal [XXX] did not coach her or tell her what to write. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:According to Teacher 1, this incident constituted sexual harassment. She testified that the School ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:employees’ code of conduct explicitly provided that this type of unwanted sexual comment and leering ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:were deemed sexual harassment. Teacher 1 added that she felt violated because the Member’s comment ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:was made in front of students, which embarrassed and belittled her. Beyond the sexual connotation of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Member’s comment (which Teacher 1 found to be completely inappropriate in the workplace), she was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-also concerned that the Member’s comment would negatively affect her relationship with her students, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:including her Grade [XXX] male students. In particular, Teacher 1 worried that the sexual comment ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-might affect the way that her students looked at her, and might cause them to respect her less. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 46 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-During his testimony, Principal [XXX] confirmed that he received the written complaint from Teacher 1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-in June 2014, in which the teacher informed him that the Member had made her feel uncomfortable (see ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Exhibit 16). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member had the opportunity to cross-examine Teacher 1 about this incident, but he did not. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:Member nevertheless denied having made the “sexy blonde” comment. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Reasons for finding in relation to paragraph 10(a) of the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:The Committee finds, on a balance of probabilities, that the Member made the “sexy blonde” comment as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-alleged at paragraph 10(a) of the Notice of Hearing. The Committee received uncontradicted evidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-from Teacher 1 about this incident and found that her evidence was credible and not exaggerated. Teacher ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-1 did not overstate her evidence by stating that she heard everything the Member said. Rather, she was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:clear that she overheard the Member say the word “sexy” to the volunteer at the doorway of her class and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-she then followed up with the volunteer to find out what the Member had said. Teacher 1’s version of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-events is plausible and the Member offered no evidence to contradict it, other than his unsupported ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-assertion that he did not make the comment attributed to him. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Particular 10(b): The Member said to Teacher 1 that her cheeks were chubby ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member told Teacher 1 that her cheeks were chubby as alleged at paragraph ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-10(b) of the Notice of Hearing. The Committee received evidence from Teacher 1 about this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member denied the allegation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Evidence in relation to paragraph 10(b) of the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Teacher 1 testified that the Member pinched her cheeks and made a comment about her “chubby cheeks” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-when the two of them were in the School office, which made her feel very uncomfortable. Teacher 1 had ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-made a written statement about this conduct (see Exhibit 16). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 48 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Evidence in relation to paragraph 10(c) of the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Teacher 2 testified that the Member made inappropriate comments to her on several occasions between ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-January and June 2014. In particular, on at least three occasions, the Member asked Teacher 2 if he could ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-give her what she believed he called a “cheeky monkey”. He then motioned with his fingers that he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-wanted to grab her cheeks. Teacher 2 testified that she responded each time by saying, “No, don’t touch ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-me” and by backing away from the Member. Teacher 2 did not report the first two of these incidents ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-because she thought that the behaviour would stop, but after the third similar incident, she provided ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Principal [XXX] with a signed, written report describing the Member’s conduct (see Exhibit 15). Teacher ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-2 testified that Principal [XXX] did not tell her what to write or coach her in any way. In her opinion, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:Member’s conduct constituted sexual harassment because the conduct was unwanted, and it made her feel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Principal [XXX] testified that he spoke to Teacher 2 about this incident on June 11, 2014. His notes from ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-that meeting support Teacher 2’s evidence and indicate that Teacher 2 reported to him that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-talked about pinching her cheeks, which made her feel uncomfortable (see Exhibit 14). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member denied having used the word “cheeky”, but he admitted that he once asked Teacher 2 if she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-would like a “chucky wucky” in jest. He explained that “chucky wucky” was a term sometimes used to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-describe the cheeks of [XXX]people. The Member added that he did not intend to touch Teacher 2 and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-that he was only “jesting” with her. He further explained that he often teased his children in this manner, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-by occasionally grabbing their cheeks. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Reasons for finding in relation to paragraph 10(c) of the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee finds, on a balance of probabilities, that the Member talked about grabbing Teacher 2’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-cheeks and asked her if she would like a “chucky wucky”. While the term “chucky wucky” is not the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-precise terminology alleged in the Notice of Hearing, the Notice of Hearing states that the Member said ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-“words to the effect of ‘Can I give you a cheeky?’” Given the Member’s explanation during his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 57 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-that influence individual student learning, which is a breach of the standard referred to as “Commitment ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-to Students and Student Learning” set out in the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Pinching a student’s cheeks is not conducive to creating a safe and supportive learning environment. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member made an inappropriate comment to Student 3 about an [XXX], in which he asked the class if ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-the [XXX] looked more like Student 3 or like him. This comment embarrassed Student 3 in front of her ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-peers. While the Member may not have intended to embarrass the student and may have thought that he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-was making the comment “in jest”, the comment was not amusing to Student 3 and it is unacceptable to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-publicly embarrass a student. Similarly, the Member told Student 3’s boyfriend at the time to tell Student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-3 that “I’m busy [and] I can’t hang out tonight.” Again, this comment was embarrassing to Student 3, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-even if the Member intended it as a harmless comment made “in jest”. The Member failed to provide ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Student 3 with a safe and supportive learning environment by making these comments as required by the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-College’s Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession, and he failed to maintain appropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-professional boundaries. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Member’s conduct towards his colleagues also demonstrated his failure to maintain the standards of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-the profession. The Member grabbed or touched Teacher 1’s arms or cheeks, he referred to Teacher 1 as a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:“sexy blonde” in front of a school volunteer and Teacher 1’s students, and he made an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-comment about Teacher 3’s appearance or dress in front of other teachers. These comments were ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:demeaning and embarrassing. Teacher 1 testified that she was concerned that the “sexy blonde” comment ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-might have compromised her relationship with her students, including her 7 [XXX] male students. In ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:particular, Teacher 1 worried that the sexual comment might affect the way that her students looked at ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-her, and might cause them to respect her less. In this instance, the Member did not behave as a positive ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-role model to students. He set the example that it is acceptable to objectify women by making ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-disrespectful comments about them. It is not. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:These types of unwanted remarks or sexually suggestive comments constitute sexual harassment, as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 58 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:defined in the Board’s sexual harassment policy (see Exhibit 27). They detract from a safe and supportive ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-learning environment and they are unprofessional. School administration had previously warned the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:Member in writing about sexual harassment on December 18, 2012, and the Member received a one-day ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-suspension without pay for his inappropriate conduct. The Committee is concerned that the Member did ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-not heed this serious warning and instead continued to make similarly inappropriate comments during the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-2013-2014 academic year. The Committee received evidence that students and colleagues of the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-actively tried to avoid him. Nobody in a school community should be made to feel so uncomfortable ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-around a teacher that they feel the need to avoid any contact with them. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-through his inappropriate comments and conduct set out above. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-1(7): The College did not establish that the Member abused a student or students verbally ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-While the Member made some inappropriate comments to students that breached the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-profession, as set out above, the Committee does not find that these comments amount to verbal abuse. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee believes that the Member may have thought that he was making his comments “in jest”. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee also received evidence that others realized that the Member was joking, but that his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-comments were nevertheless inappropriate and made them feel uncomfortable. The Committee does not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-condone the Member’s comments and finds that the Member demonstrated poor professional judgment ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-and a serious lack of awareness about the way that his actions affected others. However, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-received no evidence that the Member’s comments were made in an aggressive tone or that he intended to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-demean students. Some of the Member’s comments were unprofessional or insensitive, but they did not ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-rise to the level of verbal abuse. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-1(7.1): The College did not establish that the Member abused a student or students physically ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee does not find that the Member physically abused a student or students. The only physical ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-conduct that the Member made with a student was to pinch the cheeks of Student 2. While this conduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 59 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-was inappropriate and amounted to a breach of standards, as set out above, it does not rise to the level of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-physical abuse. Student 2 did not testify and the Committee did not receive sufficient evidence regarding ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-the circumstances surrounding the cheek-pinching incident to prove that it was serious enough to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-constitute physical abuse. Allegations of physical abuse are very serious and given the consequences of a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-finding of physical abuse, the Committee must ensure that the evidence is of a sufficient quality and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-quantity to justify such a finding. The College’s evidence of physical abuse was insufficient in this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-1(7.2): The Member abused students psychologically or emotionally ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused students and that his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-conduct was therefore in breach of subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. As set out above, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Member made an inappropriate comment to Student 2 about her weight and he embarrassed Student 3 in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-class by asking the class if an [XXX] used for a class exercise looked more like him or like Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Both of these incidents constitute psychological or emotional abuse. The Committee received evidence ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-that the students felt uncomfortable because of the Member’s comments. Members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-profession are expected to provide a safe and supportive learning environment for students and the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Member’s comment had the opposite effect. He embarrassed students and made them feel self-conscious. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Regardless of the Member’s intentions, his comments had a negative effect on these two students and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-they were psychologically or emotionally abusive. It is inappropriate for a teacher to call a student fat and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-it is similarly inappropriate for a teacher to joke about having a [XXX] with a student. Members of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-profession must maintain appropriate professional boundaries with students at all times and support their ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-growth and development. Making embarrassing or demeaning remarks to students is unacceptable. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:1(7.3): The College did not establish that the Member sexually abused a student or students ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee finds that the College has not provided sufficient evidence to prove that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:sexually abused a student or students. None of the Member’s comments or gestures towards students were ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:sexual in nature. The [XXX] comment may have been perceived to have some sexual undertones, but ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 60 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-given the limited evidence before the Committee, it is not clear that this comment (inappropriate though it ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:may be) was sexual in nature. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:While the Member did make inappropriate sexual remarks to Teacher 1 and Teacher 3, which would be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:considered sexual harassment under the Board’s sexual harassment policy, a breach of subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:of Ontario Regulation 437/97 is limited to the sexual abuse of students (and not colleagues). Therefore, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-the Committee makes no finding of professional misconduct with respect to this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-1(15): The College did not establish that the Member failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Education Act ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee finds that the College has not proven that the Member failed to comply with the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Education Act, and it therefore makes no finding of professional misconduct with respect to this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-allegation. The Committee received insufficient guidance from the College with respect to this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-While the Notice of Hearing refers to subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, the College did not take the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Committee to this provision or explain how the Member’s conduct was in breach of this provision. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-College’s position with respect to this allegation was not sufficiently clear or specific. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-therefore does not find that the College established that the Member failed to comply with subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-264(1) of the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-1(18): The Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member contravened subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Through his inappropriate comments and conduct, the Member made both students and colleagues feel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-uncomfortable. The Member failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries on several occasions. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-He made comments to Student 3 insinuating that they had a [XXX] together, he remarked that he was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-unable to hang out with Student 3 one evening, he pinched the cheeks of Student 2, he referred to Teacher ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:1 as a “sexy blonde”, he made an inappropriate comment about Teacher 3’s attire (suggesting that she ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 62 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Due to his lack of professionalism, his demeaning and embarrassing comments towards students, and his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:sexual harassment of colleagues, the Committee finds that the Member breached subsection 1(18) of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member was expected to be a positive role model for students at his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-school, and instead he modeled inappropriate behaviour that made others feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-1(19): The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee found, among other things, that the Member made disrespectful comments to a student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-about her weight, he failed to maintain appropriate boundaries with students, he made students feel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf:uncomfortable through his inappropriate comments, he pinched a student’s cheeks, and he sexually ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-harassed colleagues. Through his conduct, the Member tarnished the reputation of the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-and undermined the trust and confidence that the public places in teachers. The Committee therefore finds ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-that the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Conclusion ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-For the reasons set out in detail above, the Committee finds that the Member is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-misconduct. He contravened subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-The Committee does not believe that there was any malice behind the Member’s actions or that he was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-behaving in a mean-spirited manner. Rather, the Committee finds that the Member had a concerning lack ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-of understanding or awareness about the impact that his conduct had on those around him. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Committee believes that the Member thought that he was “jesting” with colleagues and students, but the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-Member nevertheless crossed the line on several occasions and he made several members of his school ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-community feel uncomfortable. While he may not have had bad intentions, he demonstrated very poor ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-professional judgment. The warnings that he received from the Board and the reactions of those around ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-him should have informed his behaviour, but they did not. As a result, the Member failed to promote a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-safe and supportive learning environment for his students and he conducted himself in an unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf-manner. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the second Notice of Hearing (dated September 11, 2017) are as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set out ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to require ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and a summary of its reasons, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- including reference to his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the College with respect ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf-31. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf-With the Member’s consent, College Counsel requested that the Committee combine both Notices of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf-Hearing so that this matter could proceed in a single hearing. The Committee granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf-Counsel for the College further requested that the allegation of professional misconduct outlined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf-paragraph (c) of the first Notice of Hearing (dated February 24, 2015), namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf-contravened subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College Counsel similarly ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf-requested that the allegation of professional misconduct outlined in paragraph (d) of the second Notice of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf-Hearing (dated September 11, 2017), namely that the Member contravened subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf:Regulation 437/97 and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf-Act, be withdrawn. The Committee granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf: (b) he abused one or more students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) [prior to the 2008 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- amendment]; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the regulations made under that Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be regarded ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-1. The Member is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil scolaire de district ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- catholique Centre-Sud as a teacher. From 1999 to 2003, the Member taught at École ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- [XXX](the “School”) in. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-3. During the relevant period, Student 1 was a student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- Subsection 40(1.1) of the Act was cited in the Notice of Hearing, but this provision was repealed with the coming into force of the amendments ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-to the Act on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-4. During the 1999-2000 school year, the Member engaged in an inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf:5. During the 1999-2000 school year, the Member engaged in a sexual relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-6. On several occasions, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- (a) kissed Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- (b) embraced Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- (c) held hands with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-Because the Member was not in attendance at the hearing nor was he represented by legal counsel, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-the Committee proceeded on the assumption that he denied the allegations set out in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-Hearing. The Chair of the Committee, on behalf of the Member, entered a plea of not guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-allegations. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-JURISDICTION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-The Member continues to come under the College’s jurisdiction in this matter even though his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration was revoked on December 15, 2016, because he was a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-member of the College at the time of the alleged misconduct.2 Subsection 14(5) of the Act provides ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 14(5) A person whose certificate of qualification and registration is revoked or cancelled ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- continues to be subject to the jurisdiction of the College for professional misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- incompetence or incapacity referable to any time during which the person held, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- College Counsel entered in evidence the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting Stéphane Gilbert (Exhibit 2), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-which shows that the Member was a member of the College at the time of the alleged incidents. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- (a) Student 1 History ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-8) Ontario College of Teachers v. Stéphane Gilbert, dated January 9, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-College Counsel gave a detailed description of the Member’s criminal history and submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf:Member’s case was one of sexual abuse, which is among the College’s most serious allegations. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf:Member engaged in a sexual relationship with Student 1, even though he did not have sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf:relations with the student. Although Student 1 was insistent and wanted to have sexual relations with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-the Member, the teacher admitted that on several occasions, he kissed, embraced and held hands with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-Student 1. These incidents took place at the school, and occasionally at the Member’s apartment or ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-on walks outside of school. The Member acknowledged that his conduct was inappropriate and ended ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-his teaching career (refer to Exhibit 5, Tabs 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-According to College Counsel, the Member’s conduct as described in the Brief of Court Documents ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-(refer to Exhibit 5) warranted a finding of professional misconduct with respect to all of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-allegations in the Notice of Hearing. The Member was previously found guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-misconduct and his Certificate of Qualification and Registration was revoked for engaging in similar ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-misconduct involving another student (refer to Exhibit 5, Tab 8). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-Having considered the evidence, the onus and standard of proof and the submissions by College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-particular, the Committee finds that Stéphane Gilbert committed acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-alleged in the Notice of Hearing, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) [prior ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-probabilities, that the Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf:that he engaged in a sexual relationship with the student, even though he did not have sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-relations with the student. On several occasions, the Member kissed Student 1, embraced the student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-and held hands with the student. The Member admitted that his conduct was inappropriate and ended ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-his teaching career. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-The Committee notes that the Member was found guilty of professional misconduct on December 15, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-2016 and his Certificate of Qualification and Registration was revoked for engaging in similarly ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-unacceptable conduct involving another student. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-The Committee finds the Member’s recurrent conduct unacceptable. He abused his position of trust ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-and authority as a member of the teaching profession. Accordingly, the Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf:Member’s sexual abuse of Student 1 constitutes professional misconduct contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) [prior to the 2008 amendment], 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). His ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-misconduct is a serious violation of his responsibilities as a teacher and has undermined public trust ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-in the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-College Counsel submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-Registration would be the only appropriate penalty in the circumstances. Although another panel of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-the Discipline Committee had previously revoked the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf:Registration (on December 15, 2016) for another instance of sexual misconduct involving a different ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-student, College Counsel submitted that it would be appropriate to revoke the Member’s certificate a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-second time. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-In support of this request, the College produced College of Nurses of Ontario v. Mark Dumchin, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-ONSC 626 (CanLII) (“Dumchin”) and Ontario College of Teachers v. Graziano, 2016 ONOCT 19 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-(CanLII) (“Graziano”). In Dumchin, the Divisional Court found that a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-Committee of the College of Nurses of Ontario had jurisdiction to revoke Mr. Dumchin’s certificate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-of registration even though he had previously resigned his certificate prior to the discipline hearing, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-pursuant to section 14 of its enabling law (which is a continuing jurisdiction provision similar to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-subsection 14(5) of the Act). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-In Graziano, another panel of the Discipline Committee found that revocation of Mr. Graziano’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration was appropriate, even though the Member in question ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-had previously resigned, retired or whose Certificate had been revoked prior to the hearing. College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-Counsel maintained that the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration ought similarly ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-to be revoked a second time. According to College Counsel, the Member continued to be subject to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-the Committee’s jurisdiction, including its jurisdiction to order penalty, pursuant to section 14(5) of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-College Counsel argued that it was appropriate to revoke the Member’s certificate a second time for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf:several reasons. Firstly, his conduct was extremely serious: he was involved in a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-with a student. Secondly, the College has a duty to act in every case of proven professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-misconduct, to ensure transparency and protect the public. Thirdly, should the Member seek ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-reinstatement after serving his sentence, both the prior revocation and the current revocation of his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-certificate would appear on the public register and would indicate the serious and repeated nature of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-his misconduct. The College drew the Committee’s attention to two decisions in which revocation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf:was ordered under similar circumstances in which members of the College had engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf:relationships with students without having sexual relations: Ontario College of Teachers v. Khan, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-2013 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) and Ontario College of Teachers v. Deans, 2012 ONOCT 11 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-The Committee makes the following penalty order: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-1. The Committee directs the College Registrar to revoke the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-After carefully reviewing the evidence and submissions of College Counsel, and the legal authorities ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-presented, the Committee finds that the revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-Registration is appropriate in the circumstances and accepts the submissions by College Counsel in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-this respect. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-It is appropriate to revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration as penalty for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-his misconduct, regardless of the fact that his Certificate of Qualification and Registration has ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-already been revoked for another instance of misconduct. The Committee must review the present ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-case and decide on the most appropriate penalty in the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf:In the case before us, the Member’s misconduct was serious. He engaged in a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-with a student, in which he kissed, embraced and held hands with the student on several occasions. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-The Member had also engaged in a similar relationship with another student, which resulted in the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf-first revocation of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration. The Committee will not condone ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf:sexual relationships between teachers and students, no matter who initiated the relationship. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-working member of society; the Member received positive letters of reference that outline his passion for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-teaching and his teaching abilities; the Member holds a commendable status as a reservist in the Canadian ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-Armed Forces; the Member has no prior criminal or disciplinary history; and the Member was “prepper” ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-and did not amass all of the weapons in the compound for the purpose of the kidnapping but rather he was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-preparing for a natural disaster. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-Some of the aggravating factors included the following: the Member was motivated by revenge; the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-Member was the architect and executor of the act; once he decided on his plan to kidnap Solicitor A he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-put a lot of effort into it; the Member’s animus towards Solicitor A combined with typical life stressors ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-led him to act with extremely poor judgment; in spite of the Adjustment Disorder diagnoses, the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-had a full appreciation of his actions, the potential for escalation and the consequence of his actions; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-the grave impact the Member’s conduct has had on Solicitor A and his family. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-that the aggravating factors outweigh the mitigating factors. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-College Counsel referred the Committee to three cases involving criminal convictions of members for ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf:non-sexual offenses: Ontario College of Teachers v. Corry, 2008 ONOCT 13 (CanLII), Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-of Teachers v. Tollett, 2010 ONOCT 36 (CanLII), and Ontario College of Teachers v. Bulat, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-ONOCT 15 (CanLII). College Counsel submitted that each of these cases had some similarities to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-Member’s case. College Counsel stated the criminal sentence imposed in each case was less than the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-sentence imposed in the Member’s case. College Counsel further submitted that revocation was ordered ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-by the Committee in each case, therefore indicating that the penalty of revocation being sought in this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-matter is the appropriate penalty. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-College Counsel submitted that revocation is the only appropriate penalty in this case. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-stated that members of the teaching profession are role models and are expected to exercise good ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-judgment at all times. Further, College Counsel submitted that there was nothing in the evidence to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf-demonstrate that the Member accepted responsibility for the serious crimes he had committed. According ./ontario-cases/2017onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing, but had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 96 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Michael Albert Russell is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teacher’s Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- (g) he failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- profession, contrary to Section 13 of the Regulation made under the Teaching Profession ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- Act (the “TPA Regulation”); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- (h) he failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations with pupils, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- contrary to subsection 14(d) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- (i) he failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they were under his care, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- (j) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1980, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- 129, and specifically subsection 235(1)(c). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-8. While the Member taught at the School, he engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- Student 1 which included: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf: (a) Making inappropriate jokes, including jokes of a sexual nature; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 96 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf: (b) Discussing the personal life of Student 1, including Student 1’s sexual relationships. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf:9. In or around November 1994, the Member began a sexual relationship with Student 1. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf: relationship included sexual touching and sexual intercourse. The relationship continued ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- throughout the 1994-1995 academic year, and thereafter until around March 2003. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-10. By this document2 the Member does not contest, for the purposes of this proceeding only, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-11. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19), subsection 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- 129, and sections 13, 14(d), and 14(f) of the Regulation made under the Teaching Profession Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf: The Member also acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-12. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set out ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 10 and 12, this “document” refers to the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-the Education Act, R.S.O, 1980, c.129; and sections 13, 14(d), and 14(f) of the Regulation made under the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf:Teaching Profession Act. The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 96 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1-9 of the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19); section 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O, 1980, c.129; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-and sections 13, 14(d), and 14(f) of the Regulation made under the Teaching Profession Act. The Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf:also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf:Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf:and engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4), the parties jointly submitted that the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-1. direct that the Member receive a reprimand. The fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 96 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”). Submissions will be made on the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- issue of whether the reprimand should be delivered in written form or in person; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-2. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the Member is to immediately ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-SUBMISSIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE FORM OF THE REPRIMAND ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-College Counsel submitted that an oral reprimand is appropriate. The oral reprimand will act as a specific ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-deterrent and as a denunciation of the Member’s misconduct when he faces a panel of his peers to receive ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-the reprimand in person. College Counsel further submitted that ordering an oral reprimand will act as a ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-general deterrent because it sends a message to the public and other members of the profession that this ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-type of behaviour should be denounced in the strongest terms. In support of the College’s position that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-reprimand should be delivered in person, College Counsel presented two cases where a member was ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf:found guilty of sexual abuse and an oral reprimand was ordered: Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Ashbaugh, 2017 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) and Ontario College of Teachers v. Earl, 2017 ONOCT 39 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-(CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-College Counsel further submitted that if an oral reprimand is ordered, the Committee should also ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-consider directing that a written reprimand be delivered if the Member fails to attend to receive his oral ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-reprimand. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf:The Committee recognizes that the Member’s conduct involving the sexual abuse of a student is one of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-the enumerated acts of professional misconduct listed in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 96 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, the Committee therefore must make an order: (a) requiring that the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-be reprimanded by the Committee; and (b) directing the Registrar to revoke any certificate held by the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Member under the Act. The Committee notes that it has no discretion in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Although the Member’s misconduct preceded the enactment of the mandatory penalty provisions set out ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-at section 30.2 of the Act, the Committee must nevertheless order the mandatory penalties set out above. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-The transitional provision at subsection 63.1(5) of the Act expressly provides that section 30.2 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf:applies to acts of professional misconduct involving the sexual abuse of a student that occurred before the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-amendments to the Act received Royal Assent (i.e. in December 2016). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-With respect to the form of the reprimand, the Committee recognizes that it has discretion in this regard ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-and finds that an oral reprimand is warranted. The Committee considered the submissions of both parties. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-The Committee received no evidence from Member’s Counsel to indicate that the Member was not able ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-to attend in person to receive an oral reprimand. The Committee recognizes that the Member participated ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-and cooperated in the discipline process, which conserved the judicial resources that would have been ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-necessary to conduct a contested hearing. However, delivering the reprimand in person allows the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Committee to directly address the Member and to denounce his conduct in the strongest terms, which has ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-greater impact than delivering a reprimand in writing. The Committee believes that delivering an oral ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-reprimand will serve as a specific and general deterrent and will more adequately protect the public ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-interest in this case. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-Publication of this decision with the Member’s name is now mandatory in accordance with subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-45.1 of the Act. Accordingly, the Committee’s decision and reasons will be published with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf-name on the College’s website and a summary will be published with the Member’s name in the official ./ontario-cases/2017onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf: (c) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (e) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-1. At all material times, Ellen Ann Bond is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 was an [XXX]-year-old female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-4. The Member and Student 1 engaged in an inappropriate, personal and romantic relationship, ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- which included: ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf: (a) Communications of a non-sexual, but inappropriate personal nature through Facebook ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- and text messages; ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf: (b) Communications of a sexual nature through Facebook and text messages; and ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf: (c) Communications relating to a future sexual relationship after graduation. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Communications of a Non-Sexual Nature ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-5. From about June 4, 2011 to about February 28, 2012, the Member communicated with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- via Facebook and text messaging on a regular basis. They exchanged hundreds of messages ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- during school hours, evening hours and over the weekends. They used electronic communications ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- to discuss personal issues. Attached as Exhibit “B” are examples of these communications, from ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- an excerpt of conversations between the Member and Student 1 on October 6, 2011, in which the ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member discusses details of her ongoing personal relationships. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Communications of a Sexual Nature ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf:6. The Member and Student 1 also exchanged both Facebook and text messages of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Examples of these messages include: ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (a) December 12, 2011 – Student 1: “I just want to hug you…” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “Me too” [p. 80]. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (b) December 12, 2011 – Student 1: “…last night I did learn that I shouldn’t sleep with my ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- phone in bed though” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “hahah…ya I bet was going to bug you about that but didn’t want to embarrass ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf: you sexting it up awkward…..and I’m not [XXX] btw” [p. 94]. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-(c) December 12, 2011 – Member: “lol so ya…still blushing?” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Student 1: “yesss….and my heart is pounding in my head” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “aawwww really?” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Student 1: “yessss” [p. 96]. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-(d) December 12, 2011 – Member: “yup…that’s why you love me” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Student 1: “one of the reasons” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “one of many although I don’t have red hair as much anymore” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- “so strike that off the list” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Student 1: “so it’s your goal to make me blush as much as possible then…?” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “yup” [p. 99-100]. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-(e) Student 1: “sleep well, and sweet dreams  ♥” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf: Member: “who you gonna sext tonight? […]” [p. 107]. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-(f) January 29, 2012 – Member: “of course  that hottie is looking at me in my photo ” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Student 1: “was it picture of me that caused that reaction” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “you in your rainbow toque of course” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Student 1: “because I’m super attractive ;P” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “but of course” [p. 64]. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-(g) February 7, 2012 – Member: “hahahha so much I could say lol” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Student 1: “like what!?‼?” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “like I have you body imprint on my side” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Student 1: “I’m going to put a stop to this topic of conversation or it’s going to go ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- downhill, and fast” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “ok…probably for the best good choice […]” [p. 62-63]. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-7. Excerpts of the communications between the Member and Student 1 referenced in subparagraphs ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 8(a) – 8(f)2 [sic] are attached as Exhibit “C”. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Communications Relating to a Future Relationship ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf:8. The Member discussed entering into a sexual relationship with Student 1 after graduation. For ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- example: ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (a) February 10, 2012 – Member: “Just wish it was after school and we were in car” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Student 1: “Just because? Cause nothing really could have happened differently (to my ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- knowledge)” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “You’re right. Have to wait…” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Student 1: “I will not cause problems with your job. No matter how willing I seem, I ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- couldn’t do that to you. Waiting it is.” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “You’re amazing.” [texts p. 15-14]. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (b) February 17, 2012 – Student 1: “I tend to just try to be a decent human being” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “You are. And so much more. And I will be lucky to have you”… “Did it drive ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- you crazy every time I kept going back to[XXX]?” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Student 1: “Yes yes it did” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “You’re so patient” [texts p. 14]. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (c) February 17, 2012 – Member: “So how much longer is the wait?” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Student 1: “…you tell me” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “Cause I think I’ll start a countdown…lol” …. “Last day of your exams. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Officially” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Student 1: “Alright” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member: “Or maybe last day of June. Idk” ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- The reference to subparagraphs 8(a)-8(f) should read 6(a)-6(g). ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Member and the student before the student had graduated. The May 27, 2010 letter from the ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Board regarding the Member’s conduct is attached hereto as Exhibit “E”. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-11. The Board reported the incident to the Ontario College of Teachers. The Member was cautioned ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- by the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Resignation ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-12. On October 22, 2012, the Member resigned her employment with the Board, effective October ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 25, 2012. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “F” is a copy of the Member’s resignation letter ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- dated October 22, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-13. By this document4, the Member does not contest the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- paragraphs 1-12 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-14. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- against her, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that the admitted facts ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf: constitute sexual abuse as defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Teachers Act, 1996, S.O. 1996 Ch 12 as it existed prior to its amendment in December 20165. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-15. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-4 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 13 and 15, this “document” refers to the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-5 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- A typographical error indicating “December 2010” in the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest was ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-addressed and corrected during the hearing with the acknowledgment and consent of the parties. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to the evidence as set out ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, she is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- require the College to prove the case against her and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (d) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons shall be published ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- on the College’s website, and that a summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- reasons, including her name, shall be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between her and counsel for the College with respect ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing the Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Facts and Plea of No Contest voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-16. In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no contest, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and the submissions of the ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-parties, the Committee rendered an oral decision on August 24, 2018 finding the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee found that the Member committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf:1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 12 of the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Paragraphs 5-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Paragraphs 5-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Paragraphs 6-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf:Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf:and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Paragraphs 5-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Paragraphs 5-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Paragraphs 5-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-1. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the Certificate and ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-College Counsel submitted that an oversight with respect to the transitional provisions in effect, following ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-the legislative amendments in May 2018, resulted in an omission being made in the Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Penalty entered into between the parties. College Counsel submitted that the Committee is now mandated ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf:under the current legislation to order that a member found guilty of sexual misconduct be reprimanded, ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-either orally or in writing.6 Member’s Counsel agreed with the submissions of College Counsel and ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-submitted that a written reprimand would be appropriate in this case. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on August 24, 2018, the Committee accepted the parties’ position in the Joint ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Submission on Penalty that revocation is an appropriate penalty in this case, and the Committee further ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-accepted the parties’ additional submission that a reprimand is also mandatory under the current ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-legislation. The Committee made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-1. The Member is to receive a written reprimand following the hearing and the fact of the reprimand ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-6 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Act, s. 30.2 and s. 63.2 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-2. The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate and Qualification and Registration ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf:The Member’s misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student, but it did not involve an act listed at ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. In accordance with subsection 30.2(1)(b) of the Act, the Committee must (at ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-a minimum) make an order: requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee; and directing ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-the Registrar to suspend her Certificate of Qualification and Registration. Given the circumstances of this ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-case and the agreement between the parties, the Committee finds that revocation is a more appropriate ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-penalty than a suspension. The Committee has the discretion to make this order pursuant to subsections ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-30.2(3) and 30(4) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the public register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-deterrent to other members of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-The Committee finds that revocation is the appropriate penalty in this case. College Counsel presented ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-three analogous cases to support the parties’ position regarding revocation: Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-v. Kernohan, 2014 ONOCT 53 (CanLII), Ontario College of Teachers v. Guilbault, 2017 ONOCT 6 ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-(CanLII) and Ontario College of Teachers v. Hay, 2017 ONOCT 58 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-The Committee found that the Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf:resulting in the exchange of romantic and sexual communications that indicated grooming behaviour. The ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Committee vehemently denounces the Member’s abuse of trust and authority in her role as a teacher. The ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Member’s reprehensible conduct put Student 1 at risk, and undermined public confidence in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-profession. As a result, the Member has lost the privilege of holding a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf-Registration. ./ontario-cases/2018canlii107117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on October 30, 2015 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-charges. The hearing was subsequently set for November 2, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing but had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-IT IS ALLEGED that Jeffery David Rafael is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teacher’s Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- the Act; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides as ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-1. Jeffery David Rafael is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf:2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Greater Essex County District School ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Windsor, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 was a male student of the School and Student 2 was a female ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- student of the School. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Marijuana in the Member’s Van ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-4. On or about January 13, 2012, a Community and Youth Worker at the School went to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- principal and asked her to meet with Student 1 because he had something to share. Attached ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Community and Youth Worker’s typed ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- statement dated January 13, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-5. Student 1 told the principal that a few days earlier, on or about January 11, 2012, he went to the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- Member’s [XXX] class to get a cigarette from a student in the class like he usually does. Student ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 1 noticed that another student was cleaning the Member’s van. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-6. Student 1 took some marijuana cigarettes (“roaches”) from the Member’s van which was parked ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- at the School [XXX]. Student 1 told the principal that he knew that the Member kept drugs in his ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- van because he had seen them when cleaning the Member’s van in the past. Student 1 also told ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- the principal that he had taken roaches for himself from the Member’s van on previous occasions. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-7. On occasion, both Student 1 and another student took some roaches from the Member’s van. The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-15. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member hereby acknowledges that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf: Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is sexual abuse of Student 2 as that term was defined ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- in Section 1 of the Act before it was amended in December 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-16. By this document2 the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set out ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the Discipline Committee, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- decision of the Committee and a summary of its reasons, including reference to his name, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- shall be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the College with respect ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-17. In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no contest, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- This “document” refers to the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and the submissions of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-parties, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in paragraph (c) of section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Act, before it was amended in December 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 13 of the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Paragraphs 4-10 and 12 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 7-9 and 12 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-the Member abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-1(7). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Paragraph 12 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Member abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-1(7.1). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 7-9 and 12 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-the Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Paragraph 12 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf:Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf:and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in paragraph (c) of section 1 of the Act before it ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-was amended in December 2016. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Paragraphs 4-10 and 12 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Paragraphs 4-10 and 12 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-the Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Paragraphs 4-10 and 12 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4), the parties jointly submitted that the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-1. direct that within 120 days of the date of the Order of the Committee, the Member shall appear ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- before the Committee to receive a reprimand which will be delivered in person at the offices of ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-blatant disregard for the wellbeing and safety of his students. Members of the profession are expected to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-be positive role models and to ensure a safe learning environment. The Member’s behaviour ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-demonstrated disdain for these expectations. The Committee is concerned that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- 2017 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-maintain appropriate boundaries by bringing drugs onto school property and knowingly giving students ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf:access to them, by making inappropriate sexual remarks and by inappropriately touching Student 2 when ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-he ought not to have done so. The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its concerns ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-Given the severity of the Member’s conduct, the Committee finds that a twelve month suspension is ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-reasonable and appropriate and will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and as a general deterrent ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-to other members of the teaching profession. It is an expectation that members of the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-maintain appropriate boundaries with students at all times. The Member’s possession of drugs on school ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf:property, his inappropriate physical contact with a [XXX]student and remarks of a sexual nature made to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-a [XXX] student demonstrated a significant lack of professional judgment and undermined the reputation ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-of the teaching profession. The Member’s conduct constituted a serious breach of the trust placed in him ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-by students and their parents. The twelve-month suspension of the Member’s certificate is appropriate to ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-reinforce the seriousness of the Member’s misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-The course or courses of instruction regarding appropriate boundaries and boundary violation issues and ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-professional ethics is intended to assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. By learning about appropriate ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-boundaries and boundary violation issues as well as professional ethics, the Member will have the ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-opportunity to reflect on the unacceptable nature of his conduct and he will be less likely to engage in ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-similar misconduct in the future. The coursework will remind the Member of his obligations as a teacher ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-and is intended to help him to make better decisions in any future interactions with students, should he ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf-return to a teaching position. ./ontario-cases/2017onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-hearing with respect to the allegations set out in Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2 was held on December 5, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-The parties agreed to proceed with a single hearing to address the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-set out in both Notices of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing but had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the first Notice of Hearing (dated October 28, 2013) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the second Notice of Hearing (dated September 30, 2015) are as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- 30(2) and 40(1.1)3 of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- subsection 1(7);4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- section 1 of the Act;5 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15);6 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-1. At all material times, Beverley Albert Fisher was a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Bluewater District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- “Board”) as a teacher of various t[XXX] classes at [XXX]School (the “School”) in[XXX], ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-5 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-6 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-16. If the Member were to testify, he would explain that by comment (a), he only intended to point ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- out that the other student was absent, and was not aware the student interpreted his comment ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- differently. The Member would testify he made comment (b) in response to the student making ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- self-deprecating comments about her picture, and had intended to be encouraging. The Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- would testify that he made comment (d) in an exasperated tone, and meant it sarcastically and did ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- not mean to invite the students to reach into his pockets. With respect to comment (e), the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Member would testify he would say such comments in an encouraging manner and did not intend ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf: them to have any sexual meaning. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-17. On or about November 7, 2014, the Member was advised that there were allegations “similar to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf: before” -- inappropriate comments with sexual innuendo -- and he was sent home with pay ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- pending investigation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-18. By letter dated December 17, 2014, the Board advised the Member that it had completed its ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- investigation and confirmed the allegations. The Board advised the Member his employment was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- being terminated with cause, effective December 31, 2014, for the following reasons: “Your ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- actions undermine the confidence the Board has in you as a teacher to act as a role model for ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- students and to use good judgment in the management of your class and to treat students with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- dignity and respect. In totality, your behaviour undermines your ability to fulfill your duties as a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- teacher and has destroyed the trust necessary for an ongoing and viable employment ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- relationship.” Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the Board’s letter to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- Member dated December 17, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-19. By this document7, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-7 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 19 and 21, this “document” refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-proceed in a single hearing. The Committee granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct outlined in paragraph (c) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-of the first Notice of Hearing (dated October 28, 2013), namely that the Member contravened subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. Counsel for the College similarly requested that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct outlined in paragraphs (b), (d) and (e) of the second Notice of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-Hearing (dated September 30, 2015), namely that the Member contravened subsections 1(7), 1(7.3) and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. The Committee granted these requests, after receiving ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-additional submissions from the parties addressing its concerns. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of the parties, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-As noted above, counsel for the College requested that the allegations that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-subsections 1(7), 1(7.3) and 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 (as set out in the two Notices of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-Hearing), be withdrawn. At the initial presentation of the request, no reasons were given to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-Committee to support the request for the above withdrawals. The Committee subsequently asked the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-parties to explain the rationale for the withdrawal requests. The Committee was particularly concerned ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf:with the requested withdrawal of the sexual abuse allegation, and informed the parties that it was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-considering rejecting the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and denying the College’s motion to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf:withdraw the sexual abuse allegation. The Committee invited the parties to address its concerns regarding ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf:the sexual abuse allegation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-College Counsel reviewed the relevant Admitted Facts in detail and explained why they should not give ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf:rise to a finding of sexual abuse, particularly given the Member’s justifications set out in the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-Statement of Facts. Counsel for the College submitted that the Member’s comments could be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-characterized in multiple ways, including that they were “weird” and “inappropriate”, but that there was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf:no evidence before the Committee that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse. Further, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-Committee was advised by College Counsel that the agreement reached was the product of a thorough ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-review of all of the evidence and extensive negotiations between the parties and their experienced legal ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-teams. Member’s Counsel agreed with College Counsel’s submissions. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-The Committee recognizes that the legal test for rejecting a joint submission is stringent: a Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-should not depart from a joint submission unless the proposed agreement would bring the administration ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-accepts the parties’ submissions that this high threshold has not been met in this case. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-After careful consideration of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the additional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Committee found that the Member’s comments were completely ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-inappropriate, but it accepted the parties’ submissions that there was insufficient evidence to reach a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf:finding that the comments constitute sexual abuse. The Committee further accepted that there was no ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf:reasonable prospect of obtaining a finding of professional misconduct with respect to the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-allegation, if the Committee were to reject the College’s motion to withdraw that allegation and the matter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-were to proceed on a contested basis. Accordingly, the Committee does not believe that the legal test for ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-rejecting a joint submission has been met in this case, and it flows from that decision that the Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf:granted the College’s motion to withdraw the allegation of sexual abuse (as well as the other two ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-allegations set out above). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1-18 of the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf-which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- February 9, 2016 meeting. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-Prior College History ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-8. In or around October 2011, students were observed sitting on the Member’s lap while watching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- videos on a computer terminal. A student was also observed resting their head on the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- lap. On January 17, 2012, the Member received a letter of discipline from the Board, a copy of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- which is attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C”. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-9. The conduct described in paragraph 8 was reported to the Ontario College Teachers. On ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- November 27, 2012, the Ontario College of Teachers’ Investigation Committee issued a caution ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- to the Member. The Member took a classroom management course and boundaries training. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-10. In or around November 2012, a parent reported that the Member had aggressively grabbed her by ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- the arm to bring her into the School. On another occasion, the Member had grabbed her arm and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- pulled her closer to hear what she was saying. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-11. When the Board investigated the parent’s complaint, they also learned that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- allowed two of his students to sit on his lap while the Member marked their work. When a student ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf: was demonstrating sexual behaviour and inappropriately touching herself, the Member moved the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- student’s hand and in the process touched her underwear. On May 30, 2013, the Member received ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- a letter of discipline from the Board, a copy of which is attached hereto and marked as Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- “D”. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-12. The conduct described in paragraphs 10 and 11 was reported to the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- On June 20, 2014, the Ontario College of Teachers’ Investigation Committee issued an ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- admonishment to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-13. On or around October 27, 2014, the Member engaged in inappropriate physical contact with a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- student when he grabbed and pushed her by her backpack in an effort to move her. That same ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-range based on the previous decisions of the Discipline Committee that were presented. The Member has ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-repeatedly failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with students. He also has a prior ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-discipline history at the College; on February 19, 2016, he was found guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-for engaging in similar misconduct. The Committee recognizes that the Member’s prior discipline hearing ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-at the College occurred after the events at issue in this case (and that the Member therefore did not have ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-the benefit of the remedial measures that were ordered in the February 2016 hearing before he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-the misconduct that led to his December 2017 discipline hearing). However, the Member received ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-numerous other formal warnings about his inappropriate conduct, regardless of the fact that these ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-interventions did not lead to findings of professional misconduct before the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-It is a significant aggravating factor that the Member appears to have no understanding of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-boundaries, despite the numerous warnings that he has received. In particular, the Member received a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-letter of expectation from his Board on May 30, 2011 (see Exhibit 2 at Tab E). He received a letter of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-discipline from his Board on January 17, 2012 (see Exhibit 2 at Tab C) and subsequently received a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-caution from the College’s Investigation Committee on November 27, 2012 (see Exhibit 2 at para. 9). He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-received another letter of discipline from his Board on May 30, 2013 for engaging in similar conduct (see ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-Exhibit 2 at Tab D) and subsequently received an admonishment from the College’s Investigation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-Committee on June 20, 2014 (see Exhibit 2 at para. 12). On January 7, 2015, the Member received a letter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-of suspension from his Board because of his inappropriate and unprofessional conduct (see Exhibit 2 at ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-Tab E). Each of these interventions occurred before the Member engaged in the misconduct that gave rise ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-to this discipline hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-The Committee recognizes the following mitigating factors in the Member’s case: he is currently retired ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-and no longer teaching, which limits the risk to the public interest; he demonstrated some insight that his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf-conduct was inappropriate by entering into an agreement with the College; and, there was no evidence of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf:sexual misconduct in this case, nor was it alleged that the Member sexually abused students. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for January 17, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-Neither the Member nor his legal counsel were in attendance for the hearing. However, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-hearing and that Member’s Counsel could be reached by telephone if needed. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-The parties’ agreement on the facts (Exhibit 2) included admissions that the Committee believed met the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:definition of sexual abuse in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”); however, the College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:sought to withdraw the allegation of sexual abuse set out below. For the reasons that follow, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-Committee rejected the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2) and denied the College’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:motion to withdraw the allegation of sexual abuse. In the Committee’s view, the acceptance of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-agreement would bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-to the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-MOTION TO WITHDRAW ALLEGATION OF SEXUAL ABUSE ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-In accordance with Rule 13.13 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-to Practise Committee, College Counsel requested the withdrawal of the allegation of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-misconduct outlined in paragraph (c) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member abused a student ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:or students sexually, contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-The Committee heard fulsome submissions from College Counsel as to why it should accept the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and why the College was seeking to withdraw the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-allegation. The Committee retired to consider the submissions and after thorough consideration informed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-College Counsel that it intended to reject the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and intended to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:deny the motion to withdraw the sexual abuse allegation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-On the advice of Independent Legal Counsel, the Committee asked College Counsel if he wished to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-contact Member’s Counsel and if either or both of them wished to make further submissions before the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-Committee made its final decision. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-After a break in the proceedings, College Counsel advised the Committee that he had spoken with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-Member’s Counsel but that neither of them wished to make any further submissions. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:confirmed its decision to reject the Agreed Statement of Facts and deny the motion to withdraw the sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-abuse allegation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-DECISION ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on January 17, 2018, the Committee denied College Counsel’s motion to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:withdraw the allegation of sexual abuse against the Member as set out at paragraph (c) of the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-Hearing. Further, after careful consideration of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Committee rejected the parties’ agreement, which did not include an ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-admission that the Member contravened subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-437/97. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-The Committee recognizes that the legal test for rejecting a joint submission is stringent: a Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-should not depart from a joint submission unless the proposed agreement would bring the administration ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. However, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-Committee believes that threshold has been met in this case and the Committee finds that it is therefore ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-appropriate to reject the parties’ agreement in this case. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-The Committee was of the view that the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea in this case showed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of students as that term is defined in the Act. Having been ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-presented with these facts, the Committee believed it would bring the administration of the discipline ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest for the Committee to grant the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:request to withdraw the allegation of sexual abuse set out in the Notice of Hearing. This would cause the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-public to lose confidence in the College’s discipline processes. It would also lead to an absurd result to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:allow the Member to avoid a finding of sexual abuse after he has agreed to having engaged in conduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:which meets the definition of sexual abuse under the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:While the definition of sexual abuse in section 1 of the Act includes more frank acts of sexual interaction ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:and sexual touching, it also includes “(c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-student.” The definition does not require that a member intended the remarks or behaviour to be of a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:In the Committee’s opinion, there is ample evidence of sexual abuse in the parties’ Agreed Statement of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-Facts and Guilty Plea. Notably, paragraph 14 of the parties’ agreement sets out an excerpt of a report ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-stating that the Family and Children’s Services of the Waterloo Region “verified a concern that students ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:could be sexually harmed as a result of an apparent escalating pattern on the Member’s part of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-inappropriate and concerning behaviour” (Exhibit 2 at Tab B). Similarly, paragraphs 5-12 of the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea set out admitted conduct that constitutes sexual abuse, regardless of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:the Member’s assertion that he did not intend his remarks or behaviour to be sexual in nature. Among ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-other things, the Member: touched female students on their buttocks; buttoned up a female student’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-[XXX] coat, touching her body as he did so; looked at female students’ breasts, buttocks or crotch, in a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-way that made them feel uncomfortable; invited students to his home to “have a popsicle”; invited a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-female student to his home to “lie on his couch”; and gave a student a piece of paper with the number ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-“69” printed on it. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds that the test for rejecting an Agreed Statement of Facts was met in this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-case and it flows from that decision that the Committee also denied the College’s motion to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf:allegation of sexual abuse set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-The Committee is no longer seized of this matter. The parties may determine the appropriate next steps ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-between themselves as it relates to the existing Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf-Date: January 19, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) on April ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-23, 2018 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated February 26, 2016 (Exhibit 1) was served on Spiro Grima (the “Member”), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-requesting his presence on March 9, 2016 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the allegations. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for April 23, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. The Committee was advised ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set out ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to require ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- the College to otherwise prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons shall be published ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- on the College’s website, and that a summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- reasons, including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between the parties with respect to the penalty ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-12. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct outlined in paragraph (c) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf:437/97 and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act, be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-withdrawn. The Committee granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of the parties, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-Committee rendered an oral decision on April 23, 2018 finding the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Committee found that the Member committed acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the member’s duty under the Child and Family Services Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(27). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf-(Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf-1. Espedito Ezio Quaglia is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. In June 1989, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- Member obtained an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate. In May 1997, the Member obtained a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration. The Member has no prior discipline against him at ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- the College and is a member in good standing. Attached as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf:2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Greater Essex County District School ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Windsor, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf:3. On or about September 19, 2014, the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society (the “CAS”) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- received an anonymous report that a [XXX] year-old female student (the “Student”) had reported ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- to the caller that she was being abused at home by her father. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf-4. During the CAS investigation, the Student advised that she had also disclosed to the Member that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- she was being abused by her father. The Member did not report this disclosure to the CAS, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- contrary to his obligation to do so under the Child and Family Services Act (the “CFSA”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf-5. On or about September 18, 2014, the Member met with the Student’s parents about the alleged ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- physical abuse and tried to mediate the situation. The Member warned the Student’s father that if ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- further incidents of abuse were disclosed, the Member would file a report with the CAS. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-The Member also engaged in inappropriate and abusive classroom conduct over the course of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-approximately six months. Among other things, he yelled at one or more students and used inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-language; he kicked furniture causing injury to one or more students; and he threw or batted objects in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-direction of one or more students. Although this conduct occurred while he was teaching in Alberta, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-Member admitted and the Committee finds that these acts would also constitute professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-pursuant to section 2 of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-Members of the teaching profession are expected to treat students with respect at all times and to provide ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-them with a safe learning environment. The Member repeatedly fell short of meeting these expectations. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession. With respect to the form of the reprimand, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-agrees with College Counsel that delivering the reprimand in writing is appropriate in this case as it will ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-ensure that the Member, who resides in Alberta, receives his reprimand in a timely manner. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-Two-year Suspension ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-The Committee accepts the College’s position that a two-year suspension is reasonable given the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-circumstances of this case. College Counsel made extensive submissions regarding the appropriateness of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-ordering a two-year suspension in this case, instead of revoking the Member’s certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-and registration. According to College Counsel, similar cases before the Discipline Committee have ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-resulted in penalties that included reprimands, suspensions and the requirement that members successfully ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-complete prescribed professional learning courses. Revocation has typically been ordered in cases ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf:involving sexual misconduct or a pattern of abusive classroom behaviour that occurred over a prolonged ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-period of time. College Counsel submitted that a two-year suspension is the longest suspension that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-Committee can order, pursuant to subsection 30(4)2 of the Act. A two-year suspension is also consistent ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf-with the recommendation of the Alberta Teachers’ Association’s Hearing Committee (despite the fact that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-16. After the October 12, 1984 incident, Student 3 told his Mother what had occurred. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- Student 3’s Mother went to the School administration and asked that Student 3 be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- removed from the Member’s class. Student 3 was transferred to another Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- [XXX]class in the School. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-17. On or about January 22, 2014, the Member was charged with the following four amended ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- counts: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- (a) Sometime between and including the 1st day of September in the year 1981 and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- the 30th day of June in the year 1982, in the Municipality of Metropolitan ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf: Toronto, in the Toronto Region, did commit a sexual assault on Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- contrary to section 246.1(1) of the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- (b) Sometime between and including the 1st day of September in the year 1982 and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- the 30th day of June in the year 1983, in the Municipality of Metropolitan ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf: Toronto, in the Toronto Region, did commit a sexual assault on Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- contrary to section 246.1(1) of the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- (c) Sometime between and including the 1st day of September in the year 1985 and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- the 30th day of June in the year 1987, in the Municipality of Metropolitan ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf: Toronto, in the Toronto Region, did commit a sexual assault on Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- contrary to section 246.1(1) of the Criminal Code; and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- (d) Sometime between and including the 1st day of September in the year 1984 and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- the 31st day of December in the year 1984, in the Municipality of Metropolitan ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf: Toronto, in the Toronto Region, did commit a sexual assault on Student 3, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- contrary to section 246.1(1) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 18. On January 6, 2017, the Member pleaded guilty to and was found guilty of the following ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- charges: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- (a) Sometime between and including the 1st day of September in the year 1982 and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- the 30th day of June in the year 1983, in the Municipality of metropolitan Toronto ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf: in the Toronto region, did commit a sexual assault on Student 1 contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- section 246.1(1) of the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- (b) Sometime between and including the 1st day of September in the year 1984 and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- the 31st day of December in the year 1984, in the Municipality of Metropolitan ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf: Toronto in the Toronto region, did commit a sexual assault on Student 3 contrary ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- to section 246.1(1) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 19. On April 24, 2017, the Crown withdrew counts one and three of the criminal charges. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 20. On April 24, 2017, the Honourable Justice J. McMahon sentenced the Member to a 12- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- month custodial sentence on each count to be served concurrently and concurrently with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- any sentence already being served. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 21. On April 24, 2017, the Member was also made the subject of a number of ancillary ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- orders. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 22. The Member did not appeal his conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-As neither the Member nor his legal Counsel were present, the Committee proceeded on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. The Chair, on behalf of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-entered a plea of not guilty to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-Mr. Woloszczuk entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for Daniel Enoch Campbell ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-(Exhibit 3), which indicates that the Member held an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf:alleged events and that he was a Member of the College at the time that he was found guilty of sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-assault. The College also entered into evidence a Brief of Court Documents - Her Majesty the Queen v. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-Daniel Enoch Campbell (Exhibit 4), which contains the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-1) Certified Court Documents dated 2013-2017; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-2) Excerpts of the transcript of proceedings before the Honourable Justice McMahon dated October ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 24-25, 2016: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- (a) Charging Information; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- (b) Examination in Chief of Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- (c) Examination in Chief of Student 3; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-3) Transcript of proceedings regarding the Member’s Guilty Plea dated January 6, 2017; and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-4) Transcript of Reasons for Sentence before the Honourable Justice J. McMahon dated April 24, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 2017. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 4 confirms that on January 6, 2017, in the Superior Court of Justice, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf:the Member was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault, contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-Mr. Woloszczuk described the Member’s criminal history in detail and submitted that the Member’s case ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-represents a blatant contravention of the College’s professional standards, that the Member notoriously ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-abused his position of trust and authority as a teacher and that the court documents provide ample ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-evidence that the Member’s conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, and clearly ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-amounts to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. Even though the events at issue predate the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-certified copy of the Court Documents, transcripts of the proceedings at which the conviction occurred, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-for the purposes of explaining the finding of guilt. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College has proven, on a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf:balance of probabilities, that between September 1, 1982 and June 30, 1983, the Member sexually ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-assaulted Student 1, contrary to section 246.1(1) of the version of the Criminal Code of Canada effective ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-at that time. During that time, the Member taught Grade [XXX][XXX]. While offering after-school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-assistance, he had Student 1 push his trousers down and the Member put his hand under Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-testicles and rubbed his face on Student 1’s back. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-The College has also proven, on a balance of probabilities, that sometime between September 1, 1984 and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf:December 31, 1984, the Member sexually assaulted Student 3, contrary to section 246.1(1) of the version ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-of the Criminal Code of Canada effective at that time. The Member taught Student 3 Grade ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-[XXX][XXX]. During a meeting that took place in the Member’s office in October 1984, the Member had ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-Student 3 lift his shirt and the Member touched Student 3’s face, abdomen and chest. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-requested that Student 3 unzip his trousers and the Member used his hand to touch Student 3’s pubic area. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf:The Member was charged with four counts of sexual assault on January 22, 2014 and he pleaded guilty to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-and was found guilty of two of these charges on January 6, 2017. The Crown withdrew the remaining two ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-charges on April 24, 2017, and the Member was sentenced to a 12-month custodial sentence on each ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-count to be served concurrently and concurrently with any sentence already being served, and he was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-made the subject of ancillary orders. The College has proven, on a balance of probabilities, that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf:Member was convicted in 2017 of two counts of sexual assault relating to the conduct described above. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s underlying conduct was egregious and that his ensuing criminal ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-conviction undermines the reputation of the teaching profession. The Member has abused his position of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-trust and authority in the gravest manner. Accordingly, the Committee finds that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf:convictions for repeated instances of sexual assault of male students constitute acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-misconduct contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-section 13 of Regulation 63/55 made under the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1950, c 385; section ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-14(f) of Regulation 63/55 made under the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1980; and section 235(1)(c) of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, Ch. 129. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-Mr. Woloszczuk submitted that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-is an appropriate penalty, considering the gravity of the Member’s misconduct. According to Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf:Woloszczuk, this is an egregious case of sexual abuse, where the Member demonstrated a complete ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-disregard for the well-being of students. The Member exploited his position of trust and authority as a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-teacher. Revocation is appropriate in such serious matters as this. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf:There was no finding of sexual abuse as defined in the Act in this case (it was not pleaded by the College) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-and so the mandatory reprimand and revocation provisions set out at subsection 30.2(2) of the Act were ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-not triggered. Therefore, the Committee was not required to reprimand the Member and revoke his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-teaching certificate. The Committee nevertheless has the discretion to order either of these penalties, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-among others, pursuant to subsections 30(4) and 30(5) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-The Committee finds that the revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-the only appropriate penalty in this case, given the egregious nature of the Member’s misconduct. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf:Member’s convictions for the sexually abusive conduct towards two of his students warrants an order of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-the Committee’s most severe penalty available. Members of the profession hold a unique position of trust ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-and authority and the Member abused this position in a reprehensible manner. Although the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-conduct occurred decades ago, he was convicted criminally for that same conduct in 2017, which reflects ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-poorly on the teaching profession and diminishes the public’s trust and confidence in members of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-profession. There is no place in the teaching profession for members who have engaged in this type of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-criminal conduct. Accordingly, the Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-and being a member of the teaching profession in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the finding and the penalty are appropriate in this circumstance and meet ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-Dated: May 1, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ______________________________ Claudia ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf-Patenaude-Daniels, OCT ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- Ann Ciaschini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-The Member was not in attendance at the hearing. He was represented at the hearing but his lawyer ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-communicated to College Counsel that both she and the Member would not be in attendance at the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-hearing (Exhibit 3). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-The allegations in this matter arose as a result of the Member’s alleged conduct during the 2008-2009 and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:2009-2010 academic years. The Member is alleged to have engaged in sexual relationship with a female ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-student during both of these academic years. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-The Committee’s task is to determine whether the facts alleged by the College have been proven on a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-balance of probabilities and if so, whether the Member’s conduct gives rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-misconduct. For the reasons that follow, the Committee found the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-misconduct on April 18, 2017 under each head of misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing below. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Robert Alexander St Louis, is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- (b) he abused a student physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- (c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf: engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-1. Robert Alexander St Louis is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the District School Board of Niagara (the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- “Board”) in Ontario and taught [XX] classes at [XX] School (the “School”) in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-3. At all material times, the Student was a female student of the School. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-4. From around May 2009 to in and around February, 2010 the Member: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- (a) engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with the Student; and/or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf: (b) engaged in a sexual relationship with the Student; and/or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- (c) kissed and/or hugged the Student. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-As neither the Member, nor his legal counsel, were present at the hearing, the member is deemed to have ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-denied the allegations and the hearing proceeded as a contested matter. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-would then regularly go to his classroom to talk, including about how and why she had [XXX], and how ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-[XXX] was good for the brain. The meetings started on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday following the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-[XXX], and became daily visits. When asked by College Counsel if she was physically mature at the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-time, Witness 1 answered that she was fully-developed and had always “been ahead of everybody”. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-In response to College Counsel’s question as to whether the Member had disclosed personal details of his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-life, Witness 1 replied that the Member talked about his personal life, the people he used to help, his ex- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-wife, and his kids, particularly his son (Witness 2) who was a year or two older than her. Witness 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-explained that she had met the Member’s son in May 2009 in the Member’s classroom, after she and the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Member had already become intimate. Witness 1 testified that the Member also spoke about the women ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-with whom he used to have intimate relationships, and that the Member described in explicit detail his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:history with his ex-wife, as well as his sexual encounters with these other women. When asked by ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-College Counsel if she thought the Member’s disclosures were inappropriate, as he was 47 years old at ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-the time while she was [XXX] years old, Witness 1 stated that she did not feel it was inappropriate as “he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-always made me feel good to have his attention, he always had his eyes on me.” Witness 1 testified ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-further that the Member talked to her more than the Member talked to anyone else. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-When asked if the relationship was known in the School, Witness 1 testified that as months went on and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-they were walking together, comments would be made by other students such as “No fucking in the hall”, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-and “Do you and him have like a thing?” Witness 1 stated that she felt nervous about this reaction, until ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-reassured by the Member not to worry about it. Witness 1 further explained how the encounters between ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-the Member and herself became intimate. She explained that from the fall of 2008 to the early winter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-months of 2009, she had developed feelings for the Member, and she observed that he had developed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-feelings for her as well. Witness 1 testified that the Member would cover her hands with his, ask if she ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-minded, and then ask if she had feelings for him. Shortly afterward, the Member led Witness 1 to a utility ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-room between the classrooms and kissed her. Witness 1 admitted to having been “stunned” by his actions, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-and said that later that day and into the next weekend, the Member spoke to her of getting married, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-building a house, and moving away to another country, where the legal age to be married was [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:Witness 1 stated that the Member had told her that he wanted to have sex with her while she was still ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-[XXX], and that she told him he could have it. College Counsel questioned Witness 1 about her thoughts ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-on these events, and she replied that she had been [XXX], and contemplating [XXX], and thought “If I ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-was going to [XXX] anyway, what’s the difference? I would have chosen to be [XXX]. I might as well do ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-this, have this relationship, and [XXX].” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-In explaining how she communicated with the Member, Witness 1 stated that she had received a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-for Christmas, and that they would talk over MSN. She testified that they used the private message space ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-in Facebook, and that the Member used his son’s (Witness 2) Facebook for a short period of time. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 1 further testified that the Member opened another Facebook account in his son’s name, and that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-they emailed occasionally through that. Witness 1 explained that the Member had told her the plan was to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-say that she and his son were dating, although she did not remember meeting him previous to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-classroom encounter at the end of the school year. When asked by College Council whether she thought it ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-was a good idea, the witness replied “Yes and no. It was a good idea because we are the perfect age to be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-dating. Then the Member and I could hang out. Deep down, I knew it was stupid, but it was effective.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-When asked if the Member’s son was in favour of the plan, Witness 1 replied that based on what she ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-heard from the Member, Witness 2 was “not for it at all”, but went along with the plan. Witness 1 testified ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-that she would speak with Witness 2 the odd time on the phone to pretend to be his girlfriend, and that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-later they would have to hug. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 1 testified that her parents did not like the relationship, as they had noticed calls to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-phone number on their phone, and because he was driving her home from school. Witness 1 testified that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-her parents went to see the Member at school and told the Member that “whatever was going on better ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-stop.” According to Witness 1, her mother also made calls to the Member’s home to advise him to stop ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-calling their daughter. The Member explained to Witness 1’s parents that Witness 1 may “have a thing” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-with his son (Witness 2). Later that summer, the Witness’ parents apologized to the Member for the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-misunderstanding. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College asked Witness 1 if she had ever been romantically involved with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-son. Witness 1 emphatically replied “no”. Witness 1 explained how the Member told her not to tell ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-anyone of their relationship, as “people would not like the age difference.” She testified further that at this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-point she knew that something illegal was going on, but that the Member suggested that getting married ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-would “solve the legal issues.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:Witness 1 then described how the sexual aspect of the relationship progressed, in particular in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-classroom, and in multiple spots in the school. Specifically, she testified that in the Member’s classroom ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-there was a [XXX] for the purpose of teaching [XXX]. The Member framed a room (the “Room”) and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-enclosed it with a door and lock, and placed a couch inside this room. Witness 1 testified that she would ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:meet the Member during his spare period to engage in oral sexual activities at his request. She stated that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:sexual intercourse occurred for the first time at the School in the Room. These sexual activities would ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-occur on a daily basis, sometimes multiple times per day, and often while she was absent from her [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-class during the Member’s spare. Witness 1 testified that the Member wore a condom and that while she ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:was inclined to have sexual intercourse with him after foreplay, she was uncomfortable at the same time. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:Witness 1 testified that after the sexual activities began, electronic communications between Witness 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-and the Member occurred privately, first, through Witness 2’s original Facebook account, then through ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-the second account set up in Witness 2’s name by the Member. All correspondence was moved to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-second account. Witness 1 testified that, at this time, the Member devised the plan to use his son (Witness ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-2) as a “front” for their relationship. Witness 1 testified that she had to “pretend” hug Witness 2 and talk ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-over the phone with him to keep up with the plan. She stated that she was aware that Witness 2 was not in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-favour of the plan, even though he did go along with it. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 1 further explained that the Member grew increasingly frustrated that he was not able to “keep ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-tabs” on her during the summer months. The Member did not approve of Witness 1’s plan to go to work ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-on other men’s renovation projects, so the Member devised a plan for Witness 1 to work on his house. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 1 testified that she told her parents that she was dating the Member’s son (Witness 2). According ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-to Witness 1, the Member told her parents that he would hire Witness 1 to help him with renovations on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-his own house, and that this would give him the opportunity to supervise Witness 1 and Witness 2 at the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-same time. Witness 1 stated that renovation work would be conducted whenever Witness 2 was present, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-but that Witness 2 was not present very often. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:During the times that Witness 2 was not around, the Member engaged in sexual intercourse with Witness ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-1 several times a day. According to Witness 1, the Member encouraged her to go to the School nurse to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-get the birth control patch, and he used condoms for the first month but stopped when the waiting period ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-was over for her birth control to be effective. Witness 1 testified that she accompanied the Member to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-obtain a Viagra prescription, and that the relationship was described as “boyfriend and girlfriend” at that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-time. Witness 1 stated that she began to stay nights at the Member’s home and that on the first night she ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:stayed over they engaged in sexual activities five times. Witness 1 explained that the Member had a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:“recording system” for tracking their sexual activities. Specifically, the Member had an empty sour cream ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-container in which he would place a penny for each “blow job”, a nickel for “intercourse”, and a dollar ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:for “anal sex”. She further testified that the Member bought her a “dildo” and lubricant. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 1 then testified about a couple of [XXX] [XXX] trips that she and the Member took. Witness 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-accompanied them and the three of them shared a small [XXX] that had little, if any, privacy. Witness 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-further explained that the Member would kiss her in front of the Member’s son (Witness 2), and that he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:tried to have sexual intercourse with her but the condom broke. She testified that, at this point, they had ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:oral sex instead and that the only privacy was a blanket that the Member placed over her head. During this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-time, Witness 2 was 14 feet away in the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 1 testified that in the fall of 2009, when the next school year began, she would spend weekends at ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:the Member’s home. She stated that the sexual encounters at the School had ceased, and that they all took ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-place on weekends at the Member’s home. She explained that the Member would drive her to his house ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-on Fridays and drop her at her mother’s home on Mondays. Witness 1 stated that the Member made her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-wear a “big fur Russian hat” when she was riding in his car so that she would not be recognized. Witness ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-1 testified that she told her family that she was still dating Witness 2 (the Member’s son). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 1 testified that, during this time, Witness 2 was very angry that he had to be part of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:plan to conceal their sexual relationship. She stated that Witness 2 was angry all the time, that he called ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-her “a bitch” and a “whore”, that he threatened to go to the police, that he was very angry with his father ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-(the Member), and that Witness 2 went up to the Member with a knife and said he wanted to stab him. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 1 testified further that the whole situation was “getting sketchy”, that the Member was becoming ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-paranoid, and Witness 2 was “losing his mind”. She also explained that there were rumours among ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-students and teachers at the School, which were “getting out of control”. One teacher asked her why she ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-was coming into school so early and going into the Member’s classroom. Witness 1 testified that another ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-teacher asked the Member why his cheeks were so red, which Witness 1 explained occurred after the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Member ejaculated. Witness 1 stated that she was convinced that there was suspicion among the teachers ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-that something was going on between her and the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 1 testified that in early 2010, Witness 2 told a family member and a schoolmate about the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-relationship between the Member and Witness 1. Witness 1 stated that in order to discredit Witness 2’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-disclosures, she and the Member rehearsed a cover story in which Witness 2 was alleged to have lost his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-temper because Witness 1 refused to have intercourse with him. Witness 1 explained that, in the cover ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:story, Witness 2 accused the Member of having sex with her because Witness 2 was angry. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 1 went on to testify that around this time, the Member was becoming paranoid and was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-concerned about police finding her D.N.A. As a result, the Member burned his bedsheets and advised ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:Witness 1 to burn her underwear. Further, Witness 1 explained that the Member hid their sexual toys in an ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-attempt to hide fingerprint evidence. Witness 1 stated that this made her upset because she felt abandoned. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-The allegations between her and the Member became public in February of 2010. Witness 1 testified that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-she was aware that the police interrogated the Member and that he was nervous about what Witness 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:would say to the police. She understood from the criminal case, that the Member denied any sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-relationship with her, and accused her and Witness 2 of colluding against him. Witness 1 testified further ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-that her mother became very upset when she refused to take a lie detector test to prove that Witness 1 was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-not trying to set the Member up. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-When asked how the events had affected her in an overall sense, Witness 1 became emotional and stated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-that she had [XXX] of school, due to the humiliation of everyone knowing what had happened. She ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-tearfully described the pain of having “to leave her own situation, and the school situation”, asking “how ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-would you feel if everyone is against you [and] if you had to be [XXX]?” Witness 1 then explained that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-she went to “the [XXX] ward on [XXX].” She noted that her family was asking “did you do this?” while ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-the Member was “threatening her life.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 was the son of the Member, and was a [XXX]-year-old Grade [XXX] student in September of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-2008. He described his living arrangements as being with his father initially at the time of the events, with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-visits to his mother. This switched to him living with his mother during the events as described. Witness 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-stated that he is currently employed at [XXX], and that he lives with his mother and sister at this time. He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-also indicated that he had only been in contact with his father twice in seven or eight years. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 testified that the Member taught Witness 1 in Grade [XXX] and took an immediate liking to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-her. He stated that his father (the Member) talked about her frequently, commented on her looks, and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-suggested that Witness 2 date her. Witness 2 stated that he told the Member that he did not want to date ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 1. Witness 2 further stated that initially, the Member talked about Witness 1 on occasion, but that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-over time the frequency increased into an “obsession”. He stated that the Member talked about her like a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-“wife or girlfriend” and that he spoke about her daily and at every meal. Witness 2 testified that he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-thought the Member’s behaviour was “weird”. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 testified that in early 2009, the Member asked Witness 2 to “cover for him”. Witness 2 stated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-that he came to learn from the Member that he and Witness 1 were talking over MSN and that Witness 1’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-parents confronted the Member about this. Witness 2 further explained that his father (the Member) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-appeared in his mother’s driveway to ask him for a “massive favour”. This favour was to tell Witness 1’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-parents that Witness 2 and Witness 1 were dating. Witness 2 stated that the Member told him that he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-“loved” Witness 1. Witness 2 stated that he initially agreed to cover for the Member because “he did not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-want to stand in the way of true love”, but told the Member that he was not to “make out or do anything ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:sexual” with Witness 1. Witness 2 testified that the Member agreed to his conditions. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 testified about the encounters he witnessed between the Member and Witness 1. He stated that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-he had seen the Member and Witness 1 kiss and make out in the Room and thought it was “gross” and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-this “broke the rule.” Witness 2 stated that following this he had watched the Member and Witness 1 kiss ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-“hundreds of times.” Witness 2 explained that when he confronted his father (the Member) about his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-behaviour, the Member stated that it was “just kissing.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 testified about the Member telling Witness 1’s parents about hiring her to help with the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-renovations at his house. Witness 2 thought this was “weird” because it did not make sense to hire a small ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-[XXX]-year-old girl to help with renovations. Witness 2 testified that renovations were never finished, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-and that the Member and Witness 1 did not do much work on them. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 testified about the Member’s plan to cover up his relationship with Witness 1. Witness 2 stated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-that he was supposed to act affectionately towards Witness 1 in public, but only to a point. Witness 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-explained that the Member was paranoid about Witness 2 stealing the Member’s girlfriend (Witness 1). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 stated that he felt manipulated by his domineering father and that he “wanted to be anywhere ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-that they weren’t” (namely, the Member and Witness 1). Witness 2 explained that he was not allowed to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-go anywhere and had “ridiculous restrictions”. According to Witness 2, the Member insisted that Witness ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-2 be around so that he could act as a cover for the relationship by pretending he was Witness 1’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-boyfriend. Witness 2 testified that had to live with the Member over the summer to act as a cover. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 stated that during this time he witnessed the Member and Witness 1 kissing on many occasions. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-He also saw the Member and Witness 1 going into the Member’s room for periods of time, “sometimes ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-minutes and sometimes hours”. At first, Witness 2 stated that he was unsure of what was going on, but ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:then it became clear that there was sexual activity because of the noises he overheard. Witness 2 testified ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-that Witness 1 slept in the basement when Witness 2’s sister was around “as a show.” However, when ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2’s sister was not around, Witness 2 testified that Witness 1 would sleep in the Member’s room ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-with him. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 testified that he tried to speak to Witness 1 about the inappropriate relationship between her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-and the Member. He stated that Witness 1 was not concerned but that his father (the Member) was furious ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-when he found out that he spoke to Witness 1. Witness 2 explained that the Member yelled at him, held ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-him down, and warned him not to interfere with the Member’s relationship with Witness 1. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 testified that the he became depressed and felt like a zombie because he constantly needed to be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-around to cover for the Member and Witness 1’s relationship. Witness 2 stated that one evening he and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-his father had a “really bad fight” after Witness 2 commented “you are going to bed with your whore ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-again.” Witness 2 stated that this led the Member to physically confront him and grab him by the throat. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 moved immediately thereafter back to his mother’s house. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 testified that following the aforementioned incident, he began “dropping hints” about the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-relationship between the Member and Witness 1 to family members and to Witness 1’s parents. Witness 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-explained that he treated Witness 1 with contempt while at her parents’ house in the hope that Witness 1’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-parents would end the relationship. Witness 2 stated that he ultimately told his aunt that “his dad was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:having sex with one of his students.” He explained that he called the Member the day after confiding in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-his aunt to give the Member “the gentleman’s way out”, and told the Member if he ended the relationship ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-himself, Witness 2 would not go to the police. Witness 2 testified that after this phone call, the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-picked him up and brought him to the classroom to talk. Witness 2 testified further that Witness 1 was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-present when his father (the Member) threatened to tell the police that Witness 2 tried to rape Witness 1, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-and that the Member was just helping Witness 1 through the situation. Witness 2 testified that he became ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-distraught and asked his father to take him home. In the car, Witness 2 asked the Member, “Why can’t ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-you just stop this, why is this more important than your son or your daughter?” Witness 2 further stated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-that his father told him to stop talking and asked him if he was “wearing a wire”. Witness 2 testified that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-he showed his father that he was not wearing a wire, and that he feared for his own safety because the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Member was acting irrationally and was delusional. Witness 2 testified that he went to the police shortly ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-thereafter. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 testified that after these incidents he did not have much of a relationship with his father (the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Member), as he asked his father to apologize repeatedly but the Member never did. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-SUBMISSIONS BY THE COLLEGE WITH RESPECT TO FINDING ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Counsel for the College presented an outline of the evidence and submitted that the Committee ought to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-find the Member guilty of professional misconduct under each of the heads of misconduct set out in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-College Counsel explained that the Member’s conduct began with classic grooming behaviour, as he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-presented the student with information about his personal life, including “socializing” her with talk of past ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:girlfriends, the relationship with his ex-wife, and the inclusion of details of his sexual activities with these ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-women. Counsel for the College described the Member’s behaviour as a “trial balloon” to see how the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-student would react. When there was no adverse reaction, the Member moved to physical contact, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:touching her hand, her face, kissing her ear, then her mouth. The “grooming” also included the creation of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-a fantasy for Witness 1 in which Witness 1 and the Member would marry, live on a farm, move away to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-where their relationship would be accepted and where they could be married while Witness 1 was [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-years old. The Member asked Witness 1 to design the house in which she wanted to live, and to research ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-animals that they would have on the farm. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:Counsel for the College stated that the grooming developed into a physical, sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:frequent encounters in the School, and often in the classroom. This sexual relationship continued over the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-summer vacation through a ruse of Witness 1 helping with renovations in the Member’s home. This ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-deception included the involvement of the Member’s [XXX]-year-old son (Witness 2) who was asked by ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-the Member to pose as Witness 1’s boyfriend as a decoy, in order to explain the frequency of Witness 1’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-visits to the Member’s home. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-College Counsel characterized Witness 1’s testimony as being clear, cogent, and credible, with specific ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-details, and vivid recollection. According to College Counsel, the credibility and consistency of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-witness testimonies establish that the evidence against the Member is overwhelming. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-conviction. Witness 1 used language in her testimony that was clearly her own, and she did not seem to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-have been coached. Her testimony was reasonable and consistent throughout, and reflected a vivid recall ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-of events. Her evidence was plausible and was corroborated in many respects by the testimony of Witness ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-2. She demonstrated a balanced view of the events, and seemed to present facts truthfully, without undue ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-bias. The Committee therefore finds that Witness 1’s entire testimony was credible. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2 was confident and composed for the majority of his testimony, and spoke frankly and with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-conviction. Witness 2’s testimony portrayed his growing concern and distaste for his father’s (the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Member’s) increasingly inappropriate behaviour. He observed many of the events in question, and his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-testimony was reasonable and consistent throughout, reflecting a detailed recall of both events and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-conversations with his father, specifically given the proximity of his bedroom to that of his father’s. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2’s evidence was credible and was corroborated at many points by the testimony of Witness 1. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-As with Witness 1, the Committee found this to be compelling, as the two witnesses expressed in their ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-individual testimonies an antipathy toward each other. These feelings of antipathy were present ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-throughout the impugned events that occurred, yet Witness 1 and Witness 2 presented many of the same ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-facts, without bias. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:The Committee finds that, on a balance of probabilities, the Member engaged in an inappropriate sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-relationship with Witness 1, his student, when she was [XXX] and [XXX] years old. In particular, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-throughout the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 academic years, the Member regularly and repeatedly engaged ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:in sexual activity with Witness 1, both at the School and at his home. The sexual activity included, but ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:was not necessarily limited to kissing, oral sex, intercourse, and anal sex. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct set out above gives rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); he abused a student physically contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); he abused a student psychologically or emotionally contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); he abused a student sexually contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-the Act; he failed to comply with section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(15); he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-(1) The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:The Committee accepts College Counsel’s submission that evidence of sexual abuse of Witness 1, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Member’s student, is overwhelming. The Committee finds that this is not the type of case in which expert ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-evidence is required in order to prove the standards of the profession. The Committee relies on the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-following passage from Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (CanLII) at paragraph ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-71: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- There may be cases where conduct is so egregious that an expert is not required to inform the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf: Committee about it being misconduct. For example, physical or sexual abuse of a student by a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- teacher, or counselling a student to commit a criminal act, would be clear examples of conduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- that is so offside what is acceptable as to be self-evidently misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s sexual abuse of Witness 1 in this case constitutes conduct that is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:so egregious that no expert evidence is required. The Member regularly and repeatedly engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-activities with a young female student over the course of one and a half academic years. His conduct is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-clearly and un-mistakenly professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:The Member’s sexual abuse of Witness 1 was a clear breach of the Ethical Standards for the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-(2) The Member abused a student physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 1(7.1) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member abused a student physically. There is plentiful evidence that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:Member sexually touched, kissed, and engaged in oral, anal, and vaginal intercourse with a young student ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-(namely, Witness 1) over a period of a year and a half. Touching a student in this manner is clearly ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-physically abusive. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-(3) The Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused a student. The Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-preyed on Witness 1’s vulnerability when he knew that she had [XXX] tendencies, and exploited this for ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:his own sexual gratification. Witness 1 was only [XXX] and then [XXX] years old at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:incidents and it was evident through her testimony that the Member’s repeated sexual conduct had a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-negative psychological and emotional effect on her. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-The Member promised Witness 1 a fantasy life. Specifically, he told her they would move somewhere ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-where the age of consent is lower so that they could get married, that they could live on a farm with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-animals, and that she could design their new house. The Committee finds that these promises were ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-emotionally abusive because the Member knew that Witness 1 was in a vulnerable emotional state. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 1 testified that she “may as well” try the relationship with the Member, as she “hated her life” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-and was contemplating [XXX]. Further, the Member convinced Witness 1 that she needed to go along ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-with the “cover story” that she was romantically involved with the Member’s son. The Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-that this ruse was psychologically abusive towards Witness 1, as she was told to deceive peers and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-teachers at the School, as well as her parents. Witness 1 was also put in the position as a [XXX] year old ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-of having to condone the Member’s actions towards his son (Witness 2), when the Member forced his son ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:to restrict his life in order to maintain the “cover story” for the Member’s sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 1. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:The sexual relationship between the Member and Witness 1 lasted for over a year and ended with her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-being admitted to the [XXX] on [XXX]. Witness 1 testified that she was so humiliated about what had ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-occurred, that she [XXX] of school. She stated that she had felt that everyone was against her. A clear ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-power imbalance existed between the Member and the Student, and the Member’s exploitation of his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-position of trust and authority was unconscionable. The Committee finds that the evidence clearly ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-establishes that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused a student. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Although it falls outside the Notice of Hearing and was not considered as part of the finding of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-psychological or emotional abuse, the Committee notes that the Member’s actions toward the Student did ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-not only negatively affect her. The Member’s behaviour was emotionally and psychologically abusive ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:towards his son (Witness 2), in the Member’s pursuit of his sexual relationship with Witness 1. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Member bribed Witness 2 to “cover for him” and to act as Witness 1’s boyfriend, so that people would ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-not find out about the “romantic” relationship between Witness 1 and the Member. It was clear through ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Witness 2’s testimony that he felt deceived when he discovered that his father’s relationship with Witness ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:1 was not solely romantic, but sexual as well. The Committee notes that Witness 2 appeared to have ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-significant feelings of anxiety and guilt about needing to act as a cover for his father, and started to act ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-contemptuously towards Witness 1 and her family. Further, the Member threatened his son (Witness 2) by ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:saying that if Witness 2 told the police the truth about the Member’s sexual relationship with Witness 1, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-the Member would tell the police that his son (Witness 2) tried to rape Witness 1, and that he (the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Member) was only providing solace. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:(4) The Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf: 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member sexually abused a student. The definition of sexual abuse in section ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:1 of the Act includes “touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member.” The Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:clearly establishes that he sexually abused Witness 1. The Member engaged in a pattern of escalating ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:sexual activity with Witness 1, beginning with kissing and holding hands, to oral sex, and eventually ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:intercourse and anal sex. Over the period of a year and a half, the Member regularly and repeatedly used ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:Witness 1 sexually with no regard to her age. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-(5) The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made under that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act states that “[i]t is the duty of a teacher and a temporary teacher ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-[…] to inculcate by precept and example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-All of the Member’s actions described above establish that the Member clearly disregarded his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-responsibility for leading by example, particularly in the areas of truth, loyalty, humanity, and justice. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Member’s behaviour showed complete disregard for the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-both witnesses, and demonstrated his lack of concern for the impact of his actions on all who were ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-involved. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-(6) The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. The factual findings ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-set out above demonstrate that the Member took advantage of his position of trust and authority as a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:teacher, and repeatedly engaged in an unacceptable, abusive sexual relationship with his student (Witness ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-1). The Member’s conduct also eroded the public’s trust and confidence in the teaching profession. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Committee was struck by the Member’s total lack of personal and professional judgment, as well as his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-disregard for clearly articulated boundaries on relationships between teachers and students. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Member’s repeated egregious conduct would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-dishonourable or unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-(7) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of the teaching profession, for similar reasons to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-those set out directly above in relation to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:engaging in a duplicitous, sexual relationship with a young student (Witness 1), the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-conduct unbecoming a member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-The Committee notes the distinction between subsections 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Subsection 1(18) typically involves conduct that occurs during a teacher’s professional life (while he or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-she is “on duty”), whereas subsection 1(19) typically involves conduct that occurs while a teacher is “off ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-duty”. In this case, the Member’s egregious conduct occurred both during the course of his professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:life, and while he was off duty. The initiation of the sexual relationship began at the School during school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:hours, as did many of the Member’s sexual encounters with the student, which took place in his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:classroom and various locations around the School. The Member was therefore “on duty”. Other sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-encounters took place at the Member’s home on weeknights, weekends, and during the summer, when the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Member was “off duty”. Accordingly, it is appropriate in this case to find that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, in addition to subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Committee’s powers for penalty orders, after a finding of guilt has ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-been made, are found in section 30(4) of the Act. College Counsel submitted that since the Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:found the Member guilty of sexual abuse contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-certain automatic consequences must follow. Specifically, College Counsel submitted that section 30.2(2) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-of the Act contains a list of enumerated acts of misconduct that would trigger a mandatory penalty under ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:section 30.2(1) of the Act. The enumerated acts of misconduct include the following: sexual intercourse; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-genital to genital contact, genital to anal contact, oral to genital contact, and oral to anal contact; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-masturbation of the member by, or in the presence of, the student; masturbation of the student by the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-member; and encouragement of the student by the member to masturbate in the presence of the member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the evidence established that Witness 1 and the Member frequently ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:engaged in sexual intercourse. College Counsel submitted further that the evidence also established that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 24 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-there was masturbation of Witness 1 by the Member. College Counsel submitted that because the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-engaged in misconduct as defined in section 30.2(2) of the Act, the Committee is required to order that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Member be reprimanded and that his certificate of qualification and registration be revoked, as per section ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act. College Counsel stated that the Committee has no discretion in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-On April 18, 2017, the Committee made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-1. The Committee directs that the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers immediately revoke ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the Member is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- to immediately surrender to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-2. The Committee directs that the Member receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf:The Committee recognizes that the Member’s conduct involving the sexual abuse of a student (Witness 1) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-is one of the enumerated acts of professional misconduct listed in section 30.2(2) of the Act. Pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-section 30.2(1) of the Act, the Committee therefore must make an order: (a) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-reprimanded by the Committee; and (b) directing the Registrar to revoke any certificate held by the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Member under the Act. The Committee notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-denounces the Member’s reprehensible conduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf-Date: March 29, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct24.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated September 7, 2017 was served on Terrence Phillip Magill (the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-“Member”) requesting his presence on October 2, 2017 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for April 11, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Member was self-represented but he was not in attendance during the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted an Affidavit of Daniela Spano (Exhibit 2) sworn on April 10, 2018, to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-prove that the Member had been informed of the allegations against him, the time and date of the hearing, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-as well as the penalty being sought. In this affidavit, Ms. Spano, a law clerk with McCarthy Tétrault LLP, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-outlines her communications with the Member and provides proof of service of all required documents. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Based on this affidavit, the Committee was satisfied that the Member had been properly served with the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Notice of Hearing and all disclosure documents and was aware of the time and date of the hearing and the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-penalty being sought. The Committee delayed the start of the hearing by approximately 15 minutes to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-allow the Member time to appear. The Member did not appear. The Committee therefore heard this matter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-in the absence of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The College sought and the Committee ordered a publication ban pursuant to section 32.1 of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”). Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of, the student involved in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:Between September 2010 and June 2011, the Member engaged in several incidents of physical and sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-abuse of a female, Grade [XXX] student (the “Student”). The Member was charged with three counts of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:sexual exploitation contrary to section 153(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). On November 24, 2015, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:before the Ontario Court of Justice, the Member pled not guilty to the first count of sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-but guilty to the lesser offence of assault, contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code (Canada). He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-received a conditional discharge and was placed on probation for a period of 12 months. The Crown ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-withdrew the other two charges. During his criminal proceedings, the Member admitted that he had: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-hugged the Student from behind; placed his arms around the Student’s stomach; and lifted the Student off ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-the ground. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:No evidence of sexual abuse was presented during the Member’s criminal proceedings, but the College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:alleges that, in addition to the assault for which the Member was found guilty, he also sexually abused the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Student by kissing her on the forehead or cheek (or both) and by touching her breasts. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee’s task is to determine whether the facts alleged by the College have been proven on a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-balance of probabilities and if so, whether the Member’s conduct gives rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-misconduct. For the reasons that follow, the Committee found the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-misconduct on April 11, 2018 under each head of misconduct set out below. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Terrence Phillip Magill is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- (b) he abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- (c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Mr. Caputo is a transportation technology teacher, who previously worked in the automotive industry. He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-has taught at the Student’s [XXX] school since December 2013 and he also [XXX] at that school. He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-never taught the Student, but he was her [XXX] when she was in Grades [XXX] and [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Mr. Caputo testified about how he learned of the incidents involving the Student and the Member, as he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-was the first person to whom the Student disclosed these incidents years after they had occurred. He also ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-testified about his observations of the Student’s demeanor after she told him what the Member had done ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-to her, and about the concerns that the Student had raised with him about reporting these incidents to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-police. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:After learning that the Member had touched the Student in a sexual manner, Mr. Caputo reported the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-incidents to his acting vice-principal at the time and suggested that the Student contact the school social ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-worker for support. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Ms. Zazzarino’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Ms. Zazzarino has been a member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-since 2003, and she became a school social worker in the fall of 2008. She was a social worker at the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Student’s [XXX] school, and the Student was referred to her when she was in Grades [XXX]. Ms. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Zazzarino described the Student as being very strong academically and very involved in the school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-community. She explained that the Student was guarded with her emotions and that it took her time to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-open up. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Ms. Zazzarino testified about how she learned of the incidents involving the Student and the Member, and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-she described what the Student had disclosed to her. She also testified about the impact that these ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-incidents had on the Student. For instance, one time, after the Student had received a call from the police ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-about their investigation, Ms. Zazzarino found the Student on the floor of the guidance office, crying in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-the corner. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-  The Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession and The Standards of Practice for the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- Teaching Profession (Exhibit 13). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the evidence presented to the Committee proves each of the allegations ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-set out in the Notice of Hearing, on a balance of probabilities. College Counsel therefore submitted that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-the Committee should find the Member guilty of professional misconduct under each head of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-alleged in the Notice of Hearing. With respect to the allegation that the Member breached subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97, College Counsel submitted that it was not necessary to present expert ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-evidence to prove that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession because it is self- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:evidently a breach of professional standards for a member to sexually abuse a student. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-College Counsel reviewed with the Committee the transcripts from the Member’s criminal proceedings ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-and submitted that the Court’s findings were narrower than the findings that the College was seeking from ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-the Committee. College Counsel submitted that the Committee should find, at a minimum, that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Member assaulted the Student (as he admitted during his criminal proceedings), and that the Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:ought to further find that the Member sexually abused the Student (as alleged in the Notice of Hearing). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:Although the Member’s criminal proceedings do not refer to the Member’s sexual touching of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Student, College Counsel submitted that the Committee could nevertheless make factual findings in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:relation to the sexual touching given the evidence that was before them (which was not before the Court). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-In response to questions from the Committee (and advice received from independent legal counsel), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-College Counsel confirmed that the College was not seeking to re-litigate the result reached in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-criminal proceedings. The College accepted the criminal finding of assault, but also sought to prove ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-additional allegations that were not tested before the Court. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-College Counsel reviewed the relevant evidence with the Committee and submitted that the three College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-witnesses were credible. The Student testified about the significant impact that the Member’s conduct had ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-on her and she was very clear that the Member touched her breasts. College Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:Committee ought to find that the Member’s actions were sexually motivated. Although the Student may ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-not have understood the Member’s intentions at the time that she provided her statement to the police, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-College Counsel submitted that she would not have experienced the extreme psychological consequences ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:that she did if the Member’s conduct were not sexual in nature. As a young [XXX] during the hearing, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:Student testified that she believed that the Member’s conduct was sexually motivated. She did not have ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-this same insight or understanding at the time that she reported these events, when she was still a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-traumatized [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-College Counsel added that Mr. Caputo’s evidence helped to explain the circumstances surrounding the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:Student’s initial disclosure of the sexual abuse, and that Ms. Zazzarino’s evidence provided some context ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-for the Student’s emotional state and the impact that the Member’s conduct had on her. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Onus and standard of proof ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The College bears the burden of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of proof set out ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, which is proof on a balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Having considered the College’s oral, video and documentary evidence and the submissions of College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on April 11, 2018, finding the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee found that the Member committed acts of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2) On November 24, 2015, the Member was found guilty of assault contrary to section 266 of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada), received a conditional discharge, and was put on probation for ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- a period of 12 months ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The certified copy of the Court Information regarding the Member’s criminal charges and the Transcripts ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-of the Member’s Proceedings at Sentencing before the Honourable Justice M. Speyer, dated November ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-24, 2015 prove that the Member was found guilty of assault contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-(Canada), that he received a conditional discharge, and that he was put on probation for a period of 12 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-months (see Exhibit 8 at page 11 and Exhibit 9 at pages 1-3 and 14). The Committee therefore finds that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-the College has proven the allegations set out at paragraphs 5 and 6 of the Notice of Hearing, and makes ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-these factual findings in accordance with Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Contested Facts ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-In addition to the factual findings set out above, the College sought findings from the Committee in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:relation to the Member’s alleged sexual abuse of the Student. No evidence of the Member’s sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-of the Student was presented during his criminal proceedings and the Court, therefore, did not consider ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-that issue. The Committee, however, received oral and video evidence in relation to the Member’s alleged ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:sexual abuse of the Student and it considered that evidence in making the factual findings set out below. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 1) The Member kissed the Student on the forehead and/or on the cheek ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member kissed the Student on the forehead, as alleged at paragraph 4(d) of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-the Notice of Hearing, but that the College did not present sufficient evidence to prove, on a balance of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-probabilities, that the Member kissed the Student on the cheek. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee received the Student’s video-recorded statement in which she described the forehead- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-kissing incident as follows. In 2010, when the Student was in Grade [XXX], she was walking down the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-School hallway with a friend, they passed by the Member’s classroom, and he came out to chat with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-them. They chatted briefly and the Student told the Member that she needed to leave, as she was on her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-during her oral testimony before the Committee, College Counsel asked her if she had a different ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-perception of the Member’s intentions now that she was a young [XXX], thinking back to the incidents in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-question. The Student became visibly emotional during this portion of her testimony, she responded ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-slowly and thoughtfully, and she became teary as she stated, “he knew what he was doing.” She explained ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:that she did not believe the Member had accidentally touched her in a sexual manner. According to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Student, the Member knew the female anatomy; he knew not to touch people (particularly in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-workplace); and, he was a teacher who ought to have known to respect professional boundaries. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee also received Mr. Caputo’s oral testimony regarding the Student’s disclosure of these ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-incidents to him. Mr. Caputo testified that the Student came to see him one day and that she seemed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-troubled. He asked her if there was anything bothering her and the Student told him about the incidents at ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-her former [XXX] school involving the Member. Mr. Caputo testified that the Student told him that a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-former [XXX] (the Member) asked her to try on a [XXX] over her existing clothes and that he placed his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-hands over her breasts. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Mr. Caputo testified that the Student was shaking and that she broke down in tears when she shared this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-information with him. She appeared to be very nervous at the time. Mr. Caputo further testified that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Student told him that she was concerned about what might happen to the Member if she reported his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-conduct. She was also worried about her parents finding out what happened, because she felt ashamed. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:Ms. Zazzarino similarly testified about how she learned of the Member’s sexual touching of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-With Mr. Caputo present (because he was already aware of the incidents and because the Student felt ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-more comfortable having him present for the conversation), the Student disclosed to her that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-had touched her inappropriately when she was in Grade [XXX]. Ms. Zazzarino testified that the Student ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-described being fondled on her breasts and being kissed on the forehead and cheek. The Student told her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-that some of these incidents occurred in the [XXX] room of the School [XXX]. The Student also told Ms. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Zazzarino that the Member continued to send her text messages after she had [XXX] from the School. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Ms. Zazzarino described the Student’s demeanor when she reported these incidents to her. According to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Ms. Zazzarino, the Student’s head was down, she seemed sad, she did not make eye contact and she ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-seemed uncomfortable. The Student worried about the implications of reporting the Member’s conduct, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-particularly because she knew that he was a father and because he was well respected at the School and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-viewed by many as a “father figure.” The Student also reported being confused and worried that a teacher ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-and a “father figure” had done this to her. Ms. Zazzarino testified that the Student was also concerned that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-if she told her parents, they might not allow her to remain on [XXX], which was important to the Student. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-In light of this evidence, the Committee finds, on a balance of probabilities, that the Member touched the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Student’s breasts on two separate occasions. The Student’s evidence in relation to both incidents was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-credible. She had a vivid recollection of the incidents, including specific details of where she was when ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-the incidents occurred, how the incidents occurred, and where the Member touched her. Her evidence was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-not exaggerated, particularly when she was asked by the police if she knew the Member’s intentions and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-she responded (at the time) that she did not and that she could not understand why a family man would ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:have sexually touched her. The Committee does not believe that it is inconsistent for the Student to have ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-changed her opinion about the Member’s intentions now that she is an [XXX] and has more insight into ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-the incidents than she did as a young [XXX]. The Student’s evidence was also internally and externally ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-consistent. Mr. Caputo and Ms. Zazzarino testified that the Student had reported the same incidents to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-them as she had reported to the police, and her account was consistent throughout. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee believes that the Student testified in an honest and forthright manner. It was evidently ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-difficult for the Student to testify about such personal matters. The Student became visibly emotional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-during her testimony, took long pauses and became teary as she described the events in question. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Committee does not believe that the Student was out to get the Member. To the contrary, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-received evidence that the Student was conflicted about and had a difficult time deciding whether to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-report the Member’s conduct in the first place, because she knew that he was well respected in the school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-community, and that he had a family. She was worried about the impact that her report might have on the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Member, and she felt ashamed to report the Member’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Although the Member could have participated in his hearing, he decided not to and therefore did not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-cross-examine the College’s witnesses or present any evidence in his defence. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds that it is more likely than not that the Member touched the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-breasts, as alleged at paragraph 4(e) of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Member is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct set out above gives rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); he abused a student physically contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); he abused a student psychologically or emotionally contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); he abused a student sexually contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3); he failed to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); he committed acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and, he engaged in conduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 1) The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession. Although no ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-expert evidence was provided to prove that the Member’s conduct breached the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-profession, the Committee accepts College Counsel’s submission that expert evidence was not required in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:this case because the Member’s sexual abuse of the Student is conduct that is so egregious that it is self- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-evidently misconduct.2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:The Member’s sexual abuse of the Student was a clear breach of The Ethical Standards for the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Profession and The Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession (Exhibit 13). By kissing the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Student on the forehead and by approaching her from behind on two occasions and touching her breasts, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-the Member showed a blatant disregard for the ethical standards of care, trust, respect and integrity. He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-also failed to “promote and participate in the creation of [a] collaborative, safe and supportive learning ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-[community],” as set out in The Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession (Exhibit 13). Members ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-of the teaching profession hold a unique position of trust and authority, and the Member abused this trust ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:when he touched the Student in a sexual manner. The Member demonstrated a gross disregard for the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Student’s physical and emotional well-being. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-By kissing the Student on the forehead and touching her breasts, the Member also disregarded the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-College’s Professional Advisory regarding Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Misconduct, dated September 27, 2002 (Exhibit 10). The Professional Advisory expressly states that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:Member should avoid “making physical contact of a sexual nature” (Exhibit 10 at page 4). It also advises ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-that, when meeting with students, members should ensure that: “classroom and office doors are left open; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-a third party is present or aware of the meeting; the student is not physically isolated from other ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-observers, for example, behind closed doors; [and] they are not alone with an individual student except in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-urgent or emergency circumstances” (Exhibit 10 at page 4). The Member clearly disregarded this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-professional advisory as he entered School [XXX]rooms alone with the Student and touched her breasts. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Member displayed a disturbing lack of professional judgment in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- See Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (CanLII) at paragraph 71. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Member abused a student physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-1(7.1) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member abused the Student physically. The Member hugged the Student ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-from behind, he placed his arms around her stomach, he lifted her off the ground, he touched her breasts, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-and he kissed her forehead. The Member was found guilty of assault contrary to section 266 of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). This conduct evidently constitutes physical abuse. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2) The Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused the Student. The Student ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-testified about the impact that the Member’s conduct had on her. She explained that she was angry and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-upset about what happened. She was upset that she did not realize what was going on sooner. She felt ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-naïve for having trusted the Member. She felt ashamed. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-It was clear from the Student’s testimony (years after the fact) that she was still shaken by the incidents ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-that took place while she was in Grade[XXX]. She became teary and emotional when describing the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-incidents and the impact that they had on her. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee also received evidence that the Student struggled with the decision to report the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Member’s conduct and that she lived with that weight on her shoulders for several years (between Grade ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-[XXX] and Grade [XXX]). She was worried about the impact that her disclosure of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-conduct might have on the Member – a well-respected teacher, a “father figure” and a family man. She ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-was afraid to tell her parents about what happened to her, and she struggled to find a trusted adult with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-whom she could share her story. No student should have to live with the stress, confusion, and distrust ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:that the Student contended with for years following the Member’s sexually abusive conduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee received Mr. Caputo and Ms. Zazzarino’s observations of the Student’s emotional state ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-following her disclosure to them of the Member’s conduct. Mr. Caputo testified that the Student seemed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-troubled and that she was shaking and broke down in tears when she first shared her story with him. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:Ms. Zazzarino similarly testified that, when the Student told her about the Member’s sexual abuse, she ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-had her head down, she seemed sad, she did not make eye contact, and she seemed uncomfortable. Ms. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Zazzarino once found the Student on the floor of the guidance office, crying in the corner after having ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-received a call from the police about their investigation. Ms. Zazzarino further testified that the Student ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-was vulnerable and that she had [XXX] in Grade [XXX] and had [XXX] in Grades [XXX] and [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Although Ms. Zazzarino did not draw a causal link between the Member’s abuse of the Student and the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Student’s subsequent [XXX] and [XXX], the timeline of these events and common sense suggest that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:Member’s actions had a serious impact on the Student’s psychological or emotional state. By sexually ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-abusing the Student, the Member flagrantly betrayed her trust, which proved to be very destabilizing for ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-the Student. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf: 3) The Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member sexually abused a student. The definition of sexual abuse at section ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:1 of the Act includes, “touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member” and “behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the student.” The Member touched the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-breasts on two occasions and he kissed her on the forehead another time. The breast-touching incidents ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-occurred while the Member was alone with the Student, behind closed doors. All of these incidents made ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-the Student feel “weird” and uncomfortable. The fact that the Member touched an [XXX] female’s breasts ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:– a sensitive body part – establishes the sexual nature of the Member’s conduct. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:unacceptable conduct clearly meets the definition of sexual abuse set out in the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 4) The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-sets out the duties of a teacher. Section 264(1)(b) of the Education Act provides that it is the duty of a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-teacher to, “encourage pupils in the pursuit of learning.” The Member failed to encourage the Student in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-her pursuit of learning by taking advantage of his position of trust and authority and by causing her to be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-distrustful of teachers. By subjecting the Student to such a traumatic experience at school, the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-detracted from the Student’s formative education. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act provides that it is the duty of a teacher to “inculcate by precept ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-and example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, benevolence, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” The Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-demonstrated a complete disregard for loyalty, humanity and justice. The Member behaved disloyally to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-his family, and his actions directed at the Student were completely unjust. He demonstrated a concerning ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-lack of concern for the Student’s physical and emotional well-being. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 5) The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. The public and the teaching profession do not tolerate the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:sexual abuse of students. Through his conduct, the Member violated the trust that the public places in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-teachers. When parents send their children to school, they expect that they will be safe. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-breach of this trust was repugnant. He touched the Student’s breasts on two separate occasions while they ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-were alone in a [XXX]room at the School and he kissed her on the forehead. This type of behaviour is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-completely unacceptable. It is disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 6) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:profession by sexually abusing the Student. Through his egregious conduct, the Member undermined the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-reputation of the teaching profession and the trust that parents, students and the public place in teachers. It ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-reflects poorly on the profession as a whole when members behave disgracefully, as the Member has. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-College Counsel explained that the Committee has the discretion to order a penalty that it considers ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-appropriate in the circumstances, but submitted that revocation would be appropriate in this case because ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:the Committee found that the Member sexually abused a student. According to College Counsel, given ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:the harmful impact that the Member’s intentional sexual touching had on the Student, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-ought to revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration. College Counsel further ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-submitted that revocation was not mandatory in this case, as the Member’s conduct did not fall within the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-enumerated types of misconduct set out at section 30.2(2) of the Act, but that the Committee nevertheless ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-has the authority to order this penalty pursuant to sections 30.2(3) and 30(4) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-College Counsel briefly presented the Committee with seven previous cases decided by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Committee in order to establish that revocation was an appropriate order that fell within the range of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-penalties ordered for similar misconduct in the past. Four of the following cases resulted in revocation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-and three of the cases resulted in lengthy suspensions: Ontario College of Teachers v. Khan, 2013 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-ONOCT 57 (CanLII); Ontario College of Teachers v. Young, 2015 ONOCT 92 (CanLII); Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-College of Teachers v. Coysh, 2017 ONOCT 15 (CanLII); Ontario College of Teachers v. Hamm, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-ONOCT 16 (CanLII); Ontario College of Teachers v. Rafael, 2017 ONOCT 99 (CanLII); Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-College of Teachers v. Spence, 2015 ONOCT 74 (CanLII); and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Champion, 2015 ONOCT 10 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-On April 11, 2018, the Committee made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-1. The Committee directs that the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers immediately revoke ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the Member is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-In arriving at its decision with respect to penalty, the Committee carefully considered the College’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-evidence and submissions. The Committee was also mindful of the guiding principles that penalty orders ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-should address, including specific and general deterrence, remediation (in appropriate cases), and public ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:protection. In cases such as this, where the Member’s professional misconduct involved the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-of a student, the objectives of deterrence and public protection are of primary concern to the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee also recognizes the principle that like cases should be treated alike. The penalty in this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-case falls with the range of penalties ordered in several similar cases before the Discipline Committee, as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-presented by College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Revocation is not a mandatory penalty in this case but it is the appropriate order given the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:The Member sexually abused the Student and the Committee does not tolerate this type of conduct. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Student was vulnerable and the Member took advantage of his position of trust and authority to make ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:sexual advances that made the Student feel uncomfortable. The Committee received concerning evidence ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-about the impact that the Member’s conduct had on the Student. In the years following the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:sexual touching of the Student, she [XXX] and considered [XXX]. Even while testifying years after the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-events in question, and as a young [XXX], the Student remained visibly shaken by the Member’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-He demonstrated a complete disregard for her physical and emotional safety. His conduct traumatized her. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 26 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee also received evidence that the Member continued to reach out to the Student via text ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-message after she had [XXX] from the School (when she was in Grade [XXX]). He attended a couple of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-her [XXX]. Because this conduct was not alleged in the Notice of Hearing, the Committee made no ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-findings in this regard, and it would have ordered revocation regardless of whether the Member had ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-contacted the Student after she had [XXX]from [XXX]school. However, this evidence forms part of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-concerning narrative regarding the Member’s abuse of the Student. The Committee has grave concerns ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-that the Member not only abused the Student while she attended the School, but then continued to contact ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-her after she had [XXX] and [XXX] schools. There was no reason for the Member to maintain contact ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-with the Student, which calls into question his intentions and his professional judgment. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:There is no place in the profession for members who sexually abuse students. The public expects that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-children will be safe when they are at school. Teachers are entrusted with the care of students. They must ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-provide students with a physically and emotionally safe learning environment. They must never make ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf:sexual advances or touch students in a sexual manner. By kissing the Student on the forehead and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-touching her breasts, the Member egregiously breached his position of trust and authority. Revocation is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-the only penalty that appropriately responds to professional misconduct of this nature and gravity. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Member’s conduct undermined the reputation of the teaching profession and will not be tolerated. He has ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-accordingly forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and being a member of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-profession in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and meets the principle of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf-Date: April 27, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- Shanlee Linton, OCT ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The Committee found that the Member’s conduct during the 2013-2014 academic year constituted ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-professional misconduct. The Member was a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) at the time. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Committee found, among other things, that the Member had made a number of unprofessional comments ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-to students and colleagues over the course of that academic year. In particular, the Member made ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-disrespectful comments to a student about her weight by telling her that she was fat; he made comments ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:to students that made them feel uncomfortable and crossed professional boundaries; and he sexually ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:harassed colleagues by referring to one as a “sexy blonde”, by suggesting that another wear a shorter skirt ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-so that he could see more of her legs, and by grabbing or touching a colleague’s arm or cheeks. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Member also pinched a student’s cheeks, which made her feel uncomfortable (see Decision on Finding ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-and Reasons for Decision dated November 14, 2017 at pages 76-77). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Although the Member claimed that his actions were “in jest”, the Committee did not accept this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-explanation. Regardless of the Member’s intentions, his inappropriate and demeaning comments made a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-number of students and colleagues feel uncomfortable at the School. While some of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-comments (if viewed in isolation) may be at the lower end of the spectrum of professional misconduct, his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-comments were not harmless. They formed part of a concerning pattern of behaviour and, by making ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-these comments, the Member demonstrated a significant lack of professional judgment (see Decision on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Finding and Reasons for Decision dated November 14, 2017 at page 79). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Based on this conduct, the Committee found that the Member contravened subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The College did not prove that the Member breached subsections ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.3) or 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, as alleged in the Notice of Hearing dated June ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-29, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The Committee reconvened on April 27, 2018 to hear submissions with respect to penalty. The Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-was self-represented and he was in attendance for this phase of the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-French, 2016 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) (“French”); and Ontario College of Teachers v. Orton, 2017 ONOCT ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-100 (CanLII) (“Orton”). College Counsel noted that these cases involve similar circumstances to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Member’s case and that the penalties were similar to that sought by the College. The suspensions ordered ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-in these cases range from three to eight months in duration but College Counsel submitted that a three- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-month suspension in the Member’s case would be too short, given the serious and repeated nature of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Member’s misconduct and his lack of insight or improvement after having been warned to avoid the type ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-of behaviour in which he engaged. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The College did not seek costs in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The Member made extensive submissions with respect to penalty, but many of his submissions were not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-relevant to the Committee’s determination of the appropriate order in this case. The Committee repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-invited the Member to focus his submissions on the issue of whether he was in agreement with the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-College’s proposed penalty (that included a reprimand, a six to nine month suspension, and the successful ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-completion of rehabilitative coursework); and if not, what he believed would be an appropriate penalty in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-this case. The Member, however, spent considerable time re-arguing his position from the finding stage of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:this hearing. He submitted that he never sexually harassed anyone, that he and his family have already ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-suffered greatly because of these proceedings, and that he believed that all of the evidence in this matter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-was “null and void”, among other things. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The Member also referred to a settlement from his wrongful dismissal proceedings (about which the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Committee had received no evidence during the finding stage of this hearing) and he submitted that he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-believed the confidentiality of that process applied to his discipline matter at the College. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-informed the Member that its decision was not based on the Member’s wrongful dismissal process in any ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-way; it was based solely on the evidence that was received during the Member’s discipline hearing at the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-College, which is a process that is open to the public. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The Member’s principal (at the time) testified that mediation was not an option because the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-completely dismissed the complaints made against him, he was not prepared to attend mediation at the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-time, and because students were not comfortable being in the same room as the Member (see Decision on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Finding and Reasons for Decision dated November 14, 2017 at page 15). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:Second, with respect to the Member’s submissions that he did not sexually harass anyone, College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:Counsel noted that the Committee had already found that the Member had sexually harassed female ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:colleagues, although the Committee did not find that the Member sexually abused students (see Decision ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-on Finding and Reasons for Decision dated November 14, 2017 at pages 75-76). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Third, with respect to the Member’s submissions that he could teach the proposed professional boundaries ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-course, College Counsel submitted that this comment is completely inconsistent with the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-findings and demonstrates that the Member does not recognize that his conduct was inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member’s lack of insight into his professional misconduct is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-troubling. College Counsel further submitted that many of the Member’s submissions show that he does ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:not understand what sexual harassment is, and that he has a concerning lack of awareness or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-understanding about the negative impact that his behaviour has had on his female students and colleagues. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The Committee rendered an oral decision on April 27, 2018, in which it made the following order as to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-penalty: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-1. the Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately following the hearing of this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- matter to receive a reprimand which is to be delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- College of Teachers, 101 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- recorded to the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-2. the Registrar is directed to suspend the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- Member shall provide to the Registrar a written report from the course practitioner: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- (i) stating that the Member has successfully completed the course and reporting on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- the progress of the Member with respect to addressing the outlined goals of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- course. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The Committee has the discretion to order a penalty that it finds appropriate in the circumstances of this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-case, in accordance with its powers set out at subsections 30(4) and 30(5) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”). The Committee carefully considered the submissions of the parties with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-respect to penalty and reviewed the relevant jurisprudence provided. The order set out above satisfies the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-penalty objectives of specific and general deterrence, rehabilitation, transparency, and protection of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-public interest. The order is proportionate to the Member’s misconduct and in line with the Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-factual findings and legal conclusions, which are set out in the Committee’s Decision on Finding and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Reasons for Decision dated November 14, 2017. It also falls within a range of acceptable outcomes, based ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-on the prior decisions of the Discipline Committee presented by College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Reprimand ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s inappropriate pattern of behaviour warrants a reprimand by his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-peers. The Member agreed with this element of the penalty and acknowledged, “We all make mistakes at ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-some point.” The Committee found that the Member failed to maintain appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:boundaries with students and colleagues. He made disrespectful comments to students, he sexually ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-harassed female colleagues by making rude and demeaning comments to them, he pinched the cheeks of a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-student and he grabbed or touched a colleague’s arm or cheeks. This unwanted behaviour made those ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-around him feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Members of the teaching profession are expected to promote safe and supportive learning environments ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-and to model appropriate and respectful behaviour. They are also expected to behave professionally with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-their colleagues. The Member’s conduct fell short of meeting these expectations. The reprimand, which ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-was delivered immediately following the penalty hearing on April 27, 2018,2 allowed the Committee to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-directly address its concerns with the Member. It serves as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Suspension ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The Committee received extensive submissions from the parties regarding the appropriate duration of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-suspension. College Counsel urged the Committee to order a suspension in the range of six to nine ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-months, but presented case law that established a range of three to eight month suspensions for similar ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-misconduct. The Member submitted that he should not be suspended at all, in part because he and his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-family have already suffered significantly as a result of these proceedings, and because he does not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-believe that he did anything wrong. He submitted that if there were any boundaries that were crossed, it ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-was only “in the minds of those who came here and testified.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The Committee finds that it is appropriate to suspend the Member, given his serious and repeated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-misconduct in this case. The Committee is concerned about the Member’s complete lack of insight into ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-his professional misconduct. While it is unfortunate that the Member and his family have had a difficult ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-time contending with these proceedings, the consequences in this matter are a direct result of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Member’s actions. The Committee received ample evidence during the finding stage of this hearing that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:proved, on a balance of probabilities, that the Member sexually harassed several female colleagues, made ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-demeaning or inappropriate comments to students, and made members of his School community feel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-uncomfortable. His conduct was unacceptable and it went far beyond “jesting”, teasing or joking around. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-To be clear: regardless of the Member’s intentions, many in his School community felt singled out or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- The Committee asked the Member and the Member confirmed that he was prepared to receive the reprimand on April 27, 2018, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-despite his right to appeal the Committee’s decision. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-harassed because of his comments and behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The Member’s lack of insight about his professional misconduct was striking. He has taken no ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-responsibility for his actions and he continues to believe that his wrongdoings were fabricated in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-minds of those whom he offended. In response to the College’s submission that an important element of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-the penalty in this case should include the Member’s successful completion of a professional boundaries ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-course, the Member stated: “I can teach that course.” The Member’s brash and dismissive attitude in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-face of significant evidence to the contrary is concerning to the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The Committee has determined that a three-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate in this case. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-In reaching this decision, the Committee reviewed its factual findings and legal conclusions, it listened to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-the parties’ submissions, and it compared the Member’s misconduct to the case law provided by College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Counsel, which established a range of appropriate outcomes for the similar misconduct of other members ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-who have been before the Discipline Committee. The Committee is not bound by prior decisions of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Discipline Committee but it recognizes the legal principle that like cases should be treated alike. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Therefore, in determining the appropriate duration of the suspension in this matter, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-considered the similarities and differences between the Member’s case and those presented by the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-College. The duration of the Member’s suspension falls at the lower end of the range presented by the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-College for the following reasons. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The nature of the Member’s misconduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-As set out in its Decision on Finding and Reasons for Decision dated November 14, 2017, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:misconduct formed part of a concerning pattern of behaviour. He sexually harassed colleagues, he made ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-students feel uncomfortable by making inappropriate and demeaning comments to them, and his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-behaviour did not improve despite having received warnings from School administration for similar, prior ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-misconduct. Although some of the Member’s comments, when viewed in isolation, may be at the lower ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-end of the spectrum of professional misconduct, the repeated nature of his misconduct and the fact that he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-did not learn from past mistakes is concerning. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-This case involves a member who simply does not understand the implications or the impact of his words; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-it does not involve a member who intentionally preyed on students or colleagues. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-behaviour was foolish, unprofessional and unacceptable, but the Committee does not believe that there ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-was any malice behind the Member’s actions or that he was behaving in a mean-spirited manner. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Member showed a complete lack of understanding or awareness about the impact that this conduct had on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-those around him. This does not excuse his conduct, but rather suggests that the Member is in need of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-rehabilitation and re-education as part of his penalty. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Analysis of case law presented by College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-College Counsel presented five cases to the Committee in order to establish a range of reasonable ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-outcomes in this matter, based on prior decisions of the Discipline Committee: Fair, Eltis, Ward, French ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-and Orton. The suspensions ordered in these cases range from three to eight months. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-nevertheless submitted that the appropriate penalty in this case should include a suspension of six to nine ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-months. The Committee finds that the Member’s misconduct is more similar to the misconduct committed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-in the cases submitted by College Counsel that fall at the lower end of the three to eight month spectrum ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-presented, for the following reasons. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:In Fair, the member (who was a vice-principal) had sent inappropriate emails of a sexual nature to staff, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-she inappropriately touched a colleague on his buttocks in a crowded auditorium, and she publicly ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-chastised a colleague on at least two occasions. Although Ms. Fair’s case involved fewer incidents than ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-the Member’s case, her misconduct was equally serious. As a vice-principal, she demonstrated extremely ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-poor judgment as a leader of her school community. She also touched a particularly sensitive area of a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-colleague’s body in a very public location, which was not the case in the Member’s matter. Ms. Fair’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-penalty included a three-month suspension. The Committee does not believe that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-misconduct is more serious than Ms. Fair’s, and it therefore does not believe that a longer suspension ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-would be appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-In Eltis, Mr. Eltis was found to have engaged in a number of serious boundary violation issues over the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-course of several academic years. Among other things, he used profanity in the classroom; made a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:sexualized joke to students; referred to female students by pet names such as “sweetheart”; used a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-textbook to make contact with a student’s buttocks; squeezed a student’s knee and asked if she was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-ticklish; put his hands on a student’s neck; and asked a student whether he was a boy or a girl and referred ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:to that male student as “Mademoiselle” and “lady”. Although Mr. Eltis did not sexually harass colleagues, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-his misconduct was no less serious than the Member’s. It occurred over several academic years, and the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:Children’s Aid Society determined that there was a risk that a child was likely to be sexually harmed. As ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-in the Member’s case, the Discipline Committee in Eltis expressed concerns about the Member’s lack of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-awareness and insight into the effect that his behaviour had on the well-being of students. Mr. Eltis’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-penalty, which was the result of a joint submission, included a three-month suspension. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-does not believe that the Member’s conduct was more serious than Mr. Eltis’s conduct, and therefore, it ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-does not believe that a lengthier suspension is warranted. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-In Ward, Mr. Ward was found to have failed to maintain appropriate boundaries with students by hugging ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:students and touching their buttocks; calling students “sexy”, “beautiful”, and “pretty”; making a number ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-of inappropriate comments that included telling students, “I think you have such a great body”, “you’re ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-my type of girl, I would want you as my girlfriend”, and “[your] boobs looked really good in [that] shirt”; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-and making students feel uncomfortable to the point where they reported incidents to the school’s youth ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-worker. Mr. Ward’s penalty included a three-month suspension. The Committee finds that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-conduct was similar in seriousness to Mr. Ward’s and that a lengthier suspension would not be warranted. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-While it is difficult to compare the gravity of such comments, the Committee believes that Mr. Ward’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-behaviour was at least as inappropriate as the Member’s, if not more inappropriate. Mr. Ward made overt ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:comments of a sexual nature to students, and although the Discipline Committee in that case did not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:believe that his conduct amounted to sexual abuse, his conduct was at least as concerning as the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Member’s conduct in this case. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:In French, the Discipline Committee found that Mr. French had engaged in the sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-or students, among other things. Mr. French told a student that she was a “naughty girl” and tapped her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-buttocks. He also made a number of comments that made students feel uncomfortable, he rubbed a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-colleague’s arms and back and pinched her sides, and said he could not help it when the colleague told ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-him to stop. Mr. French received a four-month suspension as part of the penalty order in his matter, which ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-was decided on agreement by way of a joint submission. The Committee finds that French is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:distinguishable on its facts, particularly given that a finding of sexual abuse was made in that case, unlike ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-in the Member’s case. Sexual abuse findings are extremely serious and attract significant penalties. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Committee believes that the misconduct in French was higher along the spectrum of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-misconduct than the Member’s misconduct, which justifies the lengthier four-month suspension in that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-matter. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-In Orton, the Discipline Committee found that Mr. Orton had made a number insulting and insensitive ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-comments to students and that he had discussed inappropriate personal information with students, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-including telling them about parties he attended and about a conversation that he had with a prostitute. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Mr. Orton had received numerous warnings and significant prior discipline from his Board, but his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:misconduct persisted. The Discipline Committee found that Mr. Orton had sexually abused students based ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:on the definition of sexual abuse in the Act, which includes behaviours or remarks of a sexual nature by a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-member towards a student, among other things. Mr. Orton received an eight-month suspension as part of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-the penalty order in his matter, which was decided on agreement by way of a joint submission. Like ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-French, the Committee believes that Orton is distinguishable on its facts from the Member’s case. A ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:finding of sexual abuse was made in Orton, which is an extremely serious finding that gives rise to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-significant consequences. No such finding was made in the Member’s case, and the Committee therefore ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-does not believe that a suspension of similar duration to Mr. Orton’s suspension would be appropriate in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-the Member’s case. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds that a three-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate in this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-case. The suspension will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member by showing him that the College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-does not tolerate the type of conduct in which he engaged. Recording the fact of the suspension on the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-public register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession by demonstrating that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:there are serious consequences for sexually harassing colleagues and failing to maintain appropriate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-professional boundaries with students. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Coursework ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-The Committee finds that the course of instruction regarding professional boundaries and boundary ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-violations will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member, should he ever return to a Teaching Position. It ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf:is essential for the Member to understand what constitutes harassment in the workplace, including sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-harassment, before he returns to a teaching position. The Member must be aware that it is unacceptable to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-make comments to students that make them feel uncomfortable, and that there is a significant difference ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-between teasing, where both parties participate in a light-hearted joke, and harassment, where one party ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-makes unwelcome remarks at another’s expense. The Member must accept that members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-profession hold a unique position of trust and authority and that comments, which might seem harmless in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-a familial setting, are often not appropriate in a professional teaching environment. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Moreover, the Committee believes that it is important for the coursework component of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-penalty to be culturally relevant. While the Committee recognizes that the College’s standards of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-profession are the same for all members, regardless of background, it was clear from the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-submissions that coursework which would incorporate [XXX] values and practices regarding ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-reconciliation and restorative practices would be of great importance to the Member. This ought to be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-taken into consideration when designing the prescribed professional learning course for the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-Although the message must not differ from other professional boundaries courses, consideration should ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf-be given to the delivery method so that the Member is able to reflect on the material in a way that will ./ontario-cases/2018onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Member was present and had legal representation during the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The allegations in this matter arose as a result of the Member’s alleged conduct during the 2013-2014 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-academic year. In 2014, the Member is alleged to have: dismissed his students early from class; allowed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-an unidentified female visitor to enter the school premises during school hours; and to have engaged in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:sexual activity in his school office with an unidentified female visitor. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Committee’s task is to determine whether the facts alleged by the College have been proven on a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-balance of probabilities and if so, whether the Member’s conduct gives rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-misconduct. For the reasons that follow, the Committee finds the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-misconduct under each head of misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing below. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsection 30(2) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- (b) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- (c) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- (d) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-1. Igwenagu Raphael Awachie is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto Catholic District School Board ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-3. On or about May 9, 2014, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- (a) dismissed students early from class; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- (b) allowed an unidentified female visitor to enter the School prior to the end of the school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- day. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:4. On or about June 12, 2014, the Member engaged in sexual activity in his school office with an ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- unidentified female visitor. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Member denied all of the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing and entered a plea of not guilty. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The College called two witnesses: 1) Barry White (“Mr. White”), the School’s principal at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-events in question; and 2) Anthony Lamanna (Mr. Lamanna”). Various documents were also introduced ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-into evidence, including: Mr. White’s investigation notes; Mr. White’s email report to the superintendent; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. White’s preliminary report; the Board’s Code of Conduct; the College’s Ethical Standards for the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Teaching Profession; and the College’s Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession. The College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-also presented video evidence of the School’s security camera footage. In support of the video evidence, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the College presented video logs showing the relevant time stamps and photographs of the classroom ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-where the events in question took place. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member’s Counsel called the Member as his only witness. Member’s counsel also introduced into ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-evidence the Member’s response to the Board regarding the June 12, 2014 allegation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-College Witnesses ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-27 seconds to clean the science lab. Between 5:39:48 p.m. and 5:40:11 p.m., Mr. White identified the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member and the unidentified female leaving the building using the same stairwell and door the female ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-visitor entered through. Mr. White stated that this is not the way a visitor is supposed to exit the School’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-premises. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-On June 13, 2014, Mr. White met with Mr. Lamanna regarding the events of June 12, 2014 and recorded ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-notes from the meeting (Exhibit 4). The notes state that Mr. Lamanna told him what he witnessed the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-previous night. Mr. White also recorded that Mr. Lamanna had seen women in the Member’s office, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-during the evening hours, for the past three years. Mr. White’s notes also record that Mr. Lamanna signed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:a typed version of his testimony regarding the sexual encounter he witnessed on June 12, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. White prepared a preliminary report on June 13, 2014 and this was entered as Exhibit 9. The report ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-outlined the following information: on June 12, 2014, Mr. Lamanna was carrying out his cleaning duties ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-when he entered the science lab and witnessed the Member having intercourse with a woman. Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna left the science lab, spoke with the School’s secretary, Lucy De Cesare (“Ms. De Cesare”), and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-then phoned Vince De Prospero (the person on the Board who supervises the caretakers) and Mr. Kovacs ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-to report what he had seen. Mr. Kovacs in turn phoned Mr. White. Further, the report stated that on the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-evening of June 12, 2014, Mr. Lamanna wrote out a detailed description of what he saw on June 12, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-and signed a typed version of his statement. Mr. White’s report stated that on the morning of June 13, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-2014, he checked the security cameras and noted the relevant time stamps. Mr. White reported that Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna advised him that he had seen women in the Member’s office over the past three years and that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-he had previously seen the particular woman he saw on June 12, 2014. Mr. White testified that this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-preliminary report was accurate and reflected his best efforts to document what he found and what he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-observed. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. White testified that after reviewing the security footage on June 13, 2014, he was of the opinion that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the allegation that he heard from the vice-principal, namely that Mr. Lamanna witnessed the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. White’s notes (Exhibit 4) recorded a conversation with Mr. Shanahan from June 23, 2014. Mr. White ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-testified that he learned from Mr. Shanahan that the Member met with the Board and that he was denying ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the allegations. He stated that the Member told the Board that Mr. Lamanna was “out to get him.” Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-White testified that he was not aware of any grudge between the Member and Mr. Lamanna but ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-acknowledged that there had been an issue in the past where the Member had accused Mr. Lamanna of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-unplugging his fridge. Mr. White testified that his notes contained a notation to himself to check the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-security footage surrounding the relevant events. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. White drafted and sent an email to Mr. Shanahan on July 4, 2014, and this was entered as Exhibit 10. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The email outlined the relevant time stamps from the security footage (noted above) relating to the events ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-on May 9, 2014. Specifically, the email recorded the following: the Member dismissed his students at ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-2:33 p.m.; the Member went to the back door, let in an unknown female, and accompanied her to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-science lab at approximately 3:18 p.m.; the unknown female left the science lab to use the washroom at ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-approximately 4:16 p.m. and then returned to the science lab; the Member left the science lab at ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-approximately 4:26 p.m. to use the washroom and then returned to the science lab; and the Member and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the unidentified woman left the School together at approximately at 4:33 p.m. Mr. White’s email also ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-noted that the [XXX] school students were in class when the Member let the unknown woman into the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-School and that the science lab was located in the [XXX] building. Mr. White testified that he included ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-this information because the [XXX] school students could have walked into the unlocked science lab ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-when the Member and the unknown female were in there. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Board’s Code of Conduct and College Standards ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. White was also asked questions about the College’s Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-and the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession (see Exhibit 11) and the Board’s Code of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:Conduct (see Exhibit 12). Mr. White testified that the Member’s sexual encounter on the School’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-property breached the ethical standards for the teaching profession (namely respect). He stated that it is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-“completely shocking” that the Member had intercourse on the School’s property. It is inappropriate, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-disrespectful to the School community and the colleague who shares the office, and undermines the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Catholic teaching of matrimonial fidelity. Mr. White further testified that by allowing an unidentified ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:woman to enter the School’s premises during school hours, by engaging in sexual relations on the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-School’s property, and by dismissing his students early, the Member demonstrated a lack of leadership in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-learning communities (which is a standard of practice of the teaching profession) by not promoting a safe ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-learning environment. Mr. White testified that the Member did not meet the expectations set out in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Board’s Code of Conduct because he showed a lack of respect for the School’s climate and he was not a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-positive role model. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Events on June 12, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Counsel for the College showed Mr. Lamanna four photos of the [XXX]school science lab and entered ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the photos as Exhibit 13. Mr. Lamanna testified that the photos were an accurate reflection of what the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-science lab looked like in 2014. Mr. Lamanna testified that the first photo was an image from the left side ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-of the science lab facing the teacher’s office [XXX] at the back of the room. He stated that the second ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-photo showed a white wall dividing the classroom from the teacher’s office. Mr. Lamanna testified that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the third photo was taken from the vantage point of the second photo, showing that it was easy to see over ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the dividing wall into the teacher’s office. He stated that the fourth photo showed the inside of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-teacher’s office and that the image reflected the layout of the office as it was in June 2014. Mr. Lamanna ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-testified that the teacher’s office had two desks and that in 2014, the desk on the left was the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-and the one on the right belonged to a teacher named Rebecca. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Counsel for the College showed Mr. Lamanna video footage (Exhibit 5) from June 12, 2014. Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna testified that the video footage showed him leaving room 202, which was across from the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-science lab, at around 5:15 p.m. He admitted that this was late for him to start his cleaning duties. He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-testified that the reason he started late on June 12, 2014 was because his friend was the supply custodian ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-during the day and that he spent a good amount of time talking to him before he started working. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. Lamanna identified himself in the video entering the science lab around 5:15:34 p.m. and exiting ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-approximately 27 seconds later. He stated that he left the science lab approximately 27 seconds after he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:entered because he witnessed the Member and a female visitor engaging in sexual intercourse. Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna testified that 27 seconds is not the usual time it takes him to clean the science lab. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-College Counsel asked Mr. Lamanna to explain what happened on June 12, 2014 and why he left the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-science lab approximately 27 seconds after he entered. Mr. Lammana testified about the sequence of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-events. He entered the science lab and began to do his work in clockwise motion when he noticed a foot ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-and leg in the window of the teacher’s office. He found that to be strange so he moved closer (to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-position depicted in photo 2 of Exhibit 13) and looked through the window of the teacher’s office. He saw ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-a woman lying with her back on the Member’s desk with her “legs spread eagle.” The Member was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:clearly “thrusting” and it was obvious to him that they were having sexual intercourse. The Member saw ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-him and they made direct eye contact. The Member immediately stopped what he was doing, pulled up ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-his pants, and the woman pulled down her skirt. Mr. Lamanna testified that he saw the Member’s face and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the profile of the unidentified female’s face as well as her leg. He stated that she was “[XXX], with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-[XXX] and [XXX].” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. Lamanna testified that the footage from June 12, 2014 (Exhibit 5) showed him leaving the science lab ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:immediately after witnessing the sexual encounter and walking straight towards the office. He stated that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-at the time he was feeling confused and shocked because he had never seen anything like that before. He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-testified that he did not know what to do and went to the office to look for Mr. White, who was not there ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-at the time. Mr. Lamanna stated that the School’s secretary, Ms. De Cesare, saw him and asked him what ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-happened. Mr. Lamanna testified that after telling her what he witnessed, she advised him to call Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-White, Mr. Kovacs, and his supervisor. Mr. Lamanna testified that he and Ms. De Cesare witnessed the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member and the unidentified female visitor leaving the School. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. Lamanna testified that he called his supervisor and texted Mr. Kovacs. He stated that he then spoke to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. Kovacs on the evening of June 12, 2014 and advised him of the events he had witnessed earlier that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-evening. He stated that Mr. Kovacs asked him to document the events that transpired that day. Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna testified that Exhibit 8 consisted of his hand written statement (which was created on June 12, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-2014), and his typed statement with his signature. He testified that this document reflected an accurate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-record of what transpired on June 12, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Counsel for the College showed Mr. Lamanna the video footage (Exhibit 5) from June 12, 2014, which ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-portrayed the Member letting the unidentified female visitor into the School and them entering the science ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-lab. Mr. Lamanna testified that the unidentified woman in the video footage was “definitely” the same ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:woman he witnessed the Member engaged in sexual activity with on June 12, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Counsel for the College showed Mr. Lamanna Mr. White’s Preliminary Report dated June 13, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-(Exhibit 9). Mr. Lamanna testified that he spoke with Mr. White and that this document represented an ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-accurate depiction of the events that transpired on June 12, 2014. However, Mr. Lamanna testified that he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-did not tell Mr. White that he had seen the unidentified female visitor twice within the last week leading ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-up to the events on June 12, 2014. He stated that he told Mr. White that he had seen her before at some ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-point during the preceding weeks. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Events on May 9, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Counsel for the College showed Mr. Lamanna the video footage (Exhibit 5) from May 9, 2014. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-asked Mr. Lamanna if the footage of the Member letting in an unidentified female visitor was the same ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-person he saw on June 12, 2014. Mr. Lamanna testified that he could not tell from the footage if she was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the same person from June 12, 2014 or not. He stated that he had seen the Member with other female ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-visitors on previous occasions. Mr. Lamanna testified that the Member’s office used to be located in an ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-older part of the [XXX] school building. He stated that between the time the Member had his old office ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-until June 12, 2014, he witnessed the Member with a female visitor approximately eight times. Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna testified that he never reported the Member on any of the previous occasions because he had ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:never witnessed the Member engaging in sexual activity. He stated that he reported the Member on June ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:12, 2014 because he witnessed the Member and the female visitor engaging in sexual activity. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Relationship with the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Counsel for the College advised Mr. Lamanna that there was a suggestion that he and the Member had a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-strained relationship. Mr. Lamanna testified that his relationship with the Member was a working ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-relationship and that it was neither friendly nor unfriendly. He stated that the two of them had never ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-argued or exchanged heated words. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Counsel for the College told Mr. Lamanna about a suggestion in the case regarding potential conflict ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-between himself and the Member. Mr. Lamanna was first asked about an incident regarding a shelf. He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-stated that the “shelf incident” occurred when the Member was in his old office (not the science lab ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-office). Mr. Lamanna testified that the shelf was an old homemade shelf with boxes and books stacked on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-top. He stated that, on one occasion, he was cleaning and a box fell off the shelf and almost hit him. Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna testified that he had no duty relating to health and safety but stated that if he saw a health and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-safety concern he would report it to his supervisor. He stated that he recalled being concerned about the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-falling boxes and reported it as a health and safety hazard. Mr. Lamanna testified that the shelf was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-dismantled after he reported it and that there was neither an apology nor a confrontation between himself ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-and the Member regarding the shelf. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-College Counsel asked Mr. Lamanna if he recalled a second conflict between himself and the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-over the Member’s washroom (the “washroom incident”). Mr. Lamanna testified that he had a vague ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-memory of his supervisor telling him to pay more attention to the washroom the Member used. He stated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-that he recalled it had something to do with forgetting to replace the toilet paper. Mr. Lamanna testified ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-that this incident did not cause him to dislike the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Finally, College Counsel asked Mr. Lamanna about a suggestion that he unplugged the Member’s fridge ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-(the “fridge incident”). Mr. Lamanna testified that he had no memory of this and that he does not unplug ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-fridges during the course of his duties. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Cross-examination of Mr. Lamanna ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Counsel for the Member asked Mr. Lamanna about the contents of Mr. White’s Preliminary Report dated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-June 13, 2014 (Exhibit 9). Specifically, Counsel for the Member noted that Mr. White documented that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. Lamanna advised him that he had seen the unidentified woman from June 12, 2014 twice in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-preceding week. Mr. Lamanna testified that he did not tell Mr. White that he saw the unidentified woman ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-twice in the preceding week and that it must have been a miscommunication. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:Counsel for the Member asked Mr. Lamanna questions about his ability to witness the alleged sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-encounter on June 12, 2014. Mr. Lamanna testified that it was easy to see over the wall that separated the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-science lab from the teacher’s office since the wall only reached the height of his waist. Mr. Lamanna ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-testified that he could see through the window of the teacher’s office clearly and saw the unidentified ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:female visitor crouch down after he had witnessed her and the Member engaging in sexual activity. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Counsel for the Member advised Mr. Lamanna that the Member would later testify that he complained to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. Lamanna about the state of the washroom the Member used. Mr. Lamanna testified that he and the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-them attended his class. He stated that most of his students did not come to school that day because they ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-were tired from the [XXX] tour. The students who did attend school were not in his class because they ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-were in the grade [XXX] [XXX] rehearsal. The Member testified that he dismissed the remaining three ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-students early in order to allow them to participate in the [XXX] rehearsal. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Counsel for the Member asked the Member about allowing an unidentified female visitor on the School ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-premises during school hours. The Member admitted that he allowed an unidentified female on the School ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-premises on May 9, 2014. However, the Member stated that when he allowed the visitor into the School, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-he believed that “school hours” were over because the [XXX] day was over. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Member testified that his office [XXX] was close to a staircase that led to one of the School’s back ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-doors. He stated that he opened this door for the female visitor on May 9, 2014 and accompanied her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-straight to his office. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Member testified that, at the time, he was under the impression he could let in a visitor through the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-back door. He stated that on May 9, 2014 he let the female visitor into the school after the [XXX] day was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-over and that he thought he was allowed to do so. The Member testified that he first learned about the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-visitor policy (namely, that visitors must enter through the main door of the School) on June 20, 2014 in a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-meeting with the principal. He stated that in the meeting with the principal on June 20, 2014 he was made ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-aware of the School’s visitor policy, as well as the allegations against him. The Member testified that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-policy was discussed in two teachers’ meetings, on June 29, 2012 and August 30, 2012, and that he was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-not present at either meeting. He stated that he was not otherwise informed about the visitor policy until ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the June 20, 2014 meeting with the principal. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Events on June 12, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member’s Counsel asked the Member about the June 12, 2014 allegation. The Member denied engaging ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:in sexual activity in his school office. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Member testified that he opened the back door for a female visitor on June 12, 2014 around 4 p.m. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-He stated that the [XXX] day was over and that he thought it was okay to let the visitor into the School ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-through the back door. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Member testified that after he let the unidentified female visitor into the School he accompanied her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-to his office in the science lab. He stated that he gave her a “visitor’s seat” in his office while he hurried ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-to finish his work for the day. The Member testified that he was preparing exam papers, marking ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-students’ work, and running back and forth between his office and the main office. The Member testified ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-that the female visitor was also a [XXX] and that she was doing schoolwork during the time she was in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:his office on June 12, 2014. He stated that he did not engage in sexual intercourse with the female visitor ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-in his office on June 12, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Member testified that the female guest visited him on June 12, 2014 to give him a lift home. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member testified that the visitor also lived “up north” and having her drive him home would save him ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-from having to commute by public transit. He stated that he and the unidentified female visitor left the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-School around 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. and that she gave him a lift home. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Counsel for the Member asked the Member about Mr. Lamanna’s testimony, specifically, that he saw the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:Member and the unidentified female visitor engaging in sexual activity on June 12, 2014. The Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-testified that he heard Mr. Lamanna enter the science lab that evening and that he opened his office door ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-to check who was entering the science lab. He stated that he saw it was Mr. Lamanna and went back into ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-his office to continue his work. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Relationship with Mr. Lamanna ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Counsel for the Member asked the Member about his relationship with Mr. Lamanna and about four ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-incidents that occurred between the two of them. The Member testified that his relationship with Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna was “frosty.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-evening, and that he handed Ms. De Cesare his exam papers before he left that night. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-asked the Member if Ms. De Cesare was coming to testify: the Member stated that he did not know ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-whether she was coming. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Details about the Unidentified Female Visitor ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-In response to a question from College Counsel, the Member testified that his wife was in the gallery of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:the hearing and agreed that if the allegation of sexual intercourse were found as a fact, it would be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-detrimental to his marriage. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-College Counsel questioned the Member about this relationship with the unidentified female visitor. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member admitted that the unidentified female visitor was at the School on both May 9, 2014 and June 12, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-2014, and was there to do the Member a favour by driving him home. The Member testified that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-“unidentified female” is a family friend that is in her [XXX]]. He stated that they have been family ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-friends for over 20 years and that she knows his wife and children. The Member testified that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-unidentified female visitor knows where the Member lives and that he knows where she resides and has ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-visited her at her home in [XXX]. The Member stated that they are connected through the same [XXX] in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-[XXX]. He testified that the female visitor used to be [XXX] and is now [XXX]. The Member testified ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-that the unidentified female visitor is a [XXX] and is part of the [XXX] as well as the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-After considering the submissions by the parties and advice from independent legal counsel, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Committee approved of College Counsel asking the Member to identify by name the “unidentified female ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-visitor.” The Member testified that her name is [XXX] (“ [XXX]”). The Member admitted that during ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-both the Board’s investigation as well as the College’s investigation he did not disclose [XXX]’s name. It ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-was only during College Counsel’s cross-examination that [XXX]’s name was disclosed by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-College Counsel questioned the Member about why [XXX] was not called to testify at the hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member was handed the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) and confirmed that it was dated October 31, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Member confirmed that the hearing dates (January 23-24, 2018) were scheduled in July 2017. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 29 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:he had sexual intercourse with [XXX] in his school office on June 12, 2014. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-that the College has proven, on a balance of probabilities, each allegation in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-College Counsel provided further detailed submissions regarding each head of misconduct alleged in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Notice of Hearing and submitted that the Committee had received sufficient evidence to make a finding ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-with respect to each head of misconduct. With respect to proving that the Member failed to maintain the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-standards of the profession contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-submitted that the testimony of Mr. White, as a participant expert, supports a finding that: dismissing ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-students early; allowing [XXX] (the then “unidentified visitor”) onto the School’s premises during school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:hours; and, engaging in sexual intercourse with the visitor on the School premises prove that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-failed to maintain the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:College Counsel submitted that the evidence proves that the Member engaged in sexual intercourse with a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-female visitor, now identified as [XXX], in his office on June 12, 2014 and that this proves that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member: failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member’s Counsel’s Submissions ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-With respect to the credibility of the witnesses, Member’s Counsel pointed to perceived inconsistencies ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-between Mr. Lamanna’s testimony and Mr. White’s Preliminary Report regarding the events of June 12, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-2014 (see Exhibit 9). Member’s Counsel questioned the accuracy of Mr. Lamanna’s recollections and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-whether the witness may have been harbouring negative personal feelings towards the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 30 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member’s Counsel stated that the Member had remained very consistent throughout the proceedings in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:his denial of having had sexual intercourse with a female visitor. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member’s Counsel reminded the Committee that the burden of proof lies with the College and that it must ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-ensure that the civil standard of the balance of probabilities has been met and that the burden of proof is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-satisfied with “clear, cogent and convincing evidence.” Member’s Counsel submitted that sufficient doubt ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-exists in this case. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-College Counsel’s Reply ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-College Counsel replied to Member’s Counsel’s submissions. Regarding the issue of perceived ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-discrepancies raised by Member’s Counsel in relation to witness testimony, College Counsel referenced ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Pitts in which the commonality of failure of recollection is discussed and suggested to the Committee that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-not much inference should be drawn from minor inconsistencies. Similarly, College Counsel advised that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the Member’s consistency in denying the allegations against him is irrelevant. According to College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Counsel, the absence of [XXX] at the hearing is the crucial element. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The College bears the burden of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of proof set out ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, which is proof on a balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by the parties, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-finds that Igwenagu Raphael Awachie committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 33 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the testimony of Mr. White. Further, the Committee finds that it is not reasonable to conclude that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member had knowledge of the School’s visitor policy during school hours and at the same time had no ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-common sense knowledge of the visitor policy regarding after-school hours. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds that the College has proven on a balance of probabilities that, on May ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-9, 2014, the Member let [XXX] onto the School’s premises prior to the end of the school day. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:(3) On or about June 12, 2014, the Member engaged in sexual activity in his school office with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- an unidentified female visitor ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:The Committee finds it more likely than not that the Member engaged in sexual activity in his school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-office with [XXX] on June 12, 2014, as set out in paragraph 4 of the Notice of Hearing. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-received credible evidence from Mr. Lamanna and contemporaneous documentary and video evidence ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-from the College with respect to the material facts in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-As noted above, Mr. Lamanna testified that he saw the Member and [XXX] (the previously “unidentified ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:female”) engaging in sexual activity on June 12, 2014. Mr. Lamanna explained that he entered the science ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-lab on the evening in question to clean the classroom when he saw a foot and leg through the window of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the teacher’s office. He approached the teacher’s office and saw, through the window, the Member and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:[XXX] engaging in sexual intercourse. Mr. Lamanna testified that he left the science lab immediately ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:after witnessing the sexual encounter and did not finish cleaning the science lab. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Committee finds that Mr. Lamanna was a very credible witness. First, Mr. Lamanna had the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:opportunity to observe the Member’s sexual encounter with [XXX]. He was about four feet away from ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the window of the Member’s office when he observed the impugned event. The dividing wall between the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-science lab and the Member’s office was no taller than Mr. Lamanna’s abdomen so it is clear that Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna could see over it. Finally, the Member’s office door contained a vertical window at least four ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-feet in length that was not obstructed in any way. The photos of the science lab (Exhibit 13) support Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna’s testimony that he was physically able to observe what he described. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 34 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:Second, Mr. Lamanna was able to clearly recall the sexual event in question with no hesitation. He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-testified that he was “shocked” by the events he witnessed and the Committee finds that this strengthens ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. Lamanna’s ability to recall the event, as it was a dramatic event that makes it more likely that he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-would remember it clearly. Further, Mr. Lamanna was consistent and clear in his testimony during both ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-direct and cross-examination. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Third, Mr. Lamanna has no interest in the outcome of the hearing. This matter is a regulatory matter and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. Lamanna does not stand to gain any benefit from testifying against the Member as to what he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-observed on June 12, 2014. The Committee considered the submissions of Member Counsel that Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna’s testimony was not credible because the motive for his testimony was revenge (the “revenge ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-theory”). As noted above, Member’s Counsel relied on four incidents to help support the revenge theory: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the unclean bathroom incident that took place in late 2011; the sleeping in the staff room incident that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-took place in April of 2012; the unplugged fridge incident in May of 2012; and the boxes falling off the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-shelf incident that took place in November of 2012. However, based on the evidence given during the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-hearing, the Committee rejects the suggestion that Mr. Lamanna’s testimony was based on revenge. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Committee finds the revenge theory to be unreasonable and believes that the aforementioned interactions ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-between the Member and Mr. Lamanna are inconsequential work events. No reasonable person would “go ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:after” a colleague and fabricate a serious sexual allegation, years after the supposed confrontations, on the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-basis of such minor quarrels. Further, the last “incident” between the Member and Mr. Lamanna took ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-place in November of 2012 and there were no further incidents between then and June of 2014. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Committee finds that this year and a half period between the events involving the Member and Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna further supports the notion that there was no revenge motive on the part of Mr. Lamanna. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Fourth, Mr. Lamanna’s evidence was reasonable and not overstated or exaggerated. Mr. Lamanna ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-presented as an honest and trustworthy witness. His testimony about the physical position of the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:and [XXX] during the sexual activity was reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 35 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Finally, Mr. Lamanna’s evidence was generally consistent, both internally and externally. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-recognizes that Mr. Lamanna’s testimony contained some minor internal inconsistencies. Specifically, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. Lamanna testified that he sent a text message to Mr. Kovacs after witnessing the events on June 12, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-2014 but, in his written statement (Exhibit 8), he stated that he called (rather than emailed) Mr. Kovacs. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Further, Mr. White’s report (Exhibit 9) stated that Mr. Lamanna advised him that he had seen [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-twice within the last week. However, Mr. Lamanna testified that he did not see [XXX] twice within the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-previous week at the School. He stated that he had told Mr. White he had seen the Member with women ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-before and that the error in frequency in the report must have been a misunderstanding. Despite this, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Committee finds that these minor inconsistencies do not go to the core of the case and do not negatively ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-affect the credibility of Mr. Lamanna’s testimony. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Moreover, the Committee finds Mr. Lamanna’s testimony about the event in question on June 12, 2014 to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-be externally consistent. The security camera footage (Exhibit 5) strongly corroborates Mr. Lamanna’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-testimony. The video footage from June 12, 2014 shows the Member and [XXX] entering the science lab ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-together at around 4:12 p.m. The footage also shows Mr. Lamanna entering the science lab at ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-approximately 5:15 p.m., exiting approximately 27 seconds later, and walking towards the main office. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Further, Mr. White’s handwritten notes (Exhibit 4) and Preliminary Report (Exhibit 9) support Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna’s testimony. Mr. White’s notes state that, at 6:01 p.m. on June 12, 2014, Mr. Kovacs called him ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-and explained that Mr. Lamanna had called to report that he saw the Member and [XXX] engaging in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:sexual intercourse in room [XXX]. The notes further state that after witnessing the event in question, Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna spoke with both Ms. De Cesare and his supervisor, Vince Di Prospero, and explained what he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-had seen. The Preliminary Report echoes Mr. White’s handwritten notes, and outlines the relevant time ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-stamps from the School’s security footage (Exhibit 5). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:As stated above, the Member denies engaging in sexual activity with [XXX] in his school office on June ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-12, 2014. The Member testified that [XXX] sat in his office doing her own work and/or reading while he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-was “hurrying” to finish preparing exam papers and marking students’ work. He stated that the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 36 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-[XXX]’s visit was to do him a favour and give him a lift home. The Committee finds that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-testimony was not believable. In the Committee’s opinion the Member’s evidence was neither clear nor ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-cogent; it simply did not have the ring of truth to it. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-First, the Member has a clear interest in the outcome of the hearing. A finding that the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:in sexual activity with [XXX] would reasonably be seen to negatively affect the Member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-and personal life. The Member stands to face a professional penalty and the Member’s marital ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-relationship and reputation in the Catholic community could be negatively affected. He also agreed that it ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-would negatively affect his marriage. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Second, the Committee finds that the Member’s testimony regarding the events of June 12, 2014 was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-neither reasonable nor plausible. The Member did not disclose [XXX]’s identity to his Board or to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-College prior to the hearing. Instead, [XXX] identity was only disclosed by the Member during his cross- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-examination when the Committee ordered him to disclose it. The Committee believes that if the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:did not engage in any sexual activity with [XXX] on June 12, 2014, then disclosing [XXX] identity would ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-not have been a contentious issue and he would have wanted her to testify on his behalf to corroborate his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-version of events. Additionally, the Committee finds that there was insufficient evidence to support the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member’s position and it draws an adverse inference against the Member for failing to call [XXX] as a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-witness (see below for further reasons regarding this adverse inference). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Finally, the Member’s testimony regarding the events on the evening of June 12, 2014 was externally ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-inconsistent with other evidence. The Member’s testimony completely contradicts the testimony of Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Lamanna, which is supported to a large extent by the video footage. For the reasons noted above, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Committee finds Mr. Lamanna’s evidence regarding the events of June 12, 2014 to be more credible than ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the Member’s testimony. Further, in the Member’s written response to the Board (Exhibit 15) and during ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-his oral testimony, he stated that during the time [XXX] was visiting he prepared his exam papers and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-went back and forth between his office (room [XXX]) and the main office on a few occasions. However, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 38 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- away. Such failure amounts to an implied admission that the evidence of the absent witness ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- would be contrary to the party’s case, or at least would not support it.1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:The Committee considered the context of [XXX] role in the impugned sexual activity on balance with the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-rest of the evidence presented, and draws an adverse inference against the Member for failing to call ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-[XXX]as a witness. First, [XXX] is the only person, besides the Member and Mr. Lamanna, who could ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-testify about what took place in the Member’s office on June 12, 2014. According to the Member, [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-sat in his office for approximately an hour and a half while he finished his work so that she could give ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-him a lift home. Further, the Member admitted during cross-examination that [XXX] would have ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-knowledge of the facts surrounding the events on June 12, 2014. Second, not only could [XXX] be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-assumed to be willing to help the Member because they have been family friends for over 20 years, but ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the Member admitted on cross-examination that [XXX] would be willing to assist him if he asked her to. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Finally, the Member has “exclusive control” over [XXX]. Only the Member knew [XXX] identity prior to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the hearing (and indeed until the second day of the hearing). The Committee therefore draws the inference ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-that if [XXX] were to testify, her evidence regarding the events that transpired on June 12, 2014, would ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-be contrary to the Member’s evidence. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct set out above gives rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-misconduct. In particular, the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); he failed to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); he committed acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and he engaged in conduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- Bryant, Alan W., Lederman, Sidney N., and Fuerst, Michelle K., The Law of Evidence in Canada (3rd edition), 2009. Lexis ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Nexis Canada Inc.: Markham, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 39 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 1) The Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession. First, he failed to meet the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-profession when he improperly allowed [XXX] to enter the School premises during school hours on May ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:9, 2014. Second, the Member failed to meet the standards of the profession when he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-activity with [XXX] in his office at the School on June 12, 2014. The Committee received expert ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-evidence establishing the standards of the profession from Mr. White, the School’s principal at the time of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the events in question, who was qualified as a participant expert. Mr. White referred to written standards ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-of the College established in The Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession and The Standards of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Practice for the Teaching Profession (Exhibit 11), and to the Board’s Code of Conduct (Exhibit 12). He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-testified that these documents established the standards of the profession and he described during his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-testimony why and how he believed that the Member did not meet these standards. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-In particular, the Committee finds that the Member failed to maintain the Ethical Standards for the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:Teaching Profession (Exhibit 11). Mr. White opined that the Member’s decision to engage in sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-activity with [XXX] in his office at the School was not ethically sound and that it demonstrated a lack of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-respect for the School’s environment. In his opinion, the Member’s actions demonstrated a lack of respect ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-for school property and a lack of respect for the colleague who shares the Member’s office. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Committee agrees. Teachers are expected to uphold the honour and dignity of the teaching profession and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the Member’s actions on June 12, 2014 fell well short of meeting this expectation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Committee further finds that the Member failed to maintain the Standards of Practice for the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Teaching Profession (Exhibit 11), which Mr. White confirmed represent the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Committee agrees with Mr. White’s opinion that the Member did not demonstrate adequate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-leadership in his learning community. First, the Committee finds that the Member did not promote a safe ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-learning environment when he allowed [XXX] to enter the School’s premises, during school hours, in a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-way that violated the School’s visitor policy. School policies exist for the purpose of promoting student ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 40 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-safety and well-being. When the Member violated the School’s visitor policy, he put students at risk. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Second, Members of the teaching profession are expected to foster leadership in learning communities by ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-maintaining and upholding the principles of ethical standards. The Committee agrees with Mr. White’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-overall assessment that the Member breached the standard of “leadership in learning communities” by not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-promoting a safe environment for students and by not upholding the School’s principles of ethical ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-standards. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Finally, the Board’s Code of Conduct (Exhibit 12) outlines detailed standards of behaviour expected of all ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-members of the School’s community. Mr. White opined that this is another professional standard the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member failed to meet. The Committee agrees. First, members of the School community are expected to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-uphold “respect, civility and responsible citizenship” whether on school property or in other ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-circumstances that could have an impact on school climate. Mr. White opined that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:meet this standard by engaging in sexual activity with [XXX] in his school office. Mr. White stated that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-since the proceedings at the College are public, the Member’s actions negatively affected the School ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-climate. For example, the Notice of Hearing was circulated amongst the students at the School and the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-details in the Notice of Hearing had an impact on the students. Second, members of the School ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-community are expected to model respectful and responsible behaviour. Improperly allowing [XXX] to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-enter the School premises during school hours demonstrates irresponsible behaviour on the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:part. Further, by engaging in sexual activity with [XXX] in his school office, the Member failed to be a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-role model for “respectful and responsible behaviour.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Committee takes note that Member’s Counsel submitted that if the Committee were to find as fact ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:that the Member engaged in sexual activity with [XXX] in his office at the School, this would amount to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-a failure to maintain the standards and would be misconduct under Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-1(5). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 41 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Committee concludes that the Member did not maintain the standards of the profession when he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:violated the School’s visitor policy on May 9, 2014, and when he engaged in sexual activity in his school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-office on June 12, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-While the Committee finds that the Member dismissed his students early from class on May 9, 2014, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-early dismissal of his students does not amount to a breach of the standards of the profession in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-circumstances. The Member testified that since the School is a [XXX] school, it is commonplace, and at ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-times expected, for teachers to dismiss students early to allow them to participate in [XXX] related ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-activities. The Committee accepts this aspect of the Member’s testimony. While the College may have ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-wanted the Committee to draw the inference that the Member dismissed the students early for the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-purposes of meeting with [XXX], there is insufficient evidence to meet the burden of proof in that regard. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-There was no evidence presented that there was no [XXX] rehearsal taking place that day. Further, no ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-evidence was presented regarding the School’s protocol for dismissing students early from class. In fact, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Mr. White’s evidence was that dismissing students early could be appropriate or inappropriate depending ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-on the circumstances. The Committee finds that since there was an absence of any evidence of a School ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-policy to the contrary, dismissing students early to participate in [XXX] rehearsal does not amount to a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-breach of the standards of the profession in this specific case. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2) The Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-which sets out the duties of teachers. Specifically, the Member failed to comply with subsection (c), the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-provision that requires teachers ‘”to inculcate by precept and example respect for religion and the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-principles of Judaeo-Christian morality […].”2 The Member’s conduct was in stark contradiction to these ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:expectations. He engaged in sexual activity with [XXX] in his school office. In doing so, he failed to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-model respect for the Christian principles of morality and fidelity to marriage. The Member’s misconduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- Education Act, R.S.O 1990, c. E. 2, subsection 264(1)(c). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 42 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-also eroded his students’ trust and confidence in teachers and he tarnished the reputation of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 3) The Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. The Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-breached School policy when he let [XXX] in through a back door during school hours and in doing so ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-put the safety and well-being of the School’s students at risk. Improperly allowing [XXX] to enter the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-School’s premises on May 9, 2014 during school hours was unprofessional on the part of the Member and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:violated the trust that parents, students, and colleagues placed in him. Further, the Member’s sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-activity with [XXX]on June 12, 2014 would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-dishonourable or unprofessional. The Committee was struck by the Member’s poor professional judgment ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:in this regard and concludes that engaging in sexual activity on the School’s premises clearly amounts to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-“disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional” conduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 4) The Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of the teaching profession, for similar reasons to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-those set out directly above in relation to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By breaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-the School policy and improperly allowing [XXX] to enter the School’s premises during school hours, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:and by engaging in sexual activity with [XXX] in his school office, the Member engaged in conduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-unbecoming a member. This type of behaviour brings disrepute to the entire profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Committee notes the distinction between subsection 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Subsection 1(18) typically involves conduct that occurs during a teacher’s professional life (while he or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-she is “on duty”), whereas subsection 1(19) often involves conduct that occurs while a teacher is “off ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-duty.” In this case, the Member’s inappropriate “on duty” conduct occurred when he violated School ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-policy and allowed [XXX] to inappropriately enter the School during school hours, while the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 43 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf:inappropriate “off duty” conduct occurred when he engaged in sexual activity with [XXX] after school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-hours in his office at the School. Accordingly, it is appropriate in this case to find that the member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-contravened subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, in addition to subsection 1(18). The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Member’s conduct was unbecoming by any reasonable interpretation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-The Committee will schedule a subsequent date to hear submissions on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf-Date: March 26, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- Stéphane Vallée, OCT ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- The comments included, “You’d better not wear my dress” to a particular event that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- was attending. If the Member were to testify, she would say that she told Student 5 that his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- remark was inappropriate. The Member was uncomfortable with former Student 5 and did not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- want him to be around younger students. However, the Member never reported any of her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- concerns to the School office despite the fact that former Student 5 visited at the School. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- Member advised the teacher leading girls’ [XXX] that former Student 5 ought not be permitted to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- attend, should he ask. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-10. During the 2013-2014 and the 2014-2015 school years, the Member engaged in numerous ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- conversations with students, outside instructional time, about dating and relationships, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf: emphasizing that the students were too young to be engaging in sexual relationships. If the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- Member were to testify, she would say that she had viewed her role as attempting to encourage ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- smart and healthy decision-making. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-11. Between September 2, 2014 and December 4, 2014, during a lunch period, the Member talked ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- about and showed a picture of herself standing with an ex-boyfriend to four or five Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- students and Student 7. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-12. During the fall of 2014, former Student 4 attended university, but during a week off, he went to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- the Member’s class. Former Student 4 was one of the Member’s “godchildren.” During his visit ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- to the Member’s class, former Student 4 baked cookies with the Member’s students and the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- Member in the school staff room. The cookies were part of a [XXX] exercise that she conducted ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- with multiple classes that day. That same day, the Member ordered pizza for herself and former ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- Student 4 because he was still in the classroom at noon, but did not bring any lunch. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-13. During the fall of 2014, the Member also went to a mall with former Student 4, although ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- according to the Member former Student 4 waited outside. The Member and former Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- were once mistaken for a couple because he appears older, but according to the Member the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- (inappropriately touching other girls) was wrong, but that she could not answer her question ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- about whether she should continue the relationship and that former Student 6 should make her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- own independent decisions. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf:21. In or about November 2014, the Member had a conversation about sex with one of her female ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf: grade [XXX] students. The student told the Member that she had sexual relations with her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- boyfriend the previous summer. The Member counselled the student that she did not have to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf: continue having sexual relations with her boyfriend; however, the Member did not tell the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf: student’s parents or the School administration about the student’s sexual conduct. If the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- were to testify, she would say that she intended to report this incident; however, her “home ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- assignment” started within days of this conversation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-22. Between September 2, 2014, and December 4, 2014, the Member shared a personal story with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- former Student 6 and Student 7 about how the Member’s cousin’s husband had mouthed that he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- wanted to “fuck” the Member and she thereafter excluded him from her life. If the Member were ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- to testify, she would say that she used the euphemism “the f-word” as she related the story, rather ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- than uttering the swear word. The Member would also testify that this was in response to the two ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf: girls complaining of unwanted sexual advances; she was attempting to demonstrate how to make ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- effective, assertive responses. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-23. Between September 2, 2014 and December 4, 2014, the Member told former students 6 and 7 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- about how she received an inappropriate message from a person on a dating website, who also ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- had an inappropriate photo attached to his profile. The photograph was of the man’s penis. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- Member told the students that the man asked the Member if she “could handle it [the penis].” If ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- the Member were to testify, she would say that she told the students that she had told the man that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- this was inappropriate and ceased all communication. The Member would also testify that her aim ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- in this conversation was the same as that described in the paragraph above. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-Board Response ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-35. As a result of incident on December 4, 2014 [sic], the principal contacted Peel Children’s Aid ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- Society (“PCAS”). PCAS opened an investigation and contacted the police. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-36. On or about December 5, 2014, the Board assigned the Member to home. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-37. On January 5, 2015, PCAS wrote to the principal and indicated that it had completed its ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- investigation. The information reported to PCAS alleged that the Member “has maintained ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf: inappropriate relationships with former students placing the children at risk of sexual harm.” The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf: PCAS did not verify “the risk that any child has been sexually harmed.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-38. As a result of the finding, PCAS closed its file. Attached as Appendix “B” is a copy of PCAS’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- letter to the Board. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-39. On or about January 14, 2015, the Board initiated an investigation into the Member’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-40. On March 13, 2015, the Member submitted a “Request for Voluntary to Excess” form requesting ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- a transfer from the School. On March 23, 2015, the Member’s request was signed by the School’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- principal. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-41. In or about September 2015, the Member resigned from the Board. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-42. By this document1, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- 1 to 41 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-43. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- professional misconduct as defined in subsection 30(2) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- 1996 and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against her, being more ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 42 and 44, this “document” refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes that, once ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the Committee’s role to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. The penalty ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based on the following analogous cases ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Derr, 2017 ONOCT 52 (CanLII), Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-College of Teachers v. Patry, 2017 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) and Ontario College of Teachers v. Gerwin, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-2014 ONOCT 42 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s wide range of inappropriate conduct warrants a reprimand by her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-peers, a four-month suspension, and coursework on boundary violations. The Member made inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-comments to and acted unprofessionally with students. On more than one occasion, the Member had ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf:conversations with students about dating and sexual relationships. The Member placed one student in a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-compromising position when she was Skyping with a former student in the classroom after school hours ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-and that student overheard the former student speaking in a vulgar and explicit manner. On more than one ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-occasion, the Member would take personal phone calls and exchange text messages during class time. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-The Member would receive massages on her neck and/or shoulders from students and would also allow ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-students to brush and play with her hair. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-The Member also breached School protocol: by developing a “safe space” on the School premises that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-was not sanctioned by the principal; by viewing a TV show with students at lunch that was not age ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-appropriate; by allowing a former student to grade student work and enter marks into a class list that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf-contained students’ names; and by allowing a former student and another young male on school premises ./ontario-cases/2018onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-11. In or around October 2015, a female student in the Member’s class went to get a piece of gum ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- from the Member’s drawer and asked a friend if she wanted a piece as well. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- present in the classroom and replied to the female student, “why don’t you lick me where I fart?” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-12. On or about November 3, 2015, while the Member’s class was working in the library on a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- culminating project, a student jokingly said to the Member words to the effect of, “I’ll buy you ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ten muffins if you give me a passing grade.” The Member replied, “You mean a bribe? I’d be able ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- to shit for a week ’cause of all that fibre.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-13. On or about November 6, 2015, the Member joked about a particular male student squinting. She ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- began talking to this male student and then called him a “bloody pedophile.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-14. On or about November 11, 2015, while the Member was teaching her class, a male student poked ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- his head into her classroom and made an inappropriate comment about [XXX]. The Member told ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- her class that there were to be no comments about [XXX]. When students asked for an ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- explanation, she stated that that particular male student would “stare at [XXX] ass.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-15. On or about November 17, 2015, at the end of the school day, a student joked about masturbation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- Early the next day at School, when starting a new unit on [XXX] with her class, the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- referenced the joke and commented, “It’s [XXX] not masturbate.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-16. On or about November 17, 2015, at the end of the school day, some male students were making ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- rude sounds. This included a student pressing his lips together and blowing air which made a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- squeaking noise. The Member commented to the student, “It sounds like your ass cheeks are too ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- close together.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-17. On or about November 18, 2015, during a [XXX] about whether men are treated differently than ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf: women, a student commented that women are asking to be sexually assaulted in today’s society, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-month suspension was ordered, and the misconduct in Manga, in which a four-month suspension was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf:ordered. In Hyde, the misconduct involved comments of a vulgar and sexual nature, Mr. Hyde had a prior ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-discipline record, he had tried to interfere with the investigation into his misconduct, and there were ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-numerous instances of physical abuse. In Manga, the misconduct was repeated over the course of three ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-school years (a longer period of time than the Member’s misconduct) and Mr. Manga’s comments were ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-more inappropriate than the Member’s comments. Mr. Manga had made numerous racist, homophobic ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-and culturally-insensitive comments in class. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee accepts the parties’ joint submission that the proposed two-month ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-suspension in the Member’s case falls within the range of appropriate outcomes for similar, prior matters ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-before the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-The suspension will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and should cause her to reflect on the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-serious nature of her misconduct. Recording the fact of the suspension on the Register will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-Coursework ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-The Committee finds that the courses of instruction regarding boundaries and boundary violation issues ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-and anger management will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. The boundaries course should help ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-the Member to understand that teachers must set a good example for students and must interact ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-appropriately and professionally with them at all times. There are better ways to develop a rapport with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-students than by making crude and disparaging remarks. Members are expected to provide students with a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-physically and emotionally safe learning environment; they must not make hurtful and demeaning ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-comments to students. The boundaries course should provide the Member with some much needed insight ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-into her misconduct and will reinforce for her the need to maintain appropriate professional boundaries ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-with students. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf-The course regarding anger management should help the Member to develop strategies for dealing with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-There are two allegations in this matter. The Member is alleged to have called Student 1 by his last name, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-as opposed to his first name, and to have treated him differently based on her opinion of him. Further, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:Member is alleged to have commented on the same student’s sexual orientation in front of other students. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee’s task is to determine whether the facts alleged by the College have been proven on a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-balance of probabilities and if so, whether the Member’s conduct gives rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-misconduct. For the reasons that follow, the Committee finds the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-misconduct under each head of misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing below. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 30(2) of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- (b) she abused a student verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- (c) she abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- (e) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- (f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 1. Nancy Fernandes is a member of the College in good standing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 3. On June 7, 2010, the Board notified the Member that the Human Rights Office of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- Board received a formal complaint against the Member by the mother of Student 1, a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- male student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 4. An investigation by the Board substantiated that the Member: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- (a) called Student 1 by his last name and treated Student 1 differently from other ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- students based on the Member’s opinion of him; and, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf: (b) spoke about Student 1’s sexual orientation with other students. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Member’s Representative entered a plea of not guilty on the Member’s behalf and the Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-proceeded on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The College presented oral and documentary evidence in order to prove the allegations set out in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1). Relevant portions of this evidence will be set out in greater detail, as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-needed, in the Committee’s reasons for decision below. The following is a brief summary of the College’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-evidence ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Oral Evidence ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The College sought and the Committee ordered that the witnesses in this matter be excluded from the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-hearing until called to give evidence, in accordance with Rule 13.12 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Rules”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The College called four witnesses: (1) Student 1 (as he is referred to in the Notice of Hearing); (2) [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-(Student 1’s mother); (3) [XXX] (Student 1’s classmate at the time of the events in question, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-“Classmate”); and (4) Principal Bev Ohashi (“Principal Ohashi”), the School principal at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-events in question. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-For the reasons that will be set out in greater detail below, the Committee found that the four witnesses’ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-evidence was credible and consistent with respect to all material facts. Although there were minor ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-inconsistencies between their accounts (e.g. the witnesses recalled the details of the events surrounding ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-particular 4(a), as alleged in the Notice of Hearing, slightly differently) the Committee does not find that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-these types of minor discrepancies are material or diminished the witnesses’ credibility about the key ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-facts at issue. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Member chose not to participate in the hearing and her representative did not present any oral ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-evidence in her defence. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1 was [XXX] years old at the time of the hearing. At the time of the events in question, Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-was approximately [XXX] years old and the Member was his grade [XXX] [XXX] teacher at the School. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1 gave evidence about two incidents that he claimed took place between him and the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Namely, he testified about the Member calling him by his last name and how this conduct made him feel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-like there was a degree of separation between himself and his peers. Further, Student 1 testified about the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:Member commenting on his sexuality in the presence of his peers. He testified about the significant ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-impact this incident had on him. He explained that he was shocked because he was not “out of the closet ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-yet”; that he was worried and afraid of the implications of the Member’s comment and how being “found ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-out” would affect his relationship with his peers at School; and that it was difficult to discuss the incident ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:with his mother because he feared that she would assume that he was homosexual based on the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-comment. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1 further testified about reporting the incidents to his mother, as well as making a formal ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-complaint to the Board investigator, Christopher Beserve (“Mr. Beserve”). He explained that he only ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:reported the incidents following the Member’s comments about his sexuality because the other incidents ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-between him and the Member were “easier to brush off as just two people who did not get along.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1’s Mother’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1’s mother testified that she learned of the incidents involving Student 1 and the Member, as she ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-was the first person to whom Student 1 disclosed these incidents. She also testified about her firsthand ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-observations of the impact the Member’s conduct had on Student 1’s physical and emotional well-being. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1’s mother testified that she learned about the two incidents involving the Member and her son a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:few days after the Member commented on his sexuality in the presence of his peer. After learning about ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-these incidents, Student 1’s mother contacted the Member, and reported the incidents to the acting vice- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-principal at the time, Suelyn Cheong (“Ms. Cheong”). She also testified about requesting a formal ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-investigation into the incidents and the various forms of contact she had with Ms. Cheong and Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Beserve before, during, and after the formal investigation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1’s Classmate’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Classmate was [XXX] years old at the time of the hearing. At the time of the events in question, he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-was a [XXX] or [XXX]-year-old Grade [XXX] student at the School. He was part of the [XXX] program, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-which was a special [XXX]stream at the School. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Classmate testified that he knew Student 1 from class because Student 1 was also part of the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-program. He testified that the Member was his Grade [XXX] [XXX] teacher. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Classmate testified about the relationship between Student 1 and the Member in general terms. He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-also testified about witnessing the Member call Student 1 by his last name, and witnessing the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:comment on Student 1’s sexuality in the presence of other students. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-to the allegation that the Member breached subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Counsel submitted that Principal Ohashi was qualified as an expert witness and that her testimony, in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-conjunction with Exhibits 13-15, established that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-College Counsel further submitted that the particulars alleged in the Notice of Hearing have been ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-established on a balance of probabilities. According to College Counsel, the testimonies of Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the Classmate, as well as Exhibits 4 and 9 establish that the Member called Student 1 by his last name and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-treated him differently based on her opinion of him. Similarly, College Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-testimonies of Student 1 and the Classmate, as well as Exhibit 9 establish that the Member spoke about ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:Student 1’s sexuality in the presence of other students. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the evidence of Student 1’s mother helped explain the circumstance ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-surrounding Student 1’s disclosure of the events in question, the investigation that followed this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-disclosure, and the effect the Member’s actions had on Student 1’s emotional and physical well-being. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the four College witnesses were credible. First, Student 1 was a sincere ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-and understated witness. Second, Student 1’s mother was a reliable witness and was fair in her description ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-of the events in question (e.g., by acknowledging that some good had come out of these events in terms of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-her son’s growth). Third, the Classmate was a candid witness who testified in a clear and concise manner. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Classmate did not like the Member and was not close with Student 1, but had a clear recollection of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the events because he found them to be shocking. Fourth, Principal Ohashi was a reliable expert witness. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-She showed no animosity towards the Member, gave fair evidence of her brief involvement with the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-events in question, and provided clear evidence with regard to the Member’s breach of the standards of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF THE MEMBER’S REPRESENTATIVE ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Member’s Representative made extensive submissions, but many of these submissions were not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-grounded in the evidence before the Committee or were not relevant to the allegations set out in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Notice of Hearing. For instance, the Member’s Representative re-argued his concerns regarding the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-delays in this matter (which the Committee already considered in a series of motions at the beginning of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-this hearing); he submitted that the Board’s investigation into the events at issue was flawed and that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-members of the School and Board administration (including Principal Ohashi) did not perform their roles ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-properly or had personal issues with the Member and acted unfairly towards her; and he submitted that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-students are not blameless in this matter. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-With respect to the issues alleged in the Notice of Hearing (which are the only issues to be addressed by ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the Committee), the Member’s Representative submitted that while the Member called Student 1 by his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-last name, there was no ill intention behind this. He stated that if Student 1 or his mother had corrected the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Member, she would have stopped calling Student 1 by his last name. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Member’s Representative made no submissions relating to the allegation that the Member spoke ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:about Student 1’s sexual orientation in the presence of other students. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Member’s Representative concluded his submissions by stressing that the Member was a great ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-teacher and that many of her students liked her. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The College bears the burden of proving the allegations in accordance with the standard of proof set out ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, which is proof on a balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Decision ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-allegations, she stated that she called other students by their last names and that she would have stopped ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-calling Student 1 by his last if he had asked her to (see Exhibit 9, page 32). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee received insufficient evidence to conclude, on a balance of probabilities, that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-called Student 1 by his last name based on her opinion of him. Although there was evidence that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Member referred to other students by their first names, there was insufficient evidence about the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Member’s opinion of Student 1 and whether this formed any role in her calling him by his last name. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee notes that the Classmate testified that he witnessed the Member referring to Student 1 by ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:his last name, which he stated sounded similar to a derogatory term used for those who are homosexual. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-However, the Committee does not place any weight on this part of the testimony of the Classmate because ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-it was purely speculative. He was not in a position to give an opinion as to the Member’s motive or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-intention for calling Student 1 by his last name. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee does not find that the Member’s admission that she called Student 1 by his last name is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-“tantamount to intent”, as Mr. Beserve concluded in his Final Investigation Report (see Exhibit 9, page ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-33). In the absence of evidence of the Member’s intentions or motivation for calling Student 1 by his last ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-name, there is no evidence to support a conclusion that she was treating him differently based on her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-opinion of him. The evidence before the Committee does not support such a conclusion. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf: 2) The Member spoke about Student 1’s sexual orientation in the presence of other students ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:The Committee finds, on a balance of probabilities, that the Member spoke about Student 1’s sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-orientation in the presence of other students, as alleged in paragraph 4(b) of the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Committee received both oral and documentary evidence regarding this incident (the “[XXX] Incident”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The [XXX] Incident ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1 testified that the [XXX] Incident occurred on Monday, May 10, 2010. He stated that on this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-day, there was a “work period” in the Member’s classroom where some students were working on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-projects and others were sitting quietly. Student 1 testified that he was reading a book at his desk when he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-overheard a conversation the Member was having at the front of the classroom with a number of students ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-about [XXX]. The Member talked about [XXX] charm and personality and how she loved to be with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-many men. Student 1 testified that the Member made eye contact with him and in front of his peers she ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-asked: “Do you also like men [Student 1]?” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Classmate corroborated the substance of Student 1’s testimony and testified about overhearing the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-[XXX] Incident. He stated that the Member was having a conversation with some students at the front of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:the class when he overheard the Member asking Student 1 if he was a homosexual. Student 1’s classmate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-testified that after the Member’s comment, the looks on the students’ faces in the class were that of “pure ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-shock”. He testified that he felt “bewildered, shocked, and appalled” when he witnessed this incident. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Further, Student 1 and the Classmate’s testimony were consistent with statements taken by Mr. Beserve’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-during his investigation. The Final Investigation Report (Exhibit 9) contains statements from three ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-students who witnessed the [XXX] Incident. One student told Mr. Beserve that the Member “…was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-questioning [Student 1’s] gender…” (Exhibit 9, page 35). A second student said that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-“…basically referring to [Student 1] as gay…” (Exhibit 9, page 35). Another student said that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:Member was “…implying [Student 1’s] sexual orientation or making comments about it…” (Exhibit 9, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-page 35). Although the Committee acknowledges that these statements are hearsay, the Committee found ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-that they were reliable because they were consistent in their characterisation of the Member comments as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:relating to Student 1’s sexual orientation. In addition, the Committee notes that the students were ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-interviewed individually, which adds to the reliability of their statements. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Events Following the [XXX] Incident ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1 testified that, at first, he was “taken aback” by the Member’s comment because he was not yet ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:“out of the closet” and had never spoken about his sexuality before. After the initial feelings of “shock” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-subsided, Student 1 stated that he began thinking about the implications of the Member’s comment. He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-testified that he was worried that he was going to be “found out or called out” and that it might affect his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-relationships with his peers at school. Student 1 also testified that it was difficult to tell his mother about ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the incident for fear that she would assume that it was an admission of him being “gay”. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-testified that he ultimately told his mother about the [XXX] Incident on Thursday, May 13, 2010, and that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-she contacted the Member the following day (May 14, 2010). Student 1 testified that he spoke briefly to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the Member after his mother contacted her. Student 1 testified further that following his conversation with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the Member, the Member left a voicemail on their home phone (see Exhibit 5 for voicemail and Exhibit 6 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-for transcription of voicemail). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1 testified that on Monday, May 17, 2010, there was another free period in class. He stated that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the Member called him to the front of the class and changed his grade to a higher mark on his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-“Summative” (see Exhibit 4, page 10) and on his “Novel Extension” (see Exhibit 4, page 21). Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-testified that this conduct was surprising and that it felt like a “bribe” because, up until then, his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-relationship with the Member was “cold” and “negative”, and she acted condescendingly towards him. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Classmate also testified about the relationship between Student 1 and the Member, explaining that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Member treated Student 1 “just down right awfully” and in an “unfair and negative way”. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1 testified that he ultimately made a formal complaint following the [XXX] Incident. He stated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-that while there were other incidents between him and the Member prior to the [XXX] Incident, those ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-incidents were easier to “brush off as just two people who didn’t get along”. Student 1 explained that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:there was “something different” about the Member making insinuations about his sexuality and that he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-felt this conduct needed to be addressed formally. Student 1 testified that his complaint (see Exhibit 4) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-was typed by his mother but included his best efforts to recall the incidents between him and the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The complaint outlines various encounters he had with the Member, including (but not limited to) the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Member calling him by his last name, the [XXX] Incident, the voicemail left by the Member following ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the [XXX] Incident, and the Member raising his grades. Student 1 signed the complaint and gave it to Mr. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Beserve who was in charge of the investigation. Student 1 testified that it was Mr. Beserve’s role to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-determine what had occurred and whether or not any of the evidence provided by him was substantiated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-enough to constitute a formal complaint against the Member. Student 1 testified that the [XXX] Incident ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-was substantiated by Mr. Beserve. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1’s mother corroborated her son’s testimony in this regard. She testified that the she was made ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-aware of the [XXX] Incident on Thursday, May 13, 2010. She stated that Student 1 told her about two ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-major concerns that Thursday, namely that the Member referred to him by his last name and that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Member stated [XXX] liked men like you like men [Student 1]”. Student 1’s mother testified that she was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-very upset for her son because the [XXX] Incident made him feel like he was shamed in front of his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-peers. She stated that she contacted the Member the following day to discuss what had occurred. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-According to Student 1’s mother, the Member left her a voicemail on Friday, May 14, 2010 (see Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-5), and she was upset that the Member did not have time to talk to her personally. Student 1’s mother ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-testified that she was also upset by the language the Member used in the voicemail. Specifically, she was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-upset when the Member stated that “…she hoped [Student 1] could find a teacher that could deal with him ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-with all of his inequities…” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1’s mother further testified that she met with the vice-principal, Ms. Cheong, on the Monday ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-following the [XXX] Incident and that Student 1 was present during this meeting. Following the meeting ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-with Ms. Cheong, Student 1’s mother typed up a document (see Exhibit 7) summarizing her concerns ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-about the Member’s conduct towards her son (Student 1) and sent it to Ms. Cheong. She also requested ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-that Ms. Cheong (see Exhibit 8) initiate a formal investigation into the matter, because Student 1 felt like ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-he was being “bribed” by the Member after the [XXX] Incident (when the Member increased his grades ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-on assignments). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-A formal investigation was conducted and the evidence gathered during this investigation supported ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:Student 1’s complaint that the Member discriminated against or harassed Student 1 based on his sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-orientation (see Exhibit 9). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Conclusion ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-In light of this evidence, the Committee finds, on a balance of probabilities, that the Member spoke about ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:Student 1’s sexual orientation in the presence of other students. In particular, the Committee finds that in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the course of talking about [XXX], the Member asked Student 1 “do you also like men [Student 1]?” and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-that this was done in front of other students. The Committee finds that the College’s three witnesses were ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-credible. First, Student 1 was a sincere and understated witness. He did not display any ill motive in filing ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-his complaint or in providing his evidence to the Committee. He explained that he had not “come out” at ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the time of the [XXX] Incident and testified about how the Member’s conduct negatively affected him. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Second, the Classmate was a clear and candid witness. His testimony was also concise and he had a clear ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-memory of the events in questions because he found them to be “shocking”. While Student 1 and his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-classmate used different words when they described what the Member said during the [XXX] Incident, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the Committee does not find that this minor inconsistency affects the credibility of the witnesses because ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the substance of their testimonies was consistent, that is that the Member commented about Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:sexual orientation in front of other students. Further, the testimonies of Student 1 and the Classmate were ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-not only externally consistent with each other, but were also consistent with the statements of other ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-students who witnessed the [XXX] Incident (Exhibit 9, pages 34-35). Moreover, Student 1’s mother ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-presented as a fair and reliable witness. While she did not witness the events, she testified about her son’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-disclosure of the events to her and about how the Member’s conduct negatively affected her son both ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-physically and emotionally. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Although not required to do so, the Member’s Representative presented no direct evidence on the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Member’s behalf to contradict the College’s evidence. The Committee therefore received uncontradicted, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:first-hand, evidence from Student 1 and the Classmate that the Member spoke about Student 1’s sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-orientation in front of other students. Their evidence was supported by contemporaneous documentary ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-evidence. The Committee also received uncontradicted evidence from Student 1’s mother about how ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1 reported this event to her and the events following the incident. The Committee finds that it is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:more likely than not that the Member spoke about Student 1’s sexual orientation in the presence of other ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-students, as alleged in paragraph 4(b) of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct set out above constitutes professional misconduct. In ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-particular, the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(5); she abused a student verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-1(7); she abused a student psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-subsection 1(7.2); she failed to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and, she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 1) The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-received expert evidence establishing the standards of the profession from Principal Ohashi who was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-qualified as a participant expert regarding teacher behaviour in the classroom. Principal Ohashi testified ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-about the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession and the Standards of Practice for the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Profession (Exhibit 13) and the Toronto District School Board Human Rights Statement (Exhibit 14). She ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-testified that these documents established the standards of the profession and opined that the Member did ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-not meet these standards. The Committee finds that Principal Ohashi presented as a reliable expert ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-witness. She had no animosity towards the Member, gave fair evidence of her brief involvement with the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-events in question, and clear evidence with regard to the Member’s breach of the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Principal Ohashi stated that the Member did not adhere to the “Duties and Responsibilities” (see Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-14) of a teacher because she did not act as a positive role model and she did not address the fact that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1 felt he was treated differently and discriminated against. Principal Ohashi testified that it was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:inappropriate to ask Student 1 about his sexual orientation. She stated that it was similarly inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:for the Member to insinuate that Student 1 was homosexual. The Committee agrees. Principal Ohashi ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-testified further that under the Operational Procedure Manual for Human Rights Cases (Exhibit 15) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:sexual orientation is a prohibited ground of discrimination and that homophobic behaviour is an example ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-of discrimination and harassment under this policy. She opined that the Member exhibited homophobic ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-behaviour during the [XXX] Incident. The Committee agrees. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member failed to maintain The Ethical Standards for the Profession ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:(Exhibit 13). When the Member spoke about Student 1’s sexual orientation in the presence of other ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-students, the Member demonstrated a lack of respect, care, and trust. The Member demonstrated a lack of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-respect by failing to act as a positive role model. The Member demonstrated a lack of care by showing a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-lack of commitment to Student 1’s well-being. Further, the Member’s misconduct eroded Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-his mother’s trust in her and the teaching profession as a whole. Teachers are expected to foster the public ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:trust and confidence in the profession; when the Member spoke about Student 1’s sexual orientation in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-presence of other students it had the opposite effect. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee further finds that the Member failed to maintain The Standards of Practice for the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Teaching Profession (Exhibit 13), by failing to demonstrate a commitment to students and student ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:learning. When the Member spoke about Student 1’s sexual orientation in the presence of other students, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-she failed to treat Student 1 “equitably and with respect”. The Committee therefore concludes that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Member did not maintain the standards of the profession with respect to speaking about Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:sexual orientation in the presence of other students. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2) The Member abused a student verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 1(7) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member abused Student 1 verbally when she asked: “do you also like men ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-[Student 1]?” By making this comment the Member made Student 1 feel worried that he was going to be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-“found out or called out” and that it might affect his relationships with his peers at school. Members of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the teaching profession are expected to provide students with a safe and supportive learning environment, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:and they should never make comments about a student’s sexual orientation that could embarrass or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-demean the student. By making the comment that she did in the presence of other students, the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-demonstrated a significant disregard for Student 1’s well-being. Accordingly, the Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-the Member’s insensitive comment constitutes verbal abuse. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 3) The Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1 when she spoke ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:about his sexual orientation in the presence of other students. Student 1 testified about the impact that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:Member’s conduct had on him. Student 1 explained that when the Member commented about his sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-orientation he was at first “shocked” and “taken a back” because he was not “out of the closet yet” and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:had never spoken about his sexuality before. He testified that he was worried he was going to be “found ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-out or called out” and that it might affect his relationships with his peers at school. Student 1 testified that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:he “came out” about his sexuality a lot earlier than he had intended, because of the [XXX] Incident. He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-stated that he was very concerned that he was suddenly the focus of so much attention and that it was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-difficult for him to keep to himself, as he had wanted to, following the [XXX] Incident ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee also received evidence from Student 1’s mother who described her observations of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Student 1’s emotional and physical well-being after the event in question. She testified that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-conduct affected Student 1 emotionally. She stated that he had trouble with depression and was concerned ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-about going to school. She further testified that Student 1 lost his appetite, could not sleep, and felt ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-physically ill. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The above evidence substantiates a finding that the Member’s conduct was psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-emotionally abusive. Teachers are expected to support students and to provide them with safe spaces in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-which to learn and develop. The Member clearly disregarded the feelings of Student 1 through her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-actions, and engaged in psychologically or emotionally abusive behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 4) The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-sets out the duties of a teacher. Section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act provides that it is the duty of a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-teacher to “inculcate by precept and example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-country, humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:When the Member spoke about Student 1’s sexual orientation in the presence of other students, she failed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-to act as a positive role model. Her comments directed at Student 1 were unjust and demonstrated a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-troubling lack of concern for Student 1’s well-being. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 5) The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. The factual findings set out above demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-Member violated the trust that the public places in teachers. When parents send their children to school, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-they expect that they will be safe. The Member breached this trust when she made insensitive remarks ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:about Student 1 and demonstrated homophobic behaviour. Commenting about a student’s sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-orientation is unacceptable and shows poor professional judgment. This type of conduct is disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 6) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf:profession by commenting on Student 1’s sexual orientation in the presence of other students. Through ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-her inappropriate conduct, the Member undermined the reputation of the teaching profession and the trust ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-that parents, students and the public place in teachers. It reflects poorly on the profession as a whole when ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-members behave disgracefully, as the Member has. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf-The Committee will schedule a subsequent date on which to hear submissions with respect to penalty. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-The Committee invited the parties to make additional submissions in order to explain why no suspension ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-was sought in this matter, despite the fact that the Member made highly inappropriate comments that were ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf:sexist and demeaning to students, including those with [XXX]. The Committee further asked the parties ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-to explain how the proposed penalty does not bring the administration of the discipline process into ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-disrepute. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-The parties submitted, and the Committee accepts, that there were a number of mitigating factors in this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-case, which justify the jointly proposed penalty. The mitigating factors include the fact that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-was immediately apologetic and remorseful for his conduct; the CAS recognized that the Member took ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-responsibility for his actions; the Member has no prior or subsequent discipline history at the College; the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-Member has already served a significant suspension through his Board and taken remedial coursework ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-regarding boundary violations through his Board; and the Member came to an agreement with the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-College, which obviated the need for a contested hearing. Moreover, the Committee accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-parties considered other mitigating factors in arriving at their negotiated settlement and that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-Committee was not privy to all of the contextual factors that led to the parties’ agreement. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-Accordingly, although the Member’s misconduct was serious and highly inappropriate, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-accepts that the penalty jointly proposed by the parties would not bring the administration of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The penalty proposed by ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-the parties is also within a range of acceptable outcomes, based on the following similar cases presented ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-by the parties: Ontario College of Teachers v. Gionest, 2017 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) and Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-Teachers v. Brown, 2017 ONOCT 38 (CanLII), presented by College Counsel; and Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-Teachers v. Shuber, 2015 ONOCT 72 (CanLII), presented by Member’s Counsel. The Committee must ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-therefore accept the parties’ jointly proposed penalty. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-Reprimand ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s repeated inappropriate conduct warrants a reprimand by his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf:peers. The Member made a number of rude and disparaging comments to students, he made sexist ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-comments that had a negative impact on female students in his class, he used profanity in the presence of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-students, and he mocked his principal in the presence of students. The Member’s insensitive, demeaning ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-and insubordinate behaviour was unacceptable. Members of the profession are expected to serve as role ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-models for students and to foster safe and supportive learning communities. The Member did the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-opposite. Although the Member was remorseful and apologetic from the very beginning of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-investigation into his conduct, his behaviour was nevertheless very inappropriate. The reprimand will ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-allow the Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-Coursework ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-The Committee finds that the course of instruction regarding professional boundaries is appropriate in this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-case as it will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. The Committee recognizes that the Member has ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-already completed a two-hour course on professional boundaries, as required by his Board. Nevertheless, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-the Committee believes that an additional and more extensive course on professional boundaries is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-necessary in this case. The coursework will address the specific acts of professional misconduct in which ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-the Member has engaged, in order to help the Member gain the necessary insight into his misconduct that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-will enable him to make meaningful improvements to his teaching practice. In particular, the coursework ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-should address the Member’s use of language that is disrespectful to women. It should also address the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-Member’s concerning insensitivities towards students with [XXX]. Finally, the coursework should ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-reinforce for the Member the need to adhere to the standards of the teaching profession, including the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-expectation that members act with care and integrity, and foster collaborative, safe and supportive ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-learning communities in which they work cooperatively with their colleagues and school administration, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf-and in which they treat all students with respect. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated January 29, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on Jean-Pierre Roland ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Glazer (“the Member”), requesting his attendance before the Discipline Committee of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-College on March 31, 2015 to set a date for the hearing, and specifying the charges. The hearing ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-was subsequently set for December 13, 2017 and continued on December 14, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-College Counsel submitted an Affidavit of Annie Lacroix sworn December 8, 2017 (Exhibit 2), to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-prove that the Member had been informed of the allegations against him, the date and time of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-hearing and the penalty that was to be sought. In the affidavit, Ms. Lacroix, a law clerk with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-McCarthy Tétrault LLP, describes in detail her communication with the Member and provides ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-proof of service of all required documents. On the basis of the affidavit, the Committee is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-satisfied that the Member received the Notice of Hearing and all disclosure documents, and that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-he was aware of the date and time of the hearing and the penalty that was to be sought. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Member’s communications with Ms. Lacroix clearly show that the Member had no interest in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-taking part in the discipline proceeding. The Committee delayed the commencement of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-hearing by approximately 15 minutes to enable the Member to attend. Because he failed to do so, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-the Committee heard this matter in his absence. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-SUMMARY ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil des écoles catholiques de ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Centre-Est de l’Ontario (the “Board”) as a teacher and taught at [XXX] (the “School”) in Ottawa. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-According to the College, during at least three school years, between September 1, 2010 and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-November 30, 2013, the Member made numerous inappropriate and unpleasant comments to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:students, including comments of a sexual and racist nature; was brusque and aggressive with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf: (e) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf: 1(7.3), and/or engaged in sexual abuse as defined in Part I of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-1. The Member is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil des écoles catholiques de ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- Centre-Est de l’Ontario as a teacher. At all material times, the Member was teaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- at[XXX], in Ottawa. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-3. Between September 1 and December 31, 2010, the Member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- comments and actions in front of students, including: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- (a) telling one or more female students that they had [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- (b) telling one or more female students that he could see their bra through their ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- blouse; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- (c) recounting that as a young hitchhiker, he got into a vehicle driven by a man who ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- was masturbating; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- (d) telling Student No. 1, a Black student in Grade[XXX], that it was Blacks who ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-concerns some 20 students. The Member made a number of belittling or uncalled-for comments ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:to students, made comments of a racist and sexual nature to students, used inappropriate physical ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-force with students, shouted at students and intimidated students, and his conduct overall had a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-strongly negative effect on many students’ learning. He attempted to cover up his behaviour by ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-telling his students not to repeat what he said in class. The School and Board administration ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-warned the Member several times to improve his conduct and he was suspended several times, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-but his conduct failed to improve. According to the College, the teacher abused students ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:verbally, physically, psychologically or emotionally and sexually for several years. He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-unquestionably contravened the standards for the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Onus and Standard of Proof ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The College is required to prove the allegations in accordance with the standard of proof set out ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-in F.H. v. McDougall, [2008] SCR 53; that is, on the balance of probabilities, which consists in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-determining the likelihood of the occurrence of the alleged events. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Finding ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions made by ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Counsel for the College, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-misconduct and finds Jean-Pierre Roland Glazer guilty of professional misconduct, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-as set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:sexual overtones was utterly pointless and unsuitable” (see Exhibit 45); and the hand-written ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-notes made by Mr. Bertrand during the meeting with the Member on January 10, 2011 which ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-state that the first thing the Member said when discussing the anecdote was that he “was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-hitchhiking on Rideau Street” and that “the students enjoy hearing about the experiences of ‘the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-old guy’” (see Exhibit 10, page 13). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-3(d) – The Member told Student No. 1, a Black student in Grade [XXX] , that it was Blacks ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-who started wearing low-rise pants because they wanted to get fucked ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The Committee finds, on a balance of probabilities, that the Member made the comment about ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Blacks being the ones to start wearing low-rise pants because they wanted to get fucked, as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-alleged. Several items of evidence concur that the Member made this comment. Exhibit 17 is a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-report by the educator who was present when the Member made the comment. She wrote that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-“the Member told [Student No. 1] to take off his belt, pull his pants up over his hips and put his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-belt back on… The Member then told [Student No. 1] that historically this trend started with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Blacks and signalled that they were ready to fuck” (see Exhibit 17). Exhibits 18 and 19 are ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-statements or reports from two students dated November 11, 2010 who confirm that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-made this inappropriate comment. Ms. Piquette also met with Student No. 1 to discuss the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-incident, and her hand-written notes from this meeting on November 11, 2010 tally with the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-reports by the students and educator (see Exhibit 20). Ms. Piquette testified that the three ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-students who reported the incident are Black. The hand-written notes made by Mr. Bertrand ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-during the meeting with the Member on January 10, 2011 also state that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-remembered making the alleged comment and that “the Black student reacted in a big way” (see ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Exhibit 10, pages 12-13). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-3(e) – The Member grabbed Student No. 2 by the arm and gave him a two-handed shove ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 30 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The aforementioned expert evidence of Mr. Bertrand and Ms. Piquette was consistent and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-detailed. In the opinion of both participant experts the Member’s conduct was inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-contravened the standards of the teaching profession. Their testimony included that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-made numerous disrespectful and discouraging comments to students; that he did nothing to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-promote student learning and success; that he used physical force with students, even though ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-physical contact between teachers and students is not recommended; that he was belligerent and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-disrespectful to a colleague and to a School administrator; and that he shouted at students in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-classroom on a regular basis. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:Furthermore, the Committee found that the Member made comments of a sexual and racist ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-nature to his students. He frequently made fun of his students and humiliated them. His ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-behaviour set a poor example for the students. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Consequently, the Committee finds that the Member failed to show Care, Respect and Trust, as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-described in the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession (see Exhibit 5). Members express ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-their commitment to students’ well-being and learning through positive influence, professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-judgment and empathy in practice. They honour human dignity, emotional wellness and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-cognitive development. They must also create an environment based on trust, conducive to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-development of their students’ potential. The Member did the opposite. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-In addition, the Committee finds that the Member failed to show Commitment to Students and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Student Learning or Professional Practice, as described in the Standards of Practice for the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Teaching Profession (see Exhibit 5). Members treat students equitably and with respect and are ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-sensitive to factors that influence individual student learning. They must also apply professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-knowledge and experience to promote student learning. The Member repeatedly failed to meet ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 33 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-will not tolerate such conduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:1(7.3) – The Member abused students sexually and/or engaged in sexual abuse as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Part I of the Act ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The aforementioned findings of fact show that the Member contravened subsection 1(7.3) of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:Ontario Regulation 437/97. He abused students sexually as defined in Part I of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:definition of “sexual abuse” includes “behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:towards the student” and is not limited to sexual relations or touching of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:Accordingly, comments of a sexual nature may result in a finding that a member abused students ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:sexually. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:The Member made several comments of a sexual nature and the Committee finds, therefore, that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:he abused students sexually. He commented on a student’s [XXX] and said that he could see a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-student’s bra. Because members of the teaching profession occupy a unique position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-authority, they ought not to comment on students’ physical appearance or their undergarments. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The Member also made inappropriate comments when he recounted that as a young hitchhiker, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-he got into a vehicle driven by a man who “was masturbating," and when he told the students ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-that it was Blacks who started wearing low-rise pants because they wanted to get “fucked”. Such ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:comments of a sexual nature are utterly inappropriate and have no place in a school environment. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Furthermore, the Member commented that the mark on Student No. 3’s [XXX] was related to a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-[XXX]. In addition to the inappropriateness of spreading rumours concerning a student’s private ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-life, it is utterly inappropriate to make insinuations concerning a student’s presumed [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-activities. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-1(15) – the Member failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 34 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The aforementioned findings of fact show that the Member contravened subsection 1(15) of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. He failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-which sets out the duties of a teacher. As noted above, the Member set a poor example for his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:students. He made comments of a racist and sexual nature, made fun of his students, ridiculed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-and intimidated them and used deliberate physical force against them. The Member clearly failed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-to perform the duties of a teacher, as described in the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-1(18) – The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The aforementioned findings of fact show that the Member contravened subsection 1(18) of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. He committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. The Member’s conduct demonstrated a lack of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-professionalism, respect and integrity. His many inappropriate comments and actions involved a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-number of students. His misconduct took place over at least three school years. He received ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-several warnings to improve his conduct and was disciplined several times by his Board, but his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:conduct did not improve. The Member made comments of a racist and sexual nature, belittled ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-students on numerous occasions and ruined the reputation of at least one student who wanted to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-stop attending school and maintaining her [XXX], largely because of the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-towards her. The Committee thus found that members of the teaching profession would ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-reasonably regard the Member’s conduct as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-1(19) – The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The aforementioned findings of fact show that the Member contravened subsection 1(19) of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. He engaged in conduct that was unbecoming a member, for a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-number of the reasons cited above. His inappropriate comments and actions (which were racist ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 35 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:and sexual in nature) damaged the reputation of the profession by undermining public trust in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-teachers. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY BY THE COLLEGE ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that the Member’s misconduct was serious and included a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-number of aggravating factors; i.e., the incidents were numerous and repeated; the evidence ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:related to 26 students; the Member’s verbal, physical, psychological or emotional, and sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:abuse took place over several school years; he made comments of a racist and sexual nature; he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-attempted to cover up his behaviour by telling his students not to repeat what was said in class; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-and he was warned numerous times that his conduct was unacceptable, but it continued in spite ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-of the warnings and the disciplinary measures imposed by his Board. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Consequently, Counsel for the College maintained that an appropriate penalty in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-case would consist of the following: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 1) a reprimand; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 2) a three- to six-month suspension; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 3) a prescribed professional learning course. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-College Counsel produced three decisions of the Discipline Committee in support of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-proposed penalty: Ontario College of Teachers v. Chéry, 2016 LNONECD 65 (“Chéry”), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Foster, 2013 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) (“Foster”) and Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-College of Teachers v. Towler, 2015 ONOCT 79 (CanLII) (“Towler”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-According to the College, Chéry is a similar case in which the member had made a number of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-inappropriate comments and had used inappropriate physical force. Mr. Chéry had not, however, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 36 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:made comments of a racist or sexual nature. His penalty consisted of a reprimand, a six-month ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-suspension and a prescribed professional learning course. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Towler and Foster are both decisions resulting from agreements between the parties in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-uncontested hearings. According to the College, the misconduct in these two cases was similar, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-but possibly less serious than the Member’s misconduct. The penalty in Foster consisted of a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-reprimand, a three-month suspension and a prescribed professional learning course, while the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-penalty in Towler consisted of a reprimand, a retroactive six-month suspension and a prescribed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-professional learning course. In view of the serious nature of the Member’s misconduct, College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Counsel submitted that a six-month suspension would be appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The Committee raised with the College its concerns as to the penalty sought by the College, in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-view of its findings of fact and the many heads of professional misconduct of which the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-was found guilty, the seriousness of the Member’s comments and conduct, the consequences of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-this conduct, all the aggravating factors and the lack of mitigating factors. The Committee asked ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-for additional submissions concerning the appropriateness of a stricter penalty, including ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-revocation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-According to the College, it is important that similar cases be handled in the same manner, and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-cases dealing with racist comments have not given rise to revocation in the past. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-argued, however, that the Committee could order revocation if, in its estimation, the Member is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-intractable and incorrigible, even though that was not the College’s argument. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-therefore produced an additional decision by the College’s Discipline Committee which upheld ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-this principle: Ontario College of Teachers v. Reinders, 2017 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) (“Reinders”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The College acknowledged that the decision as to the most appropriate penalty in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 37 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-circumstances was wholly at the Committee’s discretion. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The Committee makes the following penalty order: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-1. The College Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- Qualification and Registration, which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The Committee carefully weighed the arguments put forward by Counsel for the College and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-took into consideration that the purpose of the penalty is to serve and protect the public interest, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-maintain the high standards of the teaching profession and promote public trust in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-profession. The Committee finds that revocation is the only appropriate penalty in this case. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The case law produced by the College differs from the Member’s case ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The three examples of case law produced by the College in support of the proposed penalty ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-(which includes a three- to six-month suspension) differ from the Member’s case in their facts ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-and fail to convince the Committee that the penalty initially put forward by the College is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-appropriate in the circumstances. Although Chéry, Foster and Towler concerned inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-comments and the use of inappropriate physical force, the conduct in these cases was less serious ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:than the Member’s misconduct. None of these legal decisions dealt with sexual allegations or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-racist comments, behaviour so repetitive or long-standing or such total disregard for a teacher’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-duty to his profession, his colleagues or his students. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-In Chéry, the incidents took place over one day, whereas the Member’s misconduct occurred ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 38 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-repeatedly over at least three school years. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-In Towler and Foster, the parties reached an agreement and the Committee therefore received a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-Joint Submission on Penalty that was negotiated between the parties. As established by case law, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-in such circumstances, the Committee’s role is confined to determining whether the proposed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the discipline process into disrepute or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-run counter to the public interest. The penalties agreed to in uncontested cases may be less severe ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-than in contested ones, because they are the product of negotiation and compromise on both ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-sides. In a contested hearing, there is no compromise. It is up to the Committee to determine the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-most appropriate penalty in the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-The Member’s misconduct was very serious ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-In the Committee’s estimation, the Member’s misconduct is serious enough to warrant the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-revocation of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration. The penalty of revocation is not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:restricted to cases dealing with one type of professional misconduct in particular, such as sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-abuse. Members who are found guilty of professional misconduct are liable to a range of possible ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-penalties, including revocation, pursuant to sections 30(4) and 30(5) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-As noted above, the Member made numerous humiliating, demeaning and unpleasant comments ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:to some 20 students, jeopardizing the students’ well-being; he made comments of a sexual and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-racist nature; he abused students verbally, physically, psychologically or emotionally and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf:sexually on many occasions over at least three school years; he attempted to cover up his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-behaviour by telling the students not to repeat what was said in class; he intimidated and made ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-fun of the students; he made inappropriate comments and acted unprofessionally towards a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf-colleague and a vice-principal; his conduct was thoroughly at odds with his duty to serve as a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-student who had run away from the school. Students’ safety is one of teachers’ chief ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-responsibilities. If the Member had notified the office immediately of the student’s absence, he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-might have been found earlier, which would have lessened the risk to the student’s safety. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-But the Member’s misconduct was less serious than the misconduct in Glazer and Reinders, in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf:which revocation was ordered. In Glazer, the member abused students physically and sexually, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-among other misconduct. In Reinders, the member abused students physically, among other ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-misconduct. This behaviour warrants a stricter penalty than the Member’s. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-While the Member’s case is not identical to O’Shea, the Committee is aware that all cases are ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-different and finds that the gravity of the misconduct in O’Shea was comparable to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-misconduct. In O’Shea, a six-month suspension was ordered. The Committee finds that a six- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-month suspension is appropriate in the Member’s case as well. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-Although the Member is not currently teaching in Ontario and thus the suspension will not serve ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-as a specific deterrent for her, recording the fact of the suspension on the public register will ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-serve as a general deterrent for members of the teaching profession. The suspension makes it ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-clear to the other members that such misconduct has serious consequences. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-Compulsory Professional Learning Courses ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-The Committee finds that the course or courses on anger management and classroom ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-management will assist the Member with her rehabilitation, should she return to teaching in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-Ontario. The course on anger management is important in view of the Member’s intimidating ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-behaviour. The teacher admitted that she struck a ruler on a student’s desk so hard that the plastic ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-tip came off.5 In addition, she often spoke sharply and very loudly to the students, she always ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf-5 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- See Decision on Finding, page 41. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on July 3, 2014 to set a date for hearing, and specifying the charges. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for December 12, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2);2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf-introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-(Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-1. David Chiandussi is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf:2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”)[XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-3. During the 2014-2015 academic year, the Member taught [XXX] to Grades [XXX] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-4. Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old, female student in the Member’s Grade [XXX] [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Personal Relationship ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-5. The Member developed a personal and inappropriate relationship with Student 1 over a period of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- approximately six months during the 2014-2015 academic year. The Member developed a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- how to avoid detection. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Declaration of Feelings ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-13. On or about February 28, 2015, Student 1 declared she had feelings for the Member, and the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- Member reciprocated this declaration stating, “we are sharing the same feelings.” Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- as Exhibit “E” is the text exchange between the Member and Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Report to the School Board and Subsequent Investigation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-14. On or about March 1, 2015 one of Student 1’s friends came forward to a teacher at the School ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- expressing concern about the relationship between the Member and Student 1. The School ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- investigated. On March 2, 2015 the [XXX] Police were contacted. The [XXX] Police officers ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf: advised that they believed there were reasonable grounds that the offence of sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- had occurred. Charges were not pursued at the request of Student 1 and her family. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Termination ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-15. On March 10, 2015, the Member’s employment was terminated by the Board for engaging in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf: grooming behaviour which led to an unprofessional and inappropriate relationship with a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- -year-old female student. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “G” is a copy of the termination ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- letter, dated March 10, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Dr. Arnold’s Report ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-16. The College engaged Dr. Mary Louise Arnold to review the matter. As set out in Dr. Arnold’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- report, she concluded: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- (a) Several aspects of the Member’s relationship with Student 1 are “consistent with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf: recognized patterns of ‘grooming’ behaviour”; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- (b) Student 1 displayed vulnerabilities and the Member was aware of these emotional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- struggles; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- (c) All of the behaviour on the part of the Member was “far beyond the boundaries of an ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- appropriate teacher-student relationship, and are all consistent with patterns of grooming ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- behaviour”; and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf: (d) The Member “gradually, but persistently, introduced sexual dimensions” into the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-17. Attached hereto as Exhibit “H” is a copy of Dr. Arnold’s expert report, dated January 12, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Professional Advisories ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-18. The Ontario College of Teachers approved a professional advisory on professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- related to the use of electronic communications on February 23, 2011. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- marked as Exhibit “I” is a copy of the College’s advisory. The Member’s conduct was not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- consistent with this advisory. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-19. The Ontario College of Teachers approved a professional advisory on professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf: related to sexual abuse and sexual misconduct on September 27, 2002. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- marked as Exhibit “J” is a copy of the College’s advisory. The Member’s conduct was not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- consistent with this advisory. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-20. By this document,2 the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 20 and 22, this “document” refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 1 to 193 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-21. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf: 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also admits that he engaged in sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- a student of a nature defined in sections 1, 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act.4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-22. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set out ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading admitting [sic] the allegations, he is waiving the right to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- require the College to prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons shall be published ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- on the College’s website, and that a summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- reasons, including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the College with respect ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- The Committee notes that the numbering in the original copy of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea incorrectly ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-referred to paragraphs 1-36 as the Admitted Facts. However, there are in fact only 19 numbered paragraphs that constitute the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Admitted Facts. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf: The Committee notes that section 30(2) of the Act does not provide a definition of sexual abuse and section 40(1.1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-has been repealed after amendments to the Act came into force on December 5, 2016. The Committee, however, recognizes that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf:the Member admitted that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-23. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of the College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on October 3, 2018 finding that the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf:1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 19 of the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of professional misconduct against him. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Paragraphs 5-19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Paragraphs 7, 9, 11 and 13 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Member abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Paragraphs 5-17 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member abused a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Paragraphs 9-11 and 13-17 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf:Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf:and engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Paragraphs 5-19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Paragraphs 5-19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Paragraphs 5-19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4), the parties jointly submitted that the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-1. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the Member is to immediately ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- surrender to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-2. direct that the Member appear before the Committee immediately following the hearing of this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- matter to receive a reprimand which will be delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on October 3, 2018, the Committee accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-presented by the parties and made an order in accordance with its term, as set out above, with a slight ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-change made to the timing of the reprimand. Because the Member was not present during the hearing and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-could therefore not receive his reprimand immediately following the hearing, the Committee ordered that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-the Member must appear before the Committee within 60 days of the date of this order to receive his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-reprimand in person. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf:The Member’s misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student, but it did not involve an act listed at ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. In accordance with subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, the Committee must (at a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-minimum) make an order: requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee; and directing the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Registrar to suspend his Certificate of Qualification and Registration. Given the circumstances of this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-case and the agreement between the parties, the Committee finds that revocation is a more appropriate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-penalty than a suspension. The Committee has the discretion to make this order pursuant to subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-30.2(3) and 30(4) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the public register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-deterrent to other members of the teaching profession. The Committee recognizes that the Member did ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-not attend the hearing and therefore could not appear “immediately following the hearing of this matter” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-to receive his oral reprimand, as set out in the Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4). Therefore, on the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-advice of Independent Legal Counsel that it has discretion with respect to the timing of the delivery of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-reprimand, the Committee ordered that the Member appear within 60 days of the date of the order to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-receive his oral reprimand. The Committee determined that 60 days is a reasonable amount of time for the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Member to make arrangements to attend at the College for the delivery of his reprimand. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-The Committee found that revocation was the appropriate penalty in this case. College Counsel presented ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-three analogous cases to support the parties’ joint position that the Member’s Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-and Registration should be revoked: Ontario College of Teachers v. Guilbault, 2017 ONOCT 6 (CanLII), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Hay, 2017 ONOCT 58 (CanLII), Ontario College of Teachers v. Russell, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-2017 ONOCT 96 (CanLII) and Ontario College of Teachers v. Bond, (7 September 2018). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-The Member’s conduct was completely unacceptable. He failed to maintain appropriate teacher-student ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-boundaries by engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-inappropriate conduct occurred over a period of approximately six months and was indicative of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf:grooming behaviour. The Member and Student 1 exchanged communications of a romantic or sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-nature. The Member treated Student 1 differently in class, giving her “privileges” that other students did ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-not have. He made inappropriate comments to Student 1 in the presence of other students. The Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-also bought Student 1 various gifts. As a result of the Member’s conduct, the Student described feeling ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-confused and overwhelmed, and she noted that she cried herself to sleep for about a month. She further ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-noted that the Member scared her when he drove her to the river and told her that he had feelings for her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-(see Exhibit 2 at Tab B). The Committee strongly denounces the Member’s abuse of his position of trust ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-and authority. Members of the profession are expected to promote and participate in the creation of safe ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-and supportive learning communities. The Member’s conduct put Student 1 at risk, and undermined the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-public’s trust and confidence in the teaching profession. As a result, the Member has lost the privilege of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-holding a Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and meets the principle of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf-Date: October 10, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- Diane Ballantyne, OCT ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-On March 26, 2018, a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Teachers (the “College”) found that Igwenagu Raphael Awachie (the “Member”) engaged in professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-The Committee found that the Member’s conduct during the 2013-2014 academic year constituted ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-professional misconduct. At all material times the Member was employed by the Toronto Catholic ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). The Committee found ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-that, on or about May 9, 2014, the Member allowed an unidentified female visitor to enter the School ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-prior to the end of the school day, without abiding by the School’s visitor policy. The Committee also ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf:found that the Member engaged in sexual activity in his school office with the unidentified female visitor ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-on or about June 12, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Based on this conduct, the Committee found that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-The Committee reconvened on September 18, 2018 to hear submissions with respect to penalty. Although ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-the Member had legal representation during the finding stage of the hearing, he was self-represented ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-during the penalty stage. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-College Counsel explained that the Committee has the discretion to order a penalty that it considers ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-appropriate in the circumstances of this case, but presented a Draft Order on Penalty and submitted that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-the Committee’s order ought to order a penalty that includes the following elements: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 1) a reprimand; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 2) a suspension of 10 months in duration; and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 3) terms, conditions or limitations which would restrict the Member from returning to the teaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- profession until he successfully completes a course regarding professional ethics. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-College Counsel presented three cases to the Committee in support of its proposed penalty: Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-College of Teachers v. Bozin, 2014 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) (“Bozin”); Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Desjardins, 2015 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) (“Desjardins”); and Ontario College of Teachers v. Rafael, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-ONOCT 99 (CanLII) (“Rafael”). According to College Counsel, the facts in this case are so unique that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-he was unable to find any cases with similar acts of professional misconduct. However, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-stated that the cases presented are helpful as they establish the principles the Committee should consider ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-when determining the appropriate penalty. Further, the cases provide some guidance with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Committee’s determination of the appropriate penalty, as they establish a range of acceptable outcomes. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-College Counsel reviewed the Committee’s findings in detail, highlighted the aggravating and mitigating ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-factors in the Member’s case, and compared the Member’s case to the three cases presented. The primary ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-focus of the College’s submissions was to explain why the proposed 10-month suspension was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-appropriate in the circumstances of the Member’s case. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Among other things, College Counsel emphasized the following aggravating factors. First, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-misconduct put students at risk. He jeopardized student safety by allowing the unidentified female visitor ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-to enter the School without abiding by the School’s visitor policy. The Member allowed the visitor to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-enter through the back door of the School, rather than having her report to the office to receive a lanyard ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-that would identify her as a visitor. The visitor policy was in place to protect students (see Decision on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Finding and Reasons for Decision dated March 26, 2018 at pages 6 and 37-38). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf:Second, the Member’s sexual activity with the female visitor in his office was unprofessional and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-demonstrated a disregard for the well-being of students, who could have walked in and witnessed the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-encounter. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Third, College Counsel submitted that the Member’s lack of cooperation was an aggravating factor. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Member frustrated the hearing process by refusing to provide the name of the unidentified female visitor ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-until ordered to do so by the Committee during the hearing on the merits. College Counsel stated that, if ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-the Member had told him the identity of the female visitor prior to the hearing, he could have called her as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-a witness or tested the College’s evidence prior to the hearing on the merits. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Fourth, College Counsel submitted that it was aggravating for the Member to put forth evidence in an ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-attempt to support a “revenge theory” regarding the custodian – an independent witness who saw the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf:Member engaging in sexual activity with the female visitor (see Decision on Finding and Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Decision dated March 26, 2018 at pages 34 and 39-40). According to College Counsel, attacking the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-credibility of an independent witness who had no interest in the outcome of the hearing by accusing him ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-of seeking revenge against the Member was inappropriate and should be considered an aggravating factor. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Finally, College Counsel submitted that the Member’s concerning lack of insight about how his behaviour ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-impacted those in his school community should be considered an aggravating factor. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-The Member submitted that he accepted that the proposed reprimand and course on professional ethics ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-was an appropriate penalty in this case. However, the Member did not believe that the Committee ought ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-to order a 10-month suspension; in his view, the College’s proposed suspension was too long. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Member submitted that the appropriate penalty in this matter would include a reprimand, a course on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-professional ethics and a one-month suspension. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-The Member made submissions in response to the cases that College Counsel presented. He submitted ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-that the Committee should not rely on those cases because the facts were different from those in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-matter at hand. The Member presented five cases to the Committee in support of his proposed penalty: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Gionest, 2017 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) (“Gionest”); Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Teachers v. Allam, 2017 ONOCT 86 (CanLII) (“Allam”); Ontario College of Teachers v. Beaucage, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-LNONCTD 64 (“Beaucage”); Ontario College of Teachers v. Woltman, 2015 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-(“Woltman”); and Ontario College of Teachers v. Congi, 2014 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) (“Congi”). The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Member highlighted the facts and penalty imposed in each case in order to provide the Committee with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-cases presented by the Member did not involve putting students at risk, whereas the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-jeopardized student safety. Another distinguishing feature was that the majority of the cases involved ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-expressions of remorse and members taking responsibility for their actions, whereas the Member did not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-do so. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Second, College Counsel submitted that the Committee should give no weight to the mitigating factors ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-the Member submitted. According to College Counsel, the fact that the Member was out of town and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-came back to Canada for his penalty hearing is not a mitigating factor. Further, the fact that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-community is speaking about what the Member did is a typical response to such conduct. College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Counsel stated that if members of the profession conduct themselves as the Member did, it should not be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-a surprise that people respond in a negative fashion. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Third, College Counsel submitted that the Member’s suggestion that College Counsel did not ask for the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-female visitor’s name is untrue. College Counsel stated that the Member was asked to disclose her name ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-during the course of the Board’s investigation and did not. This investigation report was given to College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Counsel. Further, the union asked the Member to disclose the female visitor’s name on November 23, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-2014 and the Member did not. Moreover, College Counsel submitted that the College implicitly asked the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Member for the female visitor’s name when they sought the Member’s response to the complaints made ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf:against him. The Member’s response to the allegation that he engaged in sexual activity with an ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-unidentified female in his school office, on or about June 12, 2014 was, “a friend did visit the [Member] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf:at the School but he did not have sex with her.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Committee drew an adverse inference against the Member for failing ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-to disclose the female visitor’s name until he was ordered to do so during the hearing (see Decision on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Finding and Reasons for Decision dated March 26, 2018 at pages 44-45). The Member shielded her name ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-intentionally because her evidence was contrary to the Member’s. Therefore, according to College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Counsel, it is aggravating to refuse to provide information that is central to the case. By refusing to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf:students when he engaged in sexual activity with the female visitor in his school office. This type of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-behaviour has no place in a professional teaching environment. Members of the teaching profession are ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-expected to promote safe and supportive learning environments and to model appropriate, respectful and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-professional behaviour. The Member’s conduct fell short of meeting these expectations. The reprimand ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-will allow the Committee to directly address its concerns with the member and will serve as a specific ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Coursework ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-The Committee finds that the course of instruction regarding professional ethics will assist in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-rehabilitation of the Member, should he ever return to a teaching position. The Member demonstrated a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-concerning lack of professional and ethical judgment by inviting a female visitor into the school and by ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf:engaging in sexual activities with her in his office. The coursework will remind the Member of his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-obligations as a teacher and will help him to make better decisions in the future. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Suspension ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Given the serious nature of the Member’s misconduct, the Committee finds that a 10-month suspension is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-reasonable and appropriate. In arriving at this decision, the Committee did not rely heavily on the case ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-law presented by either party, because none of the cases presented involved conduct similar to that of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Member in this case. Because the cases provided little guidance, the Committee instead weighed the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-aggravating and mitigating factors in this case and determined that the Member’s misconduct was very ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-serious and therefore warranted an equally serious penalty. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-There were a number of aggravating factors in this case, which support an order for a 10-month ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-suspension. First, the Member breached the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession, the Standards ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-of Practice for the Teaching Profession, and the Board’s Code of Conduct when he allowed the female ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-visitor to enter the School without abiding by the School’s visitor policy. The Committee accepted ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Principal White’s testimony that the visitor policy was in place to ensure that students and staff were safe, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-given that the School is situated downtown (see Decision on Finding and Reasons for Decision dated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-March 26, 2018 at pages 6 and 37-38). The Member’s decision to bring an unidentified visitor into the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-School without having her report to the office was contrary to the School’s visitor policy and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 49 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-demonstrated very poor professional judgment. Members of the teaching profession must prioritize ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-student safety. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf:Second, it was a serious offence for the Member to engage in sexual activities with an unidentified female ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-visitor in his school office. The Member’s actions not only demonstrated a complete lack of respect for ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-the school environment and property, but also a blatant disregard for the well-being of students because ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf:the sexual encounter happened at school, where students could have walked in and witnessed it. Members ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-of the profession are expected to act professionally and to serve as role models for their students. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Member’s poor professional judgment in this instance undermined the reputation of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Third, the Committee found that it was an aggravating factor that the Member took no responsibility for ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-actions. During his penalty submissions, the Member highlighted the effect that these proceedings have ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-had on him physically, emotionally and financially. However, the Member showed no remorse or insight ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-into how his misconduct affected the students and staff at the School, the Catholic school community, or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-the profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-The Committee did not, however, give any weight to the aggravating factor suggested by College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-regarding the Member withholding the name of the female visitor until he was ordered to disclose it ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-during the hearing. The Committee accepted Independent Legal Counsel’s advice that this should not be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-considered an aggravating factor. Neither College Counsel nor a College investigator explicitly asked the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-Member or his counsel for the female visitor’s name prior to the hearing. Moreover, if the Member had ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf-refused to provide the information after a College representative had explicitly asked for it, the Registrar ./ontario-cases/2018onoct49.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-November 6, 2018 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated September 7, 2017 (Exhibit 1) was served on Christian Kpodjie (the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on October 2, 2017 to set a date for hearing and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for November 6, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. The Committee was advised ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- subsection 1(7.1);1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2);2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- okay” when Student 3 forgot to do his homework, which the student indicated he felt was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- intended as encouragement. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-8. Student 4 was a Grade [XXX] male student in the Member’s class during the 2012-2013 school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- year. The Member lightly pinched Student 4’s cheek while he was in the classroom, the hallways ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- of the School and outside. This occurred while Student 4 was getting candy from the Member as a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- reward or when the Member was admonishing him for eating too much sugar. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-9. Student 5 was a Grade [XXX] female student in the Member’s class during the 2012-2013 school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- year. The Member held Student 5’s hand and pinched her on the cheek. The hand holding and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- pinching on the cheek occurred during [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-10. Student 6 was a Grade [XXX] female student in the Member’s class during the 2012-2013 school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- year. The Member stroked Student 6’s arm on one occasion during [XXX] class to compliment ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- her for work well done. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-11. Student 7 was a Grade [XXX] female student in the Member’s class during the 2012-2013 school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- year. The Member touched Student 7 on the hand, arm and back and said “good job” when he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- checked her homework during [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-12. Student 8 was a Grade [XXX] female student in the Member’s class during the 2012-2013 school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- year. The Member kissed Student 8 on the cheek when he asked about her sister. The kiss was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- fleeting and grandfatherly in nature. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-13. Student 9 was a Grade [XXX] female student in the Member’s class during the 2012-2013 school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- year. The Member kissed Student 9 on the hand on one occasion during [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-14. The Member admits the physical contact with students described in paragraphs 5 to 13 above was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf: inappropriate even though it was not sexual in nature or intent. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf:15. In March 2013, the Member was charged with 42 counts of assault, sexual assault and sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- interference. Following a 23 day criminal trial, on July 24, 2015, all charges were dismissed, 13 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- of which were dismissed at the request of the Crown. The trial judge concluded that to the extent ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf: that he found any touching occurred, the touching was not sexual in nature or intent. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-16. The Member voluntarily participated in a full day Professional Boundaries course delivered by ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- the ETFO Provincial Office, on December 9, 2015. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- a copy of the written certificate of completion obtained from the course provider. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-17. The Member’s employment was terminated by the Board on or about June 22, 2016. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- termination was grieved and ultimately, the Member resigned his employment with the Board in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- July 2017. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-18. By this document,4 the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- 1 to 17 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-19. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts at paragraphs 4 to 13 constitute ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- subsections 1(5); 1(15); 1(18 – unprofessional only) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-20. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set out ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 18 and 20, this “document” refers to the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-dated July 26, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on November 6, 2018, the Committee accepted the Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-Penalty presented by the parties and made an order in accordance with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes that, once ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the Committee’s role to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. The penalty ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based on the following analogous cases ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Aversano, 2017 ONOCT 79 (CanLII); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Robertson, 2016 ONOCT 45 (CanLII) and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-Eyiah, 2015 ONOCT 20 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s inappropriate and unprofessional conduct warrants a reprimand ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-by his peers. The Member failed to maintain appropriate boundaries with his students by calling female ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-students “Beautiful”, “Sweetheart” and “Pretty”, and by making physical contact with a number of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-students that included pinching their cheeks, patting them on the head, stroking their arms and kissing ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf:their cheeks and hands. Although the Member’s conduct was not of a sexual nature, it was nevertheless ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-repeated and inappropriate. Because members of the profession hold a unique position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-authority, they must maintain appropriate professional boundaries at all times and they must not engage in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-overly familial behaviour with students. The significant power imbalance that exists between teachers and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-students is such that teachers should never make unnecessary physical contact with students. This type of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf-behaviour often makes students feel uncomfortable and can negatively affect their experience at school. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-November 5, 2018 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated June 28, 2016 (Exhibit 1) was served on Tom William Maloney (the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-“Member”), requesting his presence on July 26, 2016 to set a date for hearing and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for November 5, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Neither the Member nor his legal counsel were in attendance for the hearing. However, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-(Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-1. Tom William Maloney is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Waterloo Region District School Board ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- (the “Board”) as an [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Waterloo, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4 and Student 5 were female students at the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- School in Grade [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-4. During the 2012-2013 school year, during a [XXX] class, the Member called Student 2 to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- front of the class, put a [XXX] on her, then buttoned up the [XXX] on Student 2, touching the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- body of Student 2 as he did so. The Member acknowledges buttoning up the [XXX] on Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf: but states that any touching of Student 2’s body was not intended to be of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-5. During the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years, several students felt that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf: looking at them in an inappropriate sexual manner, including looking at their breasts, buttocks, or ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf: crotch. The Member denies that he intended to look at the students in a sexual manner or to make ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- them feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-6. In or about the Spring of 2013, at the end of a school day, the Member invited Student 2 and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- another student to come over to his home and have a popsicle. In or about October 2013, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- Member asked Student 2 and another student if they would like to come to the Member’s home to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- carve a pumpkin. The other student [XXX] from the Member’s home, and the Member was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- [XXX] with her parents. Student 2 declined the Member’s invitations to come to his home. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between the parties with respect to the penalty ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-18. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on November 5, 2018 finding that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf:1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 14 of the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of professional misconduct against him. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Paragraphs 4-10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Paragraphs 4-10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member abused a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 5 and 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf:abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3). The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Paragraphs 4-10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Paragraphs 4-10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Paragraphs 4-10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-1. direct that the Member receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-2. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the Certificate and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the Member is to immediately ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes that, once ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the Committee’s role to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. The penalty ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based on the following analogous cases ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Kemp, 2017 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Vallée, 2017 ONOCT 75 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-The Committee further accepts the submissions of College Counsel that the mandatory penalty provisions ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-set out at section 30.2 of the Act do not apply because this matter was initiated at the College in 2014, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-prior to the December 2016 amendments to the Act. Nevertheless, the Committee recognizes that it has ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-the authority to order the jointly proposed penalty in accordance with subsections 30(4) and 30(5) of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s egregious misconduct warrants a written reprimand by his peers. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Although the Member accepted responsibility for his actions, was cooperative with the College, and has ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf:no prior discipline history, his misconduct was nonetheless very serious. The Member’s sexualized ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-behaviour occurred inside and outside of the school setting; it involved [XXX], [XXX] school students in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-grades [XXX] and [XXX]; it involved several students; and, the Member invited students to his home on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-more than one occasion and to ride in his car. Prior to the conduct at issue in this case, the Member had ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-received two letters of expectation from his Board regarding boundary issues with students. The written ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-reprimand agreed to by the parties will allow the Committee to address its concerns with the Member and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-The Committee further finds that revocation is appropriate in this case. The Member’s misconduct was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf:completely unacceptable, as his conduct was of a sexualized nature. Although the definition of sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf:abuse in section 1 of the Act includes more overt acts, such as sexual intercourse or sexual touching, it ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf:also includes “(c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a student.” The definition ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf:does not require that a member intended the remarks or behaviour to be of a sexual nature. In this case, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf:among the sexualized conduct, the Member buttoned up a student’s [XXX] and touched her body in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf:process. While the Member stated that he did not intend for the touch to be of a sexual nature, there was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-absolutely no reason for the Member to button up the student’s [XXX] or to touch her body. His conduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf:was sexual in nature despite his intentions. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Similarly, several students reported that the Member looked at their breasts, buttocks or crotch. While the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf:Member denies that he intended to look at students in a sexual manner or to make them feel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-uncomfortable, his actions did exactly that. It is completely inappropriate and unacceptable for a member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-to look at these parts of a student’s body. For students in that age group, attention paid to their bodies in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-these areas is uncomfortable, degrading and inappropriate, especially from a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-The Member also failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with students on multiple ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-occasions. He invited students over to his house to carve pumpkins, eat popsicles, and lie on his couch; he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-asked a student personal questions about her mother and her mother’s boyfriend; and, he stopped his car ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-and repeatedly asked a student if she would like a ride in his car, until she eventually got in. The student’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-initial refusals should have prompted the Member to sense her reluctance and to stop asking. Members of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-the teaching profession hold a unique position of trust and authority, and as such, they must maintain ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-appropriate boundaries with students at all times. The Member’s behaviour was an abuse of this trusted ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-position and demonstrated a profound lack of professional judgment. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-The Committee is also concerned that the Member had received formal warnings from his Board prior to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-the conduct at issue in this case, but subsequently continued to engage in boundary violations with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-students. The Member did not learn from his previous mistakes. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Accordingly, the Committee finds that revocation is the appropriate penalty in this case. There is no place ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf:in the profession for members who engage in the sexual abuse of students and who abuse their position of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-trust and authority as the Member has done. Through his concerning conduct, the Member violated the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-trust placed in him as a teacher by parents, students and the public, and he undermined the reputation of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-the teaching profession. He has therefore forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and being ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-a member of the teaching profession in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and meets the principle of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf-Date: November 5, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- Alicia Nunn, OCT ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- Marlène Marwah ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- Vicki Shannon, OCT ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-15. The Ottawa Police cleared the occurrence as non-criminal as there was no evidence or allegation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- of a criminal offence. The Ottawa Police were advised of the outcome of the Board investigation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- and the disciplinary decision and took no further action. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-16. The Member completed a Professional Boundaries course and otherwise complied with all of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- Board requirements set out in its letter of May 5, 2015, and has since continued to teach with no ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- further conduct of this nature. In addition, on his own initiative, between May 6 and October 26, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- 2015, the Member voluntarily attended twelve 1-hour counselling sessions. His counsellor stated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf: following these sessions that, “There was never any indication that this was grooming ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- behaviour.” Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “F” is a copy of the counsellor’s report, dated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- June 22, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-17. By this document,2 the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- 1-16 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-18. The Member hereby acknowledges that paragraphs 4-11 of the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- 1(15), 1(18 – unprofessional only) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-19. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set out ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the right to require ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 17 and 19, this “document” refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-College of Teachers v. Jaarsma, 2017 ONOCT 71 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-Reprimand ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s inappropriate electronic communications with students warrants ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-a reprimand by his peers. Among other things, the Member repeatedly communicated with two students ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-via Instagram about topics unrelated to school work; he accepted the students’ requests to follow him on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-social media; he posted an inappropriate joke on social media that these two students were able to see ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-because they were his only followers at the time; and, he commented on a photograph that a student had ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-sent to him, which depicted the student in his dark bedroom in the middle of the night. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf:Although there was no evidence that the Member’s behaviour constituted grooming, his use of electronic ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-communications and social media with students was nevertheless inappropriate. Members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-profession hold a unique position of trust and authority, and it is inappropriate for members to share ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-information with students online that is unrelated to school activities. Teachers must be cautious when ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-engaging with students online and they must maintain appropriate professional boundaries with students ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-at all times. Teachers should avoid “follow” requests from students and, to minimize the risks inherent ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-with the use of social media, they should limit their electronic communications to established educational ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-platforms, rather than public platforms like Instagram. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-Course ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-The Committee is encouraged that the Member has taken responsibility for his actions by completing a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-Professional Boundaries course, as required by the Board, by voluntarily attending 12 one-hour ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf-counselling sessions, and by participating in the hearing process. Nevertheless, the Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-(g) in or about November 2012, telling Student 10 that her work was not as good as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- her sister’s work; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-(h) in or about November 2012, after getting upset with the male students, telling ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- them, “Baby, do I need to change your diapers?”; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-(i) in or about November 2012, ripping the paper away from a male student when he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- got paint on his arm and saying, “Forget it, you’re not doing it. You can sit there ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- and do nothing”, which the student did; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-(j) in or about November 2012, telling Student 4 to go home and put his arms ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- around anyone in his household who smokes and say, “I don’t want you to die”; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-(k) in or about December 2012, telling Student 4 to remove pink pants from the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- Nutcracker that he was making and replace them with red or blue pants and then ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- telling the male students that if they wore pink that they would grow up to be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf: homosexual men and that only homosexuals wore pink; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-(l) having Student 11 stand in from [sic] of the class at snack time and telling the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- class that Student 11 would be the smartest student because she had the most ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- nutritious snack; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-(m) making students re-do their artwork if it was not completed according to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- Member’s specifications and telling the students in a negative tone, “Oh no, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- that’s not right, you need to do that again”; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-(n) yelling at students when they would forget instructions and saying things such as, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- “Can’t you listen?”, “Can’t you follow instructions?”, “Did I say to do that?”; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Student 4 testified that the Member was his teacher in his split Grade [XXX] and Grade [XXX] class. He ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-stated that the during an art project the Member grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him. Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-also testified that the Member told him he could not use pink pants on his Nutcracker art project because ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf:that meant he would grow up to be a “homosexual”. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Student 4 testified about how he disclosed the above noted incidents to his mother. He testified further ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-about the negative impact the Member’s behaviour had on him and the counselling he received as a result ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-of the Member’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Male Student’s Mother’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-The Male Student’s Mother testified about volunteering in the Member’s classroom and about the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Member’s behaviour generally. She stated that the Member had a bad reputation and that is why the Male ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Student’s Mother wanted to volunteer in her classroom. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-The Male Student’s Mother testified that the Member taught her son when he was in Grade [XXX]. She ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-stated that during the 2011-2012 academic year the Member made several inappropriate comments to her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-son, which included telling him that his art work was not good enough, and asking him if she needed to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-“change his diapers” (or words to that effect). Further, the Male Student’s Mother testified about how the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Member ripped up her son’s artwork and threw it in the garbage. She also testified about inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-comments made to other students, including calling one student a “little baby” (or words to that effect). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-The Male Student’s Mother testified about how she learned about these incidents, her disclosure of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-incidents to the Principal, and her involvement in the investigation into the Member’s misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Male Student’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-The Male Student testified that the Member was his teacher in Grade [XXX], during the 2011-2012 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-academic year. He testified about the inappropriate comments the Member would make, including ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 39 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-smokes, go right home and tell them you don’t them to die.” She stated that Student 4 was “worried that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-his good friend’s parents are dying because they both are smokers.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Although hearsay is permissible in discipline hearings, the Committee finds that Student 4’s Mother’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-hearsay evidence is insufficient to prove this allegation because Student 4 had the opportunity to address ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-this allegation, but he was silent on this issue during his oral testimony. Further, the Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-there was no other reliable evidence (oral or documentary) to prove this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 19) The Member told Student 4 to remove pink pants from the Nutcracker he was making and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf: told the male students that if they wore pink pants they would grow up to be homosexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- men ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-The Committee finds, on a balance of probabilities, that in or about December 2012, the Member told ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Student 4 to remove pink pants from the Nutcracker he was making and replace them with red or blue ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf:pants, and then told the male students that if they wore pink they would grow up to be homosexual men ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf:and that only homosexuals wore pink, as alleged at paragraph 10(k) of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-The Committee heard direct evidence from Student 4 regarding this incident. Student 4 testified that he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-and a friend were working on a Nutcracker project and they put pink pants on their Nutcrackers. He stated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf:that the Member “told us we couldn’t use those, we were going to grow up and be homosexual men.” The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Committee finds Student 4’s testimony to be reliable. He was able to clearly recall this incident and he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-did not overstate his evidence. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-The Committee also heard evidence from Student 4’s Mother that supported the evidence of Student 4. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-She testified that her son told her about an incident that happened in December 2012 when the students in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-the Member’s class were working on a Nutcracker art project. She stated that Student 4 said he had ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-initially put pink pants on his Nutcracker, but that the Member told him to remove them “because boys ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-don’t wear pink.” Student 4’s Mother testified that her son told her that the Member “told them that they ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-might grow up to be gay men if they wear pink.” The Committee recognizes that Student 4’s Mother’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-testimony is hearsay, but finds that this hearsay evidence is reliable because it is consistent with the direct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 50 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-these students’ care, and also failed to “promote and participate in the creation of [a] safe and supportive ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-learning [community],” as set out in The Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession (Exhibit 12). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-By telling Student 4 to remove the pink pants from his Nutcracker art project and stating that if he wore ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf:pink pants he would grow up to be a homosexual man (paragraph 10 (k) of the Notice of Hearing), the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Member breached the ethical standard of respect by “failing to model respect for spiritual and cultural ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-values, social justice…[and] freedom”, set out in the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-(Exhibit 12). The Member also failed to “promote and participate in the creation of [a] safe and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-supportive learning [community],” as set out in The Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-(Exhibit 12). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-By yelling at students when they would forget instructions and saying things such as “can’t you listen?”, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-“can’t you follow instructions?”, “did I say to do that?” (paragraph 10(n) of the Notice of Hearing), and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-by yelling at students during dance if they could not follow different movement patterns (paragraph 10(o) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-of the Notice of Hearing), the Member breached the ethical standard of care by failing to show ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-“commitment to students’ well-being and learning through positive influence”, as set out in the Ethical ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Standards for the Teaching Profession (Exhibit 12). The Member also failed to “promote and participate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-in the creation of [a] safe and supportive learning [community],” as set out in The Standards of Practice ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-for the Teaching Profession (Exhibit 12). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-The Committee finds that the various acts of misconduct delineated above show that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-consistently displayed a lack of professional judgement. The Member also continually demonstrated a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-disregard for her students’ physical and emotional well-being. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 2) The Member abused a student verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 1(7) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member abused her students verbally on several occasions. Generally, the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Member was verbally abusive towards her students when she yelled at students who forgot instructions, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 51 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-or forgot movement patterns in dance, and when she said words to the effect of “can’t you listen?”, “can’t ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-you follow instructions?”, and/or “did I say to do that?” (paragraphs 10(n) and (o) in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Hearing). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Further, the Member was verbally abusive towards the Male Student when: she yelled at him saying “you ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-are supposed to be cleaning up”; she said to him “baby do I need to change your diaper?”; and, when she ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-ripped his paper away and said “forget it, you’re not doing it. You can sit there and do nothing.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-(paragraphs 5(b), 10(h) and (i) in the Notice of Hearing). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-The Member was verbally abusive towards Student 6 when she took his book, slammed it down in front ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-of him, and said “if you can’t do this work, then I am going to lower you to a different level.” (paragraph ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-10(a) in the Notice of Hearing). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-The Member was verbally abusive towards Student 7 when she told him that his Mother would not like ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-his Mother’s Day artwork because the sun was too big (paragraph 10(c) of the Notice of Hearing). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-The Member was verbally abusive towards Student 8 when she told him that his train station could not be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-included in the class’ Pioneer Village after previously approving the project (paragraph 10(d) of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Notice of Hearing). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-The Member was verbally abusive towards Student 10 when she told her that her work was not as good as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-her sister’s (paragraph 10(g) of the Notice of Hearing). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-Finally, the Member was verbally abusive towards Student 4 when she told him he could not use pink ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf:pants on his Nutcracker project because only homosexual men wear pink and if he wore pink that would ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf:mean he would grow up to be a homosexual man (paragraph 10(k) of the Notice of Hearing). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-These comments demonstrate a pattern of verbally abusive behaviour. The Member yelled at students, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-which is unacceptable. Members of the profession are expected to communicate respectfully with students ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-at all times and to behave as positive role models even when they become frustrated. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 55 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-pushing a student out the door because she was too slow; grabbing a student’s shoulders and shaking him; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-taking a student by the shoulder, shaking him, and pushing him into a desk; not allowing a student to get ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-ice from the office after she had fallen and hit her head; slamming a book down and threatening a student ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 55 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-that she would lower him to a different level if he could not complete the work; telling a student his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-mother would not like his Mother’s Day art project; allowing a student to complete another student’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-artwork while he was on vacation; telling one student her work was not as good as her sister’s; asking a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-student “baby, do I need to change your diaper?”; ripping artwork away from a student and telling him to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf:“sit there and do nothing”; telling a student that if we wore pink he would grow up to be a homosexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-man; yelling at students if they could not follow instructions or dance patterns; and ripping up a student’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-artwork in front of the class. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-These examples provide ample support for the finding that the Member failed to fulfil her duties as a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-teacher, as set out in the Education Act. The Member’s repeated disregard for her students’ well-being is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-alarming. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- 6) The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. The public and the teaching profession do not tolerate the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-physical, verbal, and psychological or emotional abuse of students. Through her conduct, the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-violated the trust that the public places in teachers. When parents send their children to school, they ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-expect that they will be safe. The Member’s breach of this trust was repugnant. She physically abused ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-multiple students. She also verbally, psychologically and emotionally abused multiple students with her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-demeaning and demoralizing conduct. This type of behaviour is completely unacceptable. It betrays the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-trust that students, and their parents place in teachers. A reasonable member of the profession would find ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf-the Member’s conduct in this regard disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct55.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- 3. During the 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 academic years, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- (a) used inappropriate language and subject matter in class, including, but not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf: limited to sluts, whores, drugs, body parts and sexual matters; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- (b) jumped on desks; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- (c) slammed a metre stick on desks; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- (d) made bodily noises during class, such as “burping” and “farting”; and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- (e) “humped” a wall. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- 4. On or about January 14, 2014, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- (a) told a female student that she was a “fucking idiot” and a “douche”; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- (b) did not allow the same female student to take a [XXX] test as scheduled; and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- (c) made comments directed to students with lower averages such as: “only 5 people ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- will actually pass this course” and “let me teach these top 6 first and the rest of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- you can pay attention if you want, doesn’t really matter.” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-As the Member was not present, the Committee proceeded on the basis that the Member denied the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-The College presented oral and documentary evidence in order to prove the allegations set out in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Notice of Hearing. Relevant portions of this evidence will be set out in greater detail, as needed, in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Committee’s reasons for decision below. The following is a brief summary of the College’s evidence. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Despite the considerable issues that Principal Vandyke raised regarding the Member’s teaching practice, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-he nevertheless testified that the Member was a passionate teacher who was dedicated to his students. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-According to the principal, although the Member’s effort and desire were evident, he fell short of meeting ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-expectations when it came to certain aspects of his daily practice, including the way that he reacted to and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-handled situations with students and his use of inappropriate language and behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Participant Expert ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-On September 20, 2018, College Counsel sought to qualify Principal Vandyke as a participant expert in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-the area of classroom management. The Committee granted this request for the following reasons. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-The College demonstrated that the four threshold requirements for the admissibility of expert evidence ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-have been met, as established the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Mohan, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 9: (1) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-relevance; (2) necessity in assisting the trier of fact; (3) the absence of any exclusionary rule; and (4) a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-properly qualified expert. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-First, the Committee finds that Principal Vandyke’s evidence is relevant to the issue of whether or not the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Member’s classroom management met the standards of the profession. The principal supervised the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Member and investigated his conduct on several occasions. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Second, Principal Vandyke’s evidence is necessary because the Committee must receive expert evidence ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-regarding the standards of the profession in cases such as this, where the Member’s conduct is not so ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-egregious that it is self-evidently misconduct. By way of contrast, expert evidence is not required in cases ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf:involving the physical or sexual abuse of students, which are clear examples of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-(see Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (CanLII) at para. 71). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Third, there is no exclusionary rule preventing the admissibility of Principal Vandyke’s expert evidence. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Fourth, the Committee finds that Principal Vandyke is a properly qualified expert, given his extensive ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-experience as an educator and an administrator. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Committee accepted her evidence only to the extent that it was consistent with the investigation results of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-School administration. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Factual Findings ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-For the reasons set out below, the Committee finds, on a balance of probabilities, that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-engaged in the conduct alleged at paragraphs 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 3(e), 4(a) and 4(b) of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-The College has not provided sufficient evidence to prove that the Member engaged in the conduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-alleged at paragraphs 3(d) and 4(c) of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-3(a): During the 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 academic years, the Member used inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- language and made reference to inappropriate subject matters including “sluts, whores, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf: drugs, body parts and sexual matters” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Evidence ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-The Committee received consistent, uncontradicted evidence from Student 1 and the School ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-administrators who testified regarding the Member’s use of inappropriate language and subject matter in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-class. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-In Student 1’s written statement to Principal Vandyke dated October 16, 2013, she reported that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Member used “every type of foul language” and discussed inappropriate topics, including “sluts, whores, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf:drugs, body parts and sexual things” (Exhibit 8). During her oral testimony, Student 1 explained that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf:Member’s classroom discussions were not about [XXX]; they were about sexualizing women, drugs and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-body parts. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Principal Vandyke also received a complaint from a parent about the Member’s use of profanity in class. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-The parent provided the following example of the Member’s inappropriate [XXX] lesson, as reported to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-her by her daughter: “if you have six vials of crack and you get X number of vials from a rival gang ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-member, how many do you end up with?” (Exhibit 6). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- 39 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-The Committee assessed the aggravating and mitigating factors in the Member’s case. The fact that all ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-three School administrators described the Member as a devoted teacher who had trouble controlling what ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-he said or his reactions was a significant mitigating factor in this case. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-However, there were a number of aggravating factors in this case. First, the Member’s inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-conduct was repeated and he did not improve his behaviour after School administration intervened on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-several occasions. Second, the Member’s conduct was concerning: he belittled a student; he demonstrated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-an inability to control his temper; and he used inappropriate language and behaved unprofessionally in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-class. Third, the Member did not participate in the discipline process. The College made numerous ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-attempts to contact the Member since December 17, 2017 when he became self-represented (see Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-2). The afternoon before the start of his hearing, he emailed College Counsel to say that he was not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-attending. In this email, he admitted that some of the allegations against him were true (see Exhibit 2 at ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Tab O), but he nevertheless chose not to engage in the College’s processes by attending the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-The Committee recognizes that the Member was not required to admit his misconduct and it accepts the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-advice of Independent Legal Counsel that the absence of an admission is not an aggravating factor. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Committee nevertheless finds that the Member’s complete lack of participation in the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-(regardless of whether or not he was willing to admit his professional misconduct) is an aggravating ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-factor. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Reprimand ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s repeated unprofessional conduct warrants a reprimand by his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-peers. On a number of occasions during the 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 academic years, the Member made ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-inappropriate or demeaning comments to students and behaved in an offensive or unprofessional manner. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-Among other things, he belittled a student by calling her an “idiot” and a “douche”, he humped a wall in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf-class, he slammed a metre stick on desks, and he referred to inappropriate subject matters in class, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf:including “sluts, whores, drugs, body parts and sexual matters.” This type of behaviour has no place in an ./ontario-cases/2018onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-he was acting. Colleague 2 testified that the Member was also resentful towards [XXX] because [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-had taken over the Member’s teaching position. Colleague 2 testified that after the end of the 2013-2014 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-academic year the Member did not continue teaching at the School or for the Board, and instead moved to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-England. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-Colleague 2 testified that she received a year’s worth of inappropriate emails which she believed came ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-from the Member impersonating various employees of the Board. Specifically, Colleague 2 testified about ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-receiving the following inappropriate emails. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-Exhibit 6 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-Colleague 2 testified that she received an email on January 15, 2015 from Taylor & Francis Online, a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-website that she had never visited. The email states “[[XXX] wife] thinks that you would be interested in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-the following content” and then includes a link to an article titled, “Including All Voices in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf:Classroom: Teaching Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students.” Colleague 2 stated that this email was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-forwarded to Colleague 3. She identified the email as “not being right” and knew that Colleague 3 and the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-Board’s IT department were gathering information regarding these fake or impersonating emails being ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-sent to various employees of the Board. Colleague 2 believed that it was the Member who signed her up ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-to receive emails from Taylor & Francis Online because the Member was aware of Colleague 2’s [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-Exhibit 7 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-Colleague 2 testified that she received an email on January 23, 2015 that appeared to be from the director ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-of the Board, [XXX]. The subject line states, “Coming out all over again: why the first gay-rights ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-generation faces familiar challenged in old age.” The email says, “Hi, thought you might find this ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-interesting. Have a good day” and includes a link to the above noted article in the Globe and Mail. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-Colleague 2 testified that she asked [XXX] if she had sent this email and [XXX]. told Colleague 2 she did ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-not. Colleague 2 forwarded this email to Colleague 3 for further investigation into the source of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf-sender’s IP address. Colleague 2 believed it was the Member who was impersonating [XXX], because the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-November 27, 2018 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated August 23, 2018 (Exhibit 1) was served on Jaclyn Lindsay Jones (the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-“Member”), inviting her to participate in the scheduling of the hearing and specifying the allegations. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for November 27, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-The Member was self-represented, but she was not in attendance for the hearing. The Committee was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf: (c) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- (f) she contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s suitability ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- (g) she contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- (h) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- (i) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-(Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-1. Jaclyn Lindsay Jones is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- Information, together with a screenshot of the Registered Member Information showing the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- Members previous name as McLaren, with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Hastings and Prince Edward District ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4, Student 5, Student 6, Student 7 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- and Student 8 were male students of the Board. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf:4. Between October 2013 and February 2016 the Member engaged in sexual touching of Students 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf: and 2, communication of a sexual nature with Students 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 and transmission of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf: sexual images with Students 1, 2 and 3. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-5. On or about March 7, 2017 the Member was found guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice of: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf: (a) sexual exploitation with regard to Student 1, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- (b) communication by means of telecommunication with Student 1, for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- facilitating the commission of an offence under section 153(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- Canada, contrary to section 172.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf: (c) possession of child pornography images of Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3, contrary ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf: (d) sexual exploitation with regard to Student 2, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- (e) communication by means of telecommunication with Student 2 for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- facilitating the commission of an offence under section 153(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- Canada, contrary to section 172.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf: (f) making sexually explicit material available to Student 5, Student 7 and Student 8 for the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence under section 152 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- Code of Canada, contrary to section 171.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf: (g) making sexually explicit material available to Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- and Student 6, for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence under section ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 152 of the Criminal Code of Canada, with respect to those persons, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf: 171.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the transcript of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- Arraignment and Plea. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-6. On or about May 19, 2017, the Member was sentenced to 2 years in a federal penitentiary. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the transcript of sentencing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-7. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” are certified copies of the Adult Probation Order, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- [XXX], Prohibition Order, Order of Disposition, and [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-8. On or about May 24, 2017 the Member was terminated by the Board. Attached hereto and marked ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- from legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-12. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the College and the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions of College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on November 27, 2018 finding that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf:1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-As required by subsection 30.2(1)(c)(i) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-made an interim order directing the Registrar to suspend the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-registration until the Committee made its order on sanction. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 8 of the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of professional misconduct against her. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-She acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-Paragraphs 4-6 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-Paragraphs 4-6 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member abused ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-Paragraphs 4-6 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member abused ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf:students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-of students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-Paragraphs 4-6 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-1(14). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-Paragraphs 4-6 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-Paragraphs 5-7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a certificate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-Paragraphs 5-7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student to be put at or to remain at risk, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-Paragraphs 4-6 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member committed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-Paragraphs 4-6 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the appropriate ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-1. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the certificate of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- qualification and registration of the Member, which certificate the Member is to immediately ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- surrender to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-2. direct that the Member receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on November 27, 2018 the Committee accepted the Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-Penalty presented by the parties and made an order in accordance with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-The Member’s misconduct consisted of the sexual abuse of students and prohibited acts involving child ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf:pornography, and it involved acts listed at subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. As set out above, and in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-accordance with subsection 30.2(1)(c)(i) of the Act, the Committee made an interim order on November ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-27, 2018, directing the Registrar to suspend the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration until ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-the Committee made its penalty order. The Committee is also required to, and has therefore, made an ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-order: requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee; and directing the Registrar to revoke ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Committee notes that it has no discretion in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-this regard. The Committee denounces the Member’s egregious misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-With respect to the form of the reprimand, the Committee accepts the parties’ request that the reprimand ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf-be delivered in written form, as per the parties’ Joint Submission on Penalty. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2018onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-November 14, 2018 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated January 17, 2018 (Exhibit 1) was served on Jeffrey Claude Pilon (the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-“Member”), inviting him to participate in the scheduling of the hearing and specifying the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-The hearing was subsequently set for November 14, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing but had legal representation. The Committee was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Jeffrey Claude Pilon is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- (d) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-1. Jeffrey Claude Pilon is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Rainbow District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- “Board”). From about September 2011 to about February 2015, the Member was a [XXX] coach ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- at [XXX] School (the “School”). In or around September 2014, the Member began a teaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- position at the School. He remained in that teaching position until February 2015. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-3. From about September 2011 to about February 2015, the Member was a coach with the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- (the [XXX]). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-4. At all material times, Student 1 was a female student at another school in the Board. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- [XXX] from Grade [XXX] in or about June 2015. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-5. Throughout Grades [XXX] through [XXX], Student 1 was a member of her school’s [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- team. Student 1 first interacted with the Member while a member of her school’s [XXX] team. In ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- or around April 2014, Student 1 joined the [XXX] and interacted with the Member in that context ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- as well. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-6. In or around September 2014, an inappropriate personal relationship began between the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- and Student 1. The Member engaged in inappropriate conduct which included: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- (a) Electronic communications with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- (b) Discussions with Student 1 about personal relationships; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- (c) Driving alone with Student 1 in the Member’s personal vehicle. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf:7. In or around October 2014, the Member’s relationship with Student 1 developed into a sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- relationship. The Member: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf: (a) Engaged in sexual intercourse with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf: (b) Instructed Student 1 not to disclose the sexual relationship to others. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-8. In or around January 2015, the relationship between the Member and Student 1 ended. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-9. During the Board’s investigation of the Member’s inappropriate conduct, the Member admitted to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf: engaging in a sexual relationship with Student 1. On February 11, 2015, the Board terminated the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- Member’s employment. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- February 11, 2015 letter to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-10. On September 27, 2002, the Ontario College of Teachers approved a professional advisory on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf: professional misconduct related to sexual abuse and sexual misconduct. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the College advisory. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-11. By this document,1 the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can accept as correct the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- facts and exhibits referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-12. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the alleged conduct ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf: constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-13. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 11 and 13, this “document” refers to the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and the submissions of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-parties, the Committee rendered an oral decision November 14, 2018 finding that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf:1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 10 of the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-1(5), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-Paragraphs 6-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-Paragraphs 7-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf:Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf:and engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-Paragraphs 6-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-Paragraphs 6-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s objectionable conduct warrants a reprimand by his peers. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-written reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member, and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-the profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-The Committee further finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification is appropriate in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-the circumstances. The Member took advantage of his position of trust and authority as a teacher in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf:most egregious manner by engaging in a sexual relationship with a female student. What began as an ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf:inappropriate personal relationship with the student in or around September 2014 developed into a sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf:relationship with the student approximately one month later. The Member engaged in sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf:with the student and instructed her not to disclose the sexual relationship to others. It is completely ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf:unacceptable for members of the profession to engage in sexual relationships with students. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-Member’s misconduct has undermined the reputation of the teaching profession, and has seriously broken ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-the trust that parents, students and the public place in teachers. The Committee denounces the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-inexcusable conduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and meets the principle of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf-Date: November 22, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- Godwin Ifedi ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Wilson 2018 ONOCT 63 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- Date: 2018-12-07 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ORAL DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf-IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation (Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- Avery Jean Wilson a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- _________________________________________________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- AVERY JEAN WILSON (REGISTRATION #642874) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- _________________________________________________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf-PANEL: Tom Potter, Chair ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- Jean-Luc Bernard, OCT ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf-HEARD: December 7, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf-Andrew Matheson of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, for Ontario College of Teachers, assisted by Eleanor ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf-Enniss, Law Clerk ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf-Avery Jean Wilson, self-represented ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf-Erica Richler of Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- of evidence in a hearing and the person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf: sexual misconduct or prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-November 30, 2018 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated March 7, 2017 (Exhibit 1) was served on Sonya Marie Yvette Dean (the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-“Member”)1, requesting her presence on April 13, 2017 to set a date for hearing and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for November 30, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing but had legal representation. The Committee was ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2);2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf: (c) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in the sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- (e) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- Although the status of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration was “Cancelled-Resigned” at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-hearing, she was a Member of the College at the time of the events in question. Pursuant to subsection 14(5) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996, the Committee has continuing jurisdiction over the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- (f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-(Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-1. Sonya Marie Yvette Dean was a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Waterloo Region District School Board ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Cambridge, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-3. At all material times during the 2011-2012 school year, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old male ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- student in the Member’s Grade [XXX] [XXX] class at the School. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-4. Between March 3, 2012 and April 13, 2012, the Member and Student 1 communicated over ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- Facebook. Their conversations related to alcohol consumption and contained language that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- Student 1 considered to be of a flirtatious nature. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-5. During the summer of 2012, the Member sent private professional photographs of herself to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf: Person A, with whom she was involved in a consensual sexual relationship. Person A was not a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-6. Without the Member’s consent, Person A forwarded the photographs to his younger brother, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- Student 2, who was a male student in Grade [XXX] at the School during the 2012-2013 school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- year. Student 2, in turn, forwarded the photographs to other students at the School, including ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- Student 3, without the Member’s consent. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-7. During the 2012-2013 school year, the Member met Student 2 and his friends outside of School ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- and in the evenings. She purchased lunches and dinners for Student 2 and sometimes for his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- friends at restaurants, and on occasion prepared meals for Student 2 and his friends, at Student 2’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- request. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-8. During the 2012-2013 school year, the Member purchased alcohol for Student 2, at his request. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-9. The Member purchased alcohol and meals for Student 2 and his friends as set out above because ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf: Student 2 threatened to disclose to her family the fact that she was involved in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- relationship with Person A. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-10. On or about June 26, 2013, the Member was charged with criminal offences relating to Facebook ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- communications with Student 1 and sending private professional photographs to three students, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- including Students 2 and 3. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-11. On or about June 26, 2015, the Member resigned her employment with the Board. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-12. On or about June 26, 2015, the Member resigned her membership in the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- Teachers and undertook “not to reapply to the College or to any other provincial college ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- regulating the profession of teaching in Canada.” Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- copy of the Member’s signed Notice of Resignation and Undertaking. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-13. On or about July 15, 2015, in the Ontario Court of Justice, the Member entered into a twelve- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- month Peace Bond with the condition that she have no contact with Student 1 and Student 3, and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- the criminal charges were withdrawn at the request of the Crown. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- Exhibit “C” is an excerpt of the Peace Bond Proceedings containing the Crown’s submissions to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- proceed in this fashion having regard to both the reasonable prospect of conviction and the public ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- interest. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf:decision is distinguishable from the Member’s case in that a finding of sexual abuse was made in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-Champion and not in the Member’s case. Because the circumstances in that case were significantly ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-different from those in the Member’s case, the Committee did not find that it was of any assistance in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-establishing a range of appropriate penalties in the Member’s case. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-Reprimand ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s repeated inappropriate conduct warrants a reprimand by her ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-peers. The Member’s conduct was a serious breach of professional boundaries. She discussed alcohol ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-consumption with a student on Facebook, and the student also considered the conversations to be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-flirtatious. Members of the teaching profession hold a unique position of trust and authority, and it is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-unacceptable for members to engage in online conversations that would not be appropriate in a school ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-setting. Teachers must be cautious when engaging with students online and they must maintain ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-appropriate professional boundaries with students at all times. Members of the profession are also ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-expected to serve as role models for students, and it is therefore inappropriate for teachers to discuss ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-alcohol consumption with students and to have conversations of a personal nature with students on social ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-media. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-Moreover, the Member inappropriately purchased or prepared meals for students outside of school and in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-the evenings. She also inappropriately purchased alcohol for a student. This conduct demonstrates a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-concerning lack of professional judgment. Regardless of the Member’s explanation for doing so (i.e. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf:because she did not want a student to disclose her sexual relationship with Person A to her family), the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-Member’s conduct was unacceptable. Teachers must not purchase alcohol for students under any ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-circumstances. Through her misguided conduct, the Member undermined the trust and confidence that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-public places in members of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-Because the Member has resigned her membership with the College (see Exhibit 2 at Tabs B and C) and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf-has undertaken “not to reapply to the College or to any other provincial college regulating the profession ./ontario-cases/2018onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- (d) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-(Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-1. Patrick Barry Uhlman is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). Attached ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- hereto as Exhibit 1 is a copy of his Registered Member Information. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Lambton Kent District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Sarnia, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-3. At all material times during the 2014-2015 academic year, the Member taught [XXX] at the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf:4. Between September and December 2014, the Member accessed pornography from a school board ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- computer while at school during work time. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf:5. The Member accessed pornographic sites on most school days. Specifically, in the period ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- between September 26, 2014 and December 3, 2014, Board records showed that the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf: accessed pornographic websites on 36 of the 42 working days in that period. On 26 of the days he ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf: accessed pornographic websites once per day, on seven of the days he accessed pornographic ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf: websites twice per day, and on three of the days he accessed pornographic websites three times ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- per day. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf:6. The Member accessed three particular pornographic sites. The Member indicated that after the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- system blocked him out of two of the sites, he continued to access the third, which was not ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- blocked. Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a copy of a printout from the school board’s IT system ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- showing the dates and times of access, the sites accessed, search terms used by the Member, as ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- well as the descriptions of the videos that were accessed. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-7. On December 17, 2014, the Board terminated the Member’s employment with cause and advised ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- the Member that it would contact the Sarnia Police, the Children’s Aid Society (“CAS”) and the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- College. Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a copy of the Board’s Termination Letter to the Member ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- dated December 17, 2014. The Board later revoked the Member’s termination following a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- grievance and the Member resigned his employment with the Board. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf:8. Sarnia Police Service conducted an investigation into the Member’s use of pornography in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf: classroom. They confirmed that the Member was viewing pornography multiple times per day on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf: a daily basis. They noted that the Member streamed pornography on a school computer in his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- classroom that could be accessed by students. There is no evidence that students knew the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf: Member was viewing pornography in the classroom, or that any students saw pornographic ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- images. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-9. Although some of the accessed sites contained the words “teen”, the police determined that none ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf: of the images constituted child pornography for the purposes of the criminal law. No criminal ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- charges were laid against the Member, and there was no further involvement by the CAS. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-10. By this document,1 the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- 1 to 9 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-11. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 10 and 12, this “document” refers to the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-dated July 19, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-College Counsel reiterated that the case law presented to the Committee relating to members who had ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf:accessed pornography at school did not include coursework as part of the penalties ordered. In addition to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-two cases presented on the first hearing date (July 27, 2018), College Counsel presented Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-of Teachers v. Vandermeer, 2014 ONOCT 108 (CanLII) on November 20, 2018, in which a member who ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf:had accessed pornography on a school computer was not required to complete rehabilitative coursework ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-as part of his penalty ordered by a panel of the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-Although the Member attended the hearing on November 20, 2018 by telephone, he made no additional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-submissions regarding the appropriateness of the jointly proposed penalty. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on November 20, 2018, the Committee accepted the Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-Penalty presented by the parties and made an order in accordance with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-With respect to the timing of the reprimand, the Committee was able to deliver the Member’s reprimand ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-orally (by telephone) immediately following the hearing on November 20, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes that, once ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the Committee’s role to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. The penalty ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based on the following analogous cases ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Orman, 2009 ONOCT 41 (CanLII); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Welch, 2012 ONOCT 41 (CanLII); and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-Vandermeer, 2014 ONOCT 108 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-The Committee continued to have concerns regarding the lack of coursework as a rehabilitative ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-component in the original joint submission on penalty, but accepted that the Member had tendered his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-resignation, with no intention to return to the profession. For this reason, the Committee accepted the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-On November 20, 2018, the Committee was informed that the Member filed a Notice of Resignation dated ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-October 12, 2018 (Exhibit 5). College Counsel stated that the Member “freely and voluntarily resigned ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-with no intention to return to the teaching profession.” This confirms that the Member has no intention of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-returning to the teaching profession, which will ensure that the public interest is adequately protected. If ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-the Member decides that he wants to return to the profession, he will need to successfully re-apply to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-College and meet all of the certification requirements in place at that time. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-Suspension ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-The Committee finds that suspending the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member for ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-a period of 10 months is proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member. It is completely ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf:unacceptable for members of the profession to access pornography at school, using a Board computer that ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-could be accessed by students. The Member did so repeatedly during the Fall of 2014. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf:It is alarming that the Member accessed “teen” pornography at school. Although the police determined ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf:that this content did not constitute child pornography, it is nevertheless disturbing that a Member would ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf:be attempting to access pornography featuring “teens” which is in fact the age group with whom the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-Member interacted on a daily basis as a teacher. That these searches were conducted during school hours, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-at school, on a school computer demonstrated that the Member did not recognize the inappropriateness of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-these boundary violations. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-Members of the profession occupy a unique position of trust and authority. By accessing “teen” ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf:pornography at school, the Member undermined the trust of both students and the public in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-profession. As a teacher at a secondary school, the Member was responsible for the well-being of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf:adolescent students. Accessing “teen” pornography at school was clearly at odds with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf:professional responsibilities. Teen pornography objectifies and exploits adolescents. It reflects very ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-poorly on the profession when its members access such content while they are entrusted with the care and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-development of students. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-The duration of the suspension also falls within a range of acceptable outcomes, as established by the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-above-mentioned cases presented by College Counsel. The significant suspension will serve as a specific ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-deterrent to the Member and should cause him to reflect on the inappropriate and unprofessional nature of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-his misconduct. Recording the fact of the suspension on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-Reprimand ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-The Committee further finds that the Member’s unprofessional conduct, warrants a reprimand by his ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-peers. The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member and will ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-serve as a specific deterrent. By reminding the Member of his professional obligations, the reprimand also ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-serves a rehabilitative function. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and meets the principle of ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf-Date: November 20, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- Vicki Shannon, OCT ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2018onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing but had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-Counsel for the College advised the Committee that an agreement had been reached on the facts and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-introduced an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2)3, which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- College Counsel submitted that the Member signed and retuned the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea to her via fax. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-This signed document was entered as Exhibit 2 during the hearing on December 18, 2017. Due to a technological issue with the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-fax machine, some portions of the signed Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2) were illegible and paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-4(c) and 4(d) of Exhibit 2 were cut off. College Counsel therefore entered a complete but unsigned version of the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- stance or position, to get their attention, to administer first-aid to them, or to comfort them if hurt. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- At all times these actions were done publically, such as at a [XXX] where other adults were ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- present. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-6. On one occasion, in a School hallway, the Member came up behind Student 2, put his arms ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- around her, and lifted her off the ground. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-7. On one occasion, during [XXX] [XXX], the Member grabbed Student 2 by her shirt and pulled ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- her close to him. Student 2 told the Member to stop touching her, to which the Member replied ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- that Student 2 had an “attitude problem.” If called to testify at a hearing before the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- Committee, the Member would explain that he pulled Student 2 by her shirt closer to the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- where he was playing [XXX] while teaching her how to cut off a [XXX] to properly utilize a ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- [XXX] The Member would also state that his comment about Student 2 having an “attitude ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- problem” was in response to her attempting to leave the [XXX] during a [XXX] without ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- permission, ostensibly to get a drink. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-8. If called to testify at a hearing before the Discipline Committee, the Students would say that the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- Member’s repeated touching made the Students feel very uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-9. On March 10, 2010, the Member was charged with assault in relation to Student 2, and with ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf: sexual assault, sexual interference, and sexual exploitation in relation to Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf-10. On December 7, 2010 the Member entered into a Peace Bond, a copy of which is attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “B”, in the amount of $5,000.00 and for a period of four years, with the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- following conditions: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- (a) Not to participate in the management, [XXX] or [XXX] staff of any team with females ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- under the age of 16; ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- (b) Not to associate or communicate directly or indirectly with any of the Students; and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf-November 27, 2018 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated May 20, 2015 (Exhibit 1) was served on Robert Luke Avison (the “Member”), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 71 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf-requesting his presence on May 27, 2015 to set a date for hearing and specifying the allegations. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for November 27, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. The Committee was advised ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf-at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed after amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf-Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct71.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) on ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf-December 14, 2018 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated March 1, 2017 (Exhibit 1) was served on Salvatore De Mare (the “Member”), ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- 2018 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf-requesting his presence on March 29, 2017 to set a date for hearing and specifying the allegations. The ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf-hearing was subsequently set for December 14, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. The Committee was advised ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf-at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Salvatore De Mare is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in the ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- Ontario College of Teacher’s Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2);1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf: and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- (e) he failed to supervise adequately a student or students who are under the professional ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- supervision of the member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11);3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15);4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf-4 ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2018onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-[10] Exhibit “B” to the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea contains copies of ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-screenshots taken of the Member’s Twitter account. These screenshots show that the ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- 2019 CanLII 145136 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-Member retweeted numerous inappropriate posts, including the following: ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-  “We want a Travel Ban, heavy surveillance on all mosques, mass ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- deportations and treat all apologists as collaborators.” @POTUS ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- USA USA USA - “This needs to happen in Canada too since we ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- have unprotected borders.” ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-  “Liberal Logic: A boy who identifies as a girl is a girl, but a terrorist ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- who identifies as a Muslim is not a Muslim.” ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf:  “Some doctors want to let “trans” kids get cross-sex hormones & ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- surgery even earlier. The risks haven’t been studied.” - ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- “Disgustingly, sick child abuse…” ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-  “If Cdn’s want Ca to remain Cdn then we must tell UN we will not ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- take refugee immigrants unless they are economically viable. No ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- more welfare.” ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-[11] The retweeted posts included offensive comments about Muslims, immigrants, ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-refugees and individuals who identify with a gender different from their gender assigned ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-at birth. ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-[12] By retweeting the posts without critical comment, the Panel has determined that ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-the Member implicitly expressed his agreement with the objectionable content in them. ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-The Member also gave them broader dissemination. The content in the posts is ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-inconsistent with the College’s April 2011 professional advisory on the use of electronic ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-communication and social media (“Professional Advisory”). The Professional Advisory ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf-states (p. 3): ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- “Maintaining professional boundaries in all forms of communication, ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- technology-related or not, is vital to maintaining the public trust and ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- appropriate professional relationships with students. Members must be ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- aware of the numerous challenges and the ramifications associated with the ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- use of electronic communication and social media.” ./ontario-cases/2019canlii145136.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 102 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the second Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-August 26, 2019 (Exhibit 2) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Ian William McGregor Smith is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act, or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- and specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 102 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 3), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 1. Ian William McGregor Smith is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf: At all material times, the Member was employed by the Greater Essex ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- County District School Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Inappropriate Relationship with Student 1 between [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 2. At all material times, Student 1 was a female student of the Board until ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- June[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 3. [XXX]The Member would socialize with Student 1 and her mother and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- attended their home on various occasions. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 4. While Student 1 was a [XXX] student at the School, the Member invited ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- her to perform at [XXX] events with him outside of the School. He ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- developed a professional relationship with Student 1 and saw her socially ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- within the context of [XXX] sessions which continued after she graduated ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- in June[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-5. During the time that Student 1 was a student at the School, the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- and Student 1 spent time alone together on multiple occasions. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-6. During the time that Student 1 was a student at the School, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (a) spoke to Student 1 about personal issues including issues with his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 102 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- family; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (b) made inappropriate comments to Student 1, including ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- complimenting her appearance; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (c) gave Student 1 rides in his car; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (d) invited Student 1 into his home on several occasions; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (e) hugged Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (f) kissed Student 1 on her cheek as a familiar greeting (as he did ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- with[XXX]) when he visited them. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-7. Following the graduation of Student 1, the Member discussed his personal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- relationships with other women with Student 1 and told Student 1 that they ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- made a “great pair”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-8. In January[XXX], after Student 1 graduated school, the Member worked ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- with Student 1 [XXX][XXX]in a variety of settings. At various times, both ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Student 1 and the Member would consume alcohol and marijuana ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- together. During this period, Student 1 and the Member had a single ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf: sexual encounter. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-9. Student 1 was negatively affected by this relationship and suffered with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- depression and anxiety because of it. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-Inappropriate touching of Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-10. At all material times, Student 2 was a [XXX]-year-old female student at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- [XXX] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-11. In July[XXX], the Member was overseeing the [XXX] for a [XXX]. Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 2 was an [XXX] for a [XXX]the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-12. During July, [XXX], Student 2 asked the Member for a ride to the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- which was held in [XXX]. The Member agreed but advised Student 2 that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- they would have to go early. While in the car, Student 2 told the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- that she had tension in her shoulders and neck. The Member offered to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- give her a massage to relieve the tension. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-13. While still in the car, the Member began to provide Student 2 with a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- massage. The Member repeatedly touched Student 2 on the upper back, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- shoulders, and areas surrounding the neck as part of this massage. If ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf: called upon the testify Student 2 would state that the massage was sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- in nature. The massage continued while they were in the car and ended ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 102 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- when they exited the car to attend [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-Board Action ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-14. By letter dated January 18, 2017 the Member was terminated from his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- employment with the Board. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- a copy of the letter to the Member terminating his employment. Following ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- a grievance of his termination the Member was allowed to resign his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- employment with the Board. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-15. By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 14 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-16. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further does not contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf: that the alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-17. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document s(he) is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, s(he) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- is waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- case against him/her and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (e) understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- shall be published on the College’s website, and that a summary of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, including his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- name, shall be published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 102 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- unequivocally, and having had the opportunity to obtain the advice ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 18. The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 19. In light of the Uncontested Facts and the circumstances, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-[8] With the Member’s consent, and in accordance with section 9.1 of the Statutory ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-Powers Procedure Act, R.S.O 1990, c. S.22, College Counsel requested that the Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-combine both Notices of Hearing so that this matter could proceed in a single hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-The Panel granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-[9] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on October 15, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-2019, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf:1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of students of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-[10] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-14 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 102 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-misconduct set out above. The Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-professional misconduct under all the headings of misconduct set out above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf:[11] With respect to the allegation of “sexual abuse of a student” as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-1 of the Act, the Panel finds that the conduct described in paragraphs 1-7, and 9-13 of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest provide the factual basis ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-for this finding. The conduct described in paragraph 8 provides a factual basis for all of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf:the heads of misconduct other than sexual abuse of a student, given that Student 1 was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-then [XXX] years of age and no longer enrolled in school at that time and so no longer ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf:met the definition of “student” for the purpose of the sexual abuse definition in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member had an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-inappropriate relationship with Student 1 between[XXX]. While Student 1 was in high ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-school, he spent time alone with Student 1, spoke with her about his personal issues, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-made inappropriate comments to Student 1 such as complimenting her on her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-appearance, gave her rides in his car, invited her into his home and hugged and kissed ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-her. After Student 1 graduated, he would consume alcohol and marijuana with her, and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf:had a single sexual encounter with her. Student 1 was negatively affected by the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-relationship and suffered from depression and anxiety because of it. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-[13] Furthermore, in July[XXX], the Member inappropriately touched Student 2. He ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-repeatedly touched Student 2 on the back, shoulders and areas surrounding the neck, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf:in a sexual manner. The Member’s behaviour resulted in Board discipline. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 102 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-[14] Engaging in such inappropriate behaviour is a clear breach of the standards of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-the profession and is a clear abuse of the Member’s authority as a teacher. His ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-behaviour towards the students constitutes physical, psychological, emotional and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf:sexual abuse. The Member contravened subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-by failing to comply with section 32 of the by-laws. He contravened section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-Education Act by failing to act as an appropriate role model. His behaviour was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional and unbecoming of a member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-[15] College Counsel submitted that the Act provided that revocation and a reprimand ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf:were mandatory penalties, given that a finding of sexual abuse of a student had been ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-made. While Counsel for the Member originally submitted that a retrospective ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-application of the mandatory revocation section was not permissible, upon hearing the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-advice of independent legal counsel with respect to the transitional provisions in section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-63.1 of the Act, Counsel for the Member agreed that the Panel was required to order a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-reprimand and revocation. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-[16] The parties also submitted a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4), which was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-presented to the Panel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-[17] In an oral decision rendered on October 15, 2019, the Panel accepted the Joint ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Member; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 2. The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 102 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf:[18] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-student as defined in section 1 of the Act. Given this finding, subsections 30.2(1) and (2) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-of the Act provide that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-Panel notes that it has no discretion in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-[19] The Panel treated the Joint Submission on Penalty as a request by the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-that no additional penalty (such as a fine, for example) be ordered. In light of all of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-circumstances, including the fact that the Member entered a plea of no contest, thereby ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-alleviating the need for the College to prove the conduct against him and saving ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-considerable time and expense and witness involvement, the Panel agreed that no ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-further penalty be ordered and determined that its acceptance of the Joint Submission ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-on Penalty would not bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf-be otherwise contrary to the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct102.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-on November 4, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-[2] Geoffrey James Orton (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-[4] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated April 10, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Geoffrey James Orton is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- (d) he failed to supervise adequately a person who is under the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- professional supervision of the member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-7. On or about November 21, 2017, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- College of Teachers found the Member guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- in relation to making inappropriate comments to students and discussing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- personal issues with students between September 2012 and December ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 2013. The Member received a reprimand, his Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- and Registration was suspended for a period of eight months, and he was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ordered to complete a boundaries course. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Decision, Reasons for Decision and Order of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- the Discipline Committee dated December 5, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-8. By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- accept as correct the facts and exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-9. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 1(11), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further does not contest that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf: the conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-10. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee can accept the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Uncontested Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- constitute professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 11. The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under the protection of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 12. In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-and incompetence outlined in paragraphs (e) and (i) of the Notice of Hearing be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-withdrawn, namely that the Member contravened subsection 1(14) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-Regulation 437/97, and that the Member met the definition of incompetence as alleged. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on November 4, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-2019 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(11), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-7 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-contest the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-the Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-the headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-Member engaged in inappropriate and unprofessional conduct during the 2013 – 2014 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-academic year. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-[9] The Member failed to adequately supervise his students during the 2013 – 2014 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-academic year. On at least four occasions, the Member left his [XXX] class ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-unsupervised. Further, he did not immediately intervene when students filled plastic ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-bottles with gas and lit them on fire, and threw the lit objects into the garbage. Nor did ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-he immediately intervene when students engaged in horseplay, which included shoving ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-or pushing amongst students. The Member’s failure to adequately supervise his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-students put them at risk. Members of the profession must prioritize student safety. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-[10] On more than one occasion, the Member looked at the cleavage of two female ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf:students. This conduct constitutes “behaviour of a sexual nature” and therefore ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf:demonstrates that the Member engaged in the “sexual abuse of a student” as defined in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-section 1 of the Act. The Member’s inappropriate conduct also constitutes psychological ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-or emotional abuse of a student. As a result of his conduct, both students felt ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-uncomfortable and one of them began wearing sweaters and high-necked tops because ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-she felt uncomfortable with the way the Member looked at her. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf:[11] Engaging in behaviour of a sexual nature towards students, such as looking at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-the cleavage of female students, is a clear breach of the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-and an abuse of the Member’s position of trust and authority as a teacher. Among other ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-things, the standards of the profession provide that members are expected to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-demonstrate their commitment to students’ well-being and learning. The Member failed ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-to meet this expectation when he looked at the cleavage of two of his female students ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-and made them feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-[12] Further, the Member contravened section 264(1) of the Education Act by failing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-to act as a positive role model when he abused his position of trust with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-two female students. He demonstrated a severe lack of professional judgment when he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-breached teacher-student boundaries with respect to his female students. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-[13] The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member’s conduct throughout the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-2013-2014 academic year was disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-unbecoming a member of the teaching profession. Among other things: he did not send ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-a student to the office (contrary to school policy) who, he had suspected, attended class ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-under the influence of drugs; he failed to adequately supervise his students on multiple ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf:occasions, which the Panel believes put students at risk; and, he engaged in the sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-and psychological or emotional abuse of students. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-[14] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on November 4, 2019, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate and Qualification and Registration of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf:[15] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-Panel notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel denounces the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf-Date: November 5, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Mary Ellen Gucciardi, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Marlène Marwah ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that John Barry MacDonald is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- (b) he abused a student verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7);1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- (c) he abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1);2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- (d) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf: (e) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the second Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-February 12, 2018 (Exhibit 2) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that John Barry MacDonald is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Colleague A and the Member had been colleagues at the School for over ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- 20 years. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-19. Colleague A felt uncomfortable when, after she and her then-husband ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- separated, the Member repeatedly asked her how long since she “last had ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf: sex”. Initially Colleague A refused to respond. On one occasion in or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- around February 2010, the Member asked her this question in the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- presence of another colleague, and when she responded, “do the math”, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- the Member made a disparaging comment and laughed, embarrassing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Colleague A. At the time, the Member was Colleague A’s Department ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Head. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-20. When the Member was walking behind Colleague A in the hallway one ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- day, he commented, “Don’t worry, a lot of guys like a little junk in the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- trunk”. Colleague A understood the Member’s comment to be a reference ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- to her buttocks. As a result of his comment, Colleague A insisted the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Member walk ahead of her. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-21. During the 2014 staff Christmas party, the Member sent Colleague A a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- text about a female colleague’s chest: “Have you ever looked at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- (colleague)’s rack? She’s got massive knockers for a woman get [sic] ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- size!!” The following day, the Member asked Colleague A whether he had ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- “drunk-texted” her at the party. When Colleague A responded yes, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Member said, “well, what do you think? Do you think they’re bigger since ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- she had kids?” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-22. During the 2014-2015 school year, the Member made a number of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- disparaging remarks to Colleague A about another colleague. His ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- comments, borne out of frustration, were never made directly to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- colleague in question. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-23. Colleague A never observed any concerning conduct by the Member in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- relation to students. However, over the years the Member made some ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- inappropriate remarks to her in relation to female students, such as who ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- he would date if he was a teenaged boy. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-Colleague B: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-24. Colleague B was a female student at the School from[XXX]. She returned ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- to the School as a teacher in[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-25. Colleague B had been the recipient of inappropriate comments and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- conduct by the Member when she was a high school student at the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- School, beginning when the Member taught her Grade [XXX]. During her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- high school years, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- (a) discussed personal interests with her and referred to her as a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- “kindred spirit”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- rack?” Colleague B was shocked and upset by the Member’s comment, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- and left the room. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-32. Colleague B filed an informal complaint against the Member under the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Board’s Workplace Harassment Procedure on or about March 10, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- The Member was surprised, however, he accepted that she no longer ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- wanted to talk to him and suggested that he would stay away from her. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Colleague B accepted this resolution. Shortly thereafter, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- in the hallway where Colleague B’s classroom was, seemingly without ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- reason, causing Colleague B to walk around the School with a buddy ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- thereafter so that she would not be alone if the Member approached her. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-Board Investigation: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-33. By letter dated August 31, 2015, the Superintendent advised the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- that the Board had determined that he did, “on multiple occasions, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf: sexually harass female teachers” at the School, and his “comments and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- actions” were “both highly inappropriate and completely unacceptable, and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- in violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Board’s Code of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Conduct, and the Board’s Workplace Harassment Policies and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Procedures”. The Member was advised that “in no way will the Board ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- tolerate [his] actions with regard to this matter”. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- suspended without pay for four days from September 21 to 24, 2015. In ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- addition, the Member was transferred to a new school, effective ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- September 3, 2015, and was required to complete sensitivity training ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- within six months. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- the Superintendent’s Letter to the Member dated August 31, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-34. By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-35. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- 1(15), 1(18), 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-36. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-[20] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s conduct, the Panel finds that a 20- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented are ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-factually distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-similar underlying nature and confirms that a suspension is justified. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf:misconduct formed part of a concerning pattern of behaviour. He repeatedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-harassed female colleagues and he made a student feel uncomfortable by making ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-inappropriate comments to her. The Member’s conduct demonstrates a serious lack of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-professional judgment. Teachers are expected to maintain appropriate boundaries with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-students and colleagues, to treat students and colleagues with respect and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-professionalism, and to model positive behaviour at all times. The Member repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-failed to meet these expectations. The suspension will serve as a specific deterrent to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-the Member and a general deterrent to other members of the profession, making clear ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-that the kind of misconduct the Member exhibited is unacceptable. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-[21] The Panel is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf-Date: October 24, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Mary Ellen Gucciardi, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Shanlee Linton, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-3. In November 2011, the Member used the title “Zoo Keeper” as his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- auto signature on his Board email, despite being directed to remove ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- it. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-4. During the 2011-2012 school year, the Member made inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- verbal comments to students or about students, which included, but ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 107 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- was not limited to, the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- (a) telling a co-op student that one of his Grade [XXX] female ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf: students may be sexually active and suggested she teach ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf: the female students “sex ed”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- (b) during a restorative justice circle, stated “I killed a lamb”; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- (c) suggested to a female student “Why don’t you just call her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- on it, tell her to deal with it, it’s disgusting”, in regard to a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- classmate who had chronic head lice. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-5. During the 2011-2012 school year, the Member made inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- written comments on the board and in students’ journal entries, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- which included, but was not limited to, the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- (a) writing on the board, “Mr. Orme admitted to owning the gun ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- that killed his wife”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- (b) commenting in a student’s journal, “I’ll make sure I’m off the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- road” after a student advised of the long term goal of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- obtaining a drivers licence; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- (c) calling a male student, “selfish and immature”; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- (d) calling a male student a “fat boy.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-6. During the 2010-2011 school year, the Member assigned journal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- topics that were inappropriate for Grade [XXX] students, which ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- included, but was not limited to, the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- (a) “If you had the chance to not be caught and steal something ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- would you do it?”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- (b) “If you could make anyone your slave who would it be and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- what would he or she do?”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- (c) “If you had to pick a teacher to burn who would it be?”; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- (d) “What do you hate and like about old people?” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-highly disrespectful of his students and insulting to the teaching profession. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-Member’s inappropriate conduct jeopardized the public’s trust in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 107 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-J. PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-[44] College Counsel asked the Panel to order a reprimand, a course on professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-boundaries with a focus on sensitivity towards students and a two-month suspension. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-He asked that the reprimand be delivered in person so the Panel may directly address ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-the Member with its concerns. He requested the course be completed prior to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-Member’s return to teaching and the suspension be served after he returns to teaching. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-He submitted this penalty was appropriate, served the principles of specific deterrence, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-general deterrence and rehabilitation and would protect the public. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-[45] College Counsel submitted that a two-month suspension was appropriate in the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf:circumstances as the Member’s conduct was not of a sexual nature that would place it ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-at the extreme end of the range. He presented the Panel with the following cases in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-support of the penalty: Ontario College of Teachers v. Ferris, 2013 ONOCT 19; Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-College of Teachers v. Carter, 2017 ONOCT 72; and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-Chong Yen, 2019 ONOCT 28. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-K. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-[46] On September 18, 2019, the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to appear before the Discipline Committee within ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- 90 days of the Panel’s Decision, Reasons for Decision and Order to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- receive a reprimand which will be delivered in person at the offices of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- College of Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-longer than the suspension requested by College Counsel, the Panel notes that it has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-considerable leeway to choose the appropriate penalty in a contested hearing and a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-three-month suspension is within the range given by College Counsel and supported by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 107 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-the authorities he cited. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-[52] In Ferris, the member engaged in socially inappropriate dialogue with students on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-Facebook and took a student out for lunch without permission. In Carter, the member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-engaged in a socially inappropriate relationship with a student that had elements of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf:“grooming” behaviour such as highly personal emails. Both matters were uncontested ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-with a joint submission on penalty requesting a reprimand, two-month suspension and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-course on boundary issues, which was accepted. The presentation of a joint submission ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-on penalty is a key distinguishing factor from the present case as, for policy reasons, a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-tribunal will consider joint submissions on penalty with a high degree of deference. In ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-R. v. Anthony-Cook, [2016] 2 SCR 204, 2016 SCC 43, a decision which pre-dates Ferris ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-but post-dates Carter, the appropriate test was described as intervention only if the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-justice into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The same policy ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-considerations do not apply in the matter of a contested hearing where the Panel has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-considerable leeway as to penalty under section 30 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-[53] In Chong Yen, the member made inappropriate comments to students and he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-yelled, stomped his feet and banged his fist on the desk. The member was the subject ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-of a disciplinary investigation by his Board that resulted in a five-day suspension for this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-behaviour and this was his second finding of professional misconduct from the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf-Discipline Committee of the College for similar behaviour. In Chong Yen, the member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct107.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Matthew Dale Palmer is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- (a) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- (b) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- may cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- (c) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- (d) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 1. Matthew Dale Palmer is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 2. From September 1, 2007 to October 24, 2016, the Member was employed ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- by the Bluewater District School Board (the “Board”) as an [XXX] teacher. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 3. In or about June 2014, Person A contacted the police, indicating that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf: [XXX] to [XXX] years prior, she and the Member had engaged in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- relationship. Person A was a minor at the time, and had met the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- through his position as a [XXX] at a local church. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 4. On or about September 24, 2014, the Member was arrested and charged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- with: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- (a) between September 1, 1996 and July 4, 1999, in the Town of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- Cobourg in the said region and elsewhere in the province of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- Ontario, being in a position of trust or authority towards Person A, a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf: young person, did for a sexual purpose touch directly the body of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- Person A, a young person, with a part of his body, to wit: his hand, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- lips and body contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- (b) between September 1, 1996 and July 4, 1999, in the Town of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- Cobourg and elsewhere in the Province of Ontario, being in a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- position of trust or authority towards Person A, a young person, did ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf: for a sexual purpose invite Person A, a young person, to touch ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- directly with a part of her body to wit: lips, hands, genitals, the body ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- of the Member, contrary to section 153(1)(b) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-5. On October 11, 2016, the Member pleaded not guilty to both counts of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf: sexual exploitation. The matter proceeded to trial. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-6. On or about October 20, 2016, on consent, the presiding judge entered an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf: acquittal on the charge of sexual exploitation under section 153(1)(b) of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf:7. On or about October 21, 2016, a jury found the Member guilty of sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- exploitation, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-8. On October 24, 2016, the Board terminated the Member’s employment. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-9. On or about February 22, 2017, the Member was sentenced to six months’ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- custody and 18 months’ probation. The Member was also made the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- subject of a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-10. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified true copies of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- the indictments, endorsements and court documents pertaining to these ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- charges. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-11. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- proceedings at trial before the Honourable Justice C. Corkery and jury, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- dated October 21, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-12. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- proceedings at trial before the Honourable Justice C. Corkery, dated ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- January 27, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-13. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy reasons ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- for sentence before the Honourable Justice C. Corkery, dated February ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 22, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-14. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- Member’s Probation Order, dated February 22, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 20. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision October 23, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-1 to 16 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that, while he was a [XXX] at a local ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf:church, the Member engaged in a sexual relationship with Person A, who was a minor ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf:at the time. On or about October 21, 2016, the Member was found guilty of sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-exploitation, contrary to section 153 (1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). He was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-sentenced to six months’ custody and 18 months’ probation. He was also made the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-subject of a number of ancillary orders. The Member appealed his conviction and on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-July 3, 2018, the Court of Appeal for Ontario dismissed the Member’s appeal. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf:[9] The Member’s sexual exploitation conviction demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-contravened a law relevant to the Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-qualification and registration, and which has caused or may cause a student who is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-Furthermore, the Member’s misconduct is clearly disgraceful, dishonourable, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-unprofessional and is conduct unbecoming a member. The public’s trust in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf:profession is eroded when members are convicted of sexual offences. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-[10] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on October 23, 2019, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, in writing, and that the fact ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- of Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- Member, which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-[11] The Panel accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-law confines the Panel’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty falls within a range of acceptable ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-outcomes, based on the decision of the Discipline Committee presented by College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Brown, 2007 ONOCT 8. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-[12] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the case ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-provided. The aggravating factors in the Member’s case are the serious nature of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-offence, the fact that he abused his position of trust as a [XXX]at a local church and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-fact that it led to significant emotional harm for Person A. In terms of mitigating factors, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-the Member admitted his misconduct and he was cooperative with the College, which ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-saved the time and expense of a contested hearing. After weighing these factors, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member’s egregious conduct warrants a reprimand by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf:his peers. The Member’s criminal conviction for sexual exploitation is extremely ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-concerning for a member of the teaching profession. Teachers are entrusted with the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-care and well-being of children. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-[14] The Panel finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-Registration is appropriate in this case. The Member was convicted of a serious criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf:offence. His sexual exploitation of Person A, while he was in a position of trust as a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-[XXX] at a local church, raises substantial concerns regarding the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-professional judgment. Teachers must ensure the physical and emotional safety of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf:children. The Member’s 2016 criminal conviction for a sexual offence has significantly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-undermined the public’s trust in the teaching profession. Accordingly, the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf-forfeits his right to be a member of the teaching profession in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 117 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18);3 and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- 1. Donald Andrew Wai is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- 3. During the 2014-2015 academic year, the Member taught [XXX] and was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- a [XXX] coach at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- 4. At all material times Student 1, Student 2, Student 3 and Student 4 were ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- female students at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- 5. During the 2014-2015 academic year, the Member engaged in physical ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- contact with a student and/or students which made these students feel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- uncomfortable. Specifically: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- Allegation withdrawn, at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- Allegation narrowed to unprofessional acts only, at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct117.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-on November 8, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-[2] Alan Philip Markham (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 113 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-[4] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 13, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-2019 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Alan Philip Markham is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf: (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 113 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 1. Alan Philip Markham is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Keewatin Patricia ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 3. At all material times, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year old female student at the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 4. In or around September or October 2017, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- inappropriate electronic communications with Student 1 on Tinder. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 5. Tinder is a dating application. Examples of the inappropriate electronic ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- communications include: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-1. Allegation withdrawn, at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- (a) Student 1: “That’s to be expected of a man who’s married. That’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- what gets me off – being the object of desire of someone off limits.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- (b) Member: “How do you feel knowing that while you plaued [sic] the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- [XXX]the last two years I let my eues [sic] travel over your body. I ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- traced the curve of your neck and shoulders. I let my eyes wander ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 113 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- down your straight back. I followed the curve of your hips.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-6. A screenshot of the communications between the Member and Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- referenced in paragraphs 5(a) and (b) is attached as Exhibit “B”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-7. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the ethical ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- standards and standards of practice for the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-8. On September 27, 2002, the Ontario College of Teachers approved a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf: professional advisory related to sexual abuse and sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- advisory. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-9. On September 27, 2017, the Ontario College of Teachers approved a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- professional advisory on the use of electronic communications and social ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- media. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “E” is a copy of the College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- advisory. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-Resignation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-10. On or about December 27, 2017, the Member resigned from his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- employment with the Board, effective January 8, 2018. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “F” is the Member’s communication to the Board. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-11. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-12. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further admits that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf: Admitted Facts constitute sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-13. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 113 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- with having had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 14. In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-outlined in paragraph (d) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf:sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. The Panel granted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-the request. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on November 8, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-2019, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 113 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-1 to 10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-inappropriate electronic communications with Student 1, a [XXX]-year-old female ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-student at his school, on the Tinder dating application. The Member’s communications ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf:with Student 1 constitute sexual abuse as they were “remarks of a sexual nature by the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf:member towards the student” in accordance with the definition of “sexual abuse” in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf:section 1 of the Act. Engaging in the sexual abuse of a student is a clear breach of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-standards of the profession. The Member abused his position of trust by engaging in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf:sexualized communications with a student. The Member’s communications with Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-1 also constitute psychological or emotional abuse. He contravened section 264(1) of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-the Education Act by failing to act as an appropriate role model. His behaviour was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional and unbecoming a member of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-[9] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on November 8, 2019, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to appear before the Discipline Committee within ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- six months of the Discipline Committee’s order, to receive a reprimand ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- which will be delivered at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 101 Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the reprimand is to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 113 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf:[10] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-Panel notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel denounces the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf-Date: November 11, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Diane Ballantyne, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Wilson 2019 ONOCT 119 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- Date: 2019-12-04 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 119 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- DECISION ON PENALTY AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- Avery Jean Wilson, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- AVERY JEAN WILSON (REGISTRATION #642874) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf-PANEL: Tom Potter, Chair ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- Jean-Luc Bernard, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf-HEARD: December 4, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf-Andrew Matheson, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf-No one appearing for Avery Jean Wilson ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf-Renée Kopp, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Douglas Christopher Dale is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 124 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- may cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 1. Douglas Christopher Dale is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Peel District ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Brampton, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 124 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 and Student 2 were female students at the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-4. Between October 19, 2016 and May 27, 2017, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf: inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with Student 1, which ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- included: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (a) Driving Student 1 in his car; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (b) Bringing Student 1 to his home; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf: (c) Engaging in inappropriate physical and sexual contact with Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf: 1, including fondling and sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-5. Between April 2017 and June 3, 2017, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf: inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with Student 2, which ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- included: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (a) Driving Student 2 in his car; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (b) Bringing Student 2 to his home; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf: (c) Engaging in inappropriate physical and sexual contact with Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 2, including kissing, fondling and digital penetration. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-6. On June 5, 2017, the Board assigned the Member to home. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-7. On or about June 6, 2017, the Member was arrested and charged with: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (a) Between October 19, 2016 and May 27, 2017, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Brampton, in the Province of Ontario, being in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf: and authority towards Student 1, a young person, did for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- purpose touch directly or indirectly the body of Student 1, a young ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- person, with a part of his body, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-8. On or about June 9, 2017, the Member was further charged with: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (a) Between April 18, 2017 and June 3, 2017, at the City of Brampton, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf: in the Province of Ontario, did commit a sexual assault on Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 2, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (b) Between April 18, 2017 and June 3, 2017, at the City of Brampton, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- in the Province of Ontario, being in a position of trust and authority ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf: towards Student 2, a young person, did for a sexual purpose touch ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- directly or indirectly the body of Student 2, a young person, with a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- part of his body, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 124 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-9. On October 10, 2017, the Board terminated the Member’s employment. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-10. On August 2, 2018, the Member pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf: sexual exploitation against Student 1 and sexual exploitation against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Student 2, contrary to Section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- proceedings before the Ontario Court of Justice, dated August 2, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-11. On September 12, 2018, the Honourable Justice P.F. Band sentenced the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Member to 30 months’ custody. The Member was also made subject to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf: various ancillary orders. The charge of sexual assault against Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- was stayed at the request of the Crown. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Appendix “C” is a certified transcript of the Reasons for Sentence of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Honourable Justice P.F. Band, dated September 12, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-12. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” are certified court ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- documents pertaining to the criminal proceedings involving the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- set out above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-13. The Member did not appeal his conviction and/or sentence ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-14. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- appendices referred to in paragraphs 1-13 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-15. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf: acknowledges that his alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- defined in Section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-16. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 124 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 17. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on November 25, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-2019 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf:1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-1 to 13 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf:inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf:[9] The Member’s sexual relationship with Student 1 included fondling and sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 124 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf:intercourse. His sexual relationship with Student 2 included kissing, fondling, and digital ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf:penetration. The Member’s sexual relationship with both Student 1 and Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf:constitutes physical, psychological or emotional, and sexual abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf:Engaging in the sexual abuse of a student is also a clear breach of the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-profession which, among other things, provide that members are expected to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-demonstrate their commitment to students’ emotional and physical well-being. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf:[10] The Member’s sexual relationship with Student 1 and Student 2 demonstrates ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-that he contravened section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act. This provision requires ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-teachers to demonstrate the highest regard for a number of virtues including truth, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-justice, humanity, benevolence and purity. Given their unique position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-authority, members of the profession must prioritize the safety and wellbeing of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf:students. The Member did the opposite by sexually abusing two students. This flagrant ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-breach of his professional duties was disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-The Member’s conduct was also unbecoming a member of the profession, in that he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-undermined the reputation of the profession and violated the trust that parents, students ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-and the public place in teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf:[11] Further, the Member’s two sexual exploitation convictions demonstrate that he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-contravened a law relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-registration. The contravention of this law has also caused students who were under the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf:[13] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-abuse of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 124 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-orders. The Panel notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel denounces ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf-Date: November 28, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Rebecca Forte, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct124.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-law confines the Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-this case. The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-on the following cases presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-Towler, 2015 ONOCT 79 (CanLII); Ontario College of Teachers v. Manga, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-ONOCT 48 (CanLII); and Ontario College of Teachers v. Glazer, 2018 ONOCT 37 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-(CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s inappropriate and discriminatory comments ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-warrant a reprimand by her peers. The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-The Committee finds that suspending the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-the Member for a period of five months is proportionate to the misconduct committed by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-the Member. The Member’s conduct involved inappropriate, discriminatory treatment of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf:a student based on his sexual orientation and led to profound anguish for that student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-The Member’s conduct led to the student being “outed” to his peers and family at a time ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-that was not of the student’s choosing. This unprofessional and abusive behaviour is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-unacceptable. The duration of the suspension is also appropriate given that it is within a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf-reasonable range as established by other similar cases before the College’s Discipline ./ontario-cases/2019onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Cotterell 2019 ONOCT 14 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- Date: 2019-02-28 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- David Edward Cotterell, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- DAVID EDWARD COTTERELL (REGISTRATION #287671) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-PANEL: Jean-Luc Bernard, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- Godwin Ifedi ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-HEARD: February 27, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-Ava Arbuck of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, for Ontario College of Teachers, assisted by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-Eleanor Enniss, Law Clerk ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-H. Alan L. Emerson for David Edward Cotterell ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-Erica Richler of Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of sexual misconduct or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-1. David Edward Cotterell is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-2. At all material times the Member held an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate and was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- employed by the former Peel Board of Education as a teacher at [XXX] School ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- (the “School”) in Mississauga, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-3. At all material times during the 1971–1972 academic year, Student 1 was a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- Grade [XXX] student in the Member’s class at the School. At all material times ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- during the 1973–1975 academic years, Student 2 was in Grades [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- [XXX] and in the Member’s class at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf:4. During the 1971-1972 school year, the Member engaged in sexual touching of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf:5. Between September 1973 and September 1975, the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- touching of Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-6. On December 17, 2015, in the Ontario Court of Justice, the Member was found ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- guilty of two counts of indecent assault, contrary to Section 156 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- Code of Canada. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” are copies of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf:The Committee notes that the Member’s underlying conduct in this matter – the sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-touching of two students – gives rise to the findings made pursuant to the TPA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-Regulation, the Schools Administration Act, and the Education Act, 1974, which were in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-place at the time of the Member’s misconduct. The fact of the Member’s guilty plea and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-finding of guilt before the Ontario Court of Justice on December 17, 2015 gives rise to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-the findings of professional misconduct made under the current legislation (i.e. Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-Regulation 437/97, at subsections 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19)). It undermines the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-reputation of the teaching profession when members commit criminal offences. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-Paragraphs 4-7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-Member contravened section 13 of the TPA Regulation, which provides that, “A member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-shall strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-competence and to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-profession.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-Paragraphs 4-7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-Member contravened subsection 14(d) of the TPA Regulation, which provides that, “A ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-member shall show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations with pupils.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-Paragraphs 4-7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-Member contravened subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation, which provides that, “A ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-member shall concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they are under his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-care.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-Paragraphs 4-7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-Member contravened subsection 21(1)(c) of the Schools Administration Act, R.S.O. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-law confines the Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the serious ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-this case. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-In addition, the Committee accepts College Counsel’s submission that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf:misconduct included the sexual touching of two students’ genitals and it therefore ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-consisted of an act listed at subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Accordingly, pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, the Committee made an order: directing the Member to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-receive a reprimand; and directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-qualification and registration. The Committee denounces the Member’s egregious ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-With respect to the form of the reprimand, the Committee accepts the parties’ joint ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-submission that a written reprimand is appropriate in this case. The Act is silent with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-respect to the form of reprimands (i.e. in person or in writing), and it would not bring the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be contrary to the public ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf-interest to deliver a written reprimand to the Member in this case. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf: (h) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-1. Quang Tran is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the York Region District ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- School Board as an Alternative Education/Grade 10-12 teacher at Bayview ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Secondary School (the “School”) in Richmond Hill, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-3. On or about March 25, 2016, the Member was arrested by the York Regional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Police and charged with: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- (a) one count of luring a child for the purpose of obtaining for consideration ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf: the sexual services of a person under 18 years of age, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 172.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada) (the “first count”); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- (b) one count of luring a child for the purpose of facilitating the commission of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf: the offence of invitation to sexual touching (under section 152 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada)), contrary to section 172.1(2) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Code (Canada) (the “second count”); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- (c) one count of communicating with a person for the purpose of obtaining for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf: consideration the sexual services of a person under 18 years of age, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- contrary to section 286.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada) (the “third ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- count”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-4. The Board directed the Member to remain at home on an unpaid leave during the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- investigation. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-5. The charges against the Member formed part of Project Raphael, an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- investigation conducted by the York Regional Police Service, focussing on the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- exploitation of young women and children. The project involved police officers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- posing on-line as underage prostitutes. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-6. At all material times, Person A was an undercover police officer posing on-line as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf: a 15-year-old girl named “Kathy”, offering sexual services for money. The on-line ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ad advertised that “Kathy” had a young friend that was also available. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-7. On or about March 25, 2016, the Member communicated via text message with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf: Person A for the purpose of obtaining sexual services for consideration from ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Person A. The Member continued to communicate with Person A, even after ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Person A told the Member that he was a 15-year-old girl. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-8. The Member arranged to meet Person A at a hotel room for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf: having paid sexual intercourse. The Member attended at the hotel room with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf: cash to pay for sexual intercourse with Person A. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-9. On or about August 17, 2017, the Member resigned from the Board. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-10. On January 29, 2018, the Member was found guilty of all three offences with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- which he had been charged. The first count of child luring was conditionally ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- stayed. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-11. On February 20, 2018, the Member was sentenced to nine months in custody on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- the second count of child luring, six months in custody (concurrent) on the third ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- count, and two years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-12. The Member was also made the subject of several ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-13. The Member did not appeal his conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-14. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified copy of the Court ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Information with Appearance Dates and Disposition. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-15. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the Adult ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Probation Order dated February 20, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-16. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” are certified copies of the ancillary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- orders dated February 20, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-17. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the Transcript ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- of Proceeding - Sentencing before the Honourable Justice C. Johnston on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- February 20, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-18. By this document,1 the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- to in paragraphs 1-17 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-19. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf: The Member also acknowledges that he engaged in sexual misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-20. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons shall ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- be published on the College’s website, and that a summary of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, including his name, shall be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 18 and 20, this “document” refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- opportunity to have obtained the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-21. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-of College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on April 3, 2019 finding ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-17 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 5-8, 10, 11 and 17 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 5-8, 10, 11 and 17 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 5-8, 10, 11 and 17 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-1(15). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 10, 11 and 17 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-demonstrate that the Member contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-to the member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 10, 11 and 17 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-demonstrate that the Member contravened a law, the contravention of which has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-caused or may cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 5-8, 10, 11 and 17 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-demonstrate that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-1(18). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 5-8, 10, 11 and 17 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-demonstrate that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 5-8, 10, 11 and 17 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf:demonstrate that the Member engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-1. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on April 3, 2019, the Committee accepted the Joint ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and made an order in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-law confines the Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-this case. The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-on the following analogous case presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Teachers v. Hubbard, 2017 ONOCT 43 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-The Committee finds that the revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Registration is appropriate in this case. The Member’s misconduct was egregious. He ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-communicated with Person A (believing Person A to be a 15-year-old girl) for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf:purpose of obtaining sexual services from Person A. The Member then arranged to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf:meet Person A at a hotel room for the purpose of having paid sexual intercourse, and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf:he then attended at the hotel room with cash to pay Person A for sexual services. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-Member was unaware at the time that Person A was an undercover police officer, but ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf:he was prepared to pay Person A for sexual services even after he was told that she ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-was a 15-year-old girl. The Member’s criminal conduct was completely unacceptable ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-and it was a flagrant breach of the standards of the profession. Members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-profession hold a unique position of trust and authority, and through his reprehensible ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf-conduct, the Member undermined the trust and confidence that the public places in the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-“Committee”) on February 22, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated July 25, 2018 (Exhibit 1) was served on Amanda Rae ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-Perreault (the “Member”), inviting her to participate in the scheduling of the hearing and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for February 22, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-representation. The Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf: (d) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse as defined in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- during the summer of 2015 but renewed their friendship in September 2015 at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- the beginning of the 2015-2016 academic year. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-5. Starting in or around May 2016 the Member and the Student began to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- communicate privately through messages on Instagram. The communication ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf: started out casually but soon became more sexually oriented. At some time ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- between May 31, 2016 and June 3, 2016 the Member and the Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf: exchanged sexually explicit photographs. The Member sent a nude photograph ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- of herself in a bath to the Student, and the Student sent the Member a semi-nude ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- photograph of herself in a towel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-6. On or about June 3, 2016 the Student stayed behind after [XXX] practice to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- speak with the Member. The Member and the Student exchanged kisses on the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf: lips, and the Member, for a sexual purpose, put her hands on the Student’s chest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- and/or stomach, over her shirt, and near the Student’s vaginal area, near her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- belt, over her clothes. The Student left the room, but she and the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- continued to communicate. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-7. On or about June 4 to June 5, 2016 the Member and the Student were ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf: exchanging messages, including sexually explicit messages and mutual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- expressions of love, as well as photographs. Student fell asleep with her iPod still ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- on. The Student’s mother discovered the communications between the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- and the Student on the Student’s iPod and reported the matter to the police. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-8. On or about June 6, 2016 the Member was charged with: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- (a) communicating with a child (the Student) by way of telecommunication for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf: the purpose of committing invitation to sexual touching on the Student, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- contrary to section 172.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf: (b) making sexually explicit material available to a child (the Student), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- contrary to section 171.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf: (c) sexual assault against the Student, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf: (d) sexual interference on the Student, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- Code (Canada) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-9. On or about June 7, 2016 the Member was released on a recognizance of bail. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- On or about June 24, 2016 this recognizance of bail was varied. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf:10. On June 5, 2017 the Member pleaded guilty to sexual interference against the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- Student, contrary to Section 151 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf:11. On September 11, 2017 the Member was found guilty of sexual interference ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- against Student, contrary to Section 151 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-12. On October 30, 2017 the Member was sentenced to 90 days’ incarceration, to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- served intermittently, and to a period of probation spanning the period of her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- incarceration and one year thereafter. The Member was also made the subject of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- a number of ancillary orders. The other charges against the Member were ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- withdrawn at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-22. In light of the Admitted Facts and the plea of guilt, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-of College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on February 22, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf:1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-18 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 4 to 20 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea as well as the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-court transcripts filed with the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 4 to 20 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, as well as the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-court transcripts filed with the Agreed Statement of Facts, demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 4 to 20 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, as well as the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-court transcripts filed with the Agreed Statement of Facts, demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-subsection 1(7.2). The court transcripts included a victim impact statement by the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-parents of the Student, which demonstrated the emotional and psychological harm to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-the Student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 4 to 20 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, as well as the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-court transcripts filed with the Agreed Statement of Facts, demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf:abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3). In ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf:particular, the court transcripts demonstrate that the sexual abuse included the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf:sending nude photographs and sexually explicit messages to the Student and touching ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf:of a sexual nature of the Student’s chest and near the vaginal area, over the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-clothes. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-Paragraphs 4 to 20 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-the Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). Sexual abuse is a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-clear failure to fulfill the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-1. direct that the Member receive a reprimand, and the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-2. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on February 22, 2019 the Committee accepted the Joint ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and made an order in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-law confines the Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-this case. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct warrants a reprimand by her peers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf:The Committee finds it inexcusable for teachers to exchange sexually explicit messages ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-and photographs with students and intolerable for members of the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf:to touch a student in a sexual manner. The reprimand will allow the Committee to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-address its concerns regarding the reprehensible conduct with the Member directly, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-serving as a specific deterrent. In addition, recording the fact of the reprimand on the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-In the circumstances of the Member’s case, the Committee finds that revocation of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration is required to protect the public ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf:interest. By engaging in sexually explicit communication with, and sexual touching of, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-the Student, the Member grossly failed in her duty to protect children from abuse. As ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-noted in the court transcripts, the Student revered the Member and the Member knew ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-that she played an important role in the Student’s life. Through her despicable conduct, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-the Member abused her position of authority and trust, as well as exploited the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-vulnerability, and disregarded the long term wellbeing, of the [XXX]-year-old child. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-Member’s conduct has violated the trust that students, parents and the public place in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-teachers to ensure a safe and appropriate learning environment. As a result, public ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-confidence in teachers has been undermined. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-Revocation in the Member’s case will convey to other members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-profession and to the public that educators cannot abuse their privileged role in society, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-and that student-teacher relationships must respect professional boundaries. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-revocation penalty will also provide the public and other members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-profession with confidence in the College’s discipline process, and affirm that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf-College vigorously denounces misconduct of this serious nature. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on April 3, 2019, the Committee accepted the Joint ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and made an order in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-recognizes that the law confines the Committee’s role to determining only whether the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-circumstances of this case. The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-reasonable range, based on the following analogous cases presented by College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Odjig, 2018 ONOCT 27 (CanLII); Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-College of Teachers v. French, 2016 ONOCT 16 (CanLII); Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-v. Fair, 2016 ONOCT 21 (CanLII); and Ontario College of Teachers v. Ciraco, 2015 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-ONOCT 12 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s inappropriate conduct warrants a reprimand by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-his peers. The fact that the Member behaved inappropriately and made inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-remarks to three teachers, members of the profession, is cause for concern to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-Committee. The Member’s conduct towards his colleagues shows poor professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf:judgment and constitutes sexual harassment. The repeated nature of these concerns ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf-demonstrates the Member’s failure to create a respectful learning environment. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-“Committee”) on March 20, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated August 31, 2017 (Exhibit 1) was served on Rachel Elizabeth ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-Crowther (the “Member”), requesting her presence on October 3, 2017 to set a date for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-hearing and specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for March 20, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing but had legal representation. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- (b) she abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf: (c) she abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-CAS, Police, Board Investigations ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-37. At the conclusion of its investigation, the CAS substantiated a risk of harm ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- related to the Member’s relationship with the Student. There was no finding of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf: actual sexual abuse or harm from the conduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-38. Police investigated the contents of the Student’s phone and interviewed the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf: Student, among others. The Student was clear that there had never been sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf: contact or a sexual relationship between them, and police found no evidence of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf: sexual relationship. No criminal charges were laid. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-39. During the Board investigation, the Member acknowledged to the administration ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- that she had taken a vested interest in the Student and wanted to help him find ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- his full potential, so she had offered him opportunities including babysitting her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- child. She began to think of him as a son and a friend. She further advised the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- Board that her relationship with the Student took a scary turn after she explained ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- to him that she could no longer be involved in their friendship. She acknowledged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- she had crossed lines and took the desire to help too far. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-40. The Member’s employment with the Board was terminated, effective September ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- 26, 2016. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “L” is a copy of the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- letter to the Member dated September 26, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf:437/97; namely that the Member abused a student sexually. The Committee accepted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf:the parties’ detailed submissions that there was no evidence of sexual abuse in this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf:case. The definition of sexual abuse is set out at section 1 of the Act, which provides ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 18 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- Sexual abuse of a student by a member means, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf: (a) sexual intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations between the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- member and the student, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf: (b) touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member, or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf: (c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-Although this case involved extreme boundary violations, there is no evidence before ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf:the Committee to ground a finding of sexual abuse as defined in the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-40 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 10-12, 14-19, 29-37 and 39 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-Plea demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-Paragraphs 19, 24, 27 and 32-36 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf-demonstrate that the Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct18.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-1. Shahin Fazl is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- “Board”) as a Grade [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-3. At all material times, Person A was a teacher at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-Relationship Before the December 2015 Christmas Break ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-4. Both the Member and Person A are experienced teachers. During the 2015-2016 school year, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- their classrooms were [XXX] at the School and they got along well as professional colleagues. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-5. On or about December 17, 2015, a staff Christmas party was held at a colleague’s home. While at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- the party, the Member put his arm around Person A’s waist, asked her how she was doing and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- gave Person A a kiss on the cheek in the presence of others. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-Christmas Break ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-6. During the Christmas break, the Member and Person A engaged in mutually flirtatious Facebook ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- Messenger communications and exchanged mutually flirtatious text messages. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-7. As the break progressed, the Member sent inappropriate Facebook Messenger communications ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- and text messages to Person A including: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- (a) “…sneak a sensual kiss on your [Person A] cheek”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- (b) “I’m just thinking of you…very naughty thoughts…come see me in my class”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf: (c) “May I request that you wear that sexy, tight black top on Monday when we return? Yes, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- I do pay attention to you quite a lot at work”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf: (d) “Good morning sexy!”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- (e) “You, my dear have crossed my mind many times…I’m probably looking forward to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- holding and kissing you more than you for sure!”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- (f) “…I don’t care what you say or think, I’m going to see you on Jan. 4 th and give you a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- welcome back hug and kiss(es), and if you wish to say ‘no’, I will respect that. Just ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- don’t say no before we even touch one another. Just enjoy yourself with me and as long ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- as we can keep the personal separate from the professional then I’m willing to have ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- some fun with you…ommmm, more like yearning to have fun with you, as I believe you ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- want the same”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- (g) “Can I request that you wear that black and blue dress that you have? I absolutely love ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- your curves in it…Pretty please? :).” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-8. While the mutually flirtatious communications were fun and enjoyable to a certain point, as the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- Member’s text messages progressed, Person A became increasingly uncomfortable. Person A told ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- the Member that nothing would happen between them. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-9. On or about December 20, 2015, the Member sent Person A a picture of his upper torso, to which ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- Person A responded, “Sorry, but this is too weird for me. I’m now officially uncomfortable.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-10. The Member continued sending inappropriate text messages over the break, when he ought ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- reasonably to have been aware that his texts were beginning to be unwelcome. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-January 2016: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-11. When school resumed on January 4, 2016, the texting ceased until January 23, 2016, when Person ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- A issued an electronic request to her Facebook friends requesting help with a Power Point ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- presentation. The Member responded to her request and they exchanged messages while figuring ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- out what to do with Person A’s presentation. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-12. Near the end of their exchanges relating to the presentation, the Member asked for a small reward ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- if her presentation worked out and suggested a hug, to which Person A responded, “This deserves ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf: a hug, I’ll give you that.” The Member then sent Person A several texts with blatantly sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- references. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-13. On or about January 25, 2016, the Member entered Person A’s classroom during the lunch break ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- and asked for a hug. Person A initially refused to give him a hug. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-14. The Member persisted with his request. Person A decided to give him a hug to get it over with, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- intending to give him a quick hug so that she could pull away fast. When she gave him the hug, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- the Member hugged her for a longer period than she expected, kissed her against her will and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- grabbed either her buttocks or upper leg. Person A pushed the Member away. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-15. Person A was extremely uncomfortable with what happened. She went back to her desk shaking. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-Board Investigation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-16. Person A filed formal a [sic] Workplace Harassment Complaint on February 8, 2016 with the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- Board. Attached as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the complaint. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-17. The Board conducted an investigation using an external independent investigator. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf: investigator found that the Member subjected Person A to sexual harassment through electronic ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- communications that he ought to have known were unwelcome and that he engaged in physical ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf: contact of a sexual nature towards Person A that he ought to have known would be unwelcome. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- Attached as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the Investigation Report dated April 4, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-by his peers. The Member failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with his colleague when ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-he sent her numerous inappropriate Facebook Messenger communications and text messages, including a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-picture of his upper torso, when he ought to have known that his communications were unwelcome. He ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf:also engaged in physical contact of a sexual nature when he kissed the Person A against her will and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-grabbed either her buttocks or upper leg without her consent. Members of the profession are expected to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-interact respectfully and professionally with their colleagues at all times. Through his actions, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-Member significantly fell short of those expectations. The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-The Committee finds that suspending the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-a period of four months is proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member. The duration of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-suspension is within a reasonable range based on similar cases before the College’s Discipline ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-Committee, as submitted by College Counsel. The suspension will serve as a specific deterrent to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-Member and should cause him to reflect on the inappropriate nature of his misconduct. Recording the fact ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-of the suspension on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-The Committee finds that the course of instruction regarding appropriate boundaries and boundary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-violations will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. The coursework will remind the Member of his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-obligations as a teacher and will help him to make better decisions in any future interactions with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf-colleagues. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-“Committee”) on April 8, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated May 4, 2016 (Exhibit 1) was served on Ryan Edward Jarvis ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-(the “Member”), requesting his presence on May 24, 2016 to set a date for hearing and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for April 8, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-representation. The Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1)1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-after amendments to the Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- with the students in the classroom, in hallways, and other locations on School ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- property. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-5. The Member’s recordings included videos which focused on students’ breasts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf: and cleavage. The video recordings were made for a sexual purpose. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-6. On February 14, 2019 the Supreme Court of Canada held that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- made the video recordings of the students in circumstances that gave rise to a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- reasonable expectation of privacy. Accordingly the Supreme Court concluded ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- that the Member was guilty of the offence of voyeurism contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 162(1)(c) of the Criminal Code of Canada. The Supreme Court entered a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- conviction. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the February ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 14, 2019 Judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-7. The Supreme Court of Canada has issued a Notice of Deposit of Judgment ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- dated February 21, 2019 a copy of which is attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- Exhibit “C”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-8. Sentencing proceedings are underway before the Superior Court of Justice. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-9. By this document,2 the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-10. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- which is professional misconduct and admits the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 9 and 11, this “document” refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-of College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on April 8, 2019 finding ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Paragraphs 3 to 7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). The surreptitious recording of female students for a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf:sexual purpose was a clear breach of the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Paragraphs 3 to 7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-the Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). The Member’s conduct was a violation of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-trust and an intrusion on privacy that, as stated by the Supreme Court of Canada, poses ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-a “particularly pernicious threat to individual dignity and autonomy” (R. v. Jarvis, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf:SCC 10 (“Jarvis”) at para. 67). Persons who have been sexually objectified “may be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-harmed for years,” by knowing that a video, as a permanent form, “may at any moment ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-be being watched by someone” (R. v. Sharpe, 2001 SCC 2, quoted in Jarvis at para. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-62). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Paragraphs 3 to 7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf:the Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.3). The Member’s video recordings included videos that focused ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf:on students’ breasts and cleavage, and the recordings were made for a sexual purpose. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Paragraphs 3 to 7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-chapter E.2, and specifically, subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-the Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). The duties of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-teacher set out in the Education Act include the encouragement of students in the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-pursuit of learning and the requirement to serve as a role model for students by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-demonstrating the highest regard for a number of virtues listed at subsection 264(1)(c). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf:The Member’s surreptitious recordings of students for a sexual purpose are a clear ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-breach of his duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Paragraphs 6 to 7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-the Member contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf:Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16). The Member was convicted of the sexual offence ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-of voyeurism, contrary to section 162(1)(c) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Paragraphs 6 to 7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-the Member contravened a law, the contravention of which may cause a student who is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-under the member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17). By committing the criminal offence of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf:voyeurism, the Member exploited and intruded upon the “bodily and sexual integrity” of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-female students at the School (Jarvis, at para. 85), thus putting them at risk. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Paragraphs 3 to 7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). The Member’s surreptitious ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf:recording of students for a sexual purpose is clearly disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Paragraphs 3 to 7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(19). The Member’s conduct greatly undermined the trust and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-confidence placed in members of the teaching profession by students and the public, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-and it tarnished the reputation of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Teachers v. Jack, 2013 ONOCT 52 (CanLII), Ontario College of Teachers v. Sanli, 2014 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-ONOCT 95 (CanLII) and Ontario College of Teachers v. Hachborn, 2018 ONOCT 52 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-(CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s egregious conduct, warrants a reprimand by his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-peers. Teachers are expected to protect students from harm and to create safe and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-supportive environments for learning. The Member, over a period of two years, targeted, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-observed, and objectified students by video recording intimate parts of their bodies for a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf:sexual purpose. The Member’s conduct violated students’ sexual integrity and betrayed ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-the trust and authority invested in him as a teacher. As stated by the Supreme Court of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Canada: “privacy with respect to intimate parts of our bodies and information about our ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf:sexual selves is particularly sacrosanct” (Jarvis, para 82). It is completely intolerable for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf:Members of the teaching profession to sexually abuse students and the Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. The reprimand will allow ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-the Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Given the circumstances of the Member’s case, the Committee finds that revocation is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-also an appropriate penalty. The Member abused his position of trust and authority as a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-teacher in an egregious manner. He took advantage of the fact that he had access to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-young female students and he recorded videos of their breasts and cleavage for a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf:sexual purpose. The Member’s criminal conduct was sexually abusive and completely ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-unacceptable. By engaging in this behaviour, the Member has undermined the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-reputation of the teaching profession. As a result, the Member has forfeited the privilege ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-of being a member of the teaching profession in Ontario. The revocation of his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration will ensure the protection of students and will ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf:inform members of the public and the profession that the sexual abuse of students is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-not tolerated and will be met with serious consequences. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf-Date: April 16, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- Alicia Nunn, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ____________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- Shanlee Linton, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Wilson 2019 ONOCT 25 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Date: 2019-03-25 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- DECISION ON FINDING AND REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Avery Jean Wilson, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- AVERY JEAN WILSON (REGISTRATION #642874) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-PANEL: Tom Potter, Chair ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Jean-Luc Bernard, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-HEARD: December 7, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Andrew Matheson of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, for Ontario College of Teachers, assisted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-by Eleanor Enniss, Law Clerk ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Avery Jean Wilson, self-represented ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Erica Richler of Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf: misconduct or prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of, any person ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-hearing and no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-disclose the identity of the person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:the sexual misconduct or prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Member was employed at [XXX] (the “School”) as a [XXX] teacher and as [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-within the School’s dormitory. In the latter role, she held [XXX] responsibilities over the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-School’s boarding students and lived in the dormitory [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Between September 2015 and February 2017, the Member engaged in relationships of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:a sexual nature with two students while they were enrolled at the School and living in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-the dormitory. The relationship with Student 1 included going on a [XXX] with him alone. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-During the trip, the Member allowed Student 1 to take a topless picture of her which was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-subsequently distributed amongst other students at the School. The relationship with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Student 2 culminated with an incident in early 2017 in the Member’s shared office at the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:dormitory. The Member allowed Student 2 to touch her in a sexual manner and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Member kissed Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Committee’s task is to determine whether the facts alleged by the College have ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-been proven on a balance of probabilities and if so, whether the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-gives rise to a finding of professional misconduct. At the conclusion of the hearing on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-December 7, 2018, the Committee rendered an oral decision finding that the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-had engaged in acts of professional misconduct. That oral decision indicated that a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-written decision with reasons would follow. These are those reasons. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Avery Jean Wilson is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf: (d) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (f) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (g) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (h) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 1. Avery Jean Wilson (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed as a [XXX] and [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- teacher at [XXX] in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 and Student 2 were Grade [XXX] male ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- students at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-4. From September 2015 to June 2016, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (a) had an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (b) allowed Student 1 to take a photograph of her naked body from her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- chin to her waist; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (c) went [XXX] alone with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:5. Between May 2016 and February 2017, the Member had a sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- relationship with Student 1 while he was a student at the School and/or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- after his graduation from the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-6. From November 2016 to February 2017, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (a) had an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (b) had inappropriate electronic communication with Student 2 via text ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- messages, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and/or e-mail; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf: (c) had inappropriate physical and/or sexual contact with Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (d) held hands with Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (e) hugged Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- (f) kissed Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-7. The Member’s employment was terminated by the School on February 9, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-As the Member was not present, the Committee proceeded on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The College presented video, oral and documentary evidence in order to prove the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. Relevant portions of this evidence will be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-set out in greater detail, as needed, in the Committee’s reasons for decision below. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-following is a brief summary of the College’s evidence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Oral Evidence ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Committee heard evidence from one witness called by College Counsel, Detective ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Shawna Leitch of the York Regional Police. Detective Leitch is a member of the Special ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Victims Unit of the York Regional Police. The Special Victims Unit focuses on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:investigations involving sexual assaults and child abuse. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-On February 7, 2017, the Special Victims Unit received a report from a private therapist. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The therapist reported concerns that one of her clients, Student 2, might be involved in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:a sexual relationship with a teacher at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-On February 7, 2017, Detective Leitch and her partner attended at the School and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-conducted several interviews, including with Student 2 and the Member. The interview ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-with the Member was recorded and an audiotape of that recording was filed as an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-exhibit at the hearing (Exhibit 6), as well as a transcript (Exhibit 7) (the “first statement”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-  During the [XXX], the Member allowed Student 1 to take a photograph of her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- exposed breasts. This photograph was subsequently distributed amongst ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- students at the School by other students; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-  That the Member’s relationship with Student 1 continued after his graduation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- from the School in June 2016; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-  That, at some point in time, the Member’s relationship with Student 1 progressed ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf: to a sexual relationship in which they “had done everything”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-  That she communicated with Student 2 over social media and those ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- communications related to the Member’s personal relationship with the student; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-  Several weeks prior to the second statement on February 8, 2017, she made out ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- with Student 2 in an office. During this encounter, the Member removed her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- sweater but remained clothed in a shirt. She touched Student 2’s torso, chest, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- back and head. Student 2 touched the Member’s breasts, buttocks and vagina, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf: over her clothes. Student 2 wanted to engage in further sexual activity but the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Member said no. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-College Counsel made submissions about the admissibility and weight which the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Committee ought to place on the statement, which will be recounted below and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-assessed in the Committee’s determination of the facts and their legal effect. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Documentary Evidence ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-In addition to the video and oral evidence presented by the College, the Committee also ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-admitted the following documents into evidence, on the request of College Counsel: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf: 5) The Member had a sexual relationship with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member had a sexual relationship with Student 1 between ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-May 2016 and February 2017, while he was a student at the School and/or after his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-graduation from the School, as alleged by the College in paragraph 5 of the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-In the second statement, the Member admitted that there was physical contact between ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-herself and Student 1 starting at the time of the [XXX] in [XXX] and that eventually the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:two had engaged in a sexual relationship, stating to Detective Leitch that “[w]e’ve done ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-everything”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:The Committee is satisfied that the sexual relationship commenced at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-[XXX] in [XXX], while Student 1 was still a student at the School and that the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of Student 1 at that time. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Committee considered, for the purposes of s. 30.2 of the Act (interim suspension ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:and mandatory revocation in cases of enumerated forms of sexual abuse), whether it ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-was able to conclude that one of the enumerated acts in s. 30.2(2)(1) occurred during ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-May 2016.2 If the Committee were to reach such a conclusion, revocation of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Member’s certificate would be mandatory. The Committee would also be required to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-suspend the Member’s certificate until such time as the order for revocation was made. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf: Section 30.2(2)(1) applies to sexual abuse of a student. Section 1(2) of the Act particularizes who is a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:student for the purposes of “sexual abuse” in the Act. In this case, the definition in s. 1(2)(2) applied to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Student 1, and he ceased to be a student for the purposes of s. 30.2(2)(1) when he was no longer ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-enrolled in the School at the time of his graduation in June 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:The Committee was not able to conclude that one of the enumerated forms of sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-abuse in s. 30.2(2)(1) of the Act occurred while Student 1 was still a student at the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:School. The evidence was ambiguous as to what sexual activities occurred while the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Member and Student 1 were on the [XXX] in [XXX] (other than the taking of the nude ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-photo). While it is clear that at some point in time between May 2016 and February ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:2017 (the date of the statement), the Member engaged in sexual intercourse with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Student 1, given her statement that “[w]e’ve done everything”, it is not clear on the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-evidence when that conduct occurred. Moreover, College Counsel did not ask the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Committee to make a finding under s. 30.2(2) or submit that the evidence permitted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-such an inference to be drawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 6) The Member had an inappropriate relationship with Student 2, including ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf: inappropriate physical and/or sexual contact ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member had an inappropriate relationship with Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-and finds as facts all of the particulars alleged by the College in paragraph 6 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Notice of Hearing, including that the Member: had inappropriate electronic ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:communication with Student 2; had inappropriate physical and sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Student 2; held hands with Student 2; hugged Student 2; and kissed Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Member acknowledged in the second statement that she had communicated with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Student 2 on Facebook and Tumblr. While she maintained that the Facebook ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-communications were appropriate and related to her role as [XXX] in the student dorm, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-the Member admitted that her communications with Student 2 on Tumblr were ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-inappropriate. These communications included conversations about “wanting to kiss ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-each other or be around each other” and “wanting to do stuff”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Member admitted to inappropriate physical touching starting in November 2016, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-when she acknowledged she had started holding hands with Student 2. She had ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-engaged in hugs with Student 2 that were not of a platonic nature and lasted between ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-five and ten seconds, as well as kisses on the cheek. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:The Member admitted to an inappropriate physical and sexual encounter with Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-in her office in the student dorm at the end of January or beginning of February 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Member admitted that while she and Student 2 were together in the office, they ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-made out with each other. This consisted of “kissing and groping”. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-sweater was removed, though she still remained clothed and Student 2 remained ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-clothed. The Member admitted touching Student 2’s torso (his chest and his back), and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-that Student 2 touched her “everywhere pretty much”, including her breasts, her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-buttocks and her vagina over her clothes. Student 2 tried to remove the Member’s shirt ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-but she said “No”. Student 2 asked the Member to give him a hand job but she said ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-“No”. The Member thought that Student 2 “probably wanted everything”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Significantly, the Member explicitly referenced her knowledge that connecting with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-students on social media was discouraged by both the School and the College. She ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-admitted to deleting interactions with Student 2 from her phone because she “knew I ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-shouldn’t be doing it”. The Member admitted that both she and Student 2 were aware ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-that theirs was a “forbidden relationship”, insofar as she knew “we shouldn’t be doing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-this but it’s happening anyway.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Member engaged in professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct set out above gives rise to a finding of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the Member: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-  failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-  abused a student physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-  abused a student psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:  abused a student sexually contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-  failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-  failed to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-  committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-  engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 1) The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Although no expert evidence was provided to prove that the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-breached the standards of the profession, the Committee is satisfied that expert ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:evidence was not required in this case because the Member’s sexual abuse of Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-1 and 2 is conduct that is so egregious that it is self-evidently misconduct.3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:It is well-established and beyond dispute that a teacher engaging in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-relationship with a student is on its face a serious and significant breach of the trust and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-authority teachers hold in the educational community. When members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-profession engage in conduct like that seen in this case, they abuse their privileged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-position. The Member’s conduct demonstrated serious disregard for the well-being of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2 and fell below the ethical standards expected of teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2) The Member abused a student or students physically contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member abused both Student 1 and Student 2 physically. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-First, the Member admitted that there was physical contact between herself and Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-1 starting at the time of the [XXX] in [XXX] while Student 1 was still a student at the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:School. The Committee found that there was contact of a sexual nature between ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Student 1 and the Member on the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Member admitted that she touched Student 2’s body while they were “making out” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- See Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (CanLII), at paragraph 71. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-in her office in the dormitory. She said that she touched Student 2’s torso, chest, back ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-and head. The Member’s conduct evidently constitutes physical abuse. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 3) The Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-and Student 2. While the Committee did not hear evidence from either student on this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-issue, the Committee concluded based on the other evidence before it that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Member’s admitted conduct amounted to psychological or emotional abuse. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Member was in a position of trust and authority to both Student 1 and Student 2. In ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-the first statement, the Member acknowledged that the [XXX] in the dormitory function in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:a [XXX] relationship to the students. The Member engaged in relationships of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-nature with both students. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-It was clear from the evidence that Student 2 in particular was emotionally attached to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-the Member. In the first statement, the Member acknowledged sitting down with Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-2 in December 2016 (prior to the later incident in her office) and discussing the fact that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-he had feelings for her. The Member recounted that Student 2 said it was hard in that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-he was having feelings for the Member knowing that they could not be in a relationship. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-In the second statement, the Member admitted that Student 2 sent her a number of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-messages after the police attended the school the day before. Student 2’s messages ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-included statements that he was “extremely sorry” and that he “fucked up” as a result of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-his disclosure of the relationship he was having with the Member. It is apparent from ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-this admission that the events led to emotional turmoil for Student 2. By engaging in an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-inappropriate relationship with Student 2, the Member abused him psychologically and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-emotionally. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Member abused her position of trust and authority as a teacher. Engaging in secret, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:inappropriate relationships with students in the midst of their sexual and emotional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-development has the potential to cause lasting and severe emotional damage for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-students. The Member’s conduct ignored the serious harm that might be occasioned; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:she instead pursued her own sexual gratification. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf: 4) The Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member sexually abused a student. The definition of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:sexual abuse at section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act includes: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf: (a) sexual intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations between the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- member and the student, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf: (b) touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member, or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf: (c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:The Committee found that the Member engaged in unspecified sexual activity with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Student 1 while they were alone on a [XXX] in [XXX]. By allowing Student 1 to take a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:photograph of her exposed breasts, the Member engaged in behaviour of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-nature towards Student 1. The Committee also finds that there was inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:physical sexual touching of Student 2 by the Member at the end of January or beginning ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-of February 2017. The Member’s unacceptable conduct clearly meets the definition of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:sexual abuse set out in the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 5) The Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act, regulations or by- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:laws by engaging in sexual abuse of two students. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 6) The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. Section 264(1)(b) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Education Act provides that it is the duty of a teacher to, “encourage pupils in the pursuit ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-of learning.” The Member failed to encourage both Student 1 and Student 2 in their ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-pursuit of learning by taking advantage of her position of trust and authority. By ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-engaging in the conduct she did, the Member detracted from the Students’ formative ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-education. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act provides that it is the duty of a teacher to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-“inculcate by precept and example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-of country, humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-all other virtues.” These virtues extoll integrity and right conduct in teachers’ personal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-interactions with students, consistent with the teacher’s duty to act as a role model for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-her students. The Member’s conduct was antithetical to these principles. She knew ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-what she was doing was wrong and pursued the relationships anyway. She repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-tried to cover up her misconduct and it appears on the evidence that she attempted to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-influence Student 2 to cover up their inappropriate conduct. The Member demonstrated ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-a clear disregard for the emotional well-being of students in her charge. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 7) The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. The public and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:teaching profession do not tolerate the sexual abuse of students. Through her conduct, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-the Member violated the trust that the public places in teachers. When parents and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-guardians send their children to school, they expect that they will be safe and that their ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:teachers will not seek to exploit their power for their own sexual gratification. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-Member’s conduct is disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- 8) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf:the teaching profession by sexually abusing the Student. Through her egregious ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-conduct, the Member undermined the reputation of the teaching profession and the trust ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-that parents, students and the public place in teachers. It reflects poorly on the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf-profession as a whole when members behave disgracefully, as the Member has. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 4), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-1. Gary George Somerfield was, at all material times, a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was a retired teacher formerly employed by the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- Lakehead District School Board (the “Board”). The Member retired from the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- Board on March 2, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-3. On January 25, 2017, the Thunder Bay Police Service executed a search warrant ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- at the Member’s residence during which officers seized 11 electronic devices ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- belonging to the Member. Forensic analysis revealed that two of those items ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf: contained 58 unique digital images that met the definition of child pornography ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- under the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-4. On February 28, 2018, the Member was arrested and charged with: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf: (a) one count of possessing child pornography (possession), contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- (b) one count of having in his possession for the purpose of making available ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf: child pornography (distribution), contrary to section 163.1(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified true copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- Information of Peace Officer William Boote of the Thunder Bay Police Service. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf:5. Each of the above acts constitutes a “prohibited act involving child pornography” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-6. On March 1, 2017, the Board notified the Ontario College of Teachers that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf: Member had been charged with child pornography offences under the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- Code (Canada). Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- Board’s letter to the College dated March 1, 2017 and received on March 10, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-7. On July 24, 2017, the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers initiated a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- complaint against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-8. On November 20, 2017, the Member pleaded guilty to possession of child ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf: pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada), while ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf: the charge of making child pornography available (distribution) was withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of Proceedings ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- on Arraignment and Guilty Plea before the Honorable Madam Justice C. M. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4(a), 8 and 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-demonstrate that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-1(18). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-Paragraphs 3, 4(a), 8 and 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-demonstrate that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 5), the parties jointly submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee make an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-order: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-1. reprimanding the Member, pursuant to section 30.2(1)(a) of the Act; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-2. directing the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- section 30.2(1)(c)(ii)2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on April 29, 2019, the Committee accepted the Joint ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- The mandatory penalty provisions under section 30.2 of the Act have undergone legislative ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-amendments, which came into effect on April 3, 2019. The parties’ Joint Submission on Penalty was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-signed before these amendments came into effect and reflects the numbering of the Act that was in effect ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-at the time that the parties concluded their agreement. Despite the renumbering and other legislative ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-amendments to section 30.2 of the Act, revocation was (at the time that the parties concluded their ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-agreement) and still is a mandatory penalty in cases where a member has engaged in a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf:involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and made an order in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 27 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf:The Member’s misconduct consisted of a prohibited act involving child pornography as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-described at subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. The Committee is required to, and has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-therefore, made an order: requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-and directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-registration. The Committee notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-Committee denounces the Member’s egregious misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-With respect to the form of the reprimand, the Committee accepts College Counsel’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-submission that it is reasonable in the circumstances to order that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-reprimand be delivered in writing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf-Date: May 1, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct27.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf-“Committee”) on April 2, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated November 19, 2018 (Exhibit 1) was served on Tahir ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf-Mahmood (the “Member”), inviting him to participate in the scheduling of the hearing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf-and specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for April 2, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf-representation. The Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Tahir Mahmood is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2);1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14);3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-Board’s factual findings from the investigation into his misconduct; concluded that his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-conduct was “inappropriate and unprofessional”; and, informed the Member of his five- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-day suspension (Exhibit 10). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-Participant Expert ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-College Counsel sought to qualify Mr. Mavraganis as a participant expert in the area of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-classroom management and the standards of the profession. The Committee granted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-this request for the following reasons. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-The College demonstrated that the four threshold requirements for the admissibility of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-expert evidence have been met, as established the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-Mohan, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 9: (1) relevance; (2) necessity in assisting the trier of fact; (3) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-the absence of any exclusionary rule; and (4) a properly qualified expert. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-First, the Committee finds that Mr. Mavraganis’ evidence is relevant to the issue of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-whether or not the Member’s classroom management met the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-profession. The principal supervised the Member and investigated his conduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-Second, Mr. Mavraganis’ evidence is necessary because the Committee must receive ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-expert evidence regarding the standards of the profession in cases such as this, where ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-the Member’s conduct is not so egregious that it is self-evidently misconduct. By way of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf:contrast, expert evidence is not required in cases involving the physical or sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-of students, which are clear examples of professional misconduct (see Novick v. Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (CanLII) at para. 71). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- 33 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-mother said last night” when the nature of the question made it obvious that his answer ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf:was implying something sexual. This type of behaviour has no place in an educational ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-setting. Members of the profession are expected to behave as positive role models for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-students and to provide them with a safe and supportive learning environment. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-Member did the opposite. The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-Suspension ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-Having carefully reviewed the case law presented by College Counsel, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-finds that a three month suspension is reasonable in this case. The duration of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-suspension is within an appropriate range as established by previous cases before the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-Discipline Committee, and it is proportionate to the Member’s misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-In Chéry, a six-month suspension was ordered but Mr. Chéry was found to have ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-verbally, physically and psychologically or emotionally abused numerous students in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-seven different classes. The Member’s misconduct was not nearly as severe as Mr. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-Chéry’s misconduct and a similar suspension is therefore not appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-In Lowrie, a six-month suspension was ordered but, in addition to making demeaning or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-inappropriate comments to students, Mr. Lowrie’s behaviour included insubordination ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-and threats to his principal. The Member’s misconduct was not as serious as Mr. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-Lowrie’s inappropriate, insubordinate, and threatening behaviour and a similar ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf-suspension is therefore not appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-Superintendent Gray has been in his current role as Superintendent of Human Resources at the Board ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-since August 2008 (see Superintendent Gray’s curriculum vitae at Exhibit 5, tab 26). He testified that his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-role requires that he manage all aspects of the Human Resources portfolio at the Board, including: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 3 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-employee and labour relations; disciplinary matters and professional misconduct; staffing; human rights ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-complaints; and disability management. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-Superintendent Gray testified extensively about the Board’s bullying prevention and workplace violence ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf:policies; its code of conduct; its workplace harassment and sexual harassment policy; its student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-protection policy; and its mission statement (see Exhibit 5, tabs 26A-F). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-Superintendent Gray testified further about the Member’s employment history with the Board (see ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-Exhibit 4). The Member’s employment history included the following information: an administrative ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-transfer to the School in September 2010 where he taught Grade [XXX]; sent home pending investigation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-on May 27, 2011 and did not return for the rest of the academic year; taught Grade [XXX] at the School ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-during the 2012-2013 academic year; and, was sent home pending investigation on November 30, 2012 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-and was then assigned supply coverage duties for the remainder of the school year on April 22, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-Superintendent Gray also testified in depth about the Board’s discipline process and the various steps the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-Board takes when a complaint is made. Superintendent Gray then testified specifically about the various ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-measures the Board used to assist the Member. These measures included: administrative transfers to assist ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-with a “fresh start” at new schools; various grade placements, to set the Member up for successful ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-classroom management; matched the Member at a school with a good principal who could support him; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-three referrals to Dr. Arnold; multiple consultants were brought into to help the Member in his delivery of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-curriculum, and to help support the Member’s implementation of his classroom management course; hired ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-a personal professional coach for Member, who was a retired elementary school principal; and worked to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-accommodate the Member through the Teacher Performance Appraisal Process by adjusting timelines. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf-Superintendent Gray explained that the Board used the progressive discipline approach with the Member, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct3.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-“Committee”) on May 7, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-An Amended Notice of Hearing dated October 1, 2018 (Exhibit 1) was served on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Christina Marie Albini (the “Member”), inviting her to participate in the scheduling of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-hearing and specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for May 7, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-representation. The Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Amended Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Christina Marie Albini is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf: (d) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (f) she contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (g) she contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (h) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (i) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-1. Christina Marie Albini was at all material times a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- of Teachers. In June 2002, the Member obtained a Certificate of Qualification ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- and Registration. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf:2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Windsor-Essex Catholic ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Windsor, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 was a male student under the age of [XXX] and a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- former student of the Member at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-4. On July 19, 2016, the Member was charged with the following offences: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf: (i) Between February 1, 2016 and July 17, 2016, committing a sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- on Student 1, contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf: (ii) Between February 1, 2016 and July 17, 2016, for a sexual purpose, with a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- part of her body or an object, directly or indirectly touching the body of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Student 1, contrary to Section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf: (iii) Between February 1, 2016 and July 17, 2016, for a sexual purpose, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- inviting Student 1 to directly or indirectly touch with a part of his body, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- body of the Member, contrary to Section 152 of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (iv) Between February 1, 2016 and July 17, 2016, by means of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- telecommunication, communicating with Student 1, for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- facilitating the commission of an offence under Section 271 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Code of Canada, contrary to Section 172.2(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Canada. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Information with these charges, dated July 19, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-5. On August 17, 2016, the Board terminated the Member’s employment. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-6. On or about August 30, 2016, a replacement Information was filed and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Member was charged with the following offences: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-(i) Between January 1, 2016 and July 17, 2016, committing a sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- on Student 1, contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-(ii) Between January 1, 2016 and July 17, 2016, for a sexual purpose, with a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- part of her body or an object, directly or indirectly touching the body of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Student 1, contrary to Section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-(iii) Between January 1, 2016 and July 17, 2016, for a sexual purpose, inviting ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Student 1 to directly or indirectly touch with a part of his body, the body of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- the Member, contrary to Section 152 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-(iv) Between July 1, 2015 and July 17, 2016, by means of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- telecommunication, communicating with Student 1 for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- facilitating the commission of an offence under Section 271 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Code of Canada, contrary to Section 172.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Canada; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-(v) Between December 26, 2015 and July 17, 2016, distributing sexually ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- explicit material to Student 1 for the purpose of facilitating the commission ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- of an offence under Section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- to Section 171.1(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-(vi) Between January 3, 2016 and July 17, 2016, without lawful excuse, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf: possessing child pornography in a the form of photographs of Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf: contrary to Section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-(vii) Between January 3, 2016 and July 17, 2016, without lawful excuse, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf: accessing child pornography in the form of photographs of Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- contrary to Section 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- replacement Information with these charges, dated August 30, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf:7. On May 1, 2017, the Member pleaded guilty to sexual interference, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Section 151 of the Criminal Code. The Member, through counsel, indicated that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- she and Student 1 had engaged in a relationship between July 1, 2015 and July ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 17, 2016. During that time, the Member and Student 1 exchanged messages and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf: pictures of a sexual nature, and met at the Member’s home to engage in sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf: intercourse, including oral sex. The Member also provided gifts to Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a copy of the certified court ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- proceedings during the Member’s guilty plea before the Honourable Madam ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Justice Rawlins, dated May 1, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-8. On June 27, 2017, the Member was sentenced to 12 months’ incarceration ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- followed by three years of probation. The Member was also made the subject of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- a number of ancillary orders. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- certified copy of the Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Madam Justice ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Rawlins, dated June 27, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-9. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a copy of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- probation order, dated June 27, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-10. The other charges against the Member were withdrawn. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- marked as Appendix “G” is a certified copy of the court documents setting out the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- matter’s disposition, dated June 27, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-11. The Member did not appeal her conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-12. By this document1, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- to in paragraphs 1 to 11 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-13. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- which is professional misconduct as defined in sections 30, 30.2, 32 and 32.1 of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against her, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that she ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf: engaged in the sexual abuse of a student as defined in sections 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-14. By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, she is waiving ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- the right to require the College to prove the case against her and the right ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 12 and 14, this “document” refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (d) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- shall be published on the College’s website, and that a summary of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, including her name, shall be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between her and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed by the parties does not bind ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this agreement ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-15. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-of College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on May 7, 2019 finding ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in the sexual abuse of a student as defined ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1-11 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Paragraphs 7 and 8 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Paragraphs 7 and 8 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-the Member abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-subsection 1(7.1). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Paragraphs 7 and 8 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-the Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Paragraphs 7 and 8 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf:the Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Paragraphs 7 and 8 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-2. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 32 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on May 7, 2019 the Committee accepted the parties’ Joint ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Submission on Penalty and made an order in accordance with its terms, as set out ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf:The Member’s misconduct consisted of the sexual abuse of a student, and it involved ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-acts listed at subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. The Committee is required to, and has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-therefore, made an order: requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-and directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-registration. The Committee notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Committee denounces the Member’s egregious misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf-Date: May 9, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- Mary Ellen Gucciardi, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct32.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-College Counsel argued that the Member could not meet any of these standards on the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-materials he filed or on the submissions he made. She therefore argued that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-Member’s motion ought to be dismissed. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-College Counsel argued that if the Member’s motion was dismissed, the College should ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-be awarded costs pursuant to Rule 16.04 of the Rules, which provides that “The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-Committee may at any stage of the proceeding order a party to pay costs where the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-conduct of the party has been unreasonable, frivolous or vexatious or a party has acted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-in bad faith.” College Counsel argued that this was the same high bar that she identified ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-with respect to the Member’s motion to dismiss or stay the proceedings, but maintained ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-that the Member’s conduct in bringing the motion, when the College has repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf:explained to him that there are no allegations of sexual abuse against him nor is he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-being accused of being a “gay pedophile”, met that high bar. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-ADVICE OF INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-Independent Legal Counsel gave advice to the Committee that, irrespective of College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-Counsel’s arguments about the unavailability of recourse under s. 4.6(1) of the SPPA, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-the Committee likely did retain the residual authority under s. 23 of the SPPA to grant a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-stay of proceedings, as was sought by the Member. Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-advised the Committee that the Supreme Court of Canada has defined an abuse of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-process in the administrative law setting. To find an abuse of process, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-must conclude that “the damage to the public interest in the fairness of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf-administrative process should the proceeding go ahead would exceed the harm to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-“Committee”) on May 17, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated March 14, 2018 (Exhibit 1) was served on Joel Robert ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-Lewsaw (the “Member”), inviting him to participate in the scheduling of the hearing and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for May 17, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Joel Robert Lewsaw is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-1. Joel Robert Lewsaw is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf:2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Greater Essex County ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- District School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) [XXX], Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- [sic]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-3. During the 2015-2016 academic year, the Member was a [XXX] teacher at the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-4. During the 2015-2016 academic year, the Member provided [XXX] to students ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf: which contained content of a sexually explicit or other inappropriate nature. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” are copies of those [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-5. During the 2015-2016 academic year, the Member created a class list which ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf: included nicknames or descriptions of the Students with derogatory and/or sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- overtone. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of that class list. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf:6. On or about June 20, 2016 the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society received a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- referral. Following interviews with students, staff and the Member, the Children’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- Aid Society verified the child protection concern. The Society closed the file. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of correspondence from the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- Children’s Aid Society dated August 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-7. On or about June 21, 2016, a number of the Member’s students were interviewed ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- by the School administration. Some students indicated that the Member made ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf: comments of a racial and sexual nature, including comments regarding the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf: student’s sexual orientation and used words to the effect “finally coming out of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- the closet”. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “E” are copies of those ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- student interviews. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-8. In or around June 2016, Kyle Berard, the School Principal received email ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- communication from a concerned parent regarding the Member’s conduct in the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- classroom and use of profane and/or offensive language in the presence of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- students. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “F” is a copy of the email ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- communication dated June 23, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-9. The Board suspended the Member for 15 days without pay which was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- subsequently reduced to eight days. The Member was required to complete a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- boundaries course and was not allowed to take students on field trips. Upon the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- Member’s return from suspension, the Member was transferred to another [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-this case. The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-on the following analogous cases presented by the parties: Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-v. Eltis, 2016 ONOCT 58 (CanLII),Ontario College of Teachers v. Fernandes, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-ONOCT 13 (CanLII) and Ontario College of Teachers v. Odjig, 2018 ONOCT 27 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-(CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s comments which were of an inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf:racial nature, his use of inappropriately sexualized [XXX] and his use of profanity ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-warrant a reprimand by his peers. Members of the profession are expected to maintain ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-appropriate boundaries with students at all times, to act as positive role models and to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-create safe and supportive learning communities. The Member failed to meet these ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-expectations by behaving in an offensive and insensitive manner. The reprimand will ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-allow the Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-Given the Member’s inappropriate conduct, the Committee finds that a suspension of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-four months is reasonable and appropriate. The Committee also notes that the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-has already served unpaid suspension through the Board. The Committee finds that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-suspension is necessary as a specific deterrent, and the recording of the suspension on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-1. A. Jay Fiocca is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Niagara Catholic School ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in St. Catharines, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-3. On August 30, 2017, the Niagara Regional Police Service executed a search ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- warrant at the Member’s residence during which officers seized, among other ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- items, a desktop computer and certain electronic devices. Forensic analysis of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- those items revealed 65 unique digital images that met the definition of child ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf: pornography under the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-4. On August 31, 2017, the Member was arrested and charged with: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf: (a) one count of making child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(2) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf: (b) one count of possessing child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4) of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf: (c) one count of distributing child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(3) of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a copy of the Information of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- Peace Officer Michael Kelly of the Niagara Regional Police Service. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf:5. Each of the above acts constitutes a “prohibited act involving child pornography” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-6. On September 27, 2017, the Board notified the Ontario College of Teachers that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf: the Member had been charged with child pornography offences under the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada and, effective September 1, 2017, had been ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- suspended without pay and barred from all Board locations. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- marked as Appendix “C” is a copy of the Board’s letter to the College dated ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- September 21, 2017 and received September 27, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-7. On November 2, 2017, the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers initiated ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- a complaint against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-8. On December 5, 2017, the Member, through legal counsel, accepted the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- College’s offer to put its investigation on hiatus pending the resolution of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- criminal matter. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-9. On August 3, 2018, the Member pleaded guilty to possession of child ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf: pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada), while ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf: the other two charges, making child pornography and distributing child ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf: pornography, were withdrawn. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- certified Excerpt of Proceedings before the Honourable Justice F. O’Donnell, at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- St. Catharines, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-10. On August 30, 2018, the Member was sentenced to six months of imprisonment, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- received a three-year probation order, and was made subject to a number of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ancillary orders. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- of the Sentencing Hearing transcript before the Honourable Justice F. O’Donnell, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- at St. Catharines, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-11. On October 23, 2018, a panel of the College’s Investigation Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- considered the Registrar’s complaint and referred this matter to the College’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-12. By this document,1 the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-11 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-13. The Member hereby acknowledges that paragraphs 3, 4(b) and 9 of the Admitted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16) , 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-14. By signing this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- This “document” in paragraphs 12 and 14 refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-Although not addressed in the Joint Submission on Penalty, College Counsel requested ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-that the reprimand be delivered in writing, which the Committee accepted. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on May 15, 2019, the Committee accepted the Joint ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and made an order in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-its terms, as set out above. The reprimand will be delivered in writing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-The Member’s misconduct consisted of or included a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf:pornography as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Committee must make an order: requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Committee; and directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Committee makes both of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-these orders. The Committee notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-Committee denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-Date: May 15, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf-Submission on Penalty was drafted in March 2019) and still is a mandatory penalty in cases where a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf:member has engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Unruh 2019 ONOCT 38 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- Date: 2019-06-03 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- Hans Edouard Unruh, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- HANS EDOUARD UNRUH (REGISTRATION #239790) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-PANEL: John Hamilton, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- Marlène Marwah ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-HEARD: June 3, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Ava Arbuck of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, for Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-No one appearing for Hans Edouard Unruh ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Julie Maciura of Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- By order of Justice F. O’Donnell of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- (f) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-1. Hans Edouard Unruh is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Niagara Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in St. Catharines, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-3. In the academic year 2010-2011, Student 1 was a female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-4. Beginning in the spring of the academic year 2010-2011, when Student 1 was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf: [XXX] years old, the Member engaged in a personal and sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf: Student 1 which included sexual intercourse. The relationship continued until the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- summer of 2013. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-5. The Member resigned from his employment with the Board on or about April 22, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- 2014. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-6. On January 7, 2019, in the Ontario Court of Justice, the Member pleaded guilty ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf: to one count of sexual exploitation, contrary to section 153(1.1) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- Code of Canada, with respect to his relationship with Student 1. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the transcript from the January 7, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- guilty plea proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-7. Sentencing proceedings for the Member are underway in the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- Justice. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the transcript ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- from the March 22, 2019 sentencing proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-8. By this document,3 the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-9. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19).The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf: Member further acknowledges that the alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 8 and 10, this “document” refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-outlined in paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. The Committee granted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-this request. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-of College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on June 3, 2019 finding ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 6 and Exhibits B and C of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 6 and Exhibits B and C of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-demonstrate that the Member abused a student or students psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 6 and Exhibits B and C of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf:demonstrate that the Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf:Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 6 and Exhibits B and C of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-1(15). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 6 and Exhibits B and C of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-demonstrate that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-1(18). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Paragraphs 4, 6 and Exhibits B and C of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-demonstrate that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-1. direct that the Member receive a reprimand, and the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-2. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 38 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Although not addressed in the Joint Submission on Penalty, College Counsel requested ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-that the reprimand be delivered in writing given that the Member is presently in custody ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-and will be unable to attend for an oral reprimand in the near future. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on June 3, 2019 the Committee accepted the Joint ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and made an order in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-its terms, as set out above. The reprimand will be delivered in writing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf:The Member’s misconduct consisted of or included sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-provides that the Committee must make an order: requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-reprimanded by the Committee, and directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Committee makes both of these orders, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard and denounces the Member’s misconduct in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf-the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct38.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Based on this affidavit, the Committee was satisfied that the Member had been properly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-served with the Notice of Hearing and all disclosure documents and was aware of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-time and date of the hearing and the penalty being sought by the College. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Committee delayed the start of the hearing by approximately 15 minutes to allow the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Member time to appear. The Member did not appear. The Committee therefore heard ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-this matter in the absence of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Michael Sperling is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- (g) he committed acts, that having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-8. In the fall of 2014, Student 1 and the Member began exchanging text ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- messages and telephone calls. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-9. In November 2014, Student 1 participated in a [XXX] at the School. During ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Student 1’s [XXX], the Member would grab Student 1’s buttocks and body. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-10. In or about December 2014, the Member and Student 1 began ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf: exchanging photographs of themselves of a sexual nature. This conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- escalated to kissing, fondling and fellatio. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-11. On or about December 24, 2014, the Member and Student 1 engaged in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf: oral sex. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-12. In or about January 2015, the Member and Student 1 engaged in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-13. Between January and March 2015, the Member and Student 1 frequently ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf: engaged in sexual contact including fondling, kissing, oral sex, and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-14. Between January and March 2015, Student 1 became suspicious that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf: Member was using her for sexual purposes and asked Student 2 to test ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- the Member by contacting him to determine whether the Member would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf: engage in sexual conduct with Student 2. Student 2 began exchanging ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf: sexualized texts with the Member and they started a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- that lasted approximately two weeks. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-15. On or about March 28, 2015, Student 1 ended her relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Member. Student 1 told a family member about the relationship and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- matter was reported to the Waterloo Regional Police (the “Police”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-16. On April 10, 2015, the Member surrendered himself to the Police and was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- charged with the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- (a) between the 1st day of December, in the year 2014 and the 28th day ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- of March, in the year of 2015, both dates inclusive, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Waterloo, in the said Region and elsewhere in the Province of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf: Ontario, did commit a sexual assault on Student 1, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- (b) between the 1st day of December, in the year 2014 and the 28th day ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- of March, in the year of 2015, both dates inclusive, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Waterloo, in the said Region and elsewhere in the Province of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf: Ontario, did for a sexual purpose touch Student 1, a person under ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- the age of sixteen years, directly with a part of his body, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- (c) between the 1st day of December, in the year 2014 and the 28th day ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- of March, in the year of 2015, both dates inclusive, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Waterloo, in the said Region and elsewhere in the Province of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf: Ontario, did for a sexual purpose invite Student 1, a person under ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- the age of sixteen years, to touch directly with a part of her body ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- the body of the Member, contrary to Section 152 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- (d) between the 1st day of December, in the year 2014 and the 28th day ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- of March, in the year of 2015, both dates inclusive, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Waterloo, in the said Region and elsewhere in the Province of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Ontario, using a computer device, communicate with a person ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- believed to be under the age of 16 years for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- facilitating the commission of an offence under Section 151 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Criminal Code, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 172.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- (e) between the 1st day of December, in the year 2014 and the 28th day ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- of March, in the year of 2015, both dates inclusive, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Waterloo, in the said Region and elsewhere in the Province of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Ontario, using a computer device, communicate with a person ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- believed to be under the age of 18 years for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- facilitating the commission of an offence under Section 163.1 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Criminal Code, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 172.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-17. On September 21, 2016, the Member pleaded guilty to: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- (a) between the first day of December, in the year 2014 and the 28th ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- day of March, in the year 2015, both dates inclusive, at the City of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Waterloo, in the West Region and elsewhere in the Province of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf: Ontario, did for a sexual purpose touch Student 1, a person under ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for Michael ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Sperling (Exhibit 2), which indicates that the Member was a member of the College at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-the time of the alleged events. The College also entered into evidence a Brief of Court ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Documents - Her Majesty the Queen v. Michael Sperling (Exhibit 4), which contains the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-following documents: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 1) Certified Copy of the Court Information with Appearance Dates and Disposition; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 2) Transcript of Guilty Plea Proceedings, and Reasons for Sentence before Justice ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- C. Parry in the Ontario Court of Justice, dated September 21, 2016 and October ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 31, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 4 confirms that on September 21, 2016, in the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Ontario Court of Justice, the Member pleaded guilty to touching a person under 16 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:years old for a sexual purpose (“sexual interference”) and to communicating, using a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-computer device, with a person believed to be under 16 years old for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-facilitating the commission of an offence under section 151 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Canada (“luring a child”). The evidence presented in Exhibit 4 also confirms that on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-October 31, 2016 the Member was found guilty of the aforementioned offences, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-contrary to sections 151 and 172.1 the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-College Counsel described the Member’s criminal history in detail. He submitted that at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-the time of the events in question the Member was 33 years old and Student 1 was a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-[XXX]-year-old female. In the summer of 2014, the Member and Student 1 exchanged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-phone numbers. Sexual phone calls, text messages and photos were exchanged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-between them by the fall of 2014. By December 2014, the relationship escalated to a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:sexual one and included kissing, fondling, oral sex and intercourse. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Student 2 (a [XXX]-year-old female friend ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-of Student 1) starting in March 2015. The Member and Student 2 exchanged text ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:messages of a sexual nature over a period of two weeks. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:that on September 21, 2016, the Member pleaded guilty to one count of sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-interference and one count of luring a child. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-College Counsel noted that, in order for the Committee to find that the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-breached subsections 1(7.2) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:sexually and psychologically or emotionally abusive conduct must have been directed at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-a student. College Counsel submitted that, even though Student 1 was not the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Member’s student at all material times, she should still be considered a “student” for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-purposes of making these findings. Because the Act did not contain a definition of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-term “student” at the time of the Member’s misconduct, College Counsel made ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-extensive submissions and provided the Committee with case law to demonstrate that it ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-was appropriate to consider Student 1 (a [XXX]-year-old female at the time) a “student” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-within the meaning of the statute as it read at the time of the conduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-College Counsel relied on Ontario College of Teachers v. Robinson, 2003 ONOCT 46 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-(CanLII) and Ontario College of Teachers v. Iason, 2017 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-proposition that a direct teacher-student relationship was not necessary to establish that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-someone was a “student” within the meaning of the statute. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-that the term “student” should be construed broadly to include non-direct teacher- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-student relationships given the legislative intent and the Committee’s mandate to protect ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-the public interest. Therefore, one should be considered a “student” even if he or she is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-not a student in the class of the member who is facing the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-According to College Counsel, the Member’s conduct, as detailed in the record of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-criminal proceedings (see Exhibit 4) and the resultant criminal convictions, provided a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-sufficient basis to justify a finding of professional misconduct under all of the heads of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. The Member had legal representation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-during his criminal proceedings and did not appeal his sentence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-made by College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on April 30, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Rules”), inter alia, the Committee accepts the certified copy of the Court Information as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-proof, in this case, that the Member committed the criminal offences outlined therein. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-The Member was found guilty and convicted of two criminal offences before a Canadian ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Court, no appeal has been taken, and the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Committee’s Rules, the Committee admits as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-ancillary to the certified copy of the Court Information, the findings of fact contained in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-the related decision before the Ontario Court of Justice involving the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Committee further admits as incidental to the certified copy of the Court Information, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-transcripts of the proceedings at which the conviction occurred, for the purposes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-explaining the finding of guilt. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-proven, on a balance of probabilities, that between the summer of 2014 and March ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-2015, the Member engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Student 1 and Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-2. At the time of the events in question, the Member was a 33-year-old teacher at the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-School. The Member worked part time at a local [XXX] and that is where he met ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Student 1, a [XXX]-year-old female, in the summer of 2014. At first, they exchanged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-phone numbers to discuss a [XXX] at the Member’s school. However, starting in the fall ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:of 2014, the Member and Student 1 exchanged sexual photos, phone calls, videos and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-text messages. Starting in December 2014 and continuing until March 2015, their ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:relationship escalated to fondling, kissing, oral sex and intercourse. Further, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:Member and Student 2 exchanged text messages of a sexual nature over a period of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-two weeks. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-The College has proven on a balance of probabilities that on April 10, 2015, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Member surrendered himself to the Police and was charged with the offences set out at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-paragraph 16 of the Notice of Hearing, which are set out above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-The College has also proven on a balance of probabilities that on September 21, 2016, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:the Member pleaded guilty to sexual interference and luring a child, contrary to sections ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-151 and 172.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada. On October 31, 2016, the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Justice Parry found the Member guilty of these two offenses, and sentenced the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Member to two years’ incarceration, three years’ probation and a number of ancillary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-orders. The other charges against the Member were withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-The Committee accepts the submissions of College Counsel that it is appropriate to find ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:that the Member sexually and psychologically or emotionally abused “a student”, even ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-though Student 1 was not a student of the Member himself. It is reasonable to interpret ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-the term “student” broadly even in the pre-December 2016 version of the Act that did ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-not contain a definition of “student”, given the College’s mandate to protect the public ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-interest. There is no suggestion in the Act that there must be a direct teaching ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-relationship between a member and a student in order for a young person to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-considered a “student” for the purposes of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s misconduct was egregious. The Member has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:abused his position of trust and authority in the gravest manner when he sexually ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-abused Student 1 and had an inappropriate relationship with Student 2, which included ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:text messages of a sexual nature. The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct is a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-clear breach of the standards of the profession. The Member’s misconduct has greatly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-undermined the public’s trust in the teaching profession. Accordingly, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:finds that the Member’s multiple, repeated instances of sexual abuse constitute acts of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-professional misconduct contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:Counsel for the College submitted that the finding of sexual abuse triggers the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-mandatory penalty provisions in the Act. The transitional provisions at section 63.2 of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:the Act provide that where professional misconduct constitutes sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-student, the mandatory penalty provisions in section 30.2 of the Act apply ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-retrospectively to conduct that occurred prior to the December 2016 amendments to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Act. Accordingly, College Counsel submitted that the Committee is required, by section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-30.2 of the Act, to order that the Member be reprimanded and that his Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-Qualification and Registration be revoked. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-The Committee makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-1. The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf:The Member’s misconduct consisted of the sexual abuse of a student, and it involved ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-acts listed at subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. The Committee is required to, and has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-therefore, made an order: requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf-and directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-“Committee”) on April 12, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-An Amended Notice of Hearing1 was served on Martin Frederick S. Danio (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-“Member”) dated February 11, 2019 (Exhibit 1) inviting him to participate in the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-scheduling of the hearing and specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-set for April 12, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-The Member did not attend the hearing and did not have legal representation. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Amended Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- (b) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- (c) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- The Amended Notice of Hearing added Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17) and removed ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf:section 1 of the Act, which stated that the Member engaged in a prohibited act of child pornography. In ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-addition, the reference to section 30.2 of the Act was removed. College Counsel explained that the Notice ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-of Hearing was amended due to legislative changes to the Act, including section 63.2 of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-conduct at issue occurred in 2015 before the changes to the Act came into effect. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- cause a student who is under the Member’s professional supervision to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- (e) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-1. Martin Frederick S. Danio is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Attached and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Peel District School ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Mississauga, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-3. On or about September 28, 2015, a property restoration company (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- “Company”) contacted the Peel Regional Police (the “Police”) to report the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- discovery of a photo album (the “Album”) that contained images that might ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf: constitute child pornography. The Company had removed the Album from the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Member’s residence after a flood. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-4. On or about September 29, 2015, the Police attended the Company’s facilities, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- viewed the Album and determined that some images it contained met the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf: Criminal Code (Canada) definition of child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-5. On or about September 29, 2015, the Member was arrested and charged with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf: one count of possession of child pornography, contrary to subsection 163.1(4) of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-6. On or about September 30, 2015, the Board assigned the Member to home. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-7. On or about September 30, 2015, the Police executed search warrants at the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Company’s facilities and the Member’s residence, seizing binders, frames, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- photographs, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, external hard drives, SD cards, a camera ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- and a computer. When the Police analyzed these items, they found thousands of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf: images categorized as child pornography, along with several movies categorized ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf: as child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-8. On or about October 6, 2015, the Member was released on a recognizance of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- bail. Attached and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified true copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Member’s recognizance of bail, dated October 6, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-9. On or about January 15, 2016, the Member was charged with one count of failing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- subsection 145(3) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-10. On January 24, 2016, the Member retired from the Board. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-11. On January 26, 2016, the Member was released on a recognizance of bail. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Attached and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified true copy of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- recognizance of bail, dated January 26, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-12. On January 16, 2017, the Member pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, one ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf: count of possession of child pornography, contrary to subsection 163.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). The charge of failing to comply with a condition of an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- undertaking or recognizance, contrary to subsection 145(3) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- (Canada) was withdrawn at the request of the Crown. Attached and marked as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Appendix “D” is a certified copy of Proceedings at Trial before the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Justice K. L. McLeod on January 16, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-13. On January 30, 2017, the Member was sentenced to a 15-month custodial ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- sentence, less credit for pre-trial custody, to be followed by 18 months’ probation. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- The Member was also made subject to a number of ancillary orders. Attached ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- and marked as Appendix “E” and Appendix “F” are a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Reasons for Sentence before the Honourable Justice K. L. McLeod on January ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 30, 2017 and a copy of the Member’s Adult Probation Order, dated January 30, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-14. The Member did not appeal his conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-15. Attached and marked as Appendix “G” is a copy of the Court Information ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- pertaining to the Member’s guilty plea and conviction. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-this case. The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-on the following analogous case presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-Teachers v. Coulter, 2017 ONOCT 10 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-Reprimand ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s egregious misconduct warrants a reprimand by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-his peers. The Member was found guilty of a very serious criminal offense, possession ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf:of child pornography. The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-Given that the Member took no position with respect to the form of the reprimand and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-that he was not present, the Committee accepts College Counsel’s submission that it is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-reasonable in the circumstances to order that the Member’s reprimand be delivered in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-writing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-Revocation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-The Committee finds that the revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-registration is proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-Member’s conduct was at the highest end of spectrum of professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-therefore necessitates the imposition of a penalty which strongly denounces his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-reprehensible conduct. The Member pled guilty and was found guilty on January 16, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf:2017 of one count of possession of child pornography, contrary to subsection 163.1(4) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-of the Criminal Code (Canada). A number of the Member’s items were seized by the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-police and when the police analyzed these items they found thousands of images ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 42 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf:categorized as child pornography, along with several movies categorized as child ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf:pornography. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-The Member has forfeited the privilege of being a member of the teaching profession in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-Ontario and of holding a certificate of qualification and registration. His disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional conduct has jeopardized the public’s perception of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-teachers in the province and must be denounced in the strongest terms. Child ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf:pornography is a serious criminal offence, and possession of child pornography ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-perpetuates a market which thrives on the abuse of children. Through his egregious ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-conduct, the Member has flagrantly abused his position of trust and authority. His ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-repugnant conduct warrants revocation - the most serious consequence available. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf-Date: April 24, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Alicia Nunn, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct42.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf-October 2010: [XXX] School ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf-3. In October 2010, the Member called a student and/or students “moron” and/or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- “you two morons”. This was inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf-2011-2012 Academic Year: [XXX] School ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf-4. The Member wrongly shared confidential information about student placements ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- for the following year. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf-5. The Member left students unsupervised while she completed Development ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- Reading Assessment with individual students. This was inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf-6. In February 2012, the Member texted her [XXX], who was a student at [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- The parent of the student asked the Member to stop, but she continued to do so. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- This was inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf-2012-2013 Academic Year: [XXX] School ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf-7. The Member made inappropriate statements to students and/or others about the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf: Principal’s sexual orientation. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf-8. The Member made comments to students about another student who was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- bullying others and told students to stay away from that particular student. This ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- was inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf-9. The Member took a student home for lunch without parental permission to do so. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- This was inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Caine 2019 ONOCT 50 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Date: 2019-04-01 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FOR DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Mark Anthony Caine, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- MARK ANTHONY CAINE (REGISTRATION #276494) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-PANEL: Vicki Shannon, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Colleen Landers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Claudia Patenaude-Daniels, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-HEARD: May 28, 2018, June 15, 2018 and August 24, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Shane D’Souza of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, for Ontario College of Teachers, assisted by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Eleanor Enniss, Law Clerk ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Lucas E. Lung of Lerners LLP, for Mark Anthony Caine, assisted by Jennifer Black, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Student-at-Law ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Erica Richler of Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing and no ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-identity of the person(s) who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf: sexual misconduct or prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-“Committee”) on May 28, 2018, at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-A Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1) dated March 17, 2015 was served on Mark Anthony ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Caine (the “Member”) requesting his presence on April 14, 2015 to set a date for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-hearing, and specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for May 28, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-2018 and continued on June 15, 2018 and August 24, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Member was in attendance at the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Committee ordered a publication ban pursuant to sections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”). Accordingly, no person shall ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of, any person ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-hearing and no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-disclose the identity of, the person(s) who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:of the sexual misconduct or prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-MOTION FOR TESTIMONY VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Prior to the hearing, a different panel of the Discipline Committee made an order ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-permitting two student witnesses to testify via videoconference.1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Reasons for Decision, dated April 5, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Committee finds that the Member engaged in professional misconduct, as set out ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-below. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Mark Anthony Caine is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1)4 of the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- (c) he abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- (d) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf: (e) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- (i) he has been found to have committed professional misconduct by the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Nunavut Director of Education, based on facts that would constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- professional misconduct as defined in section 1, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Regulation 437/97, section 2.5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Section 40(1.1) was cited in the original Notice of Hearing. However, this provision has been repealed ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-after amendments to the Act came into force on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:The Member testified that he was charged criminally with three counts of sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-interference and that all the charges against him were stayed on July 13, 2013 (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-11). He explained that the allegations against him were publicized in the local and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-national news. The Member testified that he was devastated because the allegations ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-were false, but that he felt he had no choice but to leave Nunavut. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Member denied all of the allegations in the Notice of Hearing. He stated that he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-never touched any students’ buttocks (intentionally or unintentionally), and that he never ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-called any students “sweetie”, “babe”, or “beautiful”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-General Credibility Assessment ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-In general, the Committee accepts the two student witnesses’ evidence and finds their ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-version of events to be more probable than the Member’s version of events. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Committee provides a further assessment of the witnesses’ credibility below in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-discussing each of the Committee’s factual findings. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Member’s Theory of the Case ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Member’s evidence was that the allegations, as outlined in the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-did not occur. The Member’s theory of the case was that both Student 1 and Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-colluded to fabricate the allegations against him because the Member disciplined them ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-and/or their good friends (Student 3 and Student 4). Student 3 and Student 4 did not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-attend the hearing. Member’s Counsel argued that their absence was deliberate and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-consistent with the Member’s argument that the allegations were fabricated. According ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-to the Member, he disciplined the students by threatening to prevent the students from ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-attending the School’s coveted annual [XXX] trip. It was the Member’s position that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the evidence presented to the Committee proves each ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-of the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing, on a balance of probabilities. College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Counsel therefore submitted that the Committee should find that the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-in professional misconduct as alleged in the Notice of Hearing. With respect to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-allegation that the Member breached subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-College Counsel submitted that it was not necessary to present expert evidence to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-prove that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession because it is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:self-evidently a breach of professional standards for a member to sexually and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-physically abuse a student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-College Counsel requested that the Committee accept the withdrawal the allegation of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-professional misconduct at paragraph (i) of the Notice of Hearing, namely, that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Member has been found to have Committee professional misconduct by the Nunavut ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Director of Education, based on facts that would constitute professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-defined in section 1, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 2. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-stated that the College was therefore not seeking any factual finding on particular (8) of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-College Counsel further requested that the Committee limit its factual findings to the two ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-students who testified for the College, Student 1 and Student 2, for the particulars at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-paragraphs (5) and (6) of the Notice of Hearing. College Counsel submitted that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-because Student 3 and Student 4 did not testify, there was no evidence presented to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-support any factual findings in relation to them. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:The Member’s misconduct consists of one of the enumerated acts of sexual abuse set ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:out at subsection 30.2(2) of the Act (i.e., touching of a sexual nature of the student’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-buttocks). As required by subsection 30.2(1)(c)(i) of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Act, 1996, the Committee makes an interim order directing the Registrar to suspend the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration until the Committee makes its order ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-on sanction.7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Committee has carefully reviewed the evidence and submissions presented in this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-matter. In the reasons that follow, the Committee comments only on the portions of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-evidence that are most relevant to the allegations contained in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Committee first sets out its factual findings and then explains why these facts give ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-rise to a finding of professional misconduct, as alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Factual Findings ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 1) The Member touched and/or pushed up against Student 1’s body ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Committee finds that in or around early March 2013, Student 1 reported to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-administrators that the Member had touched and/or pushed up against her body with his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-body during the academic year, as alleged at paragraph 4 of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Pursuant to s 63.1(5) of the Act, this section applies to this matter given that no order was made before ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 42 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Committee should make no factual findings in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-relation to Student 3 and Student 4. The Committee accepts College Counsel’s position ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-as no evidence was presented in relation to Student 3 or Student 4. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-therefore makes no finding as it relates to Student 3 and Student 4. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Member did engage in professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct set out above gives rise to a finding of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Member failed to maintain the standards of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); he abused a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-student verbally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); he abused a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-student physically contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); he abused ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-a student psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:subsection 1(7.2); he abused a student sexually contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-subsection 1(7.3); he failed to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); he committed acts that, having regard ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-1(18); and, he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 1) The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 43 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Although no expert evidence was provided to prove that the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-breached the standards of the profession, the Committee finds that expert evidence was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:not required in this case because the Member’s sexual abuse of the students is conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-that is so egregious that it is self-evidently misconduct.8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:The Member’s sexual abuse of Student 1 and Student 2 was a clear breach of The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession and The Standards of Practice for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Teaching Profession. By touching Student 1 and Student 2 on the buttocks, the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-showed a blatant disregard for the ethical standards of care, trust, respect and integrity. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-He also failed to “promote and participate in the creation of [a] collaborative, safe and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-supportive learning [community],” as set out in The Standards of Practice for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Teaching Profession. Members of the teaching profession hold a unique position of trust ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-and authority, and the Member abused this trust when he touched Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:Student 2 in a sexual manner. The Member’s misconduct made Student 1 and Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-2 feel uncomfortable and scared. The Member demonstrated a gross disregard for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2’s physical and emotional well-being. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 2) The Member abused a student verbally contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member abused Student 1 and Student 2 verbally. As set ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-out above, the Member told Student 1 that she was beautiful and that she would grow ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-up to look like her sisters. Further, the Member called Student 2 “babe” and “beautiful”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Specifically, the Member said to Student 2 “come here babe” and “thanks babe”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- See Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (CanLII) at paragraph 71. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 46 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-that she “was not comfortable with [the Member] doing that.” Student 2 testified that she ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-was scarred by the Member’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Student 2 testified about struggling with reporting the Member’s conduct. Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-testified that she was on [XXX] years old at the time and she felt she could not confront ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-the Member about his conduct because she was young and did not know how to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-approach the Member. Student 2 explained that she was scared, embarrassed, and “did ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-not want to think about it anymore and that [she] wanted to move on.” Student 2 further ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-testified that she did not initially report the Member’s inappropriate comments to her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-parents, other teachers, or any of the School’s administration because she was “scared ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-and embarrassed about what happened.” She explained that she did not want to get the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Member in trouble and that it was only when the Member was being investigated and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-she was approached and asked questions did she “confess” what happened to her. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s misconduct towards Student 1 and Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-were psychologically or emotionally abusive. His actions had a serious impact on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2’s psychological or emotional state. The Member’s misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-severely betrayed the students’ trust, which proved to be destabilizing for both students. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf: 5) The Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member sexually abused Student 1 and Student 2. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes, “touching, of a sexual nature, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:of the student by the member” and “behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-member towards the student.” The Member touched Student 1 and Student 2 on the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-buttocks. As demonstrated in their oral testimonies, these incidents made the students ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 47 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-feel uncomfortable and scared. The fact that the Member touched the adolescent ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:females’ buttocks – an intimate body part – establishes the sexual nature of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Member’s conduct. In arriving at its conclusion the Committee considered the area of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-the students’ body that was touched (the buttocks), the type of touch (gentle brush or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-tap), and the fact that it occurred on more than one occasion with more than one ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:The Member’s unacceptable conduct clearly meets the definition of sexual abuse set ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:out in the Act. Further, the Member’s touching of sexual nature of Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:Student 2’s buttocks constitutes one of the enumerated acts of sexual abuse at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-subsection 30.2(2), specifically subsection 30.2(2)(1)(vi). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 6) The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. Section 264(1)(c) of the Education ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Act provides that it is the duty of a teacher to “inculcate by precept and example […] the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, benevolence, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-conduct demonstrated a complete disregard for loyalty, humanity and justice. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-Member abused his position of trust and authority as a teacher by verbally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:psychologically or emotionally, and sexually abusing Student 1 and Student 2. Through ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-his inappropriate and completely unprofessional actions, the Member demonstrated a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-disturbing lack of concern for the students’ physical and emotional well-being. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 48 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 7) The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. The public and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:teaching profession do not tolerate the physical, psychological, emotional, and/or sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-abuse of students. Through his conduct, the Member violated the trust that the public ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-places in teachers. When parents send their children to school, they expect that they ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-will be safe. The Member’s breach of this trust was repugnant. He touched Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-and Student 2’s buttocks and he referred to them as “babe” and/or “beautiful”. This type ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-of behaviour is completely unacceptable. It is disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- 8) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf:the teaching profession by sexually abusing the Student. Through his egregious ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-conduct, the Member undermined the reputation of the teaching profession and the trust ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-that parents, students and the public place in teachers. It reflects poorly on the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf-profession as a whole when members behave disgracefully, as the Member has. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-“Committee”) on May 6, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated August 14, 2018 (Exhibit 1) was served on Trevor Scott ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Norton (the “Member”), inviting him to participate in the scheduling of the hearing and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for May 6, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-representation. The Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-1. Trevor Scott Norton is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Simcoe Muskoka ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Catholic District School Board as a [XXX] Teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-3. At all material times, Person A was a [XXX] -year-old female. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-4. In or around 2010, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (a) had inappropriate physical contact with Person A; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf: (b) had sexual contact with Person A. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-5. On or about May 17, 2016, the Member was arrested and charged with one ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf: count of sexual interference, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf: (Canada), and one count of sexual assault, contrary to section 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-6. On or about December 5, 2016, the Board suspended the Member without pay. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-7. On or about March 22, 2017, the Member resigned from his employment with the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Board. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf:8. On or about March 23, 2017, the Member pleaded guilty to one count of sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- assault, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). The Crown ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf: withdrew the sexual interference charge. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-9. On or about March 23, 2017, the Member was sentenced to seven days in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- intermittent custody, and to two years of probation. The Member was also made ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- the subject of several ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-10. The Member did not appeal his conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-11. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified copies of the Court ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Information dated June 3, 2016, and the Appearances and Disposition. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-12. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Probation Order and Intermittent Probation Order, dated March 23, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-13. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” are certified copies of the ancillary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- orders dated March 23, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-14. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the Transcript ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- of Proceedings at Trial before the Honourable Justice N.A. Dawson on March 23, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-15. By this document1, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- to in paragraphs 1-14 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-16. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf: and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-17. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 15 and 17, this “document” refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons shall ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- be published on the College’s website, and that a summary of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, including his name, shall be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel or with the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- opportunity to have obtained the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-18. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-of College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on May 6, 2019 finding ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf:and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Paragraphs 3-5 and 8-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). The Committee accepts College Counsel’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-submissions that expert evidence is not required to prove a member’s breach of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-standards of the profession where the conduct is “so offside what is acceptable as to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-self-evidently misconduct” (Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf:(CanLII) at para. 71). The Member was convicted of sexually assaulting Person A, who ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-was a [XXX]-year-old girl. This conduct is so egregious that expert evidence is not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-required to prove that he failed to maintain the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Paragraphs 3-5 and 8-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-that the Member abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-subsection 1(7.1). The Committee accepts College Counsel’s submissions that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf:Member’s sexual assault of Person A also constitutes physical abuse. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Paragraphs 3-5 and 8-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-that the Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). As set out in the Reasons for Sentence of Justice ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-N. A. Dawson dated March 23, 2017, Person A’s victim impact statement describes the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-emotional impact that the Member’s actions had on her. She did not feel safe around ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-him, she felt uncomfortable, and she felt afraid (see Exhibit 2 at Appendix E). The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Committee therefore accepts that the Member’s conduct was psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-emotionally abusive. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Paragraphs 3-5 and 8-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf:demonstrate that the Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf:437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-section 1 of the Act. The Committee accepts College Counsel’s submission that Person ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-A, a [XXX]-year-old girl at the time at all material times, can be properly described as a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-“student”, even though she was not the Member’s student (see Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf:Teachers v. Iason, 2017 ONOCT 89 (CanLII)). The Member’s sexual assault of Person ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf:A therefore meets the definition of sexual abuse as defined in the Act, which includes ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf:touching, of a sexual nature, of a student by a member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Paragraphs 3-5 and 8-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf:1(15). The Member’s sexual abuse of a [XXX]-year-old girl is a clear breach of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-duties of a teacher set out at subsection 264(1)(c) of the Education Act, which provides ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-that teachers are expected to demonstrate the highest regard for “truth, justice, loyalty, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-love of country, humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-and all other virtues.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Paragraphs 5, 8 and 10-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-demonstrate that the Member contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-to the member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf:to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16). The Member’s sexual assault of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-[XXX]-year-old girl and his ensuing criminal conviction call into question his suitability to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-hold a certificate of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Paragraphs 3-5 and 8-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-demonstrate that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf:1(18). The sexual assault of a young girl by a member of the teaching profession is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Paragraphs 3-5 and 8-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-demonstrate that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). The Member’s unacceptable conduct has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-undermined the reputation of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-1. direct that the Member to receive a reprimand, and the fact of the reprimand is to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-2. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on May 6, 2019 the Committee accepted the parties’ Joint ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-Submission on Penalty and made an order in accordance with its terms, as set out ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf:The Member’s misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse of a student, as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-described at subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-provides that the Committee shall: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (a) make an order requiring that the member be reprimanded by the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (b) make an interim order directing the Registrar to suspend the member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration until the Committee makes an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- order under clause (c); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- (c) make an order directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf-The Committee accepts College Counsel’s submissions that the interim order is not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-“Committee”) on June 12, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated January 24, 2019 (Exhibit 1) was served on Jessica Natalia ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Dorego Beraldin (the “Member”), inviting her to participate in the scheduling of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-hearing and specifying the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-representation. The Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Jessica Natalia Dorego Beraldin is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf: (d) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- a close bond. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-5. The Member’s relationship with Student 1 continued after the end of the [years] ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- academic year. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-6. Between [dates], the Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- with Student 1. The Member was no longer Student 1’s teacher, but she invited ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Student 1 to assist her in [activity] at the School. The Member and Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- attended some social outings together outside of school hours and also ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- exchanged text messages and emails. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-7. Between [dates], the Member kissed Student 1 on three occasions, exposed her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- breasts and allowed Student 1 to have contact with them on two occasions, and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf: sent sexually explicit photos by text message to Student 1 on one occasion. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-8. On April 1, 2016, the Member was charged with the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf: (a) Between [dates], did commit a sexual assault on Student 1 contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- (b) Between [dates], did, being a person who was in a position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf: authority towards a young person, for a sexual purpose invite that young ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- person, namely Student 1, to directly or indirectly touch with a part of his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- body the body of the Member, contrary to section 153(1.1) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf: (c) Between [dates], did distribute sexually explicit material to a person, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- namely Student 1, for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- offence under subsection 153(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada) with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- respect to that person, contrary to section 171.1(2) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-9. On June 20, 2017, the Member pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, one ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf: count of sexual assault on Student 1, contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-10. On February 8, 2018, the Member was sentenced to a conditional sentence of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- six months and to 18 months’ probation. The Member was also made the subject ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- of a number of ancillary orders. The other charges were withdrawn at the request ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-11. The Member did not appeal her conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-12. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified copy of the court ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- information with appearance dates and disposition. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-13. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- guilty plea before the Honourable Justice Perkins-McVey, dated June 20, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-14. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the reasons ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- for sentence of the Honourable Justice Perkins-McVey, dated February 8, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-15. By this document,1 the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 15 and 17, this “document” refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-14 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-16. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- professional misconduct against her, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the alleged conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf: constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-17. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, she is waiving ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- the right to require the College to prove the case against her and the right ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- (d) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- shall be published on the College’s website, and that a summary of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, including her name, shall be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between her and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this agreement ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-18. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-of College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on June 12, 2019 finding ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Paragraphs 2-10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Paragraphs 6-10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Member abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-subsection 1(7.1). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Paragraphs 6-10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Paragraphs 6-10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf:Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Paragraphs 2-10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Paragraphs 7-10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Member contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on June 12, 2019, the Committee accepted the Joint ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and made an order in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf:The Member’s misconduct consisted of or included sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-provides that the Committee must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-reprimanded by the Committee; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Committee makes both of these orders, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard and denounces the Member’s misconduct in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf-Date: June 12, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Claudia Patenaude-Daniels, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Stéphane Vallée, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Molnar 2019 ONOCT 56 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Date: 2019-06-19 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Michael James Molnar, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- MICHAEL JAMES MOLNAR (REGISTRATION #578579) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-PANEL: Alicia Nunn, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Godwin Ifedi ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Nicola Powadiuk, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-HEARD: June 12, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Ava Arbuck and Vincent DeMarco of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, for Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-No one appearing for Michael James Molnar ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Julie Maciura of Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf: misconduct or prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- By order of Justice of the Peace Phillips of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- also a publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-“Committee”) on June 12, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated November 19, 2018 (Exhibit 1) was served on Michael James ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Molnar (the “Member”), inviting him to participate in the scheduling of the hearing and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for June 12, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-representation. The Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Michael James Molnar is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- as defined in the Ontario College of Teacher’s Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf: engaged in a sexual relationship with Student 1 which included: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (a) Kissing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (b) Hugging; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (c) Touching the breasts of Student 1 overtop of her clothing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (d) Touching the top of Student 1’s legs overtop of her clothing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-9. In or around the period September 1 to December 31, 2015, the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 2. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- inappropriate relationship included: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (a) Providing his personal cell phone number to Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (b) Offering to provide transportation to Student 2 in the Member’s personal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- vehicle. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-10. In or around the period December 18, 2015 to February 29, 2016, after being ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- instructed by the Board to have no communication with students, the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- communicated with Student 1 and Student 2 by text messaging. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-11. In or around the period June 1 to 30, 2013, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- inappropriate personal relationship with Student 3. The inappropriate relationship ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- included: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (a) Suggesting plans to meet with Student 3 outside of school; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (b) Telling Student 3 not to tell anyone about their relationship; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (c) Inappropriate physical contact including touching Student 3’s waist, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- holding Student 3’s hands, and/or hugging Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf:12. In or around the period June 1 to 30, 2013, the Member engaged in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- relationship with Student 3 which included: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (a) Attempting to kiss Student 3; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf: (b) Telling Student 3 that she was “hot” and “sexy” and asking to touch her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- breasts; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (c) Touching the breasts of Student 3; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf: (d) Asking Student 3 if she wanted to touch the Member in a sexual manner. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-13. On May 25, 2016, the Board terminated the Member’s employment. Attached ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Board’s May 25, 2016 letter to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf:14. On May 8, 2017, the Member was found guilty of one count of sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- with respect to his conduct with Student 1, contrary to Section 153(1.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- of the transcript from the May 8, 2017 Proceedings on Guilty Plea and Reasons ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- for Sentence of the Honourable Mr. Justice J.A.T. Colvin. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-15. On September 27, 2002, the College approved a professional advisory on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf: professional misconduct related to sexual abuse and sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the College’s advisory. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-16. On February 23, 2011, the College approved a professional advisory on the use ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- of electronic communication and social media. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Exhibit “E” is a copy of the College’s advisory. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-17. By this document,1 the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can accept ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- as correct the facts and exhibits referred to in the paragraphs above (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-18. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf: alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-19. By this document the Member states: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 17 and 19, this “document” refers to the Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on June 12, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-2019 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf:1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1-16 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Committee accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Paragraphs 7-12, and 14 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Contest demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Paragraphs 8, 11, 12 and 14 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Contest demonstrate that the Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Paragraphs 8, 12 and 14 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf:demonstrate that the Member abused students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf:437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of students as defined in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Paragraphs 7-12 and 14 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Paragraphs 7-12 and 14 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-1(15). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Paragraph 14 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-demonstrates that the Member contravened a law, the contravention of which is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-relevant to the member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Paragraph 14 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-demonstrates that the Member contravened a law, the contravention of which has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-caused or may cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Paragraphs 7-12 and 14 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-demonstrate that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf:The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-student as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-of the Act provides that the Committee must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Committee; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Committee makes both of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-these orders, notes that it has no discretion in this regard, and denounces the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf-Date: June 19, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Alicia Nunn, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Godwin Ifedi ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Nicola Powadiuk, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-comments about the former President of the United States on a blog. He also made ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf:derogatory comments about homosexuality to a student. The member maintained and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-advanced his views to his principal when he was called in for a meeting about his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 60 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-misconduct. The Committee ordered a reprimand, a one-month suspension, and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-coursework on appropriate boundaries. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-The cases provided by the parties with their additional written submissions provide ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-examples of circumstances where other vice-principals and principals have been ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-disciplined by the Committee,3 but they do not elucidate a unifying principle that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-members holding these positions should expect harsher penalties when they commit ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-professional misconduct. This Committee is of the view that this principle ought to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-animate the imposition of penalty for members in leadership positions. While teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-and principals are generally subject to the same standards when determining whether ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-or not they have committed professional misconduct, principals ought to be held to a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-higher standard in the penalty phase because of their special responsibilities and role ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-as leaders of learning communities. This is especially so when their misconduct impacts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-the core of their duties as a principal. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-Deference to Joint Positions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-As emphasised by all counsel, the Committee must give joint submissions a high ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-degree of deference. The Committee recognizes that, once it ensures that it has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the Committee’s role to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- Including Ontario College of Teachers v. Dreger, 2014 ONOCT 37; Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-Bozin, 2014 ONOCT 9; Ontario College of Teachers v. McEwen, 2014 ONOCT 66; Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-Teachers v. Nahatchewitz, 2016 ONOCT 38; and Ontario College of Teachers v. Valentini, 2012 ONOCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf-40. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct60.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-“Committee”) on July 9, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated September 12, 2018 (Exhibit 1) was served on Sheryl Anna ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Jean Fontaine (the “Member”), inviting her to participate in the scheduling of the hearing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-and specifying the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing but had legal representation. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Sheryl Anna Jean Fontaine is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf: (c) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- (b) offered alcohol to Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- (c) encouraged Student 1 to spend her lunch hour in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- classroom; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- (d) sent texts or other electronic messages of a personal nature to Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- (e) failed to properly report personal issues involving Student 1, within a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- reasonable time of becoming aware of them. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-4. In or about the 2014 – 2015 academic year, the Member and Student 1 both ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- attended a [XXX] in [XXX]. The [XXX] was not a school activity. Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- parents were also present on the trip, but did not stay in the same room as her. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- Student 1 shared a hotel room with the Member, [XXX]. The Member and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf: Student 1 shared a bed. There was contact of an inappropriate and sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- nature. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-5. In or about the 2014 – 2015 academic year, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- inappropriate communication with Student 1, including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- (a) communicated or attempted to communicate with Student 1 for personal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- reasons; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- (b) in or about February 2015, sent text messages to Student 1, despite ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- having been advised by her principal not to communicate with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- except for professional purposes; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- (c) communicated with Student 1 on Twitter. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Member acknowledged and admitted for the purpose of this hearing only that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Member was Student 1’s teacher in the 2013-2014 school year when Student 1 was in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Grade 9. The Member acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Facts and additional admissions in oral submissions constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Paragraphs 3-5 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). College Counsel drew the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Committee’s attention to the College’s Professional Advisory Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct (Exhibit 3) in this regard and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-submitted that the conduct to which the Member has pled no contest is self-evidently a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-failure to maintain the standards of the profession. The Committee accepts this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-submission. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Paragraphs 3-5 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-demonstrate that the Member abused a student or students psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Paragraph 4 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf:demonstrates that the Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3). The conduct to which the Member has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf:pled no contest amounts to sexual abuse as defined in the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Paragraphs 3-5 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-law confines the Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-this case. The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-on the following analogous cases presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Teachers v. Chiandussi, 2018 ONOCT 48, and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-DeBernardi, 2019 ONOCT 7. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s unacceptable conduct demands a reprimand ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-from her peers. The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its serious ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-concerns with the Member and, although the Member’s Certificate will be revoked, it will ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf:Revocation is the appropriate order given the circumstances. The Member sexually ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-abused Student 1 and the Committee does not tolerate this type of conduct. As an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-educator, the Member took advantage of her position of trust and authority to make ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf:sexual advances to a student. As teachers are entrusted with the care of students, there ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf:is no place in the profession for members who sexually abuse students. They must ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-provide students with a physically and emotionally safe learning environment and act as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf:role models. They must maintain appropriate boundaries and never make sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf:advances or touch students in a sexual manner. By failing to maintain appropriate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf:boundaries, as well as touching Student 1 in an inappropriate and sexual manner, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Member breached her obligations in the most serious manner. Revocation is the only ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-penalty that appropriately responds to professional misconduct of this nature and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 57 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-gravity. The Member has forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-being a member of the teaching profession in Ontario. The Committee denounces the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf-Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct57.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-“Committee”) on June 24, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 61 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated February 7, 2018 (Exhibit 1) was served on Michael William ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-Edward Riley (the “Member”), inviting him to participate in the scheduling of the hearing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-and specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for June 24, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-The Member was in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Michael William Edward Riley is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 61 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-outlined in paragraph (c) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-of College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on June 24, 2019 finding ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf:With respect to the withdrawal of the sexual abuse allegation, the Committee accepted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-the submissions of College Counsel that there was insufficient available evidence to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-prove this allegation, and that the Member’s conduct in this case did not involve any ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf:touching of a sexual nature. The withdrawal of the sexual abuse allegation is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-reasonable in these circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-procedural fairness. Member’s Counsel submitted that, in a disciplinary hearing where ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-the Member’s reputation and livelihood is at stake or where issues of credibility arise, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-the right to cross-examine is significant. Member’s Counsel submitted that the use of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 62 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-hearsay to prove fundamental allegations would offend the rules of natural justice and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-procedural fairness. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-Member’s Counsel presented three cases in which courts have found that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-admission of hearsay evidence breached the rules of natural justice and procedural ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-fairness. First, Re B and Catholic Children’s Aid Society, 1987 CanLII 4187 (ON SCDC), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf:involved an alleged sexual assault on a child. The child was not produced as a witness ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-by the Society at the hearing because, according to counsel at the appeal, the child’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-story had changed. The court concluded that a tribunal’s admission of hearsay evidence ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-of the child through a social worker amounted to a denial of natural justice. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-Second, Member’s Counsel presented Michayluk v. Menke Holdings Ltd., 1998 CanLII ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-13729 (SK QB), at para. 12, for the proposition that, if hearsay evidence is being put ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-forward as proof of controversial facts, then the affected party should at least be given ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-an opportunity to rebut that hearsay evidence (i.e. by cross-examining the source of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-hearsay). Member’s Counsel submitted that the Member denied all of the allegations, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-including those based on information received from Ms. Cleveland. Accordingly, if the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-College wished to proceed with these allegations, then Ms. Cleveland should have been ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-called to testify so that she could be cross-examined and thereby her evidence could be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-fairly tested. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf-Third, Member’s Counsel presented Kalin v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2005 CanLII ./ontario-cases/2019onoct62.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-“Committee”) on July 22, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated March 28, 2019 (Exhibit 1) was served on Shawn Douglas ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Oakes (the “Member”), inviting him to participate in the scheduling of the hearing and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for July 22, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-representation. The Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Shawn Douglas Oakes is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-1. Shawn Douglas Oakes is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Grand Erie District ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- School Board as a teacher at [XXX] (the “School”) located in Brantford, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-3. During the 2015-2016 academic year, the Member was the [XXX] teacher of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- [XXX] -year-old male student (the “Student”) at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-4. During the 2015-2016 academic year, the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- personal relationship with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-5. On or about October 26, 2015, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (a) invited the Student to join him for coffee at a local shop; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (b) drove the Student to the Member’s home; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (c) while in the Member’s home, made inappropriate physical contact with the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Student; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf: (d) while in the Member’s home, made sexual contact with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf:6. On October 29, 2015, the Member was arrested and charged with sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf: against the Student, sexual interference against the Student and invitation to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf: sexual touching towards the Student, contrary to sections 271, 151 and 152 of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada), respectively, in relation to the events of October 26, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 2015. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified true copies of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- the indictments, endorsements and court documents pertaining to these charges. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-7. On October 30, 2015, the Member was released on a recognizance of bail with a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- number of conditions, including that he not be in the company of, or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- communicate directly or indirectly, by any physical, electronic or other means, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- with males or females under the age of 17 years, unless in the direct presence of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- a surety. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a copy of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- recognizance of bail. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-8. On June 29, 2018, following a trial, the Member was found guilty of the offences ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf: of sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- the Student. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified transcript ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- of the Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable Justice Braid of the Superior ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Court of Justice, dated June 29, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf:9. On August 14, 2018, the Member was convicted of sexual interference against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- the Student and was sentenced to two years less a day in custody, to three ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- years’ probation thereafter, and was made subject to a number of ancillary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf: orders. The charges of sexual assault and invitation to sexual touching were ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- conditionally stayed. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- transcript of the Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Justice Braid of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Superior Court of Justice, dated August 14, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-10. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Member’s Probation Order and Prohibition Order, dated August 14, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-11. On September 6, 2018, the Member was charged with three counts of failure to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the alleged conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf: constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-17. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- right to require the College to prove the case against him and the right to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons shall ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- be published on the College’s website, and that a summary of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, including his name, shall be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this agreement ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-18. In light of the Admitted Facts and the Member’s plea of guilt, the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-of College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on July 22, 2019 finding ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf:1(18) and 1(19), and sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf:1(18) and 1(19), as well as sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Paragraphs 3 through 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf:Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). Making sexual and inappropriate physical contact ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-with a student is a clear breach of the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Paragraphs 3 through 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-that the Member abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-subsection 1(7.1). Sexual and inappropriate physical contact with a student constitutes ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-a form of physical abuse. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Paragraphs 3 through 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-that the Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf:Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). Engaging in sexual and inappropriate physical ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-contact with a student constitutes a form of psychological or emotional abuse in light of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-the Member’s position of trust and authority as his teacher. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Paragraphs 3 through 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf:that the Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf:subsection 1(7.3), and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Paragraphs 3 through 14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). The duties of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-teacher include the requirement to serve as a role model for students by demonstrating ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf:the highest regard for the virtues listed at subsection 264(1)(c). The Member’s sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-and inappropriate physical contact with his student was a clear breach of his statutory ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-duties. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Paragraphs 3 through 14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-that the Member contravened a law where the contravention is relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16). The Member was convicted of the offence of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf:sexual interference, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada, and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-offence of breach of recognizance, contrary to section 145(3). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Paragraphs 3 through 14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-that the Member contravened a law where the contravention has caused or may cause ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-a student under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17). The Member was convicted of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf:the offence of sexual interference, contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Canada, and the offence of breach of recognizance, contrary to section 145(3). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Paragraphs 3 through 14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-that the Member committed an act that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-subsection 1(18). Sexual and inappropriate physical contact with a student is clearly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. The fact that the Member was convicted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-of a criminal offence underscores society’s reprobation of his behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Paragraphs 3 through 14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). The Member violated professional boundaries by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with his student that included both ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf:sexual and inappropriate physical contact. Such conduct undermines the trust placed in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-members of the teaching profession by students and the public and tarnishes the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-reputation of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-1. direct that the Member receive a reprimand, in writing, and that the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-2. direct the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers to immediately revoke the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on July 22, 2019, the Committee accepted the Joint ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and made an order in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf:The Member’s misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student, and it involved acts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-listed at subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. In accordance with subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-the Committee is required to, and has therefore, made an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Committee; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-on August 2, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-[2] Richard Graham Douglas (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-A. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-[3] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated April 3, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Richard Graham Douglas is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf: 1(7) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-B. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-[4] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 1. Richard Graham Douglas was, at all material times, a member of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed as a teacher at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- (the “School”), a private school in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 3. Between September 2000 and June 2004, the Member was a Grade ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- [XXX] teacher at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 4. On June 28, 2018, the Member called the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- (the “College”) to disclose that he had had an inappropriate personal and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf: sexual relationship with a [XXX]-year-old female student of the School ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- (“Student A”), while he was a teacher at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 5. The Member reported that he does not recall the name of Student A, nor ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf: does he recall when he and Student A engaged in sexual contact or how ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- long the relationship lasted, but the Member admitted that on more than ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf: one occasion between September 2000 and June 2004 he had sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- contact with Student A, including kissing Student A and touching her in a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf: sexual manner. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 6. The College’s Registrar initiated a complaint against the Member and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- Member was notified of the complaint by letter dated July 30, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a copy of the July 30, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 2018 letter. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 7. On August 8, 2018, the Member signed an Agreement and Undertaking ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- not to seek employment for which a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- Registration to teach is required until the College disposes of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- complaint. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- August 8, 2018 Agreement and Undertaking. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 8. In a letter dated September 17, 2018, the School advised that no concerns ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- or complaints with respect to the Member’s interactions with a female ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- student were brought to the School’s attention during the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- employment with the School. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- “D” is a copy of the September 17, 2018 letter. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty does not bind the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the opportunity to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- obtain the independent advice or legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 16. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- College and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-C. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-[5] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on August 2, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-finding that between September 2000 and June 2004 the Member engaged in acts of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-1(5), 1(7),1 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-D. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-[6] College Counsel addressed the Panel on whether the College had jurisdiction ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-over the Member, given that the misconduct occurred between 2000-2004 while the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-Member did not hold a certificate of qualification and registration from the College. He ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-was certified as an Ontario Certified Teacher in 2005. The Panel heard submissions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-from the parties on this issue. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-[7] The Panel struggled to accept the College had jurisdiction over the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-parties requested that the Panel accept that the Member be subject to the discipline ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-process of the College. The parties agreed that the Member was not a member of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- The acts of professional misconduct of the Member occurred between 2000-2004 and section 1(7) of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf:Ontario Regulation 437/97 stated, at the material time: “Abusing a student physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-psychologically or emotionally.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-conduct. The Panel does not believe its decision will stand as any sort of precedent in a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-future case where a member challenges the Discipline Committee’s jurisdiction over ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-pre-registration conduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-[10] The parties agreed with the advice of independent legal counsel and again urged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-the Panel to find that it had jurisdiction over the Member for his pre-registration conduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-[11] In the absence of this principle, this Panel would have had difficulty accepting the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-[12] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-1 to 12 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member, while he was a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf:teacher, engaged in a sexual relationship with Student A which included kissing Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf:A and touching Student A in a sexual manner. Engaging in this sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-a student was a violation of the Member’s position of trust and authority and was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf:completely inappropriate. Accordingly, his conduct constituted sexual abuse, fell below ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-the standards and expectations of the profession, and breached the above noted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-sections of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-E. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-[13] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on August 2, 2019, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, pursuant to section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 30.2(1)(a) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- shall be in writing; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- Member, pursuant to section 30.2(1)(c) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-F. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf:[14] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration. The Panel makes both of these orders. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-Panel notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel recognizes that it may ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-also order costs or a fine in accordance with section 30(5) of the Act. The Panel, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-however, finds it reasonable to limit the penalty in this case to the statutory minimum ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-because the Member self-reported his misconduct, he pleaded guilty and he entered ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-into the Joint Submission on Penalty set out above. The Panel denounces the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf-Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 1. Robert Charles Griffin is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 2. On March 20, 2007, the Member changed his membership status with the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- College to “retired”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf: 3. In February 2015, an internet child pornography investigation led the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- Durham Regional Police Service (the “Police”) to receive information ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- pertaining to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 4. On July 7, 2016, the Police executed a search warrant at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- residence during which officers seized, among other electronic items, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- Member’s home computer. Forensic inspection revealed that the computer ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- and three storage devices contained 4,798 images and 118 videos that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf: met the definition of child pornography under the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 5. On July 15, 2016, the Member was arrested and taken into custody where ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- he remained until granted bail on August 3, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 6. On August 9, 2016, the Member was charged with: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf: (a) one count of possessing child pornography, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf: (b) one count of accessing child pornography, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf: (c) one count of making child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(2) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 7. On June 1, 2017, the Member pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- possession count, while the other two charges were withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 8. On September 28, 2017, the Member was sentenced to a 15-month ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- custodial sentence, less credit for pre-trial custody, received a three-year ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- probation order, and was made subject to a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 9. The Member did not appeal his conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-As the Member was not present and did not have legal representation, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-proceeded on the basis that the Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-The College entered into evidence a Brief of Court Documents - Her Majesty the Queen ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-v. Robert Charles Griffin (Exhibit 3), which contains the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 1) Court Documents; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 2) Transcript – Ontario Court of Justice, HMQ v. Griffin, Arraignment and Plea; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 3) Transcript – Ontario Court of Justice, HMQ v. Griffin, Reasons for Sentence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-The evidence presented in Exhibit 3 confirms that on June 1, 2017, in the Ontario Court ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-of Justice, the Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted of one count of possession ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:of child pornography, contrary to subsection 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Committee ought to find that the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-in professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97 at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-Rules allow the Committee to rely on court documents to make findings of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-misconduct. The court documents in this case indicate that the Member was charged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:with three counts relating to child pornography, but that he ultimately pleaded guilty to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:and was convicted of one count of possession of child pornography. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-submitted that he believed that the Member did not appeal his criminal conviction and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-that he was in fact incarcerated. Independent Legal Counsel confirmed that, given when ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-the conviction occurred, the time for an appeal would have expired. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-According to College Counsel, possession of nearly 5,000 images or videos that meet ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:the definition of child pornography is a clear breach of the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-such that no expert evidence is required to prove the breach. The Member’s criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-conduct and his ensuing conviction, on their face, are obvious contraventions of each of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-the heads of professional misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-made by College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on June 18, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-Factual Findings ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules, the Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-accepts the certified copy of the Court Information as proof, in this case, that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-Member committed the criminal offences outlined therein. The Member was found guilty ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-and convicted of a criminal offence before a Canadian Court, no appeal has been taken, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-and the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Rules, the Committee admits as ancillary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-the certified copy of the Court Information, the findings of fact contained in the related ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-decision before the Ontario Court of Justice involving the Member. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-further admits as incidental to the certified copy of the Court Information, transcripts of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-the proceedings at which the conviction occurred, for the purposes of explaining the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-finding of guilt. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-proven, on a balance of probabilities, that on July 7, 2016, the Police executed a search ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-warrant at the Member’s home address during which officers seized a number of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-Member’s electronic devices, including his computer, an external hard drive, and two ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-USB storage devices. A search of these devices revealed that the Member had 4,798 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:images and 118 videos of child pornography. The images depicted a variety of sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-acts with children, child bestiality, underage posing, and child bondage. Almost all of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-images involved females who appeared to be between the ages of seven and fourteen. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:Two of the images were manipulated to include the faces of the [XXX] on pornographic ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-images. The majority of the videos depicted sex acts between adults and children, one ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-of which was exceptionally brutal (see Exhibit 3, Tab 2, pages 4-6). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:The Member was subsequently charged with three counts relating to child pornography, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-and he ultimately pleaded guilty to and was convicted of one count of possession of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada). He ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-received a 15-month custodial sentence, less credit for pre-trial custody, a three-year ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-probation order, and he was made subject to a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct was a clear breach of each of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-heads of professional misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-conduct shattered the trust that the public places in members of the profession, and he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-therefore failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members’ professional relationships with students, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-colleagues, parents, guardians and the public are based on trust, and this trust is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-destroyed when members engage in the type of conduct exhibited by the Member in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-this case. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-Regulation 437/97 by failing to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act. Section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-264(1)(c) of the Education Act provides that it is the duty of a teacher to “inculcate by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-precept and example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-virtues.” The Member’s conduct breached this provision, which is commonly understood ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-to mean that teachers must act as positive role models. Members hold a unique position ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-of trust and authority. They are responsible for the well-being and development of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:children. It is alarming for teachers to be in possession of child pornography, which ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-objectifies and exploits children. It is equally disturbing that the Member manipulated ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:some of the pornographic images to include the faces of [XXX]. The Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-in this case was entirely at odds with his obligations as a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct contravened a law which was relevant ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, and that he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-therefore breached subsection 1(16) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Possession of child ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:pornography is an abhorrent criminal offence that exploits children. By collecting ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:thousands of images or videos of child pornography, the Member demonstrated that it ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-would be unsuitable for him to hold a teaching certificate, which would allow him to work ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-closely with children. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct contravened a law which has caused ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-or may cause a student who is under his professional supervision to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-remain at risk, contrary to subsection 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:possessing a vast collection of child pornography, which depicted vulnerable children in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-brutally compromising positions, the Member demonstrated that his membership in the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:profession puts students at risk. The Member’s interest in child pornography ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-demonstrates that he cannot be trusted to ensure the well-being of students. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:The Committee finds that the Member’s possession of child pornography is an act that, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. The Member therefore breached ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In addition to supporting an industry ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-based on the exploitation of vulnerable children, the Member also manipulated images ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:to include [XXX] faces on pornographic images. It is self-evident that this conduct is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-Finally, the Committee finds that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:teaching profession who possess child pornography severely compromise the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-reputation of the profession, and undermine the trust and confidence that the public ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-places in members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-Counsel for the College submitted that revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-qualification and registration is the only appropriate penalty in this case. Because of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-timing of the events at issue in this case, College Counsel submitted that the mandatory ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-revocation provisions set out at section 30.2 of the Act, which only came into effect on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-December 5, 2016, were not applicable. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-Although the Committee was not required by the statute to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-certificate, College Counsel nevertheless urged the Committee to do so given the very ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-serious nature of the Member’s misconduct. Moreover, College Counsel submitted that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-the penalty sought here by the College fell within a range of acceptable outcomes, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-based on Ontario College of Teachers v. Adams, 2013 ONOCT 2 and Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-of Teachers v. Teeple, 2014 ONOCT 102. In both of these cases, members had their ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:certificates revoked after being convicted of possession of child pornography. Similar to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-the Member’s case, the events at issue in these two prior decisions occurred before the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-December 2016 amendments to the Act came into effect. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-The Committee rendered an oral decision on June 18, 2019, in which it made the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-The Committee finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-Registration is the only appropriate penalty in this case. The Member’s criminal conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-was completely at odds with his responsibilities as a member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-It is unacceptable for members of the profession, who hold a unique position of trust ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:and authority, to be in possession of child pornography. Possession of child ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:pornography perpetuates a market which thrives on the abuse and objectification of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-children. The Member’s disregard for the children whose images he possessed is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-appalling; particularly for an individual whose job it was to ensure the well-being of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf:Moreover, it is disturbing that the Member manipulated some of the pornographic ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-images in his collection to include the faces of [XXX]. While the Member has suffered ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-far-reaching consequences for this decision, including the [XXX] (see Exhibit 3, Tab 3, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-page 5), the destructive impact that he has had on [XXX] and in his community cannot ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-be minimized. Through his criminal conduct, the Member has severely undermined the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-reputation of the teaching profession and the trust that the public places in members of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-the profession. Accordingly, the Member is no longer entitled to be a member of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-teaching profession in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-on August 2, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-[2] Kyla Helen Cowan, (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-A. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-[3] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated April 15, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Kyla Helen Cowan is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf: (d) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (f) she contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (g) she contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- may cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (b) between December 2013 and August 2014, the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf: in electronic communications of a sexual nature with the Student, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf: including the exchange of pictures of a sexual nature; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (c) between September 1, 2013 and September 1, 2014, the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- made inappropriate physical contact with the Student; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (d) between September 1, 2013 and September 1, 2014, the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf: made sexual contact with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-7. In August 2014, the Student’s mother found a birthday card from the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- Member to the Student. This letter, and other letters from the Member to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- the Student, were of a romantic content. The Student’s mother contacted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- the Board with her concerns. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-8. In August 2015, the Member severed all communications with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-9. In January 2016, the Student provided a statement to the police describing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf: a sexual relationship with the Member that occurred between September ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- 1, 2013 and September 1, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf:10. The Member was arrested on July 5, 2016, and was charged with sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf: assault against the Student, sexual interference against the Student, and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf: invitation to sexual touching towards the Student, contrary to sections 271, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- 151 and 152 of the Criminal Code (Canada), respectively. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-11. On May 18, 2018, the Member pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf: one count of sexual assault against the Student, contrary to section 271 of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-12. On October 9, 2018, the Member was sentenced to 90 days’ custody, to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- be served intermittently, and to two years’ probation. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- also made subject to a number of ancillary orders. The other charges were ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- withdrawn at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-13. The Member did not appeal her conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-14. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- court information with appearance dates and disposition. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-15. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified excerpt from ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- proceedings of the Member’s guilty plea before the Honourable Mr. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- Justice Webber, dated May 18, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-16. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- reasons for sentence of the Honourable Mr. Justice Webber, dated ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- October 9, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-17. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- appendices referred to in paragraphs 1-16 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-18. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against her, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf: acknowledges that the alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- defined in Section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-19. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, she is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- her and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (d) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- including her name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between her and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-20. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-C. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-[5] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on August 2, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf:1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-D. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-[6] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-1 to 16 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that, between September 1, 2013 and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf:September 1, 2014, the Member engaged in an inappropriate personal and sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf:relationship with the Student. Among other things, she exchanged pictures of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf:nature with the Student and had sexual contact with the Student. On May 18, 2018, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf:Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted of, one count of sexual assault against the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-Student, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf:[7] Engaging in a sexual relationship with a student is a clear breach of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-standards of the profession and a violation of a teacher’s position of trust. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf:Member’s behaviour toward the Student constituted physical, psychological and sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-abuse. She contravened section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act by failing to act as an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-appropriate role model. She contravened section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-F. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf:[9] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration. The Panel makes both of these orders. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-Panel notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel denounces the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf-Date: August 2, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-“Committee”) on February 19, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated January 12, 2018 (Exhibit 1) was served on Timothy Peter ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-DeBernardi (the “Member”), inviting him to participate in the scheduling of the hearing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-and specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for February 19, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing but had legal representation who ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-was present at the hearing. The Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Timothy Peter DeBernardi is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- d. gave the Student his [XXX] as a gift. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-5. After the Student graduated from the School and moved on to secondary school, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- the Member continued to engage in an inappropriate personal relationship with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- the Student, which included: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- a. inviting the Student to attend a sleepover at the Member’s [XXX] property; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- b. paying excessive attention to the Student during [XXX] activities; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- c. sitting under a blanket with the Student during [XXX] activities; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- d. putting his arm around the Student during [XXX] activities; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- e. touching and/or playing with the Student’s hair during [XXX] activities; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- f. engaging in personal interactions with the Student, including electronic ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- communications, without the knowledge and/or permission of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- Student’s parents; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- g. giving the Student gifts; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- h. spending time alone with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf:6. The Member and the Student developed a romantic and/or sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- and are now [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-7. On September 27, 2002, the Ontario College of Teachers approved a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf: professional advisory on professional misconduct related to sexual abuse and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf: sexual misconduct. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- College advisory. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-8. The College engaged Dr. Mary Louise Arnold to review the matter. As set out in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- Dr. Arnold’s report, she concluded: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- a. The Member’s relationship with the Student “was far outside the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- boundaries of acceptable teacher-student relationships, and it therefore ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- constitutes a serious breach of ethical and professional standards”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- b. There are aspects of the Member’s relationship with the Student “that are ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- in keeping with widely recognized characteristics of grooming behaviour”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- c. The sustained personal attention the Member paid to the Student while ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- she was in his Grade [XXX] class and in her Grade [XXX] year was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- extreme; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- d. Much of the attention the Member paid to the Student was “openly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- affectionate, often with romantic innuendo or overtones to it” and there ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf: were “sexual undercurrents to their relationship”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-9. Attached hereto as Exhibit “C” is a copy of Dr. Arnold’s expert report, dated ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- December 11, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-10. By this document,1 the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can accept ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- as correct the facts and exhibits referred to in the paragraphs above (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-1 This “document” in paragraph 10 and 12 refers to the Statement of Uncontested Facts and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Committee accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Paragraphs 2-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest, and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-exhibits thereto, demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). In particular, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-expert report of Dr. Mary Louise Arnold establishes that this allegation has been proven. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Paragraphs 2-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest, and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf:exhibits thereto, demonstrate that the Member abused the Student physically, sexually, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-verbally, psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-subsection 1(7). The Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-the Student, including behaviour that was openly affectionate and contact of a romantic ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf:and sexual nature. The Committee, informed by the report of Dr. Arnold about the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-dimensions of grooming behaviour, finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-grooming behaviour. In particular, the nature of the conduct, its frequency and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-context where it occurred – outside of the school in a [XXX] and at the Member’s [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-– establishes that the Member’s actions were intended to groom the Student for a future ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf:sexual relationship. The Committee concludes that this behaviour amounts to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf:psychological, emotional and sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Paragraphs 2-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-demonstrate that the Member abused the Student psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Paragraphs 2-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf:demonstrate that the Member abused the Student sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Parenthetically, the Committee notes that College Counsel submitted that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-misconduct occurred both while the previous version of s. 1(7) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-437/97 was in force, as well as after the new version came into force in 2008. The old ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-provision grouped the forms of abuse together into one misconduct provision, whereas ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-the new provision delineates various forms of abuse separately in subsections 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-1(7.2) and 1(7.3). The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct meets the definition ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-of the offence(s) on both versions of the Regulation. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Paragraphs 2-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-of Ontario, 1990 chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Regulations made under the Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-1(15). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Paragraphs 2-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-demonstrate that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-1(18). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf:The Member’s misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student, but it did not involve ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-an act listed at subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. In accordance with subsection 30.2(1) of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-the Act, the Committee must (at a minimum) make an order: requiring that the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-be reprimanded by the Committee; and directing the Registrar to suspend his Certificate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-of Qualification and Registration. Given the circumstances of this case and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-agreement between the parties, the Committee finds that revocation is a more ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-appropriate penalty than a suspension. The Committee has the discretion to make this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-order pursuant to subsection 30.2(3) and 30(4) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-law confines the Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Committee finds that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-this case. The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-on the following analogous cases presented by College Counsel: Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Teachers v. Kemp, 2017 ONOCT 68, and Ontario College of Teachers v. Chiandussi, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-2018 ONOCT 48. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct warrants a reprimand by his peers. It is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-intolerable for members of the profession to engage in inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf:relationships with students, grooming them for future sexual relationships. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Member’s behaviour undermined the reputation of the teaching profession, and has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-seriously broken the trust that parents, students and the public place in teachers. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Committee must denounce this inexcusable conduct in the strongest terms. In addition ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-to serving as a specific deterrent to the Member regarding this type of intolerable ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-conduct, recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-The Committee finds that revocation is the appropriate penalty given the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-of the Member’s case. The Member engaged in grooming the Student while she was a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf:vulnerable student and ultimately engaged in a romantic and/or sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-her and [XXX] her. In so doing, the Member abused the authority and trust vested in him ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-in his role as a teacher, without regard for the agency and vulnerability of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-The Member’s conduct was unacceptable and in conflict with the duty of a teacher to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-protect students. Revocation in this case will convey to other members of the profession ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-that they cannot abuse the trust placed in them as educators and they must respect ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-professional boundaries. It will provide the public with confidence in the discipline ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-process and make clear that the Committee takes misconduct of this nature extremely ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-seriously. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-As a result of his unacceptable conduct, the Member has forfeited the privilege of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-holding a teaching certificate and being a member of the teaching profession in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf-Ontario. Revocation, in this case, is proportionate to the Member’s misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-“Committee”) on July 18, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated August 20, 2018 and a subsequent Amended Notice of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Hearing dated May 6, 2019 (Exhibit 1) were served on Jamie Clark Gerald Gardiner (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-“Member”), inviting him to participate in the scheduling of the hearing and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for July 18, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-representation. The Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Amended Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Jamie Clark Gerald Gardiner is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf: (i) he engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as defined in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-1. Jamie Clark Gerald Gardiner is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Thames Valley District ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in London, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-3. Between January 1, 2011 and March 11, 2015, the Member surreptitiously video- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- recorded 20 female staff members and [XXX] students assigned to the School, in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- various states of undress, in a staff change room and washroom at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- One of the [XXX] students recorded was a [XXX] student assigned to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Member’s class, who was under 18 years of age. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-4. The majority of the recordings were made in the staff change room. The Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- made the recordings by placing a backpack with a concealed camera on the floor ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- of the change room, so as to capture the genital or buttock area of the victims. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Some of the recordings were also made in a staff washroom. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-5. The recordings were made for a sexual purpose, without the consent of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- victims. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-6. After the Member was arrested on or about March 11, 2015, he was found to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- have in his possession 29 such video-recordings, depicting the genital organs, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- anal region and/or breasts of the victims. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-7. On or about April 17, 2015, the Member was charged with: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- (a) 18 counts of voyeurism, contrary to sections 162(1)(a) and (b) of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf: (b) one count of making child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(2) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf: (c) one count of possessing child pornography, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf: 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-8. On or about April 29, 2015, the Board terminated the Member’s employment for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- cause. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-9. On May 8, 2017, the Member plead guilty to 16 counts of voyeurism, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- section 162(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada). The remaining counts of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- voyeurism were withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-10. On June 16, 2017, the Member was found guilty of making and possessing child ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf: pornography, contrary to sections 163.1(2) and 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf: (Canada) respectively. The charge of possessing child pornography and one ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- count of voyeurism were conditionally stayed. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-11. On October 16, 2017, the Member was sentenced to one year in custody for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf: making child pornography, nine months in custody (concurrent) for voyeurism, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- and two years’ probation. The Member was also made the subject of a number ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-12. The Member did not appeal his conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-13. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified copies of the Court ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Information dated April 17, 2015 and Appearances. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-14. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Indictment dated October 7, 2016 and Dispositions. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-15. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the Probation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Order dated October 16, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-16. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the transcript ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- of the Proceedings at Trial before the Honourable Justice M. Garson on May 8, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-17. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a certified copy of the transcript ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- of the Excerpt of Proceedings before the Honourable Justice M. Garson on June ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 16, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-18. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “G” is a certified copy of the transcript ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- of the Excerpt of Proceedings before the Honourable Justice M. Garson on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- August 14, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-19. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “H” is a certified copy of the transcript ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- of the Excerpt of Proceedings before the Honourable Justice M. Garson on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- October 16, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-20. By this document,1 the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- to in paragraphs 1-19 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-21. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- student or students and/or sexual misconduct, as defined in section 1 of the Act, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf: as well as a prohibited act involving child pornography as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-22. By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-1 For the purposes of paragraphs 20 and 22, this “document” refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-of College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on July 18, 2019 finding ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student and/or sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-misconduct, as defined in section 1 of the Act, as well as a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf:pornography as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-and 1(19). He further acknowledged and the Committee accepts that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-sexual abuse of a student and/or sexual misconduct, as defined in section 1 of the Act, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf:as well as a prohibited act involving child pornography as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Paragraphs 3 to 7 and 9 to 19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). Counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-submitted that the Member videotaped 20 female staff members and [XXX] students ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf:without their consent and for a sexual purpose. Surreptitiously videotaping the genital ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-organs, anal region and/or breasts of students and staff is a clear breach of their right to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-privacy and dignity. The fact that such conduct resulted in criminal convictions for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Member shows society’s reprobation of this despicable behaviour. It is self evident that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-these acts fell far below the standards expected of teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Paragraphs 3 to 7 and 9 to 19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-demonstrate that the Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). The infringement of the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-students’ privacy and dignity was clearly psychological and emotional abuse. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Paragraphs 3 to 7 and 9 to 19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-demonstrate that the Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(7.3), and engaged in sexual abuse of a student and/or sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-misconduct, as defined in section 1 of the Act. The surreptitious images taken of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-[XXX] students’ bodies were of a sexual nature that constitutes sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Paragraphs 3 to 7 and 10 to 19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf:demonstrate that the Member engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-as defined in section 1 of the Act. One of the Member’s victims was a [XXX] student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-assigned to his class who was less than 18 years old. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Paragraphs 3 to 7 and 9 to 19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1)(c) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-1(15). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Paragraphs 6 and 9 to 11 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-demonstrate that the Member contravened a law where the contravention is relevant to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-the Member’s suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16). The criminal convictions for voyeurism ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf:and the making of child pornography contrary to the Criminal Code are incompatible ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-with the qualities required to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Paragraphs 6 and 9 to 11 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-demonstrate that the Member contravened a law where the contravention has caused ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-or may cause a student under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17). The Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf:was found guilty of making and possessing child pornography, contrary to sections ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf:163.1(2) and 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code, in respect of a [XXX] student assigned to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-his class who was less than 18 years old. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Paragraphs 3 to 7 and 9 to 19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-demonstrate that the Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). The Member repeatedly violated the privacy, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-dignity and trust of both students and staff over an extended period of time. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-profound consequences for staff and students were revealed in the victim impact ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-statements and the Judge’s comments in the criminal proceedings. The Honourable ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Mr. Justice M. Garson noted at the October 16, 2017 proceeding: “Violation of trust has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-impacted their personal and professional lives, as well as affected their physical health ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-and significantly altered the lives they previously enjoyed.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-The Member’s misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student and a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf:involving child pornography as listed at subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. In accordance ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-with subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, the Committee is required to, and has therefore, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-made an order: 1. requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee and 2. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Registration. The Committee notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Member’s misconduct demonstrated a profound lack of judgment, violated any sense of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-public decency, and constituted a severe breach of public trust. His flagrant abuse of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-the trust that students, parents and colleagues place in teachers, disqualifies him from ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-holding a Certificate with the College. The Committee denounces the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-egregious conduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf-Date: July 18, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Godwin Ifedi ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ______________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Greater ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf: Essex County District School Board. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- 3. At all material times, Person A, Person B and Person C were ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- female. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- 4. Between May 15, 2005 and June 21, 2009, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- (a) harassed Person A; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- (b) caused Person A to fear for Person A’s personal safety ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- and/or the safety of Person B and/or Person C; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- (c) threatened Person A; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- (d) intimidated Person A; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- (e) stalked Person A. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- 5. On November 26, 2014, the Member was found guilty of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- following charges: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- (a) one (1) count of criminal harassment, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- 264(2)(d) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- (b) one (1) count of watching and besetting, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- 423(1)(f) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- 6. On May 28, 2015, the Member was sentenced to eighteen (18) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- months, less five (5) days incarceration, with respect to the offence ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- described in paragraphs 4(a). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- 7. The Member appealed his conviction and sentence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- 8. On December 7, 2017, the appeals were heard by the Court of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- Appeal (Ontario). The appeal of the conviction was denied and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- appeal of the sentence was allowed to the extent of reducing the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- sentence from 18 months to 12 months in custody. The Member did ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- not seek leave to appeal the Court of Appeal decision to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- Supreme Court of Canada within the prescribed timeline. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf-B. THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf-[7] As the Member was not present, the Panel proceeded on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf-Member denied the allegations set out in the Fresh as Amended Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- Member was there as well. He invited Person 1 and Person 2 up to his room. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- The women declined and all three of them got into the elevator. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-7. The women went to Person 1’s room, located on the same floor as the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 74 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- Member’s. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-8. When Person 2 opened the door of Person 1’s room to go to her own room, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- Member was at the door. He pushed the door open and entered the room. He ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- groped Person 1’s buttocks, through her clothing. He then slid his hand behind ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- Person 2 and touched her genitals, through her clothing. Another conference- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- goer came into the room and escorted the Member out. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-9. After the conference, the Board conducted an investigation. On December 1, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- 2016, the Member received a discipline letter and was suspended without pay for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf: two weeks. The Board ordered the Member to receive sexual harassment ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- counselling. A copy of the Board’s letter dated December 1, 2016 is attached in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- Appendix B. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-10. On December 21, 2016, the Member’s bargaining agent, the Association des ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (“AEFO”), filed an individual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- grievance on the Member’s behalf contesting the disciplinary measure imposed ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- by the Board. On April 15, 2019, AEFO and the Board ratified a memorandum of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- agreement reached through dispute resolution. A copy of the Memorandum of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- Agreement dated April 15, 2019 is attached in Appendix C. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-11. The Member has been a teacher with the Board since September 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-recognizes that the law confines the Committee’s role to determining only whether the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 74 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-circumstances of this case. The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-reasonable range, based on the following analogous cases presented by College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Bergin, 2018 ONOCT 29 (CanLII), Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-College of Teachers v. Allam, 2017 ONOCT 86 (CanLII) and Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-Teachers v. Béarez, 2019 ONOCT 17 (CanLII). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-The Committee finds that the Member’s inappropriate conduct warrants a reprimand by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-his peers. The Member drank heavily during an evening social event at a professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf:conference and then sexually harassed two colleagues by touching them ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-inappropriately. This conduct shows poor professional judgment. Members of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-profession are expected to treat their colleagues with respect. The reprimand will allow ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-the Committee to express its concerns directly to the Member, which will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register is important ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-because it will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-The Committee finds that a four-month suspension is appropriate under the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf:circumstances. The College takes sexual harassment very seriously. The fact that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-Member’s actions occurred during a social event at a professional conference excuses ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf-neither his drinking to excess nor his inappropriate behaviour towards his colleagues. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct74.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-in this case was negotiated before that policy came into effect, although the agreement ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-was signed afterwards. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-Moreover, College Counsel submitted that the jointly proposed penalty was not too ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-lenient compared to other similar cases. In Ontario College of Teachers v. Odjig, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf:ONOCT 27, for instance, a member sexually harassed multiple colleagues and made ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-inappropriate comments to several students, which was more serious than the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-Member’s misconduct. The penalty in that case included a three-month suspension. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-College Counsel submitted that these cases demonstrate that the jointly proposed ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-penalty is within a range of acceptable outcomes. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-Second, College Counsel submitted that the fact that a two-month suspension was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-ordered in this case would be made public, which would have a direct impact on the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-Member. The Member would have a permanent record of his suspension on his public ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-register profile, the Panel’s decision would be publicly accessible, and a summary of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-decision would appear in Professionally Speaking. Therefore, the public, the profession, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-and any future employers would be made aware that the Member received a two-month ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-suspension as a result of his professional misconduct, regardless of when that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-suspension was, in fact, served. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-Third, College Counsel submitted that the Member has been teaching without further ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-incident for several years since the time of his misconduct. According to College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-Counsel, this should be considered a mitigating factor in this case. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-Fourth, the College noted that, if the Member’s suspension were to begin at the start of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-the next academic year (instead of during the summer), this would be disruptive to his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-from teaching (with the remainder served during the summer). The relevant ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-circumstances in this case include the objectives of sanction, the public’s confidence in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-the College’s discipline process, and the message that would be sent to Person A, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-recipient of the Member’s unwanted attention. The Panel does not believe that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf:public or, in particular, the young woman who endured both inappropriate sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-advances and offensive ethnic slurs, would view a summer suspension as a sufficient ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-consequence for these actions. No employee should be expected to endure such ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-actions from a colleague where a clear power imbalance exists. Employees who report ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-such egregious behaviour should feel assured that consequences are clear and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-impactful. A summer suspension is not an impactful suspension, it would bring the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-administration of the discipline process into disrepute and it is not in the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-Accordingly, the Panel believes that the public interest test for rejecting a joint ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-submission has been met in this case. The Panel has therefore ordered that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-Member’s two-month suspension will be served beginning on September 3, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-Reprimand ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-The Panel finds that the Member’s pattern of insensitive, demeaning and unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-behaviour towards Person A warrants a reprimand by his peers. The Member made a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-number of inappropriate comments about Person A’s cultural background, he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-embarrassed her in front of students, and he repeatedly made inappropriate contact ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf:with Person A, which the Board found to be both harassing and sexual in nature (see ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-Exhibit 2 at Tab B). It is unacceptable for members of the profession to make unwanted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf-advances or physical contact with their colleagues. Members of the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2019onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-on September 18, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-[2] Melissa Lefebvre (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-A. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-[3] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated July 24, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Melissa Lefebvre is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf: (d) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (f) she contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (g) she contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- may cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (h) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (i) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-B. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-[4] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 1. Melissa Lefebvre is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Lambton Kent ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- District School Board as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Sarnia, Ontario. The Member was also the [XXX] for the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 3. At all material times, Student 1 was a male student at the School and a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- member of the [XXX]. The Member taught Student 1 and had frequent ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- communications and interactions with him regarding school events as the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- [XXX] for the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 4. The Member commenced a personal relationship with Student 1 between ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- May and June 2016, when Student 1 was [XXX] years old. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf: first sexual encounter with Student 1 occurred in the Member’s car in May ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- or June 2016, after she picked Student 1 up following his [XXX] game. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 5. Between or around May 2016 and June 2017, when Student 1 was [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- and [XXX] years old, the Member had an inappropriate personal and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf: sexual relationship with Student 1, which included kissing, performing oral ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf: sex on Student 1 and having sexual intercourse with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf: 6. During this time, the Member performed oral sex on Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf: approximately six to seven times and the Member had sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf: with Student 1 approximately 15 to 16 times. The sexual contact between ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- the Member and Student 1 occurred in the Member’s car, at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- home and at Student 1’s home while his parents were out of the country. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf: 7. On or about June 15, 2017, the Member was charged with sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- exploitation of Student 1 under section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (Canada) (the “Code”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-8. That same day, the Board suspended the Member without pay. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf:9. On or about July 24, 2017, the Member was further charged with sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- assault of Student 1 under section 271 of the Code. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf:10. On July 13, 2018, the Member pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf: contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Code. The sexual assault charge was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- withdrawn at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-11. On July 16, 2018, the Board terminated the Member’s employment for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- cause. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-12. On January 10, 2019, the Member was sentenced to 14 months’ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- incarceration and two years of probation. The Member was also made the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- subject of a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-13. The Member did not appeal her conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-14. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Court Information dated June 15 and July 24, 2015 [sic], along with the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Appearances and disposition in the criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-15. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Adult Probation Order dated January 10, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-16. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ancillary orders dated January 10, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-17. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- transcript of the Proceedings at Guilty Plea before the Honourable Justice ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- G. M. Hornblower on July 13, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-18. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- transcript of the Reasons for Sentence before the Honourable Justice G. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- M. Hornblower on January 10, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-19. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-18 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-20. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against her, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf: acknowledges that she engaged in sexual abuse of a student, as defined ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- in section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 21. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, she is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- her and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (d) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website and that a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- including her name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between her and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- counsel or with the opportunity to have obtained the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 22. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-C. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-[5] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on September 18, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-2019 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf:1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-D. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-[6] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-1 to 18 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-professional misconduct against them. They acknowledged and the Panel accepts that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-the Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-misconduct set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that between or around ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf:May 2016 and June 2017 the Member had an inappropriate personal and sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf:relationship with Student 1, which included kissing, performing oral sex on Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf:and having sexual intercourse with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf:[7] Engaging in a sexual relationship with a student is a clear breach of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-standards of the profession and a violation of a teacher’s position of trust. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf:Member’s behaviour toward the Student constituted physical, psychological and sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-abuse. She contravened section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act by failing to act as an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-appropriate role model. She contravened section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-Canada, making her unsuitable to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-Her behaviour was disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional and unbecoming of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-E. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-[8] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on September 18, 2019, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Member, which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-F. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf:[9] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-abuse of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-orders. The Panel notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel denounces ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf-Date: September 18, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Nicola Powadiuk, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Benoît Dussault, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Richard Filion ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Cassidy 2019 ONOCT 08 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- Date: 2019-02-15 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation (Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- Gene Allan Cassidy, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ______________________________________________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- GENE ALLAN CASSIDY (REGISTRATION #168330) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ______________________________________________________________________ ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-PANEL: Stéphane Vallée, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- Jean-Luc Bernard, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-HEARD: February 8, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Ava Arbuck of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, for Ontario College of Teachers, assisted by Amy Leung, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Law Clerk ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Gene Allan Cassidy, self-represented ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Erica Richler of Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, and no person shall publish the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- identify of, or any information that could disclose the identity of, the person who was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual misconduct or prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf: involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- By order of Justice C.J. Conlan of the Superior Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-on February 8, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-A Notice of Hearing dated December 18, 2018 (Exhibit 1) was served on Gene Allan Cassidy ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-(the “Member”), inviting him to participate in the scheduling of the hearing and specifying the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for February 8, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and did not have legal representation. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- a. he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- b. he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf: c. he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- d. he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- e. he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- f. he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- Allegation withdrawn ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf:5. Between January 2010 and June 2012, the Member engaged in a personal and sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf:relationship with the Student that included sexual touching of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf:6. On April 29, 2016, in the Superior Court of Justice, the Member was convicted of sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-exploitation, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Exhibit “B” is a certified copy of the Indictment. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-copy of the Plea Proceedings dated April 29, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-7. On June 10, 2016, the Member was sentenced to eight months of imprisonment and two ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-years of probation, including various ancillary orders. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-is a copy of the Reasons for Sentence dated June 10, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-8. By this document,2 the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-9. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-10. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 8 and 10, this “document” refers to the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Guilty Plea. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf:also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 7 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Paragraphs 5 and 6 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, as well as the court ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-transcripts filed with the Agreed Statement of Facts, demonstrate that the Member abused a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-The court transcripts included a victim impact statement of the student, which demonstrated the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-emotional and psychological harm she has endured as a result of the abuse. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Paragraphs 5 and 6 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, as well as the court ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-transcripts filed with the Agreed Statement of Facts, demonstrate that the Member abused a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf:student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3). In particular, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf:court transcripts demonstrate that the sexual abuse included touching of a sexual nature of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf:student’s genitals, as well as sexual intercourse after the student turned 18. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Paragraphs 5 and 6 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Member failed to comply with section 32.02 of the Bylaws of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-(the ethical standards for the teaching profession), contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-subsection 1(14). Sexual abuse is a clear breach of the ethical standards of care, respect, trust ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-and integrity. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-2. direct that the Member receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 8 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on February 8, 2019 the Committee accepted the Joint Submission ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-on Penalty presented by the parties and made an order in accordance with its terms, as set out ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf:The Member’s misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student and it involved acts listed in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-subsections 30.2(2)1.(i) and 30.2(2)1.(vi) of the Act. In accordance with subsection 30.2(1)(c)(ii) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf:of the Act, revocation is mandatory for this type of sexual abuse and the Committee made an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-order directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-Registration. The Committee is also required to make, and has therefore made, an order ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee. The Committee notes that it has ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf-no discretion in this regard. The Committee denounces the Member’s egregious misconduct in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct8.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- may cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 1. Robert Young Chung is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- “College”). Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Durham Catholic ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 was a female student at [XXX] School in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- [XXX], Ontario, and was a former student of the Member. The Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- taught Student 1 until the end of the 2007-2008 academic year, when ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Student 1 [XXX] from Grade [XXX] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-4. Between the 2008-2009 and 2011-2012 academic years, the Member had ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-5. By March 2011, when Student 1 was [XXX] years old, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf: engaged in a sexual relationship with Student 1, which included vaginal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf: intercourse. The sexual relationship lasted for approximately two years. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-6. In or around March 2011, Student 1 became pregnant with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- child and the Member paid for Student 1 to have an abortion. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-7. On or about March 30, 2016, the Member was arrested and charged with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf: (a) four counts of sexual assault of Student 1 contrary to section 271 of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada) (the “Code”); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf: (b) four counts of sexual interference with Student 1 contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 151 of the Code; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf: (c) one count of sexual exploitation of Student 1 contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 153 of the Code; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf: (d) one count of invitation to sexual touching of Student 1 contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- section 152 of the Code. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf:8. The Member was committed to stand trial for one count each of sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf: assault, sexual interference, sexual exploitation and invitation to sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- touching. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf:9. On July 18, 2018, the Member was convicted of sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- contrary to section 153 of the Code. The Member was acquitted of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- other offences. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-10. On November 26, 2018, the Board terminated the Member’s employment ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- for cause. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-11. On January 25, 2019, the Member was sentenced to incarceration for a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- period of 30 months. The Member was also made the subject of various ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-12. The Member did not appeal his conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-13. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Court Information and Replacement Information dated March 30, 2016, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Indictment dated May 23, 2017, appearances and endorsements in the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-14. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ancillary orders dated January 25 and February 19, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-15. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- transcript of the Proceedings at Trial before the Honourable Justice M. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- McKelvey dated July 18, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-16. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Justice M. McKelvey dated ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- January 25, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-17. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- appendices referred to in paragraphs 1 to 16 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-18. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 3 to 16 above constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf: 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- abuse of a student, as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-19. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him or his counsel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- and counsel for the College with respect to the penalty does not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; and, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- counsel or with the opportunity to have obtained the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 20. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- College and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on October 16, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-2019 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf:1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-1 to 16 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf:inappropriate relationship with Student 1 that subsequently developed into a sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf:relationship. The Member’s sexual relationship with Student 1 lasted approximately 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-years and included vaginal intercourse. Student 1 became pregnant with the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-child and the Member paid for Student 1 to have an abortion. On July 18, 2018, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf:Member was convicted of sexual exploitation of Student 1, contrary to section 153 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-Code, and was sentenced to incarceration for a period of 30 months. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf:[9] The Member’s sexual relationship with Student 1 constitutes physical, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf:psychological, emotional and sexual abuse. Engaging in the sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-is a clear breach of the standards of the profession and an abhorrent abuse of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf:Member’s authority as a teacher. Further, his inappropriate and subsequent sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-relationship with Student 1 demonstrates that he contravened section 264(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-Education Act by failing to act as an appropriate role model when he abused his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-position of trust in an egregious manner. This behaviour was clearly disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-dishonourable, unprofessional and unbecoming of a member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf:[10] Further, the Member’s sexual exploitation conviction demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-Member contravened a law relevant to the Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-qualification and registration. The contravention of this law has caused or may cause a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-student who is under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-risk. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-[11] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on October 16, 2019 the Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 80 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Member, which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf:[12] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-Panel notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel denounces the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf-Date: October 16, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Stéphane Vallée, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Mary Ellen Gucciardi, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Godwin Ifedi ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct80.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated August 27, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-2019 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- defined in the Act in that he: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- (a) failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- degree of professional competence and to uphold the honour, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- dignity, and ethical standards of the teaching profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- section 13 (General Duties of Members) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 63/55 made pursuant to section 12 of the Teaching Profession Act, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- R.S.O. 1970, c. 456, both as amended (the “TPA Regulation”); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- (b) failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- relations with pupils, contrary to section 14(d) of the TPA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- (c) failed to concern himself with the welfare of pupils while they were ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- under his care, contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- (d) failed to comply with subsection 229(1)(c) (Duties of a Teacher) of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- the Education Act, 1974, S.O. 1974, c. 109, as amended; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf: (e) engaged in sexual abuse of a student, as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- (f) contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- (g) contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- The panel made no finding with respect to this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 1. Robert Earl Clarke (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Teachers (the “College”). Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- a copy of the Member’s Registered Member Information summary from ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- the College’s public register. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 2. The Member was first certified as a teacher in January 1967 and became ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- a member of College in May 1998 [sic]. At all material times, the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- held an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate or a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Registration issued by the College. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 3. On March 27, 2017, the Member’s membership status with the College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- was changed to “Cancelled – Resigned”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 4. Between September 1, 1972 and November 3, 1992, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- employed by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (the “Board”), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- and/or its predecessor boards, as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- [XXX] School (the “Schools”) in Ottawa, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 5. The Member resigned from the Board on November 3, 1992. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 6. At all material times, Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4, Student 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- and Student 6 were male students at the Schools and [XXX] and/or [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- students of the Member, and Student 7 was a student at one of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Schools, but not a student of the Member (the "Students"). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 7. At all material times, Person A was a male minor who lived with his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- parents [XXX] the Member's residence and was therefore the Member's ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- [XXX] until approximately 1979. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf: 8. Between September 1973 and June 1991, the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf: touching of, and/or engaged in behaviour or made remarks of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- nature towards, the Students and Person A. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 9. On June 27, 2016, the Ottawa Police Service charged the Member with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf: one count of sexual assault of one of the Students, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 271(1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). The Police also appealed to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- public for other victims to come forward. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 10. By December 16, 2016, the Member had been charged with a total of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- seven counts of gross indecency, contrary to section 157 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf: Code (Canada); three counts of sexual assault, contrary to section 271(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf: of the Criminal Code (Canada); and one count of sexual exploitation of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- young person, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- (Canada) in connection with the conduct described in paragraph 8 above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a copy of the Information ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- of Peace Officer Lorraine Wilson of the Ottawa Police Service sworn ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- December 16, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-11. On March 21, 2018, the Member pleaded guilty to, and was found guilty ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf: of, seven counts of gross indecency and one count of sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- involving the Students and Person A. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Appendix “C” is a certified copy of a transcript of Proceedings at Guilty ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Plea before the Honourable Justice M. Dumel in Ottawa, Ontario on March ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 21, 2018. The facts giving rise to the Member’s guilty plea are set out in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- the transcript. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-12. On March 21, 2018, the Member was sentenced to a two-year custodial ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- sentence, to be followed by three years of probation upon his release. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Member was also made subject to a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-13. The Member did not appeal his March 21, 2018 conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-14. On October 22, 2018, the Member was charged with another count of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- gross indecency, contrary to section 157 of the Criminal Code (Canada), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- in connection with conduct involving another former student of the Schools ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ("Student 8") that took place between September 1, 1978 and June 30, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 1982. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Information of Peace Officer Gaston Lagrandeur of the Ottawa Police ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Service sworn October 22, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-15. On December 17, 2018, the Member was charged with another count of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- gross indecency, contrary to section 157 of the Criminal Code (Canada), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- and one count of indecent assault, contrary to section 156 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Code (Canada), in connection with conduct involving another former ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- student of the Schools, and a former student of the Member ("Student 9"), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- that took place on March 19, 1979. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Appendix “E” is a copy of the Information of Peace Officer Gaston ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Lagrandeur of the Ottawa Police Service sworn December 17, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-16. On March 1, 2019, the Member pleaded guilty to, and was found guilty of, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- one count of gross indecency involving Student 8 and one count of gross ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- indecency involving Student 9. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- “F” is a certified copy of a transcript of Proceedings at Guilty Plea before ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- the Honourable Justice M. Dumel in Ottawa, Ontario on March 1, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- The facts giving rise to the Member’s guilty plea are set out in the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- transcript. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-17. On March 1, 2019, the Member was sentenced to a 15-month custodial ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- sentence to be served concurrently with the Member's two-year custodial ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- sentence imposed on March 21, 2018. The Member was also made ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- subject to a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-18. The Member did not appeal his March 1, 2019 conviction or sentence ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-19. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- appendices referred to in paragraphs 1-18 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-20. The Member hereby acknowledges that paragraphs 8-12 and 14-17 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Admitted Facts constitute conduct that is professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- being more particularly: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- (a) breaches of section 13 of Ontario Regulation 63/55 made under ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- section 12 of the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1970, c. 456, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- both as amended (the “TPA Regulation”), namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- degree of professional competence and to uphold the honour, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- dignity, and ethical standards of the teaching profession; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- (b) breaches of subsection 14(d) of the TPA Regulation, namely that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- the Member failed to show consistent justice and consideration in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- all his relations with pupils; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- (c) breaches of subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation, namely that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- the Member failed to concern himself with the welfare of pupils ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- while they were under his care; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- (d) breaches of subsection 229(1)(c) (Duties of a Teacher) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Education Act, 1974, S.O. 1974, c. 109, as amended, namely that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- the Member failed to inculcate by precept and example respect for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- religion and the principles of Judaeo-Christian morality and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- other virtues; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf: (e) that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- (f) breaches of subsection 1(16) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 made ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- under section 40(1) of the Act (the “Professional Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Regulation”), namely that the Member contravened a law, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- contravention of which is relevant to his suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-Education Act, 1974, S.O. 1974, C. 109; and subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-Regulation 437/97 made under the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-[9] The Panel made no finding with respect to allegation (e) of the Notice Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf:namely that the Member engaged in the sexual abuse of a student as defined in the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-[10] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-1 to 18 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-set out above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf:[11] With respect to the allegation of “sexual abuse of a student” as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-1 of the Act, as outlined in paragraph (e) of the Notice of Hearing, the Panel makes no ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-finding. Section 1 of the Act did not exist when the Member’s conduct occurred. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-Accepting independent legal counsel’s advice, it would therefore be inappropriate for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-the Panel to apply section 1 of the Act retrospectively to his conduct between 1973 and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-1991. Had section 1 existed at the time of his conduct towards the Students, Student 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf:and Student 9, his behaviour would have constituted “sexual abuse of a student”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-[12] The Admitted Facts demonstrate that between September 1973 and June 1991, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf:the Member engaged in a pattern of sexual touching and/or behaviour or remarks of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf:sexual nature towards the Students (Students 1-7) and Person A. On March 21, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-the Member pleaded guilty to, and was found guilty of, seven count of gross indecency, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf:contrary to section 157 of the Criminal Code of Canada, and one count of sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-assault, contrary to section 271(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada, in relation to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-Students and Person A. On March 1, 2019, the Member pleaded guilty to, and was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-found guilty of, one count of gross indecency involving Student 8 and another count of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-gross indecency involving Student 9. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf:[13] The Member’s repeated sexual touching, behaviour or remarks towards the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-Students, Student 8 and Student 9 clearly demonstrates that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards of the profession, thereby contravening ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-subsection 13 of the TPA Regulation. Through this conduct, the Member failed to show ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-consistent justice in all his relations with pupils and failed to concern himself with the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-welfare of pupils when he abused his position of trust in an egregious manner, thereby ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-contravening subsection 14(d) and (f) of the TPA Regulation. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-[14] Similarly, the Member’s conduct demonstrates that he contravened section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-229(1)(c) of the Education Act, 1974, in that he failed to act as an appropriate role ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-model. The criminal convictions (nine counts of gross indecency and one count of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf:sexual assault) demonstrates that the Member contravened a law relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-contravention of this law has caused or may cause a student who is under the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-[15] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on October 21, 2019, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf:[18] The Panel finds that the Member’s repeated sexual touching, behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-remarks towards many students, warrants a reprimand by his peers. Members are ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-expected to serve as role models for students, the Member’s misconduct, as set out ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-above, was a clear violation of his duties as a teacher. The reprimand will allow the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-[19] The Panel finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-Registration is appropriate in this case. The Member’s conduct towards multiple ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-students was abhorrent and reprehensible. The victim impact statements, contained ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-within Justice M. Dumel’s Proceedings at Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2 at Tab C), demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-the deep psychological and emotional damage that still afflicts the Member’s victims ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf:today. The Member’s multiple, repeated sexual acts directed at students warrant an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-order of the Panel’s most severe penalty available: revocation. Not only has the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-Member’s conduct had a grave impact on his victims, but it has also undermined the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-public’s trust in the teaching profession. Accordingly, the Member is no longer entitled to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-be a member of the teaching profession in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-[20] The Panel is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf-Date: October 21, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Diane Ballantyne, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-on October 23, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-[2] John Werner Klassen (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 85 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-[4] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated November 8, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-2018 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that John Werner Klassen is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-7. Over the course of several weeks, Student 1 began confiding in the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Member regarding her personal issues. The Member indicated to her that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- he would be there if she needed someone to talk to. He also indicated to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- her that “no one else needed to know about these conversations” and “it ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- would just be between the two of us.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 85 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-8. The text message exchanges from the Member to Student 1 included ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf: sexual innuendo. For example, on one occasion in or about July 2017, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Member wrote to Student 1, “Did you say your goodbye yet? All good with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- [XXX] ? Now I have to finish these wieners before we go. Just have to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- make sure they get big and puffy so they taste good. 😊😉” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-9. That evening, the Member and Student 1 exchanged text messages ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- regarding a “party” at Student 1’s friend’s home, to which the Member was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- to provide transportation for Student 1. The Member wrote to Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- “Got the food, it’s at your house. How’s the party?? Oops I meant ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- sleepover. 😉 Are you wearing something cute?” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-10. When the Member realized that the party was cancelled, he wrote to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Student 1, “So if you missed your party maybe you and (Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- friend) and I can have a party when you get back from [XXX] 😉”. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Member then asked Student 1, “What do you and (Student 1’s friend) like ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- to drink?” Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the text ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- messages exchanged between the Member and Student 1 in or about July ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-Person A ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-11. On or about August 4, 2017, the Member drove Student 1 home from a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- [XXX] practice. After Student 1 was dropped off, the Member sat in his car ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- on the driveway and observed Person A cleaning the house through the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- window. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-12. Subsequently, the Member sent text messages to Person A containing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf: inappropriate comments of a sexual nature, which included: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- (a) “Hey there, are you home or out? Can I trust you to not say ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- anything to [XXX] or anyone, I mean anyone, if I say something silly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- or cross a line? The conversation would need to be just you and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- me? You are more than old enough?”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- (b) “Nothing crazy, and just so you know I’m not an old perv, however; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- you my dear looked awesome in those shorts last night I couldn’t ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- stop thinking about you and you can come vacuum my place ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- anytime. I’m HOME ALONE dressed like that‼ :-)) you looked ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- awesome‼ WOW! Is all I can say‼ 😉😜 Now, this is just you and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- me I hope! Sorry if that’s too far over the line! I apologize if I caught ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- you off guard. Please, just you and me‼”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- (c) “If that’s tooo far over the line please tell me. I will erase all the last ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- texts and it will be forgotten. Hopefully you will do the same if that’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- what you choose. That’s why I asked about just you and me and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 85 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- trusting you.?” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-13. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the text messages ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- exchanged between the Member and Person A on or about August 4, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-14. On or about August 6, 2017, the School commenced an investigation of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- the Member as a result of the above-noted allegations and was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- suspended with pay. On August 23, 2017, the Member provided a medical ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- note from his doctor and the School placed the Member on medical leave. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of a letter from the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- School to the Member and a medical note from Dr. Hugh Mitchell provided ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- by the Member dated August 23, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-15. By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 14 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-16. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further does not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf: contest that the alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-17. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him/her; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 85 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- College and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 18. The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 19. In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-[6] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-and the submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-October 23, 2019 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf:1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-[7] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-14 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 85 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-and the Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-under the headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-that the Member, who was the [XXX] of Student 1, engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-personal relationship with her. The Member spent time alone with her on several ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-occasions as a result of which they became confidants. The Member told Student 1 that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-no one needed to know about their conversations. He also sent her text messages ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf:which included sexual innuendos. As for Person A, who was also the [XXX] of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-Member, the Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member sent inappropriate text ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf:messages of a sexual nature to her. The Member made inappropriate comments about ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-her appearance and told her that he could not stop thinking about her. As with Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-1, the Member told Person A that their interaction should remain between the two of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-them. The Member’s behaviour resulted in Board discipline. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-[8] The Member abused the trust the public placed in him by engaging in such ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-egregious behaviour towards his [XXX]. The Member’s communications with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf:constitute sexual abuse as the text messages contained “remarks of a sexual nature.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf:Engaging in the sexual abuse of a student is a clear breach of the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-profession. The Member’s communications with Student 1 also constitutes verbal, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-psychological and/or emotional abuse. The Member contravened subsection 1(14) of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. He contravened section 264(1) of the Education Act by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-failing to act as an appropriate role model. His behaviour was disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-dishonourable, unprofessional and unbecoming of a member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-[9] In relation to Person A, the Member contravened subsections 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 85 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 only, because Person A was not a “student” as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-defined in the Act and because the other allegations relate to various forms of abuse of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-“students” or professional standards that primarily relate to the teacher-student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-relationship. Nevertheless, the Member’s conduct in relation to Person A was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-inappropriate for a member of the teaching profession. Teachers are expected to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf:good role models in society and by sending Person A text messages of a sexual nature, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-the Member fell short of that expectation. His behaviour was disgraceful, dishonourable, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-unprofessional and unbecoming of a member. His conduct damaged the reputation of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-the profession by undermining the trust which the public places in teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-[10] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on October 23, 2019, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Member, which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 2. The Member is directed to appear before the Committee within six (6) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- months following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- College of Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf:[11] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-student as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 85 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-Panel notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel denounces the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf-Date: October 31, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Mary Ellen Gucciardi, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Shanlee Linton, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct85.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-on October 24, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-[2] Craig Russell Cameron (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but did have ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-[4] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated September 8, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-2017 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Craig Russell Cameron is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- student as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-18. The Board interviewed the Member on May 30, 2016. During his interview ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- with the Board, the Member maintained that he was being a “second dad” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- to the Student, playing a supportive role. He acknowledged that he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- crossed professional boundaries by sharing personal information with her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- and by communicating with her to the extent and in the manner in which ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- he did, and explained that he did so in part because he, too, “needed to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- talk with someone” and the Student was supporting him. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-19. By letter dated June 1, 2016, the Board suspended the Member for five ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- days without pay and required him to complete five hours of boundary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- training with his union with a focus on electronic communication, personal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- boundaries, and appropriate relationships. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Discipline Letter dated June 1, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-Effect on Student: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-20. During her interview with the administration on or about May 11, 2016, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- Student described the Member as a “close friend,” someone she could talk ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- to and who she “trusted” like a second dad. She explained that she did not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- view the texts as inappropriate at the time and that when the messages ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- were discovered she initially felt sad because she could no longer talk to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- the Member. Over time, however, she realized the Member’s conduct was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- immature and inappropriate and she blames herself for not having said ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- something about it sooner. The Student continues to have trust issues ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- with teachers and others in positions of authority as a result of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- Member’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-21. The College engaged Dr. Mary Louise Arnold (EdD, Harvard University), a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- developmental psychologist and consultant on professional ethics, to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- review the matter. In Dr. Arnold’s opinion: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- (a) the Member abused his position of power and authority over the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- Student and his conduct toward the Student reflects a serious ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- breach of the ethical and professional standards expected of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- teachers; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- (b) the nature or kind of relationship he engaged in with the Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- “was demonstrably personal – not professional – and went well ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- beyond the boundaries of an appropriate teacher-student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- relationship”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- (c) the Member’s texts are “alarmingly unprofessional and raise ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- significant questions about his fitness to teach adolescents.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-22. There is no evidence to suggest that the Member’s inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf: relationship with the Student was sexual. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- 27. In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-outlined in paragraph (c) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-student as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. The Panel granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on October 24, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-2019 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-22 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-contest the allegations of professional misconduct against them. They acknowledged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-and the Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-under the headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-that the Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with a Student when ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-they began exchanging texts of a personal and private nature at the start of the 2015- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-2016 school year. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf:Member’s inappropriate relationship with the Student was sexual in nature, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-Member’s conduct toward the Student reflects a serious breach of the ethical and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-professional standards expected of teachers. The Member crossed the boundaries of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-an appropriate teacher-student relationship when he started exchanging messages and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-sharing personal information with the Student late at night and early in the morning. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-Member communicated with the Student at length about personal issues including his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-family, his daily activities and his feelings, and he encouraged the Student to discuss ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-personal issues and share feelings with him. The Member referred to the Student by a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-variety of nicknames and, in turn, the Student referred to the Member as “daddy.” Not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-only has the Member’s conduct had a significant impact on the Student’s emotional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-well-being, but it has also jeopardized the public’s trust in the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-Members of the teaching profession hold a unique position of trust and authority and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-Member abused this trusted position in an “alarmingly unprofessional” manner, as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-stated by Dr. Arnold. Accordingly, the Member is no longer entitled to be a member of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-the teaching profession in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-[15] The Panel is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf-Date: October 28, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- Diane Ballantyne, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- Godwin Ifedi ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Joseph Dave Marcel Rancourt is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- (b) he abused a student, or students, psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf: (c) he abused a student, or students, sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and Part I of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- (e) he contravened a law which is relevant to the member’s suitability to hold ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- (f) he contravened a law such that the contravention has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision to be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- (g) he committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-Counsel for the College introduced a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-1. Joseph Dave Marcel Rancourt is a member of the College. Attached as “Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Catholic District School ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- Board of Eastern Ontario as a teacher. At all material times, he was teaching at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- [XXX] School (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-3. Student 1 met the Member in 2005 when she was [XXX] years old. From ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- September 2005 to June 2010, Student 1 was a student at the School and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- Member’s student. In 2009-2010, when Student 1 was in Grade [XXX] she took ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- [XXX]classes, [XXX] [XXX]course, with the Member. Student 1 turned [XXX] on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- November 24, 2009. She completed her studies at the School on June [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 2010. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-4. During the period from September 2005 to June 2010, the Member maintained ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf: an inappropriate personal relationship of a sexual nature with Student 1. This ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- relationship with Student 1 continued until March 2014. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-5. Between 2005 and 2009, while Student 1 was a student at the School, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- Member: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf: (a) communicated electronically with Student 1 in an inappropriate and sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- manner. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-6. In 2009-2010, while Student 1 was a Grade [XXX] student at the School, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- Member: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- (a) masturbated and encouraged Student 1 to masturbate, sometimes nude ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- or partially clothed, during long-distance written communications and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- electronic video sessions, including Skype; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf: (b) had inappropriate physical contact of a sexual nature with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf:7. On June 30, 2016, the Member was convicted of one count of sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf: and one count of sexual assault contrary to sections 153(1)(a) and 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada. The Court’s reasons for decision are attached as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- “Exhibit B”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-8. On October 13, 2016, the Member was sentenced to 12 months in prison. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- reasons are attached as “Exhibit C”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-9. The Member has appealed his conviction and the sentence. The appeal has not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- yet been rendered. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-10. The professional advisory on Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- and Sexual Misconduct, which was approved on September 27, 2002 and which ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- is available on the College website, is attached as “Exhibit D”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-11. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits referred ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- to in the paragraphs above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-12. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts described above ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- constitute professional misconduct and acknowledges the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- professional misconduct against him, in particular concerning breaches of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the alleged conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf: constitutes sexual abuse as provided in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-13. The Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- the purpose of this proceeding under the Act, and for no other purpose. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- Member’s plea of no contest does not constitute an admission by the Member as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- to the facts or findings in any other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-15. In light of the aforementioned Uncontested Facts and plea of no contest, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- College and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- actions of the Member constitute professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-September 23, 2019 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-The Member did not contest the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-1 to 10 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-and the Committee agrees that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf:The Member maintained a sexual relationship with one of his students (Student 1) when ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-she was a student at the secondary school where he taught. The relationship began ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-when Student 1 was [XXX] years old and continued for close to a decade. Between ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf:2005 and 2009, the Member engaged in electronic communications of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-with Student 1. In 2009-2010, when Student 1 was in Grade [XXX] at the School, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-Member masturbated and encouraged Student 1 to masturbate, sometimes nude or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-partially clothed, by electronic means, including Skype. He also had physical contact of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf:a sexual nature with her. On the grounds of this conduct, the Member was convicted of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf:one count of sexual exploitation and one count of sexual assault, contrary to sections ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-153(1)(a) and 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada and was sentenced to 12 months in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-prison. He has appealed his conviction and sentence, but the decision has not yet been ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-rendered. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf:The Member’s conduct was disgraceful. He sexually abused a vulnerable young ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-student, with no regard for her well-being, or her psychological or emotional state. His ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf:actions included electronic communications of a sexual nature, mutual masturbation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf:and physical contact of a sexual nature. They took place during Student 1’s [XXX]years ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-of secondary school and for several years afterwards. The Committee finds the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-Member’s conduct, which worsened gradually over time, highly concerning. It is contrary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-to the standards of the teaching profession and clearly contravenes the professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-advisory on Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-that was approved on September 27, 2002. Specifically, the professional advisory ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf:prohibits “any sexual contact including behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-regardless of the age of the student or any apparent consent by the student” (page 2). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-The Member abused his position of trust and authority as a teacher and his conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-profoundly undermines the reputation of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-appropriate penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 94 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 1. direct that the Member appear before the Committee immediately following ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- the hearing of this matter or within six months after the hearing to receive a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- reprimand which will be delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- 2. direct the College Registrar to immediately revoke the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-In an oral decision rendered on September 23, 2019, the Committee accepted the Joint ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and, pursuant to section 30.2 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-Act, made an order in accordance with its terms, as set out above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf:The Member abused a student sexually, as set out in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. In ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-accordance with subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, the Committee has to make, and has so ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-made, an order: (1) directing that the Member be reprimanded by the Committee, and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-(2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf-Registration. The Committee notes that it has no discretionary power in this regard. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct94.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-College Counsel emailed the Member the Notice of Hearing and disclosure brief on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-March 8, 2019 and, in subsequent correspondence, the parties agreed upon July 15 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-and 16, 2019 for the hearing date. Between May 13 and July 5, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-repeatedly confirmed the July 15 and 16, 2019 hearing dates with the Member in her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-emails, to which the Member generally responded. On July 5, 2019, Counsel outlined ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-the College’s position on penalty, costs and provided summaries of the anticipated ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-evidence of the two witnesses who would testify orally. On July 11, 2019, College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Counsel provided the Member by email (Exhibit 3) with her briefs of documents and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-authorities for the hearing as well as the affidavit of Chi-Kun Shi. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Based on this affidavit, the Panel was satisfied that the Member had been properly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-served with the Notice of Hearing, which states explicitly that the hearing can proceed in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-the absence of a party, and all disclosure documents and was aware of the time and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-date of the hearing and the penalty being sought by the College, should a finding of guilt ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-be made by the Panel. The Panel delayed the start of the hearing by approximately 15 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-minutes to allow the Member time to appear. The Member did not appear. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-therefore heard this matter in the absence of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The Member was employed as a teacher by [XXX] School (the “School”) in Toronto. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:The College alleges that the Member sent emails containing sexually explicit content ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-and/or language to colleagues and administrators at the School in October and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-November 2015. Further, the Member allegedly contacted students of the School while ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed as a teacher by the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- School (the “School”), a private school in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 3. On or about October 17, 2015, the Member sent emails containing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf: sexually explicit content and/or language to colleagues at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 4. On or about November 2, 2015, the Member sent an email containing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf: sexually explicit content and/or language to colleagues and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- administration at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 5. The Member contacted students of the School while he was suspended ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- from the School, despite having been directed to have no contact with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- students during his suspension. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 6. The Member’s employment was terminated by the School, effective ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- October 19, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-As the Member was not present, the Panel proceeded on the basis that the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The College presented affidavit, oral and documentary evidence. Relevant portions of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-this evidence will be set out in greater detail, as needed, in the Panel’s reasons for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-decision below. The following is a brief summary of the College’s evidence. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-On October 6, 2015, the Member emailed Ms. Dahl to complain of a “toxic” environment ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-and “dysfunctional gossip” at the School. Ms. Dahl went to see him about these ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-concerns but he refused to speak with her. He asked her to provide 24 hours notice of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-any meeting and to come to his office in room 211. Although Ms. Dahl felt the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-was being rude and unreasonable, she complied with his request and scheduled a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-meeting by email (Exhibit 6) for October 9. That meeting lasted at least three hours as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-he raised many different issues. He subsequently sent her an email, copied to the vice- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-principal, purporting to confirm the “highlights” of the meeting and misinterpreting Ms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Dahl’s remarks. She wrote an email clarifying what she said. The email chain was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-marked as Exhibit 7. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-On Saturday, October 17, 2015, she received an email from the Member that was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-copied to all the ESL and English department staff at the School. In the email (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-8), the Member proposed to teach a student in his ESL class “to speak with dolphins” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-with the help of “newly created pelvic language and paddles from 50 Shades of Grey”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-claimed to be a Nigerian girl whose consumer information was compromised by a North ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Korean hacker group; and, described his plan to attend “The Everything to do with Sex ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Show” on the weekend in detail with references to “whips”, “dildos”, “male and female ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:porn stars” and “smelling Ron Jeremy’s finger”. He ended the email with “If you have ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-questions, I will be blood-letting aborted fetuses whilst praising the dark lord in room ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-211. I found Jesus, he was in my closet behind the basketballs. Sincerely, Mr. Wiggly- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Pus”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Ms. Dahl testified that the email “melted my mind because so many pieces didn’t make ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-sense and should have never made it into an email relating to work”. She was also ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-and you can come up with a nick-name that will preserve your professionalism while ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-conveying a friendly avatar outward.” He also proposed: “We can have a secret code ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-that only we know and we can make sure that the other person says the code before we ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-talk so that we know everything that gets said is being said to the real person and not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-an alien in disguise” and “We can have a secret hand-shake and have students build a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-fort out of pillows in the style of a medieval castle.” Ms. Dahl described this email as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:“odd” but “not sexual” like Exhibit 8. She spoke with Ms. Perreira who was nervous ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-about the two emails, uncomfortable about seeing the Member on Monday and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-expressed a concern that he was [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The third and fourth emails (Exhibit 10) were sent on October 17 only to Lauren Kemp, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-an ESL teacher, who forwarded them to Ms. Dahl. Ms. Kemp had provided the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:with some resources on sexual education that were appropriate for ESL learners ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:because sexual education was a component of the Physical Education course. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:Member asked Ms. Kemp for her views on sex and posed questions such as “Do you ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:see sex as something that a woman has and something that a man gets to have?” and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-“When is dressing in revealing clothing empowering and when is dressing in revealing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-clothing objectifying?” Ms. Kemp called Ms. Dahl and was very upset because she felt ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-the emails were inappropriate, made her very uncomfortable and were sent only to her. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Ms. Dahl spoke with Vice-Principal Popescu on Sunday, October 18 and understood ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-that the vice-principal and the principal would meet with the Member on Monday. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-owner of the School was outside the country and he was the only one with the authority ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-to fire the Member. Ms. Dahl was very concerned about the Member’s [XXX] and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-[XXX]: “everyone was on edge” and things were “very intense”. She subsequently ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-learned that the principal suspended him. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The last email (Exhibit 11) came on November 2, the day the Member was to meet with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-the School’s owner. The Member sent the email to everyone connected with the School ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-including the owner’s wife and the owner’s mother. Ms. Dahl believed this was the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Member’s “final piece” because of its length, broad distribution and greeting. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-subject line was “The Sex Show”. The email was sprinkled with hashtags referring to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Disney movie Frozen, ending with #letitgo. The Member wrote: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- Hey [XXX] Staff, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- After attending The Sex Show, I can say with confidence that I have been ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- professionally developed. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- I attended a Halloween Party and think that we should all consider ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- dressing in women’s lingerie for the school’s Christmas event; it was the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- best party I’ve experienced and I’m sure the kids would appreciate the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- effort #doyouwanttobuildasnowman. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- The seminar was more work than play; it was tedious to see scantily clad ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- attractive women walk around freely as if there was nothing wrong. I hope ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- they cry themselves to sleep with shame #hesabitofafixerupper. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- These are some of the notes I’ve made: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 1. There are some similarities between teachers and those that work ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf: in the sex industry ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- (a) We are both expected to adhere to a specific garb. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf: (b) Teachers, like sex workers can be exploited while being ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf: seen as sex symbols. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- (c) Sex workers can make excellent educators. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- (d) In both fields, there is an ebb and flow. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-2. I attended a seminar focused on cunnilingus and thought the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- presenter seemed familiar. There were a number of dildos spread ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- out over the table and I recognized a large purple dildo from ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- Teacher’s College. It turns out that the presenter was a guest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- speaker in one of my instructional classes. I left after learning about ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- “The Pussy Plunger” and “The Vulcan Clit Grip” (I may have made ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- those names up myself) but I did not say goodbye. I wasn’t sure if ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- starting a conversation with, “Hey! I recognized your purple dildo ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- from Teacher’s College. You were my teacher for a day! How’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- your husband?” would have gone over well ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- #forthefirsttimeinforever. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-3. The [XXX] won and I’ve lost a bet so I think I’m going to try the gay. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- I probably should have seen the signs; my private browser history ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- is chalk-full of lesbian films and Bernie said that because all my ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- cousins are girls who painted my nails when I was young, I have a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- better chance at successful gaydom. I may run for political office; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- I’ve heard they get free dental and parking spots #rumoursthough. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- You can refer to me as a Gay-In-Training (“GIT” for short), Your ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- information to compliment my wonderfully practical experiences. The first ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- girl I ever liked was an Iranian girl who didn’t shave her armpits, I though ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- the guitarist from The Smashing Pumpkins was an attractive female and I ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- had a one-night-stand with a girl at a wedding when later that same week, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- her grandmother died. Now, club promoters are confusing my friends and I ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- for a walking orgy and my colleagues have taken an opportunity or two to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf: question my sexuality. I started from the bottom and now I’m here. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- There is a burlesque show in March of 2016 hosted by a company called ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- Monde Osé. They specialize in hetero/homo/bi multicultural experiences. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- It may be something some staff members could use to take a step outside ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- of their respective comfort zones. On the way home, I third-wheeled a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- date with two lesbian friends at a restaurant called The Warehouse on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- Queen St. It’s a really fun place and everything on the menu (minus ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- drinks) is $4.95. If burlesque isn’t your thing, you could try this place ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- instead. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- I Kissed a Girl and I Liked it, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- Mr. Wigildy-Wobbly-Walla-Walla-Bing-Bang ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- #letitgo ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- Andrew Weglarz, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:Ms. Dahl testified that the “entire email raises concerns” because of its sexual content ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-and negative stereotypes of the gay community. She found it highly offensive and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-“shocking” that he would send this email instead of meeting with the owner. She was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-also concerned because the School has a number of LGBTQ students for whom school ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-should be a safe environment. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Ms. Kemp’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Lauren Janette Kemp, OCT, joined the School in August 2015 as an ESL teacher. She ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-met the Member at a staff meeting before the school year commenced and they ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:discussed sexual education resources. He subsequently requested those resources by ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-email. On Saturday, October 17, 2015, she received the email sent to the whole ESL ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-department (Exhibit 8). She was “shocked” and couldn’t understand “what would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-possess someone to send an email like this” because it was “targeted towards women ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:and sex”. When she subsequently received the next two emails (Exhibit 10), she ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-became concerned for her safety because the Member emailed her privately and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-seemed comfortable posing “wildly inappropriate questions” to her. On the following ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Monday, she saw the Member in the photocopy room and experienced such fear that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-she locked her classroom door that day. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-She received the November 2 email (Exhibit 11) and felt it was “intentional”, “wildly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:inappropriate because of its sexual nature” and contained homophobic comments and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-comments reflecting negative views about women. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The Member was initially suspended because the School’s owner was travelling. He ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-was subsequently fired. Ms. Kemp said she would have quit if the Member returned to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-the School because he made her feel so uncomfortable. His conduct left a “lasting ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-impact” on her and re-reading his emails makes her realize how serious it was. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the evidence presented to the Panel proves each of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing, on a balance of probabilities. College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Counsel therefore submitted that the Panel should find that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-College Counsel cited the professional and ethical standards for the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-at section 32 of the Bylaws of the Ontario College of Teachers. In particular, she noted ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-the obligation to “promote and participate in the creation of collaborative, safe and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-supportive learning communities” at section 32.01(d) and the ethical standards of care, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-respect, trust and integrity at section 32.02. She also cited the College’s Professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Advisory on the Use of Electronic Communication and Social Media and, in particular, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-the warning at p. 5 that misuse of electronic communications could have serious ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-disciplinary consequences. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-She submitted that the Member’s conduct and emails clearly demonstrate the alleged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-professional misconduct, noting that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-  he was aggressive and dismissive towards Ms. Dahl when she raised valid ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- complaints about his teaching and he unfairly questioned her leadership; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:  his emails were shocking and frightening, contained misogynistic, sexual and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- homophobic content and targeted many individuals at the School; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-  he admitted sending the emails so the only issue is whether the emails constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- professional misconduct; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-in the transcript of the motion (Exhibit L to Ms. Lacroix’s affidavit at p. 12, lines 21-23) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-and referenced in the Panel’s decision (Exhibit M to Ms. Lacroix’s affidavit at p. 10). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Contested Facts ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-As College Counsel submitted, the central issue in this proceeding is whether the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Member’s emails to colleagues and staff constituted professional misconduct, as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-alleged in the Notice of Hearing. Having considered the oral, affidavit and documentary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-evidence, the Panel made the factual findings set out below. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf: 1) The Member sent emails on or about October 17, 2015 containing sexually ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- explicit content and/or language to colleagues at the School ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:The Panel finds that the Member sent emails on October 17, 2015 containing sexually ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-explicit content and language to colleagues at the School, as alleged at paragraph 3 of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The Member sent three emails on October 17, 2015: Exhibit 8 was an email to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-entire ESL and English departments at the School and Exhibit 10 was two emails to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Lauren Kemp alone. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:Exhibit 8 contains the following sexually explicit content and language: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-  “the attack [of the North Korean hacker group] pushed me to pursue my interest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- in the dance choreography from Magic Mike XXL and learn to “tell lies with my ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- hips” (figuratively speaking of course)”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-  “newly created pelvic language and paddles from 50 Shades of Grey”; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-  “On a professional note, “The Everything To Do With Sex Show” is this weekend. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- I’ve already bought a weekend pass and have perused the schedule. There will ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- be Burlesque Shows, lingerie, whips, swings and dildos. They’ll have more dildos ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf: than Bubba Gump has shrimp. You can meet male and female porn stars for ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- autographs and photos. I went a few years ago and was hoping to have a picture ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- taken of me smelling Ron Jeremy’s finger but then I decided that I probably didn’t ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- want to be smelling Ron Jeremy’s finger. Tickets are pretty cheap ($26 for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- weekend) and if you’re looking to make things more interesting with your special ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- someone or trying to find something to help make things interesting with ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- someone, it’s a great place to find resources. Think about it.” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The language is explicitly sexual, with references to “50 Shades of Grey” (an erotic ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-novel featuring sadism/masochism sexual practices), “Burlesque Shows”, “lingerie, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:whips, swings and dildos” (sexual toys), “male and female porn stars” and “Ron Jeremy” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:(a pornographic actor). The content is also explicitly sexual as the Member graphically ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-describes “The Everything to do with Sex Show” to his colleagues and exhorts them to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-attend with their “special someone” or to “make things interesting with someone”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:Exhibit 10 contains the following sexually explicit content and language: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:  “I would like to hear your views on sex” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:  “Do you see sex as something that a woman has and something that a man gets ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- to have?” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:  “Do you think every man should appreciate any sex that he can have?” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:  “Is sex like pizza (even when it’s bad, it’s still good)?” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-  “From a female perspective, can you describe the dynamic between man and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- woman? More specifically, should men always pursue and should women always ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- be coy?” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-  “When is dressing in revealing clothing empowering and when is dressing in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- revealing clothing objectifying?” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:The Member had no professional purpose in soliciting his colleague’s views on sex and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-the language he used is highly provocative. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2) The Member sent an email on or about November 2, 2015 containing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf: sexually explicit content and/or language to colleagues and administration ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- at the School ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The Panel finds that the Member sent an email on November 2, 2015 containing ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:sexually explicit content and language to colleagues and administration at the School, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-as alleged at paragraph 4 of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The November 2, 2015 email (Exhibit 11) has been reproduced under the section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:describing Ms. Dahl’s testimony. The language of Exhibit 11 is explicitly sexual with its ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-references to “women’s lingerie”, “cunnilingus”, “dildos”, tongue kissing, “orgy” and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:“burlesque”. The content is equally sexual, with its graphic description of “The Sex ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:Show”, comparison of teachers to sex workers and suggestion that staff attend a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:burlesque show. Furthermore, the comments about homosexuals and lesbians are ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-homophobic and contain negative stereotypes, and the comments about “scantily clad ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-women” are misogynistic. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); he committed acts that, having ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-subsection 1(18); and, he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 1) The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Although no expert evidence was provided to prove that the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-breached the standards of the profession, the Panel accepts College Counsel’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-submission that expert evidence was not required in this case because the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:sexually explicit, misogynistic and homophobic emails are so egregious that they are ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-self-evidently misconduct.1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The Member’s emails clearly breached the professional and ethical standards at section ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-32 of the Bylaws of the Ontario College of Teachers. The content and language was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-incompatible with the “collaborative, safe and supportive learning communities” the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Member was obliged to promote in accordance with section 32.01(d). Furthermore, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-emails breached the ethical standards in section 32.02. In particular, the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-violated the standards of respect, trust and integrity expected of teachers in their ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-professional relationships. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- See Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508, at para. 71. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The College’s Professional Advisory on the Use of Electronic Communication and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Social Media states, at p. 5, that “Inappropriate online, email and telephone ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-conversations between members and others, including students, colleagues, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-parents/guardians, employers, family and friends, expose members to the possibility of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:disciplinary action.” The sexually explicit, misogynistic and homophobic language and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-content of the emails was clearly inappropriate and constitutes misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The emails are so extreme as to raise questions about the Member’s [XXX] at the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-material time. Indeed, Ms. Dahl and Ms. Kemp testified about their concerns as well as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-those of their colleagues. The Panel relayed their own concern to College Counsel on ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-this very issue. However, the Panel accepts the fact that the Member did not provide the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-College with any [XXX] so as to treat this matter as a [XXX]. The Member’s conduct was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-extremely disruptive; he frightened his colleagues and provoked concern about what he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-may have expressed to his students. The College was required to take action. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The Panel accepts Independent Legal Counsel’s advice that if the College is unable to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-resolve its concerns within the [XXX] stream, the College may address the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-conduct via the misconduct stream. The Panel also accepts Independent Legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Counsel’s advice that a finding outside the allegations in the Notice of Hearing would be ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-procedurally unfair to the Member and that it is appropriate to proceed as a disciplinary ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-matter. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2) The Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with section 32 of the Bylaws of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers, as described above. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 3) The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1)(d) of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Education Act, which provides that a teacher is obliged “to assist in developing co- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-operation and co-ordination of effort among the members of the staff of the school”. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Member was aggressive and dismissive with Ms. Dahl when she raised concerns about ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-his teaching methods, instead of co-operating with her to ensure his ESL class was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-consistent with other ESL classes. The emails deeply upset School staff and made ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-them feel uncomfortable and frightened. Sending disturbing and offensive emails to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-colleagues is incompatible with developing co-operation and co-ordination among staff. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 4) The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct and emails would reasonably be regarded ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:by members as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. The sexually explicit, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-misogynistic and homophobic content and tone of the emails was highly inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-and unprofessional. Communications between teachers should always be respectful ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-and avoid personal comments which may be interpreted as offensive. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-emails were extremely disrespectful and offensive. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 5) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-The Panel finds that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf:teaching profession by sending highly offensive emails to School staff with sexually ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-explicit, misogynistic and homophobic content. In so doing, the Member undermined the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-reputation of the teaching profession and the trust and confidence that the public places ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-in teachers. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-THE EVIDENCE ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-College Counsel called Dr. Philip Klassen as an expert witness for the penalty phase of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-the hearing. Dr. Klassen is a [XXX] and Vice-President, [XXX]at [XXX]. He is an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Assistant Professor in the [XXX] at the University of Toronto. He also has a private ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-practice in [XXX]. He estimated that he has testified in court, on dangerous offender ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-applications and before disciplinary tribunals more than 1000 times. The Panel qualified ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Dr. Klassen as an expert witness and marked his May 11, 2019 report as Exhibit 14. A ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-copy of this report was served on the Member by email on May 31, 2019 (Exhibit Q to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Ms. Lacroix’s affidavit) and acknowledged by the Member in a responding email (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-R to Ms. Lacroix’s affidavit). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-Dr. Klassen opined that, on the basis of a paper review, he was not in a position to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-determine whether the Member was suffering from a [XXX] or whether he may [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-however, he believed the Member’s emails and conduct were sufficiently concerning as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-to warrant further inquiry. He recommended that the Member receive a [XXX] performed ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf-by a [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-on July 25, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-[2] Albert Chi Cheong Ngai (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-A. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-[3] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated October 2, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-2015 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-B. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-[4] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-1. At all material times, Albert Chi Cheong Ngai was a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] Teacher and taught [XXX] at the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- [XXX] (the “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-3. The School is an alternative high school offering an [XXX] School program ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- for students ages [XXX] years [XXX]. It operates on a quadmestered ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- system and each quad lasts for nine weeks: Quad 1 runs from the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- beginning of September to November, Quad 2 from November to the end ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- of January, Quad 3 from February to April, and Quad 4 from April to June. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-4. The Student was registered in the [XXX] School program beginning in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- April 2012. Between the spring of 2012 and the spring of 2013, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Student completed 9 credits, and she graduated with her Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Secondary School Diploma (“OSSD”) on or about April 19, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-2011-2012 and 2012-2013 School Years: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-5. The Student enrolled in the School on or about April 24, 2012. She ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- completed two courses between April and June 2012. One of those ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- courses was the Member’s [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-6. During the summer of 2012, the Member and the Student began to see ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- each other socially, which led to a personal relationship that developed ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf: into a romantic and sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-7. In or around August or September 2012, the Student became [XXX]. She ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- informed the Member that she was [XXX] in early September 2012, right ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- after she found out [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-8. In September 2012, the Student returned to the School for the 2012-2013 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- school year in order to complete her OSSD. She completed two courses in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- the first quad between September and November 2012. She was enrolled ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- in three courses during the second quad: [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-9. In the second quad, the Student dropped [XXX] and switched into an ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- optional Grade [XXX] class taught by the Member. She completed it ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- together with [XXX] between November 2012 and January 2013. She ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- completed two more courses during the third quad at the School between ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- February and April, including [XXX] which she required to graduate, and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- she graduated with her OSSD on or about April 19, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-10. Throughout the 2012-2013 school year, including while the Student was in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- the Member’s [XXX] class between November 2012 and January 2013, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- the Member and the Student continued to have contact outside of school ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- for the purposes of [XXX]. The also engaged in discussions about the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- nature of their relationship and arrangements [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf:11. The Member and the Student did not engage in sexual intercourse during ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-12. The Student recalls that approximately three months before [XXX], she ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- and the Member decided they would build a life together with [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-13. The Student and the Member welcomed [XXX] in mid-May, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-14. In July 2013, the Member and the Student moved in together. They ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- remain in a committed [XXX] relationship. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-Disclosure of Relationship: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-15. During the 2012-2013 school year, the Member did not disclose to any ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- colleagues, members of the administration, or any Board officials that he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- was carrying on a personal relationship with the Student or that she was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-16. During the 2012-2013 school year, the Student never revealed to anyone ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- at the School, except the Member, that the Member was the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- However, she spoke about her [XXX] with one of her teachers, Colleague ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- A, who was a Program Leader at the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-17. Colleague A had provided her students with her Board email address, in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- case they wanted to ask her questions. In early June 2013, the Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- emailed Colleague A to share with her that [XXX] and everyone was fine. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-18. In September 2013, the Student again emailed Colleague A, at which time ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- she disclosed that the Member was the [XXX] and that she and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Member were living together. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-19. When Colleague A received the Student’s email, she shared it with the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Principal of the School. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-Board Investigation: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-20. The Member was placed on home assignment pending investigation, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- effective September 19, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-21. Police were contacted and, after they spoke with the Student and the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Member, determined there were no criminal issues because the Student ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- was an adult and the relationship was consensual. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-22. The Board appointed an investigator to investigate the matter. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-23. The Student advised the Board investigator that she started to see the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Member outside of the School in the summer of 2012, and that she was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- [XXX] and dating him while taking his [XXX] class from November 2012 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- January 2013. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-24. The Member was interviewed by the Board investigator in the presence of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- his union representative on November 14, 2013. When asked specifically ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- about his relationship with the Student during the 2012-2013 school year, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- the Member’s comments included: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf: (a) he engaged in a sexual relationship with the Student in the summer ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- of 2012; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (b) he and the Student understood that for the school year 2012-2013, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- they had to minimize their contact at the School; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (c) they met on occasion for [XXX] and he was fairly supportive during ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (d) they were very discreet in their relationship; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (e) they minimized their personal contact and had not continued their ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf: sexual relationship while she was taking his class; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (f) he did not know she would be enrolled in his class until she sat ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- down in his class; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (g) when they found out she was [XXX], the Member advised the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Student to wait a year before continuing her studies, but she was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- adamant that she wanted to pursue her goal and complete her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- diploma; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (h) it was not ideal for the Student to be in his class, but he was the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- only teacher teaching the [XXX] course, and he could not state a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- reason why she could not be in his class; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (i) he did not tell anyone in the administration about the possible ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- conflict because “mentioning the reason would have created a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- conflict”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (j) he led the class as objectively as possible; he was determined to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- treat the Student as he would any other student, and he minimized ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- their contact in class, unless she had a specific question; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (k) other than the Student, he had never attempted to or initiated a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf: sexual relationship with any other adult student. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-25. The Member acknowledged he was aware of, but had not read, the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- College’s Professional Advisory: Professional Misconduct Related to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct (“Advisory”). He was aware that a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf: sexual relationship with a student was unacceptable. However, he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- believed this related to situations where the student was under 18 years of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- age, and did not realize it applied regardless of the student’s age. He was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- not aware of the expectation in the Advisory that “members of the College ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- should consult their employer’s policies to ensure that they are familiar ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- with all expectations and obligations that may exist in their particular ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- workplaces and communities related to the contents of this professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- advisory”. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- College’s Professional Advisory, Professional Misconduct Related to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct, September 27, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-26. The Member was aware of the existence of the Board’s Operational ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Procedure PR560, Abuse and Neglect of Students. However, he had not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- read Part B: Sexual Misconduct by a Board Employee and, therefore, was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- not aware that the ban applied to students of any age during the course of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- the professional relationship, and applied for a period of one year after the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- professional relationship between teacher and student ceased. Attached ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the TDSB Operational ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Procedure PR.560, Part B.1. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-27. The Member understood he “made a mistake in allowing a friendly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- relationship with a student develop out of the restricted boundaries”, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- however, because the Student was a consenting adult who was about to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- graduate, he mistakenly felt it would not present a conflict. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-28. The Board advised the Member by letter dated May 12, 2014, that it had ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- completed its investigation and had determined the following: he engaged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf: in a sexual relationship with a student at the conclusion of the course he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- taught her; the student became [XXX] in August 2012; the student took ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- another course taught by the Member from November 2012 to the end of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- January 2013 while [XXX] and while they were involved in a relationship; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- and, he failed to notify school administration of the conflict of interest he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- had with the student. The Board advised the Member that his actions were ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- “both unprofessional and unbefitting a secondary school teacher”, and that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- a recommendation would be made for his dismissal from employment. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Attached as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the Board’s Letter to the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- dated May 12, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-29. By letter dated May 15, 2014, the Member was advised that his ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- employment with the Board had been terminated for just cause, effective ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- May 15, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 30. By this document,1 the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- accept as correct the facts and exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 31. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 1(18), and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that the alleged ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf: conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 32. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- College and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- For the purposes of paragraphs 30 and 32, this “document” refers to the Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 33. The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 34. In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-C. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-[5] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on July 25, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-2019 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-D. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-[6] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-29 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. The Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set out above. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf:Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in a personal and sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-relationship with a female student who was enrolled at the School in order to complete ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-her high school diploma. He taught the student immediately prior to the commencement ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-of the relationship and he taught the student afterwards without disclosing the nature of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-the relationship to the School’s administrators. As a teacher at the School and, in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-particular, as a teacher of the Student, he stood in a position of trust and authority to her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf:which was highly incompatible with a sexual relationship. Accordingly, his conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf:constituted sexual abuse, and fell below the standards and expectations of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-E. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-[7] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on July 25, 2019, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Member, which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-F. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf:[8] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-abuse of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-orders. The Panel notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel denounces ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf-the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- À deux ou trois reprises, outre les rencontres mentionnées au ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- paragraphe 8, J.L. a invité l’élève chez lui, où ils demeuraient pendant ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- environ 45 minutes. Ils s’assoyaient au comptoir de cuisine et parlaient de ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- choses et d’autres. J.L. préparait des sandwiches au fromage fondu et ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- 2020 CanLII 123946 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- montrait ses toiles à l’élève. ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- À certaines occasions mentionnées aux paragraphes 8 et 10, l’élève a pris ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- J.L. dans ses bras et, parfois, l’a embrassé sur la joue en descendant de sa ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- voiture. L’élève avait l’impression que cela mettait J.L. mal à l’aise, et ce ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- dernier ne lui a jamais rendu la pareille, se contentant de lui tapoter la joue ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- une fois. Il n’y a eu aucun autre contact physique entre eux. Cependant, ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- lorsque l’élève a dit qu’un de ses camarades de classe lui avait demandé ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- pourquoi elle allait au campus d’une autre école, J.L. lui a répondu qu’elle ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- n’avait rien à craindre tant qu’elle ne verrait pas la police lui passer les ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- menottes. À partir de ce moment-là, l’élève s’est demandé si ses rencontres ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- avec J.L. étaient en quelque sorte illégales. ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- Alors qu’ils discutaient du [XXX] anniversaire de l’élève, J.L. a dit qu’il ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- appliquerait des étoiles luminescentes au plafond de son salon, une chose ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- dont elle avait toujours rêvé. Il a ajouté, sans expliquer ce qu’il voulait dire, ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- qu’il ferait quelque chose qui ferait intervenir les cinq sens. ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- Cette relation a été dévoilée en mars[XXX], lorsque l’élève a été observée ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- en train d’essayer de se cacher alors qu’elle occupait le siège avant de la ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- voiture de J.L., qui était passé la prendre au[XXX] d’une [XXX]avoisinante. ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- Le directeur d’école lui ayant demandé des explications, l’élève a d’abord ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- tout nié, mais a ensuite dévoilé tout ce qui s’était passé. Elle a ensuite été ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf: interrogée par la division de l’agression sexuelle et de la violence faite aux ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- enfants de la police d’Ottawa-Carleton et a à nouveau décrit les ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- événements susmentionnés. ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- J.L. a été suspendu de l’Ottawa-Carleton Catholic District School Board ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- pour l’année scolaire[XXX] . Il a entrepris une procédure de grief, et une ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- audience d’arbitrage a eu lieu sous la direction de M. Brian Keller, arbitre, ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- le 1er septembre 1999 et le 18 octobre 1999. À cette audience, l’élève a fait ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- un témoignage conforme à ses déclarations à la police. L’arbitre a limité la ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- suspension à 10 semaines; ses motifs ont été remis au comité. ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- J.L. reconnaît que les actes susmentionnés représentent une faute ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- professionnelle, et plaide coupable aux allégations contenues dans l’avis ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- d’audience, à savoir qu’il aurait enfreint les paragraphes 1 (5), (7), (15), ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- (18), et (19) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-[9] Afin de parvenir à une sanction appropriée, le sous-comité a entendu des ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-témoignages concernant la conduite de M. Lamarche. En particulier, le sous-comité a ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf:entendu le témoignage d’une experte dans le domaine des agressions sexuelles sur les ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-adolescents et celui d’une experte en psychologie appliquée. Les deux expertes ont ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- 2020 CanLII 123946 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf:reconnu que M. Lamarche n’avait pas eu de relation sexuelle avec l’élève, mais elles se ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-sont inquiétées du fait que l’enseignant avait adopté un comportement de pédopiégeage ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-qui aurait pu mener à une relation abusive plus tard. ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-[10] Par conséquent, un sous-comité du comité de discipline a conclu que ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-M. Lamarche avait commis une faute professionnelle, en contravention des ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-paragraphes 1 (5), 1 (7)1, 1 (15), 1 (18) et 1 (19) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97, et a ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-enjoint au registraire de révoquer son certificat. ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-C. LA PREUVE ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-(1) Le témoignage de M. Lamarche présenté à l’audience de remise en vigueur ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-[11] M. Lamarche a soumis une déclaration personnelle au sous-comité en faveur de ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-sa remise en vigueur (pièce 4), dans laquelle il a exprimé des remords sincères et a ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-assumé la responsabilité de ses actes. Il a reconnu que son comportement était le résultat ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-d’un mauvais jugement et de décisions lamentables. Il a ensuite fourni un contexte pour ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-aider le sous-comité à comprendre son comportement. Il a expliqué qu’il avait connu un ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-grand succès dès le début de sa carrière, ce qu’il a tenu pour acquis. Il a révélé qu’au ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-moment des faits, il avait un très grave problème[XXX] qui a entrainé son divorce, la ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-destruction de sa carrière et qui l’a isolé de sa famille et de ses amis. ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-1Au moment des faits, le paragraphe 1 (7) qualifiait de faute professionnelle le fait d'«infliger à un ou ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf:plusieurs élèves des mauvais traitements d'ordre physique, sexuel, verbal, psychologique ou affectif». ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- le temps écoulé depuis la faute professionnelle; ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- les efforts de réadaptation de M. Lamarche; ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- 2020 CanLII 123946 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- la probabilité que M. Lamarche répète la faute professionnelle; ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- l’effet de la remise en vigueur sur la confiance du public envers la ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- profession; ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- si la sanction initiale a atteint son objectif; ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- si M. Lamarche possède les aptitudes et les compétences nécessaires pour ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- enseigner. ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-[27] L’avocate de l’Ordre a présenté des observations sur chacun des huit facteurs et ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-a finalement demandé au sous-comité de rejeter la demande. ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-[28] Tout d’abord, elle a fait valoir que l’Ordre devrait accorder une grande importance ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-à la faute professionnelle antérieure de M. Lamarche et au fait que le comité de discipline ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-ait décidé de révoquer son certificat. La nature de la faute professionnelle de ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-M. Lamarche était une relation inappropriée avec une jeune élève impressionnable. Bien ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf:que la faute professionnelle ne consiste pas en de mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel, ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-des témoins experts ont exprimé la crainte que le comportement de M. Lamarche puisse ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf:être considéré comme une préparation à une relation sexuelle. L’avocate de l’Ordre a ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-noté que, bien que la conduite de l’enseignant ne soit pas un cas de révocation clairement ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-défini, le sous-comité dans cette affaire ne peut pas ignorer qu’un ancien sous-comité de ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-discipline ait choisi d’ordonner la sanction la plus grave à sa disposition. ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-[29] Ensuite, l’Ordre n’a eu aucun problème avec l’attitude de M. Lamarche au moment ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-de la demande. L’avocate de l’Ordre a déclaré que ce dernier était le mieux placé pour ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf-démontrer ses qualités morales au sous-comité. ./ontario-cases/2020canlii123946.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Vincer 2020 ONOCT 116 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Date: 2020-01-04 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Thomas Steven Vincer, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- THOMAS STEVEN VINCER (REGISTRATION #164745) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-PANEL: Nicola Powadiuk, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Benoît Dussault, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-HEARD: December 9, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-Jason Bennett, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-No one appearing for Thomas Steven Vincer ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- By order of Justice P. Solomon of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-on December 9, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-[2] Thomas Steven Vincer (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-have legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BANS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. On behalf of Student 1, who was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf:allegedly sexually abused, College Counsel also requested a publication ban pursuant ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act. The Panel therefore ordered that no person shall ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-publish the identity of or any information that could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-[4] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the transcript of the Plea and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-Facts from the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice P. Solomon, dated April 6, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-2018 (Exhibit 3 at Tab C). In these proceedings before the Ontario Court of Justice, an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-order restricting publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-could identify the victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not be published in any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated July 31, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- defined in the Act in that he: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (a) failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- degree of professional competence and to uphold the honour, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- dignity, and ethical standards of the teaching profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- section 13 (General Duties of Members) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 63/55, as amended, made pursuant to section 12 of the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Profession Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 495, as amended (the “TPA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Regulation”); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (b) failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- relations with pupils, contrary to subsection 14(d) of the TPA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (c) failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- were under his care, contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (d) failed to comply with subsection 235(1)(c) (Duties of a Teacher) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 129; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf: (e) engaged in sexual abuse of a student, as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (f) contravened a law, which contravention is relevant to the member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (g) contravened a law, which contravention has caused or may cause ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- a student who is under the member’s professional supervision to be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- subsection 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 1. The Member is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Member’s Registered ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Member Information summary from the College’s public register. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 2. On February 27, 2018, the Member’s membership status with the College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- was changed to “Retired”. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 3. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Simcoe Muskoka ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Catholic District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 4. In 1984 - 1985, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old male student of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- School and a student of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 5. On several occasions between July 1, 1984 and June 30, 1986 the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf: Member engaged in sexual touching of Student 1 and/or engaged in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf: behaviour of a sexual nature towards Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 6. On September 13, 2017, Student 1, then [XXX] years old, reported these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- events to the Ontario Provincial Police. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 7. On September 14, 2017, the Member was placed under arrest by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Ontario Provincial Police. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 8. On September 15, 2017, the Member submitted his resignation to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Board, effective September 29, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 9. On September 29, 2017, the Barrie Police Service charged the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- with: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf: (a) one count of sexual assault of Student 1 between July 1, 1984 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- June 30, 1986, contrary to section 246.1 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (b) one count of gross indecency with Student 1 between July 1, 1984 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- and June 30, 1986, contrary to section 157, of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 10. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Information of Peace Officer Jason Storey of the Barrie Police Service ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- dated September 29, 2017 setting out the criminal charges against the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Member, along with a list of the Member’s appearances in Court and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- final disposition of the charges against him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-11. On April 6, 2018, the Member pleaded guilty to, and was found guilty of, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf: the sexual assault charge. The gross indecency charge was withdrawn at ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- the request of the Crown. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- a certified copy of the transcript of the Plea and Facts before the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Honourable Justice J. Bliss, dated April 6, 2019. The facts giving rise to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- the Member’s guilty plea are set out in the transcript. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-12. On January 9, 2019, the Member was sentenced to an 18-month custodial ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- sentence, to be followed by one year of probation, and was made subject ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- to a number of ancillary orders. Attached as Appendix “D” is a certified ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- copy of the Reasons for Sentence before the Honourable Justice J. Bliss, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- dated January 9, 2019. Attached as Appendix “E” are certified copies of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Prohibition Order and an Adult Probation Order, both dated January 9, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-13. The Member did not appeal his conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-14. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- appendices referred to in paragraphs 1 to 13 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-15. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 5 and 9-12 above constitute conduct that is professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- being more particularly breaches of: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (a) section 13 (General Duties of Members) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 63/55, as amended, made pursuant to section 12 of the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Profession Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 495, as amended (the “TPA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Regulation”), namely that the Member failed to uphold the honour, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- dignity, and ethical standards of the teaching profession; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (b) subsection 14(d) of the TPA Regulation, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- relations with pupils; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (c) subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- failed to concern himself with the welfare of pupils while they were ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- under his care; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- (d) subsection 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 129, as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- amended, namely that the Member failed to inculcate by precept ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- and example respect for religion and the principles of Judaeo- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Christian morality and the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-[7] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-outlined in paragraph (e) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf:sexual abuse of a student, as defined in Section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on December 9, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-2019 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-contrary to section 13 and subsections 14(d) and 14(f) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-subsection 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 129; and subsections 1(16) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 made under the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-1 to 13 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-set out above. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf:[10] The Panel notes that the Member’s underlying conduct in this matter – the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf:touching of Student 1 and/or sexual behaviour toward Student 1 – gives rise to findings ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-made pursuant to the TPA Regulation and the Education Act, 1980, which were in effect ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-at the time of the Member’s misconduct. The fact of the Member’s guilty plea and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-finding of guilt before the Ontario Court of Justice on April 6, 2018 gives rise to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-findings of professional misconduct under the current legislation: Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-437/97, subsections 1(16) and 1(17). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-[11] The Admitted Facts demonstrate that between July 1, 1984 and June 30, 1986 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf:the Member engaged in sexual touching of Student 1 and/or engaged in behaviour of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf:sexual nature towards Student 1 on multiple occasions. On April 6, 2018 the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf:pleaded guilty to, and was found guilty of, sexual assault in relation to Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf:contrary to section 246.1 of the Criminal Code. The Member’s repeated sexual touching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf:of Student 1 and/or behaviour of a sexual nature toward Student 1 clearly demonstrates ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-that the Member failed to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-profession, thereby contravening section 13 of the TPA Regulation. Through this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-conduct, the Member failed to show consistent justice in all his relations with pupils and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-failed to concern himself with the welfare of pupils when he abused his position of trust ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-in an egregious manner, thereby contravening subsections 14(d) and (f) of the TPA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-Regulation. Similarly, the Member’s conduct demonstrates that he contravened section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-235(1)(c) of the Education Act, 1980, in that he failed to act as an appropriate role ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf:model. The criminal conviction on one count of sexual assault demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-Member contravened a law relevant to the Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-qualification and registration. The contravention of this law has caused or may cause a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-student who is under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-risk. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-[15] The Panel also accepts that an oral reprimand is appropriate in this case. By ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf:repeatedly engaging in the sexual touching of a student, the Member egregiously ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-abused his position of trust and authority as a teacher. The Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-completely disregarded Student 1’s safety and wellbeing. The reprimand will allow the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession. The Panel notes that, because the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-Member did not attend the hearing, he did not receive his reprimand immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-following the hearing as the Joint Submission on Penalty stipulates. Therefore, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-Member must schedule a date with the Tribunals Office to receive his reprimand in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-person at the College. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-[16] The Panel is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf-Date: January 4, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Nicola Powadiuk, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Benoît Dussault, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Caine 2020 ONOCT 121 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- Date: 2020-01-04 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 121 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS ON MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- Mark Anthony Caine, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- MARK ANTHONY CAINE (REGISTRATION #276494) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-PANEL: Vicki Shannon, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- Colleen Landers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- Claudia Patenaude-Daniels, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-HEARD: December 16, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-Shane D’Souza and Noam Uri, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-Lucas E. Lung, for Mark Anthony Caine ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-on December 16, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-[2] Mark Anthony Caine (the “Member”) did not attend the motion hearing but had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 121 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-legal representation for the purposes of this motion. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-[3] On April 1, 2019, the Panel found that the Member engaged in professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-misconduct. The Panel found that the Member contravened subsections 1(5), 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The penalty ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-phase of the hearing was scheduled to take place on December 16, 2019. However, on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-December 16, 2019, the Member instead brought a motion to adjourn the penalty phase ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-of the hearing (the “Member’s Motion”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-[4] A publication ban had already been ordered pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-32.1(4) and of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”). Accordingly, no ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-evidence in a hearing, or the person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf:of the sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-B. SUBMISSIONS OF COUNSEL FOR THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-[5] Member’s Counsel submitted that he had expected to attend on December 16, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-2019 to have the penalty portion of this hearing dealt with, but that the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf-terminated his retainer on December 15, 2019. Member’s Counsel stated that after the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- subsection 1(18);1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (e) engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 122 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- 1. Thomas Albert Shackleton, OCT is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- Member’s Registered Member Information summary from the College’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- public register. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- 3. During the 2016-2017 academic year, the Member taught Grade 11 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- Grade 12 chemistry at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- 4. During the 2016-2017 academic year, the Member made comments to or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- in relation to another teacher, [XXX]., including words to the effect of: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (a) on or about September 12, 2016, “You should pay half price,” in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- relation to the daycare costs for [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (b) on or about November 22, 2016, said that [XXX]. wore a low-cut ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- shirt to pass her Teacher Performance Appraisal; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (c) on or about February 13, 2017, called [XXX]., “[XXX] you [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- person”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (d) in or about the week of February 21, 2017, when another teacher ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- asked [XXX]. about the number of USB sticks that she and a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf: student teacher had, responded, “One for files, one for kiddie porn”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (e) on or about March 28, 2017, repeatedly called [XXX]. “sweetheart”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (f) on or about April 18, 2017, told [XXX]. that he would pick her up ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- and throw her to get access to the photocopier; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- Allegation narrowed to unprofessional only (and not disgraceful or dishonourable). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (g) called [XXX]. a XXX[. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf-5. On or about January 24, 2017, the Member held his fist in front of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- face in a manner that suggested that the Member might punch her and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- said, “I can be mad at you,” or words to that effect. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 122 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf-6. Also during the 2016-2017 academic year, the Member made comments ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- to colleagues, including words to the effect of: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (a) on or about September 21, 2016, said that Individual Education ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- Plans were “bullshit”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (b) in or about November and December 2016, said in relation to a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- school caretaker with a physical disability: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (i) “set a leg-hold trap for him”; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (ii) “if he stole something, well, he wouldn’t get very far”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (c) when speaking about students said, “if only I had my gun” and/or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- “that is when you grab your gun”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (d) on or about December 22, 2016, said that he would “gas” his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- students rather than take them to a talent show assembly and/or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- gave a detailed description of how he would use gas chambers on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- students; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (e) referred to students as “retards”, a “bunch of idiots” and/or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- “pansies” on more than one occasion; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (f) said to a student teacher with an Asian background who was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- eating, “aren’t you going to eat that with chopsticks?”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (g) referred to the curriculum leader of mathematics as a “fucking ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- asshole”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (h) in or about the week of February 21, 2017, told a female student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- teacher; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf: (i) not to watch “too much porn”; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf: (ii) to “make sure there are some women in [the porn]”; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (i) on or about May 23, 2017, called the School vice-principal a “dumb ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- bitch” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf-7. Also during the 2016-2017 academic year, the Member made comments ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- to students, including words to the effect of: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf-going to eat that with chopsticks?”; and, told a female student teacher not to watch “too ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf:much porn” and to “make sure there are some women in [the porn]”. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf-multiple instances of inappropriate behaviour directed at colleagues and students ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 122 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf-represents conduct that was unprofessional and unbecoming of a member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf-[11] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf-presented to the Panel. The Panel accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty and makes ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf-the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, which will be delivered in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- West, Toronto, Ontario prior to the Member commencing or returning to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- any position requiring a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the public register of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- 2. The Registrar is directed to impose the following terms, conditions and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- limitations on the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- and the fact of such terms, conditions and limitations is to be recorded on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- the Register until such time as they are fulfilled: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (a) prior to commencing or returning to any position requiring a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration, the Member shall enrol ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- in and successfully complete at his own expense, a course of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- instruction covering professional ethics and appropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- communications with students. The course shall be pre-approved ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- by the Registrar and be subject to the following conditions: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (i) the Member will provide to a course practitioner approved by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- the Registrar a copy of the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty documents ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- made exhibits at the hearing of this matter, and the Decision, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- Reasons for Decision and Order of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- (ii) upon review of the documents noted at paragraph (i) above, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- the course practitioner will provide to the Registrar, for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- approval, a syllabus for the proposed course which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- specifically addresses the Discipline Committee’s concerns ./ontario-cases/2020onoct122.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that John Barry MacDonald is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- (b) he abused a student verbally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- subsection 1(7);1 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- (c) he abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1);2 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- (d) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf: (e) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- thereunder, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the second Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-February 12, 2018 (Exhibit 2) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that John Barry MacDonald is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-3 Allegation withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Colleague A felt uncomfortable when, after she and her then-husband ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- separated, the Member repeatedly asked her how long since she “last had ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf: sex”. Initially Colleague A refused to respond. On one occasion in or around ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- February 2010, the Member asked her this question in the presence of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- another colleague, and when she responded, “do the math”, the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- made a disparaging comment and laughed, embarrassing Colleague A. At ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- the time, the Member was Colleague A’s Department Head. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- When the Member was walking behind Colleague A in the hallway one day, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- he commented, “Don’t worry, a lot of guys like a little junk in the trunk”. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Colleague A understood the Member’s comment to be a reference to her ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- buttocks. As a result of his comment, Colleague A insisted the Member walk ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ahead of her. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- During the 2014 staff Christmas party, the Member sent Colleague A a text ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- about a female colleague’s chest: “Have you ever looked at (colleague)’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- rack? She’s got massive knockers for a woman get [sic] size!!” The following ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- day, the Member asked Colleague A whether he had “drunk-texted” her at ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- the party. When Colleague A responded yes, the Member said, “well, what ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- do you think? Do you think they’re bigger since she had kids?” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- During the 2014-2015 school year, the Member made a number of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- disparaging remarks to Colleague A about another colleague. His ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- comments, borne out of frustration, were never made directly to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- colleague in question. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Colleague A never observed any concerning conduct by the Member in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- relation to students. However, over the years the Member made some ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- inappropriate remarks to her in relation to female students, such as who he ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- would date if he was a teenaged boy. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-Colleague B: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Colleague B was a female student at the School from[XXX]. She returned ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- to the School as a teacher in[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Colleague B had been the recipient of inappropriate comments and conduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- by the Member when she was a high school student at the School, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- beginning when the Member taught her Grade [XXX]. During her high ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- school years, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- (a) discussed personal interests with her and referred to her as a ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- “kindred spirit”; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- (b) teased her about her high grades; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- (c) talked to her about other students and colleagues; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- wanted to talk to him and suggested that he would stay away from her. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Colleague B accepted this resolution. Shortly thereafter, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- in the hallway where Colleague B’s classroom was, seemingly without ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- reason, causing Colleague B to walk around the School with a buddy ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- thereafter so that she would not be alone if the Member approached her. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-Board Investigation: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- By letter dated August 31, 2015, the Superintendent advised the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf: that the Board had determined that he did, “on multiple occasions, sexually ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- harass female teachers” at the School, and his “comments and actions” ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- were “both highly inappropriate and completely unacceptable, and in ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Board’s Code of ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Conduct, and the Board’s Workplace Harassment Policies and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Procedures”. The Member was advised that “in no way will the Board ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- tolerate [his] actions with regard to this matter”. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- suspended without pay for four days from September 21 to 24, 2015. In ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- addition, the Member was transferred to a new school, effective September ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- 3, 2015, and was required to complete sensitivity training within six months. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the Superintendent’s ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Letter to the Member dated August 31, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- 1(15), 1(18), 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a similar ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-underlying nature and confirms that a suspension is justified. The Member’s misconduct ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf:formed part of a concerning pattern of behaviour. He repeatedly sexually harassed female ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- 2019 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-colleagues and he made a student feel uncomfortable by making inappropriate comments ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-to her. The Member’s conduct demonstrates a serious lack of professional judgment. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-Teachers are expected to maintain appropriate boundaries with students and colleagues, ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-to treat students and colleagues with respect and professionalism, and to model positive ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-behaviour at all times. The Member repeatedly failed to meet these expectations. The ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-suspension will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-other members of the profession, making clear that the kind of misconduct the Member ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-exhibited is unacceptable. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-[21] The Panel is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf-Date: October 24, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Mary Ellen Gucciardi, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Shanlee Linton, OCT ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2019onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 125 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 1. Roshan Canagasaby is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Halton District ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as an elementary teacher at [XXX](the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- “School”) in Georgetown, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 3. During the 2014-2015 academic year, the Member was a Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- [XXX] teacher at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 4. At all material times, Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3 were female ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- students in the Member’s Grade [XXX] [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 5. At all material times, Student 4 was a female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 6. During the 2014-2015 school year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (a) made inappropriate comments to female students, including but not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- limited to: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (i) said and/or sang "We belong together" to Student 1, and/or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- continued to do so after being asked to stop; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 125 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (ii) told Students 3 and 4 that their arms and legs are "fit and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- strong". ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf: (b) had inappropriate sexual conversations with female students; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (c) showed an inappropriate music video to his class; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (d) asked one or more female students to perform to an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- dance routine to an inappropriate music video in class; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (e) stared at the chests and/or buttocks of one or more female ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- students; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (f) read lettering located on the clothing of one or more female ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- students' chests or buttock area out loud; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (g) took photographs and/or videos of one or more female students ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- with his personal cell phone; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (h) told Student 2 to lift her head up when she was doing push-ups so ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- that her chest area became more visible. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-7. During a school trip on or about June 18, 2015, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (a) wiped his sweat on two female students, Student 3 and Student 4; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (b) rubbed his head down the chest area of Student 3 and Student 4; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (c) ran his hand down the back of students, Student 1 and Student 4; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (d) touched his hand to the sides and/or thighs of Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-8. Student 2, Student 3 and Student 4 felt uncomfortable by the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- conduct described herein. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:9. The member did not have any sexual intent, but he agrees that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf: conduct was sexual in nature. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-10. By this document and for purposes of this proceeding only, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- admits the truth and accuracy of the facts and appendices referred to in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- paragraphs 1-9 above (the "Admitted Facts"). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 125 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-11. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further admits ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf: that the alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-12. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Agreed Statement of Facts being ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-13. The Member provides this guilty plea under protection of the Evidence ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this proceeding under ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, and for no other ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- purpose, and is without prejudice to him in any other proceeding. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Member’s guilty plea does not constitute an admission by the Member as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- to the facts or findings in any other civil, criminal or administrative ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 14. In light of the Agreed Statement of Facts and circumstances and the Guilty ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Plea, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 125 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-[6] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on January 20, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-[7] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-1 to 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in verbal, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:physical, emotional and sexual abuse of middle school female students. Although the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:Member denied having any “sexual intent”, the definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:the Act does not require intent and a finding of sexual abuse can be made regardless of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:a member’s intentions.1 The Member agreed that his inappropriate conduct was sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:in nature and met the definition of sexual abuse under the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- See Ontario College of Teachers v. Maloney, 2018 ONOCT 53. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:[8] Engaging in the sexual abuse of a student is a clear breach of the standards of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-the profession, which, among other things, require members to demonstrate their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-commitment to students’ well-being and learning through positive influence and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 125 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-professional judgment. The Member’s conduct in this case fell well below the standards ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:[9] The Member verbally, physically, emotionally and sexually abused students. In ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:particular, the Member had inappropriate sexual conversations with, and made sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-suggestive comments or gestures to one or more female students, including: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-commenting to Student 3 and Student 4 about their bodies; asking Student 2 to lift her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-head while performing push-ups so that he could see her chest; or otherwise drawing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-attention to, or staring at, female students’ chests and buttocks. This verbally abusive ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-conduct was completely inappropriate for a member who held a position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-authority over students. The Member also rubbed his head down the chest area of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-Student 3 and Student 4, ran his hand down the backs of Student 1 and Student 4, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-touched his hand on the sides and/or thighs of Student 3, and wiped his sweat on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-Student 3 and Student 4. This conduct constitutes physical abuse as the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-engaged in the intrusive and unwanted touching of students. Moreover, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-attention to the students’ bodies made Student 2, Student 3 and Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-uncomfortable. The Member also sang or repeated inappropriate song lyrics to Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-1 despite being asked to stop. This conduct which made students feel uncomfortable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:constitutes emotional abuse. Finally, as much of the above-noted conduct was sexual in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:nature, the Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was sexually abusive. The definition ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes touching, behaviour or remarks of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:sexual nature by a member towards a student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-[10] The Member’s abusive conduct demonstrates a significant breach of section 32 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 125 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-of the College’s by-laws in that the Member failed to meet the expectations of care, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-respect, trust and integrity, as articulated in the Ethical Standards for the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-Profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-[11] The Member’s abusive conduct contravenes section 264(1) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-which sets out the duties of a teacher. This provision requires that teachers exemplify ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-the highest regard for a number of virtues including truth, justice, humanity, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-benevolence and purity. The Member took advantage of his position of trust with young ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-female students and engaged in conduct that not only failed to prioritize their well-being, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:but constituted verbal, physical, emotional and sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-[12] Finally, the Member’s abusive conduct is disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-unprofessional. It demonstrates a profound lack of professional judgment and a failure ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-to act in the best interest of students, which violates the trust that parents, students and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-the public place in teachers. The Member’s conduct is unbecoming a member, in that it ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-undermines the reputation of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-[13] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on January 20, 2020 the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 1. The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 2. The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, and the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 125 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf:[14] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of, or included, the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-abuse of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) directing the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-Registrar to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and (2) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Panel. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel recognizes that it ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-may also order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-Panel, however, finds it reasonable to maintain the statutory minimum penalty and not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-order costs or a fine in this case in light of the Member’s participation in the hearing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-process, as well as the Member’s guilty plea and joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-[15] The Panel denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf-Date: January 22, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct125.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-proceedings before the Ontario Court of Justice, an order restricting publication was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-made pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The Panel is required ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 131 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-or a witness involved in this matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[7] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated July 31, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Kevin Ho-Wai Chan is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- may cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 131 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 1. Kevin Ho-Wai Chan is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 2. On April 20, 2016, the Member’s membership status with the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- College was changed to “Suspended – Non-payment of fees.” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 3. The Member obtained a Bachelor of Education degree from York ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- University on June 29, 2009 and received a Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- Qualification and Registration from the College on March 17, 2010. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 4. At all material times, the Member was employed as a tutor at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- Don Mills, Ontario location of the [XXX]. (the “School”), a private ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- school offering after-school and summer [XXX] classes at locations ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- across Canada. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 5. At all material times, Student 1 was a [XXX] -year-old female ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- student of the School and was a student of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 6. On November 24, 2015, the Member was charged with: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf: (a) one count of being a party to the sexual assault of Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- between June 1, 2014 and August 18, 2014, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- Section 272 of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf: (b) one count of sexual interference with Student 1 between ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- June 1, 2014 and August 18, 2014, contrary to Section 151 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-7. On March 10, 2016, the charge in paragraph 6(a) above was amended to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf: one count of sexual assault of Student 1 between June 1, 2014 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- August 18, 2014, contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- The charge in paragraph 6(b) remained unchanged. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:8. On August 28, 2017, the Member was found guilty of both charges (sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf: assault and sexual interference), however the sexual assault conviction ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- was stayed and, on November 21, 2018, the Member was sentenced to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 90 days incarceration and three years of probation with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf: sexual interference conviction. The Member was also made subject to a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 9. The Member did not appeal his conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-C. THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 131 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[8] As the Member was not present, the Panel proceeded on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-D. THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[9] College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-Kevin Ho-Wai Chan (Exhibit 2), which indicates that the Member was a member of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-College at the time of the alleged events. The College also entered into evidence a Brief ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-of Court Documents - Her Majesty the Queen v. Kevin Ho-Wai Chan (Exhibit 6), which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-contains the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 1. Certified Copy of Court Information, sworn March 10, 2016; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 2. Certified Copy of the Reasons for Judgment of Justice L. Pringle of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- Ontario Court of Justice, dated August 28, 2017; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 3. Certified Copy of the Reasons for Sentence of Justice L. Pringle of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- Ontario Court of Justice, dated November 9, 2018; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 4. Certified Copy of the Transcript of Sentencing before Justice L. Pringle of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- the Ontario Court of Justice, dated November 21, 2018; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 5. Certified Copy of the Probation Order made against the Member by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- Justice L. Pringle of the Ontario Court of Justice, dated November 21, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 2018. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[10] The evidence presented in Exhibit 6 establishes that on August 28, 2017 the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:Member was found guilty of one count of sexual assault and one count of sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-interference in relation to Student 1 contrary to sections 271 and 151 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:Code. On November 21, 2018, the Court stayed the sexual assault conviction and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-Member was sentenced to 90 days incarceration to be followed by three years of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:probation with respect to the conviction for sexual interference. The Member was also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-made subject to a number of ancillary orders. The Member did not appeal his conviction ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 131 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-E. SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[11] College Counsel submitted that the Member’s conduct, as detailed in the record ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-of the criminal proceedings (Exhibit 6) and the resultant criminal convictions provided a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-sufficient basis to justify a finding of professional misconduct under all of the heads of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:[12] College Counsel submitted that, by sexually assaulting Student 1, the conduct of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-the Member was so notorious that it clearly failed to meet the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-profession contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsection 1(5). As such, the College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-was not required to provide expert evidence regarding the standard pursuant to Novick ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-F. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[13] Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-submissions made by College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on January ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-17, 2020 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Panel also found that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-G. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-(1) Factual Findings ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[14] In accordance with Section 22.1 of the Evidence Act (Ontario), R.S.O. 1990, c. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 131 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-E.23 and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Rules”), the Panel accepts the certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-Court Information as proof that the Member committed the criminal offences outlined ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-therein. The Member was found guilty before the Ontario Court of Justice, no appeal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-has been taken, and the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[15] Pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Rules, the Panel admits as ancillary to the certified ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-copy of the Court Information the findings of fact involving the Member contained in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-Reasons for Judgment and Reasons for Sentence of Justice L. Pringle of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-Court of Justice. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[16] Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:College has proven on a balance of probabilities that the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-touching of Student 1 between June 1, 2014 and August 18, 2014. In the spring of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-2014, the Member initiated a close personal relationship with his student, Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-who was [XXX] years old. While the relationship began with good intentions, it soon ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-became inappropriate. The Member began communicating with Student 1 by phone and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-they began seeing each other outside of class. Soon after, the Member and Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-were texting daily and meeting weekly. Eventually, they began meeting at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-apartment. During the relationship, among other inappropriate conduct the Member: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-  discussed personal and intimate topics with Student 1, such as the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf: student’s sexuality and appearance; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-  proposed double dating with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-  gave Student 1 rides in his car; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-  provided Student 1 with a key to his apartment; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 131 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-  communicated with Student 1 through FaceTime at night when the student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- was in bed; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-  wrote lengthy emails and letters to Student 1 that included romantic song ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- lyrics about falling in love; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-  frequently kissed Student 1 on the cheeks and forehead, hugged Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 1, and held Student 1’s hand. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-Justice Pringle found that the nature of the Member’s messages to Student 1 was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-intense and obsessive. The kissing, hugging, and hand-holding between Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:the Member were of a sexual nature, violated Student 1’s sexual integrity, and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:Member was convicted of sexual interference as a result. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[17] The evidence presented in Exhibit 6 includes details from a Victim Impact ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-Statement written by Student 1, in which she describes the effect that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-conduct had on her emotional well-being. Student 1 has experienced distressing and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-negative memories of the Member’s conduct, she has had a hard time coping with her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-experience with the Member, she has been in and out of trauma assessment and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-treatment, and as a result she feels that she did not experience high school as a typical ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-teenager. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was a clear breach of each of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-following heads of professional misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing: subsections ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:437/97. The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[19] The evidence demonstrates that the Member had an inappropriate relationship ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 131 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:with Student 1 which constitutes physical, emotional and sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-contrary to subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2), and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. While ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-Student 1 was [XXX] years old, the Member spent time alone with her, gave her rides in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-his car, spoke with her about personal and intimate issues, frequently held her hand, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:hugged her, and kissed her on the cheek in a way that violated her sexual integrity. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes touching, behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a student. The Member’s conduct in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-this case meets that definition. Moreover, Student 1 was emotionally affected by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-relationship and received treatment for the trauma that she experienced as a result of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-the Member’s actions. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:[20] Engaging in this kind of inappropriate sexual relationship with a student is a clear ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-breach of the standards of the profession contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-Regulation 437/97. The Panel accepts College Counsel’s submission that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-behaviour is so notorious that expert evidence of the standard is not required. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[21] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-failing to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-teacher. Members hold a unique position of trust and authority. They are expected to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-demonstrate their commitment to students’ emotional and physical well-being. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-Member’s conduct was entirely at odds with his obligations as a member of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:[22] The Member’s criminal conviction for sexual interference demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-Member contravened a law relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-and registration, and which has caused a student under the Member’s supervision to be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 131 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-put at risk contrary to subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[23] The Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional and is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-unbecoming a member, contrary to subsections 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-437/97. Members are expected to create a safe learning environment for students, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:not to exploit their position for their own sexual gratification. The public’s trust in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-teaching profession is eroded when members abuse their position of trust and authority ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:to sexually and emotionally abuse their students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-H. SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:[24] Counsel for the College submitted that since this is a case of sexual abuse, a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-reprimand and revocation of the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration are ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-mandatory according to section 30.2 of the Act. College Counsel further submitted that, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-given the Member’s absence from the hearing, it is reasonable to order that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-reprimand be delivered in writing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[25] College Counsel submitted that no other sanctions are necessary in this case ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-and referred the Panel to two cases involving similar misconduct: Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-Teachers v. Norton, 2019 ONOCT 51 and Ontario College of Teachers v. Iason, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-ONOCT 89. College Counsel submitted that these cases were similar to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-case and that the same penalty was ordered in each instance, which indicates that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-penalty sought in this matter is within a reasonable range. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-I. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[26] On January 17, 2020 the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, pursuant to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 131 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 30.2(1)(a) of the Act, which shall be in writing; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- Member, pursuant to section 30.2(1)(c) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-J. REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf:[27] The Member’s professional misconduct included sexual abuse of a student, as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-[28] The Panel recognizes that, pursuant to subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, it may also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-order costs or a fine under subsection 30(5) of the Act. The Panel, however, finds it ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-reasonable to limit the penalty in this case to the statutory minimum given that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-College did not seek costs or a fine against the Member. In the absence of clear ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-reasons as to why costs or a fine should be ordered, the Panel is reluctant to go beyond ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf-the penalty sought by the College. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct131.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Justin Charles Henri is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 1. Justin Charles Henri is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit A is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Trillium Lakelands ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as an occasional teacher at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- School (the School”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-3. In the academic year 2013-2014 Student 1 was a female student at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- School. Student 1 graduated around June [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-4. In the academic year 2012-2013, Student 2 was a female student at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- School. Student 2 graduated around June [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-5. The Member taught both Student 1 and Student 2 as an occasional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- teacher at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-Inappropriate Relationship with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-6. Between May 2014 and June 2014 the Member had an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf: personal and sexual relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-7. The Member and Student 1 knew each other socially through mutual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- [XXX]friends. The Member and Student 1 began to spend time together ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- socially when Student 1 was [XXX] years old and the Member was an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- occasional teacher at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-8. On occasion the Member would pick up Student 1 in his personal vehicle ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- and take her on drives. During one of these occasions the Member and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Student 1 went to an arena where the Member worked part time in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- maintenance. While in the back office at the arena the Member and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Student 1 kissed and the Member put his hand on Student 1’s hip. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-9. On another occasion the Member took Student 1 to[XXX], Ontario and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Member and Student 1 kissed while in his car. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-10. The Member and Student 1 messaged each other through text and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Facebook messenger frequently. On one occasion while the Member was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- supply teaching a class in which Student 1 was a student, Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- messaged the Member via Facebook stating that someone “totally just ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- checked me out”. The Member replied by stating “The only person I was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- checking out was you”. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit B are ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- copies of electronic messages between the Member and Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf: containing communication of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-11. The Member messaged Student 1 and told her to keep their relationship a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- secret or his life would be over. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-Inappropriate Relationship with Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-12. Between July 2012 and April 2014 the Member had an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf: personal and sexual relationship with Student 2. The Member taught ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Student 2 two or more times during the 2012-2013 school year. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-13. The Member and Student 2 knew each other socially through [XXX]friends ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- prior to the Member becoming a teacher. The Member and Student 2’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- [XXX]would go [XXX]together and out for dinner. The Member and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Student 2 began to text each other in the summer of 2012 when Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- was [XXX]. Student 2’s mother was aware that the Member and Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- had a boyfriend-girlfriend type relationship. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-14. The Member and Student 2 began to meet in out of the way areas ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- including the arena where the Member worked part-time in maintenance. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf: The Member and Student 2 engaged in kissing, hugging and sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- intercourse in the office of the arena. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf:15. The Member would also sneak Student 2 into his home to have sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- intercourse. On other occasions when Student 2’s parents weren’t home ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf: the Member would go to her home to have sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-16. The Member told Student 2 to keep their relationship a secret. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-17. On June 13, 2014 the Member was terminated from his position with the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Board. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit C is a copy of the June 13, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 2014 letter from the Executive Superintendent, Employee Services at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Board to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-Criminal Charges ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-18. On or about July 2, 2014, the Member was charged with two counts of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf: sexual exploitation contrary to section 153(a) of the Criminal Code in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- relation to his relationships with Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-19. Following a Preliminary Inquiry the presiding Judge determined that, for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- the purposes of a criminal charge under section 153 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- the Member was not in a position of trust in relation to either Student 1 or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Student 2. Subsequently the Member was discharged. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- and marked as Exhibit D is a copy of the judge’s reasons given on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- September 30, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-20. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-21. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-22. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-1 to 19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-professional misconduct against him. The Member acknowledged and the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-accepts that the Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-of misconduct set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf:inappropriate sexual relationships with two of his students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf:[10] The Member’s behaviour constituted sexual abuse of Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf:Sexual abuse is defined in the Act as sexual intercourse or other forms of physical ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf:sexual relations between the member and the student, touching of a sexual nature of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf:the student by the member, or behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-towards the student. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in all of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf:the above behaviours. The Member sent Student 1 Facebook messages of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf:nature, he kissed Student 1 on several occasions and touched her in a sexual manner. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-The Member engaged in a boyfriend-girlfriend type relationship with Student 2 during ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf:which the Member and Student 2 had sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-[11] The Member’s behaviour constituted psychological or emotional abuse of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2. The Member abused his position of trust over Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf:Student 2. Forcing students to sneak around for the purpose of the sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-and telling students to keep the relationship a secret is entirely inappropriate behaviour ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-by the Member that constitutes emotional abuse of Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-[12] The Member failed to comply with the Act, regulations, or by-laws. The Admitted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-Facts demonstrate that the Member’s conduct is contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-Regulation 437/97. By his behaviour, the Member failed to meet the expectation of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-“Care” as articulated in the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession under section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-32 of the College’s by-laws. This standard requires that members embody compassion, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-act as a positive influence for students, and have good professional judgment. By ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf:having inappropriate sexual relationships with his students the Member exhibited a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-complete disregard for professional boundaries and poor professional judgment. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-[13] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-failing to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-teacher. Members hold a unique position of trust and authority. They are expected to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-encourage students in the pursuit of learning and to demonstrate their commitment to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf:students’ emotional and physical wellbeing. By engaging in romantic and sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-relationships with his students, the Member’s conduct was entirely at odds with his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-obligations as a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-[14] The Member’s misconduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-Members are expected to create a safe learning environment for students, and not to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-exploit their position for their own benefit. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf:eroded when members abuse their position of trust and authority to sexually and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-emotionally abuse their students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-[15] Similarly, the Member’s conduct toward the Student was unbecoming a member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-in that it undermined the reputation of the teaching profession, and the trust that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-public places in members. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-[16] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on February 3, 2020, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 1. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Member; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- 2. The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf:[17] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of sexual abuse of his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-students, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-orders. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-[18] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-subsection 30(5) of the Act. The Panel, however, finds it reasonable to limit the penalty ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-in this case to the statutory minimum in light of the Member’s guilty plea and joint ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf-submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-on February 7, 2020 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-[2] David Peter Duncker (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 137 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-[4] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-September 7, 2017 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that David Peter Duncker is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf: (b) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- student as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- 21. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the guilty plea, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 137 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-outlined in paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-student as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. College Counsel stated that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation was being sought as the parties agreed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-that the facts outlined in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea do not amount ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf:to sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. The Panel granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on February 7, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-1 to 17 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1, which included sending her gifts, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-giving her [XXX] belonging to the School, picking her up in his car and going out for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf-coffee and shopping, hugging her, offering her money in exchange for a [XXX]. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct137.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Victor Ly is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- defined in the Act in that he: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (a) failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 141 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (b) failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (c) contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (d) contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (e) committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (f) engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: (g) engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as defined ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 1. Victor Ly is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Registered Member Information with the College. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 2. The Member obtained a Bachelor of Education degree from Nipissing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- University on May 22, 2015 and received a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Registration from the College on July 7, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-3. Between September 2016 and November 2017, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- employed as a teacher at a [XXX] school in Waterloo Region. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-4. Between December 2017 and February 2018, the Member was employed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- by the Halton District School Board (the “Board”) as an occasional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- elementary school teacher. On or about February 15, 2018, the Board ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 141 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- assigned the Member to home duties and removed him from the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- occasional teacher list upon learning of the criminal charges below. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-5. On February 14, 2018, Waterloo Regional Police Service (the “Police”) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- executed a search warrant at the Member’s residence during which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- officers seized three electronic devices owned by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-6. On February 15, 2018, the Police charged the Member with: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (a) three counts of luring a person believed to be under the age of 18 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence under ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- section 163.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada) (making child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: pornography), contrary to section 172.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: (b) three counts of possession of child pornography, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (c) two counts of transmitting sexually explicit material to a person ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- believed to be under the age of 18 for the purpose of facilitating the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- commission of an offence under section 163.1(2) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: Code (Canada) (making child pornography), contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: 171.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (d) one count of extortion, without reasonable justification or excuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- and with intent to obtain nude images of a person under the age of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 18, by attempting to induce that person by threats to distribute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- intimate images of that person, contrary to section 346.(1.1)(b) of e ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a copy of the Information ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- of Peace Officer M. Simons Kelly of the Waterloo Regional Police Service ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- sworn February 15, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-7. The February 15, 2018 charges were in relation to conduct on the part of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- the Member that took place between November 4, 2016 and October 31, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 2017. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-8. By June 2018, the Police had laid 41 additional charges against the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Member after several additional incidents involving victims under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- of age were identified. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-9. In total, the Member was charged with 50 counts of criminal offences ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- related to online and/or electronic communications he had with females ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- between the ages of [XXX]-years-old and [XXX]-years-old between ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- November 4, 2016 and February 14, 2018: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (a) 17 counts of luring a child for the purpose of making child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 141 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: pornography, contrary to section 172.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: (b) 12 counts of possession of child pornography, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: (c) six counts of distribution of child pornography, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 163.1(3) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: (d) six counts of making child pornography, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 163.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (e) four counts of invitation to sexual touching to a person under 16 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- years of age, contrary to section 152 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (f) three counts of extortion to obtain intimate images of a child, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- contrary to section 346.(1.1)(b) of e [sic] Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (g) two counts of transmitting sexually explicit material to a child for the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: purpose of making child pornography, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 171.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Replacement Information of Peace Officer B. Reeve of the Waterloo ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Regional Police Service sworn June 21, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-10. On September 12, 2018, the Member signed an Agreement and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Undertaking with the College not to seek or engage in any employment for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- which a Certificate of Qualification and Registration is required until the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- College disposes of the Registrar’s complaint in this matter. Attached ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a copy of the Agreement and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Undertaking signed by the Member on September 12, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-11. On November 23, 2018, the Member pleaded guilty to 19 of the 50 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- charges: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: (a) six counts of making child pornography; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: (b) four counts of invitation to sexual touching; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (c) three counts of extortion; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (d) two counts of transmitting a sexually explicit image for the purpose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: of making child pornography; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (e) two counts of luring a child for the purpose of making child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 141 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: pornography; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: (f) one count of possessing child pornography; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: (g) one count of distributing child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Proceedings at Guilty Plea before the Honourable Justice W. G. Rabley at ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Kitchener, Ontario dated November 23, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-12. The Member’s convictions for making, possessing and distributing child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: pornography each constitute a “prohibited act involving child pornography” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- as defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-13. On March 1, 2019, the Member was sentenced to a five-year custodial ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- sentence and was made subject to a number of ancillary orders. Attached ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a certified copy of the Reasons on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Sentence before the Honourable Justice W. G. Rabley, at St. Catharines, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-14. In his Reasons for Sentence, Justice Rabley concluded that “Victor Ly is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- charged with a number of offences that relate to his electronic ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- communications with a number of young girls between the ages of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- and [XXX] years. Through various means, Mr. Ly was able to trick, cajole ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- and threaten these victims into exposing themselves online through ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- photographs and videos…There were 16 known victims in this case at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- time of a plea. The vast majority of them were between the ages of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- and [XXX] years. They were spread throughout North America and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- although the majority of them were from the Region of Waterloo, there ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- were victims in the Halton Region, Ottawa, British Columbia and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Pennsylvania. Some of these girls were former students of Mr. Ly…In ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- each of these cases, [Mr. Ly] made contact with the victims through the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- use of social media.” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-15. In his Reasons for Sentence, Justice Rabley further noted that “At the time ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- of sentencing, the Crown introduced facts supporting allegations that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- another 13 victims had been contacted [by Mr. Ly]. The majority of these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- were from Nova Scotia, but others were from Ontario and Madison, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Wisconsin. The police were also able to ascertain from the devices that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- they seized from Mr. Ly, that evidence of contact with over 120 victims ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- including others that were in the United Kingdom, was also present.” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-16. The Member did not appeal his conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-17. The Member acknowledges that his conduct fell below the standards of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- the teaching profession. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “G” is a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- copy of the College’s Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 141 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-18. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- appendices referred to in paragraphs 1-17 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-19. The Member hereby acknowledges that paragraphs 6-8, 10-14 and 17 of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- the Admitted Facts constitute conduct that is professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16) , 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-20. The Member also pleads guilty to the allegation that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf: prohibited acts involving child pornography as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-21. By signing this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (c) he understands that he is pleading guilty to the allegations, and is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between his counsel and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- College with respect to the penalty does not bind the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- counsel or with the opportunity to have sought the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 22. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- College and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 141 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on January 17, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-2020 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in prohibited acts involving child pornography as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-1 to 17 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf:egregious acts of possessing, making and distributing child pornography. He was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-charged with 50 counts of criminal offences related to online and/or electronic ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-communications he had with females between the ages of [XXX] and [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-At the time of a plea, there were 16 known victims. The majority of them were between ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-the ages of [XXX] and [XXX] years old. Some of them were former students of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-Member. On November 23, 2018, the Member pleaded guilty to 19 out of 50 charges ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf:that were laid against him, which included making child pornography, invitation to sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-touching, extortion, transmitting a sexually explicit image for the purpose of making child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf:pornography, luring a child for the purpose of making child pornography, possessing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 141 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf:child pornography and distributing child pornography. The Member was convicted for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf:making, possessing and distributing child pornography. On March 1, 2019 he was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-sentenced to a 5-year custodial sentence and was made subject to a number of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-ancillary orders. The Member did not appeal his conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-[9] The Member’s criminal conviction for making, possessing and distributing child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf:pornography clearly demonstrates that he engaged in a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf:pornography as defined in section 1 of the Act. It also demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-contravened a law relevant to the Member’s suitability to hold a certificate of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-qualification and registration, and which has caused or may cause a student who is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or remain at risk. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf:[10] The Panel also finds that making, possessing and distributing child pornography ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-is a clear breach of the standards of the profession. Furthermore, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing to comply with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. Members ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-hold a unique position of trust and authority. They are responsible for the well-being and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-development of children. It is alarming for teachers to make, possess and distribute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf:child pornography, which objectifies and exploits children. The Member’s conduct in this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-case was entirely at odds with his obligations as a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-Furthermore, the Member’s misconduct is clearly disgraceful, dishonourable, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-unprofessional and is unbecoming of a member. The public’s trust in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf:profession is eroded when members are convicted of child pornography offences. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 141 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-[11] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on January 17, 2020 the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, pursuant to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 30.2(1)(a) of the Act, which shall be in writing; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- Member, pursuant to section 30.2(1)(c) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-[12] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of a prohibited act involving ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf:child pornography, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. In relation to the form of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-reprimand, the Panel orders that it shall be delivered in writing. The Panel recognizes ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-Panel, however, finds it reasonable to limit the penalty in this case to the statutory ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf-minimum in light of the Member’s guilty plea and joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct141.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf-5. During the 2013-2014 school year, the Member used inappropriate words ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- in class, made inappropriate comments to students, and engaged in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- inappropriate conduct when he: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- (a) used accents when talking to students; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 142 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- (b) commented in class, “what’s going on in Crimea? Like I care!”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- (c) asked permission of the class to swear and, when granted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- permission, used swear words in class; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- (d) referred to a student as a “fucking idiot”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- (e) referred to a student as a “scapegoat”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- (f) yelled at students; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- (g) disciplined students by having them do push ups. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf-6. During a meeting with his Principal on or about June 19, 2014, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- Member did not deny the above conduct and comments. He explained to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- his Principal that students read and hear much worse language than he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- used in class, and that his teachers made him do push ups when he was a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf-7. As a result of the Member’s comments and conduct, including the fact that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- some students reported feeling uncomfortable around the Member as a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- result of his conduct, the Principal requested of the Superintendent that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- the Member not return to the School the following year. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf-Board Investigation: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf-8. By letter dated September 2, 2014, the Board addressed the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- use of inappropriate discipline (use of push-ups), use of inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf: language (obscenities), and use of sexual innuendo with female students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- The Board concluded that the Member’s conduct was inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- unacceptable. The Board reminded the Member this was not the first time ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- it had to address similar issues with the Member, and referred to the fact ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- that he had “been administratively transferred five times in as many ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- years”. The Board confirmed the Member had been placed on paid sick ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- leave, effective September 2, 2014. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Board’s Letter to the Member dated September ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- 2, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf-9. The Board had spoken previously to the Member in 2008-2009, 2009- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- 2010, and again in 2010-2011, each time to advise him that it was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- inappropriate to yell at students, to call them “stupid” or “idiot”, and to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- require them to do push ups as a form of discipline. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct142.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf-(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf-1. Luigi Trinchi is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 134 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- Catholic District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- School (the “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf-3. At all material times, Person A was a female colleague of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- Member. Person B, Person C and Person D were female teacher ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- candidates at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf-4. From in and around March 2010 to January 2012, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- (a) surreptitiously made a visual recording of Person A; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- (b) preserved and/or distributed images of Person A without her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- consent; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- (c) harassed Person A; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- (d) created and/or sent emails in which he impersonated Person ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- A; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- (e) made available a recording of Person A to others without ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- Person A’s consent. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf-5. During the fall of 2012, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf: (a) made comments of an inappropriate personal and/or sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- nature to Person B; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- (b) touched Person B’s back; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- (c) rubbed Person B’s shoulder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- (d) touched Person B’s arm; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf: (e) engaged in sexual harassment of Person B. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf-6. During the fall of 2012, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf: (a) made comments of an inappropriate personal and/or sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- nature to Person C; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- (b) hugged and/or kissed Person C; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- (c) whispered in Person C’s ear in the presence of another ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- teacher candidate; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf: (d) engaged in sexual harassment of Person C. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- 7. During the fall of 2012, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 134 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf: (a) made comments of an inappropriate personal and/or sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- nature to Person D; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- (b) told Person D that he could help her get a job interview; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- (c) came up behind Person D’s back and/or rubbed her back in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- the presence of another teacher candidate; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- (d) brushed Person D’s shoulder and/or the top of her back as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- they were walking and/or when they were in the staffroom; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf: (e) engaged in sexual harassment of Person D. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- 8. On June 17, 2016, the Member was found guilty of the criminal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- charge, that he between the 1st day of March in the year 2010 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- the 30th day of June in the year 2011 at the City of Thunder Bay in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- the said Region, did without lawful authority, surreptitiously make a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- visual recording of Person A, a person in circumstances that give ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- rise to a reasonable expectation of privacy, contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- 162(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- 9. On November 10, 2016, the Member was given a suspended ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- sentence and 12 months of probation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- 10. The Member’s employment was terminated by the Board on July 4, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- 2016. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- C. THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf-[8] As the Member was not present, the Panel proceeded on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf-Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- D. THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf-[9] The College entered into evidence a Brief of Court Documents - Her Majesty the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf-Queen v. Luigi Trinchi (Exhibit 3), which contains the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member failed to act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-professionally while supervising students during an overnight school trip to a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 144 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-game by drinking alcohol and making inappropriate comments to a student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-[8] The Member’s conduct fell below the standards of the profession contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Among other things, members are ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-required to demonstrate their commitment to students’ well-being through positive ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-influence and professional judgment in practice (“Care”) and to demonstrate respect for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-their students’ emotional wellness (“Respect”). The Member is expected to model ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-respectful conduct to students. Whether said in jest or not, the Member’s comment ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-about Student 1’s body (“you don’t have much to cover up anyway”) and his comments, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf:including “guys don’t take baths” were sexist and demeaning. Through his conduct, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-Member failed to act as a positive influence for his students and failed to show respect ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-for his students’ well-being. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-[9] The Member also failed to adequately supervise students, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-1(11) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 when he consumed alcohol while supervising his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-students who were watching a [XXX] game. Though the Member denied being impaired ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-at any time during or after the game, he should not have consumed a substance that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-could make him impaired and compromise his ability to ensure the safety and well-being ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-of all students under his professional supervision. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-[10] The Member’s inappropriate comments to Student 1 were also unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Teachers have a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-responsibility to maintain a positive and inclusive culture, both at school and during out- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- (b) within 30 days of his completion of the course outlined in (a) above, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- the Member shall provide to the Registrar a written certificate from ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- the course practitioner stating that the Member has successfully ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- completed the course and reporting on the progress of the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- with respect to addressing the outlined goals of the course. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 144 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-[12] The Panel accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-law confines the Panel’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty falls within a range of acceptable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-outcomes, based on the following prior decisions of the Discipline Committee presented ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-by the parties: Ontario College of Teachers v. Graham, 2015 ONOCT 32 and Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-College of Teachers v. Gal, 2014 ONOCT 40. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-[13] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-provided. The Panel agrees with the parties’ joint submission that there were no ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-aggravating factors in this case. In terms of mitigating factors, the Member admitted his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-misconduct, saving the time and expense of a contested hearing, took responsibility for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-his actions, and has not previously been the subject of discipline proceedings at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-College during his long teaching career. After weighing these factors, the Panel accepts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-that the penalty proposed by the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-[14] The Panel finds that the Member’s inappropriate comments and conduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf:warrants a reprimand by their peers. It is inappropriate for members to make sexist ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf-jokes or comments to students or to consume alcohol while supervising students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 145 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 1. Marcello Rosario Vite is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- “College”). Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- School Board [the “Board”] as an occasional teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 3. At all material times, Students 1, 2 and 3 were students at [XXX] School ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- (“School 1”) in Toronto, Ontario. Students 1 and 2 were female and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- Student 3 was male. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 4. At all material times, Students 4 and 5 were students at [XXX] Institute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- (“School 2”) in Toronto, Ontario. Student 4 was female. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 5. In April 2016 and February 2018, while on occasional teaching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- assignments at School 1 and School 2, the Member made several ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- inappropriate comments to students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 6. At the time of these incidents, the Member was 70 and 72 years old ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- respectively. He had been teaching for the Board as an occasional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- teacher at various schools, with no previous disciplinary issues, since ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 2000. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 7. On April 22, 2016, while fulfilling an occasional assignment teaching a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- [XXX] class at School 1, the Member made several inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- comments to students in the class. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 8. Through its investigation, the Board found that the Member insinuated that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- Student 1 and her friend were lovers and asked Student 2 if she was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- lesbian or straight. The Member acknowledges this conversation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf: However, he states that he did not inquire about the students’ sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- orientation, rather they identified themselves to him as being openly gay. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- He also states that he did not intend for his comments to be in any way ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- discriminatory or prejudicial, and recalls informing the students that his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- niece was the co-chair of the Toronto Pride Parade and that he is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- personally supportive of LGBTQ+ rights. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-9. In the same class, the Member insinuated that Student 3 was related to an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 145 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- on-air personality based on Student 3’s appearance and/or name, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- asked Student 3, “you’re not black?” The Member states that Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- had the same surname as a local television broadcaster who is a person ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- of colour. The Member asked Student 3 if he was related to the television ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- broadcaster, to which Student 3 replied that he does not identify as a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- person of colour. The Member states that he did not intend to racialize the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- student or discriminate against him in any way, rather he asked the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- question based on the similarity of the surnames shared by Student 3 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- the well-known local broadcaster. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-10. In regard to the incidents that occurred on April 22, 2016, the Board ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- issued a discipline letter to the Member on October 26, 2016, blocking him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- from returning to School 1 as an occasional teacher for one year. Attached ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a copy of the Board’s letter of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- discipline, dated October 26, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-11. On February 20, 2018, while fulfilling an occasional assignment teaching a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- Grade [XXX]class at School 2, the Member made two inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- comments to students in the class. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-12. Several students in the class were discussing allergies. After hearing that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- Student 4 was allergic to nuts, the Member asked something to the effect ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- of, “what do you do with your boyfriend?” When Student 4 indicated that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- she did not have a boyfriend, the Member stated, “Oh, I’m just joking.” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf: Student 4 understood the joke to have a sexual meaning. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-13. In his interview with the Board, the Member acknowledged that his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- comment was inappropriate and apologized immensely. He indicated that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- this was a “spontaneous, off the cuff joke”, and insisted that it did not have ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf: any sexual intent. The Member states that as an immigrant from Italy, he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- did not realize that the word “nuts” is used idiomatically by native English ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf: speakers to refer to male sexual organs. Rather, he meant to imply, “How ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- do you go out to eat together when you have to be so vigilant?” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-14. In the same class, the Member remarked to Student 5, “you must be Asian ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- because of your eyes.” The Member recalls teaching the students in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- [XXX] class that day a technique he had learned for drawing eyes and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- making technical comments about how one would draw or paint the eyes ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- of a subject who appears to have a European background versus a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- subject who appears to have an East Asian background. The Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between his counsel and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- counsel for the College with respect to the penalty does not bind ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 145 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 20. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- College and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-[6] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on February 13, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-[7] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-1 to 16 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member made several ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-inappropriate remarks to students while on occasional teaching assignments, including ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf:comments regarding students’ sexual orientation and ethnicities. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-[8] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-profession. When the Member asked Student 1 if she and her friend were lovers, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf:questioned Student 2 about her sexual orientation and made a joke with offensive ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-undertones to Student 4, the Member did not uphold the standards of practice, which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf:and comments regarding an individual’s ethnicity or sexual orientation may lead to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-emotional discomfort or distress for students. Parents and members of the public expect ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-teachers to contribute to the development, not the hindrance, of students’ emotional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 145 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-well-being. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, which sets out the duties of a teacher. By making a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-series of inappropriate remarks towards five students, the Member has failed to uphold ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-the principles of moral conduct expected of teachers under subsection 264(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Member’s comments were disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-and unprofessional. Making remarks that are racially charged, that are inappropriately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf:personal, or that relate to a person’s sexual orientation is unprofessional, especially in a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-classroom setting. Members of the teaching profession are expected to exercise good ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-judgment and maintain appropriate boundaries at all times. The Member failed to meet ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-these expectations. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-[13] Similarly, the Panel finds that the Member’s above-mentioned conduct, in its ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-entirety, was unbecoming a member in that it undermined the reputation of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-profession, and the trust that students and the public at large place in members. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-[14] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on February 13, 2020, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-reprimand by his peers. Members are expected to serve as role models for students, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-which the Member failed to do by making several inappropriate remarks to Students 1, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf:2, 3, 4 and 5. The Member made insensitive remarks about students’ ethnicities, sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 145 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-orientation, relationship status and other personal issues. The reprimand will allow the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the two courses of instruction relating to (1) professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-boundaries with students and to (2) appropriate communication with students, including ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-cultural sensitivity training, will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. Although the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-Member is remorseful, the Panel finds that the repeated nature of the incidents ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-suggests that the Member will benefit from the remedial instruction. The coursework will ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-remind the Member of his obligations as a teacher and will help him make better ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-decisions in any future interactions with students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-[19] The Panel is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf-Date: February 18, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- Godwin Ifedi ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- Mary Ellen Gucciardi, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- John Hamilton, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Hathway 2020 ONOCT 147 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Date: 2020-03-12 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Brian John Hathway, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- BRIAN JOHN HATHWAY (REGISTRATION #495973) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-PANEL: Tom Potter, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-HEARD: March 10, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-Zirka Jakibchuk, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-No one appearing for Brian John Hathway ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- By order of Justice L. Amlin of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-on March 10, 2020 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-[2] Brian John Hathway (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1 who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-[5] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the transcript of the Reasons ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-for Sentence from the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice L. Amlin dated ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-March 8, 2019 (Exhibit 2 at Tab B). In these proceedings before the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-Justice, an order restricting publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated December 11, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-2019 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- may cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 1. Brian John Hathway is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Registered Member Information with the College. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Upper Grand ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- District School Board (the "Board") as an [XXX]teacher at [XXX](the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- "School") in Guelph, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 3. At all material times, Student 1 was a male student at the School, who ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- was between [XXX] and [XXX] years old. The Member was Student 1's ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- teacher since he was in Grade [XXX] and became Student 1's [XXX]at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 4. At all material times, Person A and Person B were a [XXX] year-old male ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- and a [XXX]-year old male respectively, who were former students of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Member's at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 5. Between in or around June 2016 and September 2017, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: engaged in an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 1, which included: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (a) inviting Student 1 to the Member's home; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (b) giving Student 1 money and gifts, including alcohol and marijuana; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (c) regularly texting Student 1 on his cell phone; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: (d) making inappropriate physical contact and/or sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Student 1; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: (e) paying Student 1 to perform sexual services on him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: 6. In or around 2015, the Member made unwanted sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: Person A and offered to pay Person A to perform sexual services on him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: 7. In or around March 2017, the Member made unwanted sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Person B. Between in or around March 2017 and September 2017, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: Member also offered to pay Person B to perform sexual services on him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-8. On or about September 11, 2017, the Member was arrested and criminally ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: charged with three sexual offences against Student 1. On or about ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- September 15, 2017, there were five additional charges laid against the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: Member for various sexual offences against Person A and Person B, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- among others. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-9. On January 9, 2019, the Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted of: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: (a) sexual assault on Person B, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Code (Canada) (the “Code”); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (b) communicating for the purpose of obtaining for consideration ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: sexual services in relation to Person A, contrary to section 286.1(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- of the Code; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: (c) sexual exploitation of Student 1, contrary to section 153(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Code; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: (d) obtaining for consideration the sexual services of a person under ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- the age of 18 years in relation to Student 1, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 286.1(2) of the Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-10. The remaining charges were withdrawn at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-11. On January 10, 2019, the Board terminated the Member’s employment ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- with cause. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-12. On March 8, 2019, the Member was sentenced to one year in custody, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- concurrent on each of the four counts of which he was convicted, followed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- by three years of probation. He was also made the subject of several ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-13. The Member did not appeal his conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-14. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Court Information sworn September 15, 2017, appearances/adjournments ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- and disposition in the criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-15. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Adult Probation Order dated March 8, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-16. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Non-Communication Order dated March 8, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-17. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- transcript of the Proceedings at Trial and Guilty Plea before the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Honourable Justice L. Amlin, dated January 9, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-18. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- transcript of the Sentencing Hearing before the Honourable Justice L. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Amlin, dated March 8, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-19. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “G” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- transcript of the Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Justice L. Amlin, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- dated March 8, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-20. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- appendices referred to in paragraphs 1-19 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-21. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 5 – 19 above constitute conduct that is professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf: 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- abuse of a student, as defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-22. By signing this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (c) he understands that he is pleading guilty to the allegations, and is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and the College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- with respect to the penalty does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- counsel or with the opportunity to have obtained the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 23. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- College and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on March 10, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-2020 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-1 to 19 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in a pattern ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:of inappropriate grooming behaviour and subsequently sexually abused Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-[10] The Member had an inappropriate relationship with Student 1 which constituted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:physical, emotional and sexual abuse of a student contrary to subsections 1(7.1), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-1(7.2), and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member made inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:physical and sexual contact with Student 1, and he paid Student 1 to perform sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:services on him. The definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes touching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:and behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a student. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-Member’s conduct in this case clearly meets this definition. Moreover, the evidence ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-before the Panel was that Student 1 and his family were severely emotionally impacted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-by the Member’s actions. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:[11] Engaging in this kind of inappropriate sexual relationship with a student is a clear ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-breach of the standards of the profession contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-Regulation 437/97. Misconduct of this nature is so notorious that expert evidence of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-standard is not required. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-[12] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-failing to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-teacher. Members hold a unique position of trust and authority. They are expected to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-serve as positive role models and to demonstrate the highest regard for a number of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-virtues set out at section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act. The Member’s conduct was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-entirely at odds with his obligations as a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:[13] The Member’s criminal convictions for, among other things, sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:and sexual assault demonstrate that he contravened a law relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration contrary to subsection 1(16) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member’s sexual assault of Person B is clearly relevant ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-to whether he is permitted to have the privilege of teaching in a publicly funded school in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:Ontario. Additionally, the Member’s conviction for sexual exploitation of Student 1 has, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-in fact, caused a student under the Member’s supervision to be put at risk contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-subsection 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-[14] The Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional and is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-unbecoming a member, contrary to subsections 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-437/97. Members are expected to create a safe learning environment for students, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:not to exploit their position. The Member failed to meet these expectations by his sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-abuse of his current and former students. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:eroded when members abuse their position of trust and authority to sexually and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-emotionally abuse their students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-[15] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on March 10, 2020, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Member, which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf:[16] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-abuse of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel recognizes that it ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-may also order a fine or make an order for costs in accordance with subsection 30(5) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-the Act but finds it reasonable not to make these additional orders in light of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf-Member’s guilty plea and joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-on March 10, 2020 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-[2] Joseph Stephen Schacter (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 149 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the transcript of sentencing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-proceedings from the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice D.L. Corbett dated ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-August 28, 2019. In these proceedings before the Superior Court of Justice, an order ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-restricting publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-B. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-[4] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-outlined in paragraph (j) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member engaged in a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf:prohibited act involving child pornography as defined in section 1 of the Act be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf-withdrawn. The Panel granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct149.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Caine 2020 ONOCT 150 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- Date: 2020-03-24 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 150 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- PENALTY DECISION AND REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- Mark Anthony Caine, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- MARK ANTHONY CAINE (REGISTRATION #276494) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-PANEL: Vicki Shannon, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- Colleen Landers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- Claudia Patenaude-Daniels, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-HEARD: February 14, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-Shane D’Souza and Noam Uri, for Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-No one appearing for Mark Anthony Caine ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-[6] The Panel convened on February 14, 2020 to hear submissions with respect to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-penalty. The Member was not in attendance and did not have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-[7] Counsel for the College submitted the Affidavit of Noam Uri (Exhibit 14) sworn on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 150 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-February 12, 2020 to show that the Member had been informed of the time and date of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-the set date hearing, the time and date of the rescheduled penalty hearing, and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-range of penalty and costs that the College could seek. The Panel was satisfied that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-Member had reasonable notice of the penalty hearing and decided to proceed in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-Member’s absence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-[8] Following the penalty hearing, the Panel made an order (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration. Additionally, the College ordered ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-that the Member pay costs of $25,000 to the College. These are the Panel’s reasons for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-those orders. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-A. PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-[9] Counsel for the College submitted that since the Member was found to have ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of his students, an order for revocation of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration and an order that the Member receive a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-reprimand are mandatory according to section 30.2 of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-Act, 1996 (the “Act”). College Counsel submitted that the Panel has no discretion with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-respect to reprimand and revocation and did not ask for any other sanctions. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-[10] In response to a question from the Panel, College Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-form of the reprimand should be “general”, meaning that the Panel’s order should not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-specify whether the reprimand is to be delivered in person or in writing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 150 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-B. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-[11] On February 14, 2020, the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, which will be delivered in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor St. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- West, Toronto, Ontario, within three months of the date of this order and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- College of Teachers. If the Member does not attend to receive the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- reprimand within three months of the date of this order, the Member shall ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- receive a written reprimand instead of the oral reprimand; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-C. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf:[12] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel denounces the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-[13] The Panel disagrees with College Counsel’s submission that the form of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-reprimand should not be particularized. Particularizing the form of the reprimand ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-provides certainty to the Member about the penalty imposed and maintains public ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf-confidence in the discipline process. The Panel notes that due to the revocation of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct150.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Wilson 2020 ONOCT 151 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Date: 2020-01-03 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 151 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- PENALTY DECISION AND REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Avery Jean Wilson, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- AVERY JEAN WILSON (REGISTRATION #642874) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-PANEL: Tom Potter, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Jean-Luc Bernard, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-HEARD: December 4, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-Andrew Matheson, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-No one appearing for Avery Jean Wilson ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-Renée Kopp, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[1] On December 7, 2018, a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) found that Avery Jean Wilson (the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-“Member”) engaged in professional misconduct. The Panel’s Decision on Finding and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 151 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-Reasons for Decision was subsequently released on March 25, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[2] The Panel found that, between September 2015 and February 2017, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:engaged in sequential relationships of a sexual nature with two male Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-students. During this time, the Member was employed as a part-time teacher and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-“Associate Faculty” at [XXX] (the “School”). She held supervisory responsibilities over ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-the School’s boarding students and lived in the dormitory part-time. Both students were ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-enrolled at the School and living in the dormitory. The Member had inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-communications with Student 1 on social media and sent him a nude photograph of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-herself. In addition, she went on a camping trip with Student 1 in May 2016 and, during ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-this trip, had physical contact with Student 1 and permitted him to take a topless ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-photograph of her. The Member had inappropriate electronic communications with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-Student 2 and engaged in inappropriate physical touching including holding hands, hugs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:and kisses on the cheek. Additionally, she had a physical and sexual encounter with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-Student 2 in January or February 2017 consisting of “kissing and groping” that included ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-the Member touching Student 2’s torso and permitting Student 2 to touch her breasts, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-buttocks and vagina over her clothes. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[3] Based on this conduct, the Panel found that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-her current residential address and telephone number but her email address would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-appear to be valid. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[7] Based on Ms. Spano’s evidence, the Panel was satisfied that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 151 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-provided with notice of the time and date of the penalty hearing, as well as the penalty ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-and costs being sought by the College. The Panel delayed the start of the hearing by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-approximately 15 minutes to allow the Member time to appear. The Member did not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-appear. The Panel therefore heard this matter in the absence of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-A. PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[8] College Counsel submitted that section 30.2 of the Act applies and hence the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-Panel is obliged to order a reprimand and revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[9] He acknowledged that, at the time of the Member’s misconduct, revocation was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-not a mandatory penalty. However, he submitted that the Panel is obliged to apply the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-current Act as at the date of the penalty hearing, and the transitional provisions at ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-subsection 63.1(5) and section 63.2 are engaged. The transitional provisions provide ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:that section 30.2 mandatory revocation applies in the event of a finding of sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-of a student that occurred prior to the amendment date so long as the Panel has not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-made an order under subsection 30(4). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[10] College Counsel submitted that the nude photo the Member permitted Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:to take during the May 2016 camping trip was behaviour of a sexual nature by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:Member towards Student 1, in accordance with the definition of “sexual abuse” in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-section 1 of the Act. The Member’s “making out” in February 2017 with Student 2 was 1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:touching of a sexual nature of Student 2 by the Member, and 2) behaviour of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:nature by the Member towards Student 2, in accordance with the definition of “sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-abuse” in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 151 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-B. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[11] The Panel makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-C. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[12] The Panel determined that section 63.2 of the Act applies to the penalty hearing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-and hence the Panel is obliged to order a reprimand and revocation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[13] Section 63.2 is the transitional provision for the amendments to section 30.2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-effected by the Safe and Supportive Classrooms Act, 2019. Those amendments ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-repealed the former version of section 30.2 (which provided a specific list of enumerated ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:acts of sexual abuse under subsection 30.2(2) that would attract the mandatory ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:penalties) and substituted the pre-existing and broader definition of “sexual abuse” in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[14] Section 63.2 provides: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Transition: Safe and Supportive Classrooms Act, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 63.2 Section 30.2, as amended by section 14 of Schedule 13 to the Safe ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- and Supportive Classrooms Act, 2019, applies to an act of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- misconduct that consists of or includes sexual abuse of a student that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- occurred before the day section 23 of that Schedule came into force if no ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- order has been made in respect of the matter under subsection 30(4) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- this Act before that day. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[15] In other words, on or after April 3, 2019 (the day section 23 of Schedule 13 to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 151 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-Safe and Supportive Classrooms Act, 2019 came into force), the mandatory penalty ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-provisions in section 30.2 as amended apply to a finding of “sexual abuse” where the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-sexual abuse pre-dated the April 3, 2019 amendment so long as the panel has not yet ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-made an order under section 30(4) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[16] Prior to the April 3, 2019 amendment, subsections 30.2(1) and (2) provided: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: Orders relating to sexual abuse and child pornography ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 30.2 (1) Where, under section 30, the Discipline Committee finds a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- member guilty of an act of professional misconduct consisting of, or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- including, sexual abuse of a student or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: pornography, the Committee shall, in addition to anything else the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Committee may do under subsection 30 (5), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- (a) make an order requiring that the member be reprimanded by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- (b) if the act of professional misconduct did not consist of, or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- include, an act listed in subsection (2) and the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- has not otherwise made an order revoking the member’s certificate, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- make an order directing the Registrar to suspend the member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- certificate; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- (c) if the act of professional misconduct consisted of, or included, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- an act listed in subsection (2), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- (i) make an interim order directing the Registrar to suspend ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- the member’s certificate until the Committee makes an order ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- under subclause (ii), and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- (ii) make an order directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- member’s certificate. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Same ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- (2) The acts of professional misconduct referred to in subsection (1) are ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 1. Sexual abuse of a student, if the sexual abuse consisted of, or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- included, any of the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 151 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- i. Sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ii. Genital to genital, genital to anal, oral to genital, or oral to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- anal contact. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- iii. Masturbation of the member by, or in the presence of, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- iv. Masturbation of the student by the member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- v. Encouragement of the student by the member to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- masturbate in the presence of the member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- vi. Touching of a sexual nature of the student’s genitals, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- anus, breasts or buttocks. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- vii. Other conduct of a sexual nature prescribed by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- regulations made under clause 42 (1) (c.1). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: 2. A prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[17] Accordingly, the former section 30.2(2) limited the definition of “sexual abuse” in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-subsection 30.2(1) to a specific listing of enumerated acts. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[18] It is important to note that the Panel’s oral (December 7, 2018) and written ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-(March 25, 2019) decisions on finding pre-date the April 3, 2019 amendment and hence ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-the former section 30.2 applied at that time. The Panel was unable to conclude that one ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-of the enumerated forms of sexual abuse in subsection 30.2(2) occurred and hence did ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-not issue an interim suspension order against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[19] Section 30.2 in its current form became law effective April 3, 2019. Subsections ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-30.2(1) and (2) currently provide: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: Orders relating to sexual abuse, child pornography, etc. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 30.2 (1) If, under section 30, the Discipline Committee finds a member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- guilty of an act of professional misconduct consisting of or including an act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- listed in subsection (2) of this section, the Committee shall, in addition to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- anything else the Committee may do under subsection 30 (5), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- (a) make an order requiring that the member be reprimanded by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 151 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- (b) make an interim order directing the Registrar to suspend the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- member’s certificate of qualification and registration until the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Committee makes an order under clause (c); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- (c) make an order directing the Registrar to revoke the member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Same ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- (2) The acts of professional misconduct referred to in subsection (1) are ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 1. Sexual abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: 2. A prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: 3. A prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:[20] The term “sexual abuse” is no longer defined or limited within section 30.2. In ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:section 1 of the Act, “sexual abuse” is defined as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: “sexual abuse” of a student by a member means, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: (a) sexual intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- between the member and the student, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: (b) touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member, or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: (c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- the student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[21] This definition is broader than the previous subsection 30.2(2) enumerated acts. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-While the Member’s conduct did not fall within the enumerated acts, it does fall within ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:the ambit of the broader section 1 definition. The Panel found the Member sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-abused Student 1 and Student 2, contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:437/97, and that this sexual abuse met the section 1 definition under the Act. In its ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-Decision on Finding and Reasons for Decision1, the Panel stated: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: The Committee found that the Member engaged in unspecified sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 151 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- activity with Student 1 while they were alone on a camping trip in May ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- 2016. By allowing Student 1 to take a photograph of her exposed breasts, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: the member engaged in behaviour of a sexual nature towards Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: The Committee also finds that there was inappropriate physical sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- touching of Student 2 by the Member at the end of January or beginning of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- February 2017. The Member’s unacceptable conduct clearly meets the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf: definition of sexual abuse set out [in section 1] in the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[22] As the penalty hearing took place after the April 3, 2019 amendment, section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:30.2 in its current form, with the broader definition of “sexual abuse”, applies and, since ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-the Panel has not made a prior order under subsection 30(4), the mandatory penalties ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-are engaged. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf:[23] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-abuse of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-orders. The Panel notes that it has no discretion in this regard and denounces the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-D. COSTS SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-[24] College Counsel requested costs of the proceeding in the amount of $20,000 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-under Rule 16 and Tariff A of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v. Wilson, 2019 ONOCT 25 at p. 11. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct151.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-on February 11, 2020 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-[2] David Warren Margetson (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 156 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-[4] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated April 29, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that David Warren Margetson is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf: (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14);2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 156 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 1. David Warren Margetson is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the [XXX]as a teacher ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- at [XXX]School (the “School”), in[XXX], a remote community in northern ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 3. On August 26, 2015, the Member began a contract teaching position with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- the [XXX]and taught Grades[XXX]through [XXX] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 4. At all material times, Student 1 was a student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 5. During the second semester of the 2016-2017 school year and during the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- first semester of the 2017-2018 school year, Student 1 was enrolled as a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- student in the Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-6. In the late spring and into the summer of 2017, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf: inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-7. In September 2017, the Member disclosed to his Principal that he had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf: engaged in a sexual relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 156 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-8. The [XXX]terminated the Member’s employment, effective September 27, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 2017. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- termination letter sent to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-9. By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-10. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further does not contest that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf: alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-11. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- College and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 156 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 12. The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 13. In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (d) and (e) of the Notice of Hearing (Exhibit 1), namely that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf:Member engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act and that he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-contravened subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf:Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation of sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-misconduct was being sought because the Member’s conduct was more appropriately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf:characterized as sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-Counsel further requested that the subsection 1(14) allegation be withdrawn because it ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-overlaps with the allegation of subsection 1(5). The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on February 11, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-2020 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 156 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-8 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-and the Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-under the headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf:that the Member engaged in an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with one ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-of his students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-[9] The Member’s conduct fell below the standards of the profession contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf:subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Engaging in a sexual relationship with a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-student is a clear breach of the standards of the profession, which, among other things, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-require members to demonstrate their commitment to students’ wellbeing and learning ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-through positive influence and professional judgment (“Care”) and to demonstrate their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-trustworthiness by maintaining professional relationships with students at all times ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-(“Trust”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf:contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By engaging in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-relationship with a student, the Member took advantage of his position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-authority in an egregious manner. Given the imbalance of power inherent in the student- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-teacher relationship, the Panel accepts the parties’ joint submission that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-conduct amounted to psychological or emotional abuse. Moreover, the Member does ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-not contest that his conduct amounted to psychological or emotional abuse. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf:[11] The Member sexually abused a student, contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 156 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-Regulation 437/97. In the late spring and into the summer of 2017, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf:engaged in an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with Student 1. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-Member disclosed this completely inappropriate relationship to his principal in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-September 2017. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-[12] The Member’s abusive conduct contravenes section 264(1) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-which sets out the duties of a teacher. This provision requires that teachers exemplify ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-the highest regard for a number of virtues including truth, justice, humanity, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf:benevolence and purity. By engaging in a personal and sexual relationship with a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-student, the Member completely disregarded his professional duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-[13] The Member’s abusive conduct is disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Engaging in a personal and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf:sexual relationship with a student demonstrates a profound lack of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-judgment and a failure to act in the best interest of students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-[14] Finally, the Member’s conduct is unbecoming a member, in that it undermines ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-the reputation of the teaching profession and violates the trust that parents, students ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-and the public place in teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-[15] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on February 11, 2020 the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 156 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 1. The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- 2. The Member is directed to appear before the Committee within 120 days ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- of the date of the Committee’s Order on a date to be arranged by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Member, to receive a reprimand which will be delivered in person at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street W., Toronto, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- Ontario, and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf:[16] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-abuse of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) directing the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-Registrar to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; and (2) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Panel. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel recognizes that it ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-may also order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-Panel, however, finds it reasonable to limit the penalty in this case to the statutory ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf-minimum in light of the Member’s plea of no contest and joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct156.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Wheeler 2020 ONOCT 157 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Date: 2020-01-17 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Donald Earl Wheeler, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- DONALD EARL WHEELER (REGISTRATION #275703) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-PANEL: Diane Ballantyne, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Ann Ciaschini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Marlène Marwah ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-HEARD: November 22, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Stephanie Sugar and Kathryn McChesney, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-No one appearing for Donald Earl Wheeler ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- By order of Justice Mocha of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[8] A publication ban was also ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act at ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:the requests of Student 1 and Student 2, who were allegedly sexually abused while ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:students, or the subjects of sexual misconduct. Accordingly, no person shall publish the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of Student 1 or Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[9] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Proceedings at Guilty Plea from the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Mocha dated December 16, 2016 (Exhibit 7). In these proceedings before the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Court of Justice, an order restricting publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-the Criminal Code of Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-B. OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[10] The College alleges that between September 2009 and September 2012, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:Member engaged in sexual contact, inappropriate physical contact and an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-personal relationship with two male students. On July 28, 2017, he was found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-two counts of assault in relation to these students, contrary to section 266 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[11] The Panel’s task is to determine whether the facts alleged by the College have ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-been proven on a balance of probabilities, and, if so, whether the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-gives rise to a finding of professional misconduct. For the reasons that follow, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-finds that the Member engaged in professional misconduct. The Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-or students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-C. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[12] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated April 10, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Donald Earl Wheeler is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (h) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (i) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (j) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- may cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (k) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (l) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 1. Donald Earl Wheeler is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2. From 2003 to 2015, the Member was employed by the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (“[XXX]”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 3. At all material times, Student 1 and Student 2 were male students ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- at [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 4. In or around the period September 2009 to September 2012, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Member: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (a) Engaged in inappropriate physical contact with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf: (b) Engaged in sexual contact with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (c) Engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (d) Engaged in inappropriate physical contact with Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf: (e) Engaged in sexual contact with Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (f) Engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 5. On July 28, 2017, the Member was found guilty of two counts of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- assault, contrary to Section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-D. THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[13] As the Member was not present, the Panel proceeded on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-was only giving the boys a ride. In [XXX], the Member provided the boys with lots of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-alcohol and marijuana, and encouraged them to change in front of him. The Member put ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-ice cubes down the boys’ shirts and held them down while they struggled, using these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-chances to touch them. While the boys were drunk, he would try to hug and kiss them ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-on the lips, cheeks and necks. The touching made Student 2 feel “really weird” and he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-told the Member it was “not something I’m okay with” several times. Whenever the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Member would get “too handsy” and the boys would tell him to stop, the Member would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-“try to guilt trip you” into staying by telling the boys “you’re my everything” and without ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-them he would kill himself. The boys would relent and tell the Member “okay, we can be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-friends again, just don’t be too handsy”. However, the Member would invariably try to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-hug and touch the boys again. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[29] Most of the touching occurred when the Member was driving Student 2. He ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-would “pull his hand back and start touching my legs” to “feel you up and get as close to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-the inner thighs as possible” to the point that Student 2 stopped wearing shorts. Any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-time the Member tried to touch closer to Student 2’s private area, he would move away ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-and tell him it was not okay. The Member would then get moody and try to “guilt trip” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[30] Student 2 graduated from the School in June [XXX] and moved to [XXX]. He did ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-not see the Member until the end of the summer when the Member called to say he was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-coming to see him with Student 1. They started to see each other on weekends again. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-The Member would ask Student 2 to help him with a [XXX] problem then start telling him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:dirty jokes and stories about his life and past sexual partners, and show him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:pornography. Student 2 did not expect this from a mentor and thought “he’s a friend but ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-he’s really weird”. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[31] He decided to report the Member to the police because the Member kept ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-showing up and “always wanting to be involved in these ways” and asking to meet. It ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-“became a secret life where you can’t get out of it”. He did not tell the Member the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-address of his post-secondary residence because he did not want to see him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Nevertheless, the Member kept calling him, even during tests and exams, and Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-2 became fearful that he would show up. This fear began affecting Student 2 mentally ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-and he found himself unable to concentrate on his studies, felt depressed and had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-trouble sleeping. He approached Student 1 and asked “How are things with you and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-him?” and explained that the Member was bothering him all the time. They decided to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-go to the School and the police once Student 2’s exams were finished. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[32] Student 2 acknowledged that the Toronto Police Service General Occurrence ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Report (Exhibit 4) and the Toronto Police Service interview notes (Exhibit 10) were ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-generally an accurate representation of what he told the police. He attended the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Member’s proceedings at guilty plea in the criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(3) Hearsay Evidence ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[33] The Panel notes that hearsay evidence is permitted under subsection 15(1) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario 1990, chapter S.22, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-provided it is relevant to the subject-matter of the proceeding. Accordingly, the police ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-notes and reports of their interviews with Student 1 and Student 2 (Exhibits 4, 5 and 10) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-were admitted as reliable evidence that was relevant to the allegations. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(4) Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[34] The Panel has the authority, pursuant to Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the Rules of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee, to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-admit factual findings made during the Member’s criminal proceedings for the purposes ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-of the Member’s discipline hearing. The Member pleaded guilty to two counts of assault ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada in relation to Student 1 and Student 2. A ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-certified copy of the Court Information (Exhibit 8) and the transcript of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-proceedings at guilty plea (Exhibit 7) were entered into evidence. The transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-facts presented to the Court and admitted to by the Member were the following (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-7 at pp. 9-10): ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- The accused, Donald Wheeler, is 62 years of age and was working as a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- teacher for the Toronto District School Board at [XXX] School at the time ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- of these offences. The victims of the offences are now both [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- old and met the accused in and around grade [XXX] in the public school ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- when they joined the [XXX] which the accused was the [XXX]. Over the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- course of grade [XXX], the accused and the victim spent considerable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- time together. The accused took both victims to dinner, to movies and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- even to [XXX]. This continued until 2015. Over time, he provided them ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- alcohol and financially supported them by co-signing loans, paying for cars ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- and cell phones and even renting one of the victims an apartment for him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- and his girlfriend. Over, the course of those eight years, there was an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- inappropriate relationship between the accused and the victims of mutual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- dependence. In relation to the assaults, Your Honour, on more than one ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- occasion the accused touched both victims without their consent. He gave ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf: them hugs and tried to kiss them. The victims felt that this was sexual in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- nature. The accused takes no position – sorry, takes no issue with how ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- this made the victims feel. However, does not admit that his actions were ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf: sexual in nature, but by his actions the accused assaulted the victims with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- this unwanted touching. Those are the facts. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[35] As the Member chose not to participate in the hearing, no evidence was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-presented in his defence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-F. SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[36] College Counsel submitted that the evidence presented to the Panel proves each ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-of the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing, on a balance of probabilities. College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Counsel therefore submitted that the Panel should find that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged in the Notice of Hearing. With respect to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-allegation that the Member breached subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-College Counsel submitted that it was not necessary to present expert evidence to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-prove that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession because it is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:self-evidently a breach of professional standards for a member to sexually abuse a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[37] College Counsel observed that the witness testimony was generally consistent ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-with the statements given to the police and the Member’s guilty plea in the criminal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:proceedings, although the Member denied having a sexual intention. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:[38] College Counsel acknowledged that “sexual misconduct” was not included in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-section 1 of the Act during the time in question but maintained that the Panel could ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:apply the Act currently in force at the time of the hearing, that conduct of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-nature between a teacher and a student has “always” been prohibited and that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:inclusion of “sexual misconduct” in the Act has retrospective application in the “spirit of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:the Act”. She submitted that “sexual abuse”, as defined in section 1 of the Act, has been ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-the same from 2009 to present. In response to advice from Independent Legal Counsel, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-described below, College Counsel clarified that if the Panel should make a finding of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:“sexual abuse” in accordance with section 1 of the Act then a finding of “sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:misconduct” would be precluded (the definition of “sexual misconduct” explicitly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:excludes “sexual abuse of a student”) but if the Panel declined to find section 1 “sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:abuse” then College Counsel would urge the Panel to make a finding of “sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-misconduct”. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-G. INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL’S ADVICE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[39] Independent Legal Counsel agreed with College Counsel that, in circumstances ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-where the standard for the profession is obvious or notorious, no expert evidence is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-required for a subsection 1(5) finding of misconduct. However, she cautioned the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:against making a finding of “sexual misconduct” because this head of misconduct was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-not in the Act at the time in question. It could be perceived as unfair to the Member to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-hold him accountable for something that was not yet enacted at the time of the conduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-She referred the Panel to the Divisional Court’s decision in Kalin v. Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Teachers, 2005 CanLII 18286. Independent Legal Counsel advised that, if the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:made a finding of section 1 “sexual abuse”, then the Panel need not consider a “sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-misconduct” finding and could “bypass” the retrospectivity concern. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-H. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(1) Onus and standard of proof ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[40] The College bears the burden of proving the allegations in accordance with the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-standard of proof set out in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 41, which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-is proof on a balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(2) Decision ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[41] Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on November 22, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-2019 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-I. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[42] The Panel has carefully reviewed the evidence and submissions presented in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-this matter. In the reasons that follow, the Panel comments only on the portions of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-evidence that are most relevant to the allegations contained in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-The Panel first sets out its factual findings and then explains why these facts give rise to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-a finding of professional misconduct, as alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[43] The Panel found Student 1 and Student 2 to be credible witnesses. They had a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-good recollection of events and gave their evidence in a forthright manner even though ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-they were clearly uncomfortable with the subject matter at times and used euphemisms ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:such as “handsy” and “doing our business” to describe the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-them. Their evidence differed on a minor point: Student 1 said the second [XXX] trip ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-happened in Grade [XXX] while Student 2 said it happened in Grade [XXX]. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-does not consider this to be a material difference as the conduct occurred eight or nine ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-years ago and their evidence was consistent that the trip took place after they ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-graduated from the School and entered high school. The police occurrence report ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(Exhibit 4) and interview notes (Exhibits 5 and 10) contain greater detail, in parts, than ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-the students’ testimony, with respect to the Member’s conduct. Both students ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-acknowledged that what they told the police was accurately reproduced in these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-documents. The documents are generally consistent with the students’ testimony and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-can reasonably be relied upon to supplement the evidence they gave at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(1) Factual Findings ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(i) The Member engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[44] During his criminal proceedings, the Member admitted that “over the course of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-those eight years, there was an inappropriate relationship between the accused and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-victims of mutual dependence”. He admitted spending considerable time with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-during his Grade [XXX] year and taking him to dinner, the movies and [XXX]. He ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-admitted providing Student 1 with alcohol and paying for his cell phone. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[45] Student 1 testified that in Grade [XXX] the Member began giving him rides and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-seeing him after school on a frequent basis. They saw movies together, ate out, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-went to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[46] There is ample evidence that the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:relationship with Student 1 that had elements of grooming behaviour or, as the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-admitted, created a “mutual dependence”. The Member bought gifts for Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-treated him to meals and outings which made Student 1 feel special. The police ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-occurrence report (Exhibit 4) notes that the Member told Student 1 and Student 2 they ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-were the “chosen ones” when he singled them out for attention. The Member provided ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Student 1 with alcohol before, during and after school and gave him marijuana during ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-one of the trips to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[47] The Panel finds that the Member engaged in an inappropriate relationship meant ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-to engender Student 1’s dependence on him during Student 1’s Grade [XXX] year and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-beyond. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(ii) The Member engaged in inappropriate physical contact with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[48] The Member’s guilty plea to assault against Student 1 is evidence of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-inappropriate physical contact. The Member admitted to touching Student 1 without his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-consent and engaging in “unwanted touching” by giving Student 1 hugs and trying to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-kiss him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[49] Student 1 testified that, during Grade [XXX], the Member started giving him long ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-hugs, back rubs, rubbing his leg and touching his thigh. Student 1 told the Member this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-made him feel uncomfortable and asked him to stop. The Member would stop, get ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-moody, ask Student 1 for another chance, and then resume the same behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[50] The Panel finds that the Member’s unwanted touching of Student 1 was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-inappropriate physical contact. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:(iii) The Member engaged in sexual contact with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:[51] Although the Member denied that his actions were “sexual in nature”, he took no ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:issue with Student 1’s belief that his behaviour was sexually motivated. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[52] Student 1 testified that, in Grade [XXX], the Member began giving him alcohol ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-and the touching (hugs, back rubs, thigh touching) increased. The Member would tell ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Student 1 how good it felt for the Member. Student 1 felt uncomfortable and voiced his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-discomfort to the Member but, after a break, the Member always resumed. In Grade ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[XXX], after Student 1 left the School, the Member’s behaviour escalated. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-testified that “a lot” happened at the Member’s house including “me seeing him naked ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-and him seeing me naked”, “me having to touch him”, the Member touching Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-and the Member “saying he wants to do stuff to me and he wants me to do stuff to him”. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[53] The summary of Student 1’s police interview (Exhibit 5) provides further and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-more explicit details of the Member’s behaviour while Student 1 was in high school, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-including: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (i) during car rides, the Member would grab Student 1’s hand ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- and make him feel the Member’s leg and “sac” through his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- clothes; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (ii) the Member would “grab his ass” and say how good it felt; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (iii) the Member insisted on examining Student 1’s penis when ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Student 1 was in Grade [XXX] and feared he had contracted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf: a sexually transmitted disease and the Member touched ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Student 1’s penis on this occasion despite his objection. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:[54] The Panel finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of Student 1 when ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Student 1 was in Grade[XXX] and Grade [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(iv) The Member engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[55] During his criminal proceedings, the Member admitted that “over the course of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-those eight years, there was an inappropriate relationship between the accused and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-victims of mutual dependence”. He admitted spending considerable time with Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-during his Grade [XXX] year and taking him to dinner, the movies and [XXX]. He also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-admitted providing Student 2 with alcohol. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[56] Student 2 testified that in Grade [XXX] the Member began giving him rides and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-seeing him after school on a frequent basis. They saw movies together, ate out, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-went to [XXX]. The Member encouraged Student 2 to hide their relationship from his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-family. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[57] There is ample evidence that the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:relationship with Student 2 that had elements of grooming behaviour or, as the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-admitted, creating a “mutual dependence”. The Member treated Student 2 to meals and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-outings which made Student 2 feel special. The police occurrence report (Exhibit 4) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-notes that the Member told Student 1 and Student 2 they were the “chosen ones” when ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-he singled them out for attention. The Member provided Student 2 with alcohol during ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-and after school and gave him marijuana during one of the trips to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[58] The Panel finds that the Member engaged in an inappropriate relationship meant ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-to engender Student 2’s dependence on him during Student 2’s Grade [XXX] year and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-beyond. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(v) The Member engaged in inappropriate physical contact with Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[59] The Member’s guilty plea to assault against Student 2 is evidence of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-inappropriate physical contact. The Member admitted to touching Student 2 without his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-consent and engaging in “unwanted touching” by giving Student 2 hugs and trying to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-kiss him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[60] Student 2 testified that, during Grade [XXX], the Member started touching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Student 2’s legs and thighs during car rides. Student 2 told the Member this made him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-feel uncomfortable and asked him to stop. The Member would try to “guilt trip” Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-into letting him (the Member) continue. This behaviour became so frequent that Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-2 stopped wearing shorts. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[61] During one of the trips to [XXX], the Member put ice cubes down Student 2’s shirt ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-and held him down while he struggled, using this opportunity to touch him. He gave ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Student 2 alcohol and, when he was drunk, would try to hug and kiss him on the lips, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-cheek and neck. Student 2 told the Member his behaviour was “not something I’m okay ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-with” several times. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[62] The Panel finds that the Member’s unwanted touching of Student 2 was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-inappropriate physical contact. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(vi) The Member engaged in sexual contact with Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[63] Although the Member denied that his actions were “sexual in nature”, he took no ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-issue with Student 2’s belief that his behaviour was sexually motivated. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[64] Student 2 testified that, during car rides in Grade [XXX], the Member would “pull ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-his hand back and start touching my legs” and try to touch closer to Student 2’s private ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:area. When he was [XXX] or [XXX], the Member began showing him pornography and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:would tell Student 2 dirty jokes and stories about his past sexual partners. Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-recounted the Member putting ice cubes down his (Student 2’s) shirt in [XXX] and using ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-this as an excuse to touch him. The Member would also try to kiss him on the lips, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-cheek and neck when Student 2 was drunk. He described the Member as getting ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-“handsy” and trying to hug and “feel” him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:[65] The Panel finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of Student 2 when ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Student 2 was in Grade [XXX] and Grade [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[66] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct set out above gives rise to several ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-findings of professional misconduct. In particular, the Member breached the following ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-subsections of Ontario Regulation 437/97: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (i) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- contrary to subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (ii) he abused students verbally, contrary to subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (iii) he abused students physically, contrary to subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (iv) he abused students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- to subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf: (v) he abused students sexually, contrary to subsection 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf: and engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (vi) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- laws, contrary to subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (vii) he failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Act, contrary to subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (viii) he contravened a law relevant to his suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (ix) he contravened a law which has caused or may cause a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- student under his professional supervision to be put at or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- remain at risk, contrary to subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (x) he committed acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- (xi) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:[67] The Panel makes no finding of “sexual misconduct” in light of its finding that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:Member engaged in “sexual abuse” of the students. “Sexual misconduct” is defined in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:section 1 of the Act as “inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:member that is not sexual abuse of a student”. As the Panel found that “sexual abuse” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-in accordance with section 1 of the Act was proven, there was no need to consider ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:whether the Member also engaged in “sexual misconduct” and whether the Act had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-retrospective application. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(i) The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[68] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-profession. Although no expert evidence was provided to prove that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-conduct breached the standards of the profession, the Panel accepts College Counsel’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-submission and Independent Legal Counsel’s advice that expert evidence was not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-required in this case because the Member’s conduct was so egregious that it is self- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-evidently misconduct.1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[69] The Member’s inappropriate relationships, inappropriate physical contact and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:sexual contact with Student 1 and Student 2 were a clear breach of The Ethical ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Standards for the Teaching Profession and The Standards of Practice for the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Profession. The Member also disregarded the College’s Professional Advisory ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-regarding Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-dated September 27, 2002. His repeated hugging and touching of the students showed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-a blatant disregard for the ethical standards of care, trust, respect and integrity. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Shockingly, he provided the students with alcohol, both during and after school, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:tried to take advantage of their inebriated status to engage in sexual contact against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-their will. He also failed to “promote and participate in the creation of [a] collaborative, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-safe and supportive learning [community],” as set out in The Standards of Practice for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-the Teaching Profession. He was Student 1’s [XXX] teacher and Student 2’s [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-coach as well as leader of the [XXX]. The evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-he preyed upon two vulnerable students by creating a relationship of “mutual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- See Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (CanLII) at paragraph 71. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:dependence” so he could engage in sexual contact with them. The Member abused the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-trust and authority conferred on him as a member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(ii) The Member abused the students verbally, contrary to subsection 1(7) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[70] The Panel finds the Member verbally abused both students. For instance, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Member verbally abused Student 2 by telling him dirty jokes and stories about his past ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:sexual partners. He also abused both students by verbally harassing them and making ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-repeated telephone calls when they tried to reduce or cut contact. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(iii) The Member abused the students physically, contrary to subsection 1(7.1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[71] The Member’s physical abuse of the students is proven by his guilty plea to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-criminal charges of assault. The Member touched the students on their legs and thighs, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-gave them hugs and back rubs, put ice down their shirts and held them down while they ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-struggled, and tried to kiss them on the lips, cheeks and necks despite their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-protestations. This conduct constitutes physical abuse. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(iv) The Member abused the students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- to subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[72] The Panel finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-students. When they rebuffed his advances, he would get “moody” or try to “guilt trip” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-them by saying “you’re my everything” or threatening to kill himself if they ended their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-relationship. He encouraged Student 2 to hide their relationship from his family. He used ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-emotional manipulation to try to get what he wanted and harassed the students when ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-they tried to break free. His behaviour had a devastating psychological impact on the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-students. Student 1 testified “he took a part of me I will never get back” and “he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-impacted me in every way”. Student 2 found himself unable to concentrate on his post- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-secondary studies out of fear the Member might try to re-insert himself into Student 2’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-life and he experienced depression and trouble sleeping. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:(v) The Member abused the students sexually, contrary to subsection 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf: and engaged in “sexual abuse” of the students as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- the Act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:[73] The Panel finds that the Member sexually abused Student 1 and Student 2 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:that his conduct meets the definition of “sexual abuse” in section 1 of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:definition of “sexual abuse” in section 1 of the Act includes, “touching, of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:nature, of the student by the member” and “behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-the member towards the student”. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[74] The Member touched the legs and thighs of Student 1 and Student 2 during car ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-rides and tried to move his hand upwards towards their private areas. Student 1 told the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-police that, when he was in high school, the Member would make him feel his “sac” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-through his clothes. In [XXX], the Member put ice cubes down their shirts and held them ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-down while they struggled, using this opportunity to touch their bodies. He gave them ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-alcohol and tried to kiss them on the lips, cheeks and necks when they were drunk. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-touching made the students feel uncomfortable and they repeatedly asked the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-to stop. Student 1 told the police the Member would “grab his ass” and that, in Grade ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[XXX], the Member touched his penis. All of the above conduct constitutes “touching, of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:a sexual nature, of the student by the member” in accordance with the section 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:definition of sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[75] The Member told Student 1 about the “stuff” he wanted to do to him and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-“stuff” he wanted Student 1 to do to him and showed himself naked to Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-saw Student 1 naked. When Student 1 visited him from [XXX], the Member expressed a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-desire for them to “sleep together and do stuff together”. Student 2 testified that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Member told him dirty jokes and stories about his past sexual partners. He showed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:Student 2 pornography. All of the above conduct constitutes “behaviour or remarks of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:sexual nature by the member towards the student” in accordance with the section 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:definition of sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(vi) The Member failed to comply with the Act, the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- contrary to subsection 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[76] The Member’s inappropriate personal relationships with Student 1 and Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:and his physical and sexual abuse of them contravened section 32 of the College’s by- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-laws as the Member failed to meet the expectations of care, respect, trust and integrity ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-for the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(vii) The Member failed to comply with section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- contrary to subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[77] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Education Act which requires teachers to “inculcate by precept and example respect for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-religion and the principles of Judaeo-Christian morality and the highest regard for truth, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-purity, temperance and all other virtues”. The students welcomed the presence of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Member in their lives as a mentor and caring adult. The Member failed to behave as an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-appropriate role model by engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:Student 1 and Student 2 and by physically and sexually abusing them. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 26 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(viii) The Member contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- to subsection 1(16) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[78] The Member was convicted of assault contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-in respect of Student 1 and Student 2. This conviction makes him unsuitable to instruct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-students and to occupy the position of trust and authority given to teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(ix) The Member contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- may cause a student under the member’s professional supervision to be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- put at or remain at risk, contrary to subsection 1(17) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[79] The Member’s contravention of the assault provision of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Canada caused Student 1 and Student 2 to be put at or to remain at risk of harm. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Member assaulted both students while they were at the School and under his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-professional supervision as their classroom teacher and in his role as a facilitator of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-their extra-curricular activities. Student 1 testified about the lasting impact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Member’s actions on his life and his loss of trust in people. Student 2 testified about ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-how his fear of the Member becoming re-involved in his life caused him to lose focus in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-his studies and affected him mentally. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(x) The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[80] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. His exploitation of the two ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:students began with grooming by offering them rides to and from school and taking ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-them on outings. The students considered him to be a mentor and a friend. He made ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-them feel special, calling them “the chosen ones”, and seeking their company outside ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-school. He gave them alcohol to create a dependency on him and to reduce their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-resistance to his advances. He emotionally manipulated them when they told him to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-stop and he harassed them when they tried to stop seeing him. Against this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-background, he repeatedly molested them, including by touching their thighs, giving ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:them hugs, trying to kiss them and showing them pornography. These acts would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-(xi) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[81] The Panel finds that the conduct described above is unbecoming a member of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-the teaching profession. The Member used his position of trust and authority as a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-teacher to exploit two vulnerable students. Such conduct undermines the trust that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-parents, students and the public place in teachers and reflects poorly on the profession ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-as a whole. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-J. PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[82] College Counsel submitted that the mandatory penalty provisions of section 30.2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-of the Act apply by virtue of the transitional provision in section 63.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-K. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[83] On November 22, 2019, the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 28 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-L. REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[84] The Panel accepted College Counsel’s submission that section 30.2 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-applied to its findings by virtue of section 63.2 of the Act. Section 63.2 provides that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:section 30.2, in its current form, applies retrospectively to a finding of sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-student that occurred before April 3, 2019 provided no subsection 30(4) order has ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-previously been made in respect of the same matter. These conditions are satisfied ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:because the Member has not yet been sanctioned by the College for his sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-of the students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[85] Section 30.2 provides that, where the Discipline Committee finds a member guilty ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:of an act of professional misconduct consisting of or including sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-student, the Committee shall make an order requiring that the member be reprimanded ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-and directing the Registrar to revoke the member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:registration. As described above, the Panel found that the Member sexually abused the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-students, contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and engaged in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:“sexual abuse” of the students as defined in section 1 of the Act. Accordingly, section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-30.2 is engaged, and the Panel makes both of these orders. The Panel notes that it has ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-no discretion in this regard and denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-terms. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-M. COSTS SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[86] College Counsel requested $10,000 for the costs of the hearing under paragraph ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-4 of subsection 30(5) of the Act and Rule 16.05(3). She referred the Panel to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-decision in Ontario College of Teachers v. Hall, 2019 ONOCT 20 for the factors relevant ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-to a costs award. She also cited the following prior decisions of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 30 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[91] The Panel recognizes that a costs award is compensatory rather than punitive in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-nature. However, the Member’s conduct during the course of the disciplinary process is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-relevant, as uncooperative or vexatious conduct can lengthen the duration of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 157 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-proceedings and increase the expense to the College. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[92] The Member failed to engage in a meaningful way with the disciplinary process. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-He repeatedly failed to respond to College Counsel’s communications. The College was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-required to call Student 1 and Student 2 as witnesses and prove its case over the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-course of a one-day hearing. While the Member previously made admissions during the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-course of his criminal proceeding, he was not obliged to admit his misconduct in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-College’s proceeding as he has the right to defend himself and put the College to its ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-burden of proof. Despite being advised of this right, the Member did not attend the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-hearing and did not present a defence for the Panel’s consideration. The College was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:successful in proving all allegations with the exception of “sexual misconduct”, which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf:was unnecessary for the Panel to consider given its finding on “sexual abuse”. Finally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-the College is not required to show that the Member is able to pay the award in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-absence of evidence from the Member that he is unable to pay. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-[93] Rule 16.05(3) provides that the College need not prove the cost or expense of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-hearing day if the request is equal to or less than the amount set out in Tariff A of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-$10,000 per day. College Counsel requested $10,000 in accordance with Tariff A as the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-proceeding endured for one hearing day. The Panel finds this amount to be appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf-Date: January 17, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct157.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- (c) he failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- were under his care, contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with Section 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- R.S.O. 1980, Ch. 129 and amendments thereto; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 162 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- 1. Allan Wilfred Davis is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- 2. At all material times during the 1990-1991 academic year, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- was employed by the Upper Grand District School Board, formerly known ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- as the Wellington County Board of Education (the “Board”) as a grade ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- [XXX] [XXX][XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- 3. During the academic year 1990-1991, Student 1 was a female student in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- the Member’s grade [XXX] class, and Student 2 was a male student in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- Member’s grade [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- Inappropriate Discipline of Students: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- 4. During the 1990-1991 academic year, the Member disciplined students in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- his class by making them stand on their desks with their arms outstretched ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- like a cross. This pose was called “la Croix” or “the Cross.” The Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- 16. The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 162 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- 17. In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-[6] College Counsel requested that the allegation that the Member breached ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 (pre-May 2008 amendments to the Act) be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-narrowed to include only physical, verbal and psychological or emotional abuse, but not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf:sexual abuse. College Counsel further requested that the Panel not make a finding that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf:the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-the Act. College Counsel stated that there was insufficient evidence before the Panel to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf:prove the allegation of sexual abuse. The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-and the submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-February 5, 2020, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-as alleged, contrary to subsections 13, 14(d) and 14(f) of the TPA Regulation, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-subsection 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 129, and subsections 1(7) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-[physical, verbal, psychological or emotional abuse], 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf-Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct162.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Harrison 2020 ONOCT 160 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Date: 2020-04-23 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 160 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- David Benjamin Harrison, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- DAVID BENJAMIN HARRISON (REGISTRATION #480168) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-PANEL: Diane Ballantyne, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- John Hamilton, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-HEARD: April 22, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Zirka Jakibchuk, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-No one appearing for David Benjamin Harrison ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- By order of the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia, there is also a publication ban ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in this matter, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-on April 22, 2020. With the consent of the parties, and in accordance with section 3 of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-the Hearings in Tribunal Proceedings (Temporary Measures) Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 5, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 160 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Sched. 3, this matter proceeded by way of an electronic hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[2] David Benjamin Harrison (the “Member”) did not participate in the hearing and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-did not have legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Act at the request of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. Accordingly, no ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[5] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the Court Information dated ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-November 20, 2018 from the Member’s criminal proceedings before the Provincial Court ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-of Nova Scotia (see Exhibit 2 at Appendix B). In these proceedings, an order restricting ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, any information that could ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-identify the victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not be published in any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 160 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated February 4, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-2020 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that David Benjamin Harrison is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- may cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 160 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 1. David Benjamin Harrison is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- His teaching certificate has been suspended for non-payment of fees ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- since April 2006. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member also held a teaching certificate in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- province of Nova Scotia. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 3. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Annapolis Valley ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Regional Centre for Education as a [XXX]teacher at [XXX](the “School”) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- in[XXX], Nova Scotia. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 4. During the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 academic years, Student 1 was a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- female student at the School and at times during this period, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- was one of Student 1’s teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 5. Between on or about September 1, 2013 and on or about August 28, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 2015, when Student 1 was under 18 years old, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf: inappropriate personal relationship and a sexual relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 6. In or around the[XXX] of[XXX], the Member began to develop a friendly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- relationship with Student 1. He approached Student 1 about [XXX]for him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- and she did so a couple times. The Member also began to correspond ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- with Student 1 through email, first through his employee account and then ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- his personal account, and engaged in inappropriate electronic ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- communications of a personal and romantic nature with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 7. The Member confided in Student 1 that he was having difficulty in his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- marriage and that he felt he and his wife were moving toward a[XXX]. He ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- expressed a connection with Student 1 and talked about having a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- relationship with her. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-8. In the summer of[XXX], after Student 1[XXX], but before she turned[XXX], ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- there were three incidents that ultimately gave rise to criminal charges. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-9. On all three occasions, the Member picked Student 1 up from[XXX], drove ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- around, and made intimate contact with Student 1. The inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf: physical contact and sexual contact included: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 160 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (a) kissing Student 1 several times; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (b) touching Student 1’s breasts over top of and under her clothes; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (c) putting his hands down Student 1’s pants and touching her vagina. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-10. The Member continued to have some contact with Student 1 after she ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- turned [XXX] and until she [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-11. On or about November 20, 2018, the Member was criminally charged with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- the following offences in relation to Student 1: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (a) child luring contrary to section 172.1 (1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (Canada) (the “Criminal Code”); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf: (b) sexual exploitation contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Code; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf: (c) sexual assault contrary to section 271(1) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-12. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Court Information dated November 20, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:13. On May 30, 2019, the Member pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. The remaining charges ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- were withdrawn at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-14. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- transcript of the Guilty Plea before the Honourable Judge Ronda van der ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Hoek in[XXX], Nova Scotia, dated May 30, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-15. On or about the same day, the Member voluntarily surrendered his Nova ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Scotia teaching certificate and said certificate was cancelled. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-16. On June 26, 2019, the Member was sentenced to a 90-day intermittent ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- sentence to be served on weekends and four months’ probation. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Member was also made subject to various ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-17. The Member did not appeal his sentence or conviction. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-18. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Sentencing transcript before the Honourable Judge Christopher Manning ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- in[XXX], Nova Scotia, dated June 26, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-19. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Victim Impact Statement of Student 1, dated June 24, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 160 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-20. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Victim Impact Statement of Student 1’s mother, dated June 24, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-21. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “G” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Adult Probation Order, dated June 26, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-22. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-21 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-23. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf: acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-24. By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- counsel or with the opportunity to have obtained the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 25. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 160 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on April 22, 2020, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-1 to 21 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that between 2013 and 2015, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:Member engaged in an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with his student, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Student 1. The Member communicated with Student 1 outside of class, he asked ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Student 1 to [XXX]for him, and soon he began to send inappropriate personal and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-romantic messages to Student 1. Furthermore, on three different occasions, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:Member picked up Student 1 and made inappropriate physical and sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-her. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:[10] On May 30, 2019, the Member pleaded guilty to the charge of sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 160 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. He was sentenced to a 90-day ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-custodial sentence, to be served intermittently, followed by four months of probation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-The Member was also made subject to several ancillary orders. He did not appeal his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:[11] The Admitted Facts clearly demonstrate that he sexually abused Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Additionally, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. The definition ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:of sexual abuse in the Act includes touching and behaviour or remarks of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-nature by a member towards a student. The Member’s conduct clearly meets this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-definition. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[12] The Panel also finds that the Member breached subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Regulation 437/97 by making physically abusive contact with Student 1. This conduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-includes kissing Student 1, and touching her breasts and vagina. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[13] The Panel furthermore finds that the Member breached subsection 1(7.2) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. In the Victim Impact Statement (see Exhibit 2 at Appendix ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-E), Student 1 describes how the actions of the Member caused her serious and lasting ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-emotional and psychological harm. Student 1 felt a profound breach of trust by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Member and described the devastating impact that his abusive behaviour had on all ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-aspects of her life. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:[14] The Member’s criminal conviction for sexual exploitation demonstrates that he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-contravened a law relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Registration contrary to subsection 1(16) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 160 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-teaching profession are responsible for the safety and well-being of students. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:teaching profession does not tolerate the sexual exploitation of students by members ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-and this type of criminal conduct clearly relates to a member’s suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-teaching certificate. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[15] Additionally, the Member’s criminal conduct has caused a student who was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-under the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or remain at risk contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-subsection 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:[16] The Panel also finds that by engaging in sexual abuse of a student, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-breached the standards of the profession contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Regulation 437/97. In particular, the Member breached the ethical standards of “care”, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-“trust” and “integrity”. Misconduct of this nature is so notorious that expert evidence of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-the standard is not required. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[17] Furthermore, the Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-437/97 by failing to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-duties of a teacher. Members hold a unique position of trust and authority. They are ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-expected to serve as role models as they are responsible for the well-being, safety and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:development of their students. It is egregious for teachers to sexually abuse their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-students. The Member’s conduct in this case was entirely at odds with his obligations as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[18] Similarly, the Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:unprofessional contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-abusing Student 1, the Member demonstrated a complete lack of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 160 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-judgment. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[19] Finally, the Member’s conduct is unbecoming a member contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:eroded when members abuse their position of trust and authority to sexually and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-emotionally abuse their students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-[20] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on April 22, 2020, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Member, which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf:[21] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct160.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v McGilly 2020 ONOCT 165 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Date: 2020-06-25 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 165 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Gerard Edward McGilly, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- GERARD EDWARD MCGILLY (REGISTRATION #526761) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-PANEL: Jonathan Rose, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- John Hamilton, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-HEARD: June 23, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Zirka Jakibchuk, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Gerard Edward McGilly, self-represented ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- By order of Justice M. Green of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-on June 23, 2020 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). With the consent ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-of the parties, and in accordance with section 3 of the Hearings in Tribunal Proceedings ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 165 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-(Temporary Measures) Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 5, Sched 3, this matter proceeded by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-way of an electronic hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[2] Gerard Edward McGilly (the “Member”) attended the hearing but did not have ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[4] A publication ban was also ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act at ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-the request of College Counsel and on behalf of Student 1, Student 2, Student 3 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Student 4, referred to in the Notice of Hearing dated February 4, 2020 who were ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-allegedly sexually abused, or the subjects of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of Student 1, Student 2, Student 3 or Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-4. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[5] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the transcripts of the Guilty ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Plea and Sentencing Hearing and the Reasons for Sentence from the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-criminal proceedings before the Honourable Justice M. Green dated August 24, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 165 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-(Exhibit 2 at Tab D and Tab E, respectively). In these proceedings before the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Court of Justice, an order restricting publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-the Criminal Code of Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated February 4, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-2020 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Gerard Edward McGilly is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 165 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- may cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (i) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: (k) he engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 1. The Member is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. His ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- teaching certificate is currently suspended for non-payment of fees. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix "A" is a copy of the Member's ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Registered Member Information with the College. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto Catholic ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- District School Board (the "Board") as an[XXX] teacher at [XXX](the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- "School) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 3. At all material times, Student 1, Student 2, Student 3 and Student 4 were ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- female students or former students of the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 4. Student 1 was a student in the Member's [XXX]at the School during the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 academic years. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 5. Between in or around September 2014 and in or around June 2016, when ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Student 1 was [XXX] to [XXX] years old, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- inappropriate personal relationship and a sexual relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-6. In January 2014, the Member noticed Student 1 crying in class and began ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- messaging her over Facebook. He asked about how she was feeling and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- sent supportive messages. He continued to message her and speak to her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 165 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- frequently in person about personal matters, including his band, his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- divorce and his children, into the 2015-2016 academic year. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-7. In late 2015, the Member suggested that they switch from Facebook to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- another social media platform, Kick [sic]. At first his chats with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- were about school, but soon they became sexual in nature. The Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: also started sending Student 1 adult pornography and showed her sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- images posted on his Tumblr account. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:8. The Member asked Student 1 what she thought of the pornography and if ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- she would ever pose in the same manner as the women depicted. He also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- complimented her on how she looked in her online photographs. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-9. The Member began sending Student 1 sexually explicit photographs of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- himself. He then encouraged Student 1 to take nude photographs of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- herself and to send these to the Member, which she did. Many of these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- photographs were retained by the Member and later found on the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: Member's laptop. These photographs constitute child pornography as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- defined in the Criminal Code (Canada) (the "Criminal Code"). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-10. In January 2016, the Member told Student 1 that if she ever needed a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- place to stay, he was there for her and he provided her with his cellphone ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- number. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-11. On January 28, 2016, Student 1 told the Member she did not want to go ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- home after a party. The Member picked her up from the party and took her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- back to his apartment. Student 1 had been drinking and they had another ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- drink together at the Member's home. He then brought her to his bedroom, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- and the Member engaged in oral sex and unprotected vaginal sex with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Student 1 several times throughout the night. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-12. After this sexual encounter, the Member continued to exchange ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- inappropriate personal and sexual messages with Student 1. He also had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- sexual intercourse with her on multiple occasions until she was [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- years old. On at least one of these occasions, Student 1 was still [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- years old and was a student of the Member's. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-13. The Member took sexually explicit photographs of himself and Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- when Student 1 was [XXX] years old. These photographs constitute child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: pornography as defined in the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:14. In addition, while he was engaged in a sexual relationship with Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- the Member asked her if she had told anyone about their relationship and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- instructed her not to disclose it to anyone. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 165 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-15. Student 2 was a student in the Member's [XXX]class at the School during ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- the 2016-2017 academic year. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-16. Between in or around May 2017 and in or around September 2017, when ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Student 2 was [XXX] years old, the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: personal relationship and a sexual relationship with Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-17. Student 2 was experiencing significant [XXX]in the second semester of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2016-2017 academic year. The Member was made aware of this. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-18. In May 2017, the Member reached out to Student 2 on her personal email ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- account and told her that they could talk privately through email or other ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- social media anytime she wanted. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-19. The Member began writing to Student 2 on a text-messaging app called ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- WhatsApp, throughout the day and outside school hours. He ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- complimented Student 2 on her[XXX], and she confided in him about ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- school and her[XXX]. The Member told Student 2 about his personal life ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- as well, including a secret relationship he had had with an adult woman. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:20. The Member began to introduce sexual themes into the online ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- communications. He shared an erotic fiction story he wrote about an older ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- man and a younger woman. He shared other similar stories and said that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Student 2 inspired him. He wrote Student 2 into one of his erotic stories as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: a character which he developed over time, adding more sexualized detail. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:21. The Member also began sending Student 2 sexually explicit images over ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Snapchat and commented in texts about how Student 2 looked during the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- school day. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:22. By the summer of 2017, the Member had sent several nude, sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- explicit images and videos of himself to Student 2 and remarked that he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- had been thinking of her. In return, Student 2 eventually began to send the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Member naked photographs of herself with his encouragement. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: Member commented sexually about them and told her that he wanted to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: touch her sexually. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-23. The Member also repeatedly invited Student 2 to his home asking her to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- wear specific clothing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-24. The Member told Student 2 that their relationship was secret and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- instructed her not to disclose it to anyone. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-25. Student 3 was a student in the Member's [XXX]class at the School from ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- January to June 2017. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-26. In or around April to May 2017, when Student 3 was [XXX] years old, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 165 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship and a sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- relationship with Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-27. In late April/ early May 2017, the Member began messaging Student 3 on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- the social media applications, Tumblr and Snow. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-28. On May 5, 2017, the Member chatted with Student 3 on Snow about his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- personal life, including his ex-wife and the divorce process. He then ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: moved the conversation into sexual topics such as his own sex life. He ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- told her about his erotic fiction story about an older man and a younger ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- woman. To illustrate his story, he sent her a picture of an older male and a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- younger female taking off her bra. He told her about his masturbation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- habits and asked her about hers. He admitted to being aroused by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- conversation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-29. The Member further texted Student 3, but she ignored his texts. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-30. A short time later, he sent her an image of himself shaving in which he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- was visible to the waist and was not wearing a shirt. She ignored this as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- well. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-31. In or around June 2015, when Student 4 was a [XXX] year old Grade ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- [XXX] student at the School, the Member began speaking to Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- about personal matters, including his family. He discussed continuing a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- personal relationship with Student 4 after her [XXX]from [XXX]and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- exchanged phone numbers with her. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-32. Between in or around June 2015 and in or around June 2017, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- engaged in inappropriate electronic communications of a personal and a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: sexual nature with Student 4. The Member began by messaging Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- about personal matters, including his family, his divorce and his past ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- relationship with a female teacher at the School. With time, some of his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: messages became sexual in nature. He shared an erotic fiction story with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Student 4 over Snapchat and told her, "this could be us someday". He ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- also asked Student 4 to share her secrets with him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Criminal Conviction/ Termination of Employment ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-33. On or about October 12, 2017, the Member was criminally charged with: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (a) three counts of child luring contrary to section 172.1(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Criminal Code, in relation to Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (b) three counts of sexual exploitation contrary to section 153(1)(b) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- the Criminal Code, in relation to Student 1, Student 2 and Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 3; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 165 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (c) two counts of making sexually explicit material available to a child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- contrary to section 171.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code, in relation to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Student 1 and Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: (d) three counts of making child pornography contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 163.1(2) of the Criminal Code, in relation to Student 1 and Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: (e) two counts of possessing child pornography contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code, in relation to Student 1 and Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: (f) two counts of accessing child pornography contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code, in relation to Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Student 2; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: (g) one count of distributing child pornography contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 163.1(3) of the Criminal Code, in relation to Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-34. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix "B" are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Replacement Court Information dated November 30, 2017, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Appearances/Adjournments, and disposition in the criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-35. The Board terminated the Member's employment with cause effective April ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 30, 2018. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix "C" is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Board's termination letter to the Member dated March 29, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-36. On August 24, 2018, the Member pleaded guilty to: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (a) two counts of child luring contrary to section 172.1(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Criminal Code, in relation to Student 1 and Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: (b) one count of making child pornography contrary to section 163.1(2) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- of the Criminal Code, in relation to Student 2; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: (c) one count of sexual exploitation contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Criminal Code, in relation to Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-37. The remaining charges were withdrawn at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-38. On August 24, 2018, the Member was sentenced to two concurrent one ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- year sentences for each of the child luring and sexual exploitation charges ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: relating to Student 1, a one year sentence for making child pornography, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- and a nine month sentence for the second count of child luring relating to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Student 2. The Member was also made subject to various ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 165 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-39. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix "D" is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- transcript of the Guilty Plea and Sentencing hearing before the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Honourable Justice M. Green in Toronto, Ontario, dated August 24, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-40. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix "E" is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- transcript of the Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Justice M. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Green in Toronto, Ontario, dated August 24, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-41. The Member did not appeal his conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-42. By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- appendices referred to in paragraphs 1-41 above (the "Admitted Facts"). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-43. The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- conduct that is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16) , 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- acknowledges that he engaged in "sexual abuse" of a student and in a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf: "prohibited act involving child pornography", as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 respectively. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-44. By signing this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (c) he understands that he is pleading guilty to the allegations, and is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee's decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College's website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee's decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between his counsel and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- College with respect to the penalty does not bind the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 165 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- counsel or with the opportunity to have sought the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 45. In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- College and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on June 23, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of students and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-1 to 41 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that between 2014 and 2017 the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Member engaged in a pattern of grooming behaviour and had inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:and sexual relationships with Student 1, Student 2, Student 3 and Student 4. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:Member also obtained nude photos of Student 1 and took sexually explicit photos of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-himself and Student 1 when she was [XXX] years old, and exchanged nude photos with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Student 2 when she was [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that Member’s sexual abuse of students, making child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 165 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:pornography, and having a physical sexual relationship with a student is self-evidently ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-an egregious breach of the professional and ethical standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[11] The panel finds that the Member abused students verbally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by engaging with all four students in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-sexually explicit electronic communications. The Member messaged Student 1 to ask ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:what she thought of pornography, and encouraged her to pose nude in photos in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:same manner as women depicted in the pornography that he had sent to her. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Member also encouraged Student 2 to send nude photos of herself to him, and, upon ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:seeing them, commented sexually on them and told Student 2 that he wanted to touch ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:her sexually. He asked Student 3 about her masturbation habits and shared an erotic ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-fiction story with Student 4 and told her “this could be us someday”. It is verbally ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:abusive for Members to write sexually explicit messages to students and to encourage ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:them to discuss or perform sexual acts. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[12] The Member abused a student physically, contrary to subsection 1(7.1) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:Ontario Regulation 437/97 when he had physical sexual contact with Student 1. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:Member had sexual intercourse with Student 1 on multiple occasions from the time that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-she was [XXX] and in the Member’s class, until she was [XXX] years old. Having ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:physical sexual contact with a student is clearly physical abuse. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[13] The Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by repeatedly seeking opportunities for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:personal contact with students in order to groom and lure them into exploitative sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 165 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-relationships. The Member instructed Student 1 and Student 2 not to tell anyone about ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-their relationship. The Member encouraged Student 1 to discuss personal problems with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-him to earn her trust. In her victim impact statement, Student 1 spoke about the feeling ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-that the Member “had played on her vulnerabilities”. The Member encouraged Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-to contact him privately when he was made aware that Student 2 was experiencing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-significant[XXX]. Through her victim impact statement, Student 2 told the court how the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Member exploited the frailty of her [XXX]and used it to manipulate her. Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-discussed the psychological damage of learning that the Member, a well-liked and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-friendly teacher, was a “fraud”. It is psychologically and emotionally abusive for a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:teacher, whose job it is to support and protect students, to exploit them sexually and to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:interfere with and distort their developing sexual identities. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:[14] The panel finds that the Member abused students sexually, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and engaged in sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:students as defined in section 1 of the Act. The Member’s sexual abuse of Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:included oral sex and unprotected vaginal intercourse. The Member also received and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:stored nude photos of Student 1 on his laptop, and took sexually explicit photos of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:himself and Student 1 when she was [XXX] years old. The Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:Student 2 involved the Member sending sexually explicit images and videos of himself ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-to her and encouraging Student 2 to send him naked photographs of herself, which she ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:did. The Member’s sexual abuse of Student 3 included online communications in which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-the Member discussed his sex life with the student, shared erotic fiction with her, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-asked the student about her masturbation habits. Finally, the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Student 4 involved behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature, including the sharing of an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 165 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-erotic fiction story with the student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[15] The Panel also finds that the Member engaged in a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:pornography as defined in section 1 of the Act. The Member was found guilty on one ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:count of making child pornography as defined under section 163.1 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[16] The Member’s conduct as described above demonstrates that he contravened ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act, contrary to subsection 1(15) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Regulation 437/97. This provision requires teachers to demonstrate the highest regard ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-for a number of virtues including truth, justice, humanity, benevolence and purity. Given ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-their unique position of trust and authority, teachers must prioritize the safety and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-wellbeing of students. The Member’s predatory and grooming behaviour as well as his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-sexual abuse of students demonstrates a fundamental breach of the professional and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-moral duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[17] The Member’s guilty findings on two counts of child luring, one count of making ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:child pornography and one count of sexual exploitation demonstrate that he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-contravened laws relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-registration, contrary to subsection 1(16) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-contravention of these laws has also caused students who were under the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, in violation of subsection 1(17) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[18] The Member’s flagrant breach of his professional duties was also disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-437/97. It is completely unacceptable for members of the profession to abuse their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 165 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-position of trust and authority by engaging in sexual relationships with students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[19] Finally, by engaging in such grossly inappropriate conduct with several young ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-female students, the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-The Member seriously undermined the reputation of the profession and violated the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-trust that parents, students and the public place in teachers, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[20] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on June 23, 2020 the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive an electronic reprimand immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- following the hearing, and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- 2. The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-[21] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf:abuse of a student and a prohibited act involving child pornography, as described in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf-Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2020onoct165.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated August 24, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-2017 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 166 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that John Anthony Clark Nabben is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he released or disclosed information about a student to a person ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- other than the student or, if the student is a minor, the student’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- parent or guardian, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf: he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he failed to supervise adequately a person or persons under his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- professional supervision, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated August 6, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-(Exhibit 2) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 166 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that John Anthony Clark Nabben is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he released or disclosed information about a student to a person ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- other than the student or, if the student is a minor, the student’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- parent or guardian, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf: he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf: he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he failed to supervise adequately a person who is under the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- professional supervision of the member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-3 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 166 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-[7] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated March 2, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-(Exhibit 3) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that John Anthony Clark Nabben is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he released or disclosed information about a student to a person ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- other than the student or, if the student is a minor, the student’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- parent or guardian, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf: he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-4 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf: he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he failed to supervise adequately a person who is under the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- professional supervision of the member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 166 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-[8] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 4), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- John Anthony Clark Nabben is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- At all material times, between the 2005-2006 and 2015-2016 academic ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf: years, the Member was employed by the Greater Essex District School ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Board as a dramatic arts teacher at [XXX] in Windsor, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- At all material times, the Member taught at the School between 2006 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 2016. Students auditioned in Grade [XXX] to gain entry into the arts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- program at the School. Students who gained entry into the dramatic arts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-5 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- during rehearsal due to the sheer exhaustion and demands the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- placed on students in his class and for theatrical productions. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- On several occasions, the Member told students in private, that they were ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- “too big” and/or “fat”. For example, he told a female student that she was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- “too big” to do theatre for the rest of her life. He also told the student that he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 166 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- could not provide her with costumes for her role in a show because of her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- weight and/or lack of budget. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- On occasion and out of frustration, the Member grabbed a female student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- by her shoulders in response to a poor performance by the student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Additionally, on one occasion, the Member grabbed the same female ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- student and pulled her down to the ground when the student did not listen ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-Performances and Rehearsals ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- The Member’s drama students put on a number of productions during their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Grades [XXX] academic years at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- The Member chose and/or approved scenes for the School productions ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- which included inappropriate topics for a high school drama program such ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- as: orgasmic behaviour, rape scenes, incest, suicides, family murder and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- violence. These topics were inappropriate for a high school production. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- During the rehearsal of scenes for the productions, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf: told female students their performance was not “sexual enough”, not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- “orgasmic” enough and he asked a female student to teach other ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf: female students in the class how to be or perform “sexy”, strictly in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- the context of rehearsals and/or performances; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- directed students to practice kissing each other in front of their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- classmates strictly in the context of rehearsals and/or performances; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- directed a female student to endure fake beatings and held the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- student’s head and/or neck down while another student stomped ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- next to her head during rehearsals for a violent scene; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- did not supervise or teach students how to use theatrical wooden ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- stakes in rehearsals which resulted in an injury to a student; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- closed students in small spaces to emulate scenes of a production, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- including in preparation for the performance of [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- encouraged sleep deprivation prior to certain performances in order ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- to reach emotional exhaustion through physical exhaustion; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- The Member received a Letter of Discipline in May 2012. This letter ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- addressed concerns regarding early departure from parent-teacher ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- interviews without following proper protocols. It also addressed field ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- trip/excursion policies not being adhered too. Attached hereto and marked ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the letter of discipline dated May 21, 2012. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 166 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- The Member received a Letter of Suspension in March 2016. The Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- was given an eight day suspension without pay by the Board and required ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- to take boundaries training. The Member was also transferred to another ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- school for the 2016-2017 academic year. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- Exhibit “D” is a copy of the letter of suspension dated March 23, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- The Member did not teach at another school for the 2016-2017 academic ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- year. Over the Summer of 2016, additional allegations surfaced with respect ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- to the Member’s inappropriate conduct with students. The Board assigned ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- a third party investigator to investigate these allegations. Following a series ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- of interviews with students, the Member’s employment was terminated for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- cause. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “E” is a copy of the letter of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- termination dated June 7, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- A grievance was filed on behalf of the Member. A settlement was reached ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- between the Member and the Board and the Member resigned his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- employment with the Board. The Minutes of Settlement were signed on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- December 7, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-Current Status ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- The Member is currently not teaching or employed in any teaching position. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- He last taught in a classroom in June 2016. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- By this document, the Member pleads no contest, for the purposes of this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- proceeding only, to the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- paragraphs above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(6), 1(7 – pre-May ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf: 2008 amendments – not including sexual abuse), 1(7 – verbal abuse), 1(7.1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- – physical abuse), 1(7.2 – psychological and emotional abuse), 1(11), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-be withdrawn. With respect to 1(5), College Counsel submitted that proceeding under ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-both 1(5) and 1(14) would be duplicative based on the facts outlined in the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. As such, College Counsel requested that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 166 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-allegations relating to subsection 1(5) be withdrawn. With respect to 1(7.3), College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation was being sought ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-as a by-product of negotiations in the adversarial process that resulted in the Statement ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-[10] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on May 7, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf:to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(6), 1(7)6 [not including sexual abuse], 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(11), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-[11] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-55 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-Member has engaged in a lengthy career of unprofessional conduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-6 Verbal, emotional, psychological and physical abuse only, in accordance with the version of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-regulation in force between December 4, 1997 and May 4, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Member released or disclosed information about a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-to a person other than the student contrary to 1(6) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-Member inappropriately shared his negative opinions about current and former students ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 166 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-in his classroom. Members should not share negative feedback about their current or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-former students with other students and by doing so, the Member was in violation of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-section. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-[13] For all instances of verbal, physical, and psychological or emotional abuse that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-occurred prior to May 4, 2008, the Panel finds that the Member contravened subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 as the subsection existed prior to the May 4, 2008 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf:amendment. At the time, the section prohibited “abusing a student physically, sexually, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-verbally, psychologically or emotionally”. For instances of verbal, physical and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-psychological or emotional abuse that occurred after May 4, 2008, the Panel finds that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-the Member contravened subsections 1(7), 1(7.1) and 1(7.2) of the current version of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-[14] The Member verbally abused students repeatedly. On several occasions, he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-demeaned and put down his students by telling them that their project was “shit”, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-referring to students as “worthless,” “talentless,” “stupid,” “idiot,” “terrible actors,” “crap,” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-and “piece of shit”. The Member has also not contested the fact that he has yelled at ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-students on numerous occasions. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-[15] The Member physically abused students. On one occasion, he grabbed a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-by her shoulders and on another occasion, the Member pulled the same student to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-ground. These are entirely inappropriate responses to poor classroom performance by a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-law confines the Panel’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 166 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty falls within a range of acceptable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-outcomes, based on the following prior decisions of the Discipline Committee presented ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Reinders, 2017 ONOCT 62, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Glazer, 2018 ONOCT 37. These cases demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf:revocation is not reserved for cases of sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-[24] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-provided. The Panel took note of several aggravating factors in the Member’s case. First, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-the Member’s misconduct was prolonged and repetitive, spanning over 10 years. Second, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-the Member had been put on notice by the Board regarding concerns about his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-inappropriate behaviour through letters of expectation (June 5, 2008 and December 2, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-2008) and a letter of discipline (May 21, 2012). Despite these warnings from the Board, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-the Member continued to repeatedly engage in misconduct until his suspension in 2016. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-Finally, the Member’s behaviour has led to emotional harm for several of his students. In ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-terms of mitigating factors, the Member did not contest the misconduct allegations, saving ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-the time and expense of an extremely lengthy contested hearing. After weighing these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-[25] The Panel finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-Registration is appropriate in this case. The Member’s conduct towards his students was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-abhorrent and reprehensible. The Member’s prolonged and recurring verbal and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf-emotional abuse of his students warrants an order of the Panel’s most severe penalty ./ontario-cases/2020onoct166.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Kelley 2020 ONOCT 167 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- Date: 2020-05-27 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 167 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- John Wilton Kelley, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- JOHN WILTON KELLEY (REGISTRATION #401648) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-PANEL: Jonathan Rose, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- Rebecca Forte, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-HEARD: May 27, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-Christine Wadsworth and Kathryn McChesney, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-No one appearing for John Wilton Kelley ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-May 27, 2020 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). In accordance with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-section 3 of the Hearings in Tribunal Proceedings (Temporary Measures) Act, 2020, S.O. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 167 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-2020, c. 5, Sched 3, this matter proceeded by way of an electronic hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-[2] John Wilton Kelley (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such orders mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-[4] Additionally, the Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-the Act at the request of College Counsel and on behalf of the Student referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf:Notice of Hearing dated December 21, 2018, who was allegedly sexually abused. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-the identity of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-B. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-[5] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. The Panel granted this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-[6] Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-made by College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on May 27, 2020 finding ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 167 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7)1, 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf:also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-C. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-[7] The Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-D. COSTS DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-[8] The Panel made the following order as to costs: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- The Member shall pay the College costs of the proceeding in the amount of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- $10,000 within 180 days of the date of this Order. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-1 The acts of professional misconduct of the Member occurred between 2001 - 2002 and section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf-1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 (in force between December 4, 1997 and May 4, 2008) stated at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf:material time: “Abusing a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally.” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct167.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- police had asked the Member to provide a bank statement to assist them in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- their investigation, but the Member had forgotten it at his residence on the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- day in question. The police contacted the Member during his class, asking ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- him again for the bank statement, and the Member allowed Student 1 to go ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- to his residence to retrieve the bank statement. Student 1 was gone for an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 168 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- estimated 5 to 8 minutes. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- Between February 1, 2018 and June 19, 2018, the Member, during a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- discussion in class, referred to Student 2, a male student, as the “other guy” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- on the basis of Student 2’s religious and/or ethnic background, and invited ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- Student 2 to contribute to the conversation on the basis of his religious ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- and/or ethnic background. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- Between February 1, 2018 and June 19, 2018, the Member, during a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- discussion in class, involved Student 3, a male student, asking him to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf: contribute to the conversation on the basis of his sexual orientation. If the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- Member were to testify, he would state that he had received Student 3’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf: permission before class to make reference to his sexual orientation, within ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- the context of a class discussion on diversity. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- Following its investigation, the Board determined that the Member used ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- poor judgement when he asked Student 1 to retrieve personal paperwork ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- from his residence during instructional time and used inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- insensitive terminology when referring to a student of [XXX] background and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- a student who identifies as [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- On or about June 27, 2018, the Board issued a letter of discipline to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- Member. The Board suspended the Member for one day without pay and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- required him to take a course to address the concerns that led to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- suspension. Attached as Appendix "B" is a copy of the Board’s June 27, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- 2018 letter of discipline. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- On or about September 19 and 24, 2018, the Member completed over six ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- hours of active engagement during a Sensitivity Training course of study ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- that had been specifically tailored for him. Attached as Appendix "C" is a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- copy of a letter from the course provider, dated September 24, 2018, setting ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- out the Member’s completion of the Sensitivity Training coursework. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- By this document, the Member pleads no contest, for the purposes of this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- proceeding only, to the truth of the facts and appendices referred to in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- paragraphs 1 to 10 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct as defined in the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- of Teachers Act, 1996 and pleads no contest to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- professional misconduct against him, being more particularly: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-Member failed to adequately supervise a student and was insensitive when dealing with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-two other students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 168 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Among other things, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession provide that “Members are dedicated ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-in their care and commitment to students. They treat students equitably and with respect ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-and are sensitive to factors that influence individual student learning.” The Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-referred to Student 2, who was of a [XXX] background, as the “other guy” on the basis of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-his religious and/or ethnic background and invited him to contribute to a classroom ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-discussion on the basis of his background. The Member also asked Student 3 to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf:contribute to a conversation in class on the basis of his sexual orientation. Although the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member may have received Student 3’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf:permission before class to make reference to his sexual orientation, the Panel finds that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-the Member should have known better. The actions of the Member made students feel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-uncomfortable (see Appendix B). By inappropriately singling out Student 2 and Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-3, the Member demonstrated a lack of care, respect and commitment towards his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-students and their learning. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-[10] The Member contravened subsection 1(11) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-to adequately supervise Student 1, who was under his professional supervision. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-Member sent Student 1 to his (the Member’s) residence during instructional time to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-retrieve his personal paperwork. Due to the Member’s request, Student 1 was left ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-unsupervised for approximately 5-8 minutes. By failing to adequately supervise Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-1 and sending her away from the school, the Member put the safety of Student 1 at risk. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-Members of the profession are expected to provide students with a safe learning ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-environment and to supervise students during instructional time. The Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-meet this expectation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 168 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-Regulation 437/97 by failing to comply with section 264(1)(c) and (e) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-which set out the duties of a teacher. Section 264(1)(c) provides that teachers are “to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-inculcate by precept and example respect for religion […] and all other virtues.” By using ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-an insensitive term when referring to Student 2 on the basis of his religious and/or ethnic ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf:background and when singling out Student 3 due to his sexual orientation, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-conduct was at odds with his duties as a teacher. The Panel finds that the Member acted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-as a poor role model for students through his behaviour in these instances. Section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-264(1)(e) provides that teachers are expected to “maintain […] proper order and discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-in [their] classroom and while on duty in the school and on the school ground.” It is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-unacceptable for a teacher to send a student to his residence during instructional time to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-retrieve personal paperwork. By doing so, the Member failed to maintain proper order and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-discipline in the classroom. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-[12] The Member contravened subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-engaging in unprofessional conduct. The Member demonstrated a lack of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-judgment when he used inappropriate and insensitive terminology in class when referring ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf:to Student 2, when he singled out Student 3 on the basis of his sexual orientation, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-when he asked Student 1 to retrieve his (the Member’s) personal paperwork from his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf-residence during instructional time. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct168.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Regulation 427/97 [sic], subsection 1(7.1);2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 169 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- (g) he committed an act or acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Regulation 437/97,subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Mark Alexander Simon Davidson is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-3 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- During the 2015-2016 academic year, the Member asked Person B for her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- phone number so that he could call her if he needed something for work. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- From March – April of 2016, the Member sent the following messages to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Person B: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf: (a) “Feeling better thx. How r u. Or is my sexy beard to much for u to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 169 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- handle so u needed a day off to cool down so u don’t jump me at ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- school lol”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- (b) “Just tried out the new massage table. It’s nice. Should I leave it up ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- and u can swing by tonight.”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- (c) “U can wipe me down lol”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- (d) “Ok. What are u doing in the afternoon say after 3. Wanna go over ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- budget and hang out”. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of these text ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- messages. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf: The Member would refer to certain female staff using nicknames with sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- connotations. The Member called Person B “huge ass.” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- The Member’s attention to Person B was unwanted. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- interactions with Person B during the 2015-2016 academic year made ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Person B fear for her safety. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-Inappropriate Interactions with Person C: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- On or about March 2, 2016, the Member asked Person C for her phone ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- number. While asking for her phone number, the Member took his phone ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- out which made Person C feel pressured and uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- On or about March 3, 2016, the Member poked and tickled the sides of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Person C. The Member would call Person C “Sexy S.” The Member asked ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Person C to go out with him alone and in groups. When the Member asked ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Person C to go out with him by herself, she declined. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- The Board conducted an investigation. The Member received a 15 day ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- unpaid suspension, was required to attend anger management training, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- was administratively transferred to another school. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- marked as Exhibit “E” is a copy of the Board’s letters to the Member dated ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- April 15 and April 18, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- having had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 169 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-contravened subsections 1(5), 1(7.1) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf:the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act, be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-withdrawn. With respect to subsection 1(5), College Counsel submitted that proceeding ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would be duplicative based on the facts outlined ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. As such, College Counsel requested ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-that allegations relating to subsection 1(5) be withdrawn. College Counsel also requested ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf:that subsections 1(7.1) and 1(7.3) (and the sexual abuse allegation in relation to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-1 of the Act) be withdrawn given that the evidence before the Panel was insufficient to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-prove these allegations. College Counsel further stated that the Panel’s permission to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-withdraw these allegations was being sought as a by-product of negotiations in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-adversarial process that resulted in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on June 17, 2020 finding ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member contravened subsection 1(14) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-Regulation 437/97 by failing to comply with the Ethical Standards for the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-Profession of integrity, care and respect. The Member encouraged dishonest behaviour ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 169 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-among students by allowing them to sign and get paid for shifts as student supervisors in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-his class that they did not actually work. This behaviour demonstrated the Member’s lack ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-of integrity. He furthermore made inappropriate comments about the weight, appearance ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-and clothing of student supervisors in his [XXX]class such as commenting on the skirt of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-Student 2 and texting Student 3 about her being a “slacker”. This behaviour demonstrated ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-a lack of care and respect toward his students. Members are expected to promote the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-well-being of students through positive influence, professional judgment and empathy in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-practice. The Member did not meet the ethical standards to which members of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-profession are held. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-Education Act, contrary to subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Section 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-sets out the duties of a teacher and section 264(1)(c) is commonly understood to mean ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-that teachers must act as positive role models. The Member’s conduct was at odds with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-his duties as a teacher. He encouraged dishonest behaviour as set out above, he made ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-demeaning comments about students, and he made students feel uncomfortable. Section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-264(1)(d) requires teachers to cooperate with their colleagues. The Member, however, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf:raised his voice at staff members at the School and sexually harassed female colleagues. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-This type of behaviour poisons the work environment and certainly does not foster a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-cooperative and collaborative workplace, as the Education Act requires. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-[12] The Member’s conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member engaged in a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-concerning pattern of inappropriate behaviour towards students and colleagues, despite ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 169 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-having received prior sanction from his Board. He made inappropriate comments about ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-the appearance of students, pushed lip balm into the back pocket of Student 4 and raised ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-his voice at colleagues. He also made unwanted advances toward colleagues, which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-made them feel uncomfortable. For instance, he poked and tickled female colleagues on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-their side, neck and stomach, hugged a female colleague without asking her, sent a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-female colleague unwanted and inappropriate text messages, and asked female ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-colleagues to go out with him several times (which they declined). He also referred to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf:female staff by nicknames that had a sexual connotation (e.g. “huge ass” and “Sexy S”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-The Member’s unwanted advances made Person B fear for her safety. His behaviour was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-also a violation of his Board’s Discrimination and Harassment Administrative Procedure. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-The Member’s conduct demonstrated a persistent lack of professionalism, a failure to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-respect appropriate professional boundaries with his students and colleagues and is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-clearly disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-[13] Similarly, the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-section 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member’s repeated breach of teacher- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf:student boundaries and his sexual harassment of female colleagues undermined the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-reputation of the teaching profession and violated the trust that the public places in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-members. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-[17] The Panel finds that the Member’s pattern of inappropriate conduct, despite prior ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-warnings from the Board for similarly inappropriate behaviour, warrants a reprimand by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-his peers. Members are expected to serve as positive role models for students, which the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 169 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-Member failed to do by making inappropriate comments and engaging in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-behaviour towards Students 1, 2, 3, 4 and Persons A, B and C. The reprimand will allow ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-the Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-[18] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s conduct, the Panel finds that a 20- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented are factually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a similar ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-underlying nature and the cases confirm that a lengthy suspension is justified. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-Member has a long history inappropriate conduct involving students and colleagues. He ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf:demonstrated a clear disregard for professional boundaries, he sexually harassed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-colleagues, and his behaviour made several students and colleagues feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-This type of behaviour is completely inappropriate for members of the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-who hold a unique position of trust and authority. The suspension will serve as a specific ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to other members of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-making clear that the kind of misconduct the Member exhibited is unacceptable. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-[19] The Panel finds that the course of instruction regarding maintaining appropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-boundaries will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. The coursework will remind the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-Member of his obligations as a teacher and will help him to make better decisions in any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf-future interactions with students and colleagues. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct169.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- parent or guardian, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 171 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf: abuse and/or sexual misconduct of a student or students as defined ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14);1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 13, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-(Exhibit 2) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14);3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 171 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf: (i) he engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act.4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-B. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 3), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- The Member is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- At all material times during the [XXX] school year, and during the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- school year until March 21, [XXX], the Member was employed by the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- During the [XXX] academic year, the Student was a [XXX]year old [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- student in the Member’s Grade [XXX] class at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-3 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-4 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- The Student graduated from the School in June [XXX]. At all material times ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- during the [XXX] academic year, the Student was a Grade [XXX] student of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- the Board. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-Inappropriate Electronic Communications – Summer[XXX]: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 171 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- During the summer of [XXX], the Member exchanged personal electronic ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- communications with the Student via texting, Snapchat and Instagram, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- sending messages, videos and selfies to the Student, including on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- weekends and late into the evening hours. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- The Student trusted the Member and confided in him. He was supportive ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- and often gave [XXX] advice. At some point that summer, the Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- confided in the Member that [XXX] had sent a boy [XXX] liked a picture of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- [XXX] in [XXX] underclothes. The Student was upset about the incident, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- the Member was supportive. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Following the Student’s disclosure, the Member dared the Student to send ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- him the picture [XXX] had sent to the boy. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- The Student sent the picture to the Member, following which they began ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- sending each other pictures and short videos of themselves, some of which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf: included sexually suggestive content, over Snapchat. Snapchat is a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- messaging app that lets users exchange text messages, pictures and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- videos (“snaps”) to select recipients that disappear after they are viewed. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- In addition to communicating over Snapchat, the Member and the Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf: exchanged text messages. Some of their communications included sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- innuendo and references to pictures and videos they had already ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- exchanged, or intended to create to exchange in the near future. Attached ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” are copies of screenshots of these text ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- exchanges. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- On some occasions, the Member and the Student were not able to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- communicate over Snapchat because of Wi-Fi issues. On or about August ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 12, [XXX], shortly before midnight the Student expressed [XXX] frustration ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- to the Member via text message that [XXX] parents had turned off the home ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Wi-Fi, preventing [XXX] from viewing or sharing videos with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- When [XXX] referred to [XXX] parents as “harsh” and indicated [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- intention to turn it back on, the Member agreed and encouraged [XXX]: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- “DON’T GET CAUGHT!” and, “It’s a tricky situation. I don’t mind texting but ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- prefer snapping [emojis] more… possibilities [emojis] but it’s up to you. Can ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- always try tomorrow night if you’re worried [emojis].” Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- marked as Exhibit “C” are screen shots of these communications. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Similarly, on or about August 21, [XXX], the Student texted the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- after midnight to advise him that [XXX] was again encountering difficulties ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- In mid-December [XXX], the Member visited the Student at [XXX] place of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- work. Mostly they spoke about school. The Member also spoke to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Student about the fact that he did not know what was happening with the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- investigation or when he would learn the outcome. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-Investigation: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 171 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- On or about November 24, [XXX], the CAS advised the Board that it ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf: confirmed the Student “experienced risk of likely sexual harm when [the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf: Member] was sexually suggestive in his communications with the child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- during a relationship on social media including and not limited to, numerous ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- text messages”, and pointed to a number of factors to support its conclusion ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- that the Member was grooming the Student. Attached hereto and marked ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- as Exhibit “H” is a copy of the CAS Letter dated May 11, [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- In December[XXX], as part of its investigation, the Board requested that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Member respond in writing by January 12, [XXX], to questions regarding his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- conduct and the text exchanges with the Student over the summer of [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- The Member did not respond. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- In January [XXX], the Student told the Member [XXX] did not want to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- communicate with him anymore, that what they were doing felt wrong to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- [XXX], and that [XXX] needed to focus on [XXX] exams. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- upset, and the Student felt badly for upsetting the Member. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- apologized, and clarified that [XXX] wished only to stop sending him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- pictures. When the Member suggested they only send pictures every once ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- in a while, [XXX] agreed because [XXX] did not want to upset him. As a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- result, the pictures continued. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “I” are ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- examples of selfies sent by the Member to the Student over Instagram in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- early [XXX], extracted from [XXX] phone by a digital forensics firm. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- The Member told the Student: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (a) [XXX] was everything he looked for in a [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (b) maybe one day [XXX] could be his best friend or [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (c) if they were still communicating when [XXX] was older, they could go ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- for drinks or on vacation together; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (d) he wished he had met [XXX] when he was younger; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (e) he made a statement which [XXX] understood was a reference to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf: performing oral sex on [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (f) on one occasion he made a statement which [XXX] understood was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf: a reference to having sexual intercourse with [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- The Student did not know how to respond to the Member when he made ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- some of the above comments. [XXX] did not necessarily agree with or want ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- everything the Member suggested, and many of his suggestions made ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 171 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- [XXX] uncomfortable. However, [XXX] did not know how to tell him how ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- [XXX] felt without upsetting him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- On or about February 6, [XXX], the Superintendent met with the Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- and [XXX] parents to discuss the text messages exchanged between the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Member and the Student over the summer of [XXX]. During that meeting, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- the Student did not mention exchanging pictures or videos with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-March - May [XXX]: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- The Board advised the Member by letter dated March 21, [XXX], that it had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- terminated his employment for insubordination, disobedience and wilful ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- neglect of duty, after it determined that he had “engaged in inappropriate, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf: sexually explicit, and grossly irresponsible communication with a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- student of the Board”. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “J” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- of the Board’s Letter dated March 21, [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Over the next few weeks, the Member confided in the Student that he had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- lost his job, his mother was ill, he and his wife were fighting, and he had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- moved out of his house and in with his friend. He told the Student that he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- looked forward to talking to [XXX] daily, that [XXX] was the only bright spot ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- in his life. The Student felt terrible that [XXX] played a part in his losing his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- job, and did not want to abandon him at such a stressful time in his life. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- By the end of April [XXX], the Student looked at the Member differently. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- [XXX] realized [XXX] wasn’t comfortable with what was going on between ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- them, and decided to end their communications. [XXX] blocked his incoming ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- communications and deleted the app on which [XXX] had been ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- communicating with him, without telling him why because [XXX] did not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- want him to try to convince [XXX] to continue their communications. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- The Student did not expect to hear from the Member again. On or about ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- May 16, [XXX], the Member reached out to the Student with a Snapchat ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- request to [XXX] new account, using a code name [XXX] had shared with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- him previously. The Student was alarmed. [XXX] panicked, immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- blocked his request, and disclosed to the administration that [XXX] had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- been communicating with the Member over social media since September ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- [XXX], up until approximately mid-April [XXX], when [XXX] blocked the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- The Student’s family shared information respecting the continued ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- communications between the Member and the Student with the police. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- police investigated and did not lay charges. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 171 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(6), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19). The Member further does not contest that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf: alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 171 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-C. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-[7] College Counsel requested that the allegation of professional misconduct outlined ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-in paragraph (e) of the Notice of Hearing dated September 24, 2018 (Exhibit 1), namely ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-that the Member contravened subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-withdrawn. College Counsel also requested that the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-misconduct outlined in paragraphs (d), (e) and (i) of the Notice of Hearing dated June 13, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-2019 (Exhibit 2), that the Member engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-of the Act, that the Member contravened subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf:and that the Member engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as defined ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-[8] College Counsel stated that in both Notices of Hearing, the Panel’s permission to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-withdraw the allegation of subsection 1(14) was being sought because it duplicated the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-allegation of subsection 1(5) misconduct. With respect to the Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-June 13, 2019 (Exhibit 2), College Counsel sought the Panel’s permission to withdraw ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf:the child pornography allegation as there was no evidence to prove this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf:College Counsel further requested that the Panel withdraw the sexual misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-allegation because the Member’s conduct was more appropriately characterized as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf:sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. The Panel granted these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-requests. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-[9] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 171 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on December 3, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-2019 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(6), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf:and 1(19). The Panel also found that the alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-D. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-[10] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-34 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-Panel accepted that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf:Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship and exchanged sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-explicit electronic communication with a Grade [XXX] [XXX] student who had been in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-Member’s class. Furthermore, the Member continued to seek out avenues for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-communicating with the Student during investigations into his conduct and discussed the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-investigations with [XXX]. When the Student asked the Member to stop communicating ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-with [XXX], the Member continued to initiate contact and send pictures of himself ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-(“selfies”) to the Student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-[11] The Member’s inappropriate personal relationship and electronic communications ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf:with the Student constitute sexual abuse of a student. Engaging in the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-student is also a clear breach of the standards of the profession, which among other ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-things, require members to demonstrate their trustworthiness and commitment to caring ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf:for students’ physical and emotional wellbeing. The Member shared sexually suggestive ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 171 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-electronic messages with the Student, including: making comments to [XXX] about [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf:body, making references to performing oral sex and to having sexual intercourse with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-[XXX], and telling [XXX] that he could not wait until [XXX] was 18, which made the Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-uncomfortable. The Member also exchanged pictures and short videos with the Student, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-including sending [XXX] “selfies” depicting his torso with his shirt up as a “reward”. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-[12] The Member’s conduct was psychologically or emotionally abusive to the Student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-He encouraged the Student to send him photos of [XXX] even when the Student told the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-Member that [XXX] wanted to stop communicating with him. When the Student told the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-Member that “what they were doing felt wrong to [XXX]”, the Member responded that he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-was “upset”, which the Panel believes suggested to the Student in a manipulative manner ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-that [XXX] was responsible for his feelings. Even after the Student “blocked” incoming ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-communications from the Member and deleted the social media applications that [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-used to correspond with him, the Member found the Student online again and attempted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-to correspond with [XXX] on a new Snapchat account, which alarmed and upset the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-Student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-[13] The Member’s inappropriate electronic communication with the Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-contravenes section 264(1) of the Education Act. This provision requires that teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-exemplify the highest regard for a number of virtues including truth, justice, humanity, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-benevolence and purity. Given their unique position of trust and authority, members of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-the teaching profession must prioritize the safety and wellbeing of students. The Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-[32] Therefore, the Panel rejects the Member’s request to anonymize his name in this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-decision in order to respect the publication ban made under subsection 32.1(3). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 171 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-[33] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on December 3, 2019, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-[34] The Panel recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-requested, the law confines the Panel’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Panel finds that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-case. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf:[35] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct171.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Baig 2020 ONOCT 178 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Date: 2020-08-21 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 178 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Mirza Habeebullah Baig, OCT, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Mirza Habeebullah Baig (REGISTRATION # 445068) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-PANEL: John Hamilton, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-HEARD: August 19, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Jean-François Schaan, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Michelle Sun, for Mirza Habeebullah Baig ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- By order of Justice of the Peace E.L. Debartolo of the Ontario Court of Justice, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-there is also a publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- a witness in this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-August 19, 2020 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). With the consent of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-the parties, and in accordance with section 3 of the Hearings in Tribunal Proceedings ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 178 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-(Temporary Measures) Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 5, Sched 3, this matter proceeded by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-way of an electronic hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[2] Mirza Habeebullah Baig (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-who were allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:act involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-any information that could disclose the identity of Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[5] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the transcript of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-criminal proceedings before Justice D.S. Rose dated January 25, 2019 (Exhibit 2 at ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Appendix E). In these proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice, an order restricting ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada by order ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-of Justice of the Peace E.L. Debartolo on April 11, 2018. The Panel is required to uphold ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-this publication ban. Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 178 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-involved in this matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Amended Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-October 30, 2019 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Mirza Habeebullah Baig is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf: (e) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (i) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 178 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Mirza Habeebullah Baig is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the York Region District ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- School Board as a [XXX] at the [XXX] School (the “School”) in [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- At all material times, Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3 were male students ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Inappropriate Communications ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- During 2015/2016 academic year, the Member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- communications with Student 1 by talking about issues of a personal and/or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf: sexual nature with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- During 2015/2016 academic year, the Member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- electronic communications with Student 2, including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (a) Asking Student 2, “How big is [Student 2’s] dick?”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (b) Asking Student 2, “How [does Student 2] measure [his penis]?”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (c) Asking Student 2, “Do I measure with the round? Why not? You ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- should.”; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (d) Asking Student 2, “Do I shave with a buzzer or razor?” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- On or about April 2017, the Member engaged in inappropriate electronic ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- communications with Student 3, including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (a) Telling Student 3, “I get it, it’s against everyone’s religion, but doesn’t ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 178 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- stop most. I guess you’re a good boy with self control?”; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (b) Concluding his emails to Student 3 with “love, Habeeb”. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- On or about September 2017, the Member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- electronic communications with Student 1, including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (a) Asking Student 1, “How big is your dick?”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (b) Asking Student 1, “How many times do you jerk off?”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (c) Asking Student 1, “Are you doing it [jerking off] now?; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (d) Asking if Student 1, was “still Jelqing?”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (e) Repeatedly asking Student 1, about the size of Student 1’s penis; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (f) Asking Student 1, “Have you done it with that girl since or any other ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ones!”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (g) Asking Student 1, “How often are you jerking off these days?”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (h) Asking Student 1 for Student 2’s telephone number; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (i) Repeatedly asking and telephoning Student 1 to contact the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- after Student 1 ceased communicating with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- On January 16, 2018, the Member resigned from his employment with the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Board. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Criminal Offences ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- On or about April 11, 2018, the Member was charged with the following ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- criminal offences: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (a) Between the 8th day of September in the year 2016 and the 22nd day ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- of September in the year 2017 at the City of Vaughan in the Regional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Municipality of York did, being a person who was in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf: and authority towards a young person, for a sexual purpose counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- that young person, namely [Student 1], to directly or indirectly touch ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- with a part of his body the body of [Student 1], contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 153, subsection (1.1) of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-(b) Between the 20th day of September in the year 2017 and the 22 nd ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- day of September in the year 2017 at the City of Vaughan in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Regional Municipality of York did, by means of a telecommunication, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- communicate with a person, namely [Student 1] who was or was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- believed to be under the age of eighteen years, for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 178 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- facilitating the commission of an offence under subsection 153(1) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- the Criminal Code of Canada with respect to that person, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Section 172.1, subsection (2) of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-(c) Between the 8th day of September in the year 2016 and the 31st day ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- of January in the year 2017 at the City of Vaughan in the Regional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf: Municipality of York did, for a sexual purpose, counsel, a person ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- under the age of sixteen years, namely [Student 2], to directly or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- indirectly touch with a part of his body the body of [Student 2], ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- contrary to Section 152 of the Criminal Code of Canada; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-(d) Between the 8th day of September in the year 2016 and the 30th day ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- of September in the year 2017 at the City of Vaughan in the Regional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf: Municipality of York did, for a sexual purpose, counsel, a person ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- under the age of sixteen years, namely [Student 3], to directly or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- indirectly touch with a part of his body the body of [Student 3], ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- contrary to Section 152 of the Criminal Code of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-(e) Between the 31st day of January in the year 2017 and the 30th day of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- September in the year 2017 at the City of Vaughan in the Regional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Municipality of York did, by means of a telecommunication, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- communicate with a person, namely [Student 3], who was or was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- believed to be under the age of sixteen years, for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- facilitating the commission of an offence under subsection 152 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada with respect to that person, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Section 172.1, subsection (2) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-On January 25, 2019, the Member pleaded guilty to the following charge: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-(a) Between the 8th day of September in the year 2016 and the 22nd ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- day of September in the year 2017 at the City of Vaughan in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Regional Municipality of York did, being a person who was in a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf: position of trust or authority towards a young person, for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- purpose counsel that young person, namely [Student 1], to directly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- or indirectly touch with a part of his body the body of [Student 1], ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- contrary to Section 153, subsection (1.1) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Canada. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-On January 25, 2019, the Honourable Justice D.S. Rose of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:Court of Justice found the Member guilty of sexual exploitation against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Student 1, contrary to Section 153 (1.1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Justice Rose suspended the imposition of a sentence and placed the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Member on probation for three years. The Member was also made the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- subject of a number of ancillary orders. The other charges against the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Member were withdrawn at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- The Member did not appeal his conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 178 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified copy of the Court ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Information dated April 11, 2018, along with the Appearances and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- disposition in the criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the Adult ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Probation Order dated January 25, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ancillary orders dated January 25, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- transcript of the Proceedings before the Honourable Justice D. S. Rose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- dated January 25, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-16 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf: acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student, as defined in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between his and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 178 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- counsel or with the opportunity to have obtained the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[8] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-outlined in paragraph (e) of the Amended Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation was being sought ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:since a finding of “sexual abuse” precludes a finding of “sexual misconduct” under section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-1 of the Act in the present matter. Given that the parties have agreed that the conduct of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:the Member constitutes sexual abuse of Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3, a finding of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:sexual misconduct is not warranted in the circumstances. The Panel granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[9] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on August 19, 2020, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[10] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-1 to 16 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 178 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member sent inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:electronic communications of a sexual nature to Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:which amount to sexual abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:[11] The Member was convicted of the offence of sexual exploitation against Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-1, contrary to section 153(1.1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. He was given a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-suspended sentence, placed on 3 years probation and made the subject of a number of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-ancillary orders. He did not appeal his conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by sending grossly inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-electronic messages to Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3 about the size of their penises ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:and about masturbation. Making remarks of a sexual nature to students amounts to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:sexual abuse and is self-evidently a serious breach of the ethical and professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member abused students verbally, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Among other things, the Member repeatedly asked ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Student 1 about the size of Student 1’s penis and “how many times do you jerk off?”. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Member asked Student 2, among other things, “how big is [Student 2’s] dick”. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Member furthermore made reference to Student 3’s masturbation habits by asking him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-inappropriate questions such as “I get it, it’s against everyone’s religion, but doesn’t stop ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-most. I guess you’re a good boy with self control?” The Panel finds that asking students ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-questions about the size of the students’ penises and masturbation habits, amounts to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 178 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-verbal abuse of students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[14] The Member’s conduct constitutes psychological or emotional abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Member psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1 by repeatedly asking him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-inappropriate questions about his penis, his masturbation habits and advising him to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-masturbate and then to discuss it with the Member (see Exhibit 2 at Appendix E). In his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Victim Impact Statement as reproduced in the court transcript (see Exhibit 2 at Appendix ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-E), Student 1 described how the Member’s actions affected him emotionally. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-was very upset and confused as the Member was in a position of power and somebody ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-he trusted. Student 1 furthermore stated that he felt uncomfortable, embarrassed and had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-to reach out to his family and friends for support. Members hold a position of authority ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-and trust and are expected to conduct themselves in a way that fosters the well-being of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-students. The Member showed a complete disregard for Student 1’s wellbeing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:[15] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of students contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:includes touching and behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-student. The Member’s inappropriate questions to Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-such as asking Student 1 and Student 2 about the size of their penises and their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-masturbation habits and asking Student 3 about his masturbation habit clearly meet this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:definition. This finding is further supported by the Member’s criminal conviction for sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-exploitation of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[16] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 178 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Members hold a unique position of trust and authority. They are expected to encourage ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-students in the pursuit of learning and serve as positive role models as they are ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:responsible for the well-being, safety and development of students. By sexually abusing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3 and advising Student 1 to masturbate and report back ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-to him (see Exhibit 2 at Appendix E), the Member’s conduct was entirely at odds with his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-obligations as a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:[17] The Panel finds that the Member’s criminal conviction for sexual exploitation of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Student 1 demonstrates that he contravened a law relevant to his suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration contrary to subsection 1(16) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Regulation 437/97. Members of the teaching profession are responsible for the safety ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:and well-being of students. The teaching profession does not tolerate the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-exploitation of students by members and this type of criminal conduct clearly relates to a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-member’s suitability to hold a teaching certificate. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the Member’s criminal conviction in relation to Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:sexual abuse of Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3, has caused students under the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Member’s supervision to be put at or remain at risk contrary to subsection 1(17) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[19] The Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members are expected to create a safe ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:learning environment for students, and not to exploit their position to sexually abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-students. The Member demonstrated a complete lack of professional judgment and failed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:to meet these expectations by sexually abusing Students 1, 2 and 3. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 178 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[20] The Member’s abusive conduct and criminal conviction, as described above is also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-unbecoming a member contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulations 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-public’s trust in the teaching profession is grossly eroded when members abuse their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:position of trust and authority to sexually abuse students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-[21] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on August 19, 2020, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf:[22] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard. In relation to the form of the reprimand, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf-Panel accepts the parties’ joint submission and finds that it is appropriate to deliver the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct178.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Byam 2020 ONOCT 180 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- Date: 2020-08-05 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 180 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- DECISION AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- Bernadette Yolande Byam, OCT, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- BERNADETTE YOLANDE BYAM (REGISTRATION #519305) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf-PANEL: Rebecca Forte, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf-Andrew Matheson and Vincent DeMarco, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf-Olanyi Parsons, for Bernadette Yolande Byam ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing and no ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- person shall publish the identity of or any information that could disclose the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- identity of Student 1, being a person who was allegedly sexually abused or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf:subject of the sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct180.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- 1(16);2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 182 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- The Member is a member of the College. Attached as Exhibit “A” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil des écoles ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- catholiques du Centre-Est de l’Ontario (the “Board”) as a certified ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- occasional teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- In September 2013, the Member was assigned to a certified long-term ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- occasional teaching position at [XXX] (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- The Board supplied the Member with a laptop computer. The loan of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- laptop was governed by Administrative Directive ADM-36 – Loan of IT and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- Media Equipment. Attached as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Administrative ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- Directive. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- On February 15, 2017, in response to a request for laptop screen repair, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- IT Department technician went to the Member’s Physical Education class ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- to pick up his laptop for repairs. The technician went back to his office to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- perform the inspection. When he opened the laptop and entered the general ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- password, he noticed that several internet tabs were open at dating sites ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- and displayed explicit online chats. The Member’s own Google Drive ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf: included pornographic videos. The Member’s laptop was in his office where ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- the students could access it. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- On March 23, 2017, the Board met with the Member to hear his account of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- the facts. The Member confirmed that he had used the laptop for personal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf: purposes, including accessing dating sites and pornographic videos. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- A week later, the Board sent a letter to the Member advising that it would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- be withdrawing his name permanently from the Board’s list of certified ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 182 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- occasional teachers. Attached as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the Board’s letter ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- dated March 30, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- The Member acknowledges that the Admitted Facts described above ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- constitute professional misconduct and admits to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- The Member states that he: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- understands fully the nature of the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- misconduct against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is waiving ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- the right to require the College to prove the case against him and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- shall be published on the College’s website, and that a summary of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, including his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- name, shall be published in Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- profession, the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- understands that any agreement between him and College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- with respect to penalty does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- understands and acknowledges that he is executing this Agreement ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- voluntarily, unequivocally and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts described above and the Guilty Plea, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- College and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-for using IT and media equipment, contrary to his Board’s Administrative Directive ADM- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-36. It is utterly inappropriate to use a school board’s computer for personal purposes, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-falls short of the professional standards. Members of the teaching profession are required ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 182 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-to use media equipment loaned by the employer strictly for work purposes. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-[10] The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). One requirement ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-of this section of the Act is that teachers act as a role model for students at all times, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-which the Member failed to do. He used a laptop loaned by his school to access dating ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf:sites and post highly private, personal messages on them. In addition, pornographic ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-videos saved on his own cloud-computing space (in Google Drive) were accessed from ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-his work computer. The Member’s laptop was in his office where his students could have ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-accessed this content. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-[11] By using his work computer for inappropriate personal purposes, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). The Member’s actions as described above ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-are indicative of poor professional judgement. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-[12] Similarly, the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). His conduct damaged the reputation of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf:recording pornographic videos and conducting highly private chats on an employer- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-loaned computer. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 182 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-[17] Given the seriousness of the Member’s conduct, the Panel finds that an eight- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented are factually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a similar ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-underlying nature and confirms that such a lengthy suspension is justified. Members hold ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-a unique position of trust and authority. By accessing dating sites, sending personal and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf:highly private messages and accessing pornography from his work computer, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-Member exposed his students to the risk of viewing its contents. His conduct undermines ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-the trust of members of the public and of the teaching profession. The suspension will ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to other members of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-the profession, making clear that the kind of misconduct the Member exhibited is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-unacceptable. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the course on professional ethics, including the responsible ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-use of technology in the professional setting, will contribute to the Member’s rehabilitation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-process. It will remind him of his professional obligations and will help him to make better ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf-decisions as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct182.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Ross 2020 ONOCT 181 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Date: 2020-08-19 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 181 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Anthony Ross, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ANTHONY ROSS (REGISTRATION #192730) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-PANEL: John Hamilton, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-HEARD: August 10, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Eli Mogil and Vincent DeMarco, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Vanora Simpson, for Anthony Ross (not present) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing [or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- By order of Justice of the Peace Shousterman, Ontario Court of Justice on June ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-20, 2018, there is also a publication ban on any information that could identify the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- victim or a witness in this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-August 10, 2020 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). With the consent of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-the parties, and in accordance with section 3 of the Hearings in Tribunal Proceedings ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 181 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-(Temporary Measures) Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 5, Sched 3, this matter proceeded by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-way of an electronic hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[2] Anthony Ross (the “Member”) had legal representation but neither the Member nor ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-his lawyer attended the hearing. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[4] A publication ban was also ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act at ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-College Counsel’s request and on behalf of the Student1 referred to in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Hearing dated September 30, 2019 who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf:sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-1 In the Notice of Hearing dated September 30, 2019 the “Student” is referred to as “Student 1”. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[5] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the transcript of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Guilty Plea and Reasons for Sentence from the Member’s criminal proceedings before ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-the Honourable Justice M.E. Misener dated January 7, 2019 (Exhibit 2 at Tab D). In these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 181 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-proceedings, an order restricting publication was made by Justice of the Peace ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Shousterman on June 20, 2018 pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated September 30, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-2019 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Anthony Ross is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5)2; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- (b) he abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- (c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf: (d) he abused a ·student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act, or the regulations or the by- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- laws, and specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- The Member has prior discipline history with the College. On or about ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- the 1994-1995 academic year, the Member drove a student to school ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- and to events, told this student that he loved and cared for him, gave ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- this student gifts, and would hold the student’s hand. The Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 181 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Committee on November 18, 2016. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Exhibit “F” is a copy of the decision of the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- can accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- paragraphs 1-16 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 1(19). The Member further does not contest that the alleged conduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf: constitutes sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- consenting to the evidence as set out in the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- he is waiving the right to require the College to otherwise ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Uncontested Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- constitute professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- a summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- reasons, including his name, shall be published in the official ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- College and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 181 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- purpose of this proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Act 1996, chapter 12, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- of no contest does not constitute an admission by the Member as to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- the facts or findings in any other civil, criminal or administrative ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[8] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College Counsel stated that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation was being sought because it was part ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-of the negotiation process and furthermore it was duplicative of the allegation under ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-subsection 1(14). The Panel granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[9] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-and the submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on August ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-10, 2020 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf:1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Panel also finds that the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[10] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-16 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 181 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf:Member engaged in physical, psychological or emotional, and sexual abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[11] The Member abused a student physically, contrary to subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Regulation 437/97 when he touched the Student’s body. The Member pleaded guilty to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-assault contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada where he admitted to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-touching the Student’s forearms without the Student’s consent. In these proceedings, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Member did not contest that he grabbed the Student’s right breast with his hand and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-squeezed it for approximately 30 seconds, and that he ran his index finger up and down ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-a vein in the Student’s right bicep. The Member’s unwelcome and intrusive touching of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-the Student is physically abusive. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[12] The Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, by asking the Student highly personal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-questions about his physique, looking suggestively at the Student’s body and then making ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf:unwelcome comments with sexual innuendo about it that made the Student very ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-uncomfortable. The Member’s comments included: “wow your chest, I can’t believe it” and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-stated words to the effect of: “oh fuck that’s good. If I had your body I would be very proud” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-and “I don’t know how chicks are not all over you.” The Student’s victim impact statement ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-(Exhibit 2 at Tab D) described the Member’s violation of trust and indicated that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Member was aware of his vulnerability through his IEP. The Student also described the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-psychologically and emotionally damaging effects of the Member’s conduct, including: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-depression and anxiety, a loss of motivation and confidence, and an inability to return to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 181 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-school. The Member’s disrespectful and objectifying remarks to the Student were ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-psychologically and emotionally abusive. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member’s intrusive touching of the Student’s breast and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-bicep and comments to the Student about his body, which made the Student feel violated ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf:and afraid, were sexually abusive, contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf:437/97. This conduct also constitutes sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf:of the Act, which includes touching of a sexual nature of the student by the member, or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf:behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the student. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf:also took notice that, for the purpose of the definition of “sexual abuse” of a student in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-section 1 of the Act, in the case of a student who has special needs, the definition of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-“student” applies to a student who is under 22 years old.3 The Student was [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-old at the time of the conduct and had special needs (he had a learning disability and was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-on an IEP). He therefore is a student under the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[14] By failing to meet the expectations of care, respect, trust and integrity codified in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession at section 32 of the College’s bylaws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-the Member’s abusive conduct demonstrates a significant breach of subsection 1(14) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. Among other things, the ethical standards require members ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-to demonstrate their commitment to students’ wellbeing and learning through positive ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-3 See subparagraph 1(2)1, Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 12. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-influence and professional judgment (“Care”) and to honour human dignity, emotional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-wellness and cognitive development of students (“Respect”). The Member’s physically, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf:psychologically or emotionally, and sexually abusive conduct toward the Student is a self- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 181 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-evident breach of the ethical standards. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[15] The Member’s abusive conduct also contravenes section 264(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Education Act. This provision requires that teachers exemplify the highest regard for a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-number of virtues including truth, justice, humanity, benevolence and purity. The Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-failed to act as an appropriate role model and took advantage of his position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf:authority as a teacher by physically, psychologically or emotionally, and sexually abusing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-the Student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[16] The Member was convicted of assault in respect of the Student contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-266 of the Criminal Code of Canada. This conviction demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-contravened a law relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-registration that makes him unsuitable to occupy the position of trust and authority given ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-to teachers, contrary to subsection 1(16) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[17] The Member’s contravention of the assault provision in the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Canada has also caused the Student who was under the Member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, in violation of subsection 1(17) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Regulation 437/97. The Member’s abuse of the Student put him at risk at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-conduct and continues to put the Student at risk. As described in the Student’s victim ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-impact statement (Exhibit 2 at Tab D), the effects of the Member’s actions on the Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-include depression, anxiety, loss of work and an inability to complete his high school ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-education. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[18] The Member’s abusive conduct is disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public and the teaching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-profession do not tolerate the abuse of students. The Member’s conduct demonstrates a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 181 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-profound lack of professional judgment and a serious failure to act in the best interest of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-a student, which is a disgraceful and dishonourable violation of the professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-obligations that educators are expected to meet. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[19] Finally, by engaging in the grossly inappropriate behaviour described above, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-Member’s conduct is unbecoming a member of the profession, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Such disregard for a teacher’s professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-obligations undermines the trust that parents, students and the public place in teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-and reflects poorly on the profession as a whole. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-[20] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on August 10, 2020 the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- College of Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf:[21] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct181.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Harrison 2020 ONOCT 185 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Date: 2020-04-23 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 185 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- David Benjamin Harrison, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- DAVID BENJAMIN HARRISON (REGISTRATION #480168) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-PANEL: Diane Ballantyne, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- John Hamilton, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-HEARD: April 22, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Zirka Jakibchuk, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-No one appearing for David Benjamin Harrison ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- By order of the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia, there is also a publication ban ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in this matter, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-April 22, 2020. With the consent of the parties, and in accordance with section 3 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Hearings in Tribunal Proceedings (Temporary Measures) Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 5, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 185 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Sched. 3, this matter proceeded by way of an electronic hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[2] David Benjamin Harrison (the “Member”) did not participate in the hearing and did ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-not have legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Act at the request of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[5] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the Court Information dated ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-November 20, 2018 from the Member’s criminal proceedings before the Provincial Court ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-of Nova Scotia (see Exhibit 2 at Appendix B). In these proceedings, an order restricting ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, any information that could ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-identify the victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not be published in any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 185 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated February 4, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-2020 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that David Benjamin Harrison is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 185 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- David Benjamin Harrison is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- His teaching certificate has been suspended for non-payment of fees since ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- April 2006. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- At all material times, the Member also held a teaching certificate in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- province of Nova Scotia. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Annapolis Valley ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Regional Centre for Education as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- [XXX], Nova Scotia. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- During the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 academic years, Student 1 was a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- female student at the School and at times during this period, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- was one of Student 1’s teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Between on or about September 1, 2013 and on or about August 28, 2015, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- when Student 1 was under 18 years old, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf: inappropriate personal relationship and a sexual relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- In or around the Fall of 2013, the Member began to develop a friendly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- relationship with Student 1. He approached Student 1 about [XXX] for him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- and she did so a couple times. The Member also began to correspond with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Student 1 through email, first through his employee account and then his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- personal account, and engaged in inappropriate electronic communications ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- of a personal and romantic nature with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- The Member confided in Student 1 that he was having difficulty in his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- marriage and that he felt he and his wife were moving toward a divorce. He ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- expressed a connection with Student 1 and talked about having a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- relationship with her. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- In the summer of 2015, after Student 1 [XXX], but before she turned [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- there were three incidents that ultimately gave rise to criminal charges. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-On all three occasions, the Member picked Student 1 up from work, drove ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-around, and made intimate contact with Student 1. The inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:physical contact and sexual contact included: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-(a) kissing Student 1 several times; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 185 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-(b) touching Student 1’s breasts over top of and under her clothes; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-(c) putting his hands down Student 1’s pants and touching her vagina. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-The Member continued to have some contact with Student 1 after she ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-turned [XXX]and until she left to attend[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-On or about November 20, 2018, the Member was criminally charged with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-the following offences in relation to Student 1: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-(a) child luring contrary to section 172.1 (1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (Canada) (the “Criminal Code”); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:(b) sexual exploitation contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Code; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:(c) sexual assault contrary to section 271(1) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified copy of the Court ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Information dated November 20, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:On May 30, 2019, the Member pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. The remaining charges were ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-withdrawn at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-transcript of the Guilty Plea before the Honourable Judge Ronda van der ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Hoek in[XXX], Nova Scotia, dated May 30, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-On or about the same day, the Member voluntarily surrendered his Nova ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Scotia teaching certificate and said certificate was cancelled. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-On June 26, 2019, the Member was sentenced to a 90-day intermittent ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-sentence to be served on weekends and four months’ probation. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Member was also made subject to various ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-The Member did not appeal his sentence or conviction. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Sentencing transcript before the Honourable Judge Christopher Manning ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-in[XXX], Nova Scotia, dated June 26, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the Victim ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Impact Statement of Student 1, dated June 24, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a certified copy of the Victim ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Impact Statement of Student 1’s mother, dated June 24, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 185 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “G” is a certified copy of the Adult ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Probation Order, dated June 26, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-21 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf: acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- counsel or with the opportunity to have obtained the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 185 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on April 22, 2020, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-1 to 21 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that between 2013 and 2015, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:engaged in an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with his student, Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-The Member communicated with Student 1 outside of class, he asked Student 1 to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[XXX]for him, and soon he began to send inappropriate personal and romantic messages ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-to Student 1. Furthermore, on three different occasions, the Member picked up Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:1 and made inappropriate physical and sexual contact with her. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:[10] On May 30, 2019, the Member pleaded guilty to the charge of sexual exploitation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. He was sentenced to a 90-day ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-custodial sentence, to be served intermittently, followed by four months of probation. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Member was also made subject to several ancillary orders. He did not appeal his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:[11] The Admitted Facts clearly demonstrate that he sexually abused Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 185 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Additionally, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. The definition of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:sexual abuse in the Act includes touching and behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-by a member towards a student. The Member’s conduct clearly meets this definition. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[12] The Panel also finds that the Member breached subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Regulation 437/97 by making physically abusive contact with Student 1. This conduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-includes kissing Student 1, and touching her breasts and vagina. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[13] The Panel furthermore finds that the Member breached subsection 1(7.2) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. In the Victim Impact Statement (see Exhibit 2 at Appendix E), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Student 1 describes how the actions of the Member caused her serious and lasting ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-emotional and psychological harm. Student 1 felt a profound breach of trust by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Member and described the devastating impact that his abusive behaviour had on all ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-aspects of her life. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:[14] The Member’s criminal conviction for sexual exploitation demonstrates that he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-contravened a law relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Registration contrary to subsection 1(16) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-teaching profession are responsible for the safety and well-being of students. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:teaching profession does not tolerate the sexual exploitation of students by members and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-this type of criminal conduct clearly relates to a member’s suitability to hold a teaching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-certificate. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[15] Additionally, the Member’s criminal conduct has caused a student who was under ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-the Member’s professional supervision to be put at or remain at risk contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 185 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:[16] The Panel also finds that by engaging in sexual abuse of a student, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-breached the standards of the profession contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Regulation 437/97. In particular, the Member breached the ethical standards of “care”, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-“trust” and “integrity”. Misconduct of this nature is so notorious that expert evidence of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-standard is not required. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[17] Furthermore, the Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-437/97 by failing to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-duties of a teacher. Members hold a unique position of trust and authority. They are ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-expected to serve as role models as they are responsible for the well-being, safety and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:development of their students. It is egregious for teachers to sexually abuse their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-students. The Member’s conduct in this case was entirely at odds with his obligations as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[18] Similarly, the Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:unprofessional contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-abusing Student 1, the Member demonstrated a complete lack of professional judgment. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[19] Finally, the Member’s conduct is unbecoming a member contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is eroded ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:when members abuse their position of trust and authority to sexually and emotionally ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-abuse their students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-[20] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on April 22, 2020, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 185 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf:[21] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard. In relation to the form of the reprimand, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-Panel accepts the parties’ joint submission and finds that it is appropriate to deliver the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-reprimand in writing, in the circumstances of this case. The Panel recognizes that it may ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-also order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but does not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-make these additional orders in light of the Member’s guilty plea and joint submission on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct185.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Speck 2020 ONOCT 191 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Date: 2020-09-22 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 191 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Danielle Elizabeth Speck, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- DANIELLE ELIZABETH SPECK (REGISTRATION #675989) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-PANEL: John Hamilton, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Mary Ellen Gucciardi, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Wanda Percival ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-HEARD: September 21, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Zirka Jakibchuk, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-No one appearing for Danielle Elizabeth Speck ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- By order of Justice of the Peace Huston of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- also a publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- witness in this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-September 21, 2020 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). With the consent ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-of the parties, and in accordance with section 3 of the Hearings in Tribunal Proceedings ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 191 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-(Temporary Measures) Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 5, Sched 3, this matter proceeded by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-way of an electronic hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[2] Danielle Elizabeth Speck (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-have legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[5] The Panel also received a certified copy of the transcript of the Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Sentence from the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice Brown, dated November ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-13, 2019 (Exhibit 2 at Appendix F). In these proceedings before the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Justice, an order restricting publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada by order of Justice of the Peace Huston on June 6, 2018. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, any information that could ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 191 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-identify the victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not be published in any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated March 2, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Danielle Elizabeth Speck is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf: (d) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (f) she contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (g) she contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- may cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (h) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (i) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 191 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Danielle Elizabeth Speck is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (the “College”). Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- the Member’s Registered Member Information with the College. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- At all material times, the Member was a 24-year-old female residing in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Oakville, Ontario. She was employed as an occasional secondary school ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- teacher with the District School Board of Niagara and also worked as a tutor. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old female student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- residing in Newmarket, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- The Member and Student 1 met at the beginning of May 2018 through a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- mutual female friend who was 18 years old (“Person A”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- During the month of May 2018, the Member, Student 1, Person A, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- another female friend who was 19 years old (“Person B”), spent a significant ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- amount of time together. The group of four went out for dinner together in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Oakville and Newmarket, with the Member driving them around and paying ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- for their meals. They also had numerous sleepover get-togethers at Person ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- A’s house. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Between on or about May 1, 2018 and on or about June 3, 2018, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf: Member developed an inappropriate personal relationship and a sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- relationship with Student 1, which included: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (a) communicating frequently with Student 1 by phone; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (b) giving Student 1 flowers, chocolates and jewellery; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (c) sharing a bed with Student 1 at the sleepovers at Person A’s house; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (d) on one occasion at a sleepover, pouring alcohol into Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf: mouth while in a sexually suggestive position; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf: (e) making inappropriate physical contact and sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Student 1, including touching Student 1’s vagina and breasts over ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- her clothes, kissing and holding hands with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- On or about June 5, 2018, the Member was criminally charged with: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 191 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf: (a) two counts of sexual assault of Student 1, contrary to section 271 of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada) (the “Code”); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf: (b) two counts of sexual interference with Student 1, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 151(a) of the Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- On November 12, 2019, the Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf: of one count of sexual interference with Student 1, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 151(a) of the Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- On November 13, 2019, the Member received a six-month conditional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- sentence, followed by three years’ probation. She was also made the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- subject of several ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- The Member did not appeal her conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Court Information sworn June 6, 2018, appearances/adjournments and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- disposition in the criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the Adult ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Conditional Sentence Order dated November 13, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the Adult ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Probation Order dated November 13, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- transcript of the Proceedings During Plea of Guilt (Arraignment) before the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Honourable Mr. Justice Brown, dated November 12, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- transcript of the Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Mr. Justice ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Brown, dated November 13, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-15 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 5 – 15 above constitute conduct that is professional misconduct and pleads ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against her, being more ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf: acknowledges that she engaged in sexual abuse of a student, as defined in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- By signing this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 191 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (c) she understands that she is pleading guilty to the allegations, and is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (d) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- including her name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between her and the College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- with respect to the penalty does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- counsel or with the opportunity to have obtained the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- College and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on September 21, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-2020, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 191 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-1 to 15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:personal relationship and a sexual relationship with Student 1. The Member pleaded ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:guilty to and was convicted of the offence of sexual interference with Student 1, contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-to section 151(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by sexually abusing Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:The Member made inappropriate physical contact and sexual contact with Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-which included touching Student 1’s vagina and breasts over her clothes, kissing and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-holding hands with Student 1. Sexual abuse of a student is a serious breach of the ethical ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-and professional standards of the profession. Misconduct of this nature is so notorious ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-that expert evidence of the standard is not required. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-437/97 by making physically abusive contact with Student 1. This conduct included ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-touching Student 1’s vagina and breasts over her clothes, and kissing and holding hands ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[12] The Member’s conduct constitutes psychological or emotional abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:that it can be implied that the sexual abuse of Student 1 has had an adverse emotional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 191 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-and psychological impact on Student 1 and further referred the Panel to Appendix F of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Exhibit 2, where it is stated that the conduct of the Member was a breach of trust and has ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-had continuing effects on Student 1. The Panel accepts these submissions and finds that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:the sexually abusive conduct of the Member constitutes psychological or emotional abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-of Student 1. As Justice Brown stated at page 4 of his Reasons for Sentence (Exhibit 2, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Appendix F), “These are effects which will not go away easily, it may require years and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:years to deal with, and it may require counselling in the future.” By sexually abusing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Student 1, the Member showed a complete disregard for Student 1’s psychological or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-emotional well-being. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:[13] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The definition of sexual abuse at section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:1 of the Act includes touching and behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-towards a student. The Member touched Student 1’s vagina and breasts over her clothes, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-kissed and held hands with Student 1 and poured alcohol into Student 1’s mouth while in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:a sexually suggestive position, all of which meet the definition of sexual abuse under the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:Act. This finding is further supported by the Member’s criminal conviction for sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-interference with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[14] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Among other things, this provision requires teachers to demonstrate the highest regard ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-for a number of virtues including justice, humanity, benevolence and purity. Teachers are ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-expected to serve as positive role models as they are responsible for the well-being, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-safety and development of students. By engaging in an inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 191 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:relationship with Student 1 and sexually abusing Student 1, the Member’s conduct was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-entirely at odds with her obligations as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:[15] The Panel finds that the Member’s criminal conviction for sexual interference with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Student 1 demonstrates that she contravened a law relevant to her suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration contrary to subsection 1(16) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:Regulation 437/97. The teaching profession does not tolerate the sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-students by members and this type of criminal conduct clearly relates to a member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-suitability to hold a teaching certificate. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:[16] Similarly, the Panel finds that the Member’s sexual abuse of Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-resulting criminal conviction has caused or may cause a student who is under the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Member’s supervision to be put at or remain at risk contrary to subsection 1(17) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[17] The Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members of the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-are trusted members of society who are expected to be positive role models for young ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:people. By sexually abusing Student 1, the Member demonstrated a complete lack of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-professional judgment. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[18] The Member’s abusive conduct and criminal conviction, as described above is also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-unbecoming a member contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulations 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-public’s trust in the teaching profession is grossly eroded when members of the profession ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:sexually abuse students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 191 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-[19] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on September 21, 2020, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf:[20] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student, as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard. In relation to the form of the reprimand, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-Panel accepts the parties’ joint submission and finds that it is appropriate to deliver the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-reprimand in writing, in the circumstances of this case. The Panel recognizes that it may ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-also order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-reasonable not to make these additional orders in view of College Counsel’s submissions ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-that the College is not seeking costs or a fine in light of the Member’s guilty plea and joint ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf-submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct191.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Diletto 2020 ONOCT 194 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- Date: 2020-07-30 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 194 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- Joseph Diletto, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- JOSEPH DILETTO (REGISTRATION #486869) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-PANEL: John Hamilton, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-HEARD: July 22, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Christine Wadsworth and Vincent DeMarco, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-No one appearing for Joseph Diletto ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- By order of Justice P. French of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-July 22, 2020 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). With the consent of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-parties, and in accordance with section 3 of the Hearings in Tribunal Proceedings ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 194 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-(Temporary Measures) Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 5, Sched 3, this matter proceeded by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-way of an electronic hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[2] Joseph Diletto (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of the Student, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-could disclose the identity of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[5] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the transcript of the Reasons ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-for Sentence from the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice P. French dated ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-August 21, 2014 (Exhibit 2 at Tab H). In these proceedings before the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Justice, an order restricting publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 194 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated October 18, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-2018 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Joseph Diletto is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- (b) he abused a student physically, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- (c) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf: (d) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- (g) he committed an act or acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- The Student and his family returned from vacation on August 17, 2014. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- Member texted the Student’s mother upon their return, attempting to make ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- arrangements to spend time with the Student, and she told him she would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- have the Student contact him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-The Phone Call - August 19, 2014: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 194 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- The Student was apprehensive and did not contact the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- immediately because he was concerned the Member would be upset with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- him. On August 19, 2014, they finally spoke over the phone. The Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- yelled at and berated the Student for not contacting him sooner upon his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- return from vacation, and for not thinking of or caring about him while on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- vacation. During this call, the Member was so upset that he threatened to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- kill himself. The Student’s friend and stepfather were with the Student at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- time, aware that the Student was hesitant to speak with the Member, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- recorded the telephone conversation. The Member was angry and abusive ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- towards the Student, who was visibly shaken, frightened and confused. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- Member tried to convince the Student to meet him that evening to talk in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- person. The Student agreed to meet to appease the Member, but the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- meeting did not occur. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- The Student’s mother was not home at the time of the call, and the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- sent her a series of texts trying to explain the call. However, after she heard ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- the taped phone call and saw the effect it had on her son, the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- mother advised the Member that his relationship with the Student had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- escalated outside of a normal student-teacher relationship, and warned him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- to refrain from contacting the Student and her family. Despite her request, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- the Member continued to text the Student’s mother and attempted to speak ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- with her. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” are copies of the text ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- messages exchanged between the Member and the Student’s mother ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- regarding the phone call. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- The Student’s mother reported her concerns about the Member to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- Principal, and told the Principal that she had warned the Member to stop ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- contacting them. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- On August 20, 2014, the Principal contacted the Member and advised him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- that he would be assigned to home duties pending the investigation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Children’s Aid Society Investigation: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- The CAS investigated and concluded that the Member was grooming the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf: Student for sexual interactions and that the allegation of sexual harm was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- verified. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “E” is a copy of the CAS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- letter to the Board dated September 19, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Criminal Proceedings: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- On February 19, 2016, in the Ontario Court of Justice, the Member pleaded ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- guilty to assault contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code. The Member: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 194 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-  told the Student that he deeply cared for him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-  hugged and touched the Student’s back on several occasions ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- without consent, which made the Student uncomfortable; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-  inappropriately touched the Student’s hair and back; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-  rubbed the Student’s foot without his consent after the Student told ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- him that he had sprained his ankle; and, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-  stated to the Student that the Student “didn’t care about him” and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- asked the Student “would you want me to jump off the balcony?”. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- On May 31, 2016, he received a conditional discharge with 18 months of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- probation and 50 hours of community service. Attached hereto and marked ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- as Exhibit “F” is a copy of the certified Court Information; Exhibit “G” is a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- copy of the Transcript of Proceedings before the Honourable Justice French ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- in the Ontario Court of Justice, dated February 19, 2016; Exhibit “H” is a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- copy of the Reasons for Sentence, the Ontario Court of Justice, dated May ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 31, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Board Investigation: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- By letter dated September 13, 2016, the Board advised the Member it ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- intended to recommend the termination of his employment with the Board. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- The Member was placed on an unpaid leave effective September 14, 2016, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- and his employment with the Board was terminated, effective October 26, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 2016. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “I” is a copy of the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- letter to the Member dated September 13, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further does not contest that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf: alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-that proceeding under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would be duplicative based on the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-facts outlined in the Statement of Uncontested Fact and Plea of No Contest. As such, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 194 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-College Counsel requested that subsection 1(5) be withdrawn. The Panel granted this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[9] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-and the submissions College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on July 22, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-2020 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[10] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-21 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. Due to this acknowledgment by the Member, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Panel’s role is not to determine whether the Uncontested Facts would better fit under ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-other heads of misconduct. The Panel is required to place significant weight on the fact ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-that the Member has not contested the finding when making their decision. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[11] The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member had an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf:relationship with Student 1 which constituted physical, emotional and sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-student contrary to subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-While the Student was [XXX] years old, the Member spent time alone with him, took him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-on outings, called him by the nickname [XXX], gave him gifts, told the Student that he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-deeply cared for him, hugged the Student without consent, touched the Student’s back ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 194 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-without consent, touched the Student’s hair, and was angry and abusive towards the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Student when he failed to contact the Member upon his return from vacation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[12] The Member’s conduct constitutes physical abuse as he touched the Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-without consent on several occasions. The Member’s physical abuse of the Student is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-further confirmed by his guilty plea to assault in the Ontario Court of Justice. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[13] The Member’s conduct amounts to emotional abuse of the Student as the Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-was emotionally affected by the inappropriate relationship with the Member and felt ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-uncomfortable, shaken, frightened and confused as a result of the Member’s actions. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf:[14] The Member’s grooming behaviour in this case constitutes sexual abuse. Sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-abuse is defined at section 1 of the Act and includes touching, behaviour or remarks of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf:sexual nature by a member towards a student. The Panel finds that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf:grooming of the Student for a sexual purpose meets this definition. Among other things, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-the Member isolated the Student, took him out on outings without the Student’s parents ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-present, gave the Student gifts, sent the Student emails late at night, hugged and touched ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-the Student without consent, and continued to contact the Student after being asked not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-to by his parents. The Member’s inappropriate relationship with the Student was noticed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-by at least one of his colleagues, who spoke up about it during student placement ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-discussions. After investigating this matter, the Children’s Aid Society also concluded that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf:the Member was grooming the Student for sexual interactions and that the allegation of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf:sexual harm was verified. Additionally, the Panel puts significant weight on the fact that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf:the Member has not contested that his behaviour amounts to sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[15] By his abuse of the Student, the Member acted contrary to subsection 1(14) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 194 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. Engaging in this kind of inappropriate relationship with a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-student is a clear breach of the Ethical Standards for the teaching profession, codified in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Bylaw 32 of the College Bylaws. The Panel finds that the Member’s misconduct was a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-violation of all of the ethical standards: care, respect, trust, and integrity. In particular, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Member’s actions violated the ethical standard of “trust”. The Member violated the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Student’s trust by touching the Student without his consent, and he violated the trust of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-the Student’s mother by continuing to contact the Student after she explicitly requested ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-that the Member stop contacting him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[16] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-Members hold a unique position of trust and authority. They are expected to encourage ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-their students in the pursuit of learning and to set an example for students. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-conduct was entirely at odds with these obligations as a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[17] The Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members are expected to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-create a safe learning environment for students, and not to exploit their position of trust ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-and authority. The Member acted disgracefully, dishonourably and unprofessionally by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf:yelling at the Student, by grooming the student for a sexual purpose, and by threatening ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-to kill himself while speaking to the Student on the phone, all of which is completely ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-unacceptable and placed the student in a very difficult and uncomfortable position. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[18] Similarly, the Member’s conduct is unbecoming a member contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is eroded ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-when members abuse their position of trust and authority by physically, emotionally and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 194 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf:sexually abusing their students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-[19] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on July 22, 2020, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee on August 10, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- 2020 to receive a reprimand which will be delivered by video, and the fact ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf:[20] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel recognizes that it may also order ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it reasonable not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-to make these additional orders in light of the Member’s plea of no contest and joint ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf-submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct194.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (b) she abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf: (c) she abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 196 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (e) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Nadia Charland (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil scolaire ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- public du Nord-Est de l’Ontario (the “Board”) as a teacher at École [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (the “School”), in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- In the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 academic years, Student 1 was in Grades ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- [XXX] at the School. The Member was Student 1’s teacher. As of the 2009- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 2010 academic year, Student 1 attended [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Between November 2009 and November 2011, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1. Specifically, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- inappropriate relationship involved: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (a) personal visits to the home of Student 1, when his parents were not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- at home; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (b) providing Student 1 with cigarettes and alcohol when the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- visited Student 1 at his house; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (c) entertaining Student 1 at the Member’s home; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (d) allowing Student 1 to drink alcohol at the Member’s home; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 196 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (e) driving Student 1 in the Member’s car; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (f) lengthy personal telephone communications; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (g) holding hands with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (h) giving Student 1 a kiss; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (i) personal Facebook communications; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (j) giving gifts to Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (k) allowing Student 1 to spend the night at the Member’s home. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- The Member is currently on long-term sick leave from the Board, with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- cancer. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the "Uncontested Facts"). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts described ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- above constitute professional misconduct and admits the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- professional misconduct against her, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that the alleged conduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf: constitutes sexual abuse as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- The Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- misconduct against her; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, she ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- is waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- her and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (d) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- including her name, shall be published in Pour parler profession/ ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Professionally Speaking, the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 196 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between the College and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Member with respect to the penalty does not bind the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- (f) she understands and is executing this Agreement voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- unequivocally and with the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- proceeding under the Act, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- no contest does not constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- or findings in any other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts described above and plea of no contest, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- the College and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-[6] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-Contest and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-October 9, 2020 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Member also abused a student sexually as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-[7] The Member did not contest the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-paragraphs 1 to 5 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. She ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-misconduct under the headings of misconduct set out above. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-[8] The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 196 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, when she engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-personal relationship with Student 1. The Member’s professional misconduct included ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-providing cigarettes and alcohol to the student, allowing the student to spend the night at ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-her home and giving the student a kiss. In the practice of their profession, members are ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-required to express their commitment to students’ well-being and learning through ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-positive influence, professional judgment and empathy in practice. The Member did the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-opposite. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-[9] The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member had an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-personal relationship with Student 1, and that she abused a student psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). In addition to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-engaging in a personal relationship, which included lengthy telephone and Facebook ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-communications with Student 1, the Member also gave him gifts. She also visited Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-1 when his parents were not at home and provided him with alcohol and cigarettes during ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-those visits. She gave him a kiss and allowed him to spend the night at her home. Through ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-her actions and behaviour towards Student 1, the Member abused her authority and took ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-advantage of the power imbalance between teacher and student. The Committee finds ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-that the Member’s conduct constitutes psychological or emotional abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf:[10] The Member abused Student 1 sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf:subsection 1(7.3). The definition of sexual abuse in section 1 of the Act includes touching, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf:and behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a student. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-Member’s conduct in this matter meets this definition. The Member admitted that her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-personal relationship with Student 1 included holding hands and giving him a kiss. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf:Member acknowledged that such touching and behaviour constituted sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 196 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-[11] The Member failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-sets out the duties of a teacher, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-Members of the profession hold a unique position of trust and authority with respect to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-students. Members are expected to set an example and follow the ethical principles set ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-out in subsection 264(1)(c) of the Education Act. The Member’s conduct contradicted her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-[12] The Member committed disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional acts, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). Members are required to respect ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-the professional boundaries between a teacher and her students and prioritize the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-students’ safety and well-being, which the Member failed to do. Inappropriate personal or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf:sexual relationships between a member of the profession and a student cannot be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-tolerated. These acts are disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-[13] The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-1(19). Public confidence in the teaching profession is eroded when members abuse their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf:position of trust and authority in order to abuse a student sexually and emotionally. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-[14] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on October 9, 2020, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 196 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf:[15] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-a student, as provided in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. College Counsel argued that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-subsection 30.2(2) of the Act applied in this case, even though the Member committed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-her professional misconduct between 2009 and 2011. She argued that the Panel was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-required to apply the legislation in force on the date of the hearing, and that the transitional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-provisions in section 63.2 had taken effect. The transitional provisions provide for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-mandatory revocation pursuant to section 30.2 in the case of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf:that consists of sexual abuse of a student and which occurred before the effective date ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-of the amendment, if no order was made in respect of the matter pursuant to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-30(4) before that date. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-[16] Given this finding, in accordance with section 30.2(1) of the Act, the Panel is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-required to make an order: 1) directing that the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-and 2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf-Registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and notes that it has no discretion in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct196.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Okoro 2020 ONOCT 199 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Date: 2020-08-07 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 199 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Chinedu Kinsman Okoro, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- CHINEDU KINSMAN OKORO (REGISTRATION #645094) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-PANEL: Diane Ballantyne, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- John Cammarata ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Marlène Marwah ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-HEARD: July 29, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Jason Bennett, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-No one appearing for Chinedu Kinsman Okoro ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- By order of Justice Bacchus of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-[6] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 199 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Person 4 who were allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:prohibited act involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of Student 1, Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Student 3, and Person 4. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-[7] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the transcript of the Reasons ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-for Judgment from the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice Bacchus dated June ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-23, 2017 (Exhibit 4 at Tab C). In these proceedings before the Ontario Court of Justice, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-an order restricting publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-of Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-[8] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated February 13, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-2020 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Chinedu Kinsman Okoro is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that he: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- (a) failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf: (b) abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3), and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Between October 2014 and January 2015, Student 2 was a [XXX]-year-old ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-female student in the Member’s [XXX] school [XXX] class at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Student 2 also accompanied Student 1 to the Member’s [XXX]school [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-class in July 2015, but Student 2 was not a student in that class. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Between April 2015 and June 2015, Student 3 was a [XXX]-year-old female ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 199 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-student in the Member’s [XXX] school [XXX] class at [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:On October 19, 2015, the Member was charged with 10 counts of sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-assault, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada) and four ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:counts of sexual exploitation of a young person, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada) in respect of Student 1, Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-and Student 3. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-copy of the Information of Peace Officer Sivadasan sworn October 19, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-2015. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-On June 23, 2017, Justice Sandra Bacchus of the Ontario Court of Justice ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:found the Member guilty of (a) four counts of sexual exploitation of Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:1; (b) four counts of sexual assault of Student 1, which convictions were ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:stayed; and (c) four counts of sexual assault of Student 3. With respect to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:Student 2, the Crown withdrew one count of sexual assault and the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:was found not guilty of a second count of sexual assault. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the Reasons for Judgment ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-before the Honourable Justice Bacchus, delivered on June 23, 2017, at ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-On April 12, 2018, Justice Bacchus sentenced the Member to 90 days in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:custody for the sexual exploitation convictions and an additional 28 days in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:custody for the sexual assault convictions, to be followed by two years of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-probation. Justice Bacchus also imposed conditions that restrict the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Member’s ability to teach and made a number of ancillary orders. Attached ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Judgment and Reasons for Sentence before the Honourable Justice ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Bacchus, delivered on April 12, 2018 at Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-On September 30, 2018, the Member signed an Agreement and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Undertaking with the College not to seek or engage in any employment for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-which a Certificate of Qualification and Registration is required until the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-College disposes of the complaint made against him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-The Member appealed his convictions and sentence and, on February 5, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-2019, Justice Molloy of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-appeal. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-The Member appealed Justice Molloy’s decision and, in or about October ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-2019, the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed the Member’s application for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-leave to appeal. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- The Member acknowledges that his conduct fell below the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- teaching profession. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- of the College’s Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 199 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- By this document, the Member pleads no contest, for the purposes of this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- proceeding only, to the truth of the facts and appendices referred to in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- paragraphs 1 to 14 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that paragraphs 8-10 and 14 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Uncontested Facts constitute conduct that is professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct made ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- against him in the Notice of Hearing, being more particularly that he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf: engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) and breached the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- following subsections of Ontario Regulation 437/97 (Professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Misconduct), made under the Act: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- (a) the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf: (b) the Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- (c) the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- (d) the Member contravened a law, the contravention of which is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- (e) the Member contravened a law, the contravention of which has ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- caused or may cause a student who is under his professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- (f) the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- (g) the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-decision on July 29, 2020 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 199 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-[11] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-14 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:Member was convicted of four counts of sexual exploitation of Student 1 and four counts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:of sexual assault of Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-[12] In addition to the Uncontested Facts, pursuant to Rules 13.03 and 13.04 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-the Panel accepts the certified copy of the Court information (Exhibit 4 at Tab B) and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-findings of fact involving the Member contained in the Reasons for Judgment and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Reasons for Sentence of Justice Bacchus of the Ontario Court of Justice (Exhibit 4 at Tab ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-C). The Panel accepts the findings of fact of Justice Bacchus and relies on them for our ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-decision. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-[13] The findings of fact by Justice Bacchus contained in the appendices to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:sexually exploited Student 1 by rubbing his penis across the back of her shoulder, stroking ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-her thigh, and touching her vagina. This occurred on several occasions when the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:attended at Student 1’s desk to help with her classwork. Additionally, the Member sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-assaulted Student 3 by caressing her back with his hand, rubbing his penis against her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-shoulder, touching her cleavage, and touching her thigh when he assisted her with work ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 199 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-at her desk. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:[14] By sexually assaulting these students, the Member failed to maintain the standards ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:of the profession contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-abuse of students is conduct that is so notorious that evidence of the standard is not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-required. Nevertheless, College Counsel presented the Panel with a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Standards of Practice. The Standards of Practice require that, among other things, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Members be dedicated in their care and commitment to students. The Panel finds that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:the Member failed to exhibit care and commitment to his students by sexually touching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-them repeatedly without their consent. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:[15] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member made inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:physical and sexual contact with Student 1 and Student 3. The definition of sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:at section 1 of the Act includes touching and behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-a member towards a student. The Member’s conduct in this case – rubbing his penis on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-students’ shoulders, touching students’ thighs, and touching a student’s cleavage – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-clearly meets this definition. This factual finding is further supported by the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:resulting convictions for sexual assault and sexual exploitation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-[16] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Members hold a unique position of trust and authority. They are expected to encourage ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-their students in the pursuit of learning, serve as positive role models and to demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-the highest regard for a number of virtues set out at section 264(1)(c) of the Education ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:Act. The Member’s sexual abuse of his students was contrary to his obligations to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 199 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-encourage students in the pursuit of learning and, in fact, led to his students being afraid ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-to report the Member for his abuse for fear of failing the class. The Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-was entirely at odds with his obligations under the Education Act as a member of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:[17] The Member’s criminal convictions for sexual exploitation and sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-demonstrate that he contravened a law relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Qualification and Registration contrary to subsection 1(16) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:The Member’s sexual assault of his students is clearly relevant to whether he is permitted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-to have the privilege of teaching in a publicly funded school in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:[18] Similarly, the Member’s convictions for sexual exploitation of Student 1 and for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:sexual assault of Student 3 have, in fact, caused students under the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-supervision to be put at risk contrary to subsection 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-[19] The Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members are expected to create a safe ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:learning environment for students, and not to exploit their position to sexually abuse their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-students. The Member failed to meet these expectations by his disgraceful and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:dishonourable conduct of sexually abusing two students in the classroom on several ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-occasions. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-[20] The Member’s conduct is also unbecoming a member contrary to subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-of Ontario Regulations 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is grossly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:eroded when members abuse their position of trust and authority to sexually abuse their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 199 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-[21] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 5), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on July 29, 2020, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, which will be delivered in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- writing, pursuant to section 30.2(1)(a) of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- Act, 1996; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- pursuant to section 30.2(1)(c) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf:[22] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel recognizes that it may ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-also order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but accepts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-College Counsel’s submissions that it is not necessary to make these additional orders in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf-light of the Member’s plea of no contest and joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct199.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Kelley 2020 ONOCT 198 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- Date: 2020-08-10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- John Wilton Kelley, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- JOHN WILTON KELLEY (REGISTRATION #401648) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-PANEL: Jonathan Rose, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- Rebecca Forte, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-HEARD: May 27, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Christine Wadsworth and Kathryn McChesney, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-No one appearing for John Wilton Kelley ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-authorized to take the Member’s mail. He also indicated that periodically someone picks ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-it up on behalf of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[5] In a second letter sent by courier and email on November 22, 2019 (Exhibit G), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-the College advised the Member of the penalty he faced if found guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:misconduct that includes sexual abuse of a student. He was also informed that a cost ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-order could be made against him if he chose not to contact College Counsel or participate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-in his hearing. College Counsel’s Microsoft Outlook server notifications showed that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-emails sent to the Member’s last known email address on file with the College did not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-bounce back (Exhibit H). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[6] Next, on December 5, 2019 the College sent a letter by regular mail and email to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-the Member’s last known address on file at the College to invite the Member to participate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-in setting a date for the hearing. A second attempt to invite the Member to participate in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-a set date hearing was made on December 13, 2019 by process server (Exhibit I). The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Affidavit of Service of the process server dated December 23, 2019 reported that during ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-the delivery attempt, the occupant at the Member’s last known address answered the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-door. He informed the process server that he was authorized to receive the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-mail and that someone retrieved it periodically (Exhibit J). As there was no reply from the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Member, a hearing was subsequently set for May 27, 2020 (Exhibit I). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[7] College counsel submitted four additional letters served by a combination of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-regular mail or courier and email to the Member’s last known home and email addresses ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-on file with the College between February 7, 2019 and May 19, 2020 (Exhibits E, K, M ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-and O). Finally, a letter of May 13, 2020 sent by regular mail and email advised the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Member that the hearing would proceed electronically (Exhibits M and N, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-electronic format of the hearing. The Panel therefore heard this matter in the absence of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[10] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such orders mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[11] Additionally, the Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-the Act at the request of College Counsel and on behalf of the Student referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:Notice of Hearing dated December 21, 2018 who was allegedly sexually abused. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-the identity of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-B. OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[12] The College alleges that between 2001 and 2002, the Member had an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with a female student (the “Student”) in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-the Member’s [XXX] class at [XXX]. The relationship was conducted in secret and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-continued until after the Student [XXX] from [XXX] and completed [XXX] in 2003. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[13] The Panel’s task is to determine whether the facts alleged by the College have ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-been proven on a balance of probabilities and if so, whether the Member’s conduct gives ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-rise to a finding of professional misconduct. For the reasons that follow, the Panel finds ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-that the Member engaged in professional misconduct. The Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-subsections 1(7)1, 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-C. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[14] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated December 21, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-2018 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that John Wilton Kelley is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7)3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf: and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-1 The acts of professional misconduct of the Member occurred between 2001 - 2002 and section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 (in force between December 4, 1997 and May 4, 2008) stated at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:material time: “Abusing a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally.” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-3 Section 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 (in force between December 4, 1997 and May 4, 2008). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 1. John Wilton Kelley is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 3. At all material times, the Student was a female student completing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- her [XXX] year of [XXX] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 4. Beginning during the 2001-2002 academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- (a) engaged in a personal relationship with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf: (b) engaged in a sexual relationship with the Student; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf: (c) engaged in sexual intercourse with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 5. The Board terminated the Member’s employment, effective June 20, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2013. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-D. THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[15] As the Member was not present, the Panel proceeded on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-E. THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[16] The College called the Student as a witness to testify at the hearing and entered ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-into evidence a Brief of Documents in order to prove the allegations set out in the Notice ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-of Hearing. Julia Nanos, the Student’s lawyer also attended the hearing in a supportive ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-capacity but was not a party to the proceedings. Relevant portions of the oral and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-documentary evidence will be set out in greater detail in the Panel’s reasons for decision ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-below. The following is a brief summary of the College’s evidence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-(1) Oral Testimony of the Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[17] The Student testified that she met the Member in 1999 when she was in Grade ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[XXX] and in the Member’s [XXX] class. From 2001 to 2002, during her [XXX] year of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[XXX], the Member again taught the Student [XXX]. The Student turned [XXX] on [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-while in the Member’s class and [XXX] from [XXX] in [XXX]. The Student also knew the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Member through her [XXX] involvement in the School’s [XXX] where the Member was a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[XXX]. The Student identified herself and the Member in a 2001-2002 yearbook picture ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-of the [XXX] (Exhibit 4) and described that the Member supervised and assisted the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-with student-initiated activities during the 2001-2002 academic year. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[18] The Student testified that, between 2001 and 2003, the Member fostered a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:personal relationship with her, which then developed into a sexual relationship. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:Member also repeatedly engaged in sexual intercourse with her while she was in high ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-school. All the while, the Member encouraged the Student to keep the relationship a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-secret, which she did. The Student recalled that the secrecy was justified because the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Member “felt other people would not understand and he had real feelings for me.” She ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-recalled that the Member deliberately chose places to meet where they would not be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-recognized in public and disallowed photos to be taken of anything that he owned that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-might disclose his identity, such as his car. The Student also testified that the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-was aware that there would be consequences for his career if the relationship became ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-known including losing his job. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[19] The Student identified a photo taken during the [XXX] formal in [XXX], depicting ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-the Member holding her up in his arms (Exhibit 5), but she testified that she had not kept ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-other photos of the Member. She also did not have records of any electronic ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-communication with the Member because, in 2002, email correspondence and texts via ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-cellphone were not yet a common form of communication. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[23] In response to a question from the Panel, College Counsel indicated that at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-time of the Member’s conduct, the professional misconduct regulation in force during ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:2001-2002 stated that: “abusing a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-or emotionally” contravened section 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-submitted that to make a finding under this head of misconduct, the Panel needed to find ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-that the Member’s conduct constituted at least one type of abuse of a student. In this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:case, sexual abuse was the clearest component of the Member’s conduct but the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-evidence also supports a finding of psychological or emotional abuse. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-also submitted that based on the Student’s testimony about the Member’s inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:personal and sexual relationship with her, there is an overlap between psychological and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:verbal abuse and an overlap between sexual touching and physical abuse, and so a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-finding could be made under 1(7) including these other types of abuse. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[24] College Counsel also responded to a question from Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-about the definition of a “student” under the version of the Act in force at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Member’s misconduct and under the current version of the Act. This question relates to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:the Panel’s ability to find that the Member sexually abused a “student” under historical ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or that he engaged in sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-a “student” as defined in section 1 of the current Act (see allegation (b) in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Hearing). College Counsel explained that, although there was no definition of the term ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-“student” in the relevant legislation at the time of the Member’s conduct, the Panel could ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-rely on a common sense definition of the term given that the Student was in high school ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:at the time. The Panel should therefore have no issue finding that the Member sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-abused a “student” under historical subsection 1(7). The Student was clearly a “student” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-for the purposes of the legislation in force at the time. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:[25] With respect to the allegation that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-“student” as defined in section 1 of the Act, College Counsel took the Panel to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-definition of “student” under the current legislation and submitted that the Student in this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-case meets that definition and that the Panel should make that finding. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-explained that the Student in this case meets the definition because, at the time that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:sexual intercourse with the Student occurred, she was a student (of any age), enrolled in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-a school, where the Member was her teacher, and she was also a student (of any age) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-whom the Member assisted in [XXX] and dealt with the Student directly in the course of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-those [XXX].4 Accordingly, College Counsel submitted that the Panel ought to find that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:the Member’s sexual intercourse with the Student constitutes sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[26] College Counsel reviewed the relevant evidence with the Panel, in relation to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-various heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. College Counsel further ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-submitted that the witness was credible based on her clear recollection about when ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:sexual intercourse with the Member started and the factual evidence that set out how the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:relationship progressed from the Member’s verbal interactions to physical and sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-contact with the Student. College Counsel also observed that the Student’s oral evidence ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-was consistent with the documentary evidence submitted. The Student’s evidence ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-provided context for her emotional state at the time of the events and her testimony ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-4 See subparagraphs 1(2)2.i and iii, Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 12. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-conveyed that there were ongoing psychological consequences of the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-for the Student that influenced her decision not to disclose the relationship to anyone ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-close to her. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-G. MEMBER’S SUBMISSIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[27] As the Member chose not to participate in the hearing, no evidence was presented ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-in his defence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-H. INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL’S ADVICE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[28] Independent Legal Counsel advised the Panel that cases involving a breach of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-professional standards generally require expert evidence to prove the breach, unless the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-conduct at issue is so egregious or notorious that it is self-evidently misconduct. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:Divisional Court has specifically provided sexual abuse of a student by a teacher as an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-example of a self-evident breach of professional standards.5 College Counsel agreed that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:the Panel did not need an expert to testify that sexual intercourse with a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-constitutes a clear breach of professional standards. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-I. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-(1) Onus and standard of proof ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[29] The College bears the burden of proving the allegations in accordance with the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-standard of proof set out in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 41, which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-is proof on a balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-5 See Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (CanLII) at paragraph 71. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-(2) Decision ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[30] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. The Panel granted this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[31] Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on May 27, 2020 finding that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7)6, 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Panel also found ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-J. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[32] The Panel has carefully reviewed the evidence and submissions presented in this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-matter. The Panel first sets out its factual findings and then explains why these facts give ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-rise to a finding of professional misconduct, as alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[33] The Panel found the Student to be a highly credible witness and gives significant ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-weight to her testimony. The Student had a vivid recollection of events despite the fact ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-that they took place more than eighteen years ago. The Student’s evidence was given in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:a forthright manner, though when she described the alleged sexual abuse by the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-she needed to take several breaks to compose herself. As she testified, the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-trepidation about the consequences to her reputation if her identity became associated ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-6 Section 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 (in force between December 4, 1997 and May 4, 2008). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-with these events was evident. The Panel noted that the Student’s demeanor during her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-testimony was consistent with the reasons she gave for keeping the relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Member a secret. The Student’s testimony also clearly demonstrated to the Panel that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-these events continue to have an emotional toll on her. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[34] The College’s documentary evidence was consistent with the Student’s testimony, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-and the Panel found that it could reasonably be relied upon. In making the factual findings ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-set out below, the Panel considered both the oral and documentary evidence in relation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:to the Member’s alleged sexual abuse of the Student. The College’s evidence was not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-contradicted given the Member’s failure to participate in this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-(1) Factual Findings ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-(a) The Member engaged in a personal relationship with the Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[35] The Student testified that the Member was known as the “cool” teacher and that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-he was very popular with students. He would often offer students help with homework ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-and had an open invitation to anyone who had questions to stay after class. He also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-provided students with his personal home phone number and encouraged students to call ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-if they wanted after-hours help with homework. During the fall 2001 semester, the Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-welcomed the Member’s assistance with [XXX] and participated in a series of after school ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-tutoring sessions in his classroom. Sometime during the fall 2001 semester, she also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-started to call him at home when she had questions about homework. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[36] While the phone calls were initially schoolwork-related, they gradually shifted to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-include conversations about personal things. The Student indicated that she and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Member started to talk about “teenager topics” including her feelings about family, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:(b) The Member engaged in a sexual relationship with the Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[39] The Student testified that, during the fall 2001 semester, the Member “showed me ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-signs that he liked me” by “complimenting me about the way I looked or what I wore, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-sometimes randomly in the hallway.” Other times, he would praise the Student for her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-“maturity” and tell her how “she was unlike other students.” She understood from the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Member’s behaviour that he was attracted to her. When she did not rebuff the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-attention, he began to approach her more frequently. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[40] The Student emotionally recounted one of the first times that the Member made ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-physical contact with her. It occurred “sometime between the fall and Christmas break.” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-The Member was alone with the Student in his classroom. He put his arm up the back of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-her shirt and touched her on her back with his hand. While touching her, the Member also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-said something about being attracted to the Student, but she could not recall the exact ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-words. The Student testified that after this incident, the relationship with the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-became “more intimate.” The Member would initiate more physical contact thereafter and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-make comments about his attraction to her. The Student believed that the touching was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:sexually motivated. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[41] The Student further testified that, during her [XXX] school year, she started to see ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-the Member socially, including to play [XXX] in a courtyard near the Member’s home. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Sometime in spring 2002, the Member started to invite the Student to his home. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Student agreed and went to the Member’s home several times between spring 2002 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-spring 2003. While at his home, the Member engaged in more physical touching of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:sexual nature with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[42] The Panel accepts the Student’s evidence for the reasons stated above and finds ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:that the Member engaged in a sexual relationship with the Student by touching her body ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:in a sexual manner. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:(c) The Member engaged in sexual intercourse with the Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[43] The Student testified that on [XXX] on the evening of her [XXX] birthday, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Student was invited to spend the night at the Member’s house. The Student went to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Member’s house without telling anyone where she was going. That evening, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:had sexual intercourse with the Student at his home. The Member continued to have ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:physical sexual relations with the Student during the time that she was in his class and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-until after she [XXX] from [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[44] The Panel accepts the Student’s testimony for the same reasons set out above ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:and finds that the Member had sexual intercourse with the Student on [XXX] as well at ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-other times while she was a student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-(a) The Member engaged in professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[45] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct set out above gives rise to a finding of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Member breached subsections 1(7)7, 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 for the following reasons. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:(i) The Member abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf: or emotionally contrary to subsection 1(7) and engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-7 Section 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 (in force between December 4, 1997 and May 4, 2008). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- student as defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- (the “Act”) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:[46] The Panel finds that the Member sexually abused a student contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:1(7)8 of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and that his conduct meets the definition of “sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:abuse” as defined in section 1 of the Act. The section 1 definition of “sexual abuse” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:includes “touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member” and “sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-intercourse”…“between the Member and the student”. The Panel accepts the College’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-submissions with respect to the definition of the term “student” and finds that the Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:meets that definition for the purposes of making a finding of sexual abuse in this case ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-under both subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:[47] The Member touched the Student in a sexual manner on at least one occasion ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-when he put his arm up the back of her shirt and touched her on the back with his hand ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:in the fall of 2001. The Member also had sexual intercourse with the Student on [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-and on subsequent occasions during 2002 while she was in [XXX]. Touching a student in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:a sexual manner and having sexual intercourse with a student is conduct that clearly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:constitutes sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[48] The Panel also finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Student, contrary to subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Student testified ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-that she felt ashamed and naïve for having been involved with the Member in a personal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:and sexual relationship. She had wanted the relationship to end at the end of [XXX], but ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-it did not. She explained that when she took steps to end it, the Member made her feel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-8 Section 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 (in force between December 4, 1997 and May 4, 2008). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-guilty about it and used emotional manipulation to discourage her from leaving the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-relationship. The Panel also received evidence that the Member had outbursts of anger ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-during his relationship with the Student. She has lived for many years with the weight of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:a secret sexual relationship with a teacher on her shoulders and with the worry about the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-impact that disclosing such a relationship would have on her life. It was clear from the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Student’s testimony that she struggled to disclose what happened and that she remains ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-shaken by the incidents that took place while she was in her [XXX] year of [XXX]almost ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-two decades ago. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:[49] The Panel finds that the sexual relationship and the Member’s emotionally ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-manipulative conduct caused the Student distress during a formative time in her personal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-and academic life, and was abusive. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-(ii) The Member failed to comply with the Act, the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- contrary to subsection 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[50] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(14) by failing to maintain ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-the standards of the profession codified in the Ethical Standards for the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Profession at section 32 of the College Bylaws. Although no expert evidence was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-provided to prove that the Member’s conduct breached the ethical standards, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-accepts College Counsel’s submission and Independent Legal Counsel’s advice that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-expert evidence was not required in this case because the Member’s conduct was so ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-egregious that it is self-evidently professional misconduct.9 By fostering and engaging in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-9 See Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (CanLII) at paragraph 71. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:a sexual relationship with the Student, the Member clearly breached the ethical standards ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-of trust, care, respect and integrity to which teachers are held. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[51] Teachers are expected to be trustworthy and to maintain professional relationships ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-with students at all times. They are to demonstrate care for students through positive ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-influence, professional judgment and empathy in practice. Touching the Student in a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:sexual manner and having sexual intercourse with the Student is a most fundamental ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-breach of trust and care that demonstrates a complete disregard for the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-physical and emotional wellbeing. The Member abused his position of trust and authority ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-by building a personal rapport with the Student through conversations, compliments and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:social activities, which then culminated in a sexual relationship with her. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[52] Furthermore, teachers are expected to demonstrate respect for students by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:honouring human dignity and their emotional wellness. While engaging in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-relationship with the Student, the Member used emotional manipulation and threats of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-“karmic retribution” to prevent her from exiting the relationship. In so doing, he failed to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-respect the Student’s agency and freedom. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[53] As part of the ethical standard of integrity, teachers must demonstrate reliability ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-and moral action as members of the teaching profession. As a teacher and leader in extra- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-curricular activities at the School, the Member held a position of moral authority with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-students and with the Student in particular. He was her [XXX] teacher, [XXX] and [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:By sexually abusing the Student, the Member acted without integrity to his professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-commitments and responsibilities as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[54] The evidence clearly demonstrates that the Member failed to meet the standards ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:of the profession in the most egregious and fundamental way by engaging in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-relationship with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-(iii) The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[55] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Education Act which requires teachers to “inculcate by precept and example respect for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-religion and the principles of Judaeo-Christian morality and the highest regard for truth, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-temperance and all other virtues”. The Member failed to respect and model these moral ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:precepts by sexually abusing a student in his class. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[56] There is a clear power imbalance between a teacher and a student and by pursuing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:a secret personal and sexual relationship with a student, the Member abused his position ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-of trust and authority in a way that shows him to be morally unfit to be an educator. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Member demonstrated a shocking disregard for his professional duties by breaching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-boundaries with a student in such a fundamental way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-(iv) The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[57] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. The public and the teaching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:profession do not tolerate the sexual abuse of students. Having sexual relations with a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-student is among the gravest violations of the professional obligations that the public ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-expects teaching professionals to meet. When parents send their children to school, they ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-expect that their children will be physically and emotionally safe. All right-thinking ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-members of the profession would agree that the Member’s breach of this trust was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-disgraceful. Furthermore, the Member’s encouragement to keep the relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Student a secret and his use of emotional manipulation to exploit the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-vulnerability and to discourage her from ending the relationship were disgraceful and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-dishonourable. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-(v) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[58] The Panel finds that the conduct described above is unbecoming a member of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-teaching profession. The Member used his position of trust and authority as a teacher to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-build rapport and to get the Student to confide in and trust him for the purpose of pursuing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:a sexual relationship with her. Such disregard for a teacher’s professional obligations ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-undermines the trust that parents, students and the public place in teachers and reflects ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-poorly on the profession as a whole. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-K. PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:[59] College Counsel submitted that given that the Panel made a finding of sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-abuse under section 1 of the Act, the mandatory penalty provisions of section 30.2 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Act apply by virtue of the transitional provision in section 63.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-L. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[60] On May 27, 2020 the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 1. The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand and the fact of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- of Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2. The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-M. REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[61] The Panel accepted College Counsel’s submission that section 30.2 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-applied to its findings by virtue of section 63.2 of the Act. Section 63.2 provides that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:section 30.2, in its current form, applies retrospectively to an act of sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-student that occurred before April 3, 2019 provided no subsection 30(4) order has ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-previously been made in respect of the same matter. These conditions are satisfied in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-this case because no penalty has previously been imposed by the Committee for the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:Member’s sexual abuse of the Student during 2001-2002. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[62] Section 30.2 provides that, where the Discipline Committee finds a member guilty ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:of an act of professional misconduct consisting of or including sexual abuse of a student, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-the Committee shall make an order requiring that the member be reprimanded and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-directing the Registrar to revoke the member’s certificate of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:As described above, the Panel found that the Member sexually abused a student, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:contrary to subsection 1(7)10 of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and engaged in “sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-abuse” of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. Accordingly, section 30.2 is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-engaged, and the Panel makes both of these orders. The Panel notes that it has no ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-discretion in this regard and denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-10 Section 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 (in force between December 4, 1997 and May 4, 2008). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-N. COSTS SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[63] College Counsel requested $5,000 for the costs of the hearing under paragraph 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-of subsection 30(5) of the Act and under Rule 16.05(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Rules”). She referred ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-the Panel to the decision in Ontario College of Teachers v. Hall, 2019 ONOCT 20 for the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-factors relevant to a costs award. College Counsel also cited the following prior decisions ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-of the Discipline Committee where costs of the proceeding were ordered against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-members: Ontario College of Teachers v. Chong Yen, 2018 ONOCT 56 and 2019 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-ONOCT 28 and Ontario College of Teachers v. Williamson, 2017 ONOCT 20. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-[64] College Counsel submitted that a costs award was appropriate in light of several ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-factors. The Member was unresponsive to College Counsel’s communications and he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-failed to engage in the College’s discipline process. The Member was put on notice of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-hearing date, the allegations against him, and that the College would be seeking costs, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-however he still did not participate. If the Member had engaged with the process, it may ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-have been possible to narrow the proceedings and reduce the amount of time that it took ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-to present this case, thereby conserving resources. The Member’s participation could ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-have also saved the witness from having to appear before the Discipline Committee to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:deliver clearly difficult evidence involving intimate details of her personal and sexual life. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-College Counsel also asserted that the College was entirely successful in proving the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-allegations against the Member. While she had no information on the Member’s ability to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-pay a costs award, she submitted that this lack of information does not prevent the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-from making a costs order. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-and to prepare to prove its case over the course of a one-day hearing. While the College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-holds the burden of proving the allegations against the Member, he did not attend the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-hearing or present a defence for the Panel’s consideration. The College successfully ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 198 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf:proved all allegations against the Member, including sexual abuse by the Member which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-triggered a mandatory penalty. The College had no information about the Member’s ability ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-to pay the costs order. In the absence of evidence from the Member that he is unable to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-pay, the College is not required to show that the Member is able to pay the costs award. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf-Neither is the Panel required to consider the Member’s liquidity when ordering costs. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct198.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 174 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf: (i) he engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act.4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- The Member is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the District School ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- Board of Niagara (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-3 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-4 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 174 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- (d) he understands that depending on the penalty ordered by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- Discipline Committee, the decision of the Committee and a summary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- of its reasons, including reference to his name, may be published in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (a), (c), (d) and (i) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5) and 1(7.3), and that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-he engaged in sexual abuse of a student, sexual misconduct and a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf:involving child pornography, as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the subsection 1(5) allegation was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-being sought because it was duplicative of the allegation under subsection 1(14). College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-Counsel further requested the Panel’s permission to withdraw the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf:student, sexual misconduct and child pornography allegations as there was no ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 174 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-reasonable prospect of obtaining a finding with respect to these allegations. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on July 8, 2020 finding ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-1 to 6 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-out above. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-[9] The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member developed an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-personal relationship with Student 1, a [XXX]-year-old female student who was a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-in his class. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-[10] The Panel found that the Member’s failure to maintain appropriate and professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-boundaries with Student 1 was psychologically abusive to the student, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member’s boundary violations ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf-included exchanging gifts with Student 1, spending time alone with her, sitting ./ontario-cases/2020onoct174.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Partridge 2020 ONOCT 205 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Date: 2020-10-07 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 205 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Michael Richard Partridge, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- MICHAEL RICHARD PARTRIDGE (REGISTRATION #199221) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-PANEL: Diane Ballantyne, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- John Hamilton, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-HEARD: October 7, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-Christine Wadsworth and Noam Uri, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-Jack Brown, for Michael Richard Partridge ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-October 7, 2020 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). With the consent of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-the parties, and in accordance with section 3 of the Hearings in Tribunal Proceedings ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 205 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-(Temporary Measures) Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 5, Sched 3, this matter proceeded by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-way of an electronic hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[2] Michael Richard Partridge (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-representation attend on his behalf. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[3] Two Notices of Hearing dated January 28, 2019 (Exhibit 1) and August 5, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-(Exhibit 2) were served on the Member, specifying the allegations and requesting his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-presence on a date to be determined for the hearing. The hearing with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-allegations set out in Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2 was subsequently set for October 7, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-The parties agreed to proceed with a single hearing to address the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-professional misconduct set out in both Notices of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[4] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[5] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf:Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 205 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated January 28, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-2019 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Michael Richard Partridge is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-2018 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- On or about June 21, 2018, a group of students went to [XXX] after exams. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Underage students observed the Member with other men his age drinking ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- beer at [XXX]. The Member approached the students, asked them about ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- their exams and sat with them. The Member provided one underage student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 205 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- with alcohol at the student’s request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- The Member retired from the Board on June 30, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1-11 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further does not contest that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf: alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 205 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee should find ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[9] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing dated January 28, 2019 (Exhibit 1) and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing dated August 5, 2019 (Exhibit 2), namely that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-Member contravened subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-College Counsel submitted that proceeding under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-be duplicative based on the facts outlined in the Statement of Uncontested Facts and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-Guilty Plea. The Panel accepted College Counsel’s submission and granted these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-requests. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[10] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on October 7, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-2020 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[11] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-11 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 205 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-Member acted inappropriately by drinking alcohol with underage students and by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-providing a student with alcohol. The Member further inappropriately touched and tried to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-kiss Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[12] The Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by putting his arm around Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-shoulder and waist and by trying to kiss her. The Member’s actions made Student 1 feel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-weird and uncomfortable. As such, the Member’s egregious conduct towards Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-had a negative psychological and emotional impact on her, and was psychologically and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-emotionally abusive. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf:[13] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and section 1 of the Act. The Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-made inappropriate physical contact with Student 1 and he made inappropriate remarks ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf:of a sexual nature towards Student 1. The definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf:Act includes touching and behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-a student. The Member’s comment to Student 1 in this case (that she had “to trade and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-give [him] a kiss”) and his attempt to kiss Student 1 clearly meet this definition. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[14] In his submissions, Member’s Counsel drew the Panel’s attention to the fact that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-the Member did not teach Student 1, that Student 1 was not a student at the Board, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-that the conduct occurred on a public beach and not in the classroom. Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 205 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-submitted that, while these facts should not bear on the Panel’s ultimate finding, these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-were nevertheless important facts to bear in mind. The Panel finds this argument to be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf:without merit. For the purposes of the definition of “sexual abuse”, the Act defines ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-“student” as “a student who, at the time the behaviour, remarks or conduct occurred or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-were made, was enrolled in a school or private school in Ontario, within the meaning of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-the Education Act and was under 18 years old or, in the case of a student who had special ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-needs, was under 22 years old.” Student 1 meets this definition. Additionally, the fact that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-the Member was not Student 1’s teacher does not mitigate the fact that Student 1 was a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[XXX]-year-old girl who the Member inappropriately touched and tried to kiss. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf:Member’s conduct was sexually abusive regardless of whether it occurred in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-classroom or in a public place, and regardless of whether he taught Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[15] The Member failed to comply with the Act, regulations, or by-laws contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Section 32 of the College By-Laws ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-requires members to comply with the Ethical Standards of the Teaching Profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-Among other things, the Ethical Standards require members to demonstrate their ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-commitment to students’ well-being and learning through positive influence and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-professional judgment (“Care”) and to honour human dignity, emotional wellness and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-cognitive development of students (“Respect”). The Member’s psychologically and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf:sexually abusive conduct toward Student 1 demonstrates a failure to use professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-judgment and to honour Student 1’s emotional wellness contrary to the ethical standards. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[16] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-Members hold a unique position of trust and authority. They are expected to encourage ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 205 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-students in the pursuit of learning, serve as positive role models and demonstrate the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-highest regard for a number of virtues set out at section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-The Member acted contrary to these expectations and failed to act as a positive role ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-model by drinking alcohol with students and allowing underage students to take alcohol ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-from him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[17] The Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members are expected to behave ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-professionally and to treat their students with respect in and out of the classroom. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-Member failed to do so by giving a student alcohol even after being cautioned by police ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-about drinking with underage students. The Member was suspended from the Board, took ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-a course about professional boundaries, and was explicitly warned about his behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-Nevertheless, he engaged in the same professional misconduct less than one year later. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-The Member further acted disgracefully and dishonourably by trying to kiss a [XXX]-year- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-old girl. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[18] The Member’s conduct is also unbecoming a member contrary to subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-of Ontario Regulations 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is grossly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-eroded when members abuse their position of trust and authority to emotionally and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf:sexually abuse students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-[19] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on October 7, 2020, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 205 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee following the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be delivered in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 Bloor Street ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference and the fact of the reprimand is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf:[20] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel recognizes that it may also order ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it reasonable not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-to make these additional orders in light of the Member’s plea of no contest and joint ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf-submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct205.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Anseline 2020 ONOCT 204 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Date: 2020-11-26 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 204 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- David Alexandre Anseline, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- DAVID ALEXANDRE ANSELINE (REGISTRATION #642168) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-PANEL: Tom Potter, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Ann Ciaschini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Stéphane Vallée, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-HEARD: November 25, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-Jordan Stone, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-Rebecca Young, for David Alexandre Anseline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on November ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-25, 2020, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 204 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-[2] David Alexandre Anseline (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1 and Student 2 who were ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-allegedly sexually abused, or the subjects of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 18, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that David Alexandre Anseline is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 204 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf: (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (e) he committed an act or acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- At all material times, the Member was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- In the academic year 2017/2018, Student 1 and Student 2 were Grade ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- [XXX] female students at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- On multiple occasions during the academic year 2017/2018, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- had inappropriate conversations with Student 1 and Student 2 after hours ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf: in the Member’s classroom that addressed topics of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- In the 2017/2018 academic year and the summer months of 2018, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Member exchanged inappropriate electronic communications with Student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 1 addressing topics of a sexual and personal nature with Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- including: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (a) sexual intercourse; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (b) oral sex; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 204 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (c) masturbation; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf: (d) pornography; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf: (e) the Member’s sexual preferences and experiences; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf: (f) Student 1’s sexual preferences and experiences; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (g) telling Student 1 that he loved her; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (h) attempting to make plans to meet with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are copies of the electronic ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- communications exchanged between the Member and Student 1, in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- form of static images extracted from a video capture file. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- On August 27, 2018, the Children’s Aid Society (“CAS”) was notified of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- electronic communications described in paragraph 5 above and initiated a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- child protection investigation. On November 19, 2018, the CAS verified that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf: the Member had engaged in abusive sexual activity on the basis of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- conduct described in paragraphs 4 and 5 above. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- In or about May/April 2018, the Member resigned from his employment with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- the Board effective August 31, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- By this document, the Member pleads no contest, for the purposes of this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- proceeding only, to the truth of the facts and appendices referred to in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- paragraphs 1-7 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that paragraphs 4-5 of the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct as defined in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:(c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:(d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 204 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-(e) he committed an act or acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-(f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-(b) he understands that he is consenting to the evidence as set out in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-(c) he understands that, by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-(d) he understands that the Discipline Committee can accept the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Uncontested Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- constitute professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-(e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-(f) he understands that any agreement with respect to the penalty ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-(g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- counsel or having had the opportunity to obtain legal advice. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and Fitness to Practise ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, for the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-purposes of this proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-1996, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 204 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on November 25, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-2020 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student and sexual misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that during ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:the 2017-2018 academic year, the Member sexually and verbally abused two Grade ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-[XXX] students, Student 1 and Student 2, and that he emotionally abused and engaged ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:in sexual misconduct related to Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member verbally abused Student 1 and Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:contrary to subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, by discussing topics of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-nature with them in his classroom after school. Furthermore, with Student 1, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-exchanged personal text messages, where he asked Student 1 about her sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:preferences and whether she masturbates and watches pornography, among other ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:inappropriate topics. Making sexual comments to Grade [XXX] students is verbally ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 204 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-abusive. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Asking a Grade [XXX] student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-about masturbation is inherently abusive. Moreover, in the electronic messages that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-Member exchanged with Student 1, he wrote to her that he “loved her”. The Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-exploited Student 1’s emotional attachment to him through inappropriate private ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-communications. The Member’s conduct was entirely improper given his position of trust ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-and authority as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:[11] The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member sexually abused Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-and Student 2, contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Additionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:definition of sexual abuse in the Act includes behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-a member towards a student. The Member’s electronic conversations with Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-his in-person conversations with Student 1 and Student 2 during which he discussed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:personal and sexual topics clearly meet this definition. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:[12] The Uncontested Facts also demonstrate that the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-misconduct, which is defined as follows in section 1 of the Act: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf: 1(1) In this Act, [...] “sexual misconduct” means inappropriate behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf: remarks of a sexual nature by the member that is not sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- student, where, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- member knows or ought to know that one or more students are likely to be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to have the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- effect of, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 204 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or remarks, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a student, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:In this case, the Member engaged in sexual misconduct by forwarding an anatomical ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-diagram of the male reproductive organs in a private text message to Student 1, after she ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-had asked him what a prostate was. The Member ought to have known that sending this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-type of image could cause the student distress. As Student 1 commented after receiving ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-the image from the Member, she did not need to see an image of a penis (see Exhibit 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-at Appendix B, pages 18-19). While these types of images may be appropriate in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-context of a health class, it was completely inappropriate for the Member to send it to a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-student in the context of private electronic communications that occurred after school ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:hours. This particular conduct does not rise to the level of sexual abuse, but it ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-nevertheless could cause distress to a student in these circumstances, and therefore ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:meets the definition of sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-[13] The Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. While there is no precise definition of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-the terms “disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional” in the relevant legislation, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-conduct can be characterized as disgraceful when it is so serious that it brings into ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-question the moral fitness of a member and the member’s ability to discharge his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-professional duties. This is commonly viewed as the most serious of the three terms. In ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-this case, the Member has pled no contest to meeting all three terms and his moral and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-professional failings can be properly characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 204 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:unprofessional. The Member sexually, emotionally and verbally abused students and his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-conduct clearly rises to the level of a breach of subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-[14] Finally, the Member’s conduct is unbecoming a member contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:diminished when teachers abuse their privileged position by sexually, verbally and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-emotionally abusing students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-[15] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on November 25, 2020, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, in writing, and the fact of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- The Registrar is directed to revoke the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf:[16] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student, as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct204.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Brooks 2020 ONOCT 209 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Date: 2020-11-30 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 209 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- David Jonathan Brooks, OCT, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- DAVID JONATHAN BROOKS (REGISTRATION #523507) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-PANEL: Tom Potter, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Marlène Marwah ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-HEARD: November 27, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Zirka Jakibchuk, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Jerry Raso, for David Jonathan Brooks ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-By order of Justice of the Peace Creelman, there is also a publication ban on any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-information that could identify the victim or a witness in this matter, pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on November ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-27, 2020, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 209 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[2] David Jonathan Brooks (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1 who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[5] The Panel was further informed that an order restricting publication was made by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Justice of the Peace Creelman on January 25, 2018 in criminal proceedings before the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Ontario Court of Justice. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban, which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-ordered in accordance with section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada (see Exhibit 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-at Appendix C). Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-involved in this matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 209 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated April 13, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that David Jonathan Brooks is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 209 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- David Jonathan Brooks is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Dufferin-Peel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Catholic District School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School in [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old female student and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- [XXX]. The Member was not Student 1’s teacher and Student 1 did not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- attend his school. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- On or about December 17, 2017, the Member engaged in one brief incident ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf: of inappropriate physical contact and sexual contact with Student 1, which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- included: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (a) hugging Student 1 in an inappropriate manner; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (b) kissing Student 1 on the cheek and lips; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (c) placing his hand on Student 1's breast over her clothes. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- On or about December 18, 2017, the Member was criminally charged with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf: one count of sexual assault, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf: (Canada) (the "Code") and one count of sexual exploitation by touching, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- On August 23, 2019, the Member pleaded guilty to and was found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf: sexual assault, contrary to section 271 of the Code. The remaining charge ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- was withdrawn at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- On the same day, the Member received a conditional discharge and was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- placed on probation for 12 months. He was also made subject to several ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- In sentencing the Member to a conditional discharge, the Honourable Mr. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Justice Schwarzl found that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- “1) This was a singular event committed by an otherwise good man. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 2) While the crime was serious and the responsibility of the [Member] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- very high, it was brief and superficial, falling on the lower end of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- scale of similar crimes. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 3) The impact on [Student 1], while real, has not been lasting. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 209 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 4) The character of the [Member], his rehabilitative steps, and his family ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- and community support, render it unlikely that he will commit any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- other crime again.” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- The Member did not appeal his guilty finding or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified copy of the Court ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Information sworn December 19, 2017, appearances/adjournments and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- disposition in the criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- transcript of Proceedings during Plea of Guilt and Reasons for Sentence, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- before Justice Schwarzl, dated August 23, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the Adult ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Probation Order dated August 23, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Prohibition Order dated August 23, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-13 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf: he engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 209 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- counsel or with the opportunity to have obtained the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on November 27, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-2020, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-1 to 13 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:physical contact and sexual contact with Student 1, [XXX]. The Member pleaded guilty to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:and was found guilty of sexual assault of Student 1, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 209 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by sexually abusing Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:The Member made inappropriate physical contact and sexual contact with Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-which included hugging Student 1 in an inappropriate manner, kissing Student 1 on the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-cheek and lips and placing his hand on Student 1’s breast over her clothes. Sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-of a student is a serious breach of the ethical and professional standards of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-profession. Misconduct of this nature is so notorious that expert evidence of the standard ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-is not required. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-437/97 by making inappropriate physical contact with Student 1. This physically abusive ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-conduct included hugging Student 1 in an inappropriate manner, kissing Student 1 on the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-cheek and lips and placing his hand on Student 1’s breast over her clothes. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[12] The Member’s conduct constitutes psychological or emotional abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In her victim impact statement ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-(see Exhibit 2, Appendix C at pages 7- 8), Student 1 stated that the actions of the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-made her feel confused and that she was scared to tell anyone, at first, because she was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-embarrassed and in shock. She further stated that, after a few months, she was still angry ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-with the Member for what he had done to her and [XXX], but she realized that these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-feelings were only causing her more pain, so she forgave him. Although the victim impact ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-statement shows that the Member’s conduct may not have had a lasting impact on her, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-the Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was nevertheless psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:emotionally abusive. By sexually abusing Student 1, the Member showed a complete ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 209 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-disregard for her well-being and his conduct had a negative impact on her during a difficult ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-period of her [XXX] life. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:[13] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes touching and behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a student. Although Student 1 was not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:the Member’s student, she meets the definition of a student for the purposes of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-abuse finding, as set out at section 1(2) of the Act (see e.g., Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:v. Norton, 2019 ONOCT 51). The Member sexually abused Student 1 by hugging her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-inappropriately, kissing her on the cheek and lips and placing his hand on her breast over ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-her clothes. This finding is further supported by the fact that the Member was found guilty ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:of sexual assault of Student 1 in his prior criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[14] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Among other things, this provision requires teachers to demonstrate the highest regard ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-for a number of virtues including purity, temperance and all other virtues. Members are ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-expected to serve as positive role models and to safeguard the well-being and safety of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:students. By sexually assaulting Student 1, [XXX], while he was under the influence of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-alcohol (Exhibit 2, Appendix C at pages 46-47), the Panel finds that the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-was entirely at odds with his obligations as a teacher. The Panel agrees with Justice ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Schwarzl’s Reasons for Sentence at page 46 that, “…this was a spontaneous act that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-both sadly and troublingly revealed the prurient desire which he [the Member] had [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-to never ever manifest.” ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 209 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:[15] The Panel finds that the Member’s prior finding of guilt for sexually assaulting ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Student 1 demonstrates that he contravened a law relevant to his suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration contrary to subsection 1(16) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:Regulation 437/97. The teaching profession does not tolerate the sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-students by members and this type of criminal conduct clearly relates to a member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-suitability to hold a teaching certificate. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[16] The Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional contrary ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It is completely unacceptable for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-members of the teaching profession to abuse their position of trust and authority by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:engaging in inappropriate physical and sexual contact of students. Members of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-teaching profession are expected to be positive role models for young people at all times. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:By sexually abusing Student 1, the Member’s conduct was clearly disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-dishonourable, and demonstrated a lack of professional judgment. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[17] The Member’s abusive conduct which led to a criminal finding of guilt, as described ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-above, is also unbecoming a member contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulations ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is eroded when members of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:profession sexually abuse students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-[18] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on November 27, 2020, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 209 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf:[19] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard. In relation to the form of the reprimand, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-Panel accepts the parties’ joint submission and finds that it is appropriate to deliver the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-reprimand in writing, in the circumstances of this case. The Panel recognizes that it may ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-also order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act. The Panel finds ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-it reasonable not to make these additional orders given that the College is not seeking ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-costs in light of the Member’s guilty plea and the joint submission on penalty, and given ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-the mitigating factors described in the Reasons for Sentence of Justice Schwarzl (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf-2, Appendix C at pages 47-49). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct209.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Tudor 2020 ONOCT 213 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- Date: 2020-12-07 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 213 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- DECISION AND ORDER ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- Ian Frederick Tudor, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- IAN FREDERICK TUDOR (REGISTRATION #422146) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-PANEL: Mary Ellen Gucciardi, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- Élaine Legault ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-HEARD: December 7, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-Andrew Matheson and Steven Chadwick, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-Jack Brown, for Ian Frederick Tudor ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- identity of Student 1 and Student 2, being persons who were allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- abused or the subjects of the sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf: child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-[1] On December 7, 2020, following the commencement of the hearing, Ian Frederick ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-Tudor (the “Member”) brought a motion for the production of third party records before a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) at the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 213 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-“College”). In accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee, this proceeding was heard ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-electronically. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-[2] The Member attended the motion hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1 and Student 2 who were ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-allegedly sexually abused, or the subjects of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf:involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-information that could disclose the identities of Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-B. THE MOTION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf-THE MOTION IS FOR: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- An Order for the Simcoe Muskoka Child Youth and Family Services ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- (“Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions”) to produce the 2017 investigation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct213.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Chamberland 2020 ONOCT 215 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Date: 2020-12-14 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 215 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Paul Jacques John Chamberland, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- PAUL JACQUES JOHN CHAMBERLAND (REGISTRATION #520257) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-PANEL: Jonathan Rose, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Nancy Saunders, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Stéphane Vallée, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-HEARD: December 3, 2020 and December 14, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Eli Mogil and Steven Chadwick, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-No one appearing for Paul Jacques John Chamberland ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Student 1 who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on December ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-3, 2020 and December 14, 2020, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 215 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[2] Paul Jacques John Chamberland (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-did not have legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated May 4, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Paul Jacques John Chamberland is guilty of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- professional misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 215 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Paul Jacques John Chamberland is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Upper Grand District ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- [XXX], Ontario and served as a [XXX]for the girls’[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- conversing with female students on his [XXX] about boyfriends and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- providing advice in relation to what boys the girls should or should not date. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- The Investigator advised the Board that the Member had failed to meet his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- professional obligations as a teacher, that his conduct was in breach of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Board’s Employee Ethics policy, and further, that despite various ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 215 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- professional advisories from the College, the Member had explicitly crossed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- professional boundaries on several occasions. Attached hereto as Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- “C” is an excerpt from the Board’s Employee Ethics policy, adopted in June ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 2011. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Communication with Students in Code ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- On May 17, 2016, an occasional teacher assigned to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- classroom discovered materials in the classroom which were in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Member’s handwriting and referred to coded communications with students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- The occasional teacher was alarmed by the content of the materials and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- provided them to the principal. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Among the materials found in the Member’s classroom was a note that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Member had written to one or more students on the girls’ [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Prior to his Board directed leave, the Member regularly communicated with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- students [XXX] using the mobile messaging application “Remind 101”. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- The Member’s note found in the classroom explained that his [XXX] update ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- messages to students on this application would contain secret messages to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- student(s) which could be deciphered using coordinates provided by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Member. Attached hereto as Exhibit “D” is a picture of a message sent by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- the Member to the girls’ [XXX] on April 7, 2016 at 7:03 a.m. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- as Exhibit “E” is a copy of the Member’s instructional note, which includes ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- the coded message hidden within his April 7th communication. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Inappropriate Notes About Students ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- The materials found in the Member’s classroom also included a number of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- other handwritten notes which appeared to be written in code. These ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- handwritten notes were written by the Member. The Board researched and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- investigated the documents, and was able to decipher the Member’s code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Attached hereto as Exhibit “F” is a Board-authored document which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- translates the Member’s code into letters of the alphabet. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- The notes written by the Member, which were found in his classroom, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- contained numerous inappropriate references to current and past students ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf: at the School, including sexual references to several students. Attached ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- hereto as Exhibits “G” and “H”, respectively, is a copy of one of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Member’s coded notes, dated January 28, 2016, and a copy of the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- translation of the note. In this note, written by the Member, he describes his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- feelings for Student 1, alludes to a secret relationship with Student 1 in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf: future, and makes a sexual reference to another female student at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Meeting on September 28, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 215 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- The Member attended a meeting with the Board on September 28, 2016 to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- discuss the materials found in his classroom. During this meeting, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Member acknowledged having an understanding of cryptology, explained ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- what it was, stated that he liked writing in code, and confirmed that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- notebook found in his classroom containing cryptographic writing was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- indeed his. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- The Member also confirmed that the signature found on one of the coded ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- documents in the classroom was indeed his signature. Attached hereto as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Exhibit “I” is a copy of the document found in the Member’s classroom which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- includes the Member’s signature along with a poem that he wrote, and a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf: coded message. The Member’s poem contains sexual language and is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- about a female student. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Termination of Employment ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- The Member was granted an opportunity to respond and/or provide further ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- information for the Board to consider. The Member declined this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- opportunity. He was terminated for cause effective February 27, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Attached hereto as Exhibit “J” is a copy of the Board’s termination letter to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- the Member. The termination letter contains the translation of a number of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf: other sexually explicit comments about students. These sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- comments were written in code by the Member in various documents, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- subsequently translated by the Board. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 26 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further does not contest that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf: alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-better captured by subsection 1(14) and as a by-product of negotiations in the adversarial ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-process that resulted in the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Panel granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 215 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[8] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on December 14, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-2020 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[9] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-26 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. Due to this acknowledgment by the Member, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Panel’s role is not to determine whether the Uncontested Facts would better fit under ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-other heads of misconduct. The Panel is required to place significant weight on the fact ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-that the Member has not contested the finding when making their decision. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[10] The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-personal relationship with Student 1 in which the Member met with the student outside of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-class time, communicated with her via text messages, and shared inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-information with her. Additionally, the Member wrote a number of notes that include ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf:disturbing comments of a sexual nature, sexual references about his students, and allude ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-to a secret future relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[11] The Member’s relationship with Student 1 constitutes emotional abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 215 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Student 1 was emotionally ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-affected by the inappropriate relationship with the Member. The Member’s relationship ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-with Student 1 included sending her messages and engaging in inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-conversations with her and caused Student 1 to feel stressed. The effect that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-relationship was having on Student 1 was such that it was reported to the principal by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Student 2, Student 3, and Student 1’s parents. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf:[12] The Member’s behaviour in this case constitutes sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf:Sexual abuse is defined at section 1 of the Act and includes remarks of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-by a member towards a student. The Panel finds that the Member’s notes found by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf:occasional teacher constitute remarks of a sexual nature towards and about his students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-The Member’s notes were left in the classroom where they could easily be found, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-indeed were found by the occasional teacher. Additionally, the Panel puts significant ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-weight on the fact that the Member has not contested that his behaviour amounts to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf:sexual abuse in making this finding. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act or regulations or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-bylaws contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Engaging in an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-inappropriate relationship with a student is a clear breach of the Ethical Standards for the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-teaching profession, codified in Bylaw 32 of the College Bylaws. The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Member’s misconduct was a violation of all the ethical standards: care, respect, trust, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-integrity. In particular, the Member’s actions violated the ethical standard of “care” which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-includes compassion and insight for developing students’ potential. The Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-uphold the standard of care by pulling Student 1 out of class and discussing inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 215 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-topics with Student 1 which caused her to feel stressed. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[14] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Members hold a unique position of trust and authority. They are expected to encourage ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-their students in the pursuit of learning and to set an example for students. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-conduct in his relationship with Student 1 was entirely at odds with these obligations as a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[15] The Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members are expected to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-create a safe learning environment for students, and not to exploit their position of trust ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-and authority. The Member acted disgracefully, dishonourably and unprofessionally by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-engaging in an unprofessional relationship with Student 1, asking students if they would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-visit him during the summer break, and leaving inappropriate notes in his classroom ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf:containing sexual language about students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[16] Similarly, the Member’s conduct is unbecoming a member contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is eroded ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf:when members abuse their position of trust and authority by emotionally and sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-abusing their students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-[17] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on December 14, 2020 the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 215 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- The Member is directed receive a reprimand, in writing, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf:[18] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel recognizes that it may ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-also order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-reasonable not to make these additional orders in light of the Member’s plea of no contest ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf-and joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct215.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Lenssen 2020 ONOCT 220 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Date: 2020-12-14 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 220 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Justin Christopher Lenssen, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER LENSSEN (REGISTRATION #634660) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-PANEL: Jonathan Rose, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Nancy Saunders, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Stéphane Vallée, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-HEARD: December 3, 2020 and December 14, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-Jean-Franҫois Schaan, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-No one appearing for Justin Christopher Lenssen ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Student 1, who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- By order of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a publication ban on any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- information that could identify the victim or a witness in this matter, pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on December ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-3, 2020 and December 14, 2020, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 220 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-[2] Justin Christopher Lenssen (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-have legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-[5] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the Information from the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-Member’s criminal proceeding dated April 14, 2014 (Exhibit 2 at Tab B). In these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-proceedings before the Ontario Court of Justice, an order restricting publication was made ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The Panel is required to uphold ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-this publication ban. Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-involved in this matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-in any way. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 220 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated January 22, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-2020 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Justin Christopher Lenssen is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 220 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Justin Christopher Lenssen is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Wellington Catholic ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- “School”) in Guelph, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 was a female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- On or about December 7, 2018, Student 1 posted a comment on a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- photograph appearing on the Member’s Instagram page. The Member then ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- messaged Student 1, asking for her Snapchat username, and the two ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- began conversing using that application. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Between December 7, 2018 and December 9, 2018, the Member made ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- sexually explicit comments towards Student 1 in Snapchat conversations ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- and sent sexually explicit pictures and videos to Student 1, including ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- pictures of his genitals and a video of himself masturbating. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- reported these communications to the police. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- On or about December 11, 2018, the Member was charged with: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- - Between the 7th day of December in the year 2018 and the 9th day ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- of December in the year 2018 at the City of Guelph in the said region, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf: did have in his possession child pornography to wit, sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- written material, contrary to Section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- - Between the 7th day of December in the year 2018 and the 9th day ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- of December in the year 2018 at the City of Guelph in the said region, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- being in a position of trust or authority towards a young person, did ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf: for a sexual purpose, invite the young person to touch a part of his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- body, contrary to Section 153(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- - Between the 7th day of December in the year 2018 and the 9th day ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- of December in the year 2018 at the City of Guelph in the said region, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- did communicate by means of a computer system within Section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 342.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada), with a person who is under ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- the age of 18 years for the purpose of facilitating the commission of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- an offence under Section 153 of the Criminal Code (Canada), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- thereby committing an offence contrary to section 172.1(1)(b) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- - Between the 7th day of December in the year 2018 and the 9th day ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- of December in the year 2018 at the City of Guelph in the said region, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 220 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf: did make sexually explicit material available to a person under 18 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- years of age, for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- offence under Section 153 with respect to that young person, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- contrary to Section 171.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- On September 30, 2019, the Member pled guilty to, and was convicted of, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf: making sexually explicit material available to a person under 18 years of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- age, for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence under ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Section 153 with respect to that young person, contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 171.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). The Member was sentenced to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 90 days’ intermittent custody and to 2 years’ probation. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- also made subject to a number of ancillary orders. The other charges ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- against the Member were withdrawn at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- court documents pertaining to the criminal proceedings against the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- described above. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Proceedings at Guilty Plea and Sentencing before the Honourable Justice ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- M. E. Graham on September 30, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- The Member did not appeal his conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-10 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf: his alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 220 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on December 14, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-2020 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-1 to 10 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member made sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 220 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:comments and sent sexually explicit media (pictures and a video) to a student at his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-school. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:[10] The Panel finds that sending sexually explicit messages to a student is a clear ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-breach of the standards of the profession contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-Regulation 437/97. Misconduct of this nature is so notorious that expert evidence of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-standards is not required. The Standards of Practice of the Teaching Profession require ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-members to show a commitment to students and student learning and to treat students ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:with respect. The Member failed to do so by sending Student 1 sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-messages, pictures and a video. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that Member psychologically or emotionally abused a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2). The psychological and emotional abuse of Student 1 is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-admitted by the Member and the effects of the Member’s behaviour are outlined in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-findings of Justice Graham (Exhibit 2 at Tab C). As a result of the Member’s actions, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-Student 1 was scared and upset, she had to miss school and had to attend counselling. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:[12] The Member’s inappropriate sexual messages to Student 1 constitute sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-abuse of a student contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:conduct of the Member constitutes sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:the Act. The definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a student. The Member’s messages to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-Student 1, which include a video of the Member masturbating, clearly meet this definition. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-[13] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-Members hold a unique position of trust and authority. They are expected to serve as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 220 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-positive role models and to demonstrate the highest regard for a number of virtues set ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-out at section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act. The Member’s conduct was entirely at odds ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-with his obligations as a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:[14] The Member’s criminal conviction for making sexually explicit material available to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-a person under 18 years of age demonstrates that he contravened a law relevant to his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:1(16) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The fact that the Member sent Student 1 sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-explicit messages and images is clearly relevant to whether he is permitted to have the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-privilege of teaching in a publicly funded school in Ontario. This conduct was a flagrant ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-abuse of his position of trust and authority and calls into question his judgment and his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-ability to ensure students safety, which is a primary responsibility of teachers. Additionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-the Member’s conviction has, in fact, caused Student 1, a student under the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-supervision, to be put at risk contrary to subsection 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-[15] The Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members are expected to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:create a safe learning environment for students, and not to send students sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-messages, photos, and videos. The Member failed to meet these expectations by his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-[16] Similarly, the Members conduct is unbecoming a member contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is eroded ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:when members engage in the sexual and emotional abuse of students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 220 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-[17] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on December 14, 2020, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, in writing, and the fact of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf:[18] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel recognizes that it may ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-also order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-reasonable not to make any additional orders in light of the Member’s guilty plea and joint ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf-submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct220.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v Fazl 2020 ONOCT 222 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- Date: 2020-11-03 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 222 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- Shahin Fazl, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- SHAHIN FAZL (REGISTRATION #445136) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-PANEL: John Hamilton, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- Mary Ellen Gucciardi, OCT ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- Marlène Marwah ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-HEARD: September 2, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-Eli Mogil and Vincent DeMarco, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-No one appearing for Shahin Fazl ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-Renée Kopp, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[6] Following the hearing, the Panel found that the College has proven on a balance ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-of probabilities that the Member committed professional misconduct. The Panel ordered ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the Member’s certificate, and coursework. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 222 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-Panel further ordered the Member to pay $10,000 in costs to the College. These are the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-reasons for the Panel’s decision. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[7] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[8] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel and on behalf of (“Person 1”), who was allegedly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-could disclose the identity of Person 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[9] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated September 24, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-2019 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Shahin Fazl is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- (b) he failed to comply with the Act, or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- and specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 222 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 1. Shahin Fazl (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- District School Board as a Grade [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 3. In or around the academic year 2015-2016, Person 1 was a Grade ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- [XXX] teacher at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 4. In or around the academic year 2015-2016, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf: (a) engaged in sexual harassment of Person 1; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf: (b) made inappropriate comments of a sexual nature to Person ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 1; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- (c) sent inappropriate electronic communications, including but ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf: not limited to sending texts of a sexual nature to Person 1; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- (d) sent inappropriate electronic communications to Person 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- which he knew or ought to have known were unwelcome; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- (e) on or about January 4, 2016, engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf: physical and/or sexual contact with Person 1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-C. THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 222 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[10] As the Member was not present, the Panel proceeded on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-D. THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[11] The College called two witnesses to prove the allegations set out in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf:Hearing – Person 1 and Ian Allison. Person 1 was the victim of the Member’s sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-harassment in the 2015-2016 academic year. Mr. Allison was a superintendent of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-education at the Board in the 2015-2016 academic year and was involved in disciplining ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-the Member on the Board level. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[12] As the Member was not present, he did not present evidence in this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-(1) Evidence of Person 1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[13] During the 2015-2016 academic year, Person 1 was a Grade [XXX] teacher at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-School. The Member joined the School’s staff in the summer of 2015 as a Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-teacher. Person 1 testified about a number of incidents involving the Member, which she ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-felt were inappropriate and which made her uncomfortable. Person 1 eventually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-complained to the Human Rights department of the Board about these incidents. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[14] Person 1 testified that her class and the Member’s Grade [XXX] class partnered ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-for a reading buddies program. During this program, the Member’s Grade [XXX] class ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-attended at Person 1’s Grade [XXX] classroom once a week. During one such reading ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-buddies session, while Person 1 and the Member were supervising their students, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-Member told Person 1 that he had gone out without his wife and that he “sniffed cocaine ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-(2) Evidence of Ian Allison ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[21] Mr. Allison is a Superintendent of Education at the Board. He testified regarding ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-the Member’s discipline by the Board. Mr. Allison testified that the Board hired an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 222 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-independent investigator to investigate Person 1’s complaint regarding the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf:Following the investigation, Mr. Allison concluded that the Member engaged in the sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-harassment of a teacher. Mr. Allison drafted a letter (Exhibit 8) advising the Member that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf:allegations of sexual harassment against him have been substantiated and that the Board ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-has decided to terminate his employment as a result. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-E. SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[22] At the outset of his submissions, College Counsel requested that the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-withdraw the allegation at paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-contravened subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-that the Member’s misconduct is better captured by subsection 1(14), and that to proceed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would be redundant. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[23] College Counsel submitted that the evidence of Person 1 proves the allegations ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-set out in the Notice of Hearing, on a balance of probabilities. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-that Person 1’s evidence should be accepted in its entirety. If her evidence is accepted, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-the Panel should find that the Member engaged in professional misconduct as alleged in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-the Notice of Hearing, apart from the withdrawn allegation. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-F. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[24] The College bears the burden of proving the allegations in accordance with the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-standard of proof set out in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 41, which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 222 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-is proof on a balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[25] Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on September 2, 2020, finding ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-accepted College Counsel’s submission regarding the withdrawal of subsection 1(5) and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-G. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[26] The Panel finds that Person 1 was a credible witness. She had a good memory of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-the events of late 2015 and early 2016. Her evidence was clear throughout, it was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-consistent with her human rights complaint made shortly after the events, and some of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-her evidence was corroborated by text message evidence. Person 1 was measured in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-her testimony and did not seem to embellish facts in her evidence. The Panel did not hear ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-evidence to contradict Person 1’s version of events. Overall, the Panel accepts Person ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-1’s evidence in its entirety. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf:[27] The Panel finds that the Member sexually harassed Person 1 at work and via text ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-message. The Panel accepts Person 1’s evidence of this harassment. The Member made ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-inappropriate comments to Person 1 while they were supervising students, he made ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-inappropriate comments about Person 1’s body, and he sent Person 1 increasingly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-inappropriate text messages, including a shirtless photo. Person 1 either did not respond ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-to the Member’s messages or responded in a way that attempted to deflect his flirting by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-reminding the Member that both he and Person 1 were married. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 222 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-increasingly inappropriate messages led to an incident in which the Member kissed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-Person 1 on the neck and on the lips, despite the fact that she did not give him permission ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-to do so. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[28] The Panel finds, on a balance of probabilities, that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 1. the Member made inappropriate comments to Person 1 in the presence of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- students, including that he “sniffed cocaine off a woman’s ass”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 2. the Member made inappropriate comments to Person 1 about her body, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- including that she looked “beautiful”, and that she looked “really hot in those ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- leggings”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf: 3. the Member sent electronic communications of a sexual nature to Person ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 1, including: “come on, you can’t say you don’t find me attractive, don’t tell ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- me you’ve never thought about me”, how nice it was to “watch [her] ass ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- going up and down the seat” during the spin class, and “think about me ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- kissing you on Monday”; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 4. the Member sent a shirtless photo to Person 1; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 5. the Member should have known that the messages to Person 1 were ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- unwanted and unwelcome as Person 1 either did not respond or responded ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- with attempts to deflect his attempts at flirting; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 6. the Member kissed person 1 on her neck and on her lips in her classroom, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- after he asked her for permission to kiss her and she refused. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[29] The Panel finds this behaviour by the Member amounts to professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-misconduct, and in particular to breaches of subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[30] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-the by-laws, contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[33] Similarly, the Member’s conduct is unbecoming a member contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is eroded ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-when members model inappropriate behaviour in the school community, which in this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 222 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf:case involved the sexual harassment of a colleague. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-H. PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[34] The College submitted that the appropriate penalty in this case is a written ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-reprimand, a six-month suspension, and coursework. College Counsel submitted that this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-penalty appropriately considers the guiding principles of specific deterrence, general ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-deterrence, remediation, and public protection. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[35] College Counsel submitted that the Member had been the subject of discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf:proceedings by this Committee for sexual harassment of another colleague that occurred ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-at the same time as the misconduct which is the subject of this hearing: Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-of Teachers v. Fazl, 2019 ONOCT 2 (“Fazl #1”). In Fazl #1, the Member admitted to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-sending inappropriate communications to a colleague and to touching his colleague ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-without her consent during the 2015-2016 school year. The Member pled guilty to this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-misconduct and received a penalty of a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-coursework. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-[36] College Counsel also presented the Panel with four similar cases in order to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-establish that the proposed penalty was appropriate and that it fell within the range of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-penalties previously ordered for similar misconduct: Ontario College of Teachers v. Fair, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-2016 ONOCT 21; Ontario College of Teachers v. French, 2016 ONOCT 16; Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-College of Teachers v. Ciraco, 2015 ONOCT 12; and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf-Béarez, 2019 ONOCT 17. In these cases, members who were found to have harassed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct222.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Ralph Kenneth Robert Phillips is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 224 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- (b) he failed to comply with the Act, or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- and specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 1. The Member is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- District School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 3. At all material times, Person A was a teacher at the School. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 4. On or about November 18, 2016, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf: inappropriate physical and/or sexual touching of Person A, without ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- consent and/or when he knew or ought to have known the touching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- was unwelcome, including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- (a) he put his hand in the back pocket of Person A’s jeans; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- (b) he rubbed Person A’s back when they danced at a pub. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-C. THE MOTION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[5] The Member brought the Motion at the outset of the hearing seeking the following ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-orders: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 1. An Order prohibiting the College from relying on and the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- Committee from considering any allegations of professional misconduct that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- are not specified or particularized in the complaint letter dated January 21, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2019 or the Notice of Hearing dated August 5, 2019, including the new ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- allegations contained in the College’s “Response to Demand for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- Particulars”, dated June 27, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 224 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2. An Order excluding any evidence pertaining to allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- misconduct that were not specified or particularized in the complaint letter ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- dated January 21, 2019 or the Notice of Hearing dated August 5, 2019, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- including the new allegations contained in the College's "Response to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- Demand for Particulars", dated June 27, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 3. In the alternative, an Order deferring the proceeding before the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- Committee of the College of Teachers ("Discipline Committee") until a final ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- decision is reached by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ("HRTO") in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- HRTO File No.: 2018-30919-1. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 4. An Order under Rule 1.04(3) abridging the time required for serving this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- Notice of Motion, and for the service and filing of the motion record if ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- required. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 5. An Order or Direction under Rule 5.03(2) that this motion ought to be heard ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- by members of the Discipline Committee who will not sit on the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- hearing the merits of the complaint. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 6. An Order that the College pay the legal costs of the Member on this motion ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- on a substantial indemnity scale. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-D. SUBMISSIONS OF COUNSEL FOR THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[6] The Member brought the Motion on the basis that the College is expanding what ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-the hearing is about beyond the scope of the Complaint against the Member commenced ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-on January 21, 2019 under section 26(1) of the Act. The Complaint alleged that on or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-about “November 18, 2017”1, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf: 1. “Touched his colleague [XXX]2 in a sexual manner without [XXX]’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- consent, including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-1 The date was later corrected to November 18, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-2 The person referred to as “[XXX]” in the Complaint is “Person A” in the Notice of Hearing dated August ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-5, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-considering other particulars. Member’s Counsel stressed that if the College had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-concerns about additional allegations, the Member should have been informed and given ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-an opportunity to respond to those allegations at the investigation stage. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 224 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[9] Other allegations, including more serious ones relating to the Member’s unwanted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:sexual touching of [XXX], resurfaced only after the Registrar had completed the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-investigation of the Complaint and after the Investigation Committee referred the matter ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-to the Discipline Committee on June 12, 2019 (Motion Record of the Member, Tab 5). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-The Member was concerned that the College intended to rely on evidence relating to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-other particulars (that were not included in the Complaint or Notice of Hearing) when ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Member’s Counsel corresponded with College Counsel about the contents of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-supplementary disclosure briefs provided to Member’s Counsel dated June 17, 2020 and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-June 23, 2020. Member’s Counsel then raised concerns about the inclusion of these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-allegations into these proceedings (Motion Record of the Member, Tab 10 and Tab 11). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-When Member’s Counsel asked the College to specify which allegations it intended to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-pursue, College Counsel answered by providing further particulars on June 27, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-(Motion Record of the Member, Tab 15) pointing to seven additional allegations made by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[XXX] against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[10] In further correspondence, College Counsel confirmed that the College intended ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-to rely on these further allegations that were not enumerated in the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-maintaining that the “including but not limited to” language in the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-allowed the Discipline panel to consider additional allegations regarding the occurrence ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-between [XXX] and the Member on November 18, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-or particulars that are provided can be used to expand the scope of proceedings beyond ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-what is alleged in the Complaint. Therefore, the Discipline Committee does not have the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-legal authority to consider allegations beyond what is articulated in the Complaint and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 224 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-subsequently included in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[20] Member’s Counsel also argued that during the discipline stage, it is insufficient to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-provide some examples of the subject matter in the Notice of Hearing and then purport to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-adduce other, more serious, allegations of professional misconduct that fall under the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:rubric of unwanted sexual touching later because of the prefacing language “including but ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-not limited to.” This language does not allow the College to bring any allegation against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-the Member that fits under that general description into this proceeding, or give the Panel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-a broad, undefined scope to make determinations on allegations not particularized. When ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-the Member did not receive notice of clear and precise allegations regarding his conduct, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-particulars cannot be used to expand the Discipline Committee’s jurisdiction to hear ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-allegations that are not contained in the Notice of Hearing. To introduce additional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-allegations in this proceeding after the Member has already lost his opportunity to make ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-fulsome submissions to the Investigation Committee about them is therefore highly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-prejudicial to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[21] Member’s Counsel argued that it is not open to the Panel to consider and hear ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-evidence on additional unenumerated allegations because the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-only hear and determine matters directed or referred to it under section 30(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Act, following the Investigation Committee’s consideration of the Complaint, and in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-accordance with the process set out in section 26 of the Act. The only allegations that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Panel should hear are those enumerated at paragraphs 4(a) and 4(b) of the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Hearing. Member’s Counsel therefore asked the Panel to find that this hearing is limited ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-to the specific particulars articulated in the Complaint and the Notice of Hearing, and that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-the College be restricted to adduce evidence relevant to those allegations only. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 224 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-E. SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[22] College Counsel resisted the Member’s position that only two non-exhaustive ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-examples of the Member’s alleged misconduct are at issue in this case and asserted that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-the Member’s Motion artificially attempts to limit the scope of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the College is not prosecuting new allegations at this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-hearing. The Member should not be surprised by the College’s allegations against him: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:that he is accused of sexual misconduct during a night of drinking with a colleague. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Registrar’s complaint letter of January 21, 2019 alleges that the Member “touched his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:colleague [XXX] in a sexual manner without [XXX]’s consent.” Whereas the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:Hearing provides that “the Member engaged in inappropriate physical and/or sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-touching of Person A, without consent and/or when he knew or ought to have known the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-touching was unwelcome […].” According to College Counsel, the non-exhaustive ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-allegation in the Complaint and Notice of Hearing mirror each other. The Complaint did ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-not qualify or limit what was referred to the Discipline Committee. The entire allegation of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:sexual misconduct was referred to the Discipline Committee. Both the Complaint and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Notice of Hearing provide two particulars of the incident and expressly note that these ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-examples are not an exhaustive list of what occurred. College Counsel maintained that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-the language “including but not limited to” appearing before the particulars in the Notice ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-of Hearing signals that additional particulars can be adduced at a future point. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[23] College Counsel argued that the Motion boils down to the question of whether the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Notice of Hearing provided the Member with reasonable notice of what he must defend ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-against and, relatedly, whether he has been taken by surprise by what is being put before ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 224 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-the Panel as the alleged conduct. College Counsel insisted that the Member received ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-adequate notice in the entire wording of the Complaint where he was informed that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:allegation against him was that he physically and/or sexually touched a colleague. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[24] According to College Counsel, there are three key principles articulated by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-relevant case law: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- The Court or Discipline Committee should avoid unduly restricting ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- proceedings by the niceties of strict legal pleading by second guessing the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- Registrar’s drafting of the Complaint; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2. Allegations cannot be moving targets – a member needs to know what they ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- are facing in order to defend themselves (i.e., a member should not be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- surprised at a hearing); and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 3. Production of documents cannot be used to expand allegations. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[25] If the Investigation Committee wanted to limit the scope of the hearing to the two ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-particulars it would not have expressly prefaced the two particulars with the phrase ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-“including but not limited to.” If the Registrar had something narrower in mind, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:Complaint would have stated that the Member touched his colleague in a sexual manner ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-without [XXX]’s consent “by” doing two things: a) putting his hand in the back pocket of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[XXX]’s jeans; and b) rubbing [XXX]’s back when they danced at a pub. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-argued that a conscious decision was made to not be restrictive. Moreover, when the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Complaint is read as a whole, College Counsel asserts that a reasonable person would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-recognize that the “including but not limited to” preface was deliberately included in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[26] College Counsel indicated that the allegations have been the same since they ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-were initially made by [XXX] and that the Investigation Committee referred the entirety of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-the allegations to the Discipline Committee on June 12, 2019 (Member’s Motion Record, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 224 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Tab 2-5). The College provided the Member with documents containing detailed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:particulars of the allegations of sexual misconduct. These documents, which included the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-TDSB Report (Responding Motion Record, Exhibit D, Tab 5F) were in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-possession since August 9, 2019 (Responding Motion Record at Exhibits O and P). The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-TDSB report was appended to the Complaint received by the Member. Based on the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-contents of documents disclosed to the Member, the Member received notice of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-allegations. Thus, the Member would have been fully informed about what would be at ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-issue in the hearing before the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[27] College Counsel insisted that there are no cases that support the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-position that he is taken by surprise based on what is included in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Member’s case should be contrasted with other cases ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-where a respondent is genuinely taken by surprise when new determinations of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-professional misconduct are made regarding alleged conduct and there is a prejudicial ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-effect. When there is genuine surprise about an allegation or finding, a respondent suffers ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-prejudice because the respondent is not prepared to defend newly alleged misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-based on the evidence. College Counsel argued that this did not occur in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-case because the Member had fair warning that the allegation the College intends to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:prove is inappropriate physical and/or sexual touching. The College has confined its ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:prosecution to the sexual misconduct allegations involving the Member and [XXX] on or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-about November 16, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[28] College Counsel refuted that Golomb supports the Member’s position because, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-unlike in Golomb, the allegations made in the Member’s case are not a moving target. In ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Golomb, the tribunal made a finding of fraud by concluding that certain evidence showed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 224 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-that a physician deliberately sought to obtain double payment for medical services to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-patients that he knew he was not entitled to receive. However, neither the complaint ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-against the member nor the allegations in the Notice of Hearing alleged fraud. At the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-outset of that hearing, Counsel for the Discipline Committee also specifically disclaimed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-any intention to prove fraud, which requires the proof of willful intent.8 The Divisional Court ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-found that it was not open to that Discipline Committee to make a fraud finding – ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-something that was not even alleged. There was no fair warning of a fraud allegation and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-the physician was completely surprised by the tribunal’s use of the evidence to make this ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-finding. The physician member was clearly prejudiced in that case.9 For the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-case to be analogous to Golomb and for prejudice to have occurred, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:argued that the College would have to be prosecuting the Member for sexual misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-against [XXX] at another time or involving a different person altogether. Here, the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-is already well aware of the allegations and the College is not endeavouring to pursue ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-any new allegations. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[29] If the College had produced something in the documents about an allegation that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-was extraneous to the Notice of Hearing, then the College could not call that evidence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-For instance, if the documents concerned a different person or the same person on a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-different date, or if the evidence concerned a student instead of a colleague. The serious ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-8 Golomb, supra note 6 at pages 16-17. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-9 Golomb, supra note 6 at pages 14-15. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-nature of evidence in itself does not afford the College the automatic privilege to use it in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-a hearing. What matters is whether the allegation made ties back to the wording of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Notice of Hearing. College Counsel argued that all the particulars that the College intends ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 224 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:to put forward in this case tie back directly to the allegation of sexual misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-articulated in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[30] According to College Counsel, the Member’s position that further particulars ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-should have been articulated in the Notice of Hearing, even though they were disclosed ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-to him, is untenable. In effect, the Member is asking to radically alter how notices of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-hearing are drafted. The Notice of Hearing cannot be a blow-by-blow recounting of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-details of the allegation. To provide as many details as there are particulars in documents ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-disclosed to the Member would be impractical, unadvisable and require too much too ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-early in the process. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[31] Furthermore, College Counsel submitted that this cannot be a “referendum” on the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-drafting skills of the College or the Investigation Committee’s drafting process and what ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-they intended. The Panel has no evidence regarding what was intended by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Investigation Committee and must use common sense and the documents put before it ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-as best evidence of what was referred to the Discipline Committee. To accept this Motion ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-would hamstring the College’s ability to prosecute members for allegations that are ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-properly described and further particularized in documents already in a member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-possession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[32] College Counsel submitted that the Member’s Motion to splice off the most serious ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-allegations made against the Member and limit the hearing to the two non-exhaustive ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-examples in the Notice of Hearing would be an error of law, not supported by any College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 28 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-about those acts has been advanced and that the Panel is free to make a finding of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-professional misconduct on that basis. In Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers,17 among ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-other things, the Divisional Court addressed the jurisdiction of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 224 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-of this College to consider and make findings regarding allegations that appeared in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-investigation documents but that were not specified in the complaint or included in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Notice of Hearing. Those findings were overturned by the court since those particulars ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-did not form an allegation that was referred to the Discipline Committee in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Hearing. Findings based on those particulars were deemed by the court to be beyond the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-jurisdiction of the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[56] The College therefore cannot rely on the TDSB investigation report (which in its ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-contents discusses various particulars about the Member’s conduct, including particulars ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-where more serious conduct is alleged), to expand the list of allegations against the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Member. While particulars provide key facts or details that are relevant to specific ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-allegations once those allegations are made part of a Notice of Hearing, if the particulars ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-do not address allegations that have already been set out in the Notice of Hearing, they ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-cannot be used during the discipline stage to construct new allegations. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[57] The Panel agrees with the submission of Member’s Counsel that without proper ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-notice and without these allegations being previously specified in a complaint and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-undergoing the investigation process required by section 26 of the Act, the College is ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-effectively seeking to add new, and in this case, more serious allegations of unwanted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:sexual touching. The Panel therefore concludes that the prejudicial effect of the College’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-17 Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (Div. Ct.). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 29 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-error is not reparable through the mere provision of particulars once the matter has been ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-investigated and a Notice of Hearing has been issued. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-(iii) Consequences for the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 224 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[58] College Counsel argued that there is no breach of fairness to the Member based ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-on the Notice of Hearing. He submitted that a common sense reading of the “including ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-but not limited to” language in the Notice of Hearing signals clearly that the scope of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-hearing is not limited to two particulars and reflects the Registrar’s conscious decision to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:allow for other particulars to be included. The allegation against the Member is sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-misconduct that occurred on November 18, 2016, which is not overly broad or ambiguous, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-because it is confined to discussing a particular interaction with a particular person on a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-particular date. Moreover, it would be impractical for a Notice of Hearing to recount every ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-detail of what [XXX] alleges happened that evening. That level of granularity would also ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-require too much too early in the discipline process. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[59] The Panel disagrees with College Counsel’s submission. The broad, undefined ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-scope of the “including but not limited to” language would not counter or cure the breach ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-of procedural fairness to the Member. The particulars that are listed in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:Hearing relate only to less serious conduct. While the subject matter is indeed sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-misconduct, the Member must still be clearly pointed to the alleged behaviour that could ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-attract the most serious penalties. The Panel agrees with the court in Katsoulakos that it ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-is “not on the member to discern from the general “subject matter” of the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-what they may or may not be alleged to have done wrong.” 18 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-18Katsoulakos, supra note 4 at para 24 [Katsoulakos]. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 30 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[60] It would be unfair to include and consider unspecified but more serious particulars ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:of sexual misconduct allegations against the Member. Relying on the “included but not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-limited to” language to admit allegations of more serious conduct that have not been ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 224 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-properly put before the Member or the Discipline Committee would have serious ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-consequences for the Member. In the leading Divisional Court case Golomb, the court ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-emphasized that “when considering a charge as broad as professional misconduct” there ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-is a wide range of actions of various degrees of seriousness that could constitute ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-professional misconduct. Accordingly, if a finding of professional misconduct is made, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-penalties for those actions can differ widely in severity. It is therefore particularly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-prejudicial for a Member accused of professional misconduct to not know “with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf:reasonable certainty” that unenumerated allegations regarding more serious sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-conduct would be relied upon to make a finding of professional misconduct, that in turn ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-could attract a more serious penalty.19 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-[61] The potential jeopardy to the Member could increase significantly given that he did ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-not anticipate more serious charges and prepared a defence to address particulars about ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-less serious conduct. As a result, the College cannot reasonably interpret the phrase ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-“including but not limited to” which is included as a preface to two particulars about more ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-peripheral conduct, to mean that, as part of its case, the College can introduce and rely ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-on evidence about more serious particulars that were not expressly referred to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf-19 Golomb, supra note 6 at page 8. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct224.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- (f) contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- (g) contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 226 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- (h) committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf: (j) engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as defined ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- in section 1 of the Act.1 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- Joseph Stephen Schacter is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- The Member obtained an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate on June 30, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 1986 and a Certificate of Qualification and Registration from the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- College on May 20, 1997. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- The Member has held either an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate or a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration continuously since June ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 30, 1986. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- On March 28, 2013, the Member’s membership status with the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- College was changed to “Retired”. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed as an [XXX]school ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- teacher, first by [XXX]and then by[XXX], both [XXX]schools in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- Toronto, Ontario (the “Schools”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- Child Pornography Conviction2 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-2 Particulars 6-11 withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-On November 6, 2015, the Member used a publicly accessible ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-computer at an Employment and Social Services office at [XXX]in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Toronto to view images of young boys in various states of undress. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-The images were stored on a USB device that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-brought with him. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 226 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Staff of the Employment and Social Services office asked the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Member to leave the premises and reported the incident to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Toronto Police Service (the “Police”). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Following this incident, the Police executed a search warrant at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Member’s home on December 16, 2015. During this search, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Police discovered three USB storage devices on which thousands of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-images of young boys were found, including 148 images that met the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:definition of child pornography in the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-On December 16, 2015, the Member was arrested and charged with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:possession of child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-On May 31, 2018, Justice Susan M. Chapman of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Superior Court of Justice found the Member guilty of possession of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-On March 25, 2019, Justice Chapman sentenced the Member to a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-six-month custodial sentence to be followed by three years of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-probation. Justice Chapman also imposed conditions that restrict the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Member’s ability to teach and made a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Gross Indecency, Sexual Assault & Sexual Interference Convictions ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-On February 24, 2016, the Member was arrested and charged with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:gross indecency, sexual assault, sexual interference and sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-exploitation involving three male students of the Schools between ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-March 8, 1982 and June 30, 1993. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-By the time of trial, the Member had been indicted on one count of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-gross indecency, contrary to section 157 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:(Canada); three counts of sexual assault, contrary to section 271 of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:the Criminal Code (Canada); and two counts of sexual interference, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code (Canada), involving four ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-students of the Schools between March 8, 1982 and June 30, 2002. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-On November 16, 2018, Justice D.L. Corbett of the Ontario Superior ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Court of Justice found the Member guilty on all six counts. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- On September 13, 2019, Justice Corbett sentenced the Member to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- five years and three months in custody and made a number of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[9] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 226 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-outlined in paragraph (j) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member engaged in a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:prohibited act of child pornography contrary to section 1 of the Act (and all particulars ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-associated with that allegation) be withdrawn. College Counsel stated that the Panel’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-permission to withdraw the allegation was being sought because the Member’s conviction ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:related to child pornography is under appeal and as such, the College could not rely on ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-the conviction as proof that the Member committed the misconduct. The Panel granted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-this request. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-C. THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[10] As the Member was not present, the Panel proceeded on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-D. THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[11] College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Joseph Stephen Schacter (Exhibit 2), which indicates the status history of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-teaching certificates. The Member obtained an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate in June 1986 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-and a Certificate of Qualification and Registration in May 1997. The Member retired from ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-teaching in March 2013 and his status was changed to “Retired” at that time. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[12] The College also entered into evidence a Brief of Court Documents – Her Majesty ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-the Queen v. Joseph Stephen Schacter (Exhibit 5), which contains the following ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-documents: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- Certified Copy of Superior Court of Justice Indictment dated July 17, 2017; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- Copy of the Judgement of Justice D.L. Corbett of the Superior Court of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- Justice dated April 1, 2019; ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- Certified Copy of the Transcript of Sentencing Submissions before Justice ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 226 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- D.L. Corbett in the Superior Court of Justice, dated August 28, 2019; and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- Transcript of Reasons for Sentence of Justice D.L. Corbett in the Superior ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- Court of Justice, dated September 13, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[13] The evidence presented in Exhibit 5 establishes that on April 1, 2019, in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:Superior Court of Justice, the Member was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:two counts of sexual interference, and one count of gross indecency in relation to four of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-his former students contrary to sections 271, 151, and 157 the Criminal Code. On ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:September 13, 2019, the Court stayed two of the sexual assault convictions and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Member was sentenced to 5 years and 3 months of incarceration. He was also made ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-subject to a number of ancillary orders. The Member did not appeal these convictions or ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-the sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-E. SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[14] College Counsel submitted that the Member was under the jurisdiction of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Discipline Committee for all misconduct that occurred after he received his Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Teacher’s Certificate in 1986. As a Teacher’s Certificate holder, the Member was under ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-the jurisdiction of the Teaching Profession Act and the Education Act. Further, the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Member was subject to the Ontario College of Teachers Act after he obtained his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration in 1997. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[15] College Counsel further submitted that the Member continuously remained under ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-the College’s jurisdiction for discipline purposes after he retired from teaching. According ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-to College Counsel, the Member’s status – “Retired” – is a courtesy status offered by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-College, and he continued to hold his Certificate even after retirement. As such, he ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-continued to be a member for the purposes of the Panel’s jurisdiction after retirement. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Prior to this hearing, the Member has neither resigned his certificate nor has it been ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 226 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-revoked. Therefore, at the time of the hearing he was a member of the College pursuant ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-to the Act. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:[16] College Counsel submitted that the Member’s sexual assault of his former students ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-and the resultant criminal convictions provided a sufficient basis to justify findings of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-professional misconduct under all of the heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Hearing (other than those withdrawn by College Counsel). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:[17] Finally, College Counsel submitted that, by sexually assaulting four of his former ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-students, the conduct of the Member was so notorious that it clearly failed to meet the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-standards of the profession contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsection 1(5) and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-section 13 of the TPA Regulation. As such, the College was not required to provide expert ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-evidence regarding the standard pursuant to Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-ONSC 508. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-F. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[18] Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-made by College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on March 10, 2020 finding ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19), sections 13, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-14(d), and 14(f) of the TPA Regulation and subsection 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-1980. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-G. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-(1) Factual Findings ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[19] In accordance with Section 22.1 of the Evidence Act (Ontario), R.S.O. 1990, c. E. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 226 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-23 and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Rules”), the Panel accepts the certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Court Indictment as proof, in this case, that the Member committed the criminal offences ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:outlined therein. The Member was found guilty and convicted of six counts of sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-improprieties before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, these convictions have not ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-been appealed, and the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[20] In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Rules, the Panel admits as ancillary to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-the certified copy of the Court Indictment, the findings of fact involving the Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-contained in the Judgement and the Reasons for Sentence of Justice D.L. Corbett of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The Panel further admits the transcripts of sentencing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-proceedings before Justice Corbett for the purposes of explaining the reasons for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-sentence. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[21] Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:has proven on a balance of probabilities that the Member engaged in sexual touching of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-four of his former students, while they were his students and under his supervision. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-youngest student was [XXX] years old at the time of the assault, and the oldest was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-between [XXX] and [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[22] The Member began his teaching career as a part-time substitute teacher in private ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[XXX]schools, for which a teaching certificate was not required. In 1986, after obtaining ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate, the Member started teaching full time as a [XXX]school ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-teacher at [XXX]School, a [XXX]school. The Member taught there until his retirement in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:2013. Justice Corbett found that, during his teaching career, the Member sexually ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 226 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-assaulted four of his students. In his judgment, Justice Corbett refers to the students by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-the pseudonyms “Adam”, “Bobby”, “Charles”, and “David”. For the sake of consistency ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-with Justice Corbett’s findings the Panel will do the same throughout this decision. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[23] The Member taught Adam as a [XXX]teacher beginning in 1980. When Adam was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[XXX] years old, the Member had Adam over to his house, which was not unusual for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-teachers at the school at the time. While at his home, the Member forced Adam to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-masturbate him. Between 1982 and 1984, the Member continued to invite Adam to his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:home, where the Member touched him sexually on numerous other occasions. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-conduct only stopped after Adam changed schools in September of 1984. The Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-was convicted of gross indecency with respect to his conduct with Adam. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[24] The Member was Bobby’s grade [XXX]teacher at the [XXX]School during the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-1988/1989 academic year. Bobby was [XXX]years old at the time. Sometime during the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-school year, the Member had Bobby over to his house as a reward for good behaviour in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-the classroom. While at the Member’s home, the Member asked Bobby to sit on his lap, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-rubbed Bobby’s legs, attempted to put his hand in Bobby’s pants, and momentarily ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-touched his penis. Bobby was “freaked out” by the experience and did not return to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:Member’s home. The Member was convicted of sexual assault with respect to his conduct ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-with Bobby. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[25] The Member was an assistant teacher in Charles’ grade [XXX] class at the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[XXX]School during the 1989/1990 academic year. The Member also worked in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[XXX]and had supervisory duties during lunch and recess. In late 1992 or early 1993, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-when Charles was [XXX] years old and in grade[XXX], Charles fell in a puddle during ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-recess and went inside the school to dry off. Charles encountered the Member in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 226 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-washroom, where the Member put his hands down Charles’ pants to check and see ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-whether his pants were wet on the inside. During this incident, the Member touched ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:Charles’ buttocks and his penis. The Member was convicted of sexual assault and sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:interference with respect to his conduct with Charles; the sexual assault count was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-stayed. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[26] The Member was David’s grade [XXX] [XXX] teacher at the [XXX]School during ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-the 2001/2002 academic year. David was approximately [XXX]years old when the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Member was his teacher. As a teacher, the Member’s practice was to ask students to go ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-up to his desk to have their work reviewed. On several occasions while David went up to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-the Member’s desk, the Member put his hand under David’s shirt and massaged his back. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-He also moved his hand down into David’s pants and touched David’s buttocks. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:Member was convicted of sexual assault and sexual interference with respect to his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:conduct with David; the sexual assault count was stayed. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[27] The Panel accepts as fact the finding of Justice Corbett that the Member “engaged ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-in a pattern of abusing young boys by touching them on the back, the buttocks, and the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-penis. He took advantage of his position as a [XXX] school teacher to gain access to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-these young boys” (Exhibit 5, Tab 5, at para. 251). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- […], and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- (f) concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they are under his ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- care. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[33] The Panel finds that the Member contravened sections 13, 14(d), and 14(f) of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 226 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:TPA Regulation with respect to his sexual assault of Bobby and Charles. These offences ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-occurred between 1988 and 1994, while the Member held an Ontario Teacher’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Certificate and was bound to follow the Teaching Profession Act and its regulations. By ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:his sexual abuse of his students, the Member acted dishonourably and clearly failed to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards of the teaching profession. Additionally, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-the Member failed to show consideration towards his students, and certainly failed to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-concern himself with his students’ welfare. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[34] The Panel finds that the Member contravened section 235(1)(c) of the Education ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Act, 1980 with respect to his misconduct in relation to Bobby and Charles. Section ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-235(1)(c) of the Education Act provides that it is the duty of a teacher to “inculcate by ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-precept and example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-virtues.” The Member’s conduct breached this provision, which is commonly understood ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-to mean that teachers must act as positive role models. Members hold a unique position ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-of trust and authority. They are responsible for the well-being and development of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:children. It is alarming for teachers to sexually assault their young students. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Member’s conduct in this case was entirely at odds with his obligations as a member of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-the profession. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[35] The Panel finds that the Member contravened subsection 1(5) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:Regulation 437/97 in relation to his sexual assault of David. The misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-David occurred in the 2001/2002 academic year, while the Member held a Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:Qualification and Registration. Engaging in sexual assault of a young student is a clear ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-breach of the ethical and professional standards of the profession. The Panel accepts ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 226 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-College Counsel’s submission that the Member’s behaviour is so notorious that expert ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-evidence of the standard is not required. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[36] The Panel finds that the Member contravened subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 in relation to his criminal convictions. These convictions ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-occurred in April 2019, while the Member was retired, but still under the jurisdiction of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-College for discipline purposes. The Member’s criminal convictions for gross indecency, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:sexual assault and sexual interference demonstrate that the Member contravened a law ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and which ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-has caused a student under the Member’s supervision to be put at risk. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[37] The Member’s misconduct is also disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-unbecoming a member, contrary to subsections 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-437/97. Members are expected to create a safe learning environment for students, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:not to exploit their position for their own sexual gratification. The public’s trust in the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-teaching profession is eroded when members abuse their position of trust and authority ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:to sexually abuse their young and vulnerable students. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-H. SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[38] Counsel for the College submitted that revocation of the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-qualification and registration is an appropriate penalty, considering the gravity of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:Member’s misconduct. According to College Counsel, this is an egregious case of sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-abuse, where the Member demonstrated a complete disregard for children’s well-being ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-through his repeated targeting of young children. The Member exploited his position of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-trust and authority as a teacher and a leader in the community. Revocation is appropriate ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-in such serious matters as this. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 226 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:[39] College Counsel referred the Panel to two cases involving historic sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-by a member: Ontario College of Teachers v. Brown, 2007 ONOCT 8 and Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-of Teachers v. Palmer, 2019 ONOCT 112. College Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-misconduct in these cases was similar to the Member’s case and that these cases ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:demonstrate that a reprimand and revocation are appropriate in cases of historic sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-abuse. College Counsel submitted that these cases indicate that the penalty sought in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-this matter is within a reasonable range. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-I. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[40] On March 10, 2020, the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- The Member is required to be reprimanded in writing, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-J. REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[41] In arriving at its decision with respect to penalty, the Panel carefully considered the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-College’s evidence and submissions. The Panel was also mindful of the guiding principles ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-that penalty orders should address, including specific and general deterrence, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-remediation (in appropriate cases), and public protection. In cases such as this, where ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:the Member’s professional misconduct involved the sexual abuse of multiple young ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-students, the objectives of deterrence and public protection are of primary concern to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Panel. The Panel also recognizes the principle that like cases should be treated alike. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-The penalty in this case falls with the range of penalties ordered in similar cases before ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-the Discipline Committee, as presented by College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 226 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[42] Revocation is the appropriate order given the circumstances. The Member ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:sexually abused several very young students on numerous occasions and the Panel does ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-not tolerate this type of conduct. The students were vulnerable and the Member took ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:advantage of his position of trust and authority for his own sexual gratification. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-[43] The Panel received concerning evidence about the impact that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-conduct had on his students, even decades later. The students reported that they had ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-long-lasting issues with anxiety, depression, anger, relationship breakdown, and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-addiction in the years following the abuse. The students were clearly traumatized by the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-Member’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:[44] There is no place in the profession for members who sexually abuse students. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-public expects that children will be safe when they are at school. Teachers are entrusted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-with the care of students. They must provide students with a physically and emotionally ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:safe learning environment. They must never make sexual advances or touch students in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf:a sexual manner. Revocation is the only penalty that appropriately responds to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-professional misconduct of this nature and gravity. The Member’s conduct undermined ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-the reputation of the teaching profession and will not be tolerated. He has accordingly ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and being a member of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf-profession in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct226.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2);1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf: (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14);2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- Waldemar Georg Walter Will is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- School Board as a high school teacher at [XXX] Institute (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- At all material times during the 2017-2018 academic year, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- taught [XXX] courses at the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- During the 2017-2018 academic year, the Member showed one or more ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- videos to his class that included content related to physical abuse and/or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- violence encountered by individuals while incarcerated and/or discussions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf: of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- During April 2018, in his Grade [XXX] class, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (a) used the words “fuck”, “shit”, “bitch”, and/or “asshole”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf: (b) made sexual or inappropriate jokes in front of students; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (c) said words to the effect of, “I hope you two do not use the same ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- restroom”, after giving two students permission to go to the restroom. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- As a result of the above incidents, the Member was suspended without pay ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- by the Board for five days. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- copy of the Board’s correspondence to the Member dated May 7, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- The Member retired from the Board, effective June 29, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- and 1(19). The Member further admits that the alleged conduct constitutes ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf: sexual misconduct as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- having had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (c) and (e) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-contravened subsections 1(7.2) and 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the Panel’s permission to withdraw subsection 1(7.2) was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-being sought as there was not sufficient evidence to make out an allegation of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-psychological or emotional abuse. The Panel’s permission to withdraw subsection 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-was sought as the Member’s conduct is more properly captured by subsection 1(5) and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-proceeding under both subsection 1(5) and 1(14) would be duplicative. The Panel granted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-these requests. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on December 21, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf:Member’s conduct also constitutes sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-1 to 7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-out above. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-The standards of the profession are comprised of the Standards of Practice and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession. The Panel finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-breached the standard of “Professional Practice”, which requires members to apply ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-professional knowledge and experience to promote student learning and to use ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-appropriate pedagogy and resources in their teaching. The Member failed to do so by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-showing inappropriate videos that were not related to the [XXX] curriculum that he should ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-have been teaching. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member verbally abused his students by using vulgar and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-inappropriate language when speaking to his class. Specifically, the Member used the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-words “fuck”, “shit”, “bitch”, and/or “asshole” in class. Using profanity in the classroom is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-offensive, inappropriate, and amounts to verbal abuse by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf:[11] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-defined in Section 1 of the Act. “Sexual misconduct” is defined in the Act as: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf: inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf: is not sexual abuse of a student, where, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- or the member knows or ought to know that one or more students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- are likely to be exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- have the effect of, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- student, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf:By showing videos that included discussions of a sexual nature and by making sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-jokes in front of his class, the Member exposed his students to behaviour or remarks of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf:sexual nature. The Panel finds that a reasonable person would expect these remarks to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-create a negative environment in the classroom. It is not appropriate for teachers to make ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf:sexual jokes in front of their class and by doing so, the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, which sets out the duties of a teacher. Among other ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-things, teachers are required to set a proper example for students and to exemplify the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-virtues set out in section 264(1) of the Education Act. By showing videos that include ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf:violent content, by using profanity in his classroom, and by making inappropriate or sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-jokes in front of students, the Member acted in a way that was in odds with his duties as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-unprofessional. The Member acted unprofessionally by using profanity in the classroom ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-[17] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-provided. The aggravating factor in the Member’s case is the repeated nature of his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-misconduct. In terms of mitigating factors, the Member admitted his misconduct, saving ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-the time and expense of a contested hearing and has not been the subject of College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-discipline proceedings in the past. After weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-the penalty proposed by the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct warrants a reprimand by his peers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-Members are expected to use appropriate teaching tools in the classroom and to refrain ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf:from making inappropriate or sexual jokes in front of students. The Member failed to do ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-so by this misconduct. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-[19] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s conduct, the Panel finds that a two- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented are factually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a similar ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-underlying nature and the cases confirm that a two-month suspension is justified. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-suspension will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-other members of the profession, making clear that the kind of misconduct the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-exhibited is unacceptable. In accordance with the parties’ joint submission, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-suspension will begin on January 5, 2021, which is 15 days after the Panel’s Oral Decision ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-and Order. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-[20] The Panel finds that the course of instruction regarding classroom communication ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf-and boundaries will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. If the Member returns to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- contact between them. However, when the student told the member that ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- one of her classmates had inquired as to why she was going to another ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- school campus, the member told her that she should not worry until she saw ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- him “being led away in handcuffs.” Consequently, the student formed the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- impression that her meetings with the member were somehow illegal. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 227 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- On discussing the student’s [XXX] birthday, the member said that he would ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- put glow-in-the-dark stars on his living room ceiling for her as that was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- something she had always wanted. He also told her, without being specific, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- that he would do something that involved the five senses. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- These matters became known in March[XXX], when the student was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- observed ducking down in the front seat of the member’s car on one ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- occasion when he picked her up at[XXX] of a nearby[XXX]. The student was ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- confronted by the principal and after initially making a denial, recounted the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- whole matter. She was then questioned by the Sexual Assault and Child ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- Abuse division of the Ottawa-Carleton Police and again described the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- events as set out above, with respect to the member. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- The member was suspended from his employment with the Ottawa- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- Carleton Catholic District School Board for the[XXX] school year. The ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- member brought grievance proceedings and an arbitration was conducted ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- before M. Brian Keller, sole arbitrator, on September 1, 1999 and October ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- 18, 1999. The student gave evidence at the arbitration hearing. Her ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- accounts to the police and at the arbitration were consistent. The arbitrator ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- limited the suspension to 10 weeks. The reasons of M. Brian Keller were ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- made available to the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- The member, JL, accepts that the matters referred to in the preceding ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- paragraphs constitute professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing, in ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- particular breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), (7), ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- (15), (18), and (19). ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-[9] In considering the appropriate penalty, the panel in 2001 heard evidence regarding ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-the propriety of the Applicant’s conduct. In particular, the panel heard evidence from one ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf:expert in the field of adolescent sexual assault and another expert in the field of applied ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf:psychology. The experts acknowledged that the Applicant did not engage in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-relationship with the student, but they were concerned that the Applicant exhibited ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf:conduct that was consistent with grooming behaviour that could have potentially led to an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-abusive relationship in the future. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-[10] Accordingly, a panel of the Discipline Committee found that the Applicant ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-committed acts of professional misconduct, being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7)1, 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19), and directed the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 227 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-Registrar to revoke the Applicant’s Certificate. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-C. THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-(1) The Applicant’s Evidence Presented at the Reinstatement Hearing ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-[11] The Applicant submitted a personal statement to the Panel as his case for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-reinstatement (Exhibit 4). In the statement, the Applicant expressed sincere remorse and ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-took responsibility for his actions. The Applicant acknowledged that his behaviour was a ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-product of bad judgment and terrible decisions. The Applicant went on to provide context ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-to assist the Panel with understanding his behaviour. He explained that he experienced ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-great success in his career immediately following teacher’s college, which he took for ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-granted. The Applicant disclosed that, at the time of the misconduct, he had a very serious ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-[XXX]problem that led to the destruction of his marriage, his career, and to his isolation ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-from family and friends. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-[12] The Applicant was suspended without pay by his Board for approximately five ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-months due to the improper relationship with his student. He grieved the length of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-suspension and it was reduced to 10 weeks following a hearing (Exhibit 6). In addition, ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-the arbitrator ordered the Applicant to attend counseling regarding professional ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-boundaries. The Applicant explained that he attended approximately 10-20 sessions with ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-1During the time of the misconduct, subsection 1(7) categorized as misconduct “abusing a student ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf:physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally”. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-[28] First, College Counsel submitted that the Panel should give great weight to the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-Applicant’s previous misconduct and to the fact that the Discipline Committee decided to ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-revoke his Certificate. The nature of the Applicant’s professional misconduct was an ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- 2020 ONOCT 227 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-inappropriate relationship with a young and impressionable student. While the Applicant’s ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf:misconduct was not sexual abuse, there was concern from expert witnesses that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf:Applicant’s behaviour could be considered grooming towards a sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-College Counsel noted that although the Applicant’s misconduct was not a clear cut case ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-of revocation, the Panel in this instance cannot overlook that a former panel of the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-Discipline Committee chose to order the most serious penalty available to them. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-[29] Second, the College had no issue with the character of the Applicant at the time of ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-the Application. College Counsel stated that the Applicant is in the best position to provide ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-the Panel with the evidence of his character. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-[30] Third, College Counsel submitted that, given the fact that the Applicant waited 18 ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-years to bring the Application, his application was not made in haste and seems to have ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-been thought through carefully. According to College Counsel, this factor weighs in favour ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-of the Applicant. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-[31] Fourth, regarding the Applicant’s rehabilitation, College Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-Applicant took the steps necessary to rebuild his life and that there is no information ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-before the Panel to suggest that he has not taken rehabilitation seriously. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-[32] Fifth, College Counsel submitted that while it is impossible to predict the ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-Applicant’s future behaviour, even the smallest risk is hard to accept. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-submitted that the severity of the conduct underlying the revocation should not be ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf-overlooked by the Panel in considering this factor. ./ontario-cases/2020onoct227.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Joel Steven Bates is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Hamilton-Wentworth ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- “School”) in Hamilton, Ontario. He was employed by the Board from 1998 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- until he resigned, effective June 30, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- At all material times during the 2014-2015 academic year, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- taught Grade [XXX], Grade [XXX], Grade [XXX], and Grade [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Inappropriate Comments and Remarks ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-3 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-During the 2014-2015 academic year, the Member made inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-remarks in his classes, including when he: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-(a) told a story about a student at his former school who got pregnant; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-(b) joked about masturbation; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-(c) told a story about an uncomfortable moment when a former female ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- student had grabbed his crotch accidentally instead of the doorknob; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-(d) explained the term “rainbow party” to his Grade [XXX] class; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-(e) when students were aware that he had a medical appointment and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- one student asked him what he would do if he had a “hot nurse”, he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- joked that he would think about baseball; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-(f) made “your mamma” and “that’s what she said” jokes; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-(g) explained the concept of plagiarism using prostitution as an example; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-(h) when a male student indicated he had been up late the previous ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- evening, the Member spoke about a former student who had been ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf: caught downloading “dwarf porn” or “midget porn”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-During the 2014-2015 academic year, the Member made inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-comments in his classes that some students found offensive and made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-them feel uncomfortable, including: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-(a) during a discussion about an article from around 1950 the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- brought to class entitled, “How to be a good wife”, the Member said, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- “That is the way it should be”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-(b) during a debate generated by the above article focusing on women ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- receiving less pay than men, the Member said, “most of them belong ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- in the kitchen”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-(c) on more than one occasion when a computer acted up or there was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- an error in PowerPoint during class, the Member referred to it as “a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- female mistake” or a “woman moment”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-During a discussion in his Grade [XXX] class when a student raised the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-issue of suicide, the Member told the class, “Make sure you cut this way ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-(demonstrating vertically) and not this way (horizontally)”. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-meant to shock his students to get their attention. Unbeknownst to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-Member, one of his students was particularly sensitive about the topic and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-was offended by the Member’s remarks. When she indicated to the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-that she found his comments inappropriate, the Member explained that if ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- someone is intent on hurting themselves, there is nothing that can be done ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- in the moment. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- During a discussion about World War II in his Grade [XXX] class, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Member mentioned the fact that there was documented evidence of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- cannibalism. Students in the class questioned the Member for more ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- information. There was a brief discussion about the fact that women would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- lose their breasts first because the high fat content could help sustain ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- others. One student felt particularly uncomfortable and embarrassed by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- these comments. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- The Member saw the same female student in the office waiting to talk to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Principal. The Member approached the student, inviting her to talk to him if ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- she had any concerns. The following day after class, the Member asked the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- student why she had attended the office the previous day, offered to discuss ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- her concerns, and said, “you don’t have a problem with me?” The student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- told the Member that some of the things he said were offensive, and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Member responded, “Well I am stopping.” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-Board Investigation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- On May 12, 2015, two female students approached the administration about ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- comments the Member made in class that made them feel uncomfortable, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- following which the Principal interviewed a number of students from each of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- the Member’s classes. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Numerous students confirmed the Member made inappropriate comments ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- including the statements referred to above in his classes. A number of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- female students reported feeling uncomfortable as a result of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- comments, and male students reported that the Member was joking and his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- comments did not bother them. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- During his meeting with the Board on May 29, 2015, the Member said he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- believed that some of his comments had been taken out of context, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- explained that he often used humour during his lessons which he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- understood could be taken the wrong way, and apologized if his comments ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- had offended anyone. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- On July 9, 2015, the Member entered into a Memorandum of Settlement ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- (Termination Agreement) with the Board, which is attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- marked as Exhibit “B”. The Member agreed to resign effective June 30, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- 2015, and to not seek re-employment with the Board. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- A concurrent Children’s Aid Society (“CAS”) investigation did not verify that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf: children in the Member’s care were “at risk of sexual harm due to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf: questionable sexual activity”, but it did verify that children were “at risk of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- emotional harm” from the Member, finding that his actions “related to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- corrupting behaviour that encourage the children to develop inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee can accept the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Uncontested Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- constitute professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-contravened subsections 1(5), 1(7) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf:the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-the Act, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-[7] College Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-respect to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 was being sought because ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-allegation would be duplicitous with subsection 1(14). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-[8] College Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-respect to subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 was being sought because the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-evidence did not support this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-[9] College Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-respect to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-being sought because the evidence did not support this allegation. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf:submitted the evidence showed that the remarks made by the Member, while of sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-nature, were not directed to a particular student and did not support a finding under this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-particular heading of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-[10] The Panel granted these withdrawal requests. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-[11] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-and the submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-September 24, 2021 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-[12] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-15 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf:repeated inappropriate comments including those of sexual and sexist nature and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-comments showing a lack of sensitivity to issues of suicide and self-harm. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-[15] The Member’s conduct as described above also contravenes subsection 264(1) of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-the Education Act, contrary to subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 which sets ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-out the duties of a teacher. Among their duties, teachers are required to encourage ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-students in the pursuit of learning and act as a positive role model, demonstrating a high ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-regard for virtues including truth, justice, and humanity. The Member’s repeated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-disrespectful and offensive remarks did not model these virtues. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-[16] The Panel finds that the Member’s behaviour was disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-the teaching profession are always expected to maintain appropriate and professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-boundaries with students and exercise professional judgment. The Member’s repeated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-inappropriate comments demonstrate his lack of professional judgment and disregard for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-his professional obligations, and amount to conduct that is disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-[17] Similarly, the Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-profession are expected to be stewards of the public trust. The Member’s lack of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-professionalism reflects poorly on the Member and on the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-F. UNDERTAKING AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-[18] On August 31, 2021, the Member entered into an Undertaking and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf-Acknowledgment (Exhibit 4) with the College in which he agreed to the following terms: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-Background ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf: The Board was notified of an alleged consensual sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- between the Member and one of his teaching staff in or about April 2018. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- The Member met with the Board on May 1, 2018. He denied having an affair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- with any staff member, including Person A. He acknowledged that such a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- relationship would amount to a conflict of interest. When questioned about ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- specific absences from the School in April 2018, the Member provided ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- explanations for each. He was reminded to enter his absences into ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- SmartFind Express (“SmartFind”), the Board’s absence reporting system. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- Based on the Member’s responses and the trust placed in him, it was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- determined that there would be no further inquiries unless new information ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- came forward. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-Relationship with Person A ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- The Member’s [XXX] contacted the Board on May 27, 2018 and disclosed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf: the existence of a sexual relationship between the Member and Person A. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- The Member called the Board’s Director of Education (the “Director”) the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- next day and admitted the relationship. He turned in his Board-assigned cell ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- phone at the Board’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- The Member met with the Board on June 6, 2018 and acknowledged that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- he had denied his relationship with Person A at the May 1 meeting. He ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- claimed that he had taken steps to avoid a conflict of interest by notifying ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- the Director several months prior that he was involved in an emotional affair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- with a staff member and needed a transfer for that reason. In fact, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- Member had not informed the Director that he was involved in a relationship ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- with Person A, or with any other staff member, and had not followed up with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- the Director regarding a possible transfer from the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- The Member’s cell phone records confirmed that he had spent a significant ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- number of hours on the phone with Person A, during school hours, over the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- course of the 2017-2018 academic year. In addition, the Member spent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- additional time text messaging Person A or speaking to Person A via calls ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- initiated by her during school hours. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- This was a difficult time for the Member, as he was experiencing significant ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- [XXX] health issues that were impacting his personal life and his work. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- During the investigation, the Member informed the Board that he was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- engaged in [XXX], as well as seeing a [XXX]. He provided a letter from the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- [XXX] to the Board, which disclosed his personal health information. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn, on the basis that proceeding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would be duplicative. The Panel granted the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on September 22, 2021, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(10), 1(12), 1(13), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-and 1(26). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-1 to 25 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged, and the Panel accepts, that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf:out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member had a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-with one of his teaching staff while he was her principal, neglected his professional duties, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-and repeatedly engaged in dishonest conduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member failed to keep records as required by his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-professional duties, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(10). The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-Member was required to record his absences in SmartFind for tracking purposes, but on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-minutes to the Board on the day before the meeting actually occurred. This leads to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-inevitable conclusion that the Member fabricated the minutes of the November 17, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-meeting. The Panel therefore finds that the Member’s conduct was in violation of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-provision. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-437/97 by contravening section 32 of the College By-Laws, which sets out the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-professional and ethical standards for the teaching profession. In particular, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-breached the ethical standards of “Integrity” and “Trust”. The ethical standard of “Integrity” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-provides that members are expected to conduct themselves with “honesty, reliability and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-moral action”. The ethical standard of “Trust” requires members to embody fairness, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf:openness, and honesty in their professional relationships. The Member had a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-relationship with Person A, his subordinate. The Member also engaged in a pattern of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-dishonest behaviour, which included: lying to the Board about his affair with Person A and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-that he had notified the Director of Education about this relationship; falsifying meeting ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-minutes; and submitting those falsified minutes to the Board. The Panel finds that by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-engaging in such behaviour, the Member demonstrated a lack of integrity, and breached ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-the trust which the Board had placed in him. As such, the Member’s conduct fell below ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-the profession’s ethical standards. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-[13] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act. Section 264(1)(c) is commonly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-understood to mean that members of the teaching profession must behave with integrity ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-and serve as positive role models within their school communities. The Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-was antithetical to these principles. As a principal, the Member was the lead role model ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-of his school community, whose example was to be followed by teachers, students, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-other members of his school community. By engaging in a pattern of dishonest behaviour ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-and by having an extramarital affair with his subordinate, the Member acted as a poor ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-role model. As such, his conduct was at odds with his duties as a member of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-[14] The Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Disgraceful and dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-conduct includes conduct that this immoral or dishonest. It is unacceptable for a principal, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf:who is in a trusted position, to falsify records, lie to his superiors, and have a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-relationship with his subordinate. Such conduct cast doubt on the Member’s moral ability ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-to practise the profession. The Member also demonstrated poor professional judgment ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-by failing to inform his Superintendent of his absences as required, by failing to ensure ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-that the required number of Health and Safety Committee meetings were held during the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-2017-2018 academic year, and by spending many hours on the phone with Person A ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-during school hours. Members of the teaching profession should always behave ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-honorably and professionally in their school communities, which the Member repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-failed to do in this case. As such, the Panel finds that the Member’s conduct can properly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-be characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-[15] The Panel finds that the Member’s inappropriate conduct is unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members (and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf:especially administrators) who engage in dishonest behaviour and have sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-relationships with their staff undermine the reputation of the teaching profession. Such ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-conduct also violates the trust that the public places in the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-[16] The Panel finds that the Member practised the profession while he was in a conflict ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-of interest, contrary to subsection 1(26) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Panel finds ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf:that by having a sexual relationship with his subordinate, Person A, the Member placed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-himself in a situation that could affect his ability to exercise skill and good judgment in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-performance of his duties, as a principal and as Person A’s superior. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-conduct was therefore in violation of this provision. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-[17] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on September 22, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty, and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- The Registrar is directed to suspend the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- Registration of the Member for a period of two months commencing on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- 15th calendar day following the date of the Oral Decision and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- Discipline Committee relating to this matter, and the fact of the suspension ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- is to be recorded on the Register. If the Oral Decision and Order is rendered ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- between May 1 and August 1, the suspension will commence on September ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- 1; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- The Registrar is directed to impose the following terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- limitations on the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- facts of such terms, conditions or limitations to be recorded on the Register: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- (a) within 90 days of the date of the Order of the Discipline Committee, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- the Member shall enrol in and successfully complete at his own ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Bozin, 2014 ONOCT 9; Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-Burke, 2018 ONOCT 75; and Ontario College of Teachers v. MacKellar, 2017 ONOCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-76. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 104 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-[19] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-provided. Aggravating factors in the Member’s case are (1) the repeated nature of his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-dishonesty, and (2) the breadth of his unethical behaviour, which spanned from having a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf:sexual relationship with his subordinate, to lying and deceiving others (including his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-employer) to cover his tracks. However, mitigating factors included that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-admitted his misconduct, saving the time and expense of a contested hearing, and he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-had not been the subject of past discipline proceedings. After weighing these factors, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-[20] The Panel finds that the Member’s inappropriate conduct warrants a reprimand. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-Administrators are expected to always behave with integrity, and act as positive role ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-models. The Member failed to do so by engaging in a pattern of dishonest behaviour, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf:by having a sexual relationship with his subordinate. The reprimand will allow the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-to directly address its concerns with the Member, and will serve as a specific deterrent. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-[21] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s conduct, the Panel finds that a two- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-factually distinct, the misconduct represented in those cases were of similar underlying ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-natures, and confirmed that a suspension is justified. The suspension will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf-specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to other members of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct104.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (g) he failed to supervise adequately a person who is under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- professional supervision of the member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11);3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (h) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (i) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (j) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 1(18);4 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (k) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- David Andrew Boyce is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-3 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-4 Allegation narrowed to “unprofessional” only. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-Inappropriate Language ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- The Member swore in front of students on several occasions including ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- saying the words “fuck” and “shit”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- On February 22, 2017, the Member said “fuck [student], great way to start ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- the game” after the student [XXX] at the beginning of the game. This ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- comment was made in front of the entire [XXX] team and negatively ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- impacted the students on the team. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-Investigation Committee Reminder to the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- On January 28, 2016, the Investigation Committee of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- of Teachers issued a reminder to the Member to ensure that his comments ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- to students are appropriate and not subject to misinterpretation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-Board Warning to the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- As a result of the Member’s conduct, on May 16, 2017, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- given a verbal warning by the Board, directing him not to engage or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- participate in school-based coaching or extra-curricular activities and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- administratively transferring him to another school. The Member was further ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- encouraged to pursue boundaries training, which he completed. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- The Member has continued to teach for the Board to the present time. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) (unprofessional) and 1(19). The Member further admits ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf: that the conduct in paragraphs 5 - 9 constitutes sexual misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- having had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (a), (e) and (g) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-contravened subsections 1(5), 1(7.3) and 1(11) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and/or that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act, be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[7] College Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-1(5) allegation was being sought because proceeding under both subsections 1(5) and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-1(14) would be duplicative. The Panel granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:[8] With respect to the sexual abuse allegations at subsection 1(7.3) and section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-the Act, College Counsel submitted the Member’s misconduct was more appropriately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:characterized as sexual misconduct and not sexual abuse. According to College Counsel, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:sexual abuse contemplates behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature that are directed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:toward a specific student; whereas sexual misconduct refers to exposing students to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature and captures conduct that is not targeted toward ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-specific students. College Counsel submitted that the Member’s actions were not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-specifically targeting a particular student, but rather that the Member engaged in a pattern ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-of behaviour in which he indiscriminately exposed female players of the [XXX] team that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:he coached to inappropriate comments and behaviour with sexual overtones. In light of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-College Counsel’s submissions, the consent of the Member to the withdrawal, and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:Member’s guilty plea to the allegation of sexual misconduct, the Panel determined that it ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:was appropriate to grant the request to withdraw the sexual abuse allegations. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[9] College Counsel requested to withdraw the subsection 1(11) allegation, because ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-there is no evidentiary basis for a finding that the Member failed to adequately supervise ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-students. The Panel granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[10] Lastly, with respect to the subsection 1(18) allegation, College Counsel requested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-that the Panel find that the Member’s conduct was unprofessional only (and not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-disgraceful or dishonourable). The Panel also granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[11] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on September 15, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:(unprofessional) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[12] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-1 to 14 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-of professional misconduct against him, other than those that the College withdrew. He ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the Admitted Facts constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-misconduct under the headings of misconduct set out above. The Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-demonstrate that the Member used inappropriate language when speaking to, or in front ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-of, students. In relation to Student 2, Student 3, Student 4 and Student 5, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:made inappropriate physical contact and uttered remarks that amount to sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member abused students verbally, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, by the way in which he spoke and interacted with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-female students that he coached. For example, during a [XXX] game, the Member took ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-Student 1 aside and yelled at her. There is no excuse for teachers to yell at students in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-any setting, including when coaching extra-curricular sports. The Panel finds that such ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-conduct constitutes verbal abuse. The Member also used the words, “fuck” and “shit” in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-front of students on several occasions. During one incident, the Member directed profanity ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-at a student by saying “fuck [student] great way to start the game” when the student’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[XXX]. The Panel finds that the Member’s use of profanity and his sarcastic comment ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-about a student’s athletic performance are both insulting and demeaning and constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-verbal abuse. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[14] The Panel finds that the Member abused students physically, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, when he tapped Student 2 and Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-3’s buttocks with a clipboard during two separate [XXX] games. While there may be some ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-context for this gesture in a sports setting, tapping female students on an intimate part of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-their bodies is a completely inappropriate way for a teacher to signal praise. Given the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-power imbalance between teachers and students, the Member’s unwanted and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-unnecessary physical intrusion was a violation of these students’ personal bodily integrity ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-and therefore constitutes physical abuse. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[15] The Panel finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused students, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The female students on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-school’s [XXX] team were regularly made to feel uncomfortable or embarrassed by the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-Member’s conduct toward them both individually and as a team. When the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-cursed and disparaged a student for missing a [XXX] during a game, yelled at Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-during a game, and tapped Student 2 and Student 3’s buttocks with a clipboard it ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-embarrassed the students and made them feel uncomfortable. The Member similarly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-made other players uncomfortable when he made uncalled-for comments about their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-bodies, including telling Student 4 to “stop playing with your boobs” in front of the team, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-and then during the same game, said to Student 5 in reference to her and her teammates: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-“why are you always touching yourselves?” (which was overheard by Student 4). The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-Member also said to Student 2 “nice buns” after she brought hamburger buns to a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-team lunch, which made her feel uncomfortable and embarrassed again. The Panel finds ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:that these comments, including the sexual innuendo which would have been obvious to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-teenage girls, had a negative impact on individual students and on the entire team. It is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-emotionally abusive for a teacher and coach to regularly behave in a manner that makes ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-students feel embarrassed or uncomfortable while participating in extra-curricular sports ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-at school. The Member’s conduct therefore amounts to psychological or emotional abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-of students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:[16] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-defined in Section 1 of the Act. “Sexual misconduct” is defined in the Act as: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf: inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf: is not sexual abuse of a student, where, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- or the member knows or ought to know that one or more students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- are likely to be exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- have the effect of, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- student, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:[17] The Member exposed female students to behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:by making comments with sexual overtones and by tapping students on the buttocks with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-his clipboard, which College Counsel submitted gave rise to an uncomfortable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-atmosphere in the Member’s presence. The College and the Member agree that these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:actions by the Member can be considered inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:nature that is not sexual abuse. When the Member quipped “nice buns” to Student 2 in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:front of her teammates, he referred indirectly to Student 2’s buttocks in a sexual way, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-which was distressing to the student. Additionally, the Member’s remark to Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-about playing with her “boobs” was uttered in front of teammates in a [XXX] during a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-tournament. Further, the remark to Student 5 about [XXX] players “always touching” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-themselves was also uttered during that same tournament and overheard by Student 4. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-Finally, when the Member made physical contact with students’ buttocks with a clipboard, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-he made uninvited contact with an intimate part of the body, which also occurred in front ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-of teammates. The Panel finds that a reasonable person would expect that making ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:sexualized comments to teenaged students or tapping them on an intimate part of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-body would: (i) cause distress to students, (ii) be detrimental to the mental well-being of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-students exposed to such behaviour or remarks or (iii) create a negative environment at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-school. The Panel finds that in this case, the evidence demonstrates that students were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-in fact impacted by the Member’s conduct in all three ways. The Panel therefore finds that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:the Member engaged in sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[18] The Member failed to comply with the Act, regulations or by-laws contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, by contravening section 32 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-College’s by-laws, which prescribes the Ethical Standards and the Standards of Practice ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-for the Teaching Profession. In accordance with the ethical standards, members are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-expected to demonstrate their commitment to students’ well-being (“Care”) and to honour ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-human dignity, emotional wellness and cognitive development of students (“Respect”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:By repeatedly making inappropriate, demeaning or sexualized comments to his players ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-and touching students inappropriately, the Member demonstrated a lack of care and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-respect for the well-being of students. His actions also failed to foster a safe and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-supportive learning environment, contrary to the standards of practice for the teaching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[19] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-Members of the teaching profession hold a unique position of trust and authority. They ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-are required to encourage students in the pursuit of learning and to act as positive role ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-models who exhibit strong moral values and a high level of integrity, as described at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-subsections 264(1)(b) and (c) of the Education Act. A coach of an extra-curricular sports ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-team at school is no less a teacher and, by referring to female body parts in a pejorative ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:way (“boobs”), making comments with sexual overtones to female [XXX] players, yelling ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-at players or belittling players who make mistakes during a game, the Member’s actions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-were contrary to these duties. He set a poor example of sportsmanship for students, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-discouraged students from developing their athletic skills, and created a negative school ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-experience for students both at his own school and at other schools where the team ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-participated in [XXX] tournaments. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[20] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct is disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-accepts College Counsel’s submission that the Member’s conduct is properly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-characterized as unprofessional. Members are expected to interact with students in a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-professional manner and to exercise good judgment, including in their role as coaches of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-school sports teams. The Member should have taken greater care when making ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-comments to students, as he was previously reminded by the Investigation Committee of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers in 2016 to monitor his comments to students. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-Member nevertheless continued to demonstrate a lack of insight by making inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-comments to the [XXX] players that he coached. The Member’s conduct was contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-his professional training and failed to demonstrate the good judgment expected of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-teacher or coach. By his behaviour, the Member failed to maintain appropriate and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[24] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-provided. There are several aggravating factors in the Member’s case. First, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-Member’s conduct was not a momentary lapse in judgment but a pattern of behaviour in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 112 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-which the Member showed disrespect for several female students by engaging in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf:sexualized interactions with them. Second, the Member’s behaviour caused emotional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-harm to students, which demonstrates a lack of awareness of the seriousness of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-Member’s conduct and a failure to remediate it on his own. Third, the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-occurred in front of an audience of students, which increased the impact of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-behaviour and the embarrassment and discomfort that the students experienced. Finally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-the Member was subject to an investigation by the College’s Investigation Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-regarding inappropriate communication with students in 2016, and a year later the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-Member continued to demonstrate similar behaviour, notwithstanding the reminder he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-had received from the Investigation Committee about appropriate communication with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-[25] In terms of mitigating factors, the Member entered into a resolution with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-College, saving student witnesses from having to testify and the time and expense of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-contested hearing. Further, by participating in the hearing and pleading guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-allegations, the Member took responsibility for his conduct. Finally, the Member has not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-been the subject of discipline proceedings in the past. Member’s Counsel submitted as a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-mitigating factor that the Member completed boundaries training after being encouraged ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-by the Board to do so. The Panel finds the Member’s actions following the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-response to his conduct was neither aggravating nor mitigating. After weighing these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf-factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct112.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Bulic 2021 ONOCT 114 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Date: 2021-10-25 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Damir Ivan Bulic, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- DAMIR IVAN BULIC (REGISTRATION #444991) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-PANEL: Stéphane Vallée, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Andrew Glenny ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Pauline Smart ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-HEARD: October 21, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Yufei (Fiona) Wang, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-No one appearing for Damir Ivan Bulic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- By order of Justice R.D. Cornell of the Superior Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on October ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-21, 2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[2] Damir Ivan Bulic (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of the Student, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-could disclose the identity of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[5] The Panel also received a certified copy of the proceedings at trial (Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Judgment) of the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice R.D. Cornell dated July ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-15, 2018 (Exhibit 2 at Appendix C). In these proceedings before the Superior Court of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Justice, an order restricting publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 18, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Damir Ivan Bulic is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Damir Ivan Bulic is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- The Member obtained a Certificate of Qualification and Registration on May ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 31, 2001. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Sudbury Catholic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- “School”) in Sudbury, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- At all material times, the Member was the [XXX] teacher of a [XXX] year- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- old male student (the “Student”) at the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- inappropriate personal relationship with the Student. The Member: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (a) Hung out with the Student during and after school; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (b) Took the Student off the School premises for lunch approximately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- once a week; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (c) Permitted the Student to be absent from the School to travel with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Member to a [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (d) Bought the Student various gifts, including a [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (e) Took the Student on trips; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (f) Provided the Student with cigarettes and alcohol; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (g) Took the Student to an [XXX] and purchased a [XXX] for the Student; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf: (h) Engaged the Student in a variety of sex talk on several occasions. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- In or about the summer of 2011, the Member engaged in indecent acts in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- the presence of the Student. The Member: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf: (a) told the Student pornographic stories and had sex with a watermelon ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- in the presence of the Student; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (b) drove the Student to a park and asked the Student to videotape him ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- while he masturbated; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (c) During an overnight trip to [XXX], consumed alcohol with the Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf: and had sex with a Styrofoam bucket that contained food items in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- presence of the Student; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (d) took the Student to a [XXX] on [XXX], smoked and drank alcohol with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf: the Student, engaged the Student in a variety of sex talk, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- masturbated in the presence of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- During the trip to the [XXX] on [XXX], the Member told the Student that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- he could give the Student a blow job (i.e. fellatio). The Student declined this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- invitation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Criminal Proceedings/Convictions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- On or about June 20, 2017, the Member was charged by the Greater ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Sudbury Police Service with: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (a) Between the 1st day of September, 2010 and the 30th day of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- September, 2011 at the Greater City of Sudbury in the said Region, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- willfully committed an indecent act to wit: expose his private part to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- the Student, a person under the age of sixteen years, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Section 173(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada (exposure). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (b) Between the 1st day of September, 2010 and the 30 th day of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- September, 2011 at the Greater City of Sudbury in the said Region, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- willfully committed an indecent act to wit: masturbate in presence of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- the Student, a person under the age of sixteen years, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Section 173(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada (exposure). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (c) Between the 1st day of September, 2010 and the 30th day of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- September, 2011 at the City of Vaughan in the said Region, willfully ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- committed an indecent act to wit: masturbate in presence of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Student, a person under the age of sixteen years, contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 173(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada (exposure). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (d) Between the 1st day of September, 2010 and the 30th day of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- September, 2011 at [XXX] in the said Region, willfully committed an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- indecent act to wit: masturbate in presence of the Student, a person ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- under the age of sixteen years, contrary to Section 173(2) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Criminal Code of Canada (exposure). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- (e) Between the 1st day of September, 2010 and the 30th day of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf: September, 2011 at [XXX] in the said Region, did for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- purpose invite the Student, a person under the age of sixteen years, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- to touch directly with a part of his body to wit: penis, the body of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Student, contrary to Section 152 of the Criminal Code of Canada ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf: (invitation to sexual touching). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- The Member pleaded not guilty to the charges and the matter proceeded to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- trial. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- On or about July 15, 2018, the Honourable Justice Cornell of the Superior ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Court of Justice found the Member guilty of all five offences above. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- On May 15, 2019, the Member was sentenced to two years less a day in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- custody, followed by three years of probation. The Member was also made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- subject to a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified true copies of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Court Information, Probation Order and ancillary orders pertaining to these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- charges and convictions. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- proceedings at trial (Reasons for Judgment) before the Honourable Justice ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Cornell, dated July 15, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- proceedings (Reasons for Sentence) before the Honourable Justice ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Cornell, dated May 15, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- The Member appealed his convictions and sentence to the Court of Appeal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- for Ontario and was released on a Recognizance of Bail with conditions. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- On December 31, 2020, the Court of Appeal for Ontario dismissed the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Member’s appeal. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a copy of the Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, dated December 31, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- By this document, the Member pleads no contest, for the purposes of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- proceeding only, to the truth of the facts and appendices referred to in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- paragraphs 1 to 17 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that paragraphs 5-14 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Uncontested Facts constitute conduct that is professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- against him in the Notice of Hearing, being more particularly that he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 and breached Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-(Professional Misconduct) subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts (including the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Appendices) being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-(c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-(d) he understands that the Discipline Committee can accept the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Uncontested Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- constitute professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-(e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-(f) he understands that any agreement between him, or his legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- counsel, and the College with respect to the penalty does not bind ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-(g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- document voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- counsel or the opportunity to have obtained legal advice. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and Fitness to Practise ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-23, for the purposes of this proceeding under the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Teachers Act, 1996, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-contest does not constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-findings in any other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[8] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-and the submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on October ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-21, 2021, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[9] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-17 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts at paragraphs 5 to 14 constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-misconduct under the headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-demonstrate that the Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Student, engaged in indecent acts in the presence of the Student and offered to give the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:Student a fellatio. The Member was found guilty of exposure and invitation to sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-touching with respect to the Student in his prior criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member’s conduct in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-case clearly fell below the standards of the profession. The Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-inappropriate personal relationship with the Student and engaged in various indecent acts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:of a sexual nature in the presence of the student. Conduct of this nature, which amounts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-to sexual abuse of a student as defined in the Act, is so notorious that expert evidence is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-not required to prove the breach of professional standards. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[11] The Member abused a student verbally, contrary to subsection 1(7) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Regulation 437/97. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:Student in a variety of sex talk on several occasions, told the Student pornographic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-stories, asked the Student to videotape him while he masturbated and told the Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-that he could give the Student fellatio (which the Student declined). The Panel finds that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:it is highly inappropriate and offensive for a teacher to engage in conversations of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-nature with a student, as the Member did in this case. Such conduct amounts to verbal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-abuse by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[12] The Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Panel notes that the Student was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[XXX]years old at the time of the events. As such, he was vulnerable by virtue of his age. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-The Panel received evidence from the Member’s criminal proceedings that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-actions had caused significant emotional harm to the Student. At the time of the criminal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-proceedings, the Student was [XXX] as a result of the Member’s actions. Moreover, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Student’s mother filed a victim impact statement in which she described how the Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-engaged in [XXX] following the events at issue. She described that the Student [XXX]. He ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-became sad, angry, [XXX]and pushed everyone away. He was [XXX]. Given the grave ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-impact that the Member’s conduct had on the Student, the Panel finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-psychologically or emotionally abused the Student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:[13] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes behaviour or remarks of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-nature by a member towards a student. The Member made a number of sexual comments ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-to the Student and engaged in sexual behaviours in the Student’s presence, which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:included: telling the Student pornographic stories and having sex with a watermelon; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:engaging in a variety of sex talk; asking the Student to videotape him while he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:masturbated; masturbating in front of the Student; having sex with a Styrofoam bucket in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-the presence of the Student; and offering to give the Student fellatio, which the Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:declined. This conduct meets the definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act. This ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-finding is further supported by the fact that the Member was found guilty of exposure and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:invitation to sexual touching of the Student in his prior criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[14] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Section 264(1)(c) provides that it is the duty of a teacher to “inculcate by precept and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” Simply ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-put, teachers must behave with integrity and serve as positive role models. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-conduct was antithetical to these principles. He abused his trusted and privileged position ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:as a teacher in the most egregious manner. In addition to his sexually abusive conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-towards the Student, the Member also provided alcohol and cigarettes to the Student, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-consumed alcohol with the Student, took the Student to an [XXX] and purchased a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-for the Student. He blatantly ignored the emotional harm that would be caused to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Student. By engaging in such immoral and abusive conduct with his student, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-failed to fulfil the fundamental duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[15] The Panel finds that the Member’s criminal findings of guilt for having breached ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-sections 173(2) and 152 of the Criminal Code demonstrate that he contravened a law ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration and which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-has caused a student to be put at risk, contrary to subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Regulation 437/97. Members of the profession must be trusted to work closely with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:students and ensure their safety and well-being. By engaging in the sexual offences ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-described above, the Member put the Student’s safety at risk and demonstrated that he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-is no longer suitable to hold a teaching certificate. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[16] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Regulation 437/97. It is completely unacceptable for teachers, who are expected to be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-upstanding members of the community and to maintain appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:boundaries with students, to engage in sexual activities in the presence of students and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:to invite students to engage in sexual acts with them. The Member showed a complete ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-lack of professional judgment by fostering an inappropriate personal relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Student, by providing him with cigarettes and alcohol, and by exposing the student to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:various sexual acts. The Member’s conduct can therefore be characterized as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[17] Finally, the Member’s conduct, as described above, is unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. When parents send their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-children to school, they expect that they will be safe and that their teachers will not exploit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:their position of trust and authority to sexually abuse them. The Member’s egregious ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-conduct has undermined the reputation of the teaching profession and violated the trust ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-that parents, students, and the public place in teachers. It reflects poorly on the profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:as a whole when members engage in sexually abusive behaviour with students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 114 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[18] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on October 21, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, in writing, and the fact of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf:[19] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. In relation to the form of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-reprimand, the Panel finds that a written reprimand is appropriate in the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-and given the parties’ agreement. The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it reasonable not to make ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-these additional orders in light of the Member’s plea of no contest and joint submission ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf-[20] The Panel denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct114.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Costigan 2021 ONOCT 115 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- Date: 2021-10-12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 115 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- Michael Paul Costigan, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- MICHAEL PAUL COSTIGAN (REGISTRATION #590886) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-PANEL: Emile Ramlochan, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- Rebecca Forte, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- Diane Freeman ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-HEARD: October 1, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-Danielle Miller, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-Jordan Donich and Carley Reynolds, for Michael Paul Costigan ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on October 1, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 115 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-[2] Michael Paul Costigan (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated December 21, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-2020 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Michael Paul Costigan is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf: (a) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 115 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- (b) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- thereof, or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- 1(18);2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- Michael Paul Costigan is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Hamilton-Wentworth ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- Catholic District School Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- School (the “School”) in Hamilton, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- Student 1 was a female student in the Member’s [XXX]class during the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 academic years. In the 2015-2016 academic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- year, she completed her [XXX] school [XXX] requirements through a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- and remained a student of the Board until June 2016. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-2 Allegation narrowed to unprofessional acts only. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-Between August 2014 and August 2016, the Member engaged in a personal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-relationship with Student 1. There is no evidence that the Member and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf:Student 1 were involved in sexual activity during this time. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-The Member and Student 1 met at school. Student 1 frequently spent time ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-between classes, often with friends, visiting the Member in his class to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 115 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-socialize with him and discuss personal matters. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-Over the relevant time period, the Member also came to know Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-family, as he assisted them with car repairs and the purchase of car parts. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-This involved attending at Student 1’s home from time to time. On occasion, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-the Member would stay for a meal or to socialize with Student 1 and her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-family. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-In August 2014, Student 1 was diagnosed with [XXX] and, in October 2014, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-she began [XXX]. Student 1 shared this personal information with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-Member. While Student 1 was in [XXX], the Member came to visit her there ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-on two occasions. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-Following this difficult time, the Member and Student 1 became friends. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-The Member and Student 1 spent time together outside of school. Their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-interactions often revolved around their mutual interest in [XXX]. On ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-occasion, the Member drove Student 1 home from work and met with her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-for a coffee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-The Member and Student 1 spoke on the phone about non-school related ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-matters. They also texted one another in relation to school matters and to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-discuss repairs to the student’s and her family’s vehicles. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-In July 2016, one month after Student 1 [XXX] from the [XXX], the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-accompanied her on an all-inclusive, week long vacation to [XXX] where ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-they stayed in the same hotel room. It had been over two years since ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-Student 1 had been a student of the member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-In March 2018, the Member and Student 1 had a heated argument relating ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-to money that Student 1 owed the Member for car parts that he had provided ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-to her. Their dispute took place in the driveway of Student 1’s parents’ ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-home. The Member angrily grabbed a torque wrench from his trunk to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-remove the parts from the student’s car, and held the wrench in an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-aggressive manner. This caused great upset to Student 1 who cried and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-ran away from the Member. The incident was captured on a video security ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-camera. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-When Student 1’s parents learned about the nature of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-relationship with their daughter, they reported the matter to the Board. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-Following a Board investigation, the Member’s employment was terminated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-on May 2, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-subsections 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf:sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-With respect to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 115 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-requested that the Panel find that the Member’s conduct was unprofessional only (and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-not disgraceful or dishonourable). College Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-withdraw the allegation with respect to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-was being sought because the evidence did not support this allegation. In relation to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-narrowing of the subsection 1(18) allegation, College counsel submitted that this request ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-was being made as a by-product of negotiations in the adversarial process that resulted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. The Panel granted these requests to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-withdraw or narrow the allegations set out above. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-submissions of parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on October 1, 2021 finding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) [unprofessional only] and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-1 to 13 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf-appropriate professional boundaries with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct115.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Nuhn 2021 ONOCT 113 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Date: 2021-10-24 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 113 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Maija Lynn Nuhn, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- MAIJA LYNN NUHN (REGISTRATION #521194) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-PANEL: Stéphane Vallée, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Andrew Glenny ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Pauline Smart ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-HEARD: October 21, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Noam Uri and Eli Mogil, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Andrea Wobick, for Maija Lynn Nuhn ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on October ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-21, 2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 113 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-[2] Maija Lynn Nuhn (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1 who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated April 23, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Maija Lynn Nuhn is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- (a) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 113 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- (e) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- (f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Maija Lynn Nuhn is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the District School ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Board Ontario North East (the “Board”) as a [XXX] School [XXX] Teacher ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- At all material times Student 1 was a [XXX] years [sic] old male student at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- the School. His date of birth is [XXX]. The Member was Student 1’s [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- At all material times, the Member was experiencing emotional turmoil due ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- to [XXX] issues. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- In or about January 2019, the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf: personal and sexual relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 113 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- The Member communicated with Student 1 on social media. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- The Member purchased for Student 1 two small bottles of alcohol on his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- birthday. The Member also gave Student 1 [XXX] and [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- The Member and Student 1 spent time together at the School after regular ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- school hours. On a few occasions the Member and Student 1 engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf: physical sexual relations. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- The Member took Student 1 to [XXX] in her truck on two occasions. On one ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf: occasion nothing sexual occurred. On the second occasion on or around ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf: January 23, 2019, the Member and Student 1 engaged in sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- in her truck. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- On one occasion the Member and Student 1 drove to [XXX] where they ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf: engaged in physical sexual relations. Afterwards, the Member drove ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Student 1 home. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- On January 28, 2019, the Member contacted Student 1 on Facebook to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- advise him that the School would be closed the next day. At the time the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Member was unaware that Student 1 had been [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- On January 28, 2019, the Member was assigned home with pay, pending ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- the outcome of the Board investigation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- On February 6, 2019, the Member submitted her resignation to the Board ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against her, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further admits that the conduct in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf: paragraphs 5, 8, 9 and 10 constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- of the Act and admits that Student 1 was a student for the purpose of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf: definition of sexual abuse as defined in the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 113 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, she is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- against her and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- (d) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- including her name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between her and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- having had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on October 21, 2021, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-1 to 13 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 113 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:personal relationship and a sexual relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-[9] The Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member was in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-and authority over Student 1. She abused that trusted position by engaging in an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with Student 1. It can be reasonably ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:inferred that a teacher having a sexual relationship with a student would have a negative ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-impact on the emotional well-being of that student, given the power imbalance that exists ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-between teachers and students. Additionally, in making its finding of psychological or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-emotional abuse, the Panel places significant weight on the fact that the Member has ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-admitted this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:[10] The Member sexually abused Student 1, contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Regulation 437/97 and as defined at section 1 of the Act. The Panel notes that Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-was [XXX] at the time of the Member’s conduct. Subsection 1(2) at paragraph 2 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Act provides that a reference to a student includes a reference to “[…] A student of any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-age who, at the time the behaviour, remarks or conduct occurred or were made, was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-enrolled in a school or private school in Ontario, within the meaning of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-if at that time, the member was one of the student’s teachers […]”. The evidence is that, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-at all material times, Student 1 was a student at the School and the Member was Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-1’s [XXX] teacher. The Panel therefore finds that Student 1 was a student for the purposes ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:of the definition of “sexual abuse” under the Act. Moreover, it is clear that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:sexually abused Student 1 by engaging in physical sexual relations with the student on a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:few occasions and sexual intercourse with the student on one occasion. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-[11] The Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 113 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-contravening section 32 of the College By-Laws, which sets out the professional and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:ethical standards for the teaching profession. By sexually abusing Student 1, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-failed to comply with these standards. Misconduct of this nature is so notorious and offside ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-what is acceptable that expert evidence is not required to prove the breach of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-professional standards. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-[12] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Section 264(1)(c) provides that it is the duty of a teacher to “inculcate by precept and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” Simply ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-put, teachers must behave with integrity and serve as positive role models. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-conduct was antithetical to these principles. The Member abused her privileged position ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-as a teacher by engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1 and by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:sexually abusing him. Additionally, the Member purchased alcohol for Student 1. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Panel notes that the Member was experiencing emotional turmoil at the time of events; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-however, the Panel finds that this does not excuse the Member’s conduct. By engaging ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-in such immoral and abusive conduct with her student, the Member failed to fulfil the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-fundamental duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-[13] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Regulation 437/97. It is unacceptable for a teacher, who is expected to be an upstanding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:member of the community, to engage in a sexual relationship with their student. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:Member’s sexually abusive behaviour was not a momentary lapse of judgment as she ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 113 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:had physical sexual relations with Student 1 on a few occasions. Such conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-demonstrates serious moral and professional failings by the Member. It casts doubt on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-the Member’s ability to hold a teaching position without putting students at risk. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Member’s conduct can therefore be characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-[14] Finally, the Member’s egregious conduct, as described above, is unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:the teaching profession is eroded when a teacher sexually abuses their student, as the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-Member did in this case. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-[15] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on October 21, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- reprimand shall be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf:[16] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct113.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Ziegler 2021 ONOCT 119 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Date: 2021-10-28 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 119 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Bradley James Ziegler, OCT, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- BRADLEY JAMES ZIEGLER (REGISTRATION #283152) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-PANEL: Jonathan Rose, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Jessica Saffran Reimers, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Kimberley Westfall-Connor ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-HEARD: October 18, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Charlotte-Anne Malischewski for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Jack Brown, for Bradley James Ziegler ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on October ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-18, 2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 119 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-[2] Bradley James Ziegler (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel for Student 1, Colleague 1, Colleague 2, Colleague ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-3, and Colleague 4, who were allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf:misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-publish the identities of, or any information that could disclose the identities of Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Colleague 1, Colleague 2, Colleague 3 and Colleague 4. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 12, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Bradley James Ziegler is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 119 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf: (e) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming of a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Bradley James Ziegler is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the District School ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Board of Niagara (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 119 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- At all material times Student 1 was a female grade [XXX] student in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- At all material times Colleague 1 was a female Educational Assistant at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- At all material times Colleague 2 was a female Educational Assistant at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- At all material times Colleague 3 was a female Teacher at the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- At all material times Colleague 4 was a female Teacher at the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Interaction with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- During the 2017-2018 academic year, the Member interacted with Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 1 in an inappropriate fashion by play fighting with her and poking her in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- side on more than one occasion. The Member also stood close to Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 1 and stared at her. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Student 1 felt very uncomfortable with the Member’s behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Interactions with Colleague 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- During the 2017-2018 academic year, the Member engaged in professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- misconduct in respect of Colleague 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- The Member would often touch Colleague 1 without her consent including ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- touching her leg, rubbing her back and patting her buttocks. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- On three or more occasions, the Member told Colleague 1 that he had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf: sexual dreams about her. On one occasion, the Member detailed a dream ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- he had of Colleague 1 being on his snowmobile, naked under her jump suit. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- On one occasion, while Colleague 1 was delivering a coffee to the Member, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- the Member touched Colleague 1’s shirt and tickled her without her consent. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- The Member then pointed to Colleague 1’s midsection and touched her shirt ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- stating that he wanted to see her belly button ring. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- During a conversation with Colleague 1, Colleague 2 and three other ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- educational assistants, two of whom were male, the Member showed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- During the 2017-2018 academic year, during an after-hours staff social ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- event, the Member sat beside Colleague 4 who was sitting with her hands ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- between her thighs. The Member reached out and grabbed Colleague 4’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- hand from her lap. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- The Member would often touch Colleague 4 without her consent including ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 119 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- touching her back. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Colleague 4 felt very uncomfortable with the Member’s behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 8-28 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further does not contest that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf: Uncontested Facts in paragraph 8-9 constitute sexual misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 119 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-[7] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (a) and (d) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-contravened subsections 1(5) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf:sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-College Counsel sought the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation with respect to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-subsection 1(5) because the allegation was duplicative with the allegation under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-subsection 1(14). With respect to the allegations that the Member contravened subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf:1(7.3) and/or that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-submitted that the Member’s conduct was more accurately captured by the allegation that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf:he had engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in the Act. The Panel granted these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-requests. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-[8] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on October 18, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-2021 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 119 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-[9] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 8 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-28 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Member made inappropriate comments towards and engaged in unwanted and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-inappropriate touching of several female colleagues and that he also engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-inappropriate behaviour with respect to Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-[10] The Member physically abused Student 1 contrary to subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Regulation 437/97. The Member did not contest that he engaged in inappropriate contact ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-of Student 1 when he play fought with her, and, on more than one occasion, poked her in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-the side. This type of repeated physical contact is completely unnecessary and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-demonstrates a lack of respect for the professional boundaries that teachers must ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-maintain with students. The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes physical ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-abuse of Student 1. In making this determination, the Panel places significant weight on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-the fact that the Member has pleaded no contest to the allegation of physical abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-[11] The Member psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1 contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members of the teaching profession are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-expected to ensure that the school environment is a safe space for students – both ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 119 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-physically and emotionally. By standing close to Student 1 and staring at her, and by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-inappropriately touching the student, the Member made Student 1 feel very ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-uncomfortable. The Panel therefore accepts that the Member’s conduct constituted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-psychological or emotional abuse of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf:[12] The Panel find the Member engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-of the Act. The Panel notes that the Member did not contest that his behaviour as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-described in paragraphs 8-9 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf:Contest constitutes sexual misconduct toward Student 1. Moreover, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf:submitted that the Member’s conduct toward his female colleagues constituted sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-misconduct. After having considered the advice of Independent Legal Counsel that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf:definition of sexual misconduct in section 1 of the Act does not require the misconduct to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-necessarily be directed to a student, the Panel finds that the Member’s conduct toward ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-Colleague 3 in the school gymnasium while they were watching the school dance team, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-as described in paragraph 21 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf:Contest, constitutes sexual misconduct as defined in the Act. The Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-toward Colleague 3, namely touching her side and buttocks in the school gymnasium ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-without her consent, then grinning and snickering at her, was inappropriate behaviour of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf:a sexual nature, though not directed toward a student, that occurred under circumstances ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-where the Member knew or ought to have known that one more students were likely to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf-be exposed to the behaviour; and a reasonable person would expect the behaviour to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct119.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Oakley 2021 ONOCT 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Date: 2021-02-09 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Nicholas Clark Oakley, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- NICHOLAS CLARK OAKLEY (REGISTRATION #672389) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-PANEL: Stéphane Vallée, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Josée Landriault, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Élaine Legault ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-HEARD: December 3, 2020 and December 15, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Christine Lonsdale and Kathryn McChesney, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-No one appearing for Nicholas Clark Oakley ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Renée Kopp, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- identities of Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3, being persons who were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- allegedly sexually abused or the subjects of the sexual misconduct or a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf: prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on December ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-3, 2020 and December 15, 2020, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[2] Neither Nicholas Clark Oakley (the “Member”) nor his legal counsel, Heather Ann ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-McConnell, attended the hearing. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the finding phase of the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-who were allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:act involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-any information that could disclose the identities of Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated May 25, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Nicholas Clark Oakley is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- The Member is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Ottawa-Carleton ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as an Occasional Teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the [XXX] as a [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- The [XXX] is an [XXX] program which runs [XXX] for students from Grade ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- [XXX] to Grade [XXX]. Programs are offered between [XXX] and [XXX] each ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- On March 17, 2018, when Student 2 was [XXX] years old, the Member sent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- an electronic message to Student 2 which said “you’re about to get some ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- [XXX] sent to prison #jailbait”. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “H” is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- a copy of the message from the Member to Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Also on March 17, 2018, the Member sent an electronic message to Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 2 which said “go get [Student 3] laid. Be the best wingwoman ever.” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “I” is a copy of the message from ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- the Member to Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- The Member’s comments to Student 2 were unwelcome and made her feel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Inappropriate Interactions with Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Student 3 met the Member in the [XXX] of 2015 when she was [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- old. She was hired by the Member as a at[XXX]. She worked with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Member as a [XXX] during the 2015, 2016 and 2017 seasons. Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- was enrolled in a [XXX] school in Ontario until June [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- In September 2016, when Student 3 was [XXX] years old, the Member sent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- an electronic message to Student 3 telling her that he was shopping for his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- wife at La Senza, a lingerie store. The Member told Student 3 that a sales ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- person was asking him what his wife wears. The Member then asked ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Student 3 what lingerie she wore. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- In January 2017, when Student 3 was [XXX] years old, the Member sent an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- electronic message to Student 3 which said “I don't know why but last night ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- I was dreaming about your butt”. Student 3 changed the subject ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- immediately. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Between December 2017 and January 2018 when Student 3 was [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- years old, the Member asked Student 3 very personal questions about ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- herself. For example, on more than one occasion, he asked her how many ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf: people she had had sex with. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- On March 17, 2018 when Student 3 was [XXX] years old, the Member sent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Student 3 an electronic message which said “what’s your kill count this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- year?” and “Boooo Also, not looking horrible tonight. Go add another to your ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- count.” Student 3 didn't respond for 20 minutes and then the Member sent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Student 3 a message which said “Yo. Come teach at my school”. Attached ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “J” is a copy of the messages from the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Member to Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- The Member's interactions with Student 3 were unwelcome and made her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- By this document, the Member confirms that he does not contest the truth ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- of the facts and exhibits referred to in the paragraphs above (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- “Uncontested Facts”), and agrees, for the purpose of this proceeding only, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- that the Discipline Committee can accept the Uncontested Facts as correct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- professional misconduct and agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- accept that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Member pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf: further does not contest that the conduct described constitutes sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- (e) he understands that a summary of the Discipline Committee's ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- decision and reasons, including reference to his name, shall be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member's plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-and the submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-December 15, 2020 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-32 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[9] In the context of working on the Decision and Reasons, it became unclear to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Panel whether Student 1 met the definition of “student” at subsection 1(2) of the Act since ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-the uncontested facts indicate that the Member’s inappropriate interactions with Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-1 occurred after she graduated in June [XXX]. On December 21, 2020, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-therefore requested additional written submissions from the parties to address this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-concern. The Panel received additional, joint submissions from the parties on January 18, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-2021. Based on these written submissions and the facts set out in the parties’ Statement ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest, the Panel concluded that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-conduct in respect of Student 1 occurred when she was no longer a “student” as defined ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-in the Act. Therefore, none of the uncontested facts set out at paragraphs 7-21 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest regarding Student 1 can support ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-findings of professional misconduct under subsections 1(7), 1(7.2) and 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Regulation 437/97, which all refer to “abusing a student”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[10] Similarly, the uncontested facts related to Student 3 set out at paragraphs 30 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-31 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest refer to incidents that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-took place after Student 3 graduated from [XXX] school in June [XXX]. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-therefore does not rely on the uncontested facts at paragraphs 30 and 31 to support ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-findings of professional misconduct under subsections 1(7), 1(7.2) and 1(7.3), as these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-uncontested facts refer to a time period when Student 3 was no longer a “student” as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-defined in the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[11] Nevertheless, the parties’ clarification of their agreement following the Panel’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-December 15, 2020 findings of professional misconduct does not alter the Panel’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-decision with respect to finding. Although some of the conduct described in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-uncontested facts does not support findings under the headings of misconduct noted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-above, the uncontested facts, on the whole, provide a sufficient evidentiary basis to prove ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-the Member’s misconduct as alleged. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:Member verbally, psychologically or emotionally, and sexually abused Student 2 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Student 3, who were [XXX] under the Member’s professional supervision in the [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-and who were students at the time of certain material events. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Member verbally abused students, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, by sending electronic messages with sexual innuendo ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:and making sexual remarks to Student 2 and Student 3. For example, the Member told ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Student 2 that she had a nice body and told her that her lips were his favourite part of her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-body. The Member also sent Student 2 an electronic message that said to “go get ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[Student 3] laid […].” In electronic messages to Student 3, the Member asked what ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:lingerie Student 3 wore and told her that he had a dream about her “butt”. Making sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-comments to students or asking students intimate questions is verbally abusive. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member’s comments and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-electronic messages described above were unwelcome and made Student 2 and Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-3 feel uncomfortable. The way that the Member exploited his access to [XXX] phone ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-numbers (which were to be used in case of emergency) to send inappropriate messages ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-to these two students was also highly intrusive. The Member’s comments to Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-and Student 3 as well as the context in which his remarks were made was emotionally or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-psychologically abusive. As their supervisor at the [XXX] program, the Member abused ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-his position of authority. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:[14] The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member sexually abused Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-and Student 3, contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and engaged ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. The definition of sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:abuse in the Act includes behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-a student. The Member’s above-noted comments and electronic messages were of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:sexual nature given the parts of Student 2 and Student 3’s body that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:commented about, and the overt sexual nature of some of the comments (e.g., ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-encouraging Student 2 to “go get [Student 3] laid […]”). Accordingly, the Panel finds that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:the Member made remarks of a sexual nature that meet the definition of sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-a student under the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[15] The Panel finds that the Member’s behaviour demonstrates a serious breach of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-subsection 32.02 of the College’s Bylaws, contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Regulation 437/97, which, among other things, require members to demonstrate their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-commitment to students’ well-being and learning through positive influence and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-professional judgment (“Care”) and to demonstrate their trustworthiness by maintaining ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-professional relationships with students at all times (“Trust”). It clearly falls below the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-ethical standards of the profession for a member who is acting as a supervisor of [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:(Student 2 and Student 3) to make uncomfortable and sexually suggestive remarks to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-students. The Member’s conduct is a clear violation of appropriate and professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-boundaries with students and demonstrates a disregard for the students’ well-being. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[16] The Member’s abusive conduct also contravenes subsection 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. This provision requires that teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-exemplify the highest regard for a number of virtues including truth, justice, humanity, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-benevolence and purity. Given their unique position of trust and authority, members of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-the teaching profession must prioritize the well-being of students. By sending ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:inappropriate electronic messages and making sexual remarks to [XXX] (Student 2 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Student 3) who were under the Member’s professional supervision at an [XXX], the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Member abused his position and completely disregarded his professional duties as a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[17] The Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. While there is no precise definition of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-the terms “disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional” in the relevant legislation, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-conduct can be characterized as disgraceful when it is so serious that it brings into ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-question the moral fitness of a member and the member’s ability to discharge his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-professional duties. In this case, the Member has pled no contest to meeting the three ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-terms, including that his conduct can be characterized as disgraceful. Verbally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:psychologically or emotionally, and sexually abusing Student 2 and Student 3 clearly rises ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-to the level of a breach of subsection 1(18) and demonstrates the Member’s failure to act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-in the best interest of students. Furthermore, the Member’s unwelcome behaviour toward ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[XXX] (Student 1 and Student 3, once she was no longer a student), which included ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:inappropriate sexual comments and text messages and unwelcome touching of Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-1, also demonstrate the Member’s failure to maintain appropriate and professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-boundaries with his subordinates. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[18] Finally, the Member’s conduct is unbecoming a member contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-diminished when teachers abuse their privileged position by verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:emotionally, and sexually abusing students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[19] In an oral decision rendered on December 15, 2020, the Panel made the following ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[20] The College presented a Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3) to the Panel. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Member, having read the College’s Submission on Penalty, being apprised of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-applicable provisions in the Act, and having received legal advice, took no position as to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-penalty. The Panel therefore considered the penalty phase of the hearing to be technically ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-contested (although unopposed), since the parties did not present a joint submission on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[21] The Panel accepts the College’s submission that the mandatory penalty provisions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-at section 30.2 of the Act apply in this case, given that the Member was found to have ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:engaged in the sexual abuse of students. The Member’s professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf:consisted of or included the sexual abuse of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-an order: (1) requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-the Registrar to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-Panel makes both of these orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. In ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-relation to the form of the reprimand, the Panel accepts College Counsel’s submission ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-and finds that a written reprimand is appropriate in this case. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-[22] The Panel recognizes that, pursuant to subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, it may also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-order costs or a fine under subsection 30(5) of the Act and that the Panel is not as limited ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-to ordering the penalty sought by the College given that the parties did not present a joint ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-submission on penalty. However, it is reasonable not to make these additional orders in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-light of the Member’s plea of no contest and given that the College did not specifically ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf-seek costs or a fine against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 121 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-[5] Counsel for the College presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- Hippolyte Kamdem Wabo is a member of the College. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil des écoles ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (the “Board”) as a short-term occasional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- On April 21, 2016, the Member was working at École [XXX] (the “School”), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- in [XXX], Ontario. He was teaching a Grade [XXX] and [XXX] class as an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- occasional teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf: On April 21, 2016, a student in the Member’s class was sexually assaulted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- by a group of students. The incident took place in the classroom, while the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- Member was present. A group of students chanted, “Rape her, rape her!” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf: and touched the student sexually. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- During the incident, the student attempted to get the Member’s attention ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- and asked permission to leave the classroom to go to the washroom or get ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- a drink of water. The Member would not allow the student to leave the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- classroom. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- The Member’s classroom was noisy, and the students were walking around ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- in it. The Member failed to intervene in the incident that was taking place in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- his classroom. The Member failed to contact the School Principal to seek ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- assistance in managing the class. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- The Member was responsible for ensuring the safety of all the students in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- his charge. He neglected his duty to ensure the safety of the students in his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- care and his supervisory obligation to a very serious extent. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- should have intervened in the incident described in paragraphs 5 and 6, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- should have contacted the Principal to obtain assistance. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- Following the incident, a number of students were disciplined. The victim of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf: the sexual assault experienced severe emotional and psychological ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 121 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- repercussions. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- On April 28, 2016, the Board filed a recommendation for dismissal and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- terminated the Member’s employment. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- Appendix “B” is a copy of the recommendation for dismissal, which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- approved. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(11), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- misconduct against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- including his name, shall be published in Professionally ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- Speaking/Pour parler profession, the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and Counsel for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-safety of the students in his charge, intervened during the incident in which a student was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf:sexually assaulted by a group of students in his classroom, and sought assistance from ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-and reported this serious incident to the Principal. The Panel accepts the submission of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 121 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-College Counsel that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-gives considerable weight to the Member’s admission of the contraventions. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-[9] The Member failed to supervise adequately a person who is under the professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-supervision of the member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-While he was teaching a Grade [XXX] and [XXX] class as an occasional teacher, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf:Member failed to prevent the students in his class from sexually assaulting a classmate. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-The incidents had severe emotional and psychological repercussions for a student under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-the Member’s professional supervision. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-[10] The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). Subsection 264(1)(e) requires teachers to maintain ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-proper order and discipline in their classroom, which the Member failed to do. His ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-classroom was noisy, and the students were walking around in it while he was teaching. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-The Member’s poor classroom management resulted in serious incidents – a young ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-student was physically and verbally assaulted – which contravenes his duties as a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-[11] The Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). He failed to supervise his class, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf:intervene when a student was being sexually assaulted by her classmates or report the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-College of Teachers v. Black, 2020 ONOCT 152 and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-Kaiser, 2021 ONOCT 18. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-[15] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 121 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-provided. The aggravating factor in the Member’s case is that the Member’s profoundly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf:deficient classroom management and supervision allowed a sexual assault to occur in his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-class, as a result of which a student experienced severe psychological repercussions. In ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-terms of mitigating factors, the Member acknowledged his professional misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-saving the time and expense of a contested hearing. Furthermore, he has not been the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-subject of discipline proceedings in the past. After weighing these factors, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-accepts that the penalty proposed by the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-[16] The Panel finds that the Member’s seriously inappropriate conduct warrants a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-reprimand. Because of the Member’s profoundly deficient classroom management and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-supervision, he failed to prevent serious and avoidable harm to a student. The reprimand ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-[17] Given the seriousness of the Member’s conduct, the Panel finds that a five-month ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the prior cases presented are factually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-distinct in some ways from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-similar underlying nature and confirms that a suspension of the Member’s certificate is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-warranted. The suspension will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession, making it clear that this kind of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf-misconduct is unacceptable. In accordance with the parties’ Joint Submission on Penalty, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct121.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on November ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-3, 2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 123 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-[2] Shae Erin Hallman (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-representation attend on her behalf. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-[4] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated October 22, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-2019 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Shae Erin Hallman is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf: (c) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf: (d) she engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Act, or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- and specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14);2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 123 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- (f) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- (g) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- (h) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Shae Erin Hallman is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Thames Valley ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- In or around the academic year 2017-2018, Student 1 was a Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- male student in the Member’s Grade [XXX] class at the School. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- was considered by the Principal to be a student at risk and vulnerable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Prior to the 2017-2018 academic year, the Member had coached Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- in sports programs at the School, including [XXX] and [XXX]. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- had also taught Student 1’s[XXX]. Student 1 was friends [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-During the 2017-2018 academic year, the Member developed a personal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-relationship with Student 1, raising boundary issues. This included the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-following activities: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-(a) driving Student 1 alone in the Member’s vehicle to and from school, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- on several occasions; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 123 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-(b) allowing Student 1 to attend sleepovers [XXX] at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- home, which he did on more than one occasion; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-(c) taking Student 1 to events outside of school [XXX], including a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- game. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-During the 2017-2018 academic year, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-inappropriate personal relationship with Student [sic], which included the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-(a) hugging Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-(b) frequently communicating with Student 1 through text messaging, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- social media, phone calls, and FaceTime; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-(c) on multiple occasions, telling Student 1 that she loved him. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-In January 2018, the Member spoke with her Principal about Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-expressed concerns that Student 1 had “creeped” her on Facebook. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Principal called Student 1’s mother while the Member was present. Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-1’s mother expressed that she felt that Student 1 had a crush on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Member. Following the call, the Principal told the Member that this was this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-was [sic] even more of a reason to not engage in anything extra with Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-1. The Principal told the Member to let her know if she required more ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-support. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-In March 2018, the Member advised her Principal that her [XXX] had taken ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Student 1 to a [XXX] game and that she was driving Student 1 to and from ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-school. The Principal reiterated to the Member how important it was for her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-to keep her distance from Student 1 and that things can quickly spiral out of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-control in a small community. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Despite the advice and direction she received from her Principal, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Member continued to engage in the conduct with Student 1 as described in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-paragraphs 5 and 6. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-The Member engaged in frequent electronic communications with Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-1 and continued to do so even after her discussion with the Principal in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-March 2018. The communications exchanged between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Student 1 after March 2018 included the following text messages of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:sexualized nature: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- employment. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Board’s September 28, 2018 letter to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- The Member is no longer teaching and does not intend to return to a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- teaching position. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 123 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against her being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf: Uncontested Facts constitute sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, she ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- is waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- against her and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- (d) she understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- (e) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- including her name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- (f) she understands that any agreement between counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- College and herself with respect to the penalty proposed does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- (g) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 123 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and the circumstances, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (d) and (e) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act and that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-contravened subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw subsection 1(14) was being ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-sought because it would be duplicative in this case to proceed under both subsections ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-1(5) and 1(14), and the College is seeking a finding under subsection 1(5) only. College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:Counsel further submitted that the behaviour in this case is best characterized as “sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:abuse”, and not “sexual misconduct” and, as such, the College is not requesting that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:Panel make a finding of “sexual misconduct”. The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on November 3, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-2021 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:1(19). The Panel also finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 123 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-13 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with and sent sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-messages to Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-include, among other things, the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Panel finds that the Member breached these ethical standards, and in particular, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-ethical standards of “Respect” and “Trust”. The ethical standard of “Respect” requires ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-members to honour human dignity and emotional wellness of their students and others. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-The ethical standard of “Trust” provides that “Members’ professional relationships with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-students and parents are based on trust”. The Member repeatedly abused her trusted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-position as a teacher through her inappropriate relationship with Student 1. She frequently ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-communicated with Student 1, told him that she loved him, and alluded to inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-behaviours such as showering with him. The Member continued to have these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-inappropriate communications even after being told to keep her distance from Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-by her principal. By violating appropriate professional boundaries with Student 1, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Member showed a complete disregard for his emotional wellness and created a negative ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-learning environment for him. Furthermore, the Member breached the trust placed in her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-by her principal and by Student 1’s parents. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 123 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-that evidence from Student 1 regarding the effect of the Member’s conduct is not required ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-to prove that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused him. It can be inferred ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:that by sending sexualized messages and entering into an inappropriate relationship with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Student 1, the Member’s actions had the potential to adversely affect his emotional well- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-being since he was young and vulnerable. The Panel accepts these submissions and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-places significant weight on the fact that the Member has pleaded no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-allegation of psychological or emotional abuse. Given the power dynamic that existed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-between the Member and Student 1, it was psychologically or emotionally abusive for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Member to engage in an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:[11] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:definition of “sexual abuse” at section 1 of the Act includes behaviour or remarks of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:sexual nature by a member towards a student. The Member’s communications with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:Student 1 are self-evidently of a sexual nature, as they allude to showering together and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-to Student 1 cleaning up water from the Member’s bra. This behaviour meets the definition ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:of sexual abuse under the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-[12] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Among other things, this provision requires teachers to demonstrate the highest regard ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-for a number of virtues and to serve as positive role models. The Member abused her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-position of trust and authority by having an inappropriate personal relationship with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 123 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:Student 1, growing close to him, and exchanging messages of a sexual nature with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-student. By engaging in this conduct the Member demonstrated a fundamental breach of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-her duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-[13] The Member breached subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional for the Member to foster an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:personal relationship with Student 1 that included communications of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-The Member’s conduct was not a momentary lapse of judgment since it persisted for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-duration of an academic year. Members of the teaching profession are expected to be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-upstanding members of society, to safeguard the well-being of students and to maintain ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-professional boundaries with students at all times. The Member failed to meet these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-expectations. The teaching profession does not tolerate such abhorrent conduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-[14] The Member’s conduct, as described above, is also unbecoming a member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. This conduct undermines the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-reputation of the teaching profession and violates the trust that parents, students and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-public place in teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-[15] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on November 3, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 123 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, or by videoconference, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:[16] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-orders and notes that these mandatory penalty provisions apply retrospectively in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-case pursuant to section 63.2 of the Act.3 The Panel recognizes that it may also order ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it reasonable not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-to make these additional orders in light of the Member’s plea of no contest and joint ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-3 Although this mandatory penalty provision for the kind of misconduct exhibited by the Member (i.e., ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:communications of a sexual nature) was not in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-1 (i.e. during the 2017-2018 academic year), section 63.2 of the Act provides that the mandatory penalty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:provisions at section 30.2 of the Act (which apply to all forms of sexual abuse, including behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature) apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse occurred before April 3, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-and no order has been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. These conditions are met in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-this case and the Panel must therefore apply the mandatory penalty provisions set out at section 30.2 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct123.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Peters 2021 ONOCT 127 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Date: 2021-11-04 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 127 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Jeffrey Lawrence Peters, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- JEFFREY LAWRENCE PETERS (REGISTRATION #437588) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-PANEL: Wanda Percival, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Rachelle Coleman ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Yasser Leheta, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-HEARD: November 1, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Jean-François Schaan, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-No one appearing for Jeffrey Lawrence Peters ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-By order of the Superior Court of Justice, information contained in the transcript ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- of the Proceedings at Guilty Plea (dated May 10, 2021) cannot be published, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- broadcast or transmitted pursuant to the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on November ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-1, 2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 127 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[2] Jeffrey Lawrence Peters (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-have legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-entered the Affidavit of Kelly Reeves, sworn on October 26, 2021 (Exhibit 2), to show that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-the Member granted two individuals limited power of attorney to sign the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3) and the Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-(Exhibit 4) on his behalf as he is currently incarcerated. In this affidavit, Ms. Reeves, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Professional Conduct Coordinator at the Ontario College of Teachers, shows that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Member was consulted regarding his admission and provides authority for the appointed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-individuals to execute documents on the Member’s behalf. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, Student 2, Student 3 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:Student 4, who were allegedly sexually abused, or the subjects of sexual misconduct or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:a prohibited act involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-identities of, or any information that could disclose the identities of Student 1, Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Student 3 and Student 4. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 127 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[5] The Panel also received a certified copy of the transcript (dated May 10, 2021) of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-the Proceedings at Guilty Plea from the Member’s criminal proceedings before Justice B. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Abrams (Exhibit 3 at Appendix C). In these proceedings, which were heard on April 29, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-2021 before the Superior Court of Justice, an order restricting publication was made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-pursuant to the Criminal Code of Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-ban. Accordingly, information contained in the transcript of the Proceedings at Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-(dated May 10, 2021) cannot be published, broadcast or transmitted pursuant to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 22, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Jeffrey Lawrence Peters is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 127 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 3), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Jeffrey Lawrence Peters is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- whose Certificate of Qualification and Registration is currently suspended ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- for non-payment of fees. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Catholic District ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- School Board of Eastern Ontario (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- At all material times, Student 1, Student 2, Student 3 and Student 4 were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- female students of the Board. The Member taught Student 1 and Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Between September 1, 2013, and July 23, 2016, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf: an inappropriate personal and a sexual relationship with Student 1. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf: relationship involved hugging, kissing, digital penetration, oral sex and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Between September 1, 2012, and June 5, 2014, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with Student 2. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:relationship involved kissing, exchanges of sexual messages through email, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-and Student 2 showing a topless photo of herself to the Member at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Member’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 127 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-On or about November 7, 2019, the Member was charged with: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:(a) two counts of sexual assault contrary to section 271 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Code (Canada) (the “Criminal Code”), in relation to Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:(b) two counts of sexual exploitation contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Criminal Code, in relation to Student 1 and Student 2; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:(c) two counts of sexual exploitation contrary to section 153(1)(b) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Criminal Code, in relation to Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-On or about November 26, 2019, the Member was charged with one count ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:of sexual assault contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code and one count ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:of sexual exploitation contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code, in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-relation to Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-On or about December 11, 2019, the Member was charged with one count ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:of sexual assault contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code and one count ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:of sexual exploitation contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code, in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-relation to Student 4. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-On January 9, 2020, the Board terminated the Member’s employment. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-On April 29, 2021, the Member pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:(a) one count of sexual assault contrary to section 271 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Code, in relation to Student 1; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:(b) one count of sexual exploitation contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Criminal Code, in relation to Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-The remaining charges against the Member were withdrawn at the request ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-On April 29, 2021, the Member was sentenced to a three-and-half year ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-custodial sentence and was made subject to various ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-The Member did not appeal his convictions or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified true copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- court documents pertaining to this matter, including the indictment and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- matter’s disposition. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Proceedings at Guilty Plea and Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 127 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Justice Abrams of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, dated May 10, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2021. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-15 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the conduct set out at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 4 to 6, 10 and 14 to 15 of the Admitted Facts constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf: The Member further acknowledges that his conduct constitutes sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- abuse of a student as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and having had the opportunity ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 127 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on November 1, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-2021 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1)1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and appendices referred to in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-paragraphs 1 to 16 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-accepts that the Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:of misconduct set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-abused Student 1 and Student 2. In relation to Student 1, the Member was convicted of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:sexual assault, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. In relation to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:Student 2, the Member was convicted of sexual exploitation, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-1 This section of the Act was in force at the time of the Member’s conduct in relation to Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Student 2 but was repealed on December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member sexually assaulted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:Student 1 and sexually exploited Student 2. Sexual assault and sexual exploitation of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 127 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-students are egregious breaches of the standards of the profession. Conduct of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-nature is so notorious and evident that expert evidence is not required to prove a breach ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-of professional standards. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member physically, psychologically or emotionally, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:sexually abused Student 1 and Student 2, contrary to subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2) and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/947. The Member taught Student 1 from Grade [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-between 2013 and 2016. He also had interactions with Student 1 on a regular basis ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:outside the school, because she [XXX]. The Member made physical and sexual contact ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-with Student 1 in 2016. The contact involved hugging and kissing at first and escalated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-after that. In the Spring of 2016 during Student 1’s Grade [XXX] year, the Member digitally ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:penetrated Student 1 as well as had oral sex and sexual intercourse with her (Exhibit 3, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Appendix C at pages 3-5 of the Proceedings at Guilty Plea). The Member also taught ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:Student 2. Between 2012 and 2014, the Member shared sexual email messages with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Student 2 at school. He asked her to send him pictures that she “would show her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-boyfriend” and Student 2 sent him a topless picture of herself. He kissed Student 2 on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-neck and lips after class and another time kissed her in class after a final exam (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-3, Appendix C at pages 5-6 of the Proceedings at Guilty Plea). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[12] In her victim impact statement, Student 1 described that after the Member made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:sexual contact with her, she would cry on the way home. Student 1 described how being ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:sexually groomed, emotionally manipulated and sexually assaulted caused significant ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-harm to her well-being during some of her most formative years. The trauma of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-events continues to spill over into every aspect of her adult life (Exhibit 3, Appendix C, at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-pages 11 to 15 of the Proceedings at Guilty Plea). Student 2 indicated in her victim impact ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 127 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-statement that at the time, she believed that the Member was her boyfriend. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Member’s behaviour toward her has also had a harmful and lasting emotional impact. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Student 2 described that her ability to share intimacy in her personal relationships, to trust ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-others, as well as her [XXX] have been destroyed by the Member’s actions (Exhibit 3, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Appendix C at page 30 of the Proceedings at Guilty Plea). The Panel therefore finds that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-these facts clearly demonstrate that the Member’s conduct constituted physical, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:psychological or emotional, and sexual abuse of students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:[13] The Member similarly engaged in sexual abuse of students as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-1 and section 40(1.1) of the version of the Act in force at the time of the Member’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:The definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act included: (a) sexual intercourse or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:other forms of physical sexual relations between the member and the student; (b) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member; and (c) behaviour or remarks ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:of a sexual nature by the member towards the student. Section 40(1.1) of the Act provided ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:that sexual abuse was deemed to be “professional misconduct”, where Council made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-regulations defining “professional misconduct” for the purposes of the Act. The facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-demonstrate that, at all material times, Student 1 and Student 2 were students of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Board and they were taught by the Member. Further, the Member engaged in all three ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:categories of sexual abuse as defined in the Act. The Panel therefore finds that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:Member’s conduct clearly constitutes sexual abuse of students as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-and section 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[14] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Among other things, this provision requires teachers to demonstrate virtuous and ethical ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 127 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-conduct and to serve as positive role models. The Member’s immoral and despicable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-conduct as described above caused significant harm to Student 1 and Student 2 during ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-their formative years as teenagers and continues to affect them as adults. By abusing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:students physically, psychologically or emotionally, and sexually, the Member took ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-advantage of his privileged position as a teacher in a way that is completely at odds with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-the fundamental duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:[15] The Panel finds that the Member’s criminal convictions for sexual assault, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:to section 271 of the Criminal Code (related to Student 1), and for sexual exploitation, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (related Student 2), demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-he contravened laws relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Registration and which has caused students under the Members supervision to be put at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-risk, contrary to subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:and sexual exploitation of students are very serious crimes. The Member’s predatory ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:sexual behaviour demonstrates that he is not suited to hold the unique position of trust ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-and authority as a teacher. By contravening laws so fundamental to student safety, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Member put both Student 1 and Student 2 at risk. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[16] The Member breached subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional for the Member to commit sexual assault ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:and to sexually exploit students. The teaching profession does not tolerate the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-abuse of students. The Member had a responsibility to prioritize the physical and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-emotional safety of students. The Member’s actions had a profoundly negative impact on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-these students’ psychological and emotional well-being, which carried forward into their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-adult lives, including by causing them to feel perpetually unsafe. The impact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 127 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Member’s actions also extended to family members and to the community, as described ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-in the victim impact statements of Student 1’s [XXX] and [XXX] (Exhibit 3 at Appendix C ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-at pages 20-32 of the Proceedings at Guilty Plea). The Member’s egregious conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-demonstrates significant moral and professional failings, and his behaviour was clearly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[17] The Member’s egregious conduct, which led to criminal convictions as described ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-above is also unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is severely compromised when ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-members of the profession, who are entrusted to keep students safe from harm, commit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:sexual offences against them. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[18] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on November 1, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, in writing, and that the fact ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:[19] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-of students as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 127 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-orders and notes that these mandatory penalty provisions apply retrospectively in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-case pursuant to section 63.2 of the Act.2 The Panel notes that it has no discretion in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-regard. With respect to the form of the reprimand, the Panel finds that a written reprimand ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-is appropriate in the circumstances, given the parties’ joint submission and the fact that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-the Member is incarcerated. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-[20] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it reasonable not to make these additional orders in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-light of the Member’s participation in the discipline process as well as his guilty plea and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-the parties’ joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:2 Although this mandatory penalty provision was not in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2 (i.e. between September 1, 2013 and July 23, 2016, and September 1, 2012 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-June 5, 2014, respectively) section 63.2 of the Act provides that the mandatory penalty provisions at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf:section 30.2 of the Act apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse occurred before April 3, 2019 and no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-order has been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. These conditions are met in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-case and the Panel must therefore apply the mandatory penalty provisions set out at section 30.2 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct127.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (b) he failed to comply with the Act, or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- and specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 120 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Peter John Elken is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- At all material times, Colleague 1, Colleague 2, Colleague 3, and Colleague ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 4 were female teachers at the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Sexual Harassment of Colleague 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf: During the 2016-2017 academic year, the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- harassment of Colleague 1 when: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (a) he made inappropriate comments to Colleague 1 commenting on her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- body and/or appearance, including: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (i) “that looks hot on you”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (ii) “you wear those jeans well”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (iii) “it’s a good thing there are people around”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (b) he touched Colleague 1 without her consent, including rubbing her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- arms, shoulders and back; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (c) he hugged Colleague 1 on one occasion, without her consent and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- for a duration that made her uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 120 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- The Member’s behaviour made Colleague 1 uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-Sexual Harassment of Colleague 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf: During the 2016-2017 academic year, the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- harassment of Colleague 2 when: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (a) on one occasion while the Member and Colleague 2 were in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- hallway at the School, the Member said, “hey hotness” to Colleague ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 2; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (b) on another occasion, the Member rubbed Colleague 2’s arm without ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- her consent and told her she was “hot”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- The Member’s behaviour made Colleague 2 uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-Sexual Harassment of Colleague 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf: During the 2016-2017 academic year, the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- harassment of Colleague 3 when he made comments to Colleague 3 that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- made her uncomfortable, including when he told Colleague 3, “you are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- wearing my favourite jeans”, or words to that effect. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-Sexual Harassment of Colleague 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf: Between 2013-2017, the Member engaged in sexual harassment of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Colleague 4 when he touched Colleague 4 without her consent, including ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- when he rubbed her arms, shoulders and back. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- The Member’s behaviour made Colleague 4 uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-The Board’s Investigation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- The Board’s Human Rights Office investigated the Member’s conduct and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf: concluded that the Member engaged in unwanted sexualized banter and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- advances within the workplace, and that he should have known that his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- comments and actions were unwelcome and amounted to workplace ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- harassment. The Board suspended the Member for five days, transferred ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- the Member to a new school, and required the Member to review a number ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- of Board policies. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- the Board’s letter to the Member dated April 13, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 120 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College Counsel stated that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-the Panel’s permission to withdraw subsection 1(5) was being sought because it would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-be duplicative in this case to proceed under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14), and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-College is seeking a finding under subsection 1(14) only. The Panel granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on November 3, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-2021 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-11 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf:Member engaged in sexual harassment of his colleagues on multiple occasions. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-the by-laws, contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-harassing colleagues is a clear breach of the Ethical Standards for the teaching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 120 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-profession, codified in section 32 of the College Bylaws. In particular, the Panel finds that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-the Member’s misconduct was contrary to the standard of “Respect”, which imparts on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-members the responsibility to honour human dignity and emotional wellness in their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-professional practice. The Member failed to comply with the standard of “Respect” by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-making inappropriate comments about his colleagues’ clothing, appearance, and bodies. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-The Member further showed complete disrespect towards his colleagues’ dignity and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-bodily autonomy by touching them without their consent. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-[10] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-Members have a duty to inculcate by precept and example the highest regard for several ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-virtues including morality and humanity. The Member’s inappropriate and degrading ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-comments to his colleagues were contrary to this duty and contrary to his obligations as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-[11] The Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members are expected to act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-professionally by maintaining a safe and collegial work environment. The Member failed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-to do so by his misconduct. The Member acted disgracefully, dishonourably and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf:unprofessionally by making sexually charged comments to his colleagues and touching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-them without their consent. This was completely unacceptable behaviour toward his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-colleagues and placed his colleagues in a very difficult and uncomfortable position. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-[12] Similarly, the Member’s conduct is unbecoming a member contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is eroded ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-when members act inappropriately in the school community, which in this case involved ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 120 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf:the Member’s sexual harassment of his colleagues. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-[13] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on November 3, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- reprimand shall be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- The Registrar is directed to suspend the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Registration of the Member for a period of three (3) months commencing on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- the 15th calendar day following the date of the Decision and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Discipline Committee relating to this matter. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- The Registrar is directed to impose the following terms, conditions, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- limitations on the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (a) within 120 days of the date of the Order of the Discipline Committee, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- the Member shall enrol in and successfully complete at his own ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- expense, a course of instruction pre-approved by the Registrar ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf: regarding boundary violations and sexual harassment in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- workplace subject to the following conditions: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (i) the Member will provide to a course practitioner approved by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- the Registrar, a copy of Statement of Uncontested Facts and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- documents made exhibits at the hearing of this matter, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- the Decision and Reasons of the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- (ii) upon review of the documents noted at paragraph (i) above, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- the course practitioner will provide to the Registrar, for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- approval, a syllabus for the proposed course which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf:misconduct and the large number of victims of the Member’s sexual harassment. In terms ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-of mitigating factors, the Member did not contest his misconduct, saving the time and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-expense of a contested hearing and he has not been the subject of discipline proceedings ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 120 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-in the past. After weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-[16] The Panel finds that the Member’s pattern of inappropriate conduct towards his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-colleagues warrants a reprimand. Members are expected to maintain professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-boundaries with their colleagues, which the Member failed to do by his misconduct. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-[17] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s misconduct, the Panel finds that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-three-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While some of the cases ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-presented are factually distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-is of a similar underlying nature and the cases confirm that a three-month suspension is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-justified. The suspension will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession, making clear that the kind of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-the Member exhibited is unacceptable. In accordance with the parties’ joint submission, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-the Member’s suspension will begin on November 18, 2021, which is 15 days after the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-Panel’s Decision and Order. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the course of instruction regarding boundary violations and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf:sexual harassment in the workplace will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf-coursework will remind the Member of his obligations as a teacher and will help him to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct120.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Salhani 2021 ONOCT 132 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Date: 2021-11-15 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Hassib Reda Salhani, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- HASSIB REDA SALHANI (REGISTRATION #622717) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-PANEL: Marlène Marwah, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Myrna Tulandi ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Hanno Weinberger, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-HEARD: November 12, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Nicholas Fitz, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Hassib Reda Salhani, self-represented ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on November ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-12, 2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-[2] Hassib Reda Salhani (the “Member”) attended the hearing and did not have legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated April 23, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Hassib Reda Salhani is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Hassib Reda Salhani is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Attached as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Ottawa-Carleton ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as an Occasional Teacher at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- School (the “School”) in Ottawa, Ontario. In early February 2019, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Member had recently completed a Long Term Occasional teaching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- assignment at the School, and was working as a daily occasional teacher ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- at the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old female student in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Grade [XXX] at the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- In early February 2019, the Member initiated contact with Student 1 through ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- social media. Over the course of approximately three days, the Member and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Student 1 exchanged electronic messages of a personal nature, over ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Instagram and Snapchat, in the evenings and on the weekend. Some of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf: Member’s communications to Student 1 included remarks of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- nature. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” are copies of some of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- the messages the Member sent to Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- As their communications over social media became more frequent, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Member told Student 1 that she was attractive, asked Student 1 not to tell ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- anyone about their communications, and invited Student 1 to meet with him ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- in-person outside of School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- The Member’s communications with Student 1 made Student 1 feel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- uncomfortable and she reported the communications to the School ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- administration. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- The Board met with the Member on February 19, 2019, at which time the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Member acknowledged his conduct was inappropriate. He disclosed that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- his conduct was the result of a “major lapse of judgment” which occurred at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- a time when he was facing significant personal issues in his life. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Member produced a medical note from a physician dated February 22, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 2019, confirming same. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 – 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 1(15), 1(18), 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf: Uncontested Facts constitute sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and having had the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-and the submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-November 12, 2021, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Member engaged in inappropriate electronic communications with Student 1, including ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature toward Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-[9] The Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member’s inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-communications had a detrimental effect on Student 1’s psychological or emotional well ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-being and made her feel uncomfortable. It was psychologically or emotionally abusive for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-the Member to repeatedly fail to maintain appropriate boundaries with Student 1 by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:sending her communications that included sexual remarks, and to ask her to keep their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-communications a secret. The Member abused his position of trust and authority by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-putting Student 1 in an uncomfortable position. Teachers must ensure student safety, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-which requires them to ensure that their interactions with students are professional, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-whether they are inside or outside the classroom. The Member failed to create a safe ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:space for Student 1 by sending her sexually suggestive communications over social ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-media. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:[10] The Member abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:Act. Sexual abuse, as defined in the Act, includes behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-by a member towards a student, including communication made by electronic means.1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-The Panel finds that the following electronic communications made by the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:towards Student 1 were sexual in nature and therefore constitute sexual abuse as defined ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-in the Act: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-  “I like to be touched by certain people. You know some people have ‘that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- touch’”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-  ”You’d be distracted by the wrong balls”; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-  “I’d be checking out your booty all the time” (Exhibit 2 at Exhibit B). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-In making this finding, the Panel also placed considerable weight on the fact that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:Member did not contest that the messages to Student 1 were sexual in nature. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-[11] The Member contravened subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-to comply with section 32 of the College by-laws, which codify the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:profession. The Member’s actions of sending electronic communications of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-nature to Student 1, asking her to conceal those communications, and inviting her to meet ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-him outside of school, clearly did not comply with the Ethical Standards of the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Profession. The ethical standard of “Care” requires members to, among other things, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-demonstrate a commitment to students’ well being through positive influence and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-professional judgment. The ethical standard of “Respect” requires members to honour ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-human dignity and emotional wellness, as well as to promote cognitive development. As ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-a teacher, the Member is also required to abide by the ethical standard of “Trust” and to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-demonstrate honesty and moral action, in accordance with the ethical standard of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:1 Subsection 1(7) of the Act states, “For greater certainty, for the purposes of the definitions of “sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:abuse” and “sexual misconduct” in subsection (1), behaviour, remarks and conduct include acts or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-remarks that are done or made by electronic means.” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-“Integrity”. The Member acted immorally and showed a lack of professional judgment, as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-well as a complete disregard for Student 1’s dignity, wellness, or development, when he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:engaged in sexual communications with her. The Member abused the trust that students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-and the public placed in him to be a positive influence and act with honesty and integrity. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Rather than maintaining professional boundaries, the Member crossed them and then ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-invited Student 1 to do the same, suggesting that she be complicit and secretive about ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-their communications, and suggesting that they meet in person outside of school. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Member’s conduct was antithetical to the ethical standards required of members of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-[12] The Member failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, thereby ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-contravening subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Subsection 264(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Education Act requires teachers to, among other things, serve as positive role models ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-and exemplify moral virtues. It was abhorrent and morally repugnant for the Member to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:have sent Student 1 remarks of a sexual nature, to invite her to meet him outside of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-School, and to encourage secrecy on the part of Student 1 about his inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-communications with her. The Member failed to model appropriate behaviour as required ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-by his professional duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-[13] The Member’s conduct as described in the Uncontested Facts were acts that were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-clearly disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(18). Members of the teaching profession are expected to be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-upstanding members of society, to model good behaviour and values, and to safeguard ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-the well being and development of students. The Member did the opposite by engaging ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:in electronic communications of a sexual nature with Student 1. The teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:does not tolerate sexual abuse of students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-[14] The Member’s actions were also unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 132 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). Teachers hold a unique position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-authority. The public’s confidence in the profession is eroded when teachers send ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:students electronic communications of a sexual nature. The Member’s misconduct was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-an abuse of power and degraded the reputation of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-[15] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on November 12, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf:[16] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct132.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Colangelo 2021 ONOCT 130 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Date: 2021-11-04 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 130 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Stephanie Nadia Colangelo, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- STEPHANIE NADIA COLANGELO (REGISTRATION #467929) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-PANEL: Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Rachelle Coleman ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Stéphane Vallée, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-HEARD: October 25, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-Zirka Jakibchuk, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-James Melnick, for Stephanie Nadia Colangelo ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- By order of Justice of the Peace R. Whalen of the Ontario Court of Justice, there ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- is also a publication ban on any information that could identify a victim or a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- witness in this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on October 25, 2021, in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 130 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [2] Stephanie Nadia Colangelo (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- at the request of College Counsel for Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3, who were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- any information that could disclose the identities of Student 1, Student 2, or Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [5] The Panel also received a certified copy of the transcript of the Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Judgment from the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice F. O’Donnell dated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- November 24, 2020 (Exhibit 2 at Appendix E), which indicated that Justice of the Peace ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- R. Whalen of the Ontario Court of Justice made an order on June 22, 2018, restricting ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- publication pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada (the “Code”). The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, any information that could ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- identify a victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not be published in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 130 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated July 12, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Stephanie Nadia Colangelo is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (b) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: (c) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (e) she contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (f) she contrived [sic] a law, the contravention of which of has caused ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- or may have caused a student who is under the member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (g) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (h) she engaged in conduct unbecoming of a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 130 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), amended orally on the record, which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Stephanie Nadia Colangelo is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (the “College”). Her membership status with the College has been ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ‘Suspended – Non-Payment of Fees’ since April 17, 2019. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Member’s Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Information with the College. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Niagara Catholic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- “School”) in St. Catharines, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- At all material times, Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3 were male Grade ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [XXX] students, between the ages of [XXX] and [XXX], at the School. They ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- were all previously taught by the Member at the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Between on or about June 15, 2018 and on or about June 17, 2018, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: Member engaged in inappropriate online activities of a sexual nature with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- students from the School, including Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- These activities included, but were not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: (a) sending electronic messages of a sexual nature to the students, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- including Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3, some of which inferred ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: sexual activity; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: (b) sending sexualized photos and videos of herself to the students, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- including Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3, some of which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- contained nudity; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (c) suggesting that the students, including Student 1 and Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- send her provocative photos of themselves; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (d) suggesting to the students, including Student 1 and Student 2, that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- she would pick up any students who were interested so that they ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: could engage in sexual activity, including sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- On or about June 21, 2018, the Member was criminally charged with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- following offences: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:(a) luring a child to make child pornography, in respect of Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Student 3, contrary to section 172.1(2) of the Code; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:(b) luring a child to commit sexual exploitation, in respect of Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Student 2 and Student 3, contrary to section 172.1(2) of the Code; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 130 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:(c) making available sexually explicit material to a person under 18, in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- respect of Student 1 and Student 3, contrary to section 171.1(2) of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- the Code. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-On or about June 27, 2018, the Member resigned from her employment with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-the Board. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-On or about July 9, 2018, Family and Children’s Services Niagara (“FACS”) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:verified that the Member engaged in “inappropriate online sexual activities ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-with students from [the School]”. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-“B” is a copy of the letter dated July 9, 2018 from FACS to the Board to this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-effect. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-On or about November 24, 2020, the Member pled guilty to the charge of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:luring a child to commit sexual exploitation, in respect of Student 1, Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-2 and Student 3, contrary to section 172.1(2) of the Code. The remaining ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-charges were withdrawn at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-On the same date, the Member received a conditional sentence of two years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-less a day, with the first ten months to be served in the Member’s home. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-The Member was also placed on probation for one year and made subject ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-to various ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-The Member did not appeal her conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-Court Information sworn June 22, 2018, appearances/adjournments and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-the disposition in the criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-Adult Conditional Sentence Order and the Adult Probation Order, dated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-November 24, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-transcript of the Proceedings at Trial (Guilty Plea, Reasons for Judgment, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-and Reasons for Sentence) before the Honourable Justice F. O’Donnell, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-dated November 24, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-13 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 130 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 4, 5 and 7 to 13 above constitute conduct that is professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against her, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: acknowledges that she engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- as defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Member further acknowledges that the conviction for child luring constitutes ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: a prescribed sexual act as defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Teachers Act, 1996.1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- By signing this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (c) she understands that she is pleading guilty to the allegations, and is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (d) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- including her name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between her and the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- with respect to the penalty does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- counsel or with the opportunity to have obtained the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:1 This acknowledgment that the Member’s conviction for child luring constitutes a prescribed sexual act as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-defined in the Act was added on consent by the parties orally on the record during the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- College and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 130 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [8] Having considered the amended Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on October 25, 2021, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- to 13 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in online ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: sexual communications with students from her School. The Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- and Guilty Plea along with the transcript (which is an exhibit to the Agreed Statement of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Facts) demonstrates that the Member also pled guilty to and was found guilty of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: criminal offence of luring a child to commit sexual exploitation contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 172.1(2) of the Code2, in respect of Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-2 The transcript from the criminal process demonstrates that the Member pled guilty to communicating by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-telecommunication with Students 1,2 and 3, who were or were believed to be under the age of 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence under subsection 153(1) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-with respect to those persons contrary to section 172.1(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [10] During the hearing and in the Agreed Statement of Facts, the Member also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: acknowledged that her conviction of child luring would constitute a “prescribed sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- act” which is one of the types of professional misconduct listed in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 130 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- The Notice of Hearing did not include an allegation that the Member was guilty of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: professional misconduct for having engaged in a prescribed sexual act. As advised by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Independent Legal Counsel, the Panel’s jurisdiction to make findings is generally ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- constrained by the allegations that were referred to it by the Investigations Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- and particularized in the Notice of Hearing. The Panel notes that it was not necessary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- to make a finding under this head of misconduct in light of the other findings it made, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- but that if it had been necessary to do so, a finding could have been made given that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- there was no unfairness to the Member in this case. The Panel notes that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- conviction under section 172.1 of the Criminal Code is indeed one of the prescribed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: sexual acts listed in Ontario Regulation 615/20 under the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [11] The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- of the profession, contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Counsel submitted and the Panel accepts that misconduct of the nature committed by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- the Member is so notorious and offside of what is acceptable that expert evidence ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- regarding the standards is not required to prove that the standards were breached.3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- College Counsel also provided submissions as to why the Member’s conduct did not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- comply with the Ethical Standards of the Teaching Profession. The ethical standard of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- “Care” requires members to, among other things, demonstrate a commitment to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-3 Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 established that the College should generally ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-present expert evidence on the standards of the profession, unless the conduct is so notorious and so ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-manifestly contrary to the standards that expert evidence is not required. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-students’ well being through positive influence and professional judgment. The ethical ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-standard of “Respect” requires members to honour human dignity, emotional wellness, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-and cognitive development. As a teacher, the Member is also required to abide by the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 130 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-ethical standard of “Trust” and to demonstrate reliability and moral action, in accordance ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-with the ethical standard of “Integrity”. The Member acted immorally and showed no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-professional judgment, as well as a complete disregard for her students’ dignity, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:wellness, or development, when she engaged in sexual communications with students, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:including sending them sexualized photos of herself. The Member abused the trust that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-students and the public placed in her to be a positive influence. Rather than upholding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-boundaries, the Member crossed them and then invited students to do the same, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-suggesting they send provocative photos of themselves to her, and that they could ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:engage in sexual activities with her. The Member’s conduct was antithetical to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-ethical standards required of members of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-or students, contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-Counsel submitted that while the Panel did not have the benefit of any victim impact ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-statements from the criminal proceedings, the threshold for a finding psychological or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-emotional abuse is very low, and the Member’s actions had made Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-uncomfortable (as evidenced from the transcript from the criminal proceedings). College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-Counsel also submitted that the Panel could draw an inference that the Member’s online ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:sexual communications, which constituted the criminal offence of child luring, had an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- adverse emotional impact on the students exposed to her actions.4 Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- initially submitted that, despite the Member having pled guilty to psychological or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- emotional abuse in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, there was not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 130 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- sufficient evidence to support a finding under this heading of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- However, the Member was then provided with an opportunity to make a statement in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- which she acknowledged that she had caused students emotional harm and emotional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- pain. Having considered the parties’ submissions, including the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- acknowledgement, the Panel finds the Member did psychologically or emotionally ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- abuse a student or students. The Panel has taken particular note of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Committee’s reasons in Demopoulos, that “[t]eachers hold a unique position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- authority, and it is emotionally abusive for them to behave in a way that makes students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- feel uncomfortable at school”.5 While the Member’s misconduct occurred outside of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- school, it made Student 3 uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: [13] The Member sexually abused Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and engaged in sexual abuse of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act. Sexual abuse, as defined in the Act, includes ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a member to a student, including ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- communication made by electronic means.6 The parties agreed that the students, while ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-4 College Counsel referred to three cases in support of this position: Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-Demopoulos, 2021 ONOCT 87 (“Demopoulos”); Ontario College of Teachers v. Philbrook, 2021 ONOCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-64; and Ontario College of Teachers v. Burnet, 2021 ONOCT 51. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-5 Demopoulos, at para 9. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:6 Subsection 1(7) of the Act states, “For greater certainty, for the purposes of the definitions of “sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:abuse” and “sexual misconduct” in subsection (1), behaviour, remarks and conduct include acts or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-remarks that are done or made by electronic means.” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-not students of the Member herself, met the definition of students in the Act. Sending ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:electronic messages of a sexual nature to students, sending sexualized photos and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-videos of herself to students (some of which contained nudity), suggesting to students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 130 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-that they send her provocative photos of themselves, and suggesting to students that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:she would pick them up so that they could engage in sexual activity, including sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:intercourse, are all examples of behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature that meet the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-[14] The Member failed to comply with the duties of a teacher set out in section 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-of the Education Act, contrary to subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-264(1) of the Education Act requires teachers to, among other things, serve as positive ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:role models and exemplify moral virtues. Engaging in online sexual communications ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:with minors and suggesting that she could facilitate their sexual activities, including ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-intercourse, is abhorrent and morally repugnant conduct. The Member failed to model ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-appropriate behaviour as required by her professional duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-[15] The Member contravened subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-437/97 as she has been found guilty of a criminal offence that is relevant to her suitability ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-to hold a certificate of qualification and registration and which has put students at risk. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf:The Member pled guilty to and was found guilty of luring a child to commit sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-exploitation contrary to section 172.1(2) of the Code. Sexual offences involving students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-are reprehensible and cast serious doubt on a member’s ability to ensure the safety and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-well being of students. The Panel therefore finds that it would no longer be suitable for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-the Member to hold a certificate of qualification and registration. Moreover, by luring ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: students at her school for the purposes of sexual exploitation, the Member disregarded ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- their well being and put them at risk. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [16] The Member contravened subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 130 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- engaging in conduct that was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional. Members ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- of the teaching profession are expected to be upstanding members of society, to model ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- good behaviour and values, and to safeguard the well being and development of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- students. The Member did the opposite by engaging in online communications of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: sexual nature with students. The teaching profession does not tolerate the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- of students. The Member’s egregious conduct demonstrates moral failings that call into ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- question her ability to practice the profession ethically and her behaviour was clearly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [17] The Member’s conduct, which ultimately led to her criminal conviction, was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- unbecoming a member of the profession, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Regulation 437/97. Members hold a unique position of trust in the community. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- public’s trust and confidence in teachers is eroded when members of the profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: sexually abuse students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [18] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), amended orally ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- on the record, which was presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- October 25, 2021, the Panel accepted the amended Joint Submission on Penalty and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- The Member is directed to receive an oral reprimand, which will be delivered ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- via video conference immediately after the hearing, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- reprimand will be recorded on the Register. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 130 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf: [19] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- of a student or students, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel recognizes that it ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- may also order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- it reasonable not to make these additional orders in light of the Member’s guilty plea ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- and joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [20] The Panel denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- [21] Date: November 4, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Rachelle Coleman ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct130.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf:[25] The Member was subsequently charged with seven counts: sexual assault, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-assault, unlawful confinement, mischief, uttering threats, dangerously operating a vehicle ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-and criminal harassment. He was convicted under the Criminal Code of one count of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 135 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-assault, contrary to section 266; one count of unlawful confinement, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-279(2); one count of mischief, contrary to section 430(4); and one count of uttering ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-threats, contrary to section 264.1(1) or criminal harassment contrary to section 264(1). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-The Member received a four-month sentence of imprisonment, a one-year probation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-order, and he was made subject to several ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-[26] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was a clear breach of each of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-following heads of professional misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing: subsections ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-1(16), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-[27] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct contravened a law which was relevant ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, and that he therefore ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-breached subsection 1(16) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In his prior criminal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-proceedings, the Member was found guilty of assault, unlawful confinement and mischief. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-Though the Member was not engaged in teaching activities and was not at the school at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-the times that these offences were committed, the Panel agrees with College Counsel’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-submission that they are relevant to the Member’s suitability to hold a teaching certificate. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-The Member engaged in serious acts of physical violence and destruction of property. As ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-submitted by College Counsel, these criminal offences committed against his [XXX] often ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-occurred while [XXX] were present in the [XXX]. The Member erupted into violence on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf-numerous occasions, demonstrating an inability to control his emotions, exercise ./ontario-cases/2021onoct135.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Richardson 2021 ONOCT 134 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- Date: 2021-11-12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 134 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- Mark Gordon Richardson, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- MARK GORDON RICHARDSON (REGISTRATION #521147) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-PANEL: Anne Resnick, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- Alain Martel, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- Kimberley Westfall-Connor ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-HEARD: November 8, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Yufei (Fiona) Wang, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Michelle Sun, for Mark Gordon Richardson ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- By order of Justice Mahoney of the Provincial Court of New Brunswick, there is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- also a publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- witness in this matter, pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on November ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-8, 2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 134 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-[2] Mark Gordon Richardson (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Act at the request College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-[5] The Panel also received a certified copy of the Court Information and endorsement ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-pertaining to the criminal proceedings before Justice Geri Mahoney (Exhibit 2 at Appendix ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-B). In these proceedings before the Provincial Court of New Brunswick, an order ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-restricting publication was made pursuant to the Criminal Code of Canada. College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2004, the Member was a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-[XXX] in the [XXX] region of New Brunswick. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 134 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2004, Student 1 was an [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-- to [XXX]-year-old male student. Student 1 attended [XXX] led by the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-From September 1, 2007 to November 15, 2019, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-employed by the Toronto District School Board (the “Board”) at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-School (the “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. The Member’s last role at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Board was as a Vice-Principal. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-On or about July 24, 2017, the Member was charged by [XXX] Police in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-New Brunswick with: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-(a) On or between the 1st day of January A.D. 2003 and the 31st day of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- December A.D. 2004 at or near the City of [XXX], in the County of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- [XXX] and the Province of New Brunswick, being in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf: or authority towards Student 1, a young person, did for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- purpose, touch directly the body of Student 1, a young person, with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- a part of his body to wit: his hands, contrary to Section 153(1)(a) of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- the Criminal Code of Canada and amendments thereto; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-(b) On or between the 1st day of January A.D. 2003 and the 31st day of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- December A.D. 2004 at or near the City of [XXX], in the County of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf: [XXX] and the Province of New Brunswick, did for a sexual purpose, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- touch Student 1, a person under the age of fourteen years, directly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- with a part of his body to wit: his hands, contrary to Section 151(a) of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- the Criminal Code of Canada and amendments thereto. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-The Member pleaded not guilty to the charges and the matter proceeded to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-trial. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-On May 10, 2019, the Honourable Judge Geri Mahoney of the Provincial ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Court of New Brunswick found the Member guilty of both offences, based ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-on the Crown’s evidence that the Member had an inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf:relationship with Student 1 and engaged in sexual touching of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-On August 27, 2019, the Member was sentenced to 12-months of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-incarceration followed by one year of probation. The Member was also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-made the subject of a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified true copies of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Court Information and endorsements pertaining to these charges. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 134 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- counsel or the opportunity to have obtained legal advice. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on November 8, 2021, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-1 to 18 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-paragraphs 6 to 16 of the Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf:was convicted in 2019 of sexual interference and sexual exploitation, contrary to sections ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-151(a) and 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada, for having touched a young person ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf:for a sexual purpose in or around 2003-2004. In 2020, the New Brunswick Court of Appeal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-dismissed the Member’s appeal of his criminal convictions. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-[10] The Member contravened subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 134 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-437/97 as he has been found guilty of two criminal offences that are relevant to his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration and that may cause a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-student who is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at risk. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-has admitted and pled guilty to both heads of professional misconduct. The Panel accepts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-the Member’s plea. Sexual offences involving children, such as those committed by the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Member, are reprehensible and cast serious doubt on a member’s ability to ensure the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-safety and well being of students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-[11] It is self-evident that the Member’s misconduct was disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-obviously be regarded as such by members of the profession. Sexual offences involving ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-children are morally repugnant and clearly contrary to members’ responsibilities and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-duties to protect the well being and safety of students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-[12] The Member’s actions were unbecoming a member of the College, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Teachers hold a unique position of trust ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-and authority in the classroom and their communities. The public’s trust and confidence ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf:in the profession are eroded when members are convicted of sexual offences, especially ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-when committed against children, even if that misconduct occurs outside the classroom. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-[16] The Panel finds that the Member’s repugnant conduct warrants a reprimand. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 134 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. With respect to the form ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-of the reprimand, the Panel accepts the parties’ agreement that the reprimand be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-delivered in writing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-[17] The Panel finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Registration is entirely appropriate in this case. The Member’s conduct warrants an order ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf:of the most severe penalty available. The Member has been found guilty of sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf:exploitation and sexual interference. These convictions have eroded the public’s trust in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf:the teaching profession. The College cannot allow persons convicted of sexual offences ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-against children to hold the privilege of being a teacher in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-[18] The Panel is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf-Date: November 12, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- Anne Resnick ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- Alain Martel, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- Kimberley Westfall-Connor ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct134.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf:Court in Novick include misconduct such as physical and sexual abuse. However, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf:Panel finds that the misconduct does not have to rise to the level of physical or sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-violence to be notorious. The Panel finds that misconduct involving blatant dishonesty, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 139 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-such as using others’ work without attribution, is obviously inappropriate in an academic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-and educational setting. This is misconduct which is “so notorious or generally accepted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-as not to be the subject of debate among reasonable persons”: Novick at para. 71. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-[39] The standards of the profession include, among other policies and publications, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession and the Ethical Standards for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-Teaching Profession. The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was a breach of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-Ethical Standards of “Trust”, which states that members should embody fairness, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-openness, and honesty in their professional relationships with students, colleagues, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-the public, and “Integrity”, which states that members should embody “honesty, reliability ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-and moral action”. The Member failed to embody these standards by using the work of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-others without attribution and presenting his work as his own to colleagues, students and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-the public. By the Member’s admission, his action fell short of the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-[40] The Panel finds that the Member issued documents in his professional capacity ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-that he knew or ought to have known contained a false or misleading statement, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsection 1(12). There are three elements to this head of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-professional misconduct: first, that the documents were issued in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-professional capacity; second, that they contained a false or misleading statement; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-third, that the Member knew or ought to have known that they contained such a statement. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf-These three elements are made out in the Member’s case. First, while publishing op-eds ./ontario-cases/2021onoct139.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- While Colleague 1 was completing her placement in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- classroom, the Member made inappropriate comments to Colleague 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf: which led to a sexual relationship with her. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- During this time, the Member also physically touched Colleague 1 as part ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf: of a sexual relationship with her. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- During the relationship the inappropriate comments and touching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf: continued. The sexual relationship ended in May 2016. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- Colleague 1 did not feel the relationship was consensual even though the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- Member believed it was. Even if it was consensual, there was a power ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- dynamic between the Member and Colleague 1 and the relationship was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-Contact with Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4 and Student 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- During the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years, the Member patted the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- back of Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3 felt uncomfortable with the behaviours. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- During the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years, the Member allowed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- Student 4 and Student 5 to sit in his lap briefly. They did and felt ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- uncomfortable with this behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- referred to in paragraphs above (the "Admitted Facts"). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- evidence as set out in the Agreed Statement of Facts being ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member made inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-comments to Colleague 1, a student teacher under the supervision of the Member, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf:that the Member had a sexual relationship with Colleague 1. The Member also patted the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-backs of Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 and allowed Student 4 and Student 5 to sit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-on his lap briefly. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In particular, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-breached the ethical standards of “care”, “trust” and “respect”. The Member breached the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-standard of “care” by physically abusing Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-Student 5. Members are expected to express their commitment to students’ well-being. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-The Member did the opposite by touching these students in a way that made them feel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-uncomfortable. Furthermore, the Member breached the standards of “trust” and “respect” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-by making inappropriate comments to Colleague 1, a student teacher, while she was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf:completing her placement in the Member’s classroom, and by having a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-relationship with her. Members’ professional relationships with student teachers under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-their supervision are based on trust and respect. The Member abused this trusted position ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf:as the student teacher’s supervisor by engaging in a sexual relationship with her. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-[10] The Member breached subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-Member patted the back of Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3. The Member furthermore ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-allowed Student 4 and Student 5 to sit in his lap briefly. The Panel finds that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-conduct was inappropriate and constitutes physical abuse of students. This type of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-physical contact with students is completely unnecessary and demonstrates a lack of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-respect for the professional boundaries that teachers must maintain with students. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-Member’s behaviour made these students feel uncomfortable and the parties agreed that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-this behaviour was physically abusive. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-[11] The Member breached subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-above-mentioned conduct involving five students made them each feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-Given the power dynamic that exists between teachers and their students, it is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-psychologically or emotionally abusive for members of the profession to touch students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-[12] The Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. This section sets out the duties of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-teacher and subsection 264(1)(c) is commonly understood to mean that members are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-required to serve as positive role models. By failing to maintain appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-boundaries with five students and with a student teacher, the Member’s conduct was at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-odds with his obligations as a teacher and made those under his professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-feel uncomfortable. The Member did not exemplify the qualities that teachers are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-expected to demonstrate as trusted members of the school community. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-[13] The Member’s physically and psychologically or emotionally abusive behaviour ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-was disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-Regulation 437/97. The Member failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-with five students and made them feel uncomfortable. Similarly, he behaved ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf:unprofessionally by engaging in a sexual relationship with Colleague 1, the student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-teacher under his supervision, while she was doing her placement in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-classroom. The Member was in a position of power in relation to the student teacher and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf:he abused that position by having a sexual relationship with her. The student teacher did ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-not feel that the relationship was consensual. Members of the teaching profession are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-expected to safeguard the physical and emotional well-being of students, to be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-professional with student teachers under their supervision and to maintain professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-boundaries with student teachers at all times. The Member fell short of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-expectations. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-[14] Additionally, the Member’s conduct, as described above, was unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-member contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. This conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-undermines the reputation of the teaching profession and violates the trust that parents, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-students and the public place in teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-[15] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on March 1, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Registrar”) is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- directed to suspend the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- Member for a period of four months commencing on the 15 th calendar day ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- following the date of the Oral Decision and Order of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- Committee relating to this matter, and the fact of the suspension is to be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- recorded on the Register. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on May 13 and July 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 144 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [2] Jonathon Ryan Cann (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- representation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [3] At the conclusion of the hearing, the Panel reserved its decision. For the reasons that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- follow, the Panel finds that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf: 1(18) and 1(19). As the Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- a student, the Panel further makes an order: (1) requiring that the Member be reprimanded ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- “Registrar”) to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [4] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated December 16, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Jonathon Ryan Cann is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 144 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act, or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- and specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Jonathon Ryan Cann is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the St. Clair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Catholic District School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School in Sarnia ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- In or about 2014-2017, the Member exposed his genitals to a male ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- student under the age of [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-C. THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [6] The Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-D. THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-(1) The College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [7] The College called two witnesses to prove the allegations set out in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 144 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf: Hearing. The first witness was the student who was the subject of the alleged sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- by the Member (the “Student”). The second witness was the Student’s mother. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-(a) The Student’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [8] The Student was [XXX] years old at the time of the hearing. The Student first met the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Member through the [XXX] program when he was [XXX] years old. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- assigned to be the Student’s [XXX] through this program. [XXX] the Student and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Member went to the [XXX], visited the [XXX] store, attended events hosted by [XXX], went ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- on trips together, played sports together, and attended the Member’s house to watch ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- movies and play video games. The Student testified that, when their relationship began, it ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- was more formal and structured according to the [XXX] program. After the first year or so, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- the relationship became more like that of a family member. The two began to see each ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- other more often, the Member introduced the Student to his friends who had children ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- around the Student’s age, and the Student began to have sleepovers at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- house. Throughout their relationship, the Member took the student on a number of trips – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- to [XXX]. The Student’s mother always gave permission for the Member to take the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Student on these trips. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [9] The Student testified that he generally had a very good relationship with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- However, by the last year of their relationship, when the Student was approximately [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- years old, he had a group of friends of his own and he wanted to spend less time with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- the Student did not testify in detail about any instance of masturbation other than the first ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- occasion. Finally, Member’s Counsel submitted that the Panel should be concerned with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- the Student’s poor memory of the events and overall find that the Student was not credible, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 144 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- reliable, or trustworthy. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [27] Member’s Counsel submitted that the inconsistencies and frailties in the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- evidence mean that the College has failed to put forward clear, cogent, and convincing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- evidence about the allegations against the Member, and the Panel should find that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Member did not engage in professional misconduct as alleged. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-G. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [28] The College bears the burden of proving the allegations in accordance with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- standard of proof set out in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 41, which is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- proof on a balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [29] Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- of the parties, the Panel finds that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf: 1(18) and 1(19). The Panel also finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-H. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [30] The Panel has carefully reviewed the evidence and submissions presented in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- hearing. In the reasons that follow, the Panel comments only on the portions of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- evidence that are most relevant to the allegations contained in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- fabricated the allegations because the Student wanted to end their relationship, either ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- because of a dispute about a birthday gift or because the Student had simply outgrown ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- the relationship. The Panel rejects this suggestion. This simply does not explain why the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 144 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Student would continue to go through the process of testifying about the masturbation at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- numerous proceedings years after he ended his relationship with the Member, particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- in light of the evidence that it has been difficult for the Student to continue to recount this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- story. The Panel is not persuaded by the suggestion that the Student made up such a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- serious allegation just so that he would not have to see the Member anymore. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [39] Overall, the Panel finds that the Student was a credible and reliable witness. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Student’s evidence made sense and he testified in a manner that was clear and logical. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- While there are some inconsistencies between the Student’s testimony at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- College hearing and at his criminal trial, the Panel finds that they are either not significant ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- or that they were adequately explained by the Student. Furthermore, most of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- inconsistencies go to peripheral matters. There was no evidence that the Student has an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- interest in the outcome of this hearing or a motivation to lie about the Member. As such, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- the Panel finds that the College has successfully proven, on a balance of probabilities, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- allegation that the Member exposed his genitals to the Student (who was under the age ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- of [XXX] at the time) on at least one occasion between 2014 and 2017. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [40] The Panel finds that the Member’s actions constituted professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- contrary to subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf: 437/97. The Panel further finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-[41] The Panel finds that the Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Student was [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-old at the time that the Member exposed his genitals to him. He was vulnerable by virtue ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 144 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-of his age and by virtue of the relationship of trust between the Member and the Student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-The Panel finds that, by exposing his genitals to the Student, the Member’s actions were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-disturbing to the Student and were self-evidently psychologically or emotionally abusive, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-as they had the potential to seriously interfere with the Student’s psychological and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-emotional development. Additionally, the Panel received evidence that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-actions made the Student feel awkward, and that the Student experienced some ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-symptoms of [XXX] when he began repeatedly recounting the events at various legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-proceedings. As such, the College has proven that the Member abused the Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-psychologically or emotionally. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf:[42] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-the Act. There was no dispute in this case that the Student meets the definition of “student” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf:for the purposes of a finding of sexual abuse as set out at subsection 1(2) of the Act, even ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf:though he was not a student in the Member’s classroom. Further, the definition of sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf:abuse at section 1 of the Act includes behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf:member towards a student. The Member engaged in sexual behaviours in the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-presence, namely exposing his genitals to the Student and masturbating in front of him. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf:As such, the Panel finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-[43] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-the by-laws, contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. As the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf:conduct involved the sexual abuse of a student, his conduct was so notorious that expert ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-evidence is not required to make a finding that he breached the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-(see: Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508). Section 32.02 of the by- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 144 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-laws outlines the Ethical Standard for the Teaching Profession which require members, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-among other things, to demonstrate their commitment to students’ well-being through ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-positive influence and professional judgment (“Care”) and to honour human dignity, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-emotional wellness and cognitive development of children in their care (“Respect”). It ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-clearly falls below the ethical standards of the profession for a member, who is acting as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-a [XXX], to masturbate in front of a child who is in his care. The Member’s conduct was a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-clear violation of appropriate and professional boundaries and demonstrated a disregard ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-for the Student’s well-being. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-[44] The Panel finds that the Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-437/97 by failing to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-duties of a teacher. Section 264(1)(c) requires members to demonstrate the highest regard ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-for a number of virtues, and it is commonly understood to mean that members must ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-behave with integrity and act as positive role models for students. The Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-was antithetical to these principles. He abused his trusted and privileged position as a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-[XXX] in the most egregious manner. He blatantly ignored the emotional harm that would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-be caused to the Student by his masturbation in the Student’s presence. By engaging in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-such immoral and abusive conduct with the Student, the Member failed to fulfil the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-fundamental duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-[45] The Panel finds that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- completely unacceptable for members to masturbate in front of children. Members are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- expected to be upstanding members of the community and to maintain appropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 144 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- professional boundaries with children in their professional and personal relations, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- particularly when they are in a relationship of trust, as the Member and the Student were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- in this case. The Member’s conduct in this case can therefore be characterized as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [46] Finally, the Panel finds that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. When parents enroll their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- children in programs such as [XXX], they expect that their children will be safe and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [XXX] (particularly one who is a teacher) will not exploit their position of trust and authority ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf: to sexually abuse them. The Member’s egregious conduct has undermined the reputation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- of the teaching profession and has violated the trust that parents, students, and the public ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- place in teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-I. PENALTY AND COSTS SUBMISSIONS OF THE PARTIES ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [47] The Parties elected to make joint penalty submissions in advance of a finding being ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- made on the merits of this case. It was the parties’ submission that, if the Panel were to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf: find that the Member sexually abused a student as alleged, then the mandatory penalty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- provisions in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act would apply. As such, the appropriate penalty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- would be a reprimand and revocation of the Member’s certificate. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- submitted that the College always prefers that the reprimand be delivered in person or by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- videoconference but did not make submissions as to why this form of reprimand would be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- appropriate in the circumstance of this case. College Counsel further submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- College would not seek costs if the Panel found that the Member engaged in professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-J. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 144 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- [48] The Panel makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-K. REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf: [49] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration.1 The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- agrees with the parties that it has no discretion in this regard. In the absence of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- submissions as to why an oral reprimand would be appropriate in the circumstances of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- this case, the Panel finds it appropriate that the reprimand be delivered in writing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-1 Although this mandatory penalty provision for the kind of misconduct exhibited by the Member was not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf:in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of the Student, section 63.2 of the Act provides that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf:mandatory penalty provisions at section 30.2 of the Act (which apply to all forms of sexual abuse, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf:including behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature) apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse occurred ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-before April 3, 2019 and no order has been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. These ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-conditions are met in this case and the Panel must therefore apply the mandatory penalty provisions set ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf-out at section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct144.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- 40 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-[92] The Panel finds that the College has failed to prove that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-comply with the Act, or the Regulations, or the by-laws, contrary to subsection 1(14) of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. The parties agreed that that, if the Panel found that if the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 145 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-Member directed a student to hit another student, or if the Member called students’ work ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-“stupid” or “dumb”, this would be contrary to the professional and ethical standards of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-the teaching profession outlined in section 32 of the by-laws and the Member could ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-reasonably be found to have committed professional misconduct contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In the absence of such a factual finding, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-is tasked with determining whether the Member’s failure to supervise students, using ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-embarrassment as part of her classroom instruction, and failure to use progressive ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-discipline techniques is a breach of section 32 of the bylaws. The Panel finds that it did ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-not have sufficient evidence before it to make this finding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-[93] The Divisional Court’s decision in Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-ONSC 508 (“Novick”) states that if the College seeks a finding that the Member has ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-failed to comply with the standards of the profession, the College generally needs to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-tender expert evidence of the standards of the profession, unless the conduct is so ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf:notorious and so obviously contrary to the standards (such as physical or sexual abuse) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-that expert evidence is not required. In the Panel’s view, the decision in Novick did not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-confine the expert evidence requirement only to a finding under subsection 1(5). The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-Panel finds that, where the College seeks a finding under either subsection 1(5) or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-subsection 1(14) that a member failed to comply with the ethical standards and/or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-standards of practice (i.e., collectively, the standards of the profession), the principle in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf-Novick requires that the Panel base its decision on expert evidence, unless the conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct145.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 146 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- Stewart Bradley Holbrough is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Lakehead District ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- Thunder Bay, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- Inappropriate Comments and Conduct, 2009-2013: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- At all material times between 2009 and 2013, Student 1 was a female ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- Throughout 2009-2013, the Member made the following comments and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- engaged in the following conduct in relation to Student 1. The Member: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- (a) called Student 1 “pretty”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-Board Investigation: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- On October 27, 2016, the Board removed the Member from the classroom ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- and placed him on a paid leave of absence. On February 9, 2017, the Board ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- terminated the Member’s employment. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Board’s letter to the Member dated February 9, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 146 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 2017. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-Prior Board Discipline: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- The Member received letters from the Board in the form of memoranda, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- expectations, warnings and discipline relaying the Board’s concerns ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- regarding his interactions with students between 2000 and 2014. Attached ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” are copies of the Board’s letters to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- The Member completed a boundaries course on September 16, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of OSSTF’s letter ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- confirming that the Member completed the course, dated September 17, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 2014. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- The Member’s association grieved the Board’s retention of five letters of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- disciplinary nature and the Board’s termination of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- employment. The Board and the Member entered into Minutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- Settlement signed November 8, 2017, in which the Board paid the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- an agreed upon sum in exchange for the Member’s agreement to never ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- reapply for employment with the Board, among other terms. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf: Uncontested Facts constitute sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-proceeding under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would be duplicative. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 146 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on November 24, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-2021, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of students as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-18 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-Member engaged in a pattern of inappropriate conduct towards students, including ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:making remarks of a sexual nature towards them and engaging in unwanted touching of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-[9] The Member abused students verbally, contrary to subsection 1(7) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-Regulation 437/97. For instance, the Member referred to his female students using ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-derogatory and disrespectful terms such as “you stupid ass” and “easy like [X]”. Moreover, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-on numerous occasions, the Member made inappropriate comments about the physical ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-appearance of his female students including: telling them that their pants looked good on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-them; asking a student about the size of her pants; and telling Student 4 that he could ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-see her definition and that she looked good. The Panel finds that the Member’s comments ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-towards his female students were highly inappropriate, disrespectful and offensive. As ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-adults who hold a unique position of trust and authority, it is verbally abusive for members ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 146 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-to comment on the physical appearance of students or to make other demeaning or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:sexually suggestive comments to them. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-[10] The Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-the Member’s inappropriate conduct towards his female students made them feel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-uncomfortable. Among other things, the Member displayed favouritism towards Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-1 and Student 4, watched female Physical Education classes, stared at students’ breasts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-and buttocks and hunched over female students from behind in a manner that invaded ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-their personal space. The Member’s actions made students feel awkward and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-uncomfortable. As a result, some students changed the way they dressed when they ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-attended the Member’s class while others would not even approach the Member for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-academic help when they needed it. Given the power imbalance that exists between a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-teacher and a student, it was emotionally abusive for the Member to engage in conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-that made students feel awkward and uncomfortable including with their peers, as the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-Uncontested Facts show that male students then teased at least one female student by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-repeating a comment the Member had made to her. As such, the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-amounts to psychological or emotional abuse of students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:[11] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of students contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of the Act. The definition ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-by a member towards a student. The Member stared at the breasts and buttocks of female ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:students. Moreover, the Member made several sexually suggestive remarks to female ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-students. Among other things, the Member told Student 1 that her necklace should not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 146 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-hang lower than her “boobs” and offered to fix it and told Student 1 that he is the only one ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-who will say he loved her. The Panel accepts College Counsel’s submissions that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:Member’s behaviour and remarks to female students were sexual in nature. Additionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-the Panel places significant weight on the fact that the Member has pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:to the allegation of sexual abuse. The Panel therefore finds that the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:meets the definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-[12] The Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-contravening section 32 of the College By-Laws, which sets out the ethical standards and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-the standards of practice for the teaching profession. By engaging in unwanted touching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:of students and by making sexualized remarks to students, the Member failed to comply ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-with these standards. College Counsel referred the Panel to the various ethical standards ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-and standards of practice that were breached by this behaviour. The Member does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-contest that this behaviour constitutes such a breach and the Panel makes that finding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-[13] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-Section 264(1)(b) provides that it is the duty of a teacher to encourage pupils in the pursuit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-of learning. Section 264(1)(c) is commonly understood to mean that teachers must serve ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-as positive role models. The Member’s conduct was antithetical to these principles. He ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-abused his trusted and privileged position as a teacher by repeatedly making remarks of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:a sexual nature to female students and by engaging in behaviour that made several ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-students feel uncomfortable at school and that resulted in their male peers teasing at least ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-one female student. Moreover, the Member’s inappropriate conduct discouraged several ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-female students from approaching the Member for extra help when they needed it. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 146 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-Member has, accordingly, failed to fulfil the fundamental duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-[14] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-Regulation 437/97. It is completely unacceptable for teachers, who are expected to be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-upstanding members of the community and to maintain appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-boundaries with students, to make unwanted physical contact with students and to make ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:sexually suggestive remarks to or about students. The Member’s conduct was not a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-momentary lapse of judgment as it spanned many years and involved several female ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-students. Such conduct demonstrates serious moral and professional failings by the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-Member. It casts doubt on the Member’s ability to hold a teaching position without putting ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-students at risk. The Member’s conduct can therefore be characterized as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-[15] Finally, the Member’s conduct, as described above, is unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. When parents send their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-children to school, they expect that they will be safe, both physically and emotionally, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:that their teachers will not engage in behaviour or make remarks of a sexual nature to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-them. The Member’s egregious conduct has undermined the reputation of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-profession and has violated the trust that parents, students, and the public place in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-[16] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on November 24, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 146 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:[17] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-of students, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-orders and notes that these mandatory penalty provisions apply retrospectively in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-case pursuant to section 63.2 of the Act.2 The Panel notes that it has no discretion in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-regard. In relation to the form of the reprimand, the Panel finds that a written reprimand ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-is appropriate in view of the parties’ agreement. The Panel recognizes that it may also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but notes that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:2 Although this mandatory penalty provision was not in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-his students (i.e., in 2009-2013, fall semester of 2016-2017 and September 2016), section 63.2 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-provides that the mandatory penalty provisions at section 30.2 of the Act apply retrospectively where the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf:sexual abuse occurred before April 3, 2019 and no order has been made under subsection 30(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-Act before then. These conditions are met in this case and the Panel must therefore apply the mandatory ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf-penalty provisions set out at section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct146.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf: (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- (e) he practised or purported to practise the profession while under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- influence of any substance or while adversely affected by any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- dysfunction ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- (i) which the Member knew or ought to have known impaired the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- Member’s ability to practise, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- (ii) in respect of which treatment has previously been ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- recommended, ordered or prescribed but the Member has ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- failed to follow the treatment, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(8); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- (f) he failed to supervise adequately a person who is under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- professional supervision of the Member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- (g) he signed or issued, in the Member’s professional capacity, a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- document that the Member knew or ought to have known contained ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- a false, improper or misleading statement, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(12); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- (h) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- (i) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- having had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (a) and (d) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf-contravened subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and that the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf:in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. The Panel’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf-permission to withdraw subsection 1(5) was being sought as proceeding under both ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf-subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would be duplicative. The Panel’s permission to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf:allegation of sexual misconduct was being sought as the evidence does not support a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf:finding of sexual misconduct under section 1 of the Act. The Panel granted these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf-requests. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on February 5, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(8), 1(11), 1(12), 1(14), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf-and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Gacich 2021 ONOCT 16 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Date: 2021-03-04 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Sean Gacich, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- SEAN GACICH (REGISTRATION #257000) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-PANEL: Rebecca Forte, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- John Cammarata ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Shanlee Linton, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-HEARD: January 11, 2021 and March 1, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Jordan Stone, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Angela Zhu, for Sean Gacich ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on January ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-11, 2021 and March 1, 2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[2] Two Notices of Hearing dated April 13, 2020 (Exhibit 1) and April 17, 2020 (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-2) were served on the Member, specifying the allegations and requesting his presence ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-on a date to be determined for the hearing. The parties agreed to proceed with a single ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-hearing to address the allegations of professional misconduct set out in both Notices of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[3] Sean Gacich (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[4] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[5] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, Student 2, Student 3 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Student 4, who were allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:prohibited act involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of Student 1, Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Student 3 and Student 4. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated April 13, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Sean Gacich is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf: (c) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[7] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated April 17, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-(Exhibit 2) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Sean Gacich is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf: (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[8] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 3), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- At all material times, Sean Gacich was a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] (the “School”) in Toronto, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-2016/2017 Academic Year ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- In the academic year 2016/2017, Student 2 was a Grade [XXX] female ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- student at the School and Student 3 was a Grade [XXX] female student at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- In the academic year 2016/2017, while doing attendance, the Member said ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- to Student 2 in French, “Oh, [Student 2], très jolie”, which translates to “Oh, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- [Student 2], very pretty.” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- In the academic year 2016/2017, the Member attended a [XXX] competition ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- with several female students. On that day, Student 3 was wearing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Lululemon leggings where the Lululemon logo was on her hip/buttocks. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Member said “Ohh Lululemon” to Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- In the academic year 2016/2017, the Member and a female teacher ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- candidate took a group of students on a field trip to [XXX] in Toronto, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Ontario. Several of the students who participated in the field trip were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf: female. During the field trip, the group walked past a sex shop where ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- vibrators were displayed in the window and the Member gestured towards ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- the window and said, “Look, it’s for you”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- On April 18, 2016, the Member accessed images of art depicting naked ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- bodies from a Board computer while at the School during work hours. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-2017/2018 Academic Year ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- In the academic year 2017/2018, Student 4 was a Grade [XXX] female ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- In the academic year 2017/2018, the Member walked by Student 4 in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- hallway and said to her in French, “C’est une belle coupe de cheveux. Ils ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- tombent bien”, which translates to “It’s a beautiful haircut. It falls nicely.” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- By this document, the Member pleads no contest, for the purposes of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- proceeding only, to the truth of the facts and appendices referred to in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- paragraphs 1-16 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that paragraphs 4-7, 9, 11-14, and 16 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- of the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- being more particularly: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-(b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:(c) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-(d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-(e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-(f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-(g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-(b) he understands that he is consenting to the evidence as set out in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-(c) he understands that, by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-(d) he understands that the Discipline Committee can accept the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Uncontested Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- constitute professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-(e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-(f) he understands that any agreement with respect to the penalty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- counsel or having had the opportunity to obtain legal advice. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and Fitness to Practise ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- purposes of this proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 1996, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[9] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-outlined in paragraph (c) of the Notice of Hearing dated April 17, 2020, namely that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Member contravened subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and that he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act, be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:withdrawn. The definition of sexual abuse includes “behaviour or remarks of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-nature by the member towards the student”. College Counsel submitted that there was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-insufficient evidence regarding to whom the comment on the field trip was made. College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Counsel also submitted that the other comments made toward students were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:inappropriate, but not sexual. College Counsel noted that the definition of “sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:misconduct” contemplates that certain behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature may not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:be sexual abuse (since the definition states ““sexual misconduct” means inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member that is not sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-student”). In light of the submissions made by College Counsel, the consent of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:Member to the withdrawal, and the plea of no contest to the allegation of “sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-misconduct” the Panel determined that it was appropriate to grant the request to withdraw ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:the “sexual abuse” allegation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[10] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on March 1, 2021, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[11] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-16 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-between 2012 and 2018, the Member engaged in a concerning pattern of inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-conduct, which included making inappropriate comments to female students and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:engaging in sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Member verbally abused students by making ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-inappropriate comments to Student 1, Student 2, Student 3 and Student 4, who were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-female students. Specifically, the Member told Student 1 that her school photograph was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-beautiful. He told Student 2 “oh, [Student 2], very pretty.” In addition, the Member said ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-“Ohh Lululemon” to Student 3 who was wearing Lululemon leggings where the logo was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-on her hip/buttocks. Similarly, while walking by Student 4, the Member told her “It’s a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-beautiful haircut. It falls nicely.” The Member’s comments about the physical appearance ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-of several female students were inappropriate and offensive given the power dynamic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-between teachers and students, and they amount to verbal abuse by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[13] The Member’s conduct constitutes psychological or emotional abuse of students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. On multiple instances ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-between 2012 and 2018, the Member failed to respect the personal space of his female ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-students by standing, sitting, or leaning too close to them, and he looked at female ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-students in a manner that made them feel uncomfortable. Teachers hold a unique position ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-of trust and authority, and it is emotionally abusive for them to repeatedly fail to maintain ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-appropriate boundaries with students in a way that makes the students feel uncomfortable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-at school. The Member’s conduct therefore amounts to psychological or emotional abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-of students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:[14] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-defined in Section 1 of the Act. “Sexual misconduct” is defined in the Act as: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf: inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf: is not sexual abuse of a student, where, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- or the member knows or ought to know that one or more students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- are likely to be exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- have the effect of, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- student, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:The Member exposed several students to behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Member asked his students in class whether their parents showered together, how they ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-felt about their parents showering together, and whether they had ever showered with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-someone else. Furthermore, during a field trip with a group of students which included ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:several female students, the Member gestured towards the window of a sex shop where ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-vibrators were displayed and said, “Look, it’s for you.” The Panel finds that a reasonable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-person would expect the behaviour or remarks of the Member to create a negative ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-environment at a school or be detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-students who were exposed to such behaviour. It is not appropriate for teachers to engage ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:in behaviour or make remarks of a sexual nature in front of students and by doing so, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:Member engaged in sexual misconduct. The Member’s conduct does not rise to the level ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:of sexual abuse because there was insufficient evidence to prove to whom this comment ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:was made, and sexually abusive conduct is generally directed at a particular student or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[15] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act, regulations, or by- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-laws contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by contravening section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-32 of the College By-Laws, which sets out the professional and ethical standards for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-teaching profession. The Panel finds that the Member breached the standard of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-“Professional Practice”, which requires members to apply professional knowledge and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-experience to promote student learning and to use appropriate pedagogy and resources ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-in their teaching. The Member failed to do so, when as part of an assignment given to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-students in which they were asked to give a presentation on non-traditional career choices ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-(and students were encouraged to dress in character), he included “dominatrix” and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-“exotic dancer” among the list of examples or choices provided. Furthermore, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-breached the ethical standards of “care” and “respect”. Members are expected to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-demonstrate their commitment to students’ well-being (“Care”) and respect for students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-in their professional practice (“Respect”). It falls below the standards of the profession to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-engage in inappropriate conduct such as looking at female students in a manner that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-makes them feel uncomfortable, making inappropriate comments to female students and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:exposing students to behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[16] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, which sets out the duties of a teacher. Among other ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-things, teachers are required to act as positive role models and encourage students in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-the pursuit of learning. The Member’s conduct described above was at odds with his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:duties as a teacher. By exposing students to comments of a sexual nature and by making ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-students feel uncomfortable at school because of his behaviour, the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-serve as a positive role model and to encourage students in the pursuit of learning. He ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-created a negative school experience for several students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[17] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-437/97 by engaging in conduct that was disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-The Member verbally and psychologically or emotionally abused several female students, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:and he exposed students to comments of a sexual nature, which is completely ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-inappropriate for a teacher who holds a position of trust and authority. Furthermore, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Member demonstrated a lack of professional judgment by accessing images of art ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-depicting naked bodies from a Board computer while at school during work hours. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the parties, in conjunction ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-with the Member’s Undertaking, Agreement and Acknowledgment, is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-[23] The Panel finds that the reprimand, together with the terms set out in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Undertaking, Agreement and Acknowledgment, will serve as a specific deterrent to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Member and make clear to other members that the profession will not tolerate the kind of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-misconduct exhibited by the Member. In view of the seriousness and repeated nature of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-the Member’s misconduct, the Panel finds it reasonable that the Member will no longer ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-be permitted to teach or seek to return to the teaching profession in Ontario. Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-must demonstrate a commitment to student well-being and learning. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf:engaged in a highly concerning pattern of inappropriate conduct that included sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-misconduct. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-Member. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Nugent 2021 ONOCT 147 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Date: 2021-11-23 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Jennifer Louise Nugent, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- JENNIFER LOUISE NUGENT (REGISTRATION #518636) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-PANEL: Hanno Weinberger, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Élaine Legault ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Jennifer McMaster, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-HEARD: August 20 and September 20, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Danielle Miller, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Naomi Greckol-Herlich and Parmbir Gill, for Jennifer Louise Nugent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on August 20 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- September 20, 2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [2] Jennifer Louise Nugent (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- representation. The Member attended immediately after the hearing on September 20, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021, for the delivery of her reprimand as agreed to by the parties. The Panel was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated December 4, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2020 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Jennifer Louise Nugent is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- (a) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- (e) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- (f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Jennifer Louise Nugent is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-(b) invited Student 1 to her home; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-(c) allowed Student 1 to stay at her home, including sleeping together in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- the same bed; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-(d) provided alcohol to Student 1 and consumed alcohol with him while ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- he was under age; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-(e) engaged in electronic communications of a personal nature with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Student 1 including text messages, Facebook messages, and e- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- mails; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-(f) kissed Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf:(g) engaged in physical intimacy of a sexual nature with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-In December 2014, after Student 1 ended the relationship with the Member, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-the Member sent him a communication via Facebook telling him that she ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-[XXX]. Student 1 interpreted the Member’s message as an [XXX]. This ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-distressed the student and led him to [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-During the 2014-2015 academic year, the Member sent numerous ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-electronic messages to Student 1. These communications were of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-personal and intimate nature, and included references to: the challenge for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-both of them in keeping their relationship a secret; her regret at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-termination of their relationship; her intense on-going love for the student; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-memories of their first kiss; jealousy that Student 1 had a girlfriend; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Student 1’s behaviour having hurt the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-In these communications, the Member expressed her desire to resume her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-relationship with Student 1 at the end of the school year stating, “If we do ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-make it through the year, and summer vacation comes, and suddenly, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-without question, we’re allowed to be a couple…” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Following Student 1’s completion of his secondary school studies in June ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-[XXX], the Member continued to engage in a personal relationship with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Student 1, which included: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-(a) Taking Student 1 on a [XXX] trip in August [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-(b) Engaging in electronic communications of a personal nature with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-In November 2019, Student 1 disclosed to the Board his past relationship ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-with the Member and the fact that his relationship with the Member had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-been traumatic for him and caused him feelings of guilt and distress. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Board began an investigation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- On January 17, 2020, the Member resigned from the Board. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- On September 27, 2002, the Ontario College of Teachers approved a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: professional advisory related to sexual abuse and sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the College advisory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- On February 23, 2011, the Ontario College of Teachers approved a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- professional advisory on the use of electronic communications and social ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- media. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- advisory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- By this document, the Member does not dispute that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Committee can accept as correct the facts and exhibits referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- paragraphs above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- The Member understands that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- of professional misconduct against her, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- and 1(19). The Member does not contest that the alleged conduct described ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: at paragraph 8 constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, she ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- is waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- against her and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- (d) she understands that the Discipline Committee can accept the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Uncontested Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- constitute professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- (e) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- including her name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- (f) she understands that any agreement between her and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- (g) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and having had the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E.23, for the purpose of this proceeding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, and for no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not constitute an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any other civil, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and the circumstances, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on September 20, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 17 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- to the allegations of professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- headings of misconduct set out above. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-[9] On August 20, 2021, the parties made extensive submissions in relation to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) and 1(7.3) allegations. Both parties agreed that Student 1 was a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-“student” for the purposes of making a finding under these subsections, before he turned ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-18 years old. They also agreed that the evidence at paragraph 8 of the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Facts is sufficient for making these findings. However, they disagreed about whether ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Student 1 could be considered a “student” after he turned 18 years old, and whether the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Panel could rely upon the additional evidence at paragraphs 9-14 to make a finding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-under these subsections. The Panel addresses the parties’ respective positions about ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-these issues below. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-[10] During its deliberations and in the context of preparing its Decision and Reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-the Panel sought Independent Legal Counsel’s (“ILC”) advice on the evidentiary issues ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-described above. In summary, ILC advised the Panel that it should determine when ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Student 1 was a “student” for the purposes of an emotional abuse finding. This would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-inform the Panel as to the evidence it could rely on to make this finding. This advice ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-was predicated on the fact that the language of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-1(7.2), frames the alleged psychological or emotional abuse to “a student or students.” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-In relation to the subsection 1(7.3) allegation, ILC advised the Panel that it should ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf:restrict its finding of sexual abuse to the evidence contained in paragraph 8 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Uncontested Facts only, in light of the language of the agreement. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-[11] On September 20, 2021, the Panel rendered its decision on finding as set out ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-above, but had not finalized its reasons. ILC subsequently informed the parties by email ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-of her advice to the Panel. On September 23, 2021, the Panel received additional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-submissions from the parties on ILC’s advice. The additional submissions received by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- the Panel following its September 20, 2021 finding of professional misconduct does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- alter the Panel’s decision with respect to finding. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- that the Member engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Student 1 and that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: Member psychologically or emotionally, and sexually abused Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-(1) Student 1 is a “student” for the purposes of a finding under subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 1(7.2) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [12] At the outset, the Panel is mindful that the term “student” is not defined in the Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: except at subsections 1(2) - 1(4) when allegations of sexual abuse or sexual misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- are made and in other prescribed situations. These definitions were added to the Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- when it was amended in December 2016. They did not exist at the time of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- misconduct and the Act does not provide that these provisions apply retrospectively. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [13] The Panel accepts the parties’ submissions that Student 1 was a “student” for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- purposes of making a finding under subsections 1(7.2) and 1(7.3) before he turned 18 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- years old. The Panel also accepts that the evidence at paragraph 8 of the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Facts is sufficient for making those findings. The Panel, accordingly, finds that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Member’s conduct set out at paragraph 8 of the Uncontested Facts support a finding of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: both psychological or emotional, and sexual abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [14] In light of this finding, the Panel believes that it is not necessary to determine ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- whether Student 1 could be considered a “student” after he turned 18, and whether the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- additional evidence set out at paragraphs 9-14 of the Uncontested Facts also support a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- finding under these subsections. However, the Panel does so, given the parties’ ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- disagreement in relation to this issue. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-[15] College Counsel appeared to interpret ILC’s advice as saying that the Panel should ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-look to the definition of “student” in subsection 1(2) of the current version of the Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-when considering the allegation of emotional abuse. College Counsel referred the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-to the definition of “student” in subsection 1(2) of the Act and submitted that this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf:definition applies to a sexual abuse or sexual misconduct finding only and that the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-therefore did not need to determine whether Student 1 was a “student” for the purposes ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-of making a finding under subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Since the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-parties’ agreement stipulated that Student 1 was a student until June [XXX] (because ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-he completed [XXX] that ended in June [XXX]), the College’s position was that the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-could and should rely on the evidence at paragraphs 9-14 in order to make a finding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-under subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, regardless of the subsection 1(2) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-definition of student (in the current version of the Act), which was inapplicable in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-context of a 1(7.2) finding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-[16] In relation to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf:submitted that Student 1 was a “student” for the purposes of a sexual abuse finding and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-that the Panel should also rely on the additional evidence at paragraph 9 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Uncontested Facts, given that it has the discretion to do so. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-that Student 1 met the definition of “student” in subparagraph 2(iii) of subsection 1(2) of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-the Act since: (1) Student 1 was enrolled in a school in Ontario; and (2) the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-was [XXX] Student 1’s performances through [XXX], which according to College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Counsel, constituted “extra-curricular activities”. College Counsel did not agree that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-language of Exhibit 2 (and particularly of paragraph 19 of the Plea of No Contest) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-prevented the Panel from taking the evidence of paragraph 9 into consideration. In the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-alternative, she submitted that, given the legislative intent of the Act, the Panel should ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf:find that Student 1 was a “student” for the purposes of a sexual abuse finding. She relied ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-on Ontario College of Teachers v. Iason, 2017 ONOCT 89, Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-v. Sperling, 2019 ONOCT 40 and Ontario College of Teachers v. Rollo, 2021 ONOCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-21, in support of this alternate position. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-[17] On the other hand, Member’s Counsel submitted that since Student 1 was not a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-“student” (as defined in the Act) after he turned 18, the Panel should not rely on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Uncontested Facts at paragraphs 9-14 for makings its findings under subsections 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-and 1(7.3). Member’s Counsel submitted that the Panel should therefore rely only on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-the evidence at paragraph 8 of the Uncontested Facts, in making its findings of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf:psychological or emotional, and sexual abuse. In relation to the Uncontested Facts at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-paragraphs 9-14, Member’s Counsel submitted that Student 1 does not meet the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-definition of “student” under subsection 1(2) of the Act because, at that time, Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-was over the age of 18 and the Member was never his teacher. Moreover, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-was not involved in any “extra-curricular activities” as the [XXX] did not amount to “extra- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-curricular activities”, and none of the other conditions required to meet the definition of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-“student” at subsection 1(2) of the Act were met, according to Member’s Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Member’s Counsel relied on Ontario College of Teachers v. Aboul Dahab, 2005 ONOCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-1, Ontario College of Teachers v. Hutton, 2002 ONOCT 9, Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-v. Kelley, 2020 ONOCT 198, Ontario College of Teachers v. Oakley, 2021 ONOCT 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Ward, 2006 ONOCT 44 and Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-v. Jeffrey, 2003 ONOCT 22, in support of her submissions. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-[18] Having considered the parties’ submissions, the Panel finds the following: (1) in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-addition to the evidence at paragraph 8 of the Uncontested Facts, it can rely on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-paragraphs 9-12 and 14 in support of its finding of psychological or emotional abuse; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-and (2) it will rely only on the Uncontested Facts at paragraph 8 in support of its finding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf:of sexual abuse. The Panel’s reasoning is as follows. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-[19] First, in relation to the finding of psychological or emotional abuse, the Panel finds ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-that Student 1 can be considered a “student” at the material times set out in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-8, 9-12 and 14 of the Uncontested Facts. In determining that Student 1 was a “student” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-at the material times, the Panel turned to first principles and relied on the College’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-broad public interest mandate, because there was no legislated definition of “student” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-at the time of the Member’s misconduct (and no transitional provisions under the Act to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-indicate that the current definition of “student” applies retrospectively). Therefore, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-Panel did not rely on the parties’ submissions with respect to the interpretation of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-“student” under the current version of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-[20] If, however, the Panel had relied on the definition of “student” in the current version ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-of the Act, the Panel would have found that the definition of “student” only applies in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf:relation to a finding of sexual abuse or sexual misconduct (as is expressly stated at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-subsection 1(2) of the Act). The Panel would have further found that, although the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-legislative definition of “student” under the Act does not specifically apply to findings of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-psychological or emotional abuse, it was nevertheless apparent that Student 1 was a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-student at all materials times, including after he turned 18 years old. This is based on a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-plain reading of paragraph 3 of the Uncontested Facts, which says that Student 1 had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-not completed his studies at the School until June [XXX]. If the parties had intended for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Member’s Counsel. The Panel further notes that it would have made a finding of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- psychological or emotional abuse whether or not it relied on the Uncontested Facts at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- paragraphs 9-12 and 14, given that the Member did not contest that her conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- breached subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Therefore, the discussion of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- what evidence can appropriately be relied on is secondary, as it does not alter the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Panel’s ultimate finding that the Member engaged in the psychological or emotional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- abuse of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: [23] Second, with respect to the evidence it can rely on in support of a finding of sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- abuse, the Panel will limit itself to the evidence set out at paragraph 8 of the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Facts. The parties expressly indicated, at paragraph 19 of Exhibit 2, that the specific ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: conduct described at paragraph 8 of the Uncontested Facts constitutes sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- The Panel will not undermine the terms of the agreement by relying on additional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: evidence in support of a sexual abuse finding. The parties could have drafted their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: agreement more broadly (i.e., by not constraining the sexual abuse finding to paragraph ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 8) if they wanted the Panel to rely on other evidence in relation to this finding. Had the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- parties not included the restriction at paragraph 19 of the Exhibit 2, the Panel would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- have also relied on paragraphs 9, 11 and 12 of the Uncontested Facts in support of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: finding of sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-(2) The Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [24] The Panel finds that the Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- The Member was in a position of trust and authority towards Student 1 for having ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- overseen his [XXX] performances when he was in Grade [XXX] at the School and again ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- when Student 1 was performing [XXX]. During the 2013-2014 academic year (i.e., when ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Student 1 was still under 18), the Member had an inappropriate relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 1, which included hugging him and flirting with him. The Panel finds that such behaviour ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- by an adult in a position of trust towards a student would reasonably have a negative ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- impact on the well-being of the student. Additionally, after Student 1 turned 18, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Member’s actions towards Student 1 became more egregious and included engaging ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: in physical intimacy of a sexual nature with Student 1. In December 2014, after Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 1 ended the relationship with the Member, the Member sent him a message on social ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- media indicating that she had [XXX]. This communication was distressing to Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- who interpreted the message as [XXX]. Furthermore, the Member sent various ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- manipulative messages to Student 1 such as referring to the Member’s regret at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- termination of their relationship and her intense on-going love for Student 1. In 2019, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Student 1 disclosed to the Board that his relationship with the Member had been ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- traumatic for him and caused him feelings of guilt and distress. The Panel finds that by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- engaging in such behaviour, the Member showed a complete disregard for Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- well-being. As such the Member’s conduct amounts to psychological or emotional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf:(3) The Member sexually abused a student contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97 and section 1 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: [25] The Panel finds that the Member sexually abused Student 1, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and section 1 of the Act. The definition ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes touching and behaviour or remarks of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: sexual nature by a member towards a student. The Panel finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: sexually abused Student 1 by having an inappropriate relationship with Student 1, in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2013-2014 academic year. The Member’s conduct included: hugging Student 1; holding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- hands with Student 1; expressing feelings of a personal nature which she had for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Student 1; and engaging in flirtatious behaviour with Student 1. The Panel accepts that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: this conduct meets the definition of sexual abuse under the Act. In coming to this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- conclusion, the Panel placed significant weight on the parties’ agreement that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: conduct described in paragraph 8 of the Uncontested Facts amounts to sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-(4) The Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [26] The Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- contravening section 32 of the College By-Laws, which sets out the ethical standards ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- and the standards of practice for the teaching profession. By hugging and flirting with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: Student 1, which amounts to sexual abuse of a student, the Member failed to comply ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- with these standards. Sexual abuse is misconduct which is so notorious and offside ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- what is acceptable that expert evidence is not required to prove the breach of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- professional standards. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-(5) The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [27] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- teacher. Section 264(1)(c) is commonly understood to mean that teachers are expected ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- to act as positive role models and conduct themselves morally, in all circumstances ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- where members interact with students. The Member’s conduct was antithetical to these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: principles. In addition to her sexually abusive behaviour towards Student 1 in 2013- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2014, when Student 1 turned 18, the Member invited him to her home, slept with him in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: the same bed, kissed him and engaged in physical intimacy of a sexual nature with him, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- among other things. Moreover, the Member provided alcohol to Student 1, who was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- underage and consumed alcohol with him. The Member blatantly ignored the emotional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- harm that would be caused to Student 1 by her actions. By engaging in such immoral ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- and abusive conduct, the Member failed to fulfil the fundamental duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-(6) The Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [28] The Panel finds that Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. It is unacceptable for a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- teacher, who is expected to be an upstanding member of the community, to have an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- inappropriate relationship with a student and to hug, flirt and hold hands with a student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- The Member’s conduct was not a momentary lapse of judgment as this relationship ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- developed over the course of multiple academic years. By the 2014-2015 academic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- year, the Member and Student 1 became more physically intimate and the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- even expressed her desire to resume her relationship with Student 1 at the end of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- academic year. Such conduct demonstrates serious moral and professional failings by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- the Member. It casts doubt on the Member’s ability to hold a teaching position without ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- putting students at risk. The Member’s conduct can therefore be characterized as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-(7) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [29] Finally, the Member’s egregious conduct, as described above, is also unbecoming ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- a member. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is eroded when members of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: profession engage in inappropriate personal and sexual relationships with students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-F. PENALTY SUBMISSIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [30] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3) which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- presented to the Panel on September 20, 2021. The Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- provided for a revocation and a reprimand. Both parties agreed that the Panel should ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- order the penalties set out in the joint submission, but for different reasons. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: [31] College Counsel submitted that, having made a finding of sexual abuse, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- is mandated to revoke and reprimand the Member pursuant to section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: She submitted that, although the sexual abuse of Student 1 occurred before the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- mandatory provision came into force, it nevertheless applied retrospectively pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- the transitional provision at section 63.2 of the Act because the Committee has not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- previously made a subsection 30(4) order in the matter. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [32] Member’s Counsel, on the other hand, submitted that the Panel should accept the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Joint Submission on Penalty as the penalty is reasonable and the test for rejecting a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- joint submission on penalty is very stringent. Despite submitting that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- taking no position in relation to the application of the transitional provision at section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 63.2 of the Act, Member’s Counsel stated that the Member does not accept that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- transitional provision specifically applies in the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-G. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [33] In an oral decision rendered on September 20, 2021, the Panel accepted the Joint ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 147 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf-H. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- [34] Having considered the parties’ penalty submissions, the Panel finds that section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 30.2 of the Act applies to its findings by virtue of section 63.2 of the Act. Although the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- mandatory penalty provision at section 30.2 of the Act was not in force at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: Member’s sexual abuse of Student 1 (i.e., during the 2013-2014 academic year), section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 63.2 of the Act provides that the mandatory penalty provisions at section 30.2 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse occurred before April 3, 2019 and no order ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- has been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. These conditions are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- met in this case and the Panel must therefore apply the mandatory penalty provisions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- set out at section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf: [35] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct147.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- (c) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- (d) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Tina Opare (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- (the “College”). Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- the Member’s Registered Member Information with the College. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher and [XXX] at [XXX] (the “School”) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old female student at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- At all material times, Student 2 and Student 3 were [XXX]-year-old male ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- students at the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- On June 3, 2019, during the Member’s [XXX] supervision period, Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf: disclosed to the Member that Student 2 and Student 3 were sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf: harassing her by asking her for sexual favours and calling her a whore. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Pursuant to the Board’s Operational Procedure regarding “Sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Misconduct by Students” and subsection 300.2(1) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- R.S.O. c. E.2 (the “Education Act”), the Member was required to report the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- disclosure to the School’s Principal or her designate immediately. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Promptly after the Member’s [XXX] supervision period ended, once the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Member was able to leave her supervision post in the [XXX], she reported ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- the disclosure to the School’s Vice-Principal. However, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- misrepresented the information that had been communicated to her: (i) by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- failing to report that Student 1 had directly disclosed the harassment to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Member, and (ii) by indicating that the Member did not know the victim ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Student 1’s identity, which was untrue. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- The Vice-Principal immediately began investigating the matter to determine ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Student 1’s identity. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- After school that day, an altercation arose between Student 1’s friend or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- boyfriend and several other male students in the School’s parking lot, which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- was prompted by the comments that Student 2 and Student 3 had made to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Student 1 earlier that day. In addressing the situation, the Vice-Principal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- was able to determine the victim Student 1’s identity. Student 1 then advised ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf: the Vice-Principal that she had directly disclosed the sexual harassment to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- If the Member were to testify at a hearing of this matter, she would state ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf: that upon learning of the sexual harassment, the Member urged Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- to report the incident to the School’s administration, but Student 1 was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- reluctant to do so. The Member would further state that Student 1 pleaded ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- with the Member to wait a day so she could tell her parents first. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Member would also state that she told Student 1 that it was the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- duty to report the incident immediately, but eventually the Member agreed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- to try to keep Student 1’s name out of it in order to give Student 1 a day to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- speak to her parents. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- In failing to report that Student 1 had directly disclosed the harassment to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- the Member and failing to disclose the victim Student 1’s identity to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- School’s administration, the Member breached the Board’s Procedure ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- regarding “Sexual Misconduct by Students” and the Education Act. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Member also recognizes that she made an error in judgment and deeply ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- regrets her conduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- On June 24, 2019, the Board issued a letter of discipline to the Member and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- suspended the Member for 5 days without pay. The Board also terminated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- the Member’s Position of Responsibility (POR) as Assistant Curriculum ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Leader and declared her ineligible to hold a POR system-wide until 2020- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 2021. The Member was also required to review the Board’s Operational ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Procedures regarding “Sexual Misconduct by Students” and “Abuse and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Neglect of Students” and the College’s Ethical Standards for the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Profession with the School’s Principal, within one week of her return from ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- suspension. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-12 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 5-11 above constitute conduct that is professional misconduct and pleads ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against her, being more ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-Principal, the Member also failed to fulfil her reporting duty as articulated in her Board’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-Sexual Misconduct by Students Operational Procedure and under subsection 300.2(1) of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-the Education Act. As such, her conduct fell below the ethical standards expected of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-members of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-[9] The Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. This section sets out the duties of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-teacher and provides, at section 264(1)(c) that teachers have a duty to model ethical ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-behaviour and to “inculcate by precent and example […] the highest regard for truth, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-justice, loyalty […] and all other virtues.” By misrepresenting the information that had been ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-communicated to her when she reported it to her Vice-Principal, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-dishonest, which caused the Vice-Principal to needlessly pursue an investigation into the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-identity of Student 1. Subsection 264(1)(d) of the Education Act further requires teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-to “assist in developing cooperation and coordination of effort among members of the staff ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-of the school.” The Member’s misleading conduct was not in compliance with this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-professional obligation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By failing to honestly and properly report the direct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-disclosure made by Student 1, the Member delayed the School’s intervention into a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-situation that put the safety of at least one student at risk. Members of the profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-must prioritize student safety and well-being and follow appropriate procedures when ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf:student disclosures about alleged sexual misconduct by other students are made to them. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-The Panel accepts College Counsel’s submission that the Member’s conduct can be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-characterised by all three terms. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-[11] Finally, the Member’s conduct was also unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulations 437/97 in that it undermined the reputation of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-teaching profession and violated the trust that the public places in teachers to keep ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-students safe at all times. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-[12] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on March 9, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- following the electronic hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand, which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- will be delivered electronically, and the fact of the reprimand shall be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- The Registrar is directed to impose the following terms, conditions and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- limitations on the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- (a) within 90 days of the date of the Decision, Reasons for Decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Order of the Discipline Committee, the Member shall enrol in and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- successfully complete at her own expense, a course of instruction in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf: ethics, including the duty to report disclosures of sexual misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- by students. The course shall be pre-approved by the Registrar and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- be subject to the following conditions: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- (i) the Member will provide to a course practitioner approved by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- the Registrar a copy of the Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Guilty Plea and Joint Submission on Penalty documents ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- made exhibits at the hearing of this matter, and the Decision, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Reasons for Decision and Order of the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- (ii) upon review of the documents noted at paragraph (i) above, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- the course practitioner will provide to the Registrar, for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-School’s parking lot after school. It is an aggravating factor that the Member’s failure to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-accurately report resulted in an alteration that may have been preventable. In terms of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-mitigating factors, the Member admitted her misconduct, saving student witnesses from ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-having to testify and the time and expense of a contested hearing. She expressed sincere ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-remorse and has not been the subject of discipline proceedings in the past. As a result of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-her actions, the Member was already disciplined by the Board, including being made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-ineligible to hold a POR (Position of Responsibility) in the School until 2020-2021. After ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the parties is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-[15] The Panel finds that the Member’s failure to follow her reporting obligations under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-the Education Act and under her Board’s protocol warrants a reprimand by her peers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-Under the circumstances of this case, the Member should not have withheld Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-identity from the Vice-Principal. The Member’s conduct was a violation of her supervisor’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-trust. While Member’s Council submitted that the Member had good intentions and that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-she was expressing sympathy for the student’s wishes, the Member’s professional duty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-should have guided her reporting decision. The Member’s duty to report disclosures of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf:sexual harassment overrides a request from a student to keep certain disclosed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-information in confidence. Members must not make promises to students that put them in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-conflict with their professional duties and that may put student safety at risk. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-[16] The Panel finds that the course of instruction regarding ethics, including the duty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf:to report disclosures of sexual misconduct by students, will assist in the rehabilitation of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-the Member. The recommended course of instruction will remind the Member of her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-obligations as a teacher, inform her professional judgment, and help her to make better ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-decisions when addressing the needs of students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-[17] The Panel is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf-Date: March 15, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Josée Landriault, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Wanda Percival ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v ZZD 2021 ONOCT 19 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Date: 2021-01-11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- [ZZD], a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- [ZZD] (REGISTRATION #[XXX]) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-PANEL: Diane Ballantyne, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Tom Potter ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Stéphane Vallée, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-HEARD: October 21, 2019, February 6, 2020 and October 19, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Christine Lonsdale, Ava Arbuck and Kathryn McChesney, for the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Naomi Greckol-Herlich and Parmbir Gill for [ZZD] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Julie Maciura and Renée Kopp, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- The Discipline Committee further ordered a publication ban pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- subsection 32.1(1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, preventing the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- public disclosure of the Member’s name. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-[9] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of the Student who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-could disclose the identity of the Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-[10] In addition, on October 19, 2020 the Panel made an order preventing the public ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-disclosure of the Member’s name, pursuant to subsections 32(7) and 32.1(1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-C. DECISION ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-[11] Having considered the evidence and submissions of the parties as well as the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-relevant jurisprudence and legislation, the Panel granted the Member’s motion on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-October 19, 2020, pursuant to subsections 32(7) and 32.1(1) of the Act. The Panel agreed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-with the parties’ submissions that there is a possibility of serious harm to the Member if ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-his name is published, which justifies a departure from the usual practice of public ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-disclosure of members’ names in Discipline Committee decisions. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-D. REASONS FOR DECISION ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-[12] The Panel decided to depart from the open court principle in this case and to order ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-a partial publication ban (to not disclose the Member’s name through its written decisions) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-primarily based on the evidence of the Member’s serious medical condition and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-possibility of serious harm to the Member if his name were to be publicly disclosed. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Although this type of relief has occasionally been ordered in previous College discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14);4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-F. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-[23] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Hearing Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- [ZZD] is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- During the 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Member was employed by the York Region District School Board (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- “Board”) as an occasional teacher and taught at various schools, including ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- [XXX] School (the “School”), until May 20, 2015. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- At all material times between 2012 and 2015, the Student was a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- who attended the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- The Member supply taught at the School on 85 occasions between ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- September 2012 and May 2014. The Member was the Student’s supply ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- teacher on two or three days during the 2012-2013 school year, when the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-4 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Student was in Grade [XXX]. Other than the two days that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- supply taught in the Student’s class, the Student does not recall having any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- contact or communication with the Member at School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- In February 2014, when the Student was [XXX] years old and in Grade ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- [XXX], the Student created a profile on a geosocial networking mobile dating ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- application (“app”) designed to connect people who wish to meet others ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- within their geographical area. To access this app and its services, one must ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- affirm they are 18 years of age or older. The Student, aware of the age ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- restriction, created a user profile to be viewed by other users of the app, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- and claimed to be 18 years old in order to be able to surf the app. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Student’s face was not visible in any of the photos associated with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Student’s profile. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- On or about February 8, 2014, the Student was surfing the app and initiated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- contact with the Member through the app. During their first chat over the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- app, the Member asked the Student’s true age. The Student replied that he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- was [XXX] years old, when the Student was actually [XXX] years old. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Student also revealed he was a student at the School, and told the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- that he recognized the Member as having been the Student’s supply ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- teacher previously. The Member indicated he was uncomfortable talking ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- with the Student and ended the conversation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Nevertheless, the Member and the Student continued to communicate via ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- social media. Their communications between April 2014 and May 2015 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf: included sexually explicit content. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf: Their communications also included sexual activity via Skype, including ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- acts of masturbation in real-time performed by one or both participants ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- during video chats. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- On September 27, 2002, the Ontario College of Teachers approved a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf: professional advisory on professional misconduct related to sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf: and sexual misconduct. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- of the College advisory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-1(18), 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that the alleged conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf:constitutes sexual abuse as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-(c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-(d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-(e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-(f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-(g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-G. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-[24] After the Panel decided the Member’s motion on October 19, 2020, the parties ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-jointly submitted agreement materials with respect to the merits. Counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-requested that the allegation of professional misconduct outlined in paragraph (c) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened subsection 1(14) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College Counsel sought the Panel’s permission to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-withdraw the allegation because it duplicated the subsection 1(5) allegation. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-[25] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on October 19, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-2020 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf:The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-H. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-[26] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf:Member sexually abused the Student by engaging in sexually explicit electronic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf:communications and online sexual acts with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-[27] The Member breached the standards of the profession contrary to subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Among other things, members are expected to demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-their trustworthiness in relationships with students and to demonstrate care through their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-commitment to students’ well-being. The Member showed a complete disregard for these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf:standards when he engaged in sexually explicit communications and acts with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Student on social media, including masturbating during Skype video chats. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf:[28] The Member exchanged sexually explicit messages and performed sexual acts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf:online with a student, which constitutes sexual abuse of a student, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf:1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf:includes behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf:The content of the Member’s electronic messages to the Student and his online sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-behaviour with the Student meet this definition. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-[29] The Member’s actions also contravene section 264(1) of the Education Act. This ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-provision requires that teachers exemplify the highest regard for a number of virtues ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-including truth, justice, humanity, benevolence and purity. Given their unique position of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-trust and authority, members of the teaching profession must prioritize the safety and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-well-being of students and must always maintain professional boundaries with students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-The Member failed to fulfill his professional duties in an egregious manner when he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf:engaged in sexually explicit communications and online sexual acts with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-[30] The Member’s conduct demonstrates a failure to act in the best interest of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-student, in violation of the trust that parents, students and the public place in teachers, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-which is disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-[31] Considering the role of teachers as stewards of the public trust, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-conduct is also unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Regulation. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is eroded when members abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 19 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf:their position of trust and authority to sexually abuse students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-I. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-[32] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Hearing Exhibit 3), which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-was presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on October 19, 2020, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-[33] After hearing submissions from the parties regarding the form of the reprimand, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-the Panel ordered that the Member is to receive the reprimand via videoconference. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-J. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf:[34] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct19.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Rollo 2021 ONOCT 21 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Date: 2021-03-16 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Christopher Allan Rollo, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- CHRISTOPHER ALLAN ROLLO (REGISTRATION # 255009) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-PANEL: Sara Nouini, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- John Cammarata ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Richard Filion ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-HEARD: March 8, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Zirka Jakibchuk, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-No one appearing for Christopher Allan Rollo ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-By order of Justice R.J. LeDressay of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on March 8, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[2] Christopher Allan Rollo (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[4] A publication ban was also ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1 and Student 2, who were allegedly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-could disclose the identities of Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[5] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the transcript of the Reasons ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-for Sentence from the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice R.J. LeDressay dated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-February 6, 2020 (Exhibit 2 at Appendix D). In these proceedings before the Ontario Court ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-of Justice, an order restricting publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated October 20, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-2020 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Christopher Allan Rollo is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (b) he released or disclosed information about a student to a person ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- other than the student or, if the student is a minor, the student’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- parent or guardian, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (i) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf: (k) he engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Allan Christopher Rollo [sic]1 is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- The Member’s teaching certificate is currently suspended for non-payment ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- of fees. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- At all material times, the Member was a 48- to 51-year-old teacher ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- employed by the Halton District School Board (the “Board”) at [XXX]School ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (the “School”) in Oakville, Ontario, and was a former [XXX] coach. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 and Student 2 were female students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- between [XXX] and [XXX] years old. Student 2 lived in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- At all material times, Student 3 was a male person between [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- [XXX] years old and was a former student of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Between on or about October 1, 2014 and on or about July 31, 2018, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Member posed as a teenage boy online and used the name “C.C.” to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- communicate with young females on the social media sites Facebook, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Instagram and Omegle. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- The Member created false social media profiles for himself using his Board ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- email address. He also used photographs of Student 3 to personate a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-1 College Counsel clarified during the hearing that the Member’s name is “Christopher Allan Rollo”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-teenage [XXX] living with his parents and attending high school. Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-was unaware that his photographs were being used for this purpose. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Between on or about December 1, 2016 and on or about July 31, 2018, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Member communicated with Student 1, by means of a computer, for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:purpose of facilitating a child pornography offence(s). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-When Student 1 was first contacted by the Member, she was [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-old and advised the Member of such. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-The Member’s online conversations with Student 1 quickly became flirty and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-sexual. The Member sent Student 1 photos of a penis and directed her to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-do sexual things, such as masturbate and send him nude images. When ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Student 1 was reluctant to comply, the Member threatened to “dump” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Student 1 and told her he didn’t love her anymore. As a result, Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-sent the Member numerous nude and/or sexual images and videos during ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-the one and a half years that the Member engaged in inappropriate online ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-communications with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-The Member continued to manipulate and sexually exploit Student 1 even ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-after he learned that Student 1 was engaging in [XXX] behaviours. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Between on or about October 1, 2014 and on or about October 1, 2017, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Member communicated with Student 2, by means of a computer, for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:purpose of facilitating a child pornography offence(s). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-When Student 2 was first contacted by the Member, she was [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-old and advised the Member of such. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-The Member sent Student 2 multiple photos of Student 3 and told her that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-these were photos of “C.C.”. Eventually, he asked to see Student 2’s body ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-parts and Student 2 sent the Member photos of her bare breasts. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Member talked to Student 2 about getting “horny” and sent her a photo of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-penis and photos of an erect penis under clothing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-At one point during the three years that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-inappropriate online communications with Student 2, Student 2 tried to meet ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-the Member in person by coming to [XXX]. Although they did not meet, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Member sent Student 2 a voicemail message stating that he loved her and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-missed seeing her incredible body. Student 2 was overjoyed when she ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-received this message as she believed that she was in a dating relationship ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-After the Internet Child Exploitation Unit of the Halton Regional Police ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Service was alerted to the Member’s activities and examined his electronic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-devices, they not only located communications between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Student 1 and the Member and Student 2, but they also discovered ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-communications from another [XXX]-year-old female and Facebook ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-notifications from 16 other teenage females to “C.C.” in the Member’s Board ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-email account. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Analysis of the Member’s electronic devices further revealed that between ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-on or about July 23, 2018 and on or about July 24, 2018, the Member had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-in his possession several nude images of teenage females, which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:constituted child pornography. Two of these images were of Student 2 when ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-she was [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-On or about October 18, 2018, the Member was arrested and criminally ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-charged with: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-(a) two counts of child luring contrary to section 172.1(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada) (the “Code”), in respect of Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:(b) one count of possession of child pornography contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 163.1(4) of the Code; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-(c) one count of identity fraud contrary to section 403(1)(a) of the Code, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- in respect of Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-The Member resigned from his employment with the Board effective ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-November 5, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-On November 15, 2019, the Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-of the two counts of child luring and one count of possession of child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:pornography with which he had been charged. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-The identity fraud charge was withdrawn at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-On February 6, 2020, the Member was sentenced to a total of 45 months’ ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-incarceration. The custodial sentence was broken down as follows: first ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-count of child luring involving Student 1 - 27 months; second count of child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-luring involving Student 2 - 18 months consecutive to the first count; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:possession of child pornography - 12 months concurrent to the first count. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-The Member was also made subject to various ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-The Member did not appeal his convictions and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Court Information dated October 18, 2018 and disposition in the criminal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-proceeding against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-transcript of the Proceedings at Guilty Plea before the Honourable Justice ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-R.J. Ledressay on November 5, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- transcript of the Reasons for Sentence before the Honourable Justice R.J. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Ledressay on February 6, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Non-Communication Order, Prohibition Order, and Order for Forfeiture and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Disposition of Property made against the Member on February 6, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-28 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 6-18, 20 and 22-28 constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 1(5), 1(6), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf: Member also acknowledges that he engaged in sexual abuse of Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- and Student 2, as defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- counsel or the opportunity to have obtained the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on March 8, 2021, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(6), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:Student 2, in a prohibited act involving child pornography and in a prescribed sexual act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-1 to 28 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-the Member engaged in inappropriate conduct such as posing as a teenage boy online ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-to communicate with young females on social media sites and engaging in online ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-communications of a sexual nature with Student 1 and Student 2. The Member was also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:in possession of child pornography. The Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-child luring contrary to section 172.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada, in respect to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:Student 1 and Student 2 and possession of child pornography contrary to section 163.1(4) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member created false ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-social media profiles for himself using his Board email address, he posed as a teenage ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-boy online to communicate with young females on social media sites, and he used ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Student 3’s photographs, without his knowledge, to personate a teenage [XXX] online. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-The Member furthermore engaged in online communications of a sexual nature with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2, which constitute sexual abuse, and possessed several nude ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:images of teenage females, which constitute child pornography. Engaging in such ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-predatory behaviour and egregious conduct which includes sexual abuse of students and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:possession of child pornography is a serious breach of the ethical and professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-standards of the profession. Misconduct of this nature is so notorious that expert evidence ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-of the standard is not required to prove the breach of professional standards. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[11] The Member breached subsection 1(6) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-was a male person between [XXX] and [XXX] years old and a former student of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Member. The Panel finds that by sending Student 2 multiple photos of Student 3 (when ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-the Member was impersonating the teenage boy), without the consent of Student 3 or his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-parents, the Member inappropriately released or disclosed information about a student to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-a person other than the student or the student’s parent or guardian. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:437/97 by engaging in online communications of a sexual nature with Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:Student 2. The Member had flirty and sexual online conversations with Student 1. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:Member directed her to do sexual things, such as masturbate and send him nude images. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-When Student 1 was reluctant to comply, the Member threatened to “dump” Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-and told her he did not love her. Furthermore, the Member asked to see Student 2’s body ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-parts, talked to Student 2 about getting “horny” and sent Student 2 a voicemail message ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-stating that he loved her and missed seeing her incredible body. The Panel finds that it is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:verbally abusive for Members to have online communications of a sexual nature with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-students. As a teacher, the Member was expected to use electronic communication ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-appropriately and to always maintain appropriate boundaries in online communications ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:with students. The Member’s predatory, sexual communications with students were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-clearly abusive. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[13] The Member breached subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Member psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1 and Student 2. In her victim ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-impact statement in the criminal proceedings, Student 1 described in detail how the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-actions of the Member caused her significant emotional harm, worsened her mental ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-health and contributed to her [XXX] behaviour. [XXX]. In relation to Student 2, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-finds that although Student 2 declined to provide a victim impact statement in the criminal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-proceedings, it can be properly inferred that her mental well-being was adversely affected ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-by the Member’s actions given that she was only [XXX] years old when she began to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-communicate with the Member. She was vulnerable by virtue of her age. The Panel finds ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:that by sexually abusing Student 1 and Student 2, the Member showed a complete ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-disregard for their psychological or emotional well-being. As for Student 3, College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Counsel submitted that the Panel cannot make a finding of psychological or emotional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-abuse with respect to Student 3 given that he was [XXX] years old, and thus no longer a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-student within the meaning of the Education Act, when it was discovered that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-was using his photographs. The Panel accepts College Counsel’s submissions and finds ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-that the Member’s conduct does not constitute psychological or emotional abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-student with respect to Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:[14] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-and Student 2, contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:in section 1 of the Act. The definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a student. Section 1(7) of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:the Act clarifies that, for the purpose of the definition of sexual abuse under the Act, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-behaviour, remarks and conduct include acts or remarks that are done or made by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:electronic means. The Member’s online communications of a sexual nature with Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-1 and Student 2 clearly meets this definition. The Panel notes, however, that there was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-no direct student-teacher relationship between Student 1 and Student 2 and the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Therefore, the Panel needed to consider whether Student 1 and Student 2 were properly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-considered “students” under the Act at the material times. The Panel finds that they were, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-for the following reasons. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:[15] With respect to the Member’s sexually abusive conduct that occurred before ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-December 5, 2016, there was no legislative definition of “student” under the version of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Act in force at the time. However, the College’s had a clear mandate to protect the public ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-interest and there was no suggestion in that version of the Act that there must be a direct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-teaching relationship between a member and a student in order for a young person to be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-considered a “student” under the Act (see Ontario College of Teachers v. Sperling, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-ONOCT 40). The Panel therefore finds that Student 1 and Student 2 were students at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-time of the events in this case that occurred before December 5, 2016, even though they ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-were not necessarily the Member’s students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:[16] With respect to the Member’s sexually abusive conduct that occurred on or after ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-December 5, 2016, the versions of the Act in force at that later time provide a definition ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:of “student” for the purposes of a finding of sexual abuse or sexual misconduct, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2 meet this definition. Section 1(2) at paragraph 3 of the versions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-of the Act in force as of December 5, 2016 provides that a reference to a student includes ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-a reference to “[…] Any other child who, at the time the behaviour, remarks or conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-occurred or were made, was under 18 years old or, in the case of a child who had special ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-needs, was under 22 years old.” The evidence is that Student 1 and Student 2 were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-between [XXX] and [XXX] years old at all material times. They were both, therefore, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-considered students at the time of the Member’s conduct that occurred on or after ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-December 5, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:[17] The Panel finds that by having online communications of a sexual nature with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2, the Member breached subsection 1(7.3). The conduct of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:Member towards Student 1 included having flirty and sexual online conversations with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:Student 1, sending Student 1 photos of a penis and directing her to do sexual things, such ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-as masturbate and send him nude images. The Member’s conduct towards Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-included asking to see Student 2’s body parts, talking to Student 2 about getting “horny” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-and sending her a photo of a penis and photos of an erect penis under clothing. Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-2 believed that she was in a dating relationship with the Member. The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-conduct of the Member towards Student 1 and Student 2 constitute behaviour or remarks ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:of a sexual nature and meets the definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act. This ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-finding is further supported by the fact that the Member was convicted of the offence of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-child luring with respect to Student 1 and Student 2 in his prior criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:[18] The Member engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as defined in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-section 1 of the Act. College Counsel submitted that, through inadvertence, the section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:pertaining to child pornography was not particularized in the Member’s guilty plea at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-paragraph 30 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. Given that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-was incarcerated, the Member could not be reached to amend the Agreed Statement of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Facts and Guilty Plea. Nevertheless, College Counsel submitted that because the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:Member was convicted of one count of possession of child pornography contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code in his criminal proceedings, the Panel can and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:should make a finding that the Member engaged in a prohibited act of child pornography ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-as defined in section 1 of the Act. The Panel accepts these submissions and places ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-significant weight on the fact that the Member has admitted the truth of the facts and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-appendices in the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. The Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-demonstrate, among other things, that the Member had in his possession several nude ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-images of teenage females, including images of Student 2 when she was [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:old, which constitute child pornography, and that he was convicted of possessing child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:pornography contrary to 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code. The Panel therefore finds that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:Member engaged in a prohibited act of child pornography as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:[19] The Member engaged in a prescribed sexual act as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-College Counsel requested that the Panel make a finding that the Member engaged in a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:prescribed sexual act given that the Member has been convicted of the offence of child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-luring contrary to section 172.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code, in respect of Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Student 2. College Counsel referred the Panel to Ontario Regulation 615/20 made under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-the Act, which came into force on November 5, 2020. Section 1 at paragraph 3 of that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-regulation lists an offence under section 172.1 of the Criminal Code as a prescribed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-sexual act. Having considered the submissions of College Counsel and on the basis of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-the Admitted Facts, which includes the fact that the Member was convicted of child luring ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-under section 172.1 of the Criminal Code, the Panel finds that the Member engaged in a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-prescribed sexual act as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[20] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Among other things, this provision requires teachers to demonstrate the highest regard ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-for a number of virtues including truth, justice, humanity and purity. Essentially, teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:are expected to serve as positive role models. Sexual abuse and child pornography cause ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-significant harm to the well-being of young and vulnerable children and negatively affect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:their formative years. Child pornography also perpetuates a market which thrives on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-abuse of children. As described above, the Member’s conduct included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:of Student 1 and Student 2 and the possession of child pornography. By engaging in such ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-immoral and abhorrent conduct, the Member demonstrated a fundamental breach of his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[21] The Panel finds that the Member’s criminal conviction for child luring with respect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:to Student 1 and Student 2 and for possession of child pornography demonstrates that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-he contravened laws relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-Registration and which have caused students to be put at risk, contrary to subsections ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[22] The Member breached subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional for the Member to prey on, manipulate and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-sexually exploit Student 1 and Student 2, who were between [XXX] and [XXX] years old ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-at all materials times. It was equally disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:Member to possess child pornography, which objectifies and exploits children. Members ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-of the teaching profession are expected to be upstanding members of society and to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-safeguard the well-being of students. The Member did the opposite. The teaching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-profession does not tolerate such reprehensible conduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[23] The Member’s egregious conduct which led to his criminal conviction, as described ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-above, is also unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulations ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is eroded when members of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:profession sexually abuse students and possess child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[24] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on March 8, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- The Member is directed receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf-[25] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of students, a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf:prohibited act involving child pornography and a prescribed sexual act as described in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Kaye 2021 ONOCT 28 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Date: 2021-04-06 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Shannon Lionel Kaye, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- SHANNON LIONEL KAYE (REGISTRATION #574131) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-PANEL: Diane Ballantyne, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Richard Filion ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Josée Landriault, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-HEARD: January 11 and April 1, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Danielle Miller and Noam Uri, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-No one appearing for Shannon Lionel Kaye ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on January ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-11 and April 1, 2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[2] Shannon Lionel Kaye (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of the Student, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-could disclose the identity of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated September 5, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-2018 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Shannon Lionel Kaye is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- At all material times, the Member, Shannon Lionel Kaye, was a member of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). The Member was issued ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- his Certificate of Qualification and Registration on August 17, 2009. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- The Member was a [XXX] and [XXX] in a [XXX] (the “[XXX]”). At all material ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- times, the student was a high school student in Ontario and a [XXX] student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- of the [XXX] (the “Student”). They met through the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- At the time they first met, the Member had not been issued his Certificate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- of Qualification and Registration with the College. The Member never taught ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- the Student, never taught at her school or school board. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- never her [XXX]. The Member was aware of her age, and that she was a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- student in high school in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- At some point during 2009-2010 they began communicating electronically ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- through MSN, Facebook and texting. In and around mid-October 2010, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- when the Student was [XXX] years old, she attended a weekend [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- tournament in the Town of [XXX], Ontario. Present at the tournament was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- the Student’s friend, the Member, the Member’s girlfriend (Person A), and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- another [XXX] (Person B). They all participated in the [XXX] tournament. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- On or about Saturday, October 16, 2010, after the [XXX] tournament they ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- all went to the residence. Alcohol was consumed. The Student’s friend, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Member, Person A and Person B removed their clothes and were naked ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- together in a basement bedroom. The Student went into the basement ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf: bedroom. Person B was engaged in sexual activity with her. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf: was present. The Member was then engaged in sexual activity with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- The Member and the Student continued to exchange electronic messages. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- In May 2011, she was [XXX] years old and attended a [XXX] tournament in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- [XXX], Ontario. The Member lived near [XXX]at the time, and offered her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- and others to be billeted with him. After the tournament the Member and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf: Student engaged in sexual activity. They remained in contact until 2012. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- In March 2016, the Student made a report to police. The Member and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf: Person B were charged with sexual exploitation (s. 153(1)(a)) and sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- assault (s. 272(1)(d)) in relation to the October 2010 incident. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- was also charged with two additional counts in relation to the May 2011 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- incident. On March 6, 2017 the Member and Person B entered into a 12- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- month peace bond and all criminal charges were withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-1(15), 1(18), 1(19). The Member further does not contest that the alleged ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-does not contest that the Student was a student for the purpose of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:definition of sexual abuse as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-1996, chapter 12. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-(c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-(d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-(e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-(f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-(g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and without the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-constitute an admission by the Member as to any allegations, facts or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-findings and is without prejudice to him in in [sic] any other civil, criminal, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-administrative, or other proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[7] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College Counsel stated that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation under subsection 1(5) was being sought ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-as proceeding under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would be duplicative. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[8] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-and the submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on April 1, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-2021, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[9] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:Member engaged in sexual activity with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[10] The Member psychologically or emotionally abused the Student, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member engaged in sexual activity ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-with the Student in a disturbing incident that occurred following a [XXX] tournament in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-2010 and that involved the Student, the Student’s friend, the Member, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:girlfriend, and another [XXX]. The sexual activity involving the above individuals took ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-place in a basement bedroom when the Student was [XXX] years old. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-submitted that this experience has been very confusing for the Student and that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Member’s actions had a negative impact on the Student’s psychological or emotional well- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-being. The fact that the Student reported the matter to the Police almost five years after ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-the events suggests that there was a longstanding impact on the Student. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-accepts these submissions and places significant weight on the fact that the Member has ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-pleaded no contest to the allegation of psychological or emotional abuse. Moreover, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:Panel finds that the circumstances of the sexual activity involving the Member (an adult ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-in a position of trust), his adult friends or colleagues, and a student would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-have been disturbing and confusing for an adolescent girl in that situation. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-conduct therefore constitutes psychological or emotional abuse of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:[11] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of the Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:the Act. The definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf: (a) sexual intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations between ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- the member and the student, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf: (b) touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf: (c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:The Uncontested Facts show that the Member engaged in sexual activity with the Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-on two occasions, in October 2010 and May 2011. College Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:sexual activity included sexual touching and physical involvement of a sexual nature. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Panel accepts these submissions and finds that the Member’s conduct therefore meets ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:the definition of sexual abuse. The Panel notes that there was no direct student-teacher ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-relationship between the Student and the Member. The Panel is, however, satisfied that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:the Student can be considered a “student” for the purposes of a sexual abuse finding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-under the Act. Section 1(2) at paragraph 1 of the Act provides that a reference to a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:for the purposes of the definition of sexual abuse includes, “A student who, at the time ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-the behaviour, remarks or conduct occurred or were made, was enrolled in a school or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-private school in Ontario, within the meaning of the Education Act and was under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-old, or in the case of a student who had special needs, was under 22 years old.” The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Member did not contest that the Student was a high school student at all material times ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:and that he was aware that she was [XXX] and [XXX] years old at the time of their sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-activities. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act, regulations, or by- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-laws contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by contravening section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-32 of the College By-Laws, which sets outs the Ethical Standards and the Standards of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:Practice for the Teaching Profession. By sexually abusing the Student, the Member failed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-to comply with these standards. Misconduct of this nature is so notorious that expert ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-evidence of the standard is not required to prove the professional standards. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[13] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Section 264(1)(c) is commonly understood to mean that teachers are expected to serve ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:as positive role models. The Member sexually abused the Student on two occasions. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Member and the Student began communicating through social media in 2009 or 2010. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Then, in October 2010, the Member and the Student consumed alcohol and engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:sexual activity as described above. Following this incident, the Member continued ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-exchanging electronic messages with the Student. In May 2011, the Member again ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:engaged in sexual activity with the Student. By engaging in such immoral and abhorrent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-conduct, the Member demonstrated a fundamental breach of his duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[14] The Member breached subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional for the Member to sexually abuse a high ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-school student. Members of the teaching profession are expected to be upstanding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-members of society and to safeguard the well-being of students. The Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-meet these expectations. The teaching profession does not tolerate such reprehensible ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-conduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[15] The Member’s egregious conduct, as described above, is unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulations 437/97. The public’s trust in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:teaching profession is eroded when members of the profession sexually abuse students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-[16] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on April 1, 2021, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, in writing, and the fact of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- the reprimand shall be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:[17] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration.2 The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. In relation to the form of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-reprimand, the Panel finds that a written reprimand is appropriate given that the parties ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-agreed to this form for the reprimand in their joint submission on penalty. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-the Act but finds it reasonable not to make these additional orders in light of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-plea of no contest and joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:2 Although this mandatory penalty provision was not in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-the Student (i.e. in October 2010 and May 2011), section 63.2 of the Act provides that the mandatory ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf:penalty provisions at section 30.2 of the Act apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse occurred before ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-April 3, 2019 and no order has been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. These conditions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-are met in this case and the Panel must therefore apply the mandatory penalty provisions set out at section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf-30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-that the Member psychologically abused students by creating and perpetuating an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-environment of fear in his classrooms and a culture of distrust of authority. Some of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-students testified that they did not report the Member because they did not have ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 34 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-confidence that anything would be done as a result of their complaint. Therefore, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-Panel finds that the Member’s behaviour was emotionally or psychologically abusive to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-his students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-[37] At the outset of the hearing, College Counsel requested to withdraw the allegation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-under subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-request was being sought to enhance the efficiency of the hearing and to avoid duplication ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-with the finding being sought under subsection 1(14). According to College Counsel, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-proceeding under subsection 1(5) would require the College to call expert evidence ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-regarding the standards of the profession, whereas proceeding under subsection 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-would not. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-[38] The Panel disagrees with this submission. The Superior Court’s decision in Novick ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (“Novick”) states that if the College seeks ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-a finding that the Member has failed to comply with the standards of the profession, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-College generally needs to tender expert evidence of the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-unless the conduct is so notorious and so obviously contrary to the standards (such as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf:physical or sexual abuse) that expert evidence is not required. In the Panel’s view, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-decision in Novick did not confine the expert evidence requirement only to a finding under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-subsection 1(5). The general requirement for expert evidence applies equally where the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-College seeks a finding that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf-under subsection 1(5) or subsection 1(14). Subsection 1(14) provides that it is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct34.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Geremia 2021 ONOCT 33 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Date: 2021-04-28 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Michael Biagino Geremia, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- MICHAEL BIAGINO GEREMIA (REGISTRATION #170248) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-PANEL: Nicola Powadiuk, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Élaine Legault ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Emile Ramlochan ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-HEARD: April 22, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Zirka Jakibchuk, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Christopher Stienburg, for Michael Biagino Geremia ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- By order of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a publication ban on any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- information that could identify the victim or a witness in this matter, pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on April 22, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[2] Michael Biagino Geremia (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[5] The Panel also received a copy of the transcript of the Reasons for Judgment from ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice K. Crosbie dated August 1, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-(Exhibit 2 at Appendix D). In these proceedings before the Ontario Court of Justice, an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-order restricting publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated December 3, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-2020 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Michael Biagino Geremia is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (a) he failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- degree of professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- and ethical standards of the teaching profession, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 13 of Ontario Regulation 63/55 made under the Teaching Profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Act, R.S.O. 1990, c T.2 and amendments thereto (the “TPA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Regulation”); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (b) he failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- relations with pupils, contrary to subsection 14(d) of the TPA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (c) he failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- were under his care, contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the duties of a teacher, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, R.S.O., 1990, Ch. E.2 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- amendments thereto (the “Education Act”); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (e) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf: (f) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7) [pre-May 2008 amendments to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf: Regulation 437/97] and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Education Act, and specifically ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- subsection 264(1) thereof, and/or the regulations made under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:inappropriate personal relationship and a sexual relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-The Member and Student 1 saw each other regularly, both in and out of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:school, and frequently engaged in various forms of sexual activity, including ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:kissing, touching of a sexual nature, digital penetration, and sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:Most of the sexual contact between the Member and Student 1 took place ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-in the School, during school hours, usually in the Member’s [XXX] in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:The Member also had sexual contact with Student 1 out of school in various ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-places and on multiple occasions. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:On or about December 18, 2017, the Member was charged with sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-exploitation of Student 1, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-(Canada). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-On or about August 1, 2019, the Member was found guilty of the same ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-offence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-On November 1, 2019, the Member was sentenced to a custodial term of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-two years less a day, followed by one year of probation. He was also made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-subject to various ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-The Member did not appeal his conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Court Information sworn December 18, 2017, appearances/adjournments, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-and disposition in the criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the Adult ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Probation Order dated November 1, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a copy of the Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Judgment of the Honourable Justice K. Crosbie dated August 1, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-transcript of Proceedings before the Honourable Justice K. Crosbie dated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-September 30, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-transcript of the Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Justice K. Crosbie ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-dated November 1, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-18 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 6-12 and 14-18 above constitute conduct that is professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- being more particularly breaches of: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (a) sections 13, 14(d) and 14(f) of Ontario Regulation 63/55, made under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1990, c T.2, and any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- amendments thereto; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (b) subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, R.S.O., 1990, Ch. E.2, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- any amendments thereto; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (c) subsections 1(5), 1(7) [pre-May 2008 amendments to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Regulation 437/97], 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Regulation 437/97, made under the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 12 (the “Act”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf: The Member also acknowledges that he engaged in “sexual abuse” of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- By signing this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (c) he understands that he is pleading guilty to the allegations, and is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- with respect to the penalty does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- counsel or with the opportunity to have obtained the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- College and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on April 22, 2021, finding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-sections 13, 14(d) and 14(f) of the TPA Regulation, subsection 264(1) of the Education ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Act, R.S.O, 1990, Ch. E.2 and subsections 1(5), 1(7)1, 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-1 to 18 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:personal relationship and a sexual relationship with Student 1. The Member was found ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-1 Pre-May 2008 amendments to Ontario Regulation 437/97, in which subsection 1(7) included physical, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:sexual, verbal, psychological or emotional abuse, unlike the current regulation which addresses each type ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-of abuse in a separate subsection. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:guilty of sexual exploitation of Student 1 contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Code. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[10] The Panel notes that prior to December 4, 1997, Ontario Regulation 63/55 made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-under the Teaching Profession Act (the TPA Regulation) was in force. As such, the TPA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Regulation applied to the Member’s conduct which occurred from July 1997 to December ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-3, 1997. On December 4, 1997, the provisions of Ontario Regulation 437/97 made under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 came into force and as such applied to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Member’s conduct which occurred from December 4, 1997 to 2000. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member contravened section 13 of the TPA Regulation, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-which provided the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- A member shall strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- degree of professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ethical standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:By having an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1 and by sexually abusing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Student 1, the Member acted dishonourably and as such failed to uphold the honour, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-dignity and ethical standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[12] The Member breached sections 14(d) and 14(f) of the TPA Regulation. Section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-14(d) required members to show “consistent justice and consideration” in all their relations ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-with students. Section 14(f) required members to show concern for the welfare of students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:under their care. The Member abused his trusted position as a teacher to sexually exploit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Student 1, who was under his care and supervision. The actions of the Member negatively ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-affected Student 1’s emotional well-being and her formative years as an adolescent. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Panel finds that by doing so, the Member showed a complete disregard for Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-well-being, during a period in her life where she should have been learning how to develop ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-healthy relationships with her peers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[13] The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Panel finds that by sexually abusing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Student 1, the Member failed to comply with these standards. Misconduct of this nature ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-is so notorious that expert evidence of the standard is not required to prove the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-professional standards. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[14] The Member breached subsection 1(7)2 of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member abused Student 1 physically, sexually, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-verbally, psychologically or emotionally, as set out below. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[15] The Panel finds that the Member physically abused Student 1. This physically ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-abusive conduct included multiple incidents of inappropriate physical contact with Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:1 such as kissing, touching of a sexual nature, digital penetration and having sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-intercourse with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:[16] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student. The definition of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf: (a) sexual intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations between ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- the member and the student, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf: (b) touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf: (c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-2 Pre-May 2008 amendments to Ontario Regulation 437/97, in which subsection 1(7) included physical, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:sexual, verbal, psychological or emotional abuse, unlike the current regulation which addresses each type ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-of abuse in a separate subsection. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:The Panel finds that the Member sexually abused Student 1 by having a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:relationship with Student 1 and engaging in various forms of sexual activity with her such ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:as kissing, touching of a sexual nature, digital penetration and sexual intercourse, all of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:which meet the definition of sexual abuse under the Act. This finding is further supported ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:by the fact that the Member was found guilty of sexual exploitation of Student 1 in his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-prior criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[17] The Panel finds that the Member verbally abused Student 1. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-submitted that given that the Member was in an inappropriate personal relationship with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Student 1 for several years, it can be implied that the Member had verbal interactions with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Student 1 which constitute verbal abuse. Member’s Counsel agreed with College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Counsel’s submissions. In Student 1’s victim impact statement (Exhibit 2 at Appendix E), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Student 1 explains that the Member “destroyed the last few years my [XXX] and I had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-together” by making Student 1 believe that her [XXX] was “jealous of [her]” and “nuts”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Having considered College Counsel’s submissions and based on the evidence before the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Panel and the guilty plea of the Member, the Panel finds that the Member’s verbal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-manipulations of Student 1 were abusive. The Member held a position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-authority over Student 1, and his verbal manipulations of the student had an extremely ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-negative impact on her life. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[18] The Member abused Student 1 psychologically or emotionally. In her victim impact ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:statement in the criminal proceedings, Student 1 stated that, in addition to sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-exploiting her, the Member also manipulated her psychologically by isolating her from her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[XXX] and peers in [XXX] school. Student 1 described how the Member’s exploitative ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-conduct caused her significant [XXX] emotional harm. The actions of the Member caused ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-her to have [XXX] such as [XXX], and [XXX]. The Panel therefore finds that the conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-of the Member constitutes psychological or emotional abuse. Given the power dynamic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-that exists between teachers and their students, it is psychologically or emotionally ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-abusive for members of the profession to engage in an inappropriate personal relationship ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:and a sexual relationship with a student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[19] The Member contravened subsection 264(1) of the Education Act and subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing to comply with section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Education Act. The Panel notes that both were alleged and admitted by the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Panel is concerned that both allegations speak to the contravention of subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-of the Education Act. The Panel is mindful that is should not make multiple findings for a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-single act of professional misconduct. However, as noted by College Counsel, on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-December 4, 1997, the regulatory landscape changed for teachers. In addition to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-repeal of the TPA Regulation, Ontario Regulation 437/97 was introduced. Therefore, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Panel finds that prior to December 4, 1997 the Member breached subsection 264(1) of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-the Education Act and that as of December 4, 1997, the Member breached subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-1(15) of Regulation 437/97. Given that both provisions set out the duties of a teacher, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Panel finds it appropriate to deal with both of these provisions at the same time. Among ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-other things, subsection 264(1)(c) of the Education Act requires teachers to demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-the highest regard for a number of virtues including truth, justice, humanity and purity. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Essentially, teachers are expected to serve as positive role models. The Member abused ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-his position of trust and authority by having an inappropriate personal relationship with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:Student 1 and sexually exploiting Student 1 for several years. Most of the sexual activity ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-with Student 1 took place in the School, during school hours and usually in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[XXX] in the [XXX]. By engaging in such egregious conduct, the Member demonstrated a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-fundamental breach of his duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:[20] The Panel finds that the Member’s criminal conviction for sexual exploitation of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Student 1, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code, demonstrates that he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-contravened a law relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Registration and which has caused a student under the Member’s supervision to be put ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-at risk, contrary to subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-of the teaching profession are responsible for student safety. By contravening a law so ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-fundamental to student safety, the Member put Student 1 at risk and he demonstrated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-that he is no longer suitable to hold a teaching certificate. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[21] The Member breached subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional for the Member to sexually abuse Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-1 for several years. The Member prevented Student 1 from having a normal school life ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-and caused Student 1 [XXX] emotional harm. Members of the teaching profession are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-expected to be upstanding members of society, to provide students with a safe and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-supportive learning environment and to safeguard the well-being of students. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Member did the opposite. The teaching profession does not tolerate such reprehensible ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-conduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[22] The Member’s egregious conduct which led to his criminal conviction, as described ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-above, is also unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulations ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is eroded when members of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:profession sexually abuse their students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-[23] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on April 22, 2021, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 33 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:[24] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration.3 The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. In relation to the form of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-reprimand, the Panel finds that a written reprimand is appropriate in the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-given that the parties agreed to this form for the reprimand in their joint submission on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-penalty. The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:3 Although this mandatory penalty provision was not in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-Student 1 (i.e. from July 1997 to 2000), section 63.2 of the Act provides that the mandatory penalty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf:provisions at section 30.2 of the Act apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse occurred before April 3, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-2019 and no order has been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. These conditions are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-met in this case and the Panel must therefore apply the mandatory penalty provisions set out at section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf-30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct33.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Kowtaluk 2021 ONOCT 35 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Date: 2021-04-23 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Michael Ryan Kowtaluk, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- MICHAEL RYAN KOWTALUK (REGISTRATION #593650) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-PANEL: Tom Potter, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Wanda Percival ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Stéphane Vallée, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-HEARD: April 20, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-Noam Uri and Danielle Miller, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-Patricia D’Heureux, for Michael Ryan Kowtaluk ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on April 20, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[2] Michael Ryan Kowtaluk1 (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-representation. The Member attended immediately after the hearing for the delivery of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-reprimand as agreed to by the parties. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of the Student who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-1 The Member’s registered name with the College is Michael Ryan Kowtaluk; however, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-provided the College with notice that the Member no longer uses this name or the personal pronoun “he”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-The Notice of Hearing issued on September 5, 2018 is reproduced in this decision as originally drafted and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-published on the public register and refers to the Member using the pronoun “he”. The Statement of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest signed on March 10, 2021 and reproduced in this decision also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-refers to the Member using the pronoun “he”. In the rest of its Decision and Reasons, the Panel refers to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-the Member as the “Member” and without using the pronoun “he”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-could disclose the identity of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated September 5, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-2018 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Michael Ryan Kowtaluk is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- (b) he abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf: (c) he abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- At all material times, the Member, Michael Ryan Kowtaluk, was a member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Registered Member Information respecting the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- At all material times, the Member, having achieved his [XXX] in [XXX], was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- a [XXX] in a [XXX] (the [XXX]) that held classes and competitions across ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- North America. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- At all material times, the Student was a [XXX] school student in Ontario and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- a [XXX] student of the [XXX]. The Member was never the Student’s teacher, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- and was never her [XXX], nor did the Member ever teach at the school ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- board where the Student attended school. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- In and around mid-October 2010, when the Student was [XXX] years old, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- she attended a weekend [XXX] in the [XXX], Ontario. Present at the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- was the Student’s friend, the Member, another [XXX] (“Person A”), and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Person A’s girlfriend (“Person B”). Person A and Person B were both adults. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- The Student, the Student’s friend, Person A, Person B and the Member all ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- participated in the [XXX]. The Member did not judge, compete with or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- otherwise interact directly with the Student during the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- On or about Saturday, October 16, 2010, after the [XXX]the Student and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- her friend, together with the Member, Person A and Person B, went to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- residence where Person A and the Student’s friend were billeted to stay ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- overnight. Person A, Person B and the Student’s friend where [sic] familiar ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- with the Student and were aware of her age. The Member and the Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- did not know each other and had not previously met. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- There was a hot tub on the premises where Person A and the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- friend were billeted. Person A brought alcohol to the home, and all five of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- them consumed alcoholic beverages and spent time together in the hot tub. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- The Member became heavily intoxicated and was in this state throughout ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf: the balance of the evening. During this time, the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- activity with the Student in the hot tub. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Later on in the evening, the Member, the Student, the Student’s friend, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Person A and Person B were all together naked in a basement bedroom. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf: The Member engaged in sexual activity with the Student. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf: also present when Person A engaged in sexual activity with the Student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Advisory: Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Misconduct, which was in in effect in October 2010. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 1(15), 1(18), 1(19). The Member further does not contest that the conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf: described constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- does not contest that the Student was a student for the purpose of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf: definition of sexual abuse as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 1996, chapter 12. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- proceeding under the Act, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- no contest does not constitute an admission by the Member as to any of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- allegations, facts or findings and is without prejudice to him in any other ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- civil, criminal, administrative or other proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[7] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College Counsel stated that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation under subsection 1(5) was being sought ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-as proceeding under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would be duplicative. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[8] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on April 20, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[9] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against the Member. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-misconduct under the headings of misconduct set out above. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[10] The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-emotionally abused the Student, contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:437/97. After consuming alcohol together, the Member engaged in sexual activity with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[XXX]-year-old Student in a hot tub and in a basement bedroom during a weekend [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:Person A also engaged in sexual activity with the Student in the Member’s presence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-College Counsel submitted that these events, which took place away from home and in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-the context of a [XXX], were confusing and disturbing to the Student. The Panel accepts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-College Counsel’s submission and finds it reasonable that the circumstances of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:sexual activity with the Member and another adult would have a negative psychological ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-or emotional impact on an [XXX] person. The Panel also places significant weight on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-fact that the Member has pleaded no contest to the allegation of psychological or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:emotional abuse of a student. The Panel therefore finds that the Member’s sexual activity ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-with the Student constitutes psychological or emotional abuse. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:[11] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of the Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:the Act. Section 1 of the Act defines sexual abuse as: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf: (a) sexual intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations between ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- the member and the student, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf: (b) touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf: (c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in sexual activity with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-Student on two occasions in or around October 16, 2010. First, in a hot tub and second, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-in a basement bedroom where the Member, two other adults, the Student, and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:Student’s friend were naked together. College Counsel submitted that the sexual activity ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:included forms of physical sexual contact between the Member and the Student and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:touching of a sexual nature of the Student by the Member, which the Panel finds meets ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:the definition of sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[12] The Panel notes that the Member did not teach or know the Student, but is satisfied ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-that the absence of a student-teacher relationship does not preclude the Panel from ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:making a finding of sexual abuse.3 Subsection 1(2) at paragraph 1 of the Act provides ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:that a reference to a student for the purposes of a finding of sexual abuse includes, “A ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-student who, at the time the behaviour, remarks or conduct occurred or were made, was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-enrolled in a school or private school in Ontario, within the meaning of the Education Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-and was under 18 years old, or in the case of a student who had special needs, was under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-22 years old.” The Student was [XXX] years old at the material time and enrolled in a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[XXX] school in Ontario. The Member did not contest that the Student met the definition ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:of “student” when the Member engaged in sexual activity with her, and that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. The Panel is therefore ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-3 College Counsel cited Ontario College of Teachers v. Partridge, 2020 ONOCT 205, at paragraph 14, to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:illustrate that under the Act, a finding of sexual abuse does not depend on whether the member taught or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-knew a student and can be made regardless of whether the abuse occurred in or outside a school setting. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:satisfied that the Student can be considered a “student” for the purposes of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:abuse finding under the Act and finds that that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[13] The Member failed to comply with the Act, regulations or by-laws contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, by contravening section 32 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-College’s by-laws, which requires members to comply with the Ethical Standards and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession. By engaging in sexual activity with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-Student, the Member’s conduct clearly fell below the ethical and professional standards ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-required of members of the teaching profession. Misconduct of this nature is so notorious ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-and offside what is acceptable that expert evidence regarding the standards is not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-required to prove that the standards were breached. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[14] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-Among other things, teachers are expected to act as positive role models and to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-demonstrate the highest regard for virtues which extoll integrity and right conduct in all ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-circumstances where members interact with students. Over the course of an evening, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-Member, who was a teacher and an adult, consumed alcohol to a heavily intoxicated state ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:and engaged in sexual activity with the Student twice. The Member was also present ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:when another adult engaged in sexual activity with the Student. By this immoral and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-abusive conduct with a student, the Member failed to fulfil the fundamental duties of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[15] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:Regulation 437/97. The teaching profession does not tolerate the sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-students. The Student was particularly vulnerable in this case. Not only was she [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-years old, but she was away from home at a [XXX], and she had been drinking alcohol ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:on the evening in which the sexual activity occurred. The Member was an adult. By ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:engaging in sexual activity with the Student under these circumstances, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-conduct was clearly disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[16] Finally, the Member’s conduct as described above is also unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Sexual abuse of a student by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-a member violates public trust and undermines the reputation of the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-as a whole. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[17] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on April 20, 2021, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:[18] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given the Panel’s finding under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-subsection 30.2(2) of the Act, section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[19] Although the subsection 30.2 mandatory penalty provision was not in force at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:time of the Member’s sexual abuse of the Student (in or around October 16, 2010) the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-Panel accepted College Counsel’s submission that section 30.2 applied to its findings by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-virtue of section 63.2 of the Act. Section 63.2 provides that the mandatory penalty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf:provisions at section 30.2 apply retrospectively where an act of sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-occurred before April 3, 2019 and no subsection 30(4) order has been made in respect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-of the matter before then. These conditions are met in this case. The Panel therefore ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-makes both orders under the mandatory penalty provision in subsection 30.2(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-Act and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[20] In relation to the form of the reprimand, the Panel finds that an oral reprimand ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-delivered by videoconference is appropriate given the parties’ agreement and the current ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-restrictions on in-person hearings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-[21] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it reasonable not to make these additional orders in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf-light of the Member’s plea of no contest and joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- (c) she failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- (e) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- (f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Kassandra Penney is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the District School ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Board Ontario North East (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- During the 2012 – 2013 academic year, the Member taught grade [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 was a male student in the Member’s grade ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- [XXX] class. Students 2, 3 and 4 were male students in grade [XXX] at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- During the 2012 – 2013 academic year, the Member developed a personal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- relationship with Student 1. Students 2, 3 and 4 were friends with Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 1, and the four students began to socialize with the Member outside of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- school. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- The Member frequently gave the students rides in her car, home from ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- school, to her residence, and across town to [XXX]. From time to time, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Member also drove Student 3 to [XXX] and [XXX] without his parents’ ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- knowledge. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Without parental permission, the Member took the students from school at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- lunch time and, on occasion, provided them with lunch at her home. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- The Member regularly provided money to the 4 students to buy themselves ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- food at [XXX], in addition to supplying them with varying amounts of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- spending money. The Member sometimes provided her debit card for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- students’ use. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- The Member invited the students to spend time at her residence after ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- school, in the evenings, and on weekends. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- While at her residence, the Member provided the students with unlimited ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- access to alcohol. She also drank with them. The students came to view the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Member’s home as a place where they could socialize together with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Member, party and get intoxicated. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- After a night of drinking, the students sometimes stayed overnight at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Member’s residence, sleeping on the couch or floor. The students’ parents ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- were unaware that their sons were at the Member’s home. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-Inappropriate Relationship with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Over the course of the 2012 – 2013 academic year, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf: relationship with Student 1 evolved from a personal to a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- that continued into the following school year. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Student 1 often spent time alone with the Member at her residence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- The Member provided Student 1 with money, access to her debit card, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- purchased gifts for him, including [XXX] and a [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- On at least one occasion, the Member drove to Student 1’s residence in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- middle of the night, picked him up and took him back to her residence ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- overnight. Student 1’s mother was unaware that Student 1 had left the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- house until she contacted him by phone the next morning to find out where ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- he was and discovered that he was at the Member’s home. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- When all of the students were together at the Member’s residence, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Member and Student 1 sometimes sat together and cuddled on the couch ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- or sat on each other’s lap. The Member and Student 1 would often leave ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- together to go into another room, while the other students continued to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- socialize. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- On one occasion, Students 2, 3 and 4 had a sleepover at Student 3’s home. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- The students pitched a tent outside where they planned to spend the night. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- The Member arrived at Student’s 3 home in her car, accompanied by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Student 1. Students 2, 3 and 4 urged Student 1 to spend the night with them ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- in the tent, but instead, the Member suggested an “exchange” whereby, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Student 1 stayed with her, and she left the other 3 students a 60oz bottle of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- [XXX]. The Member then drove away with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- On another occasion, the Member was housesitting at another location. In ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- the early evening, Students 2 and 3 arranged with the Member that they ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- would drop by to pick up some alcohol from her to take to a party that night. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- When Students 2 and 3 arrived, the Member was in the basement where a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- bedroom was located. Student 1 was in the bed. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- When Student 1 [XXX], he terminated his relationship with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Following this, the Member texted and phoned Student 2 to confide in him ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- and seek his support and answers as to why Student 1 stopped contact with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- her. Student 2 found this to be confusing and disturbing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- In or about February 2019, these allegations were brought to the attention ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- of a current School staff member during a conversation with Student 2’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- mother. The staff member reported it to the Board and an investigation was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- commenced. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Following the Board’s investigation, the Member irrevocably resigned her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- position from the Board, effective the last day of school 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 21 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- The Member understands that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the allegations ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- of professional misconduct against her, being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- and 1(19). The Member does not contest that the alleged conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf: constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, she ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- is waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- against her and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- (d) she understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- (e) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- including her name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- (f) she understands that any agreement between counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- College and herself with respect to the penalty proposed does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- (g) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee may find ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-[6] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on May 5, 2021, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-[7] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-21 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship and a sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-Student 1. The Member also engaged in a pattern of inappropriate conduct with respect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-to Student 1, Student 2, Student 3 and Student 4, which included providing them with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-alcohol and letting them stay at her residence without their parents’ knowledge. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-[8] The Panel finds that the Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In relation to Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-College Counsel submitted that no direct evidence from Student 1 is needed to show that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-the Member psychologically or emotionally abused him in the present case. It can be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:implied that by sexually abusing Student 1, the Member’s actions had an adverse effect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-on his emotional well-being since Student 1 was very young and this whole experience ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-must have been very confusing for him. The Panel accepts these submissions and places ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-significant weight on the fact that the Member has pleaded no contest to the allegation of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-psychological or emotional abuse. Moreover, the Panel finds that, given the power ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-dynamic that existed between the Member and Student 1, it was psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:emotionally abusive for the Member to engage in an inappropriate personal and sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-relationship with Student 1. Similarly, the Panel finds that the Member psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-emotionally abused Student 2 by texting and calling to confide in him and to seek his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-support and answers as to why Student 1 had stopped contact with the Member. Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-2 found the Member’s actions to be confusing and disturbing. The Member’s conduct in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-relation to Student 1 and Student 2 showed a complete disregard for their well-being. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:[9] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:definition of “sexual abuse” at section 1 of the Act includes touching and behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a student. The Member groomed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-Student 1 by providing him with gifts and money, and the inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:relationship that the Member fostered with Student 1 ultimately developed into a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-relationship. Among other things, the Member cuddled with Student 1 and they sat on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:each other’s laps. The Member also did not contest that she engaged in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:relationship with Student 1. This behaviour meets the definition of sexual abuse under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act, regulations, or by- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-laws contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by contravening section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-32 of the College by-laws, which sets out the professional and ethical standards for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-teaching profession. In particular, the Member breached the ethical standards of “Care” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-and “Trust”. The ethical standard of “Care” requires members to demonstrate their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-commitment to students’ well-being and learning through positive influence and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-professional judgment. The ethical standard of “Trust” provides that “Members’ ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-professional relationships with students and parents are based on trust”. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:repeatedly abused her trusted position as a teacher. Among other things, she sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-abused Student 1, which had a negative impact of Student 1’s emotional well-being. She ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-gave car rides to Student 3 without his parents’ knowledge. She furthermore socialized ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-with Students 1, 2, 3 and 4 outside of school, provided them with unlimited access to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-alcohol, brought them to her residence and provided them with lunch, and allowed them ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-to stay at her residence without their parents’ knowledge. The Panel finds that by violating ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-appropriate professional boundaries with the four students, the Member showed a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-complete disregard for the students’ well-being and the Member was certainly not a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-positive influence for the students. By engaging in such egregious conduct, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-also breached the trust which the students’ parents had placed in her. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-[11] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-Among other things, this provision requires teachers to demonstrate the highest regard ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-for a number of virtues including truth, justice, humanity, purity and temperance. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-Essentially, members are expected to serve as positive role models. The Member abused ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-her position of trust and authority by grooming Student 1, having an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:personal relationship with Student 1 and sexually abusing Student 1 for more than a year. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-The Member also acted as a poor role model by failing to maintain appropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-professional boundaries with Student 2, Student 3 and Student 4, including by providing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-them with alcohol and allowing them to get intoxicated at her home. By engaging in such ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-reprehensible conduct, the Member demonstrated a fundamental breach of her duties as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-[12] The Member breached subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional for the Member to sexually abuse Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:1. The Member’s sexually abusive conduct was not a momentary lapse of judgment since ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-penalty. The Panel therefore considered the penalty phase of the hearing to be technically ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-contested (although unopposed), since the parties did not present a joint submission on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 36 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-[16] The Panel accepts the College’s submissions that, given that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:found to have engaged in the sexual abuse of a student, the mandatory penalty provisions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-at section 30.2 of the Act apply to its findings by virtue of the transitional provision in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-section 63.2 of the Act.1 The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:the sexual abuse of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-of these orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. In relation to the form of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-the reprimand, the Panel accepts the College’s submission that a written reprimand is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-appropriate in the circumstances. The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it reasonable not to make ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-these additional orders in light of the Member’s plea of no contest and given that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-College is not seeking costs or a fine against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:1 Although this mandatory penalty provision was not in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-Student 1 (i.e. in 2012-2013), section 63.2 of the Act provides that the mandatory penalty provisions at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf:section 30.2 of the Act apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse occurred before April 3, 2019 and no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-order has been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. These conditions are met in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-case and the Panel must therefore apply the mandatory penalty provisions set out at section 30.2 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct36.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf: (c) she abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- student as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf: (d) she engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14);3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- (f) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- (g) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- (h) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- Angela Marie Defosse is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Algonquin and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- Lakeshore Catholic District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- [XXX] School (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- During the 2015-2016 academic year, Student 1 was a male student at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- School and in the Member’s Grade [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- In or around the period November to December 2015, the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- in an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-3 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between her and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that he [sic] is executing the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- unequivocally, and having had the opportunity to obtain the advice ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf:contravened subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf:abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act, that the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act, and that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College Counsel sought ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-the Panel’s permission to withdraw the subsection 1(7.3) allegation and the allegations ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf:that the Member sexually abused a student and engaged in sexual misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-in section 1 of the Act because the Admitted Facts do not support a finding under these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-heads of misconduct. College Counsel sought to withdraw the subsection 1(14) allegation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-because it duplicates the subsection 1(5) allegation. The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on April 23, 2021 finding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Tudor 2021 ONOCT 43 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- Date: 2021-02-25 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- Ian Frederick Tudor, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- IAN FREDERICK TUDOR (REGISTRATION #422146) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-PANEL: Mary Ellen Gucciardi, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- Élaine Legault ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-HEARD: December 7, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-Andrew Matheson and Steven Chadwick, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-Jack Brown, for Ian Frederick Tudor ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-identities of Student 1 and Student 2, being persons who were allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- abused or the subjects of the sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf: child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-[5] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1 and Student 2 who were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-allegedly sexually abused, or the subjects of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf:involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-information that could disclose the identities of, Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated February 27, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-2019 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Ian Frederick Tudor is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf: (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- relation to Student 2, and any other student, including all statements made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- by potential College witnesses to the Simcoe Muskoka Child Youth and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- Family Services. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- Prior to January 2020, the College disclosed to the Member, that the Board ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- had filed a report concerning the Member with Simcoe Muskoka Child Youth ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 43 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- and Family Services in respect of the Member's conduct toward Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- SMCYFS initiated its investigation on October 20, 2017 and concluded its ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- investigation on November 17, 2017. It sent a letter to the Board on January ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- 18, 2018, confirming it had ended its investigation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- Disclosure of statements made by College witnesses to SMCYFS are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- necessary for the Member to make full answer and defence to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- allegations made against him. They are relevant to the assessment of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- College witnesses' credibility. And further, a determination by the relevant ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- children's aid society - as the SMCYFS is - about the merit of the complaints ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- is arguably relevant to these proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- CONTACT INFORMATION FOR KEY WITNESSES WITTHELD ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- The Defence seeks documents containing Student 1’s and Student 2's ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- contact information, including telephone number, address, and emails. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- These particulars have already been disclosed to the College by the Board ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- but have been withheld from the Defence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- These documents are necessary for the Member to make full answer and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- defence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-D. SUBMISSIONS OF MEMBER’S COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-[8] Member’s Counsel stated that the Notice of Hearing alleging professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf:misconduct against the Member contains allegations of sexual abuse of a student and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf:sexual misconduct where, if the Panel found these allegations to be true on a balance of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-probabilities, a penalty of revocation of the Member’s certificate would apply. Given the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-seriousness of these allegations and the potential jeopardy and stigma that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-faces in this hearing, Member’s Counsel submitted that the significance of the third party ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf-records being sought is high. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct43.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Tudor 2021 ONOCT 46 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Date: 2021-04-30 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Ian Frederick Tudor, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- IAN FREDERICK TUDOR (REGISTRATION #422146) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-PANEL: Mary Ellen Gucciardi, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Élaine Legault ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-HEARD: December 7, 2020 and April 28, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Andrew Matheson and Kathryn McChesney, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Jack Brown, for Ian Frederick Tudor ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Julie Maciura and Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-identities of Student 1 and Student 2, being persons who were allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- abused or the subjects of the sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf: child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on December ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-7, 2020 (motion for production of third party records) and April 28, 2021 (hearing on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-merits), in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[2] Ian Frederick Tudor (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1 and Student 2 who were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-allegedly sexually abused, or the subjects of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-information that could disclose the identities of, Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated February 27, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-2019 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Ian Frederick Tudor is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf: (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Ian Frederick Tudor is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct [or incompetence]3, and pleads ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him being ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further does not contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf: that the alleged conduct constitutes sexual misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (d) he) [sic] understands that the Committee can accept the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Uncontested Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- constitute professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-3 The Panel notes that no allegation of incompetence was made in this case and therefore no finding of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-incompetence will be made. The content of the parties’ Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Contest has been reproduced verbatim in the Panel’s Decision and Reasons. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[7] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (a) and (c) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-contravened subsections 1(5) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or that he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-College Counsel sought the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-subsection 1(5) because proceeding under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:duplicative. College Counsel sought to withdraw the sexual abuse allegation under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-subsection 1(7.3) and section 1 of the Act because the Uncontested Facts do not support ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-a finding under this head of misconduct. The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[8] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on April 28, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[9] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-11 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:Member engaged in sexual misconduct related to Student 1 and Student 2 and that he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-made both students feel very uncomfortable at school. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, through unwelcome physical ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-contact and other behaviour that made students very uncomfortable. The Member stood ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-too close to and put his hand on Student 1’s shoulder several times. Furthermore, on one ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-occasion after Student 1 told the Member to remove his hand from her shoulder, he kept ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-it there and laughed. Student 1 found the Member’s behaviour so upsetting that she left ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-the classroom. By touching and intruding on Student 1’s personal space as the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-did, and by laughing during one incident, the Member caused Student 1 psychological or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-emotional distress. The Member also made Student 2 very uncomfortable by staring at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-her chest, and when he touched her breast while leaning in close to her. By this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-inappropriate behaviour, the Member also caused Student 2 psychological or emotional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-distress. The Panel finds that the Member’s touching and intrusion on Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Student 2’s private space was emotionally or psychologically abusive. The Panel also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-gives weight to the fact that the Member did not contest that his conduct amounts to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-psychological or emotional abuse. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:[11] The Panel finds that the Member engaged in sexual misconduct, which is defined ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-as follows in section 1 of the Act: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf: 1(1) In this Act, [...] “sexual misconduct” means inappropriate behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf: remarks of a sexual nature by the member that is not sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- student, where, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- member knows or ought to know that one or more students are likely to be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to have the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- effect of, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a student, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:[12] In this case, the Panel accepts the parties’ submissions that the definition of sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-misconduct was met by the Member’s touching and intrusive behaviour towards Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-1 and Student 2, including standing very close to Student 1 and Student 2, staring at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Student 2’s chest and touching Student 2’s breast. The Panel finds that a reasonable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:person would expect that this behaviour, which the Member does not contest was sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-in nature, would cause distress to adolescent female students, be detrimental to their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-well-being and create a negative environment at a school for the two students. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-places significant weight on the fact that the Member did not contest that his behaviour ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:constitutes sexual misconduct. Therefore, the Panel finds that the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:meets the definition of sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[13] The Member failed to comply with the Act, regulations or by-laws contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, by contravening section 32 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-College’s by-laws, which requires members to comply with the Ethical Standards and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession. The Panel finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-breached the ethical standard of “Care”. This standard expects members to express their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-commitment to students’ well-being and learning through positive influence, professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-judgment and empathy. The Member also breached the ethical standard of “Respect”, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-which requires members to honour human dignity, emotional wellness and cognitive ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-development. It clearly falls below the standards of care and respect to make unwelcome ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-physical contact with students, as the Member did with Student 1 and Student 2. It also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-falls below the standards to engage in behaviour that makes students very uncomfortable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-and causes them distress, such as when Student 1 left the classroom after the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-had kept his hand on her shoulder after she told him to stop touching her. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[14] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Members of the teaching profession hold a unique position of trust and authority. They ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-are expected to encourage students in the pursuit of learning, as described at subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-264(1)(b) of the Education Act. By failing to respect students’ personal boundaries, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:touching them, and engaging in inappropriate behaviour of a sexual nature, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-failed to prioritize student learning and created a negative environment in the classroom. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-He made students feel very uncomfortable at school, which is entirely at odds with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Member’s duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[15] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct is disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:behaved in a sexual way toward two students by touching them, standing too close to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-them, or staring at their chest. It is completely unacceptable for members to create a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-learning environment that makes students feel very uncomfortable because of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:unwanted physical and sexual attention of their teacher. The Member’s conduct clearly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-rises to the level of a breach of subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[16] Finally, the Member’s conduct is unbecoming a member contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-diminished when teachers abuse their privileged position by engaging in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:behaviour of a sexual nature towards students and by psychologically or emotionally ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-abusing students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-F. UNDERTAKING AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[17] On April 23, 2021, the Member entered into an Undertaking and Acknowledgement ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-(Exhibit 4) with the College in which he agreed to the following terms: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- I hereby resign as a member of the Ontario College of Teachers with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- immediate effect. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- I undertake that I will not seek reinstatement of my Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Qualification and Registration. For greater certainty, I undertake that I will ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- never seek reinstatement of my Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- I undertake not to seek or accept employment in any teaching position in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- any public or private school in Ontario, or in any other position or capacity ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- for which an Ontario Certificate of Qualification and Registration is required. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- I understand that a breach of this Undertaking and Acknowledgment may ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- constitute professional misconduct, and that in those circumstances, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers will be at liberty to institute proceedings against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- me. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- I acknowledge that my status on the Public Register of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- of Teachers will be “Cancelled – Resigned”, and there will be a notation on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- the Register as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- “On April 28, 2021, the Member was found guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- misconduct. Reprimand. Publication in Professionally Speaking. On ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- April 28, 2021 before the Discipline Committee at the College, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Member resigned his membership with the College and undertook to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- never teach again in any public or private school in Ontario or work ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- in any position that requires membership in the College. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- undertook never to seek reinstatement of his Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Qualification and Registration.” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-In view of the serious nature of the Member’s misconduct, the Panel finds it reasonable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-that the Member will no longer teach or seek to return to the teaching profession in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Ontario. In accordance with the terms of his Undertaking and Acknowledgement, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 46 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Member is no longer entitled to teach in publicly funded or private schools in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Members of the profession are expected to provide students with safe and supportive ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-learning environments and to prioritize student well-being. The Member failed to do so by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-touching students’ bodies and failing to respect their personal space. His behaviour ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf:caused students distress and was sexual in nature. The reprimand, which was delivered ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-to the Member via videoconference on April 28, 2021, allowed the Panel to directly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-address its concerns with the Member. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Register, in addition to the notation agreed to by the parties and set out above, will serve ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-[22] The Panel is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf-Date: April 30, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Mary Ellen Gucciardi, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Élaine Legault ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct46.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- Edmund Brian Hacker is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- School Board (the “Board”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- During the 2013-2014 academic school year, the Member was a teacher at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- [XXX] [XXX] in Scarborough, Ontario. At the material times, Student 1 was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- a Grade [XXX] male student in his Period [XXX] class (“Student 1”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- During the 2016-2017 academic school year, the Member was a teacher at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- [XXX] [XXX] in Etobicoke, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- around January 27, 2017, the Board concluded that, without authorization, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- the Member had taken property belonging to the school and deliberately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- damaged the school’s door. The Member was issued a letter of discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- and suspended for three (3) days without pay. Attached hereto and marked ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the letter of discipline dated January 27, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- In the circumstances of this case, the parties agree that the event described ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- in paragraph 6, above, constitutes professional misconduct, but does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf: constitute sexual abuse as defined in section 1(1) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- Teachers Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, chapter 12 (the “Act”), and does not attract ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- the mandatory penalties as provided in sections 30.2 and 30.3 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- other civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (a) and (d) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-contravened subsections 1(5) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or that he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-College Counsel sought the Panel’s permission to withdraw the subsection 1(5) allegation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-because proceeding under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would be duplicative. College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf:Counsel sought to withdraw the sexual abuse allegation under subsection 1(7.3) and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-section 1 as the evidence does not support a finding under this head of misconduct. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on May 7, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Huck 2021 ONOCT 47 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Date: 2021-05-06 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Ronald Howard Huck, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- RONALD HOWARD HUCK (REGISTRATION #135256) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-PANEL: Rebecca Forte, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Yasser Leheta, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Pauline Smart ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-HEARD: May 6, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Zirka Jakibchuk, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-No one appearing for Ronald Howard Huck ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- By order of Justice J. Johnston of the Superior Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on May 6, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-[2] Ronald Howard Huck (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel and on behalf of Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Student 4, and Student 5 who were allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-publish the identities of, or any information that could disclose the identities of Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Student 2, Student 3, Student 4, and Student 5. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-[5] The Panel also received a certified copy of the transcript of the Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Sentence from the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice J. Johnston dated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-September 26, 2019 (Exhibit 2 at Tab G). In these proceedings before the Superior Court ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- (h) contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- (i) committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Ronald Howard Huck is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- “College”). The Member’s current membership status is ‘Retired’. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- The Member obtained an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate on June 24, 1966 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- and a Certificate of Qualification and Registration from the College on May ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 20, 1997. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- The Member has held either an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate or a Certificate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- of Qualification and Registration continuously since June 24, 1966. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Registered Member Information with the College. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Beginning in the 1960s, the Member was employed as a teacher at various ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- schools in the [XXX] and [XXX] and Ottawa areas in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- The Member later became a prominent businessperson in [XXX], Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- and went on to serve as the Chair of the [XXX] until he resigned from this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- position in or around April 2016. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Between in or around 1967 and in or around 2008, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf: inappropriate sexual touching of and/or inappropriate sexual behavior ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- toward Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4, Student 5, Person A and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Person B. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 was a male Grade [XXX] student at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- School (“School 1”) in [XXX], Ontario, when the Member was teaching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- there. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Between September 1, 1967 and September 1, 1969, the Member fondled ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Student 1’s genitals on several occasions, including in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- classroom and on a ride home from School 1. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- masturbated Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- At all material times, Student 2 was a male [XXX] aged [XXX] student at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- [XXX] School (“School 2”) in [XXX], Ontario, when the Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- teaching there. Student 2 had some classes with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf: Between January 1, 1968 and July 13, 1971, the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf: touching of and/or sexual behaviour toward Student 2 on five occasions, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- three of which occurred at School 2 and two of which occurred in [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Ontario. Specifically, the Member grabbed and fondled Student 2’s genitals ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- on more than one occasion, masturbated while fondling Student 2, offered ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Student 2 money in return for ‘something later on’, and grabbed Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- by the buttocks. The Member also told Student 2 not to say anything about ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- what had occurred to anyone because no one would believe him. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- At all material times, Student 3 was a male Grade [XXX] student at School ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 2 and the Member was his teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Between September 1, 1969 and July 1, 1970, the Member pulled down ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Student 3’s pants and fondled his penis on a ride home from School 2. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf: Member also instructed Student 3 not to tell anyone about the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- touching. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- At all material times, Student 4 was a male [XXX] school student in Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- who was under the age of 18. The Member was not Student 4’s teacher or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- teaching at Student 4’s school at the time of the offences, but previously ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- taught at the [XXX] school that Student 4 had attended. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Between July 14, 1971 and January 25, 1977, the Member fondled Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 4 on more than one occasion and masturbated Student 4. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Student 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- At all material times, Student 5 was a [XXX]-year-old male student in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Ontario. The Member was not Student 5’s teacher or a teacher at Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 5’s school. The Member was a well-known businessperson in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- community by this time. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- In 1980 or 1981, the Member fondled and put his mouth on Student 5’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- penis at the Member’s home in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Person A ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- At all material times, Person A was an adult male person, who was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- employed as a [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- In or around the period of January 1, 2000 to September 1, 2003, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Member grabbed Person A’s penis while Person A was on a service call at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- the Member’s home. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Person B ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- At all material times, Person B was an adult male employee of a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- company [XXX] in Ottawa, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Between January 1, 2006 and January 1, 2009, the Member invited Person ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- B on a business trip to Toronto, Ontario. In the hotel room, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- touched Person B’s penis, attempted to fondle him, and made other ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf: unwanted sexual advances toward him. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Criminal Proceedings / Convictions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Between April 12, 2016 and September 23, 2016, the Member was arrested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf: and criminally charged with various sexual offences dating from the mid- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 1960s to 2008, involving 18 victims, including Student 1, Student 2, Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 3, Student 4, Student 5, Person A and Person B. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- On or about December 4, 2017, the charges relating to four of the victims ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- were stayed at the request of the Crown. The remaining charges proceeded ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- to trial in the Superior Court of Justice in Brockville, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- On or about June 13, 2019, the charges relating to a fifth victim were stayed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- On June 30, 2019, following a 3-week trial, the Member was found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- the following offences: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- (a) gross indecency (contrary to section 149 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- (Canada) (the “Code”) and indecent assault upon a male (contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- to section 148 of the Code) in respect of Student 1, with a conditional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- stay entered on the gross indecency charge; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-(b) gross indecency (contrary to section 149 of the Code) and indecent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- assault upon a male (contrary to section 148 of the Code) in respect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- of Student 2, with a conditional stay entered on the gross indecency ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- charge; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-(c) indecent assault upon a male (contrary to section 156 of the Code) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- in respect of Student 3; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-(d) gross indecency (contrary to section 157 of the Code) and indecent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- assault upon a male (contrary to section 156 of the Code) in respect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- of Student 4, with a conditional stay entered on the gross indecency ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- charge; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-(e) gross indecency (contrary to section 157 of the Code) and indecent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- assault upon a male (contrary to section 156 of the Code) in respect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- of Student 5, with a conditional stay entered on the gross indecency ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- charge; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:(f) sexual assault (contrary to section 271 of the Code) in respect of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Person A; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:(g) sexual assault (contrary to section 271 of the Code) in respect of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- Person B. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-The Member was acquitted of all other charges. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-On September 26, 2019, the Member was sentenced to a total of seven ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-years’ incarceration. The custodial term was broken down as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Student 1 - 18 months, Student 2 - 24 months, Student 3 - 18 months, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Student 4 - 12 months and Student 5 - 12 months, to be served ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-consecutively to one another; and Person A - 45 days and Person B - four ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-months, to be served concurrent to each other and to the other counts. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-The Member was also made subject to various ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-The Member did not appeal his convictions or his sentence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are copies of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Replacement Court Information, appearances/adjournments, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-disposition of December 4, 2017 in the criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Indictment, dated June 4, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-1 to 34 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in sexual touching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-of five students. Some of the students were [XXX] aged at the time of the abuse, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:others were in [XXX] school. In the early 2000’s, the Member also sexually assaulted two ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-male adults. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member contravened subsections 14(d) and 14(f) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:TPA Regulation, 1960 with respect to his sexual abuse of Student 1, Student 2, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Student 3. The Member contravened section 13 of the TPA Regulation, 1960 and section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:13 of the TPA Regulation, 1970 with respect to his sexual abuse of Student 1, Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Student 3, Student 4 and Student 5. The relevant sections of the TPA Regulation, 1960 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-state: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 13. A member shall strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- degree of professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ethical standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 14. A member shall ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- […] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- (d) show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations with pupils, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- […], and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- (f) concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they are under his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- care. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Section 13 of the TPA Regulation, 1970 is identical to section 13 of the TPA Regulation, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-1960 above. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:[11] The Member sexually touched five students between 1967 and 1981, while the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Member held an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate and was bound to follow the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:Profession Act and the TPA Regulations. By his sexual abuse of these students, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Member acted dishonourably and clearly failed to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-standards of the teaching profession. By his abuse of students that were directly under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-his supervision (Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3), the Member failed to show ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-consideration in all his relations with his students and to concern himself with the welfare ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-of his pupils while they are under his care. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Member contravened subsection 22(1)(c) of the Schools ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Administration Act, 1960 with respect to his misconduct in relation to Student 1, Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-2, and Student 3, subsection 21(1)(c) of the Schools Administration Act, 1970 in relation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-to Student 4, and subsection 229(1)(c) of the Education Act, 1974 with respect to his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-misconduct in relation to Student 5. These three subsections are practically identical and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-provide that it is the duty of a teacher to “inculcate by precept and example […] the highest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” College Counsel did not make ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-submissions as to why the College alleged three virtually identical professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-misconduct allegations in this case. The Panel notes that it would have been sufficient for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-the College to only allege one of these sections in the Notice of Hearing. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-believes that it is repetitive for the College to seek a finding under three different versions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-of what is essentially the same professional misconduct statute. Nevertheless, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-accepts the Member’s admission that his conduct breached these provisions, the wording ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-of which is commonly understood to mean that teachers must act as positive role models. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Members hold a unique position of trust and authority. They are responsible for the well- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:being, safety, and healthy development of children. It is alarming for teachers to sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-abuse young students. The Member’s conduct in this case was entirely at odds with his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-obligations as a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member contravened subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 in relation to his criminal convictions for indecent assault and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:sexual assault. These convictions occurred in June of 2019, while the Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-retired, but still under the jurisdiction of the College for discipline purposes. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:criminal convictions, the majority of which stemmed from his sexual abuse of five ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-students, demonstrate that the Member contravened a law relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and which has caused several ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-students under the Member’s supervision to be put at risk. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:[14] The Member’s sexual assault of Person A and Person B, and his convictions for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:various sexual offences is conduct which is disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-and unbecoming a member, contrary to subsections 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:Regulation 437/97. Members are expected to uphold the law and not to sexually assault ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:others. By sexually assaulting Person A and Person B, the Member acted in a way that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-was certainly disgraceful and dishonourable. The public’s trust in the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:is eroded when members engage in sexual assault and when they are found to have ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-abused students by the criminal court. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-significant position of authority over Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3, who were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-students in the Member’s class. Fourth, some of the student victims were very vulnerable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-– one was in [XXX] and one had [XXX]. Finally, the Member’s misconduct led to significant ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-emotional harm for his victims. The Panel received concerning evidence about the impact ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-that the Member’s conduct had on his students, even decades later. The students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-reported that they had long-lasting issues with anxiety, depression and self-esteem in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-years following the abuse. One student reported that the Member ruined his life and has ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-“infected” the lives of his family members. In terms of mitigating factors, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-admitted his misconduct, saving the time and expense of a contested hearing, and saving ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-the victims from having to testify. After weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-penalty proposed by the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct warrants a reprimand by his peers. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-written reprimand, as agreed to by the parties, will allow the Panel to directly address its ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-concerns with the Member. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-[19] The Panel finds that revocation is the appropriate order given the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:The Member sexually abused several students on numerous occasions. Some of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-students were very vulnerable and the Member took advantage of his position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:authority. There is no place in the profession for members who sexually abuse students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-The public expects that children will be safe when they are at school. Teachers are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf-entrusted with the care of students and they must provide students with a physically and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:emotionally safe learning environment. They must never make sexual advances or touch ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf:students in a sexual manner. Revocation is the only penalty that appropriately responds ./ontario-cases/2021onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Abi-Samra 2021 ONOCT 48 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Date: 2021-05-17 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Naoum Abi-Samra, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- NAOUM ABI-SAMRA (REGISTRATION #481539) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-PANEL: Nicola Powadiuk, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Élaine Legault ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Emile Ramlochan ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-HEARD: April 22, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Jean-François Schaan, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-No one appearing for Naoum Abi-Samra ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- By order of the Superior Court of Justice, there is also a publication ban on any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- information that could identify the victim or a witness in this matter, pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-that the documents have been delivered to the person after a specific number of days ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-depending on the method of service. Moreover, section 31.01 of the College Bylaws ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-requires that members keep their contact information up to date with the College. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[6] In this case, although the Member did not confirm receipt of any of the materials ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-delivered by the College, he was deemed to have been served at his last known ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-address. The College has shown that it met, and indeed exceeded, its service ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-requirements including by sending materials by courier, regular and registered mail to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-the Member’s last known address, after having retained a third-party service provider to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-verify the Member’s address. The Panel therefore proceeded to hear this matter in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-absence of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[7] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Act, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-which makes such an order mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-of, or any information that could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-years old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[8] A publication ban was also ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, Student 2 and Student 31, who ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-were allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-information that could disclose the identities of Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-1 Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3 are referred to as Élève 1, Élève 2 and Élève 3 in some of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-documents in the Member’s criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[9] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Condensed Reasons for Judgment from the Member’s criminal proceedings before ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Justice P. Kane dated November 23, 2018 (Exhibit 2 at Tab 4). In these proceedings ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-before the Superior Court of Justice, an order restricting publication was made pursuant ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-publication ban. Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-involved in this matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[10] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated February 13, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-2020 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Naoum Abi-Samra is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-(g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- may cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-(h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-(i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-1. At all material times, Mr. Abi-Samra was a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil des ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (the “School Board”) as a teacher ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- at the [XXX] in [XXX], Ontario (the “First School”), or as a teacher at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- the École [XXX] in [XXX], Ontario (the “Second School”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Allegations from the First School ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-3. During the 2009-2010 school year, the Member was employed as a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- teacher in the First School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-4. In October 2009, the Member hugged a female colleague (“Person ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- A”) in his arms while they were at the First School. During this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- interaction, the Member’s hands briefly slipped down to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- buttocks of Person A. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-5. Between October 2009 and November 2009, on an occasion in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- which the Member had helped Person A at the First School, Person ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- A embraced him. During this interaction, Mr. Abi-Samra placed his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- hands on the buttocks of Person A and squeezed them firmly. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-6. On or about November 21, 2016, the Member was accused of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf: sexually assaulting Person A, contrary to section 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-7. On February 25, 2019, the Member pleaded not guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf: accusation of sexually assaulting Person A but pleaded guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- lesser and included offence of assaulting Person A, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- section 266 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-8. On February 25, 2019, the Member was convicted of assaulting ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Person A and was given a conditional sentence and 12 months of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- probation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Allegations from the Second School ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-9. During the 2013-2014 and 2015-2016 school years, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- was employed as a teacher at the Second School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-10. During the 2015-2016 school year, Student 1 and Student 2 were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- female students at the Second School and were taking courses ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-11. During the 2013-2014 school year, Student 3 was a female student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- at the Second School and was taking courses with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-12. In March 2016, Student 1 told her parents that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- touched her in class and had made intimate comments to her. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:13. On or about April 19, 2016, the Member was accused of sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- assaulting Student 1, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf: (Canada) and of sexual interference against Student 1, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- section 151 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-14. Following these accusations, Student 2 and Student 3 filed a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- complaint against the Member, indicating that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- touched them in the classroom. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:15. On or about April 29, 2016, the Member was accused of sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- interference against Student 2, contrary to section 151 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf: Criminal Code (Canada) and of sexually assaulting Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:16. On or about April 29, 2016, the Member was accused of sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- interference against Student 3, contrary to section 151 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf: Criminal Code (Canada) and of sexually assaulting Student 3, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-17. Following a trial, on November 23, 2018, the Member was found ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf: guilty of sexually assaulting Student 1 and Student 2, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- section 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada) and was found not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- guilty with respect to the other charges. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-18. On May 30, 2019, the Member was sentenced to two months of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- imprisonment, to be served intermittently, and to two years of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- probation. The Member is also subject to a certain number of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 19. The Member did not appeal either his convictions or his sentences. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-C. THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[11] As the Member was not present, the Panel proceeded on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-D. THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[12] College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Naoum Abi-Samra (Exhibit 2), which indicates that the Member was a member of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-College at the time of the alleged events. The College also entered into evidence a Brief ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-of Court Documents (Exhibit 4), which contains the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Judicial Interim Release Order and Recognizance of Bail, dated April 19, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2016; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Certified Copy of Indictment, Adjournments and Endorsements (Students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 1, 2 and 3), dated August 2, 2018; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Certified Copy of Indictment, Adjournments and Endorsements (Person ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- A), dated August 2, 2018; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf: Condensed Reasons for Judgment (sexual assault under s. 271), dated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- November 23, 2018; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Application to Admit Similar Fact Evidence Count to Count, dated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- December 18, 2018; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Certified Adult Probation Order (Person A), dated February 25, 2019; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Certified Copy of Proceedings at Guilty Plea, before the Honourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Justice A. Doyle, dated February 25, 2019; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Amended Application to Admit Similar Fact Evidence Count to Count, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- dated April 2, 2019; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Certified Adult Probation Order (Involving Student 1 and Student 2), dated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- May 30, 2019; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- [Ancillary Order] (Ss. 271 and 271(1)), dated May 30 2019; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Reasons for Sentence from Ontario Superior Court of Justice, dated June ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 10, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[13] The evidence presented in Exhibit 4 establishes that on February 25, 2019, in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Superior Court of Justice, the Member was convicted of assaulting Person A, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-to section 266 of the Criminal Code (Canada) and was given a suspended sentence ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-and 12 months of probation. Additionally, on November 23, 2018, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:found guilty of sexually assaulting Student 1 and Student 2, contrary to section 271 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-the Criminal Code (Canada) and on May 30, 2019, the Member was sentenced to two ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-months of imprisonment, to be served intermittently, and to two years of probation. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Member was also made subject to a number of ancillary orders. The Member did not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-appeal his criminal convictions, his findings of guilt or the sentences he received. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-E. SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[14] College Counsel described the incidents which led to the Member’s criminal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-charges and submitted that the Member was convicted for assaulting Person A, a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:female colleague, and for sexually assaulting two of his students, Student 1 and Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-2. College Counsel also submitted that the Member was found not guilty with respect to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-the criminal charges in relation to Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[15] According to College Counsel, the Member’s conduct, as detailed in the record of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-the criminal proceedings (see Exhibit 4) and the resultant criminal convictions, provided ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-a sufficient basis to justify a finding of professional misconduct under all of the heads of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. The Member had legal representation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-during his criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-F. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[16] Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-submissions made by College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on April 22, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-2021, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of students as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-G. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-(1) Factual Findings ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[17] In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Rules”), the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Panel accepts the certified copy of the Court Indictment with respect to Person A ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-(Exhibit 4, Tab 3) and the certified copy of the Court Indictment with respect to Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-1 and Student 2 (Exhibit 4, Tab 2) as proof, in this case, that the Member committed the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-criminal offences outlined therein. The Member was found guilty and convicted of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-multiple criminal offences before a Canadian Court, no appeal has been taken, and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[18] In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Rules, the Panel admits as ancillary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-the certified copies of the Court Indictments, the findings of fact contained in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Condensed Reasons for Judgment (Exhibit 4, Tab 4), the Application to Admit Similar ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Fact Evidence Count to Count (Exhibit 4, Tab 5), the Amended Application to Admit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Similar Fact Evidence Count to Count (Exhibit 4, Tab 8) and the Reasons for Sentence ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-(Exhibit 4, Tab 11) before the Superior Court of Justice involving the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Panel further admits as incidental to the certified copies of the Court Indictments, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-certified copy of Proceedings at Guilty Plea (Exhibit 4, Tab 7) at which the conviction ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-(with respect to Person A) occurred, for the purposes of explaining the finding of guilt. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[19] The evidence in the Brief of Courts Documents demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-assaulted Person A, contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code (see Exhibit 4 at Tab ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-7). Person A was a new [XXX] teacher, and the Member was the head of the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-department and Person A’s supervisor. In October or November 2009, Person A ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-initiated a hug while at school and during that hug, the Member placed his hands on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-buttocks of Person A and squeezed them firmly. While the original hug was consensual, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Person A had not consented to the Member touching her buttocks or squeezing it, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-this behaviour made her feel uncomfortable. The Member pleaded guilty to assaulting ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Person A, he was convicted for this criminal offence and he was given a suspended ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-sentence and 12 months of probation for this conduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[20] The evidence in the Brief of Court documents demonstrates that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:sexually assaulted Student 1, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code (see Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-4 at Tab 11). In particular, the Member placed his hand with pressure on Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-upper thigh on two or three occasions2, between January and March 2016. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:was a [XXX]-year-old student in the Member’s [XXX] class at the time of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-assaults. In her Victim Impact Statement, Student 1 described in detail how the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:Member’s sexually abusive behaviour caused her lasting [XXX] harm which included ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-2 The Panel noted minor factual discrepancies in the court documents. However, the Panel is primarily ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:relying on the fact that the Member was found guilty of sexual assault (whether it was in relation to one ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-incident or three). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-feeling trapped in fear, victimized, preyed upon and taken advantage of, and which led ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-to constant fears of discomfort, weakness, fragility, oppression and powerlessness. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Going to school caused her stress, which negatively impacted her commitment to her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:studies. The charge of sexual interference against Student 1 under section 151 was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-dismissed. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[21] Similarly, the evidence in the Brief of Courts documents demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:Member sexually assaulted Student 2, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code (see ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Exhibit 4 at Tab 11). Like Student 1, Student 2 was a [XXX]-year-old student in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:Member’s [XXX] class at the time of the sexual assaults, which occurred between ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-January and March 2016. On one occasion the Member placed his hand on Student 2’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-upper thigh, with pressure, as he commented on her [XXX] work and even after she ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-responded that she understood his explanation. On another occasion, the Member lifted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Student 2’s lower arm and placed his hand against Student 2’s right breast as he looked ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-at the [XXX] work which Student 2 and two other students had written on a white board. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-The Member then closed his fingers into a fist shape but left his closed hand under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Student 2’s arm against her breast. In her Victim Impact Statement, Student 2 described ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:the lasting [XXX] impact of her sexual assault at the hands of the Member. For instance, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:she cried when she was in the classroom in which her sexual assault occurred, and she ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-was unable to focus on the academic tasks at hand. Moreover, the Member’s behaviour ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:caused her hurt, anger and frustration to the point that she [XXX]. The charge of sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-interference against Student 2 under section 151 was dismissed. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:[22] The charges of sexual assault and sexual interference in relation to Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-were dismissed during the Member’s criminal proceedings (see Exhibit 4, Tab 11), and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-the Panel therefore makes no finding in relation to the allegations relating to Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[23] On May 30, 2019, the Member was sentenced to two months of imprisonment to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-be served intermittently, and to two years of probation. The Member was also made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-subject to a number of ancillary orders. The Member did not appeal his convictions or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-his sentences. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[24] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was a clear breach of the following ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-heads of professional misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing: subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of students as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[25] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-profession contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-conduct in this case clearly fell below the standards of the profession. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:sexually assaulted Student 1 and Student 2. The sexual abuse of students is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-misconduct which is so notorious that expert evidence is not required to prove the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-breach of professional standards. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[26] The Member breached subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Member placed his hand on the upper thighs of Student 1 and Student 2, and he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-touched Student 2’s breast. The Panel finds that this type of physical contact with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-students is completely inappropriate and constitutes physical abuse of students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Members of the teaching profession must not engage in the unnecessary and unwanted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-touching of students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[27] The Member breached subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Member psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1 and Student 2. As set out ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-above and as described in their Victim Impact Statements, the Member’s conduct had a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:lasting, negative [XXX] impact on both students. By sexually abusing Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Student 2, the Member showed a complete disregard for their psychological or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-emotional well-being. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:[28] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of students contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:The definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes touching and behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a student. The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:Member sexually abused Student 1 and Student 2 by placing his hand on the upper ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-thighs of Student 1 and Student 2, and by touching Student 2’s breast, all of which meet ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:the definition of sexual abuse under the Act. This finding is further supported by the fact ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:that the Member was found guilty of sexual assault of Student 1 and Student 2 in his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-prior criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[29] The Panel finds that the Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Regulation 437/97 by failing to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Subsection 264(1)(b) of the Education Act requires teachers to encourage students in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-the pursuit of learning. Subsection 264(1)(c) of the Education Act provides that it is the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-duty of a teacher to “inculcate by precept and example […] the highest regard for truth, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-purity, temperance and all other virtues”, which is more commonly understood to mean ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-that teachers must be positive role models for students. The Member certainly failed to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-meet these professional obligations. Through their Victim Impact Statements, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-received evidence that the Member’s conduct made Student 1 feel stressed about being ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-at school and negatively effected her commitment to her studies. Similarly, Student 2 no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:longer wanted to [XXX] following her sexual assault by the Member. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:sexual assault of these students demonstrated a fundamental breach of his duties a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:[30] The Panel finds that the Member’s criminal convictions for sexual assault of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code, demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-he contravened a law relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Registration and which has caused students to be put at risk, contrary to subsections ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Sexual assault is among the most ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-serious crimes that a member can commit in their interactions with students, and it ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-certainly calls into questions a member’s suitability to hold the unique position of trust ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-and authority that teachers have the privilege of holding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[31] The Member breached subsection 1(18) of Ontario regulation 437/97. It was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional for the Member to sexually assault ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2, who were only [XXX] years old at the time. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:sexually abusive conduct caused Student 1 and Student 2 lasting [XXX] harm and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-negatively impacted their formative years as adolescents. It was equally disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional for the Member to assault Person A, a female ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-colleague. The Member’s actions made Person A feel uncomfortable. At the time of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-assault, Person A was just starting her teaching career as a [XXX] teacher. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Member held a position of authority as the head of the [XXX] department. He took ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-advantage of this position by touching and squeezing the Member’s buttocks, which is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-completely unacceptable. Members of the teaching profession are expected to be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-upstanding members of their school communities, to safeguard the well-being of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-students and to behave professionally with colleagues at all times. The Member did the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-opposite. The teaching profession does not tolerate such reprehensible conduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[32] Finally, the Panel finds that the Member’s egregious conduct which led to his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-criminal convictions, as described above, is also unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members of the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:who sexually abuse students and assault colleagues severely compromise the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-reputation of the profession and undermine the trust and confidence that the public ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-places in its members. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-H. SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:[33] College Counsel submitted that, having made a finding of sexual abuse, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Panel was required to revoke and reprimand the Member pursuant to section 30.2 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-the Act, and that this mandatory penalty provision applied retrospectively pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-section 63.2 of the Act. The College did not seek costs or a fine against the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-I. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[34] On April 22, 2021, the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Teachers; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-J. REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:[35] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of students, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-notes that these mandatory penalty provisions apply retrospectively in this case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-pursuant to section 63.2 of the Act.3 The Panel notes that it has no discretion in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-regard. In relation to the form of the reprimand, the Panel accepts the College’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-submission that a written reprimand is appropriate in the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-[36] The Panel recognizes that, pursuant to subsection 30.2(1) of the Act, it may also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-order costs or a fine under subsection 30(5) of the Act. However, it is reasonable not to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-make these additional orders given that the College is not seeking costs or a fine ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:3 Although this mandatory penalty provision was not in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2 (i.e. between January and March 2016), section 63.2 of the Act provides that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf:mandatory penalty provisions at section 30.2 of the Act apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-occurred before April 3, 2019 and no order has been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-These conditions are met in this case and the Panel must therefore apply the mandatory penalty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf-provisions set out at section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct48.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on May 10, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-[2] Joseph Wayne Arsenault (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-B. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-[4] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. The Panel granted this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-[5] Having considered the evidence and the submissions of College Counsel, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-Panel rendered an oral decision on May 10, 2021, finding that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf-subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(11), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member’s conduct also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf:constitutes sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Burnet 2021 ONOCT 51 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Date: 2021-05-20 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Geoffrey William Burnet, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- GEOFFREY WILLIAM BURNET (REGISTRATION #441064) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-PANEL: Wanda Percival, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Kevin McCarthy ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Claudette Rutherford, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-HEARD: May 14, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Jean-François Schaan, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-No one appearing for Geoffrey William Burnet ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-By orders of the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice, there ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- are also publication bans on any information that could identify the victims or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- witnesses in Mr. Burnet’s prior criminal proceedings, pursuant to subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on May 14, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[2] Geoffrey William Burnet (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1 and Student 2, who were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-information that could disclose the identities of Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[5] The Panel also received a certified copy of the transcript of the Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Sentence from the Member’s criminal proceedings before Justice A. Goodman dated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-January 11, 2019 (Exhibit 2 at Appendix C) and the Reasons for Judgment of Justice F. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-O’Donnell dated February 22, 2019 (Exhibit 2 at Appendix E). In these proceedings before ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice, orders restricting ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-publication were made pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Panel is required to uphold these publication bans. Accordingly, any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-could identify the victims or witnesses involved in these matters shall not be published in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 19, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Geoffrey William Burnet is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7)1 and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- student or students as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1)2 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-1 Pre-May 2008 amendments to Ontario Regulation 437/97, in which subsection 1(7) included physical, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:sexual, verbal, psychological or emotional abuse, unlike the current regulation which addresses each type ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-of abuse in a separate subsection. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-2 This section of the Act has been repealed but was in force at the time of the Member’s conduct in relation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-to Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-In or about October 2016, Student 2 came forward with allegations against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-the Member. The Member was subsequently charged with one offence ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-against Student 2, alleged to have occurred between January 1, 2003 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-December 31, 2004. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-The Member was charged with: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:(a) Two counts of sexual interference against Student 1, contrary to s. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 151 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:(b) One count of sexual assault against Student 1, contrary to s. 271 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:(c) Two counts of invitation to sexual touching towards Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- contrary to s. 152 of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:(d) Two counts of exposing his genital organs for a sexual purpose to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Student 1, contrary to s. 173(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:(e) One count of exposing his genital organs for a sexual purpose to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Student 2, contrary to s. 173(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-On October 16, 2018, the Member pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-set out at paragraph 7 of this document and proceeded to trial before the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Honourable Justice Goodman of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-On October 26, 2018, Justice Goodman found that the Member exposed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:his genital organs to Student 1 and Student 2 for a sexual purpose. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Member was found guilty and convicted of exposing his genital organs for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:a sexual purpose to Student 1 (one count) and to Student 2 (one count), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-contrary to s. 173(2) of the Criminal Code (Canada). The Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-found not guilty of the other charges involving Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-On January 11, 2019, the Member was sentenced to a six-month custodial ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-sentence followed by two years’ probation, and was made the subject of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-number of conditions and ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-The Member did not appeal his convictions or sentence, and the appeal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-period for the Member’s convictions under s. 173(2) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-(Canada) has lapsed. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified transcript of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Justice Goodman’s reasons for judgment, dated October 26, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified transcript of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Justice Goodman’s reasons for sentence, dated January 11, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” are certified court documents ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- setting out the charges against the Member involving Student 1 and Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 2 and their disposition, as well as the Member’s probation order. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Second Set of Charges and Finding of Guilt ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- On or about September 17, 2016, the Member was charged with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf: possession of child pornography, contrary to s. 163.1(4) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf: Code (Canada), and transmitting child pornography, contrary to s. 163.1(3) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- of the Criminal Code (Canada). These offences were alleged to have ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- occurred between August 12, 2016 and September 6, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- On or about February 27, 2017, the Member was charged with possession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf: of child pornography, contrary to s. 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf: and accessing child pornography, contrary to s. 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Code (Canada). These offences were alleged to have occurred on or about ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- September 16, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- On February 22, 2019, the Member pled guilty to one count of possession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf: of child pornography, contrary to s. 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- reasons for judgment of the Honourable Justice O’Donnell of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Court of Justice, dated February 22, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” are certified court documents ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf: setting out the charges involving child pornography against the Member, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Member’s plea and the court’s finding pursuant to that plea. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- The Member’s sentencing regarding the plea of guilt to one count of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf: possession of child pornography, contrary to s. 163.1(4) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Code (Canada), is pending. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-20 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf: acknowledges that his conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 1996. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and having had the opportunity ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on May 14, 2021, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7)3 [sexual and psychological or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-emotional abuse only], 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-3 Pre-May 2008 amendments to Ontario Regulation 437/97, in which subsection 1(7) included physical, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:sexual, verbal, psychological or emotional abuse, unlike the current regulation which addresses each type ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-of abuse in a separate subsection. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1)4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-1 to 20 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member exposed his penis to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2. The Member was convicted of exposing his genital organs for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-a sexual purpose to Student 1 and to Student 2, contrary to subsection 173(2) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Criminal Code (Canada). The Member subsequently pled guilty and was found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:possession of child pornography, contrary to subsection 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member sexually abused ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:Student 1 and Student 2. The Member was also in possession of child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:Sexual abuse of students and possession of child pornography are serious breaches of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-the ethical and professional standards of the profession. Misconduct of this nature is so ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-notorious that expert evidence of the standard is not required to prove the breach of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-professional standards. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-4 This section of the Act has been repealed but was in force at the time of the Member’s conduct in relation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-to Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member sexually and psychologically or emotionally ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:abused Student 1 and Student 2. While watching pornographic images, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-exposed his penis to Student 1, continued masturbating and ejaculated onto himself in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-the presence of Student 1. Similarly, while Student 2 [XXX] during her [XXX] at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:Member’s home, Student 2 observed the Member watching pornographic images on TV ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-and saw the tip of the Member’s penis and “then the white, sticky substance” (see Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-2, Appendix B at pages 24-25). In her victim impact statement in the criminal proceedings, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:Student 1 described how the Member’s sexually abusive conduct caused her significant ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[XXX] emotional harm. She felt angry at being violated, experienced trauma, increased ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-sadness, feelings of guilt, [XXX] emotional disconnect as she [XXX] and [XXX]. In relation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-to Student 2, the Panel finds that although Student 2 did not provide a victim impact ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-statement in the criminal proceedings, it can be properly inferred that her mental well- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-being was adversely affected by the Member’s actions given that she was so young ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-(under [XXX] years old) at the time of the Member’s conduct. She was vulnerable by virtue ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:of her age. The Panel finds that by sexually abusing Student 1 and Student 2, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-showed a complete disregard for their well-being. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[12] The above facts give rise to findings of professional misconduct under allegations ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-(b), (c) and (d) of the Notice of Hearing for the following reasons. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[13] Paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing contains allegations from previous versions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and the Act. Subsection 1(7) [pre-May 2008 amendment] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:included the physical, sexual, verbal, psychological or emotional abuse of students. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Panel can make a finding of any of these types of abuse in relation to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:conduct which occurred before May 4, 2008, but it only makes findings of sexual and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-psychological or emotional abuse in this case because the parties’ evidence and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-College’s oral submissions related only to these two types of abuse. By exposing his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-genitals to Student 1 and Student 2 before May 4, 2008, the Member breached subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:[14] The Member similarly engaged in sexual abuse of students as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-1 and section 40(1.1)5 of the Act. Section 40(1.1) of the Act provided that the definition of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:“professional misconduct” was deemed to include sexual abuse of a student and section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:1 of the Act defines “sexual abuse”. The definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:includes behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a Member towards a student. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-parties agreed that Student 1 and Student 2 were students under [XXX] years of age at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-all material times. Regardless of whether the Member taught the students, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-accepts the College’s submission that they would still have been considered students for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-the purposes of a finding under section 1 of the Act (see e.g., Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-v. Sperling, 2019 ONOCT 40). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[15] In relation to paragraphs (c) and (d) of the Notice of Hearing, the Panel finds that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:the Member sexually, and psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1. These ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-findings are limited to the Member’s conduct in relation to Student 1 that occurred on or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-after May 4, 2008 (i.e., under the current version of Ontario Regulation 437/97).6 By ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-masturbating and ejaculating in the presence of Student 1, who was under [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-5 This section of the Act has been repealed but was in force at the time of the Member’s misconduct in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-relation to Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-6 Because the Member’s conduct in relation to Student 2 occurred between January 1, 2003 and December ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-31, 2004 (i.e., before the legislative amendments to Ontario Regulation 437/97), the Panel makes no finding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-in relation to Student 2 under the current version of the Professional Misconduct regulation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-of age, the Member’s conduct clearly constituted sexual and psychological or emotional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-abuse. The Member engaged in behaviour of a sexual nature in front of a student and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-this behaviour caused Student 1 lasting emotional harm as set out in her victim impact ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-statement and described above. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[16] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Among other things, this provision requires teachers to demonstrate the highest regard ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-for a number of virtues including truth, justice and humanity. Essentially, teachers are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:expected to serve as positive role models. Sexual abuse and child pornography cause ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-significant harm to the well-being of young and vulnerable children and negatively affect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:their formative years. Child pornography also perpetuates a market which thrives on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-abuse of children. As described above, the Member’s conduct included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:of Student 1 and Student 2 and the possession of child pornography. By engaging in such ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-immoral and abhorrent conduct, the Member demonstrated a fundamental breach of his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[17] The Panel finds that the Member’s criminal convictions for exposing his genital ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-organs to Student 1 and Student 2, contrary to subsection 173(2) of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:and his finding of guilt for possession of child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-of the Criminal Code demonstrate that he contravened laws relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration and which have caused students to be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-put at risk, contrary to subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:Exposure of genital organs to children for a sexual purpose and possession of child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:pornography are serious crimes that call into question a member’s suitability to hold the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-unique position of trust and authority that teachers possess. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[18] The Member breached subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional for the Member to sexually abuse Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-1 and Student 2, who were under [XXX] years old at all material times. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-sexually abusive conduct had a negative impact on their psychological or emotional well- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-being. It was equally disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional for the Member to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:possess child pornography, which objectifies and exploits children. Members of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-teaching profession are expected to be upstanding members of society and to safeguard ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-the well-being of students. The Member did the opposite. The teaching profession does ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-not tolerate such reprehensible conduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[19] The Member’s egregious conduct which led to his criminal convictions, as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-described above, is also unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Regulations 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is eroded when ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:members of the profession sexually abuse students and possess child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-[20] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on May 14, 2021, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, in writing, and the fact of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:[21] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-of students, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-orders and notes that these mandatory penalty provisions apply retrospectively in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-case pursuant to section 63.2 of the Act.7 The Panel notes that it has no discretion in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-regard. In relation to the form of the reprimand, the Panel finds that a written reprimand ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-is appropriate in the circumstances, given that the parties agreed to this form for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-reprimand in their joint submission on penalty. The Panel recognizes that it may also order ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it reasonable not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-to make these additional orders in light of the Member’s guilty plea and joint submission ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:7 Although this mandatory penalty provision was not in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-Student 1 (i.e., between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2008) and Student 2 (i.e. between January 1, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-2003 and December 31, 2004), section 63.2 of the Act provides that the mandatory penalty provisions at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf:section 30.2 of the Act apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse occurred before April 3, 2019 and no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-order has been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. These conditions are met in this case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf-and the Panel must therefore apply the mandatory penalty provisions set out at section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-Aaron Allen Dale is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-During the period November 1, 2014 – February 2, 2017, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-employed by the Surrey County Council as a [XXX] and [XXX] teacher at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-[XXX] School (the “School”) in [XXX], Surrey, United Kingdom. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-In the academic year 2016-2017, the Student was a female student at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-School who was under the age of 16. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-On or about September 23, 2016, the Member met with the Student after ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-school hours at a public park without parental presence or permission, as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-alleged in section 4 of the Notice of Hearing. In relation to this incident, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-Member failed to report to the Student’s parent or to a senior member of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-School, and he failed to maintain professional boundaries with the Student, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-as found by the United Kingdom’s Teaching Regulation Agency (see ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-paragraph 8 and Exhibit “C”, p. 7-8). The findings of the United Kingdom’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-Teaching Regulation Agency included the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-(a) The meeting was by chance, not pre-planned; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-(b) The meeting was at a public park; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-(c) The member stayed with the student for 40-45 minutes. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-During the period November 1, 2014 – February 2, 2017, the Member used ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-his personal mobile phone to take and store images relating to students and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-school activities, as alleged in section 5(a) of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-During the period November 1, 2014 – February 2, 2017, the Member used ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf:his personal laptop to search for websites and material involving sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-activity with children, as alleged in paragraph 5(a) of the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-as found by the United Kingdom’s Teaching Regulation Agency (see ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-paragraph 8 and Exhibit “C”, p. 18-20). The findings of the United Kingdom’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-Teaching Regulation Agency included the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-(a) Web searches completed on the Member’s laptop revealed a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- number of searches relevant to child protection investigations; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-(b) The Member had been involved in activity which may have led to him ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- viewing and possessing indecent photographs or images of a child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- and that this was not isolated to one occurrence; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf:(c) No material involving sexual activity with children was found on his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- laptop; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- (d) The searching was not an isolated incident (websites were accessed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- more than once, with months elapsing between searches); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- (e) The titles entered into the search engines suggest the intentional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf: searching for websites that involved sexual activity with children; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- and, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- (f) Traces of file destruction software were found on the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- laptop. The Member’s explanation regarding the traces of file ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- destruction software was implausible. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- On March 29, 2018, the Member was [XXX] in the United Kingdom and was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- barred from working with or volunteering with children. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of a Final Decision Letter from the [XXX] to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- the Member dated March 29, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- On or about April 4, 2018, after a hearing, the United Kingdom’s Teaching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- Regulation Agency found the Member committed unacceptable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- professional conduct and conduct that may bring the profession into ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- disrepute. On or about April 10, 2018, a recommendation was made to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- Secretary of State to prohibit the Member from teaching indefinitely and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- applying for a restoration of his eligibility to teach. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the outcome of the Teaching Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- Agency as well as the decision of the Secretary of State for Education. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- The parties agree that the findings of the Teaching Regulation Agency ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- constitute findings of professional misconduct or a similar findings by a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- governing authority of the teaching profession in a jurisdiction other than ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- Ontario that are based on facts that would constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- misconduct pursuant to section 2 of the Misconduct Regulation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraph 4-9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- 1(19), and 2. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-or to a senior member of the School. By this lack of reporting, the Member also showed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-a lack of professional judgment and a failure to adhere to the ethical standard of “trust”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-[10] The Member’s behaviour contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-437/97 by breaching section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act, which requires teachers to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-serve as positive role models and set an example for students. By searching for websites ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf:and materials that involve sexual activity with children and that objectify and exploit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-children, the Member failed to behave as an appropriate role model. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-conduct in this case was entirely at odds with his obligations as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-[11] The Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-437/97. It is unacceptable for members of their profession to search for websites and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf:materials involving sexual activity with children. This behaviour is disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-dishonourable, and demonstrates a lack of professional judgment. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-[12] Similarly, the Member’s misconduct is unbecoming a member of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member’s behaviour ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-served to in undermine the reputation of the profession and violated the trust that parents, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-students and the public place in teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-[13] Finally, the findings of the Teaching Regulation Agency in the United Kingdom are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-based on facts that would constitute, and that in fact do constitute, professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-misconduct in Ontario. As such, the Panel finds that the Member has engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-professional misconduct as per section 2 of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-[14] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on January 29, 2021 the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-[15] The Panel accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-law confines the Panel’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty represents an acceptable outcome, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-based on the following prior decisions of the Discipline Committee presented by College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Griffin, 2019 ONOCT 68, Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-Teachers v. Stelpstra, 2014 ONOCT 98, and Ontario College of Teachers v. Maillard, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-2013 ONOCT 63. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-[16] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-provided. While the Member was not criminally convicted of possession of child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf:pornography, he nevertheless did not contest that he searched for and potentially ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-accessed indecent images of a child. As such, the cases presented are comparable and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-the Member’s professional misconduct was extremely concerning. The Panel notes that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-the Member did not contest his misconduct, saving the time and expense of a contested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-hearing. The Member also expressed remorse for his behaviour. After weighing these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-[17] The Panel finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-Registration is appropriate in this case. The Member’s conduct in searching for and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf:potentially accessing material involving sexual activity with children was abhorrent and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-reprehensible. The Member’s behaviour supported an illicit industry based on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-exploitation of vulnerable children. As such, the Member’s misconduct warrants an order ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-of the Panel’s most severe penalty available: revocation. Not only has the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-behaviour had a grave impact on the potential victims of his misconduct, but it has also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-jeopardized the public’s trust in the teaching profession. Accordingly, the Member is no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-longer entitled to be a member of the teaching profession in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the Member’s behaviour also warrants a reprimand. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf-serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Testa 2021 ONOCT 54 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- Date: 2021-06-04 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- Alexander Christopher Testa, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ALEXANDER CHRISTOPHER TESTA (REGISTRATION #631408) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-PANEL: Tom Potter, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- William Goldbloom ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- Yasser Leheta, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-HEARD: June 3, 2021 and June 4, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-Danielle Miller and Erich Schultz, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-No one appearing for Alexander Christopher Testa ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on June 3, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-2021 and June 4, 2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-[2] Alexander Christopher Testa (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel and on behalf of Student 1 who was allegedly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-B. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-[5] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing dated June 3, 2020, namely that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-Member contravened subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-Panel granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-[6] Having considered the evidence and the submissions of College Counsel, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-Panel rendered an oral decision on June 4, 2021 finding that the Member engaged in acts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf:subsections 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-abuse of a student of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-C. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-[7] On June 4, 2021 the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, which will be delivered in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- writing, and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers (“Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-D. COSTS DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf-[8] On June 4, 2021 the Panel made the following order as to costs: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- The Member shall pay costs of this proceeding to the College, fixed in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- amount of $20,000, within 6 months of the date of the Decision, Reasons ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- for Decision and Order of the Discipline Committee relating to this matter. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- (d) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf: (e) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf: (f) she engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- (g) she failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- (h) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- (i) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- (j) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Aleida Sanderson-Bagchus is a retired member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Hamilton- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Wentworth District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- School (the “School”) in Hamilton, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-3 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-2014-2015 Academic Year: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- During the 2014-2015 academic year, Student 1 was a female student in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- the Member’s grade [XXX] class. Student 1 was partnered with a friend ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- who happened to be Muslim. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- The Member approached the two students and made a comment to them ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- to the effect that they could not date because they were of different races. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-2015-2016 Academic Year: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- During the 2015-2016 academic year, the Member approached Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- a female student of Asian descent, and with no apparent reason, asked ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Student 2, “How’s China Town?” Student 2 was offended by the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- comment. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Student 3 was a female student in the Member’s grade [XXX] class. As ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Student 3 was walking back to her desk after using the bathroom, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Member made a comment about the student’s “butt jiggling.” This ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- comment was heard by Student 1 and other students present in the class. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- On another occasion, Student 1, who, in that year was a student in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Member’s grade [XXX] class, was dressed in a long skirt with a slit up the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf: side. The Member asked Student 1 for whom she was trying to look sexy ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- and made the observation that Student 1 had “nice legs.” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- During the 2015-2016 academic year, the Member also: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- (a) embarrassed a student by suggesting that she was not intellectually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- fit to be in her current grade; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- (b) described a student as “ugly”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- (c) prohibited a student from using the washroom during class; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- (d) belittled the condition of anxiety as a legitimate mental health issue; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- (e) discussed a student’s poor academic performance in front of other ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- students; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- (f) yelled on multiple occasions in class. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-2016-2017 Academic Year: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- During the 2016-2017 academic year, Student 4 was a grade [XXX] male ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- student at the School. He was not, and had never been, a student in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- of the Member’s classes. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College sought the Panel’s permission to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct outlined in paragraphs (a), (e) and (f) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf:subsections 1(5) and 1(7.3), and that she engaged in sexual abuse of a student and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf:sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. College Counsel stated that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation in subsection 1(5) was being sought as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-the College is proceeding under subsection 1(14) and as such the allegation under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf:subsection 1(5) becomes redundant. With respect to the withdrawal of the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf:and sexual misconduct allegations, College Counsel submitted that there was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-insufficient evidence to support a finding under these allegations and that the conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-fell more appropriately under other heads of misconduct. The Panel granted these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-requests. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on May 31, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-2021, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf-1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (h) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (i) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Keith Charlton Baker is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Halton District ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Oakville, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Student 1 and Student 3 were interviewed by the Halton Children’s Aid ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Society. Following its investigation, the Society verified this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Halton Children’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Aid Society’s correspondence dated January 13, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- After reviewing the information collected during the course of its ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- investigation, the Board substantiated the above allegations. Attached ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the Halton District School ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Board’s correspondence to the Member dated April 26, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- As a result of the Board’s investigation regarding the above incidents, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Member was suspended without pay for 15 instructional days and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- administratively transferred to another school. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- In May 2017, the Member completed a professional boundaries course. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Participation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- The Member is currently on leave from teaching and will be on said leave ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- until September 30, 2021 at which point his formal retirement from the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Board shall commence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs above ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the conduct described in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- paragraphs 4-5 of the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- professional misconduct against him being more particularly breaches of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections, 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further does not contest that the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf: Facts in paragraph 4 constitute sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (a) and (e) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-contravened subsections 1(5) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and that he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-College Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-allegation was being sought as proceeding under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf:be duplicative. With respect to the withdrawal of the allegation of sexual abuse, College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-Counsel submitted that there was insufficient evidence to support such a finding. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on June 7, 2021, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-12 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-Member made several inappropriate comments and repeatedly engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-behaviour with students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-437/97. On multiple occasions, the Member made inappropriate comments to students, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-including: joking with Student 1 about playing “footsie” with her and asking Student 1 if ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-that was “weird”; making a comment about Student 1’s “Hot Mama”; commenting in class ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-about Student 2 having an intimate relationship with his pencil case; referring to Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-3 as “cute”; and suggesting in class that Student 4 may be cutting his private parts with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-scissors. The Member’s comments were offensive and highly inappropriate given the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-power dynamic that exists between teachers and students, and they amount to verbal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-abuse by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-[10] The Member breached subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by making ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-inappropriate physical contact with students. Among other things, the Member touched ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-one or more female students on the back and/or shoulders and tied the strings of a female ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-student’s sweater. The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes physical abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-of students. Members of the teaching profession must ensure that schools are safe ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-spaces for students, and they must not invade students’ personal space. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-physical contact with students was completely inappropriate and demonstrated his lack ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-of respect for the appropriate professional boundaries which teachers must maintain with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-their students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-[11] The Member psychologically or emotionally abused students, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member stared at a female student, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-which made the student feel uncomfortable. Moreover, the Panel finds that it can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-reasonably be inferred that the Member’s inappropriate comments and invasion of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-personal space of one or more female students, would negatively impact the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-psychological or emotional well-being of students. Teachers hold a unique position of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-trust and authority, and it is emotionally abusive for them to repeatedly fail to maintain ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-appropriate boundaries with students in a way that makes the students feel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-uncomfortable. The Member’s conduct therefore amounts to psychological or emotional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-abuse of students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf:[12] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. “Sexual misconduct” is defined in the Act as: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf: inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf: is not sexual abuse of a student, where, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- or the member knows or ought to know that one or more students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- are likely to be exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- have the effect of, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- student, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf:By making comments with sexual undertones in class, such as suggesting that Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-4 may be cutting his private parts with scissors and commenting about Student 2 having ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-an intimate relationship with his pencil case, the Member exposed his students to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf:behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature. The Panel finds that a reasonable person would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-expect these remarks to be detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-and create a negative environment in the classroom. It is not appropriate for teachers to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf:make remarks with sexual undertones in front of their class and by doing so, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf:engaged in sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act, regulations, or by- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-laws contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by contravening section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-32 of the College By-Laws, which sets out the professional and ethical standards for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-teaching profession. The Member breached the ethical standards of “Care” and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-“Respect”. Members are expected to demonstrate their commitment to students’ well- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-being (“Care”) and to honour human dignity, emotional wellness, and cognitive ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-development (“Respect”). By repeatedly making inappropriate comments to students and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-by invading the personal space of several students, the Member showed a clear disregard ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-for the well-being of his students. He made students feel uncomfortable at school, which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-is contrary to the standards of the profession and the expectation that teachers will foster ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-safe and supportive learning environments. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-[14] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, which sets out the duties of a teacher. Section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-264(1)(b) provides that it is the duty of a teacher to encourage students in the pursuit of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-learning and section 264(1)(c) is commonly understood to mean that teachers must act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-as positive role models. The Member’s conduct described above was at odds with his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf:duties as a teacher. By exposing students to comments of a sexual nature and by making ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-students feel uncomfortable at school because of his behaviour, the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-encourage students in the pursuit of learning and to serve as a positive role model. He ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-created a negative school experience for several students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-[15] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-437/97 by engaging in conduct that was disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. By ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf:exposing students to several inappropriate comments of a sexual nature, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-engaged in conduct that was disgraceful and dishonourable. It is immoral for a teacher, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-who is expected to be a trusted adult and an upstanding member of the community, to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf:make sexual comments to students. Members who engage in sexual misconduct cast ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-doubt on their moral fitness to practice the teaching profession. Teaching is a privilege ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-not a right. Moreover, by invading the personal space of several students and by behaving ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-in a way that made students feel uncomfortable, the Member showed a concerning lack ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf:sexual misconduct. The Member’s conduct had a negative emotional impact on students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 59 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-[21] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s conduct, the Panel finds that a ten- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented are factually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a similar ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-underlying nature and the cases confirm that a suspension is justified. The suspension ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to other members ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-of the profession, making clear that the kind of misconduct the Member exhibited is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-unacceptable. In accordance with the parties’ joint submission, the Member’s suspension ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-will begin on June 22, 2021, which is 15 days after the Panel’s Oral Decision and Order. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-[22] The Panel takes note that the Member has completed the course of instruction ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-regarding professional boundaries set out at paragraph 3(a) of the Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-Penalty (see Exhibit 2 at Exhibit D) and as such has fulfilled the terms, conditions or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-limitations set out in that paragraph. The Panel expects that the coursework has reminded ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-the Member of his obligations as a teacher and will help him to make better decisions in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf-any future interactions with students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct59.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Fisher 2021 ONOCT 66 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Date: 2021-07-09 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Nathaniel Roger Todd Fisher, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- NATHANIEL ROGER TODD FISHER (REGISTRATION #531877) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-PANEL: Nicola Powadiuk, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Azeem Khan ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Anne Resnick ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-HEARD: July 6, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Christine Lonsdale, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Amin Nur, for Nathaniel Roger Todd Fisher ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on July 6, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[2] Nathaniel Roger Todd Fisher (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-legal representation. The Member attended immediately after the hearing for the delivery ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-of the reprimand as agreed to by the parties. The Panel was advised at the outset of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1 who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated July 17, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Nathaniel Roger Todd Fisher is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf: abuse of a student and/or sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Nathaniel Roger Todd Fisher is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Simcoe County ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in Bradford, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Academic year 2015-2016 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- In the academic year 2015-2016, Student 1 was a female Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- student at the School. In both the first and second semesters of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- academic year, Student 1 was enrolled in classes taught by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Student 1 turned [XXX] years of age on March 25, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Student 1 was experiencing difficulty and would sometimes cry at school. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- The Member tried to comfort Student 1 and also advised her to seek support ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- from the School’s guidance counsellor, which she did. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Over the course of the 2015-2016 academic year and during the time when ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Student 1 was enrolled in classes taught by the Member, the Member began ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- to share inappropriate and personal information with Student 1, about the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Member’s life and his marriage. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- During the 2015-2016 academic year, the Member also engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1, which included: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (a) exchanging lengthy electronic communications of a personal and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf: sexual nature via the website Red Bubble and/or other social media ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- sites; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (b) sending personal notes to Student 1, including handwritten notes ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- and/or Google documents; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (c) loaning Student 1 a [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (d) loaning Student 1 a [XXX] system from the School’s [XXX] club; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (e) discussing his personal life, including his childhood, his marriage, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- and his children, with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (f) suggesting to Student 1 that she and the Member meet clandestinely ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- outside of school. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- The Member pursued a personal relationship with Student 1 which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf: sexual and/or romantic in nature during the time when Student 1 was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- enrolled in classes taught by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- The Member’s behaviour had a negative impact on the psychological and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- emotional well-being of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- In May 2016, Student 1’s father discovered the lengthy communications of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf: a personal and sexual nature exchanged between the Member and Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 1, and disclosed this information to School administrators. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- On or about May 27, 2016, the Member was instructed by School ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- administrators to cease communications with Student 1. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- continued to communicate with Student 1 by electronic means. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Student 1 [XXX] from her [XXX] in June 2016. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-June 2016 to June 2017 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- On or about July 5, 2016, the Board made a report to the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- of Teachers (“OCT”) regarding the Member’s inappropriate relationship and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- communications with Student 1. The OCT opened an investigation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- In the period June 2016 to June 2017, the Member continued to engage in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- inappropriate electronic communications with Student 1, including making ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf: comments of a sexual and/or romantic nature. The inappropriate comments ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- included: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (a) Saying “If you want to talk to me, I want to talk to you. But, it doesn’t ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- make sense until after the OCT finishes their own investigation…Try ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- not to feel bad about this. I’m not worried about it. You can’t control ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- your dad. You trusted him to be a good person. I knew what I was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- risking. I did it anyways”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (b) Saying “Trying to help someone isn’t illegal…Falling for someone ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- you have a natural connection with is fundamentally human. Love is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- not a mental illness…There is light at the end of this tunnel if you ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- want to follow it. I will send you a message sometime after the OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- investigation finishes up”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (c) Saying “I really miss you…To be honest, the thing I’m most anxious ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- about losing now, is you from my life”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (d) Saying “You captured my heart”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (e) Referring to Student 1’s family as “toxic people” and making negative ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- and/or disparaging remarks about her parents; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (f) Encouraging Student 1 to leave her family and continue a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- relationship with the Member; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (g) Saying “It’s OK to send me an anonymous message to say what you ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- are thinking and feeling if you want to. It is very low risk, almost none ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- if you have moved out. I’ve been being overly paranoid, I don’t want ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- you to have to fear them for me as well”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (h) Saying “I care whether you live or die. I really don’t blame you for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- anything. You were trying to protect me. You had my back. I’ll check ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- back now and then to see what you are reblogging”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (i) Saying “I’m sorry for contacting you again after I said I wouldn’t. I’m ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- trying. I don’t want to give up on you. I don’t feel good that I broke ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- that word. I feel that I have to, for myself. To try and sort it out in my ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- mind and heart”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (j) Saying “I wanted to let you know the next ask I send will be the long ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- one. So you know in advance. I hope you are as well as you can be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- in your situation”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (k) Discussing with Student 1 the complaint made by Student 1’s father ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- to the School; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (l) Saying “I miss talking to you, so very much…If I didn’t care about you ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- as much as I do, I’d have given up. I needed to know because if you ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- just wanted my friendship, I’d have to coach myself toward that…In ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- the next month or so, I’ll send a link to a larger file on us, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- how/when we can talk again. I miss you…”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (m) Saying “I need to know what you want. I could read you as a person, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- your expressions, body language and tone. Tumblr is harder…If you ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- want to be friends: reblog GTA V, if you want to be more than friends: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- reblog Fallout 4. Knowing will help me moving forward”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- The Member continued to contact Student 1 while she was [XXX] and after ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- she asked the Member to stop contacting her. In June 2017, Student 1 went ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- to the police to report the Member’s continued communications. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- On September 27, 2002, the Ontario College of Teachers approved a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf: professional advisory related to sexual abuse and sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the College advisory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- On September 27, 2017, the Ontario College of Teachers approved a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- professional advisory on the use of electronic communications and social ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- media. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- advisory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- The Member is currently on a long-term disability leave from the Board. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- accept as correct the facts and exhibits referred to in the paragraphs above ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further does not contest that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-(c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-(d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-(e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-(f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-(g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-In light of the Uncontested Facts and the circumstances, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[7] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College Counsel stated that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-the Panel’s permission to withdraw the subsection 1(5) allegation was being sought as a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-result of the parties’ negotiations in an adversarial process that led to the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and because proceeding under both ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-subsections 1(5) and 1(14) could be duplicative. The Panel granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[8] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on July 6, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[9] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-17 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:relationship of a personal and sexual nature with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[10] The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-emotionally abused Student 1, contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-The Panel accepts that the Member’s personal notes, messages discussing his personal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:life as well as his communications of a sexual nature with Student 1 had a negative impact ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-on the psychological and emotional well-being of the Grade [XXX] student. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:further finds that communications of a personal and sexual nature with a teacher would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-reasonably have had a negative psychological or emotional impact on a student, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-especially as she was experiencing personal challenges that she had disclosed to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Member. The Panel also places weight on the fact that the Member did not contest that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-his conduct constitutes psychological or emotional abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:[11] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-the Act. Sexual abuse is defined at section 1 of the Act and includes behaviour or remarks ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:of a sexual nature by a member towards a student. Although some of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-inappropriate communications with Student 1 continued after Student 1 [XXX] in June ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:2016 [XXX], the Panel received sufficient evidence of sexual abuse from the 2015-2016 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-academic year, when Student 1 was in Grade [XXX] and taught by the Member. During ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-that time period, the Member exchanged lengthy electronic communications of a personal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:and sexual nature with Student 1 on various social media platforms and relentlessly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-pursued a personal relationship with the student through his communications, including ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-by encouraging her to meet him in secret outside of school. This conduct constitutes ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:sexual abuse as defined in the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[12] The Member failed to comply with the Act, regulations or by-laws contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, by contravening section 32 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-College’s by-laws, which requires members to comply with the Ethical Standards and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession. By engaging in communications of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:personal and sexual nature with Student 1 and by continuing to communicate with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Student 1 in disregard of his school’s direction and the College’s investigation into his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-conduct, the Member’s behaviour clearly fell below the ethical standards of “Integrity” and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-“Trust” expected of members. By making disparaging comments about Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-parents, encouraging Student 1 to leave her family, and by continuing to engage in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-inappropriate electronic communications with Student 1 after she asked him to stop, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Member demonstrated a serious breach of the ethical standards of “Care” and “Respect” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-in relation to Student 1, whom the Member knew to be vulnerable. Misconduct of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-nature is so notorious and offside what is acceptable that expert evidence regarding the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-standards is not required to prove that the standards were breached. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[13] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Members of the teaching profession hold a unique position of trust and authority. They ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-are expected to act as positive role models and to conduct themselves morally and with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-integrity, as described at subsection 264(1)(c) of the Education Act. Engaging in an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:inappropriate personal relationship of a sexual nature with Student 1, a vulnerable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-student, demonstrates an abuse of a teacher’s privileged position and is completely at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-odds with the fundamental duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[14] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:Regulation 437/97. The teaching profession does not tolerate the sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-students. The Member had a responsibility to prioritise Student 1’s well-being, which he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:failed to do by pursuing a personal relationship of a sexual nature with Student 1 through ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-lengthy electronic communications over a period of many months. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-egregious conduct demonstrates moral failings that call into question his ability to practice ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-the profession and were clearly disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[15] The Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member contrary to subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is severely ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:compromised when members engage in behaviour of a sexual nature with students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[16] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on July 6, 2021, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, or by videoconference, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:[17] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-accordance with section 30.2(1) of the Act, the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-that the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel therefore makes both ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-orders under the mandatory penalty provision in subsection 30.2(1) of the Act and notes ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-that it has no discretion in this regard.2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[18] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it reasonable not to make these additional orders in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-light of the Member’s cooperation during the discipline process, his plea of no contest and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-the parties’ joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-[19] The Panel denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-Date: July 9, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Nicola Powadiuk, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Azeem Khan ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Anne Resnick ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:2 Although the sexual abuse in this case occurred before the subsection 30.2 mandatory penalty provision ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-came into force, section 63.2 of the Act provides that the mandatory penalty provisions at section 30.2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf:apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse occurred before April 3, 2019 and no order has been made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. These conditions are met in this case and the Panel must ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf-therefore retrospectively apply the mandatory penalty provisions set out at section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf: (c) she engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- (f) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- (g) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- Sherry Lee Johnson Lee is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Ottawa-Carleton ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- “School”) in Kanata, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 was a male Grade [XXX] student at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- During the 2017-2018 academic year, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1, who demonstrated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- [XXX] on multiple occasions. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- The Member started communicating with Student 1 at the beginning of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- November 2017, on a regular basis outside of school hours. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- had provided her personal cell phone number to Student 1’s mother, which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 67 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, she is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- against her and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- (d) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- including her name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between her and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- having had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (a) and (c) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf-contravened subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and that the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf:in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf-sought the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation under subsection 1(5) because ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf-proceeding under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would be duplicative. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf:sought to withdraw the allegation that the Member engaged in sexual misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act because the Admitted Facts do not support a finding under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf-this head of misconduct. The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct67.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Winslow 2021 ONOCT 63 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Date: 2021-06-22 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Colin Louis Winslow, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- COLIN LOUIS WINSLOW (REGISTRATION #469087) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-PANEL: Wanda Percival, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Natasha Feghali, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Kevin McCarthy ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-HEARD: June 18, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Charlotte-Anne Malischewski, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Jerry Raso, for Colin Louis Winslow ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Renée Kopp, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on June 18, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[2] Colin Louis Winslow (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel and on behalf of Student 1 who was allegedly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 19, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Colin Louis Winslow is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Colin Louis Winslow is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Peterborough ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board as a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- During the academic years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, Student 1 was a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- female student enrolled at the School, and the Member was one of her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- teachers. At all material times, Student 1 had [XXX]. Between June 2015 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- and February 2016, Student 1 was [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Between June 1, 2015 and February 28, 2016, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf: (a) exchanged electronic messages of a personal and sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- (b) exchanged Snapchat messages and images with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- (c) picked up Student 1 from her [XXX] and drove her in his personal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- vehicle; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- (d) spent time alone with Student 1 after school hours including in a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- locked classroom. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Between June 1, 2015 and February 28, 2016, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf: (a) engaged in oral sex with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- (b) digitally penetrated Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- (c) exchanged Snapchat and video messages with Student 1 while one ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- or both of them masturbated; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf: (d) on more than one occasion, engaged in oral sex and other forms of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf: sexual touching with Student 1 in a classroom at the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- In March 2016, Student 1’s mother reported to police that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf: engaged in a sexual relationship with Student 1. The Board was not advised ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- of the report, and Student 1 did not wish to pursue a police complaint at that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- time. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- In April 2019, Student 1 asked the police to re-open their investigation. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Board was then advised of the complaint. No criminal charges were filed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- In May 2019, the Board investigated the allegations. On or about May 1, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 2019, the Board assigned the Member to home with pay while they ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- conducted an investigation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- On May 24, 2019, the Member resigned from the Board effective June 30, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- The Member is no longer teaching and does not intend to return to a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- teaching position. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:Uncontested Facts constitute sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-(c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-(d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf: professional misconduct including sexual abuse; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-(e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-(f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-(g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and the circumstances, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on June 18, 2021, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-10 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[9] The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-emotionally abused Student 1, contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:The Member had sexual contact and electronic communications of a sexual nature with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Student 1. College Counsel submitted that these incidents were confusing and disturbing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-to Student 1. Student 1 was [XXX] a student [XXX], which made her especially vulnerable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-in the circumstances. The Panel accepts College Counsel’s submissions and finds that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:sexual activity with a teacher would reasonably have had a negative psychological or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-emotional impact on a [XXX]-year-old student [XXX]. Although Student 1 did not wish to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:pursue a police complaint at the time that her mother reported the sexual relationship to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-the police, Student 1 asked the police to re-open their investigation more than three years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-later, which suggests that there was a lasting impact on Student 1. The Panel also places ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-weight on the fact that the Member has pleaded no contest to the allegation of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-psychological or emotional abuse of a student. The Panel therefore finds that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:Member’s sexual activity with Student 1 constitutes psychological or emotional abuse. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:[10] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-the Act. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member, who was Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:teacher at the School, engaged in a sexual relationship with Student 1 that involved forms ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:of physical sexual relations (oral sex and digital penetration), other forms of touching of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:sexual nature and behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the Member toward the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:student (virtual sexual acts and electronic communication of a sexual nature). Subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-1(2) at paragraph 1 of the Act provides that a reference to a student for the purposes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:a finding of sexual abuse includes, “A student who, at the time the behaviour, remarks or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-conduct occurred or were made, was enrolled in a school or private school in Ontario, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-within the meaning of the Education Act and was under 18 years old, or in the case of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-student who had special needs, was under 22 years old.” Additionally, subsection 1(2) at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-subparagraph 2(i) provides that “A student of any age” is considered a student for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:purposes of the definition of sexual abuse under the Act if, at the time of the behaviour, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-“the member was one of the student’s teachers”. At the material time, Student 1 was a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[XXX] [XXX] enrolled in a [XXX] school in Ontario, where the Member was her teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:The Panel is therefore satisfied that Student 1 was a “student” for the purposes of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:abuse finding under the Act and finds that that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[11] The Member failed to comply with the Act, regulations or by-laws contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, by contravening section 32 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-College’s by-laws, which requires members to comply with the Ethical Standards and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession. By engaging in sexual activity with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Student 1, the Member’s conduct clearly fell below the ethical and professional standards ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-required of members of the teaching profession. Misconduct of this nature is so notorious ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-and offside what is acceptable that expert evidence regarding the standards is not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-required to prove that the standards were breached. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[12] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Members of the teaching profession hold a unique position of trust and authority. They ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-are expected to act as positive role models and to conduct themselves morally and with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:integrity, as described at subsection 264(1)(c) of the Education Act. Engaging in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-relationship with a vulnerable student demonstrates an abuse of a teacher’s privileged ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-position and is completely at odds with the fundamental duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[13] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:Regulation 437/97. The teaching profession does not tolerate the sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-students. The Member had a responsibility to prioritise Student 1’s well-being, which he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:did not do by engaging in sexual activity with her over a period of many months. Further, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Student 1 was a student [XXX] under the Member’s direct supervision and guidance. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-Member’s egregious conduct was clearly disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[14] Finally, the Member’s conduct as described above is also unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Sexual abuse of a student by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-a member violates public trust and undermines the reputation of the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-as a whole. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[15] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on June 18, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:[16] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of the sexual abuse of a student, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-section 30.2(1) of the Act, the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[17] Although the Member committed his misconduct between 2015-2016, when the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-subsection 30.2 mandatory penalty provision was not yet in force, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-argued that the Panel was required to apply the mandatory provision in force on the date ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-of the hearing by virtue of transitional provisions in section 63.2 of the Act. Section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-63.2 provides that the mandatory penalty provisions at section 30.2 apply retrospectively ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf:in the case of professional misconduct that consists of or involves sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 63 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-student, which occurred before the day that the relevant mandatory penalty provisions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-came into force (April 3, 2019) if no order was made in respect of the matter pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-subsection 30(4) before that date. These conditions are met in this case. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-therefore makes both orders under the mandatory penalty provision in subsection 30.2(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-of the Act and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[18] In relation to the form of the reprimand, the Panel finds that a written reprimand is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-appropriate given the parties’ agreement. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-[19] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it reasonable not to make these additional orders in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-light of the Member’s cooperation during the discipline process, his plea of no contest and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf-the parties’ joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct63.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Philbrook 2021 ONOCT 64 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Date: 2021-07-07 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Andrew James Philbrook, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ANDREW JAMES PHILBROOK (REGISTRATION #649763) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-PANEL: Nicola Powadiuk, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Andrew Glenny ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Pauline Smart ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-HEARD: June 21, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Jean-François Schaan, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-No one appearing, for Andrew James Philbrook ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Renée Kopp, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- By order of Justice I. F. Leach of the Superior Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[8] A publication ban was also ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[9] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the transcript of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Arraignment and Plea from his criminal proceedings before Justice I.F. Leach dated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-November 29, 2017 (Exhibit 4 at Tab 2). In these proceedings before the Superior Court ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-of Justice, an order restricting publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Criminal Code of Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[10] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated August 30, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-2018 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Andrew James Philbrook is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17);1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 1. Andrew James Philbrook was at all material times a member of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed as a Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- and Grade [XXX] teacher at the [XXX] (the “School”), a [XXX] school ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- in London, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 3. At all material times, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Student 1 did not attend the School. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 4. On or about March 31, 2017, the Member verbally communicated ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf: with Student 1 for the purpose of obtaining sexual services for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- consideration. Student 1 reported this interaction to the police. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 5. On or about April 1, 2017, the Member was arrested and charged ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- him with one count of communication for the purpose of obtaining for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf: consideration the sexual services of a person under the age of 18, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- contrary to section 286.1(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 6. On November 29, 2017, the original indictment was amended and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- the Member pled guilty to one count of communication for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf: purpose of obtaining for consideration the sexual services of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- person, contrary to section 286.1(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 7. On December 8, 2017, the Member was sentenced to a fine and 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- years’ probation. The Member is also the subject of a number of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 8. The Member did not appeal his conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-C. THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[11] As the Member was not present, the Panel proceeded on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-D. THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[12] College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Andrew James Philbrook (Exhibit 2), which indicates that the Member was a member of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-the College at the time of the alleged events. The College also entered into evidence a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Brief of Court Documents - Her Majesty the Queen v. Andrew Philbrook (Exhibit 4), which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-contains the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Certified Copies of Court Documents; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Certified Copy of the Transcript of the Member’s Arraignment and Plea ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- before Justice I.F. Leach in the Superior Court of Justice, dated November ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 29, 2017; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Certified Copy of Transcript of the Sentencing Hearing before Justice I.F. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Leach in the Superior Court of Justice, dated December 8, 2017; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Certified Prohibition Order dated December 8, 2017; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Certified Adult Probation Order dated January 16, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[13] The evidence presented in Exhibit 4 establishes that on November 29, 2017, in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Superior Court of Justice, the Member pled guilty to and was found guilty of one count of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:communication for the purpose of obtaining for consideration the sexual services of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-person, contrary to section 286.1(1) of the Criminal Code. On December 8, 2017, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Member was sentenced to a fine and 2 years’ probation. The Member was also made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-subject to a number of ancillary orders. The Member did not appeal his criminal finding of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-guilt or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-E. SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[14] College Counsel described the incident which led to the Member’s criminal charge ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-and submitted that the Member was found guilty in his prior criminal proceedings for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-having verbally communicated with Student 1 for the purpose of obtaining for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:consideration the sexual services of a person. According to College Counsel, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Member’s conduct, as detailed in the record of the criminal proceedings (see Exhibit 4) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-and the resultant finding of guilt in relation to the criminal offence, provided a sufficient ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-basis to justify a finding of professional misconduct. The Member had legal representation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-during his criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-F. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[15] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-outlined in paragraph (g) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-subsection 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College Counsel sought ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-the Panel’s permission to withdraw the subsection 1(17) allegation because Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-was not under the Member’s professional supervision and there was insufficient evidence ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-to show that the Member ever posed a risk to students under his supervision. College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Counsel further submitted that the Member’s conduct is better captured under the other ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-heads of misconduct. The Panel granted the withdrawal request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[16] Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-made by College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on June 21, 2021, finding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-G. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-(1) Factual Findings ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[17] In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Rules”), the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Panel accepts the Certified Copies of the Court Documents from the criminal proceedings ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-as proof, in this case, that the Member committed the criminal offence outlined therein. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-The Member was found guilty of a criminal offence before a Canadian Court, no appeal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-has been taken, and the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[18] In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Rules, the Panel admits as ancillary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-the Certified Copies of the Court Documents, the findings of fact contained in the Certified ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Copy of Transcript of the Sentencing Hearing before the Superior Court of Justice ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-involving the Member. The Panel further admits as incidental to the Certified Copies of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-the Court Documents, the Certified Copy of Transcript of the Member’s Arraignment and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Plea, for the purposes of explaining the finding of guilt. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[19] Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-has proven, on a balance of probabilities, that on March 31, 2017, the Member verbally ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:communicated with Student 1 for the purpose of obtaining sexual services for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-consideration. The Member drove up to Student 1, who was walking. He asked Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-1 if she wanted to “make some easy money” and if she would like to give him a “blow job ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-for $200”. Student 1 refused and reported the matter to the police (see Exhibit 4, Tab 2, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-page 10). The Panel recognizes that at the time of the offence, the Member did not know ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Student 1 and he did not know that she was a student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[20] The Member was charged with one count of communication for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:obtaining for consideration the sexual services of a person under the age of 18, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-to section 286.1(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada. On November 29, 2017, the original ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-indictment was amended and the Member pled guilty to and was found guilty of one count ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:of communication for the purpose of obtaining for consideration the sexual services of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-person, contrary to section 286.1(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. The parties to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-criminal proceeding agreed that, although Student 1 was under the age of 18, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-did not know that at the time of his offence and the Member did not acknowledge that he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-should have known Student 1’s age at the time (see Exhibit 4, Tab 2, page 10-11). The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Panel accepts these facts as evidence in this proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[21] The Member was subsequently sentenced to a fine and two years’ probation. He ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-was also made subject to a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[22] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was a clear breach of each of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-following heads of professional misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing: subsections ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[23] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member’s conduct in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:case clearly fell below the standards of the profession. The Member sexually abused ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:Student 1 by asking her to provide him with sexual services in exchange for money. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:sexual abuse of a student is misconduct which is so notorious that expert evidence is not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-required to prove the breach of professional standards. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[24] The Member breached subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by asking ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:Student 1 to provide him with oral sex in exchange for $200. Although the Member did ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-not know that Student 1 was a student at the time, his awareness of this fact is not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-necessary to prove that he verbally abused a student. The fact remains that Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-was a student at the time, and it is entirely inappropriate and offensive for a member to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:ask a student for sexual services in exchange for money. The Member’s conduct was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-therefore verbally abusive. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[25] The Member breached subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-accepts Justice Leach’s finding that, although Student 1 did not provide a victim impact ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-statement in the criminal proceedings, it can be reasonably inferred that her mental well- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-being was adversely affected by the Member’s conduct. It would have been a traumatic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-and shocking experience for an adolescent, under [XXX] years of age, to be approached ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:by a stranger on the street and asked for sexual services in exchange for money (see ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Exhibit 4, Tab 3 at pages 14-15). As such, the Panel finds that Member psychologically ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-or emotionally abused Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:[26] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes behaviour or remarks of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-nature by a member towards a student. The Panel recognizes that there was no direct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-student-teacher relationship between Student 1 and the Member; however, Student 1 met ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:the definition of “student” for the purposes of a sexual abuse finding. Subsection 1(2) at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-paragraph 3 of the Act provides that a “student” includes, “Any other child who, at the time ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-the behaviour, remarks or conduct occurred or were made, was under 18 years old or, in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-the case of a child who had special needs, was under 22 years old.” The evidence is that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Student 1 was under [XXX] years old at the time of the Member’s conduct and as such ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:she met the definition of student. The Panel finds that the Member sexually abused ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Student 1 by asking her to give him a “blow job” in exchange for money. Such conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:constitutes behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature and meets the definition of sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-abuse under the Act. This finding is further supported by the fact that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:found guilty of communicating for the purpose of obtaining for consideration the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-services of a person, in his prior criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[27] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Among other things, this provision requires teachers to demonstrate the highest regard ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-for a number of virtues including, truth, justice, humanity and purity. Essentially teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-are expected to serve as positive role models. Given the important role that they play in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-their communities, a teacher’s duties are not limited to the time that they are in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-classroom. Teachers hold a unique position of trust and authority, and they serve as role ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-models to many students. They must therefore conduct themselves morally and with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-integrity both inside and outside of the classroom. By engaging in the criminal conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-described above, the Member demonstrated a fundamental breach of his duties as a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[28] The Panel finds that the Member’s criminal finding of guilt for having breached ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-section 286.1(1) of the Criminal Code, demonstrates that he contravened a law relevant ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-to his suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:subsection 1(16) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Asking a person for sexual services for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-consideration is a criminal offence that calls into question a member’s suitability to hold ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-the unique position of trust and authority that teachers have the privilege of holding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Members of the profession must be trusted to work closely with students and ensure their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-safety and well-being. Those who engage in this type of criminal conduct cast doubt on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-their suitability to safely work with children and youth. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[29] The Member breached subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional for the Member to ask Student 1 for sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-services for consideration. Disgraceful and dishonorable conduct includes conduct which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-casts doubt on a member’s moral fitness to practise the profession. It is immoral for a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-teacher, who is expected to be an upstanding member of the community, to ask a young ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:person for oral sex in exchange for money. By engaging in such conduct, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-also demonstrated a failure to exercise good judgment and hence his conduct can also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-be characterized as “unprofessional”. As a teacher, the Member was expected to behave ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-honourably both inside and outside of the classroom and safeguard the well-being of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-students. The Member did the opposite and as such his conduct was disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[30] Finally, the Panel finds that the Member’s criminal conduct, as described above, is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-also unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:By engaging in criminal conduct of a sexual nature, the Member severely compromised ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 64 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-the reputation of the profession and undermined the trust and confidence that the public ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-places in its members. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-H. SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:[31] College Counsel submitted that, having made a finding of sexual abuse, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-was required to revoke and reprimand the Member pursuant to section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-The College did not seek costs or a fine against the Member given the circumstances of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-this case. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-I. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-[32] On June 21, 2021, the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a reprimand in writing, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-J. REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf:[33] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. In relation to the form of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct64.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Burke 2021 ONOCT 76 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Date: 2021-07-29 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Laurie Nicole Burke, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- LAURIE NICOLE BURKE (REGISTRATION #590158) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-PANEL: Jonathan Rose, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Natasha Feghali, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Kevin McCarthy ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-HEARD: July 22, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Jean-François Schaan, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Sean Lakhan, for Laurie Nicole Burke ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- identities of Student 1 and Student 2, Student 3, Student 4 and Student 6, being ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- persons who were allegedly sexually abused or the subjects of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on July 22, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[2] Laurie Nicole Burke (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-representation. The Member attended immediately after the hearing for the delivery of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-her reprimand as agreed to by the parties. The Panel was advised at the outset of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Student 4 and Student 6, who were allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-publish the identities of, or any information that could disclose the identities of Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Student 2, Student 3, Student 4 and Student 6. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated November 10, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-2020 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Laurie Nicole Burke is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (b) she released or disclosed information about a student to a person ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- other than the student or, if the student is a minor, the student’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- parent or guardian, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- subsection 1(6); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (e) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf: (g) she engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- At all material times, Laurie Nicole Burke was a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- College of Teachers. Attached as Appendix "A" is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-At all material times, the Member was employed by the Halton District ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-School Board (the “Board”) as a Grade [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-“School”) in Oakville, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-In the academic year 2018-2019, Student 1 and Student 6 were Grade ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[XXX] male students in the Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-In the academic year 2018-2019, Student 2 was a Grade [XXX] female ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-student in the Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-In the academic year 2018-2019, Student 3, Student 4 and Student 5 were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Grade [XXX] male students in the Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-During the 2018-2019 academic year, the Member inappropriately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-communicated with Student 1 and Student 6 after midnight by exchanging ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-messages using the Board’s social medial platform (Google Chat). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-During the 2018-2019 academic year, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:inappropriate communications of a sexualized nature and/or used ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:sexualized language in communications with Student 1, Student 4, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Student 6, using the Board’s social media platform, including but not limited ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-to: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(a) telling Student 1, “I thought it was so you could get in her [Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 2’s] pants one last time”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(b) telling Student 1, “YOU are the boy toy”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(c) telling Student 1, “Just remember to wrap it […] [f]airly certain your ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- mother would l[o]se it if she became a grandmother right now”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(d) telling Student 1, “YOU WANT A LAST BOOTY CALL”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(e) telling Student 1, “you can use it to chase other @ss and t*ts”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:(f) telling Student 1, “mental health = sexual health” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(g) telling Student 4, “For future reference, don’t put anything in your ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- mouth that was in [Student 3’s] pants”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(h) telling Student 6, “Not sure what time you guys are taking off ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- tomorrow, but pretty sure you won’t be in last class [XXX] with me. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- […] And tomorrow’s discussion is ‘Does Size Matter?’”; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:(i) discussing students’ sexuality and/or romantic relationships with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Student 1, Student 2, Student 4, and Student 6, including stating to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Student 4 that Student 3 might want “more from [him] than ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- friendship”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-During the 2018-2019 academic year, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-inappropriate communications with Student 1, Student 5 and Student 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-using the Board’s social media platform, where she discussed fights that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-occurred between School students, made light of the fights, made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-disparaging comments about the students who participated in the fights and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-commented on which student she thought would win if they were to get into ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-a fight. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-During the 2018-2019 academic year, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-inappropriate communications with Student 1, Student 4, Student 5 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Student 6, where she used the Board’s social media platform to make ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-disparaging comments about students and School staff, including but not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-limited to: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(a) telling Student 1: “well, that says [Student 2’s] maturity level is rather ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- low”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(b) telling Student 1: “AND NO YOU CAN’T VAPE IN [M]Y VAN […] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Student 4 and [another student] asked”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(c) telling Student 1, who had remarked he’d “turned [Student 2] into a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- slut”: “She prob was before”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(d) telling Student 1: “I spent the entire pd day yesterday with [two ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- colleagues] […] They are negative. About everyone and everything. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- It suck[s] the life out of you, you know?”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(e) telling Student 1: “Gak – sorry was muting one of the [XXX]’s who is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- a tad on the *moron* side”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(f) telling Student 1, “did [another student] lose his blankie” and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- explaining “I was being sarcastic, they’re so immature they should ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- have blankies with them”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(g) telling Student 4 she had a conversation with her principal “all about ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf: anal sex and masturbation” because of a web link she provided to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- her class, that “IT WAS HORRIFYING to talk to [her principal] about ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- it” and stating “[…] do you ever want to hear your boss say ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ‘masturbation’??! […] NEVER”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(h) telling Student 5 “[one] of these days you’re going to drop kick ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- [another student] and ain’t nobody going to be surprised but him”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(i) telling Student 6: “[j]ust an FYI that it is noted by several adults that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- you seem to bear the brunt of anger when it comes to… ahhh… ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- *different linguistic type adults who may teach you*”, “[n]ot that it ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- helps you in class, but several of us have your back”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-On or about June 12, 2019, Student 3 approached the School’s Principal. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Student 3 had obtained a screenshot of a comment made by the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:to Student 4 about Student 3’s possible sexual orientation. Board staff ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-recovered and examined the Member’s Google Chat history and discovered ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-that the Member engaged in inappropriate communications with students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-during the 2018-2019 academic year. The Board referred the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-communications to the Halton Children’s Aid Society (the “CAS”) for review. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-On June 17, 2019, the Member was assigned to home duties while the CAS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-investigated. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-On September 26, 2019, the Board received a letter from the CAS, advising ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:that it had verified allegations of “electronic indicators of sexual abuse” due ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:to the Member’s “sexually provocative comments made throughout her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-electronic conversations between her and one of her students”. The CAS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-also verified a code of “limited caregiving skills” due to the “poor judgment” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-demonstrated by the Member in her actions and communications with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-students. The CAS did not verify that Student 2 was at risk of emotional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-harm due to the Member’s actions. Attached as Appendix "B" is a copy of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-the CAS letter to the Board, dated September 26, 2019. Attached as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Appendix “C” is a copy of the Eligibility Spectrum used by the CAS at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-material time. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-CAS staff interviewed Student 1 and Student 2 with respect to their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-interactions in the Member’s classroom. These students indicated that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Member was not always present in the classroom with them. Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:Student 2 denied engaging in any sexual conduct in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-classroom. Student 2 agreed with CAS staff that she and Student 1 “did not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-just talk” in the Member’s classroom. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-The Board opened an investigation and reviewed the messages between ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-the Member and Student 1, Student 2, Student 4, Student 5, and Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-6. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-On January 9, 2020, Board staff met with the Member to share the results ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-of the investigation. The Board determined that the Member “engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:inappropriate conduct, including inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-harmful to students.” Attached as Appendix “D” is the Board’s letter to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Member setting out the results of its investigation, dated January 9, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-The Board terminated the Member’s employment on January 9, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Attached as Appendix “E” is the Board’s letter to the Member setting out the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-findings of the CAS and Board investigations and terminating the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-employment. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-The Member retired from the College on February 14, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(f) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:(g) She engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-By signing this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(b) she understands that she is consenting to the evidence as set out in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(c) she understands that, by pleading no contest to the allegations, she ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- is waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- against her and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(d) she understands that the Discipline Committee can accept the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Uncontested Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- constitute professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(e) she understands that the Discipline Committee's decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- including her name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(f) she understands that any agreement between her and the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- with respect to the penalty does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-(g) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- counsel or the opportunity to have obtained legal advice. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and Fitness to Practise ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-23, for the purposes of this proceeding under the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Teachers Act, 1996, chapter 12, and for no other purpose. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-plea of no contest does not constitute an admission by the Member as to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-the facts or findings in any other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on July 22, 2021, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(6), 1(7), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-22 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that, on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-multiple occasions, the Member engaged in inappropriate electronic communications with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-students on the Board’s social media platform. The Member’s messages to students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:included sexualized language and remarks, which constitute sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In particular, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-breached the ethical standards of “Respect” and “Trust”. The ethical standard of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-“Respect” requires members to honour human dignity, emotional wellness and cognitive ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-development. The ethical standard of “Trust” provides that “[…] Members’ professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-relationships with students […] are based on trust.” By making disparaging comments ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-about students and School staff, the Member was disrespectful towards her students and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-colleagues. Moreover, by sharing private and confidential information regarding students, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-occasions in her classroom, at times unsupervised, to facilitate a romantic relationship ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-between them, the Member distracted her students from their education. Moreover, by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:repeatedly making demeaning comments about students and making sexualized ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-comments to students, the Member modelled disrespectful and immoral behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-Furthermore, the Member condoned aggressive student behaviour by discussing student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-fights, making light of physical fighting and commenting on which student would win in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-the event of a fight. The Member’s conduct was therefore at odds with her duties as a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-437/97 by engaging in conduct that was disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. It ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:is immoral and completely unacceptable for a teacher to make sexual remarks to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-students. The Member’s behaviour brings into question her moral fitness to practice the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-profession and her ability to discharge her professional duties. Moreover, by repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-engaging in other inappropriate communications with students on the Board’s social ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-media platform, as described above, the Member showed a concerning lack of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-professional judgment. Members of the teaching profession must always maintain ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-appropriate professional boundaries with students, including on social media platforms. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-The Member’s conduct fell below these expectations, and her behaviour can be properly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[14] The Panel finds that the Member’s inappropriate conduct as described above, is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-public’s trust in the teaching profession is eroded when members of the profession fail to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:maintain appropriate professional boundaries and make sexual remarks in their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-communications to students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:[15] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. “Sexual misconduct” is defined in the Act as: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf: inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf: is not sexual abuse of a student, where, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- or the member knows or ought to know that one or more students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- are likely to be exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- have the effect of, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- student, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:The Member used sexualized language and made multiple comments of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-to students on the Board’s social media platform. The comments included telling Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-1, “YOU WANT A LAST BOOTY CALL”, telling Student 4, “For future reference, don’t put ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-anything in your mouth that was in [Student 3’s] pants and telling Student 6, “[…] And ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-tomorrow’s discussion is ‘Does Size Matter?” The Member also joked with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-about masturbation and wrote to Student 4 about a conversation that she had with her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:principal about anal sex and masturbation. By engaging in such conduct, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:exposed her students to behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature. The Panel finds that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:reasonable person would expect that a teacher using sexualized language or making ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:sexual comments to students online could cause distress to students or be detrimental to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-students’ physical or mental well-being. It is completely inappropriate for teachers to make ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature to students and by doing so, the Panel finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:engaged in sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[16] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on July 22, 2021, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, or by videoconference, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- The Registrar is directed to suspend the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Registration of the Member for a period of six months commencing on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 15th calendar day following the date of the Decision and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- Discipline Committee relating to this matter; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- The Registrar is directed to impose the following terms, conditions, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- limitations on the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- fact of such terms, conditions, or limitations to be recorded on the Register: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (a) prior to returning to teaching or to any position for which a Certificate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- of Qualification and Registration is required, the Member shall enrol ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- in and successfully complete at her own expense, a course of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- instruction pre-approved by the Registrar regarding professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- boundaries and the appropriate use of social media, subject to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- following conditions; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (i) the Member will provide to a course practitioner approved by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- the Registrar, a copy of the Statement of Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- and Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- documents made exhibits at the hearing of this matter, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- the Decision and Reasons of the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- (ii) upon review of the documents noted at paragraph (i) above, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- the course practitioner will provide to the Registrar, for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- approval, a syllabus for the proposed course which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-her misconduct, saving the time and expense of a contested hearing, expressed sincere ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-remorse (through her Counsel) and has not been the subject of discipline proceedings in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-the past. After weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 76 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[19] The Panel finds that the Member’s repeated inappropriate electronic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-communications with students warrant a reprimand. Teachers must use social media ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-platforms appropriately and must always maintain appropriate professional boundaries ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-with students. The Member’s misconduct included making several disparaging comments ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf:to students as well as exposing students to comments of a sexual nature, on the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-social media platform. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[20] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s conduct, the Panel finds that a six- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented are factually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a similar ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-underlying nature and the cases confirm that a suspension is justified. The suspension ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to other members ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-of the profession, making clear that the kind of misconduct the Member exhibited is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-unacceptable. In accordance with the parties’ joint submission, the Member’s suspension ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-will begin on August 6, 2021, which is 15 days after the Panel’s Oral Decision and Order. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-[21] The Panel finds that the course of instruction regarding professional boundaries ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf-and appropriate use of social media will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct76.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Nethercott 2021 ONOCT 73 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Date: 2021-07-12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- James Douglas Nethercott, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- JAMES DOUGLAS NETHERCOTT (REGISTRATION #256026) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-PANEL: Irene Dembek, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Jennifer McMaster, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Kimberley Westfall-Connor ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-HEARD: July 8, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Danielle Miller, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Jerry Raso, for James Douglas Nethercott ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on July 8, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[2] James Douglas Nethercott (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated January 18, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-2021 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that James Douglas Nethercott is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- James Douglas Nethercott is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Ottawa Catholic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- “School”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- During the 2018-2019 academic year, Student 1 was a female student in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Grade [XXX] at the School. The Member taught Student 1 in Grades [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Between December 2018 and December 2019, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-to 16 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member does not contest that the alleged ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-(c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-(d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-(e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-(f) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-(g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E.23, for the purpose of this proceeding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, and for no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not constitute an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any other civil, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and the circumstances, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on July 8, 2021, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-16 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1 and sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-abused her. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-demonstrate that the relationship with the Member and its abrupt end caused Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:significant emotional harm. The Member exploited his trusted position to initially groom ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Student 1 and create an emotional dependency on him. This relationship began with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Member befriending and supporting Student 1, in response to the [XXX], among other ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-things. The Member then started to regularly text and email Student 1. As the relationship ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-progressed, the Member began making references to wanting to be more than friends ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-and flirted with Student 1. This caused Student 1 to be confused. Between May and June ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:2019, the Member made sexual advances toward Student 1. In August 2019, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-advised Student 1 that he could no longer communicate with her and ended the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-relationship abruptly. This caused Student 1 to feel overwhelmed, helpless and guilty as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-she blamed herself for the relationship. Even after the abrupt end of the relationship, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Member continued to send Student 1 mixed messages by sending her [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-expressing concern for her. The Panel finds that by engaging such behaviour, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Member showed a complete disregard for Student 1’s well-being. As such, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-conduct constitutes psychological or emotional abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:[10] The Member sexually abused Student 1 contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:Regulation 437/97 and section 1 of the Act. The definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:the Act includes touching and behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-towards a student. The Member groomed Student 1 by providing her with support and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-friendship, and the inappropriate personal relationship that the Member fostered with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:Student 1 ultimately developed into a relationship of a sexual nature. Among other things, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-the Member kissed Student 1, touched her body on more than one occasion, looked up ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-her shirt and placed Student 1’s hand on top of his groin. The Member also flirted with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Student 1 and told her that she was “very desirable” and “seriously hot”. The Panel finds ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-that the Member’s conduct, as described above, constitutes touching and behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature and meets the definition of sexual abuse under the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[11] The Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-contravening section 32 of the College By-Laws, which sets out the professional and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-ethical standards for the teaching profession. By developing an inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:relationship with Student 1 and sexually abusing her, the Member failed to comply with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:these standards. The sexual abuse of a student is misconduct which is so notorious that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-expert evidence is not required to prove the breach of the professional standards. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[12] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Section 264(1)(c) provides that it is the duty of a teacher to “inculcate by precept and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” Simply ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-put, teachers must behave with integrity and serve as positive role models within their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-school communities. The Member’s conduct was antithetical to these principles. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Member abused his position of trust and authority by engaging in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:personal relationship with Student 1 for a year and sexually abusing her. He blatantly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-ignored the emotional harm that would be caused to Student 1. By engaging in such ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-immoral and abusive conduct with his student, the Member failed to fulfil the fundamental ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[13] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Regulation 437/97. It is unacceptable for teachers, who are expected to be upstanding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:members of the community, to sexual abuse students. The Member’s sexually abusive ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-conduct was not a momentary lapse of judgment. The Member knew that he had “crossed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-so many lines” but nevertheless pursued the relationship with Student 1, which lasted for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-a year. Such conduct demonstrates serious moral and professional failings by the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Member. It casts doubt on the Member’s ability to practise the profession without putting ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-students at risk. The Member’s conduct can therefore be characterized as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[14] Finally, the Member’s conduct, as described above, is also unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. When parents send their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-children to school, they expect that they will be safe and that their teachers will not exploit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:their position of trust and authority to sexually abuse them. The Member’s egregious ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-conduct has undermined the reputation of the teaching profession and violated the trust ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-that parents, students, and the public place in teachers. It reflects poorly on the profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:as a whole when members sexually abuse their student, as the Member did. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[15] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on July 8, 2021, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf:[16] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel recognizes that it may ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-also order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act. The Panel finds ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-it reasonable not to make these additional orders in light of the caselaw1 provided by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-College Counsel and given the Member’s plea of no contest and joint submission on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-penalty. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-[17] The Panel denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-Date: July 12, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Jennifer McMaster, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Kimberley Westfall-Connor ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf-1 Ontario College of Teachers v. Chan, 2020 ONOCT 131 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- School Board (the “Board”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- During the 2014-2015 academic year, the Member was the Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- teacher of a male student (“Student 1”) at [XXX] School [XXX] in Toronto, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 78 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- During the 2015-2016 academic year, the Member was the Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- teacher of a male student (“Student 2”) at [XXX]School [XXX] in Toronto, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- During the 2019-2020 academic year, the Member was a teacher of Grade ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- [XXX] male student (“Student 3”) at [XXX]School in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf-Conduct at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- During the 2014-2015 academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- initiated a behaviour monitoring or “character development” program ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- for Student 1, without consultation with school administrators or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- Student 1's parents; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- met alone with Student 1 on multiple occasions after school to review ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- Student 1’s behaviour; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- invited Student 1 to sit on the Member's knee in his office, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- Student 1 did so approximately five or six times; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- Student 1’s parents advised that their son was upset and crying when ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- he disclosed to them the conduct described at (a) – (c) above. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- The Toronto Police Service and the Children’s Aid Society investigated the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- allegations and, after interviewing Student 1, found no basis to conclude ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf: any risk of sexual or other harm to children and no basis for criminal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- charges. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf-Board Discipline and Professional Boundaries Course ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- The Member was issued a letter of discipline, dated February 14, 2017, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- was suspended for three days. He was also required to review relevant ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- Board policies and procedures, as well as the Ontario College of Teachers’ ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- Ethical Standards and Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- Attached as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Board’s letter to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- The Member completed a Professional Boundaries Course through his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- Federation on May 18, 2017. Attached as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- Member’s Certificate of Participation and Completion. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct78.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf:sexual nature to a student, contrary to the wishes of that student’s parents. Additionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-she sent inappropriate text messages to another student, met up with that student, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-purchased alcohol for that student, watched the student smoke marijuana, and watched ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-the student leave by boat, presumably inebriated. The panel in Champion ordered a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-reprimand, a nine-month suspension, and coursework regarding appropriate boundaries. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-[23] The Panel finds that Champion was helpful in showing the appropriate penalty in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-cases where there are serious breaches of trust and numerous inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-communications with students. Overall, the Panel found Champion to be a much more ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-fitting precedent to the Member’s situation than Boote and Gagnon. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-(3) The Aggravating and Mitigating Factors ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-[24] The Panel carefully weighed the aggravating and mitigating circumstances of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-case, as these factors inform the appropriate penalty and, ultimately, the public interest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-test for accepting or rejecting a joint submission. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-[25] There are numerous aggravating factors in this case, of which the Panel will ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-highlight three. First, the Member exhibited a profound breach of trust by texting students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-and attending their homes without the knowledge of their parents. Second, the students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-in this case were very young – they were [XXX] and [XXX] years old, unlike the students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-in the Boote and Gagnon cases who were of upper-year high school age. Third, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-Member committed numerous instances of misconduct involving two students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-[26] The Panel recognizes that there are significant mitigating factors in this case as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-well. Most importantly, the Member admitted his misconduct very early in the discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf-process, saving the resources required to hold a contested hearing. Additionally, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf: (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Nicholas Paul Demopoulos is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the York Region District ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- At all material times Student 1 was a Grade [XXX] female student in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Member’s [XXX] Class. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- In or around 2016 – 2017, the Member shared inappropriate stories with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- students in his class. The Member told his Period [XXX] class about how he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- went away with a friend and his girlfriend to a beach, and his girlfriend’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- boob [sic] fell out of her bathing suit. He also told his class that he slept with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- one girl at each university in Ontario because that was his personal goal. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- The Member also told stories about a romantic relationship with “crazy” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- [XXX]. The Member’s demeanour, including the stories he told, had caused ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- at least one student to feel uncomfortable at times. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- In the fall of 2017, the Member drew a picture on the white board to show ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- the difference between a blue-collar and white-collar worker to his Grade ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- [XXX] class. The Member drew Student 1 to depict the blue-collar worker ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- and wrote her name on the drawing. While drawing the picture the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- said to Student 1: “I want to show your curves,” and “I want to show your ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf: sexy legs.” The Member also looked over at Student 1 and adjusted the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- breasts on the drawing to make them bigger. Student 1 felt very ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- uncomfortable and some students were laughing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-Board Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Following the Member’s reported conduct in the 2016-2017 academic year ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- the Board commenced an investigation into the Member’s conduct. On ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- March 21, 2017, the Member was issued a letter of discipline. The letter ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- served as a written reprimand and to outline the Board’s expectations for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- the Member with respect to his future conduct. Attached hereto and marked ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the letter of discipline dated March 21, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- On March 8, 2018, the Member received a second letter of discipline. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- letter was to serve as a written reprimand and to outline the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- expectations for the Member with respect to his future conduct. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Member also received a two-day unpaid suspension. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the letter of discipline dated March 8, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 2018. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further admits that the alleged conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf: constitutes sexual misconduct as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- having had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-contravened subsections 1(5) and 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-College Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-allegation was being sought because proceeding under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-would be duplicative. The Panel’s permission to withdraw the subsection 1(7) allegation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-was being sought because the Admitted Facts do not support a finding of verbal abuse. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on August 16, 2021, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-1 to 7 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-out above. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-[9] The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member psychologically or emotionally ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-abused students, contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-Psychological or emotional abuse is behaviour that can seriously interfere with a student’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-cognitive, emotional, psychological or social development. The inappropriate stories that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-the Member shared with his class caused at least one student to feel uncomfortable at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-times. Similarly, the Member made Student 1 feel very uncomfortable when he drew a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-picture of her on a whiteboard to depict a “blue-collar worker” and made remarks ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:regarding her “curves” and “sexy legs”, and then looked over at Student 1 and enlarged ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-the size of her breasts in the drawing. The Member’s conduct made some students laugh ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-and the Panel finds that Student 1 would have reasonably been embarrassed after having ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-been singled out by her teacher in such an inappropriate way. Teachers hold a unique ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-position of trust and authority, and it is emotionally abusive for them to behave in a way ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-that makes students feel uncomfortable at school. The Member’s conduct therefore ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-amounts to psychological or emotional abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:[10] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-defined in Section 1 of the Act. “Sexual misconduct” is defined in the Act as: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf: inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf: is not sexual abuse of a student, where, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- or the member knows or ought to know that one or more students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- are likely to be exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- have the effect of, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- student, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:The Member exposed his class to behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature when he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-repeatedly shared inappropriate information with his class about his intimate personal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:relationships, including his sexual history. Similarly, as he drew a picture of Student 1 on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:a whiteboard, he referred to parts of her body as “sexy” and made other gestures and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature about her body in front of the class. The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:Member ought to have known that making anecdotal references to his sex life as well as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:making sexualized comments about a student in class is completely inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-could create a negative environment at school or cause distress to students exposed to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-such behaviour or remarks. As such, the Member’s behaviour meets the definition of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-[11] The Member failed to comply with the Act, regulations or by-laws contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, by contravening section 32 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-College’s by-laws, which prescribes the Ethical Standards and the Standards of Practice ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-for the Teaching Profession. Members are expected to demonstrate their commitment to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-students’ well-being (“Care”) and to demonstrate respect for students in their professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:practice (“Respect”). The Member’s sexualized remarks to a student about her body in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-front of the class and his sharing of inappropriate personal stories and anecdotes that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-made students uncomfortable demonstrate a lack of respect and care for the well-being ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-of students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-[12] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-Members of the teaching profession hold a unique position of trust and authority. They ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-are required to teach diligently and faithfully, encourage students in the pursuit of learning ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-and to act as positive role models who conduct themselves morally and with integrity, as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-described at subsections 264(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the Education Act. By telling anecdotes ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:about his personal relationships and sexual history which have nothing to do with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-school curriculum, referring to women in a pejorative way (“crazy” [XXX]) and making ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:comments with sexual overtones about Student 1’s physique to the class, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-acted contrary to these duties. He set a poor example for impressionable students and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-created a negative school environment. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct is disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-expected to interact with students in a professional manner and to exercise good ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-judgment. While teachers may be personable with students, sharing anecdotes about ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:their sex lives demonstrates poor professional judgment. The Member knew or ought to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-have known that his behaviour was unacceptable, especially since he was warned by his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-Board about sharing inappropriate stories and being too familiar with students. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-Member nevertheless continued to share these types of stories with his students, which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-demonstrates a lack of insight into his conduct. Further, describing a student’s physique ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:with sexual overtones in front of the class calls into question Member’s moral judgment ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-and inherent ability to discharge his duties as a teacher. The Panel accepts College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-Counsel’s submission that the Member’s conduct can properly be characterized as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, in breach of subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-[14] Finally, the Member’s conduct is unbecoming a member contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-diminished when teachers fail to maintain appropriate student-teacher boundaries and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:make sexualized remarks that make students uncomfortable at school. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-[15] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on August 16, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, or by videoconference, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- The Registrar is directed to suspend the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Registration of the Member for a period of four (4) months commencing on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- the 15th calendar day following the date of the Decision and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Discipline Committee relating to this matter; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- The Registrar is directed to impose the following terms, conditions, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- limitations on the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- (a) within ninety (90) days of the date of the Order of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- Committee, the Member shall enrol in and successfully complete at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-of Teachers v. Chong Yen, 2019 ONOCT 28, and Ontario College of Teachers v. Will, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-2021 ONOCT 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-[17] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-provided. The aggravating factors in the Member’s case are that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-misconduct involved multiple students and that the Member’s inappropriate interactions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-with students persisted after he was warned by his Board not to share personal stories ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-with students. In terms of mitigating factors, the Member entered into a resolution with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-College, saving student witnesses from having to testify and the time and expense of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-contested hearing. Further, the Member has not been the subject of discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-proceedings in the past and has otherwise had an unblemished teaching career since ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-2003. Finally, the Member demonstrated remorse to the Panel for his misconduct. After ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the parties is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the Member engaged in a concerning pattern of inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf:behaviour with students that rose to the level of sexual misconduct. A reprimand will allow ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-the Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-[19] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s conduct, the Panel finds that a four- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented are factually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a similar ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-underlying nature and the cases confirm that a suspension is justified. The suspension ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf-will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to other members ./ontario-cases/2021onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Testa 2021 ONOCT 89 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- Date: 2021-08-14 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- Alexander Christopher Testa, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ALEXANDER CHRISTOPHER TESTA (REGISTRATION #631408) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-PANEL: Tom Potter, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- William Goldbloom ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- Yasser Leheta, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-HEARD: June 3 and 4, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Danielle Miller and Erich Schultz, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-No one appearing for Alexander Christopher Testa ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on June 3, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-2021 and June 4, 2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[2] Alexander Christopher Testa (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-have legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[3] Following the hearing, the Panel found that the Member engaged in professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-misconduct contrary to subsections 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Regulation 437/97. Following submissions by College Counsel, the Panel made further ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-orders as to penalty and costs. The following are the Panel’s reasons for the finding of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-misconduct, the penalty order, and the costs order. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[4] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[5] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel and on behalf of Student 1 who was allegedly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 3, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Alexander Christopher Testa is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2);1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- Alexander Christopher Testa is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the York Region ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at Stonehaven ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- Elementary School (the “School”) in Newmarket, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- At all material times Student 1 was a male student of the Board. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-On or about November 19, 2018, the Member sent social media ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-messages and/or text messages to Student 1, including but not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-limited to words to the effect of: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(a) “You seriously 15 years old”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(b) “What grade are you in?”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(c) “Don’t worry I won’t ask what school you go to ha ha ha “; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(d) “Man I can get in so much trouble”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(e) “How many times have you been fucked?”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(f) “You have never bottomed before though”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(g) “What if you can’t take my cock”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(h) “You have to clean out your hole too”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(i) “Sure send pics too please”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(j) “Wow you’re really cute”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(k) “Did you want me to try fucking you in my back seats???”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(l) “But like I don’t want to get shit all over my dick you know ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- [three emojis of happy face, winking with tongue out]”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(m) “Not going to lie[.] I’m just nervous you being 15 and all”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(n) “You are a young man and [I] don’t want anyone knowing I’m ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- meeting you”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(o) “Seriously, I teach at an elementary school”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(p) “I would never [kidnap] you [.] I’m a freakin’ teacher man.” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-The Member provided his personal telephone number to Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-and asked Student 1 to text him. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-The Member attempted and/or arranged to meet Student 1 in order ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:to have sexual relations with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Hearing. Additionally, the College played a video statement given by the Member to police ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-at the time of his arrest, two days after the alleged events. Relevant portions of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-evidence will be set out in greater detail, as needed, in the Panel’s reasons for decision ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-below. What follows is a summary of the College’s evidence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[11] As the Member chose not to participate in the hearing, no evidence was presented ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-in his defence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(1) Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[12] Student 1 is currently a [XXX]-year-old [XXX] student. On November 19, 2018, he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-was [XXX] years old and a Grade [XXX] student at [XXX] School at York Region District ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:School Board. Student 1 testified that on that day he engaged in a sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-conversation with the Member over the Grindr mobile dating application (“Grindr”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[13] Student 1 used Grindr to talk to people, and to connect with people his age, and a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-couple of times a week he would go on Grindr with a friend to look at the different people ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-on there and laugh at the messages they would get. Student 1 testified that he would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-often receive Grindr messages from people who were significantly older than he was. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Student 1 would sometimes ignore those messages and sometimes he would tell the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-individual that he was quite young, and this would usually deter them from further ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-conversation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[14] Student 1 testified that, in late November 2018, an individual named “Alex”2, who ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-identified himself as a teacher in his Grindr profile, contacted him on Grindr. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-2 Alex was later identified as the Member by police. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-told Alex that he was a 15-year-old high school student in an attempt to stop Alex from ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-continuing to message him. However, Alex continued to message Student 1. Alex even ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-asked Student 1 what school he attended. Student 1 testified that he continued to respond ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-to Alex because he was trying to mess with him and see how far the conversation would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:go. The conversation between Student 1 and Alex turned sexual, the two sent each other ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-pictures, and eventually they made a plan to meet at a McDonald’s. However, Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-did not intend to ever meet Alex and did not leave his house. At the time that Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-and Alex planned to meet, Alex started sending Student 1 text messages asking him to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-come out of the McDonald’s so that he could verify his identity. When Student 1 refused, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Alex called Student 1 and Student 1 admitted that he was not actually at the McDonald’s. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Alex then told Student 1 that he was a teacher, and that he only came to McDonald’s to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-tell Student 1 not to do this kind of thing. Student 1 believed that Alex was only saying ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-that to “cover his ass”. This ended the interaction between Alex and Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[15] Following this interaction, Student 1 took screenshots of the Grindr and text ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-conversations that he had with Alex. The following day, Student 1 reported the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-conversation to the police. He provided the police with a statement and with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-screenshots of the Grindr and text conversations between himself and Alex. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-testified that he did not continue the conversation with Alex with the intention of eventually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-reporting him to the police but that he ended up reporting the conversation because he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-believed it just went too far. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(2) Detective Constable Eric Beattie ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[16] Detective Constable Eric Beattie (“D.C. Beattie”) is a police officer with the York ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Regional Police. In November 2018, he was working in the internet child exploitation unit, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-to a lawyer and that the Member was under no obligation to make a statement or to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-answer any of his questions. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[19] During his statement, the Member was shown the same screenshots that were in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-evidence in this hearing. He admitted that he sent the Grindr and text messages in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-screenshots, that he sent pictures of himself to Student 1, and that he believed Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:1 to be 15 years old. The Member also admitted that the messages are overtly sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-and that it was inappropriate to send them to someone who is a student. The Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-also acknowledged that, in his role as a teacher, it is incumbent on him to always be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-professional with students, whether they are his students or not, and never to engage in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:conversations of a sexual nature with students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[20] Throughout his statement, the Member was adamant that he initially did not intend ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-to meet Student 1 that evening, but Student 1 kept pushing and insisting. Due to Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-1’s insistence, the Member decided to meet him with the intention of educating him about ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-the dangers of meeting strangers on Grindr. The Member also said that, while he was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-outside of the McDonald’s, he began to suspect that Student 1 was not who he said he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-was, and he asked Student 1 to come to his car so that he could verify Student 1’s identity. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:However, the Member said his intention remained not to have sex with Student 1, but ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-rather to meet him inside the McDonald’s to educate him. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-F. SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[21] College Counsel submitted that the evidence presented to the Panel proves each ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-of the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing, apart from the withdrawn allegation, on ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-a balance of probabilities. College Counsel therefore submitted that the Panel should find ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-that the Member engaged in professional misconduct as alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-With respect to the allegation that the Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Regulation 437/97, College Counsel submitted that it was not necessary to present expert ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-evidence to prove that the Member failed to maintain the ethical standards and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-standards of practice for the teaching profession because it is self-evidently a breach of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:professional standards for a member to send sexually explicit messages to a student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[22] College Counsel submitted that the Member’s statement to police is admissible for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-the truth of its contents. Although it is a hearsay statement, it constitutes an admission ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-against interest, which is an exception to the general rule against admitting hearsay ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-evidence. College Counsel submitted that the Panel should place great weight on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Member’s admissions made in his statement to the police, as parties do not lightly admit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-to conduct that will place them in legal or professional jeopardy. According to College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Counsel, the Member’s interview constitutes a complete admission to professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:misconduct as he acknowledged having made remarks of a sexual nature to a student, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-he acknowledged that he believed he was speaking to a 15 year old, and he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-acknowledged that his role as a teacher requires that he exercise good judgment out of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-the classroom as well as at work. At the same time, College Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Panel should find it highly implausible that the Member left his home with the intention of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-educating Student 1 about the dangers of meeting someone online. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-submitted that this was a false statement that the Member made as a way to limit his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-criminal liability, and that the Member’s claim to only want to educate Student 1 is not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-consistent with the plain reading of his messages to Student 1 that evening. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[23] Finally, College Counsel made submissions regarding the level of intentionality ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-required for the Member to be found guilty of professional misconduct. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-submitted that the alleged sections of the professional misconduct regulation are strict ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-liability offences. This means the College is required to prove on a balance of probabilities ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-only that the Member committed the alleged act. The Member, if he had participated in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-the hearing, may have been able to provide a defence regarding his subjective intentions, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-or that he exercised due diligence. However, College Counsel submitted that in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-absence of evidence that supports such a defence, the Panel should find the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-guilty of professional misconduct since Student 1 fits the definition of “student” and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:Member’s conduct fits the definition of “sexual abuse” in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-G. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[24] The College bears the burden of proving the allegations in accordance with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-standard of proof set out in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 41, which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-is proof on a balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[25] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing dated June 3, 2020, namely that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Member contravened subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-College Counsel submitted that this request was being made as there was not sufficient ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-evidence to show that the Member emotionally abused Student 1 or that Student 1 was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-emotionally impacted by the Member’s conduct. The Panel granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[26] Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on June 4, 2021, finding that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:engaged in sexual abuse of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-the evidence of Student 1 and the screenshots confirming that the Member sent Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-1 Grindr and text messages as alleged in particular #4. The Panel further relies on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Member’s admission that the screenshots are an accurate representation of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:conversation that he had with Student 1, that he sent inappropriate sexual messages to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Student 1, and that he believed Student 1 to be a 15-year-old high school student. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Panel agrees with College Counsel’s submission that the Member’s statement to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-police is admissible for the truth of its contents, as an exception to the rule against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-hearsay, because it is an admission against interest: R. v. Lo, 2020 ONCA 622; Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-College of Teachers v. Wilson, 2019 ONOCT 25. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[31] The Panel finds that Student 1 was a credible witness. He had the opportunity to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-experience and observe the events testified to, and he seemed to have a good memory ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-of the events of the evening of November 19, 2018. His evidence was clear and internally ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-consistent, he was measured in his testimony and did not seem to embellish his evidence, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-and he was honest when he could not recall certain details of the evening. Most ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-importantly, Student 1’s evidence was consistent with the Grindr and text messages ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-provided to the Panel, and with the Member’s admissions in his statement to the police. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Other than the issue of the Member’s intent in meeting Student 1, the Panel did not hear ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-evidence to contradict or challenge Student 1’s version of events. Overall, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-accepts Student 1’s evidence regarding particulars #1-5 in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[32] The Panel was provided with screenshots of the Grindr and text messages that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Member admitted he sent to Student 1. These screenshots confirmed that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-engaged Student 1 in a conversation on Grindr, that the Member did not stop the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-conversation when Student 1 told him that he was 15 years old, and that the Member sent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-the following Grindr and text messages to Student 1: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (a) “You seriously 15 years old”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (b) “What grade are you in?”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (c) “Don’t worry I won’t ask what school you go to ha ha ha”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (d) “Man I can get in so much trouble”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (e) “How many times have you been fucked?”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (f) “You have never bottomed before though”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (g) “What if you can’t take my cock”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (h) “You have to clean out your hole too”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (i) “Sure send pics too please”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (j) “Wow you’re really cute”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (k) “Did you want me to try fucking you in my back seats???”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (l) “But like I don’t want to get shit all over my dick you know [three ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- emojis of happy face, winking with tongue out]”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (m) “I’m just nervous you being 15 and all”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (n) “You are a young man and [I] don’t want anyone knowing I’m meeting ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- you”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (o) “Seriously, I teach at an elementary school”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- (p) “I would never [kidnap] you [.] I’m a freaken teacher man.” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:In addition to confirming that the Member sent graphic sexual messages to someone he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-believed was 15 years old, the screenshots confirm that the Member pried into Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-1’s personal life by asking what high school he attended, that the Member was aware that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:he could get into trouble if he actually met a student for sex, and that the Member used ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-his position as a teacher to try and put Student 1 at ease about meeting a stranger. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[33] In making its finding, the Panel also relies on the admissions made by the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-in his statement to the police. Specifically, the Member admitted that he sent the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-messages in the screenshots and that he believed Student 1 to be a 15-year-old student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[34] In his statement to the police, the Member explained that, while he told Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:that he intended to meet him for sex, the Member actually left the house with the intention ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-of speaking to Student 1 about the dangers of meeting strangers on the internet. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:Member explained that while he knew that sending sexual messages to a student was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:wrong, he did not leave his house with the intention of having sex with a student. This ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-explanation to the police is consistent with Student 1’s testimony about what the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:told him during their phone conversation. By leading the Member’s sexually charged ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-messages to Student 1, his conversation with Student 1 while he was at McDonald’s, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-the Member’s statement to the police, the College has put forward two inconsistent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-narratives about the Member’s intention when he left to meet Student 1. Due to this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-inconsistency, the Panel is not certain of the Member’s intention once he left his home. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-The College has failed to show that it is more likely than not that the Member intended to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:have sex with Student 1 once he left his home. As such, the Panel finds that the College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-has not proven, on a balance of probabilities, particular 6 in the Notice of Hearing: that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:the Member attempted and/or arranged to meet Student 1 in order to have sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-relations with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[35] The Panel finds that the Member’s actions constituted professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-contrary to subsections 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-437/97. The Panel accepts College Counsel’s submission that (apart from particular #6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-in the Notice of Hearing, which speaks to the Member’s intentions, but which was not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-proven by the College) the misconduct is evaluated on a strict liability basis. As such, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-College is not required to prove the subjective intent of the Member for the Panel to find ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-him guilty of professional misconduct in this case. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:[36] The Panel finds that the Member sexually abused a student contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The definition of “sexual abuse” includes, “behaviour ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the student.”3 For the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:the definition of “sexual abuse”, a reference to a student is a reference to “a student who, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-at the time the behaviour, remarks or conduct occurred or were made, was enrolled in a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-school or private school in Ontario, within the meaning of the Education Act and was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:under 18 years old…”4. At the time that the Member sent sexually explicit Grindr ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-messages to Student 1, Student 1 was [XXX] years old (although the Member likely ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-believed he was 15 years old) and was enrolled in a public school in Ontario. As such he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:meets the definition of student for the purpose of the definition of sexual abuse. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:Member’s comments made to Student 1 are clearly of a sexual nature. Comments such ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-as “How many times have you been fucked?”, “You have never bottomed before though”, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-“what if you can’t take my cock”, and “you have to clean out your hole too” are self- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:evidently comments of a sexual nature, sent directly by the Member to Student 1 via ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Grindr. Furthermore, due to the strict liability nature of the offence, the Panel finds that it ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-is irrelevant to this finding that Student 1 was trying to “mess with” the Member, that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Student 1 lied about his age, and that Student 1 lied about which school he attended. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-3 Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 12 s. 1(1). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-4 Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 12 s. 1(2). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[37] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-the by-laws, contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and in particular ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-that the Member failed to comply with section 32 of the by-laws, which outlines the Ethical ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Standards and the Standards of Practice for the teaching profession. The Panel agrees ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-with the advice of its independent legal counsel, that pursuant to Novick v. Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508, expert evidence of the standards of the profession is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-required to make a finding under this section unless the conduct is so notorious and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-obviously contrary to the standards that expert evidence is not required. The Panel finds ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:that engaging a student in a sexual conversation over social media is conduct which is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-notorious and which is obviously contrary to the standards of the profession. The ethical ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-standard of “Care” encourages members to have “compassion, acceptance, interest and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-insight for developing students’ potential”. Further, the ethical standard of “Respect” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-encourages members to “honour human dignity, emotional wellness and cognitive ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:development”. The Member failed to uphold these standards by sending sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-messages to someone who he believed to be a 15-year-old student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[38] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Education Act, contrary to subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Section 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-of the Education Act sets out the duties of a teacher, and section 264(1)(c) is commonly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-understood to mean that a teacher should set a good moral example for students. While ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-the Member told the police that his eventual goal was to meet with Student 1 and to teach ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:him about safety on the internet, the Member’s sexual messages to Student 1 fell short ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-of setting a good example for Student 1, and were contrary to the Member’s duties as a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[39] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct is disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-unprofessional contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It is expected ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:that Members refrain from engaging students in a sexually explicit manner, whether in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-person or online. According to his statement to the police, the Member was well aware of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-this expectation. As such, it was entirely unprofessional, disgraceful and dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:for the Member to continue to send sexually explicit messages to Student 1 on Grindr, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-particularly after Student 1 made it clear that he was a high school student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[40] The Panel finds that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-the teaching profession, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:engaging Student 1 in a sexual conversation on Grindr, the Member undermined the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-reputation of the teaching profession and the trust that parents, students and the public ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-place in teachers. The Member’s disgraceful conduct reflects poorly on the profession as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-a whole. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-I. PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[41] College Counsel submitted that the mandatory penalty provisions of section 30.2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-of the Act apply by virtue of the transitional provision in section 63.2 of the Act. As such, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-the appropriate penalty in this case is a reprimand and revocation of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-J. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[42] On June 4, 2021, the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, which will be delivered in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- writing, and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers (“Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-K. REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[43] In arriving at its decision with respect to penalty, the Panel carefully considered the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-College’s evidence and submissions. The Panel accepts College Counsel’s submission ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-that section 30.2 of the Act applies to this case by virtue of section 63.2 of the Act. Section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:63.2 provides that section 30.2 applies retrospectively to a finding of sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-student that occurred before April 3, 2019, provided no subsection 30(4) order has ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-previously been made in respect of the same matter. These conditions are satisfied in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:this case as the Member has not yet been sanctioned by the College for his sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[44] Section 30.2 provides that, where the Discipline Committee finds a member guilty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:of an act of professional misconduct consisting of or including sexual abuse of a student, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-the Committee shall make an order requiring that the member be reprimanded and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-directing the Registrar to revoke the member’s certificate of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf:Since the Panel found that the Member sexually abused the student, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, section 30.2 is engaged, and the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-is required to make these orders. The Panel notes that it has no discretion in this regard ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-and denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-[45] The Panel orders that the reprimand is to be delivered in writing. Delivering the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-reprimand in writing ensures that the Panel’s concerns will be communicated to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf-Member even though he has decided not to attend this hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf: testify, he would state that the massage was not sexual in nature and that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- it was given because Student 1 was in pain and could not sleep. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- On several occasions in October 2019, the Member gave Student 1 a hug. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- On October 15, 2019, the Member was directed by the Board to cease ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 90 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- communicating with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- After being directed to cease contact with Student 1, the Member routinely ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- spoke with Student 1 on the phone, often for several hours at a time. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a copy of Student 1’s phone ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- records from October 13, 2019 to November 10, 2019 and November 13, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- 2019 to December 2, 2019 with calls and texts to/from the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- highlighted. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- After being directed to cease contact with Student 1, the Member sent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- Student 1 emails on October 23, 2019 and October 24, 2019. Attached ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a copy of the emails sent by the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- Member to Student 1 on October 23, 2019 and October 24, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- On May 11, 2020, the Member’s employment with the Board was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- terminated. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- By this document, the Member pleads no contest, for the purposes of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- proceeding only, to the truth of the facts and appendices referred to in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- paragraphs 1-13 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that paragraphs 4-12 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and pleads no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- particularly: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- (c) he committed an act or acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- (d) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf: (c) she abused a student sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- (d) she failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- (e) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- (f) she contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- (g) she contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- may cause a student who is under the member’s professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- (h) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- (i) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Barbara Jean Organ, previously known as Barbara Jean Doull, is a member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Lambton Kent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as an [XXX], and [XXX], teacher at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- School (the “School”) in Sarnia, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- At all material times, the Student was a female student at the School. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Member was the Student’s teacher in 2009-2010, 2010-2011, and 2011- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 2012. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- In the spring of 2011, when the Student was in Grade [XXX], the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- and the Student began an inappropriate personal relationship. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- In July 2011, the relationship between the Member and the Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf: developed into a sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- The Member and the Student discussed the fact that their relationship was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- inappropriate, and the consequences to the Member if anyone found out ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- about it. They agreed to keep the relationship secret. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- In December 2011, when the Student was in Grade [XXX], the Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- moved in with the Member. They lived together as a couple until October ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 2017. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- On November 27, 2017, the Board reassigned the Member home with pay, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- pending its investigation into allegations of an inappropriate relationship ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- with the student. On November 29, 2017, the Board notified the Member by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- letter that, as a result of having been charged with criminal offences in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- connection with a student, she was suspended without pay, pending the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- disposition of the criminal proceedings and the Board’s investigation. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- The Member retired from the Board, effective April 25, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- On November 25, 2019, in the Ontario Court of Justice, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf: pleaded guilty to, and was found guilty of, one count of sexual exploitation, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Transcript of the Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Proceedings, Ontario Court of Justice, dated November 25, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- On February 14, 2020, the Member was sentenced to 75 days of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- intermittent incarceration, 18 months of probation, and ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Sentence, Ontario Court of Justice, dated February 14, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against her, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), 1(19). The Member further admits that the alleged ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf: conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- (a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- (b) she understands that by signing this document she is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- (c) she understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, she is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- against her and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- (d) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- including her name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- (e) she understands that any agreement between her and counsel for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- the College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- having had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College Counsel stated that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation was being sought as proceeding under ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would be duplicative based on the facts outlined in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. The Panel granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on December 11, 2020, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-1 to 11 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member had an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:personal relationship with the Student and a sexual relationship with the Student. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:Member pleaded guilty to and was found guilty of sexual exploitation of the Student, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-[9] The Member’s conduct constitutes psychological or emotional abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The victim impact statement ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-(see Exhibit 2, Exhibit B at page 22), shows that there was an age difference of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-approximately 26 years between the Member and the Student, which was exploited over ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-a period of time, and furthermore, that the relationship between the Member and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-Student had an emotional and psychological impact on the Student. The Panel therefore ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-finds that the conduct of the Member constitutes psychological or emotional abuse of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:Student. By engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship and a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-with the Student, the Member showed a complete disregard for the Student’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-psychological or emotional well-being. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:[10] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes touching and behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a student. The Member kissed the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-Student and held the Student (see Exhibit 2, Exhibit B at page 15, and Exhibit 2, Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:C at pages 3-4), all of which meet the definition of sexual abuse under the Act. This finding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:is further supported by the fact that the Member was found guilty of sexual exploitation of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-the Student in her prior criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act, regulations, or by- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-laws contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by contravening section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-32 of the College By-Laws, which sets outs the professional and ethical standards for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:teaching profession. By sexually abusing the Student, the Member failed to comply with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-these standards. Misconduct of this nature is so notorious that expert evidence of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-standard is not required. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-[12] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-Among other things, this provision requires teachers to demonstrate the highest regard ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-for a number of virtues including justice, humanity and purity. Members are expected to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-serve as positive role models as they are responsible for the well-being and safety of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-students. By having an inappropriate personal relationship with the Student, living ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-together as a couple with the Student when the Student was in Grade [XXX], discussing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-with the Student the consequences which the Member would face if anyone found out ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-about their inappropriate relationship, agreeing with the Student to keep their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-inappropriate relationship a secret and kissing the Student, the Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-Member’s conduct was entirely at odds with her obligations as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:[13] The Panel finds that the Member’s prior finding of guilt for sexually exploiting the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-Student demonstrates that she contravened a law relevant to her suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration contrary to subsection 1(16) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:Regulation 437/97. The teaching profession does not tolerate the sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-students by members and this type of criminal conduct clearly relates to a member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-suitability to hold a teaching certificate. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:[14] Similarly, the Panel finds that the Member’s sexual abuse of the Student and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-resulting finding of guilt in her prior criminal proceedings has caused a student who was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-under the Member’s supervision to be put at or to remain at risk contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-[15] The Member’s misconduct is disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional contrary ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It is completely unacceptable for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-members of the teaching profession to abuse their position of trust and authority by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:engaging in an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with a student that included ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-living together with the Student as a couple when the Student was in Grade [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-kissing the Student. The Member’s conduct was clearly disgraceful, dishonourable, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-demonstrated a lack of professional judgment. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-[16] The Member’s abusive conduct which led to a criminal finding of guilt, as described ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-above, is also unbecoming a member contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching profession is eroded when members of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:profession sexually abuse students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-F. PENALTY SUBMISSIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-[17] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3) which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-presented to the Panel on December 11, 2020. The Joint Submission on Penalty provided ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-for a revocation and a reprimand. Both parties agreed that the penalties set out in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-Joint Submission on Penalty were mandatory in the present case, but for different ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-reasons. A summary of the penalty submissions is set out below. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-(1) College Counsel’s submission ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:[18] College Counsel submitted that, having made a finding of sexual abuse, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-is mandated to revoke and reprimand the Member pursuant to section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:She submitted that since the sexual abuse occurred between 2011 and 2013, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-transitional provision at section 63.2 of the Act makes the current section 30.2 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:apply retrospectively to a finding of sexual abuse of a student that occurred prior to April ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-3, 2019, provided that the Committee has not previously made a subsection 30(4) order ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-in the matter. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-(2) Member’s Counsel submission ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-[19] Member’s Counsel agreed with College Counsel that revocation was mandatory in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-the present case but submitted that there was no need to engage the transitional provision ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-of the Act because revocation was the applicable mandatory penalty in the version of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-Act which was in force at the time of the conduct. She further submitted that it is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-unnecessary for the Panel to make a finding at all with respect to whether revocation is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-mandatory but rather the only question which the Panel should consider is whether the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-Joint Submission on Penalty is acceptable in the circumstances. She submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-Panel should accept the Joint Submission on Penalty presented by the parties since the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-test for rejecting a joint submission is very stringent. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-G. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-[20] In an oral decision rendered on December 11, 2020, the Panel accepted the Joint ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee, on a date to be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- arranged by the Member, within 60 days of the date of the Oral Decision ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- and Order of the Discipline Committee, to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or via videoconference, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-H. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-[21] Having considered both parties’ penalty submissions, the Panel finds that section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-30.2 of the Act applies to its findings by virtue of section 63.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-[22] At the outset, the Panel notes that, at the time that the acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:misconduct occurred (between 2011 and 2013), a finding of sexual abuse did not attract ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-any mandatory penalties.2 It is the transitional provision at section 63.2 of the current ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-version of the Act (December 8, 2020 version) which provides that section 30.2, in its ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-2 See the version of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 that was in force between December 15, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-2009 and May 31, 2011 and the subsequent version that was in force between June 1, 2011 and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-December 4, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:current form, applies retrospectively to a finding of sexual abuse of a student that occurred ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-before April 3, 2019 provided no subsection 30(4) order has previously been made in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-respect of the same matter. The Panel finds that since the acts of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:which include the sexual abuse of the Student occurred between 2011 and 2013 (i.e., ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-before April 3, 2019) and no subsection 30(4) order has been previously made in this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-matter, section 30.2 of the Act applies to its findings by virtue of section 63.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf:[23] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student, as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel recognizes that it may also order ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it reasonable not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-to make these additional orders in light of the Member’s guilty plea and joint submission ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-on penalty. The Panel’s order is confined to the parties’ joint submission in this case, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf-given that the stringent test for rejecting a joint submission has not been met. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Smith 2021 ONOCT 92 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Date: 2021-08-25 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Bradford Hudson Smith, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- BRADFORD HUDSON SMITH (REGISTRATION #425767) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-PANEL: Hanno Weinberger, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Élaine Legault ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Jennifer McMaster, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-HEARD: August 20, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Christine Lonsdale, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Fady Mansour, for Bradford Hudson Smith ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on August 20, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[2] Bradford Hudson Smith (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf:pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated November 18, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-2019 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Bradford Hudson Smith is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act, or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- and specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Bradford Hudson Smith was a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Ottawa-Carleton ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- “School”) in Nepean, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-At all material times, Student 1 was a female student at the School during ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-the 2010-2015 academic years. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-During the 2014-2015 academic years, the Member engaged in an ongoing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-inappropriate personal and romantic relationship with Student 1. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Member spoke with the student about personal matters and the student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-spoke to the Member about her personal matters. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-The Members actions and attention towards Student 1 during 2014-2015 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-academic year established a special or privileged relationship between ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-them. The Member treated Student 1 like his favourite. The Member asked ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Student 1 to volunteer at the [XXX] and at his [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-During the 2014-2015 academic year, Student 1 and the Member also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-exchanged electronic communications of an inappropriate and personal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-nature. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the College’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Professional Advisory – Use of Electronic Communication and Social ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Media. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-In or about January 2013, after having been directed by the School’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-administration not to have any further contact with Student 1, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-disregarded this direction and continued to have contact with Student 1. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Member was discovered alone in his vehicle in a parking lot with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-by a police officer. Student 1 lied about her age in response to questions ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-posed by the police officer. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Shortly after the student’s [XXX] from [XXX] school, the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-in an adult or dating relationship with Student 1. Examples include, but are ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-not limited to, the Member took the student out for drinks and/or lunch as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-well as engaged in romantic conversations between the two of them. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Student 1 suffered emotional harm as a result of the Member’s actions. This ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-harm included stress, upset and confusion as a result of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-behavior. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the College’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf:advisory on professional misconduct related to sexual abuse and sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-misconduct. As the advisory makes clear, responsibility for ensuring that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-the member-student relationship is professional and appropriate rests with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-the member and not the student. Conduct directed towards establishing a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-personal or romantic relationship with a student is inappropriate and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-professional misconduct even if it does not result in the establishment of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-relationship until after the student has graduated. Members also have an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-obligation to avoid activities which may reasonably raise concerns as to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-their propriety. Meeting with a student in an isolated location is an example ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-of conduct which Members have a professional obligation to avoid. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-The Member resigned from the Board on February 28, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- By this document, the Member pleads no contest, for the purposes of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- proceeding only, to the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- paragraphs above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf: alleged conduct constituting sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- (e) he understands that a summary of the Discipline Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- decision and reasons, including reference to his name, shall be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- published in the official publication of the College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest voluntarily, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- unequivocally, and having had the opportunity to obtain the advice ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[7] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College Counsel stated that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-the Panel’s permission to withdraw the subsection 1(5) allegation was being sought as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-proceeding under both subsection 1(5) and 1(14) would be duplicative. The Panel granted ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-the request. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[8] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on August 20, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-2021, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[9] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-11 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Member engaged in an ongoing inappropriate personal and romantic relationship with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-1, contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-demonstrate that the Member’s actions caused Student 1 emotional harm such as stress, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-upset and confusion. College Counsel submitted, and Member’s Counsel agreed, that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Member’s conduct while Student 1 was still a student at the School supports a finding of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-psychological or emotional abuse. The Panel accepts these submissions. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-inappropriate conduct towards Student 1 while she was still a student at the School ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-included being alone with the student in his vehicle, treating her as his favourite and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-exchanging inappropriate and personal electronic messages with her. Given the power ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-imbalance that exists between a student and a teacher, the Member’s conduct would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-reasonably cause Student 1 to feel stressed, upset and confused. The Panel therefore ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-finds that the Member’s conduct was psychologically or emotionally abusive. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf:[11] The Member sexually abused Student 1 contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf:Regulation 437/97 and section 1 of the Act. The definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf:the Act includes behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a student. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Although paragraphs 4-7 of the parties’ Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf:Contest do not list explicit sexual behaviour or remarks, both parties confirmed, in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-response to a query from the Panel, that the paragraphs amount to evidence of grooming ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-behaviour of the Member towards Student 1, which can be characterized as “behaviour ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf:or remarks of a sexual nature” in this case. As a result, the Panel finds that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf:grooming behaviour of Student 1, which ultimately developed into an adult or dating ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf:relationship after Student 1 [XXX], meets the definition of sexual abuse under the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-The Member’s grooming behaviour included: continuing to have contact with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-contrary to the directions of the School’s administration; being alone in a parking lot with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Student 1 in his vehicle; talking about his personal matters with Student 1; treating ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Student 1 as his favourite; and, exchanging inappropriate and personal electronic ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-communications with Student 1. Additionally, the Panel gives significant weight to the fact ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf:the Member has pleaded no contest to sexual abuse under section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[12] The Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-contravening section 32 of the College By-Laws, which sets out the professional and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-ethical standards for the teaching profession. The Member’s abuse of Student 1, fell well ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-below the standards in this case. In particular, the Member breached the ethical standards ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-of “Care” and “Trust”. The standard of “Care” requires members to demonstrate a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-commitment to students’ well-being. The Member’s inappropriate behaviour towards ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Student 1, while she was a student, caused her emotional harm, which is contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-ethical standards. The ethical standard of “Trust” provides that members’ professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-relationships with colleagues are based on trust. By continuing to have contact with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Student 1, contrary to the direction of the School’s administration, the Member broke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-trust which his administrators had placed in him. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[13] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Section 264(1)(c) provides that it is the duty of a teacher to “inculcate by precept and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” Simply ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-put, teachers must behave with integrity and serve as positive role models within their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-school communities. The Member’s conduct was antithetical to these principles. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Member abused his position of trust and authority by engaging in an ongoing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-inappropriate personal and romantic relationship with Student 1. By engaging in such ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-immoral and abusive conduct with his student, the Member failed to fulfil the fundamental ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[14] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Regulation 437/97. It is unacceptable for teachers, who are expected to be upstanding ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf:members of the community, to groom and ultimately date a student, after they [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Such conduct demonstrates serious moral and professional failings by the Member. It ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-casts doubt on the Member’s ability to practise the profession without putting students at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-risk. The Member’s conduct can therefore be characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[15] Finally, the Member’s conduct, as described above, is also unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. When parents send their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-children to school, they expect that they will be safe and that teachers will not exploit their ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-position of trust and authority to develop romantic or adult relationships with them. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Member’s egregious conduct has undermined the reputation of the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-and violated the trust that parents, students, and the public place in teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-[16] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on August 20, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 92 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf:[17] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel recognizes that it may ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-also order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-reasonable not to make these additional orders in light of the Member’s plea of no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf-and joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct92.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- (c) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- (d) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 96 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- At all material times, Leonard Stuart Cohen was a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at the [XXX] in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- The [XXX]offers education to students through [XXX] the Board. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old female student from ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- the Toronto Catholic District School Board completing a [XXX] at the [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- At all material times, Person A was a female staff member employed at the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- In June 2018, the Member engaged in inappropriate conduct with Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- 1 and conduct he knew or ought to have known was unwelcome, including: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- (a) asking Student 1 for her address and where she lived; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- (b) asking Student 1 how old she was; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- (c) telling Student 1 about problems with his girlfriend and that he ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- wanted to be with someone else; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- (d) asking Student 1 for her personal telephone number, including after ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- she told him that she was [XXX] years old; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- (e) asking Student 1 to go to the movies with him, including after she ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- told him that she was [XXX] years old; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- (f) providing his cellphone to Student 1, which resulted in Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf: viewing images of sex dolls on his cellphone. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-[7] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 96 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-Member engaged in inappropriate and unwelcome conduct with Student 1 and Person A. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-[8] The Member breached subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by making ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-several inappropriate remarks to Student 1, who was a [XXX] student at the [XXX] where ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-the Member taught. The Member’s remarks included: asking Student 1 for her age, her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-address, and her personal phone number; asking her to go to the movies with him; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-telling Student 1 about problems with his girlfriend and that he wanted to be with someone ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-else. The Member’s comments to Student 1 were unwelcome. The Panel finds that it is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-highly inappropriate for a teacher, who is in a position of trust, to make such unwelcome ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-remarks to a student. Such conduct amounts to verbal abuse by the Member. Additionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-the Panel places significant weight on the fact that the Member has pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-to the allegation of verbal abuse. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-[9] The Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College Counsel submitted, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-Member’s Counsel did not object, that by making inappropriate remarks as described ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-above and, in particular, by asking Student 1 to go to the movies with him, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf-was attempting to establish a personal relationship with Student 1. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf:provided his cellphone to Student 1, which resulted in Student 1 viewing images of sex ./ontario-cases/2021onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Morphet 2021 ONOCT 97 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Date: 2021-09-10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Kevin Mark Morphet, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- KEVIN MARK MORPHET (REGISTRATION #466383) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-PANEL: Emile Ramlochan, Chair ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Irene Dembek, OCT ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Andrew Glenny ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-HEARD: August 26, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Jordan Glick and Aly Háji, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Angela Zhu, for Kevin Mark Morphet ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Renée Kopp, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf: misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on August 26, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-2021, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[2] Kevin Mark Morphet (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-representation. The Member attended immediately after the hearing for the delivery of his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-reprimand as agreed to by the parties. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 6, Student 8, Student 9, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Student 10, and Student 11, who were allegedly sexually abused, or the subjects of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-shall publish the identities of, or any information that could disclose the identities of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Student 6, Student 8, Student 9, Student 10, and Student 11. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated July 13, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Kevin Mark Morphet is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf: (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (f) he committed an act that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Kevin Mark Morphet is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Simcoe County ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- During the academic years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019, the Member taught ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- and co-taught [XXX] at the School. The grade [XXX] level class was called ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- [XXX]. The grade [XXX] level class was called [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-During the academic year 2018-2019, Student 4, Student 5, Student 6, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Student 7, and Student 8 were female students enrolled in the Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Class. Student 9, Student 10, and Student 11 were female students enrolled ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-in the Grade [XXX] Class. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Several of the students identified in paragraph 12 had experienced some ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-form of personal trauma and/or faced difficult circumstances living at home ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-and were therefore vulnerable. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-On January 18, 2019, Student 8 and Student 11 reported to a school ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-administrator that the Member had touched them inappropriately and made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-inappropriate comments toward them. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-The Member engaged in inappropriate conduct with respect to Student 8, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-including: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-(a) He would walk behind Student 8, massage her shoulders and play ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- with her hair while leaning over her to help her with class work; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-(b) On one occasion, while Student 8 was speaking with the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- who was standing behind her and facing her computer, she pushed ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- her hair behind her ear. The Member moved her hair back out from ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- behind her ear; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-(c) The Member commented to Student 8 about “her skanky clothes”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- and, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-(d) After disclosing to the Member that she had been [XXX], the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- said “I love you” and hugged Student 8. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-The Member engaged in inappropriate conduct with respect to Student 11, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-including: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-(a) On one occasion, while Student 11 was helping a friend with a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- project and was standing on a table being [XXX], the Member asked ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- if she would like him to “put a pole in the middle of the table so she ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- could dance for them”; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-(b) The Member sat down beside Student 11 on one occasion and ran ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- his hand up and down her thigh while he was helping her with an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- assignment; and, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-(c) The Member played with Student 11’s hair and massaged her ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- shoulders while leaning over her while she worked on the computer. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Between January 18, 2019 to February 9, 2019, several other female ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-students came forward and reported that the Member made inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:and sexualized comments, and engaged in unwanted, inappropriate, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:sexualized behavior, toward them. In total, 8 female students made reports ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-concerning their experience with the Member. Student 4, Student 5, Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-7, Student 9, and Student 10 reported their experiences to school ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-administration on January 22, 2019. Student 6 approached school ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-administration to report her experience on February 9, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-The Member engaged in inappropriate conduct with respect to Student 4, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-including: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-(a) On one occasion, when Student 4 was late getting to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- class due to [XXX] and explained to the Member that she was late ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- as she needed to change after [XXX], the Member replied, “maybe ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- you should lose some weight so your clothes aren’t so tight, and you ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- can get them on faster.” When she sat down at her desk, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- looked at her and asked, “are we golden?”; and, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-(b) The Member would put his hands on Student 4’s waist in order to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- move past her in close quarters rather than asking her to move to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- side. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-The Member engaged in inappropriate conduct with respect to Student 5, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-including: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-(a) On the second last day of class before Christmas break, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- approached Student 5 in the hallway and asked if she would be at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- school the next day. He then said, “if I don’t see you tomorrow, have ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- a really good break”. He then hugged her and kissed her on the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- forehead; and, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-(b) While Student 5 was standing on a table to [XXX] for another ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- student’s [XXX] project, the Member said he had to move a board ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- under her feet and told Student 5 to get on his back in a “fireman lift”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- When she told the Member that she would get down on her own, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Member insisted on carrying her and proceeded to do so. While in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- the “fireman lift” position, the Member’s hand was on Student 5’s ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- buttocks. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-The Member engaged in inappropriate conduct with respect to Student 7, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-including: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-(a) The Member pressured Student 7 to be on the School’s [XXX] which ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- he coached, and told her that he would not run the [XXX] without her, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- which made her uncomfortable; and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-(b) At [XXX], the Member told the [XXX] that, “like most of you, I have a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- fat ass and it needs to get behind the [XXX].” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (a) On another occasion, Student 6 asked to use the bathroom. The ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Member responded, “sure, do you need help” to which Student 6 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- responded by calling the Member a “perv” in front of the class. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- On January 23, 2019, the Member was placed on paid leave and an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- investigation was carried out into the Member’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- On June 20, 2019, the Member was issued a 5-day suspension without pay ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- and was required to attend a professional boundary training course. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- accept as correct for purposes of this proceeding only the facts and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1-25 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that paragraphs 7, 15-16 and 18-23 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- being more particularly: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf: (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- specifically, section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- and unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between the parties with respect ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- counsel or having had the opportunity to obtain legal advice. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and Fitness to Practice ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, for the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- purpose of this proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- other civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on August 26, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-2021, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14) and 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of students and sexual misconduct as defined ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-25 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts further demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:the Member sexually abused several female students and exposed students to remarks ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:of a sexual nature, which constitutes sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member verbally abused students, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member made inappropriate comments to several ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-female students, including telling Student 4 when she was late to class after [XXX] to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-“lose some weight so your clothes aren’t so tight, and you can get them on faster”, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-commenting about Student 8’s “skanky clothes”, and while coaching [XXX], telling the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[XXX] that most of them had “a fat ass”. In reply to Student 10’s question in class, the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Member said: “if you worked at the corner in [XXX], you could make a lot of money”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-College Counsel submitted, that the Member’s comment was demeaning to Student 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-as it compared her to a prostitute working on a street corner. The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Member’s comments to female students about their weight and appearance were ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-demeaning, disrespectful and offensive, and as such, amount to verbal abuse by the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[10] The Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By telling Student 7 that the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-would not run the [XXX] without her, the Member inappropriately pressured the student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-to participate, which made her feel uncomfortable. Further, the Member’s comments and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-remarks to students about their weight or appearance (as described above) would also ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-reasonably have been distressing to students. Moreover, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:sexualized touching of students. The Panel notes that several of the Member’s students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-had experienced some form of personal trauma and/or difficult circumstances at home, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-which made them especially vulnerable. The Panel finds it is psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-emotionally abusive for teachers to make students uncomfortable at school by shaming ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-them about the size of their bodies, making disparaging remarks about their appearance, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:and touching them in a sexual manner. By engaging in such behaviour, the Member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-showed a complete disregard for the psychological or emotional well-being of his ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-students. As such, the Member’s conduct amounts to psychological or emotional abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-of students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:[11] The Member sexually abused students contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:Regulation 437/97 and section 1 of the Act. The definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:the Act includes touching and behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by a member ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-towards a student. The Member’s conduct included: touching students’ hair; massaging ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-students’ shoulders; hugging students; running his hand up and down Student 11’s thigh; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-putting his hands on students’ waists; kissing Student 5 on the forehead, carrying Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-5 with his hand on her buttocks; running his hand along Student 9’s bra line and touching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:Student 9’s knees. The Member also made several sexually suggestive remarks to female ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-students. Among other things, the Member said “I love you” to Student 8, called Student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-10 “beautiful”, asked Student 6 if “she needed help” to use the bathroom, and looked ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Student 9 up and down and told her that she looked “cute”. The Panel accepts College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Counsel’s submission that the Member’s physical contact with female students and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:remarks that he made to them were sexual in nature. Further, the Member does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:contest that this behaviour was sexual in nature. The Panel therefore finds that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:Member’s conduct amounts to touching and behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:meets the definition of sexual abuse under the Act. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:[12] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. “Sexual misconduct” is defined in the Act as: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf: inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf: is not sexual abuse of a student, where, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- or the member knows or ought to know that one or more students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- are likely to be exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- have the effect of, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- remarks, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- student, or ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:The Member exposed students to inappropriate sexualized comments and behaviours in ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-the classroom. For example, he caused students to witness a teacher touching students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:inappropriately, but also caused them to witness a teacher sexually objectifying a student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-by asking her if he should install a pole in the middle of the table that she was standing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-on so that she could dance for them. The Member also suggested to another student that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-she could make money working on a street corner. The Panel finds that a reasonable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-person would expect such behaviour and remarks by a teacher to cause distress to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-students, be detrimental to students’ physical or mental well-being, or to create a negative ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-environment at a school for students. As such, the Member’s behaviour meets the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:definition of sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[13] The Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-contravening section 32 of the College By-Laws, which sets out the professional and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:ethical standards for the teaching profession. The Panel finds that by sexually abusing ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-several female students, the Member failed to comply with these standards. Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-of this nature is so notorious that expert evidence of the standard is not required to prove ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-the professional standards. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[14] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members are expected to maintain professional boundaries ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-with students. It is unacceptable for a teacher to touch students by picking them up and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-carrying them over their shoulder, placing his hands on a student’s shoulders, or touching ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:a student’s hair. It is equally unacceptable to touch students in a sexual way or to make ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:remarks with sexual overtones to students. Such conduct demonstrates serious moral ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-and professional failings by the Member. It also casts doubt on the Member’s ability to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-practise the profession. The Member knew to refrain from having any physical contact ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-with students especially since he was warned by his Board not to touch students’ hair, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-massage their shoulders, or bite them as such behaviour results in an unsafe environment ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-for students. The Member nevertheless continued to touch students, which demonstrates ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-a lack of insight by the Member and a disregard for the safety and well-being of students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-The Panel accepts College Counsel’s submission that the Member’s conduct can properly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-be characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[15] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on August 26, 2021, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- immediately following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- electronically via teleconference, and that the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf:[16] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. The Panel recognizes that it may ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-also order costs or a fine in accordance with subsection 30(5) of the Act but notes that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-such an Order has not been sought by the College and finds it reasonable in light of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-parties’ submissions not to make these additional orders given the Member’s plea of no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-contest and the parties’ joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf-[17] The Panel denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-Board Discipline ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- Student 2 shared the Member’s emails and Facebook message with the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- principal. The Member was issued a letter of discipline dated February 1, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 2018 informing him that he would be suspended for three days without pay ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- from February 5 to 7, 2018 inclusive and would be required to complete ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- professional development training with respect to boundaries with students. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- Attached as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the principal’s letter to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-Prior History ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- The Member was previously disciplined by the Board and suspended for ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf: twenty days for sexual harassment of a colleague, improper use of a school ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- computer, and unprofessional behaviour with students. The same conduct ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- was the subject of a complaint to the College which was resolved by way of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- a memorandum of agreement (the “MOA”). The Investigation Committee ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- cautioned the Member to maintain, at all times, appropriate boundaries with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- colleagues, students, and all school community members. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(4), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-[24] College Counsel submitted that the test for rejecting a joint submission on penalty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-is very high, as set out by the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Anthony-Cook, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-SCC 43, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 204, and recently reaffirmed by the Divisional Court in Bradley ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2021 ONSC 2303. The Panel should only reject a joint ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-submission if the proposed resolution is so unhinged from the facts and law that accepting ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-it would bring the administration of justice into disrepute. She submitted that this stringent ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-test has not been met in the present matter, as the penalty proposed by the parties in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-Joint Submission of Penalty meets the penalty objectives of protecting the public and ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-students and falls within a range of reasonable outcomes. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-[25] In addition, College Counsel drew the Panel’s attention to the fact that, while no ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-two cases are identical on their facts, cases involving similar forms of professional ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-misconduct should be treated alike. The conduct at issue involves boundary violations, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-the Member’s dishonesty and his breach of professional ethics. According to College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-Counsel, the penalty proposed by the parties is in keeping with the penalty range ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-established by the Discipline Committee in similar cases. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-[26] Moreover, College Counsel submitted that, the Member’s prior history set out at ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-paragraph 13 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, is not a prior finding of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf:the Discipline Committee. The evidence with respect to sexual harassment of a colleague ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-is not relevant to the current matter. But rather, the fact that prior direction was given to ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-the Member with respect to unprofessional behaviour with students is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-current matter. College Counsel submitted that the panel should have regard to the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-Member’s prior history but should not overweight this evidence. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-shared some similarities with the case before the Majority, but most differed in important ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-aspects, leaving the Member’s case a relatively unique one. The cases provided (except ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf:for Chiandussi and Parkin, which are sexual abuse cases) show some level of dishonesty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-or inappropriate posting of a picture of the back of a student’s head on social media (e.g., ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-Drakes) by a member. However, none of the cases provided demonstrate any of the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-unique features of the Member’s case such as the alteration of students’ photographs, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-which made students’ feel “threatened” or “freaked out” and the use of a false name by ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-members to communicate with students ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-(2) The Aggravating and Mitigating Factors ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-[32] The Majority carefully weighed the aggravating and mitigating circumstances of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-this case, as these factors inform the appropriate penalty and, ultimately, the public ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-interest test for accepting or rejecting a joint submission. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-[33] There are many aggravating factors in the Member’s case, including: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 1) The repeated nature of the Member’s misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 2) The fact that he engaged in similar misconduct after having previously ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- received Board discipline and having been cautioned by the Investigation ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- Committee of the College for violating professional boundaries with ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- students; ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 3) The Member’s repeated defiance of the principal’s various reasonable ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- directions prohibiting him from communicating with students on social ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- media, having any involvement with student photos, and participating in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- production of the Yearbook. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 4) The Member’s surreptitious and deceptive behaviour such as creating a ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- false identity on Facebook to communicate with Student 2, and the fact that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- he encouraged Student 2 to lie. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 5) The Member’s conduct caused emotional harm to the students, in that they ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- felt “freaked out”, “uncomfortable” and “threatened”. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 6) The Member’s apparent fixation with students’ photographs (even though ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf: no sexual abuse was alleged) was concerning to the Majority. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-[34] In terms of mitigating factors, the Member admitted his misconduct, saving the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-time and expense of a contested hearing and has not been the subject of College ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-discipline in the past. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-(3) The Majority accepts the Joint Submission on Penalty ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-[35] As emphasised by College Counsel, the Panel must give joint submissions a high ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-degree of deference. The Majority recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-to make the order requested, the law confines the Panel’s role to determining whether the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. In ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-Anthony-Cook, at para. 34, the Supreme Court of Canada explained the public interest ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-test in the following manner: ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- …[A] joint submission should not be rejected lightly […]. Rejection denotes ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- a submission so unhinged from the circumstances of the offence and the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- offender that its acceptance would lead reasonable and informed persons, ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- aware of all the relevant circumstances, including the importance of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- promoting certainty in resolution discussions, to believe that the proper ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- functioning of the justice system had broken down. This is an undeniably ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- high threshold — and for good reason… ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-prior decisions provided by the College were not analogous to the conduct at issue in the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-present case. None of the cases provided involved a member repeatedly altering ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-photographs of students in a manner that left them feeling “threatened” and “freaked out” ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- 2021 ONOCT 99 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-or contacting a student under a false identity on social media. Cases such as Chiandussi ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-and Parkin, where the members have used pseudonyms (and so can be said to bear ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf:some similarity to using a false identity), also involved findings of sexual abuse. In those ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf:cases, the members’ certificates were revoked. Because of the sexual abuse findings ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-these cases were not helpful either in showing the range of penalty outcomes. As such, I ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-am not satisfied that the cases provided by the College demonstrate that a three-month ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-suspension falls within a range of reasonable outcomes. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-[43] Secondly, I find that a three-month suspension is unduly lenient and does not ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-accurately reflect the severity of the misconduct, bearing in mind the effect which the ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-Member’s actions had on students and his prior history. The Member has a history of ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf:sexual harassment, improper use of school computers, a prior board suspension, and an ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-Investigation Committee caution for similar misconduct. It is important to also note that ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-the Member has agreed that he manipulated photos of students in a manner that made ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-students feel “freaked out”, “uncomfortable” and “threatened”. He again altered student ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-photos in blatant defiance of the principal’s prior direction. Furthermore, the Member went ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-to the extent of using a false identity on social media to contact Student 2 and he was ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-going to buy enough Yearbooks to ensure that 100 would be sold. I find that the nature ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-and pattern of the Member’s conduct is particularly concerning and as such a 12-month ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf-suspension would have been appropriate in the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2021onoct99.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- COMITÉ DE DISCIPLINE DE ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- L’ORDRE DES ENSEIGNANTES ET DES ENSEIGNANTS DE L’ONTARIO ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- DÉCISION, MOTIFS ET ORDONNANCE ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- CONCERNANT la Loi de 1996 sur l’Ordre des enseignantes et des enseignants ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- de l’Ontario et le Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ET CONCERNANT l’instance disciplinaire introduite contre ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Darren Jeffrey Mansfield, membre de l’Ordre des enseignantes et ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- des enseignants de l’Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-ENTRE: ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- L’ORDRE DES ENSEIGNANTES ET DES ENSEIGNANTS DE L’ONTARIO ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- – et – ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- DARREN JEFFREY MANSFIELD (No DE MEMBRE : 479868) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-SOUS-COMITÉ : Jessica Saffran Reimers, EAO, présidente ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Anthony Jeethan, EAO ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Damienne Lebrun-Reid ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-DATE DE L’AUDIENCE : Le 21 avril 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Danielle Miller, représentant l’Ordre des enseignantes et des enseignants de l’Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Personne n’a comparu pour Darren Jeffrey Mansfield ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Renée Kopp, avocate indépendante ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-ORDONNANCE DE NON-PUBLICATION : Conformément aux paragraphes 32.1 (3) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- et (4) de la Loi de 1996 sur l’Ordre des enseignantes et des enseignants de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- l’Ontario, nul ne doit publier l’identité d’une personne de moins de 18 ans, ni ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- aucun renseignement susceptible de révéler son identité, si la personne ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- témoigne à une audience ou fait l’objet d’éléments de preuve à une audience ou ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- si elle est la présumée victime de mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:d’inconduite sexuelle ou d’un acte interdit impliquant de la pornographie juvénile. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Conformément à la règle 8.01 des Règles de procédure du comité de discipline et du ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-comité d’aptitude professionnelle, l’instance s’est tenue par voie électronique devant un ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-sous-comité de discipline (le «sous-comité») de l’Ordre des enseignantes et des ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-enseignants de l’Ontario (l’«Ordre») le 21 avril 2022. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Darren Jeffrey Mansfield n’était pas présent à l’audience et n’était pas représenté par un ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-avocat. On a informé le sous-comité au début de l’audience que les parties avaient conclu ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-une entente concernant l’audience. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-A. ORDONNANCE DE NON-PUBLICATION ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Le sous-comité a rendu une ordonnance de non-publication conformément au ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-paragraphe 32.1 (3) de la Loi de 1996 sur l’Ordre des enseignantes et des enseignants ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-de l’Ontario (la «Loi»), qui rend une telle ordonnance obligatoire. Ainsi, nul ne doit publier ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-l’identité d’une personne de moins de 18 ans, ni aucun renseignement susceptible de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-révéler son identité, si la personne témoigne à une audience ou fait l’objet d’éléments de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-preuve à une audience. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Conformément au paragraphe 32.1 (4) de la Loi, une ordonnance de non-publication a ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-aussi été rendue à la demande de l’avocate de l’Ordre au nom de l’Élève 1, présumée ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:victime de mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel. Ainsi, nul ne doit publier l’identité de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-l’Élève 1, ni aucun renseignement susceptible de révéler son identité. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-B. LES ALLÉGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Les allégations formulées contre M. Mansfield dans l’avis d’audience daté du ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-11 janvier 2022 (pièce 1) sont les suivantes : ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- IL EST ALLÉGUÉ que Darren Jeffrey Mansfield a commis une faute ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- professionnelle au sens de la Loi, en ce qu’il : ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (a) a infligé à un ou plusieurs élèves des mauvais traitements d’ordre ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- psychologique ou affectif, en contravention du paragraphe 1 (7.2) du ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (b) a infligé à un ou plusieurs élèves des mauvais traitements d’ordre ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf: sexuel, en contravention du paragraphe 1 (7.3) du Règlement de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- l’Ontario 437/97 et/ou au sens de l’article 1 de la Loi; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (c) a omis d’observer la Loi ou les règlements, ou les règlements ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- administratifs, plus particulièrement l’article 32 des règlements ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- administratifs, en contravention du paragraphe 1 (14) du Règlement ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- de l’Ontario 437/971; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (d) a omis d’observer la Loi sur l’éducation, Lois refondues de l’Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- de 1990, chapitre E.2, plus particulièrement le paragraphe 264 (1) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ou ses règlements d’application, en contravention du ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- paragraphe 1 (15) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (e) a commis des actes que les membres pourraient raisonnablement ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- juger honteux, déshonorants ou contraires aux devoirs de la ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- profession, compte tenu de l’ensemble des circonstances, en ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- contravention du paragraphe 1 (18) du Règlement de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- l’Ontario 437/97; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (f) a eu une conduite qui ne sied pas au statut de membre, en ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- contravention du paragraphe 1 (19) du Règlement de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- l’Ontario 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-C. ÉNONCÉ CONJOINT DES FAITS ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-L’avocate de l’Ordre a présenté au sous-comité l’Énoncé conjoint des faits et plaidoyer ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-de culpabilité (pièce 2) des parties, lequel prévoit ce qui suit : ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Darren Jeffrey Mansfield est membre de l’Ordre. Une copie des ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- renseignements figurant au tableau de l’Ordre (le «tableau») le concernant ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- est jointe (pièce A). ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-1 Le 20 janvier 2022, l’article 32 des règlements administratifs est devenu l’article 26. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- À toutes les époques pertinentes, M. Mansfield était au service de l’Halton ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- District School Board (le «conseil scolaire») en tant qu’enseignant [XXX] à ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- [XXX] School (l’«école»). ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Au cours de l’année scolaire 2015-2016, l’Élève 1, une fille de [XXX] ans, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- était en [XXX] année à l’école. M. Mansfield lui enseignait [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Au cours de l’année scolaire 2016-2017, l’Élève 2, une fille de [XXX] ans en ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- [XXX] année d’université, avait obtenu son diplôme d’études secondaires ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- en juin [XXX]. M. Mansfield lui avait enseigné [XXX] en [XXX] année. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Au cours de l’année scolaire 2017-2018, l’Élève 3, une fille de [XXX] ans en ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- [XXX] année d’université, avait obtenu son diplôme d’études secondaires ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- en juin [XXX]. M. Mansfield lui avait enseigné [XXX] en [XXX] et en ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- [XXX] année. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Au cours de l’année scolaire 2019-2020, l’Élève 4, une fille de [XXX] ans, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- était en [XXX] année à l’école. M. Mansfield lui enseignait [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Au cours de l’année scolaire 2020-2021, l’Élève 5, une fille de [XXX] ans, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- était en [XXX] année à l’école. M. Mansfield lui enseignait [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Élève 1 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Entre septembre 2015 et janvier 2016 ou vers cette période, M. Mansfield ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- et l’Élève 1 ont échangé de nombreux courriels portant sur le cours [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- En février 2016, alors que l’Élève 1 ne suivait plus le cours de M. Mansfield, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ils ont continué à s’envoyer des courriels et leurs conversations sont ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- devenues moins officielles. Du 16 février au 29 avril 2016 environ, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- M. Mansfield a échangé plus de 60 courriels avec l’Élève 1 au moyen de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- leur compte de courriel respectif attribué par le conseil scolaire ainsi que ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- des courriels envoyés à l’adresse électronique personnelle de l’Élève 1. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Leurs fréquentes communications se faisaient en dehors des heures de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- cours et comprenaient des conversations sur des sujets personnels. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Même s’il n’enseignait plus à l’Élève 1, M. Mansfield est demeuré ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- l’entraineur de l’équipe de jeu [XXX] de l’Élève 1 et l’a supervisée dans cette ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- activité [XXX] jus qu’à la fin de la [XXX] année. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- À un certain nombre d’occasions, entre mars et juin 2016 ou vers cette ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- période, M. Mansfield a rencontré l’Élève 1 seul en dehors des heures de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- cours, sur le terrain de l’école. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- À compter de mars 2016, et jusqu’à la fin de l’année scolaire, M. Mansfield ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- a amorcé une relation personnelle inappropriée avec l’Élève 1. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf: M. Mansfield a également commencé à manifester un intérêt sexuel envers ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- l’Élève 1. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- En ou vers mars 2016, M. Mansfield a donné à l’Élève 1 son numéro de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- téléphone cellulaire personnel et ils ont commencé à s’envoyer des textos ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- régulièrement. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- À une occasion, M. Mansfield a appelé l’Élève 1 et lui a demandé de venir ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- dans une salle de classe vide à l’école, puis il l’a serrée dans ses bras. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- M. Mansfield laissait régulièrement l’Élève 1 venir chez lui, où ils passaient ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- du temps ensemble, seuls. M. Mansfield servait parfois de l’alcool à ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- l’Élève 1, qui n’avait pas encore l’âge légal pour en consommer. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- À compter de juin 2016, alors que l’Élève 1 avait [XXX] ans et était encore ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf: une élève à l’école, M. Mansfield a entamé une relation de nature sexuelle ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf: avec elle. Il a eu une dizaine de rapports sexuels avec l’Élève 1, parfois ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- chez lui. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- L’Élève 1 a mis un terme à sa relation avec M. Mansfield lorsqu’elle [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- en septembre 2016. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- La relation inappropriée avec M. Mansfield a profondément marqué ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- l’Élève 1. Dans leur dernier échange, elle a dit à M. Mansfield qu’il avait ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- «ruiné sa vie». ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Élève 2 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Après que l’Élève 2 eut obtenu son diplôme d’études secondaires en ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- juin [XXX], et pendant qu’elle était en [XXX] année d’université, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- M. Mansfield a communiqué inopinément avec elle en novembre 2016, par ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- l’entremise du compte Twitter de l’élève. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- M. Mansfield a commencé à parler de ses problèmes personnels avec ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- l’Élève 2, et notamment des répercussions de la fin de sa plus récente ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- relation amoureuse. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- L’Élève 2 ne comprenait pas pourquoi M. Mansfield avait communiqué ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- avec elle. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- M. Mansfield a demandé à l’Élève 2 de lui donner son numéro de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- téléphone, mais elle a refusé. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Dans ses communications avec l’Élève 2, M. Mansfield a notamment : ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (a) confié à l’élève qu’il «éprouvait des difficultés»; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (b) dit à l’élève qu’il était «un peu ivre» et qu’il devenait flirteur quand il ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- buvait; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Dans ses textos à l’Élève 5, M. Mansfield, entre autres : ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-(a) lui a parlé d’une relation qu’il avait entretenue auparavant avec une ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- femme; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-(b) lui a envoyé une photo de lui alors qu’il était enfant; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-(c) lui a dit qu’il l’admirait et la respectait, et estimait qu’ils avaient le ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- même niveau de maturité; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-(d) lui a dit qu’elle avait une personnalité attachante et qu’il ne pouvait ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- pas imaginer que quelqu’un pourrait ne pas l’aimer; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-(e) lui a dit qu’il était prêt à faire presque n’importe quoi pour elle et qu’il ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- serait attaché à elle pour toujours; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-(f) lui a demandé de l’appeler par son prénom; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-(g) lui a dit que les choses seraient différentes entre eux lorsqu’elle ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- aurait obtenu son diplôme; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-(h) lui a posé des questions au sujet de ses relations avec des élèves ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf: de sexe masculin; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-(i) lui a fait part de son inquiétude que sa mère découvre qu’ils ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- échangeaient des textos si elle voyait son nom dans la liste de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ses contacts. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Dans ses conversations avec l’Élève 5, M. Mansfield a aussi parlé ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-négativement d’autres élèves, que les deux connaissaient. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-L’Élève 5 croyait que M. Mansfield avait des intentions romantiques envers ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-elle, mais elle se sentait obligée de continuer d’échanger des textos avec ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-lui parce qu’il était son enseignant et que les notes qu’elle recevrait dans ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-son cours pourraient influer sur son admission à [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-En ou vers janvier 2021, l’Élève 5 a rencontré M. Mansfield seule à deux ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-reprises, après les heures de cours, sur le terrain de l’école. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Le 18 janvier 2021, M. Mansfield a envoyé un texto à l’Élève 5 pour lui ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-demander si elle passerait le prendre chez lui pour le conduire chez ses ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-parents et le ramener après sa visite pour qu’il puisse boire de l’alcool chez ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-ses parents. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-L’Élève 5 a accepté de le faire et, dans la soirée du 18 janvier 2021, elle a ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-conduit M. Mansfield chez ses parents et l’a ramené chez lui; ils étaient ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-seuls dans son véhicule à elle. M. Mansfield a demandé à l’Élève 5 de le ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- laisser à quelques maisons de la résidence de ses parents pour éviter qu’ils ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- lui posent des questions. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- L’Élève 5 a dévoilé à sa mère la nature de sa relation avec M. Mansfield et, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- le 19 janvier 2021, l’Élève 5 et sa mère en ont parlé à la direction de l’école. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- M. Mansfield a été mis en congé administratif en attendant l’issue de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- l’enquête du conseil scolaire. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- La Société d’aide à l’enfance d’Halton a mené sa propre enquête et ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- confirmé qu’il y avait un risque que M. Mansfield inflige des mauvais ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf: traitements d’ordre sexuel à des enfants. Une copie de la lettre de la SAE ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- d’Halton, datée du 26 mars 2021, est jointe (pièce C). ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Le conseil scolaire a décidé de congédier M. Mansfield pour un motif ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- valable. Toutefois, avant que la réunion n’ait lieu pour prendre les mesures ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- prévues, M. Mansfield a donné sa démission au conseil scolaire en date du ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 19 avril 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- L’Ordre a approuvé une recommandation professionnelle sur la faute ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- professionnelle liée à l’utilisation des moyens de communication ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- électroniques et des médias sociaux le 23 février 2011 et une version ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- révisée le 27 septembre 2017. Des copies de ces recommandations ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- professionnelles sont jointes (pièces D et E respectivement). M. Mansfield ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- a eu une conduite qui ne cadrait pas avec ces recommandations. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- L’Ordre a approuvé une recommandation professionnelle sur les mauvais ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf: traitements d’ordre sexuel et l’inconduite sexuelle le 27 septembre 2002, et ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- une version révisée le 27 septembre 2019. Des copies de ces ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- recommandations professionnelles sont jointes (pièces F et G ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- respectivement). M. Mansfield a eu une conduite qui ne cadrait pas avec ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ces recommandations. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-PLAIDOYER DE CULPABILITÉ ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Par la présente, M. Mansfield admet la véracité des faits et pièces ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- mentionnés aux paragraphes ci-dessus (les «Faits Admis»). ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Par la présente, M. Mansfield reconnait que les Faits Admis constituent une ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- faute professionnelle et admet avoir commis la faute professionnelle qu’on ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- lui reproche, pour avoir enfreint les paragraphes 1 (7.2), (7.3), (14), (15), ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (18) et (19) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97. Il reconnait également que ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf: la conduite alléguée constitue des mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel tels ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- que définis à l’article 1 de la Loi. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Par la présente, M. Mansfield déclare ce qui suit : ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (a) il comprend pleinement la nature des allégations pesant contre lui; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (b) il comprend qu’en signant le présent document, il consent à ce que ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- la preuve dans les Faits Admis soit présentée au comité de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- discipline; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (c) il comprend qu’en plaidant coupable, il renonce à son droit d’exiger ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- que l’Ordre prouve le bienfondé de la cause contre lui et à son droit ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- à une audience; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (d) il comprend que la décision et les motifs du comité de discipline ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- seront publiés sur le site web de l’Ordre et qu’un résumé de la ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- décision et des motifs du comité de discipline, y compris son nom, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- sera publié dans la publication officielle de l’Ordre; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (e) il comprend que toute entente intervenue entre lui et l’avocate de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- l’Ordre concernant la sanction proposée ne lie pas le comité de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- discipline; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- (f) il signe l’Énoncé conjoint des faits et plaidoyer de culpabilité de son ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- plein gré, sans équivoque et après avoir eu l’occasion de recevoir ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- des conseils juridiques. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Compte tenu des Faits Admis, des circonstances et du plaidoyer de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- culpabilité, l’Ordre et M. Mansfield demandent au comité de discipline de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- tirer une conclusion de faute professionnelle. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-D. DÉCISION ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Ayant examiné l’Énoncé conjoint des faits et plaidoyer de culpabilité ainsi que les ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-observations de l’avocate de l’Ordre, le sous-comité a rendu une décision orale le ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-21 avril 2022 dans laquelle il déclare que M. Mansfield a commis la faute professionnelle ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-telle qu’alléguée, en contravention des paragraphes 1 (7.2), (7.3), (14), (15), (18) et (19) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97. M. Mansfield a également infligé des mauvais ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:traitements d’ordre sexuel à une élève au sens de l’article 1 de la Loi. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-E. MOTIFS DE LA DÉCISION ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-M. Mansfield a admis la véracité des faits et pièces mentionnés aux paragraphes 1 à 51 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-de l’Énoncé conjoint des faits et plaidoyer de culpabilité et des allégations de faute ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-professionnelle pesant contre lui. Il a reconnu, et le sous-comité convient, que les Faits ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Admis constituent une faute professionnelle conformément aux allégations ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-susmentionnées. Les Faits Admis démontrent que M. Mansfield a adopté des ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-comportements inappropriés envers l’Élève 1, l’Élève 2, l’Élève 3, l’Élève 4 et l’Élève 5. Il ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:a notamment eu des rapports sexuels avec l’Élève 1 à de nombreuses occasions. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Le sous-comité remarque qu’une bonne partie des Faits Admis se rapportent à sa ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-conduite envers l’Élève 2, l’Élève 3 et l’Élève 4 après qu’elles eurent obtenu leur diplôme ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-d’études secondaires. Il ne tient pas compte de ces éléments de preuve pour conclure ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:que des mauvais traitements d’ordre psychologique, affectif ou sexuel ont été infligés à ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-des élèves. Les conclusions du sous-comité liées aux paragraphes 1 (7.2) et (7.3) du ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 reposent uniquement sur la preuve touchant les élèves ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-avant la fin de leurs études secondaires. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Cependant, le sous-comité conclut que la conduite de M. Mansfield à l’égard de l’Élève 2, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-de l’Élève 3 et de l’Élève 4 (y compris après que ces élèves eurent obtenu leur diplôme) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-étayent ses conclusions sur les autres allégations de faute professionnelle qui ne portent ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-pas précisément sur des mauvais traitements infligés à des «élèves» [c.-à-d., les ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-allégations selon lesquelles M. Mansfield aurait enfreint les paragraphes 1 (14), (15), (18) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-et (19) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97]. M. Mansfield a abusé de la confiance de ces ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-élèves et du pouvoir qu’il exerçait sur elles, [XXX] après qu’elles eurent obtenu leur ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-diplôme d’études secondaires, et il a eu des communications personnelles non désirées ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-avec elles. Ce faisant, M. Mansfield n’a pas agi dans l’intérêt supérieur de ses anciennes ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-élèves [XXX] diplômées. L’influence d’un enseignant sur des élèves ne prend pas fin dès ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-que les élèves obtiennent leur diplôme. Le fait que M. Mansfield a abusé de façon répétée ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-de sa position de confiance pour tisser des liens personnels inappropriés avec ces élèves ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-qui étaient sur le point d’obtenir leur diplôme d’études secondaires, et a continué d’avoir ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-des communications inappropriées avec ces anciennes élèves [XXX] après qu’elles ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-eurent terminé leurs études secondaires préoccupe grandement le sous-comité. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-L’Élève 2, l’Élève 3 et l’Élève 4 ont qualifié les communications que M. Mansfield a eues ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-avec elles de troublantes, de flirteuses, d’agressives et de sinistres. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-M. Mansfield a infligé des mauvais traitements d’ordre psychologique ou affectif à des ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-élèves, en contravention du paragraphe 1 (7.2) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97. Les ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Faits Admis démontrent que le comportement de M. Mansfield a causé des torts ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-psychologiques ou affectifs à l’Élève 1 et à l’Élève 5. De septembre 2015 à juin 2016, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-alors que l’Élève 1 fréquentait encore l’école, M. Mansfield l’a manipulée et a fini par avoir ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:des rapports sexuels avec elle de nombreuses fois. Ces gestes de M. Mansfield ont eu ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-des effets psychologiques négatifs sur l’Élève 1. Dans leur dernier échange, l’Élève 1 a ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-dit à M. Mansfield qu’il avait «ruiné sa vie». En ce qui concerne l’Élève 5, qui était une ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-élève de M. Mansfield pendant l’année scolaire 2020-2021, M. Mansfield a établi une ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-relation personnelle inappropriée avec elle. Il a notamment échangé des centaines de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-textos personnels avec l’Élève 5, dont certains très tard dans la nuit, et lui a fait part de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-sentiments qu’il avait à son égard; il a fait des commentaires qui laissaient entendre à ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-l’Élève 5 qu’il avait des intentions romantiques à son égard; et il l’a rencontrée en dehors ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-des heures de cours, à l’école et ailleurs. L’Élève 5 se sentait obligée de continuer ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-d’échanger des textos avec M. Mansfield parce qu’il était son enseignant et que les notes ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-qu’il lui donnerait pourraient exercer une influence sur son admission à [XXX]. Il était ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-totalement inapproprié pour M. Mansfield, qui occupait une position de confiance et ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-d’autorité vis-à-vis de ces élèves, de transgresser ainsi les limites. Le sous-comité conclut ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-donc que par sa conduite inappropriée décrite ci-dessus, M. Mansfield a infligé à des ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-élèves des mauvais traitements d’ordre psychologique ou affectif. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:M. Mansfield a infligé des mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel à une élève, en ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-contravention du paragraphe 1 (7.3) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 et au sens de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-l’article 1 de la Loi. Selon les Faits Admis, M. Mansfield a eu une relation personnelle ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-inappropriée avec l’Élève 1 à partir de septembre 2015. Il avait avec elle de fréquentes ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-communications de nature personnelle, il l’a rencontrée seul en dehors des heures de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:cours et a manifesté un intérêt sexuel envers elle. Bref, M. Mansfield a eu un ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-comportement de pédopiégeage à l’égard de l’Élève 1. Puis, en juin 2016, alors que ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:l’Élève 1 fréquentait encore l’école, M. Mansfield a eu des rapports sexuels avec elle une ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-dizaine de fois, entre autres chez lui. De toute évidence, il a infligé des mauvais ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:traitements d’ordre sexuel à une élève au sens de l’article 1 de la Loi et du ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-paragraphe 1 (7.3) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Le sous-comité conclut que M. Mansfield a contrevenu au paragraphe 1 (14) du ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 pour avoir enfreint les règlements administratifs de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-l’Ordre, lesquels énoncent les normes d’exercice et de déontologie de la profession ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-enseignante. La conduite de M. Mansfield, qui comprenait des mauvais traitements ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:d’ordre sexuel infligés à une élève et des communications inappropriées et répétées avec ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-des élèves ayant débuté lorsque celles-ci fréquentaient encore l’école secondaire et ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-s’étant poursuivies [XXX] après qu’elles eurent obtenu leur diplôme, n’était ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-manifestement pas conforme aux normes de déontologie de la profession enseignante. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Les membres doivent exprimer leur engagement à l’égard du bienêtre et de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-l’apprentissage des élèves («empathie»). Ils doivent aussi honorer la dignité humaine, le ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-bienêtre affectif et le développement cognitif («respect»). En outre, ils doivent faire preuve ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-d’honnêteté, de fiabilité et de conduite morale («intégrité»). De plus, les relations des ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-membres avec les élèves, les parents et le public sont fondées sur la confiance ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-(«confiance»). M. Mansfield a enfreint chacune de ces normes de déontologie, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-particulièrement pour ce qui est du respect envers l’Élève 1, à qui il a infligé des mauvais ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:traitements d’ordre sexuel. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-M. Mansfield a enfreint le paragraphe 1 (15) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97 en ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-omettant d’observer le paragraphe 264 (1) de la Loi sur l’éducation, lequel énonce les ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-fonctions de l’enseignant. L’alinéa 264 (1) c) prévoit que l’enseignant doit «inculquer, par ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-les préceptes et l’exemple, […] la plus haute considération pour la vérité, la justice, la ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-loyauté, le patriotisme, l’humanité, la bienveillance, la sobriété, le zèle, la frugalité, la ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-pureté, la modération et toutes les autres vertus». Bref, on s’attend à ce que les ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-enseignantes et enseignants affichent des valeurs morales et montrent le bon exemple, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-y compris à l’extérieur de la salle de classe. En ayant à maintes reprises des rapports ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:sexuels avec l’Élève 1, ce qui est immoral et répugnant pour un enseignant qui occupe ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-une position de confiance et d’autorité, et en omettant de façon répétée de respecter des ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-limites professionnelles appropriées avec plusieurs autres élèves, un comportement qui ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-a été décrit comme sinistre, bizarre, flirteur et troublant, M. Mansfield a agi de façon ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-immorale et a donné un mauvais exemple aux élèves. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-M. Mansfield a commis des actes que les membres pourraient raisonnablement juger ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-honteux, déshonorants ou contraires aux devoirs de la profession, en contravention du ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-paragraphe 1 (18) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97. Les enseignants sont censés être ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-des membres respectés de la société, assurer la sécurité et le bienêtre des élèves, et ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-maintenir des limites professionnelles appropriées avec eux. Il était inacceptable pour ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:M. Mansfield de manipuler l’Élève 1 et d’avoir des rapports sexuels avec elle, ainsi que ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-d’avoir une série de communications personnelles tout à fait inappropriées avec plusieurs ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-autres élèves, notamment en leur envoyant des textos alors qu’il était ivre et en offrant ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-d’acheter de l’alcool à une ancienne élève qui n’avait pas l’âge légal pour en consommer. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Ces élèves ont cessé de communiquer avec M. Mansfield, certaines d’entre elles ayant ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-trouvé son comportement étrange, troublant, manipulateur et trop agressif. La profession ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-enseignante ne tolère pas un comportement aussi répréhensible. Le comportement de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-M. Mansfield témoigne de graves fautes morales et professionnelles, qui remettent en ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-question sa capacité à exercer la profession dans l’intérêt supérieur des élèves et de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-manière éthique. Le comportement de M. Mansfield peut donc être qualifié de honteux, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-de déshonorant et de contraire aux devoirs de la profession. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-La conduite de M. Mansfield telle que décrite ci-dessus ne sied pas au statut de membre, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-en contravention du paragraphe 1 (19) du Règlement de l’Ontario 437/97. En ayant une ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:relation sexuelle avec son élève et en adoptant une conduite inappropriée et inquiétante ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-à l’égard de quatre autres jeunes personnes, M. Mansfield a miné la confiance que le ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-public accorde à la profession enseignante et terni la réputation de la profession dans ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-son ensemble. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-F. DÉCISION SUR LA SANCTION ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Les parties se sont entendues sur un Énoncé conjoint sur la sanction (pièce 3) et l’ont ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-présenté au sous-comité. Dans une décision orale rendue le 21 avril 2022, le sous-comité ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-a accepté l’Énoncé conjoint sur la sanction et rendu l’ordonnance suivante : ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Le sous-comité enjoint au registraire de révoquer immédiatement le ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- certificat de qualification et d’inscription de M. Mansfield. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- Le sous-comité exige que M. Mansfield reçoive une réprimande écrite, et ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ce fait doit être consigné au tableau. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-G. MOTIFS DE LA DÉCISION SUR LA SANCTION ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-La faute professionnelle de M. Mansfield consistait en ou comprenait des mauvais ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:traitements d’ordre sexuel infligés à une élève, au sens du paragraphe 30.2 (2) de la Loi. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Compte tenu de ce constat, le paragraphe 30.2 (1) de la Loi prévoit que le sous-comité ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-doit rendre une ordonnance : 1) exigeant que le membre reçoive une réprimande de la ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-part du sous-comité; et 2) enjoignant au registraire de révoquer le certificat de ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-qualification et d’inscription du membre. Le sous-comité rend ces deux ordonnances et ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-souligne que ces sanctions obligatoires s’appliquent rétrospectivement en l’espèce ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-conformément à l’article 63.2 de la Loi2. Pour ce qui est de la forme de la réprimande, le ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-sous-comité conclut qu’une réprimande écrite est appropriée compte tenu de l’Énoncé ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-conjoint sur la sanction des parties. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Le sous-comité reconnait qu’il pourrait aussi ordonner le paiement de frais ou infliger une ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-amende conformément au paragraphe 30 (5), mais remarque que les parties demandent ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-conjointement de limiter son ordonnance à la sanction obligatoire mentionnée ci-dessus. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Le sous-comité conclut donc qu’il est raisonnable de ne pas rendre ces ordonnances ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-supplémentaires compte tenu du plaidoyer de culpabilité de M. Mansfield et de l’Énoncé ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-2 Même si ces sanctions obligatoires n’étaient pas en vigueur au moment où M. Mansfield a infligé des ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel à l’Élève 1 (c.-à-d., entre septembre 2015 et septembre 2016), ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-l’article 63.2 de la Loi prévoit que les dispositions relatives à la sanction obligatoire énoncées à l’article 30.2 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:s’appliquent rétroactivement lorsque les mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel sont survenus avant le ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-3 avril 2019 et qu’aucune ordonnance n’a été rendue en vertu du paragraphe 30 (4) de la Loi avant cette ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-date. Dans la présente affaire, ces conditions sont respectées. Par conséquent, le sous-comité doit ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-appliquer les dispositions relatives à la sanction obligatoire énoncées à l’article 30.2 de la Loi. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-conjoint sur la sanction, en particulier compte tenu du seuil élevé à atteindre pour pouvoir ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-rejeter un tel énoncé. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- 2022 CanLII 45240 (ON OCT) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Le sous-comité remarque également que, conformément au paragraphe 33 (1.1) de la ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-Loi, M. Mansfield ne pourra pas demander la remise en vigueur de son certificat vu la ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf:gravité de sa faute professionnelle. M. Mansfield a eu des rapports sexuels avec une ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-élève. Les membres qui commettent une faute professionnelle aussi répréhensible ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-renoncent à jamais au privilège de faire partie de la profession enseignante3. Cette ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-sanction sévère est dans l’intérêt public, car elle contribue à assurer la sécurité des élèves ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-et à maintenir les normes élevées de la profession enseignante. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-3 Le paragraphe 33 (1.1) est assujetti à des exceptions restreintes énoncées aux paragraphes 33 (4.2) et ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf-(4.3), lesquelles ne s’appliquent pas à la présente affaire. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Kissner 2022 ONOCT 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Date: 2022-01-10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Robert Bruce Kissner, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ROBERT BRUCE KISSNER (REGISTRATION #390830) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-PANEL: Rebecca Forte, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Lois Figg ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Pauline Smart ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-HEARD: December 15, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Zirka Jakibchuk, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Kenneth Marley, for Robert Bruce Kissner ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- By order of Justice Hebner of the Superior Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-“Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on December 15, 2021, in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Robert Bruce Kissner (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:and Student 5, who were allegedly sexually abused. Accordingly, no person shall publish ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-the identities of, or any information that could disclose the identities of Student 1, Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-2, Student 3, Student 4, and Student 5. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-The Panel also received a certified copy of the transcript of the Reasons for Judgment ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-from the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice Hebner dated April 16, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(Exhibit 2 at Appendix C). In these proceedings before the Superior Court of Justice, an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-order restricting publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(Canada). The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated May 22, 2020 (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Robert Bruce Kissner is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- or students as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-1 Paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing refers to provisions of the Act and Ontario Regulation 437/97 as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-previously enacted. Subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 was amended to its current form on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-May 5, 2008. Section 40(1.1) of the Act was repealed on December 5, 2016. The College can make ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-allegations under these provisions for acts occurring during the time these provisions were still in place. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (i) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Robert Bruce Kissner was a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- The Member has no previous disciplinary history with the College. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- From 1984 to 1995, the Member worked as a full-time teacher at the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (the “School”), a private school in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- The Member also served as a [XXX] with the [XXX], starting in 1975. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Member continued to serve with the [XXX] in various volunteer roles until ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- January 1995, when he left his employment at the School and was hired as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- The Member served as [XXX] until December 2016, when he was arrested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- and subsequently placed on leave. He retired from his role as [XXX] in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- March 2017. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- At all material times Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old male Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- student doing a co-op placement with the [XXX]. In or around December ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2016, Student 1 alleged that the Member had touched him in an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf: inappropriate and sexual fashion. During the subsequent police ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- genitals over his swim trunks. After Student 1 and the Member left ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- the hot tub and got changed, the Member grabbed Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- buttocks over his clothes. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(c) Between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2003, on approximately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- eight occasions at the Member’s home, the Member massaged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Student 3’s shoulders, back, buttocks and chest, culminating in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Member masturbating Student 3; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(d) Between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2003, on one occasion ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- after giving Student 3 a massage, the Member was naked and asked ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Student 3 for reciprocation. Student 3 gave the Member a back ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- massage and grazed the Member’s penis; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(e) Between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2003, on one occasion ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- when Student 3 was staying at the Member’s home overnight, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Student 3 awoke to find the Member’s hand rubbing Student 3’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- penis; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(f) Between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2003, on one occasion, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- the Member gave Student 3 an empty film container and told him to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- try to fill it with ejaculate; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(g) Between January 1, 2014 and September 10, 2015, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- groped Person 2’s genitals on many occasions, either while in a work ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- vehicle or in Person 2’s office at the [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(h) On approximately a dozen occasions between June 1, 2015 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- October 31, 2016, the Member gave massages to Student 5 while ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- the latter was in various stages of undress at the Member’s home, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- making contact with Student 5’s back, legs, shoulders, arms and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- genitals over the top of and underneath Student 5’s shorts; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(i) On one occasion between June 1, 2015 and October 31, 2016, while ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Student 5 was driving a [XXX] vehicle, the Member put his hand on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Student 5’s lap and touched Student 5’s penis over the top of his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- pants. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-On April 16, 2019, the Member was found guilty of: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:(a) Two counts of sexual assault of Student 1, contrary to s. 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf: Criminal Code (Canada), and two counts of sexual exploitation of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Student 1, contrary to s. 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:(b) One count of sexual exploitation of Student 3, contrary to s. 153(1)(a) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- of the Criminal Code (Canada); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf: (c) Two counts of sexual assault of Person 2, contrary to s. 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada); and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf: (d) One count of sexual assault of Student 5, contrary to s. 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf: Criminal Code (Canada), and one count of sexual exploitation of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Student 5, contrary to s. 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- The Member was found not guilty of the other charges against him. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- On August 22, 2019, the Member was sentenced to a five-year custodial ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- sentence and was made subject to several ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified true copies of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- court documents pertaining to this matter, namely the indictment and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- endorsement setting out the Member’s convictions. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified of transcript of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- the Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable Madam Justice Hebner of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Ontario Superior Court of Justice, dated April 16, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Madam Justice Hebner of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Ontario Superior Court of Justice, dated August 22, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Appeal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- The Member filed an appeal of his convictions and sentence with the Court ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- of Appeal for Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- On October 23, 2020, the Member’s appeal was heard by the Court of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Appeal for Ontario. The Member abandoned his conviction appeal and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- sought leave to appeal his sentence. The Court granted the Member leave ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- to appeal his sentence but ultimately dismissed the appeal. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a copy of the Court of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Appeal for Ontario’s decision dismissing the Member’s appeal, dated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- October 27, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- The Member acknowledges that his conduct fell below the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- teaching profession. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- of the College’s Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-23 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that paragraphs 6 to 14 and 16 to 19 of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- the Admitted Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 1(5), 1(7) (pre-2008)2, 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf: conduct which is sexual abuse of a student as defined in sections 1 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 40(1.1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- counsel or the opportunity to have obtained legal advice. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-2 Amended on consent by the parties, on the record, during the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision December 15, 2021 finding that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) (as worded prior to May 5, 2008), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-of a student as defined in sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 23 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that on numerous occasions, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:touched Student 1, Student 3, Student 5, and Person 2 in a sexual manner. He was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:ultimately criminally convicted on April 16, 2019 of several counts of sexual assault and/or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:sexual exploitation against these persons. The Member filed an appeal of his convictions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-and sentence but ultimately abandoned the appeal of his convictions. The Ontario Court ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-of Appeal heard and dismissed the Member’s appeal of his sentence. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(1) Paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing – Subsection 1(5) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member sexually abused ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:Student 1, Student 3, and Student 5. The Member also sexually assaulted Person 2. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Sexual offenses, and especially those committed against students, are reprehensible. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Misconduct of this nature is so notorious that expert evidence of the standard is not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-required to prove the breach of professional standards.3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-College Counsel stated the Member’s misconduct breached the Ethical Standards for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Teaching Profession outlined in section 32.02 of the College’s by-laws, and that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Member acknowledged his conduct fell below the standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:The Panel wholly agrees that the Member’s sexual assault of Student 1, Student 5, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:Person 2, and sexual exploitation of Student 1, Student 3, and Student 5 are acts that are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-so egregious and offside what is acceptable for Member’s of the profession, that it is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-apparent that the Member breached the standards of the profession, including all of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-ethical standards (Care, Respect, Trust and Integrity) set out in the Colleges’ by-laws. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(2) Paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing – Subsection 1(7) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing contains allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-in accordance with provisions of the Act and Ontario Regulation 437/97 that are now ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-repealed. Specifically, it refers to section 40(1.1) of the Act and a previous version of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, neither of which are in effect today. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-From the time Ontario Regulation 437/97 was enacted, until May 5, 2008, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 referred to any or all of the following forms of abuse ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-committed by a member against a student: verbal, physical, psychological or emotional, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-3 Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 established that the College should generally ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-present expert evidence on the standards of the profession, unless the conduct is so notorious and so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-manifestly contrary to the standards that expert evidence is not required. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:and sexual. These are now distinct heads of professional misconduct in Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Regulation 437/97, as set out in subsections 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), and 1(7.3) respectively. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-The Panel can make findings of professional misconduct, contrary to (then) subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, as alleged in paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-for acts of abuse that occurred before May 5, 2008. In other words, the allegation set out ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-in paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing only applies to the Member’s conduct with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-respect to Student 3, which occurred between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2003. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:The Member sexually abused Student 3 between January 1, 2001 and December 31, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-2003, contrary to subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in sections ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-1 and 40(1.1) of the Act as they were enacted at the material time. During that time, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Member invited Student 3 to his home and inappropriately touched Student 3 on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-numerous occasions. The Member massaged Student 3 on various parts of the body, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-including his shoulders, back, buttocks, chest, and masturbated Student 3. On one ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-occasion after giving Student 3 a massage, the Member was naked and asked Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-to reciprocate. On another occasion, the Member rubbed Student 3’s penis while he was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-sleeping at the Member’s home. On another occasion, the Member asked Student 3 to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:fill an empty film container with ejaculate. This conduct of a sexual nature clearly amounts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:to sexual abuse as defined in the Act at the material time. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-The Member also physically abused Student 3, contrary to subsection 1(7) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:Regulation 437/97, as enacted before May 2008. The Member’s massages and sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-touching of Student 3 violated physical boundaries that should never be crossed with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:The Member’s sexual abuse of Student 3 also constitutes psychological or emotional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-abuse, contrary to section 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, as enacted before May ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-2008. During the Member’s prior criminal proceedings, Student 3 testified that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Member’s touching made him feel uncomfortable (Exhibit 2 at Appendix C). The Reasons ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-for Sentence (Exhibit 2 at Appendix D) also indicated that the student victims felt ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-helplessness at the time of the incidents, suffered losses to their confidence and self- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-esteem, and suffered heightened stress as a result of the Member’s actions. The trial ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-judge found that the Member’s conduct led Student 3 to suffer “serious psychological ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-harm”. The Panel therefore finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(3) Paragraph (c) of the Notice of Hearing – Subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-The Member physically abused Student 1 and Student 5, contrary to subsection 1(7.1) of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 as alleged in paragraph (c) of the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Member was responsible for the safety and physical well-being of Student 1 and Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:5. However, the Member’s massages and sexual touching of Student 1 and Student 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-violated their bodily integrity and crossed physical boundaries that should never be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-crossed with students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(4) Paragraph (d) of the Notice of Hearing – Subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-The Member’s psychologically and emotionally abused Student 1 and Student 5, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-to section 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, as alleged in paragraph (d) of the Notice ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-of Hearing. The Member’s heinous acts against Student 1 and Student 5 negatively ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-impacted their cognitive, emotional, psychological or social development. At the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Member’s prior criminal proceedings, Student 1 and Student 5 testified that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-touching made them feel uncomfortable (Exhibit 2 at Appendix C). Student 1 was said to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-have felt disgusted, emotional, speechless, and afraid to tell his parents what happened. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-He also sought help for [XXX]. The Reasons for Sentence (Exhibit 2 at Appendix D) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-indicate that Student 5 experienced shame, embarrassment, and extreme discomfort by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-the Member’s touching. The Reasons for Sentence also indicated that the student victims ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-felt helplessness at the time of the incidents. They suffered heightened stress, as well as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-loss of confidence and self-esteem. They withdrew from their relationships with friends ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-and families and missed school. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(5) Paragraph (e) of the Notice of Hearing – Subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:The Panel finds that the Member sexually abused Student 1 and Student 5, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of the Act, as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-alleged in paragraph (e) of the Notice of Hearing. In his prior criminal proceedings, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Member was found to have given over a dozen massages to Student 5, between June 1, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-2015 and October 31, 2016, while Student 5 was in various stages of undress. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Member touched Student 5’s back, legs, shoulders, arms, and genitals during these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-massages. On one occasion, the Member also touched Student 5’s penis, over the top of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-his pants, while Student 5 was driving a [XXX] vehicle. In December 2016, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-touched and/or rubbed Student 1’s thighs and genitals while watching a YouTube video ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-together at the [XXX]. The Member also invited Student 1 to his home and massaged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Student 1 while Student 1 was partially undressed, touching his shoulders, back, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-buttocks, chest, and genitals. The Member touched Student 1’s thighs and genitals, over ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-his swim trunks, while they were in a hot tub together and grabbed Student 1’s buttocks, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-over his clothes, after they left the hot tub and got changed. This repeated conduct of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:sexual nature constitutes sexual abuse as defined in section 1 of the Act and as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-contemplated in subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(6) Paragraph (f) of the Notice of Hearing – Subsection 1(15) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-The Member failed to comply with the duties of a teacher set out in section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Education Act, contrary to subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Education ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Act defines “teachers” as members of the College. Therefore, regardless of whether they ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-are teaching in the classroom or not, members of the College are expected to comply ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-with the duties set out in section 264(1) of the Education Act. Subsection 264(1)(c) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-requires members to, among other things, serve as positive role models and exemplify ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:various moral virtues. Sexual assault and sexual exploitation of persons, and especially ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-of students, is morally repugnant and clearly fails to model the values and virtues ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-contemplated in the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(7) Paragraphs (g) and (h) of the Notice of Hearing – Subsections 1(16) and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-The Member contravened subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-he has been found guilty of criminal offences that are relevant to his suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration and that have caused or may cause a student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-who is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at risk. The Member has ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-admitted and pled guilty to both heads of professional misconduct. The Panel accepts the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:Member’s plea. Sexual assault and sexual exploitation of children are reprehensible and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-cast serious doubt on a member’s ability to ensure the safety and well-being of students, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-especially in this case as the Member has repeatedly used his position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-authority to abuse and harm several students over the course of many years. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(8) Paragraph (i) of the Notice of Hearing – Subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-It is self-evident that the Member’s misconduct was disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-obviously be regarded as such by members of the profession. The Member clearly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-disregarded his responsibilities and duties to protect the well-being and safety of students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Sexual offences, especially those committed against children, are abhorrent and show ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-moral turpitude and depravity by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-(9) Paragraph (j) of the Notice of Hearing – Subsection 1(19) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-The Member’s actions were unbecoming a member of the College, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Teachers hold a unique position of trust and authority ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-in the classroom and their communities. Students’, parents’, and the public’s confidence ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-in the profession is eroded when members abuse their position of trust and authority and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:engage in sexual assault and sexual abuse, especially when students are involved. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was presented to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on December 15, 2021, the Panel accepted the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, by videoconference ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- immediately after the hearing,4 pursuant to section 30.2(1)(a) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, and the fact of the reprimand is to be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 10 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- pursuant to section 30.2(1)(c) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-students. Although the Member committed his misconduct between 2001-2016, when the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:subsection 30.2 mandatory penalty provisions that applied to the type of sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-committed by the Member were not yet in force, the College is required to apply the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-mandatory penalty provisions by virtue of the transitional provisions in section 63.2 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-Act. Section 63.2 of the Act provides that the mandatory provisions at section 30.2 apply ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:retrospectively in the case of professional misconduct that consists of or involves sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-abuse of a student that occurred before April 3, 2019 (the day that the relevant mandatory ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-penalty provisions came into force) so long as the Committee has not made an order ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-pursuant to subsection 30(4), in respect of the matter, before that date. These conditions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-are met in this case. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf:Section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that for findings of sexual abuse of students, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf-4 Amended on consent by the parties, on the record, during the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct10.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-[8] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-437/97 by contravening section 32 of the College By-Laws, which sets out the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-professional and ethical standards for the teaching profession. In particular, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-breached the ethical standard of “Respect”, which requires members to “honour human ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-dignity, emotional wellness and cognitive development.” The Member yelled and used ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-foul language towards his female administrators, in reaction to a change in his teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-assignment. Additionally, on multiple occasions, the Member made inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-comments about his female colleagues’ clothing, appearance, and bodies, and made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf:sexual remarks towards them. By doing so, the Member was disrespectful towards his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-administrators and colleagues. The Member’s disrespectful behaviour made two of his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-colleagues change their schedule and routine to limit their interactions with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-The Panel finds that by engaging in such conduct as described above, the Member also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-failed to foster a collaborative and supportive working environment. Disrespectful ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-behaviour has no place in a learning environment and falls below the ethical standards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-and standards of practice for the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, which sets out the duties of a teacher. Section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-264(1)(d) requires teachers to assist in developing cooperation and coordination of effort ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-among the members of the staff of the school. The Member’s repeated inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-remarks made toward his colleagues were demeaning and offensive and they would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-reasonably have contributed to a negative work environment, even though the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-colleagues did not ask him to stop at the time. Members of the teaching profession should ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf:not need to be told by their colleagues that comments of a sexual or otherwise offensive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-nature have no place in the school community. The Member’s repeated comments and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-his poor professional judgment demonstrate that he failed to comply with his duties set ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-out at section 264(1) of the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-[10] The Member’s conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It is unacceptable for teachers, who are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-expected to be upstanding members of the community and to maintain appropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf:professional boundaries with superiors and colleagues, to use profanity and make sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-comments towards them. The Member’s conduct was not a momentary lapse of judgment ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-as it spanned many years and involved several female superiors and co-workers. Such ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-conduct shows significant moral and professional failings by the Member. As a teacher, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-the Member was expected to behave honourably and professionally in the workplace. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-The Member did the opposite and as such his behaviour can be characterized as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-[11] Similarly, the Member’s conduct as described above was unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-teaching profession is eroded when members engage in disrespectful and offensive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-behaviour in a school environment. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-[12] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on January 25, 2022, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-[13] The Panel accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 13 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-law confines the Panel’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty falls within a range of acceptable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-outcomes, based on the following prior decisions of the Discipline Committee presented ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Fazl, 2019 ONOCT 2, Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-College of Teachers v. Phillips, 2019 ONOCT 74, and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-Bradley, 2019 ONOCT 731. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-[14] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-provided. The aggravating factors are as follows. First, the Member engaged in a pattern ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-of disrespectful behaviour over the course of several years. His misconduct was not an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf:isolated incident and involved a series of sexual and otherwise highly offensive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-comments. Finally, the Member’s misconduct was directed at several administrators and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-colleagues. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-[15] Member’s Counsel submitted that the lack of intent by the Member to cause his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-colleagues any discomfort and the fact that his colleagues did not tell him to stop his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-1 Member’s Counsel referred the Panel to the Divisional Court decision in Bradley v. Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-Teachers, 2021 ONSC 2303 (Div. Ct.). The Panel recognizes that although the Discipline Committee’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-decision in Bradley was successfully appealed for other reasons, the length of the suspension was not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-changed by the Divisional Court. Bradley helps to establish the appropriate length of suspension to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf-impose based on similar misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct13.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-subsection 1(7.2). He is not contesting that his inappropriate comments and remarks (as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-described above) to students undermined several students’ psychological and emotional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-integrity. Furthermore, he exchanged emails of an inappropriate and personal nature with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-Students 1 and 2, his former students, in which he was critical of the competency of some ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-students in his current class, which adversely affected Students 1 and 2. He also called ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf:Student 4 by an inappropriate, sexualized name (“[XXX] hot”), which adversely affected ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-Student 4. The Panel found that the Member’s inappropriate emails and his inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-comments and remarks to his students thus created an environment that was not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-conducive to students’ psychological or emotional well-being, a fact uncontested by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-[11] The Member failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-to the provisions of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). Subsection 264(1)a) of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-the Act includes the duty to teach diligently and faithfully the classes or subjects assigned ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-to the teacher. Subsection 264(1)c) requires members to act as a role model for students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-The Member failed to do so when he used a computer for personal purposes (such as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-real estate websites and sports videos) during teaching periods. When he was using the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-computer, he told students who came up to his desk to go back to their seats. His ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-improper use of teaching time—using the computer for personal entertainment—shows a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-lack of commitment to diligently teaching the subjects assigned to him. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-[12] The Member committed acts that, with respect to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-contrary to the provisions of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). At the start of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf-the school year, the Board had distributed the School’s nut-free policy. Nonetheless, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf: (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (e) he practised or purported to practise the profession while under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- influence of any substance or while adversely affected by any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- dysfunction, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (i) which the member knew or ought to have known impaired the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- member’s ability to practise, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (ii) in respect of which treatment has previously been ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- recommended, ordered or prescribed but the member has ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- failed to follow the treatment, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(8); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (f) he failed to supervise adequately a person who is under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- professional supervision of the member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11);2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (h) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (i) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (b) On October 4, 2016, the Member was to attend this seminar at the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- University of Ottawa. The Member called the Principal after 11:00 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- a.m. to advise that he was sick and that he would not be in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- attendance. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (c) On October 5, 2016, the Member again called in sick for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- remainder of the week from October 5-7, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (d) The Member was further absent from work from October 17-19, 2016 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- and failed to call in to the School to provide adequate notice. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Member met with the Principal about these absences on October 24, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 2016. The Board’s expectations were reiterated to the Member at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- this meeting. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (e) On October 31, 2016, the Member again failed to show up for work ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- and did not call to submit his daily lesson plans. The Principal of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- School called the Member at approximately 8:00 a.m. but could not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- get through. Later that morning, the Member called in to leave his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- lesson plan. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (f) On November 1, 2016, the Member again advised that he was sick ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- past the 7:00 a.m. deadline, noting that his phone was dead. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- The Member received a letter of discipline from the Board reminding him of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- the School’s absence protocol for not correctly reporting his absences on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- October 31 and November 1, 2016. The letter noted that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- received an email on February 25, 2015 from the Principal advising of his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- expectations for the Member to follow the absence reporting protocol. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- additional letter to the Member dated November 17, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-Inappropriate Conduct During the 2017-2018 Academic Year: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Between September and November 2017, the Member made numerous ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- inappropriate comments and gestures to students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Early in the year in the Member’s Grade [XXX] class, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- injured and wore a finger cast. He would ask students in the class to smell ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- his finger. Students in the class perceived this to be disgusting. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- In the Member’s Grade [XXX] class, students were designing CO2 powered ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- wooden model cars. While in class, the Member held the wooden shaft of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- model car near his genital area. Student 2 was seated at his desk and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Member was standing in front of him, holding the wooden shaft at the height ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- of Student 2’s eyes. The Member then asked Student 2 to touch or feel the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- tip of the shaft multiple times. Each time, Student 2 stated “no thank you.” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Student 2 and other students in the class perceived these actions to be an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf: inappropriate sexual gesture or joke. Student 2 was so upset by this incident ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- that he told the vice-principal that he was not comfortable being alone in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- The Board contacted Family and Children’s Services of Lanark, Leeds and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Grenville (“FCS”) on December 3, 2017 regarding the Member holding a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- wooden car near his genital area and asking Student 2 to touch it. The FCS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- conducted an investigation, and by letter dated December 20, 2017, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf: advised the Board that the allegations regarding sexually inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- actions and statements made by the Member were verified. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “E” is a copy of the FCS letter to the Board dated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- December 20, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf: The Member also made inappropriate sexist comments to female students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- in his Grade [XXX] class. On November 28, 2017, on returning from an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- absence, the Member told Student 3 that he had heard from another teacher ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- that she had been “useless” and that she did “dick all” in class while the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Member was away. Student 3 was very upset. Later on in that same class, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- The Member stated words to the effect of “I don’t say this very often, but ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Student 3 is right.” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- On November 28, 2017, a student brought hot sauce to the class and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- several students tried it. The Member noted that he was surprised that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- girls tried the hot sauce and stated words to the effect of “you cannot handle ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- the hot sauce.” A student in the class told the Member that he was being ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf: sexist; the Member shrugged his shoulders. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- During his Grade [XXX] class, Student 4 returned from the washroom. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Member asked Student 4 whether this had been a “stand up or a sit-down ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- job.” This made Student 4 very uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- A student in the Member’s Grade [XXX] Class asked the Member about an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- upcoming surgery that the Member had. The Member replied to the effect ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- that the surgery was “private” and made an indirect reference to his genital ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- area. This made at least two female students in the Member’s class ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- The Board conducted an investigation and the Member was disciplined by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- the Board. The Member received a two-day suspension and was required ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- to take professional boundaries training. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Exhibit “F” is a copy of the Board’s letter to the Member dated April 24, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- accept as correct the facts and exhibits referred to in the paragraphs above ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(8), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further does not contest that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf:Uncontested Facts constitute sexual misconduct as defined in Section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-(c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-(d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-(e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-(f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- and himself/herself [sic] with respect to the penalty proposed does ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-(g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (a) and (f) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-contravened subsections 1(5) and 1(11) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-College Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-allegation was being sought as proceeding under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-be duplicative. College Counsel further stated that the permission to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-subsection 1(11) allegation was being sought as a by-product of negotiations in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-adversarial process that resulted in the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-Contest. The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on February 9, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-2022, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(8), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf:and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-28 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-Member engaged in a pattern of inappropriate conduct, which included making ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-inappropriate comments to students and exposing students to behaviour or remarks of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf:sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-[9] The Member abused students verbally, contrary to subsection 1(7) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-Regulation 437/97. On multiple occasions the Member made inappropriate comments to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-students which included: insinuating that Student 1 was stupid because her hair was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-blonde and asking Student 4 who had returned from the washroom, whether this was a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf:“stand up or a sit-down job”. The Member also made sexist and disparaging comments ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-to female students in class. For instance, he stated that girls cannot handle hot sauce, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-called Student 3 “useless” and stated that she did “dick all” in class while the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-was away. The Panel finds that the Member’s remarks that were made to several students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-were demeaning, disrespectful and offensive, and as such amount to verbal abuse by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-[10] The Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In addition to the inappropriate comments ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-described above, the Member also made inappropriate gestures to students on multiple ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-instances. The Member’s gestures included lifting his shirt and exposing his belly and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-bare stomach to the class, and asking students to smell his finger, which was injured and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf:in a cast. Additionally, the Member exposed students to sexualized behaviour and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-remarks. The Member’s conduct made several students feel uncomfortable, upset and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-disgusted. Some students, including Student 1 and Student 2 for instance, were so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-emotionally affected that they left the Member’s class or did not feel comfortable being ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-alone in the Member’s class. Teachers hold a unique position of trust and authority, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-it is psychologically or emotionally abusive for them to repeatedly engage in behaviour ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-that makes students feel uncomfortable, upset and disgusted at school. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-conduct therefore amounts to psychological or emotional abuse of students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf:[11] The Member engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-“Sexual misconduct” is defined in the Act as: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf: 1(1) inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf: that is not sexual abuse of a student, where, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- the member knows or ought to know that one or more students are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- likely to be exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- the effect of, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- remarks, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- student, or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf:The Member exposed several students to behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature. While ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-in class, the Member held the wooden shaft of a model car near his genital area. He then ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-asked Student 2 to touch or feel the tip of the shaft multiple times and each time Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-2 declined to do so. Student 2 and other students in the class perceived these actions to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf:be an inappropriate sexual gesture or joke. Additionally, the Member made remarks with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf:sexual overtones which included: stating “Hey, I’ve got an office” in reply to a question ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-about what he would do if he had an erection; and making an indirect reference to his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-genital area when he was asked about his upcoming surgery. The Panel finds that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks of the Member to cause ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-distress to students, to be detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of students, or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-to create a negative environment at a school for students exposed to the behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-remarks. In this case, the Panel received evidence that the Member’s behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature did, in fact, cause his students distress. Student 2, for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-instance, was not comfortable being alone in the Member’s class after the incident ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-involving the wooden car shaft. Certainly, a reasonable person would expect that when ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-an adult teacher, who holds a position of trust and authority, exposes students to this type ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf:of sexualized behaviour, it could have a distressing or detrimental effect on students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf:Accordingly, the Member’s conduct in this case meets the definition of sexual misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-at section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-[12] The Member practised or purported to practise the profession while under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-influence of any substance or while adversely affected by any dysfunction, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (a) which the member knew or ought to have known impaired the member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ability to practise, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- (b) in respect of which treatment has previously been recommended, ordered ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- or prescribed but the member has failed to follow the treatment, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(8) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member had previously ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-been treated for [XXX] and he was prescribed ongoing treatment, including therapy, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-medication and abstaining from the use of [XXX]. During the 2015-2016 academic year, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-students and staff observed that the Member smelled of [XXX] at the school on multiple ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-occasions. The Member does not contest that he attended school while failing to follow ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-conduct in front of students and attending school under the influence of [XXX], the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-Member acted as a poor role model. Additionally, the Member demonstrated a lack of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-cooperation with his administrators by repeatedly being absent without giving adequate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-notice. In these ways the Member failed to fulfil the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-[15] The Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It is unacceptable for teachers, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-who are expected to be upstanding members of the community and to maintain ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-appropriate professional boundaries with students, to engage in disrespectful and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf:offensive conduct towards them and expose them to sexualized behaviour and remarks. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-The Member’s conduct was not a momentary lapse of judgment since: (1) his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-disrespectful behaviour spanned two academic years and involved several students, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-(2) he asked Student 2 to touch or feel the tip of a wooden shaft held near the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-genital area multiple times even though Student 2 kept declining. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-demonstrated poor professional judgment by repeatedly attending school under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-influence of [XXX] and by failing to report his absences according to the School’s absence ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-protocol. The Member knew or ought to have known that he needed to provide adequate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-notice for his absences since his principal had reiterated the Board’s expectations to him ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-in that regard. The Member’s conduct involved significant moral and professional failings ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-and can therefore be characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-[16] The Panel finds that the Member’s inappropriate conduct, as described above, is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-Members who engage in such a concerning pattern of inappropriate behaviour, as the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-[19] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-provided. The aggravating factors in the Member’s case are: (1) the repeated nature of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-the Member’s behaviour which spanned two academic years, (2) the fact that it led to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 16 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-significant emotional harm for several students, and (3) the failure of the Member to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-correct his behaviour after having received letters of discipline from the Board. In terms ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-of mitigating factors, the Member did not contest his misconduct, saving the time and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-expense of a contested hearing, and has not been the subject of College discipline in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-past. After weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-[20] The Panel finds that the Member’s pattern of inappropriate conduct, despite prior ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-warnings from the Board, warrants a reprimand. Members are expected to maintain ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-appropriate professional boundaries with students and act as positive role models. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-Member failed to so by making inappropriate remarks and gestures to students, by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf:exposing them to sexualized behaviour and remarks, and by attending school under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-influence of [XXX], among other things. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-[21] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s misconduct, the Panel finds that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-two-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-factually distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a similar ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-underlying nature and the cases confirm that a suspension is justified. The suspension ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf-will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to other members ./ontario-cases/2022onoct16.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Byam 2022 ONOCT 20 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Date: 2022-02-28 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FOR DECISION ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Bernadette Yolande Byam, OCT, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- BERNADETTE YOLANDE BYAM (REGISTRATION #519305) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-PANEL: Rebecca Forte, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-HEARD: November 18 and December 2, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Andrew Matheson and Vincent DeMarco, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Olanyi Parsons, for Bernadette Yolande Byam ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Per: Rebecca Forte and Sara Nouini (“The Majority”) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[1] This matter was heard before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-November 18 and December 2, 2020 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-With the consent of the parties, and in accordance with section 3 of the Hearings in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Tribunal Proceedings (Temporary Measures) Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 5, Sched 3, this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-matter proceeded by way of an electronic hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[2] Bernadette Yolande Byam (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-representation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:Act for Student 1, who was allegedly sexually abused. Accordingly, no person shall ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated February 27, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-2019 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Bernadette Yolande Byam is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- “Act”) in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf: (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- (c) she abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- (d) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf: (e) she abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- (f) she failed to comply with the Act, or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- and specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- (g) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- (h) she committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- (i) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Bernadette Yolande Byam is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-1 Paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing refers to provisions of the Act and Ontario Regulation 437/97 as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-previously enacted. Subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 was amended to its current form on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-May 5, 2008, after which time the various types of abuse were separated into a distinct subsection for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:each type of abuse (i.e., verbal – 1(7); physical – 1(7.1); psychological or emotional – 1(7.2); and sexual – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-1(7.3). The College can make allegations under the historical provisions for acts occurring during the time ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-these provisions were still in place. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- District School Board as an educational assistant at [XXX]Institute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- (the “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- In or about September 1, 2001 to June 30, 2004, Student 1 was a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- male student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- In or about the period between September 1, 2001 to September, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2004, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- (a) engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- (b) engaged in inappropriate physical contact with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf: (c) engaged in sexual touching with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-C. THE MOTION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[6] The Member brought a motion to dismiss the proceedings against her for lack of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-jurisdiction. The Member relied on section 4.6(1)(b) of the Statutory Powers Procedure ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S. 22 (“SPPA”), for the premise that the Committee may dismiss a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-proceeding without a hearing if the proceeding relates to matters outside of its jurisdiction. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-In her Notice of Motion dated September 14, 2020 the Member made a motion for: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- A declaration that the commencement of the proceeding was unwarranted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- for the reason that the Committee lacks jurisdiction to hear the matter before ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- it; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- An order dismissing this proceeding without a hearing on jurisdictional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- grounds; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- An order that the Ontario College of Teachers be required to pay the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Member’s costs; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Such further and other relief as this Committee may advise and permit. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-D. SUBMISSIONS OF THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-(1) The Committee does not have Jurisdiction ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[7] The Member provided the Panel with both written and oral submissions in support ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-of her motion. As part of the motion, Member’s Counsel made certain admissions about ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the Member’s conduct with respect to Student 1. At the time of the alleged misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:the Member was an educational assistant. She had sexual intercourse with Student 1 on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-one occasion after he became 18 years old. Student 1 called the Member in 2016 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:recorded their telephone conversation in which she admitted to having engaged in “sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-stuff” with Student 1 in the past. Subsequently, the Member was criminally charged in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:2016 with two counts of sexual exploitation and two counts of sexual assault of Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-1. On September 9, 2018, the Member was found not guilty and acquitted of all the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-criminal charges against her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[8] While the Member cannot recall with certainty when she had intercourse with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:Student 1, the precise timing of the sexual activity in question is irrelevant. The parties ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-agree that the event occurred prior to the Member receiving her certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-and registration on July 6, 2007. Member’s Counsel also acknowledged that, had the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Member been convicted criminally, the Discipline Committee (“Committee”) would have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-had jurisdiction to hear allegations against the Member on the basis of that conviction. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[9] In the absence of a criminal conviction, the Member believes that the Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-does not have the jurisdiction to discipline the Member for conduct that occurred prior to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-her membership with the College. Member’s Counsel suggested that the discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-proceeding is being used by the College as an opportunity to prosecute the Member on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the basis of the public perception of her behaviour. College Counsel had submitted two ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-expert opinions: one prepared by Brian Serafini regarding the Member’s pre-registration ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-conduct while an educational assistant as it relates to current suitability as a member of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the College (Tab 3 of the College’s Responding Motion Record)2 and the other by Dr. Hy ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:Bloom on the subject of delayed disclosure of sexual victimization (Tab 4 of the College’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Responding Motions Record)3. Member’s Counsel stated that the Member did not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-respond to the expert opinions provided by the College because they are irrelevant to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-issue of jurisdiction, as is the issue of whether the Member is remorseful for her actions, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-and the expert reports would be more properly considered in submissions on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that contrary to what the College suggests, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-has shown remorse for her conduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[10] Member’s Counsel made three broad submissions in support of his position that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the Act does not give the Committee the ability to find a member guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-misconduct for conduct that occurred prior to membership. First, the wording in the Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-points to the fact that the legislature did not intend for the Discipline Committee to deal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-with pre-registration conduct. Second, the case law on this issue in Ontario has made it ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-clear that pre-registration conduct can only constitute professional misconduct in certain ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-exceptional circumstances, which are not present in the Member’s case. Third, the public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-interest mandate of the College is not served by proceeding with a hearing on the merits ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-in this case. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-2 The College did not formally tender Mr. Serafini as an expert witness for this motion and the Member did ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-not make submissions regarding Mr. Serafini’s qualifications or his report. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-3 The College did not formally tender Dr. Bloom as an expert witness for this motion. The Member did not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-make any submissions regarding Dr. Bloom’s qualifications or his report. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-disclosure of materials relating to the Member’s registration application, and College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Counsel has maintained that is irrelevant to this matter. Therefore, the Panel can assume ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-there are no issues with respect to the Member’s procurement of her certificate of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-qualification and registration. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[21] Member’s Counsel submitted that the College’s arguments that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Committee can look to pre-registration conduct on the basis that this informs her current ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-suitability to teach is incorrect. Member’s Counsel asserted that suitability on the basis of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-pre-registration conduct should not be considered when determining a Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Committee’s jurisdiction. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[22] Member’s Counsel also argued that proceeding with a discipline hearing does not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-advance any public interest. Member’s Counsel argued that there are no allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:misconduct of a sexual nature or of breaches of trust by the Member while she held her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. There is no obvious risk of danger to the public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-necessitating a discipline proceeding, and the allegations of other inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-behaviours in the Notice of Hearing are, in the opinion of Member’s Counsel, spurious. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[23] The Member has already been publicly shamed, put under judicial scrutiny through ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-both criminal and civil proceedings against her, and has also suffered financially, resulting ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-from loss of employment. She has already been harshly punished, and the public interest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-would not be protected by continuing discipline proceedings against her. While the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Member acknowledges it was an act of indiscretion, she maintains that she engaged in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:sexual intercourse with Student 1 on only one occasion when he had reached the age of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-majority. The criminal court acquitted the Member of the charges against her for lack of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-evidence; the trial judge was not satisfied that Student 1’s testimony in the criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-proceedings was reliable. Member’s Counsel suggested that Student 1 would embellish ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-his story to seek retribution against the Member if the Committee decided to proceed with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-(2) The Member’s Alternative Arguments if Jurisdiction is Established ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[24] Member’s Counsel made two further arguments for the Panel’s consideration in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the case that the Panel determines it has jurisdiction. The first argument was regarding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the wording of the Notice of Hearing against the Member. The second argument was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-regarding the applicability of the mandatory penalty provisions in section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-(a) Improper Referral ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[25] Member’s Counsel argued that the Discipline Committee can only consider the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-acts referred to it in the Notice of Hearing and the Notice of Hearing did not properly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-particularize the allegations of professional misconduct against the Member. In particular, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the Notice of Hearing does not allege that the Member is guilty of an offence relevant to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-her suitability to practice; or that she failed to honestly answer questions about her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-application to the College; or that she is incompetent or that her misconduct carried over ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-into the period of registration, which are the only instances where the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Committee might consider pre-registration conduct. Additionally, the particulars of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Notice of Hearing make no reference to the 2016 telephone call between Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the Member (which according to Member’s Counsel was an attempt by Student 1 to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:entrap the Member, the content of which is about sexual comments that Student 1 had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-made, and was not accepted, in any case, by the trial judge as support for the allegations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-in the criminal proceedings). According to Member’s Counsel the Notice of Hearing as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-currently worded restricts the Panel to only considering whether the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:acts of sexual abuse against Student 1 between 2001 and 2004 and whether this warrants ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-a finding of profession misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-(b) Principle Against Retrospectivity ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[26] Further, Member’s Counsel submitted that if the Committee determines that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:Member indeed sexually abused Student 1 and is therefore guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-misconduct, it cannot apply the mandatory revocation provisions set out in section 30.2, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-despite the transitional provisions in the Act. Member’s Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-College could apply section 30.2 to conduct that occurred while an individual was a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-member of the College and prior to the coming into force of the Safe and Supportive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Classrooms Act¸ 2019, S.O. 2019, c. 3 – Bill 48, but the principle of retrospectivity ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-prevented its application to conduct that occurred prior to an individual being a member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-of the College. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[27] Member’s Counsel referred to Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Ontario) v. Kunynetz, 2019 ONSC 4300 (CanLII) (“Kunynetz”). In that case, a member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-appealed a decision by the discipline committee of the College of Physician and Surgeons ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:of Ontario to revoke his licence to practice after finding that he sexually abused a patient, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-pursuant to mandatory penalty provisions that came into effect after the misconduct had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-occurred. The Divisional Court reviewed the law on retrospectivity and determined that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-there is a general presumption against the retrospective operation of legislation to avoid ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-unfairness. The Divisional Court referred to another of its decisions, Kalin v. Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-College of Teachers, (2005) 75 O.R. (3d) 523 (“Kalin”), wherein it said at paragraph 83 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-that “[a] punishment cannot be more severe than the potential punishment to which the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-perpetrator was liable at the time of the misconduct”. Therefore, the Divisional Court held ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-that the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario could not retrospectively apply ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the mandatory revocation provision, which came into effect in 2017, for the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-misconduct which occurred in 2008. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[28] Taking into consideration the principles set out in Kunynetz and Kalin, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-would not have been liable to the College at the time of the alleged misconduct because ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-she was not yet a member of the College. Therefore, if the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-determines it has jurisdiction, and finds the Member guilty of professional misconduct for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:sexually abusing Student 1, the Committee cannot apply the mandatory penalty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-provisions in section 30.2. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-E. SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-(1) The Committee has Jurisdiction ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[29] College Counsel disagreed with Member’s Counsel that the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-could rely on section 4.6(1)(b) of the SPPA to dismiss the hearing for lack of jurisdiction, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-not only because the Discipline Committee has jurisdiction, but also because section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-4.6(6) of the SPPA requires the Discipline Committee to have made rules regarding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-dismissals before granting dismissals and there are none in the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[30] With respect to the question of jurisdiction, College Counsel submitted that, even ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-though the alleged misconduct occurred prior to the Member’s registration with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-College, the discipline hearing must proceed for three reasons. First, the Act authorizes ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the prosecution of members for pre-registration conduct. Second, the Committee’s broad ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-statutory duty of serving and protecting the public interest requires that this matter ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-against the member corporation for lack of jurisdiction, that discipline committee still ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-achieved public protection by proceeding with the allegations against Mr. Leung (a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-member of the APEO at all material times who had been providing engineering services ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-through the member corporation when it was not certified). On the other hand, if the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Discipline Committee does not proceed to hear the matter against this Member, it would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-lead to impunity for the serious misconduct committed by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[37] College Counsel rejected the Member’s argument that the legislature intended pre- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-registration conduct to be considered only at the time of registration. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-referred the Panel to a report by Dr. Hy Bloom on the subject of delayed disclosure of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:sexual victimization (Tab 4 of the College’s Responding Motions Record).6 Dr. Bloom ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:explained that only a small proportion of victims of sexual abuse report their victimization ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-to authorities. Further, there will often be a delay in reporting by victims. Dr. Bloom ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:outlined some of the reasons for delayed and incomplete disclosure of sexual abuse and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:noted that the effect and impact of sexual abuse becomes more complicated when the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-victimization occurs within a relationship of trust. Given the prevalence of delayed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-disclosure, College Counsel said it would be absurd to limit the College’s jurisdiction over ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-pre-registration conduct during the period of registration with the College. The College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-6 The College retained Dr. Bloom to prepare an expert opinion on the prevalence of delayed disclosure of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:sexual abuse, with particular relation to sexual abuse occurring with a breach of trust. Dr. Bloom is a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-forensic psychiatrist with over 30 years of experience in the field. He is also a trained lawyer and member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-of the Law Society of Ontario. He provides consultations services and has consulted for both plaintiffs and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:defendants in civil actions involving allegations of sexual abuse, as well as in professional regulatory ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-matters involving physicians and teachers. Dr. Bloom is a part-time staff member in the Complex Mental ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Disorders Program at the Centre for Addition and Mental Health, is an Assistant Professor in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Department of Medicine at McMaster University. The College did not formally tender Dr. Bloom as an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-expert witness for this motion. The Member did not make any submissions regarding Dr. Bloom’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-qualifications or his report. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:may not learn about allegations of sexual abuse during registration. They may only learn ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-of such allegations years after someone has acquired a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-registration and the registration committee’s jurisdiction has become functus. Therefore, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-if the Discipline Committee cannot consider pre-registration conduct, there is a prospect ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-that highly unsuitable teachers, who have broken the trust of students and inflicted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-significant harm on them, will have impunity. According to College Counsel, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-interpretation of the law and Leung results in significant risks being posed to students, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-contrary to the College’s public protection mandate. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[38] In addition, College Counsel submitted that the only appropriate forum to deal with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-allegations of professional misconduct is through this particular Committee. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-was not a member of the Ontario College of Trades at the time of the alleged misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-that body had not yet come into existence. Prosecution in the provincial offences court is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-not available with respect to the allegations made in this matter. College Counsel also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-argued that professional regulation is a specialized area of law, the administration of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-which has been specifically provided to the different regulatory bodies within the province, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-each with its own expectations, standards, and public protection concerns. As such, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-neither the criminal nor civil courts can make determinations of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-It is the College’s Discipline Committee that is tasked with determining allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-professional misconduct regarding the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[39] College Counsel argued that the exception in Leung allowing for the consideration ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-of pre-registration conduct when such conduct continues into the time of membership ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-should be interpreted broadly as giving the Committee the jurisdiction to consider pre- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-registration conduct when it raises ongoing concerns about the Member’s suitability for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-current membership with the College. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[40] According to College Counsel, such a broad interpretation is supported by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Member’s concession that the Discipline Committee would have had jurisdiction if the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Member had been criminally convicted for an offence relating to the Member’s suitability ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-to hold a certificate of qualification and registration. There are many reasons why a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-criminal prosecution may not be successful. The Discipline Committee’s jurisdiction ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-should not be dependent and limited by the results of a separate and an independent ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-prosecution. Additionally, College Counsel referred, in its factum, to Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Teachers v. Stelpstra, 2014 ONOCT 98 (“Stelpstra”), where a member was criminally ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:charged for possession of child pornography and granted a stay of proceedings due to a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-violation of his section 11(b) Charter rights. There was no criminal finding of guilt, but the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Discipline Committee found that the member lost the trust of the public, was not suitable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-to be in a position of trust and authority over children, and that he brought the profession ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-into disrepute. The Discipline Committee therefore revoked the certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-and registration of the member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[41] College Counsel referred to the report of Brian Serafini (Tab 6 of the College’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Responding Motion Record), which identified several “red flags” about the Member's ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-suitability as a current member of the College, and took the Panel to several excerpts of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the Member’s testimony from the certified transcripts from the criminal proceedings held ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-on September 11, 2018 (Tab 7 of the College’s Responding Motion Record) to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-demonstrate numerous ways in which the Member breached her position of trust over ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Student 1. According to College Counsel, the Member formed a relationship with Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:1 and breached her position of trust and authority over him not only by having sex with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-him but also by: communicating with him by cell phone, lending him $3,000 to pay [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-labelling him as [XXX], and not reporting his [XXX] to anyone. Additionally, while the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Member made some admissions in her criminal trial,7 College Counsel submitted that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Student 1 would provide evidence demonstrating more serious and prolonged breaches ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-of trust than the conduct that was admitted by the Member in her criminal proceedings, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-to establish the allegations of professional misconduct against the Member and to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-demonstrate her unsuitability as a member of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[42] It is the opinion of College Counsel that the Member does not show insight into her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-misconduct and this speaks to her suitability as a member of the College. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-also referred the Panel to the apparent contradiction in the Member’s recollection of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-timing of events in her testimony at trial, and to an affidavit subsequently sworn by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Member on July 31, 2020 (Tab 3 of the Member’s Motion Record) and noted the need for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-a hearing to determine the Member’s honesty. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[43] Rather than adopting Leung, College Counsel argued that the Committee should ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-follow the approach in Kline. Although it deals with different legislation, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-favoured Kline for its purposive approach to statutory interpretation. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-noted that Kline was decided after Leung, and specifically rejected Leung on the basis ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-that it would lead to absurd results. College Counsel submitted it could not have been the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-intention of the legislature, in enacting the Act with its public interest mandate, to allow ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-for immunity for pre-registration conduct, no matter how serious, simply because that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-7 College Counsel noted these admissions are admissible in a discipline hearing per the Statutory Powers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Procedure Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S. 22. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-conduct had not been revealed at the time of registration. As in Kline, the purpose of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Act is public protection, and this allows the Discipline Committee to consider pre- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-registration conduct where it reflects on a member’s suitability to practice. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[44] College Counsel also directed the Panel to Ontario College of Social Workers and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Social Service Workers v. Ackermann (10 June 2003, “Ackermann”) and College of Early ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Childhood Educators v. Mallais, 2013 ONCECE 7 (“Mallais”) as examples where other ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-discipline committees assumed jurisdiction over problematic pre-registration conduct. In ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:Ackermann, the pre-registration conduct in question was an intimate sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-with a client to whom the member was providing client services. The member resigned ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-from the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers before the start ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-of the discipline hearing. The Committee determined the misconduct was sufficiently ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-serious to call into question her suitability to practise the profession, that it had jurisdiction ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-despite the member’s resignation because it was a matter referable to a time where the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-member held registration, and the member was found guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-on the basis that the conduct would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:dishonourable or unprofessional. In Mallais, the member sexually abused children under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-his care. These events took place before he became registered with the College of Early ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Childhood Educators. The Discipline Committee determined that the public interest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-exempted them from the presumption against retrospectivity, and provided the Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-with jurisdiction, as the allegations, if proven, could have implications for the public and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-would reflect the member’s suitability to practice as an early childhood educator. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-(2) Mandatory Revocation and Retrospectivity ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[45] College Counsel submitted that it would be premature to consider the question of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-retrospectivity of section 30.2 of the Act because the Committee has not yet heard the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-matter and made any findings. Section 30.2 is not triggered yet. College Counsel also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-noted that the transitional provisions in section 63.2 of the Act expressly allows the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:Discipline Committee to apply the mandatory penalty provisions to findings of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:abuse, where the sexual abuse pre-dated April 3, 2019,8 if a panel has not yet made an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-order under section 30(4) of the Act. This is the first time the Discipline Committee will be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:considering allegations of sexual abuse by the Member. Therefore, any findings by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:Committee that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct consisting of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-abuse will engage section 30.2. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[46] In addition, College Counsel submitted the Member offered Kalin for the principle ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-that members should be judged in light of what was prohibited conduct at the time it ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:occurred, but this does not assist the Member as sexual abuse and all the other heads of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing existed at the material time. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[47] Finally, College Counsel noted that revocation is a discretionary penalty that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-existed before section 30.2 was enacted, and that the Discipline Committee can order ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:revocation for findings of professional misconduct other than sexual abuse by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-8 The mandatory penalty provisions in section 30.2 of the Act came into force on December 5, 2016. At ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:that time, they were triggered only by specific frank acts of sexual abuse listed in the Act. On April 3, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:2019, section 30.2 was repealed and amended to its current form, to apply to findings of sexual abuse, in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:accordance with the broad definition of sexual abuse in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 28 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-of Canada explained the presumption against retrospectivity as “protect[ing] acquired ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-rights and to prevent a change in the law from “look[ing] to the past and attach[ing] new ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-prejudicial consequences to a completed transaction”” (at paragraph 43). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[58] In Kunynetz, the Divisional Court had to consider the applicability of changes to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the penalty provisions of the Health Professions Procedural Code,9 which required ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:mandatory revocation for specific findings of sexual abuse. Such a penalty did not exist ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-at either the time of the member’s misconduct or at the time of his discipline hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-legislative change was introduced approximately a month after the member was found ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:guilty of sexual abuse. The Divisional Court decided the mandatory penalty provisions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-could not apply retrospectively, commenting that “Legislation is retrospective if it provides ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-new consequences for past conduct. The issue was whether the amendment to impose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-a mandatory penalty had retrospective effect. In order to protect vested interests, there is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-a presumption against retrospectivity” (at paragraph 130). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[59] College Counsel submitted that the Discipline Committees in Kline, Ackermann ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-and Mallais erred in considering the presumption against retrospectivity because there ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-were no legislative changes at issue in those cases. Similarly, College Counsel argued ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-that it would be an error for this Committee to apply the presumption against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-retrospectivity because section 30(2) of the Act was in force and has not changed in any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-material respects between the time of the Member’s alleged misconduct in 2001 through ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-9 Schedule 2 of the Regulated Health Professions Act , 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 18. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 29 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-2004, and now. The heads of misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing, have in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-substance, have not changed.10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[60] In addition, College Counsel noted that the presumption against retrospectivity can ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-be rebutted if there are public protection concerns at hand. College Counsel referred to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Brosseau to uphold the application of new ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-securities legislation to conduct that occurred before its enactment on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-presumption against the retrospective effect does not apply when the legislation in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-question intended to protect the public. College Counsel also referred to the decision of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-College of Teachers (Ontario) v. Bhadauria, [2004] O.J. No. 2468, in which the Divisional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Court determined it was appropriate to apply the Act to misconduct pre-dating its ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-enactment because the Act serves the public interest, as was the case in Brosseau, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the Act does not change the status of the conduct that the member had engaged in; the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-heads of professional misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing have existed since ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-1997, without any material change. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[61] College Counsel reiterated for the Panel that section 3(2) clearly frames the Act as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-public interest legislation. As such any statutory interpretation done by the Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-should be done broadly with a view to protecting the public given that, as the Supreme ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Court of Canada recognized at paragraph 36 of Binet, the primary objective of a self- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-regulatory body, such as the College, is not to provide services to its members, but rather, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-10 College Counsel noted that subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 was amended on May 5, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:2008 to separate allegations of “abusing a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-emotionally” into distinct heads of misconduct, now found at subsections 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), and 1(7.3). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:While the College maintains this is an immaterial change, the College has made allegations of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-abuse by the Member under both subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 as enacted at the time of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the events at issue and under 1(7.3) of the current form of the regulation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 32 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:Member not only sexually abused Student 1 but also contravened sections 1(5), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College Counsel argued that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-suitability to practice is a relevant consideration for several of these heads of misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-especially the allegation that the Member committed acts, that having regard to all of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-circumstances, would reasonably be regarded as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-unprofessional (i.e., section 1(18)). College Counsel submitted that the Notice of Hearing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-was sufficient, given the admonishment by the trial judge at the end of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-criminal proceedings that her conduct (which was referred to by the trial judge as an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-“abuse of trust”) will be dealt by professional regulators. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[65] Further, the College has repeatedly asserted throughout the proceedings that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Member’s pre-registration conduct bears on her current suitability. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-reiterated the Member’s telephone conversation with Student 1 occurred while she was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-a member of the College in 2016 and showed a lack of insight by the Member about her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-conduct, which speaks to her suitability, character, and professional judgment as a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-member of the College. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[66] College Counsel referred to Stelpstra again to show that this Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-can make determinations of professional misconduct without a criminal conviction or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-allegations mentioning suitability against the member. College Counsel submitted that, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-contrary to ILC’s advice, Brown does not assist the Committee because the College’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-decision to proceed only on the criminal convictions was an exercise of prosecutorial ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-discretion to simplify the hearing. The member’s breaches of trust in Brown (having ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:committed sexual offences against students) were considered by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 34 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Kunynetz was decided after Kline and should therefore be given more consideration by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the Panel than Kline. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[69] Member’s Counsel argued that based on Tran, the law should only apply to an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-individual from the date its powers get enshrined. An individual may not know, when ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-engaging in particular acts, that their actions are misconduct under legislation to which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-they were not subject at the time of the acts. The Member would not have known that her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:actions of having sexual intercourse with an adult (Student 1) would be punished by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers since she was not a member of this College at that time. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Act and regulations should only apply to an individual once they become a member of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-College and are aware of the potential consequences that any actions they take may ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-have. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[70] Member’s Counsel reiterated that the Discipline Committee did not have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-jurisdiction over this matter because the Member was not a member of the College at the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-time of the alleged conduct and the Act does not contain specific wording giving the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Discipline Committee jurisdiction over pre-registration conduct. The Act should be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-narrowly interpreted in favour of the Member, as was done in Leung, because the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Discipline Committee’s authority to revoke, cancel or suspend the Member’s certificate of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-qualification and registration is a penal authority. Member’s Counsel again submitted that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the public interest does not favour prosecution and the College has not properly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-particularized its allegations over the Member in its Notice of Hearing as it does not make ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-allegations of continuing misconduct and does not refer specifically to events after 2004. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Accordingly, Member’s Counsel submitted that the College cannot rely on the 2016 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-telephone conversation between the Member and the student, and a supposed lack of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 35 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-remorse exhibited in that conversation somehow reflecting unsuitability for the profession, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-as grounds for a hearing. Rather, the wording of the Notice of Hearing would limit the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Discipline Committee to determining whether the Member is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:misconduct for engaging in sexual abuse of Student 1 between September 2001 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-June 2004. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-I. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[71] Having considered the submissions of the parties as well as the relevant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-jurisprudence and legislation, the Majority of the Panel denies the Member’s motion to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-dismiss this proceeding on jurisdictional grounds. The Majority further denies the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Member’s motion for a declaration that the commencement of the proceeding was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-unwarranted. As such, this matter will proceed to a hearing on the merits and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Member’s request for costs is denied. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-J. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-(1) The Committee has Jurisdiction ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[72] The Majority finds that the Committee has jurisdiction to proceed with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Member’s prosecution based on the Notice of Hearing as worded. In coming to this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-decision, the Majority has considered the wording and the purpose of the Act, as well as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the case law relied on by both parties. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[73] The crux of the issue as to whether the Committee has jurisdiction over pre- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-registration conduct requires the Committee to interpret section 30(2) of the Act, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-states that: “A member may be found guilty of professional misconduct by the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Committee, after a hearing, if the member has been guilty, in the opinion of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 38 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-public protection. The reasoning and rationale in Kline are consistent with the public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-protection purposes of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[79] As held in Kline, the Majority does not believe that the reference to and authority ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-of the Registrar to consider the past conduct or actions of an individual during registration ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-precludes pre-registration conduct from being considered during the discipline process. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-It is possible for section 18 and section 30 of the Act to “co-exist harmoniously” (Kline at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-paragraph 80). The registration process cannot guarantee that all problematic pre- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:registration conduct will be revealed, especially in the case of allegations of sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-where there may be delayed reporting by the victim. This could lead to an absurd result ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-where certain members who have inflicted serious harm to others are shielded from ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-scrutiny. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[80] The public interest necessitates the consideration of pre-registration conduct in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-this instance. Without determining the issue of the retrospectivity of section 30.2 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Act (as the Majority believes it is premature to deal with this issue), the Majority agrees ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-with Ackermann and Brosseau that the presumption against retrospectivity does not apply ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-where public protection and the public interest are paramount. The Majority disagrees ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-with Member’s Counsel that the discipline process is punitive. The mandate of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Discipline Committee in considering allegations of professional misconduct and in making ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-orders under 30(4) is not to punish a member for their misconduct, but to ensure public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-protection. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[81] The Majority’s approach in denying the Member’s jurisdiction motion and deciding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-that the Discipline Committee can proceed to hear the allegations against the Member is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-consistent with the Committee’s duty to serve and protect the public interest outlined in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 40 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- “The interpretetive [sic] principle of strict compliance with and construction ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- of professional discipline legislation to ensure procedural fairness to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- accused members is not exclusive or overriding. The Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- is required to interpret its enabling statute with a view to protecting the public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- interest in the proper regulation of the profession … A balancing of these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- interests are required.” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[84] In balancing fairness to the Member and the public interest, the Majority believes ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the public interest requires consideration of the Member’s pre-registration conduct. In this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-case, the Notice of Hearing alleges the Member had engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-personal relationship with Student 1, in inappropriate physical contact with Student 1, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:in sexual touching with Student 1 while holding a position of trust over him. These are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-serious allegations, raising concerns about the Member’s suitability to continue to hold a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-position of trust and authority over students, as a member of the teaching profession. As ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the College’s decision in Stelpstra demonstrates, a criminal conviction is not required to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-prove allegations that a member committed serious breaches of trust that disqualify the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-member from holding a position of trust and authority over students. Rather, according to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-paragraph 33 of Kline, “conduct before and at the time of admission to a profession may ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-be found to constitute professional misconduct in the present on the basis that the conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-is of a continuing nature or evidences an ongoing unsuitability to practise” (quoting ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-paragraph 34 of Psychologist Y v. Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology, 2005 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-NSCA 116). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[85] Accordingly, the Majority denies the Member’s motion for a declaration that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-commencement of the proceeding was unwarranted. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 41 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-(2) It is Premature to Determine the Retrospective Application of section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[86] Finally, Member’s Counsel made submissions regarding the retrospective ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-application of section 30.2(1) of the Act. This section addresses the mandatory order that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-the Committee must make if it finds a member guilty of an act of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-consisting of or including sexual abuse of a student, a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. The Majority finds that it is unnecessary to make ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-a finding regarding whether this section applies at this stage of the hearing. If the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-is found guilty of professional misconduct, we will hear submissions regarding section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-30.2 at the penalty stage. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Date: February 28, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Rebecca Forte, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Per: Jonathan Rose (Dissenting): ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[87] The Notice of Hearing sets out particulars and allegations that are serious in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-nature, and if proven, could lead to very serious consequences for the Member, including ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-possible revocation of her certificate of qualification and registration. While the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-was not registered with the College at the time of the events in question, she was in a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-position of trust and authority, as an educational assistant, at the time of the alleged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 42 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-K. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[88] Having considered the submissions of the parties as well as the relevant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-jurisprudence and legislation, I would allow the Member’s motion to dismiss this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-proceeding on jurisdictional grounds. I do not think that the Member’s request for costs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-against the College is warranted because of the complexity of the case and the novelty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-of the issues it raises. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-L. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[89] I agree with the Majority that it is premature to hear the Member’s motion on the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-applicability of section 30.2(a) of the Act. The Panel has not yet made a decision that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Member is guilty of professional conduct or that the professional misconduct consists of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:sexual abuse of a student, a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf:sexual act. It would be speculative to determine whether section 30.2(a) applies until such ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-a finding has been made. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[90] I further agree with the Majority that the determination of whether the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Committee has jurisdiction over the pre-registration conduct of a current member must ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-be determined in accordance with the language of the Act. However, I disagree that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Committee has jurisdiction to hear this matter. Instead, I adopt the advice provided by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-Independent Legal Counsel that the silence in the Act with respect to the timing of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-member’s conduct does not provide this Committee with jurisdiction to consider pre- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-registration conduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-[91] Both parties have presented case law in support of their respective positions. Many ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf-of these cases are not binding on the Panel but help to inform the Panel’s decision. I ./ontario-cases/2022onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- In December 2002 during a staff Christmas party at the Member’s home, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- the Member came up behind Colleague 1 and held her hands behind her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- back. Other staff members and the Member’s wife were present at the party. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Colleague 1 was very uncomfortable with the Member’s behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- In January 2003 the Member called Colleague 1 into his office and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- apologized for holding her hands at the Christmas party. Colleague 1 asked ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- the Member not to do it again and accepted his apology. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- In January or February 2003, the Member called Colleague 1 into his office ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- to talk after school. While in his office, he put his arm around Colleague 1’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- shoulder and then kissed her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- After this incident, the Member and Colleague 1 engaged in a personal and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf: sexual relationship until the spring of 2004. This included multiple instances ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf: of kissing and sexual touching on School property, including in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Member’s office at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- In approximately March 2004, Colleague 1 ended the relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Member. The Member continued to try to talk to her at School and tried to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- restart the relationship. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- The Member retaliated against Colleague 1 for ending the relationship by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- orchestrating her transfer to another school against her wishes. Colleague ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- 1 did not want to be transferred to the other school as it was a significant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- distance from her home and she had taught at the School for years. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Colleague 1’s interactions with the Member have had a significant emotional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- and psychological impact on her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-Board Investigation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- In January 2018, Colleague 1, through legal counsel, wrote a letter to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Board regarding her relationship with the Member and raised allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- misconduct by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- The Board hired a law firm to conduct an investigation into Colleague 1’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- allegations about the Member. The Member, Colleague 1, and other ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- witnesses were interviewed as part of the investigation. Attached hereto as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Exhibit “B” is a copy of the June 13, 2018 Investigation Report. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- The investigation concluded that, “the environment of the school for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Complainant [Colleague 1], staff and therefore students who are taught by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- those staff, was poisoned by the behaviour of the Respondent [the Member] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf: by choosing to engage in sexual relations on school property, leading to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- gossip, and ultimately impacting the profession of teaching.” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- The investigation concluded that the Member and Colleague 1: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-[6] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on March 1, 2022, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-[7] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-18 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that, on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-multiple occasions, the Member engaged in inappropriate conduct towards his direct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf:report, which included having a personal and sexual relationship with her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-[8] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-437/97 by contravening the provisions of the College By-Laws1, which set out the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-professional and ethical standards for the teaching profession. In particular, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-breached the standard of practice of “Leadership in Learning Communities” and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-ethical standards of “Respect” and “Trust”. Members are required to promote and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-participate in the creation of collaborative, safe and supportive learning communities. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-They are also required to honour human dignity, emotional wellness and cognitive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-development as well as model respect for confidentiality. Additionally, members’ ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-professional relationships with colleagues are based on trust. The Member’s conduct fell ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-below the professional and ethical standards as set out below. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf:[9] The Member exploited his position of power by pursuing a personal and sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-relationship with his direct report. The Member’s conduct included having personal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-discussions with Colleague 1, which the latter felt obligated to do; making unwanted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-physical contact with Colleague 1 in front of other staff and his wife at a Christmas party ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf:in his home; and engaging in multiple instances of kissing, sexual touching, and sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-relations with Colleague 1 on School property. Furthermore, when Colleague 1 ended the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-relationship, the Member again abused his position of power by orchestrating her transfer ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-to another school against her wishes. The Member’s actions made Colleague 1 feel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-uncomfortable and had a significant emotional and psychological impact on her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-Moreover, the Member disregarded Colleague 1’s privacy by engaging in a highly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-1 The Panel notes that the Notice of Hearing alleges a breach of section 32 of the College By-Laws. On ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-January 20, 2022, the By-Laws were amended, and the numbering of certain provisions has changed. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-Section 26 of the By-Laws now sets out the standards of the profession; however, the substance of this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-provision remains identical to section 32 of the previous version of the By-Laws. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-personal discussion with her in an open area of the School where they might have been ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-overheard. Colleague 1 was surprised and upset by the Member’s conduct. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-finds that by engaging in such inappropriate behaviour as described above, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-created a poisoned, unsafe and unsupportive working environment for his direct report ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-and the entire school community. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, which sets out the duties of a teacher. Subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-264(1)(c) is commonly understood to mean that members of the teaching profession must ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-act as positive role models. As a principal, the Member held an important leadership ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-position. He was expected to set a positive example for teachers, students, and other ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf:members of his school community. By engaging in an inappropriate personal and sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-relationship with his direct report as described in paragraph 9 of this decision, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-acted as a poor role model. Subsection 264(1)(d) requires members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-profession to assist in developing cooperation and coordination of effort among the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-members of the staff of the school. The Member’s conduct was in stark contradiction to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-these principles. Instead of collaborating with Colleague 1 when the latter ended the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-inappropriate relationship, the Member retaliated by orchestrating Colleague 1’s transfer ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-to another school against her wishes. This form of reprisal was incompatible with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-developing co-operation and co-ordination of effort among staff. Evidently, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-failed to fulfil his duties as a member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-[11] The Member’s conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It is unacceptable for principals, who ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-are expected to be upstanding members of the community and maintain appropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf:professional boundaries with staff, to have a sexual relationship with their direct reports. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-Such conduct demonstrates significant professional and moral failings by the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-and cast doubt on the Member’s ability to practise the profession. Moreover, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-demonstrated poor professional judgment by raising a highly personal topic with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-Colleague 1 in a public area, where they could have been overheard. The Member should ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-have maintained the privacy of his direct report. The Member’s conduct can therefore be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Member’s inappropriate conduct, as described above, is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf:Members, especially administrators, who engage in a personal and sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-with their direct reports, as the Member did, undermine the reputation of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-profession and breach the trust that the public places in the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-[13] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on March 1, 2022, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- reprimand shall be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- The Registrar is directed to suspend the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Registration of the Member for a period of five months commencing on the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- 15th calendar day following the date of the Decision and Order of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- Discipline Committee relating to this matter; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-outcomes, based on the following prior decisions of the Discipline Committee presented ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Fazl, 2019 ONOCT 2, Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-College of Teachers v. Béarez, 2019 ONOCT 17, and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 21 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-Grant, 2021 ONOCT 14. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-[15] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-provided. The aggravating factors in the Member’s case are: (1) the fact that he was a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-principal and in a leadership role and hence was held to higher expectations; (2) the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-inherent power imbalance that was present between him and Colleague 1; (3) that he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf:exploited his position of power to engage in a sexual relationship with his direct report; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-and (4) the exploitation culminated in the reprisal against Colleague 1. In terms of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-mitigating factors, the Member: (1) participated in the disciplinary process leading to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-agreement between the parties; (2) did not contest his misconduct, saving the time and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-expense of a contested hearing; and (3) has not been the subject of College discipline in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-the past. After weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-[16] The Panel finds that the Member’s inappropriate conduct towards his direct report ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-warrants a reprimand. Members, especially administrators, are expected to provide a safe ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-and supportive working environment for staff and to maintain appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf:boundaries with them. The Member failed to do so by having a personal and sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-relationship with his direct report. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct21.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- Member replied to this by saying “thick as in fat”. Both Person 1 and Person ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- 2 were shocked to hear the comment. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- Person 2 was extremely upset and hurt by the Member’s comment. This ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- interaction left Person 2 shaky, with an upset stomach. Person 2 responded ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- to the Member by saying “No. She said thick as in thick-skinned”. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- Member replied by saying “you know, thick as in fat or thick as in thick- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- headed, not my words!”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- The Member’s treatment of Person 2 failed to show appropriate respect ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- towards Person 2 as a colleague and person being supervised in a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- professional setting by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-Harassment of Person 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- The Member made inappropriate comments to Person 3 including: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- (a) Telling Person 3 that she had nice legs; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- (b) Telling Person 3 that she great hair and radiant skin and that her skin ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- glowed. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- Person 3 felt uncomfortable as a result of these comments. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- The Member touched Person 3 without her permission, which he knew or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- should have known, was unwelcome. While Person 3 was reading to her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- students, the Member approached her from behind, moved her hair away ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- from her ear and whispered something in her ear in view of the students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- Person 3 was very uncomfortable as a result of the Member’s behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- The Member’s conduct towards Person 3 failed to show appropriate respect ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- towards Person 3 and the Member failed to behave in an appropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- manner towards Person 3. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-Board Action ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- The Board’s Investigation Report dated March 29, 2018 (the “Investigation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf: Report”) substantiated the allegations of sexual harassment and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- harassment against the Member [sic] Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Board’s Investigation Report. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- Following receipt of the Investigation Report, the member [sic] entered into ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- a settlement agreement with the Board and resigned. The Member is not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- employed with any school board. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-[7] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-1 to 20 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member made several inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-comments towards his subordinates and touched them without their consent, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf:behaviour constituted sexual harassment and harassment. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-[8] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-437/97. Sexual harassment and harassment of staff are clear breaches of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-professional and ethical standards for the teaching profession codified in the College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-Bylaws.1 In particular, the Member breached the standard of practice of “Leadership in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-Learning Communities” and the ethical standard of “Respect”. Members are expected to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-“promote and participate in the creation of collaborative, safe and supportive learning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-communities” and to “honour human dignity, emotional wellness and cognitive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-development.” On multiple occasions the Member made inappropriate, demeaning, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-offensive comments towards three of his subordinates. For instance, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-commented about their physical appearance and he insinuated that Person 2 was a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-coward, unintelligent and fat. The Member’s comments to Person 2 were upsetting, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-1 The Panel notes that the Notice of Hearing alleges a breach of section 32 of the College By-Laws. This ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-provision set out the standards of the profession at the time of the Member’s misconduct. On January 20, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-2022, the By-Laws were amended, and the numbering of certain provisions has changed. Section 26 of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-the By-Laws now sets out the standards of the profession; however, the substance of this provision ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-remains identical to section 32 of the previous version of the By-Laws. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-some of them were made in front of Person 1, which would have reasonably been ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-embarrassing for Person 2. Furthermore, the Member touched Person 1 and Person 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-without their permission. The Member’s conduct, which he knew or ought to have known ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-was unwelcome, made his subordinates feel uncomfortable, upset and hurt. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf:finds that, by engaging in the harassment and sexual harassment described above, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-Member failed to foster a collaborative, safe and supportive working environment for his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-staff and demonstrated a profound disrespect for their human dignity and bodily ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-autonomy. As such, the Member’s conduct fell below the standards of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, which sets out the duties of a teacher. Subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-264(1)(c) is commonly understood to mean that members of the teaching profession must ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-act as positive role models. As a principal, the Member held an important leadership ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-position. He was expected to set a positive example for teachers, students, and other ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-members of his school community. By displaying such disrespectful and offensive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-behaviour in a school environment, which included the unwanted touching of Person 3 in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-front of her students, the Member acted as a poor role model. Subsection 264(1)(d) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-requires members of the teaching profession to assist in developing cooperation and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-coordination of effort among the members of the staff of the school. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-conduct was contrary to these principles. Instead of cooperating with his staff and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf:providing them with a collegial working environment, the Member harassed or sexually ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-harassed three of his colleagues. Evidently, the Member failed to fulfil his duties as a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-[10] The Member’s conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It is unacceptable for principals, who ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-are expected to be upstanding members of the community and behave professionally ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-with staff, to make offensive comments towards them and touch them without their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-consent. The Member’s conduct was not a momentary lapse of judgment since (1) it ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-involved several of his subordinates, and (2) the Member persisted in making his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-disrespectful comments towards Person 2 despite Person 1 and Person 2’s attempts to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-correct him. Such conduct shows significant moral and professional failings by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-Member and can therefore be characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-[11] Similarly, by making inappropriate and unwelcome comments and by touching staff ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-without their consent, the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf:profession is eroded when administrators engage in conduct that constitute sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-harassment and harassment of staff. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-[12] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on February 14, 2022, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- reprimand shall be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty falls within a range of acceptable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-outcomes, based on the following prior decisions of the Discipline Committee presented ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Béarez, 2019 ONOCT 17, Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-College of Teachers v. Fazl, 2019 ONOCT 2, and Ontario College of Teachers v. Elken, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-2021 ONOCT 120. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-[14] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-provided. The aggravating factor in the Member’s case is the fact that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-an experienced principal and he engaged in numerous instances of offensive behaviour ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-towards several of his subordinates. In terms of mitigating factors, the Member admitted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-his misconduct, saving the time and expense of a contested hearing, and has not been ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-the subject of College discipline in the past. After weighing these factors, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-accepts that the penalty proposed by the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf:[15] The Panel finds that the Member’s sexual harassment and harassment of his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-subordinates warrants a reprimand. Members of the profession, especially ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-administrators, are expected to treat staff members with professionalism and create a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-safe and supportive working environment for them. The Member repeatedly failed to do ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-so by making offensive remarks towards them and touching them without their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-permission. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-[16] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s misconduct, the Panel finds that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-five-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-factually distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a similar ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-underlying nature and the cases confirm that a suspension is justified. The suspension ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to other members ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 23 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-of the profession, making clear that the kind of misconduct the Member exhibited is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-unacceptable. In accordance with the parties’ joint submission, the Member’s suspension ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-will begin on March 1, 2022, which is 15 days after the Panel’s Decision and Order. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-[17] The Panel finds that the course of instruction regarding appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-relations will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. The coursework will remind the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-Member of his obligations as a member of the teaching profession and will help him to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-make better decisions in any future interactions with colleagues and subordinates. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-coursework should provide the Member with a clear understanding of what constitutes ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf:harassment and sexual harassment, and of how to communicate and interact respectfully ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf-with colleagues and subordinates in a professional environment. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct23.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Lehman 2022 ONOCT 25 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Date: 2022-03-10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Mark Paul Lehman, OCT, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- MARK PAUL LEHMAN (REGISTRATION #606124) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-PANEL: Wanda Percival, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Brian Brophey ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Kirby Chown, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-HEARD: March 4, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Ava Arbuck, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Jerry Raso, for Mark Paul Lehman ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on March 4, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-2022, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-[2] Mark Paul Lehman (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf:Act at the request of College Counsel for Student 1, who was allegedly sexually abused. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated February 24, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-2020 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14);2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Mark Paul Lehman is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the [XXX] School Board ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- During the 2014-2015 academic year, Student 1 was a Grade [XXX] female ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- During the 2014-2015 academic year, Student 2 was a Grade [XXX] female ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-2 As of January 20, 2022, section 32 has been renumbered to section 26 of the by-laws. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Inappropriate Personal Relationships with Student 1 and Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Student 1 was a student in the Member’s class during the 2013-2014 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- academic year when she was in Grade [XXX]. Throughout the 2014-2015 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- academic year when Student 1 was in Grade [XXX], Student 1 saw the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Member as a confidant and confided in the Member at School about issues ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- of a personal nature. They also exchanged numerous electronic messages ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- of a personal nature unrelated to school and outside of school hours. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- In the fall of 2014, Student 1 sought the Member’s advice regarding an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- intimate subject related to her health and well-being. Although the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- did not have any professional expertise in this area, he discussed the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- intimate issue with Student 1, sharing personal health information and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- offering his advice. The Member kept their conversation private. He did not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- offer or assist Student 1 to find professional help and support, and did not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- advise Student 1’s parents or School administrators of Student 1’s concerns ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- and his advice. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- In the fall of 2014, the Member gave Student 1 money so that she could ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- purchase a bus ticket to visit her boyfriend in a different city over the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- December holiday break, without regard to whether Student 1’s parents ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- were aware of or approved of her plan. Student 1 was [XXX] years of age. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- The Member did not contact Student 1’s parents before or after he gave ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Student 1 the money in order to discuss the issue or to obtain their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- permission, and he did not raise the issue with School administrators. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Student 1 used the money given to her by the Member in order to purchase ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf: a sex toy at the mall. Student 1 texted the Member to tell him she purchased ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf: the sex toy. When the Member learned of the purchase, he did not advise ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- School administrators or Student 1’s parents. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Throughout the 2014-2015 academic year when Student 2 was in Grade ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- [XXX], she hung out regularly in the Member’s classroom and discussed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- issues of a personal nature with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- On or about December 23, 2014, the Member made arrangements to drive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Student 1 and Student 2 in his personal vehicle to a local tattoo parlour, in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- order for Student 2 to get a tattoo. The Member’s [XXX] accompanied them. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- The Member had assisted Student 2 with the design of the tattoo, without ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- any knowledge of whether her parents would approve. He and his [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- stayed with Student 1 and Student 2 during the tattoo procedure. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Member assisted Student 2 with paying for the tattoo at the end of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- procedure, then drove Student 1 and Student 2 home. The Member did not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- contact Student 2’s parents to inform them or to obtain their permission ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- regarding the tattoo. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- In February 2015, someone informed Student 1’s parents that they had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- observed Student 1 enter the Member’s vehicle on December 23, 2014. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Student 1’s parents also learned of the purchase Student 1 made with funds ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- provided by the Member. Student 1 texted the Member over the weekend ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- of February 21-22, 2015, to advise him that her father intended to speak ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- with School administrators about these issues. The Member alerted his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Principal and offered explanations for both situations, but was not forthright ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- with his Principal and the Board regarding his communications with Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 1, and the reasons for providing her with money. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- On or about February 23, 2015, after speaking with Student 1’s parents, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Principal and Vice Principal cautioned the Member about texting students, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- about giving rides to students, and about getting too close to students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- On or about March 31, 2015, during a conversation at School in which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf: Student 1 and Student 2 told the Member about their recent sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- activities, the Member engaged in discussions of an intimate nature with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- these students in which he expressed concerns regarding their promiscuity. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- He drew up a “celibacy contract” for both students to sign, whereby they ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf: agreed to refrain from engaging in sexual activity. The Member did not notify ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- School administrators or the students’ parents regarding concerns related ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- to the students’ health and wellbeing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Inappropriate classroom management and conduct with students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- During the 2014-2015 academic year, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- inappropriate classroom management and inappropriate conduct when he: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- (a) allowed students to hang out in his classroom while he was teaching; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- (b) permitted students to leave their belongings in his room instead of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- their lockers; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- (c) gave students sums of money when they asked; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- (d) discussed personal issues, exchanged electronic messages, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- socialized with students outside of school hours and school-related ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- issues; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- (e) kept birth control medication belong [sic] to Student 1 and other ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- female students locked in a safe in his School desk, and required the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- students to go through him in order to obtain their medication. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-[7] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-outlined in paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf:stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the sexual abuse allegation was being ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-sought because, in the College’s view, the evidence did not reasonably support a finding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-of this allegation. The Panel granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on March 4, 2022, finding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-1 to 16 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-personal relationships with students and did not properly manage his classroom. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused a student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-or students, contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Psychological or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-emotional abuse typically refers to behaviour that can seriously interfere with a student’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-cognitive, emotional, psychological or social development. The Panel places great weight ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-on the Member’s admission of guilt on this head of misconduct and notes that as a teacher ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-in a position of trust and authority, the Member was required to engage with students in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-a way that maintained proper boundaries, to ensure their psychological and emotional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-well-being and healthy development. The Member’s conduct as described in the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Facts demonstrates that the Member encouraged unhealthy, intimate and personal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-relationships with students and an unacceptable dependence on him, when he: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-  discussed personal issues and exchanged numerous electronic messages of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- personal nature with students, including Student 1 and Student 2, and including ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- outside of school hours; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-  regularly hung out with students in his classroom; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-  socialized with students outside of school hours; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-  gave students sums of money when they asked; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-  gave, without first notifying her parents, Student 1 money to buy a bus ticket to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- visit her boyfriend who lived in a different city and did not notify School ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf: administrators or Student 1’s parents when he learned she had purchased a sex ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- toy with that money; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-to conduct themselves reliably and morally (“Integrity”). Stated another way, the Ethical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Standards for the Teaching Profession require members to exercise professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-judgment when providing support to their students and not to betray the confidence ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-placed in them by parents and guardians to ensure their children’s safety and well-being. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-[13] The Member did not abide by these ethical standards when he actively encouraged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2, who were in Grade [XXX], to engage in mature behaviours that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-could have endangered them by: giving Student 1 money for a bus ticket to visit her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-boyfriend who was in a different city; accompanying Student 2 to get a tattoo, designing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-the tattoo with Student 2, and helping her pay for the tattoo; and further, by not ensuring ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2 had their parents’ permission to engage in these behaviours. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Additionally, the Member was not initially forthright with his Principal and the Board ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-regarding his communications with Student 1 and the reasons for providing her with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-money. He also continued to speak to Student 1 and Student 2 about intimate, personal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf:subjects (namely, their sexual activities) after being cautioned by the Principal and Vice ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Principal about getting too close to students. He drew up a “celibacy contract” for them ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-but did not notify School administrators or their parents regarding concerns for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-students’ health and well-being. The Member clearly did not act in an honest and reliable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-manner on these occasions. His behaviour therefore failed to meet the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-[14] The Member’s conduct as described above also contravenes subsection 264(1) of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-the Education Act, contrary to subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 which sets ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-out the duties of a teacher. In particular, the Member contravened section 264(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf-Education Act, which is commonly understood as requiring teachers to set a good ./ontario-cases/2022onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-teaching and to investigate complaints about the Member made by his students. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-College called Principal Kalantzakos to provide opinion evidence as to whether the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-Member maintained the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-[16] Under the first line of inquiry, the Panel must determine whether the evidence of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-Principal Kalantzakos is relevant, necessary, and whether Principal Kalantzakos is a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-properly qualified expert in the standards of the profession, given her knowledge and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-experience on the subject. The Panel finds that the evidence of Principal Kalantzakos is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-clearly relevant to the allegation that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-profession.8 The evidence of Principal Kalantzakos is also necessary for the Panel to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-determine this issue. The Divisional Court’s decision in Novick v. Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (“Novick”) states that if the College seeks a finding that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-Member has failed to comply with the standards of the profession, the College needs to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-tender expert evidence of the standards of the profession, unless the conduct is so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf:notorious and so obviously contrary to the standards (such as physical or sexual abuse) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-that expert evidence is not required. As the allegations in this case do not rise to the level ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-of “notorious” conduct as contemplated in Novick, the College is required to call expert ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-opinion evidence on whether this conduct was contrary to the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-The Panel finds that Principal Kalantzakos is properly qualified as an expert in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-identified standards of the profession. Principal Kalantzakos is an experienced ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-administrator who has evaluated many teachers regarding their compliance with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-standards of the profession. As such, she is knowledgeable on the subject and capable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-8 The standards in which Principal Kalantzakos was qualified to opine were (1) appropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-communication with students, (2) boundaries with students, and (3) classroom management. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- 31 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-[60] The College did not call evidence as to the School’s “on-site mediation policy” and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-how the Member failed to follow this policy. As such, the Panel finds that the College only ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-proved part of the behaviour alleged in particular 7(c) of Exhibit 1A (i.e., that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-sent a student to the office without signing the student’s agenda). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-(iii) The College has not proven particulars 4(a), 4(c), 6(c), 7(d) or 7(e) of Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- 1A ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-[61] The College did not seek a finding with respect to particulars 4(a), 4(c), 6(c), 7(d) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-or 7(e) as it did not present sufficient evidence to prove this conduct on a balance of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-probabilities. As such, the Panel finds that the College has failed to prove these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-particulars. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-(a) Substantiated Allegations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-[62] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Divisional Court’s decision ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-in Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (“Novick”) states that if the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-College seeks a finding that the Member has failed to comply with the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-profession, the College generally needs to tender expert evidence of the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-profession, unless the conduct is so notorious and so obviously contrary to the standards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf:(such as physical or sexual abuse) that expert evidence is not required. As noted above, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-the College alleged and tendered the expert opinion of Principal Kalantzakos that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-following standards were breached: appropriate communication with students, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf-boundaries with students, and classroom management. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Walker 2022 ONOCT 29 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Date: 2022-03-16 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Jason Reginald Walker, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- JASON REGINALD WALKER (REGISTRATION #690402) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-PANEL: Linda Staudt, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Kirby Chown, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Emma Rhodes ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-HEARD: March 9, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Danielle Miller, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Jack Brown, for Jason Reginald Walker ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on March 9, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-2022, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[2] Jason Reginald Walker (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:Act at the request of College Counsel for Student 1, who was allegedly sexually abused, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:or the subject of sexual misconduct. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-or any information that could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated September 14, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-2020 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2);1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf: (c) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- specifically section 323 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Jason Reginald Walker is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Rainbow District ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as an occasional teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. The Member had coached [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- supervised [XXX] trips at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-3 As of January 20, 2022, section 32 of the by-laws has been re-numbered as section 26. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-At all material times, Student 1 was a Grade [XXX] male student at the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-School. Student 1 had the Member in Grade [XXX] as a student teacher ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-and the Member had supply taught at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-In or around October or November of 2018, the Member and Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-messaged one another through an online [XXX] dating application called ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-The Member’s [XXX]profile stated that his name was “Jay.” The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-did not have his age posted on his profile. However, at the time, he was 26 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-years old. His profile did not include a picture. His settings indicated that he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-was looking for “friends with benefits” and was not interested in anyone over ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-the age of 35. At the time he was using [XXX], the Member was in a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-marriage [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Student 1 had created an account on [XXX] with a stated age of 18, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-minimum age required to create a [XXX] profile. When the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-messaged Student 1, neither of them recognized the other. At the time of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-the messages, Student 1 was under 18 and, as such, was not in compliance ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-with [XXX] terms of service. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-During their conversation, Student 1 told the Member that he was a student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-at a local high school. Upon learning this, the Member did not end the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-conversation. Instead, he asked Student 1 which school he attended. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Student 1 told him that he went to [XXX], another school within the Board, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-as he did not want a stranger knowing where he attended school. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-The Member asked Student 1 if he knew any hot guys from [XXX] School ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-and shared that he knew some good looking [XXX] at the School, in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-particular, some of the members of the [XXX] team. They talked about some ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-of the players and which of them were good looking. The Member spoke ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-about seeing some of the students in the [XXX] change room and what they ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-looked like with their tops off. The Member also talked about whether he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-would meet up with the attractive students if he could. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-The Member then asked Student 1 if he knew Student 1 (himself), not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-realizing that this was to whom he was speaking. Student 1 replied that he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-did, as he was curious to see what the Member would say. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-commented that he had seen Student 1 in the hallway at the School and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-thought he was attractive. The Member does not recall commenting on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Student 1’s appearance. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-The Member and Student 1 also discussed their respective views on having ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:oral and/or anal sex with other men. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-The Member asked Student 1 for a picture. Student 1 sent a photo, not of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-himself, but a picture he took from the internet. Student 1 asked the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- for a picture. The Member sent Student 1 a picture of himself, facing the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- mirror in an orange sweater. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- As soon as Student 1 saw the photo of the Member, he recognized him as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- his student teacher from Grade [XXX]. Student 1 was alarmed to discover ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- this and immediately deleted his account and the [XXX] application from his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- device. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Board Investigation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- In confidence, Student 1 shared what had happened with two of his friends. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- These friends reported the Member’s conduct to the School administration ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- and, as a result, the Board commenced an investigation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Following the Board’s investigation, the Member’s employment with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Board was terminated by letter dated October 23, 2019. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the termination letter. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the Professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Advisory: Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Misconduct, which was in effect in the fall of 2018. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 1(19). The Member further admits that the alleged conduct constitutes ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf: sexual misconduct as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- having had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[7] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-contravened subsections 1(7.2) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or engaged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-College Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the 1(7.2) allegation was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-being sought because the evidence did not reasonably support a finding that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1. College Counsel further submitted that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:the withdrawal of the 1(7.3) and/or sexual abuse allegations was being sought as the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:evidence better supported a finding of sexual misconduct (as opposed to sexual abuse). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on March 9, 2022, finding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-1 to 15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in discussions and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:behaviours of a sexual nature with a student. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:[10] The Panel accepts the Member’s admission that his actions constitute sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:misconduct as defined in the Act. Section 1 of the Act defines “sexual misconduct” as: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf: inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member4 that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf: is not sexual abuse of a student, where, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- member knows or ought to know that one or more students are likely to be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to have the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- effect of, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or remarks, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a student, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-4 Including acts or remarks done or made by electronic means, per subsection 1(7) of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[11] The Panel notes that at the time of the Member’s misconduct, Student 1 was under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-the age of 18 years old and a student attending the Member’s School. In addition, Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-1 was a former student of the Member. Sexual misconduct is a strict liability offence under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-the Act. While the Member might have believed Student 1 was older than 18 years old as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-per [XXX] (the electronic dating site) terms of service, and that Student 1 attended a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-different high school from his School, Student 1 was in fact a “student” as defined in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-section 1(2) of the Act and at the same school as the Member. When the Member became ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:aware that Student 1 was a high school student, he continued his inappropriate sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-remarks with him. Moreover, the Committee in Ontario College of Teachers v. Testa, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-ONOCT 89 (“Testa”), held that a student lying about his age or school is “irrelevant” to a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-finding under this head of misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[12] The Member asked Student 1 about “hot guys” from his School, including boys ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-from the School’s [XXX] team that they thought were “good looking”. The Member told ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Student 1 about seeing some of the students from the [XXX] team in the change room ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-and what they looked like with their tops off. He also discussed whether he would meet ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-up with the attractive students if he could. Without realizing he was speaking to one of his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-students, he said that he thought that Student 1 was “attractive”. He also discussed with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:Student 1 their respective views on having oral and/or anal sex with other men. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that, through this conduct, the Member exposed Student 1 to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:inappropriate behaviour and remarks of a sexual nature as contemplated by the definition ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:of “sexual misconduct” in section 1 of the Act. The Panel does not consider this conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:to be “sexual abuse” because the Member did not direct his sexual behaviour or remarks ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-at Student 1 specifically. “Sexual abuse” typically involves targeted behaviour or remarks ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:of a sexual nature, which reveal a member’s feelings or desires towards a particular ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:student. “Sexual misconduct”, by contrast, typically involves sexual behaviour or remarks ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-of a more generalized nature, where a particular student does not become the object of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:a member’s desires. In this case, because the Member discussed sexual topics with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Student 1 and gossiped about the physical attractiveness of male students they both ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:knew, the Panel does not find that the Member’s conduct amounts to “sexual abuse”. This ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-determination is not based on the severity of the Member’s misconduct, but rather on the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:nature of the conduct itself. The Member exposed Student 1 to sexual behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-remarks but he did not target Student 1 directly. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[14] Moreover, the Panel finds that a reasonable person would expect the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-behaviour and remarks to cause distress or be detrimental to the physical or mental well- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-being of Student 1. It is reasonable to expect that a student would be negatively impacted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-by hearing his own teacher speak of other students (and, unintentionally, of the student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:himself) in a sexualized manner and whether the Member would meet with students he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-thought were attractive. In this case, the negative impact on Student 1 is supported by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-the Agreed Facts because Student 1 became alarmed when he recognized the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-as his student teacher from Grade [XXX], and immediately deleted the [XXX] application ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-from his device. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[15] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-the by-laws, contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and in particular ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-that the Member failed to comply with section 26 (formerly section 32) of the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-which outlines the professional and ethical standards for the teaching profession. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Member’s conduct clearly breached the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-which are set out in section 26.02 of the by-laws. The ethical standard of “Care” requires ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-members to, among other things, demonstrate a commitment to students’ well-being ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-through positive influence and professional judgment. The ethical standard of “Respect” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-requires members to honour human dignity, emotional wellness, and cognitive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-development. As a teacher, the Member is also required to abide by the ethical standard ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-of “Trust” which underscores their relations not only with students but with parents, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-guardians, and the public. The Member demonstrated poor professional judgment and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:disregarded students’ human dignity and well-being when he engaged Student 1 in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-communications and spoke of high school students in an inappropriate manner, namely ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-whether they were “hot” or “good looking”, what students looked like with their tops off, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-and whether the Member would meet up with attractive students. The Member abused ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-the trust that students and the public placed in him to be a positive influence when he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-watched students get undressed in the change room and not only considered but also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-discussed them in an inappropriate way. The Member’s conduct was contrary to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-ethical standards required of members of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[16] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-In particular, teachers are expected to act as positive role models and to conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-themselves morally and with integrity, as described at subsection 264(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Education Act. This duty extends to the Member’s actions outside of school. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-could have and should have ended the exchange immediately with Student 1 upon ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-learning he was a high school student. Instead, the Member failed to model appropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-behaviour as required by his professional duties as a teacher by continuing to engage ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Student 1 in inappropriate conversations. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[17] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct is disgraceful, dishonourable, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-unprofessional contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It is expected ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-that Members refrain from engaging with and discussing students in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-manner. The Member actively solicited Student 1’s opinion of students from his School ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-after learning that Student 1 attended a [XXX] school within his Board. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-egregious misconduct was not only unprofessional in his flagrant disregard of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-obligations and expectations of teachers, but also demonstrated significant moral failings ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-that call into question his ability to interact with students and practise in an ethical manner. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-His behaviour is rightfully characterized by all three terms - disgraceful, dishonourable, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-and unprofessional - in this instance. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[18] The Member’s misconduct, as described above, is clearly unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-teaching profession is eroded when teachers abuse their position of trust and authority to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:ogle students, view and discuss them in a sexualized way, and engage in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-misconduct. Students and parents trust teachers to respect students and keep them safe. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-The Member’s misconduct reflects poorly not only on himself but on the profession as a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-whole. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[19] The parties submitted a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3) to the Panel. In an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-oral decision rendered on March 9, 2022, the Panel accepted the Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[22] The Panel finds that the Member’s unacceptable conduct warrants a reprimand. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-Members of the teaching profession are expected to exercise sound professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-judgment in their interactions with and discussions about students. Engaging in behaviour ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:and making remarks of a sexual nature with and about students is unacceptable and is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-not tolerated by the College. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[23] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s misconduct, the Panel finds that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-22-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. The misconduct represented in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-cases provided by College Counsel were of a similar underlying nature to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-misconduct and confirm that a suspension of significant length is justified. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-clearly engaged in unacceptable conduct when, after learning Student 1 was a high ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf:school student, not only engaged Student 1 in discussions of a sexual nature, but also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-asked Student 1 if he knew any “hot guys” from the Member’s school, and spoke of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-students in an inappropriate manner. The suspension will serve as a specific deterrent to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-the Member and a general deterrent to other members of the profession, making clear ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-that the kind of misconduct the Member exhibited is unacceptable. In accordance with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-parties’ joint submission, the Member’s suspension will begin on March 24, 2022, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-is 15 days after the Panel’s Decision and Order. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-[24] The Panel finds that requiring the Member to successfully complete a pre- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-approved course of instruction regarding professional boundaries and appropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf-communication with students, should he return to teaching, will assist in the rehabilitation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-people were engaging in harassing and/or criminal activity. The Panel did not receive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-evidence of such postings having been made regarding Jewish people. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-[49] The Panel accepted the documentary evidence advanced by the College in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-support of this allegation and gave it considerable weight for the reasons set out above. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-The documentary evidence located and accessed by Ms. Guerra and by Mr. Woloszczuk ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-shows that the Member wrote these statements on Facebook between August and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-September 2017: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-  “This guy is allegedly one of the Caribbean gang leaders harassing the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- residents of Byron” (Exhibit 6 at page112) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-  “This black guy has basically moved into the Byron library basement. He ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- behaves quite provocatively walking around in big ghetto jumbo jeans, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- hanging out in the men’s bathroom nearby and watching loud vulgar rap ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf: artist interviews and child pornography…” (Exhibit 6, at page 114) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-  “Closet Gay Mafia OP GUY WREAKING HAVOC IN THE LIVES HE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- TOUCHES AT SHERIDAN COLLEGE IN OAKVILLE…He allegedly is a gay ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf: prostitute, pedophile and does gay porn…” [emphasis original] (Exhibit 6 at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- page 115) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-  “An alleged Caribbean pet molesting his own children” (Exhibit 6 at page ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- 115) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-[50] The documentary evidence located and accessed by Person A in September 2017 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-shows that on August 15, 2017, the Member posted the following to Facebook: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-  “black-father organized crime operative allegedly abusing his wife and kids” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- (Exhibit 24 at page 304) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-[51] Additionally, a video posted by the Member to YouTube in June 2017 (located and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-accessed by Mr. Woloszczuk on October 19, 2017) attributed criminal activity to persons ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-of Chinese ethnicity in the title: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-  “High up Chinese organized crime husband” (Exhibit 10 at page 132) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-(a) The Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-[57] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act, the regulations or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-the by-laws contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, by contravening ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 28 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-section 327 of the College’s by-laws, which prescribes the Ethical Standards and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession. The Divisional Court in Novick v. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (“Novick”) determined that expert evidence ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-of the standards of the profession is not required where misconduct is “so notorious or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-generally accepted as not to be the subject of debate among reasonable persons” (Novick ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf:at para 71). In its decision, the Court cited physical or sexual abuse as examples of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-misconduct that is so notorious that expert evidence is not required to prove that it ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-breaches the standards. However, the Panel finds that a member’s misconduct does not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-have to rise to the level of violent abuse to be considered notorious. The Panel finds that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-a reasonable person would consider the acts of photographing unsuspecting individuals ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-in the community and then publicly accusing them of serious criminal acts such as murder, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-pedophilia and human trafficking, and/or directing racial slurs toward members of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf:public or making other disparaging comments about their ethnicity or sexual orientation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-as conduct that is clearly and obviously at odds with the expected behaviour of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-Therefore, the Panel finds that expert evidence is not required to prove that the standards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-of the profession, in this case, the Ethical Standards and the Standards of Practice for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-Teaching Profession, were breached. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf-7 As of January 22, 2022, section 32 of the By-laws has been renumbered to section 26. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct28.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- At all material times during the 2017-2018 academic year, Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- Student 2, and Student 3 were grade [XXX] female students in one of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- Member’s classes. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- At all material times, Parent A was the parent of Student 4, a grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- female student in the Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- Between December 2017 and May 2018, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- (a) spoke to Student 1 when she visited his classroom after school and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- commented to her that he had seen her sister without a Hijab, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- asked Student 1 if she would continue to wear a Hijab; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- (b) gave Student 1 a gift card for Pizza Pizza and told her that she should ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- not tell anyone about the gift card. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- On or about March 16, 2018, the Member exchanged a personal email with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- Student 1 in which he replied to Student 1’s concern about her older sister ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- by telling her, “I am frightened she may be put into a situation that she can’t ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf: get out of and suffers from – drugs, alcohol, sex, even prostitution”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- On a few occasions between December 2017 and May 2018, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- took Student 1 and Student 3 and others off school property for runs in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- surrounding neighbourhood. The Member was engaged in training students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- for various [XXX] events in which they were participating and additionally ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- taught physical education, which involved some running components. On ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- one of these occasions, he took Student 1 and Student 3 out of class for a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- run. He understood the general school excursion permission form that he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- believed the students’ parents had signed covered these runs. He did not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- advise the students’ parents, teachers, or the School office of the runs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- before removing the students from class and/or taking them off School ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- property. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- On or about May 31, 2018, the Member caught Student 1 and Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- skipping his gym class. When he confronted the students, Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- informed him that she could not participate in gym class because she was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- fasting for Ramadan. Student 2 immediately told the Member that she could ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- not participate either because she too was fasting. The Member, who knew ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- that Student 2 was not Muslim, questioned her declaration that she was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- fasting, which upset Student 2. The Member arranged for the two students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- to be supervised by their homeroom teacher in their classroom during this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- period and when they indicated they preferred to go to the Vice Principal’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- office instead, he escorted the two students to the Vice Principal’s office and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- referred to them as “lazy”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-card and told her that she should not tell anyone about it. By doing so, the Member taught ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-Student 1 to be secretive and dishonest instead of being open and truthful. Section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-264(1)(d) requires teachers to assist in developing co-operation and co-ordination of effort ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-among members of the staff of the school. The Member’s conduct was contrary to these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-principles. By inappropriately disclosing confidential information about Student 1 and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-investigation, in complete disregard of the principal’s directions, and by taking students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-off School property without informing his colleagues or the School office, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-failed to collaborate with staff of the school. As such, the Member failed to fulfil his duties ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-[14] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was dishonourable and unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members are expected to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-maintain appropriate professional boundaries with students and refrain from disclosing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-students’ personal and confidential information. The Member did the opposite by his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-numerous instances of misconduct described above and by also referencing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf:inappropriate subjects of conversation such as drugs, alcohol, sex and prostitution in a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-personal email to Student 1. Such conduct demonstrates significant moral and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-professional failings by the Member. The Panel accepts the parties’ joint submission that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-the subsection 1(18) finding should be limited to dishonourable and unprofessional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-conduct only. Although the Member’s conduct has an element of moral failing, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-accepts the parties’ joint position that the conduct was not so serious that it amounts to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-“disgraceful” conduct, which is commonly understood to be the most serious label of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf-three described at subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-At all material times, the Member was employed by the York Catholic ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-“School”) in Richmond Hill, Ontario. The Member also coached [XXX] at the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-At all material times, Person A was a [XXX]-year-old male who formerly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-attended the School and played [XXX] on a School team coached by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-At all material times, Person B was a male who formerly attended the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-School and played [XXX] on a School team coached by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Person B was a few years older than Person A. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-For several years, the Member organized alumni [XXX] tournaments for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-former [XXX] players of the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-On or about December 22, 2018, at a hotel party in [XXX], after one of these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:alumni [XXX] tournaments, the Member had unwanted sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Person A. Specifically, the Member removed Person A’s clothing and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:performed several sexual acts on Person A without his consent, including ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-analingus and digital penetration of Person A’s anus. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Person A immediately disclosed what had happened to Person B, who was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-also present at the party. Person B then revealed to Person A that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:Member had had unwanted sexual contact with Person B at the hotel party ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-after the previous year’s alumni [XXX] tournament. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-On or about December 22, 2018, the Member was arrested and criminally ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-charged with: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:(a) one count of sexual assault on Person A, contrary to section 271 of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- the Criminal Code (Canada) (the “Code”); and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:(b) one count of sexual assault on Person B, contrary to section 271 of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- the Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-On or about November 16, 2020, the Member resigned from his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-employment with the Board. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:On November 18, 2020, the Member was found guilty of one count of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-assault on Person A, contrary to section 271 of the Code. The other count ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-was withdrawn at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-On January 6, 2021, the Member was sentenced to two years’ incarceration ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-and made subject to various ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-The Member did not appeal his conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and having had the opportunity ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on April 1, 2022, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-1 to 16 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member had unwanted sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-contact with Person A, a [XXX]-year-old former student. The Member was found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:sexual assault of Person A in his prior criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member had unwanted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:sexual contact with Person A. Specifically, the Member removed Person A’s clothing and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:performed several sexual acts on Person A without his consent, as described above. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Member also climbed on top of Person A, grinded on him and attempted to penetrate him ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-(Exhibit 2, Appendix D at page 39). The Member’s conduct towards Person A constituted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:sexual assault, for which he was found guilty in his prior criminal proceeding. Engaging ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:in sexual assault is a clear breach of the standards of the profession. In particular, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Member breached the ethical standards of “Integrity” and “Trust”. The Panel notes that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:Person A was not a student at the time of the sexual assault. However, members hold a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-unique position of trust and authority. They are thus required to conduct themselves with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-honesty, reliability and moral action (“Integrity”) both inside and outside of the classroom. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Moreover, their relationships with not only students and parents, but also with the public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:is based on trust. By sexually assaulting Person A, the Member acted unethically and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-breached the trust which Person A and the public placed in him. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-submitted and the Panel accepts that misconduct of the nature committed by the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-is so notorious and offside of what is acceptable that expert evidence is not required to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-prove that the standards were breached.1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-[10] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Section 264(1)(c) provides that it is the duty of a teacher to “inculcate by precept and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Simply put, teachers are expected to exemplify moral virtues and serve as positive role ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:models, even when they are outside of the classroom. By sexually assaulting Person A, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-1 Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 established that expert evidence is generally ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-required to prove a breach of the standards of the profession, unless the conduct is so notorious and so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-manifestly contrary to the standards that expert evidence is not required. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-which is abhorrent and morally repugnant conduct, at a hotel party after consuming ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-alcohol, the Member failed to model appropriate behaviour as required by his duties as a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member’s criminal finding of guilt for having breached ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-section 271 of the Criminal Code demonstrates that he contravened a law relevant to his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration and which may cause a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-student who is under the member’s professional supervision to be put at risk, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members of the profession ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-must be trusted to work closely with, and ensure the safety and well-being of, students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:By engaging in a serious sexual offence towards a person whom the Member had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-formerly coached at the School, the Member demonstrated a lack of trustworthiness and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-a complete disregard for the safety and well-being of others. The Member’s criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-conduct and his lack of self-control therefore call into question his suitability to hold a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-teaching certificate and cast serious doubt on his ability to practise the profession without ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-putting students at risk. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-[12] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Regulation 437/97. It is unacceptable for teachers who are expected to be upstanding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:members of society to engage in sexual assault. The teaching profession does not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-tolerate such reprehensible conduct. Sexual assault is egregious conduct which shows ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-moral turpitude and depravity as well as poor judgment by the Member. As such, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Member’s behaviour can be characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-[13] The Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Teachers who engage in sexual assault undermine the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-trust which the public places in the teaching profession and tarnish the reputation of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-teaching profession as a whole. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-[14] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on April 1, 2022, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-[15] The Panel accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-law confines the Panel’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest.2 The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty falls within a range of acceptable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-outcomes, based on the following prior decisions of the Discipline Committee presented ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-2 See R. v. Anthony-Cook, 2016 SCC 43, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 204, and Bradley v. Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Teachers, 2021 ONSC 2303. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Trinchi, 2020 ONOCT 134, Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-College of Teachers v. Condy, 2021 ONOCT 131, and Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Bowles, 2021 ONOCT 135. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-[16] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-provided. There are several aggravating factors in the Member’s case as demonstrated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-by the Admitted Facts (more particularly at Exhibit 2, Appendix D, pages 39 and 58). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Firstly, there is the nature and gravity of the Member’s conduct that led to his criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:finding of guilt for sexually assaulting Person A. Secondly, the Member’s conduct towards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:Person A was not a momentary lapse of judgment. After performing several sexual acts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-on Person A and attempting to penetrate him, the Member left the bed for a period and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-then returned, at which time he started touching Person A again. Thirdly, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-conduct involved a former student that the Member coached, and who was only [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:years old at the time of the sexual assault. Finally, the Member’s actions caused physical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-and emotional harm to Person A. As a result of the Member’s digital penetration of Person ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:A’s anus, Person A experienced physical pain. The sexual assault also caused Person A ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-to feel scared and confused, to the point that he pretended to be unconscious during the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-assault. In terms of mitigating factors, the Member admitted his misconduct, saving the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-time and expense of a contested hearing, which prevented the victim from having to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-testify. The Member also has no prior discipline history. After weighing these factors, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:[17] The Panel finds that the Member’s sexual assault of Person A warrants a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-reprimand. Members of the teaching profession are expected to act as positive role ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-models and to always adhere to the highest moral standards. The Member did the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-opposite. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. In relation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 35 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-to the form of the reprimand, the Panel finds that a written reprimand is appropriate given ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-the parties’ joint submission and the fact that the Member is incarcerated. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-[18] Given the nature and gravity of the Member’s conduct, the Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration is appropriate in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:this case. The Member’s sexual assault of Person A was abhorrent and reprehensible. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-Although the Member’s conduct occurred outside of the classroom, teachers are held to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-a high standard even when they are “off duty” by virtue of the unique position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:authority that they hold within their communities. By performing sexual acts on Person A, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf:without his consent, the Member violated Person A’s sexual integrity and has ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-demonstrated a complete disregard for the physical and emotional safety of others. Such ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-conduct demonstrates that the Member cannot be trusted to work as a teacher, where he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-would be responsible for the safety and well-being of children. The revocation will serve ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to other members of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-profession, making clear that the kind of criminal misconduct the Member exhibited is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-unacceptable. In accordance with the parties’ joint submission, the Member’s revocation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf-will take effect immediately. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct35.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-to subsection 30(5) at paragraph 2 of the Act. A letter was sent to the parties on January ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-10, 2022, requesting submissions by January 31, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-[23] College Counsel provided the Panel with several cases confirming the authority of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-the Committee to order fines following a finding of professional misconduct: Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-College of Teachers v. Black, 2008 ONOCT 6 (Decision and Reasons on Finding) and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-2009 ONOCT 8 (Decision and Reasons on Penalty) (“Black”); Racicot; and Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-College of Teachers v. Williamson, 2017 ONOCT 20 (“Williamson”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-[24] In Black, the member had disclosed information from a closed hearing, in which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-he had participated as a member of the Discipline Committee. In that case, the College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-submitted that the member’s certificate should be suspended for 24 months and a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-reprimand should be ordered. The panel found that penalty would not sufficiently ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-address the impact that the member’s actions had on public confidence in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-profession, the public interest, and public safety and that a stronger general deterrent ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-was required. The panel therefore imposed a $1,000 fine in addition to the penalty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-requested by the College. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-[25] In Racicot, the member had misrepresented her professional credentials. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-panel noted in its decision that the member’s “reprehensible behaviour must be dealt ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-with severely as it undermines the integrity of the profession”. The panel revoked the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-member’s certificate of qualification and registration and ordered a fine in the amount of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-$2,000. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-[26] In Williamson, the member was found to have engaged in over 100 instances of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf:sexual abuse of a young person to whom he had been assigned as a Big Brother. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-Committee imposed a fine of $5,000 (in addition to revocation and costs) and stated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- that: “a fine of $5000 is appropriate in order to denounce in the strongest possible terms ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- the Member’s conduct. As well, a fine will serve to deter other members of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf: profession from engaging in such abuse by making it clear that sexual abuse will never ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 37 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- be tolerated”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- [27] College Counsel did not take a position as to whether the Panel should order a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- fine in the Member’s case but noted that fines have been imposed infrequently by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- Discipline Committee. College Counsel also reiterated the College’s position that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- appropriate penalty in the circumstances of this case is the revocation of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration, and that an order for costs in the amount of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- $10,000 would also be appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-D. ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS OF THE MEMBER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- [28] The Member advised that he is experiencing financial difficulties due to life altering ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- circumstances and the impact of COVID-19 and is unable to pay any fine ordered by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- the Panel. He provided the Panel with Exhibit 26 again for their consideration but did ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- not provide any evidence with respect to his financial circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf-E. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- [29] The Panel makes the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to suspend the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration of the Member for a period of 24 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- months commencing on the 15th calendar day following the date of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- Penalty Decision and Reasons for Decision of the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- The Panel imposes a fine in the amount of $5,000, to be paid by the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- to the Minister of Finance for payment into the Consolidated Revenue Fund, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- to be paid within 24 months of the date of the Penalty Decision and Reasons ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- for Decision of the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct37.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-course of investigating the allegations in this matter. College Counsel noted that section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-312 of the College by-laws requires members to provide the Registrar with contact ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-information and to notify the College within 30 days of any changes to their contact ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-information. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[4] Based on this affidavit, the Panel was satisfied that the College had met its service ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-obligations with respect to the Notice of Hearing and all disclosure documents. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-is satisfied that the Member was deemed to have been served3 and informed of the time ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-and date of the hearing, as well as the penalty and costs that could be sought by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-College. The Panel therefore heard this matter in the absence of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[5] At the conclusion of the hearing on May 10, 2021, the Panel found that the College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-had proven on a balance of probabilities that the Member engaged in professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-misconduct contrary to subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(11), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Panel also found that the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-“Act”). The Panel did not find that the Member breached subsection 1(5) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Regulation 437/97, as that allegation was withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[6] The Panel proceeded to hear submissions on penalty and costs and reserved its ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-decision. These are the Panel’s reasons for its findings as well as the Panel’s decision ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-and reasons on penalty and costs. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-2 As of January 20, 2022 (i.e., between the time of the hearing and the release of these reasons), section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-31 of the by-laws was re-numbered as section 25. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-3 See sections 8.10 and 8.11 of the College by-laws with respect to deemed service. At the time of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-hearing, these provisions were set out at sections 9.10 and 9.11 of the by-laws. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[7] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Act, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-which makes such an order mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-of, or any information that could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. Note that this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-ban applies to both student witnesses in this case. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[8] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated August 5, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf: (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (e) he failed to supervise adequately a person who is under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- professional supervision of the member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14);5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-4 Allegation was withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-5 As of January 20, 2022 (i.e., between the time of the hearing and the release of these reasons), section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-32 of the by-laws was re-numbered as section 26. At the time of the alleged conduct, the professional and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-ethical standards were set out at section 32 of the by-laws. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(g) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-1. Joseph Wayne Arsenault is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the [XXX] as a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- teacher at [XXX] School (the "School") in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 and Student 2 were female students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- in the Member's Grade [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-4. During the 2017-2018 academic year, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (a) used the School's internet account and computer to access ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- dating sites during school time. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-5. On or about January 22, 2018 and/or February 7, 2018, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- fell asleep in his Grade [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-6. On or about April 6, 2018, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (a) showed an inappropriate movie to his Grade [XXX] class ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf: entitled, "A Little Chaos", which contained sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- material; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (b) said to Student 1 and/or Student 2 who expressed concerns ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- about the content of the video, "You should be used to it since ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- you are girls" and/or "You should be fine with it since you are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- girls". ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(a) Student 1’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[14] At the time of the hearing, Student 1 was [XXX] years old and did not attend school. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-The last grade she finished was Grade [XXX]. During the 2017-2018 academic year, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old student in the Member’s Grade [XXX] class at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[15] The Member stopped being her teacher in April 2018 after an incident involving a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-movie that the Member showed to his Grade [XXX] class entitled, “A Little Chaos”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 1 had never seen the movie before and testified that it was not related to anything ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-that the Member was teaching her class that year. During her testimony, Student 1 was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-presented with a copy of an IMDb printout of the movie “A Little Chaos” (Exhibit 4). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 1 testified that she recognized the actors on the first page of the printout as being ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-from the movie the Member showed in class. Student 1 was also presented with a copy ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-from a Common Sense Media webpage for “A Little Chaos” (Exhibit 5) and recognized ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-the pictures in that printout as being from the movie the Member showed in class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[16] Student 1 was sitting in a corner at a desk with three other students (including ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 2) when the Member played the movie. Approximately 30 minutes into the movie, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 1 saw a scene with a male and a female on a desk. The characters were dressed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:but they were moaning, and Student 1 understood them to be having sex. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[17] Student 1 said that she felt disgusted by this content, so she got up to pause the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:movie. She told the Member she was stopping the movie because of the sex scene. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Member then played it again and told her “You should be used to it, you’re a girl” or words ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-to that effect. Student 1 said she did not understand what the Member meant by his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-comment but felt grossed out by the statement. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[18] Student 1 then left to go to the office with Student 2. The Member yelled in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-hallway for other teachers to try to stop them. Despite these other teachers’ efforts, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2 went to the office and told the vice-principal and principal, Ms. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Mila Morris what happened. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[19] Student 1 testified that Ms. Morris then spoke with the Member and sent him home. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 1 was present when this happened. She testified that the Member tried to explain ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-what happened, and that Ms. Morris had to yell for the Member to leave, as the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-was slow to do so. The Member did not return as Student 1’s teacher after this incident. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(b) Student 2’s Testimony ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[20] At the time of the hearing, Student 2 was [XXX] years old and did not attend school. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-The last grade she finished was Grade [XXX]. During the 2017-2018 academic year, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 2 was a [XXX]-year-old student in the Member’s Grade [XXX] class at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 2 testified that the Member was her teacher until April of that academic year. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[21] Student 2 testified that she was sitting by the classroom door with three friends ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(including Student 1) when the Member put on the movie, “A Little Chaos” in April 2018. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 2 testified that the movie was not related to anything the Member was teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-them. While the movie was playing, the Member sat at the back of the class and played ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-chess with two other students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[22] Student 2 testified that Student 1 paused the movie when a particular scene came ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-on. Student 2 testified that she could not see the screen because of where she was sitting ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-but heard some noises, including the sound of a lady. Student 1 told Student 2 it was a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:sex scene. Student 2 testified that Student 1 got up and paused the movie when the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-F. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(1) Onus and standard of proof ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[35] The College bears the burden of proving the allegations in accordance with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-standard of proof set out in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 41, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-is proof on a balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(2) Decision ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[36] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. College Counsel stated that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation under subsection 1(5) was being sought ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-as proceeding under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14) would be duplicative. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[37] Having considered the evidence and submissions of College Counsel, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-rendered an oral decision on May 10, 2021, finding that the Member engaged in acts of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:1(7), 1(7.2), 1(11), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-G. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[38] The Panel has carefully reviewed the evidence and submissions presented in this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-matter. In the reasons that follow, the Panel comments only on the portions of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-evidence that are most relevant to the allegations contained in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Panel first sets out its factual findings and then explains why these facts give rise to a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-head on his desk, and both heard him snoring and noticed that he woke up when students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-laughed at him during one of the incidents. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[42] Based on the totality of the uncontradicted evidence with respect to these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-incidents, the Panel finds, on a balance of probabilities, that the Member fell asleep twice ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-in his Grade [XXX] class – on January 22, 2018 and on February 7, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(c) On about April 6, 2018, the Member showed a movie to his Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf: class entitled “A Little Chaos” which contained sexually explicit material ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[43] Student 1 and Student 2 were consistent in their testimonies that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-showed the movie, “A Little Chaos” in their Grade [XXX] class. Student 1 testified that she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-saw and was distressed by a scene in which two characters were dressed but moaning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:and engaging in sexual activity. During her testimony, Student 1 identified images from ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-the movie in webpages for “A Little Chaos” from IMDb (Exhibit 4) and Common Sense ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Media (Exhibit 5). Student 2 testified that she could not see the movie very well from ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-where she was sitting in class, but she did hear a part of the movie that she described as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-the sounds of a lady. Moreover, Ms. Morris testified that when she went to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-class and viewed the scene Student 1 and Student 2 described, she determined it was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-an inappropriate, explicit, and passionate scene showing intimate contact between the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-actors. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[44] The Panel has reviewed these webpages and notes that IMDb states the film’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:Motion Picture Rating (MPAA), is “Rated R for some sexuality and brief nudity” (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-4) and the review for the film in Common Sense Media states in the section entitled, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-“WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW”, that “[t]here are brief glimpses of naked breasts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-and butts, and love scenes show people moving and moaning, vigorously” (Exhibit 5). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[45] The Panel has also reviewed the Member’s apology letter regarding this incident ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(Exhibit 10). Although he did not note the title of the movie in his apology letter, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Member notes that the movie was shown on April 6, 2018 and that it contained ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-“inappropriate” content. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[46] Taking into account all of the evidence described above, the Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-College has proven, on a balance of probabilities that, on April 6, 2018, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-showed his Grade [XXX] class the movie entitled, “A Little Chaos”, which contained ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:sexually explicit material. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(d) On about April 6, 2018, the Member said to Student 1 and/or Student 2 who ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- expressed concerns about the content of “A Little Chaos”, “You should be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- used to it since you are girls” and/or “You should be fine with it since you ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- are girls”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[47] The Panel finds that the College has proven, on a balance of probabilities, that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Member said to Student 1 and/or Student 2 something to the effect of, “You should be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:used to it since you are girls” when Student 1 expressed concerns about the sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-content of the movie. Student 1 and Student 2 both observed this incident firsthand, as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-they were the recipients of the Member’s inappropriate remark. The students’ testimonies ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-about this incident were consistent with one another, and the Panel finds that the students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-testified honestly and that their evidence was credible. Student 1 testified that when she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:told the Member she was turning off the movie because of the sex scene, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-stopped her, turned the movie back on, and told her and Student 2, “you should be used ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-to it, you’re a girl”. Student 2 also testified that the Member told Student 1 and Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-that they should be used to it because they are girls. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[48] The Panel recognizes that Ms. Morris’s testimony about this incident is slightly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-inconsistent with the students’ accounts. Specifically, Ms. Morris testified that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-told the students something to the effect of, “don’t be like that because you’re going to be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-doing stuff like that soon”. The Panel does not believe that this minor inconsistency ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-undermines the students’ credibility. Both Ms. Morris’s version of what was said and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-students’ versions are similar in that they all testified that the Member essentially ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-dismissed the students’ concerns and made a remark implying they should be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:comfortable with the sex scene in the movie. To the extent that there is a minor ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-discrepancy with respect to the precise words used by the Member, the Panel prefers the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-evidence of the students who received the comment firsthand and who were consistent ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-with each other about what was said. Ms. Morris did not observe the events directly and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-she could only relay second-hand information about what others told her the Member said ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-to the students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[49] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct set out above gives rise to a finding of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Member abused a student or students verbally ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); he abused a student or students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-psychologically or emotionally contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; he failed to supervise ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-adequately a person who was under his professional supervision, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-or the by-laws, specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(14); he failed to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); he committed acts that, having ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-subsection 1(18); and, he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(a) The Member abused a student or students verbally contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[50] The Panel finds that the Member verbally abused Student 1 and Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7), when he said, in response to their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:concerns about the sex scene in “A Little Chaos”, something to the effect of “You should ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-be used to it since you are girls”. The Member’s comment implied that Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:Student 2 should not be offended by a sex scene because, as girls, they should be used ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:to sex. Student 1 said she felt “grossed out” and Student 2 testified that she felt ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-“uncomfortable” when the Member made this comment. The Member’s comment to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2, who were respectively [XXX] and [XXX] years old at the time, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:amounts to verbal abuse because it was offensive, sexist, had sexual connotations, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:was dismissive of the students’ legitimate concerns about watching a sex scene in a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-movie at school. Teachers must always communicate professionally, respectfully, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-supportively with students. The Member did the opposite in this instance. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(b) The Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[51] The Member’s conduct with respect to showing his Grade [XXX] class “A Little ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Chaos” and accessing a dating site in front of students in class amounted to psychological ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-or emotional abuse, contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Psychological or emotional abuse refers to behaviour that can significantly interfere with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-a child’s cognitive, emotional, psychological, or social development and well-being. “A ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Little Chaos” was inappropriate for a Grade [XXX] class and negatively impacted Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:1 and Student 2. As noted above, Student 1 felt disgusted by the sex scene she saw, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 2 testified that she felt uncomfortable by what happened in class. Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 2 were upset enough by the Member’s comments that they left his class to report ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-the incident to the principal and vice-principal. The Member jeopardized Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 2’s psychological and emotional well-being by placing them in an uncomfortable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:situation at school, by ignoring their concerns about watching a sex scene in class, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-by making a suggestive and inappropriate comment to them. The Member was also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-dismissive of Student 1’s mature and courageous act of standing up for herself and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-turning off the movie. By turning the movie right back on, the Member, who held a position ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-of authority over the student, negated her efforts to do the right thing and discouraged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 1’s commendable behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[52] In addition, Student 2 testified that she felt weird when she heard the Member tell ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-her classmate that he (the Member) was on a dating website during class time. Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-2 testified that the computer screen was visible to the class. The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Member’s conduct on that occasion was also psychologically and emotionally abusive, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-as it is not appropriate for members to access mature content relating to their personal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-life in the presence of students. As professionals, members must maintain appropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-boundaries with students and recognize that it can be unsettling or upsetting to students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-when those boundaries are crossed, as the Member did in this instance. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:(c) The Member engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:[53] The Panel finds that the Member engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-section 1 of the Act. “Sexual misconduct” is defined in section 1 of the Act as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 1(1) In this Act, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- […] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf: “sexual misconduct” means inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf: nature by the member that is not sexual abuse of a student, where, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- the member knows or ought to know that one or more students are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- likely to be exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- the effect of, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- remarks; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- student, or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:[54] The Member exposed students in his Grade [XXX] class to behaviour of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:nature, namely, showing [XXX]-year-old students an R-rated movie, containing sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-content. The Panel finds that a reasonable person would expect that such conduct would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-cause distress to students exposed to the behaviour, be detrimental to those students’ ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-physical or mental well-being, or create a negative environment at the school. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Member’s conduct had all three effects in this instance. Student 1 testified that she was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-disgusted by the film, and Student 2 testified that she and her friends were made to feel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-uncomfortable. The Member’s conduct clearly created a negative environment at school ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-because Student 1 and Student 2 were disturbed enough by the incident to leave their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-class to report it to the school administration, and the school administration determined ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-that the Member should be assigned to home as a result of this incident, pending an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-investigation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(d) The Member failed to supervise adequately a person who is under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- professional supervision of the member, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(11) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[55] The Panel finds that the Member failed to adequately supervise persons under his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-professional supervision on several occasions during the 2017-2018 academic year, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(11) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member fell asleep in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-class on two occasions during the 2017-2018 school year, during instructional time when ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-he was supposed to be supervising and teaching his students. Evidently, a sleeping ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-teacher is not providing adequate student supervision. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[56] Moreover, adequate supervision requires something more than a teacher’s mere ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-presence in class. Members must also exercise appropriate professional judgment in their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-supervision of students. The Member failed to adequately supervise his students by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-showing them an inappropriate, R-rated movie that was unrelated to the curriculum, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-without having previously viewing the movie to determine if it was age appropriate. By his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-own admission in his apology letter (Exhibit 10), the Member acknowledged that he put ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-the movie on without knowing its subject matter or the suitability of its content. Even after ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:learning that the movie contained sexual content that was distressing to students, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Member refused to turn off the movie. Accordingly, the Panel finds that the Member was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-inattentive to the emotional well-being of his students and therefore failed to adequately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-supervise his class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(e) The Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- and specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[57] The Panel accepts College Counsel’s submission that expert evidence is not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-required to prove a breach of professional or ethical standards in this case because it is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-self-evident that the Member breached the standards by showing his Grade [XXX] class ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:an R-rated movie that contained sexually explicit content and nudity (see Exhibits 4 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-5). The students in his class were [XXX] years old and the movie was completely ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-unrelated to the curriculum. The Panel also concludes, based on common sense, that it ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-is a breach of professional standards for a member to sleep with their head down on their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-desk during instructional time while they are supposed to be teaching their students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[58] Despite the self-evident nature of the breaches of professional and ethical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-standards in this case, College Counsel referred the Panel to the following specific ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-breaches of the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession as set out in the College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-by-laws. The ethical standard of “Care” requires members to show compassion for and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-commitment to their students’ well-being, by showing sound professional judgment, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-empathy, and by exerting a positive influence over them. The ethical standard of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-“Respect” requires members to honour the human dignity, emotional wellness, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-cognitive development of students. The ethical standard of “Trust” forms the basis of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-members’ relationship with their students, school community, and the public. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[59] The Member failed to adhere to these standards when he showed his Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-class “A Little Chaos” without screening it beforehand for inappropriate content. He did ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-not demonstrate professional judgment or commitment to his student’s well-being and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-development. He breached the trust placed in him to ensure students’ safety. Moreover, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-he failed to show compassion, empathy, and respect to Student 1 and Student 2, when ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:he disregarded Student 1’s concerns about watching a sex scene in class and then made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-a disparaging remark to Student 1 and Student 2 after turning the movie back on. Far ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-from supporting the well-being, dignity, and development of Student 1 and Student 2, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Member discounted and invalidated them. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[60] The Member also failed to demonstrate respect and trust when he used a School ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-computer to access a dating website during class time. Ms. Morris testified that teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-were expected to restrict their use of the School’s computers and internet to professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-purposes related to student learning. The Member’s actions showed that he did not value ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-either his students’ time and learning, or the school’s property and rules. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(f) The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[61] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. Section 264(1)(a) of the Education ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Act requires teachers to teach the subjects assigned to them diligently and faithfully. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Member failed to meet this requirement when he fell asleep in class on two separate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-occasions. He also failed to teach the subjects assigned to him diligently and faithfully ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:when he showed his Grade [XXX] class a movie that contained sexually explicit content ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-and which was unrelated to the curriculum. Section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-requires teachers to model high standards of behaviour and to behave as positive role ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:models. Through his sexist, insulting and dismissive comment to Student 1 and Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-2, his inattentiveness to his students (i.e., by falling asleep in class), and his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-unprofessional accessing of a dating website in front of students, the Member served as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-a poor role model, contrary to the requirements of the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(g) The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[62] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. The public and the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:profession do not tolerate teachers engaging in sexual misconduct or abusive behaviour. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-The Member’s actions went beyond showing poor professional judgment when he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-showed “A Little Chaos” in class. He could have made up for his poor decision of failing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-to vet the movie in advance of showing it to his class by stopping the film when Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-1 expressed her concerns to him and by respectfully apologizing for his error right away. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Instead, the Member exacerbated the problem by turning the movie back on and by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-making a disparaging comment to Student 1 and Student 2. His behaviour implied that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-his students had no legitimate right to be offended by the content of the movie and that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-he had the prerogative as the teacher to play the movie despite Student 1’s discomfort. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:His comment to Student 1 and Student 2 was highly inappropriate – it was both sexist ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:and sexual in nature. Student 2 testified that she and her friends were made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-uncomfortable by the situation. On two other occasions, the Member fell asleep in class ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-in the presence of students. He also failed to maintain appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-boundaries by accessing a dating website in class, in the presence of students. As the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Member’s conduct included significant moral and professional failings, it can appropriately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-be characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(h) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[63] The Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member of the teaching profession, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 as it was verbally and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:emotionally abusive and constituted sexual misconduct. Such misconduct discredits the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-teaching professional generally as it causes the public to lose trust in the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Parents trust teachers to take care of their children, act as positive role models, and foster ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-an encouraging learning environment. The Member’s conduct undermined these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-expectations. Parents should not fear that their children will be unsupervised because ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-their teacher is asleep, that students will be shown inappropriate content in class, or that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-their teacher will be a negative role model for students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-H. PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[64] College Counsel explained that the Panel has the discretion to order a penalty that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-it considers appropriate in the circumstances and submitted that the appropriate penalty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-in this case was: an oral reprimand; a suspension of the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Qualification and Registration for a period of six months; and the imposition of terms, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-conditions or limitations requiring the Member to successfully complete coursework on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-boundary violations, appropriate communication, and classroom management before ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-returning to teaching. According to College Counsel, these orders, taken together, meet ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-the penalty objectives of specific and general deterrence, rehabilitation and remediation, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-and protection of the public. Further, College Counsel submitted they will help maintain ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-the high standards of the profession and preserve the public’s confidence in teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 26 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[65] College Counsel submitted that there were no mitigating factors in this case, as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-the Member has not shown remorse and has not engaged in the discipline process in any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-way. While the Member did eventually write a letter of apology regarding “A Little Chaos” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(Exhibit 10), College Counsel submitted that the Panel ought to question whether it was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-a true expression of remorse, given the timing and circumstances in which he apologized. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[66] College Counsel submitted that there were several aggravating factors in this case. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-First, the Member’s sleeping incidents were repeated within a short period time, with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-second one occurring just two weeks after Ms. Morris had reprimanded the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-following the first incident. The Member did not learn from his mistake. Second, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Member did not demonstrate any insight into his misbehaviour or concern for the well- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-being of his students. He openly acknowledged being on a dating website during school ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-hours and made no attempt to hide what he was doing. Third, the Member’s conduct was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-not an isolated instance of poor judgment. In relation to the movie incident, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-was not apologetic to his students when he learned that they were uncomfortable viewing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:the sex scene; instead, he cavalierly turned the movie back on, made a highly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-inappropriate and disparaging comment to Student 1 and Student 2, and tried to prevent ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-them from reporting the incident to the principal (which sent the message that they were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-being punished for doing the right thing). Fourth, the Member has a prior discipline history ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-before the Committee, having previously engaged in very serious misconduct that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-resulted in a one-year suspension. Fifth, the Member’s total lack of cooperation in these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-proceedings, despite having admitted in his apology letter that showing the movie to his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Grade [XXX] class was inappropriate, needlessly lengthened this hearing by requiring the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-College to call evidence because of the Member’s refusal to participate. Similarly, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Member’s failure to comply with the requirement in the College’s by-laws that all members ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-keep their contact information up-to-date with the College made it even more difficult for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-the College to conduct this proceeding, because it needed to go to great lengths to ensure ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-the unresponsive Member’s right to procedural fairness. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[67] College Counsel presented the Panel with the following prior decisions of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Discipline Committee to establish that the penalty it sought fell within the range of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-acceptable outcomes ordered for similar misconduct: Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Lewsaw, 2019 ONOCT 35 (“Lewsaw”); Ontario College of Teachers v. Weglarz, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-ONOCT 95 (“Weglarz”); Ontario College of Teachers v. Will, 2021 ONOCT 1 (“Will”); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Palangio, 2021 ONOCT 40 (“Palangio”); and Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-College of Teachers v. Georgiopoulos, 2019 ONOCT 37 (“Georgiopoulos”).6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[68] College Counsel explained that, considering the range of acceptable outcomes ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-provided by the case law, and given the aggravating factors in the Member’s case, a six- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:month suspension is appropriate. The prior cases in which sexually inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-materials were presented to students generally resulted in suspensions of two to four ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-months in duration. Considering that the Member also fell asleep in class, which conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-on its own in Georgiopoulos resulted in a one-month suspension, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-submitted that an additional month’s suspension would be appropriate in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-case (increasing the suspension range to three to five months). Moreover, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-prior discipline history, his lack of insight or remorse, and the fact that he also accessed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:6 College Counsel reminded the Panel that sexual misconduct became a distinct head of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-misconduct in December 2016. Any discipline cases involving conduct before that time (as many of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:cases presented were) would not have included allegations that the member had engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:misconduct, even if the conduct could properly meet the definition of sexual misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 29 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- specifically addresses the Discipline Committee’s concerns ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- regarding the Member’s professional misconduct. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- syllabus proposed by the course practitioner shall also specify ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- the length of the course to be undertaken by the Member, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- the assignments to be completed by the Member; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (b) within thirty (30) days of his completion of the course outlined in (a) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- above, the Member shall provide to the Registrar a written report ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- from the course practitioner: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- (i) stating that the Member has successfully completed the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- course and reporting on the progress of the Member with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- respect to addressing the outlined goals of the course. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-J. REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[70] In arriving at its decision with respect to penalty, the Panel carefully considered the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-College’s evidence and submissions. The Panel was also mindful of the guiding principles ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-that penalty orders should address, including specific and general deterrence, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-rehabilitation and remediation, and public protection. In cases such as this, where the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:Member’s professional misconduct involved sexual misconduct, the objectives of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-deterrence and public protection are of primary concern to the Panel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(1) Reprimand ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[71] The Panel finds that the Member’s various acts of professional misconduct warrant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-a reprimand. Teachers are expected to fulfill their professional obligations diligently and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-faithfully, to act professionally, to serve as positive role models, and to not put the safety ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-and well-being of students at risk. The Member failed in all these respects when he fell ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-asleep in class, used School property and resources to access dating websites while in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:the presence of students, showed his Grade [XXX] class a movie that contained sexually ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-explicit content, and made an inappropriate and disparaging comment to Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Student 2 in response to their concerns about the movie. The reprimand will allow the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 30 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession, enhance the transparency of the discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-process, and assure the public that the College does not tolerate acts of misconduct like ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-those in which the Member engaged. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-(2) Suspension ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[72] The Panel finds that a six-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate in this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-case. In coming to this order, the Panel recognizes the legal principle that like cases ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-should be treated alike. College Counsel provided several cases for the Panel’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-consideration, wherein the Discipline Committee ordered suspensions in the range of one ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-to four months, in addition to ordering reprimands and coursework. The Panel has given ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-careful consideration to these cases and finds that a six-month suspension is appropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-in the Member’s case given the aggravating circumstances that will be described below, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-which distinguish the Member’s case from the case law provided and weigh in favour of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-a more severe penalty. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[73] The Panel finds that there were several aggravating factors and no mitigating ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-factors in this case. First, the nature of the misconduct in this case was very concerning, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:as the Member has engaged in sexual misconduct. Second, the Member’s misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-was repeated and it was not a momentary lapse in judgment. In relation to the sleeping ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-incident, the Member repeated his behaviour mere weeks after being reprimanded by his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-principal. Third, the Member showed very little insight into his misconduct. In relation to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-the movie incident, not only did he turn the inappropriate movie back on after learning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-that it made students feel uncomfortable, but he also then disparaged those students and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 31 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-tried to prevent them from reporting his conduct to the principal. It is very concerning that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-the Member tried to stop his students (who had the courage to stand up to him) from ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:doing the right thing. Fourth, the Member’s sexual misconduct involved young students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-who were in Grade [XXX]. Fifth, the Member has a prior discipline history with the College, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-having previously engaged in very serious misconduct of an unrelated, criminal nature ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-that resulted in a one-year suspension. Sixth, the Member was entirely uncooperative, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-having been provided with repeated reminders about the hearing date but not attending ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-or otherwise participating in these proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[74] The Panel finds that these aggravating factors make the Member’s case more ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-serious than the prior cases provided by College Counsel in which suspensions in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-range of one to four months were ordered. In Georgiopoulous, a member received a one- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-month suspension for falling asleep in class, using his telephone in class, and yelling at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-students. Georgiopoulous differs significantly from the Member’s case in that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:engaged in sexual misconduct, whereas Georgiopoulous did not involve sexually ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-inappropriate behaviour. The Member’s conduct was considerably more serious than that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-in Georgiopoulous and should therefore result in a considerably more serious outcome. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Georgiopoulous was also an uncontested hearing, in which the penalty was the result of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-a compromise between the parties (which often results in more lenient penalties than ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-those that might have been ordered in a contested case). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[75] In Will, a member received a two-month suspension for showing his class violent ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:videos, and for swearing and making sexually inappropriate jokes in front of students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-There are several aggravating factors in the Member’s case that weigh in favour of a more ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-severe penalty than in Will. First, the Panel finds the Member’s misconduct considerably ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 32 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-more serious than that in Will because the Member’s students were much younger (Will ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-involved high school students; whereas Student 1 and Student 2 were only [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[XXX] years old in the Member’s case). Second, unlike in Will, the Member continued to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-play the inappropriate movie for his students after they expressed concerns about the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:movie’s sexual content and tried to turn off the movie because it made them ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-uncomfortable. Third, unlike in Will, the Member also had supervision issues (i.e., falling ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-asleep in class) and he accessed personal dating sites during class time and in front of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-students. Fourth, the penalty in Will was the result of a compromise, unlike in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Member’s case where he did not participate in his proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[76] In Weglarz, a member received a three-month suspension for sending emails ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:containing sexually explicit content to colleagues and school administrators. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-finds that the Member’s case is considerably more serious than Weglarz because the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:Member’s sexual misconduct involved students (as opposed to adult colleagues and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-administrators, which was the case in Weglarz). In Weglarz, the panel specifically ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-observed that the penalty might have been more severe if Mr. Weglarz had directed his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:sexually inappropriate communications at students. Mr. Weglarz also had no prior ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-discipline history at the College, unlike the Member, which weighs in favour of a more ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-severe penalty in the Member’s case. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:[77] In Palangio, a member received a three-month suspension for showing sexually ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-inappropriate videos to his class on multiple occasions, and for failing to adequately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-supervise students. While this conduct was similar to that in the Member’s case, there ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:was no finding of sexual misconduct in Palangio and that case was decided by way of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-agreement such that the penalty was the result of a compromise between the parties. It ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 33 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-is often seen as a mitigating factor for a member to come to an agreement with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-College. While the Member’s failure to come to an agreement in this case is not an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-aggravating factor, it is likely that the penalty in Palangio was more lenient than it ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 39 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-otherwise might have been, because of the parties’ negotiated settlement. Moreover, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Member’s prior discipline history with the College is an aggravating factor in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-case, whereas the member in Palangio had no prior discipline history with the College. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[78] In Lewsaw, a member received a four-month suspension for providing students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf:with sexually explicit materials and for making comments of a sexual nature to students, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-among other things. While this conduct is also somewhat similar to the Member’s conduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Lewsaw did not also involve a failure to adequately supervise students (i.e., falling asleep ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-in class) or the conducting of personal affairs in class (i.e., accessing a dating website in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-front of students). Lewsaw was also decided by way of agreement, unlike the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-case, in which the penalty is not the product of a compromise between the parties. In ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Lewsaw, the member’s prior history (i.e., having been previously cautioned by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-College’s Investigation Committee) was less serious than the prior discipline history of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-the Member in this case, who received a one-year suspension from the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-Committee as a result of a prior finding of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-[79] In light of the numerous aggravating factors in the Member’s case, the absence of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-any mitigating factors, and taking into account the increased severity of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-conduct as compared to the prior cases provided by the College, the Panel finds that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-suspension of six-months will appropriately achieve the sentencing objectives of specific ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf-and general deterrence, and protection of the public. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct39.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on April 7, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-2022, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-[2] James Ian Texeira (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-[4] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated October 8, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that James Ian Texeira is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf: (c) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- pronounce because he had difficulty hearing the inflections, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- caused the students fluent in English to laugh; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (f) despite knowing that a student was from South Korea, said hello to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- this student in Vietnamese by mistake; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (g) commented to a male English language learner, when he did not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- understand the Member while dividing students into [XXX] teams ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- based on shirt colours, “Oh, you don’t know your shirt colours. You ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- might have to take AO again,” or words to that effect. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- On one occasion, a [XXX]-year-old male student in his class was playing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- [XXX]. The student did not [XXX] and his team lost [XXX]. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- commented to the student that he was “useless” and/or “useless to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- team” and told the male student to get out of his class in front of his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- classmates. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-Sexist Conduct and Comments ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- Between approximately September 2019 to October 2019, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf: made comments to his class of a sexual nature, in that he: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (a) commented to students, “I didn’t know you were open for business,” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- or words to that effect when students were sitting in a relaxed way in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- class; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (b) commented to two male students who were sitting close together ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- and/or were touching one another, “I didn’t know that you were that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- close” or words to that effect, which resulted in the class laughing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (c) commented to students with their hands in their pockets, “take your ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- hands off your junk, stop putting your hands in your pockets,” or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- words to that effect. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-Board Investigation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- Following the investigation, the Board concluded that the manner in which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- the Member treated students constituted a form of racially based ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- harassment. The Board also concluded that the Member had made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf: inappropriate comments of a sexual nature in front of students. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- was given a three day suspension without pay by the Board. Attached ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the discipline letter dated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- November 5, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-Current Status ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- The Member is currently teaching at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- referred to in paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf: 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-[6] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on April 7, 2022, finding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-[7] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-1 to 9 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member repeatedly engaged in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-racist and insensitive conduct towards students and exposed students to remarks of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf:sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-[8] The Member abused students verbally, contrary to subsection 1(7) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-Regulation 437/97 by repeatedly making racist and insensitive comments towards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-students. The Member’s comments included questioning an international student who ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-was sitting with a Canadian student (“Oh, you’re not sitting with your friends today?”); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-insinuating that a student of Arab descent was similar to two black students (“close ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-enough, so you be a captain, too”); using words such as “black students with black ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-students, white students with white students” in relation to how students were seated in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-class; telling an international student that he had to take a beginners’ class in English ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-again (“Oh, you don’t know your shirt colours. You might have to take AO again”); and, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-inappropriately joking to an Asian student that he could take all the time that he needed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-because of the school fees that he was paying. The Member also called a student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-“useless” and told the student to get out of class in front of his classmates. Teachers must ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-be culturally sensitive and respectful in all their interactions with students. Making racist, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-insensitive and demeaning comments, as the Member did, is inappropriate and offensive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-and amounts to verbal abuse of students by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-[9] The Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member’s repeated racist and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-insensitive conduct towards students would reasonably have had a negative ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-psychological or emotional impact on international students. For instance, dividing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-students into teams on the basis of race and making jokes which were intended for only ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-Canadian students to understand, would have made international students feel isolated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-and excluded. Moreover, when the Member called on students in class and said that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-names were hard for him to pronounce because he had difficulty hearing the inflections, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-this caused other students to laugh. Such an experience would have been humiliating for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-the international students. Additionally, the Panel received evidence that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-racist comment to an international student who was sitting with a Canadian student (“Oh, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-you’re not sitting with your friends today?”) made the student feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf:Similarly, the Member’s sexual remarks would have been distressing to students, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-particularly given the position of trust and authority that the Member held in relation to his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf:[10] The Member engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-“Sexual misconduct” is defined in the Act as: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf: 1(1) inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf: that is not sexual abuse of a student, where, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- the member knows or ought to know that one or more students are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- likely to be exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- the effect of, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- remarks, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- student, or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf:The Member exposed students to remarks of a sexual nature. Between September 2019 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf:and October 2019, the Member made several remarks with sexual overtones to his class ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-such as: commenting to students who were sitting in a relaxed way that they were “open ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-for business”, commenting to students with their hands in their pockets to “take your ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-hands off your junk” and commenting to two male students who were sitting close together ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-and/or touching one another, that the Member did not know the students were “that close”, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-which resulted in the class laughing. A reasonable person would expect that when an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-adult teacher, who holds a position of trust and authority, exposes students to these types ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf:of sexualized remarks, it would be distressing or detrimental students’ well-being or create ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-a negative school environment for them. For instance, it would have been embarrassing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-and distressing for the two male students when the class laughed at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-comment. Therefore, the Panel accepts the parties’ agreement that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf:conduct in this case meets the definition of sexual misconduct under section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-437/97 by contravening the provisions of the College By-Laws, which set out the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-his class used racially insensitive language. By doing so, the Member taught students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-that racist language and behaviour were acceptable. The Member therefore acted as a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-poor role model and failed to fulfil the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-[13] The Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members are expected to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-maintain appropriate professional boundaries with students and be culturally inclusive in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-their interactions with students. The Member did the opposite by exposing students to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf:sexual remarks and repeatedly engaging in racist comments and behaviour toward ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-students. The Member’s conduct can therefore be characterized as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-[14] The Panel finds that the Member’s inappropriate conduct, as described above, is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-repeatedly engaging in racist comments and behaviour as well as exposing students to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf:sexualized comments, the Member undermined the reputation of the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-as a whole and breached the trust that the public places in the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-[15] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on April 7, 2022, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or via videoconference, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-law confines the Panel’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest.2 The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 40 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty falls within a range of acceptable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-outcomes, based on the following prior decisions of the Discipline Committee presented ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-by College Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Will, 2021 ONOCT 1, Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-of Teachers v. Lewsaw, 2019 ONOCT 35, and Ontario College of Teachers v. Boyce, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-2021 ONOCT 112. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-[17] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-provided. The aggravating factors in the Member’s case are: (1) the repeated nature of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-the Member’s racist and insensitive comments which were directed at international ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-students, (2) the fact that the Member was an experienced teacher who should have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-known better, and (3) the Member’s racist comments and behaviour perpetuated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-stereotypes. In terms of mitigating factors, the Member admitted his misconduct, saving ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-the time and expense of a contested hearing, and has not been the subject of discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-proceedings in the past. After weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-proposed by the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf:[18] The Panel finds that the Member’s racist, insensitive, and sexual comments and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-conduct warrant a reprimand. Members are expected to maintain appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-boundaries with students and be respectful and culturally inclusive in their interactions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-with students. The Member did the opposite. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-2 See R. v. Anthony-Cook, 2016 SCC 43, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 204, and Bradley v. Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf-Teachers, 2021 ONSC 2303. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct40.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- by email dated November 26, 2018, attempting to reassure Student 1 that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- he held “no negative thoughts or feelings towards [her]” regarding his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- current situation. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- Member’s email to Student 1 and her therapist, dated November 26, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- Student 1’s therapist was involved in the creation of a documentary film ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 41 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- during 2018. Student 1’s therapist invited the Member and his wife to attend ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- the premiere event on January 17, 2019, knowing that Student 1 would be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- in attendance. The Member’s wife was involved in the event. She attended ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- the premiere and gave Student 1 a note and a CD from the Member. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- Member was not in attendance. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- After Student 1 [XXX] in 2019, the Member contacted Student 1’s therapist ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- to ask her to facilitate a meeting with Student 1 and to give Student 1 an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- email from him. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- email the Member wrote to Student 1, which her therapist provided to her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- Although Student 1 initially agreed to meet with the Member, she decided ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- not to meet him because she became uncomfortable with the idea. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf-CAS Investigation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- On or about October 18, 2018 at the outset of the Board’s investigation, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- Board contacted the Children’s Aid Society (“CAS”) to report concerns ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- about the Member’s conduct. By letter dated January 28, 2019, the CAS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf: advised that concerns that Student 1 was likely to be sexually harmed by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- the Member when he arranged to meet with her privately after school hours ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- had not been verified. The CAS concluded: “While Mr. Bohn’s behaviour is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- concerning, especially given his position of trust and authority, and given ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- some of the students he works with are already struggling with their own ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf: issues, there is no evidence to suggest his behaviour was sexual in nature. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- Having said this, the Society is concerned that his behaviour, hugging ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- students has been allowed to continue for so long to the point where many ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- in the school feel this type of interaction is completely acceptable”. Attached ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “E” is a copy of the CAS Letter to the Board ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- dated January 28, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf-Current Status ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- The Member retired from the Board effective June 30, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- The Member is not teaching and not living in the province of Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct41.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- (c) he failed to supervise adequately a person who is under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- professional supervision of the member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11);3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 25, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-(Exhibit 2) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Stephen James Parkin is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-3 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- During the 2017-2018 school year, Student 1 was a [XXX] year old female ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- student in the Member’s grade [XXX] [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Online communications with underage individuals ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- At various times throughout 2010, the Member engaged in electronic ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- communications on dating websites with two females who were under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- age of 18, but pretending, online, to be older. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- With respect to the first individual, the Member learned, by searching her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- name online, and discovering her Facebook account, that she was only ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- [XXX] years old, and attended [XXX] school in [XXX]. Upon discovering this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- information, the Member attempted to locate the particular school the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- student attended, ostensibly to have someone warn her about the risks of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf: engaging in online sexual communications. The Principal of the student’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- school alerted the police to the Member’s inquiries. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- The second individual, whom the Member met on the same dating website, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- was [XXX] years old. She indicated in her online profile that she was 18, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- which was the minimum age required to create a profile and use the site. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- After communicating online, the Member met with the individual in person ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- on two occasions. The Member indicated that the individual led him to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- believe she was 18 or 19 years old. He was subsequently contacted by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf: police, who informed him that she was an underage sex worker, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- cautioned the Member not to have any further contact with her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Inappropriate Conduct on School Property ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- On Monday, March 7, 2016, the Member accessed an online dating website ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- called Plenty of Fish, repeatedly during the school day and while on School ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- property. The Member communicated by email, text, and direct messages ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- with a person he met on the site. These communications were time stamped ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- between 1:47pm and 3:20pm. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf: The Member engaged in a sexually explicit conversation with this individual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- while in his school office, adjoining his classroom, where his students were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- being taught by a student teacher. During the course of his conversation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- with the person online, the Member took a photo of his exposed, erect penis ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- and sent it to her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- The recipient of the messages was alarmed to see that the Member, who ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- had told her he was a teacher, was engaging in these activities during ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- school hours while students were present in the School and reported the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Member to the Principal of the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Criminal Charges ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- The Member was charged with three counts of Sexual Assault contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- the Criminal Code section 271, and three counts of Sexual Exploitation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- contrary to the Criminal Code section 153(1)(a), in relation to his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- interactions with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- On August 12, 2019, the Member pled guilty to one count of the lesser ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- included offence of assault contrary to the Criminal Code section 266. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- other charges were withdrawn. The Member received a conditional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- discharge and was placed on probation with terms that he could not teach, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- volunteer with or work with students under the age of 18 for a period of one ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- year. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts, as set out ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- in paragraphs 7 and following, constitute conduct which is professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- misconduct, and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- misconduct against him being more particularly breaches of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf: Facts constitute sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[8] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of the Notice of Hearing dated April 29, 2019, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-namely that the Member contravened subsections 1(5), 1(7.3), and 1(11) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:Regulation 437/97, and/or that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. College Counsel stated that the Panel’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-permission to withdraw the subsection 1(5) allegation was being sought as it would be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-duplicative to pursue findings under both subsections 1(5) and 1(14). College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:sought the Panel’s permission to withdraw the sexual abuse allegations (related to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-April 29, 2019 Notice of Hearing only) under subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-437/97 and section 1 of the Act, because the evidence did not support a finding under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-these heads of misconduct. Similarly, the College sought the withdrawal of the subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-1(11) allegation because there was insufficient evidence to prove that the Member failed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-to adequately supervise a person under his professional supervision. The Panel granted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-these requests. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[9] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on April 5, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[10] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-19 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts set out at paragraphs 7 to 19 of the Statement ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest constitute professional misconduct under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-the headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Member used school computers to access an online dating website, sent electronic ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:messages of a sexual nature and a photo of his erect penis during school hours, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:touched Student 1 in a sexual manner on several occasions. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[11] The Panel finds the Member physically abused a student, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1). The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Member touched Student 1 on several occasions in 2017 and 2019 without her consent, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-including putting his hands over hers while she [XXX]; putting his hands tightly around ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-her waist while hugging her; putting his hand on her waist and moving it slowly down ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-towards her buttocks (without touching her buttocks) while she [XXX] [XXX]; putting his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-hands on her waist, lifting her up off the ground and spinning her around in a circle; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-putting his face so close to hers while he lowered her back down that she thought he was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-going to kiss her, causing her to turn away. It is physical abuse for members to engage ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-in such inappropriate, unnecessary, and unwanted touching of students, as is further ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-confirmed by the Member’s criminal conviction for common assault flowing from these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-facts. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[12] The Member psychologically or emotionally abused a student, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). Teachers hold a position of power and authority ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-over students. The Member put Student 1 in a compromised and vulnerable position by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-approaching her while she was alone [XXX] and by initiating intimate physical contact ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-with her. The Panel notes that on one occasion, Student 1 stood up to leave because she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-had felt uncomfortable as a result of the Member putting his hand on her waist and slowly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-moving it down towards her buttocks. The Member then stood up, put his hands on her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-waist, lifted her off the ground, and spun her around in a circle. The Member’s actions, as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-described in the Uncontested Facts, made Student 1 feel uncomfortable, violated, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-alone. The Member’s conduct clearly had a negative impact on Student 1’s psychological ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-and emotional well-being. She was sufficiently alarmed that she reported the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-conduct to the police. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:[13] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse as described in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Act, and was therefore in contravention of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:The definition of sexual abuse in section 1 of the Act includes touching and behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature by a member towards a student. The Member did not contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:this allegation and the Panel finds that the Member sexually abused Student 1 by hugging ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-her, putting his hands around her waist, moving his hand from her waist toward her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-buttocks, bringing his face so close to hers that she thought he was going to kiss her while ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-lifting her off the ground and lowering her. Members of the profession cannot touch ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-students in such an intimate manner. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[14] The Panel finds that the Member has breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Regulation 437/97 by contravening section 26 (previously section 32) of the College By- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Laws, which sets out the ethical standards and the standards of practice for the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:profession. It is self-evident that sexual abuse of a student is contrary to the Ethical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Standards for the Teaching Profession. The Member clearly did not “care” for or “respect” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Student 1 when he approached her while she was alone and touched her intimately. He ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-did not demonstrate any professional judgment or empathy toward Student 1 when he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-violated her dignity and bodily autonomy. His actions had a negative impact on her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-emotional wellness. He breached the “trust” placed in him to keep her safe and did not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-act morally as required by the ethical standard “integrity”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[15] The Member also breached the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession when he used school property ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:during school time to access an online dating website and engage in sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-conversations with someone he met online. The Member acted without “integrity” and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-betrayed the “trust” placed in him by students, parents, and his school to act professionally ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-when he took and sent a photo of his exposed, erect penis to someone he had met online, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-from his office that adjoined a classroom full of students. In addition, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-breached the practice standard “Leadership in the Learning Communities” by failing to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-promote and participate in the creation of a collaborative, safe and supportive learning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-community. He also did not demonstrate “Commitment to Students and Student Learning” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-as set out in the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession because he did not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-demonstrate the care and commitment that the teaching profession requires. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[16] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Section 264(1)(c) is commonly understood to mean that teachers must serve as positive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-role models by teaching and exemplifying moral virtues. The Member failed to act morally ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:when he engaged in the abhorrent act of sexually abusing Student 1 on multiple ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-occasions. He also failed to act morally when he used School property during school ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:hours to access an online dating website and engage in sexually explicit conversations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-with a person he met online. The Member did not model appropriate and moral behaviour ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-as a teaching professional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[17] The Panel finds that the Member has contravened a law that is relevant to his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16). The Member’s actions also led to a criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-conviction for common assault. It is essential for members to act with restraint and to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-respect students’ bodily integrity. Teachers are guardians, responsible for ensuring the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-physical, psychological, emotional well-being and safety of their students. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-criminal conviction undeniability calls into question his suitability to practise in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[18] The Member breached subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-finds that the totality of the Member’s misconduct was disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-unprofessional. Sexual abuse is among the most reprehensible forms of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-misconduct that a teacher could engage in. The Member repeatedly demonstrated a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-gross lack of judgment, disregarded his professional obligations, and showed significant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-moral failings by his actions. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[19] Finally, the Member’s conduct, as described above, is unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Teachers are entrusted to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-keep students safe and to foster their well-being and development. They are also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-expected to be professional at all times. It erodes the public’s trust and confidence in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:teaching profession when members sexually abuse students and use school property to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:engage in sexually explicit communications during school time. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[20] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on April 5, 2022, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf:[21] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student, as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 44 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[22] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-subsection 30(5) of the Act but notes that the parties are jointly asking it to confine its ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-order to the mandatory ones. The Panel finds it reasonable not to make these additional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-orders in light of the Member’s plea of no contest and joint submission on penalty, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-particularly in light of the high threshold that must be met before rejecting a joint ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[23] The Panel denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-H. FURTHER SUBMISSIONS BY THE PARTIES ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-[24] Counsel for the Member requested permission to address the Panel on an issue ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-after the conclusion of the evidence and after the Panel had rendered its oral decision on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-penalty. Member’s Counsel stated that the parties were making this request jointly. She ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-jointly requested that the Panel redact, in its Decision and Reasons, the terms “exposed” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-and “erect” as set out in the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-describing a photograph taken and sent by the Member to a third party while at school. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf-The photograph was not attached to the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No ./ontario-cases/2022onoct44.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Mammarella 2022 ONOCT 47 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Date: 2022-05-06 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FOR DECISION ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Daniel Mark Mammarella, OCT a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- DANIEL MARK MAMMARELLA (REGISTRATION #257491) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-PANEL: Jonathan Rose, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Rosemary Sadlier, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Pauline Smart ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-HEARD: November 17, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Christine Lonsdale, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Jack Brown and Amin Nur, for Daniel Mark Mammarella ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Anna Harris, Counsel for York Region Children’s Aid Society ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- that could disclose the identity of, Student 1 and Student 2, who were allegedly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-sexually abused, or the subjects of sexual misconduct, a prohibited act involving ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf: child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[1] On November 17, 2021, Daniel Mark Mammarella (the “Member”) brought a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-motion for the production of third party records before a panel of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-(the “Panel”) at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”). In accordance with rule ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Committee, this proceeding was heard electronically. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[2] The Member attended the motion hearing and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) at the request of College Counsel on behalf of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2 who were allegedly sexually abused, or the subjects of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf:misconduct, a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-disclose the identities of, Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[4] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated October 28, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-2019 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Daniel Mark Mammarella is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf:(d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-(e) he failed to comply with the Act, or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- and specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-(f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-(g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-(h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Daniel Mark Mammarella is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the York Catholic ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- District School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Markham, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- In or around the academic years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018, Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 1 was a male student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- In or around the academic year 2016-2017, Student 2 was a male ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- In or around the academic year 2016-2017, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (a) transported male students in his car and/or drove them home ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- from school without appropriate permission; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (b) while driving with Student 1: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf: (i) engaged in inappropriate physical and/or sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- contact with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (ii) placed his hand on Student 1’s lap; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (iii) made inappropriate comments to Student 1, including ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- but not limited to: words to the effect of “[Student 1], ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- every time you talk to me, I get this sensation that you ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- want to tell me something deeper”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- On or about May 31, 2017, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf: (a) engaged in inappropriate physical and/or sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (b) placed his hand on Student 2’s arm; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (c) increased Student 2’s grade on a test and/or assignment ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- without an appropriate basis to do so; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- On or about April 30, 2018, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf: (a) engaged in inappropriate physical and/or sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (b) put his arm around Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (c) hugged Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (d) touched Student 1’s hair and/or head; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (e) touched Student 1’s cheek; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (f) forced and/or turned Student 1 to face him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (g) made inappropriate comments to Student 1, including but not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- limited to: words to the effect of “I know you think I’m ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- disappointing you, but I’m not … I still care about you … I miss ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- my buddy … I miss driving you home”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- (h) engaged in interaction with Student 1 when he knew or should ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- have known that his interaction was inappropriate and/or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- unwelcome. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-C. THE MOTION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[5] In his Notice of Motion dated September 3, 2021, the Member brought a motion ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-for: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-(a) CAS Records ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[15] The Member submitted that CAS determinations often provide important evidence ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-to support factual findings about whether a member has committed professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-misconduct. In this case, the Member would be able to see what information was relayed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-to CAS when the school administration contacted CAS regarding claims made by a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-student. It would also allow the Member to see how CAS made its determination not to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-investigate the matter, which Member’s Counsel argued is very relevant to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-right to respond to the College’s allegations against him and which involve that same ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-student. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-(b) Police Records ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[16] Member’s Counsel confirmed that, in advance of the hearing date, College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Counsel had obtained some of the requested police records and they have already been ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-produced to the Member. Further, a sealed envelope containing police records has also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-been sent by the Police to the College. In addition to documents already in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-possession, such as the police’s general occurrence information report, the sealed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-envelope may also contain a video interview that has not yet been produced. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-therefore requested that the Panel make an order for production in respect of all police ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-records sought by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[17] The Member argued that police records are relevant and should be disclosed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-because the Police were contacted regarding the allegations made against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-While no charges were laid against the Member, the investigating officer’s notes state ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf:that the Member engaged in “grooming behaviour” with Student 1, which the officer ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-recorded in the context of a videorecorded interview with the student. Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Member to make that alteration in the context of the Member’s relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-student. The Member’s motivations can be elicited during the Member’s testimony, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-argued College Counsel, but they cannot be found in a grade record. Consequently, there ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-is no likely relevance to this grade record or to any other grade record of Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-(d) Disclosure of Student Contact Information ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[30] College Counsel submitted that the College has provided contact information ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-(where they had it) for all witnesses except students. College Counsel agreed that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-College is operating under its disclosure obligations in respect of relevant information in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-its possession, as articulated by the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Stinchcombe, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[1995] 1 S.C.R. 754, and that, in general, Member’s Counsel has a right to speak to any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-witnesses. However, the College has exercised its discretion to withhold contact ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-information of two student witnesses (who were under 18 at the material time). The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-College argued that the privacy interests of potential witnesses must be balanced against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-the Member’s interest in having complete disclosure on a case-by-case basis.1 College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf:Counsel submitted that this matter involves an allegation of sexual abuse in relation to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-students who are vulnerable persons. Students are entitled to special consideration in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-College’s prosecution of matters of a highly sensitive nature and they have a right to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-privacy in their contact information. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[31] First, College Counsel offered to facilitate contact with the two witnesses and to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-forward information from Member’s Counsel to them. College Counsel argued that this is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-1 College Counsel cited R. v. Mearow et al, 2013 ONSC 1865 at para. 26, citing Justice Trafford in R. v. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Brown, [1997] O.J. No. 6165 (“Mearow”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[57] Finally, as College Counsel indicated that contact information for witnesses (other ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-than Student 1 and Student 2) had already been shared with the Member, there is no ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-need for the Panel to make any order regarding the disclosure of witness contact ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-information (except regarding Student 1 and Student 2, which will be discussed below). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-(d) Disclosure of Student 1 and Student 2’s Contact Information ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[58] Regarding the Member’s request for disclosure of the contact information for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2, the Panel determined that College Counsel must disclose the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-telephone numbers and email addresses of Student 1 and Student 2 to Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Counsel only, on the condition that this contact information not be shared with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[59] College Counsel argued that the College is exercising its discretion to protect the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-privacy and safety of students involved as complainants and witnesses in the prosecution ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf:of a matter involving sexual abuse allegations against the Member. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-argued that an appropriate balancing of witness privacy rights with the Member’s right to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-be able to make full answer and defence would be achieved if College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-communicates information from Member’s Counsel to the witnesses. However, College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Counsel pre-emptively sought and secured the consent of one of the two student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-witnesses (Student 2) to disclose contact information to the Member, in case the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-were to make such an order. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[60] The Panel disagrees with the College’s position. First, the Panel adopts the advice ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-of Independent Legal Counsel that witness consent is not the threshold for College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Counsel’s disclosure obligations. So, while one witness (Student 2) provided consent to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-disclose some contact information, that is not a determining factor in the Panel’s order. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 26 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-would be compromised by Member’s Counsel being given the opportunity to contact ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-witnesses to verify whether they wish to speak to counsel about this case. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[64] When it comes to reasonable privacy expectations of witnesses, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 47 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-has submitted that the College intends to call Student 1 and Student 2 to testify, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf:will require those witnesses to give evidence about allegations of sexualized conduct of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-a teacher and to be subject to cross examination on that evidence in a public hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-While speaking to these allegations may be emotionally upsetting and deeply ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-uncomfortable, the integrity of the professional discipline process requires it, and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Panel therefore cannot guarantee privacy to witnesses in the details of these matters, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-including by preventing defence counsel from contacting witnesses about these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-allegations before they testify. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[65] While Student 1 and Student 2 are no longer students, the Panel still considers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf:witnesses making allegations of sexual abuse against a former teacher to be vulnerable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-individuals. The Panel has ordered that the contact information be disclosed to Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Counsel and that at no point is it to be shared with the Member. The Panel has also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-ordered that the disclosed contact information be limited to an email and phone number ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-only. This will permit communication from Member’s Counsel to be delivered directly to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2 by phone or in writing and for Student 1 (should Student 1 choose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-to respond) and Student 2 to reply in a private manner and at the time and location of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-their choosing. Or, upon receiving a call or email from Member’s Counsel, they may also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-decline to communicate by not replying at all. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-[66] The Panel found that, for the purpose of contacting these witnesses about their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf-willingness to speak with defence counsel, it is not necessary to disclose the location of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct47.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Tierney 2022 ONOCT 51 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- Date: 2022-05-10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- Leonard John Tierney, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- LEONARD JOHN TIERNEY (REGISTRATION #379848) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-PANEL: Rebecca Forte, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- Andrew Glenny ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- Terrence Singh, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-HEARD: April 1, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Danielle Miller, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Leo Adler, for Leonard John Tierney ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on April 1, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-2022, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[2] Leonard John Tierney (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[4] College Counsel requested that the Panel order a publication ban pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-subsection 32.1(4) of the Act on behalf of Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3, given that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:the subject matter of this case relates to sexual abuse. Member’s Counsel agreed with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-College Counsel. Having heard the parties’ submissions, the Panel granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:The Panel notes that “sexual abuse”, which is a legislatively defined term in the current ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-version of the Act, was not alleged in the Notice of Hearing dated October 14, 2021, nor ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-was the term used in the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest, given ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-that the Member’s misconduct occurred before the Act came into operation. However, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:because the Member’s misconduct included having sexual intercourse, engaging in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:sexual touching and various other acts or behaviour of a sexual nature towards Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-this incident. She assumed that the touching was accidental and said ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-nothing to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-During the third physio treatment, Student 1 was lying on her stomach while ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-the Member performed ultrasound on her. The Member suddenly put his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-hand up Student 1’s shirt, undid her bra, and started fondling her breasts. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Student 1 was shocked and immediately sat up. She said, “What are you ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-doing?” to which the Member replied, “Oh nothing”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Student 1 immediately left the therapy room and went to the girls’ change ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-room where she began crying. Student 1 did not tell anyone about what ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-happened. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-In or about June 1980, the Member told Student 1 that he was moving things ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-into a new apartment, as he was soon to be married. He invited Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-to join a group of students, including an old friend of Student 1’s, to help him ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-with the move. On the basis that her friend would be there, Student 1 agreed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-to attend. The Member picked Student 1 up from the subway station in his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-car, and drove her to his new apartment. When they arrived, Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-discovered that no other students were present. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-While the Member was sitting on the couch, he asked Student 1 to get him ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-a beer from the fridge. As she did so, the Member approached her from ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-behind, turned her around and kissed her on the lips. This was the first time ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Student 1 had been kissed. It made her feel special and she believed that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-the Member cared about her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-The Member then led Student 1 to a bed in the guest room of the apartment ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-where he lay on top of her, fondling and grinding against her. They remained ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-clothed during this encounter. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-The Member’s inappropriate relationship with Student 1 continued to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-progress after that. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-The Member began to take Student 1 to his friend’s apartment which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-not far from the School. No one would be home and the Member would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:engage in sexual touching with Student 1 while there. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-The Member continued to see Student 1 on a number of occasions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-throughout the summer of 1980. They met at his friend’s apartment and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-physical activity progressed to the Member touching Student 1 without her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:clothes on and performing oral sex on her. At this time, Student 1 had just ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-turned [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Before the start of the 1980/1981 school year, the Member encouraged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Student 1 to attend the team’s out of town [XXX]. While there, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-asked Student 1 to accompany him on a trip to [XXX] to drop off other [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-While alone, on the way back to the [XXX] at night, the Member pulled over ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:on the side of the road and engaged in sexual touching with Student 1 in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-the first row of the School’s van. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Their relationship continued throughout 1980/1981, Student 1’s grade ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[XXX] year. Student 1 regularly attended the Member’s classroom before ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-school to have him tutor her in [XXX]. As she stood beside the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-desk wearing her kilt uniform, the Member put his hand up her skirt and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-fingered her genitals inside her underwear. This happened on multiple ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-occasions. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Sometimes, during the lunch hour or during one of Student 1’s spares, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Member would take her into the School’s photography dark room, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:physiotherapy room or the nun’s room and engage in sexual conduct with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-her there. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-In the Fall of 1981, when Student 1 had just started grade [XXX], the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:Member met with her, at his friend’s apartment, and had sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-with her for the first time. Student 1 was [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-In or about September 1981, the School’s Principal, [XXX] , died. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-School was closed and students were sent home for the rest of the day. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-That afternoon, the Member drove Student 1 to his new house in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Mississauga. He asked to take photographs of Student 1 in his bedroom, to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-which she agreed. The Member asked Student 1 to put on his [XXX] string ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-bikini. He also took naked photographs of her posing on his and his [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:bed. He then had sexual intercourse with her on the bed. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-In the 1982/1983 academic year, the Member suddenly became distant and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-told Student 1 to stop visiting him before school in his classroom. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Member indicated to Student 1 that she could not come see him anymore ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-as there had been some “trouble”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:The last sexual encounter that Student 1 had with the Member was in 1983, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-when she was in grade [XXX] and the Member had already transferred to a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-new school. Student 1 met him at his new school, which they left and had a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:sexual encounter elsewhere. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Over the course of Student 1’s [XXX] year of [XXX] school, she and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Member stopped keeping in touch. The first time she told anyone about her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-relationship with the Member was in 1991, at which time, a mandatory report ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-was made to the police on Student 1’s behalf. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Following this report, the police charged the Member with the criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-offence of indecent assault on a female in relation to his conduct with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Student 1. A criminal trial was held in 1992, and the Member was acquitted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-of the charge. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that, on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-multiple occasions between 1979 and 1983, the Member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-conduct towards Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3. The Member’s conduct included ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:having sexual intercourse, engaging in sexual touching and various other acts or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:behaviour of a sexual nature towards the three students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member contravened subsection 229(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Education Act, 1974 and subsection 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O 1980, c.129. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-These provisions both set out the duties of a teacher to “inculcate by precept and example ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[…] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, benevolence, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” Essentially, teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-were required to exemplify moral virtues and acts as positive role models. Because the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-conduct at issue in this case began in 1979 (i.e., while subsection 229(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Education Act, 1974 applied) and continue until 1983 (i.e., while subsection 235(1)(c) of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-the Education Act, R.S.O 1980, c.129 applied), the Panel accepts the parties’ agreement ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-that it is appropriate to make similar findings pursuant to both provisions. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-breached both provisions by engaging in a pattern of inappropriate conduct towards three ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-students for a period of nearly four years. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[11] Specifically, the Member’s conduct (which occurred both on School property and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:outside of School) included having sexual intercourse with Student 1, performing oral sex ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:on her, kissing her, sexually touching Student 1 and Student 2, taking naked pictures of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:both of them and making a sexual remark to Student 3 while looking down at her breasts. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Some of the Member’s conduct towards Student 1 and Student 2 occurred while they ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-were physically injured and were therefore even more vulnerable. Additionally, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Member provided drugs and alcohol to Student 2. The Panel finds that by engaging in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-such abhorrent and morally repugnant conduct as described above, the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-model appropriate behaviour as required by his duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[12] The Member’s misconduct towards Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3 occurred ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-between 1979 and 1983, while the Member held an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-was bound to follow the Teaching Profession Act and the TPA Regulation. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-finds that the Member breached section 13 of the TPA Regulation, which provides that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- “A member shall strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- degree of professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ethical standards of the teaching profession.” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:By having sexual intercourse and engaging in various sexual acts and behaviour towards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-students as described above, the Member acted in flagrant disregard of his professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-and ethical obligations. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[13] The Member breached subsection 14(d) of the TPA Regulation. This provision ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-requires a teacher to “show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:pupils”. By engaging in sexual intercourse, sexual touching and various other sexual acts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-towards students, the Member negatively affected their formative years as adolescents. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-The Member’s conduct was therefore antithetical to the requirement that teachers must ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-show consistent justice and consideration in their relations with students. Additionally, as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-a teacher and adult in a position of trust and authority, it was unfair for the Member to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-mislead, manipulate and exploit students in the way that he did. For instance, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-invited Student 1, to join a group of students, to his apartment. Student 1 agreed on the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-basis that she was told her friend would be there. However, once at the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-apartment, Student 1 discovered that no other students were present. On that occasion, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-the Member kissed Student 1, laid on top of her, fondled and grinded against her. On ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-another occasion, the Member encouraged Student 1 to attend the team’s out of town ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[XXX]. Once there, the Member asked Student 1 to accompany him on a trip to drop off ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:other [XXX]. On the way back, while alone in the School van, the Member sexually ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-touched Student 1. Furthermore, the Member gave Student 2 alcohol and drugs before ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-taking her to a wooded area to take pictures of her when she was scantily clad. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[14] The Member breached subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation, which requires a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-member to “concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they are under his care”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Some of the Member’s conduct towards Student 1 and Student 2 occurred while they ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-were physically injured and vulnerable. Instead of concerning himself with their physical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:well-being, the Member exploited their vulnerabilities by touching them sexually while ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-performing ultrasounds on them. Furthermore, the Uncontested Facts demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-the Member’s actions caused emotional harm to all three students. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-relationship with Student 1 had a severe impact on her [XXX] health and she continues ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-to suffer from [XXX]. It also caused Student 1 to drop out of her [XXX] and prevented her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-from holding any long-term employment. Student 2 felt extremely self-conscious, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-uncomfortable, nervous, disgusted and ashamed as a result of the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-towards her. Student 2 chose to train separately from the rest of the [XXX] team as she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-felt too uncomfortable being around the Member. As for Student 3, she felt embarrassed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-by the Member’s conduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[17] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-provided. There are several aggravating factors in the Member’s case. First, there is the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-prolonged duration of the Member’s misconduct which spanned nearly four years. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Second, the Member’s egregious misconduct was directed at three students. Third, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Member’s misconduct occurred while some of the students were physically injured and in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-a particularly vulnerable state. Finally, the Member’ misconduct had a significant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-emotional impact on all three students, which had an especially pronounced and lasting ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-effect in relation to Student 1. In terms of mitigating factors, the Member did not contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-his misconduct, saving the time and expense of a contested hearing, and saving the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-victims from having to testify. After weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-penalty proposed by the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that revocation is the appropriate order given the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-The Member’s conduct was reprehensible. He abused his position of trust and authority ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:in the most egregious manner by having sexual intercourse, engaging in sexual touching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:and various acts or behaviour of a sexual nature towards students over the course of four ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-years. The Member exploited Student 1 and Student 2 while they were physically injured ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-and vulnerable. All three students suffered emotional harm as a result of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-actions. Teachers are entrusted with the care of students. They must provide students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-with a physically and emotionally safe learning environment. By engaging in a disturbing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-pattern of highly inappropriate and predatory conduct towards students as described ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-above, the Member has demonstrated that he cannot be trusted with the care of students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Revocation is the only penalty that appropriately responds to professional misconduct of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-this nature and gravity. The teaching profession does not tolerate such abhorrent conduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-The Member has accordingly forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-being a member of the teaching profession in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[19] The Panel finds that the Member’s concerning pattern of inappropriate conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 51 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-warrants a reprimand. Members are expected to serve as positive role models and adhere ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-to the highest moral standards. The Member repeatedly failed to do so by engaging in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf:sexual intercourse, sexual touching and various acts or behaviour of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-towards students. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-[20] The Panel is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf-Date: May 10, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- Rebecca Forte, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- Andrew Glenny ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- Terrence Singh, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct51.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Stanford 2022 ONOCT 50 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- Date: 2022-05-12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- David Ronald Stanford, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- DAVID RONALD STANFORD (REGISTRATION #100491) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-PANEL: Lois Figg, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- Damienne Lebrun-Reid ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- Brian Serafini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-HEARD: May 4, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Zirka Jakibchuk, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Sarah Strban, for David Ronald Stanford ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- By order of Justice D. Moore of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- this matter, pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on May 4, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-2022, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[2] David Ronald Stanford (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[4] Additionally, College Counsel requested that the Panel order a publication ban ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act on behalf of Student 1, given that the subject ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:matter of this case relates to activities that meet the definition of “sexual abuse” under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-subsection 1(1) of the Act. Having heard College Counsel’s submissions and given that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Counsel for the Member had no objections, the Panel granted the request. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:notes that the allegation of “sexual abuse”, which is a legislatively defined term in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-current version of the Act, was not alleged in the Notice of Hearing dated February 10, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-2022, nor was the term used in the Agreement Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, given ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-that the Member’s misconduct occurred before the Act came into operation. However, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:because the Member’s misconduct included engaging in sexual touching and physical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:sexual relations with Student 1, and because such conduct would meet the definition of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:“sexual abuse” under subsection 1(1) of the Act, the Panel finds that ordering a publication ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-ban under this subsection is appropriate in the circumstances. Accordingly, no person ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[5] The Panel also received a certified copy of the Court Information sworn on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-August 25, 2020 from the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice D. Moore (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-2 at Appendix B). In these proceedings before the Ontario Court of Justice, an order ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-restricting publication was made pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated February 10, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-2022 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the David Ronald Stanford is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that he: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- (a) failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- of professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ethical standards of the teaching profession, contrary to section 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- of Ontario Regulation 63/55 under the Teaching Profession Act, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- R.S.O. 1970, c. 456, and any amendments thereto, and under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 495, and any amendments ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- thereto (the "TPA Regulation"); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- (b) failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- with pupils, contrary to section 14(d) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- (c) failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- under his care, contrary to section 14(f) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-During the 1975-1976 academic year, Student 1 was a Grade [XXX] male ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-student at the School, who was approximately [XXX] to [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Sometime during the 1975-1976 academic year, Student 1 began to help ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-the Member with various tasks in his classroom after school. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-The Member and Student 1 became close, and the Member began to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-occupy an older brother role in Student 1’s life as Student 1’s [XXX] when ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Student 1 was [XXX] years old. The Member got to know Student 1’s family ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-and they began doing weekend activities together like hiking and sports. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-After Student 1 graduated from the School in or around June [XXX], the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Member and Student 1 continued to spend time together after school and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-on weekends. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:Eventually, the Member’s relationship with Student 1 became sexualized. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:The sexual activity progressed over time, beginning with kissing and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:eventually progressing to other sexual activities, including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:(a) the Member sexually rubbing himself against Student 1 until the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- Member ejaculated. This conduct occurred on a regular basis ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- starting before Student 1 turned [XXX] years old; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:(b) the Member performing oral sex on Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:All of these sexual activities were initiated by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-The Member also supplied Student 1 with cigarettes and alcohol and taught ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Student 1 how to smoke. This conduct occurred on an occasional basis ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-starting before Student 1 turned [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-The Member’s relationship with Student 1 continued after Student 1 turned ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[XXX] years old and continued to involve the above-noted acts. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Member and Student 1 last saw each other around the year of 1992. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-On or about August 25, 2020, the Member was criminally charged with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-following offences: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-(a) Between June 1, 1973 and June 1, 1983, being a male person did ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- indecently assault Student 1, a male person, contrary to section 156 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- of the Criminal Code (Canada) (the “Code”); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-(b) Between June 1, 1973 and June 1, 1983, did commit an act of gross ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- indecency with Student 1, contrary to section 157 of the Code; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-(c) Between June 1, 1973, and June 1, 1983, did commit buggery with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- another person, namely Student 1, contrary to section 155 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-1 to 21 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-conduct set out at paragraphs 7 to 21 of the Admitted Facts constitutes professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-misconduct under the heads of misconduct set out above. The Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:demonstrate that the Member repeatedly initiated and engaged in sexual acts with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Student 1 before he turned [XXX] years old. The Member was subsequently found guilty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-of indecent assault contrary to section 156 of the Criminal Code in relation to these acts. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Further, he supplied Student 1 with cigarettes and alcohol, and taught Student 1 how to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-smoke, which began before Student 1 was [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-(1) Findings under the TPA Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-the highest degree of professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-ethical standards of the teaching profession, contrary to section 13 of the TPA Regulation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-The Member also failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-with pupils, and failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-under his care, contrary to subsections 14(d) and 14(f) of the TPA Regulation. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:Member clearly breached these provisions by engaging in sexual activities with Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-1 as described in the Admitted Facts, and by exposing Student 1 to cigarettes and alcohol ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-while he was a minor. This conduct was entirely at odds with the Member’s professional, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-moral and ethical responsibilities, and it demonstrated a flagrant disregard for the well- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-being of Student 1. Student 1 was particularly vulnerable in this case, not only by virtue ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-of the power imbalance that exists between all teachers and students, but also because ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-the Member began to occupy an “older brother role” in Student 1’s life as the student’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[XXX] when he was [XXX] years old. The Member’s abuse of his trusted position was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-abhorrent and had a “very very significant impact” on Student 1 (Exhibit 2 at Appendix D). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-(2) Findings under Previous Versions of the Education Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-comply with subsection 229(1)(c) of the Education Act, S.O. 1974, c. 109, and any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-amendments thereto, and with subsection 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, S.O. 1980, c. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-129, and any amendments thereto. These provisions, which are substantively the same, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-state that it is a duty of a teacher to demonstrate the “highest regard for truth, justice, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-loyalty, love of country, humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-temperance, and all other virtues.” Simply put, members are required to serve as positive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:role models for students and to behave morally. The Member’s sexual relations and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-touching of Student 1 clearly run counter to the virtues set out above. Additionally, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Member failed to act as positive role model for Student 1 when he gave the student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-alcohol and cigarettes and taught Student 1 how to smoke, while he was still a minor. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-(3) Findings under Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[12] Having considered the Member’s criminal finding of guilt in 2021, the Panel finds ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-that the Member has breached both subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-437/97. The Member was found guilty of indecent assault of Student 1, arising from the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-same conduct at issue in this discipline hearing. The guilty finding demonstrates that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Member contravened a law and engaged in conduct which is relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-hold a certificate of qualification and registration as he caused a student to be put at risk. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Members of the teaching profession are responsible for the safety and well being of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-students. Those who abuse this trusted position by engaging in criminal behaviour of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:sexual nature with students cannot be trusted to continue working in a position that would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-allow them to have regular contact with students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member’s misconduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-and unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-reasonably be regarded as such by members of the profession. Sexual offences involving ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-students are morally repugnant and clearly contrary to a member’s professional duties to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-protect the well-being and safety of students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[14] Finally, the Panel finds that the Member’s actions were unbecoming a member of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-the College, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s trust ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-and confidence in the teaching profession as a whole is eroded when members engage ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:in criminal behaviour of a sexual nature with students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[15] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on May 4, 2022, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand, which will be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- Teachers (‘the Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- The Registrar is directed to immediately revoke the Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the parties is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-reasonable and in the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the Member’s repeated abhorrent conduct warrants a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 50 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-reprimand. The Member abused his position of trust and authority over Student 1 by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf:repeatedly engaging in sexual activities with Student 1. Moreover, as a teacher and a “big ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-brother” figure, he exposed Student 1 to alcohol and cigarettes, beginning when Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-1 was not even [XXX] years old. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-[19] The Panel finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Registration is appropriate and in the public interest in this case. The Member’s actions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-warrant an order of the Panel’s most severe penalty available: revocation. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-conduct towards Student 1 was reprehensible and cannot be tolerated by this profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-The Member’s actions have jeopardized the public’s trust in teachers. Accordingly, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Member has forfeited the privilege of being a member of the teaching profession in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf-Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct50.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on May 18, 2022, finding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-1 to 34 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in a pattern of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-offensive behaviour towards female coworkers. He repeatedly failed to maintain ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf:appropriate professional boundaries, more specifically by making rude and often sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-comments to or about them, by physically intimidating them and hindering their freedom ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-of movement, and by touching two female colleagues without their consent. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-the by-laws, contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, by breaching the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-ethical standards for the teaching profession that are set out at section 26.022 of the by- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-laws. In particular, the Member failed to uphold the ethical standard of “respect”, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-imparts on members the responsibility to honour human dignity, emotional wellness and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf:cognitive development in their professional practice. The inappropriate, sexualized ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-2 Formerly section 32.02. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-comments, the physical intimidation and the assault the Member has committed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-specifically on Person 7 demonstrate the Member’s blatant lack of respect for his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-colleagues. Furthermore, the Member failed to uphold the ethical standard of “trust” in his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-relationships with his colleagues through his conduct. The Member’s unwanted behaviour ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-towards several female colleagues significantly undermined the relationship of trust that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-the Member was expected to foster with his colleagues. The Member’s conduct also fell ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-short of the ethical standard of “integrity”, as his immoral actions made his colleagues feel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-uncomfortable and unsafe. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with subsections 264(1)(c) and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-264(1)(d) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, contrary to subsection 1(15) of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. Subsection 264(1)(c) requires members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-profession to serve as positive role models for students and the other members of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-school community. The Member has clearly failed to lead by example when he displayed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-disturbing or plainly rude behaviour with female colleagues, including by subjecting them ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf:to immature and inappropriate sexual innuendo, catcalling them or whistling at them. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-Subsection 264(1)(d) requires members of the teaching profession to assist in developing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-co-operation and co-ordination of effort among the members of the staff of the school. By ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-creating a poisoned environment where his coworkers felt frightened, intimidated or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-offended, the Member has evidently fallen short of that obligation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-[11] The Member contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to subsection 1(16) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member was found guilty of simple assault in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-September 2019, which is relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-and registration, as he caused harm to a colleague. Members of the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-are not only responsible for the safety and well-being of students, but also for maintaining ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-a healthy, safe and cooperative work environment with their colleagues. Those who ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-engage in such criminal behaviour call into question their suitability to hold a teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-certificate, as teachers must be trusted to behave as upstanding members of the school ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-community and to ensure that schools remain safe spaces for students and staff. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Member’s misconduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-and unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-reasonably be regarded as such by members of the profession. Committing simple ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-assault on a colleague is morally offensive. Making repeated, unsolicited comments of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf:sexual nature to colleagues, which made them feel uncomfortable and understandably ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-unsafe further demonstrates the Member’s persistently poor moral and professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-judgment. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-[13] Finally, the Panel finds that the Member’s actions were unbecoming a member of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-the profession, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-trust and confidence in the teaching profession as a whole is eroded when members ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-engage in criminal behaviour and fail to promote a safe and collegial work environment ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-by modelling inappropriate behaviour in the school community. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-[14] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on May 18, 2022, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-[17] The Panel finds that the Member’s pattern of inappropriate conduct and failure to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-maintain appropriate professional boundaries with several colleagues warrant a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-reprimand. The Member’s behaviour is unacceptable in any setting, but even more so in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 54 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-a learning environment. The Member ought to have known his comments or actions – at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-times intimidating – were unwelcome. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-[18] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s misconduct, the Panel finds that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-five-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. The cases presented above, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-though not factually identical, show many substantial similarities to this case, including ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-the repeated nature of the Member’s actions against colleagues, and the offensive, often ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf:sexual nature of the Member’s comments. These cases, where suspensions ranged from ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-four to six months, confirm that a five-month suspension is justified. The suspension will ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to other members of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-the profession, making clear that the kind of misconduct the Member exhibited is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-unacceptable. In accordance with the parties’ joint submission, the Member’s suspension ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-will begin on June 2, 2022, which is 15 days after the Panel’s Decision and Order. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-[19] The Panel finds that the coursework regarding professional boundaries and ethics ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. The coursework will remind the Member of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-his obligations as a member of the teaching profession and will help him make better ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf-decisions in any future interactions with colleagues. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct54.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Grimstead 2022 ONOCT 53 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Date: 2022-05-13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- REINSTATEMENT DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- and the Regulation (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for reinstatement ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- by Jeremy Peter Grimstead. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- JEREMY PETER GRIMSTEAD (REGISTRATION #464291) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-PANEL: Rebecca Forte, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Rachelle Coleman ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Damienne Lebrun-Reid ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-HEARD: February 25, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Jordan Stone, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Jerry Raso, for Jeremy Peter Grimstead ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- By order of the Honourable Justice N. Karam of the Superior Court of Justice, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-there is also a publication ban on any information that could identify a victim or a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- witness in this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[1] This is an application for reinstatement by Jeremy Peter Grimstead (the “Member”) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-pursuant to subsection 33(1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[2] The Member’s application for reinstatement was heard electronically before a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-“College”) on February 25, 2022, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-attended the hearing and had legal representation. The College opposed the application. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[3] After considering the evidence and the submissions of the parties, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-denies the Member’s application for reinstatement. The Panel directs the Registrar to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-immediately revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-(“Certificate”). The following are the Panel’s reasons for its decision. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[4] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Act, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-which makes such an order mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-of, or any information that could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[5] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of the Student (as she was referred in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:the Notice of Hearing dated January 11, 2008), who was sexually abused by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[6] The Panel also received a certified copy of the transcript of the Proceedings at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Trial from the Member’s criminal proceeding before the Honourable Justice N. Karam of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-the Superior Court on May 26, 2008 (Exhibit 5) which indicated that Justice Karam made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-an order restricting publication pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, any information that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-could identify a victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not be published in any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[7] Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-disclose the identity of the Student. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-B. BACKGROUND ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[8] The Member was granted his initial Certificate on June 23, 2003. On or about ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:November 23, 2006, the Member was charged criminally with sexual exploitation, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-contrary to section 153(a) of the Criminal Code (Canada). On May 26, 2008, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-pled not guilty to this charge, and instead pled guilty to the charge of common assault, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code (Canada). The Member was convicted of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-common assault, given a suspended sentence, and placed on probation for 12 months. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-On April 15, 2009, a panel of the College’s Discipline Committee (“2009 Panel”) found ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-that the Member had engaged in professional misconduct contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) – sexual abuse only, 1(14), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:1(19). The 2009 Panel also held that the Member had engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-student contrary to sections 1 and 40(1.1) of the Act1 for having engaged in conduct that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-1 At the time of the Member’s misconduct and when the Notice of Hearing for the discipline proceedings ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:was issued, sexual abuse was addressed in subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and sections 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-and 40(1.1) of the Act. Subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 (at that time) referred to any or all of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-the following forms of abuse committed by a member against a student: verbal, physical, psychological or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:emotional, and sexual abuse. The Member was found guilty of sexual abuse only. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:included the sexual touching of a female grade [XXX] student during the 2005-2006 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-academic year. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[9] On July 9, 2009, the 2009 Panel ordered the following penalty, reported in Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-College of Teachers v. Grimstead, 2009 ONOCT 22: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- The Registrar is directed to suspend the Member’s certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- and registration for a period of two (2) years commencing from the date of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- this written decision; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- The Member is directed to attend before the Committee at a date to be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- determined, following the hearing of the matter to receive a reprimand, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- which reprimand is to be recorded on the public register of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- College of Teachers; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- The Registrar is directed to place the following terms, conditions and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- limitations on the Member’s certificate of qualification: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- (a) prior to returning to employment where a certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- and registration is required, the Member shall complete a course of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- instruction at his expense by a practitioner, pre-approved by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Registrar, regarding maintaining appropriate boundaries in student- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- teacher relations and within (30) days of his completion of this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- course, he shall provide evidence to the Registrar in writing, of his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- successful completion of same; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- (b) prior to the Member returning to employment, he shall also provide ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- to the Registrar a written certificate from a psychologist indicating ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- that he or she has reviewed a copy of the Decision and Reasons of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- the Discipline Committee relating to this matter and that he or she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- has examined the Member, at the Member’s expense, no earlier than ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- sixty (60) days before the intended date of return to work, and found ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- that the Member is able to return to full-time classroom duties without ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- causing risk of harm or injury to students or the school community; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- (c) prior to the commencement of his employment, the Member shall ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- provide a copy of the Decision and Reasons of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Committee relating to this matter to his employer and he shall ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- request that his employer conduct a performance appraisal each ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- school year for two (2) years. The Member shall provide copies of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- the reports of such performance appraisals to the Registrar within ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- thirty (30) days of their completion of his receipt of same, whichever ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- is the later. If two assessments of the Member’s performance are not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- carried out within the two years, the Member shall inform the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Registrar. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Pursuant to section 30(5)(3) of the Act, the findings and order of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Committee shall be published in summary, with the name of the Member in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- the official publication of the College, Professionally Speaking/Pour parler ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[10] The Member’s Certificate was suspended on July 9, 2009 in accordance with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-2009 Panel’s order. It was reinstated on July 9, 2011, subject to the terms, conditions, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-and limitations ordered by the 2009 Panel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[11] The Member’s Certificate was subsequently revoked on December 8, 2020 when ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-section 30.3 of the Act came into force. Section 30.3 provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 30.3 A member’s certificate of qualification and registration is deemed to be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- revoked as of the day this section comes into force if, before that day, an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- order was made by the Discipline Committee under subsection 30(4) or (5) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- in which the member was found guilty of an act of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- consisting of or including sexual abuse of a student or a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf: involving child pornography and, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- (a) the Discipline Committee did not order a revocation of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration; or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- (b) the Discipline Committee ordered a revocation but the member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration was later reinstated under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- subsection 33(6) or 34(1). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Because the Member’s Certificate was not revoked on July 9, 2009, following the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:Discipline Committee’s finding of professional misconduct which included the sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-abuse of a student, it was deemed to be revoked on December 8, 2020 when section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-30.3 came into force. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[12] The Member provided the College with proof of his pardon (Exhibit 12) which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-granted on January 4, 2019 (Exhibit 10). The Member’s Certificate was therefore reissued ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Discipline Committee. The Member also completed the College’s Sexual Abuse ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Prevention Program in January 2022 (Exhibit 9) and has completed mandatory courses ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:and certification in workplace and sexual harassment through his work with the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-government. The Member testified that he understands that it was his sole responsibility ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-to ensure that a relationship did not develop with a student and that he needs to do all ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-that he can to ensure it never happens again. He has become hyper-sensitive as a result ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-of all that he has experienced, has gained strong clarity on professional boundaries, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-understands that he is not to engage in relationships with students and their families ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-outside of these boundaries. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[18] The Member provided the Panel with a psychological assessment report dated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-October 2, 2020, authored by Dr. Jeffrey Phillips (Exhibit 8). The Member also provided ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-the Panel with names of psychotherapists and psychologists that either he or his counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-contacted, attempted to contact since November 2021, or intend to contact in the future ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-to seek ongoing counselling (Exhibits 15 and 16) in accordance with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-recommendations made by the 2009 Panel in their decision. None of the counsellors ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-contacted were able to accept him as a client; however, the Member stated he made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-these efforts because he was considering a return to the teaching profession and was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-interested in doing what he could to support his reinstatement application. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-testified that he has fostered mentorship relationships with several teacher colleagues ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-and that he consulted with a counsellor at Sir Sanford Fleming for career guidance. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Member conceded to College Counsel’s suggestions that talking with colleagues and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-fostering mentorship relationships are not psychological therapy; and that he has not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-provided documentary evidence to support or substantiate what he discussed with his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-mentors. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[19] The Member stated his relationship with the Student began in an “organic” way ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-during the 2005-2006 school year as a result of his getting to know her and her family as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-a [XXX] coach for her younger [XXX]. He would go to her house regularly on the weekend ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-to play [XXX] with her family in their [XXX], and eventually entered into a “healthy” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-relationship with the Student and subsequently cohabited with her in a common law ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-relationship. The relationship lasted until the Student ended it in 2011. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[20] At first, the Member stated that he did not know the Student well at school but ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-when College Counsel presented him with the agreed statement of facts from his criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-proceedings (Exhibit 5), he agreed that he had worked closely with the Student including ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-as the teacher advisor to the student [XXX] (of which the Student was [XXX]). When ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-questioned by College Counsel, the Member agreed with College Counsel that the way ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-the relationship began was wrong and he also acknowledged that it is a violation of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:teacher’s position of trust and authority to enter into a romantic or sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-a student. The Member conceded that his criminal conviction and the subsequent ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-discipline proceedings before the College in 2009, did not prompt him to end his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-relationship with the Student. In fact, he continued to engage in a relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Student contrary to a court order prohibiting their contact and was arrested, in 2007, for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-breach of recognizance. Under cross-examination, the Member further stated that he did ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-not think it was ethically wrong to continue dating the Student once she had graduated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-from high school and turned 18 years old. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Discipline Committee had determined that a suspension was appropriate in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-case. Member’s Counsel also made submissions with respect to the appropriateness of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-the conditions proposed by College Counsel in the College’s alternative position. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-F. SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-(a) Grounds for Denial ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[24] College Counsel agreed with Member’s Counsel that the Panel should be guided ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-by the factors set out in Lamarche; however, the College disagreed with the submission ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-of Member’s Counsel that there is a presumption of reinstatement. Rather, College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Counsel submitted that the burden of proof rests on the Member seeking reinstatement ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-and asserted that the Member has failed to prove that reinstatement is appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the most significant factor weighing against the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:application was the nature of his underlying misconduct, which included sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-a student. Apart from the narrow exceptions set out in subsections 33(4.2) and 33(4.3) of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-the Act, the legislature has required the mandatory and permanent revocation of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:Certificates of members who have been found to engage in sexual touching of a student, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-which indicates how seriously the legislature views the need to protect students from the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:sexually abusive conduct of members. The College also submitted that the evidence ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-before the Panel, including the Member’s testimony during the reinstatement hearing, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-illustrated a lack of insight into his misconduct and insufficient efforts at rehabilitation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-College Counsel urged the Panel to consider whether it is appropriate to accept even a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-low risk of recidivism, when balancing that risk against the need to ensure the protection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-of students and the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-(b) Terms, Conditions and Limitations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[25] While the College opposed the reinstatement application, in the alternative, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-College Counsel asked the Panel to impose the following conditions on the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Certificate if reinstatement were granted, namely that the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- (1) take a course on professional boundaries prior to starting a teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- position or any position that requires a Certificate; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- (2) for a period of five years, provide copies of the 2009 Panel’s original ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- decision and reinstatement decision to prospective employers prior to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- starting a teaching position or any position that requires a Certificate; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- (3) undergo a yearly performance appraisal for a period of two years after ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- obtaining a teaching position or any other position that requires a Certificate; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- (4) undergo therapy or counselling for a period of one year, with a minimum ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- of six sessions with the treating professional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-College Counsel submitted that should the Panel reinstate the Member’s Certificate, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-these conditions would be necessary to ensure that the Member is up to date on the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-standards expected of members of the profession; that employers are fully aware of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Member’s misconduct and monitor him appropriately to protect students; to fulfil the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-original condition in the 2009 Panel’s order for performance appraisals; and to help the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Member gain more insight into his misconduct and provide him with strategies to ensure ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-that a similar incident will not reoccur. College Counsel encouraged the Panel to order ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-any additional terms, conditions, or limitations it finds necessary to protect students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-G. ADVICE OF INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[26] Independent Legal Counsel (“ILC”) reviewed the reinstatement process set out in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-section 33 of the Act, and in particular how it applies to individuals whose Certificates ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:were revoked for acts of misconduct of a sexual nature. ILC confirmed the Member is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-set out in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 41, which is proof on a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[30] Having carefully considered the evidence and the submissions of the parties, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-having weighed the Lamarche factors, the Panel finds that the Member has not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-successfully proven, on a balance of probabilities, that the reinstatement of his Certificate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-is in the public interest. In accordance with section 33(6) of the Act, the Panel denies the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-application and directs the Registrar to revoke the Member’s Certificate with immediate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-effect. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-K. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-(i) The Nature of the Member’s Professional Misconduct Weighs Against his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Reinstatement ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[31] The Panel agrees with College Counsel that the nature of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-professional misconduct weighs heavily against his application for reinstatement. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:Member was found guilty of professional misconduct, which included the sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-a student. His misconduct is, on its face, more egregious than that in Lamarche. Mr. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Lamarche was found to have engaged in boundary violations with a student, and while ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-there were concerns that he had engaged in grooming behaviour, there was no finding of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:sexual abuse in that case. The Member, on the other hand, sexually abused the Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:by engaging in a relationship with her that involved sexual touching while she was a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-student at his school, and subsequently developed a romantic relationship with her that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:continued after she graduated. While grooming may lay the foundation for future sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:contact between a member and a student, there is no question that the sexual abuse itself ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:is more serious than the boundary violations that might lead to the sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Moreover, unlike in Lamarche, the Member’s misconduct led to a criminal conviction. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:Member was charged with sexual exploitation, but eventually pled to and was found guilty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-of common assault. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[32] Sexual abuse is among the most serious forms of misconduct that a teacher can ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-commit. As noted in the agreed statement of facts from the Member’s criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-proceedings (Exhibit 5), teachers hold a position of trust and authority over students. Their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:position is inviolable. It vitiates any consent by a student to sexual touching. As the trial ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-judge stated in his reasons for sentence, “romantic relationships, particularly involving ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:sexual conduct, between teachers and their students are very serious matters and must ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-be prevented in all circumstances” (Exhibit 5). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[33] The Panel agrees with College Counsel’s submissions that the legislature has ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:indicated the seriousness of sexual abuse of students by enacting legislation (i.e., section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-30.3 of the Act) in 2020 requiring the mandatory revocation of the Certificates of members ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:who have been previously found guilty of professional misconduct for sexual abuse, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:including sexual touching of a student, but whose Certificates were not previously ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-revoked. In the majority of cases, an individual whose Certificate has been revoked for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:sexual touching cannot apply for reinstatement (per subsection 33(1.1) of the Act). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[34] The Member’s case falls into a narrow category provided in subsections 33(4.2) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-and 33(4.3) of the Act, as an individual whose revocation related to a matter that led to a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-criminal conviction; but whose conviction was pardoned before section 30.3 came into ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-force and who provided the College with proof of his pardon and made an application for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-reinstatement within a prescribed time period. As a result of the combination of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-subsections 33(4.2) and 33(4.3) of the Act, the Member is permitted to apply for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-reinstatement and he was, accordingly, granted an interim Certificate pending the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-outcome of the reinstatement hearing. If the Member had not been convicted criminally ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:and subsequently pardoned, but nevertheless had been found guilty of sexual abuse by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:the 2009 Panel for his sexual touching of the Student, his Certificate would be mandatorily ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-revoked without an opportunity for reinstatement. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[35] The unique and limited nature of subsection 33(4.2) of the Act underscores the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:seriousness of sexual touching of a student by members. Sexual abuse involving physical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:contact of a sexual nature of a student demands the most severe outcome possible. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-(ii) The Member’s Character at the Time of his Application does not Weigh in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- favour of Reinstatement ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[36] The Panel finds that the Member has not produced sufficient evidence of his good ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-character to demonstrate that public confidence would be preserved by his reinstatement. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[37] The Panel recognizes that the Member has made significant efforts with respect ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-to his new career in the biological sciences. It is clear from his Curriculum Vitae (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-3) that the Member has been dedicated in his pursuit of continued education including by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-obtaining his diplomas and a Master’s degree, and has actively contributed to his new ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-field as, among other things, a volunteer and speaker at various conferences and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-associations. He has had continuous employment since 2012 through various work ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-contracts, without any employment issues and he now has full-time permanent ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-employment with the Ontario government in his new field. The Panel also recognizes that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-the six references provided by the Member (Exhibit 13) spoke highly of him as an educator ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-and friend. The Panel does not question the genuineness of these individuals’ support for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-position of trust and authority to engage in a relationship with a student, he did not think ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-that it was ethically wrong to continue his relationship with the Student once she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-graduated. The Member also admitted that he was arrested in 2007 and charged with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-breach of recognizance for attending a [XXX] with the Student, notwithstanding a court ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-order that prohibited their contact. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[41] The Member’s statements to Dr. Phillips and his testimony during the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-reinstatement hearing call into question the Member’s credibility and character, as well ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-as his current insight into his misconduct and his understanding of the ethical standards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-for the teaching profession. The Member’s lack of insight into the deeply concerning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-nature of his misconduct has been repeatedly demonstrated since his criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-proceedings in 2008, at which point his (then) counsel submitted that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:sexual relationship with the Student was “something that he didn’t plan for, he didn’t seek ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-out, but it literally, as he describes it, literally happened” (Exhibit 5). Similarly, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-expressed to Dr. Pollock in 2009 that, “He is not sure if the relationship is wrong. From ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-an ethical standpoint he is undecided but he understands that ‘from a teacher’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-perspective it’s one of those known things – not to get involved with students.’ He does ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-not feel their age difference is a problem” (Exhibit 14 at Tab 9). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[42] The Panel finds that the Member has not met his burden of proving that his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-character at the time of the application was at a level that he could be trusted as a member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-(v) The Likelihood of the Member Repeating the Behaviour does not Weigh in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- favour of Reinstatement ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[50] Given the serious nature of the Member’s misconduct, the risk of recidivism is an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-important consideration for the Panel. The reports of Dr. Pearce (Exhibit 14 at Tab 7) and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Dr. Pollock (Exhibit 14 at Tab 9) from the original proceedings, and more recently from ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Dr. Phillips in 2020 (Exhibit 8) suggest there is a low risk of recidivism. Given the current ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-legislative framework under the Act, which was recently amended to make it very difficult ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:for members to return to the teaching profession after engaging in the type of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:abuse at issue in this case (i.e., sexual touching), the Panel finds that it is in the public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-interest to only grant the reinstatement of such members in the narrowest of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-circumstances. Certainly, the Member had a right to apply for reinstatement given the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-unique circumstances of his case in which he received a pardon for his past conviction; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-however, the risk analysis remains an important consideration because the Panel plays ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-a central role in ensuring the safety of students through its orders. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[51] Despite the medical reports that indicate that the member is at low risk of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-reoffending, the Panel finds that the Member’s lack of insight, accountability or efforts to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-understand and address his original conduct through counselling, create some risk that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-he might reoffend. The Member had years to remediate his behaviour but took limited ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-steps during the decade before his application for reinstatement. He has not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-demonstrated that he has gained significant insight into the dynamics, psychological or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-otherwise, that contributed to his misconduct. In the circumstances, and given the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-legislature’s clear intent to protect students and to not allow members who have engaged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:in sexual abuse to maintain their teaching certificates or, generally, to return to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-profession, the Panel finds that the Member has not demonstrated that risk to students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-has been displaced. Reinstatement of the Member’s Certificate would create an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-unacceptable level of risk to students in these circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-(vi) Reinstatement would Negatively Affect the Public’s Trust in the Profession ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[52] The Panel finds that reinstatement of the Member’s Certificate would negatively ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-affect the trust and confidence of the public in the teaching profession. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:sexually abused a student, which is among the most egregious forms of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-misconduct. He has not demonstrated that he has undertaken significant introspection. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-He maintained, even during his reinstatement hearing, that his relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Student developed in a natural way and that it was not unethical to continue a relationship ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-with her. Moreover, given that he intentionally continued his relationship in the face of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-court order prohibiting their contact, and despite criminal and discipline proceedings ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-against him, the Panel is not confident that terms, conditions, or limitations would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-sufficiently address the public interest and public safety considerations at hand. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-public and the profession hold teachers to high professional and ethical standards. In the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-circumstances of this case, it would not promote public confidence in the profession to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:allow a member, who has previously sexually abused a student, to return to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-(vii) The Original Penalty has not sufficiently Served its Purpose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[53] The original penalty in the Member’s 2009 discipline proceeding included a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-reprimand, a two-year suspension, and the imposition of terms, conditions or limitations, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-which included the successful completion of coursework regarding appropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-professional boundaries, a psychological assessment, and employer reporting and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-performance appraisal requirements. The 2009 Panel also recommended the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-undergo counselling. The purpose of the Member’s penalty and the panel’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-recommendation in 2009 was to allow for rehabilitation and to serve both as a specific ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent for the profession. As noted above, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Member has not proven to the Panel, on a balance of probabilities, that he has made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-sufficient efforts at rehabilitation. Additionally, the Panel is not satisfied that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-has gained sufficient insight into his misconduct following his completion of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-professional boundaries course, or that he fully appreciates the importance of maintaining ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-appropriate professional boundaries with students. Notably, the evidence presented in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-this case demonstrated that the Member still believes that the development of his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-relationship with the Student was natural, and that it was not ethically wrong to continue ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-their relationship once the Student graduated. As such, the Panel does not find that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-original purpose of the penalty has been achieved, which weighs against the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-reinstatement of the Member’s Certificate. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-(viii) The Member’s Skills and Competence ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[54] The College did not take issue with the Member’s teaching abilities and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-competence and the Panel considers this a neutral factor. The underlying misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-was not about teaching or competence in the classroom, but rather the Member’s ability ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-to conduct himself in an ethical manner and to maintain appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-boundaries with students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-L. CONCLUSION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[55] It is a privilege to be a member of the College. The consequences of abusing that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-privilege are grave, especially when a member engages in a serious breach of their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:position of trust and authority by engaging in the sexual touching of a student. Such ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf:misconduct constitutes sexual abuse under the Act, and now requires the mandatory ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-revocation of a member’s Certificate; generally, without the opportunity to apply for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-reinstatement. The legislature has allowed a narrow exception to this restriction on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 53 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-reinstatement in subsection 33(4.2) of the Act. This is a second chance that must not be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-granted lightly, but it should also not be impossible to attain where the individual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-circumstances support reinstatement. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-[56] The Panel has a duty in accordance with section 16(1) of the Act, to serve and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-protect the public interest. Having considered the parties’ submissions, the evidence ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-presented by the Member, and the totality of the circumstances in this case, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-finds that the reinstatement of the Member’s Certificate is not appropriate. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-has not shown sufficient insight into and responsibility for his actions such that the public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-confidence in the teaching profession would be maintained if the Member’s reinstatement ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-application were granted. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf-Date: May 13, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Rebecca Forte, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Rachelle Coleman ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Damienne Lebrun-Reid ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct53.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf: (d) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- specifically section 322 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- (f) he committed acts or omissions that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- Edward Clarence Primi is, and was at all material times, a member of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- is a copy of the College’s Registered Member Information. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- From September 2010 to November 2019, the Member was employed by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- at [XXX] School (the “School”) located in Mississauga, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- During the 2019-2020 school year, the Board received allegations from ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- former students, current students, and parents regarding the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- conduct during the 2015 to 2019 school years. The complainants alleged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- that the Member engaged in inappropriate dialogue and interactions with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- current and graduated students, both at school and through various social ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- media platforms. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- The Board undertook an extensive investigation during which numerous ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- former and current students at the School were interviewed. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- investigation found that the Member engaged in inappropriate behaviour ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf: toward students which was of a sexual nature at times. The Member does ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-2 As of January 20, 2022, section 32 of the by-laws has been renumbered as section 26. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-(a) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-(b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:(c) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-(d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-(e) he committed acts or omissions that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-(f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-(c) he understands that, by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-(d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-(e) he understands that any agreement with respect to the penalty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-(f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- counsel or having had the opportunity to obtain legal advice. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-outlined in paragraph (c) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and that he engaged in sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:submitted that, although some of the Member’s remarks were sexual in nature, they did ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:not rise to the level of “sexual abuse” and were better characterized as “sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:misconduct” (the definition of “sexual misconduct” means “inappropriate behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature by the member that is not sexual abuse of a student”). In light ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-of the unopposed submissions made by College Counsel and the Member’s plea of no ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:contest to the allegation of “sexual misconduct”, the Panel granted the request to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:withdraw the “sexual abuse” allegation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on May 25, 2022, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts outlined at paragraphs 3-8 of Exhibit 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set out above. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-Uncontested Facts demonstrate that, during the 2015 to 2019 school years, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-engaged in a pattern of inappropriate conduct which included making several ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-inappropriate comments to students, exposing students to behaviour or remarks of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:sexual nature and making inappropriate use of class time. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[9] The Member abused students verbally, contrary to subsection 1(7) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-Regulation 437/97 by making several inappropriate comments to students at school and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-electronically. Among other things, the Member discussed his [XXX] illness and use of, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[XXX] to, as well as [XXX]. Furthermore, the Member told a female student, “can you tell ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-my new meds are making me fat?”. Teachers must not burden students with their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-personal issues, especially relating to mature topics such as [XXX] abuse. As role models, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-teachers are expected to set a positive example for students and to always maintain ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-appropriate professional boundaries. They must also not invite students to comment on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-their physical appearance, as such discussions can be upsetting and unhealthy for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-students who might themselves struggle with body image issues. By repeatedly making ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-inappropriate comments to students of a nature described above, the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-amounted to verbal abuse. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[10] The Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member’s inappropriate conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-would reasonably have had a negative psychological or emotional impact on students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-For instance, discussing his [XXX] illness, personal struggles with [XXX] as well as his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-personal relationship with students, would have put an unnecessary burden on them. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:Moreover, the Member’s sexual remarks such as telling a female student “I always knew ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-you would be good on your knees” while she was kneeling at a friend’s desk, would have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-been distressing to that student, particularly given the position of trust and authority that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-the Member held in relation to his students. Additionally, the Panel places significant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-weight on the fact that the Member has pleaded no contest to the allegation of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-psychological or emotional abuse. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:[11] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. “Sexual misconduct” is defined in the Act as: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf: inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf: is not sexual abuse of a student, where, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- or the member knows or ought to know that one or more students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- are likely to be exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- have the effect of, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- remarks, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- student, or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:The Member exposed students to behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-remarks included: telling a female student “I always knew you would be good on your ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-knees,” while she was kneeling at a friend’s desk; telling Student 1 and a group of other ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-students that he forgot how “hot” the student’s mother was; and sending a social media ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-message to Student 1 and asking her if a former teacher was “still really hot?”. A ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-reasonable person would expect that when an adult teacher, who holds a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:and authority, exposes students to these types of sexual remarks, it could have a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-distressing or detrimental effect on students. The Panel also accepts College Counsel’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:submission that the Member’s conduct does not rise to the level of sexual abuse in this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:case. Accordingly, the Member’s conduct in this case meets the definition of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-misconduct at section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[12] The Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-contravening the provisions of the College By-Laws, which set out the professional and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-ethical standards for the teaching profession. In particular, the Member breached the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-standard of practice of “Professional Practice”, which requires members to apply ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-professional knowledge and experience to promote student learning and to use ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-appropriate pedagogy and resources in their teaching. The Member used instructional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-time to inappropriately show students videos about serial killers that were unrelated to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-course curriculum that he was teaching. By doing so, the Member used inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-resources in his teaching and engaged in conduct that did not have any educational merit ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-and therefore detracted from student learning. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[13] The Member also breached the ethical standards of “Care”, “Respect” and “Trust”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-Members are required to demonstrate a commitment to students’ well-being (“Care”) and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-to honour human dignity, emotional wellness and cognitive development (“Respect”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-Members’ relationships with students and parents are also based on trust (“Trust”). The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-Member made several inappropriate comments, which included telling students that he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-kept medication in his desk drawer and that he would sell it to them “for five bucks”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:Moreover, the Member exposed students to sexual remarks which would reasonably have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-been distressing to them. The Panel finds that by doing so, the Member demonstrated a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-lack of commitment to students’ safety and well-being and was disrespectful to them. By ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-engaging in such inappropriate conduct, the Member also breached the trust which his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-students and their parents had placed in him. The Member’s conduct therefore fell below ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-the professional and ethical standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[14] The Member committed acts which would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-Regulation 437/97. Teachers are expected to maintain appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-boundaries with students. By making numerous inappropriate comments to students, both ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-at school and electronically, sharing his personal information with students and exposing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:students to sexualized comments, the Member repeatedly violated professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-boundaries. Furthermore, the Member demonstrated poor professional judgment by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-inappropriately using instructional time to show students videos about serial killers and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:by sending text and social media messages of a sexual nature to a former student. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-Member’s repeated behaviour demonstrated significant moral and professional failings ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-and can therefore be characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[15] Similarly, the Panel finds that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By making numerous ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:inappropriate comments to students, exposing students to sexual remarks and making ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-inappropriate use of instructional time, the Member has undermined the reputation of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-teaching profession and eroded the trust and confidence that students, parents and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-public place in teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[16] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on May 25, 2022, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[19] The Panel finds that the Member’s pattern of inappropriate conduct warrants a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-reprimand. Teachers must communicate appropriately and maintain appropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-professional boundaries with students. The Member repeatedly failed to do so by making ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 56 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-several inappropriate comments to students, at school and electronically, and by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf:exposing students to remarks of a sexual nature. The reprimand will allow the Panel to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[20] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s misconduct, the Panel finds that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-five-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-factually distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a similar ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-underlying nature and the cases confirm that a suspension is justified. The suspension ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to other members ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-of the profession, making clear that the kind of misconduct the Member exhibited is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-unacceptable. In accordance with the parties’ joint submission, the Member’s suspension ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-will begin on June 9, 2022, which is 15 days after the Panel’s Oral Decision and Order. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-[21] The Panel finds that the course of instruction on maintaining appropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-boundaries and appropriate communications, with a particular emphasis on student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-interactions, both in person and through electronic means including social media, will ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. The coursework will remind the Member of his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-obligations as a teacher and will help him to make better decisions in any future ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf-interactions with students. The coursework should provide the Member with a clear ./ontario-cases/2022onoct56.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[5] The Panel finds that the Member has engaged in professional misconduct by breaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- has not proven, on a balance of probabilities, that the Member breached subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 1(11). The College withdrew all other allegations of professional misconduct. These ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- are the Panel’s reasons for its findings. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[6] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[7] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct or a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf: pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- that could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-B. THE MOTION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[8] At the outset of the hearing, the Member brought an oral motion requesting an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- adjournment of the proceedings until such time that this matter could be heard in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- person. The Member brought the motion on the basis that hearing this matter ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- electronically is likely to cause significant prejudice to the Member because it would be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1);5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2);6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- (e) he failed to supervise adequately a person who is under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- professional supervision of the member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 1. Paul Joseph Paterson is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the York Catholic ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) at [XXX]School (the “School”), in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 3. During the 20[XXX] – 20[XXX] academic years, the Member was the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Vice-Principal at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-5 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-6 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-7 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 13. Between September 1, 2015 and March 23, 2016, the Member had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 7, a male student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- at the School, including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- (a) Cutting Student 7’s hair at school; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf: (b) Telling Student 7 that he was a specialist in sexually ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- transmitted diseases and asking Student 7 if he could look at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Student 7 to ensure that Student 7 did not have any diseases. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 14. Between September 1, 2015 and March 23, 2016, the Member had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- inappropriate physical contact with Student 7, including but not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- limited to: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- (a) Conducting ‘check-ins’ with Student 7, consisting of directing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Student 7 to strip down to his underwear and then patting ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- down Student 7, searching for drugs; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- (b) Attempting to touch Student 7’s buttocks. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 15. Between September 1, 2015 and March 23, 2016, the Member had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 8, a male student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- at the School, including but not limited to: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- (a) Cutting Student 8’s hair at school; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- (b) Giving Student 8 a ride in his car. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 16. Between September 1, 2015 and March 23, 2016, the Member had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- inappropriate physical contact with Student 8, including but not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- limited to conducting weekly ‘check-ins’ with Student 8, consisting of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- directing Student 8 to strip off his pants, including his underwear and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- searching Student 8 for drugs. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-J. THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[33] The Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing dated February ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 1, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-K. THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[34] The Panel heard the testimony of three witnesses in total: two for the College and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- the Member who testified on his own behalf. College Counsel also played portions of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf:[37] College Counsel replied that while the College is not alleging any sexual impropriety ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf: or sexual misconduct by the Member with respect to Student 1, what is being alleged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- in the Notice of Hearing is an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- including but not limited to a list of specific instances of that inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- relationship. According to College Counsel, the conduct under consideration in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Notice of Hearing does extend to proving other boundary violations between a Vice- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Principal and a student. Evidence of every interaction between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Student 1 where a line was crossed by the Member, including the incident of getting ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- onto a bed with a student, is relevant and it does fit and add to the particulars that make ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- out boundary violations that go to establishing that the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[38] College Counsel indicated that the Member was not being caught off guard and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- knew the case he had to meet in advance of this hearing. In a letter dated October 7, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 2021, every particular that the College intended to pursue was enumerated to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Member. College Counsel then proceeded to read that correspondence to the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- and the Member confirmed that he received College Counsel’s letter and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- acknowledged that the particulars correspond to the Notice of Hearing, with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- exception that the College (in its October 7, 2021 letter, but not in the Notice of Hearing) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- was also alleging a romantic involvement between the Member and Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- mother. Nevertheless, the Member did not object to the list of particulars read out by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- College Counsel, including that the Member allegedly: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-  met with Student 1 after school and on weekends; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-  attended regularly at Student 1’s home, took Student 1 out for coffee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-  attended a movie with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- to police about being assaulted by his Vice-Principal in July 20[XXX] when he was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- [XXX]years old. Detective Gilmour arrested the Member on March 22, 2016, on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf: charges of sexual assault and sexual exploitation at [XXX] School, in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Detective Gilmour interviewed the Member at the police station on the day of his arrest. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- During Detective Gilmour’s testimony, College Counsel played the videotape of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Detective Gilmour’s interview with the Member during which the Member described ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- his involvement with Student 1 outside of school and responded to Detective Gilmour’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- questions about the allegations that Student 1 had made to the police. The contents of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- the Member’s statements will be addressed in greater detail in the Panel’s reasons for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- decision. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[41] Detective Gilmour testified that Student 1 filed the complaint to police specifically in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- relation to an incident that occurred at his home in July 20[XXX], less than a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- month[XXX] after Student 1 had graduated from [XXX]school. Student 1 told Detective ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Gilmour that he had invited the Member to his home on the day that his parents were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- departing for a trip to [XXX] . The Member shared a meal with Student 1’s family before ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- the parents headed to the airport, leaving behind the Member, Student 1 and his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- grandfather at the family home. Earlier in the day, the Member and Student 1 had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- dropped off Student 1’s [XXX] brother at a friend’s house and then stopped at a liquor ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- store to purchase alcohol before returning to Student 1’s home. During the evening, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Student 1 and the Member were in his bedroom listening to music. Student 1 said that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- he had taken a prescription pill earlier in the day. In the evening, he and the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- smoked approximately two marijuana joints (possibly using a bong of some sort) while ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- taking a walk outside Student 1’s house. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[51] Superintendent Sarna testified that one of the guiding policies for all individuals ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- working within the Board is Policy 218: Code of Conduct (Exhibit 6), which dictates the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- expected behaviours of employees to promote and enhance safety, including a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- prohibition on criminal-type behaviours such as giving alcohol to minors. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- would also have been familiar with Policy 412: Progressive Discipline of Employees ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- (Exhibit 7), which speaks to limits regarding the association that teachers can have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- with students once they graduate from [XXX]school or are no longer a student of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Board. This policy was approved by the Board on January 30, 2018.8 Section 3.7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- mandates that all employees of the Board are expected to “maintain professional and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- appropriate relationships with students”. Section 3.7.3 requires that professional and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- appropriate boundaries be respected for a minimum of 24 months after the student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- graduates. In the 2012 version of the policy, which would have been in effect at the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- relevant time, members had to maintain professional boundaries for at least 18 months ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- following graduation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[52] Superintendent Sarna explained that the expectation that teachers maintain ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf: professional and appropriate relationships was not limited to prohibiting sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- interactions with students but related to professional and appropriate boundaries more ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- broadly. She confirmed that no disciplinary actions were taken against the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- under that policy. Prior to the police’s involvement and unfolding investigation, she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- testified that she had no knowledge about the Member’s interactions with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-8 While the version of the policy entered in evidence was approved on January 30, 2018, Superintendent ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-Sarna testified that other than the requirement that boundaries with students be respected for a minimum ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-of 24 months (changed from 18 months) there were no other revisions to the Policy subsequent to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-2012 version. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 36 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-(2) Decision ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[73] College Counsel submitted that the College only presented evidence with respect to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- the allegations relating to Student 1, which were particularized at paragraph 4(a)-(g) of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- the Notice of Hearing. No evidence was led with respect to Students 2 to 8 (i.e., ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- paragraphs 5-16 of the Notice of Hearing). Further, Counsel for the College requested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- the withdrawal of the allegations of professional misconduct outlined at paragraphs (a), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- (b), (c) and (d), namely that the Member contravened subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf: and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or that the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. College Counsel sought to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- withdraw the subsection 1(5) allegation because proceeding under subsection 1(5) and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 1(14) would be duplicative. With respect to the 1(7.1) allegation, College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- submitted that its withdrawal was appropriate because none of the evidence in relation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- to Student 1 related to physical abuse. Similarly, the College sought to withdraw the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 1(7.2) allegation because it did not call evidence relating to psychological or emotional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- abuse. Finally, College Counsel requested the withdrawal of the subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf: sexual abuse allegation and the allegation of sexual abuse under section 1 of the Act, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- because the College decided not to pursue these heads of misconduct. After Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 1 testified at the criminal trial, he was found not to be a reliable witness given that he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- was under the influence of drugs and alcohol on the night of July 10, 20[XXX]. With the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- criminal court having made this credibility finding prior to these disciplinary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- proceedings, there was no reasonable prospect of obtaining a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf: misconduct on the sexual abuse allegations. The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 63 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- explained that he has since been forced to remember by having to live with the details ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- of the criminal trial and these proceedings for six years. It is the only thing that he has ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- thought about and has had to go back on every moment, both positive and negative. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-(c) The Panel’s Finding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[136]The Panel finds that the Member’s hearing testimony was not credible. Given the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- criminal accusations that followed, it is inconceivable that the Member would have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- forgotten the critical detail that he never lay down on a bed beside Student 1 and would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- instead admit to something that did not happen, when interrogated by police about ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf: criminal allegations involving sexual offences. The Panel finds it highly unlikely that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Member would have misremembered whether he slept on Student 1’s bed at some ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- point during that evening, especially given that during the police interview, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- himself acknowledged that to sleep next to a student on his bed: “It looks bad. It looks ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- really bad, when you stand back from it.” Given the Member’s acknowledgment, it is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- reasonable to infer that the Member would have been eager to correct any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- misunderstanding about his having slept in Student 1’s bed, if he had not, in fact, slept ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- in Student 1’s bed. However, the Member did not deny that he slept on the bed or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- correct Detective Gilmour’s perception at any point during the police interview. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[137]The Panel therefore found the Member’s evidence provided to Detective Gilmour ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- more credible and his recall and characterization of events more reliable during his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- interview with Detective Gilmour. Based on the Member’s own characterization of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- events, the Panel finds that the Member slept on Student 1’s bed for some length of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- time in the night, before migrating to the couch in Student 1’s bedroom. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 68 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- section 3211 of the College’s by-laws, which prescribes the Ethical Standards and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession. The Divisional Court in Novick v. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (“Novick”) determined that expert ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 58 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- evidence of the standards of the profession is not required where misconduct is “so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- notorious or generally accepted as not to be the subject of debate among reasonable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf: persons” (Novick at para. 71). In its decision, the Court cited physical or sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- as examples of misconduct that is so notorious that expert evidence is not required to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- prove that it breaches the standards. However, the Panel finds that a member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- misconduct does not have to rise to the level of violent abuse to be considered ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- notorious. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[148]The Panel finds that it is reasonable to consider the Member’s conduct as a clear ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- and obvious violation of professional and ethical standards. Most notably, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- bought alcohol for, drank alcohol with, and smoked marijuana with Student 1. He also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- slept in the same bed as Student 1 for a portion of a night, after they had both ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- consumed alcohol. The Member was a Vice-Principal at the time, who held a significant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- position of trust and authority in the school community. Therefore, the Panel finds that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- expert evidence is not necessary to determine that the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- were breached; they clearly were. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-[149]The Ethical Standards of the Teaching Profession provide that Members’ ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- professional relationships with students, colleagues, parents, guardians and the public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- are based on “Trust”. The Principal and the rest of his administrative team trusted that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf-11 As of January 22, 2022, section 32 of the By-laws has been renumbered to section 26. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct58.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- (h) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- (i) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Peter Dalton Campbell is a retired member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Ottawa-Carleton ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-3 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- During a lesson on democracy, the Member explained to his class how ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf: homosexual men have sex, and described “mutual masturbation.” Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 2 felt uncomfortable in class as a result of these comments. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- The Member frequently labelled students as having mental health issues, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- such as [XXX] or other conditions, and regularly made unsolicited ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- comments about what he believed to be a student’s problem. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- In November 2015, the Member was suspended with pay pending the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Board’s investigation. On October 6, 2016, the Board issued a letter of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- discipline to the Member. The Member was suspended without pay for 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- days. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the letter dated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- October 6, 2016. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-Current Status ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- The Member retired his membership with the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- effective December 14, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-Undertaking and Acknowledgment ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- On the 11th day of November, 2021, the Member signed an Undertaking ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- and Acknowledgment resigning as a Member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Teachers and agreeing not to seek reinstatement of his Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Qualification and Registration. He further undertook not to seek or accept ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- employment in any teaching position in any public or private school in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Ontario, or in any other capacity for which an Ontario Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Qualification and Registration is required. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Exhibit “D” is a copy of the Member’s Undertaking and Acknowledgment. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between his [sic] and counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- for the College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the Panel withdraw the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-professional misconduct outlined in paragraphs (a), (e), and (f) of the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-namely that the Member contravened subsections 1(5) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf:437/97, and that he engaged in sexual abuse and sexual misconduct of a student or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-students as defined in section 1 of the Act. College Counsel stated that the Panel’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-permission to withdraw the 1(5) allegation was being sought as part of the negotiated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-agreement between the parties and because it could be duplicative of the allegation that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-the Member had contravened subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf:Counsel submitted that it would be appropriate to withdraw the sexual abuse and sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-misconduct allegations after having assessed all of the evidence and given the global ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-resolution agreed to by the parties, including the Member’s undertaking to resign his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration. The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on December 7, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-2021, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-25 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-numerous occasions, the Member engaged in inappropriate physical contact with and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-made inappropriate comments toward and about his students which amounted to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-physical, verbal, and psychological or emotional abuse of his students. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-  told Student 3 he would be like a father to her and would give her advice as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- she did not live with her father (which made Student 3 feel embarrassed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- and offended); and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf:  told the class about how homosexual men have sex and described “mutual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- masturbation” to them during a lesson on democracy (which made Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 2 uncomfortable). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-The Panel finds that Member’s conduct and comments in these instances were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-inappropriate and negatively impacted his students cognitive, psychological, or emotional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-development, and therefore constituted psychological or emotional abuse of his students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-[12] The Member failed to abide by the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-and the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession set out in section 32 of the by- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-laws contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-show that the Member repeatedly failed to adhere to the ethical standards of “Care” and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-“Respect”. His inappropriate physical contact of Student 1 and Student 2, and patronizing, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-insulting, offensive, and prejudiced comments to his students did not show respect, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-acceptance, or compassion towards his students. He did not honour their human dignity, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-emotional wellness, and cognitive development. He did not respect confidentiality when ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-he commented on students’ mental illness or disabilities, and when he disclosed that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-student’s mother had mental health issues and speculated that she beat the student. His ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-failure to intervene when Student 5 made racist remarks, as well as his own comments ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-about Muslims, did not model respect for cultural values, freedom, or democracy. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-Member repeatedly failed to show professional judgment, empathy and commitment to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-his students’ well-being and learning, and as a result, negatively influenced his students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-[13] Furthermore, the Member failed to adhere to the practice standard “Commitment ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-to Students and Student Learning” as he did not treat students equitably or with sensitivity ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-when he singled them out and commented on their mental illness or disabilities. Rather ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-than creating a safe and supportive learning environment, he actively contributed to a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-harmful and poisoned environment for his students, which resulted in students voicing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 6 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-their concerns to the Member and walking out of the Member’s class. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-refused to take responsibility for his actions or inactions, he laughed at and dismissed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-student concerns, and he told them that he cannot control what people do in class. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-Panel therefore finds that the Member’s conduct fell below the standards of practice for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-[14] The Member failed to fulfill his duties as set out in section 264(1) of the Education ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-Act and therefore contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-264(1)(c) of the Education Act requires teachers to set a positive example for students by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-teaching and modeling a number of morals and virtues. The Member, however, set a poor ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-example for his students, including by: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-  singling them out and commenting on their mental illness or disabilities; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-  making racist remarks (e.g. that “Muslims don’t respect/listen to women, so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- they need to learn”); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-  being patronizing (e.g. by telling Student 3 that he will be like a father to her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- and would give her advice); and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf:  being sexist towards his female students (e.g. by telling Student 2 that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- mentoring male students will improve her “mothering skills” or that she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- should “let men appreciate you more, because they will appreciate you ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- more in the future”), and making an inappropriate comment about Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- 4’s figure. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-[15] Moreover, the Member did not maintain proper order and discipline in his class, as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-required by section 264(1)(e) of the Education Act. For instance, he did not intervene or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf-discipline Student 5 when Student 5 said that Student 2 had a “bomb under her hijab”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct6.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- The Member was Student 1’s assigned [XXX] teacher from September ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- [XXX] to June [XXX]. The Member was also Student 1’s teacher for Grade ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- [XXX] and for her Grade [XXX] and [XXX] classes. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- In addition, throughout all the years that Student 1 attended the School, she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- participated in the School’s [XXX] and [XXX] teams. The Member was the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- primary coach for both of these teams throughout these years. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-Grade [XXX] year ([XXX]-[XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- In the Fall of [XXX], when the School’s [XXX] team season ended, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Member offered to continue training with Student 1 informally. The two of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- them met almost every day after school to [XXX] together. Their training ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- then expanded to include [XXX] together on weekends as well. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- During these, the Member and Student 1 became close. He allowed her to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- call him “Dez”, and they shared information about their families and other ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- personal matters. Student 1 felt increasingly comfortable with the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf: and they openly discussed the subjects of sex, masturbation and sexually ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- transmitted diseases. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Following the end of the school year, Student 1 and the Member continued ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- to train together during the summer months. Student 1 spent a significant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- amount of time with the Member outside of school. This included ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- accompanying him on errands, spending time with him and his wife, going ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- to their family cottage, joining them for meals, and babysitting the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- child. Student 1 had a difficult relationship with her own parents and she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- began to view the Member as an important parental figure in her life. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-Grade [XXX] year ([XXX]-[XXX]) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- At the beginning of Grade [XXX], when Student 1 was [XXX] years old, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Member began to hug her. He also started commenting on Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- appearance saying things to her like, “you’re beautiful, but you don’t realize ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- it yet. You’re going to grow into your looks.” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Throughout the Fall, the Member continued to spend time with Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- both inside and outside of school. They trained together every day after ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- school and the Member often picked her up in his car and drove her alone ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- to and from practices or training [XXX] on the weekend. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- In December [XXX], the Member and his wife had their second child. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Student 1 began to spend more time at the Member’s home, watching his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- first child. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- The Member told Student 1 that she was his best friend and the most ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- beautiful girl at the School. He gave her gifts, including the commissioning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- of a [XXX] bra and tights which he had a local seamstress make for her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- The Member and Student 1 continued to train together most days. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- also continued to spend time with the Member and his family at their home ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- and their cottage. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- In the Fall of [XXX], the Member and Student 1 travelled out of town for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- [XXX] meets and stayed in hotels with either the School team or Club team. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- At times during these trips, the Member was alone in the hotel room with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Student 1, where he massaged her bare legs while she lay on the bed. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Later in that school year, following a workout in the [XXX] room at the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- School, the Member pulled Student 1 back into the darkened room after she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- turned off the light and was about to leave. The Member proceeded to grope ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- and/or kiss Student 1 for approximately 30 seconds. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[XXX] year ([XXX]-[XXX]) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- The Member was Student 1’s [XXX] teacher. The main assignment of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- course was to [XXX]. The Member did not require Student 1 to perform the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- [XXX] and, after inquiring what mark she would like for the assignment, gave ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- her the requested mark. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- In approximately May or June [XXX], Student 1 and the Member continued ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- to go for [XXX] together. On several of these occasions, the Member kissed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Student 1 and sometimes groped her breasts and buttocks. There were a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- few times where he removed her top and kissed her breasts. These physical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- interactions happened while they were out on [XXX] [XXX], in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- car and at Student 1’s home. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Student 1 graduated from the School in June [XXX]. In July, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf: had sexual intercourse with her for the first time. Student 1 was 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- old. The Member went to Student 1’s house, while her parents were at work, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- to pick her up for a training [XXX]. When the Member arrived, he started to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- kiss Student 1 and told her “I didn’t actually come here to [XXX]”. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf: Member had sexual intercourse with Student 1 without a condom, then ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- showered and left immediately afterwards, leaving Student 1 feeling ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- confused. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf: The Member had sexual intercourse with Student 1 multiple times a week ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- throughout the summer of [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-September [XXX] – January [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- In September [XXX], Student 1 returned to the School for one semester, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- following her [XXX] from [XXX] in June [XXX], to complete additional credits ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- for university. Student 1 continued as a member of the School’s [XXX] team ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- and was coached by the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf: Over the course of the semester, the Member kissed and sexually touched ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf: Student 1 at the School when they were alone. He also regularly had sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf: intercourse and oral sex with Student 1 outside of school. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- In October [XXX], Student 1 tried to end the relationship with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- The Member then went over to Student 1’s home and talked her into ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf: continuing the sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-February [XXX] – April [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf: The Member continued to have a sexual relationship with Student 1 after ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- she left the School in January[XXX[. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- On the Member’s advice, Student 1 chose to attend the University of [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- which had a prestigious [XXX] program. She started there in August [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Student 1 received a full [XXX] scholarship which covered her entire tuition, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- room and board and all textbooks. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf: While Student 1 was attending university, the Member engaged in sexually ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf: graphic telephone calls with her. He also sent Student 1 sexually explicit ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- emails from his Board email account during this time. The Member told ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Student 1 that he loved her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- In January [XXX], when Student 1 returned to [XXX] during the Christmas ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf: break, the Member engaged in oral sex with her in the School [XXX] room. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- As soon as Student 1 returned to university, the Member ended the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- relationship with her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- In April [XXX], the Member sent Student 1 emails from his Board email ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- account admitting to the affair he had with her. Attached hereto and marked ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Member’s emails to Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-Impact on Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Student 1 was profoundly impacted by her relationship with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- She dealt with [XXX] as a result of it. Student 1 had come to associate [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- with her relationship with the Member and, consequently, after the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- relationship ended, found herself unable to [XXX]. This led to Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- having to give up her university scholarship and her [XXX] career. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- By this document, the Member pleads no contest, and agrees that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Discipline Committee can accept as correct the facts alleged against the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Member and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 38 above (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- “Uncontested Facts”) for the purpose of this proceeding only. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-outlined in paragraphs (f) and (g) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-contravened subsections 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-College Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegations was being ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-sought as Ontario Regulation 437/97 was not in force when the Member’s misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-took place. It would therefore not be appropriate for the Panel to make a finding under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-these subsections in this case. The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on May 26, 2022, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-to section 13 and subsections 14(d) and 14(f) of the TPA Regulation; subsection 235(1)(c) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 129 and amendments thereto; and subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-264(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2. and amendments thereto. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-38 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-Member engaged in a pattern of grooming behaviour with Student 1, which gradually ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf:turned into touching Student 1 inappropriately, having sexual intercourse with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf:and engaging in various other acts or behaviour of a sexual nature with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-(1) Findings under the TPA Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[9] The Panel finds that the Member failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-the highest degree of professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-ethical standards of the teaching profession, contrary to section 13 of the TPA Regulation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-The Member also failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-with pupils, and failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-under his care, contrary to subsections 14(d) and 14(f) of the TPA Regulation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[10] The Member’s breach of these provisions included making flirtatious comments, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-complimenting Student 1, giving her gifts and inviting her into his personal, family life, as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-described in the Uncontested Facts, despite his position of authority as teacher and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-coach. His conduct then escalated into touching Student 1 inappropriately, kissing her, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf:and eventually engaging in sexual relations with her. This conduct was entirely at odds ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-with the Member’s professional, moral and ethical responsibilities, and demonstrated a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-flagrant disregard for the well-being of Student 1. Student 1 was particularly vulnerable in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-this case, not only by reason of the power imbalance that exists between all teachers and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-students, and between all coaches and athletes, but also because the Member was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-viewed as a father figure and a fundamental support person in Student 1’s life. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-Member’s actions inflicted irreparable harm on Student 1, causing her to suffer from ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[XXX]. Student 1 came to associate [XXX] with her relationship with the Member and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-eventually gave up the sport entirely, including a full athletic scholarship at the University ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-of [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[11] The Member’s conduct at the [XXX] in [XXX], a competition that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-lobbied to accompany Student 1 as an observer coach despite his not being on the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-coaching roster, was particularly appalling. It was there, away from Student 1’s support ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf:system, friends and family, that the Member first acted on his sexual desires, including by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-massaging Student 1 while she was fully naked or pressing down on her buttocks to pull ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-her pelvis against his erection. Instead of allowing Student 1 to properly prepare for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-competition, the Member chose to pursue his own personal needs by preying on Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-1. The Member’s abuse of his trusted position – not only in [XXX] but over the course of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-many years – showed a complete disregard for Student 1’s well-being and for his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-professional, ethical and moral obligations as a teacher and coach. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[12] The Member moreover failed to treat all students equitably by showing preferential ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-treatment towards Student 1 when he allowed her to skip an assignment and still gave ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-her the desired mark. The Uncontested Facts show that the Member would also become ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-angry or antagonistic if Student 1 dated other students, letting his relationship with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-Student 1 affect the way he behaved with other students. It is therefore clear that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-Member failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations with pupils. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-(2) Findings under Previous and Current Versions of the Education Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-comply with subsection 235(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 129 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-amendments thereto, and with subsection 264(1)(c) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-c. E.2. and amendments thereto. These provisions, which are substantively the same, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-state that it is the duty of a teacher to demonstrate the “the highest regard for truth, justice, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-loyalty, love of country, humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-temperance and all other virtues”. In other words, teachers are required to exemplify ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-moral virtues and act as positive role models for students. The Member’s inappropriate, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf:sexual behaviour with Student 1, namely sexually touching her, engaging in kissing, oral ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf:sex, and sexual intercourse with her, and his persistence in maintaining the sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-relationship on his own terms despite Student 1’s attempt to break it off clearly run counter ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-to the virtues set out above. Further, because the conduct at issue began when the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 129 was still in force and ended after the revised Education ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2 came into force, the Panel accepts the College’s position that it ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-is appropriate to make similar findings pursuant to both provisions. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[14] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on May 26, 2022, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[15] The Panel accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-law confines the Panel’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[17] In terms of mitigating factors, the Panel recognizes that the Member did not contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-his misconduct, saving the time and expense of a contested hearing and sparing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-witnesses from having to testify. College Counsel further submitted that it was a mitigating ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 65 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-factor that the Member has not been the subject of discipline proceedings in the past. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-However, given the severity and duration of the Member’s conduct, the Panel is not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-persuaded that this mitigating factor should be given any significant weight. After weighing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the parties is reasonable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-Registration is appropriate and in the public interest in this case. The Member’s actions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-warrant an order of the Panel’s most severe penalty available: revocation. It is the only ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-penalty that appropriately responds to the nature and gravity of the Member’s misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-The Member’s actions towards Student 1 were reprehensible and cannot be tolerated by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-this profession. He abused his position of trust and authority in the most egregious ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf:manner by exploiting Student 1’s vulnerabilities and initiating a sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-her that lasted throughout her [XXX] school career and beyond. Student 1 suffered great ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-psychological and emotional harm as a result. Moreover, the Member’s actions have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-jeopardized the public’s trust in teachers. He has consequently forfeited the privilege of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-being a member of the teaching profession in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-[19] The Panel finds that the Member’s repeated abhorrent conduct warrants a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-reprimand. The Member completely disregarded Student 1’s safety and well-being and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-failed to maintain a supportive and healthy learning environment, both as a teacher and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf-a coach. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct65.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Lee 2022 ONOCT 66 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Date: 2022-06-22 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Andrew Michael Lee, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ANDREW MICHAEL LEE (REGISTRATION #483944) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-PANEL: Kirby Chown, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Rachelle Coleman ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Sandra Pizzuti, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-HEARD: June 2, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Yufei (Fiona) Wang, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Emily Lam, for Andrew Michael Lee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- By order of Justice P. Robertson of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on June 2, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-2022, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[2] Andrew Michael Lee (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:Act at the request of College Counsel for Student 1, who was allegedly sexually abused. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[5] The Panel also received a certified copy of the transcript of the Proceedings (Guilty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Plea and Reasons for Sentence) from the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-P. Robertson on June 22, 2021 (Exhibit 2 at Appendix D). In these proceedings before ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-the Ontario Court of Justice, an order restricting publication was made pursuant to section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-ban. Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-this matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated February 7, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-2022 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Andrew Michael Lee is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (i) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Andrew Michael Lee is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto Catholic ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- During the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 academic year, Student 1 was a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- In the first [XXX] of the 2012-2013 academic year, Student 1 was a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- year-old Grade [XXX] student in the Member’s class. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- aware that Student 1 struggled with [XXX] issues. The Member was a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- resource person for Student 1 in relation to her [XXX] issues. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- In the [XXX] semester of the 2012-2013 academic year, Student 1 was no ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- longer in the Member’s class. Student 1 told the Member that she was not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- talking to her guidance counsellors or social workers very much. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Member would share information about Student 1 with the guidance ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- counsellor or social worker. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- In or about the spring of 2013, the Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- relationship with Student 1 which included: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (a) Having frequent one-on-one meetings; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (b) Telling Student 1 that he had romantic feelings for her; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (c) Going to a park with Student 1 and kissing her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- In or about July 2013, the Member brought Student 1 to a residence and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf: engaged in sexual activities with Student 1, including sexual touching and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf: oral sex. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- In the fall of 2013, the Member had intercourse with Student 1 at a [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- In [XXX], there was a conflict in the relationship between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf: Student 1. Student 1 was subsequently hospitalized for [XXX]. The sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- relationship between the Member and Student 1 resumed after Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- hospitalization. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- During the academic year 2013-2014, Student 1’s [XXX] issues continued. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- The Member was aware that Student 1 was taking [XXX] medication. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- The Member was part of the safety plan developed for Student 1. He acted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- as a resource for Student 1 when the School’s social worker was not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- available. The Member called the social worker multiple times to report that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Student 1 was in crisis. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- In or about the academic year 2013-2014, a teacher at the School reported ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- to the School’s Vice-principal that the Member and Student 1 were spending ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- a significant amount of time together. The Vice-principal spoke to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Member about ensuring proper boundaries. The Member continued his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- inappropriate relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Beginning in December 2013, the Member and Student 1 began ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- exchanging electronic communications via Tumblr. The Member was very ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- concerned about getting caught and was aware that his relationship with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Student 1 could get him in legal trouble and end his professional career. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- The Member and Student 1 used the Tumblr account to arrange meetings ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- off School property. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf: The Member used the Tumblr account to frequently describe his sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf: fantasies to Student 1 and ask Student 1 to share her sexual fantasies with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- him. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf: The sexual relationship between the Member and Student 1 continued after ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Student 1 graduated from the School in June [XXX] and after she turned - ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 18 years-old in [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Criminal Proceedings/Convictions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- On or about November 8, 2019, the Member was criminally charged by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Toronto Police Service with: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (a) Between the 1st day of February in the year 2013 and the [XXX] day ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- of [XXX] in the year [XXX] at the City of Toronto in the Toronto Region ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf: did commit a sexual assault on Student 1, contrary to Section 271 of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (b) Between the 1st day of February in the year 2013 and the [XXX] day ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- of [XXX] in the year [XXX] at the City of Toronto in the Toronto Region ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- did, being a person who was in a position of trust or authority towards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf: a young person, with a part of his body, for a sexual purpose, directly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- or indirectly touch the body of that young person, namely Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- contrary to Section 153, subsection (1), clause (a) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- On June 22, 2021, the Member pleaded guilty to the offence of Sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Exploitation before the Honourable Justice Robertson in the Ontario Court ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- of Justice. The offence of Sexual Assault was withdrawn at the request of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- On June 22, 2021, the Member was sentenced to two and a half years in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- custody. The Member was also made subject to a number of ancillary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- orders. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- The Member did not appeal his conviction or sentence and the time for an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Court Information sworn in November 2019, appearances/endorsements, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- and the disposition in the criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of a Non- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Communication Order, dated January 6, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Proceedings (Guilty Plea and Reasons for Sentence) remotely before the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Honourable Justice P. Robertson on June 22, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- On or about June 28, 2021, the Board notified the Member that his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- employment with the Board was terminated, effective September 1, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a copy of the termination of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- employment letter from the Board to the Member, dated June 28, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-25 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the conduct set out at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 6-9, 12-19 and 21-23 of the Admitted Facts constitutes professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf: against him, being more particularly that he engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- student as defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- and breached Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and having had the opportunity ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on June 2, 2022 finding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-1-25 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-conduct set out at paragraphs 6-9, 12-19, and 21-23 of the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set out above. These ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in an inappropriate relationship ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:with Student 1 and subsequently sexually abused Student 1. The Member was charged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:criminally in relation to his conduct with Student 1 and pled guilty to the offence of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-exploitation of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[10] The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-of the profession, contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Counsel submitted and the Panel accepts that misconduct of the nature committed by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Member is so notorious and offside of what is acceptable that expert evidence regarding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:the standards is not required to prove that the standards were breached. The sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-abuse of a student by a teacher is a clear breach of the standards of the profession.1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member verbally abused Student 1, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member told Student 1 that he had romantic ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:feelings for her. He also used Tumblr to describe his sexual fantasies to Student 1, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:to ask Student 1 to share her sexual fantasies with him. It was verbally abusive for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Member to use his position of authority and influence over Student 1 to impose his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-1 See Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 at paragraph 71. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:personal and highly inappropriate desires and sexual fantasies upon her and solicit details ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:about her sexual fantasies. Such communications have no place in teacher-student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-relationships and are harmful to students, especially those who struggle with [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-challenges, as Student 1 did. The Panel notes that Student 1 was hospitalized for [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-after a conflict in her relationship with the Member, which demonstrates the significant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-negative impact that the inappropriate teacher-student relationship had on Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Teachers must always prioritize the well-being of students, and they are solely ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-responsible for maintaining appropriate professional boundaries with students through ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-their communications or otherwise. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[12] The Agreed Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in physical abuse of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Student 1, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1). The Member was in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-a position of trust and authority over Student 1, not only as her teacher, but subsequently ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-as a resource person who was part of the safety plan for Student 1’s [XXX] challenges. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:To have engaged in kissing, sexual touching, oral sex, and sexual intercourse with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Student 1 was an egregious breach of the trust that was bestowed upon him as a teacher ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-and resource person, and constitutes physical abuse. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-by his conduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-agrees with Justice Robertson’s reasons for sentence in the Member’s prior criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:proceedings that, “Any physical contact of a sexual nature with a child always constitutes ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-a wrongful act of physical and psychological violence” (Exhibit 2 at Appendix D). In this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-case, Student 1 was a particularly vulnerable student as she was struggling with [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-challenges when the abuse by the Member started, and the impact of his actions on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Student 1’s psychological and emotional development was grave. The Member was not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-only initially her teacher, but subsequently assumed a significant supportive role as a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-resource person for her and was designated as part of her safety plan. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-responsible for supporting Student 1 and her [XXX] challenges and ensuring her safety. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Instead of faithfully upholding these responsibilities, he engaged in an abhorrent breach ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:of trust by engaging in a sexual relationship with her. Student 1’s Victim Impact Statement ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-as recorded in the certified transcript of the Proceedings (Guilty Plea and Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Sentence) (Exhibit 2 at Appendix D) clearly demonstrates the profound negative impact ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-that the Member’s abuse has had and continues to have on Student 1’s psychological ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-and emotional well-being. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:[14] The Member sexually abused Student 1, contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Regulation 437/97, and as defined in section 1 of the Act. The Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:behaviour and remarks of a sexual nature, sexually touched, and had sexual intercourse ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:and other forms of physical sexual relations with Student 1 starting from the time that she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-was [XXX] years old. The Panel notes that subsection 1(7) of the Act provides that, for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:the purposes of the definition of “sexual abuse” in subsection 1(1) of the Act, behaviour, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-remarks and conduct include acts or remarks that are done or made by electronic means. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Therefore, the Member’s electronic communications on Tumblr with Student 1 amount to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:sexual abuse, in addition to the Member’s more overt sexual acts involving Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[15] The Member failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-to subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In particular, subsection 264(1)(c) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-requires teachers to teach and model morality and virtuous conduct. The Member clearly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:disregarded this duty by repeatedly engaging in sexual abuse of Student 1 over the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-course of two school years. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[16] The Member contravened subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:437/97 and was found guilty of a criminal offence (i.e., sexual exploitation), which is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration and which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-has put students under his professional supervision, in this case Student 1, at risk. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Student 1 indicated in her Victim Impact Statement as recorded in the certified transcript ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-of the Proceedings (Guilty Plea and Reasons for Sentence) (Exhibit 2 at Appendix D) that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-she continues to experience the effects of the harm caused by the Member. Members ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:who have been found guilty of a criminal, sexual offence involving students cannot be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-trusted with the privilege and responsibility of ensuring students’ safety and well-being. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[17] The Panel finds that the Member has engaged in conduct that would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). Sexual abuse of any student is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-reprehensible. There is no question that the Member’s conduct in this case is properly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-characterized by all three terms (disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional). The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Agreed Facts demonstrate that the Member was concerned about getting caught and was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-aware that his relationship with Student 1 could get him in legal trouble and end his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-professional career. Despite his Vice-Principal addressing concerns with him about ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:ensuring appropriate boundaries with Student 1, the Member continued to have a sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-relationship with Student 1. The Member’s repeated and prolonged abuse of Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-demonstrated a flagrant disregard for his professional obligations, and a significant moral ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-failing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[18] Finally, the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Teachers are entrusted with the care of students and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-one of their fundamental responsibilities is to ensure students’ physical, psychological, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-and emotional safety and well-being. Public confidence in teachers (and the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-profession as a whole) is undermined when members engage in heinous acts of abuse, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:especially sexual abuse, of students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[19] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on June 2, 2022, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:[20] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student, as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard. These mandatory penalty provisions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-apply retrospectively in this case pursuant to section 63.2 of the Act.2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[21] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 66 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-subsection 30(5) of the Act but notes that the parties are jointly asking it to confine its ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-order to the mandatory ones. The Panel finds it reasonable not to make these additional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-orders in light of the Member’s guilty plea and joint submission on penalty, and particularly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-given high threshold that must be met before rejecting a joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-[22] The Panel denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Date: June 22, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Kirby Chown, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Rachelle Coleman ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Sandra Pizzuti, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:2 Although this mandatory penalty provision was not in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Student 1, section 63.2 of the Act provides that the mandatory penalty provisions at section 30.2 of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf:the Act apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse occurred before April 3, 2019 and no order has ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. These conditions are met in this case and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf-Panel must therefore apply the mandatory penalty provisions set out at section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct66.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Bertucci 2022 ONOCT 68 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Date: 2022-06-28 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Dominic Bertucci, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- DOMINIC BERTUCCI (REGISTRATION #508420) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-PANEL: Wanda Percival, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Kiran Qureshi ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Brian Serafini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-HEARD: June 23, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Ava Arbuck, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-No one appearing for Dominic Bertucci ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on June 23, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-2022, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[2] Neither Dominic Bertucci (the “Member”) nor his legal counsel attended the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-hearing. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-into an agreement with respect to the hearing, and that the Member was represented by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-legal counsel throughout these proceedings. Although the Member’s legal counsel did not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-attend the hearing itself, he was involved in the process of negotiating and concluding the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-agreement. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel for Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3, who were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct. Accordingly, no person ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-shall publish the identities of, or any information that could disclose the identities of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated October 1, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Dominic Bertucci is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf: (f) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Dominic Bertucci is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit "A" is a copy of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Dufferin-Peel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Catholic District School Board (the “Board") and taught [XXX] and Drama at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- [XXX]School (the "School") in Mississauga, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2016-2017 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- On one occasion during the 2016-2017 academic year, the Member told a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- female student in his Grade [XXX] [XXX]class to stop [XXX] because it was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- [XXX]. Afterwards, the Member approached the student to tell her he felt ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- badly and to explain why he had asked her to stop [XXX], and offered her a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- hug. The student, who was with her friend, did not want to hug the Member, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- and did not know how to react as the Member hugged her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2017-2018 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- During the 2017-2018 academic year, the Member required student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- participation in improvisation games in his Grade [XXX] Drama class. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- object of one of the games was to make a student seated on a bench feel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- uncomfortable without touching them, to the point that they got off the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- bench. The Member permitted students to make inappropriate remarks, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf: swear, and to act out inappropriate or sexual conduct during the game. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- During the 2017-2018 academic year, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- inappropriate comments and conduct towards female students in class ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- which made some of them feel uncomfortable, including when he: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (a) commented on their eyes, their hair, and their figures, and told some ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- of them they were beautiful; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (b) called them “sweetheart” and “darling”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (c) asked them for hugs. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- During the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 academic years, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- directed his drama students to perform skits and monologues in class that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- included inappropriate content and language, and mature subject matter. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- The Member told students who did not want to participate that it was their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- choice, but they would lose marks. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Some of the materials he provided to his Grade [XXX] students were scripts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- for skits from late night television shows including [XXX] and [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- including [XXX]”, [XXX], [XXX] and [XXX], among others. The scripts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf: focused on sexually suggestive themes, and included some racialized and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- aggressive content. The students watched the skits on YouTube, and were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- required to memorize and perform them in small groups. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf: Many students were uncomfortable with the provocative and sexualized ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- content. Some of the lines students were required to recite in class which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- made them feel uncomfortable included: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (a) “Then I put my lips around yours”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (b) “And I would suck until your forehead caved the hell in”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf: (c) “I got on sexy lingerie… and un… it’s really revealing…”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (d) “what if his plumbing is so bad that he can’t even satisfy his own ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- wife?”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (e) “they’re going to take one look at Kandi’s tight, young, little body…”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (f) “Does he want to be loved or does he wanna have a good time?”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Some of the actions the Member encouraged or required students to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- perform in class that made them feel uncomfortable included: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (a) blowing kisses, licking their lips, and smiling suggestively; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf: (b) using a sexual tone of voice; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (c) kissing the “butt-cheek” of another student, who wore a “butt pad” as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- a costume or prop for the skit; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (d) acting out hair pulling and choking; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (e) instructing students to rub their cheeks together to make it appear as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- though they were kissing (instead of actually kissing), and to get ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- close to each other to make it appear as though they were engaging ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf: in casual sex. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Inappropriate Physical Contact with Students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- On some occasions when the Member participated in class activities or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- acted out scenes with students, he engaged in physical contact with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- students that made them feel uncomfortable, including when he hugged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- students or caressed their arms while demonstrating to the class how to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- portray certain characters in scenes. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- In one class students were required to partner-up and portray animals, one ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- attacking the other. The Member partnered with a female student who did ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- not have a partner for the exercise. He assigned himself the role of a [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- and assigned her the role of a [XXX]. During the exercise, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- grabbed the student from behind, enveloping her in a bear hug. The student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- was extremely uncomfortable; she had not expected the Member to grab ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- her and invade her personal space. The following day, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- apologized to the student for his conduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Investigations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- In the fall of the 2018-2019 academic year, fifteen students reported ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf: experiencing a highly sexualized environment in the Member's classroom ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- which made them feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- By letter dated October 26, 2018, the Board notified the Member that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- allegations of inappropriate physical contact and verbal comments towards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- students had been brought to its attention and were being investigated by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- the Peel Children's Aid Society ("CAS"). It reassigned the Member home ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- pending the outcome of the CAS investigation. Attached hereto and marked ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- as Exhibit "B" is a copy of the Board's Letter to the Member dated October ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 26, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- By letter dated February 7, 2019, the Board terminated the Member's ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- employment, effective February 7, 2019. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Exhibit "C" is a copy of the Board's Letter to the Member dated February 7, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- By letter dated March 22, 2019, the CAS advised it had completed its ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- investigation and concluded "the concern that the teacher's actions placed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf: the students at risk of sexual harm has been verified". Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- marked as Exhibit "D" is a copy of the CAS Letter to the Board dated March ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 22, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- The Member retired from the College, effective December 27, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- above (the "Uncontested Facts"). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:Uncontested Facts constitute sexual misconduct as defined in Section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-(c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-(d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-(e) he understands that the Discipline Committee's decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College's website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee's decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-(f) he understands that any agreement between counsel for the College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- and himself with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-(g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-and for no other purpose. The Member's plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[7] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-outlined in paragraph (e) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation was being sought because ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-the evidence did not support a finding on this head of misconduct. Rather, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:misconduct was more appropriately characterized as “sexual misconduct”. According to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:College Counsel, “sexual abuse” contemplates behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:that are directed toward a specific student; whereas “sexual misconduct” refers to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:conduct exposing numerous students to behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-captures conduct that is not targeted toward a specific student. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-submitted that the Member’s actions were not specifically targeting a particular student, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-but rather that the Member engaged in a pattern of behaviour in which he indiscriminately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:exposed students to inappropriate comments and behaviour with sexual overtones. In ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-consideration of College Counsel’s submissions, and the Member’s plea of no contest to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:the allegation of sexual misconduct, the Panel determined that it was appropriate to grant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:the request to withdraw the sexual abuse allegation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[8] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on June 23, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[9] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-16 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-headings of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Member repeatedly made comments of an inappropriate nature to students; engaged in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-inappropriate touching of students; and had students participate in a game, watch or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-recite and perform content in drama class that was inappropriate, provocative, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:aggressive, racialized or sexualized. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member breached the standards of the profession ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario 437/97. His conduct, as described above, made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-students in his class feel uncomfortable and he therefore failed to create a safe and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-supportive learning community as required by the practice standard “Leadership in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Learning Communities”. The Member also failed to abide by the practice standard ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-“Commitment to Students and Student Learning”. He failed to treat students equitably ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-and showed a lack of sensitivity to his students’ learning by telling them that they would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-lose marks if they did not participate in class activities that included inappropriate content ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-and language, and mature subject matter. Students should never be threatened with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-academic consequences for refusing to participate in blatantly inappropriate classroom ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-activities. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member verbally abused students, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. He commented on the eyes, hair, and figures of female ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-students in class, and told some of them they were beautiful. He also called female ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-students “sweetheart” and “darling”. These comments are inappropriate and, considering ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-the power dynamic that exists between teacher and students, amount to verbal abuse. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[12] The Panel finds that the Member physically abused students, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Teachers must ensure that schools are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-safe spaces for students and must maintain appropriate boundaries. It was physically ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-abusive for the Member to have invaded his students’ personal space, making them feel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-uncomfortable. For example, he hugged a female student in his Grade [XXX] [XXX] class; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-hugged students or caressed their arms while demonstrating to the class how to portray ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-certain characters in scenes; and grabbed a student (to whom he assigned the role of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[XXX]) from behind and enveloped her in a bear hug (having assigned himself the role of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-a [XXX]). In each instance, the Member engaged in unwanted, unwelcome, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-unnecessary physical contact. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[13] The Member’s conduct amounted to the psychological or emotional abuse of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-students, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-unwelcome touching of and inappropriate comments to his students made them feel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-uncomfortable and negatively impacted their psychological or emotional well-being. It was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-abhorrent for the Member to require students to participate in an improvisation game ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-where they would be required to sit on a bench while their peers tried to make them feel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-so uncomfortable they got off the bench. While students were not allowed to touch each ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-other, they were permitted to make inappropriate remarks, swear, and act in an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:inappropriate or sexual manner during this activity. To purposefully subject students to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-such an uncomfortable experience is psychologically or emotionally abusive. Moreover, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-the Member put students in a stressful situation by telling them that they would lose marks ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-if they did not participate in inappropriate class activities. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:[14] The Member engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:Section 1 of the Act defines “sexual misconduct as: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf: inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf: is not sexual abuse of a student, where, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- member knows or ought to know that one or more students are likely to be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to have the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- effect of, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or remarks, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a student, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:[15] The Member engaged in sexual misconduct when he directed students in his class ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:to watch skits containing sexually suggestive themes from late night television shows, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:and made them recite lines that contained sexualized content, and encouraged or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:required students to perform acts of a sexual nature (e.g., blowing kisses, licking their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:lips, and smiling suggestively; using a sexual tone of voice; rubbing their cheeks together ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-to make it appear as though they were kissing and getting close to each other to make it ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:appear as though they were engaging in casual sex). He also committed sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:misconduct when he permitted students to act out sexual conduct during the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-improvisational game in his Grade [XXX] Drama class. His actions in these instances ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-were not directed at a particular student, but to his classes as a whole, and therefore do ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:not constitute “sexual abuse”. By his conduct, the Member exposed students in his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:classes to behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature that not only would be expected to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-have, but actually did have, the effects of: (1) causing distress to students exposed to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-behaviour and remarks; (2) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-students; and (3) creating a negative environment at the school for his students. In the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:fall of 2018-2019, fifteen students reported experiencing a highly sexualized environment ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-in the Member’s classroom which made them feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[16] The Member failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15). In particular, clause 264(1)(c) is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-commonly understood to mean that teachers must act as positive role models by teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-and demonstrating strong moral values. Exposing students and directing them to perform ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:inappropriate, provocative, racialized, aggressive, and sexualized content runs counter ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-to the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[17] The Panel finds that the Member’s misconduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-repeated inappropriate comments to and physical contact with students, in addition to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-inappropriate activities he instructed his students to perform in class demonstrate a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-concerning lack of moral and professional judgment. The Member’s misconduct was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-egregious. He flagrantly disregarded his obligations to facilitate student development and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-learning, to prioritize student well-being and to foster a safe and supportive learning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-environment. His actions demonstrate significant moral failings that call into question his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-ability to practice the profession ethically. As such, the Member’s misconduct would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonorable, or unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-lenient such as to bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute, based ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-on the following prior decisions of the Discipline Committee presented by College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Tudor, 2021 ONOCT 46, and Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 68 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Teachers v. Walker, 2022 ONOCT 29. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[21] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-provided. In terms of mitigating factors, the Panel recognizes this is the Member’s first ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-appearance before the Discipline Committee and that the Member did not contest his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-misconduct, saving witnesses from having to testify at a contested hearing, and saving ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-the time and expense of a lengthy contested hearing. There are several aggravating ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-factors in the Member’s case. The Member, who was an experienced teacher, repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:engaged in various acts of misconduct of a serious nature, including sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-towards numerous students in different classes across multiple school years. He ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-exploited the power imbalance between himself and his students and abused his position ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-of authority over students to require their participation in inappropriate class activities. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-After weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed would not bring ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-the administration of the discipline process into disrepute. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-[22] The Panel finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-Registration is appropriate in this case. The Member’s repeated acts of verbal, physical, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:and psychological or emotional abuse, in addition to his acts of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-warrant an order of the Panel’s most severe penalty available: revocation. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-conduct negatively impacted numerous students across three academic years and has ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf-diminished the public’s trust in the teaching profession. In particular, he exposed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf:impressionable students at a critical point in their development to sexualized, racialized ./ontario-cases/2022onoct68.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-marks. Additionally, the Member was required to provide his students with an opportunity ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-to review their exams if they requested to do so. When one of the Member’s students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-requested to review an exam, the Member failed to provide a copy of this exam for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-student’s review and, as such, failed to keep records as required by his professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-duties according to the School’s policy. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-[30] The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the Act, the regulations or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-the by-laws contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, by contravening ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-section 32 of the College’s by-laws, which prescribes the Ethical Standards and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession (i.e., collectively, the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-profession). The Divisional Court’s decision in Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-2016 ONSC 508 (“Novick”) states that if the College seeks a finding that the Member has ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-failed to comply with the standards of the profession, the College generally needs to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-tender expert evidence of the standards of the profession, unless the conduct is so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf:notorious and so obviously contrary to the standards (such as physical or sexual abuse) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-that expert evidence is not required. The Panel did not hear submissions from College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-Counsel as to how Novick applies to allegations under subsection 1(14) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-Regulation 437/97. However, Independent Legal Counsel (“ILC”) advised the Panel that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-the principle Novick applies only to allegations made under subsection 1(5) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-Regulation 437/97. As such, ILC advised that expert evidence of the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-profession is not required for the Panel to make a finding that the Member failed to comply ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-with subsection 1(14) and in particular that the Member failed to comply with by-law 32. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-The Panel accepts ILC’s advice in this case and finds that it can make a finding under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf-subsection 1(14) in the absence of expert evidence to the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- (c) she committed acts and omissions that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 61 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- At all material times, Wendy Denyse Blain was a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as the Principal of [XXX] (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 was a female student who attended the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- In or around November 2018, the School Vice-Principal (the “VP”) was a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- vice-principal with three months experience. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- On or about November 28, 2018, the Member received information from a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- teacher that the teacher overheard from students about an alleged video ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- circulating at the School depicting Student 1, who was [XXX] years old at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf: the time, having sex with males (“Incident 1”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- When she became aware of Incident 1, the Member directed the VP to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- further investigate. The Member did not take any immediate steps to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- respond to Incident 1 or to report it to the Board, or police. This led to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- delayed reporting of Incident 1 to the Board and to the police. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- The School Social Worker (the “Social Worker”), in conjunction with the VP, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- called police two days later without the Member’s direction or involvement. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- When police attended at the school, they chastised the Member, VP and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- social worker for the delay in reporting. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- On April 8, 2019, the Board suspended the Member for 10-days and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- required the Member to participate in a professional learning program as a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- result of her conduct with respect to Incident 1 and another two incidents. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- The Board subsequently reduced the Member’s suspension to four days ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- (f) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- counsel or having had the opportunity to obtain legal advice. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 61 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-[6] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on June 3, 2022, finding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15) and 1(18) [unprofessional only]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-[7] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-1 to 8 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-Admitted Facts set out at paragraphs 5 to 7 of Exhibit 2 constitute professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-under the headings of misconduct set out above. These Admitted Facts demonstrate that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-the Member failed to take immediate steps to respond to an incident about an alleged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf:video circulating at the School depicting a student having sex with males and failed to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-report it to the Board or police. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-[8] The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario regulation 437/97.1 In particular, the Member breached the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-1 The standards of the profession are also set out at section 26 (previously section 32) of the College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-bylaws. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-standard of practice of “Leadership in Learning Communities” and the ethical standards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-of “Care” and “Trust”. Members are required to promote and participate in the creation of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-collaborative, safe and supportive learning communities (“Leadership in Learning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 61 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-Communities”). They are also required to demonstrate their commitment to students’ well- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-being and learning (“Care”). Moreover, members’ professional relationships with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-students, colleagues, parents, guardians and the public are based on trust (“Trust”). An ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-alleged video circulating at the School depicting Student 1, a [XXX]-year-old student, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf:having sex with males, was not only potential criminal activity occurring at the School but ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-would reasonably be harmful to that student and the students who were aware of that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-video. By failing to take immediate steps to respond to Incident 1 and to report it to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-Board or police, the Member failed to provide a safe and supportive learning environment ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-for students and demonstrated a lack of commitment to students’ well-being. As the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-Principal and leader of the School, the Member was entrusted with student safety. Her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-delayed reporting of such a serious incident jeopardized student safety and undermined ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-the trust that students, parents, school and Board staff, and the public placed in her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-[9] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-to comply with subsections 265(1)(a), (b) and (j) of the Education Act. Subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-265(1)(a) provides that it is the duty of a principal, in addition to the principal’s duties as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-a teacher, “to maintain proper order and discipline in the school”. The Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-do so when, upon becoming aware of Incident 1, she did not take immediate steps to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-address the potentially criminal activity involving Student 1. Section 265(1)(b) requires a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-principal “to develop co-operation and co-ordination of effort among the members of staff ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-of the school”. When the Member failed to report Incident 1 to the Board and police, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-Social Worker and the relatively new VP called the police themselves, two days later, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-without any guidance from the Member. They were subsequently chastised by the police ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-for the delay in reporting. Through her inaction, not only did the Member fail to collaborate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 61 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-with her Board, but she also put her staff in a precarious situation. Such behaviour is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-incompatible with developing co-operation and coordination of effort among staff. Section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-265(1)(j) requires a principal “to give assiduous attention to the health and comfort of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-pupils […]”. It is a serious breach of a principal’s professional responsibilities to not report ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf:an alleged sex tape involving a student and other males to the appropriate authorities. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-The Member’s decision to direct an inexperienced VP to investigate this matter, without ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-herself reporting the alleged incident to the Board or police put Student 1’s health and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-safety at further risk. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-[10] The Member’s conduct was unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-Regulation 437/97. Unprofessional conduct includes conduct that demonstrates a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-disregard for a member’s professional obligations and a failure to demonstrate sound ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-professional judgment. Members, especially principals, are expected to act promptly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-when student safety is at issue and when potential criminal activity involving students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-occurs. By failing to take immediate steps to respond to Incident 1 by reporting it to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-Board and police, the Member demonstrated a concerning disregard for her professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-obligations and a lack of professional judgment. The Panel accepts the parties’ joint ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-submission that the subsection 1(18) finding should be limited to unprofessional conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-only. Although the Member’s conduct related to a student safety issue, it did not rise to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-the level of disgraceful or dishonourable as there was no element of moral failing or deceit ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf-in this case. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct61.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Mansfield 2022 ONOCT 48 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Date: 2022-05-05 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2022 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Darren Jeffrey Mansfield, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- DARREN JEFFREY MANSFIELD (REGISTRATION #479868) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-PANEL: Jessica Saffran Reimers, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Anthony Jeethan, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Damienne Lebrun-Reid ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-HEARD: April 21, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Danielle Miller, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-No one appearing for Darren Jeffrey Mansfield ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Renée Kopp, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on April 21, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-2022, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2022 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[2] Darren Jeffrey Mansfield (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-have legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[4] A publication ban was also ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act at ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-abused. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated January 11, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-2022 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Darren Jeffrey Mansfield is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (a) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2022 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14);1 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Darren Jeffrey Mansfield is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Halton District ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- In the 2015/2016 academic year, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old, female ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- student in Grade [XXX] at the School. The Member was Student 1’s Grade ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- [XXX] [XXX] teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-1 As of January 20, 2022, section 32 of the by-laws has been renumbered to section 26. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- In the 2016/2017 academic year, Student 2 was an [XXX]-year-old, female ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- [XXX] year university student, who had graduated from the School in June ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- [XXX]. The Member had been Student 2’s Grade [XXX] [XXX] teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- In the 2017/2018 academic year, Student 3 was a [XXX]-year-old, female ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- [XXX] year university student, who had graduated from the School in June ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2022 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- [XXX]. The Member was Student 3’s [XXX] teacher in Grades [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- In the 2019/2020 academic year, Student 4 was a [XXX]-year-old female ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- student in Grade [XXX] at the School. The Member was Student 4’s Grade ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- [XXX] [XXX] teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- In the 2020/2021 academic year, Student 5 was a [XXX]-year-old, female ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- student in Grade [XXX] at the School. The Member was Student 5’s Grade ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- [XXX] [XXX] teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Between approximately September 2015 and January 2016, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- and Student 1 exchanged numerous emails pertaining to their [XXX] class. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- In February 2016, when Student 1 was no longer a student in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- class, their email exchanges continued and their conversations became ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- less formal. From approximately February 16, 2016 until April 29, 2016, the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Member exchanged over 60 emails with Student 1, using their respective ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Board email accounts, as well as messages sent to Student 1’s personal ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- email account. Their frequent communications took place outside of school ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- hours and their conversations included discussions about personal matters. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Although the Member no longer taught Student 1, he continued to be her ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- [XXX] team coach and supervised her in this [XXX] activity throughout the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- latter part of Grade [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- On a number of occasions between approximately March and June 2016, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- the Member met alone with Student 1 outside of school hours, on school ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- property. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Beginning in March 2016, and continuing until the end of the school year, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- the Member initiated an inappropriate, personal relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf: The Member also began to express sexual interest in her. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- In or about March 2016, the Member provided Student 1 with his personal ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- cell phone number and they began to text message one another on a ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- regular basis. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- On one occasion, the Member called Student 1 into an empty classroom at ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- the School and then hugged her. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- The Member regularly allowed Student 1 to attend his residence where they ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- spent time together alone. On some of these occasions, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- provided alcohol to Student 1, who was under the legal drinking age at the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- time. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Beginning in June 2016, when Student 1 was [XXX]-years-old and still a ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2022 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf: student at the School, the Member engaged in a sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf: her. This included having sexual intercourse with Student 1 on ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf: approximately 10 occasions. These sexual encounters sometimes occurred ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- in the Member’s home. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Student 1 ended the relationship with the Member when she [XXX] in ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- September 2016. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- The inappropriate relationship with the Member had a profound ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- psychological impact on Student 1. She told the Member, in their last ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- exchange, that he had “ruined her life.” ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- After Student 2 had graduated in June [XXX], and was attending her [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- year of university, the Member unexpectedly reached out to her in ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- November 2016. The Member contacted Student 2 through her Twitter ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- account. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- The Member began to discuss his personal issues with Student 2, which ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- included the impact of his most recent, romantic relationship having ended. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Student 2 was confused as to why the Member had reached out to her. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- The Member asked Student 2 to exchange phone numbers with him, but ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- she refused. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- The Member’s communications with Student 2 included: ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (a) confiding in her that he was “struggling”; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (b) telling her that he was “tipsy” and that he became “flirty” when he ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- drank; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (c) discussing his past relationship with another woman and how he was ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- suffering as a result of that relationship having ended; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (d) inviting her to share her feelings with him; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (e) asking her not to tell people they knew in common about their ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- conversations. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-(d) Telling her that she had an addictive personality and that he could ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- not imagine anyone not liking her; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-(e) Telling her that he would do almost anything for her and that he ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- would always care for her; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2022 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-(f) Asking her to call him by his first name; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-(g) Telling her that things would be different between them once she ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- graduated; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-(h) Questioning her about her relationships with male students; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-(i) Expressing concern that Student 5’s mother would discover that they ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- were texting each other if she saw the Member’s name in Student ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 5’s contact list. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-In his conversations with Student 5, the Member also discussed other ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-students, known to both of them, in negative terms. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Student 5 felt that the Member had romantic intentions towards her, but felt ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-pressure to continue exchanging messages with him because he was her ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-teacher and her marks in his class could influence her [XXX] acceptance. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-On two occasions, in or about January 2021, Student 5 met alone with the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Member after school hours, on school property. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-On January 18, 2021, the Member sent a text message to Student 5 asking ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-her if she would pick him up at home and drive him to his parents’ residence ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-and then give him a lift home afterwards so that he could drink while there. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Student 5 agreed to do so and, on the evening of January 18, 2021, she ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-drove the Member to and from his parents’ home alone in her vehicle. The ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Member asked Student 5 to drop him a few doors away from his parents’ ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-home so that they would not ask questions. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Student 5 disclosed to her mother, the nature of her relationship with the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Member and, on January 19, 2021, Student 5 and her mother reported it to ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-the Principal at the School. The Member was placed on an administrative ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-leave pending the outcome of the Board’s investigation. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-The Halton Children’s Aid Society conducted its own investigation and ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:verified that the Member posed a risk of sexual harm to children. Attached ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the letter from the Halton CAS ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-dated March 26, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- The Board made the determination to terminate the Member’s employment ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- for cause, but prior to the outcome meeting, the Member notified the Board ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- of his resignation effective April 19, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- The Ontario College of Teachers approved a Professional Advisory on ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- professional misconduct related to the Use of Electronic Communication ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2022 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- and Social Media on February 23, 2011 and an updated version on ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- September 27, 2017. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibits “D” and “E” ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- respectively, are copies of the College’s Advisories. The Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- was not consistent with these Advisories. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- The Ontario College of Teachers approved a Professional Advisory on ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- professional misconduct related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- on September 27, 2002 and an updated version on September 27, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibits “F” and “G” respectively are copies ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- of the College’s Advisories. The Member’s conduct was not consistent with ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- these Advisories. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further admits that the alleged conduct ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf: constitutes sexual abuse as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2022 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- having had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on April 21, 2022, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-1 to 51 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in a pattern of ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-inappropriate conduct towards Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4 and Student 5. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:The Member’s conduct included engaging in sexual intercourse with Student 1 on multiple ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-occasions. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[9] The Panel notes that significant portions of the Agreed Facts relate to conduct ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-involving Student 2, Student 3 and Student 4 after they had graduated from high school. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-The Panel does not rely on any of this post-graduation evidence for the purpose of making ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:findings of psychological, emotional, or sexual abuse of students. The Panel’s findings in ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-relation to subsections 1(7.2) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 are based solely ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2022 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-on the evidence involving students before they had graduated from the School. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[10] The Panel does, however, find that the Member’s conduct in relation to Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Student 3 and Student 4 (including the post-graduation conduct) supports its findings ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-under the other heads of misconduct that are not specific to the abuse of “students” (i.e., ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97). The Member ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-inappropriately leveraged his position of trust and authority over these students, [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-after they had graduated from high school, and engaged in unwanted personal ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-communications with them. In doing so, the Member did not act in the best interest of his ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[XXX] graduated, former students. A teacher’s influence over students does not ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-immediately come to an end when a student graduates. The Panel is deeply concerned ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-that the Member repeatedly abused his trusted position by fostering inappropriately ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-personal relationships with students [XXX] their graduation from high school, and then ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-continued to communicate inappropriately with these former students shortly after they ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-graduated. Student 2, Student 3 and Student 4 found the Member’s communications with ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-them to be disturbing, flirty, aggressive, and creepy. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[11] The Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Member’s conduct caused psychological or emotional harm to Student 1 and Student 5. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-From September 2015 until June 2016, while Student 1 was still a Student at the School, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:the Member groomed Student 1 and ultimately engaged in sexual intercourse with the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-student multiple times. The Member’s actions had a profound psychological impact on ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Student 1 and in their last exchange, Student 1 told the Member that he had “ruined her ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-life”. With respect to Student 5, who was the Member’s student during the 2020/2021 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2022 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-academic year, the Member developed an inappropriate personal relationship with her. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Among other things, the Member exchanged hundreds of personal text messages with ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Student 5, including very late at night; expressed his personal feelings towards Student ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-5; made comments that suggested to Student 5 that the Member had romantic intentions ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-towards her; and met alone with Student 5 outside of school hours, on and off school ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-property. Student 5 felt pressure to continue exchanging messages with the Member ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-because he was her teacher and her marks in the Member’s class could influence her ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[XXX] acceptance. It was completely inappropriate for the Member, who held a position ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-of trust and authority over these students, to engage in the serious boundary violations ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-that he did. The Panel therefore finds that the Member’s inappropriate conduct, as ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-described above, amounts to psychological or emotional abuse of students. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:[12] The Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of a student, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of the Act. The ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Agreed Facts indicate that the Member fostered an inappropriate personal relationship ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-with Student 1 beginning in September 2015. He sent her frequent communications of a ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:personal nature and met her alone outside of school hours, and he expressed a sexual ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-interest in her. Simply put, the Member groomed Student 1. Then, in June 2016, while ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:Student 1 was still a student at the School, the Member had sexual intercourse with her ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-on approximately 10 occasions, including in his home. Evidently, this conduct amounts to ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:sexual abuse as defined in section 1 of the Act, and as set out at subsection 1(7.3) of ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2022 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-437/97 by contravening the provisions of the College By-Laws, which set out the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-professional and ethical standards for the teaching profession. The Member’s conduct, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:which included the sexual abuse of a student and repeated inappropriate communications ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-with students that began while they were students and continued [XXX] after graduation, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-clearly fell below the ethical standards for the teaching profession. Members are required ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-to demonstrate a commitment to students’ well-being and learning (“Care”). They must ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-also honour human dignity, emotional wellness and cognitive development (“Respect”). ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Additionally, they are required to act with honesty, reliability and moral action (“Integrity”). ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Moreover, members’ relationships with students, parents and the public are based on ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-trust (“Trust”). The Member breached all of these ethical standards, most notably with ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:respect to Student 1, whom he sexually abused. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[14] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Section 264(1)(c) provides that it is the duty of a teacher to “inculcate by precept and ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” Simply ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-put, teachers are expected to exemplify moral virtues and serve as positive role models, ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:including when they are outside of the classroom. By repeatedly engaging in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-intercourse with Student 1, which is abhorrent and morally repugnant conduct for a ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-teacher who holds a position of trust and authority, and by repeatedly failing to maintain ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-appropriate professional boundaries with several other students, which behaviour was ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-described as creepy, weird, flirtatious and disturbing, the Member acted immorally and ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-was a poor role model for students. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2022 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[15] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Regulation 437/97. Teachers are expected to be upstanding members of society, to ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-ensure the safety and well-being of students and to maintain appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-boundaries with students. It was unacceptable for the Member to groom Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:engage in a sexual relationship with her, and to engage in a series of wildly inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-personal communications with several other students, which included sending them ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-drunken text messages and offering to buy alcohol for an underage former student. These ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-students stopped communicating with the Member since some of them found his ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-behaviour weird, disturbing, manipulative and too aggressive. The teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-does not tolerate such reprehensible conduct. The Member’s conduct demonstrates ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-serious moral and professional failings, which call into question his ability to practise the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-profession in the best interest of students and in an ethical manner. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-behaviour can therefore be characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable, and ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[16] The Member’s conduct as described above was unbecoming a member, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By having a sexual relationship with his ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-student and engaging in a concerning pattern of inappropriate conduct towards four other ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-young persons, the Member undermined the trust which the public places in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-profession and tarnished the reputation of the teaching profession as a whole. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[17] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on April 21, 2022, the Panel accepted ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2022 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- reprimand shall be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:[18] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-orders and notes that these mandatory penalty provisions apply retrospectively in this ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-case pursuant to section 63.2 of the Act.2 In relation to the form of the reprimand, the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Panel finds that a written reprimand is appropriate in light of the parties’ Joint Submission ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:2 Although this mandatory penalty provision was not in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Student 1 (i.e., between September 2015 and September 2016), section 63.2 of the Act provides that the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:mandatory penalty provisions at section 30.2 of the Act apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-occurred before April 3, 2019 and no order has been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-These conditions are met in this case and the Panel must therefore apply the mandatory penalty provisions ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-set out at section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[19] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-subsection 30(5) but notes that the parties are jointly asking it to confine its order to the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-mandatory penalty set out above. The Panel therefore finds it reasonable not to make ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- 2022 ONOCT 48 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-these additional orders in light of the Member’s guilty plea and joint submission on ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-penalty, particularly given the high threshold that must be met before rejecting a joint ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-[20] The Panel further notes that, in accordance with subsection 33(1.1) of the Act, the ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-Member will not be eligible to apply for reinstatement given the serious nature of his ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf:misconduct. The Member engaged in sexual intercourse with a student. Members who ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-engage in such egregious professional misconduct forfeit the privilege of ever again being ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-a member of the teaching profession.3 This serious outcome is in the public interest as it ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-helps to ensure student safety and to maintain the high standards of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-3 Subsection 33(1.1) is subject to narrow exceptions set out at subsection 33(4.2) and (4.3), which do not ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf-apply in the Member’s case. ./ontario-cases/2022canlii45240(1).pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Kraft 2022 ONOCT 69 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Date: 2022-06-29 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- John Paul Kraft, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- JOHN PAUL KRAFT (REGISTRATION #219085) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-PANEL: Marlène Marwah, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Andrew Glenny ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Sandra Pizzuti, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-HEARD: June 17, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Yufei (Fiona) Wang, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Naomi Greckol-Herlich, for John Paul Kraft ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- By order of Justice Crosbie of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- publication ban on any information that could identify the victim or a witness in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- this matter, pursuant to subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- [6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 2, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that John Paul Kraft is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: (e) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (g) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (h) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (i) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School [XXX] (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old female student at the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- School and was in the Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- During Student 1’s time at the School, the Member made a number of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: sexual comments to Student 1. The Member’s comments made Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- On or about March 7-8, 2018, the Member talked to Student 1 about her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- choice of clothing that day. Student 1 was wearing a pair of ripped jeans ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- that showed some of her skin on her legs. The Member touched Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 1’s buttocks with his hand, and said words to the effect of, “look at me ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- spanking your ass like we are best friends.” The interaction made Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 1 “very uncomfortable.” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- During the first semester of the 2014/2015 school year, Student 2 was a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- [XXX]-year-old female student at the School and was in the Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- The Member complimented Student 2’s appearance and showed interest in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- her love life. The Member rubbed Student 2’s back on several occasions. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- The Member’s behaviour made Student 2 uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Between May 1, 2016 and June 30, 2016, Student 2 was [XXX] years old ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- and was no longer a student at the School but was attending a different ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- [XXX] school. Student 2 attended an [XXX] at the School where the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- complimented Student 2’s appearance which made Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- uncomfortable. Student 2 went to leave. The Member put his arm around ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Student 2’s waist and prevented her from leaving. The Member kept his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- hand lingering at the small of Student 2’s back and made more comments ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- about Student 2’s appearance. The Member’s behaviour made Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: believe that the Member was making sexual advances towards her, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- made her feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- At all material times, Student 3 was a [XXX]-year-old female student at the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- School and was in the Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- In or about May 2010, at a school [XXX], the Member pulled Student 3 to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- the dance floor during a slow song and danced with her alone. Student 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- did not want to continue dancing. The Member would not let go and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- continued through the motions of the dance. At the end of the song, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Member dipped Student 3, put his hand on Student 3’s chest, and kissed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Student 3 on the lips. Student 3 was “horrified” by the entire experience. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- At all material times, Student 4 was a [XXX]-year-old female student at the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- School and was in the Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- In the 1992/1993 school year, Student 4 took [XXX] for a class project and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- entered a [XXX] at the School where [XXX]. The Member came into the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- [XXX], approached Student 4 from behind, grabbed Student 4’s buttocks, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- and slid his hand towards her vagina. The Member also tried to kiss Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 4. Student 4 managed to turn her face away preventing the kiss. Another ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- student entered the [XXX] and interrupted the incident. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Criminal Proceedings/Conviction ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: In 2018 and 2019, the Member was charged with a number of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- assault and related criminal offences against Student 1, Student 2, Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 3 and Student 4. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- On September 16, 2019, the Member pleaded guilty to two counts of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Assault pursuant to Section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada in respect ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- of the allegations regarding the Member’s interactions with Students 1 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 2. Further, Member did not contest the evidence tendered by the Crown in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- relation to the Member’s interactions with Student 3 and Student 4 and was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- found guilty of two counts of Assault pursuant to Section 266 of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- On October 2, 2019, the Member was sentenced to a four-month custodial ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- sentence followed by three years of probation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- The Member was also made subject to a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: During that same proceeding on October 2, 2019, all charges of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- assault and related offences against the Member were withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified true copies of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Court Documents, endorsements, disposition, and Probation Order ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- pertaining to these charges and convictions. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- proceedings during plea of guilt before the Honourable Madam Justice ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Crosbie, dated September 11, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- reasons for sentence before the Honourable Madam Justice Crosbie, dated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- October 2, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- The Member did not appeal his convictions and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- By this document, the Member does not dispute that the discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- committee can accept as correct for the purposes of this proceeding only ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- the facts and appendices referred to in paragraphs 1-23 above (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that paragraphs 6, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 14- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 23 of Uncontested Facts constitute conduct that is professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- him in the Notice of Hearing, being more particularly that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Teachers Act, 1996 and breached subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts (including the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Appendices) being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee can accept the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Uncontested Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- constitute professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between him, or his legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- counsel, and the College with respect to the penalty does not bind ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Counsel submitted that these allegations all related to conduct that occurred before the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Act and Ontario Regulation 437/97 came into force, and referred to the legislation in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- force at the time. Additionally, College Counsel submitted that the request for withdrawal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- was being made as a result of extensive negotiation between the parties that resulted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- in the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest. The Panel granted this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- [10] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on June 17, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: 2022 finding that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- section 1 of the Act, and engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- [11] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 23 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- and the Panel accepts that paragraphs 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, and 14-23 of the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Facts constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set out ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- above. These Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in a pattern of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: sexual touching of Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, and Student 4. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: charged with a number of sexual assault and related criminal offences against these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- students and was ultimately found guilty in 2019 of four counts of assault pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: [12] Because the provisions of the Act (including the definition of sexual abuse) and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97 were not in effect at the time of the Member’s inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- conduct in relation to Student 4 (i.e., in 1992 and 1993), the Panel relies only on the fact ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- of the Member’s criminal finding of guilt (which occurred in 2019) in relation to Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 4 for the purposes of making certain findings of professional misconduct below (i.e., ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: subsections 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19)). By contrast, the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Students 1, 2, and 3 occurred after the Act and Ontario Regulation 437/97 came into ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- effect. Therefore, the Member’s abusive conduct towards these three students, in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- addition to the fact of the Member’s criminal findings of guilt in relation to them, can ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- properly form the basis of all of the Panel’s findings of professional misconduct below. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- [13] The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- standards of the profession, contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- College Counsel submitted and the Panel accepts that the nature of the misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- committed by the Member is so notorious and offside of what is acceptable that expert ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- evidence regarding the standards is not required to prove that the standards were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: breached. The Member engaged in the sexual abuse of Student 1, Student 2, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Student 3, as defined in section 1 of the Act. Sexual abuse of students by a teacher is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- a clear breach of the standards of the profession.6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- [14] The Member verbally abused Student 1 and Student 2, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7). Teachers are required to be respectful and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- maintain proper boundaries in their conduct towards and communications with students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-6 See Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 at paragraph 71. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-However, the Member failed to do this when he complimented Student 2’s appearance ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-and showed an interest in her love life. This was inappropriate given the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-position of trust and authority in relation to Student 2. More egregiously, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf:made a number of sexual comments to Student 1 and, on the day he touched her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-buttocks, said words to the effect of “look at me spanking your ass like we are best ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-friends”. Such comments have no place in teacher-student relationships and clearly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-amount to verbal abuse. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-[15] The Member’s conduct as described in the Uncontested Facts constitutes physical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-abuse of Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-subsection 1(7.1). The Member touched Student 1’s buttocks with his hand. He rubbed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Student 2’s back on several occasions, put his arm around her waist and prevented her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-from leaving, and kept his hand lingering at the small of her back. He also pulled Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-3 to the dance floor during the school [XXX] and not only danced with her but dipped ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-her, put his hand on her chest, and kissed her on the lips. Teachers are responsible for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-ensuring student safety. However, the Member instead harmed Student 1, Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-and Student 3 by engaging in gross violations of their physical safety and bodily ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-integrity. The Member’s criminal findings of assault pursuant to the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Canada is further evidence of his physically abusive conduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-[16] The Member psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1, Student 2, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Student 3 contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). The Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Facts and the certified copy of the proceedings during the criminal proceedings before ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-the Honourable Madam Justice Crosbie, dated September 11, 2019 (Exhibit 2 at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Appendix C) outline the negative impact the Member’s inappropriate comments and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf:sexual touching had on Student 1, Student 2 and Student 3’s psychological and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-emotional well-being. Student 1 was made to feel “very uncomfortable” by the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-actions. Student 2 was made to feel “uncomfortable” not only when she was in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Member’s class, but again when she came back to the School for an [XXX], and when ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf:the Member touched her in such a manner that she believed he was making sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-advances toward her. Student 3 was “horrified” by the Member’s conduct towards her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Members of the teaching profession must ensure that schools are safe spaces for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf:students. The Member did the opposite through his sexually abusive behaviour that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-targeted several students and was evidently disturbing for them. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf:[17] The Member engaged in sexual abuse of Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act and contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-1(7.3). Sexual abuse is defined in subsection 1(1) of the Act as including “(b) touching, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf:of a sexual nature, of the student by the member, or (c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-nature by the member towards the student.” The Member touched these students on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-parts of their bodies including their buttocks, the small of their back, and their chest. He ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf:also kissed Student 3 on the lips. In addition, the Member made comments of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-nature to these students including (to Student 1), “look at me spanking your ass like we ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-are best friends” and (to Student 2) complimenting her appearance and showing an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf:interest in her love life. These acts constitute sexual abuse and will not be tolerated by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-this Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-[18] The Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Section 264(1)(c) requires teachers to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-exemplify a number of moral virtues. The Member clearly disregarded this duty by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf:repeatedly engaging in the sexual abuse of students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-[19] The Member contravened subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-437/97 by contravening a law relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-qualification and registration, and which put students at risk. He was found guilty of four ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-counts of assault against Student 1, Student 2, Student 3 and Student 4, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-section 266 of the Criminal Code. The criminal offence of assault is relevant to his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration as members are entrusted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-with safety and well-being of students. The public’s trust in a member of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-profession is considerably undermined when they engage in criminal behaviour towards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-students. The Member’s criminal findings of guilt also demonstrate that he put students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-under his professional supervision at risk. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-[20] The Panel finds that the Member has engaged in conduct that would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). The Member’s verbal, physical, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf:psychological or emotional, and sexual abuse of Students 1, 2, and 3, and his criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-findings of assault in relation to Students 1, 2, 3 and 4 demonstrate the severity and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-extent of the Member’s moral and professional failings. The Member took advantage of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf:his trusted position as a teacher by repeatedly making unwanted, sexual advances at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-students. Such conduct is clearly disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-[21] Finally, the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Teachers hold a unique position, being entrusted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-with the care of students. It is fundamental to their duties to ensure students’ physical, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- psychological, and emotional safety and well-being. Public confidence in teachers is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: undermined when members engage in heinous acts of abuse, especially sexual abuse, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- of students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 69 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- [22] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on June 17, 2022, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, in writing, and the fact of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf: [23] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of students as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel notes that these mandatory ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- penalty provisions apply retrospectively in this case pursuant to section 63.2 of the Act.7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- The Panel makes both of these orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf:7 Although this mandatory penalty provision was not in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3, section 63.2 of the Act provides that the mandatory penalty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf:provisions at section 30.2 of the Act apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse occurred before April 3, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-2019 and no order has been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. These conditions are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-met in this case and the Panel must therefore apply the mandatory penalty provisions set out at section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf-30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct69.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Bergeron 2022 ONOCT 70 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Date: 2022-06-28 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Jeffrey Paul Bergeron, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- JEFFREY PAUL BERGERON (REGISTRATION #278368) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-PANEL: Wanda Percival, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Kiran Qureshi ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Brian Serafini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-HEARD: June 23, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-Yufei (Fiona) Wang, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-No one appearing for Jeffrey Paul Bergeron ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- By order of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a publication ban on any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- information that could identify the victim or a witness in this matter, pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on June 23, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-2022, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[2] Jeffrey Paul Bergeron (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel for any person who was a victim of a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf:involving child pornography. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who was a victim of a prohibited ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf:act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[5] The Panel also received a certified copy of the Court Information sworn on May ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-19, 2020, appearances/endorsements, and disposition in the Member’s criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-proceeding before Justice S.W. Konyer dated May 19, 2020 (Exhibit 2 at Tab B). In these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-proceedings before the Ontario Court of Justice, an order restricting publication was made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-pursuant to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The Panel is required to uphold ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-this publication ban. Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-involved in this matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-in any way. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated March 29, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Jeffrey Paul Bergeron is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- (b) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- (c) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf: (f) he engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Jeffrey Paul Bergeron is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- The Member was granted a Temporary Letter of Standing to teach in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Ontario on February 11, 1997. He obtained an Interim Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Qualification and Registration on May 20, 1997 and a Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Qualification and Registration on August 3, 2000. On April 14, 2021, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Member’s membership status with the College was changed to “Cancelled ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- – Resigned.” Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Between September 1, 1999 and July 6, 2020, the Member was employed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- by the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. From 1999 to 2006, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Member was a teacher at Lakefield District Secondary School (the “School”) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- in Lakefield, Ontario. The Member’s last position at the Board was as a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- teacher at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School in Peterborough, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- On November 1, 2019, Person 1 purchased a house from the Member who ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- had previously lived there. On March 20, 2020, Person 1 located a storage ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- box in an upstairs bedroom closet in the house. The box contained 42 hard ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- copy images. The box of photos belonged to the Member and was about a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf: decade old. Two of the images met the definition of child pornography. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- subjects of the two photographs were not identified as former students at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-Criminal Proceedings/Convictions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- On or about May 19, 2020, Peterborough Police Service arrested and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- charged the Member with: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- (a) Between the 31st day of October in the Year 2019 and the 19th day ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- of May in the year 2020 at the City of Peterborough in the said region, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf: did have in his possession child pornography to wit: hardcopy ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf: photographs, contrary to Section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- On April 7, 2021, the Member pleaded guilty to the charge. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- On April 7, 2021, the Member was sentenced to a six-month conditional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- sentence followed by two years of probation. The court also imposed the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- following condition which is relevant to the Member’s eligibility to teach for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- a period of ten years: Prohibited from seeking, obtaining or continuing any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- employment, whether or not the employment is remunerated, or becoming ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- or being a volunteer in a capacity that involves being in a position of trust or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- authority towards persons under the age of sixteen years. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- made the subject of a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- The Member did not appeal his conviction or sentence and the time for an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Court Information sworn on May 19, 2020, appearances/endorsements, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- and disposition in the criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of an Adult ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Conditional Sentence Order, dated April 7, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Prohibition Order, dated April 7, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of an Order ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- of Disposition, dated April 7, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a certified copy of an Adult ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Probation Order, dated April 7, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “G” is a certified copy of Fine ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Order/Victim Surcharge Order, dated April 7, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “H” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Proceedings (Guilty Plea and Reasons for Sentence) remotely before the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Honourable Justice S. Konyer on April 7, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-15 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the conduct set out at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 4-7 and 9-15 of the Admitted Facts constitutes professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- being more particularly that he engaged in a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf: pornography as defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 1996 and breached Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and having had the opportunity ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on June 23, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf:Member also engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as defined in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-1 to 15 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-paragraphs 4-7 and 9-15 of the Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-the headings of misconduct set out above. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[10] The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf:involving child pornography as defined in section 1 of the Act. On April 7, 2021, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf:Member pled guilty to the criminal offence of possession of child pornography contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[11] The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-of the profession, contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-Counsel submitted and the Panel accepts that misconduct of the nature committed by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-Member is so notorious and offside of what is acceptable that expert evidence regarding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-the standards is not required to prove that the standards were breached.1 Possession of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf:child pornography by a teacher is despicable and a clear breach of the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[12] The Member failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-to subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In particular, subsection 264(1)(c) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-requires teachers to teach and model morality and virtuous conduct. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf:possession of child pornography is clearly at odds with this duty, as child pornography ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-objectifies and exploits children, and those who possess it perpetuate the cycle of abuse ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-of the children who are the subject of this morally reprehensible content. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[13] The Member contravened section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-contravention is relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf:registration, contrary to subsection 1(16) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Child pornography ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-exploits and harms children. When a teacher possesses hardcopy photographs of child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-1 See Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 at paragraph 71. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf:pornography, this raises grave concerns about their suitability to be a part of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-profession and to work closely with children in a position of trust and authority. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-notes Justice Konyer’s order prohibiting the Member from seeking, obtaining, or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-continuing any employment, whether or not the employment is remunerated, or becoming ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-or being a volunteer in a capacity that involves being in a position of trust or authority ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-towards persons under the age of sixteen years, for a period of ten years (Exhibit 2 at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-Appendix D). This prohibition order is consistent with the Panel’s finding that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-Member’s criminal offense is relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-and registration. Evidently, an individual who is prohibited from working with children is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-not suited to remain a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[14] The Panel finds that the Member has engaged in conduct that would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). His actions showed a lack of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-judgment and blatant disregard for obligations of teachers to ensure the safety and well- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-being of children and to always conduct themselves in a morally upright and ethical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf:manner. The Member showed significant moral failing by possessing child pornography, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-which perpetuates an illicit market that thrives on the abuse of children. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[15] The Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Teachers are entrusted with the care of students and one ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-of their fundamental responsibilities is to ensure students’ physical, psychological, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-emotional safety and well-being. Public confidence in teachers, and the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-profession as a whole, is undermined when members are found to possess child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf:pornography. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[16] The parties entered into a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on June 23, 2022, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 70 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[17] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf:involving child pornography, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-of these orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. With respect to the form ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-of the reprimand, the Panel accepts that a written reprimand is appropriate in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-circumstances, given the parties’ joint submission to this effect. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-[18] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-subsection 30(5) of the Act but notes that the parties are jointly asking it to confine its ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-order to the mandatory ones. The Panel finds it reasonable not to make these additional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-orders in light of the Member’s guilty plea and joint submission on penalty, particularly in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf-light of the high threshold that must be met before rejecting a joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct70.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-Teachers v. Reinders, 2017 ONOCT 62 (“Reinders”); Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-Castellano, 2016 ONOCT 100 (“Castellano”); Law Society of Upper Canada v. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-Cammisuli, 2012 ONLSHP 157 (“Cammisuli”); Ontario College of Teachers v. Weglarz, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-2019 ONOCT 95 (“Weglarz”). According to College Counsel, these cases show that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-revocation can be an appropriate order, even in circumstances where a member has not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf:engaged in physical or sexual abuse of students or where the mandatory penalty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-provisions at section 30.2 of the Act are not engaged. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-[15] In Glazer, the member made numerous comments to some 20 students, including ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf:comments of a sexual and racist nature, that were deemed to be “humiliating, demeaning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-and unpleasant”2 by the Discipline Committee. The Committee had also found the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-member to be “intractable and incorrigible”3, and had no confidence that the member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-wished or would be able to rehabilitate himself. The member had continued his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-inappropriate behaviour despite numerous warnings and complaints, suspensions and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-training paid for by the Board. The member had also chosen to take no part in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-discipline process or to take it seriously. It therefore considered revocation to be the only ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-appropriate penalty to protect the public interest and the school community, and to uphold ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-the principles of denunciation as well as specific and general deterrence. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-[16] In Frederick, the member was found to be publicly espousing racist ideology and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-attending public meetings or rallies where racist and anti-multicultural views were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-expressed and where he himself would speak using racist language. These views were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-considered to be contrary to the values of the profession and the education system, as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-2 Ontario College of Teachers v. Glazer, 2018 ONOCT 37 [Glazer], p. 38. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-3 Id., p. 40. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-by the College’s processes makes him ungovernable, which is an aggravating factor ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-militating towards revocation”.7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-[21] In Castellano, the member had repeatedly abused female students in his classes ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 72 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf:through sexual comments and sexual touching over a number of years. 8 The member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-conduct had escalated over time, despite receiving cautions and coursework on boundary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-violations, and had shown that he was unwilling to reform his behaviour. Here, too, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-Discipline Committee relied on the factors set out in Cammisuli to conclude that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-member disregarded the College’s authority as a self-governing body and was therefore ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-ungovernable. The member had failed to participate in the proceedings and had even ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-requested to resign at the last minute with the intent, in the Committee’s view, to avoid ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-being governed by the College or having to cooperate with it. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-[22] College Counsel submitted that revocation, and not a lengthy suspension, is the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-only appropriate penalty considering the circumstances of this case. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-further argued that revocation will address specific deterrence in the only way that it can ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-at this point, given the fact that the Member does not seem to be deterred at all by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-finding of professional misconduct made against him. He is still teaching and still making ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-disturbing posts online. With regard to general deterrence, College Counsel argued that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-revocation would inform the profession that such behaviour is very serious, and that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-College has no tolerance for members unwilling to participate or cooperate with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-College. It is College Counsel’s contention that the Member would be unwilling to undergo ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-any form of rehabilitation under the College’s regulatory authority. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-7 Ontario College of Teachers v. Reinders, 2017 ONOCT 62 [Reinders], p. 23. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-8 It should be noted that revocation was not a mandatory penalty under the Act at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf-member’s misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct72.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-g) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-h) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-i) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- Nasaire Ndoume Angoune (the “Member”) is a member of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil des ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- écoles catholiques du Centre-est (the “Board”) as a short-term ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- occasional teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- During the 2017-2018 academic year, Student 1 was a student in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- Grade [XXX] at École [XXX] in Ottawa, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- During the 2017-2018 academic year, Student 2 was a student in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- Grade [XXX] at École [XXX] in Ottawa, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- In or around the period from January 1 to February 28, 2018, when ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- he was teaching at École [XXX], the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- a) yelled frequently at students; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- b) failed to manage his classroom, including, but not limited to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- (i) allowed students to enter and leave the classroom ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- unsupervised during teaching periods; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- (ii) failed to intervene when students were looking at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf: pornography on their cell phones during the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- period; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- (iii) failed to intervene when students were roughhousing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- (iv) did not allow some students who were injured to leave ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- the classroom to tend to their injuries; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-on YouTube. The students were interviewed separately by the principal who asked ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-them to describe what they saw. The Panel took their hearsay evidence and this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-evidence was admitted by the Panel for the reasons set out in paragraph 31 above. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-The Panel considers these statements to be reliable, consistent and necessary to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-assessment of the facts and therefore gives them significant weight. In their own ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-words, the students described what the videos showed: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- a) [XXX] indicated that “[...] he [the Member] played two videos that were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- inappropriate for children” (Exhibit 3, Tab 5, p. 87). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf: b) [XXX] recounted that the videos showed “sex parts, girls touching their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- private parts and they were hitting their buttocks online. He [the Member] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- even pointed at the screen when it happened” (Exhibit 3, Tab 5, p. 86). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf: c) [XXX] wrote that “he talked about sexual things” and that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- “showed the buttocks of the girl who was twerking” (Exhibit 3, Tab 5, p. 90). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- d) [XXX] pointed out that “He [the Member] pointed to something gross” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- (Exhibit 3, Tab 5, p. 93). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-[46] Although several students informed the Member that these video clips were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-inappropriate, the occasional teacher allowed them to play and asked the students to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-continue watching them in silence. In the opinion of the Panel, the students’ written ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-statements are honest, reliable, detailed and consistent. Therefore, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-considers this evidence to be credible and gives probative value to the students’ ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-written statements. The Panel finds that the students did watch two video clips that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-students themselves deemed inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-[47] In addition, Mr. Gauthier testified that, during his meeting with the Member after ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-school, the Member told him that he had decided to play music to “calm the people ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-[students] down” and because he “wanted to do something nice for them during the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-silent reading.” At this meeting, the Member also reportedly confirmed that he played ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-the “Sorry” and “What Do You Mean” videos in their entirety, and that the images were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-projected on a screen facing the students. Although the Member made this admission ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-to Mr. Gauthier, he maintained that he found the videos appropriate since he watches ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 73 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-them with his own children. As noted above, the Panel accepts Gauthier’s testimony ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-as credible and consistent in this regard. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-[48] The Panel finds that the music videos were explicit and indeed inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-The lyrics of the song “Sorry” deal with adult themes such as break-ups and intimate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-adult relationships. The music video for this song shows many young women dancing, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-sometimes suggestively. The first half of the music video for the song “What Do You ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-Mean” shows Justin Bieber and a young woman undressing and kissing in a motel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-room. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-[49] These scenes and themes are not appropriate for young Grade [XXX] students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-and have nothing to do with the subject that the Member was to teach as an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-occasional teacher. The students themselves understood that the video clips were not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-intended for them. Their written testimonies demonstrate that they were aware of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf:sexual innuendo in the video clips of these songs, which underscores the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-inappropriate nature of these videos in a school setting. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-[50] Accordingly, the Panel finds that, on a balance of probabilities, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-showed two inappropriate music videos to a class, as alleged in item 7(a) of the Notice ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf-of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct73.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Oliver 2022 ONOCT 81 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- Date: 2022-08-18 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- Edward Michael Oliver, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- EDWARD MICHAEL OLIVER (REGISTRATION #406491) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-PANEL: Linda Staudt, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- Adam Dharsee, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- Kiran Qureshi ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-HEARD: July 20, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Ava Arbuck and Linette King, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-No one appearing for Edward Michael Oliver ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[6] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[7] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Act with respect to Student 1, who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:misconduct, a prohibited act involving child pornography or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-B. OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[8] The College alleged that, in 20[XX], the Member engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:behaviour and sexual abuse of a female, 17-year-old student (“Student 1”). In particular, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-the College alleged that the Member engaged in a personal relationship with Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-spent time alone with her in his car and residence, purchased a CD for her and disclosed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-personal information about his life to Student 1, including details about his illicit use of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:drug acid in the past and his sexual preferences and fantasies. The College also alleged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:that the Member sexually abused Student 1 by engaging in sexual touching and sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-intercourse with her and left a bruise or “hickey” on Student 1’s neck. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[9] The Panel’s task is to determine whether the facts alleged by the College have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-been proven on a balance of probabilities and if so, whether the Member’s conduct gives ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-rise to a finding of professional misconduct. For the reasons that follow, the Panel finds ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-that the Member engaged in professional misconduct and contravened subsections 1(7)1, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-C. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[10] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated September 20, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-2021 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf: and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- specifically section 323 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-1 Paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing refers to provisions of Ontario Regulation 437/97 as previously ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-enacted prior to its amendment to its current form on May 5, 2008. Subsection 1(7) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:Regulation 437/97 previously included physical, sexual, verbal, psychological or emotional abuse, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-has since been amended to address each type of abuse in separate subsections. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-3 As of January 20, 2022, section 32 of the by-laws has been renumbered as section 26. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 1. Edward Michael Oliver is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Catholic ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- District School Board of Eastern Ontario as a teacher at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- School (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 3. At all material times in the academic year 20[XX] -20[XX], Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- was a -17-year-old female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 4. Between February 20[XXX] and June 20[XXX], the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- (a) engaged in a personal relationship with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- (b) spent time alone with Student 1 in his personal vehicle; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- (c) purchased an [XXX] music CD for Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- (d) spent time alone with Student 1 in his residence; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- (e) disclosed information to Student 1 about his personal life, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- including but not limited to his illicit drug use in the past of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- substance acid. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 5. Between February 20[XXX] and June 20[XX], the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf: (a) engaged in sexual touching with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf: (b) engaged in sexual intercourse with Student 1 on one or more ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- occasions; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- (c) left a bruise or “hickey” on Student 1’s neck. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-D. THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[11] As the Member was not present, the Panel proceeded on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-finished with her volunteering duties, she noticed the Member in the atrium, an open area ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-between the cafeteria and the office, where other people were gathered and mingling. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-She saw that the Member was alone and approached him with the intent of flirting with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-him. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[17] Student 1 testified that her conversation with the Member turned to the topic of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-drug use fairly quickly. Upon noticing that the Member’s eyes were red, Student 1 asked ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-him if he was “stoned,” to which the Member replied that he was not but, back in the day, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-he used the substance acid several times. Student 1 recalled how surprised she was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-about the Member reciprocating the conversation, especially because they were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-discussing drug use, which she did not normally discuss with other teachers. After 10-15 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-minutes of discussion, Student 1 testified that she looked back at the Member while ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-walking away and making eye contact with him. Student 1 explained that her first ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-encounter with the Member was exciting and surprising. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[18] Over the next couple of weeks, Student 1 testified that she and the Member would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-talk in his classroom, in the hallways and at her locker. She recalled that they usually ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:talked about music or sex, including their sexual preferences during intercourse, sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:positions and sexual fantasies, as well as age differences. Student 1 explained that she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-had initiated most of the conversations with the Member, but would not have done so if ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-the Member had not reciprocated in their conversations together. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[19] Student 1 stated that she gifted the Member a photo of herself, with a note that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-she wrote on the back. She could not specify what the picture looked like, but clearly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-testified that it was either her school photo or her graduation photo. She recalled that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Member seemed happy to receive it. Student 1 also gifted the Member a CD that she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-burned herself. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[20] Student 1 testified about at least one occasion when the Member came into the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-classroom where she and her class were quietly working on something. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-made eye contact with Student 1 and smiled “in a secretive, sneaky way.” The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-spoke with Student 1’s teacher, but Student 1 recalled feeling embarrassed and nervous ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-about the Member’s obvious behaviour. She feared that everyone was watching her and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-the Member and picking up on their relationship. She was afraid of getting in trouble ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:because she knew that their discussions about drugs and sex were wrong. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[21] At some point in February 20[XX], Student 1 testified that she and the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-discussed being alone together out of school. The only way that Student 1 could see this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-as possible was if she left directly from the School because she could not imagine ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-explaining to her parents about leaving with an adult man. So, Student 1 and the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-planned to leave from the School and discussed the logistics of getting away with it in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-few days leading up to it and that day as well. That day, Student 1 waited until after school ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-when the majority of the cars in the School parking lot were gone and she and the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-left together out of the front side door, closest to the staff parking lot. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[22] Student 1 did not know where she and the Member were going to go; she just ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-knew that she was going to get into the Member’s car. When the Member drove out of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-the School parking lot, Student 1 recalled leaning back in her seat to hide herself because ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-she did not want to be recognized by anyone. The Member drove towards Ottawa, from ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[23] Student 1 recalled feeling nervous and excited. She was nervous because she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-knew it was wrong and did not want to get caught. She felt excited because she could not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-believe that it was happening. She felt like the Member was giving her special attention ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-and was going out of his way to spend time with her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[24] The Member drove Student 1 to what she understood to be his friend’s apartment. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-The Member left Student 1 in the car while he went up to the apartment. He returned ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-approximately ten minutes later and then drove Student 1 to the [XXX]Mall. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[25] At the [XXX]Mall, Student 1 and the Member went to a CD store. She asked him ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-to buy her a CD that she had wanted. She remembered that the Member had “kind of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-wavered” but ultimately agreed to buy her the CD. They went up to the front cash together ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-and Student 1 kissed the Member on the cheek. She recalled feeling worthwhile. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[26] After the Member purchased the CD for Student 1, they went back into his car and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-drove to his house in [XXX]. In her testimony, Student 1 described the interior, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Member’s belongings and the arrangement of the Member’s basement apartment in clear ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-and detailed terms. There was no one else in the Member’s apartment. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:explained that she went into the Member’s residence because she wanted to have sex. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:She assumed that sex was the reason why the Member drove her to his residence ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-because it was the main topic of their discussions. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[27] Student 1 recalled seeing the Member’s music tapes and then remembers laying ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-on top of his bed covers, naked. She detailed how the Member dragged his hand from ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-her neck to her vagina, as if in awe. She then explained how she and the Member had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:sex, with him on top of her as well as on her stomach. In particular, Student 1 remembered ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:that the Member had sex with her from behind because she wound up having hickeys on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-the back of her neck, from the Member biting and sucking her neck. She remembered ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-going to his washroom and looking at the marks. Student 1 could not remember if they ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:had sex in the bathroom but she does recall being nude with him in the bathroom, looking ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-at her bruises. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[28] Afterwards, Student 1 testified that she stayed at the Member’s apartment long ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-enough to fall asleep. She could not remember how long she fell asleep for, but did recall ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-a space heater blowing on her hand and the Member peeking in on her. When she woke ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-up, Student 1 left the Member’s apartment, alone. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[29] When Student 1 left, she testified that she felt “a bit more heavy on [her] shoulders” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-and felt the weight of what had happened. She felt nervous and anxious, worried about ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-what was to come. She also felt overwhelmed and surprised that the Member went ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:through with having sex with her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[30] Student 1 could not recall with certainty if she had gone back to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-residence another time. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:[31] After the first sexual incident, Student 1 felt like the Member seemed to “latch on,” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-seeming very interested to talk to Student 1 at school. Student 1 started to feel “icky”, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-“nervous” and anxious, with a sick feeling in her stomach. She became nervous to see ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-him and about what she was supposed to do when she did see him. She recalled turning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-corners in the hallways, hoping that the Member was not around the corner. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[32] Student 1 testified how she was concerned that the Member did not behave like ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-other teachers. She viewed his behaviour in standing by her locker and talking to her for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-longer periods of time as brazen. She felt like he, as a teacher, should have known better, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-chose to do so. In the months that followed, from March 2020 to December 2020, Ms. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Corbett and the Member corresponded regarding the investigation, and he confirmed that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-he taught at the School during the timeframe identified by Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-F. SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[41] College Counsel submitted that the evidence presented to the Panel proves the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing that they are pursuing, on a balance of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-probabilities ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[42] College Counsel reviewed the uncontradicted evidence with the Panel, including ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Student 1’s testimony that detailed the Member’s conduct of engaging in a personal and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:sexual relationship with Student 1, who was then a 17-year-old student and Ms. Corbett’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-affidavit, which indicated that the Member was indeed teaching at the School during the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-time period in question. As such, College Counsel submitted that the Panel should find ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:that the Member engaged in professional misconduct, which included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-of a student, when he taught at the School in the spring of 20[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-G. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-(1) Onus and standard of proof ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[43] The College bears the burden of proving the allegations in accordance with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-standard of proof set out in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 41, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-is proof on a balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-(2) Decision ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[44] Counsel for the College requested that the Panel withdraw the allegation of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-professional misconduct outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing dated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-September 20, 2021, namely that the Member contravened subsection 1(5) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Regulation 437/97, to avoid a duplicative finding given that the College also sought a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-finding that the Member contravened subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-similar reasons. The Panel granted this request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[45] Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, as well as the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on July 20, 2022, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7) [pre-May 2008 amendment], 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:1(18) and 1(19) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-H. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[46] The Panel carefully reviewed the evidence and submissions presented by College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Counsel. The following reasons comment only on the portions of the evidence that are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-most relevant to the allegations outlined in the Notice of Hearing. The Panel first sets out ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-its factual findings and then explains why these facts give rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-misconduct, as alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[47] In evaluating Student 1’s testimony, the Panel understands that it can accept all, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-some, or none of her evidence. When deciding how much of a witness’ evidence to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-accept, the Panel can rely on logic, common sense and experience, but has also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-considered the witness’ ability to observe and recall the events; whether the witness has ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-an interest in the outcome of the hearing that may cloud their recollection; the plausibility ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-or reasonability of the evidence; and the internal and external consistency of their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-testimony. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[48] The Panel finds that Student 1’s testimony was clear, articulate and factual. Her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-demeanour and presentation were clear when she recounted her story and the lasting ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-effects on her emotional well-being. She was direct and forthright regarding the important ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:facts of the sexual abuse and she readily acknowledged when she could not remember ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-certain facts or details that did not leave an impression on her after all of these years. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Panel found that being honest about where she could not remember such minor details ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-made Student 1 even more credible and forthright. Moreover, the Panel accepted Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-1’s evidence that she sought to pursue this complaint because she wanted closure for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-herself and not for any other motivation or interest that might cloud her recollection. Her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-evidence was internally consistent and externally consistent with the other evidence ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-provided. The Panel gives full weight to her evidence, which was uncontradicted since ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-the Member did not attend the hearing or provide any evidence in his defence. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-(1) Factual Findings ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-(a) The Member was employed by the School and did teach from February to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- June 20[XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[49] Based on the uncontradicted evidence provided by Student 1’s testimony and Ms. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Corbett’s affidavit, the Panel found that the Member was employed by the School and did ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-teach at the School during the time period in question, namely February to June 20[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-(b) Student 1 was a student at the School at the time of the allegations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[50] The Panel accepted Student 1’s uncontradicted evidence that she was a 17-year- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-old student at the School at the time of the allegations and turned 18-years old upon her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-graduation in June 20[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-(c) The Member engaged in a personal relationship with Student 1, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- included spending time alone with her in his personal vehicle and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- residence, purchasing her a CD and disclosing personal information about ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- himself ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[51] The Panel accepted the uncontradicted evidence from Student 1’s testimony that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-the Member engaged in a personal relationship with Student 1 in 20[XXX]. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-testified that the Member told her about his illicit drug use of acid in the past and described ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:his sexual preferences to her on multiple occasions. He also left the School with Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-1 in his personal vehicle, brought her to the mall, where he bought her a CD, and then ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-spent time alone with her in his residence. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:(d) The Member engaged in a sexual relationship with Student 1, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf: included sexual touching, sexual intercourse and leaving a bruise or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- “hickey” on Student 1’s neck ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[52] The Panel accepted Student 1’s uncontradicted evidence from her testimony that, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:in February 20[XXX], the Member did touch Student 1’s naked body in a sexual manner. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:The Panel found that the Member did have sexual intercourse with Student 1 on at least ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-one occasion and did leave at least one bruise or “hickey” on Student 1’s neck when she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-was 17 years old. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[53] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct gives rise to a finding of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:misconduct. In particular, the Member abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:[pre-May 2008 amendments]; engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-1 of the Act; failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); failed to comply with subsection 264(1) of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-the Education Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); committed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-437/97, subsection 1(18); and engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:(a) The Member abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf: subsection 1(7) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- section 1 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[54] The version of Ontario Regulation 437/97 in effect in 20[XXX] had grouped the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-forms of abuse into a single misconduct provision at subsection 1(7), whereas the current ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-version of Ontario Regulation 437/97 separates each form of abuse into distinct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-categories and subsections. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:[55] The Panel finds that the Member physically and sexually abused Student 1 when ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:he dragged his hand from her neck to her vagina, had sexual intercourse with her and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-also left at least one bruise or “hickey” on her neck, from biting and sucking on her skin. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:This conduct explicitly constitutes physical and sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:[56] The Panel finds that the Member sexually abused a student, as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-1 of the Act. Although the term “student” was not defined in the Act at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-allegations, the Panel finds that Student 1 was indeed a 17-year-old student at the School ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-based on her uncontradicted evidence that she was enrolled at the School in February to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:June 20[XXX] and was 17 years old at the time that the Member sexually abused her. For ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:purposes of defining “sexual abuse,” the term “student” as presently defined in the Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-refers to a student, who, at the time of the Member’s behaviour, remarks or conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-occurred or were made, was enrolled in a school or private school in Ontario, within the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-meaning of the Education Act and was under 18-years old. The Panel is wholly satisfied ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:that Student 1 was a student and that the Member sexually abused a student. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:[57] The Panel also finds that the Member sexually abused Student 1 as defined in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:section 1 of the Act. Presently, sexual abuse is defined as including (a) “sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations between the member and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:student,” (b) “touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member,” or (c) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:“behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the student.” This ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:definition of “sexual abuse” is the same now as it was defined in the Act at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:conduct in 20[XXX]. The Member sexually abused Student 1 in all terms of the definition, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:when he engaged in sexual intercourse with her, touched her naked body from her neck ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:to her vagina, and discussed his sexual preferences and fantasies with her on numerous ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-occasions, all while she was a 17-year-old student. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[58] The Panel also finds that the Member verbally abused Student 1, particularly when ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:he discussed his sexual wants and preferences with her. Student 1 provided ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-uncontradicted testimony that the Member had reciprocated in their numerous ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:conversations about sex, and that he provided details about his sexual preferences and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-fantasies. By engaging in inappropriate conversations with Student 1, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-concludes that the Member did verbally abuse her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[59] The Panel accepted Student 1’s evidence and finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-psychologically and emotionally abused Student 1. Student 1 admitted that she wanted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-to flirt with the Member and initiated conversations with him, but that had the Member not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-reciprocated in these conversations, she would not have pursued him. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-concludes that the Member took advantage of Student 1’s interest in him and manipulated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:her infatuation with him for a sexual purpose, when he ultimately arranged to leave school ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:with Student 1 and drove her to his residence where they had sexual intercourse. When ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Student 1 testified about the impact that the Member’s conduct had on her, she explained ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-that she thought that she was special, smart and mature because of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-behaviour, but now feels stupid, naïve and foolish, as a result of the Member’s actions. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Her 20[XXX] experiences with the Member continue to negatively affect her, her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-relationships and her views about men in positions of authority, even now that she is an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-adult. She continues to feel shame, embarrassment, lack of confidence and massive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-bouts of anxiety (to the point of becoming physically sick) when she thinks about her time ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[60] No person should have to go through what Student 1 did because of the abusive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-acts of a teacher in a position of trust and authority. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-(b) The Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- , contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[61] This allegation refers to section 32 of the by-laws, which has since been amended ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-to section 26 of the by-laws. This section of the by-laws refers to the professional and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-ethical standards that members are expected to uphold. In particular, the Member failed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-to comply with the standard of practice of “Commitment to Students and Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Learning”, which requires members to, among other things, treat students equitably and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-with respect and to be sensitive to factors that influence individual student learning. When ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-the Member took advantage of Student 1’s interest in him and engaged in conversations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:about his drug use, sexual preferences and sexual fantasies, bought her a CD, spent time ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:alone with her in his car and residence and then subsequently sexually abused her, he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-showed a flagrant lack of commitment to her well-being as an impressionable, 17-year- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-old student. He was not sensitive at all to how his actions would be psychologically and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-emotionally damaging to her. Instead, the Member continued to pursue her, which made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Student 1 feel nervous, uncomfortable, and overwhelmed. The Member clearly was not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-committed to Student 1’s well-being and learning and put his desires above his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-professional responsibility to ensure student safety. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[62] Another applicable standard that the Member flouted was the standard of practice ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-of “Leadership in Learning Communities”, which requires members to promote and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-participate in the creation of safe and supportive learning communities in order to facilitate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-student success. The Member failed to uphold this professional standard when he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:sexually abused Student 1. Teachers as leaders should be trusted in communities, but ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:the Member took advantage of his trusted position as a teacher to pursue his own sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-desires. This was not conducive to Student 1’s success and well-being, as she continues ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-to suffer the impact of his careless and egregious actions. Rather than establishing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-boundaries with Student 1, the Member continuously breached them to the point where ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Student 1 feared encountering him at school. School is supposed to be a safe learning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-environment but the Member singlehandedly destroyed that for Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[63] The Member also breached all four ethical standards, including care, respect, trust ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:and integrity by sexually abusing Student 1 when she was 17 years old. Members are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-expected to be compassionate and to be a positive influence on students, exercising ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-professional judgment and empathy in practice. They should honour the human dignity ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-and emotional wellness of students, and be fair, open and honest in their professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:Member blatantly disregard his professional duties before, during and after his sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-abuse of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-(d) The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[66] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. Sexual abuse of a student is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-the most egregious form of abuse that a teacher can commit and represents an egregious ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-breach of trust committed by members who hold a position of authority over students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-When students go to school, they, their parents, and the public expect that they will be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-safe and treated with respect. The Member’s conduct breached such expectations. He ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:spoke to Student 1 about his sexual preferences and fantasies and then left the School ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:with her to engage in sexual touching and sexual intercourse with her. This behaviour is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-completely unacceptable. He ought to have known not to engage in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:discussions and sexual relations with Student 1, who was initially smitten but later ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-overwhelmed by his behaviour. The Member’s misconduct demonstrates significant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-moral and professional failings and a complete lack of good judgment. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[67] Given their unique position of trust and authority, members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-profession are always responsible for maintaining appropriate professional boundaries ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-with students. It does not matter if a student shows an interest in a teacher. The teacher ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-must behave as a responsible adult. Students are impressionable and open to trusted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-adults’ suggestions, and teachers should never take advantage of that for their own ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:personal desires or sexual purpose. However, the Member did so here and as such, his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-behaviour can reasonably be regarded as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 22 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-(e) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[68] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-to subsection 1(19) of the Ontario Regulation 437/97. He flagrantly disregarded his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-professional and ethical obligations to the profession, Student 1 and the public. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Member’s misconduct damages the reputation of the teaching profession as a whole. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Members of the public lose trust and confidence in the teaching profession when teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-abuse students and take advantage of their position and authority. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:decision to prioritize his own sexual gratification over Student 1’s well-being and his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-professional and ethical obligations to the profession are unbecoming a member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-I. PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[69] College Counsel submitted that the appropriate penalty was for the Member to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-receive a written reprimand and for the Registrar to revoke the Member’s Certificate of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Qualification and Registration. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[70] College Counsel noted that the Member was provided with notice that the College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-was seeking this penalty following a hearing, should the Panel find the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-professional misconduct (see Exhibit 2 at Exhibits I, K, L, M and N). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[71] College Counsel took the position that a reprimand and revocation of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Certificate of Qualification and Registration were mandatory, pursuant to section 30.2 of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-the Act and the transitional provisions at sections 63.1 and 63.2 of the Act, which provide ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-for the retrospective application of the mandatory penalty provisions under the Act. In ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-further support of its position, College Counsel submitted Student 1’s Victim Impact ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Statement (“Statement”) (Exhibit 6), which detailed the profound impact that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Member’s actions have had on her life to date. College Counsel submitted that revocation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-of the Member’s Certificate may not change what Student 1 experienced, but it can help ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-to provide her with closure, protect the public from the Member and maintain the high ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-standards of and public confidence in the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-J. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[72] On July 20, 2022, the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, which will be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- delivered by email. The fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- Register of the Ontario College of Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-K. REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[73] In arriving at its decision with respect to penalty, the Panel considered the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-aggravating factors in the Member’s case and the circumstances presented, including the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-inappropriate nature of the Member’s conversations with Student 1, the severity of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:Member’s misconduct in sexually abusing Student 1, the indication that the Member did ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-not recognize his wrongdoing when he continued to pursue her and “latched” onto her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:after having sexual intercourse with her, and the fact that it led to significant emotional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-harm for Student 1. The Panel did not find that there were any mitigating factors in this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-case ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[74] A reprimand and revocation are mandatory penalties as stated in section 30.2(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-of the Act, where the Discipline Committee finds a member guilty of an act of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:misconduct consisting of or including the sexual abuse of a student. This mandatory ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-penalty provision has retrospective application pursuant to section 63.2 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:because the Member’s sexual abuse of Student 1 occurred before April 3, 2019, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-because no order has been made in respect of this matter under subsection 30(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Act before that day. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 81 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[75] Although mandatory revocation of the Member’s Certificate is legislated, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-also finds that it is appropriate in this case. The Member’s actions warrant an order of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-Panel’s most severe penalty available: revocation. It is the only penalty that appropriately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-responds to the nature and gravity of the Member’s misconduct. The Member’s actions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-towards Student 1 were reprehensible and cannot be tolerated by this profession. He ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-abused his position of trust and authority in the most egregious manner by exploiting ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:Student 1’s interest in him and her vulnerabilities, through his sexual abuse of the student. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-As evidenced by Student 1’s Victim Impact Statement, she suffered great psychological ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-and emotional harm as a result. The Member’s actions have jeopardized the public’s trust ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-in teachers. He has consequently forfeited the privilege of being a member of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-profession in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-[76] The Panel also finds that the Member’s abhorrent conduct warrants a reprimand. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-The Member completely disregarded Student 1’s well-being and failed to maintain a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-supportive and healthy learning environment. He continued to pursue Student 1 after ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf:having sexual intercourse with her, which demonstrates a flagrant disregard for his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-professional and ethical obligations. This reprimand will allow the Panel to address its ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-concerns with the Member directly and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-fact of the reprimand on the Register will also serve as a general deterrent to other ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-members of the profession and will make clear that such conduct is not permitted. It will ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf-reassure the public that the College can effectively and proportionately regulate its ./ontario-cases/2022onoct81.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Downing 2022 ONOCT 82 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Date: 2022-08-22 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Edwin John Downing, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- EDWIN JOHN DOWNING (REGISTRATION #523435) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-PANEL: Kimberley Westfall-Connor, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Pascale Evans-Paulen, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Lisa Tucker ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-HEARD: July 5, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Yufei (Fiona) Wang, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-No one appearing for Edwin John Downing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-By order of Justice Campbell of the High Court of New Zealand, publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- names, addresses, occupations or identifying particulars of Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Student 2 is prohibited, pursuant to section 203 of the Criminal Procedure Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2011 of New Zealand. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[5] Based on this affidavit, the Panel was satisfied that the Member has been properly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-served with the Notice of Hearing and all disclosure documents and was aware of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-time and date of the hearing as well as the penalty being sought by the College. Given ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-the Member’s indication that he would not attend the hearing, the Panel heard this matter ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-in his absence. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[6] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[7] A publication ban was also ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 11 and Student 22, who were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:allegedly sexually abused. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-information that could disclose the identities of Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[8] Additionally, the Panel received a certified copy of the Sentencing Notes of Justice ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Campbell from the Member’s criminal proceeding which was heard on February 11, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(Exhibit 3 at Exhibit P). The Panel notes that in these proceedings before the High Court ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-1 Student 1 is referred to as “B” in the Member’s criminal proceedings before the High Court of New ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Zealand. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-2 Student 2 is referred to as “D” in the Member’s criminal proceedings before the High Court of New ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Zealand. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-of New Zealand (the “High Court”), an order prohibiting publication of the names, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-addresses, occupations or identifying particulars of Student 1 and Student 2 was made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-pursuant to section 203 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 of New Zealand. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-B. OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[9] This case involves allegations that the Member, who held a teaching certificate in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:Ontario, sexually abused students while he was teaching in New Zealand. In particular, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:the College alleges that, in 2017, the Member sent Student 1 messages of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:nature, including naked pictures of himself, and repeatedly engaged in sexual activities ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-with her. It is also alleged that, in 2018, the Member exposed his penis to Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:touched him sexually and made the student perform fellatio on him. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:found guilty of 11 charges of sexual offences for his conduct towards Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Student 2, contrary to various provisions of the Crimes Act 1961 (of New Zealand). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[10] The Panel’s task is to determine whether the facts alleged by the College have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-been proven on a balance of probabilities and if so, whether the Member’s conduct gives ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-rise to a finding of professional misconduct. For the reasons that follow, the Panel finds ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-that the Member engaged in professional misconduct. The Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:437/97. The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of students as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-C. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[11] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated March 22, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Edwin John Downing is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 1. Edwin John Downing is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- in the Inactive/Non-Practising status. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was a teacher at [XXX]School in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- [XXX], Auckland, New Zealand. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-3. At all material times, Student 1 was a [XXX]- to [XXX]-year-old ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- student. Student 2 was a [XXX]- to [XXX]-year-old student. Both ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Student 1 and Student 2 were born biologically male. Student 1 now ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- identifies as female. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-4. In 2017, the Member started communicating with Student 1. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: Member sent Student 1 messages of a sexual nature, including ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- naked pictures of himself. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-5. Between on or about August 1, 2017 and on or about May 14, 2018, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- the Member met Student 1 about five times. The Member repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: engaged in sexual activities with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:6. The Member paid Student 1 for engaging in sexual activity with him. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-7. In or about June 2018, the Member contacted Student 2 through ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Grindr. On June 24, 2018, the Member participated in a video call ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- with Student 2, during which the Member exposed his penis to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Student 2 and rubbed it to an erection. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-8. On or about June 26, 2018, the Member offered Student 2 cash in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: exchange for engaging in sexual activity. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-9. On July 3, 2018, the Member met Student 2. The Member touched ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Student 2’s thigh and attempted to work his hand into Student 2’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- shorts. The Member removed his lower clothing and placed Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2’s hand on his penis. The Member then made Student 2 to perform ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- fellatio on him. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Criminal Proceedings/Convictions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-10. A charging document against the Member was filed with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Auckland High Court. The Member was charged with 13 counts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: relating to Student 1 and Student 2, including one count of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: violation by unlawful sexual connection, ten counts of sexual conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- with a young person under 16, and two counts of meeting a young ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: person following sexual grooming. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-11. On or about November 20, 2020, the Member was found guilty, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: following a jury trial, of eleven charges of sexual offences against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Student 1 and Student 2: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- (a) Crimes Act, 1961, Section 128(1)(b): [the Member] on or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: about July 3, 2018, at [XXX], sexually violated Student 2 by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: unlawful sexual connection, namely the connection between ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Student 2’s mouth and [the Member’s] penis. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(b) Crimes Act 1961, Section 131(B)(1)(a)(i) and (b)(i) or (ii): [the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Member] having communicated with a young person on an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- earlier occasion, namely Student 2, intentionally met him ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- at[XXX], and at the time of the meeting intended to take in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- respect of the young person an action that would be an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: offence, namely, sexual conduct with a young person. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:(c) Crimes Act 1961, Section 134(1): [the Member] had sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- connection with a young person, Student 1, namely the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- connection between the young person’s mouth and [the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Member’s] penis. Particulars: The first time they met. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:(d) Crimes Act 1961, Section 134(1): [the Member] had sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- connection with a young person, Student 1, namely the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- connection effected by the introduction into the young ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- person’s anus of [the Member’s] penis. Particulars: The first ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- time they met. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:(e) Crimes Act 1961, Section 134(1): [the Member] had sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- connection with a young person, Student 1, namely the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- connection between the young person’s mouth and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Member’s penis. Particulars: The fourth time they met. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:(f) Crimes Act 1961, Section 134(1): [the Member] had sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- connection with a young person, Student 1, namely the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- connection between the young person’s mouth and [the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Member’s] penis. Particulars: The fifth time they met. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:(g) Crimes Act 1961, Section 134(1): [the Member] had sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- connection with a young person, Student 1, namely the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- connection effected by the introduction into the young ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- person’s anus of [the Member’s] penis. Particulars: The fifth ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- time they met. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(h) Crimes Act 1961, Section 131B(1)(a)(i) and (b)(i) or (ii): [the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Member] having communicated with a young person on an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- earlier occasion, namely Student 1, intentionally met him at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- [XXX], and at the time of the meeting, intended to take in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- respect of the young person an action that would be an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: offence, namely sexual conduct with a young person. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Particulars: The first time they met. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:(i) Crimes Act 1961, Section 134(1): [the Member] had sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- connection with a young person, Student 1, namely the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- connection between the young person’s mouth and [the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Member’s] penis. Particulars: The second time they met. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[14] Mr. Steinberg’s evidence is that, on November 23, 2020, the College became ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:aware of a media report that the Member was found guilty of 11 charges including sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:violation, sexual conduct with a young person, and sexually grooming a young person in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-New Zealand. Subsequently, Mr. Steinberg reached out to Mr. Radich, the Crown ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-prosecutor in the Member’s criminal proceedings in New Zealand. Mr. Radich confirmed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-that the Member had been found guilty of 11 charges and that there were suppression ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-orders (publication ban) in relation to Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[15] In the Steinberg Affidavit, Mr. Steinberg further outlined his communications with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-various institutions in New Zealand including, the High Court and the Teaching Council ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-of Aotearoa (the “Council”). Mr. Steinberg stated that he received copies of documents ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-from those institutions, including certified copies of the following court documents (which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-are attached as exhibits to the Steinberg Affidavit): ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- (a) A certified copy of Charge List regarding the Queen v Edwin John Downing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- – attached as Exhibit M ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- (b) A certified copy of summary of Facts regarding the Queen v Edwin John ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Downing – attached as Exhibit N ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- (c) A certified copy of High Court Conviction, dated June 2, 2021 – attached as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Exhibit O ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- (d) A certified copy of Sentencing Notes of Campbell J regarding the hearing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- on February 11, 2021 – attached as Exhibit P ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- (e) A certified copy of Person Committed for Trial or Sentence, signed by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Honourable Justice Campbell - attached as Exhibit Q ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[16] Mr. Steinberg was also advised by the Deputy Registrar of the High Court that, as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-of June 15, 2021, the Member had not filed an appeal of his conviction and that he was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-being held at the NRCF. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-H. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[23] The Panel accepts the Steinberg Affidavit and appended exhibits, as admissible ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-pursuant to subsection 15(1)(b) of the SPPA. The Steinberg Affidavit contains hearsay ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-evidence which is relevant to the present matter, and which is reliable, including certified ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-court documents from the High Court relating to the allegations in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Furthermore, the documentary evidence is consistent. Additionally, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-provided with a copy of the Steinberg Affidavit and he was informed that the College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-intended to tender this affidavit as evidence at the hearing. The Member chose not to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-attend the hearing to challenge this evidence. The Panel therefore gives considerable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-weight to the Steinberg Affidavit and its appended exhibits. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[24] The Panel has carefully reviewed the evidence and submissions presented in this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-matter. In the reasons that follow, the Panel comments only on the portions of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-evidence that are most relevant to the allegations contained in the Notice of Hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Panel first sets out its factual findings and then explains why these facts give rise to a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-finding of professional misconduct, as alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(1) Factual Findings ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(a) Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[25] The Sentencing Notes of Campbell J (Exhibit 3 at Exhibit P) in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-criminal proceedings demonstrate that the Member started communicating with Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:1 in 2017, when she was [XXX] years old. The Member sent her messages of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-nature including naked pictures of himself. The Member admitted these facts during his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-criminal proceedings (Exhibit 3, Exhibit N at page 4). Furthermore, over the course of five ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-to nine months, the Member met with Student 1 about five times. On the first occasion, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-the Member drove Student 1 to a quiet location and at his request, Student 1 removed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:her clothes. The Member tried to have anal sex with her but achieved penetration to only ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-a very minor degree. Student 1 found this painful, and the Member stopped. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:performed oral sex on the Member instead. Additionally, the Member collected Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:on four other occasions, during which Student 1 performed oral sex on him. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-paid Student 1 between $40 and $100 for doing so. On his final encounter with Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:1, the Member offered Student 1 more money in exchange for anal sex, to which Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:1 agreed. Student 1 was [XXX] years old at the time. Student 1 described the anal sex as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-being very painful and she bled for two days afterwards. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[26] The Panel therefore finds that the College has proven the allegations set out at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-paragraphs 3 to 6 of the Notice of Hearing on a balance of probabilities, in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 was a [XXX]- to [XXX]-year-old student. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Student 1 was born biologically male. Student 1 now identifies as female. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- In 2017, the Member started communicating with Student 1. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: sent Student 1 messages of a sexual nature, including naked pictures of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- himself. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Between on or about August 1, 2017 and on or about May 14, 2018, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Member met Student 1 about five times. The Member repeatedly engaged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: in sexual activities with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: The Member paid Student 1 for engaging in sexual activity with him. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(b) Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[27] The Sentencing Notes of Campbell J (Exhibit 3 at Exhibit P) demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Member connected with Student 2 through Grindr3, when Student 2 was [XXX] years old. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-During his criminal trial in New Zealand, the Member admitted that, on June 24, 2018, he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-participated in a video call with Student 2, during which the Member exposed his penis to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-the student and rubbed it into an erection (see Exhibit 3, Exhibit N at page 5). [XXX] [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-later, Student 2 turned [XXX] years old. During his communications with Student 2, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:Member offered him cash in exchange for engaging in sexual activity which led to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-meeting of July 3, 2018. On that day, the Member met Student 2 and on the way to their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-destination, the Member touched Student 2’s thigh and attempted to work his hand into ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Student 2’s shorts. When they arrived at their destination, the Member removed his lower ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-clothing, took Student 2’s hands and placed it on his penis. The Member also took Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-2’s head and pushed it down onto the Member’s penis. When Student 2 resisted, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Member did it again. At that point the Member acknowledged that Student 2 was resisting, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-and the Member drove him home. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[28] The Panel therefore finds that the College has proven the allegations set out at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-paragraphs 3, and 7 to 9 of the Notice of Hearing in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- At all material times, Student 2 was a [XXX]- to [XXX]-year-old student. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- In or about June 2018, the Member contacted Student 2 through Grindr. On ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- June 24, 2018, the Member participated in a video call with Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- during which the Member exposed his penis to Student 2 and rubbed it into ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- an erection. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-3 A social networking and online dating application for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- On or about June 26, 2018, the Member offered Student 2 cash in exchange ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: for engaging in sexual activity. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- On July 3, 2018, the Member met Student 2. The Member touched Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2’s thigh and attempted to work his hand into Student 2’s shorts. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Member removed his lower clothing and placed Student 2’s hand on his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- penis. The Member then made Student 2 to perform fellatio on him. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(c) Criminal Proceedings ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[29] The certified copies of the Charge List, High Court conviction and Person ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Committed for Trial or Sentence from the Member’s criminal proceedings prove that there ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-were 13 criminal charges against the Member in relation to his conduct towards Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-1 and Student 2. On November 20, 2020, the Member was found guilty of 11 charges ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-with respect to Student 1 and Student 2, contrary to sections 128(1)(b), 131(B)(1)(a)(i) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-and (b)(i) or (ii) and 134(1) of the Crime Act 1961. The Member was sentenced to a total ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-effective sentence of six years and six months’ imprisonment in relation to his convictions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-and he was made subject to an ancillary order. The Panel therefore finds that the College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-has proven the particulars set out at paragraphs 10 to 12 of the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(d) Teaching Council of Aotearoa of New Zealand ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[30] The Steinberg Affidavit together with the redacted Memo and File Note from the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Council (Exhibit 3 at Exhibit I) demonstrate that on December 16, 2020, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-teaching registration in New Zealand was cancelled. The Panel therefore finds that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-College has proven the allegation set out at paragraph 13 of the Notice of Hearing on a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[31] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was a clear breach of the following ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-heads of professional misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing: subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual abuse as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(a) The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[32] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct in this case, which consisted of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:sexual abuse of students, clearly fell below the standards of the profession. College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Counsel submitted and the Panel accepts that misconduct of the nature committed by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Member is so notorious and offside of what is acceptable that expert evidence is not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-required to prove that the standards were breached.4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(b) The Member abused a student physically contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(7.1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[33] The Panel finds that the Member abused Student 1 and Student 2 physically. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Sentencing Notes of Campbell J (Exhibit 3, Exhibit P) demonstrate that Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:repeatedly performed oral sex on the Member. The Member had paid her to do so. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:Member also had anal sex with Student 1, which she found to be very painful. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-bled for two days afterwards. Furthermore, the Member touched Student 2’s thigh and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-attempted to work his hand into the student’s shorts. The Member also took Student 2’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-4 Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 established that expert evidence is generally ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-required to prove a breach of the standards of the profession, unless the conduct is so notorious and so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-manifestly contrary to the standards that expert evidence is not required. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-head and pushed it down onto his penis. The Panel finds that by engaging in such ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-conduct, the Member violated the students’ bodily integrity and therefore physically ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-abused students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(c) The Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[34] The Panel finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-and Student 2. The victim impact statements of Student 1 and Student 2 in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-criminal proceedings (Exhibit 3, Exhibit P) demonstrate that the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-caused significant and lasting psychological or emotional harm to the students. Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-1 spoke about her insecurity and lack of trust in people, especially men. She recognized ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-the negative effect which the Member’s conduct had on her and the control which the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Member exercised over her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[35] Student 2 stated that the Member’s abusive behaviour had a serious and lasting ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-effect on him. He is highly sensitive to touch and easily overwhelmed and startled by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-most mundane interactions that involve physical contact. He withdrew from school and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-engaged in self-harm. The Member’s conduct continued to have a profound effect on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:(d) The Member abused students sexually, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of students as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:[36] The Panel finds that the Member sexually abused Student 1 and Student 2. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes (a) sexual intercourse or other ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:forms of physical sexual relations between the member and the student, (b) touching, of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:a sexual nature, of the student by the member; or (c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-nature, by the member towards the student. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[37] The Panel recognizes that there was no direct student-teacher relationship ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-between the students and the Member, and the students were not enrolled in an Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:school; however, both students met the definition of “student” for the purposes of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-abuse finding. Subsection 1(2) at paragraph 3 of the Act provides that a “student” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-includes, “Any other child who, at the time the behaviour, remarks or conduct occurred or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-were made, was under 18 years old or, in the case of a child who had special needs, was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-under 22 years old.” The evidence is that Student 1 was [XXX] to [XXX] years old, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Student 2 was [XXX] to [XXX] years old, at the time of the Member’s conduct and as such ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:they both met the definition of “student” for the purposes of making a finding of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-abuse. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:[38] The Member repeatedly engaged in sexual activities with Student 1 and Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:2, including by making Student 1 and Student 2 perform oral sex on him and by having ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:anal sex with Student 1. The Member also touched Student 2’s thigh, attempted to work ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-his hand into Student 2’s shorts and placed Student 2’s hand on his penis. Additionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:the Member sent Student 1 messages of a sexual nature, including naked pictures of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:himself. Such conduct meets the definition of sexual abuse under the Act. This finding is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:further supported by the fact that the Member was found guilty of several sexual offences ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-in relation to his conduct towards the two students, in his prior criminal proceedings in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-New Zealand. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(e) The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[39] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Section 264(1)(c) provides that it is the duty of a teacher to “inculcate by precept and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” Simply ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-put, teachers are expected to exemplify moral virtues and serve as positive role models, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:even when they are outside of the classroom. By engaging in several sexual offences ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-towards two students as described above, which is abhorrent and morally repugnant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-conduct, the Member failed to model appropriate behaviour as required by his duties as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(f) The Member contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- the member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[40] College Counsel submitted that the application of this provision is not restricted to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-the contravention of a Canadian law. It would also apply where a member has ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-contravened the law of a foreign jurisdiction, and in this case a law in New Zealand. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-College Counsel also referred the Panel to the cases of Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Sanli, 2014 ONOCT 95 and Ontario College of Teachers v. Martin-Smith, 2016 ONOCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-68, as examples of matters in which other panels of the Discipline Committee have made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-a finding under subsection 1(16), where the member has contravened the law of a foreign ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-jurisdiction. The Panel accepts these unopposed submissions. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[41] The Panel finds that the Member’s criminal findings of guilt for having breached ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-sections 128(1)(b), 131(B)(1)(a)(i) and (b)(i) or (ii), and section 134(1) of the Crimes Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-1961, demonstrate that he contravened laws relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-of qualification and registration. Members of the profession must be trusted to work ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-closely with, and ensure the safety and well-being of, students. By engaging in several ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:sexual offences towards Student 1 and Student 2, the Member demonstrated a lack of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-trustworthiness and a complete disregard for the safety and well-being of those two ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-students. The Member’s criminal conduct therefore calls into question his suitability to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-hold a teaching certificate. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(g) The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[42] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. It is unacceptable for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:teachers who are expected to be upstanding members of society to commit sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:offences against students. Committing sexual offences against students is egregious ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-conduct which shows moral turpitude and depravity as well as poor judgment by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Member. As such, the Member’s behaviour can be characterized as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-dishonourable, and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-(h) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:[43] The Panel finds that the Member breached this subsection by engaging in sexually ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-abusive conduct towards Student 1 and Student 2, for which he was found guilty in his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:prior criminal proceedings. Teachers who commit sexual offences against students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-tarnish the reputation of the teaching profession and breach the trust that parents, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-students and the public place in teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 82 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-I. PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:[44] College Counsel submitted that, having made a finding of sexual abuse, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-was required to revoke and reprimand the Member pursuant to section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-The College did not seek costs or a fine against the Member given the circumstances of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-this case. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-J. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-[45] On July 5, 2022, the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-K. REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf:[46] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-of students, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. In relation to the form of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct82.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Rule 2022 ONOCT 83 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Date: 2022-08-29 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Arthur Robert C. Rule, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ARTHUR ROBERT C. RULE (REGISTRATION #150756) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-PANEL: Wanda Percival, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Terrence Singh, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Lisa Tucker ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-HEARD: August 25, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Zirka Jakibchuk, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-No one appearing for Arthur Robert C. Rule ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Ahmad Mozaffari, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- By order of the Ontario Court of Justice, there is also a publication ban on any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- information that could identify the victim or a witness in this matter, pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- subsection 486.4 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on August 25, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-2022, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[2] Arthur Robert C. Rule (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of students who were the subject of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:prohibited act involving child pornography. College Counsel noted that these Agreed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea did not identify any students but indicated that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-documents from the Member’s criminal proceedings contained information about ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-students. College Counsel submitted it was appropriate to order a publication ban ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-pursuant to 32.1(4) with respect to these details. The Panel accepted this request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-the identity of students who were the subject of a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:pornography. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[5] The Panel also received a certified copy of the transcript of the Proceedings at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Guilty Plea from the Member’s criminal proceeding before Justice P. Joubert dated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-November 8, 2019 (Exhibit 2 at Appendix E), which indicated that an order restricting ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-publication was made by the Ontario Court of Justice on November 22, 2018, pursuant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-to section 486.4 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-publication ban. Accordingly, any information that could identify the victim or a witness ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-involved in this matter shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-in any way. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 2, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Arthur Robert C. Rule is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (b) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (c) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (d) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf: (e) he engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Arthur Robert C. Rule is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. As ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- of June 6, 2018, his membership status with the College has been “Inactive/ ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Non-Practising.” Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Kenora Catholic ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as an Occasional Teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- The Member taught at two elementary schools in Kenora, Ontario. His last ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- day teaching for the Board was on March 28, 2018. The Member resigned ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- from his employment with the Board on October 1, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf: On November 22, 2018, as part of a province-wide child pornography ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- investigation, Ontario Provincial Police charged the Member with six child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf: pornography-related charges under the Criminal Code (Canada) (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- “Code”), specifically: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (a) on or about the 10th day of April 2018, on or about the 7th day of May ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 2018 and on or about the 21st day of November 2018, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf: did have in his possession child pornography to wit computer graphic ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- files, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Code (counts 1-3); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (b) between the 10th day of April 2018 and the 21st day of November ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf: 2018, the Member did access child pornography to wit computer ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- graphic files, contrary to section 163.1(4.1) of the Code (count 4); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (c) on or about the 10th day of April 2018 and on or about the 7th day of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf: May 2018, the Member did make available child pornography to wit ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf: computer graphic images/movies, contrary to section 163.1(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Code (counts 5 and 6). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- On November 25, 2018, the Member was further charged with failure to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- comply with a condition of his undertaking or recognizance, specifically: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (a) on or about the 23rd day of November 2018, the Member did, being ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- at large on his Undertaking entered into before a Justice and being ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- bound to comply with a condition of that Undertaking directed by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- said Justice, fail without lawful excuse to comply with that condition ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- to wit, Do not attend a public park or public swimming area where ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- persons under the age of 16 years are present or can reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- expected to be present, or a daycare centre, school playground, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- playground or community centre, contrary to section 145(3) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-On or about November 8, 2019, the Member pled guilty to and was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:convicted of three counts of possession of child pornography and one count ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:of accessing child pornography under sections 163.1(4) and 163.1(4.1) of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-the Code, respectively. The remaining charges were withdrawn at the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-On or about May 6, 2021, the Member was sentenced to a 22-month ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-custodial sentence, concurrent on all counts, followed by three years’ ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-probation. The Member was also made subject to several ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-The imposition of the sentence was deferred to June 18, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-On or about June 10, 2021, the Member applied for leave to appeal his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-custodial sentence and for bail pending appeal. On or about June 18, 2021, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-the Ontario Court of Appeal granted the Member’s application. The appeal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-is scheduled to be heard on November 17, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-The Member has not applied for leave to appeal/appealed any of his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-convictions and the time for doing so has expired. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified copy of the Court ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Information sworn on November 22, 2018, including the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-appearances/adjournments and disposition in the criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” are copies of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Undertaking to a Judge and Judicial Interim Release Order, dated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-November 22, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Recognizance of Bail and Judicial Interim Release Order, dated November ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-26, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-transcript of the Proceedings at Guilty Plea before the Honourable Justice ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-P. Joubert of the Ontario Court of Justice, dated November 8, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Attached as Appendix “F” is a copy of the Reasons for Sentence of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Honourable Justice E.J. Baxter of the Ontario Court of Justice, released on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-May 6, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “G” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Prohibition Order, dated June 18, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “H” is a copy of the Endorsement ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- of the Honourable Justice D. Brown of the Ontario Court of Appeal, dated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- July 6, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-16 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the conduct set out at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 4-7 and 9-16 of the Admitted Facts constitutes professional misconduct and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 1(5), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also acknowledges that that he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf: engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as defined in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and having had the opportunity ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on August 25, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-1 to 16 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-paragraphs 4-7 and 9-16 of the Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-the headings of misconduct set out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that on or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-about November 8, 2019, the Member pled guilty to and was convicted of three counts of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:possession of child pornography and one count of accessing child pornography under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-sections 163.1(4) and 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). He did not appeal these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-convictions but is appealing his sentence. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[10] The Member admits and the Panel finds he engaged in a prohibited act involving ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:child pornography as defined in section 1 of the Act. Section 1 of the Act defines a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:“prohibited act involving child pornography” as “any act prohibited under section 163.1 of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-the Criminal Code (Canada)”. The Member pled guilty to and was convicted of three ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:counts of possession of child pornography under section 163.1(4) and one count of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:accessing child pornography under section 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code (Canada). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member has failed to maintain the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-profession contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-submitted that the misconduct of the nature committed by the Member is so notorious ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-and offside of what is acceptable that expert evidence regarding the standards is not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-required to prove that the standards were breached.1 The Panel agrees with College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:Counsel. Child pornography is despicable. It is a clear breach of the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-profession for a teacher to access and keep in their possession images, movies and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:videos of child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[12] The Member contravened sections of the Criminal Code (Canada) that are relevant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:1(16) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Child pornography objectifies, exploits, and harms ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-children. The Member’s criminal convictions for accessing and possessing child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:pornography clearly demonstrate that he is not suited to be part of a profession that is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-entrusted with the safety and well-being of children and works closely with them in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-positions of authority. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[13] The Member contravened subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-Member’s misconduct is abhorrent and cannot be tolerated by the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-When the Member pled guilty to accessing and keeping in his possession images meeting ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:the definition of child pornography, he demonstrated that he had disregarded the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-expectations and obligations of teachers as leaders and role models in the community ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-dedicated to the care of children. The Member’s misconduct was shameful and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-1 See Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 at paragraph 71. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-demonstrated significant moral failings. The police categorized 22,429 images and 204 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-movies of videos in the Member’s computer and determined these images fit the definition ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:of child pornography. The police found but were not able to categorize 92,984 additional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 83 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-images on the Member’s computer due to time and resources (Exhibit 2 at Appendix F). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-There is no doubt the Member’s misconduct can be characterized as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[14] The Member’s egregious conduct which led to his criminal convictions, is also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-confidence in teachers, and the teaching profession as a whole, is eroded when members ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-are found to have and are criminally convicted for accessing and being in possession of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[15] The parties entered into a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on August 25, 2022, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-[16] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf:involving child pornography, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf-finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct83.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-Inappropriate Comments – September 2018 to February 2019 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- Prior to the complaint being filed, there was a relationship breakdown ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- between Person A, the Member and Person B. All three colleagues had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- some challenges working with one another at times. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- In September 2018, Person A came to the Member with concerns regarding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- a conversation she had with the grandmother/guardian of a special needs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf: student about a potential sexual assault. When reporting her concern, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- Person A used the word “anatomy” instead of “penis”. The Member told ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- Person A to use the correct terminology and to “say the word penis” instead ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- of “anatomy”. This interaction with the Member made Person A feel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- extremely uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- On or about January 15, 2019, the Member was warming up his lunch in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- the private staff kitchenette area and speaking with Person B and the male ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- School Resource Officer. The School Resource Officer asked the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- if everything was okay. The Member had just suspended 24 students at the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf: School for fighting. In response, the Member said, “I need the sex!” Person ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- B and the School Resource Officer started laughing. Person A overheard ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- the conversation between them, and the conversation made her feel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- In [sic] or about February 5, 2019, Person A and Person B were in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- Member’s office discussing school related issues. Person B informed the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- Member that the English workroom needed paper and the union ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- representative had called to complain. The Member explained that the head ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- custodian did not deliver paper there because the teachers have mistreated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- him in the past. When the Member got off the phone, he said out loud that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- a particular teacher on staff was a “Fuckin Bitch.” On another occasion, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- Member referred to a female staff member as a “C U Next Tuesday” while ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- inside his office. On both occasions, the comments were not directed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- specifically to anyone who was present at the time. Person A found these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- comments offensive. The Member apologized for the comments he made. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-Board Investigation and Outcome ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- The Board retained an independent third party investigator to conduct an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- investigation. At the conclusion of the investigation, it was found that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- Member breached the Board’s Code of Conduct and Respectful Workplace ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- Policy. Attached at Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Board’s Code of Conduct and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- Respectful Workplace Policy. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- The Member resigned his employment with the Board effective June 30, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-(c) Counsels’ argument: it (three-month suspension) falls within the range of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- suspensions ordered by Panels of the College in prior matters involving ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- “misconduct of a similar nature” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[26] The Majority rejects this submission. A three-month suspension does fall within the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-range of two to five month suspensions set out in prior JSPs and ordered by previous ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-panels in cases described by Counsel as similar to the within matter. However, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-Majority finds those cases are not similar to the within matter and therefore not relevant, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-nor helpful in assessing the JSP in this matter. Specifically, the underlying facts in those ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-cases are significantly different and significantly more serious than the facts in the within ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-matter. The most important difference is that virtually all the cases cited by Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:involved not only comments directed to one or more individuals but also physical or sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-touching of one or more individuals. This is a clear difference from the within matter where ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:there was no physical or sexual touching. As well, in the cases cited there were numerous ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-comments made, often to more than one individual, over a relatively lengthy period of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-time, unlike the within matter where there were only four comments made over a relatively ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-short period. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[27] The Majority has summarized the cases which Counsel referred to in their Initial ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-Submissions as well as their Additional Submissions to highlight the differences between ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-the facts in these cases and the facts in the within matter as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 1. Bradley v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2021 ONSC 2303 (Divisional Court) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- – direct remarks and touching as follows: racist comments, harassing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- behaviours and unwanted advances towards a female teaching candidate. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- Suspension: two months. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 2. Ontario College of Teachers v. Bergin, 2018 ONOCT 29 – direct remarks ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf: and sexual touching as follows: personal comments to a female colleague ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- and asked a female colleague to follow him into a storage room where he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- touched her shoulder and buttocks without her consent. Suspension: two ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- months. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 3. Ontario College of Teachers v. Tye, 2022 ONOCT 23 – direct inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf: remarks to three female colleagues and sexual touching of one female ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- colleague. Suspension: five months. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf: 4. Ontario College of Teachers v. Scott, 2022 ONOCT 21 – two-year sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- relationship with teacher and transfer of teacher when relationship ended. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- Suspension: five months. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 5. Ontario College of Teachers v. Forndran, 2022 ONOCT 31 – inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf: comments to female teacher and sexual harassment in sending of full ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- frontal nude photo of himself to her. Suspension: two months. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 6. Ontario College of Teachers v. Janvary, 2022 ONOCT 13 – direct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- inappropriate comments made over four years to six female staff, including ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf: sexualized comments to three female teachers over 2 years. Suspension: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- three months. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 7. Ontario College of Teachers v. Ashwin, 2021 ONOCT 13 – direct comments ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- and multiple incidents of unwanted touching of a student teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- Suspension: three months. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-(d) Counsels’ argument: the three-month penalty was not “so unhinged” from ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- the facts of this case such that a reasonable person would think the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- administration of the Discipline Process of the College had broken down ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[28] The Majority finds that the imposition of a three-month suspension would be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-unhinged from the facts of the within matter when compared to the cases provided by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-Counsel as noted above. “Unhinged” is the word used by the Supreme Court of Canada ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-in Anthony-Cook and apart from its common meaning of mental disturbance, it can also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-mean “unbalanced” or “disconnected” which is the meaning that the Supreme Court must ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-have intended. A reasonable person knowing all the facts of the within matter would see ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-a three-month suspension as unbalanced or disconnected from the circumstances here. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-The facts in the within matter are quite different from the facts in the cases cited by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-Counsel. Here a reasonable person would see a disconnection between the JSP proposal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-of a three-month suspension and the facts in this matter such that accepting the JSP and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-imposing this penalty would lead to a belief that the proper functioning of the discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-process of the College had broken down. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[29] To be specific, the cases cited by Counsel are very different on the facts from the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-within matter and as a consequence resulted in penalties that are not unhinged from those ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-facts. Most of these cases not only involved numerous direct inappropriate remarks to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:third parties but also touching, sexual touching or sexual harassment. The remarks and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-the acts in these cases were made over longer periods and often to more victims. To ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-impose a similar serious penalty of a three-month suspension on the Member in this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-matter would shock a reasonably informed member of the public given the difference in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-the facts – here the Member made one direct remark to Person A in the context of a work ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-discussion and three indirect remarks which were made in her presence but not directed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:to her, but there was no touching and no sexual touching at any time. Such a penalty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-would be unhinged from the facts of the case. This is clearly evident if we look at the facts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-in Bergin and Bradley. Each of these cases involved not only comments but also touching. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-However, the panels hearing these matters each imposed only a two-month suspension ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-for these more serious fact situations. On appeal, the length of the suspension in Bradley ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-was not altered by the Court. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[30] Ashwin and Janvary demonstrate an appropriate, not unhinged, connection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-between the facts of each case and the penalty imposed of a three-month suspension. In ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:Ashwin there were sexualized comments and touching. In Janvary inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-comments were made to six individuals over a four-year period. While the Majority ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:supports more severe penalties for sexualized comments combined with sexualized ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[49] The Majority considered the nature and context of each of the four comments ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-carefully. It finds each of these comments while inappropriate, falls on the lower end on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-a scale of objectionable comments. The first comment is different in nature from the rest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-and will be dealt with separately. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[50] In its deliberations, the Majority noted there was a relationship breakdown between ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-the Member, Person A and Person B and all three had some challenges working with one ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-another at times for reasons not explained in the Admitted Facts. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[51] Only one of the four comments (the first one) was directed at Person A. The second ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-comment was made by the Member referring to himself in response to a question from a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-male colleague. This comment was not made to Person A but was overheard by her. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-last two comments were made by the Member in the presence of Person A and a male ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-VP after the Member completed phone calls to two female staff members. These last two ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-comments were not made by the Member to anyone in particular and clearly not to anyone ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-present, including Person A, who was offended by the comments. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-apologized for these comments. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[52] With respect to these four comments, the Admitted Facts set out that Person A felt ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-uncomfortable as a result of the first two comments and was offended by the last two ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-comments. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[53] The Majority will examine each comment in turn. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[54] The first comment arises in the context of Person A reporting to the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:concerns about a potential sexual assault to the Member. Person A had been told about ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-this by the grandmother/guardian of a student with special needs. In accordance with her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-responsibilities in such situations, Person A reported the matter to the Member. When ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-reporting her concern, Person A used the word “anatomy” instead of the word “penis”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-The Member in fulfilling his statutory duties under subsection 265(1)(a) of the Education ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-Act and section 11(1)(b) of Regulation 298 to manage his school would be required to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-obtain specific clear and relevant information in order to decide on next steps to be taken ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-in this situation. The Member’s use of the word “penis” in this conversation with Person A ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-is not profanity nor a comment about Person A. It was appropriate for the Member to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:obtain specific details of the potential sexual assault from Person A; however, his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-instruction that Person A use a specific word could have been less direct given their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-strained relationship. Given the specific context of the situation and the nature of this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-comment, the Panel finds it falls on the very low end of the scale of objectionable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-comments. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[55] The second comment was made by the Member to two male staff members – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-Person B, a Vice-Principal, and the School Resource Officer. The comment was made to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-them in the private staff kitchenette area. Person A was present in the room but not part ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-of the conversation. No students were present. The Member had just suspended 24 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-students for fighting and was asked by the School Resource Officer if everything was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:okay. In response, the Member replied, “I need the sex”. The two male individuals started ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-laughing. Person A overheard the comment and it made her feel “uncomfortable”. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:Majority finds that the Member’s voicing of a personal sexual need was inappropriate in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-the circumstances. However, it finds that this comment also falls on the lower end of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-scale of objectionable comments. As a leader, the Member should have kept such ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-personal thoughts to himself out of respect for all his staff. The fact that both male staff ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 26 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-helpful as they were not analogous on the facts to the within matter. In contrast to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-within matter, almost all of these cases included inappropriate touching as well as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-comments. As a result, these cases did not deal with matters where the penalty was “[…] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-so unhinged from the circumstances of the offence and the offender that its acceptance ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-would lead reasonable and informed persons, aware of all the relevant circumstances, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-including the importance of promoting certainty in resolution discussions to believe the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-proper functioning of the Discipline Committee had broken down.”18 The Majority has set ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-out its analysis of these cases in detail at paragraphs 26 and 27 above and will not repeat ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-that here. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[59] To summarize briefly, all the cases provided by Counsel, apart from one, involved ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-inappropriate touching in addition to inappropriate comments. This is not the case in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-within matter where no inappropriate touching occurred. Janvary, the single case that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:does not involve touching, did however involve multiple inappropriate sexualized ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-comments made by the Member over four years to six different female staff members. In ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-general, the members in the cases referred to by Counsel in support of the three-month ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-suspension made more inappropriate comments, to more victims, and over longer periods ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-of time than in the within matter. These differences resulted, appropriately, in the more ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-severe penalty of a suspension being imposed in each case. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[60] Additionally, it is important to note that six of the cases referred to by Counsel were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-Discipline Committee decisions of the College which were not appealed. These decisions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-are not binding on the Majority in this case. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-18 Supra note 2 at para. 34. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 32 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-on the following prior decisions of the Discipline Committee presented by the parties: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Bradley, 2019 ONOCT 73; Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-v. Bergin, 2018 ONOCT 29, Ontario College of Teachers v. Tye, 2022 ONOCT 23, Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-College of Teachers v. Scott, 2022 ONOCT 21, Ontario College of Teachers v. Forndran, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-2022 ONOCT 31,Ontario College of Teachers v. Janvary, 2022 ONOCT 13; and Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-College of Teachers v. Ashwin, 2021 ONOCT 13. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[74] I have also carefully weighed the aggravating and mitigating circumstances of this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-case, as these factors also inform the appropriate penalty and, ultimately the public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-interest for accepting or rejecting a joint submission. There are several aggravating ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-factors in the Member’s case. First, as an experienced principal, the Member ought to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-have known that his comments were inappropriate and would make his staff ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-uncomfortable, especially given that there was already a relationship breakdown between ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-the Member, Person A and Person B. Second, there was an inherent power imbalance ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-between the Member and his subordinates who overheard and/or received the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-disrespectful comments. Finally, the Member’s conduct was not a momentary lapse of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:judgment since he made several disrespectful and sexist comments about school staff in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-front of other staff members. In terms of mitigating factors, the Member admitted his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-misconduct, saving the time and expense of a contested hearing, and saving witnesses ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-from having to testify. The Member has also not been the subject of College discipline in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-the past. After weighing these factors, I am of the view that the penalty proposed by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-parties would not bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 33 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-(a) Reprimand ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[75] I find that the Member’s inappropriate conduct warrants a reprimand. As a member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-of the teaching profession and particularly as an administrator, the Member was expected ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-to act as a positive role model and communicate appropriately with his subordinates. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-Member failed to meet these expectations by making a disrespectful comment to Person ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:A and by using profanity and making sexist comments when referring to his subordinates ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-in the presence of other staff. The reprimand will serve as a specific deterrent to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-Member. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-(b) Suspension ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[76] I find that a three-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-circumstances of this case. While the cases presented are factually distinct from this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a similar underlying nature in that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-they all relate to inappropriate conduct towards colleagues and/or subordinates. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-cases confirm that a suspension is reasonable. The Discipline Committee in those cases ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-ordered suspensions in the range of two to five months, in addition to reprimands and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-coursework. A summary of these cases is set out below. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[77] In Forndran, the member was a teacher and he sent inappropriate text messages ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-to his colleague. The penalty ordered was a reprimand, a two-month suspension and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-coursework on maintaining boundaries in a professional context. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[78] In Bradley, the member was a teacher and he made inappropriate comments and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-inappropriate physical contact towards a student teacher under his supervision. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 34 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-penalty ordered was a reprimand, a two-month suspension and coursework regarding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-sensitivity and boundaries with colleagues. This case was appealed on the issue of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-timing of the suspension and not the duration of the suspension. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 84 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[79] In Bergin, the member was a teacher and there was one incident of unwelcome ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-physical touching of a colleague. The penalty ordered was a reprimand, a two-month ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-suspension and coursework regarding professional boundaries. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[80] In Janvary, the member was a teacher, and he made several inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-comments towards his administrators and colleagues. The penalty ordered was a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-reprimand, a three-month suspension and coursework regarding boundary violations. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[81] In Ashwin, the member was a teacher, and he touched a student teacher who was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-under his professional supervision on a number of occasions, made one inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-comment in her presence and was unaware of a student’s learning exceptionality. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-penalty ordered was a reprimand, a three-month suspension and coursework regarding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-appropriate boundaries with colleagues, anger management and ethical and professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-responsibilities related to students with identified needs. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[82] In Tye, the member was a principal, and he made several inappropriate comments ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-towards his subordinates and touched them without their consent, which behaviour ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:constituted sexual harassment and harassment. The penalty ordered was a reprimand, a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-five-month suspension and coursework regarding appropriate professional relations. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf-[83] In Scott, the member was a principal and he engaged in inappropriate conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf:towards his direct report, which included having a personal and sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct84.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Curtis 2022 ONOCT 86 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- Date: 2022-09-21 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 86 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- Tyler John Curtis, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- TYLER JOHN CURTIS (REGISTRATION #653498) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-PANEL: Rebecca Forte, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- Maria Lourdes Bueno-Marcial, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- Kiran Qureshi ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-HEARD: September 21, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-Ava Arbuck, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-Jerry Raso, for Tyler John Curtis ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-[1] On September 21, 2022, counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-“College”) brought a motion to seek leave from a panel of the Discipline Committee (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-“Panel”) to withdraw the allegations against Tyler John Curtis (the “Member”) set out in a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 86 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-Notice of Hearing dated October 23, 2020 (Exhibit 1). In accordance with rule 8.01 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-(the “Rules”), this proceeding was heard electronically. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-[2] The Member did not attend the proceeding but had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996, which makes such an order mandatory. Accordingly, no ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf:Act at the request of Person A, who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf:misconduct or a prohibited act involving a prescribed sexual act. Accordingly, no person ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of Person ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-A. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-B. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-[5] On September 21, 2022, upon hearing the submissions of the parties, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-authorized the College to withdraw the allegations against the Member set out in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf-Notice of Hearing dated October 23, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct86.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Mammarella 2022 ONOCT 87 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Date: 2022-09-02 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FOR DECISION ON MOTIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Daniel Mark Mammarella, OCT, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- DANIEL MARK MAMMARELLA (REGISTRATION #257491) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-PANEL: Rebecca Forte, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Rachelle Coleman ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Erin Durant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-HEARD: July 12, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Nicholas Fitz and Christine Lonsdale, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Kirsty Niglas-Collins and Christopher Reid, for Daniel Mark Mammarella ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- that could disclose the identity of Student 2 who was allegedly sexually abused, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- or the subject of sexual misconduct, a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf: pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- The Discipline Committee further ordered a publication ban pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- subsection 32.1(1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, preventing the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-publication of the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[1] On July 12, 2022, Daniel Mark Mammarella (the “Member”) brought two motions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Teachers (the “College”). The first motion was for an order of the Panel to sever the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-allegations contained in the Notice of Hearing issued against the Member. The second ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-motion was for a request to hold in-person hearings for the evidence given by Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Student 2 and the Member. In accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Rules”), this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-proceeding was heard electronically. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[2] The Member attended the proceeding and had legal representation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[3] This is the Panel’s decision and reasons on both motions. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[4] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) at the request of Student 2, who was allegedly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:sexually abused. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-that could disclose the identity of Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[5] College Counsel indicated that she had not received instructions from Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-as to whether he wished a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-enforced on his behalf or not. The Panel cannot therefore enforce such a ban under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-subsection 32.1(4). Wishing nonetheless to protect the identity of Student 1, and upon ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-the advice of Independent Legal Counsel, a publication ban was ordered by the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-under subsections 32(7) and 32.1(1) of the Act. Subsection 32.1(1) gives the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-authority to make an order that the public, including members of the College, be excluded ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-from a hearing if, in the Panel’s opinion, the possibility of serious harm or injustice to any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-person justifies a departure from the general principle that hearings should be public. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Subsection 32.1(1) allows the Panel to order a publication ban in circumstances in which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-the test for closing the hearing under subsection 32(7) is met, and the Panel did so in this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-case with respect to Student 1’s identity. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated October 28, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-2019 are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Daniel Mark Mammarella is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act, or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- and specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-(h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Daniel Mark Mammarella is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the York Catholic ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- District School Board as a teacher at [XXX] School (the “School”) in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Markham, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- In or around the academic years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018, Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 1 was a male student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- In or around the academic year 2016-2017, Student 2 was a male ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- In or around the academic year 2016-2017, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (a) transported male students in his car and/or drove them home ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- from school without appropriate permission; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (b) while driving with Student 1: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf: (i) engaged in inappropriate physical and/or sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- contact with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (ii) placed his hand on Student 1’s lap; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (iii) made inappropriate comments to Student 1, including ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- but not limited to: words to the effect of “[Student 1], ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- every time you talk to me, I get this sensation that you ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- want to tell me something deeper”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- On or about May 31, 2017, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf: (a) engaged in inappropriate physical and/or sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Student 2; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (b) placed his hand on Student 2’s arm; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (c) increased Student 2’s grade on a test and/or assignment ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- without an appropriate basis to do so; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- On or about April 30, 2018, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf: (a) engaged in inappropriate physical and/or sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-D. SUBMISSIONS OF MEMBER’S COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[8] Relying on Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)2 from the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Supreme Court of Canada (the “SCC”), Member’s Counsel’s broader argument for this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-motion was that the procedural fairness owed to the Member should be proportionate to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-the Member’s interests that are affected or to the impact on his life. Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-argued that, if found guilty, the Member would lose his teaching certificate and therefore ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-his livelihood, and that his professional and personal lives, as well as his reputation, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-be severely and irreparably damaged. Consequently, if the allegations brought against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-the Member are to be heard in a way that is proportionately fair to him, the allegations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-regarding Student 1 and those regarding Student 2 should be separated. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[9] Member’s Counsel illustrated this argument by submitting there were three ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-different “buckets of particulars” in the allegations set out by the College in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Hearing. The first bucket is the 5(a) particular, which would be, in the opinion of Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Counsel, questionable or debatable professional misconduct that would in any case fall ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-on the lower end of the spectrum. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[10] The second bucket includes the particulars listed under item 6, which relate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-exclusively to Student 2. Member’s Counsel argued that touching Student 2’s arm does ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:not amount to sexual abuse, even if there was a finding that the Member had in fact ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-touched his arm. Member’s Counsel further submitted the alleged grade increase is not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:sexual abuse, and again would be debatable professional misconduct that would in any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-case fall on the lower end of the spectrum. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-2 Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 SCR 817 [Baker]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:proving the Member sexually abused both Student 1 and Student 2. The College intends ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-to call Student 2 to testify, and the Member intends to testify as well as part of his response ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-to those allegations. In the case of Student 1, Member’s Counsel argued it would require ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-viva voce testimony from Student 1—hearing solely from hearsay testimonies would not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:be enough to find the Member guilty of sexual abuse in the case of Student 1. Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Counsel also contended that, if Student 1 did not testify, the Member should have the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-right not to testify and to argue that the College has not met its onus of proof given the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-hearsay evidence. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[16] If the allegations were heard together, Member’s Counsel submitted it would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-“obliterate” the Member’s right to defend himself—he would lose the option of leading ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-distinct legal defences for each set of allegations. Member’s Counsel gave the example ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-of the Member’s choosing to testify about the allegations related to Student 2 and yet ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-being cross-examined on the allegations related to Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[17] Member’s Counsel referred the Panel to College of Nurses of Ontario v. Member5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-in support of their position. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-E. SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[18] College Counsel first reminded the Panel that this was not a hearing on the merits ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-and that the Panel was not deciding on any allegations of professional misconduct. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Panel should not rely on assertions made by counsel unless there is evidence to support ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-them. College Counsel submitted that the only evidence in the record is the affidavits ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-5 College of Nurse of Ontario v. Member, 2013 CanLII 101345 (ON CNO) [CNO v. Member]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[21] College Counsel focused on the following factors in Last: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (a) the general prejudice to the accused; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (b) the legal and factual nexus between the counts; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (c) the desire to avoid a multiplicity of proceedings; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (d) the use of similar fact evidence at trial. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[22] On prejudice, College Counsel acknowledged the risks of cross-pollination and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-propensity reasoning raised by Member’s Counsel but submitted that those risks are not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-realized before the Discipline Committee based on the Committee’s experience and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-structure. College Counsel argued that the Discipline Committee routinely deals with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-multiple and separate allegations involving multiple witnesses stemming from different ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-incidents. College Counsel asserted that the Discipline Committee has many times made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-findings on some, but not all of the allegations in a Notice of Hearing, parsing through the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:evidence, including in sexual abuse cases.8 This is the result of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Committee’s structure as a three-member panel of trained adjudicators who must ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-articulate their reasons in a written decision and who can benefit from the advice of an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-independent legal counsel, as opposed to a jury of laypersons. College Counsel cited ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Law Society of Ontario v. Suh9 in support of their argument. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[23] College Counsel further argued that there are both factual and legal similarities to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-the allegations. Though the College does not intend to adduce similar fact evidence, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-College Counsel submitted that the allegations “disclose a similar course of conduct” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-between the different sets of allegations. College Counsel argued that the allegations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-8 College’s factum on severance, para. 17 (footnote no. 12). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-9 Law Society of Ontario v. Suh, 2021 ONLSTH 154 [Suh]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-brought against the Member stem primarily from interactions with two separate students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-at the same school and that there are common themes to those interactions. For example, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-the Member was interacting with the students alone, there was inappropriate physical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-contact, and the Member is accused of transporting students in his personal vehicle ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-without proper permission. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[24] College Counsel submitted that legally, the same analysis would apply to a number ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-of allegations. The Panel would have to make findings according to the same applicable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:provisions in assessing whether the facts support sexual abuse, breach of ethical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-standards or breach of the duties of teachers, for example subsections 1(18) and 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College Counsel submitted that severance would almost ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-lead to an artificial separation of the allegations. College Counsel noted that the overlap ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-between the sets of allegations is highlighted by the Member’s referencing of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-anticipated testimony of the principal of the School (who is expected to testify with respect ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-to both the allegations relating to Student 1 and Student 2) in the Affidavit of Nicole Voce ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-(Exhibit 1). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[25] The most significant factor, in College Counsel’s view, is the desire to avoid a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-multiplicity of proceedings in the name of efficiency. College Counsel noted the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Hearing in this matter was issued in October 2019 and argued this motion brought by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Member—on the day the hearing on the merits was set to commence—has already ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-protracted these proceedings. Severance would bring further delay. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-submitted the SCC was clear in Last that multiple proceedings should be avoided and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-to the Member is likely the most important factor in this case; in other words, the impact ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-on the Member and whether the evidence about one student will be improperly used to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-bolster the evidence about the other student. Independent Legal Counsel also advised ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-the Panel that factual similarities are not the same as factual nexus. Referring to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-paragraph 32 in Last, she recommended that the Panel determine whether a trier of fact ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-would need to understand the facts of one incident in order to understand the other. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-According to Independent Legal Counsel, based on the way the allegations are drafted in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-the Notice of Hearing, it is unlikely the Panel would need to understand the facts relating ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-to Student 1 to understand the facts relating to Student 2. Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-also advised that it was not entirely clear whether the allegations truly demonstrate a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-course of conduct. Independent Legal Counsel’s advice was that there is, however, a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:legal nexus since there are allegations of sexual abuse relating to both students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[32] As to the complexity of the evidence, Independent Legal Counsel indicated it did ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-not appear unduly complicated. The one exception may be the arguments Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Counsel may make regarding hearsay evidence in Student 1’s case, and more specifically ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:the admissibility and propriety of admitting such evidence in a case involving sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-abuse allegations. She also advised that the Panel does not need to answer the legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-question of whether the Member is compellable or not—though the courts have ruled that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-a member is compellable in a disciplinary hearing—since the College indicated it had no ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-intention of compelling the Member to testify. This could become relevant (unlike in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-criminal proceedings) if the Member decides not to testify, as the Panel could then draw ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-an adverse inference from his failure to testify. Independent Legal Counsel noted that, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-practically speaking, it would be extremely difficult for the Member to testify about one ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[45] The Panel agrees there is a legal nexus, however thin, as the incidents relating to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:Student 1 and Student 2 both involve allegations of sexual abuse. However, the Panel is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-of the view that the two incidents may raise different legal issues. As Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-pointed out, one set of allegations would mainly revolve around witness credibility ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-assessment, while the other would raise the issue of weighing hearsay evidence. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-(3) Complexity of the Evidence ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[46] The Panel does not find the evidence to be so complex that the allegations would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-need to be severed. Based on the Affidavit of Nicole Voce (Exhibit 1), the Member was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-advised by the College that it intends to call five witnesses to testify 17 and to qualify the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-principal as a participant expert.18 Based on the Affidavit of Lana Biggs (Exhibit 2), the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-College has issued summonses for all five witnesses and moreover intends to tender into ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-evidence a videotaped statement of Student 1 to the police. This kind of evidence is not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-uncommon and is routinely considered by the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[47] The evidence may become more complex if Student 1 does not testify, as this may ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-raise the issue of admissibility and propriety of hearsay evidence. The Panel notes ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-nonetheless that hearsay evidence is admissible in disciplinary hearings under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-subsection 15(1) of the SPPA, making it ultimately a question of weight. Any debate on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-the admissibility or propriety of hearsay evidence would potentially be short lived or would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-in any case become a question of weight at the decision-making stage. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-17 Exhibit B to the Affidavit of Nicole Voce. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-18 Exhibit D to the Affidavit of Nicole Voce. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-accused persons is also inapplicable, as the Member stands alone before this Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[54] The Panel finds that, cumulatively, the factors above do not militate in favour of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-severance and therefore the Member has not met the burden of proof with respect to this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-motion. It would not be in the interests of justice to sever the allegations, as requested by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-the Member. Furthermore, the Panel does not consider that the Member would suffer ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-manifest prejudice or injustice if these allegations were heard together. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-J. MOTION TO OBJECT TO AN ELECTRONIC HEARING ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[55] In his Notice of Motion dated June 10, 2022, the Member brought the following ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-motion: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- THE MEMBER makes a motion to the Discipline Committee of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- College of Teachers objecting to the College’s intention to proceed with an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- electronic proceeding for the following witnesses: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 1. [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2. Daniel Mammarella, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf: 3. Any other direct witnesses to allegation(s) of sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- THE MOTION IS FOR ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- A decision from the Committee to hold in-person hearings for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- the evidence of the above-noted witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- THE GROUNDS FOR THE MOTION ARE: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- The Member brings this motion pursuant to section 30(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, ss. 9, 4.7, 25.0.1, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 25.1 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, rules 5, 8.03(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- and 12 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline and Fitness ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- to Practice Committees. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- The Member intends to question the constitutional validity of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Rule 8.03 of Rules of Procedure of the Discipline and Fitness ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- to Practice Committees under s. 7 of the 2 Canadian Charter of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 24 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Rights and Freedoms, Part 1 of the Constitution Act, 1982, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- being Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK), 1982, c 11. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[56] The Panel notes that the Notice of Motion above does not mention Student 1, but ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-that, at the hearing, Member’s Counsel submitted that this motion was for Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Student 2 and the Member to be examined and cross-examined in person. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:therefore finds it reasonable to read “Any other direct witness to allegation(s) of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-abuse” as to include Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-K. SUBMISSIONS OF MEMBER’S COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[57] The Member challenged the constitutionality of Rule 8 of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Committee’s Rules and claims it breaches section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-and Freedoms (the “Charter”),22 which protects the right to life, liberty and security of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-of fundamental justice.23 Member’s Counsel’s breach argument is two pronged: (1) the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Member would suffer psychological harm as a result of these proceedings; and (2) the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Member’s procedural fairness rights would be infringed upon. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[58] Relying on Blencoe v. British Columbia (Human Rights Commission),24 Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Counsel first submitted that the SCC has held that violations of the security of a person ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-may involve serious psychological harm as a result of state interference with a person’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-interests of fundamental importance. Member’s Counsel argued the Member would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:experience deep psychological harm and stress if a finding of sexual abuse was made in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-22 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 7, Part 1 of the Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-to the Canada Act 1982 (UK), 1982, c. 11. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-23 Please note, that pursuant to Rule 12 of the Rules, a notice of a constitutional question was served on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-the Attorneys General of Canada and Ontario. Neither made submissions on this motion. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-24 Blencoe v. British Columbia (Human Rights Commission), 2000 SCC 44 [Blencoe]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 26 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (a) the nature of the decision being made and process followed in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- making it; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (b) the nature of the statutory scheme and the terms of the statute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- pursuant to which the body operates; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (c) the importance of the decision to the individual or individuals ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- affected; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (d) the legitimate expectations of the person challenging the decision; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- (e) the choices of procedure made by the agency itself. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[61] First, both in their written and oral submissions, Member’s Counsel pointed to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-similarities between the Panel’s decision-making process and procedures and those of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:courts. The types of allegations being made, such as sexual abuse, as well as the types ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-of penalty orders that can be made, such as revocation, significant fines or costs, closely ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-resemble those that would be made in criminal proceedings. Member’s Counsel also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-referred to the format and procedures of the Discipline Committee.27 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[62] Second, Member’s Counsel submitted that, although there is a statutory right of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-appeal before the Divisional Court under the Act, there is neither an internal review ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-process nor a process for a de novo hearing. The statutory scheme is such that first- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-instance findings of the Discipline Committee, based on evidentiary and credibility ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-assessments, are precluded from “a certain level of scrutiny”, giving members little ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-recourse to challenge and review those decisions. Member’s Counsel submitted that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-heightened level of procedural fairness would be required here given the limitations of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-statutory scheme. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-27 Paras. 23-24 of the Member’s factum on objection to an electronic hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 33 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-choice. In other words, if the Member’s teaching certificate were revoked, he would not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-be fundamentally or completely deprived of his ability to earn a livelihood. Likewise, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Member’s security would not be deprived to the point where his economic survival or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-human dignity would be at stake. Rather, the Member would be prohibited from pursuing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-a particular profession, i.e., teaching in Ontario, which is a pure economic interest. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[79] Exercising a regulated profession is not a right, but a privilege bestowed upon ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-professionals who undertake to maintain certain standards and to comply with all ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-requirements prescribed by statute and regulations, in this case the Act and its ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-regulations. Even if his teaching certificate were revoked, the Member would still be able ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-to work and earn a living outside of teaching in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[80] The distinction between “fundamental” economic interests and “pure” economic ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-interests is described clearly in Tanase. In that case, the arguments of the appellant were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-strikingly similar to those of the Member here, namely that psychological stress would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:flow directly from revocation and from the permanent notation of a finding of sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-The Member argued, as did the appellant in that case, that such stress would be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-analogous to the possibility of the removal of a child, citing New Brunswick (Minister of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Health and Community Services) v. G.(J.), [1999] 3 S.C.R. 46 in support of that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-argument.35 Huscroft J.A. of the Court of Appeal for Ontario rejected those arguments ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-and affirmed a previous ruling of the Court in Mussani, namely that section 7 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-Charter is not engaged in cases of mandatory revocation of licence: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- [40] The basic holding in Mussani is supported by what the Attorney General ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- aptly describes as an unbroken line of authority from the Supreme Court of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- Canada confirming that s. 7 of the Charter does not protect the right to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-35 Paras. 28-33 of the Member’s factum on objection to an electronic hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 39 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- in the witness box as opposed to on a good quality, decent sized colour ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- monitor in a video-conference.41 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[93] It may be true that credibility assessment will be crucial in deciding this matter on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-the merits, but it is the Panel’s view that an electronic hearing would not unduly impact ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 87 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-such an assessment, nor would it be procedurally unfair to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[94] As for the Member’s right to confront or face his accusers, the Panel notes that this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf:right is not absolute. In sexual abuse cases, complainants may testify behind a screen ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-under certain circumstances. More generally, whether the students testify in person or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-electronically, they would still be present. The Member would still be able to hear their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-evidence against him and cross-examine them. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-[95] Turning to the Baker factors, the Panel does not disagree with Member’s Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-that the Discipline Committee’s decision will be particularly consequential for the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-However, the Panel does not accept that the Member is therefore necessarily entitled to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-the most favourable procedures possible. In other words, if the Baker factors inform a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-court or tribunal that its procedural fairness duty should fall on the higher end of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-spectrum, they still do not require procedures to be “at some ideal maximum favourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-to the person accused of conduct offensive to the public interest”.42 If, as demonstrated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-above, electronic proceedings do not jeopardize an individual’s right to procedural ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-fairness because testimony via video does not present any inherent disadvantage and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-does not hinder witness credibility assessment in any way, the Panel is under no ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-obligation to provide an in-person hearing to the Member because it would be ideal to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-41 Id. at para. 24. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-42 Ironside v. Alberta (Securities Commission), 2009 ABCA 134 at para. 107; see also R. v. Lyons, [1987] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf-2 SCR 309 at para. 88. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct87.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-Canada. The Panel is required to uphold this publication ban. Accordingly, any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-information that could identify the victim or a witness involved in this matter shall not be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[9] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 23, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that James Robert Thompson is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act, in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- (b) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- (c) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf: (f) he engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 1. James Robert Thompson is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 2. The Member obtained an Ontario Teachers’ Certificate on June 28, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 1985 and a Certificate of Qualification and Registration on May 20, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 1997. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 3. On May 28, 2021, the Member’s membership status with the College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- was changed to “Inactive/Non-Practicing." ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 4. At all material times, the Member was the owner and the principal of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- [XXX] School (the “School”) in Oakville, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 5. In October 2020, the Halton Regional Police Service charged the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Member with: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- (a) on or about the 2nd day of October in the year 2020 at the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Town of Oakville in the said region, did have in his possession ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf: child pornography to wit: images, contrary to section 163.1(4) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- of the Criminal Code; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- (b) on or about 2nd day of October in the year 2020 at the Town ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf: of Oakville in the said Region, did access child pornography, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- contrary to section 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- (c) on or about the 4th day of October in the year 2020 at the Town ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- of Oakville in the said region, did have in his possession child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf: pornography to wit: images, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 6. On November 2, 2021, the Member pleaded guilty to one count of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf: accessing child pornography contrary to section 163.1(4.1) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 7. On November 2, 2021, the Member was sentenced to an eight- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- month conditional sentence. The court also imposed the following ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- condition which is relevant to the Member’s eligibility to teach for a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- period of ten years: prohibited from seeking, obtaining or continuing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- any employment, whether or not the employment is renumerated, or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- becoming or being a volunteer in a capacity that involves being in a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- position of trust or authority towards persons under the age of 16 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- years. The Member was made the subject of a number of ancillary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- orders. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 8. The Member did not appeal his conviction and/or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-C. THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[10] As the Member was not present, the Panel proceeded on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-D. THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[11] College Counsel entered into evidence the Registered Member Information for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-James Robert Thompson (Exhibit 2), which indicates that the Member was a member of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-the College at the time of the alleged events. The College also entered into evidence a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-Brief of Court Documents - Her Majesty the Queen v. James Robert Thompson (Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-4), which contains the following documents: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Certified copy of Court Information, appearances, and disposition in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- criminal proceeding; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Certified transcript of the Proceedings at Trial before the Honourable Justice ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- S. Latimer at Milton, Ontario dated November 2, 2021; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Certified copy of Adult Conditional Sentence Order dated November 2, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 2021; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Certified copy of Prohibition Order dated November 2, 2021; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Certified copy of Order of Forfeiture after Conviction dated November 2, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 2021; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Certified copy of Fine Order /Victim Surcharge dated November 2, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[12] The evidence presented in Exhibit 4 establishes that on November 2, 2021, in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-Ontario Court of Justice, the Member was convicted of one count of accessing child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-E. SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[13] College Counsel described the incidents which led to the Member’s criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-charges and submitted that, during his prior criminal proceedings, the Member pled guilty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:and was convicted for having accessed child pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4.1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[14] According to College Counsel, the Member’s conduct, as detailed in the record of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-the criminal proceedings (see Exhibit 4) and the resultant criminal conviction, provided a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-sufficient basis to justify a finding of professional misconduct under all of the heads of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-misconduct alleged in the Notice of Hearing. The Member had legal representation during ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-his criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-F. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[15] Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-made by College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on September 29, 2022, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:Member also engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as defined in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-G. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-(1) Factual Findings ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[16] In accordance with the law of evidence and Rule 13.03 of the Rules of Procedure ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee (the “Rules”), the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-Panel accepts the certified copy of the Court Information, appearances, and disposition ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-in the criminal proceeding as proof, in this case, that the Member committed the criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-offence outlined therein. The Member was convicted of a criminal offence before a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-Canadian court, no appeal has been taken, and the time for an appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[17] In addition, pursuant to Rule 13.04 of the Rules, the Panel admits as ancillary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-the certified copy of the Court Information, appearances and disposition, the findings of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-fact contained in the Certified transcript of the Proceedings at Trial before the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-Court of Justice involving the Member. The Panel admits the same document for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-purpose of explaining the finding of guilt as well. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[18] Based on the evidence contained within the Brief of Court Documents, the College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-has proven, on a balance of probabilities, that, on October 4, 2020, the Police found 33 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-images of children 12 years of age and younger that met the definition of child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:pornography on the Member’s desktop computer (see Exhibit 4, Tab 2, pages 22 and 46). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-The Member pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, one count of accessing child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:pornography, contrary to section 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[19] The Member received an eight-month conditional sentence. The Court also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-imposed the following condition which is relevant to the Member’s eligibility to teach for a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-period of ten years: prohibited from seeking, obtaining, or continuing any employment, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-whether or not the employment is remunerated, or becoming or being a volunteer in a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-capacity that involves being in a position of trust or authority towards persons under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-age of 16 years. The Member was also made subject to a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[20] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was a clear breach of each of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-following heads of professional misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing: subsections ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-1(5), 1(15), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[21] The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-clearly fell below the standards of the profession. During his prior criminal proceedings, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:the Member pled guilty and was convicted for having accessed child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-College Counsel submitted and the Panel accepts that misconduct of the nature ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-committed by the Member is so notorious and offside of what is acceptable that expert ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-evidence is not required to prove that the standards were breached.1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[22] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-Section 264(1)(c) is commonly understood to mean that members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-profession must exemplify moral virtues and serve as positive role models. By accessing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:child pornography as described above, which is abhorrent and morally repugnant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-conduct, the Member failed to model appropriate behaviour as required by his duties as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-a member of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[23] The Panel finds that the Member’s criminal conviction for having breached section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code, demonstrates that he contravened a law which is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-relevant to his suitability to hold a Certificate of Qualification and Registration, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:subsection 1(16) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Child pornography objectifies, exploits ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-and harms children. The Member’s criminal conviction for accessing images of children ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:and infants engaged in sexual activity with adults, demonstrates that it would be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-unsuitable for the Member to hold a teaching certificate, which would allow him to work ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-closely with children. This finding is further supported by the fact that the Ontario Court of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-1 Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 established that expert evidence is generally ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-required to prove a breach of the standards of the profession, unless the conduct is so notorious and so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-manifestly contrary to the standards that expert evidence is not required. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-Justice imposed a condition prohibiting the Member, for a period of 10 years, from ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-seeking, obtaining, or continuing any employment, whether or not the employment is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-remunerated, or becoming or being a volunteer in a capacity that involves being in a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-position of trust or authority towards persons under the age of 16 years. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[24] The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It is unacceptable for school ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:administrators to access child pornography. They hold a trusted leadership position in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-school community and are responsible for the safety of children. In addition to supporting ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-an industry based on the exploitation of vulnerable children, such conduct shows moral ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-turpitude and depravity as well as a serious lack of judgment by the Member. As such, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-the Member’s behaviour can be characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[25] The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member was not only an administrator but also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-the owner of a school. Parents entrusted him with their children’s safety. By committing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-such an egregious offence, the Member breached the trust which parents and the public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-placed in him. Furthermore, by engaging in such a serious criminal offence, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-also tarnished the reputation of the teaching profession as a whole. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[26] The Panel finds that the Member engaged in a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:pornography as defined in section 1 of the Act. A “prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:pornography” is defined as “any act prohibited under section 163.1 of the Criminal Code ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-(Canada)”. The Member pled guilty to and was convicted of one count of accessing child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:pornography under section 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-H. SUBMISSIONS ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 91 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[27] Counsel for the College submitted that, having made a finding that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography, the Panel was required to revoke ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration, and reprimand the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-pursuant to section 30.2 of the Act. The College did not seek costs or a fine against the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-Member given the circumstances of this case. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-I. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[28] On September 29, 2022, the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-J. REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-[29] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf:pornography, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-orders. The Panel notes that it has no discretion in this regard. In relation to the form of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-the reprimand, the Panel accepts the College’s submission that a written reprimand is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf-appropriate in the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct91.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated July 18, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-(Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- (d) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 1(18); and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Liam Paul Phipps is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-The Member obtained a Certificate of Qualification and Registration on June ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-16, 2015. On May 28, 2021, the Member’s membership status with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-College was changed to “Inactive/Non-Practicing." Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-At all material times, the Member was employed by the Waterloo Region ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-“School”), located in Waterloo, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-In January 2020, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old Grade [XXX] female ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-student. The Member had met Student 1 when he was her Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-[XXX] teacher at the School. When Student 1 was in Grade [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-[XXX], the Member had coached Student 1 [XXX] at the School. When ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-Student 1 was in Grade [XXX], the Member became a coach on the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-Kitchener-Waterloo [XXX]team (the [XXX] team”), a non-school [XXX] team. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-Student 1 had been a part of the [XXX]team for several years. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-Since Student 1 was in Grade [XXX], the Member and Student 1 developed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-an inappropriate relationship. Student 1 regarded the Member as a “close ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-friend” and a confidant. The Member and Student 1 texted each other every ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-day and talked about all kinds of things. The Member picked Student 1 up ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-and took her to local [XXX] so that Student 1 could have additional one-on- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-one coaching from the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-On an occasion, Student 1 kissed the Member. The Member did not kiss ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-her back and told her that it was not appropriate. The Member continued to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-have a close relationship with Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-In or about November 2019, a friend of Student 1 reported to School staff ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf:that she had concerns that the Member and Student 1 may be having sex. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-On November 26, 2019, Waterloo Regional Police Service (the “Police”) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-and Family and Children Services of Waterloo (“FCSW”) initiated a joint ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-investigation into concerns that the Member and Student 1 were in a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-romantic relationship. The Board, as well as the [XXX] team coaching staff ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-were informed of the investigation. On November 27, 2019, the Board ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-issued a letter to the Member advising that the Member was placed on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-“Assigned to Home” status effective November 26, 2019. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-directed not to report to work and not to have any contact with current, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-former, or graduate students or other employees of the Board about this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-matter. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-On December 19, 2019, the FCSW sent a letter to the Member regarding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-the outcome of its investigation. The FCSW indicated that there was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-sufficient evidence to verify “Questionable Sexual Activity” [between the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-Member and Student 1]. There was insufficient evidence to support ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf:verification of abusive sexual activity [between the Member or Student 1] or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- for the police to lay any criminal charges. Among other things, the FCSW ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- addressed with the Member the importance of maintaining professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- boundaries when placed in a position of trust. The FCSW recommended to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- the Member that if he was in a position of trust, clear professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- boundaries must be established and maintained. The FCSW further ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- recommended that the Member not place himself or a youth he was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- entrusted with in a situation where there are no other adults present. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- FCSW investigation was closed. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- “B” is a copy of the letter from the FCSW to the Member, dated December ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 19, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Following the FCSW investigation, the Member remained the [XXX] team’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- coach. The Board conducted its own investigation into the matter and hired ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- a private surveillance firm. A private investigator conducted surveillance of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- the Member on January 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- On January 24, 2020, the Member attended Student 1’s residence and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- drove her to an indoor [XXX]. They played [XXX] then drove to several ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- stores. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- The Member parked his car at a shopping complex in Waterloo and kissed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Student 1 on the mouth. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- The Member proceeded to drive to an empty parking lot. The Member and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Student 1 continued kissing over the course of 25 minutes. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- The Member’s conduct on January 24, 2020, was captured on video by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- private investigator. On or about January 27, 2020, the Board reported the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- January 24 incident to the Police. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- The Member’s employment with the Board was terminated effective ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- February 3, 2020. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- of the letter from the Board to the Member, dated February 3, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-Criminal Proceedings/Convictions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- On January 27, 2020, the Police arrested the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- On January 30, 2020, the Member was charged with: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- (a) on or about the 24th day of January 2020 at the City of Waterloo in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf: the said Region, did commit a sexual assault on Student 1 contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- to section 271 of the Criminal Code; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- (b) on or about the 24th day of January 2020 at the City of Waterloo in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf: the said Region, did for a sexual purpose touch Student 1, a person ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- under the age of sixteen years directly with a part of his body, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Proceedings at Court, remotely before the Honourable Justice McKay on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- November 27, 2020, for a Kitchener, Ontario proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Proceedings at Court (Submissions on Sentence) remotely before the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Honourable Justice McKay on February 24, 2021, for a Kitchener/Waterloo, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Ontario proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “G” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Proceedings at Court (Reasons Sentence) before the Honourable Justice ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- McKay on February 24, 2021, at Kitchener, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “H” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Member’s Adult Probation Order dated February 24, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “I” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Member’s Prohibition Order, dated February 24, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-27 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the conduct set out at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 5-6, 10-12, 15-20, and 22-27 of the Admitted Facts constitutes professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- misconduct and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf: against him, being more particularly that he engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- student as defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act,1996 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- and breached Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 1(16), 1(17), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and having had the opportunity ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-[8] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on September 27, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-2022, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf:1(18), and 1(19) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-[9] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-1 to 27 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-paragraphs 5-6, 10-12, 15-20, and 22-27 of the Admitted Facts constitute professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-misconduct under the headings of misconduct set out above. These Admitted Facts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-demonstrate that the Member developed an inappropriate relationship with Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-which included kissing the student on the mouth. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member contravened subsection 1(5) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-Regulation 437/97 by failing to meet the professional standards that govern members of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-the teaching profession. The Panel accepts that the Member’s behaviour, which included ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf:the sexual abuse of Student 1 (i.e., kissing the student on the mouth), was so notorious ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-as to not require any expert evidence to prove that he breached the standards of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-teaching profession. Teachers are expected to act in a professional manner and maintain ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-professional boundaries with their students. The Member clearly flouted these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-boundaries, without any regard for Student 1’s well-being and the professional standards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-to which he is bound by. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-[11] The Agreed Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in physical abuse of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-Student 1, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1). The Member was in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-a position of trust and authority over Student 1, not only as a teacher, but as a coach. To ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-have kissed Student 1 on the mouth was an egregious breach of the trust that was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-bestowed upon him as a teacher and a coach, and constitutes physical abuse. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf:[12] The Member sexually abused Student 1, contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-Regulation 437/97, and as defined in section 1 of the Act. The Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf:touching and behaviour of a sexual nature with Student 1, who was under his care as a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-teacher and a coach when he kissed Student 1 on January 24, 2020. The Panel’s finding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf:of sexual abuse is further supported by the Member’s finding of guilt to one count of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-interference in his prior criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-[13] The Member contravened subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf:437/97 and was found guilty of a criminal offence (i.e., sexual interference contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-section 151 of the Criminal Code), which is relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-of qualification and registration and which has put a student under his professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-supervision (i.e., Student 1) at risk. Members who have been found guilty of a criminal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf:sexual offence involving students cannot be trusted with the privilege and responsibility ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-of ensuring students’ safety and well-being. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-[14] The Panel finds that the Member has engaged in conduct that would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). Sexual abuse of any student is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-reprehensible. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member was advised by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf:FCSW that there was sufficient evidence to verify “questionable sexual activity” and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-recommended to the Member that he must establish and maintain clear professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-boundaries. Despite the FCSW addressing concerns with him about ensuring appropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-boundaries with Student 1, the Member continued and escalated his inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-relationship with Student 1, not only remaining as Student 1’s coach, but attending ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-Student 1’s residence, driving Student 1 in his car and kissing Student 1. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-inappropriate behaviour and decision to not heed warnings to stop, demonstrated a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-flagrant disregard for his professional obligations, and a significant moral failing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-[15] Finally, the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Teachers are entrusted with the care of students and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-one of their fundamental responsibilities is to ensure students’ safety and well-being. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-Public confidence in teachers (and the teaching profession as a whole) is undermined ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf:when members engage in heinous acts of abuse, especially sexual abuse, of students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-The Member eroded the trust that the public places in teachers when he took advantage ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-of his position of trust and authority and abused Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-[16] The parties entered into a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on September 27, 2022, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 93 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf:[17] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student, as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard. With respect to the form of the reprimand, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-the Panel accepts the parties’ agreement that the reprimand be delivered in writing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-[18] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-subsection 30(5) of the Act but notes that the parties are jointly asking it to confine its ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-order to the mandatory ones. The Panel finds it reasonable not to make these additional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-orders in light of the Member’s guilty plea and joint submission on penalty, and particularly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf-given the high threshold that must be met before rejecting a joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct93.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 90 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14);2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- [6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- Jesse Spencer Silver is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- Inactive/Non-Practising status. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Renfrew County ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher, a Link Crew administrator, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- and a girls’ [XXX] coach at [XXX]School (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- During the 20[XXX]-20[XXX] academic year, Student 1 was a Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- During the 2016-2017 academic year, Student 2 was a Grade [XXX] female ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- student in the Member’s class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf-2 As of January 20, 2022, section 32 of the by-laws has been re-numbered to section 26 of the by-laws. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf-Interaction with Student 6 and 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- During the 2016-2017 academic year, the Member inappropriately touched ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- Student 6 and Student 7 on their legs during class. The Member also played ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- with their hair. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 90 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- Student 6 and Student 7 felt that the Member had been flirting with them. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- They were uncomfortable with the Member’s conduct and were concerned ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- that he would try to take things further with them. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- During a conversation with the Member, Student 6 and Student 7 mentioned ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- a [XXX] class that they were taking outside of School. The Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- suggested that Students 6 and 7 should visit him at his home, as he lived ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- near where the class was held. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf-Investigations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- On June 13, 2017 the Member was arrested and charged with three counts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf: of sexual interference and three counts of invitation to sexual touching with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- respect to his conduct with Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- On December 18, 2018 the Member’s charges were resolved by way of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- Recognizance to Keep the Peace which prohibited contact or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- communication of any kind with Student 3 and prohibited the Member from ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- attending within 100 metres of any place where Student 3 lived, worked, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- went to school, or frequented. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf-Board Investigation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- The Member resigned from the Board effective, March 28, 2019, prior to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- completion of the Board’s investigation into this matter. The Member did not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- participate in an interview with the Board. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf-Prior Investigation Committee Decision ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- On or about October 16, 2019, the Member received an oral admonishment ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- delivered in person from the Investigation Committee at the College relating ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- to allegations concerning the Member’s interaction with Student 3 during ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- the 2016-2017 academic school year. The Investigation Committee noted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- that the conduct of the Member was of “extreme concern” and “entirely ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- contrary” to what is expected and required of Members. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Admonishment for Jesse Spencer ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- Silver, OCT dated October 16, 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and the circumstances, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 90 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- [7] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- outlined in paragraph (c) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf: subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and/or that he engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- Counsel stated that the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegation was being sought ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- as a by-product of the agreement between the parties that resulted in the Statement of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and because the College posited that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- evidence presented in the matter best fit under other heads of misconduct. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- [8] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on September 13, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- 2022, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- [9] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 25 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct90.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Byam 2022 ONOCT 89 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- Date: 2022-09-19 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FOR DECISION ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- Bernadette Yolande Byam, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- BERNADETTE YOLANDE BYAM (REGISTRATION #519305) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-PANEL: Rebecca Forte, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-HEARD: December 2, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Andrew Matheson and Vincent DeMarco, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Olanyi Parsons and Rebecca Scantlebury, for Bernadette Yolande Byam ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Timothy Wood, for the Complainant, Student 1 ([XXX]) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[4] On August 5, 2020, the Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-32.1(3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-order mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-that could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[5] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf:Act for Student 1, who was allegedly sexually abused. Accordingly, no person shall ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-B. THE MOTION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[6] In her Amended Notice of Motion dated July 31, 2020, the Member brought a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-motion for: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- An order that the subject Complainant, [XXX], produce his [XXX] medical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- records for the period from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- An order that the College produce the application and all documentation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- related to the same of the Member.2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[7] In a second Amended Notice of Motion dated July 31, 2020, the Member brought ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-a motion for: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-2 Independent Legal Counsel provided advice that the Member’s request for the Member’s College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-records would not be considered a production request because the records were not third-party records. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Member’s Counsel confirmed at the beginning of the third-party records motion, that the motion is for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Student 1’s [XXX]records and Ontario Student Records. The Panel therefore declines to make a ruling on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-the request for the Member’s College records. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- An order for disclosure of the Ontario Student Record of Student 1, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- subject Complainant, [XXX] namely, Student 1’s transcript and attendance ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- record.3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-C. POSITION OF THIRD PARTIES ON THE MOTION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[8] On August 5, 2020, the Panel ordered the Member to serve her Notice of Motion ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-for the production of third-party records on all parties to the motion and persons ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-possessing the documents, and any other person with a significant interest in the records ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-by August 19, 2020: see Adjournment Motion. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[9] [XXX] and the Toronto District School Board were served with the Notices of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Motion. Neither [XXX] or the Toronto District School Board attended the motion hearing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-on December 2, 2020, nor did they provide written submissions for the Panel’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-consideration. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[10] Student 1 made submissions (outlined below) opposing the Member’s motion for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-production of third-party records through his legal representative. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-D. SUBMISSIONS OF MEMBER’S COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[11] Member’s Counsel argued that the records sought by the Member are central to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-her defence and necessary to ensure a fair hearing against serious allegations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-professional misconduct, which could lead to a revocation of the Member’s certificate. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Member’s Counsel submitted that the records being sought are relevant because the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf:issue of when the Member had engaged in a sexual relationship with Student 1 is a live ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-3 While the Amended Notice of Motion refers to a request for disclosure, the Panel understood the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Member’s motion to be a request for a production order, not an order for disclosure. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- (d) whether production of the record is based on a discriminatory belief ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- or bias; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- (e) the potential prejudice to the personal dignity and right to privacy of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- any person to whom the record relates; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf: (f) society’s interest in encouraging the reporting of sexual offences’ ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- (g) society’s interest in encouraging the obtaining of treatment my ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf: complainants of sexual offences; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- (h) the effect of the determination on the integrity of the trial process. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- (Mills, at paragraph 127). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[15] After this first stage, if it finds that the requested records are likely relevant to an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-issue in the hearing and that production is necessary in the interests of justice, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-would order [XXX] to produce Student 1’s mental health records to it. In that instance, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[XXX] would be required to release the records to the Panel for their review. At the second ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-stage, the Panel would examine and weigh the beneficial effects as compared to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-damaging effects of a production order (including considering the same factors it ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-considered at the first stage), but this time with the benefit of seeing the records and then ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-it would determine whether not ordering the records would constitute a reasonable limit ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-on the ability of the Member to make full answer and defence. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[16] Member’s Counsel acknowledged that the requested [XXX] records engage ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Student 1’s privacy interests. Member’s Counsel confirmed that the Member is therefore ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-limiting her production request to the records in Student 1’s [XXX] file that relate to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf:disclosures he made about his sexual relationship with the Member and the direction that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[XXX] staff gave him with respect to those allegations. The Member argued that such ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-information is relevant and important as it will allow the Member to make a full answer ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-and defence to the issues of Student 1’s motivations for making the complaint, how and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-why Student 1 came to record his telephone call with the Member, whether there are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-inconsistencies in Student 1’s evidence, and ultimately Student 1’s credibility. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[17] The Member argued that the infringement of Student 1’s privacy interests are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-mitigated by the limited scope of the Member’s request and the fact that the Panel will ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-receive the documents upon production and can determine that the Member will only be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-provided with information that is not otherwise sensitive, confidential, and irrelevant to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-issue at hand. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-(b) Board Records ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[18] Member’s Counsel confirmed that the Member is not seeking the entirety of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Student 1’s Ontario Student Record (“OSR”), but rather, Student 1’s transcripts and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-attendance records in Student 1’s OSR between [XXX] and [XXX]. While not specified in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-the Amended Notices of Motion, Member’s Counsel stated during the motion that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Member also sought the production of Student 1’s Individualized Education Plans (“IEP”) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-for that time period. Member’s Counsel argued that the records sought are relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-hearing as they will help establish when Student 1 had acquired [XXX] services at his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-school (and therefore, when the Member would have established her professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-relationship with Student 1) and whether Student 1 had been absent from school during ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf:the time period in which the College alleges the Member had engaged in her sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-relationship with Student 1. Member’s Counsel submitted that the issue of when the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Member engaged in inappropriate conduct with Student 1 is a live issue between the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-parties, and therefore the records are necessary for the Member to make full answer and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-defence to the allegations against her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[19] Member’s Counsel referred the Panel to a previous decision of the Committee, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Ontario College of Teachers v. Bussineau, 2013 LNONCTD 11 (“Bussineau”) wherein the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Committee ordered the production of a student’s attendance records, having determined ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-that the student had a minimal expectation of privacy in those records. The Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-preserved other students’ privacy rights by requiring the redaction of all personal names ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-other than that of the student in question. Member’s Counsel urged the Panel to adopt a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-similar approach in this instance. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-E. SUBMISSIONS OF THE COMPLAINANT (STUDENT 1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-(a) [XXX] Records ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[20] Student 1 opposed the Member’s motion for the production of his [XXX] records. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Counsel for Student 1 argued the [XXX] records are not relevant to the hearing. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Complainant referred the Panel to the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in R. v. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Batte, [2000] O.J. No. 2148 (ONCA) (“Batte”) for the proposition that “the mere fact that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-a complaint has spoken to a counsellor or doctor about the abuse or matters touching on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-the abuse does not make a record of those conversations likely relevant to a fact in issue ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-or to a complainant’s credibility” (at paragraph 71). Rather, the Member must demonstrate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-that the [XXX] records have “some potential to provide [her] with some added information ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-not already available to the defence or have some impeachment value” (see Batte at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-paragraph 72). Counsel for Student 1 submitted that it is not sufficient for the Member to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf:raise questions about Student 1’s motives for reporting the Member’s sexual abuse as a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-basis for ordering the production of his [XXX] records. Counsel for Student 1 also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-submitted that the only instance where potential impeachment issues may arise is with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-respect to the circumstances of the phone call Student 1 had with the Member, which he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-recorded. However, it was the position of Counsel for Student 1 that those are details that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-are not relevant to proving whether the Member had engaged in professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-and are so incidental that they would have little bearing on Student 1’s credibility. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[21] Counsel for Student 1 further submitted that the [XXX] records were not necessary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-in the interests of justice. Counsel for Student 1 reviewed each of the factors outlined in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-the second part of the Mills test. He reiterated that the [XXX] records would have little ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-probative value in determining the Member’s discipline proceeding and would reveal little ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-as to Student 1’s credibility or motives in reporting the Member’s abuse, especially ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-considering that the Member has already admitted in her criminal trial to having had a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf:sexual relationship with Student 1. Counsel for Student 1 submitted that Student 1 had a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-very high expectation of privacy of his [XXX] health records as they contain details about ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-his lifestyle and intimate relations, and that his privacy interests should be given great ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-weight in this disciplinary hearing: see College of Physician and Surgeons of Ontario v. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Lee, Order and Reasons for Order of the Discipline Committee, September 5, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-(“Lee”). Counsel for Student 1 reminded the Panel that the [XXX] records were created ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-in the context of a counselling relationship where confidentiality is crucial for Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-therapeutic relationship and preserving the security of his psychological integrity. Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-for Student 1 submitted that ordering the production of Student 1’s [XXX] records would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf:not only negatively impact Student 1 but would contribute to discouraging sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-victims from seeking treatment and reporting their abuse. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-(b) Board Records ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[22] Student 1 took no position with respect to the Member’s request for the production ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-of his OSR records. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[29] ILC noted that the Member provided two reasons for requiring the production of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Student 1’s [XXX] records: namely, to assist in determining the credibility of Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-and any ulterior motives Student 1 had in reporting the Member’s conduct to the police. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-ILC advised that the provision of records for the sole purpose of testing credibility does ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-not meet the likely relevance threshold: per Deitel. ILC also advised that the likely ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-relevance of the [XXX] records should be considered in conjunction with the fact that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf:Member has already admitted in criminal court that she had a sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Student 1. ILC also noted that a complainant’s motive is not in and of itself likely to be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-relevant to the issues before the Panel on a hearing of the merits. It is quite common for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-complainants to make a complaint for the purpose of retaliation, for example. ILC noted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-that the Member has not suggested what ulterior motives Student 1 may have had or why ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-his motives would be relevant to the findings the Panel would have to make in the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[30] ILC advised that if the Panel determines that the [XXX] records should be produced ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-to them, they must then conduct the second stage of the Mills test by weighing the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-probative value of the records against the privacy interests of Student 1, this time with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-benefit of seeing the documents, before releasing the records to the parties. ILC also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-confirmed that the Member would require permission of the Divisional Court to actually ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-use any of the produced [XXX] records in the hearings. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[31] With respect to Student 1’s OSR, ILC confirmed that the Ontario School Record ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-(and the material that was properly contained in it in accordance with the purposes set ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-out in the Education Act) is privileged under the Education Act and should not be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-released. However, ILC notes that the law has allowed for the use of information, in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-litigation or discipline hearings, that has found its way into an OSR but that can also be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-obtained through other means. For example, in Bussineau, the Committee felt the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-attendance records for the student in that matter could be obtained outside of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-student’s OSR and so the attendance records were not protected by the privilege in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[32] ILC advised that the test that the Panel should use in determining whether the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-attendance record should be produced is the O’Connor test, as they are not counselling ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-records. ILC confirmed that there seems to be a live issue as to when the Member had a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf:sexual relationship with Student 1 and that therefore, the argument that the attendance ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-records are likely relevant is stronger than the argument for the likely relevance of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[XXX] records. ILC advised that if the Panel determined that the attendance records are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-likely relevant, and should be produced to the Panel, then they must apply the second ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-stage of the O’Connor test once they receive the records to determine whether and to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-what extent the records will be released to the parties. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-H. DECISION ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[33] Having considered the submissions of the parties and Student 1, the Panel makes ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- The Panel denies all requests for production relating to Student 1’s medical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- records from the [XXX]; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- The Panel orders that the Toronto District School Board produce to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- Panel Student 1’s ([XXX]) attendance record and dates of Individualized ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- Education Plans, for the period from September 1, [XXX] to September 30, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-I. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-(a) [XXX] Records ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[34] The Panel notes that Member’s Counsel accepted that the Panel could apply the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 89 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Mills test to the [XXX] records. Additionally, the Panel accepts the submissions by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Complainant and advice of ILC that the Mills test has been applied by other discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-tribunals: see Au and Lee. As such, the Panel has made its determination regarding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Student 1’s [XXX] records in accordance with the Mills test. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-[35] The Panel has determined that the records in [XXX]’s possession are not likely to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-be relevant to the issues in this hearing or Student 1’s competence to testify at the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-hearing. The Member seeks production of the [XXX] records to determine what Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-1 disclosed about his relationship with the Member to [XXX] staff and whether Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf:received directions from [XXX] staff about reporting the Member’s sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-him. In the Panel’s view, the issue of how the complaint against the Member came to be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-is irrelevant to whether the Member engaged in professional misconduct. Whether ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Student 1 received direction from this treating [XXX] does not have bearing on the veracity ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-of the allegations made against the Member. To the extent they may provide information ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-as to Student 1’s credibility, the Panel accepts ILC’s advice that provision of records for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-the sole purpose of testing credibility does not meet the likely relevance threshold: per ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Deitel. The Panel also notes that the Member will have an opportunity to cross-examine ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Student 1 during the hearing about the allegations he made against her. Additionally, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-Panel did not hear any evidence that the [XXX] records would provide information ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf-regarding the competence of Student 1 to testify at the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct89.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- At all material times, Leopold Julian Campbell was a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- College of Teachers (the “College”). Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- Appendix “A” is a copy of the College Registered Member Information with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a principal at [XXX] School (the “School”) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- located in Toronto, Ontario. The Member joined the School as principal in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- January of 2019. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- At all material times, Teacher 1, Teacher 2, Teacher 3 and Teacher 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- (collectively, the “Teachers”) were teachers at the School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- From in or around January 2019 to in or around May 2019, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- made various inappropriate comments, and engaged in inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- behavior, toward the Teachers. The conduct and comments were often ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- demeaning in nature, constituted workplace harassment and gender-based ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- discrimination, and often focused on the physical attributes of the Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf: Some of the comments and behaviors were of a sexually/romantically ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- suggestive nature. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- The Teachers found the Member’s comments and conduct to be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- uncomfortable, inappropriate, harassing, and objectifying. The Teachers’ ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- feelings of discomfort and objectification increased with each successive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- inappropriate interaction with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- January 2019 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- Inappropriate Comments Regarding Mindfulness Moment ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- Shortly after he began working at the School in January 2019, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- and Teacher 1 had a conversation about “mindfulness moment” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- announcements that Teacher 1 had made at the School in the past. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- The Member commented that he would like to hear how such mindfulness ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- moments would sound. He then commented that Teacher 1 had a “soothing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- voice,” and that he wanted to make a recording of one of her mindfulness ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- moments that he could listen to in private. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf: Teacher 1 felt that there was a definite sexual overtone to the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- comment which made her feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- found this event extremely disconcerting and was shaken up for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- remainder of the day after this interaction with the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- At another point in April 2019, Teacher 1 was away from the School for a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- day and was replaced by a substitute teacher. On her return, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- passed by her office unsolicited. When he saw Teacher 1, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- commented, “you got so much better looking.” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-Inappropriate Interaction with Teacher 4 Regarding Student 1’s Medical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-Procedure ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- In April 2019, Student 1 had been absent from Teacher 4’s class for several ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- days. Teacher 4 was not aware why Student 1 was absent. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- During a meeting between Teacher 4 and the Member, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- indicated that Student 1’s mother had emailed him and told him that Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- 1 had gotten [XXX] (the “Surgical Procedure”). The Member then proceeded ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- to graphically describe the Surgical Procedure. He also drew a picture of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- [XXX] to illustrate the procedure to Teacher 4. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- This incident made Teacher 4 feel as though the Member was inviting or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf: provoking her into engaging in a sexual conversation unrelated to Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-May 2019 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-Inappropriate Interaction with Teacher 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- In May 2019, Teacher 3 was at the School early in the morning and was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- looking for strings for a class activity. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- The Member advised Teacher 3 and indicated that he knew where she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- could find string. He asked her to follow him. Teacher 3 followed him to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- School’s kindergarten hallway to a storage room. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- Once inside the room, alone with Teacher 3, the Member commented that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- the last time he was in a room alone with another person, he was with an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- old lady who “hit on him.” He then asked Teacher 3 if she wanted to “hit on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- him.” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-Inappropriate Comment Regarding Teacher 1’s Attire ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- In or around April 2019, Teacher 1 went to the Member’s office to get him ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- to sign a document. The Member closed the door of the office behind ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- Teacher 1 when she entered. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- The Member looked Teacher 1 up and down and commented that she was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- wearing a skirt and that he had never seen her wear a skirt before. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement with respect to the penalty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- counsel or having had the opportunity to obtain legal advice. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 103 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-[6] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on October 31, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-2022, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-[7] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-Facts set out above and pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-paragraphs 4 to 47 of Exhibit 2 constitute professional misconduct under the heads of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-numerous inappropriate comments towards four female teachers and engaged in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf:conduct, which was demeaning, sexually suggestive in nature and which constituted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-workplace harassment and gender-based discrimination. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-[8] The Member committed acts or omissions that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf-or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. As a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct103.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-[16] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-provided. In these incidents, the members in question were also given a reprimand and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-a four-month suspension and were required to complete a course on class management, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 100 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-excepting the Wabo case in which a five-month suspension was ordered. The Panel relied ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-heavily on the Wabo case to validate the proposed penalty. In the latter case, the member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf:in question had allowed a student to be sexually assaulted in class by a group of students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-and had refused to intervene. While the Panel recognizes that the case at hand does not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf:involve sexual assault, the Admitted Facts demonstrate a comparable refusal to intervene ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-or report an incident, as well as the same disregard for the physical and emotional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-wellbeing of a student and lack of empathy on the Member’s part. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-[17] The aggravating factors in the Member’s case include that his failure to adequately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-supervise students occurred on more than one occasion, and more importantly, had dire ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-consequences in the case of Student 1. In terms of mitigating factors, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-admitted his misconduct, saving the time and expense of a contested hearing and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-students who are minors from having to testify. The Panel also took into consideration ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-that the Member has no previous disciplinary history with the College. After weighing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed by the parties would not bring ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-the administration of the discipline process into disrepute. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the Member's failure to carry out his professional obligations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-as a teacher on more than one occasion warrants a reprimand. Members are expected ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-to lead by example and act as positive role models for students so that they may learn ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-how to properly behave in society and treat others. The reprimand will allow the Panel to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf-directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct100.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Byam 2022 ONOCT 97 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- Date: 2022-10-26 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FOR DECISION ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- Bernadette Yolande Byam, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- BERNADETTE YOLANDE BYAM (REGISTRATION #519305) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-PANEL: Rebecca Forte, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- Sara Nouini, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- Jonathan Rose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-HEARD: December 2, 2020 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-Andrew Matheson and Vincent DeMarco, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-Olanyi Parsons and Rebecca Scantlebury, for Bernadette Yolande Byam ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-Timothy Wood, for the Complainant, Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-the parties: the daily and period attendance records of Student 1 for the period of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-September 1, [XXX] through September 30, [XXX]. The codes in the “Attend Code” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-column, the words in the “Reason Code” column and the comments in the “Comments” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 97 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-column identifying the reasons for Student 1’s absence from school (or tardiness) will be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-redacted prior to release of the records to the parties. In place of this information, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-Panel will identify whether Student 1 was “absent”, or “late” for each period in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-“Comments” column. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-[4] The Panel will also provide the parties with the email from the TDSB of October 5, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-2022, which explains that the TDSB was unable to locate attendance records for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-[XXX] school year and was similarly unable to determine the dates that Student 1 may ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-have had an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) in place for the period from September ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-1, [XXX] to September 30, [XXX]. As these records are not available, the Panel was not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-able to review them in order to determine whether they should be produced to the parties. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-[5] On August 5, 2020, the Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-32.1(3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-order mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-that could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-[6] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf:Act for Student 1, who was allegedly sexually abused. Accordingly, no person shall ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf-publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct97.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-On or about October 26, 2021, the Member was further criminally charged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf:by the Police with sexual assault on Student 2, contrary to section 246.1(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-of the Code. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-On or about February 16, 2022, the Member’s criminal matter was heard by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Justice Calsavara in the Ontario Court of Justice. The Member admitted to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 96 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-the facts regarding the 1982 incident, and did not contest the facts regarding ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-the 1987 incident, which incident he indicated he could not recall. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-The criminal charges against the Member were withdrawn, in exchange for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-a 12-month Recognizance to Keep the Peace (issued under section 810.1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-of the Code) (a “Peace Bond”) and the Member’s undertaking to irrevocably ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-resign his membership with the College. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-The Peace Bond includes the following terms, which are relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Member’s eligibility to teach: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-(a) the Member is not to be alone with any female under the age of 16, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- except when in the direct and continual presence of an adult over the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- age of 21; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-(b) the Member is not to work or volunteer with females under the age ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- of 16; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-(c) the Member is to provide proof of an irrevocable resignation with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers within 30 days of the bond. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-On or about February 16, 2022, the Member resigned his membership with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-the College. The Member’s Irrevocable Resignation states that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-is “voluntarily resigning as a part of the resolution reached with the Halton ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Crown Attorney’s office with respect to two criminal charges” and that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Member “will not contest proceedings currently before the College arising ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-from the allegations forming the subject matter of the criminal charges”. It ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-further states that the Member understands that “[he] will no longer be able ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-to teach in Canada, now or at any time in the future”. Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-marked as Appendix “B” is the Member’s Irrevocable Resignation to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-College dated February 15, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-The Member did not appeal the decision in the criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Information dated September 3, 2021, relating to the charge of indecent ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-assault on Student 1, including the appearances/adjournments and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-disposition of this charge. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf:Information dated November 1, 2021, relating to the charge of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-the Panel accepts, that paragraphs 5 to 8, 10, and 12 to 22 of the Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-constitute professional misconduct under the headings of misconduct set out above. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 96 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member touched two students inappropriately in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-1982 and 1987. The Member’s conduct included grabbing and kissing Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-massaging Student 2’s back and putting his hands underneath Student 2’s underwear, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-directly on her buttocks. The Member was criminally charged with indecent assault on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf:Student 1 and sexual assault on Student 2 in 2021. In 2022, the criminal charges were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-withdrawn in exchange for a Peace Bond and the Member’s undertaking to irrevocably ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-resign his membership with the College. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-[10] The Panel found that the Member breached section 13 of the TPA Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-when he failed to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical standards of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf:profession. By making sexual contact with Student 1 and Student 2, the Member acted in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-abhorrent disregard of his obligations to uphold the dignity of the teaching profession and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-to fulfill his ethical duties of caring for and respecting students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-[11] The Member also breached sections 14(d) and (f) of the TPA Regulation. His ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-conduct was the antithesis of teachers’ duties to show consistent justice and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-consideration in their relations with students. By forcing himself onto Student 1 and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Student 2, the Member did not concern himself with their welfare while they were under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-his care. Given his position of trust and authority and the power imbalance between ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-teachers and students, it was inherently wrong for the Member to touch students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-inappropriately as he did. He exploited their vulnerabilities, especially considering their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-young ages. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-[12] The Panel also finds that the Member breached subsection 235(1)(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Education Act, 1980 when he failed to inculcate by precept and example, the highest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-regard for several enumerated virtues, including truth, justice, loyalty, and humanity. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 96 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Teachers are required to exemplify moral virtues and act as positive role models. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Member failed to do so when he took advantage of his position as a teacher and made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf:sexual contact with two students. The Member’s failure to act as a positive role model is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-further evidenced by the fact that both Student 1 and Student 2 had to take the initiative ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-to stop the Member’s behaviour themselves by stepping away from him. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member’s Peace Bond following his criminal charges of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf:indecent assault and sexual assault is indicative of behaviour that would reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-regarded by members of the teaching profession as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Peace ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Bond prohibits the Member from being alone with any female under the age of 16, among ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-other terms. The Member’s criminal proceedings from 2021 to 2022, which led to his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Peace Bond, demonstrate the Member’s significant and highly concerning moral and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-professional failings. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-[14] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member, contrary ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-to subsection 1(19) of the Ontario Regulation 437/97, as evidenced by the Peace Bond ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf:that followed his criminal charges of indecent assault of Student 1 and sexual assault of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Student 2. The Member’s misconduct, including his recent criminal proceedings, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-damages the reputation of the teaching profession as a whole. Members of the public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-lose trust and confidence in the teaching profession when teachers engage in abusive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-behaviour that leads to criminal proceedings and restrictions on a member’s liberties. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-of the Member’s misconduct in breaching students’ trust and well-being; the fact that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Member’s conduct is indicative of a pattern of touching young female students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf:inappropriately and sexually; and the notably young ages of the students, which made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 96 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-them particularly vulnerable. In terms of mitigating factors, the Member did not contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-their misconduct, saving the time and expense of a contested hearing where victims are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-required to testify, and has not been the subject of discipline proceedings in the past. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-After weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed would not bring ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-the administration of the discipline process into disrepute. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the Member’s pattern of inappropriate conduct warrants a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-reprimand. Members are expected to exercise sound professional judgment and act as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-positive role models, which the Member failed to do when he took advantage of his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf:position of trust and authority to make sexual contact with Student 1 and Student 2. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. Further, it will achieve ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-the goal of transparency and protection of the public by alerting the public that the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-does not condone such misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-[19] The Panel finds that revocation of the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-Registration is appropriate in this case. The Member’s conduct towards young children ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf:was abhorrent and reprehensible. The Member’s repeated sexual touching of students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-warrants an order of the Panel’s most severe penalty available: revocation. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-conduct has jeopardized the public’s trust in the teaching profession and the Panel’s trust ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf-in him to teach without exposing students to serious risks to their safety and bodily ./ontario-cases/2022onoct96.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-[17] The Panel carefully weighed the aggravating and mitigating circumstances of this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-case, as these factors informed the Panel’s decision with respect to penalty, and its ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-ultimate decision not to reject the parties’ joint submission. There are several ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 95 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-aggravating factors in the Member’s case. First, the Member engaged in similar ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-misconduct after having previously been disciplined by the College for violating ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-professional boundaries with students (see Exhibit 3). Second, the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-was not a momentary lapse of judgment. The Member assaulted five students, for which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-he was found guilty in his prior criminal proceeding. Third, the Member exploited his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-position of power over the students by violating their bodily integrity while they were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-alone with him in the changeroom. Finally, the Member’s conduct caused significant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-emotional harm to the students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-[18] In terms of mitigating factors, the Member admitted his misconduct, saving the time ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-and expense of a contested hearing. Moreover, the Member’s conduct, while certainly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-inappropriate and disturbing to the students and their families, falls at the lower end of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-the spectrum of physical abuse. The Member lifted students up and tickled their feet, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-among other things, without their consent. His actions, however, did not involve ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf:aggression or violence, they did not cause physical injury, and they were not sexual in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-nature, which is the type of conduct that might fall at the higher end of the physical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-abuse spectrum. After weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-proposed would not bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-[19] The Panel finds that the Member’s inappropriate conduct with students warrants a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-reprimand. Members are expected to always maintain professional boundaries and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf-interact appropriately with students. The Member failed to do so by assaulting five ./ontario-cases/2022onoct95.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- [1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on November 14, 2022, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- [2] Kevin Matthew Jacquemain (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- representation. The Member attended immediately after the hearing for the delivery of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- his reprimand, as agreed to by the parties. The Panel was advised at the outset of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- [3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- [4] The subsection 32.1(3) publication ban does not apply to Student 1, who was older ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- than 18 years old at the time of the hearing. College Counsel further indicated that she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- had not received instructions from Student 1 as to whether or not she requested that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act be ordered to protect her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- identity. The Panel cannot therefore order such a ban under subsection 32.1(4), which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- applies only “on the request of” a person of any age, who was allegedly sexually abused ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: or the subject or sexual misconduct, a prohibited act involving child pornography or a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-[5] Wishing nonetheless to protect the identity of Student 1, and upon the request of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-College Counsel and the advice of Independent Legal Counsel, the Panel ordered a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-publication ban under subsections 32(7) and 32.1(1) of the Act. Subsection 32(7) gives ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-the Panel authority to make an order that the public, including members of the College, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-be excluded from a hearing if, in the Panel’s opinion, the possibility of serious harm or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-injustice to any person justifies a departure from the general principle that hearings ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-should be open to the public. Subsection 32.1(1) allows the Panel to order a publication ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-ban in circumstances in which the test for closing the hearing under subsection 32(7) is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-met. The Panel found that given the nature and seriousness of the allegations, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf:included the Member’s sexual abuse of Student 1 from when she was [XXX]-years old, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-any disclosure of information that could identify Student 1 could potentially harm her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-and have devastating impact on her life. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-[6] There are other details included in the Notice of Hearing and Statement of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest that could identify Student 1, including but ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-not limited to the school being named, the Member’s class that Student 1 took, her ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-interaction with the Member’s family and role with her peers while she was attending ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-school. Publishing these identifying details could risk Student 1’s emotional integrity and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-well-being. As the Panel finds that the possibility or serious harm or injustice to Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-1 justifies a departure from the general principle that hearings should be open to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-public, the Panel finds it appropriate to exercise its discretion to ban the publication of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-these and any other pieces of identifying information. The Panel notes that this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-publication ban is discretionary and is being ordered here given the specific details ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-included in the materials, the gravity of the allegations, and the possibility of injustice ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- and harm that could result to Student 1. However, in balancing the public interest in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- having open hearings, the Panel used its discretion to keep the hearing open and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- allowed public observers to attend. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- [7] The Panel understands that it would also be appropriate to give Student 1 the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- agency to make her own decisions, should she choose to do so. There is an option for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Student 1 to issue an appeal seeking to lift the publication ban ordered under ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- subsections 32(7) and 32.1(1). At the hearing, the Panel asked College Counsel to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- notify Student 1 of her right to make such an appeal and the steps involved in doing so, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- should Student 1 avail herself of that opportunity. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- [8] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated August 15, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Kevin Matthew Jacquemain is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- (d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- (e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: (ii) intimate details of Student 1’s life, including her sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- relationship with her then boyfriend; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: (g) making sexual remarks to Student 1, including: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- (i) comments to the effect of, “Just come kiss me, nobody is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- going to know, it’s worth it”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: (ii) sexual jokes such as, “I could rock your world”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- (iii) telling Student 1, “You’re the only student I’ve ever had this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- kind of connection with”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: (iv) telling Student 1, “You’re so sexy”; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- (v) comments to the effect of, “Your ass looks amazing”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- After Student 1 graduated from the School, in or around June [XXX], the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Member and Student 1 continued to see each other. Student 1 returned to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- the School to see the Member on several occasions. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- continued to text Student 1, including on her birthday and around holidays. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- On one occasion, in or about June [XXX], when Student 1 was [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- old: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- (a) the Member took Student 1 out for dinner and drinks, which the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Member purchased; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- (b) during the dinner, Student 1 became intoxicated; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- (c) while walking back to the Member’s home, where Student 1 had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- intended to call an Uber, the Member took Student 1 to the side of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- the road and “made out” with her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- On or about March 5, 2020, the Board initiated an investigation into the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Member’s conduct. The Member was removed from his teaching duties ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- pending the outcome of the Board’s investigation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- On July 2, 2021, the Member resigned from his employment with the Board ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- before it had completed its investigation. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- By this document, the Member pleads no contest, for the purposes of this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- proceeding only, to the truth of the facts and appendices referred to in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- paragraphs 1 to 10 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that paragraphs 6-8 of the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Facts constitute conduct that is professional misconduct and pleads no ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-contest to the allegations of professional misconduct made against him ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-(Professional Misconduct) subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-The Member further acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts at ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf:paragraph 6 constitute sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts (including the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Appendices) being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-(c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-(d) he understands that the Discipline Committee can accept the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Uncontested Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- constitute professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-(e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-(f) he understands that any agreement between him, or his legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- counsel, and the College with respect to the penalty does not bind ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- the Discipline Committee; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-(g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- document voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- counsel or the opportunity to have obtained legal advice. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and Fitness to Practise ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-23, for the purposes of this proceeding under the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-Teachers Act, 1996, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-contest does not constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-findings in any other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- [10] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on November ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 14, 2022, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: and 1(19). The Panel also found that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- of a nature defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- [11] The Member did not contest the facts and appendices referred to in paragraphs 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- to 10 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- and the Panel accepts that paragraphs 6-8 of the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- professional misconduct under the heads of misconduct set out above. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in inappropriate behaviour ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- and an inappropriate personal relationship in which the Member made various remarks ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: of a sexual nature to Student 1 while she was a student. After Student 1 graduated, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Member continued to spend time with her and, on one occasion when she was [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- years old, took her out for dinner and drinks and “made out” with her on the side of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- road. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- [12] The Panel found that the Member breached the standards of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College Counsel submitted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- and the Panel accepts that misconduct of the nature committed by the Member (i.e., ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: making remarks of a sexual nature to a student) is so notorious and offside of what is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- acceptable that expert evidence regarding the standards is not required to prove that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- the standards were breached.1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- [13] The Member psychological or emotionally abused Student 1, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). Student 1 was not only the Member’s student, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- but also interacted with his family. The Member was not only initially Student 1’s teacher, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- but he also assumed a significant role in her life in spending time with her outside of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- school and in personal settings. Given the unequal power dynamic in their relationship, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- it was psychologically or emotionally abusive for the Member to engage in a personal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- relationship with Student 1, and even more so abusive given the Member’s actions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- whilst engaged in this relationship. Not only did he spent time alone with Student 1, but ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: he bought her gifts and discussed intimate details about their lives, including her sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: relationship with her then-boyfriend. He also made various sexual remarks to her about ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- her body and pressured her to kiss him. The Panel finds that this kind of behaviour ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- coupled with the unequal power dynamic would have negative impact on Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- psychological or emotional development. Instead of ensuring Student 1’s safety and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- thereby upholding his responsibilities as a teacher, the Member engaged in an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- abhorrent breach of trust that was abusive to Student 1, who was vulnerable to such ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- influence. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: [14] The Panel also finds that the Member sexually abused Student 1, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-1 Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508, established that the College should generally ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-present expert evidence on the standards of the profession, unless the conduct is so notorious and so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-manifestly contrary to the standards that expert evidence is not required. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf:The Act defines sexual abuse as including behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf:the member towards the student. The Member made various remarks of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf:to Student 1. He discussed intimate details of her sexual relationship with her then ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf:boyfriend; he asked her to kiss him; he made sexual jokes; and he told her “you’re so ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf:sexy” and “your ass looks amazing.” Sexual comments of this nature from a teacher to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf:a student constitute sexual abuse as defined in the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-[15] The Panel finds that the Member has engaged in conduct that would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-Ontario Regulation, subsection 1(18). The Member demonstrated a complete lack of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf:integrity and abused his power over Student 1 by engaging in a personal and sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-relationship with her, that continued after the student graduated. The Member bought ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-Student 1 dinner and alcoholic drinks to the point that she got intoxicated and then ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-kissed her. His conduct was clearly not a momentary lapse in judgment. He intentionally ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-built a relationship with her as a student. The Member engaged in an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-relationship with Student 1 while she was a student by buying Student 1 gifts and food ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf:and engaging in inappropriately personal and sexual conversations with her. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-Member then continued to engage with her inappropriately after she had graduated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-continued to pursue his inappropriate relationship with Student 1 after she had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-graduated, including by continuing to see her and to text her, and on one occasion, by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-taking her out to dinner, buying her alcoholic drinks, and kissing her. In so doing, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-Member showed a blatant disregard for Student 1’s well-being and very poor moral and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-professional judgment. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- [16] Finally, the Panel found that the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Teachers are entrusted with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- the care of students and one of their fundamental responsibilities is to ensure students’ ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- safety and well-being. Public confidence in teachers is undermined when members ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: engage in acts of abuse, especially sexual abuse, of students. The Member’s behaviour ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- seriously erodes the reputation of the teaching profession, as it is a clear example of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- member abusing their position of power, trust and authority over a vulnerable student, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- by engaging with a student into what eventually developed into an inappropriately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: personal and sexual relationship. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- [17] The parties agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on November 14, 2022, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand, which will be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf: [18] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student, as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- notes that it has no discretion in this regard. These mandatory penalty provisions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- apply retrospectively in this case pursuant to section 63.2 of the Act.2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 116 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- [19] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- subsection 30(5) of the Act but finds it reasonable not to make these additional orders ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- in light of the Member’s plea of no contest and joint submission on penalty, particularly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- given the high threshold that must be met before rejecting a joint submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- [20] The Panel denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-Date: December 15, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Rebecca Forte, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Rachelle Coleman ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Stefano Fornazzari, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf:2 Although this mandatory penalty provision was not in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-Student 1, section 63.2 of the Act provides that the mandatory penalty provisions at section 30.2 of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf:the Act apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse occurred before April 3, 2019 and no order has ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. These conditions are met in this case and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf-Panel must therefore apply the mandatory penalty provisions set out at section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct116.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of the Member’s article ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- titled, “How to Workout”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-The Member posted a video on Twitter in which, in the context of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-conversation discussing the story of creation, he says, “no matter how you ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-slice it, women are made to please”. He then went on to discuss why men ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 118 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-will treat women problematically if they dress immodestly given the lack of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-self control of unvirtuous men. Viewers of the Member’s video were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-disturbed about how statements like this fuel rape culture stereotypes. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-On November 26, 2019, the Member wrote an article on the public Fatima ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-Center website, about “…the Biblical wisdom of the headship of man in his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-home, and the submission of woman to her husband. Once again, our world ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-may reject this as it has been infected by the festering disease of feminism, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-but it is nonetheless the right order by which God Himself ordained things.” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-On December 4, 2019, the Member cited a tweet saying, “Scientists in new ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf:study: The researchers suggest that same-sex behaviour is bound up in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf:very origins of animal sex. It hasn’t had to continually re-evolve.” The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-Member responded to the tweet by writing, “New study: Many animals also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-eat feces, eat their young, kill their children, eat their own vomit, eat ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-garbage, fall out of trees while sleeping, and growl at their own reflection. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-Experts are still waiting to see how we can justify these behaviours in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-humans. Stay tuned.” Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-of the original tweet and the Member’s response. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-On November 20, 2019, the Member tweeted, “It’s a fun reality that my wife ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-has to ask me to make sure the public library doesn’t have drag queen ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-reading hour if she wants to take the kids there. Catholics need to open their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-own libraries.” Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “E” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-Member’s tweet. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-In a Twitter post on December 17, 2019, the Member identified his status ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-as a teacher in the Catholic school system. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-The Member’s posts and statements were available to the public on his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-Twitter account, accessible YouTube podcasts, his posts on public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-Facebook pages and on the Fatima Centre website. In response to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-Member’s posts, members of the community used a Facebook group called ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-Stratford Connect, to share their outrage and disappointment at the views ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-being expressed by the Member and the fact that he was still teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-The Board was inundated with complaints about the Member’s social media ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-posts from parents of current students at the School, student alumni, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-current students who had read the Member’s posts and described them as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic and racist. They expressed their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-household and protect their future wives. He also wrote a book, which he cited and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-promoted through various social media platforms that made the same points, including ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-posts describing specific male and female duties in a “rightly ordered household” and that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 118 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-men are like recovering alcoholics when it comes to lust and that they should avoid fitness ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-clubs where women entice them to sin whilst wearing “appalling” workout attire. On ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf:Twitter, the Member cited a tweet and wrote commentary that equated same-sex ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-behaviour with animal behaviour. The Member’s messaging was laden with intolerance ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-and derision for those who do not conform to his views. The Member’s comments made ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-both male and female students feel upset and invalidated. His intolerance degraded ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-students, their future aspirations and their gender identities. It disregarded the realities of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-students who identified as being part of the LGBTQ+ community and disrespected them ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-and their lived experiences. Given the negative impact that the Member’s comments had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-on students’ psychological or emotional well-being, the Panel finds that his conduct was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-psychologically or emotionally abusive. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-[9] The Member failed to comply with subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-by contravening the professional and ethical standards for the teaching profession, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-are set out in the College by-laws. In particular, the Panel found that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-breached the professional standards of ”Commitment to Students and Student Learning” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-and ”Leadership in Learning Communities”. Members are expected to be dedicated in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-their care and commitment to students and should treat them equitably and with respect, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-while being sensitive to factors that influence student learning. The Member’s intolerant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-expression of his personal beliefs was discriminatory, demeaning, and created an unsafe ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-and uncomfortable learning environment for students at the School. Students should ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-never be made to feel alienated and demeaned as they did by the Member who held a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-position of trust and authority as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-[10] The Member also failed to comply with the ethical standards for the teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 118 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-profession, specifically with respect to showing care and respect for students. Members ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-are expected to be compassionate and express insight and acceptance in developing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-students’ well-being and potential through positive influence, professional judgment and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-empathy in practice. They must also respect students’ human dignity and emotional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-wellness. The Member failed to do so when he advocated for the “right” way for men and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-women to behave. He showed a lack of compassion, acceptance and respect for those ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-who identified differently from his personal beliefs. He was notably not respectful of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-women when he claimed that they had a responsibility to curb men’s lust and when he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf:promoted sexist views that women should submit to their husbands. He attacked people’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-human dignity by suggesting that there was something wrong with men if they were not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-normatively masculine. By publicly expressing such sentiments on social media and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-directly in front of students, the Member showed no insight or regard for students’ well- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-being and how they might feel or be negatively affected by his statements. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-[11] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-teacher. Among other things, teachers must exemplify moral virtues and act in a manner ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-that encourages students to be good, moral citizens. Teachers hold a position of power ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-and authority in the classroom and the wider community, and they are given the privilege ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-of shaping students’ minds and behaviours. Their responsibilities to exemplify good ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-values and act as positive role models should be taken seriously, given their unique ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-position in society. The Member, however, failed to meet his professional obligations by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-espousing intolerant views on gender roles and identities that promoted discrimination ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-and stigmatization of his students, and that perpetuated misogynistic, homophobic, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 118 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-transphobic and racist ideology in public forums, including via social media. By expressing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-such hurtful and denigrating views about people, the Member did not act as a positive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-role model and he did not exemplify behaviour to which students should aspire. He ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-therefore breached his professional duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-[12] The Panel found that, having regard to all the circumstances, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-conduct would reasonably be viewed by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Among other ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-things, the Member publicly described feminism as a festering disease; he equated those ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf:who participate in same-sex behaviour with animals who eat feces and kill their children; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-he wrote in his book that effeminacy in men should be eradicated; and, he posted a video ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-on Twitter saying that women are made to please and which promoted rape culture ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-stereotypes. The Member spread his intolerant and deeply offensive views repeatedly in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-public forums and identified himself as a teacher in the Catholic school system in the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-process. By so doing, the Member showed a profound lack of moral and professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-judgment. Such intolerance, which creates an unsafe and uncomfortable learning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-environment for students of diverse backgrounds and beliefs, has no place in Ontario’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-school system. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-[13] The Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Conduct that is unbecoming a member often includes “off- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf-duty” conduct that undermines the reputation of the professional as a whole. It is clear ./ontario-cases/2022onoct118.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Mammarella 2022 ONOCT 111 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- Date: 2022-12-13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 111 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- Daniel Mark Mammarella, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- DANIEL MARK MAMMARELLA (REGISTRATION #257491) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-PANEL: Linda Staudt, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- Rachelle Coleman ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- Erin Durant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-HEARD: November 9, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-Nicholas Fitz, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-Kirsty Niglas-Collins and Chris Reid, for Daniel Mark Mammarella ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- Student 2 who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf:misconduct, a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- The Discipline Committee further ordered a publication ban pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- subsection 32.1(1) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, preventing the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-publication of the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on November ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-9, 2022, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 111 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-[2] Daniel Mark Mammarella (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing but had legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-representation. The Member attended immediately after the hearing for the delivery of his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-reprimand as agreed to by the parties. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf:Act at the request of Student 2, who was allegedly sexually abused.1 Accordingly, no ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-[5] The Panel also ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-with respect to Student 1, which was first ordered at a previous hearing date. Subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf:1 Prior to the withdrawal of the sexual abuse allegation noted in paragraph (d) of the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-the Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act. The publication ban shall ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-remain effective to protect Student 2’s identity. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-32.1(1) gives the Panel authority to make an order that the public, including members of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-the College, be excluded from a hearing if, in the Panel’s opinion, the possibility of serious ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-harm or injustice to any person justifies a departure from the general principle that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 111 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-hearings should be public. Subsection 32.1(1) allows the Panel to order a publication ban ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-in circumstances in which the test for closing the hearing under subsection 32(7) is met, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-and the Panel did so in this case with respect to Student 1’s identity. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated October 28, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-2019 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that the Member is guilty of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Act, or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- and specifically section 324 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- (f) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-3 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-4 On January 20, 2022, the College by-laws were amended. Section 32 of the by-laws was renumbered to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-section 26. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- The administration of the School contacted both the Children’s Aid Society ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- and the York Regional Police. Due to Student 1’s age, the Children’s Aid ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- Society did not proceed with an investigation. The York Regional Police ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- investigated and no charges were laid. Student 1 was clear to the police ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf: that he did not perceive anything sexual in the Member’s behaviour. He ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- described the Member’s conduct treating him “like a friend”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 111 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-Inappropriate Physical Contact with Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- In May 2017, Student 2 gave a presentation in the Member’s Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- [XXX] class. Student 2 received a grade of approximately 76%. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- On May 31, 2017, Student 2 went to see the Member to discuss his grade. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- When Student 2 asked the Member why he had lost marks, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- could not explain his reasoning. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- During this discussion, the Member grabbed Student 2’s arm and stated, “I ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- knew you’d come.” The Member asked Student 2 if he was serious. When ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- Student 2 responded that he was, the Member stated: “you know me, you’re ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- not supposed to be doing this to me” and that Student 2 was “betraying [him] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- on a personal level.” This interaction made Student 2 uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- Student 2 advised the Member that if he was not going to mark his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- presentation fairly, that he would have to speak with the administration of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- the school. The Member appeared angry, and then raised Student 2’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- grade. Following this incident, the Member and Student 2 had a strained ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- relationship and Student 2 perceived that he was ignored in class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-The Board’s Response ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- On May 7, 2018, the Board issued a written warning regarding his conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- at the school and the Member was placed on paid home assignment. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Board’s letter to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- the Member dated May 7, 2018. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 – 21 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf:in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act, be withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-College Counsel sought to withdraw the allegation that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-subsection 1(5) because it presented evidence that was duplicative with the evidence and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 111 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-submissions regarding the subsection 1(14) allegation. With regard to subsection 1(7.3) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf:and the allegation that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act, College Counsel submitted that there was insufficient ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf:evidence to prove allegations of sexual abuse. The Panel granted these requests and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-found that it was reasonable and in the public interest to no longer proceed with these ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-allegations. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-[9] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on November 9, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-2022, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-[10] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-21 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-heads of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-repeatedly failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with students, which ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf-made students feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct111.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Reid 2022 ONOCT 110 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Date: 2022-12-08 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 110 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Joshua Alan Eric Reid, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- JOSHUA ALAN ERIC REID (REGISTRATION #456954) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-PANEL: Kirby Chown, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Brian Brophey ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Adam Dharsee, OCT ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-HEARD: December 2, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Ava Arbuck, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-No one appearing for Joshua Alan Eric Reid ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on December ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-2, 2022, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 110 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[2] Joshua Alan Eric Reid (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-legal counsel also did not attend the hearing. The Panel was advised at the outset of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. College Counsel indicated this ban would apply to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Student 4, Student 5, and Student 6. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[4] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:Act at the request of Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3, who were allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-abused. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-could disclose the identities of Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated September 28, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-2021 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Joshua Alan Eric Reid is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1);1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 110 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14);2 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated November 1, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-2022 (Exhibit 2) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Joshua Alan Eric Reid is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1);3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-2 As of January 20, 2022, section 32 of the by-laws has been renumbered as section 26. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-3 Allegation withdrawn at College Counsel’s request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf: (c) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- specifically section 32 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 110 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14);4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[7] The parties have agreed to proceed with a single hearing to address the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-allegations set out in these Notices of Hearing, in accordance with subsection 9.1(1)(b) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[8] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 3), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Joshua Alan Eric Reid is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit "A" is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Brant Haldimand ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Norfolk Catholic District School Board (the "Board"). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-4 As of January 20, 2022, section 32 of the by-laws has been renumbered as section 26. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- home. His offers made the Student feel uncomfortable and she always ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- declined. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- The Student felt uncomfortable when the Member said to her on more than ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- one occasion, "I love you so much," and after taking a long pause added, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- "You are such a great student". ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 110 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-20[XXX]-20[XXX]: Inappropriate Personal Relationship with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed as a teacher at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- School [XXX] in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- At all material times, the Member was a [XXX] coach at [XXX] School [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- During the 20[XXX]-20[XXX] academic year, Student 1 was a Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- female student at [XXX] and a member of the [XXX] team coached by the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Member. Student 1 graduated in June 20[XXX], and returned to the School ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- to complete additional credits during the 20[XXX]-20[XXX] academic year. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- At the beginning of Student 1 's Grade [XXX] year, Student 1 was living in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- [XXX]. In or around October 20[XXX], Student 1 met the Member when she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- joined the [XXX] team he coached at her School. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- The Member exchanged electronic messages related to [XXX] meets and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- practices beginning in October 20[XXX] with all members of the [XXX] team. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- By January 20[XXX], the Member's electronic exchanges with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- became more frequent and their relationship progressed into a personal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- relationship. Student 1 saw the Member as a friend and a confidante in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- addition to being her [XXX] coach, and they began to communicate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- frequently by email and text as their personal relationship developed. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Initially, the Member and Student 1's electronic exchanges included ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- discussions about Student 1's day, about how school was going, and about ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- her parents. Within a couple of months, their electronic conversations ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf: progressed to include imitate [sic] discussions of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- During Student 1's Grade [XXX] year, the Member helped Student 1 find a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- place to rent so that she could live on her own, outside of [XXX], and he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- helped her move into a basement apartment. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- During their personal relationship between approximately January 20[XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- and September 20[XXX], the Member: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (a) purchased clothing for Student 1, which included [XXX] from [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (b) purchased a [XXX]for Student 1 and gave it to her as a [XXX] school ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- [XXX] gift; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- above (the "Uncontested Facts"). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 110 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf: Uncontested Facts constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (d) he understands that the Committee can accept the Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee's decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College's website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee's decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Statement of Uncontested Facts voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- having had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- and for no other purpose. The Member's plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and the circumstances, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 110 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[9] Counsel for the College requested the withdrawal of the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-misconduct outlined in paragraphs (a) of the two Notices of Hearing; namely, that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Member contravened subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-sought the Panel’s permission to withdraw the allegations on the basis that the conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-described in the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest more accurately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:met the definition of sexual abuse, as opposed to physical abuse. The Panel granted the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[10] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-and the submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-December 2, 2022 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student of a nature ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[11] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-34 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-heads of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that between ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-20[XXX] and 20[XXX], the Member repeatedly engaged in boundary violations with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:female students, which included touching and other behaviour or remarks of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 110 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-nature towards multiple students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[12] By his misconduct as described in the Uncontested Facts, the Member abused ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Regulation 437/97. Psychological or emotional abuse typically refers to behaviour that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-can seriously interfere with a student’s cognitive, emotional, psychological or social ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-development. Members of the teaching profession are expected to ensure that the school ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-environment is a safe space for students – physically, psychologically, and emotionally. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-However, the Member’s repeated boundary violations adversely impacted female ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-students at the school. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[13] The Panel notes that all of the students to whom the Member directed his attention ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-(except Student 1) reported feeling uncomfortable as a result of the Member’s various ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-acts of misconduct towards them. In particular, the Panel finds that it was grossly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-inappropriate for the Member to have entered the female change room while students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-were changing and that this reasonably would have resulted in a violation of students’ ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-sense of security, privacy, and integrity that amounted to psychological or emotional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-abuse. Similarly, the Member’s invasions of students’ personal space and violations of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-their bodily integrity (including by rubbing students’ backs, touching a student’s head then ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-bringing his hand down to rub her stomach, hugging students, rubbing or massaging a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-student’s shoulders, and putting his head close to a student’s buttocks during a [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-exercise) disregarded their sense of security and well-being, made them uncomfortable, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-and was therefore psychologically or emotionally abusive to those students. As well, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Panel finds it reasonable that the other students in the classroom who observed the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-conduct would also have been made to feel uncomfortable by the Member’s conduct. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 110 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Panel finds that the Member also isolated students to speak to them about personal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-matters behind closed doors which was an abuse of his position of trust, influence, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-authority and amounts to psychological or emotional abuse. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:[14] The Panel finds that the Member abused a student sexually contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-the Act. In coming to this finding, the Panel places great weight on the fact that the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Member does not contest a finding under this head of misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[15] Sexual abuse is defined in subsection 1(1) of the Act as including “(b) touching, of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:a sexual nature, of the student by the member, or (c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-nature by the member towards the student.” According to subsection 1(7) of the Act, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:sexual abuse includes behaviour or remarks done or made by electronic means. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:[16] The Panel finds that the Member sexually abused Student 1 in his role as a coach ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-for her [XXX] team. Student 1 was enrolled at [XXX] to complete additional credits during ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-the 20[XXX]-20[XXX] school year, where the Member was the [XXX] coach. Subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-1(2) at paragraph 2 of the Act provides that a reference to a student for the purposes of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:a finding of sexual abuse includes, “A student of any age who, at the time the behaviour, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-remarks or conduct occurred or were made, was enrolled in a school or private school in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Ontario, within the meaning of the Education Act if, at that time, […] iii. the member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-assisted in extracurricular activities, including coaching in a sport, and the member and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-the student dealt with each other directly in the course of the extracurricular activities ...” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-The Panel is satisfied that Student 1 was a student at the time the Member pursued a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-personal relationship with her, engaged her in texts and emails that included intimate ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:discussions of a sexual nature, and messaged her to tell her, among other things, that he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 110 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-loves her. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[17] The Panel has reviewed the messages the Member sent Student 1 between ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-September and October 20[XXX] and notes they included various heart emojis, a kiss ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-face, and comments like: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-  “… I can’t not care for you. It is unconditional. I hope I never have to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- stop, even if it has to be different from before”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-  “Hahah! Smart ass. You’re cute”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-  “[emoji with double hearts followed by] I really am addicted to u. [sic]”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-  “[emoji of a heart with a bow wrapped around it] Just, be with me. Be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- there for me. I never want to make you feel confused or awkward. But ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- you are my best friend. Being able to share with you, and have you ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- around…helps” ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-  “And, if you think asking me to spend time with you – EVER – is a favour, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- then you don’t fully understand just how deep my love for you is. I would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- do ANYTHING for you, [deleted] And getting any time with you is a huge ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- gift to me. You are everything to me. Sorry. Over the top. But it’s been ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- stuck in my chest for a while…”; and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-  “[emoji face that is blushing and surrounded by hearts] That’s the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ambitious [deleted] who stole my heart and makes me proud!”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- (Exhibit B of Exhibit 3). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[18] Taken in the context of the other facts set out in the Member’s plea of no contest, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:namely that the Member had engaged in other conversations of an intimate sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-with Student 1, spent an inordinate amount of time with her outside of school or [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-gave her numerous gifts (including clothing and jewellery) and focused attention, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:Panel finds that Member’s intentions toward Student 1 were of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Accordingly, the Panel finds that the Member engaged in behaviour or made remarks to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:Student 1 of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[19] The Panel also finds that the Member’s actions of affectionately hugging Student ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 110 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-5 and holding her close to his body while rubbing her back; touching her stomach, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-rubbing or massaging her shoulders; and his rubbing the backs of other students in class ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:were all intimate gestures that can reasonably be seen as touching of a sexual nature of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-a student by a member. The Panel places significant weight on the fact that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:did not contest that this behaviour constitutes sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[20] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-437/97 by contravening the provisions of the College By-Laws, which set out the ethical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-standards for the teaching profession. Members are required to adhere to the ethical ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-standards of “Care”, which requires members to demonstrate their commitment to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-students’ well-being and learning through positive influence, professional judgment and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-empathy in practice. As well, Members are required to honour human dignity, emotional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-wellness and cognitive development (“Respect”). By engaging in inappropriate conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-as described above that violated students’ security and which adversely impacted ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-students’ wellbeing such that they were made to feel uncomfortable, the Member did not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-demonstrate the principles described in the ethical standards for the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-The Member’s actions repeatedly violated the trust and integrity required of teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[21] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act. Subsection 264(1)(c) is commonly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-understood to mean that teachers must act as positive role models. By repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-engaging in inappropriate boundary violations with numerous female students over ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:multiple school years, as described above, including sexual abuse of students, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Member did not act as a positive role model. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[22] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 110 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Regulation 437/97. Teachers are expected to be upstanding members of the community ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-and to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with students. It is unacceptable for ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-a member to repeatedly attempt to engage students in personal relationships and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-communications, make inappropriate comments or give compliments to students, give ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-them unsolicited focused attention, touch them on their backs, stomachs or shoulders, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-hug them or otherwise invade their physical space. Such conduct demonstrates ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-significant moral and professional failings by the Member and can therefore be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[23] The Panel finds that the Member’s inappropriate conduct as described above is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-repeatedly engaging in boundary violations with students, which included the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature towards students, the Member undermined the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-reputation of the teaching profession and breached the trust which students, parents and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-the public place in teachers. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[24] The parties entered into a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 4), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on December 2, 2022, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- reprimand shall be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 110 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf:[25] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act requires that the Panel make an order: (1) requiring that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard. With respect to the form of the reprimand, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-the Panel accepts that a written reprimand is appropriate given the parties’ joint ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-submission to this effect. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[26] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-subsection 30(5) of the Act but notes that the parties are jointly asking it to confine its ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-order to the mandatory ones. The Panel finds it reasonable not to make these additional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-orders in light of the Member’s plea of no contest and joint submission on penalty, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-particularly in light of the high threshold that must be met before rejecting a joint ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-submission on penalty. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[27] The Panel acknowledges the harms experienced by the student victims in this ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-matter. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-[28] The Panel denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf-Date: December 8, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct110.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- guide to self-reflection during Advent and Lent. The Examination of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- Conscience is not a universal document and many versions of it exist. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- The Member used a version of the document [sic] was not part of the Board ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- curriculum, but was taken from the Member’s own church parish. Attached ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is an excerpt from the Examination of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 108 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- Conscience used by the Member in class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- The document contained the question, “have I sinned with others of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: same sex”, and other questions inappropriate for the age-group of the class ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- including: “have I denied my spouse his or her marriage rights?” and “have ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- I abused my marriage rights in any other way”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- The Member’s use of this document had a negative impact on Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- She felt “unsafe in his classroom” and realized that the Member, whom she ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: previously respected, would not respect her if he knew about her sexuality. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-Homophobic Blog Post ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- On January 18, 2013, the Member wrote a post titled “On the Catholic ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: Church and Homosexuality” on his public online blog, The Fisherman’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- Shoes. He expressed several homophobic views writing that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- (a) “what the Catholic Church cannot be tolerant of (and nor should the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: rest of society) is the acceptance of homosexual activity as a societal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- norm”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- (b) “there is a reason why lying with a male as with a woman is an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- abomination, not only is it unnatural in that it does not lead to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- procreation of humanity, it is also medically detrimental to those who ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: partake in such homosexual activities”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- The Member identifies himself as an educator on his blog and referenced ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- himself “attending an education workshop” outside of his school. He writes ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- that “in one of the rooms where these workshops are held there’s a poster ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: of a cute baby with the slogan Homosexuality is not a choice. Each time I’m ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- in the room I’m sorely tempted to add a post-it note stating: No, but ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: homosexual acts are! [Emphasis in original]”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- The Member defended his use of language, and the Church’s views in his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- blog post stating that “the Church isn’t trying to attack individuals personally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- but rather actions that are detrimental to the common good of humanity”. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- In the blog, the Member cited religious and educational sources such as the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Youth Catechism of the Catholic ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- Church, Bible verses, and Respecting Difference, a document produced by ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- The Member also cited controversial sources in his blog. He included a link ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- to a study published in 2012 which concluded that children of gay parents ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: fared worse than children raised by married opposite-sex parents to support ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- his position that “the true notion of family [is] one man and one woman to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: the exclusion of homosexual activity”. Prior and subsequent studies ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 108 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: concluded that sexual orientation of parents does not make a difference to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- children’s well-being. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- The Member included a link to a resource published by the NC Family Policy ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- Council, the North Carolina division of the Family Policy Council. The Family ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- Policy Council is an organization active in the United States which opposes ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: same-sex marriage, LBGT [sic] adoption, and LGBT workplace protections ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: while supporting abstinence-only sex education, increased legal restrictions ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- on abortion, and traditional Christian gender roles. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- The Member used the Family Policy Council resource to support his position ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- that “certain body parts were not created to receive other body parts” and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: that “the physically damaging effects of homosexual activity” are well ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- documented in the medical community. This resource has since been ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- removed from the Family Policy Council website. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-Homophobic and Transphobic Tweets ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- On several occasions from August 2012, to July 2016, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- authored homophobic and transphobic posts on his public Twitter account. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- Among other homophobic and transphobic posts, the Member wrote: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- (a) “Please pray for Catholic education in Ontario as Catholic teachers ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- march in Pride parade. #Shameful.”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- (b) “Opposing gay ‘marriage’ is ‘truth in love’ not homophobia ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- #Catholic.”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- (c) “Real shame is that the “Catholic” Teachers [sic] Association ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- supported this bill. #onpoli #oecta #bill13”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- (d) “The French continue to fight the good fight. #1man1woman ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- #1homme1femme”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: (e) “Correct. The CCC also states the homosexual act is disordered to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- nature. You are confusing action and person.”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- (f) “Please read Genesis 1:27 to answer your own question. God did not ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: create homosexual couples”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf: (g) “Homosexuality a choice … so says ex-homosexual … homosexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- actions are a definite choice with consequences.”; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the heads of misconduct set out ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member used inappropriate teaching ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-materials in class, wrote several homophobic and transphobic posts online, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 108 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-expressed similar beliefs in class. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-[8] The Panel finds that the Member abused a student verbally, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-1(7) of Ontario regulation 437/97. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-authored homophobic and transphobic posts on his public Twitter account. Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-recalled that the Member expressed similar beliefs in the classroom and was hurt by his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-conduct while she was in his class. Teachers are expected to be inclusive and respectful ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-towards students. Expressing homophobic and transphobic beliefs in class is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf:discriminatory and offensive, particularly towards homosexual and transgender students. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-The Member’s conduct therefore amounts to verbal abuse of a student. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-[9] The Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In addition to the homophobic and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-transphobic beliefs which the Member expressed in class, the Member also used a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-version of the Examination of Conscience document that was not part of the Board ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-curriculum. This document contained age-inappropriate and homophobic questions such ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf:as “have I sinned with others of the same sex”. Given the position of trust and authority ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-which teachers hold, the Panel finds that such conduct would reasonably have a negative ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf:psychological or emotional impact on students, particularly those who are homosexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-and those who are transgender. Indeed, in this case, the Panel has received evidence ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-that the Member’s conduct made Student 1 feel hurt and unsafe in the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-classroom. Student 1 realized that the Member, whom she previously respected, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf:not respect her if he knew about her sexuality. The Member’s conduct was therefore ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-psychologically or emotionally abusive. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-[10] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 108 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-437/97 by contravening the provisions of the College By-Laws, which set out the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-professional and ethical standards for the teaching profession. In particular, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-breached the practice standards of “Commitment to Students and Student Learning” and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-“Leadership in Learning Communities” and the ethical standard of “Respect”. Members ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-are required to demonstrate their care and commitment to students. They must treat ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-students equitably and with respect and be sensitive to factors that influence individual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-student learning (“Commitment to Students and Student Learning”). Members must also ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-promote and participate in the creation of collaborative, safe and supportive learning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-communities (“Leadership in Learning Communities”). Moreover, members are required ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-to honour human dignity, emotional wellness, and cognitive development (“Respect”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-The Member’s conduct was in stark contradiction to these principles. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-[11] By engaging in homophobic and transphobic conduct in class and via social media ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-as described above, the Member failed to maintain the professional and ethical standards ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-for the teaching profession. His comments made Student 1 feel hurt, unsafe and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-disrespected. By engaging in such discriminatory conduct, the Member also fostered an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-unsupportive and unsafe environment for Student 1 and others who are marginalized ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf:because of their sexual orientation and gender identity. The Member’s conduct therefore ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-fell below the professional and ethical standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-[12] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act. Subsection 264(1)(b) provides that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-teachers must encourage students in the pursuit of learning, and subsection 264(1)(c) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-essentially provides that teachers must exemplify moral virtues and serve as positive role ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-models. By engaging in homophobic and transphobic behaviour in the classroom, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 108 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-Member taught students that such conduct was acceptable. Furthermore, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-identified himself as an educator and expressed several homophobic views in his public ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf:online blog. Among other things, the Member referred to homosexual activities as being ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-an “abomination” and as being “medically detrimental” to those who partake in them. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-Member expressed similar views on his Twitter account and publicly expressed his ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-opposition to the inclusive policies of the Catholic schools and the Catholic Teacher’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-unions (e.g., OECTA). The Panel finds that by doing so, the Member perpetuated ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf:negative stereotypes about homosexuality and gender identity. His conduct was therefore ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf:contrary to his duties as a teacher to encourage all students, regardless of their sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-orientation or gender identity, in the pursuit of learning. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-[13] The Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members are expected to be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-inclusive in their professional practice and to demonstrate sound professional judgment ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-when using social media. The Member did the opposite by his repeated homophobic and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-transphobic conduct in class and on social media. Such behaviour demonstrates ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-significant moral and professional failing by the Member. There is no place for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-promotion of intolerance by members of Ontario’s teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-[14] The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By expressing numerous homophobic and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-and transphobic views over several years. Secondly, the Member’s intolerant beliefs were ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-expressed on public online platforms and would have reasonably been viewed by a large ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-audience. Thirdly, the Member’s conduct made Student 1 feel unsafe and hurt. Finally, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 108 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf:the Member perpetuated harmful stereotypes regarding homosexuality and gender ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-identity. In terms of mitigating factors, the Member admitted his misconduct, saving the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-time and expense of a contested hearing, and has not previously been the subject of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-discipline proceedings in his long teaching career. After weighing these factors, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-accepts that the penalty proposed would not bring the administration of the discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-process into disrepute. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the Member’s repeated homophobic and transphobic conduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-in the classroom and online warrants a reprimand. Members are expected to be inclusive ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-in their professional practice and demonstrate professional judgment when using social ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-media. The Member did the opposite. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-[19] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s misconduct, the Panel finds that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-one-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-factually distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a similar ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-underlying nature and the cases confirm that a suspension is justified. The suspension ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to other members ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf-of the profession, making clear that the kind of misconduct the Member exhibited is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct108.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- [1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on November 8, 2022, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- [2] Philip Raymond McInnis (the “Member”) attended the hearing and had legal ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- [3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- [4] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated March 16, 2021 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Philip Raymond McInnis is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf: (a) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act;1 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- (b) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- specifically section 322 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-2 As of January 20, 2022, section 32 of the by-laws has been renumbered to section 26. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- having had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- [6] Counsel for the College requested that the allegation of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- outlined in paragraph (a) of the Notice of Hearing, namely that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf: sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act be withdrawn. College Counsel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf: submitted that although the facts in this case could support a finding of sexual ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf: misconduct, the Panel’s permission to withdraw the sexual misconduct allegation was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- being sought as a by-product of negotiations in the adversarial process that resulted in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. College Counsel further submitted that ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- the Member’s conduct can also be captured under the other heads of misconduct. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- Panel granted the request. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-[10] By taking a photograph of himself in which he exposed his genitals, while he was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-in environments where children were present or students may be present, the Member ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-put children and students at risk of harm. On both occasions, the children or students ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-could have walked into the room and seen the Member exposing his genitals. Such an ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-experience would reasonably have had an adverse impact on their well-being. The ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-Panel therefore finds that by engaging in such conduct, the Member failed to foster safe ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-and supportive learning environments for children and/or students and failed to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-demonstrate a commitment to students’ well-being. The Member’s conduct therefore ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-fell below the professional and ethical standards. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-[11] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act. Subsection 264(1)(c) essentially ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-provides that teachers must exemplify moral virtues and serve as positive role models. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-The Member took the photographs of his exposed genitals during the time he was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-scheduled to be working as a coach at the community centre and while he was on ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-assignment as an occasional teacher. By doing so, the Member demonstrated a lack of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf:self-control over his sexual impulses while on duty in learning environments where ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-children were present. The Member’s immoral behaviour was contrary to his duties as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-a teacher and demonstrated very poor judgment given the locations he was in when he ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-exposed and photographed his genitals. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-[12] The Member committed acts which would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-Regulation 437/97. Members are expected to prioritize the safety of children and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-students. By taking a photograph of himself in which he exposed his genitals in learning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf: environments, the Member prioritized his sexual desires over the safety of children and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- students. Such conduct demonstrates considerable moral failing by the Member and a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- concerning lack of professional judgment. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- [13] Similarly, the Panel finds that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The public trust in, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- and the reputation of, the teaching profession is eroded when teachers, who are in a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- position of trust and authority, take pictures of their exposed genitals in learning ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- environments and put students’ safety at risk. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- [14] The parties entered into a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- presented to the Panel. The parties also submitted that the Member has entered into a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- Resignation, Undertaking and Acknowledgment dated August 2, 2022 (Exhibit C of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- Exhibit 2) (the “Undertaking”), by which the Member resigned his membership with the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and undertook never to teach in any public or private ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- school in Ontario, or to seek reinstatement of his Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- Registration. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- [15] In an oral decision rendered on November 8, 2022, the Panel accepted the Joint ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- Submission on Penalty in light of the Member’s Undertaking and the parties’ ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- submissions. The Panel accordingly made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Committee immediately ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand which will be ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers, 101 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or by videoconference, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”); and ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-and at a community centre where children were present. In terms of mitigating factors, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-the Member admitted his misconduct, saving the time and expense of a contested ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-hearing, and has not been the subject of discipline proceedings in the past. After ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 105 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed would not bring the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-administration of the discipline process into disrepute. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the Member’s repeated inappropriate conduct, warrants a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-reprimand. Members must prioritize the safety and well-being of students. By taking ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-photographs of his exposed genitals in learning environments, the Member prioritized ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf:his own sexual desires and put children and/or students at risk of harm. The reprimand ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-[19] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s misconduct, the Panel finds that a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-24-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented are ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-factually distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-similar underlying nature and the cases confirm that a lengthy suspension is justified. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-The suspension will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-to other members of the profession, making clear that the kind of misconduct the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-Member exhibited is unacceptable. In accordance with the parties’ joint submission, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-Member’s suspension begins on November 23, 2022, which is 15 days after the Panel’s ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-Decision and Order. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-[20] The Panel also notes that the Member has voluntarily agreed to take a course of ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf-instruction regarding professional boundaries (Exhibit 4). This coursework will assist in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct105.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-profession, unless the Member’s conduct is so egregious (e.g., in the case of physical or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf:sexual abuse) that it is self-evidently misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-[16] A participant expert is a particular kind of expert witness who is permitted to provide ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 109 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-opinion evidence to the Panel in certain circumstances. In qualifying a witness as a ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-participant expert, the Panel must first determine whether the expert opinion itself is ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-admissible. Then, the Panel must determine whether the witness is properly qualified as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-a participant expert. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-[17] The legal test to determine whether expert opinion is admissible was established ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-in the cases of R. v. Mohan, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 9 (“Mohan”) and R. v. Abbey, 2009 ONCA ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-624 (“Abbey”). In White Burgess Langille Inman v. Abbott and Haliburton Co., 2015 SCC ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-23, [2015] 2 S.C.R. 182 (“White Burgess”), the Supreme Court of Canada further clarified ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-the two-step legal test for the admissibility of expert evidence. First, as a threshold ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-requirement, the Panel must determine whether the tendered expert evidence is relevant, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-necessary, whether there is a rule that would exclude the evidence, and whether the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-expert witness is properly qualified. Second, if these threshold requirements are met, the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-Panel must balance the potential risks of admitting the expert evidence with the benefits ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-of admitting it in the particular case at hand. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-[18] The legal test to determine whether an expert is properly qualified as a participant ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-expert is outlined in Westerhof v. Gee Estate, 2015 ONCA 206 (“Westerhof”). The Panel ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-must determine whether the expert’s opinion is based on their own observation of or ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-participation in the events at issue in the hearing and if the expert formed their opinion as ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-part of the ordinary exercise of their skills, knowledge, training and experience while ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-observing or participating in the events at issue. If the expert’s opinion was based on their ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-(h) Mr. John Joseph Paul Stephenson ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-[31] At the time of the hearing, Mr. Stephenson was a vice-principal at Bowmanville ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-High School. Mr. Stephenson was also the vice-principal of the School in May 2018, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- 2022 ONOCT 109 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-having started at the School in 2017. Mr. Stephenson received his teaching certificate in ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-2006 and taught for seven years before becoming an administrator in 2014. Mr. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-Stephenson testified about what he witnessed when he attended the Member’s classroom ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-on May 3, 2018. Mr. Stephenson testified that he provided a report of the incident to the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-Board’s investigator, Mr. Wilson, in an email on June 27, 2018 (Exhibit 34). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-(i) Mr. Brian Wilson ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-[32] Mr. Wilson has been an investigator in the Employee Services offices of the Board ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-for the past 15 years. Prior to this role, he worked with Toronto Police Services for 25 ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-years, in various positions, including four years as an investigator of allegations of child ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf:abuse and sexual assault. As an investigator for the Board, Mr. Wilson is assigned to ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-investigate matters within schools, generally for more serious matters involving the police ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-and the Children’s Aid Society, or where there are allegations of bias and an independent ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-investigator is required. ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-[33] Mr. Wilson was assigned to investigate the May 3, 2018 incident involving the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-Member and Student 1. He testified about the steps he undertook in investigating the ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-matter, including his decision not to interview Student 1. After his investigation, Mr. Wilson ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-prepared an investigation report for the Board (Exhibit 35, “Investigation Report”). ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-[34] Member’s Counsel objected to the admission of the Investigation Report into ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-evidence. Member’s Counsel acknowledged that the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf-R.S.O. 1990, c. S.22 (the “SPPA”) allows the Panel to consider hearsay evidence but ./ontario-cases/2022onoct109.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-Relationship with Person A: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Beginning in or around 2010 when Person A was [XXX] years old and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Member was 39 years old, up to in or around December 2014, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf: engaged in a consensual personal and sexual relationship with Person A ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- while the Member was coaching Person A, which was inconsistent with his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- role as a university coach. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- On a few occasions between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2014, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- when Person A was at the Member’s residence, the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf: unwanted, aggressive sexual acts on Person A that violated her sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- integrity. Person A was too frightened during these incidents to voice her ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- discomfort. The Member was intoxicated on these occasions, and he ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- believed that Person A was a willing participant. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- On one occasion between April 1, 2013 and November 30, 2014, the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Member invited Person A to join him in his vehicle which was parked at his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- property. Once in the vehicle together, the Member engaged in unwanted ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf: aggressive sexual acts on Person A that violated her sexual integrity. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Person A was frightened during this incident and pretended to pass out to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- end the experience. The Member was intoxicated and believed that Person ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- A was a willing participant. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- As a result of these incidents, Person A suffered emotional trauma and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- became depressed. She withdrew from those around her and her ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- academics suffered. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- In January 2016, Person A disclosed to the Head [XXX]Coach at the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf: University that she and the Member had been involved in a sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- relationship while the Member was her coach. She also disclosed the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- negative effect it had on her, given her age and vulnerability at the time. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- After a discussion with the Head Coach, a decision was made by the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Member to resign from the University. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Following the Member’s resignation, Person A experienced an angry ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- backlash from some [XXX]team members who blamed Person A for the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Member’s departure from the team, which further traumatized Person A. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-2019: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- After a period of separation, Person A initiated contact with the Member. In ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- February 2019, when Person A learned from the Member that he had been ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- attending and observing [XXX]practices at the University, Person A voiced ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- her concern for young, impressionable athletes in attendance. Person A ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- filed a Sexual Violence Complaint with the University stating that in her view, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- the Member had taken advantage of his position of power when she was a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- vulnerable student athlete, and requesting that the University take a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- proactive approach to ensure student athletes are protected. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-Criminal Proceedings: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- As a result of Person A’s complaint, the University contacted the police. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- On or about April 24, 2019, the Member was charged with two counts of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf: sexual assault, contrary to s. 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Member intended to enter a plea of not guilty to the charges. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- On or about August 27, 2020, in the Ontario Court of Justice, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- was granted a stay of proceedings under the Canadian Charter of Rights ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- and Freedoms as a result of a violation of his Section 11(b) Charter right to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- be tried within a reasonable time. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-Current Board and College Status: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Effective September 3, 2019, the Board placed the Member on an ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- administrative unpaid leave of absence. The Member’s union has filed a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- grievance, which remains outstanding. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- On or about September 2, 2021, the College’s Transition Supervisory ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Officer directed the Registrar to impose terms, conditions or limitations on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration until the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- allegations against him have been disposed of by the College. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(18), ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-heads of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-Member abused his position of trust and authority as Person A’s coach, by engaging in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf:a personal relationship with her and by subjecting her to unwanted, aggressive sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-acts. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-[8] The Panel found the Member to have breached the ethical standards for the teaching ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-profession, which are set out at section 26 (then, i.e., at the time of the events in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-question, section 32) of the College by-laws, contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-Regulation 437/97. In particular, the Member breached the ethical standards of “Trust”, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-“Respect” and “Integrity”. Members must honour students’ human dignity and emotional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-wellness, and their relationships with students must be based on trust, honesty and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-moral action. The Member acted contrary to these ethical standards when he engaged ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf:in a personal and sexual relationship with Person A while also coaching her university ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf:[XXX]team and then when he subjected her to unwanted, aggressive, sexual acts. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-Firstly, his decision to become involved in an intimate relationship with Person A while ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-acting as a coach demonstrates his failure to honour and respect her emotional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-wellness. He abused his position of trust and authority as Person A’s coach and failed ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-to maintain appropriate professional boundaries. Although Person A was not the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-Member’s student or a former student of the School or the Board, she was still young ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-and vulnerable to the unbalanced power dynamics between herself and the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf:The Member’s sexual transgressions were clear breaches of trust, integrity, reliability ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-and moral action. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-[9] The Panel found the Member to have breached subsection 1(15) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-Regulation 437/97 by failing to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act. Section ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-264(1)(c) essentially provides that it is the duty of a teacher to exemplify a number of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-moral virtues and to act as positive role models. Members are expected to show good ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf:judgment and maintain professionalism at all times. The Member’s personal and sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-relationship with Person A was inconsistent with his role as a coach and his unwanted, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf:aggressive sexual acts against Person A were an egregious violation of all moral ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-precepts. In disregarding Person A’s safety and well-being, the Member failed to act as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-a positive role model and did not exemplify the moral virtues expected of him as a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-teacher. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-[10] The Panel found the Member to have breached subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-Regulation 437/97, in that he committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. The Member failed to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-demonstrate good professional judgment and his conduct involved moral failing. He ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf:ought to have known not to engage in a personal and sexual relationship with Person ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-A. Although she was an adult, she was young and vulnerable to the unequal power ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-dynamics inherent in the relationship with the Member, who was her university ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-[XXX]coach. The Member should have been aware of Person’s A’s vulnerabilities and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-his position of power, yet he flouted professional boundaries. His exploitation of his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf:position of power to engage in a personal and sexual relationship with Person A while ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf:acting as her coach and his unwanted, aggressive sexual behaviour cast serious doubt ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-on the Member’s moral fitness and ability to discharge his professional obligations as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-expected by the public. The Member demonstrated a concerning disregard for Person ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- A’s well-being, when he got intoxicated to the point where he engaged in unwanted ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf: sexual activity with her, which then caused her emotional trauma. While the Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- understands that the Member may not have realized Person A’s discomfort when he ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf: performed unwanted, aggressive sexual acts on her because he was intoxicated, he ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- nevertheless ought to have known better than to be intoxicated and have his judgment ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- clouded when interacting with a young university student that he coached. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- [11] The Panel found the Member to have engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, with regard to his behaviour ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- towards Person A. Parents, students, and the public at large expect that teachers will ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- act professionally towards students and with integrity, while they are either performing ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- their professional duties or while they are off duty. A teacher’s position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- authority extends beyond the classroom and into the wider community and as such, it ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- follows that their responsibility to act morally and professionally extends as well. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member in that he inappropriately engaged in a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf: personal and sexual relationship with Person A, who was in a vulnerable position as the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Member’s university [XXX] student. His conduct eroded the public’s trust and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- confidence in the teaching profession. Although the Member’s misconduct took place ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- out of the School and Board, it was still damaging to the reputation of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf: The Member’s unwanted sexual acts against Person A were highly concerning. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- [12] The parties entered into a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on December 13, 2022, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- [13] The Panel accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- law confines the Panel’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest.2 The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is neither unduly harsh nor unduly ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- lenient such as to bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute, based ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- on the following prior decisions of the Discipline Committee presented by College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Counsel: Ontario College of Teachers v. Ciraco, 2015 ONOCT 12, and Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- of Teachers v. Ganuelas, 2022 ONOCT 35. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- [14] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- provided. The aggravating factors in the Member’s case include the nature of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- Member’s relationship with Person A, that he was her coach and held a position of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf: power over her when he engaged in a personal and sexual relationship with her and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf: then violated her sexual integrity, and that his misconduct caused Person A significant ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf: emotional distress and trauma. Although the Member’s unwanted, aggressive sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- acts towards Person A occurred while he was intoxicated and he believed that Person ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- A was a willing participant, these unwanted acts were repeated and were not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- momentary lapses in judgment. They were frightening and traumatic to Person A. In ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- terms of mitigating factors, the Panel considered that the Member has no prior discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-2 See R. v. Anthony-Cook, 2016 SCC 43, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 204, and Bradley v. Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-Teachers, 2021 ONSC 2303. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-history at the College, and that he had experienced significant negative consequences ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-as a result of his conduct, including his resignation from the university, being charged ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-criminally, and having it being reported in the media. In their submissions, College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 1 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-Counsel noted that the Member also has not been in a classroom since January 2019 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-of his own volition, for reasons unrelated to the matter here. He participated throughout ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-the discipline process and did not contest his misconduct, which saved the time and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-expense of a contested hearing and did not require Person A to testify about extremely ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-personal matters in a contested hearing that was initially scheduled for two full days. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-After weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the penalty proposed would not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-[15] The Panel finds that the Member’s misconduct warrants a reprimand. Members ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-are supposed to conduct themselves appropriately and professionally, including in their ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-private lives, because they are expected to act as positive role models for students and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-to exhibit moral virtues as people in positions of trust and authority in the community. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-The Member exploited his position of trust and authority by engaging in a personal and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf:sexual relationship with a student athlete, who was vulnerable because of her age and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-the power dynamics that existed between her and the Member. The reprimand will allow ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-the Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-deterrent to other members of the profession and communicate that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-Committee will not tolerate such inappropriate misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-[16] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s misconduct, the Panel finds that an ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf-18-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct1.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- Beginning in approximately October 20[XXX], when Person A was [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- years old, the Member began sending her messages on Facebook. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- On July 5, 20[XXX], the Member messaged Person A to say hello and ask ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- how her summer was going. In their exchanges, the Member shared the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- following with Person A: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- (a) he was being investigated by the Children’s Aid Society because a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf: member of the public had reported him for acting in a sexually ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- inappropriate way with [XXX] [XXX]; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- (b) he had a breakdown and was taking medication for it; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- (c) he considered her to be one of his most trusted friends and thought ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- she was one of the most intelligent people he knew. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- At 11:17pm on July 5, 20[XXX], the Member sent a message to Person A ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- suggesting that she come over, as his wife and children were away on a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- camping weekend and he had the house to himself. Person A did not reply ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- to this message. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- On July 7, 20[XXX], the Member sent a message to Person A apologizing ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- for the “creepy” earlier text and explained that he had been drinking. Person ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- A did not reply. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- On July 9, 20[XXX], the Member again messaged Person A to say good- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- night, told her that he had been drinking again and sent a close up photo of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- his face with his tongue out. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- screenshots of the messages exchanged between the Member and Person ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- A. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-Communications with Person B ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- Between approximately July 1 and July 6, 20[XXX], the Member messaged ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- Person B on Facebook. Person B was [XXX] years old at the time. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- In these messages, the Member made reference to Person B having a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- “beautiful face”, told her that he missed her a lot, and signed off his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- messages with “xoxo”. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- screenshots of the messages exchanged between the Member and Person ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- B. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-Communications with Person C ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- During the summer of 20[XXX], Person C began receiving strange, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- flirtatious texts from the Member. He told her that when he saw a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- photograph of her in Grade [XXX], he knew that she would be attractive. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- The Member asked Person C if she wanted to come over to his house and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- have a drink so that he could draw her. When Person C pointed out to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- Member that he had a wife and children, he asked her how she thought they ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- met. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- The Member asked Person C if she wanted to be his mistress. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-Communications with Person D ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- After graduating, Person D bumped into the Member outside the School, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- following which, he contacted her on Facebook. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- Between approximately July 1 and September 16, 20[XXX], the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- began sending flirtatious messages to Person D on Facebook. These ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- messages included: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- (a) sending Person D photos of himself camping; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf: (b) making sexual advances to Person D; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- (c) acknowledging that he had [XXX][XXX], [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- and that a man “has needs”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- (d) sending Person D images of himself shirtless and exposing his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- genitals; and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf: (e) requesting that Person D send him sexual photographs of herself. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- The Member told Person D that he would love to see her, but his wife was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- home, so they could not meet there. Person D considered telling the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- Member’s wife about these exchanges, but decided against it. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- Person D deleted the Member from her Facebook account, but the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- then followed up with a request to follow her on Instagram. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-Communications with Person E ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- Between approximately July 1 and September 16, 20[XXX], the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- sent inappropriate Facebook messages to Person E. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- The Member invited Person E to come over to his house, which Person E ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- found disturbing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-Board Investigation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- A number of the former students contacted a teacher at the School to advise ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- her of the unwanted messages they had been receiving from the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- After hearing these reports, on September 10, 20[XXX], the teacher notified ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- [6] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on December 19, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 2022 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- [7] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 31 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- heads of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- Member engaged in inappropriate electronic communications with five former students. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- [8] By his conduct, the Member failed to adhere to the ethical and professional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- standards set out in the College’s by-laws, contrary to subsection 1(14) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- Regulation 437/97. The Member initiated contact with Person A, B, C, D and E through ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- text and other electronic communications and sent inappropriate comments and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- propositions to them shortly after they had graduated from school where he had been ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- their teacher. Notably, the Member’s inappropriate conduct included: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-  telling Person A highly personal information (i.e., that he was being investigated ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- by the Children’s Aid Society because a member of the public had reported him ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf: for acting in a sexually inappropriate way with [XXX][XXX]; and that he was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- taking medication because he had a breakdown); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-  sending a message to Person A that he acknowledged was “creepy”, explaining ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- that he had been drinking at the time, and then sending her another message ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- two days later of a close up photo of his face with his tongue out, admitting he ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- had been drinking again; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-  inviting Person A, Person C and Person E to his house; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-  sending messages to Person B referencing her having a “beautiful face” and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- signing off his messages with “xoxo”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-  sending flirtatious texts to Person C, telling her he knew that she would be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- attractive when saw a photograph of her in Grade[XXX], and asking Person C if ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- she wanted to be his mistress; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf:  sending flirtatious messages to Person D, making sexual advances towards her, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- sending her an image of himself shirtless and exposing his genitals, and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf: requesting that Person D send him sexual photographs of herself; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-  attempting to connect with Person D on Instagram after she deleted him from ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- Facebook; and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-  sending inappropriate Facebook messages to Person E. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-[9] As noted in the Professional Advisory, Maintaining Professionalism – Use of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-Electronic Communications and Social Media, approved by Council on September 27, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-2017 (Exhibit E of Exhibit 2), the Member is required to exercise “sound judgment and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-due care” as “[m]embers must maintain a sense of professionalism at all times – in their ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-personal and professional lives”. The Professional Advisory further states that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-“Canada’s Supreme Court ruled that teachers’ off-duty conduct, even when not directly ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-related to students, is relevant to their suitability to teach”. The Member’s obligation to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-conduct himself professionally and ethically did not end when these individuals ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-graduated from school. As their former teacher, he held a position of trust and authority ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf:which he abused by sending them electronic communications of a sexual nature and by ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf:making sexual advances towards them within a year or two of their graduation. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf:[10] The Panel finds that the sexual nature of his conduct towards these individuals ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-breached the professionalism, sound judgment, and the Ethical Standards for the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-Teaching Profession (“trust”, “integrity”, “respect” and “care”) required of teachers at all ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-times. The Panel finds it reasonable to conclude that his conduct would have had a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-negative impact on Person A (who did not reply to the Member’s invitation to come over ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-to his house while his family was away), Person C (who found his messages “strange”), ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-Person D (who deleted the Member from her Facebook account), and Person E (who ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-found the Member’s solicitation to come over to his house “disturbing”). The Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-failed to demonstrate any sensitivity or regard for the well-being of Person A, Person B, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-Person C, Person D and Person E in his electronic communications with them, contrary ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-to the ethical and professional standards. Moreover, the Panel finds that, by repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-preying on his former students and attempting to engage in intimate, personal ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-relationships with them, the Member showed a complete lack of respect for these former ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf:students in the pursuit of his base sexual desires. Moreover, the Member profoundly ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-breached the trust that forms the basis of a teacher or coach’s relationship with students ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-(or in this case, recent graduates). His conduct also breached the trust that parents of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-his current students had in him. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-Regulation 437/97 by failing to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-which sets out the duties of a teacher. Section 264(1)(c) requires teachers to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-demonstrate the highest regard for a number of virtues, and it is commonly understood ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-to mean that teachers must act as positive role models for students. The Member clearly ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-did not act as a positive role model. He sent inappropriate messages to numerous ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-former students, some of which were sent after he had been drinking and which he, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-himself, described as “creepy”. He also shared highly personal details with these former ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-students (i.e., being investigated by the Children’s Aid Society; taking medication for a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-breakdown; having “needs” that [XXX][XXX][XXX][XXX]), none of which were ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-appropriate to share with his former students. It was unfair for the Member to burden ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-these individuals with his personal issues. Furthermore, the Member sent unsolicited ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf:sexual photographs to Person D and asked her to send him sexual photographs of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-herself in return, which is completely unacceptable and contrary to his moral duties ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-under subsection 264(1)(c) of the Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-[12] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-Regulation 437/97. Teachers are expected to maintain professionalism at all times. This ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-expectation extends to their conduct outside of the classroom and to all members of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-public, given the unique position of trust and authority that teachers hold in their ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-communities. In particular, the Panel finds it disgraceful that the Member would tell ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-Person D that [XXX][XXX][XXX][XXX] [XXX]= and that a man “has needs”, and that he ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-would ask Person C if she wanted to be his mistress. The Member’s unsolicited and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-persistent, inappropriate messages to former students and his repeated attempts to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-engage in inappropriate relationships with them demonstrate significant professional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-not to seek reinstatement. After weighing these factors, the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-penalty proposed would not bring the administration of the discipline process into ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-disrepute. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 2 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-[17] The Panel finds that the Member’s pattern of inappropriate conduct warrants a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-reprimand. The Member engaged in inappropriate electronic communications and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf:attempted to establish personal or sexual relationships with five former students. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with the Member and will ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-[18] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s misconduct, the Panel finds that a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-22-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While each case is unique on its ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-facts, the misconduct represented in the cases provided by College Counsel is of a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-similar underlying nature and the cases confirm that a lengthy suspension is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-appropriate. In making this decision, the Panel also gave considerable weight to the fact ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-that the Member resigned from the profession and will never seek reinstatement. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-Member’s Undertaking will help to ensure that the Member no longer has access to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf:students and that he can no longer prey on them in an attempt to fulfil his sexual desires. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-The suspension will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-making clear to members and to the public that the kind of misconduct the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-exhibited is unacceptable and will not be tolerated by the College. In accordance with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-the parties’ joint submission, the Member’s suspension will begin on January 3, 2023, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf-which is 15 days after the Panel’s Decision and Order. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct2.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-misconduct is a strict liability offence. The only defences available in strict liability offences ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-are the defence of due diligence or the defence of mistaken belief. Those defences will ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-be available if the Member took all reasonable steps to avoid liability or if she had ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 4 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-reasonably believed in a mistaken set of facts which, if true, would render the act or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-omission innocent. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-[39] Finally, ILC reviewed the Novick decision. ILC advised that the Divisional Court ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-stated that the Discipline Committee cannot create the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-Rather, a panel must generally be provided with external evidence, usually in the form of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-an expert witness or possibly published standards, which identify the standards of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-practice for the teaching profession and how they have been breached. The Panel can ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-rely on its own expertise if the conduct is so egregious or obvious that external evidence ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-is not required to establish misconduct including, for example, when a member has ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf:sexually abused a student. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-[40] ILC distinguished the professional standards from the ethical standards in the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-College by-laws and noted that expert evidence is not usually required to prove ethical ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-breaches. Rather, it is within the purview of the Panel to make findings of a breach of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-ethical standards without expert evidence, just as it could determine, without expert ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-evidence, that conduct is disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-J. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-[41] Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-of the parties, the Panel finds that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf-(dishonourable and unprofessional only) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct4.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Paterson 2023 ONOCT 05 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- Date: 2023-01-23 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- PENALTY DECISION AND REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- Paul Joseph Paterson, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- PAUL JOSEPH PATERSON (REGISTRATION #426411) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-PANEL: John Hamilton, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- Josée Landriault, OCT ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-HEARD: October 17-18, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-Danielle Miller, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-William Markle, Q.C., for Paul Joseph Paterson ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-its decision with respect to penalty and costs orally, before the parties. The Member had ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-legal representation throughout these proceedings, including at the penalty stage. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-[4] The Panel’s reasons with respect to its penalty and costs orders are set out below. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-[5] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-[6] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf:Act at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-abused. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-B. PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-[7] College Counsel sought for the Member to receive a reprimand from the Panel and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-for the Registrar to revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-immediately. College Counsel submitted that the context underlying the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-relationship with Student 1 was particularly aggravating because he had first encountered ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-Student 1 in crisis and knew that Student 1 was at risk when he engaged in illegal ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-behaviour with Student 1. Given that the Member was a vice-principal at the time, College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-Counsel argued that it was implausible that he lacked a basic understanding of a teacher’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-role beyond school hours and off school property. College Counsel submitted that there ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-D. REPLY PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-[11] In reply, College Counsel submitted that little to no weight should be given to how ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-effective and respected the Member was, as that does not excuse the misconduct in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 5 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-which he engaged without the School and the Board’s knowledge. Student 1’s mother ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-viewed the Member as a trusted, respected authority figure and that is why she allowed ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-him to supervise their son while they left on vacation. They did not consent to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-Member’s inappropriate conduct with Student 1. College Counsel submitted that although ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-the Member did not have control over Student 1’s [XXX], he never discussed it with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-Student 1 and did not direct him to resources, despite knowing that Student 1 was at risk. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-In response to the submission of Member’s Counsel citing Grimstead and asking the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf:Panel to consider that there was no finding of sexual abuse made against the Member, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-College Counsel submitted that it would be concerning for the Panel to order revocation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf:only when it finds a member guilty of sexual abuse and that the Panel ought to carefully ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-review the facts and find that revocation is appropriate here, even if the Member is not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf:guilty of sexually abusing Student 1. Lastly, College Counsel submitted that the price that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-the Member had already paid for his behaviour only speaks to specific deterrence and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-that the penalty sought by the College was necessary to achieve general deterrence. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-E. ADVICE OF INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-[12] Independent Legal Counsel (“ILC”) advised the Panel about its role in considering ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-the evidence tendered and the submissions of the parties in issuing an order that adheres ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-to the principles underlying Discipline Committee orders. ILC noted that the Panel must ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-determine the most appropriate penalty that meets the purposes of a sanction, including ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf-the protection of the public, remediation, general and specific deterrence and that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct5.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on February ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-7, 2023, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 7 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-[2] Neither Royce Galon Williamson (the “Member”) nor his legal counsel attended the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-[4] Additionally, the Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(1) of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-the Act with respect to C.O., having found that the circumstances in which the test for ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-closing the hearing under subsection 32(7) was met. As such, no person shall publish or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-broadcast the identify of, or any information that could disclose the identity of C.O. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-B. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-[5] Counsel for the College requested that the Panel withdraw the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-professional misconduct outlined in paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of the Notice of Hearing, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-namely that the Member contravened subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2) and 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf:Regulation 437/97 and/or that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf-defined in section 1 of the Act. The Panel granted these requests. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct7.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Mousseau 2023 ONOCT 09 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- Date: 2023-02-13 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- David Thomas Mousseau, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- DAVID THOMAS MOUSSEAU (REGISTRATION #196297) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-PANEL: Adam Dharsee, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- Kirby Chown, OCT ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- Rachelle Coleman ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-HEARD: February 13, 2023 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-Ava Arbuck, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-No one appearing for David Thomas Mousseau ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on February ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-13, 2023, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-[2] David Thomas Mousseau (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-have legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-[4] A publication ban was also ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act at ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 2, Student 3, Student 4, Student 5 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf:and Student 6, who were allegedly sexually abused. The Panel notes that Student 1, who ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf:was also allegedly sexually abused, did not request for a publication ban under this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-subsection. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-could disclose the identities of Student 2, Student 3, Student 4, Student 5 and Student 6. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-B. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-[5] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on February 13, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-2023, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of students as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 9 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-C. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-[6] On February 13, 2023, the Panel accepted the parties’ Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-Penalty and made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- reprimand shall be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-[7] A written decision with reasons will follow. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf-Date: February 13, 2023 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- Adam Dharsee, OCT ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- Kirby Chown, OCT ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- Rachelle Coleman ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct9.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Bujacz 2023 ONOCT 12 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Date: 2023-02-10 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- DECISION ON FINDING AND REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Lee Allan Bujacz, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- LEE ALLAN BUJACZ (REGISTRATION #526770) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-PANEL: Stéphane Vallée, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Yasser Leheta, OCT ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Kimberley Westfall-Connor ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-HEARD: September 13, 2021; October 6-7, 2021; January 19 and 21, 2022; April 8, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2022; and September 12, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Andrew Matheson and Noam Uri, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Christopher Perri and Kylie Sier, for Lee Allan Bujacz ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Ravi Amarnath and Emily Owens, for the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(September 13, 2021 – only) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Julie Maciura, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused or the subject of sexual misconduct, a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- his consumption alcohol while on a field trip in October 2014; his comments to students ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- about rape, vaginal tearing during childbirth, and miscarriage in the 2014-2015 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- academic school year; and his exchange of electronic messages of an inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- personal nature with a student in or around March 2017. Based on this conduct, and for ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the reasons that follow, the Panel found that the Member contravened subsections 1(5), ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: Panel also found that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- section 1 of the Act. The Panel did not, however, find that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act (given the College’s withdrawal of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- that allegation) or that the Member contravened subsection 1(11) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 437/97, due to insufficient evidence. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [5] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of Act, which ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- makes such an order mandatory. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- or any information that could disclose the identities of Student 2, who was under 18 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- years of age at the time of the hearing, or her mother, who testified in this proceeding ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- and whose identity could reveal the identity of Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [6] Additionally, a publication ban was ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: at the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: abused or the subject of sexual misconduct. The publication ban also applies to Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 1’s mother, who also testified in this proceeding, so as to avoid identifying Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- disclose the identities of Student 1 or her mother. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-B. PRELIMINARY ISSUE: MOTION ON TIMING OF CONSTITUTIONAL ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- QUESTION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [7] In his Notice of Motion dated August 30, 2021, the Member sought: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 1. An order that the Act, in particular sections 30.2(1), 30.2(2), 30.3, and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: 33(4.1), when read together with the definition of “sexual abuse” and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- “student” in section 1 of the Act, violates section 2(b) of the Canadian ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“Charter”) in a manner that cannot be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- saved under section 1 of the Charter. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2. An order that in light of the section 2(b) infringement, the impugned ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- provisions are unconstitutional and as a result of section 52 of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Constitution Act, 1982, the Discipline Committee will treat the impugned ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- provisions as having no force and effect. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 3. Any further and other orders that counsel may advise and the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Committee may permit. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [8] The College opposed the motion and asked the Panel for an order that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 1. The constitutional motion will not be heard in advance of the hearing on the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- merits; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2. The constitutional motion shall only be heard if (a) the penalty phase is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: reached, (b) the Member has been found guilty of sexual abuse of a student, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- and (c) the College and the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- given adequate time to respond to the constitutional motion; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 3. The Member does not have standing to challenge section 30.3 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 4. The College’s right to ask the Panel to award costs associated with the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- constitutional motion is preserved. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [9] The Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario (the “Intervenor”) was an intervenor ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- in this motion and also opposed the motion. The Intervenor asked for an order that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Discipline Committee not address the constitutional challenge unless the Member is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: found guilty of sexual abuse and subject to the mandatory revocation provisions under ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: certainty about the penalty that would be imposed for a finding of sexual abuse and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- would have to adduce evidence about mitigating factors in case the Panel ultimately ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- decides the mandatory revocation provisions are unconstitutional and that it does have ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- discretion with regard to penalty. It would be a less efficient and less favourable way to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- proceed in the latter manner. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(2) College’s Position ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [14] The College acknowledged the Member’s right to bring a constitutional challenge ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- but argued that the motion was premature. The mandatory revocation provisions are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: penalty provisions and will only be engaged if the Panel finds that the Member sexually ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- abused a student. It is speculative and hypothetical whether the Panel will make such ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- a finding and the Member’s motion will be unnecessary if the Committee is not satisfied ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: that the sexual abuse allegation has been proven. It is not appropriate to make ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- determinations about constitutional issues when it is not necessary to do so because ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the issue has not yet occurred or may become moot.5 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [15] According to College Counsel, it is important for a reviewing court to have a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- complete record of relevant facts6 and both adjudicative facts (i.e., the facts of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- particular case) and legislative facts (e.g., policy documents, Hansard debates, etc.) are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- required when determining constitutional challenges.7 Adjudicative facts are especially ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- relevant in the administrative law context because an administrative tribunal’s ruling on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-5 Phillips v. Nova Scotia (Commission of Inquiry into the Westray Mine Tragedy), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 97 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(“Phillips”). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-6 Nova Scotia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Martin, Nova Scotia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Laseur, 2003 SCC 54, [2003] 2 S.C.R. 504. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-7 Mackay, supra note 1 at para. 9 and Danson, supra note 1 at p. 1101. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- a constitutional challenge applies only to the case in question. Administrative tribunals ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- do not have the authority to make general declarations of invalidity under section 52 of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the Constitution Act, 1982.8 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [16] According to College Counsel, the cases the Member provided in support of his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- motion are not comparable to the particular circumstances of the Member’s case and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- are not helpful for the Panel in deciding this motion. None of the cases the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- relied on challenged the constitutionality of a penalty prior to a hearing on the merits. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Taken to their highest, they carve out exceptions to the general rule requiring a full, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- factual record when challenging the constitutionality of the allegations made against an ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- individual. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: [17] The penalty of mandatory revocation for findings of sexual abuse of a student by ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- a member is not self-evidently unconstitutional. The Panel will need to hear evidence ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- on the facts of the case to determine whether the mandatory penalties are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- disproportionate to the Member’s conduct. As an analogy, mandatory minimum ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- penalties in the criminal law context are heard at the sentencing stage.9 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [18] College Counsel disagreed with the Member’s suggestion that the motion could be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- dealt with in one day and submitted that efficiency favours deferring the constitutional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- question until after the finding stage of the hearing. The Panel can order revocation as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- a discretionary penalty for engaging in professional misconduct even if they do not find ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: the Member guilty of sexual abuse. The constitutionality of the mandatory revocation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-8 A. et al., 2007 ONSEC 12. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-9 R. v. John, 2018 ONCA 702. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- provisions has no bearing on the Member’s ability to call evidence during the finding ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- stage of the hearing and does not impair the Member’s right to a fair hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [19] College Counsel submitted that the Member had no standing to challenge section ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 30.3 of the Act.10 The College also noted that the Member failed to comply with the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- requirements in rules 5.06 and 5.07 of the Rules to file affidavit evidence in support of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- his motion, questioned the basis for the motion in light of prior adjournments, and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- submitted that the hearing should proceed without further delay. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(3) Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario’s Position ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [20] Counsel for the Intervenor submitted that the minimum starting point for the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Member’s challenge is an actual order by the Panel applying the impugned mandatory ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- revocation provisions, namely an order finding the Member guilty of sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- student. If the Member is not found guilty of sexual abuse, then it will be unnecessary ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- for the Discipline Committee to decide the constitutional issue. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [21] Counsel for the Intervenor submitted that courts should avoid determining ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- constitutional issues unless necessary because unnecessary constitutional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- pronouncements may prejudice future cases.11 Any determination by this Panel, while ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- not binding, will be persuasive authority for other panels of the Discipline Committee. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Further, if the Panel’s decision is appealed, the Divisional Court will have to rely on the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- record that was before the Panel, which is presently very thin. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-10 Section 30.3 of the Act is the provision that retroactively revokes members’ certificates of qualification ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-and registration by deeming the certificate to be revoked if they were found guilty of sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:student or a prohibited act of child pornography before section 30.3 came into force. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-11 Phillips, supra note 5 at para. 9. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [22] According to the Intervenor, the Panel should wait until after the hearing of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- merits to consider the Member’s Charter challenge. The findings the Panel make will ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- help determine whether revocation is a proportional response or minimally impairing in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the circumstances.12 The Supreme Court of Canada considers the absence of a factual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- basis for constitutional challenges to be a “fatal flaw”.13 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(4) Independent Legal Counsel’s Advice ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [23] Independent Legal Counsel (“ILC”) advised the Panel that the preponderance of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the law supports the position of the College and the Intervenor. The Supreme Court of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Canada has set out that, as a general rule, there should be a factual basis before ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- bringing a constitutional challenge and adjudicators should not deal with issues, in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- particular constitutional questions, that are unnecessary to dispose of a case. ILC noted ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: that the Member has not challenged the definition of sexual abuse but is challenging ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: the penalty for a finding of sexual abuse. ILC advised that it would not be efficient to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- deal with the constitutional challenge as a preliminary matter, because the Panel may ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: decide after hearing the evidence that the Member is not guilty of sexual abuse. ILC ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- also reminded the Panel that it is authorized to order revocation as a discretionary ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- penalty, even if the mandatory provisions did not apply or are determined to be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- unconstitutional. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-12 Mega-C Power Corporation et al., 2007 ONSEC 4. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-13 MacKay, supra note 1 at para. 20. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(5) DECISION ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [24] On September 13, 2021, having considered the submissions of the parties and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Intervenor, and ILC’s advice, the Panel declined to hear the Member’s motion before a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: finding of sexual abuse, if any, was made. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(6) REASONS FOR DECISION ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [25] The Panel accepted the advice of ILC that the law supports the positions of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- College and Intervenor, and that the Supreme Court of Canada has established a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- general rule in Mackay and Danson that constitutional challenges should not be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- considered in a factual vacuum. The Panel accepted that there are rare exceptions to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the requirement that a tribunal must have the full factual context before deciding a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- constitutional issue but did not consider the Member’s case to fall under such an ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- exception. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [26] The Panel recognized that it cannot make sweeping declarations of invalidity and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- that its decision on the constitutionality of the impugned provisions will only be binding ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- upon the Member. However, as the Intervenor noted, the Panel’s decision will still ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- become persuasive precedent for the Discipline Committee and other regulators going ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- forward. The Panel agreed with Justice Cory’s statement in Mackay that, “[i]n light of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the importance and the impact that [Charter] decisions may have in the future, the courts ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- have every right to expect and indeed to insist upon the careful preparation and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- presentation of a factual basis in most Charter cases” (at paragraph 8). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [27] The Panel was not persuaded that it could rely on legislative facts alone to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- determine the Member’s constitutional question. The Panel agreed with College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Counsel that the cases provided by the Member were not helpful. These cases were all ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-instances where the issue was the constitutionality of allegations made against an ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-individual. The Member was not challenging whether it is unconstitutional to find a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:member guilty of sexual abuse for engaging in behaviour or making remarks of a sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-nature toward a student. Rather, he was challenging the constitutionality of the penalty ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-that follows such a finding. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[28] The Panel found that the Member’s motion was premature. At the time of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:motion, the Panel had not yet determined whether the Member had engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-abuse of a student. Section 30.2 of the Act therefore had no application to the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-at that point in the proceedings. The motion was not necessary to determine whether ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-the Member was guilty of the allegations against him, and the Supreme Court of Canada ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-has said that adjudicators should not consider issues that are not necessary for the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-disposition of a matter, especially constitutional issues: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- This court has said on numerous occasions that it should not decide issues ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- of law that are not necessary to a resolution of [a matter]. This is particularly ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- true with respect to constitutional issues and the principle applies with even ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- greater emphasis in circumstances in which the foundation upon which the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- proceedings were launched has ceased to exist. (Phillips at paragraph 6) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[29] Moreover, the challenge would be moot if the Panel ultimately decided that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:allegation of sexual abuse had not been proven. A finding that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:the sexual abuse of a student is a necessary foundation for the application of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-mandatory penalty provisions in the Act. As the Supreme Court of Canada found in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Mackay, “the absence of a factual base is not just a technicality that could be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-overlooked, but rather it is a flaw that is fatal to [the Member’s] position” (at paragraph ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-21). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [30] Additionally, the Panel was not persuaded by the Member’s arguments about ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- efficiency, fairness, and natural justice. There is no denial of justice by proceeding with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- a hearing on the merits first. Revocation is an order available in all discipline cases ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- following a finding of professional misconduct. The Member faced the possibility of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: revocation, regardless of any finding of sexual abuse, and should have fully prepared ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- and presented his case with that understanding. The Member had all the procedural ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- rights afforded to him and the right to bring his motion at the appropriate time following ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: a hearing on its merits and a finding that the Member has engaged in sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- a student. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: [31] Now that the Member has been found to have engaged in the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- student, he may proceed with his constitutional challenge, and the Panel will have the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- facts underlying that finding to determine whether mandatory revocation would be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- disproportionate to the conduct and therefore not justified under section 1 of the Charter. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- If required, the Panel may also consider the Member’s standing to challenge section ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 30.3 of the Act now that the merits of the Member’s case have been heard. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- College’s right to seek costs for the constitutional motion is preserved. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [32] In the reasons that follow, the Panel sets out why it found the Member guilty of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-C. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [33] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated July 22, 2019 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Lee Allan Bujacz is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: (e) he engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act;14 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- (f) he failed to supervise adequately a person who is under the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- professional supervision of the member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- (g) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- (h) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- (i) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- (j) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 1. Lee Allan Bujacz is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Catholic ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- District School Board of Eastern Ontario as a teacher at [XXX]School ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- (the “School”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-14 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- administrator for the past 18 years. She has worked with the Member at several schools ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- in the past, including during the 2014-2015 school year, when Ms. Labelle was the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- principal at [XXX]in[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [43] Ms. Labelle testified about her investigations of the allegations concerning the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Member’s conduct during the trip to Saunders Farm in October 2014 and the comments ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the Member made to his Grade [XXX] class in 2014-2015. She also provided her opinion ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- as to the impropriety of the Member’s alleged conduct on those occasions. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(e) Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [44] At the time of the hearing, Student 1 was [XXX] years old. The Member had been ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- her primary teacher in Grades [XXX] and had also taught her [XXX]. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- close friends with and a neighbour to Student 1’s grandparents. He knew Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- family for many years and had known her for most of her life. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [45] Student 1 testified about the Facebook messages the Member sent her in March ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2017 when she was a [XXX]-year-old Grade [XXX] student. Student 1 testified about ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- her reactions to the Member’s messages at the time, and how she considered the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- messages to be inappropriate as they contained innuendo and insinuations of wanting ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: to pursue a sexual encounter with her. Student 1 also testified about the continued ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- negative impact the messages have on her. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(f) Ms. 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [46] Ms. 1 is Student 1’s mother. She recalled that the Member was Student 1’s teacher ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- in Grade [XXX] and possibly Grade[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 20 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [54] Officer Cox testified about his meeting with the Member on April 6, 2017, regarding ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the Facebook messages sent to Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(2) Member’s Evidence ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [55] The Member testified on his own behalf during the hearing but did not call any ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- other witnesses. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(a) Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [56] The Member received his certificate of qualification and registration in February ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2008 (Exhibit 6). Since that time, he has taught elementary students at several schools ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- in the Catholic District School Board in Eastern Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [57] The Member testified about each of the incidents alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- He acknowledged that he had consumed alcohol on the day of the school trip to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Saunders Farm. He acknowledged discussing rape and miscarriage at school and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- stated that he would “own” having spoken about vaginal tearing to students. He also ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- testified about his understanding of the Facebook messages Student 1 received. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Member noted that he was not disciplined by the Board for any of these incidents and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- that the discipline letters dated November 15, 2017 before the Panel, which reference ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- these incidents, were issued in relation to different events (Exhibit 2 at Tab 4 (original ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- discipline letter) and Tab 5 (revised discipline letter reflecting reduced suspension)). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-F. SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: [58] The College sought to withdraw the allegation that the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. College Counsel submitted that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: Facebook messages in question constitute sexual abuse of Student 1, rather than ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 21 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:sexual misconduct. Further, while the inappropriate comments the Member made about ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:rape, miscarriages, and vaginal tearing during childbirth meet the definition of “sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-misconduct”, that definition was not in force at the time of the events in question. College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Counsel submitted that the remaining allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing were ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-proven, on a balance of probabilities, and that the Panel ought to accept the evidence ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-of the College witnesses, who College Counsel submitted were all credible. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[59] College Counsel reminded the Panel that they heard from Dr. Hawes who was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-qualified as a participant expert on the standards required of teachers, including their ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-conduct in the classroom and on school trips, and when communicating with students ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-outside of the school. Dr. Hawes testified that the Member breached the expectations ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-set out in the College’s Professional Advisory: Professional Misconduct Related to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct approved by Council September 27, 2002 (Tab ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-17 of Exhibit 2) and Professional Advisory: Use of Electronic Communication and Social ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Media approved by Council on February 23, 2011 (Exhibit 5), and that he failed to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-maintain the professional and ethical standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[60] College Counsel submitted that Dr. Hawes was not qualified as an expert in the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:area of sexual abuse. As such, the Panel should not be influenced in their determination ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:of whether the Member engaged in sexual abuse by Dr. Hawes’ testimony that she did ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:not find the Member’s Facebook comments to be overtly sexual and therefore did not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:report to the College that the Member engaged in sexual abuse. Additionally, while ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 (“Novick”), typically requires ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:the parties to provide expert evidence on the standards of the profession, sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-is one example of conduct that is so egregious that expert evidence is not required. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 23 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [63] College Counsel provided the Panel with several cases for their consideration in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: determining whether the Member’s Facebook messages constitute sexual abuse as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- defined in the Act. The College provided the Panel with: Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Walker, 2022 ONOCT 29 (“Walker”); Ontario College of Teachers v. Maloney, 2018 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ONOCT 13 and 2018 ONOCT 53; Ontario College of Teachers v. Salhani, 2021 ONOCT ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 132; Ontario College of Teachers v. Klassen, 2019 ONOCT 85; and Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Teachers v. Kindratiuk, 2020 ONOCT 171. The College also provided the Panel with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers v. Keenan, 2020 ONOCT 144 in support of its position that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the Member engaged in professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-G. MEMBER’S SUBMISSIONS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [64] The Member acknowledged that he made various errors in judgment, and that his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- conduct fell below the standards of the profession in some of the alleged incidents (i.e., ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the comments regarding vaginal tearing during childbirth). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [65] Member’s Counsel submitted that no Browne v. Dunn issues arose as there are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- no material facts in dispute and the Member was a credible witness. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- forthright and conceded points where it was appropriate to do so. Further, while the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Member was mistaken about having shown the police his phone, this is not necessarily ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- an indication that he is an unreliable witness. As the Divisional Court noted in Re Pitts ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- and Director of Family Benefits Branch of the Ministry of Community & Social Services, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 1985 CanLII 2053 (ON SC), “Discrepancies in a witness’ testimony, or between his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- testimony and that of others, do not necessarily mean that the witness should be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- discredited. Failure of recollection is a common experience and innocent misrecollection ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- is not uncommon.” Member’s Counsel submitted that even if the Panel disregards the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 25 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- conclude that the Member did not engage in professional misconduct during any of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- those incidents. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [68] Member’s Counsel submitted that clear and cogent evidence is required to prove ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: that conduct amounts to “sexual abuse” and that the Facebook messages are not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: overtly sexual and are ambiguous. Member’s Counsel argued that the Panel should find ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: that the Member did not engage in sexual abuse of Student 1, which is consistent with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the conclusions of Dr. Hawes and the Board. The two professional advisories which Dr. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: Hawes spoke about are not determinative as to whether the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- abuse, as they make reference to conduct that is inappropriate for teachers but not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: necessarily sexual in nature. Member’s Counsel submitted that the Panel could ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- conclude the Member engaged in inappropriately personal boundary violations contrary ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- to subsections 1(5), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 but not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: sexual abuse as defined in section 1 of the Act and contrary to subsection 1(7.3), nor ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- psychological or emotional abuse. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [69] Member’s Counsel referred the Panel to the following cases in support of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Member’s position: Ontario College of Teachers v. Clements, 2016 ONOCT 11; Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- College of Teachers v. Lepage, 2017 ONOCT 29; Ontario College of Teachers v. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Bowers, 2018 ONOCT 42; and Ontario College of Teachers v. Dean, 2018 ONOCT 66. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-H. REPLY OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [70] College Counsel disagreed that the Panel should accept Dr. Hawes’ opinion that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: the Member’s conduct did not amount to sexual abuse of a student. Dr. Hawes was not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: qualified as an expert on the definition of sexual abuse. While she did not report sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- abuse at the time, she had relied on the Superintendent of Human Resources to take ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 26 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- whatever action was required in the circumstances. College Counsel argued that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Molodowic, which was decided before Westerhof, did not apply to a participant expert ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- in civil, disciplinary proceedings. Further, College Counsel submitted that the factual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- evidence supports, on a balance of probabilities, a finding that the Facebook messages ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: are sexual in nature. Student 1 provided compelling evidence of what she understood ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the messages to convey, and Dr. Hawes testified that it was a reasonable perception ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: that the comments were sexually inappropriate. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-I. ADVICE OF INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [71] ILC advised the Panel that the Divisional Court in Novick stated that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Committee cannot create the standards of the profession. Rather, a panel must ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- generally be provided with external evidence, usually in the form of an expert witness ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- or published standards which identify the standards of practice of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- profession and how they have been breached. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [72] ILC distinguished the practice standards from the ethical standards in the College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- by-laws. ILC advised that breaches of practice standards are most appropriately ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- addressed under subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 whereas the ethical ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- standards are appropriately considered as a breach of subsection 1(14) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, and that expert evidence is not usually required to prove breaches ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- of ethical standards. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [73] ILC reminded the Panel that Dr. Hawes opined that the Member failed to maintain ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the standards of the profession with respect to the trip to Saunders Farm , the comments ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- in class about rape, miscarriage and vaginal tearing, and the Facebook messages. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Further, the Member admitted that his conduct fell below the standards with regard to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 27 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- most, if not all of those issues. ILC also noted that Dr. Hawes was not qualified to give ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: opinion evidence on whether certain conduct was sexual in nature, but was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- nevertheless an expert relied upon by the College. If the Panel finds that the messages ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: are sexual in nature, contrary to Dr. Hawes’ opinion, they should provide thorough ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- reasons for disagreeing with her. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [74] ILC advised that the Panel can determine whether the Facebook messages were ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: sexual in nature without expert evidence, in accordance with the Supreme Court of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Canada’s decision in R. v. Chase, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 293 (“Chase”). The Panel can apply ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the test articulated in Chase and decide whether a reasonable observer would find that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: the comments were sexual in nature, in light of all the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [75] In ILC’s opinion, there are no Browne v. Dunn concerns in this case. ILC advised ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- that the rule in Browne v. Dunn only arises when a witness gives testimony that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- contradicts an earlier witness’ testimony and the second version of events was not put ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- to the earlier witness so that they could agree or disagree with it. ILC advised that it is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- not necessarily inconsistent or contradictory if a witness simply does not remember if ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- something happened or not. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-J. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [76] Having considered the evidence, onus and standard of proof, and the submissions ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- of the parties, the Panel finds that the Member engaged in acts of professional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 28 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [77] The Panel accepts the College’s withdrawal of the allegation that the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act and makes no finding ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- with respect to this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [78] The Panel finds that the College has not proven, on a balance of probabilities, that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the Member failed to adequately supervise a person who is under his professional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- supervision, contrary to subsection 1(11) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [79] As required by subsection 30.2(1)(b) of the Act, the Panel makes an interim order ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- directing the Registrar to suspend the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- registration until the Panel makes its order on sanction. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-K. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [80] The College is required to prove the allegations in the Notice of Hearing on a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- balance of probabilities.19 In the reasons that follow, the Panel first sets out its factual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- findings and then explains why these facts give rise to findings of professional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- misconduct. The Panel comments only on the portions of the evidence that are most ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- relevant to the allegations contained in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [81] The Panel also recognizes that it can accept all, some, or none of any witness’ ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- evidence. When deciding how much of each witness’ evidence to accept, the Panel can ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- consider the following credibility factors: the witness’ ability to observe and recall the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- events; whether the witness has an interest in the outcome of the hearing that may ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- cloud their recollection; the plausibility or reasonability of the evidence; and the internal ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-19 F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 41. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 35 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-of the Member’s messages to Student 1. The Panel did not find her reactions diminished ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-her credibility. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[99] Dr. Hawes had some difficulty when she tried to explain the conclusions she had ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-drawn at the time of her investigation of the Facebook messages. The Panel does not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:agree with her characterization that the Facebook messages do not constitute sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-abuse. However, the Panel accepts that Dr. Hawes provided clear evidence on the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-chronology of events and what happened during her meetings with Student 1 and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Member, and that her recollections of the meeting with the Member on April 21, 2017 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-were corroborated by Mr. Roberts’ testimony. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[100]On the other hand, the Member’s evidence regarding the Facebook messages was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-inconsistent and confusing, which led the Panel to find that his testimony with respect ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-to this allegation was not credible. The Member denied sending the Facebook ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-messages but did not maintain this position consistently. At various times throughout ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-his testimony, the Member stated that he was unaware of sending the messages to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Student 1, but he did not dispute that he did because he had no proof otherwise; that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-he was taking ownership for the messages; and that he did not recall sending the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-messages, possibly because of several changes to his medication in the past few years. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-In saying this, he seemed to acknowledge the possibility that he indeed sent messages ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:to Student 1, although he denied wanting to meet with or have a sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-her. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[101]At the same time, the Member suggested that he could not have sent the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-messages because his medication made him fall asleep by 10:30 p.m. However, he did ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 38 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-established a self-serving pattern of unreliability that diminished the Member’s credibility ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-with respect to this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[107]The Panel reviewed the screenshots of the Facebook messages and notes that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-they were sent from an individual who used the profile name “Lee Bujacz” and whose ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-profile picture appears to be the Member with a baby. It seems more plausible to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Panel that the Member did send the messages and acknowledged during the April 21, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-2017 meeting that he sent the messages to Student 1, and is now trying to provide ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-alternative accounts to the Panel that are more favourable to him (i.e., that he does not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-remember sending the messages and that his phone may have been hacked). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[108]The Panel further notes that the Member agreed during the hearing that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-messages were sent late at night; were of a personal nature, ambiguous, and open to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:a sexually suggestive interpretation; and were inappropriate. The Panel accepts the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-ample evidence it heard from those who viewed the Facebook messages, and agrees ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-with them, that the messages were inappropriate. Student 1 understood the messages ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-as attempts by the Member to probe her age and whether she had a boyfriend, and she ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:understood the Member to be making sexual innuendo and insinuations of wanting to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:pursue “some type of sexual encounter” with her. Ms. 1 testified that she “instantly” felt ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-sick to her stomach when she read the Facebook messages because she felt that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:Member was “grooming” and “preying on” Student 1. Dr. Hawes testified that she ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-thought the Facebook messages constituted professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[109]For all of these reasons, the Panel finds it more likely than not that the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-sent inappropriate, personal Facebook messages to Student 1 and that the College has ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-proven particular 6 on a balance of probabilities. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 39 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:(a) No finding that the Member engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- section 1 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: [110]The College withdrew the allegation that the Member engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. The Panel recognizes that the definition ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: of sexual misconduct was not in force at the time that the Member made the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- inappropriate comments about rape, miscarriage and vaginal tearing to his Grade[XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: class. The definition of sexual misconduct does not apply with retrospective effect. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Therefore, the Panel finds that the College’s withdrawal of this allegation is appropriate ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: and accordingly makes no finding of sexual misconduct in this case. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(b) No finding that the Member failed to supervise adequately a person who ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- was under his professional supervision, contrary to subsection 1(11) of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [111]The Panel does not find that the College has proven, on a balance of probabilities, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- that the Member failed to supervise adequately a person who was under his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- professional supervision, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(11). The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- College presented insufficient evidence to prove that the Member left his students ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- without adequate supervision when he left with Ms. Fowlow to pick up pizza on the day ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- of Saunders Farm field trip. Further, the Panel did not hear evidence to support a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- conclusion that the Member was impaired by the beer that he consumed at lunch, such ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- that he did not provide adequate supervision for his students during the remainder of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the trip upon his return from the restaurant to the farm. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 40 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(c) The Member engaged in professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [112]The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct set out above gives rise to findings of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- professional misconduct. In particular, the Panel finds that the Member engaged in acts ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- of professional misconduct, as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Panel also finds ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: that the Member engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(i) The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [113]The Panel finds that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- The Panel accepts that Novick reinforced the principle that the College should present ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- expert evidence on the standards of the profession and breaches thereof unless the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- conduct is so notorious or obvious that expert evidence is not required. In this case, the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Panel accepted Dr. Hawes as a participant expert, qualified to provide evidence on the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- standards required of teachers’ conduct in the classroom and on school trips, as well ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- as when communicating with students outside of the school. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [114]In Dr. Hawes’ opinion, the Member breached the standards of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- profession when he consumed a beer in a public establishment during the lunch hour ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- while on a school trip. Dr. Hawes testified that the standards for the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- do not specifically prohibit members from consuming alcohol during their own time. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Further, she agreed with Member’s Counsel’s suggestion that it is not a breach of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- standards for teachers to drink a light beer during their lunch break, when that was not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- in the presence of students or parents, and without becoming intoxicated. However, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 42 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-evidence was that the Member failed to show dedication in his care and commitment to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-his Grade [XXX] students as he was insensitive to factors that influence individual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-student learning (as required by the practice standard “Commitment to Students and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Student Learning”); failed to use appropriate pedagogy in responding to his students ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(as required by the practice standard “Professional Practice”); and failed to promote and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-participate in the creation of a safe and supportive learning community, and to uphold ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-the ethical standards of the profession (as required by the practice standard “Leadership ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-in Learning Communities”). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[118]The Panel accepts Dr. Hawes’ opinion that the Member breached the standards ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-of practice for the teaching profession, as described above. It was incumbent on the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Member to adhere to the spirit and content of the prescribed [XXX]curriculum and to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-have considered his students’ sensitivities when addressing mature topics relating to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:sexual health, sexual violence, and reproduction (especially because this was their first ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-exposure to such topics at school). He should have been reflective about the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-pedagogical techniques used to respond to students, showed sensitivity to his students, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-and ensured a safe and supportive learning community. He failed to adhere to these ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-obligations when he discussed rape, miscarriage, and vaginal tearing during childbirth ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-with Grade [XXX]students. His conduct caused Student 2 to feel scared, confused, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-distraught, and unable to sleep at night. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[119]The Panel also agrees with Dr. Hawes that the Member’s conduct fell below the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-standards of the profession when he sent the Facebook messages at issue to Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-1. The practice standard “Professional Knowledge” requires members to be current in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-their professional knowledge and recognize its relationship to practice. The Member did ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 43 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- not adhere to guidelines for appropriate conduct by members set out in the College’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Professional Advisory: Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse and Sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Misconduct approved by Council September 27, 2002 (Tab 17 of Exhibit 2) and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Professional Advisory: Use of Electronic Communication and Social Media approved by ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Council on February 23, 2011 (Exhibit 5). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(ii) The Member abused a student or students verbally contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [120]The Panel finds that the Member verbally abused Student 1 and Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- contrary to subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In making this finding, the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Panel notes that it was not provided with a definition of verbal abuse but has considered ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the inappropriate nature and impact of the Member’s various comments made to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Student 1 and Student 2 as a person in a position of trust and authority over them. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [121]The Panel finds that the Member’s numerous inappropriate comments to his Grade ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [XXX] class demonstrate a pattern of harm to the students in that class, and in particular ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- to Student 2. The Member held a position of trust and authority over Student 2, and was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- entrusted with her care, well-being, and development. Rape is a horrific concept for ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- persons of any age, and it is reasonable that Grade [XXX] students could become ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: distressed by thinking that someone might experience this type of sexual violence. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Similarly, the Panel finds that it is reasonable that Grade [XXX] students, especially ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- female students, would become scared after learning about vaginal tearing. Given their ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- relative immaturity, young students may not be able to discern and contextualize the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Member’s comments. In this case, the Panel heard convincing evidence from Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2 and her mother about the significant, lasting, negative impact these comments had ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 44 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- on Student 2. Student 2 not only felt confused, scared, and distressed at the time of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- comments, but continues to be fearful of having a baby, as a result of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- comments. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [122]The Panel finds that the Member’s Facebook messages to Student 1 were also ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- verbally abusive. The Facebook exchange was initiated by the Member, and while ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Student 1 sent messages in response, the vast majority of the messages were from the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Member. In fact, Student 1 testified that she did not want to continue the exchange after ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- she had received the message, “How’s ur nite u have some high needs lol”. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Member then continued to try to engage Student 1 even when she was not responsive. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- For example, the messages “U still up” and “Still here” suggest to the Panel that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Member was prompting Student 1 for her response. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [123]The Panel finds that the Member exploited his prior relationship with Student 1 as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- her former teacher and a family acquaintance, to engage her in unwanted, inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: communications containing sexually suggestive comments and profanity (e.g., “Sorry ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- fucking phone”). The Member either disregarded or did not realize how the messages ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- could impact Student 1 (Student 1 testified that the messages made her feel “weird”, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- “gross, disgusting, and not good”) and the messages he sent to Student 1 therefore ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- amount to verbal abuse. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(iii) The Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [124]Having considered the evidence about the long-lasting detrimental impact that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Member’s conduct had on Student 1 and Student 2, the Panel finds that the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1 and Student 2. Psychological or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 46 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the Member still makes her feel uncomfortable, and that she finds it difficult to trust and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- respect men in positions of power because of the Member’s actions. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- therefore finds that the Member psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- contrary to subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:(iv) The Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: [127]The Panel finds that the Member sexually abused Student 1. Section 1(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: Act includes in its definition of sexual abuse, “behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- by the member towards the student.” Section 1(7) of the Act further sets out that “[f]or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: greater certainty, for the purposes of the definitions of “sexual abuse” and “sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- misconduct” in subsection 1(1), behaviour, remarks and conduct include acts or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- remarks that are done or made by electronic means”. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [128]The parties differed in their positions about whether the Facebook messages to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: Student 1 could properly be characterized as “behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature”. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- College Counsel urged the Panel to consider the perspectives of Student 1 and Ms. 1. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Member’s Counsel said the comments were ambiguous and the Panel should therefore ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: rely on Dr. Hawes’ opinion that the Member had not engaged in sexual abuse. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Panel disagrees with the parties and Dr. Hawes’ opinion and adopts the advice of ILC ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- to follow the approach of the Supreme Court of Canada in Chase. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [129]The Panel acknowledges that Chase is a criminal case, the facts of which are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- distinguishable from the conduct at hand. However, the Panel believes that it is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- appropriate to adopt the Supreme Court of Canada’s approach of applying an objective, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: reasonable observer test to determine whether a person’s conduct is of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 47 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Adopting the words of the Supreme Court of Canada, “[t]he test to be applied in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:determining whether the impugned conduct has the requisite sexual nature is an ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:objective one: Viewed in the light of all the circumstances, is the sexual or carnal context ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-of [the behaviour or remarks to a student] visible to a reasonable observer” (Chase at ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-page 302). This analysis involves a consideration of various factors, including: the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-nature of the contact, the situation in which it occurred, the words and gestures ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-accompanying the act, and all other circumstances surrounding the conduct, including ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-threats which may or may not be accompanied by force (Chase at page 302). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:[130]The Panel considered the following, taken as a whole, as indicia of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-nature of the Member’s conduct: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-  the Member was in his thirties when he messaged Student 1 who was [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- years old at the time and not yet finished [XXX]school; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-  the Member sent multiple messages to Student 1 late at night; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-  the messages were sent from a private social media messaging platform rather ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- than Board-approved emails; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-  the messages were extremely informal, with text abbreviations like “u” and “ur”, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- “bf”, “r”, “n e time”, “msg”; emoticons; profanity (e.g., “sorry fucking phone”); and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- improper grammar and punctuation; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-  the messages did not relate to schoolwork but were personal in nature; and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:  the messages also contained sexual innuendo and suggestions of Student 1’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- maturity. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[131] The Member sent various messages probing Student 1 for personal information. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-The Member asked Student 1 her age by making the statements “That a girl ur doing ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-grade [XXX] right?” and “Same but m old ur young what r u [XXX] u should be howling ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-at moon”. He probed her relationship status (i.e., “ur bf must love that ur smart and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-normal”). He repeatedly asked Student 1 about her personal life and interests though ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-his messages: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 48 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-  a message at 8:51 p.m. that said “Funnplans tonight” after she had indicated she ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- was going out and another message at 1:21 a.m. that said “Done partying ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- already”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-  “What’s new keepingnoutta trouble” and “Same how is the best of u dear”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-  “Hope u r doing well what’s up tonight”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-  “U must have some fun what makes [Student 1] smile” followed by “Well what ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- makes u happy”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-  an exchange where he asked Student 1 “So what u do for fun on a Monday” and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- “[…] U ever get bored”, and when Student 1 responds that she has distractions, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- further asks Student 1 “Such as do share”, “Lol what distracts ya”, “I’m curious”, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- “U still up”. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[132]The Member complimented Student 1, referring to her as a “beautiful young ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-woman” and responding with “Really ? Well they r dumb” when Student 1 told him she ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-did not have a boyfriend. He suggested that she was mature through his comments, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-“Uwoukd be great at that ur a strong woman and motherly from what i recall” and “Well ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-sounds like ur a woman with a plan”. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:[133]Moreover, the Member used language that has sexual connotations in the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-vernacular. The Member sent Student 1 a message, “How’s ur nite u have some high ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-needs lol”. The Panel is of the view that “high needs” can reasonably be interpreted as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:sexual innuendo, considering that this message was unsolicited, sent at 9:59 p.m., and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-followed by “lol”, as if to lighten the tone of the message. Further, the comment was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-unrelated to the last message exchange he had with Student 1, where they discussed ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-her desire to work with troubled youth. It was part of a pattern of escalating innuendo. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-The Member later wrote to Student 1 saying, “U make me smile (followed by a winking ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-face emoji)”; and when she responded “Do I”, the Member responded with “Maybe, “Is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-that bad”, “What are ur thoughts ?l”, which can be reasonably seen as being flirtatious ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-toward Student 1. This exchange ultimately led to the Member asking Student 1 “Awake ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 49 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-or Netflix talk play ???”, which is very similar to the slang “Netflix and chill”, a euphemism ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:for sexual intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[134]The Panel is also of the opinion that his comment, “How can one b happy if they ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-don’t know ur a beautiful young woman with a plan u need to know what u would waste ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-ur time for in a man there are many great ones out there” can be reasonably seen as a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-suggestion that Student 1 should consider the Member as one of the “many great ones ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[i.e., men] out there”. The Panel notes that this comment from the Member came after ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-he asked Student 1 what makes her happy and she responded by saying “Oh well I’m ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-not too sure”, “That’s a very short list”. Student 1 had not been talking about dating or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-men and it was the Member who brought up a man potentially making Student 1 happy. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[135]The Panel acknowledges that the Member did not ask Student 1 to engage in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:sexual acts with him, that he did not ask her to go out with him, and that the comments ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-were arguably less explicit and overt than those made by members in the cases ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-presented by the parties. However, after carefully reviewing the entirety of the Facebook ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-exchange, including the time of day or night when the messages were sent and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-factors set out in Chase, the Panel finds that the Facebook messages demonstrate a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:pattern of communications the sexual context of which is visible to a reasonable ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:observer. They are behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature made by a member to a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:student, and therefore amount to “sexual abuse” as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[136]The Panel also considered and rejected Dr. Hawes’ conclusion that she did not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:believe that the Member’s conduct amounted to sexual abuse. The Panel finds that it is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-reasonable to disregard Dr. Hawes’ conclusion on the basis that she was not qualified ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:as an expert on the issue of sexual abuse and because her opinion “conflicts with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 50 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- inferences one might logically draw from other evidence”.21 Furthermore, it is the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: Panel’s role to determine whether the comments were sexual in nature and amounted ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: to sexual abuse. The Panel does not require expert evidence to make this determination ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- – it is one that is regularly made by panels of the Discipline Committee and is the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ultimate issue the Panel needs to decide with respect to this allegation. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [137]The Panel notes that much of Dr. Hawes’ evidence indicates that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: comments were sexual in nature, despite her conclusion that at the time she did not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: believe it amounted to sexual abuse. Dr. Hawes instructed Student 1’s principal to call ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: the police because there were concerns about possible sexual impropriety. Dr. Hawes ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- testified that Student 1’s and Ms. 1’s perceptions that the Member’s Facebook ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: messages were sexually inappropriate and their belief that the Member was trying to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- “hook up” with Student 1, were “reasonable perception[s]”. Dr. Hawes testified that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Member had made innuendos in his comments to Student 1 that could reasonably be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: interpreted as having a sexual meaning and encouraging a relationship with him. She ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: was concerned that the messages could eventually lead to a sexual relationship with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Student 1 and testified that the messages could be seen as grooming behaviour. It is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- unclear why Dr. Hawes ultimately concluded that the Member’s conduct did not amount ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: to sexual abuse, but the Panel nevertheless finds that her evidence on the whole was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- actually supportive of the conclusion that the Member’s Facebook comments were ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: sexual in nature. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-21 Richmond at para 58. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 51 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: [138]For all of these reasons, the Panel finds that the Member engaged in sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- of Student 1 as defined in section 1 of the Act, contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(v) The Member failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(14) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [139]The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with the ethical standards set out ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- in the College’s by-laws. The Member demonstrated a lack of professional judgment ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- and failed to show care for his students’ well-being when he decided to consume alcohol ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- while he was responsible for students on a field trip. He also jeopardized the respect ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- and trust that students, colleagues, parents, and the public could have in him (as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- testified to by Ms. Fowlow, Ms. Labelle, and Dr. Hawes) and failed to act with the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- reliability and moral action expected and articulated in the ethical standard of “Integrity”. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [140]The Member’s inappropriate comments about rape, vaginal tearing during ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- childbirth, and miscarriage were also contrary to the Ethical Standards for the Teaching ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Profession. The Member clearly did not consider his students’ well-being, emotional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- wellness, and cognitive development when he made comments that were outside of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- prescribed curriculum. The Member’s comments had a particularly harmful impact on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Student 2, which shows that the Member’s conduct did not meet the ethical standards ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- of “Care” or “Respect”. Moreover, the Member breached the ethical standard of “Trust” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- by not teaching the [XXX]program with the necessary sensitivity and respect, keeping ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- in mind that this would have been the students’ first exposure to the topic of reproductive ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- health and development in school. The Member’s comments about miscarriage, rape, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- and vaginal tearing during childbirth were completely inappropriate for his Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 52 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- students. As Ms. 2 testified, Student 2 still believed in Santa Claus at the time of these ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- comments and was clearly not developmentally ready to receive the type of comments ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the Member made about mature, adult topics. Through his comments, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- exhibited a gross lack of judgment and breached the trust placed in him. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [141]Finally, the Facebook messages sent to Student 1 are clearly a breach of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ethical standards of “Care” and “Respect”. The Member’s selfish acts did not consider ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the position and well-being of Student 1 and did not respect her human dignity or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- emotional wellness. He abused and breached his position of trust and acted without ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: integrity when he made comments of a sexual nature to Student 1. The Panel accepts ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Student 1’s persuasive evidence about how the Facebook messages breached the trust ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- that she had placed in the Member, as a “young, naïve and vulnerable” student at the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- time, who was also “not in a great place either mentally or emotionally”. As a result of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- his actions, Student 1 has lost respect for the Member and finds it hard to trust and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- respect men in positions of power. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(vi) The Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1) thereof or the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- subsection 1(15) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [142]The Panel finds that the Member failed to comply with section 264(1) of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. Section 264(1)(a) of the Education ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Act provides that it is the duty of a teacher to, “teach diligently and faithfully the classes ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- or subjects assigned to the teacher”. The Member failed to diligently and faithfully teach ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the [XXX]Program to his Grade [XXX] class when he made comments to them about ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- rape, vaginal tearing during childbirth, and miscarriage. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 53 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [143]The Panel accepts the evidence of Ms. Labelle and Dr. Hawes that the Grade ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [XXX][XXX]program is students’ first exposure in school to the topic of reproductive ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- health and development, and is therefore a carefully prescribed curriculum, rooted in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the Catholic faith, intended to discuss topics in a manner that is sensitive, caring, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- developmentally appropriate, and protective of students’ well-being. The Panel accepts ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- that it is dangerous for teachers to go outside of the curriculum as the Member has, as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- it could be very frightening and harmful for a [XXX]-year-old child to learn that they could ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: experience sexual trauma and trauma during childbirth and pregnancy. Indeed, Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2 was frightened by the Member’s comments and continues to be fearful of having a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- baby. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [144]Additionally, section 264(1)(c) of the Education Act provides that teachers must ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- “inculcate by precept and example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- of country, humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- all other virtues.” In other words, teachers are expected to act as good role models and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- exemplify virtuous conduct. By consuming alcohol while responsible for the supervision ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- of students, and by making multiple inappropriate comments to students about mature ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- topics, the Member was a poor role model and failed to adhere to his duties as a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(vii) The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [145]The Panel finds that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- dishonourable or unprofessional. The terms “disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 54 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-unprofessional” do not have a legislated definition, but discipline committees have ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-defined these terms disjunctively, and in decreasing order of severity. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[146]Conduct characterized as “disgraceful” is considered the most egregious. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Disgraceful conduct casts serious doubt on a member’s moral ability to perform their ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-professional duties and on their ability to be a member of the profession. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Facebook messages to Student 1 were disgraceful by virtue of their inappropriately ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:personal and sexual nature, particularly given the power imbalance that exists between ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-teachers and students and given the previous connection between the Member and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Student 1. Such conduct will not be tolerated by the Committee. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[147]Like disgraceful conduct, “dishonourable” conduct is considered to have an ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-element of moral failing, and is less severe than disgraceful conduct, but more severe ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-than conduct that is “unprofessional”. The Panel finds that the Member’s inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-comments made to his Grade [XXX] students would reasonably be seen to be both ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-dishonourable and unprofessional. The [XXX]program is carefully designed to teach ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-students about reproductive health in the spirit of Catholic teaching and loving ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-relationships. Teachers must not only show professional judgment about the comments ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-they make and examples they use in class, but they must also ensure that they consider ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-the well-being of their students and honour the boundaries and objectives of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-prescribed curriculum. The Member made several comments that were far beyond what ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-was appropriate for Grade [XXX] students who were starting to learn about reproductive ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-health. The Panel notes that the Member agreed that the topic of vaginal tearing during ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-childbirth could be traumatic to a Grade [XXX] student without the maturity to process ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-such information and could cause students to become scared of having babies. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 55 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Member also agreed that the topic of miscarriage is too advanced for Grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf:students and that sexual violence could be a frightening topic for them. To discuss such ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-mature topics with young and vulnerable students was insensitive, risked their well- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-being, and is therefore dishonourable. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-[148]“Unprofessional conduct” typically refers to misconduct which demonstrates poor ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-professional judgment. The Member admitted that it was a poor choice to have ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-consumed a beer during the field trip to Saunders Farm . The Panel finds that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Member exhibited a lack of professional judgment that day. He was in a public ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-establishment, in the view of others, and was still on duty. He was supposed to simply ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-step away from the students briefly to pick up lunch for them. This incident occurred ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-during school hours and he was to return to students and complete the remainder of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-school trip. His actions could have been witnessed by parents or others who knew he ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-was a teacher, and they were in fact witnessed by a colleague. While the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-testified that he was not intoxicated, the Panel notes that alcohol may affect a person in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-many ways and the Member should not have consumed a substance that could impair ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-his ability to care for his students. The Member’s lack of professional judgment is further ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-demonstrated both by his admission that it had not crossed his mind at the time that a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-parent could have smelled alcohol on his breath, as well as his justification that it was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-not a big deal because he had gum with him. The Member clearly failed to appreciate ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-his professional obligations that day. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 56 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-(viii) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [149]The Panel finds that the totality of the Member’s misconduct was unbecoming a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- member of the teaching profession. Teachers hold a unique position of trust within the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 12 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- community. Students, parents, and the public lose confidence in the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- when individual members disregard their professional and ethical obligations and make ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- poor choices as the Member did when he consumed alcohol on a school trip, made ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: multiple inappropriate remarks to students, and sent messages of a sexual nature to a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- student. Through his various egregious acts of misconduct, the Member undermined ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- the public’s trust in teachers and the reputation of the profession as a whole. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-L. INTERIM ORDER ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf: [150]As the Panel has found the Member to have engaged in the sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- student, the Panel is required by subsection 30.2(1)(b) of the Act to make an interim ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- order directing the Registrar to suspend the Member’s certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- registration until the Panel makes its penalty order. The Panel therefore makes this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- interim order. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- [151]The Tribunals’ Office will schedule a subsequent hearing date for the penalty ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- portion of this hearing and for the Panel to hear the Member’s constitutional challenge, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- as needed. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf-Date: February 10, 2023 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Stéphane Vallée, OCT ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct12.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf-B. DECISION ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf-[6] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on February 15, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 11 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf-2023, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) [pre-May 2008 amendments ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf:to Ontario Regulation 437/97],1 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19) and sexually ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf-abused a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf-C. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf-[7] On February 15, 2023, the Panel accepted the parties’ Joint Submission on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf-Penalty and made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- revoke the Certificate and Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf-1 Paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing dated November 21, 2022, refers to provisions of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf-Regulation 437/97 as previously enacted prior to its amendment to its current form on May 5, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf:Subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 previously included physical, sexual, verbal, psychological ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf-or emotional abuse, which has since been amended to address each type of abuse in separate ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf-subsections. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct11.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Ng 2023 ONOCT 14 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Date: 2023-03-07 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Christopher Anthony Kwoon Wung Ng, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY KWOON WUNG NG (REGISTRATION #585508) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-PANEL: Emma Rhodes, Chair ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Rebecca Forte, OCT ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Anthony Jeethan, OCT ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-HEARD: March 2, 2023 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Yufei (Fiona) Wang, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Daniel Goldbloom, for Christopher Anthony Kwoon Wung Ng ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on March 2, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-2023, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[2] Christopher Anthony Kwoon Wung Ng (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-but had legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[4] A publication ban was also ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act at ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:the request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 1, who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-abused. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-disclose the identity of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated September 6, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-2022 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Christopher Anthony Kwoon Wung Ng is guilty of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- professional misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (e) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (f) he contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Christopher Anthony Kwoon Wung Ng is a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- The Member obtained a Certificate of Qualification and Registration on July ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 7, 2010. The Member’s status was changed to “Inactive/Non-Practising” on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- May 7, 2022. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the York Catholic ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] School (the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- “School”) in Richmond Hill, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- In the 2010-2011 academic year, Student 1 was a [XXX] year-old Grade ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- [XXX] female student at the School. The Member was Student 1’s [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- teacher in the 2010-2011 and 2012-2013 academic years. In the 2011-2012 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- academic year, the Member had acted as Student 1’s [XXX] in the school’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- In the Spring of 2011, outside of school hours, the Member befriended ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Student 1 via Facebook. The Member sent messages to Student 1 that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- made her feel “special.” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf: In or about May 2011, the Member started to engage in a sexual relationship ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf: with Student 1, including but not limited to kissing, sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Student 1’s breasts and vagina, digital penetration of Student 1’s vagina, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf: mutual oral sex and vaginal intercourse. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- The Member’s conduct had a negative impact on Student 1’s well-being. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf: The sexual relationship between the Member and Student 1 continued until ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- the end of 2018. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Criminal Proceedings/Convictions ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- On February 10, 2020, York Regional Police charged the Member with: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (a) Between the 7th day of September in the year 2012 and the 29th day ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- of June in the year 2013 at the City of Richmond Hill in the Regional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf: Municipality of York did commit a sexual assault on Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- contrary to Section 271, subsection (1) of the Criminal Code of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Canada; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (b) Between the 21st day of May in the year 2011 and the 25th day of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- February in the year 2013 at the City of Richmond Hill in the Regional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Municipality of York did, being a person who was in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- or authority towards a young person, with a part of his body, for a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf: sexual purpose, directly touch the body of that young person, namely ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Student 1, contrary to Section 153, subsection (1.1) of the Criminal ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Code of Canada; and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (c) Between the 21st day of May in the year 2011 and the 25th day of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- February in the year 2013 at the City of Richmond Hill in the Regional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Municipality of York did, being a person who was in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf: or authority towards a young person, for a sexual purpose, invite that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- young person, namely Student 1, to directly touch with a part of her ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- body the body of the Member, contrary to Section 153, subsection ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (1.1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf: On or about April 1, 2022, the Member pleaded guilty to one count of sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- assault. Other charges were withdrawn. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- On April 27, 2022, the Member was sentenced to an 18-month conditional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- sentence followed by three years of probation. The Member was also made ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- subject to various ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- The Member did not appeal his conviction or sentence and the time for an ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” are certified copies of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Court Information, appearances/endorsements, and disposition in the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- criminal proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of an Adult ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Conditional Sentence Order, dated April 27, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of an Adult ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Probation Order, dated April 27, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Proceedings (Guilty Plea and Reasons for Sentence) remotely before the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Honourable Justice A. Ghosh on April 27, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- By this document, the Member pleads no contest, for the purposes of this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- proceeding only, to the truth of the facts and appendices referred to in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- paragraphs 1-16 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the conduct set out at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 5-11 and 13-16 of the Uncontested Facts constitutes professional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- misconduct and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf: misconduct against him, being more particularly that he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Teachers Act, 1996 and breached Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts (including the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Appendices) being presented to the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee can accept the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Uncontested Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- constitute professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (f) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- (g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and having had the opportunity ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and Fitness to Practise ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 23, for the purposes of this proceeding under the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Teachers Act, 1996, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- contest does not constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- findings in any other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[7] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-and the submissions of the parties, the Panel rendered an oral decision on March 2, 2023, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[8] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-16 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts at paragraphs 5 to 11 and 13 to 16 of Exhibit ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-2 constitute professional misconduct under the heads of misconduct set out above. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:Uncontested Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in various sexual acts and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:behaviours towards Student 1. The Member pled guilty to and was convicted of sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-assault of Student 1 in his prior criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[9] The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, by sexually assaulting Student 1. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Panel accepts College Counsel’s unopposed submission that misconduct of the nature ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-committed by the Member is so notorious and offside of what is acceptable that expert ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-evidence is not required to prove that the standards were breached.1 Sexually assaulting ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-a student is egregious conduct which clearly falls below the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[10] The Member abused a student physically contrary to subsection 1(7.1) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Regulation 437/97. The Member’s conduct towards Student 1 included kissing her, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:making sexual contact with her breasts and vagina, digitally penetrating her vagina, and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:engaging in mutual oral sex and vaginal intercourse with her. The Panel finds that by ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-1 Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 established that expert evidence is generally ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-required to prove a breach of the standards of the profession, unless the conduct is so notorious and so ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-manifestly contrary to the standards that expert evidence is not required. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-engaging in such conduct, the Member violated Student 1’s bodily integrity and therefore ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-physically abused her. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[11] The Member abused a student psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member did not contest that his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-conduct had a negative impact on Student 1’s well-being. Furthermore, the victim impact ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-statement of Student 1 in the Member’s criminal proceeding (Exhibit 2 at Appendix E) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-demonstrates the lasting and devastating effects which the Member’s conduct had on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-her. Among other things, Student 1 has experienced [XXX] and [XXX] in a variety of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-emotional, cognitive, and physical functions. Student 1 lives in a state of constant alert ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-and had wished at times that [XXX]. Day to day activities for Student 1 have been difficult ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-and often stripped of joy, peace and pleasure. The Panel therefore finds that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Member’s conduct was in breach of this head of misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:[12] The Member sexually abused a student contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of the Act. The definition of sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:includes (a) sexual intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations between the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:member and the student, (b) touching, of a sexual nature, of the student by the member; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:or (c) behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature, by the member towards the student. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Member exploited his position of trust and authority by befriending Student 1 via ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Facebook outside of school hours and sending her messages which made her feel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:special. The Member then engaged in various sexual acts towards her, including sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-intercourse, as set out above. The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct evidently meets ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:the definition of sexual abuse under the Act. This finding is further supported by the fact ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:that the Member was convicted of sexual assault of Student 1, in his prior criminal ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member’s criminal conviction for having breached section ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-271 of the Criminal Code of Canada demonstrates that he contravened a law relevant to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and registration, and which has caused ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-a student who was under his professional supervision to be put at risk, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-profession must be trusted to work closely with, and ensure the safety and well-being of, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:students. By engaging in a serious sexual offence towards Student 1, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-demonstrated a lack of trustworthiness and a complete disregard for the safety and well- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-being of a student under his care. The Member’s criminal conduct therefore calls into ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-question his suitability to hold a teaching certificate and cast serious doubt on his ability ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-to practise the profession without putting students at risk. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[14] The Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. It is abhorrent for a teacher, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-who is expected to be an upstanding member of society, to take advantage of their trusted ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:position by sexually assaulting a student. Through his conduct, the Member demonstrated ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-a complete lack of moral and professional judgment. He exploited his position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-authority by taking advantage of his access to Student 1, by preying on her vulnerabilities, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-by grooming her, by isolating her, and by manipulating her to compel her compliance with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:his own depraved sexual desires (see Exhibit 2 at Appendix E). As such, the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-behaviour can be characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[15] The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By sexually assaulting Student 1, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-undermined the trust which students, parents and the public place in teachers and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 14 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-tarnished the reputation of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-[16] The parties entered into a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on March 2, 2023, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:[17] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-orders and notes that these mandatory penalty provisions apply retrospectively in this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-case pursuant to section 63.2 of the Act.2 In relation to the form of the reprimand, the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:2 Although this mandatory penalty provision was not in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-Student 1 (i.e., beginning in the Spring of 2011), section 63.2 of the Act provides that the mandatory penalty ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf:provisions at section 30.2 of the Act apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse occurred before April 3, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf-2019 and no order has been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. These conditions are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct14.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- virus. The Member chose this topic to debate in class because it was a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- contemporary social issue that he believed would engage the students, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- even though he had been asked by the School not to discuss this topic. His ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- comments made a number of students feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- During the months of September and October 2021, the Member’s Grade ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- [XXX] [XXX] students were split between online and in-person attendance. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- The Member found that students were disengaged and having trouble ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- concentrating. In an effort to boost engagement, the Member employed ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- different tactics. While some were successful, others fell flat such as when, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- during class discussions, the Member yelled loudly and slammed his fist on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- the table to emphasize his points, or when he told students that they would ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- fail his course, even though he would later tell them that he was only joking. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- Students found his behaviour intimidating and scary, and it made them feel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- anxious and uncomfortable about expressing their views if they disagreed ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- with the Member’s opinions during class discussions. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- The Member also made provocative statements during class discussions in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf: September and October 2021 that were insensitive, racist, sexist and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- homophobic. The Member would say that his statements were intended to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- engage students in [XXX] and debate, and to generate discussion. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- However, his debate topics upset some students and made them feel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- uncomfortable in his class, including when he: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- (a) said that women were obligated to have children, and that a woman ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- who decided not to have children was selfish and egotistical; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf: (b) said that homosexual relationships were a sin; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- (c) referred to the current generation of students as a “bunch of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- snowflakes”’ ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- (d) during a discussion about western and eastern [XXX], said that if you ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ask a child from “India… actually Brampton” where God is, the child ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- would not point up, but would point to their heart, a comment ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- interpreted by at least one student as stereotyping residents in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- Brampton based on their skin colour. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-Interactions with Students 2, 3, 4, 5 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- At all material times during September and October 2021, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- made statements and engaged in conduct towards Students 2, 3, 4, and 5, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- who were [XXX] female students in his Grade [XXX] [XXX] class, that were ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- perceived as derogatory and racist, and made students feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- During a discussion in class about human nature, Student 2 and a few other ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- students shared their views with the class. At one point, the Member began ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- shouting at Student 2, and slamming his palm on the table loudly to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- Member thought he was being funny, but Student 3 felt singled out because ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- of her ethnicity and perceived the Member’s conduct was racially motivated. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- On October 5, 2021, the Member asked Student 4 to step outside the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- classroom to discuss a late assignment. In the hallway, Student 4 bowed as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- she apologized to the Member for not handing it in on time. The Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- then clasped his hands together and bowed in a reciprocal gesture. Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- 4 said, “Please don’t do that, it might be racist”. The Member was upset by ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- Student 4’s comment, and responded by stomping around and yelling at her ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- to “take it back” and apologize to him. Although the classroom door was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- closed, students heard the Member yelling at Student 4. Student 4, who is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- [XXX], interpreted the Member’s conduct as racially motivated, and it made ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- her feel uncomfortable. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- During a class discussion, the Member asked Student 5, who is [XXX], if ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- she would marry the man her parents chose for her. When she responded, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- “what if I don’t want to marry a guy?”, the Member said words to the effect ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- of, “what else is there? The animal kingdom?”. Some students, including ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- Student 5, were offended by the Member’s questions, which they perceived ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf: were sexist and racist. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-Board Investigation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- As a result of receiving complaints from students who felt uncomfortable in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- the Member’s class, the Board initiated an investigation. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- By letter dated November 23, 2021, the Board disciplined the Member by ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- suspending him for five days without pay, transferring him to another school, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- and requiring him to complete two professional development courses. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the Board’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- November 23, 2021 discipline letter to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- The Member continues to teach for the Board, where he has been teaching ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- since September 2006. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- By this document, the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- accept as correct the facts and the exhibits referred to in the paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- 1(15), 1(18), 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-[7] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-26 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute professional misconduct under the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-heads of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested Facts demonstrate that, on multiple ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-occasions the Member engaged in inappropriate behaviour in class, including by making ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-racist comments and being verbally aggressive towards students. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-[8] The Panel finds that the Member abused students verbally, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member made several derogatory, racist, and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf:sexist comments towards students. For instance, the Member called Student 1 a smart ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-ass, stupid, rude, and distrustful. Similarly, when Student 1 was worried about being ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-asked to stand on a desk in class, the Member singled him out based on his [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-nationality and made the following dismissive and offensive comment: “You came from ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-[XXX], and now you are worried about falling off a desk?”. Additionally, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-repeatedly mispronounced Student 3’s name and asked her whether it should be read ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-backwards, which Student 3 perceived as racist. Moreover, the Member asked Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-5, who is [XXX], if she would marry the man her parents chose for her. When Student 5 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-responded “what if I don’t want to marry a guy?”, the Member said “what else is there? ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf:The animal kingdom?”, which students perceived as sexist and racist. Teachers must ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-always be respectful and culturally sensitive in their interactions with students. Making ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf:derogatory, racist and sexist comments towards students, even when intended as a joke, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-is offensive. Racist comments suggest that racialized or minority groups are culturally ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-inferior and unworthy. Such conduct by the Member is verbally abusive. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-[9] Furthermore, on multiple occasions, the Member raised his voice, shouted, and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-yelled at students. For instance, the Member pointed at Student 2 as he repeatedly ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-slammed his hand on the desk and yelled at her, “So I have to be [XXX] to understand ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-Karma? Yes or No? Yes or No?” Moreover, being upset by Student 4’s suggestion that it ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-was racist for the Member to bow at her, the Member responded by stomping around and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-yelling at her to “take it back” and apologize to him. Teachers must always display ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-appropriate emotions in their interactions with students. Becoming emotionally involved ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-and using verbal aggression towards students equally constitutes verbal abuse by the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-[10] The Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In addition to the Member’s offensive and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-aggressive conduct described above, the Member facilitated a class discussion on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-scepticism by telling students that the COVID-19 vaccine could not be trusted and/or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-would not kill the virus even though he had been asked by the School not to discuss this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-topic. Moreover, the Member made provocative statements during class discussions ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf:which were insensitive, racist, sexist, and homophobic. The Uncontested Facts ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-demonstrate that students felt singled out, scared, anxious, intimidated, upset, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-uncomfortable as well as offended by the Member’s conduct. For instance, Student 2 was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-terrified by the Member’s aggressive conduct (i.e., he singled her out, shouted at her and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-slammed his palms loudly on the table) after she expressed views similar to other ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-students during a class discussion about human nature. Given the adverse psychological ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-or emotional impact which the Member’s conduct had on students, the Panel finds that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-the Member breached this subsection. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 20 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-437/97 by contravening the provisions of the College By-Laws, which set out the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-professional and ethical standards for the teaching profession. In particular, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-breached the standards of practice of “Commitment to Students and Student Learning”, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-“Professional Practice” and “Leadership in Learning Communities” as well as the ethical ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-standard of “Respect”. Members must treat students equitably, with respect and be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-sensitive to the factors that influence individual student learning. They must also use ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-appropriate pedagogy and resources, among other things, in planning for and responding ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-to the needs of individual students and learning communities. Furthermore, members are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-required to promote and participate in the creation of collaborative, safe and supportive ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-learning communities. Members must honour human dignity, emotional wellness and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-cognitive development as well as model respect for spiritual and cultural values. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-Member’s conduct was in stark contradiction to these principles. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf:[12] By repeatedly engaging in racist and sexist conduct in class, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-demonstrated a lack of tolerance and respect for cultural diversity and women. By doing ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-so, the Member also failed to treat students, particularly Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-Student 4 and Student 5, equitably. Furthermore, by using aggressive tactics such as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-slamming his fist on the table to boost student engagement during class discussions, not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-only did the Member use inappropriate pedagogy but he also created a fearful and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf-intimidating classroom atmosphere. Additionally, the Member did not always check ./ontario-cases/2023onoct20.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Mousseau 2023 ONOCT 15 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Date: 2023-03-07 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- David Thomas Mousseau, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- DAVID THOMAS MOUSSEAU (REGISTRATION #196297) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-PANEL: Adam Dharsee, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Kirby Chown, OCT ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Rachelle Coleman ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-HEARD: February 13, 2023 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-Ava Arbuck, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-No one appearing for David Thomas Mousseau ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-Erica Richler, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsections 32.1(3) and 32.1(4) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-information that could disclose the identity of any person who is under 18 years ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing, or the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-person who was allegedly sexually abused, or the subject of sexual misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf: a prohibited act involving child pornography, or a prescribed sexual act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- [1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on February 13, 2023, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- [2] David Thomas Mousseau (the “Member”) did not attend the hearing and did not have ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- legal representation. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- [3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- [4] A publication ban was also ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act at the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- request of College Counsel on behalf of Student 2, Student 3, Student 4, Student 5 and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf: Student 6, who were allegedly sexually abused. The Panel notes that Student 1, who ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf: was also allegedly sexually abused, did not request a publication ban under this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- subsection. Accordingly, no person shall publish the identities of, or any information that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- could disclose the identities of Student 2, Student 3, Student 4, Student 5 and Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 6. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- [5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated September 1, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2022 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that David Thomas Mousseau is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- (a) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf: (b) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- (c) he failed to comply with the Act or the regulations or the by-laws, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- specifically section 26 of the by-laws, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(14); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- (d) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- (e) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- (f) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- [6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- David Thomas Mousseau is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- in the Inactive/Non-Practising status. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- were brought to the Board’s attention. On May 4, 2020, the Board placed ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- the Member at home with pay pending investigation. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- The Board’s investigation revealed that from approximately 2010 to 2020, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- the Member failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- current and former female students of the Board. Effective July 9, 2020, the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Board terminated the Member’s employment. Attached hereto and marked ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- as Exhibit “G” is a copy of the Member’s letter of termination. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-Current Status ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- The Member is not teaching in any capacity and has no intention of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- returning to teaching. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19). The Member further admits that his conduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf: constitutes sexual abuse of a student as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the Agreed ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea voluntarily, unequivocally, and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- having had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and the circumstances and the plea of guilt, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- [7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on February 13, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2023, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(14), 1(15), 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf: and 1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of students as defined in section ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- [8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- to 38 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under the heads of misconduct set ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- out above. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in a pattern of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- boundary violations with six female students, including exchanging electronic ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf: communications of a personal or sexual nature with them on social media. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- [9] The Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member sent numerous messages of a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf: personal or sexual nature to Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4, Student 5 and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Student 6, mostly late at night or early in the morning. Additionally, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-employed manipulative tactics towards students which would reasonably have brought ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-students physically closer to him such as, repeatedly suggesting to Student 1 that she ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-work at his school and/or help him with his students for her co-op placement and offering ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-to drive Student 2 and Student 3 home after games. Furthermore, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-pressured students to engage with him. For instance, the Member told Student 1 to say ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-“hi” to him whenever he saw her at her [XXX] school and pressured Student 5 to respond ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-to his messages by sending her more messages. Such conduct by an adult in a position ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-of trust would reasonably have an adverse impact on the psychological or emotional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-well-being of those students, particularly on Student 1 and Student 5 (who had a difficult ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-time in Grade [XXX]) who were vulnerable. Indeed, Student 5 was annoyed by the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-Member’s communications and found some of his messages to be “sketchy” and “a bit ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-off”. Evidently, when Student 5’s mother asked her to block the Member, Student 5 felt ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-relieved not to have any further connection with him. Similarly, Student 4 felt ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-uncomfortable when she noticed that the Member “liked” everything she posted on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-Instagram, and when she received the Member’s messages on May 3, 20[XXX], ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-between 1.23 a.m. and 1.43 a.m. The Panel therefore finds that the Member’s conduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-towards students was psychologically or emotionally abusive. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf:[10] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct constitutes sexual abuse of students, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-of the Act. In coming to this finding, the Panel places significant weight on the fact that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf:the Member has pleaded guilty to the allegation of sexual abuse under this head of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf:[11] The definition of sexual abuse at section 1 of the Act includes behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf:remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the student. Section 1(7) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf:further provides that, for the purpose of the definition of sexual abuse under the Act, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-behaviour, remarks and conduct include acts or remarks that are done or made by ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-electronic means. The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member engaged in a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-pattern of grooming behaviour towards the six students by fostering inappropriate ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-personal relationships with them and sending them inappropriate electronic messages ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-on social media late at night, in the early hours of the morning and over holiday breaks ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-(with respect to Student 1 only). The Panel has reviewed the messages which the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-Member sent to the students and notes that they were informal, personal, and contained ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf:sexual innuendoes such as the following: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-  on February 20, 20[XXX], at around 10:34 p.m., the Member wrote to Student 1: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- “[…] you always manage to make me smile…:)”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-  on April 20, 20[XXX], while Student 1 was on vacation, the Member wrote to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Student 1, “are you serious?...you can’t find a [XXX] date…? … I figured half the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- guys at [XXX] would be begging you to go with them…”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-  on July 5, 20[XXX], at around 11:28 p.m., the Member wrote to Student 1: “I’d ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- call but might freak you out…” and, “have a great summer Student 1…keep in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- touch… you make me smile…”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-  on January 24, 20[XXX], at around 9:38 p.m., the Member wrote to Student 1: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- “how can I have the shittiest day and yet…YOU make me laugh so ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- hard…[smiley face emoji]…thanks Student 1…lol”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-  on June 5, 20[XXX], between approximately 9:30 p.m. and 9:37 p.m., the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Member wrote to Student 1, “boob aprons…imagine…lol” and “yes…lol…boner ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- is used a lot…makes me laugh…:p”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-  on December 25, 20[XXX], at around 12:19 a.m., the Member wrote to Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2, “tell you[r] mom I wish her a Merry Christmas…and I miss you”. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-  on October 8, 20[XXX] at around 11:06 p.m., offered to help Student 3 keep ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- [XXX] during games and/or said that he would provide candy if she agreed to be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- a [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-  on May 3, 20[XXX], between approximately 1:23 a.m. and 1:43 a.m. while ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- exchanging electronic communications with Student 4, “why could you not be 35 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- years old…lol…sorry…me bed…”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-  on June 7, 20[XXX], at around 10:52 p.m., he wrote to Student 5, “Come visit ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- me”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-  on June 23, 20[XXX], at around 1:19 a.m., he wrote to Student 5, “I miss you”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-  on October 12, 20[XXX], at around 12:25 a.m. he wrote to Student 5, “go to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- bed… lol”, followed by another message at 12:54 a.m., when he wrote to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Student 5, “I miss you”. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-[12] In light of the totality of the evidence presented and more particularly the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-relentless pursuit of Student 1, the timing of the messages, the nature of the messages ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-and various other circumstances surrounding the Member’s conduct such as pressuring ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-students to engage with him and using manipulative tactics to bring student physically ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-closer to him as described above, the Panel finds that the Member’s conduct towards ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-Student 1 (until June 5, 20[XXX] and before she graduated [XXX] school), Student 2, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-Student 3, Student 4, Student 5 and Student 6 amounts to behaviour or remarks of a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf:sexual nature and meets the definition of sexual abuse under the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-[13] The Panel finds that the Member breached subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-437/97 by contravening the provisions of the College By-Laws that set out the ethical ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-standards for the teaching profession. The Member’s conduct, which included the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf:sexual abuse of six students, clearly fell below the ethical standards for the teaching ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-profession. In particular, the Member breached the ethical standards of “Care” and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-“Trust”. Members are required to demonstrate their commitment to students’ well-being ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-and learning through positive influence, professional judgment and empathy in practice. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-Members’ professional relationships with students, colleagues and parents are based ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf:on trust. The Member’s sexually abusive conduct had an adverse psychological or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-emotional impact on the students, which demonstrates the Member’s lack of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-commitment to students’ well-being. By his inappropriate conduct, the Member also ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-breached the trust which the students and their parents placed in him. For instance, the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-Member asked Student 5’s mother for permission to check in on Student 5 but then ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-ended up initiating a personal relationship with Student 5. Similarly, the Member had ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-Student 6’s mother’s permission to communicate with Student 6 via Facebook regarding ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-team-related issues, but the Member’s communications with Student 6 became more ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-personal. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-[14] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-teacher. Section 264(1)(c) provides that it is the duty of a teacher to “inculcate by ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-precept and example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-humanity, benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-virtues.” Simply put, teachers are expected to exemplify moral virtues and serve as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-positive role models, even when they are outside of the classroom. By grooming ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf:students and making remarks of a sexual nature towards them, the Member acted ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-immorally and was a poor role model for students. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-[15] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-Regulation 437/97. Teachers are expected to be upstanding members of society, to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ensure the safety and well-being of students and to maintain appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- boundaries with students. It was unacceptable for the Member to groom and send ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf: sexual or inappropriately personal messages to six students. The Member continued to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- communicate with Student 1 even after she had graduated, went out with her, and asked ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- her for a hug, which made Student 1 uncomfortable. The teaching profession does not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- tolerate such reprehensible conduct. The Member’s conduct demonstrates serious ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- moral and professional failings and can therefore be characterized as disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- dishonourable, or unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- [16] The Member’s conduct as described above was unbecoming a member, contrary ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By repeatedly engaging in boundary ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf: violations with students, which included sending them numerous remarks with sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- overtones, the Member undermined the trust which the public places in the teaching ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- profession and tarnished the reputation of the teaching profession as a whole. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- [17] The parties entered into a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on February 13, 2023, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- reprimand shall be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Teachers (the “Register”). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf: [18] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- of students, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 15 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. In relation to the form of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- reprimand, the Panel finds that a written reprimand is appropriate in light of the parties’ ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Joint Submission on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- [19] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- subsection 30(5) of the Act but notes that the parties are jointly asking it to confine its ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- order to the mandatory ones. The Panel finds it reasonable not to make these additional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- orders in light of the Member’s guilty plea and joint submission on penalty, particularly ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- in light of the high threshold that must be met before rejecting a joint submission on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- penalty. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- [20] The Panel denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf-Date: March 7, 2023 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Adam Dharsee, OCT ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct15.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- [5] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated November 2, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 2022 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Leonard Arend Tad Haviland Librande is guilty of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- professional misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- (b) he contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- (c) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- (d) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19); and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: (e) he engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- [6] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- and Guilty Plea (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Leonard Arend Tad Haviland Librande is a member of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- The Member obtained a certificate of qualification and registration on June ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 11, 2008. On May 28, 2021, the Member’s membership status with the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- College was changed to “Inactive/Non-Practising.” Attached hereto and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Halton Catholic ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- District School Board as a teacher at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Elementary School in Georgetown, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-In or about 2016, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old female student. Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-1 is the Member’s [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-In or about February and May 2020, Guelph Police Service (the “Police”) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-received information that a device at a specific IP address had uploaded ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf:two videos that met the definition of child pornography to a website. Based ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-on this information, on June 10, 2020, the Police executed a search warrant ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf:to the Member’s residence. Evidence of child pornography was found on a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-device that belonged to the Member. The Police seized multiple electronic ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-devices. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-The Member was arrested on June 10, 2020. On or about June 16, 2020, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf:the Member was charged with five child pornography-related offences ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-under the Criminal Code (Canada) (the “Code”). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-The Police identified the following content on the Member’s devices: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf:(a) 13,000 images of child pornography; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf:(b) 2,300 videos of child pornography; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-(c) four videos of Student 1 in the bathroom which were taken from a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- hidden camera in July 2016; and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-(d) images where Student 1’s face had been photoshopped onto the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- bodies of naked females who were engaging in sexual acts with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- adults. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-On or about September 9, 2020, the original charges were withdrawn and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-a new Information was issued. The Member was charged with: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-(a) Between the 24th day of July in the year 2016 and the 26th day of July ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- in the year 2016 at the City of Guelph in the said Region, did for a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- sexual purpose surreptitiously make a visual recording of a person, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- who was in circumstances that gave rise to a reasonable expectation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- of privacy, to wit; inside a washroom, contrary to section 162(1) of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- the Code (count 1); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-(b) Between the 24th day of July in the year 2016 and the 26th day of July ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- in the year 2016 at the City of Guelph in the said Region, did make ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- or print or publish or have in his possession for the purpose of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: publication child pornography to wit; digital files contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: 163.1(2) of the Code (count 2); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-(c) Between the 1st day of January in the year 2014 and the 31 st day of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- December in the year 2019 at the City of Guelph in the said Region, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- did make or print or publish or have in his possession for the purpose ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: of publication child pornography to wit; digital files contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 163.1(2) of the Code (count 3); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-(d) On or about the 18th day of January in the year 2020 at the City of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Guelph in the said Region, did have in his possession child ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: pornography to wit; digital files, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Code (count 4); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-(e) On or about the 18th day of January in the year 2020 at the City of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: Guelph in the said Region, did make child pornography available, to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- wit; digital files, contrary to section 163.1(3) of the Code (count 5); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-(f) Between the 18th day of January in the year 2020 and the 23 rd day ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- of April in the year 2020 at the City of Guelph in the said Region, did ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: unlawfully access child pornography to wit; digital files, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- section 163.1(4.1) of the Code (count 6); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-(g) On or about the 23rd day of April in the year 2020 at the City of Guelph ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: in the said Region, did have in his possession child pornography to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- wit; digital files, contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Code (count 7); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-(h) On or about the 23rd day of April in the year 2020 at the City of Guelph ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: in the said Region, did make child pornography available, to wit; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- digital files, contrary to section 163.1(3) of the Code (count 8). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-On January 28, 2022, the Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf:one count of voyeurism (count 1), two counts of making child pornography ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf:(counts 2-3) and one count of distribution of child pornography (count 5). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-The remaining four charges were withdrawn at the request of the Crown. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-On January 28, 2022, the Member was sentenced to a period of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-incarceration of two years less one day, concurrent on each of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-convictions, followed by two years’ probation. The court also imposed the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-following conditions which are relevant to the Member’s eligibility to teach ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-for a period of ten years: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-(a) The Member is prohibited from attending at a public park or a public ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- swimming area where persons under the age of 16 years are present ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- or can reasonably be expected to be present, or a daycare centre, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- school ground, playground or community centre; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-(b) The Member is prohibited from seeking, obtaining or continuing any ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- employment, whether or not the employment is renumerated [sic], or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- becoming or being a volunteer in a capacity that involves being in a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- position of trust or authority towards persons under the age of 16 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- years; and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- (c) The Member is prohibited from having any contact, including ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- communicating by any means, with a person who is under the age ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- of 16 years, unless the Member does so under the supervision of a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- person whom the court considers appropriate. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- The Member was also made the subject to a number of ancillary orders. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- The Member did not appeal his conviction or sentence and the time for an ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- appeal has expired. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a certified copy of the Court ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Information, appearances, and disposition in the criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of an Adult ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Probation Order, dated January 28, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified copy of a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Prohibition Order, dated January 28, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified copy of an Order ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- of Forfeiture, dated January 28, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Excerpt of Proceedings (Arraignment, Plea and Summary of Facts) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- remotely before the Honourable Justice D. Carr on January 28, 2022, at ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Guelph, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “G” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Reasons for Sentence remotely before the Honourable Justice D. Carr on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- January 28, 2022, at Guelph, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-18 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the conduct set out at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 5-11 and 13-18 of the Admitted Facts constitutes professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- and pleads guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- being more particularly that he engaged in a prohibited act involving child ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: pornography as defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 1996 and breached Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(16), ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 1(18) and 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and having had the opportunity ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- [7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on March 7, 2023 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(16), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: also engaged in a prohibited act involving child pornography as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- [8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- to 18 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- conduct set out at paragraphs 5 to 11 and 13 to 18 of the Admitted Facts constitutes ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- professional misconduct under the heads of misconduct set out above. The Police ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- identified the following content on the Member’s devices: 13,000 images of child ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: pornography; 2,300 videos of child pornography; four videos of Student 1 in the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- bathroom which were taken from a hidden camera; and images where Student 1’s face ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- had been photoshopped on the bodies of naked women engaging in sexual acts. As a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- result, in his prior criminal proceedings, the Member pleaded guilty to and was convicted ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: of one count of voyeurism, two counts of making child pornography and one count of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: distribution of child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: [9] The Member engaged in a prohibited act of child pornography as defined in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: subsection 1(1) of the Act (i.e., any act prohibited under section 163.1 of the Code). The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: Admitted Facts indicate that the Member was convicted under subsections 163.1(2) and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: 163.1(3) of the Code, which therefore gives rise to a finding under section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- [10] The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5). The Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- accepts College Counsel’s submission that the nature of the misconduct committed by ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- the Member is so notorious and offside of what is acceptable that expert evidence ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- regarding the standards is not required to prove that the standards were breached.1 It ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- is a clear breach of the standards of the profession for a teacher to make and distribute ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-1 Novick v. Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 at para. 71. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf:child pornography, thereby contributing to an illicit industry that thrives on the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-exploitation and abuse of children. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-[11] The Member contravened a law which is relevant to the member’s suitability to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-hold a certificate of qualification and registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-subsection 1(16). The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member contravened ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-subsections 162(1), section 163.1(2) and section 163.1(3) of the Code. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf:convictions on one count of voyeurism, two counts of making child pornography, and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf:one count of distribution of child pornography are clearly relevant to his suitability to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-hold a certificate of qualification and registration. Members of the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-hold a unique position of authority and are entrusted with the safety and well-being of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-children. Those who engage in criminal activities that objectify and exploit children and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-that perpetuate the cycle of abuse (including sexual abuse) against children, as the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf:Member did through his participation in the child pornography industry, are certainly not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-suited to the profession of teaching and should not have access to children through their ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-membership in the teaching profession. The prohibition and ancillary orders imposed ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-by the court also affirm the Member’s unsuitability as a member of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-profession, as these orders significantly limit the contact that the Member may have with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-persons under 16 years of age. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-[12] The Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonorable or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18). The Member’s misconduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-was abhorrent and demonstrated significant moral failings. The number of images and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf:videos of child pornography found by Police on the Member’s devices was staggering. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- The Member’s invasion of Student 1’s privacy was disturbing. The Member’s complete ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: lack of moral and professional judgment, by contributing to the child pornography ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- industry as a member of teaching profession, would therefore reasonably be regarded ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 17 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- [13] The Member’s egregious conduct which led to his criminal convictions is also ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- unbecoming a member, contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Public confidence in teachers, and the teaching profession as a whole, is eroded when ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: members are criminally convicted for making and distributing child pornography, among ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- other criminal offences. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- [14] The parties entered into a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on March 7, 2023, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- revoke the certificate of qualification and registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- [15] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included a prohibited act ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf: involving child pornography, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- requiring that the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- to revoke the Member’s certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes ./ontario-cases/2023onoct17.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- Citation: Ontario College of Teachers v Wahbi 2023 ONOCT 31 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- Date: 2023-05-14 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- DECISION AND REASONS FOR DECISION ON MOTION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- Michael James Wahbi, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-BETWEEN: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- – and – ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- MICHAEL JAMES WAHBI (REGISTRATION #484512) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-PANEL: Kirby Chown, OCT, Chair ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-HEARD: May 14, 2023, in writing ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-Jordan Stone and Lisa Feinberg, for the Ontario College of Teachers ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-Howard C. Cohen, for Michael James Wahbi ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-Rebecca Durcan, Independent Legal Counsel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-that could disclose the identity of, [XXX], identified as “Student 1” in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf: Hearing dated June 3, 2022, being a person who was allegedly sexually abused. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-[1] On June 3, 2022, a Notice of Hearing was issued against Michael James Wahbi ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-(the “Member”) containing allegations of professional misconduct. The hearing regarding ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-these allegations is scheduled to take place on June 1-2, 2023 and November 6-8 and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-20-22, 2023. Pre-hearing motions are scheduled to be heard on the June 2023 dates and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-the hearing on the merits is scheduled to begin in November 2023. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-[2] On May 11, 2023, College Counsel filed a written motion to be heard on an urgent ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-basis for a publication ban order in advance of the hearing. The motion was submitted ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-pursuant to Rules 1.02(1), 1.02(2), 1.04(3), 3.01(1)-(3) and (5), 5.08, 9.01, 9.02, 11.01(1), ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-and 11.01(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-Practice Committee. The Member, through his counsel, consented to: (1) the motion ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-being submitted in writing on an expedited basis; and (2) the order sought by the College. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-[3] On May 14, 2023, this motion was heard in writing by a single member of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-Discipline Committee, pursuant to Rule 3.01. This rule allows the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-to waive the requirement that a motion be heard by a panel of three members, on the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-consent of the parties. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-A. THE MOTION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-[4] On May 11, 2023, College Counsel brought a motion for an order pursuant to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-subsection 32.1(4) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), that no person ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of, [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-who is identified as “Student 1” in the Notice of Hearing dated June 3, 2022, being a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf:person who was allegedly sexually abused. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-[5] College Counsel relied on the Affidavit of Christine Le Dressay, affirmed on May ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-11, 2023 in support of their motion. In her affidavit, Ms. Le Dressay confirms that Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-1 requested that a publication ban be made in this case. Ms. Le Dressay also confirms ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 31 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-that the Member has, through his counsel, consented to the order and has consented to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-the motion being brought in writing on an expedited basis. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-B. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-[6] Having considered the evidence of College Counsel, the consent of the Member, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-and subsection 32.1(4) of the Act, which makes such an order mandatory at the request ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf:of the person who was allegedly sexually abused, the Discipline Committee grants the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-motion for a publication ban and makes the following order: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- Pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- disclose the identity of, [XXX], identified as “Student 1” in the Notice of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf: Hearing dated June 3, 2022, being a person who was allegedly sexually ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- abused. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-[7] The Chair is not seized of this matter and the previously scheduled June and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-November 2023 hearing dates will proceed before a differently constituted panel. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf-Date: May 14, 2023 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- Kirby Chown, OCT ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct31.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- [6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated November 21, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2022 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Kristopher Brian Seaman is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: (b) he abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- [pre-May 2008 amendments to Ontario Regulation 437/97]; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- (c) abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: (d) abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: 437/97, subsection 1(7.3), and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- student as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- (e) contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- registration, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(16); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- (f) contravened a law, the contravention of which has caused or may ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- cause a student who is under the member’s professional supervision ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- to be put at or to remain at risk, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(17); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- (g) committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- (h) engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Kristopher Brian Seaman is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- His membership status was changed to “Inactive/Non-Practising” on May 7, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2022. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-At all materials times, the Member was employed as a teacher by the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Bluewater District School Board (the “Board”) in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-At all material times, between February 1, 2007, and June 30, 2009, Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-1 was a [XXX] to [XXX]-year-old female student who attended the [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-(“School 1”) in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-During this time, Student 1 was registered in [XXX] programs (“[XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-programs”) at School 1, which required her to work under the supervision ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-of the Member at both the [XXX] School (“School 2”) and [XXX]School ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-(“School 3”), in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Student 1 was also a former student of the Member’s. The Member was her ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-teacher in Grades [XXX] and [XXX] at School 2. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Over approximately two years, when Student 1 was [XXX] to [XXX] years ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-old and was being supervised by the Member during her [XXX] programs, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf:the Member engaged in sexual conduct with Student 1 on numerous ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-occasions. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-During the initial phases of Student 1’s [XXX] program, the Member was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-very flirtatious with Student 1 and at times he would grab and touch her ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-knee when they sat beside each other. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-The touching progressed when, on one occasion, the Member touched ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Student 1’s buttock as she got onto the school bus. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-On another occasion while Student 1 was in the [XXX] program at School ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-2, Student 1 and the Member were taking the [XXX] team to a [XXX] at the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-[XXX]. The Member and Student 1 sat at the front of the bus. The Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-touched Student 1 in her groin area and leg, while seated beside her. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-On another occasion, during a school lunch break, the Member drove ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Student 1 to a conservation area in his blue Dodge Dakota truck. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Member then parked his truck, pulled his penis out and had Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf:perform oral sex on him in his vehicle. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf:On multiple occasions, the Member initiated sexual contact with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-in different rooms of School 2 and School 3, which included engaging in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf:sexual intercourse in an equipment storage area in the School 2 gym and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf:engaging in oral sex. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-On multiple occasions, while Student 1 was working in a small office at ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-School 3, organizing report cards or fundraising money, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- entered the office and touched Student 1 on her shoulders or placed his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- hand under Student’s shirt to touch her breast. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- On another occasion, the Member was going to take Student 1 to Wendy's ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- for lunch on a school lunch break. The Member would often take Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- for lunch while she was a [XXX] student. However, instead of going to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Wendy’s, the Member drove Student 1 out to near [XXX], Ontario, where ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: the Member parked his vehicle and had sexual intercourse with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- in the vehicle. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: The Member also engaged in sexual intercourse with Student 1 at other ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- times and places on multiple occasions. The Member wore a condom for ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- some, but not all of the instances. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: The sexual incidents ended when Student 1 concluded her [XXX] programs ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- and began college at the age of [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Criminal Proceedings/Conviction ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- On or about September 6, 2019, Student 1 contacted the [XXX] Police ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Service to report these incidents. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- On or about September 12 or 13, 2019, the Member was arrested and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- charged with: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 1. Between July 1, 1999, and August 31, 1999, in [XXX] did commit a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: sexual assault on female Person 1 contrary to section 271 of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Criminal Code (Canada);1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2. Between February 1, 2007, and June 30, 2009, in [XXX] did commit ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: a sexual assault on Student 1 contrary to section 271 of the Code; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 3. Between February 1, 2007, and June 30, 2009, in [XXX], being in a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- position of trust or authority towards Student 1, a young person, did ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: touch for a sexual purpose the body of Student 1 with a part of his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- body to wit his hands and penis, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Code. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- On February 12, 2020, the Member was indicted by the Ontario Superior ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Court of Justice in [XXX] with the following three counts: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 1. Between July 1, 1999, and August 31, 1999, in [XXX] did commit a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: sexual assault on Person 1 contrary to section 271 of the Code; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf:1 This count relates to an alleged historical sexual assault against another individual, Person 1. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-2. Between February 1, 2007, and June 30, 2009, in [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: elsewhere in the Province of Ontario did repeatedly commit sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- assaults on Student 1 contrary to section 271 of the Code; and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-3. Between February 1, 2007, and November 1, 2008, in [XXX] and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- elsewhere in the Province of Ontario, did being in a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- or authority towards Student 1, a young person, repeatedly for a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: sexual purpose, touch directly the body of Student 1, a young person, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- with a part of his body to wit his hands and penis, contrary to section ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 153(1)(a) of the Code. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf:On April 11, 2022, the Member pleaded guilty to Count 3 (sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-exploitation in relation to Student 1). Counts 1 and 2 were withdrawn at the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-request of the Crown Attorney. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-The Member was sentenced to 22 months’ incarceration followed by three ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-years of probation. The Member was also made subject to a number of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-ancillary orders, including a prohibition against working or volunteering with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-persons under the age of 18. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-The Member did not appeal his conviction or sentence. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a copy of the Court ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Information sworn on September 13, 2019 along with the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-appearances/adjournments in the criminal proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Indictment of February 12, 2020. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Proceedings (Guilty Plea) before the Honourable Justice S.B. Durno on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-April 11, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Justice S.B. Durno of April 11, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-2022. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “F” is a certified copy of the Adult ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Probation Order dated April 11, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “G” is a certified copy of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Prohibition Order dated April 11, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and appendices ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- referred to in paragraphs 1-27 above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the conduct set out at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 6-27 of the Admitted Facts constitutes professional misconduct and pleads ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(7) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- [pre-May 2008 amendments to Ontario Regulation 437/97], 1(7.2), 1(7.3), ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: Admitted Facts constitute sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- (b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- (c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to prove the case against him ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- (d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- (e) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- College with respect to the penalty proposed in this document does ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- (f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and having had the opportunity ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- to obtain the advice of legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts and circumstances and the plea of guilt, the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- [7] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on February 15, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2023, and found that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7) [pre-May 2008 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- amendments to Ontario Regulation 437/97],2 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(16), 1(17), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: 1(19), and that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- [8] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 27 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and admitted the allegations of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Panel accepts that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Admitted Facts set out at paragraphs 6-27 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Plea constitute professional misconduct under the heads of misconduct set out above. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: The Admitted Facts demonstrate, among other things, that the Member sexually abused ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Student 1. The Member was charged criminally in relation to his conduct with Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: 1 and pled guilty to the offence of sexual exploitation of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-2 Paragraph (b) of the Notice of Hearing dated November 21, 2022, refers to provisions of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Regulation 437/97 as previously enacted prior to its amendment to its current form on May 5, 2008. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf:Subsection 1(7) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 previously included physical, sexual, verbal, psychological ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-or emotional abuse, which has since been amended to address each type of abuse in separate ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-subsections. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-(a) The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- [9] The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- of the profession, contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: Counsel submitted that it was trite to say that the Member’s sexual exploitation of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Student 1 is a clear violation of the standards of the teaching profession. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: agrees and finds that the Member’s various sexual activities (including sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- intercourse) with Student 1 over two years, while she was a student and he was her ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- supervisor at the [XXX] programs and her former [XXX] school teacher, are so notorious ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- and offside of what is acceptable that expert evidence is not required to prove that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: standards of the profession were breached.3 The sexual abuse of a student by a teacher ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- is a clear breach of the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf:(b) The Member abused a student physically, sexually, verbally, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- subsections 1(7) [pre-May 2008 amendments to Ontario Regulation 437/97], ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: 1(7.2) and 1(7.3), and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- section 1 of the Act ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- [10] The version of Ontario Regulation 437/97 in effect in 2007 and until the May 2008 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- amendments had grouped the various forms of abuse of a student into a single head of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- misconduct at subsection 1(7), whereas the current version of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 437/97 separates each form of abuse into distinct categories and subsections. In this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- case, the Member pled guilty to both iterations of the legislation because his conduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- spanned the course of two legislative regimes. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-3 See Novick v Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 at paragraph 71. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-[11] The Panel finds that the Member psychologically and emotionally abused Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-1, contrary to subsection 1(7) [pre-May 2008 amendments to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-437/97] and 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. His egregious misconduct negatively ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-impacted Student 1’s cognitive, emotional, psychological and social development. In ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-her Victim Impact Statement, Student 1 described how she blamed herself as a student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-for the Member’s actions and felt as though he destroyed a part of her when he ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-manipulated her trust and abused her. She explained how terrified she was to go to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-[XXX] programs with the Member, and how she had a hard time concentrating in school, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-which negatively impacted her grades and her interest in school. Student 1 stated that, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-as a teenager, she struggled to maintain relationships because she did not feel worthy ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-of happiness and struggled with intimacy (Exhibit 2 at Appendix D). In addition, Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-1’s Victim Impact Statement detailed the longstanding negative impact of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-misconduct, including the extreme trauma and flashbacks she experiences, her low self- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-esteem, her [XXX] when she decided to disclose the Member’s misconduct to her ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-husband and mother, her physical illness when she reported the Member’s conduct to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-the police, and the anxiety and emotional pain that resulted from seeing the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-misconduct detailed in social media (Exhibit 2 at Appendix D). Student 1’s Victim Impact ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Statement makes it clear that the Member psychologically and emotionally abused ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Student 1 when she was a student, and that the longstanding negative effects of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Member’s behaviour continued to affect her as an adult. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf:[12] The Panel finds that the Member sexually abused a student, contrary to subsection ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-1(7) [pre-May 2008 amendments to Ontario Regulation 437/97], subsection 1(7.3) of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Ontario Regulation 437/97 and as defined in section 1 of the Act. Sexual abuse is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: defined as including (a) “sexual intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: between the member and the student,” (b) “touching, of a sexual nature, of the student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: by the member,” or (c) “behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: the student.” The Member sexually abused Student 1 when he engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: intercourse and oral sex with her and touched her body in a sexual manner, all while ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- she was a student in the [XXX] programs under his supervision. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- [13] The Panel finds that the Member physically abused Student 1, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- subsection 1(7) [pre-May 2008 amendments to Ontario Regulation 437/97]. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: Member’s physical, sexual acts described above were physically abusive in that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Member violated Student 1’s bodily integrity while she was a student and he was a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- teacher in a position of trust and authority, as her supervisor in the [XXX] programs. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-(c) The Member contravened a law, the contravention of which is relevant to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- the member’s suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- registration and has caused or may cause a student who is under the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- member’s professional supervision to be put at or to remain at risk, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(16) and 1(17) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- [14] The Panel finds that the Member contravened subsections 1(16) and 1(17) of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: Ontario Regulation 437/97, as he pled guilty to a criminal offence (i.e., sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- exploitation), which is relevant to his suitability to hold a certificate of qualification and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- registration and would put students under his professional supervision at risk. In her ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Victim Impact Statement, Student 1 indicated that she continues to experience the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- negative effects of the Member’s misconduct. Members who have been found guilty of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: a criminal sexual offence involving students cannot be trusted with the responsibility of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ensuring students’ safety and well-being. The Member’s predatory behaviour ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- demonstrates that he is not suited to hold the privileged position of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-(d) The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- [15] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct would reasonably be regarded by ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional. Sexual abuse of a student is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- the most egregious form of abuse that a teacher can commit and represents a deeply ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- concerning breach of trust by members who hold a position of authority over students. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- When students go to school, they, their parents, and the public expect that they will be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- safe and treated with respect. The Member’s repeated and prolonged abuse of Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 1 demonstrates a flagrant disregard for his professional obligations, a significant moral ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- and professional failing, and a complete lack of good judgment. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-(e) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- [16] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member, contrary ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- to subsection 1(19) of the Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member was entrusted with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Student 1’s care and ought to have ensured her safety and well-being. Instead, he ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: abused his position of power and trust when he repeatedly sexually, physically, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- psychologically, and emotionally abused Student 1. The Member’s misconduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- damaged the reputation of the teaching profession as a whole, as well as the public’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- trust and confidence that is placed in teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- [17] On February 15, 2022, the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, which will be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- delivered by email. The fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- Register of the Ontario College of Teachers; and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 22 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf: [18] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student, as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- notes that it has no discretion in this regard. These mandatory penalty provisions ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- apply retrospectively in this case pursuant to section 63.2 of the Act.4 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- [19] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- subsection 30(5) of the Act but notes that the parties are jointly asking it to confine its ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- order to the mandatory ones. The Panel finds it reasonable not to make these additional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- orders in light of the Member’s guilty plea and joint submission on penalty, and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- particularly given the high threshold that must be met before rejecting a joint submission ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- on penalty.5 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- [20] The Panel accepts the parties’ request that the reprimand be delivered in writing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- College Counsel submitted that the Member was already penalized by the criminal court ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- and as such, it was appropriate for the Panel to deliver its reprimand in writing. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf:4 Although this mandatory penalty provision was not in force at the time of the Member’s sexual abuse of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Student 1, section 63.2 of the Act provides that the mandatory penalty provisions at section 30.2 of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf:the Act apply retrospectively where the sexual abuse occurred before April 3, 2019 and no order has ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-been made under subsection 30(4) of the Act before then. These conditions are met in this case and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Panel must therefore apply the mandatory penalty provisions set out at section 30.2 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-5 See R. v. Anthony-Cook, 2016 SCC 43, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 204, and Bradley v. Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf-Teachers, 2021 ONSC 2303. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct22.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[5] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[6] The subsection 32.1(4) publication ban does not apply to C.O., who was a Grade ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[XXX] student at the time of the Member’s misconduct during the 1982/1983 school year, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-but who was older than 18 years old at the time of the hearing. Moreover, despite C.O.’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-request to protect her identity, the panel was unable to order a subsection 32.1(4) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:publication ban because sexual abuse was not alleged in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[7] Wishing nevertheless to protect the identity of C.O., and upon the request of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-College Counsel and the advice of Independent Legal Counsel, the Panel ordered a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-publication ban under subsection 32.1(1) of the Act. Subsection 32(7) gives the Panel the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-authority to make an order that the public be excluded from a hearing if, in the Panel’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-opinion, the possibility of serious harm or injustice to any person justifies a departure from ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-the general principle that hearings should be open to the public. Subsection 32.1(1) allows ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-the Panel to order a publication ban in circumstances in which the test for closing the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-hearing under subsection 32(7) is met. The Panel found that, given the nature and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:seriousness of the allegations, which included the Member’s sexual assault of C.O. when ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-she was [XXX] years old, the public disclosure of C.O.’s identity would do little more than ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-to retraumatize and revictimize C.O., which could be harmful to her and have devastating ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-impact on her life. The Discipline Committee has previously made this type of order in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-similar circumstances, including in Ontario College of Teachers v Jacquemain, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-ONOCT 116. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-B. OVERVIEW ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[8] In or around the 1982/1983 academic year, the Member engaged in several ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:incidents of sexual assault of a female, Grade [XXX] student (“C.O.”). On September 4, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-2020, following a civil action for damages brought by C.O. against the Member and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Trillium Lakelands District School Board (the “Board”), the Ontario Superior Court of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:Justice (the “Court”) found the Member liable for assault, battery, sexual assault, sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-battery and breach of fiduciary duty (the Court’s Reasons for Judgment were released on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-June 30, 2020). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[9] The Panel’s task is to determine whether the facts alleged by the College have ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-been proven on a balance of probabilities and if so, whether the Member’s conduct gives ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-rise to a finding of professional misconduct. For the reasons that follow, the Panel finds ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-that the Member engaged in professional misconduct. The Member contravened section ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-13 and subsections 14(d) and 14(f) of the regulation made under section 12 of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O 1980, c. 495, as amended (the “TPA Regulation”) and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-subsections 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[10] The College requested and the Panel granted the withdrawal of the allegations ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-that the Member contravened subsections 1(7.1), 1(7.2) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:437/97 and the allegation that he engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-section 1 of the Act. These provisions do not apply with retrospective effect. The conduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-occurred prior to the time that the Act came into force, and as such it would not be fair to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-allege specific allegations of professional misconduct that were not in force at the time of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-the conduct. The Panel granted the College’s request. The Panel notes that even though ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-the conduct pre-dated the Act, the College still had jurisdiction to proceed with the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-subsection 1(18) and 1(19) allegations as they relate to the June 2020 civil findings of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:assault, battery, sexual assault, sexual battery and breach of fiduciary duty. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-C. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[11] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated November 4, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-2021 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Royce Galon Williamson is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- (a) he failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- degree of professional competence and to uphold the honour, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- dignity, and ethical standards of the teaching profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- section 13 (General Duties of Members) of the regulation made ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- under section 12 of the Teaching Profession Act, R.S.O 1980, c. 495, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- as amended (the “TPA Regulation”); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- (b) he failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- relations with pupils, contrary to subsection 14(d) of the TPA ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- (c) he failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- were under his care, contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- (d) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1);1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- (e) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2);2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf: (f) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act;3 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-1 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-2 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-3 Allegation withdrawn at the request of College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-(g) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-(h) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-1. Royce Galon Williamson is a member of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-2. The Member obtained an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate on August ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 30, 1982, and a Certificate of Qualification and Registration from the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- College on May 7, 1998. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-3. On December 12, 2019, the Member’s membership status with the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- College was changed to “Retired.” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-4. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Trillium ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- Lakelands District School Board, formerly the Victoria County Board ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- of Education, as a [XXX] teacher at [XXX] School in [XXX], Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- (the “School”). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-5. In or around the 1982/1983 academic year, [C.O.] was a female ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- Grade [XXX] student at the School. During that year, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- was [C.O.]’s [XXX] teacher and the School’s [XXX] leader. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-6. In or about November and December 2019, the Ontario Superior ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- Court of Justice (the “Court”) heard an action for damages brought ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- by [C.O.] against the Member and the Board. The Court ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- subsequently made findings, and it is alleged, that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf: (a) the Member groomed [C.O.] by assuming a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- mentor/confidante/counsellor role with [C.O.]; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- (b) in or around March 1983, during a School [XXX] trip to [XXX], ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- the Member, while climbing a set of stairs behind [C.O.], ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- caressed her calf gently and smiled when she looked back; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- (c) on the bus ride from [XXX] to [XXX] at the end of the School ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- trip, [C.O.] awoke from sleep to find the Member touching and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- rubbing her foot, in an intimate way, under a blanket; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- (d) on arriving in [XXX] at the end of the School Trip, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- offered to give [C.O.] a ride home. During the car ride, [C.O.] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- dozed off while alone with the Member. She awoke when the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- truck stopped in a treed area. The Member began kissing her ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- and removing her clothes. After removing all of her clothes ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- except for her socks and shoes, the Member went to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- passenger side of the truck and pulled [C.O.] on top of him so ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- that she was straddling him. He touched her breasts, tried to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- penetrate her vaginally, and asked her to perform fellatio. He ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- then turned her body around and sodomized her until he ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ejaculated; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- (e) the Member sodomized [C.O.] on two additional occasions, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- once when he was driving [C.O.] home from [XXX] practice ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- and once after [XXX] practice in his office; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- (f) the Member had [C.O.] perform fellatio on him on several ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- occasions including, but not limited to, while driving [C.O.] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- home after [XXX] practice, in his office after [XXX] practice, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- and in his office while class was ongoing; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf: (g) the Member engaged in inappropriate sexual contact and/or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf: sexually touched and/or kissed [C.O.] on several occasions in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- the Member’s office while a class of students remained in the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- classroom. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf: 7. The Court found the Member liable for assault, battery, sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf: assault, sexual battery, and breach of fiduciary duty. [C.O.] was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- awarded $500,000 in general and aggravated damages, and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- damages for loss of competitive advantage, payable jointly and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- severally by the Member and the Board, and $100,000 in punitive ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- damages payable only by the Member as a result of the findings of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- the Court. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-D. THE MEMBER’S PLEA ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[12] As the Member was not present, the Panel proceeded on the basis that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Member denied the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-E. THE EVIDENCE ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[13] The College presented documentary evidence in order to prove the allegations set ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-out in the Notice of Hearing. Relevant portions of this evidence will be set out in greater ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-detail, as needed, in the Panel’s reasons for decision below. The following is a brief ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-summary of the College’s evidence. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-(1) Documentary Evidence ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[14] College Counsel relied entirely on the findings of fact contained in the Reasons for ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Judgment of Justice D. Salmers dated June 30, 2020 (“Reasons for Judgment”) and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Judgment dated September 4, 2020 (“Judgment”), whereby the Court found the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:liable in damages to C.O. for the torts of assault, battery, sexual assault, sexual battery ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-and breach of his fiduciary duty. The Reasons for Judgment describe in detail the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Member’s conduct during the 1982-1983 academic year, which included grooming C.O. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:and subjecting her to extremely serious forms of sexual assault. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-F. SUBMISSIONS ON FINDING ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[15] College Counsel submitted that the evidence presented to the Panel proves each ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-of the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing, on a balance of probabilities. College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Counsel therefore submitted that the Panel should find that the Member engaged in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-professional misconduct as alleged in the Notice of Hearing. College Counsel explained ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-that the College was relying solely on the Reasons for Judgment and the Judgment ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-because rule 13.04(3) of the Rules allows the Panel to admit findings of fact made in prior ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-civil proceedings as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the facts so ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-found, and because calling C.O. to testify would be retraumatizing and revictimizing for ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-her, and a poor use of scarce judicial resources. Accordingly, College Counsel urged the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Panel to make its findings based on the documentary evidence before it. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 13.04(3) The Committee may, in its discretion, admit findings of fact, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- whether or not supportive of a finding of guilt, made in prior criminal, civil or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- administrative proceedings as proof, in the absence of evidence to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- contrary, of the facts so found. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[20] The Panel admitted into evidence the Judgment of Justice D. Salmers dated ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-September 4, 2020 (Exhibit 2, Tab 3) and the Reasons for Judgment of Justice D. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Salmers dated June 30, 2020 (Exhibit 2, Tab 4). The Panel relied on the Court’s findings ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-of fact contained in both documents as uncontradicted proof in the Member’s discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:(a) The Member groomed C.O. by assuming a mentor / confidante / counsellor ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- role with C.O. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[21] The Panel adopts the Court’s findings of facts with respect to particular 6(a) of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Notice of Hearing, pursuant to rule 13.04(3). The Panel notes that Justice D. Salmers ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-described C.O.’s testimony as reliable and found that she had an excellent recollection of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-events, even though the events at issue happened four decades before the civil ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-proceedings. Specifically, the Panel adopts the following findings of fact made by the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Court in the Member’s prior civil proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[22] During the 1982-1983 academic year, C.O. was a [XXX]-year-old grade [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-student. At the time, the Member was C.O.’s [XXX] teacher and the school’s [XXX] leader. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Given that C.O. was part of the school [XXX], she saw the Member frequently, both during ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[XXX] class and during [XXX] practice. The Member took on a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-mentor/confidante/counsellor role with C.O., who would often meet the Member multiple ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-times a week and confided in him about ongoing personal or family issues. She trusted ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-the Member and felt secure when confiding in him. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[23] During the March 1983 school break, the [XXX] took a trip to [XXX] that both C.O. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-and the Member attended. It was during this trip that the troubling incidents started to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-occur. While C.O. was climbing stairs, the Member touched her calf and smiled at C.O. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-In addition, during the same school trip, the Member asked C.O. to enter his hotel room, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-which she did, and he then left her waiting outside the bathroom until he eventually ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-ushered her out the room. The Member never explained to C.O. the purpose of her being ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-there. At the end of the trip, during the bus ride home, C.O. was awakened from her sleep ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-by the Member touching and rubbing her feet in an intimate way under a blanket. From ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-these incidents, the Court determined that through a mentor/confidante/counsellor role, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:the Member had groomed C.O. to accept more serious sexual advances. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-(b) The Member caressed C.O.’s calf gently and smiled at her during a School ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- [XXX] trip to [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[24] The Panel adopts the Court’s findings of facts with respect to particular 6(b) of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Notice of Hearing, pursuant to rule 13.03(4). The Court found that while on a ferry to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[XXX] during the school [XXX] trip in March 19 [XXX], while C.O. was climbing a set of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-stairs, the Member touched C.O.’s calf and smiled when she looked back at him. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Court also noted that the Member again touched her calf later the same day in a gentle, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-caressing manner. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-(c) The Member intimately touched and rubbed C.O.’s foot on the bus ride ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- from [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[25] The Panel adopts the Court’s findings of facts with respect to particular 6(c) of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Notice of Hearing, pursuant to rule 13.03(4). The Court found that the Member had ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-intimately touched and rubbed C.O.’s foot under a blanket on the bus ride home from the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[XXX] school trip, while she was sleeping, and that the Member’s behaviour caused C.O. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-to wake up. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-(d) The Member forced anal penetration on C.O. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[26] The Panel adopts the Court’s findings of facts with respect to particulars 6(d) and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-6(e) of the Notice of Hearing, pursuant to rule 13.03(4). In the Reasons for Judgment, the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Court found that the Member had forced anal penetration on C.O. When the school’s trip ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-arrived back in [XXX] from [XXX], it was late at night and the Member offered C.O. a ride ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-home and told her that he was also dropping off two other, male students. The Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-dropped off the two male students at home before C.O., even though, geographically, it ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-would have made more sense to drop off C.O. first. During the ride home, C.O. fell asleep ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-and was awakened when the Member stopped the car in a treed area. The Member then ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-began to kiss and remove C.O.’s clothes and proceeded to remove his pants and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-underwear. He then went over to the passenger side of the car and pulled C.O. on top of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-him. The Member tried to penetrate her vaginally and asked her to perform fellatio. C.O. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-was terrified and said nothing. The Member then proceeded to turn C.O.’s body around ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-and forced anal penetration on her. The Member then drove C.O. home. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[27] The Court also found, and the Panel accepts, that the Member forced anal ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-penetration on C.O. on another occasion, in the Member’s office, which directly adjoined ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-the [XXX] classroom at the School. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:(e) The Member forced C.O. to perform oral sex ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[28] The Panel adopts the Court’s findings of facts with respect to particular 6(f) of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Notice of Hearing, pursuant to rule 13.03(4). In the Reasons for Judgment, the Court ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-found that there were several incidents where the Member forced C.O. to perform oral ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:sex on him. One incident happened when the Member drove C.O. home after [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-practice. Other incidents happened in the Member’s office at school while class was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-ongoing. On two of these occasions, the Member called C.O. into his office while class ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:was ongoing and forced her to perform oral sex on him. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:(f) The Member engaged in inappropriate sexual contact and/or sexually ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- touched and/or kissed C.O. on several occasions in the Member’s office ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- while a class of students remained in the classroom ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[29] The Panel adopts the Court’s findings of facts with respect to particular 6(g) of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Notice of Hearing, pursuant to rule 13.03(4). The Reasons for Judgment prove, on a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:balance of probabilities, that the Member engaged in inappropriate sexual contact and/or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:sexually touched and/or kissed C.O. on several occasions in the Member’s office while ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-there were students in the adjacent classroom. The Court noted that this happened during ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:[XXX] class. The Member called C.O. into his office and forced her to perform oral sex on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-him. On other occasions, the Member called C.O. into his office while class was ongoing ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:and sexually touched her and kissed her. One such incident occurred during a test, where ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-the Member called C.O. into his office to [XXX] as part of the test, with his door closed. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-He then touched C.O. over her clothes, including rubbing her crotch, while she [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:[30] Furthermore, the Court found that C.O. did not want to engage in any of the sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-acts to which the Member subjected her, but she felt that she did not have a voice and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-could not stand up to the Member given the power imbalance between her (a student) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-and him (and adult in a position of authority). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-(2) Legal Conclusions ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[31] The Panel finds that the Member’s conduct set out above gives rise to a finding of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-professional misconduct. In particular, the Member: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-  failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest degree of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity, and ethical ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- standards of the teaching profession, contrary to section of the TPA ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-  failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- pupils, contrary to subsection 14(d) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-  failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they were ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- under his care, contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-  committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- and, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-  engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-(a) The Member failed to strive at all times to achieve and maintain the highest ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- degree of professional competence and to uphold the honour, dignity, and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ethical standards of the teaching profession, contrary to section 13 of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- TPA Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[32] The Panel finds that the Member contravened section 13 of the TPA Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:as a result of his repeated sexual assaults of C.O. The sexual assaults occurred during ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-the 1982/1983 school year, while the Member held an Ontario Teacher’s Certificate and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:was bound to follow the Teaching Profession Act and its regulations. In sexually ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-assaulting C.O., the Member clearly failed to uphold the honour, dignity and ethical ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:standards of the teaching profession. The extremely serious sexual assaults to which the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Member repeatedly subjected C.O. have no place in the teaching profession, whose main ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-objectives are to keep students safe and to foster their growth and development. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Member flagrantly abused his position of trust and authority and took advantage of his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-access to C.O. by preying on her, and inexcusably violating her bodily integrity and her ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-human dignity. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-(b) The Member failed to show consistent justice and consideration in all his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- relations with pupils, contrary to subsection 14(d) of the TPA Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[33] The Member breached subsection 14(d) of the TPA Regulation. This provision ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-requires a teacher to “show consistent justice and consideration in all his relations with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:pupils”. By forcing upon her anal penetration and oral sex, and by subjecting C.O. to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:various other unwanted sexual acts, the Member had a devastating impact on C.O.’s well- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-being and showed no consideration for her whatsoever. Additionally, as a teacher and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-adult in a position of trust and authority, it was unfair for the Member to abuse that power ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-and mislead, manipulate and exploit C.O. in the way that he did. It is clearly noted in the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Reasons for Judgment of the Member’s civil proceedings that C.O. trusted the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-and did not understand why he was engaging in all these acts with her. In the following ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-academic year, C.O. took steps to avoid the Member, including by no longer partaking in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[XXX] practice and [XXX] class, which was her favorite subject at school. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-(c) The Member failed to concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- they were under his care, contrary to subsection 14(f) of the TPA ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[34] The Member breached subsection 14(f) of the TPA Regulation, which requires a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-member to “concern himself with the welfare of his pupils while they are under his care”. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-The Member abused his role as mentor/confidante/counsellor towards C.O. who often ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-confided in him regarding personal issues. Instead of concerning himself with C.O.’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:welfare, the Member exploited her youth and vulnerability by sexually assaulting her on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 15 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-several occasions. Some of these incidents occurred during class time while C.O. was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-clearly under the Member’s care. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[35] Furthermore, the Reasons for Judgment demonstrate that the Member’s actions ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-caused emotional and psychological harm to C.O. The Court noted that following these ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-incidents, C.O. experienced [XXX], [XXX], depression, and subsequently quit school even ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-though she had plans to pursue post-secondary education and attend University. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-(d) The Member committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[36] Even though the Member’s conduct occurred prior to the Act coming into effect, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-his conduct became public knowledge through his civil proceedings in 2020. Several ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-findings were made against the Member in 2020. The findings relate to conduct that pre- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-dated the Act. But in light of the fact that the court made its finding when the Act was in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-force, the Panel has jurisdiction to make this finding of professional misconduct under ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The court’s findings are deeply troubling. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:The public and the teaching profession do not tolerate the sexual assault – or any form ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-of assault - of students. The 2020 findings of the court demonstrate that the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-violated the trust that the public places in teachers. When parents send their children to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-school, they expect that they will be safe. The Member’s breach of this trust was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-repugnant. The Member groomed C.O., forced anal penetration on her, forced her to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:perform oral sex on him and engaged, on several occasions, in inappropriate sexual acts ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-with C.O. Some of these incidents occurred while class was ongoing. This type of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-behaviour is completely unacceptable. The 2020 court findings proves that the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-conduct is disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 16 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-(e) The Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[37] Even though the Member’s conduct occurred prior to the Act coming into effect, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-his conduct became public knowledge through his civil proceedings in 2020. Several ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-findings were made against the Member in 2020. The findings relate to conduct that pre- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-dated the Act. But in light of the fact that the court made its finding when the Act was in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-force, the Panel has jurisdiction to make this finding under subsection 1(19) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Regulation 437/97. The 2020 findings of the court demonstrate that the Member engaged ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:in conduct unbecoming a member of the teaching profession by sexually assaulting C.O. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Through his egregious conduct, the Member undermined the reputation of the teaching ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-profession and the trust that parents, students and the public place in teachers. Teachers ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-are entrusted with the care of students and one of their fundamental responsibilities is to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-ensure students’ safety and well-being. Public confidence in teachers is undermined ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:when members engage in sexual – and other forms of – assault against students. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Member’s behaviour seriously erodes the reputation of the teaching profession, as it is a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-clear example of a member abusing their position of power, trust and authority over a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:vulnerable student, by sexually assaulting her. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-I. PENALTY SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[38] College Counsel explained that the Panel has the discretion to order a penalty that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-it considers appropriate in the circumstances but submitted that revocation would be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-appropriate in this case because of the egregious conduct of the Member. According to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:College Counsel, given the harmful impact that the Member’s sexual assaults had on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 17 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-C.O., the Panel ought to revoke the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Registration. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[39] College Counsel briefly presented the Panel with four previous cases decided by ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-the Discipline Committee in order to establish that revocation and a written reprimand ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-were appropriate orders that fell within the range of penalties ordered for similar ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-misconduct in the past: Ontario College of Teachers v Clarke, 2019 ONOCT 84; Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-College of Teachers v Schacter, 2020 ONOCT 226; Ontario College of Teachers v ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Tierney, 2022 ONOCT 51; and, Ontario College of Teachers v Vincer, 2020 ONOCT 116. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-J. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[40] On February 7, 2023, the Panel made the following order as to penalty: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a reprimand, which will be delivered in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- writing, and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- the Ontario College of Teachers; and, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- The Registrar is directed to revoke the Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-K. REASONS FOR PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[41] In arriving at its decision with respect to penalty, the Panel carefully considered the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-College’s evidence and submissions. The Panel was also mindful of the guiding principles ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-that penalty orders should address, including specific and general deterrence, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-remediation (in appropriate cases), and public protection. In cases such as this, where ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:the Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual assault of a student, the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-objectives of deterrence and public protection are of primary concern to the Panel. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Panel also recognizes the legal principle that like cases should be treated alike. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 18 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-penalty in this case falls within the range of penalties ordered in several similar cases ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-before the Discipline Committee, as presented by College Counsel. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[42] The Panel considered the Member’s circumstances in comparison to the cases ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-provided. The aggravating factors in the Member’s case are the repeated nature of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:Member’s misconduct, which included the sexual assault of C.O. on numerous occasions ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-and the fact that it led to significant emotional harm for C.O. The predatory nature of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Member’s conduct was also an aggravating factor, as was the fact that he exploited C.O.’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-vulnerabilities and put her in compromising positions where she could not escape his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:unwanted sexual advances, including when he forced anal penetration on her in his car ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-late at night in an isolated clearing in the woods. The Panel did not identify any mitigating ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-factors in this case. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[43] Revocation is not a mandatory penalty in this case, but the Panel believes that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-revocation is the only appropriate and proportionate order in light of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-extremely serious professional misconduct and based on the similar cases provided by ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-the College in which revocation was also ordered. The teaching profession and the public ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:do not tolerate the sexual abuse of students by members. C.O. was vulnerable and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Member took advantage of his position of trust and authority in the most egregious way ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-possible – by repeatedly violating her bodily integrity and by inflicting deep and long- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-lasting emotional harm. The Member’s conduct had a devastating impact on C.O. that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:continued into her adulthood. During the years following the Member’s sexual assaults of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-C.O., she experienced [XXX] and became withdrawn from school. The Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-behaviour was toxic and it affected all aspects of C.O.’s life, including her interpersonal ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-relationships, her education, and her employment history. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 19 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:[44] There is no place in the profession for members who sexually assault students. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-The public expects that children will be safe when they are at school. Teachers are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-entrusted with the care of students. They must provide students with a physically and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 25 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf:emotionally safe learning environment. By repeatedly sexually assaulting C.O., the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Member egregiously breached his position of trust and authority. Revocation is the only ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-penalty that appropriately responds to professional misconduct of this nature and gravity. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-The Member’s conduct undermined the reputation of the teaching profession and will not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-be tolerated. He has accordingly forfeited the privilege of holding a teaching certificate ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-and being a member of the teaching profession in Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[45] Furthermore, the Panel accepts that a written reprimand is appropriate in this case. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Members are expected to serve as positive role models and adhere to the highest moral ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-standards. The Member failed to do by abusing his role as mentor/confidante/counsellor ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-towards C.O. The reprimand will allow the Panel to directly address its concerns with the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[46] The Panel is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-L. COSTS SUBMISSIONS OF COLLEGE COUNSEL ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-[47] College Counsel submitted that it would be appropriate to order costs in this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-proceeding and submitted that the appropriate quantum is $5,000, which is half of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf-Tariff A amount that is prescribed for a day of proceedings. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct25.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (d) she committed acts or omissions that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf: (e) she engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-[5] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 3), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- At all material times, Genevieve Nancy Rail was a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a copy ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- From September 1997 to March 2021, the Member was employed by the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- Thames Valley District School Board (the “Board”) as a teacher at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (the “School”) located in [XXX], Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- During the 2019/2020 school year, Member made inappropriate, harmful ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- and unwelcome comments to students in her Grade [XXX] class, Grade ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- [XXX] [XXX] class and Grade [XXX] [XXX] class at the School. These ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- comments include: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (a) referring to students as “fags,” “clowns,” “dumbasses,” “useless ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- idiots,” and “Humpty Dumpty;” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (b) telling students that they “suck,” are “retarded,” are “useless,” and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- are “stupid;” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (c) using profanity in class including, but not limited to, “shit,” “fuck,” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- “stupid,” “ass,” and “dumbass,” and telling students to “shut up;” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (d) telling a student that their brother is a “fucking moron;” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (e) making a reference to six inches being “average;” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (f) saying to a male student, “this is my box” and pointing to her crotch ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- when the student asked if the Member had graded his class project; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (g) discussing her personal life with students; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (h) discussing marijuana and how she had waited 40 years for it to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- become legal; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-1996 and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-against her, being more particularly: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-(a) she abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-(b) she abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-(c) she failed to supervise adequately a person or persons who were ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- under her professional supervision, contrary to Ontario Regulation ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 437/97, subsection 1(11); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-(d) she committed an act or acts that, having regard to all the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf:(e) she engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-(a) she understands fully the nature of the allegations against her; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-(b) she understands that by signing this document, she is consenting to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- the evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-(c) she understands that, by pleading no contest to the allegations, she ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- is waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- against her and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-(d) she understands that the Discipline Committee can accept the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- Uncontested Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- constitute professional misconduct; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-(e) she understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- including her name, shall be published in the official publication of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- the College; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-(f) she understands that any agreement with respect to the penalty ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-(g) she understands and acknowledges that she is executing this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and having had the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- opportunity to obtain legal advice. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and Fitness to Practise ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, for the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- purposes of this proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 1996, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances and the plea of no ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- contest, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-[6] Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-and the submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on April 21, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-2023, finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(11) and 1(18). The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf:Member also engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-[7] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 8 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against her. She acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-Panel accepts that the Uncontested Facts at paragraphs 3 to 5 of Exhibit 3 constitute ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-professional misconduct under the heads of misconduct set out above. The Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-Facts demonstrate that the Member repeatedly engaged in inappropriate conduct, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-including by making profane, derogatory, and demeaning comments to students, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf:exposing students to sexual remarks, and leaving students unsupervised. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-[8] The Member verbally abused students, contrary to subsection 1(7) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-Regulation 437/97, by making several inappropriate comments to students. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-Member’s comments included referring to students as “fags”, “clowns”, “dumbasses”, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-“useless idiots”, and telling them that they “suck” and are “retarded”. The Member also ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-belittled a male student in front of class by saying that he had to “call mommy and bring ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-his work in”. Furthermore, the Member used profanity in class such as “fuck” and “shit”. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-Additionally, the Member called a student with a limp a “sharpshooter who needed to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-learn how to walk”. Teachers must always be respectful in their interactions with students ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-and are expected to foster safe and supportive learning environments. The Member did ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-the opposite by repeatedly putting down her students and setting a poor example through ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-her derogatory, demeaning, and offensive comments. The Member’s comments therefore ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-amount to verbal abuse. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-[9] The Member abused students psychologically or emotionally, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. In addition to the derogatory and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-offensive comments described above, the Member encouraged students to call a male ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-student a “snitch” and told a male student in front of class to go to the School office and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-tell the School administration that he uses or sold drugs. Such conduct would reasonably ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf:have been embarrassing for these students. Additionally, the Member’s sexualized ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-remarks such as making a reference to six inches being “average”, or pointing to her ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-crotch and telling a male student that “this is my box”, would reasonably have been ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-distressing to students. Indeed, the Uncontested Facts indicate that several students ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-experienced emotional and psychological upset and distress as a result of the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-conduct. The Panel therefore finds that the Member’s conduct towards students was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-psychologically or emotionally abusive. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-[10] The Member failed to supervise adequately persons who were under her ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-professional supervision, contrary to subsection 1(11) Ontario Regulation 437/97. In ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-particular, the Member allowed students to go outside to test aluminium bolts by burning ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-wood in small ovens, while the Member remained inside. While the students were outside ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-unsupervised, a fire started that students had to put out on their own. Teachers are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-responsible for student safety, and the Member’s decision to remain inside while students ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-performed a dangerous activity outside jeopardized their safety and amounted to woefully ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-inadequate supervision in the circumstances. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-[11] The Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Members are expected to be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-respectful and inclusive in their professional practice, manage their classroom ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-appropriately, and prioritize student safety. The Member’s conduct was in stark ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-contradiction to these principles. Not only did the Member make derogatory and offensive ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-comments to students, but she also demonstrated her intolerance for people with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-disabilities by mocking them using inappropriate, derogatory and demeaning gestures, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-and by saying that she did not care about Individual Education Plans. Furthermore, the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf:Member exposed students to sexualized remarks, she discussed personal and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-inappropriate topics with students, and she left her students unsupervised in a precarious ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-situation. Such conduct demonstrates significant moral and professional failings by the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-Member, and as such, can be characterized as disgraceful, dishonourable, or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf:[12] The Member engaged in sexual misconduct as defined in section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-“Sexual misconduct” is defined in the Act as: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf: 1(1) inappropriate behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf: that is not sexual abuse of a student, where, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (a) one or more students are exposed to the behaviour or remarks, or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- the member knows or ought to know that one or more students are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- likely to be exposed to the behaviour or remarks, and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (b) a reasonable person would expect the behaviour or remarks to have ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- the effect of, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (i) causing distress to a student exposed to the behaviour or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- remarks, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (ii) being detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- student, or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- (iii) creating a negative environment at a school for a student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- exposed to the behaviour or remarks. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf:The Member exposed students to remarks of a sexual nature by (1) making a reference ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-to six inches being “average” and (2) saying to a male student, “this is my box” and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-pointing to her crotch when the student asked if the Member had graded his class project. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-A reasonable person would expect that when a teacher, who holds a position of trust and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf:authority, exposes students to these types of sexualized remarks, it would be distressing ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-or detrimental to students’ well-being and create a negative school environment for them. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-Indeed, in this case, the Panel has received evidence that the Member’s conduct was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-distressing to students. Furthermore, the Panel accepts College Counsel’s submission ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf:that the sexual remarks do not constitute “sexual abuse” under the Act, as they were not ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-directed specifically at the students but were rather made in front of the students. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-Therefore, the Panel finds that the Member’s conduct in this case meets the definition of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf:sexual misconduct under section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-hearing and sparing students from having to testify. After weighing these factors, the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-Panel accepts that the penalty proposed would not bring the administration of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-discipline process into disrepute. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 26 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-[16] The Panel finds that the Member’s pattern of inappropriate conduct warrants a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-reprimand. Teachers must be respectful and inclusive in their professional practice and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-manage their classrooms appropriately. The Member repeatedly failed to do so by making ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf:derogatory and offensive comments to students, exposing students to sexual behaviour ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-or remarks, and leaving students unsupervised. The reprimand will allow the Panel to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-other members of the profession. In relation to the form of the reprimand, the Panel finds ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-that a written reprimand is appropriate in this case in light of the parties’ Joint Submission ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-on Penalty. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-[17] Given the nature and severity of the Member’s misconduct, the Panel finds that a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-five-month suspension is reasonable and appropriate. While the cases presented are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-factually distinct from this case, the misconduct represented in those cases is of a similar ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-underlying nature and the cases confirm that a suspension is justified. The suspension ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-will serve as a specific deterrent to the Member and a general deterrent to other members ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-of the profession, making clear that the kind of misconduct the Member exhibited is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-unacceptable. In accordance with the parties’ joint submission, the Member’s suspension ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-will begin on May 6, 2023, which is 15 days after the Panel’s Decision and Order. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-[18] The Panel finds that the course of instruction regarding classroom management ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf-will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member. The coursework will remind the Member of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct26.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-[6] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated January 17, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-2023 (Exhibit 1) are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Robert Tyler Siegel is guilty of professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- (a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- (b) he abused a student or students physically, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.1); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- (c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf: (d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- (e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- (f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- (g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-C. STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-[7] College Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Robert Tyler Siegel was, at all material times, a member of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- College of Teachers. He obtained a Certificate of Qualification and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Registration on February 4, 2013. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- On November 15, 2022, the Member’s membership status was changed to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- “Cancelled-Resigned.” Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “A” is a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- School Board (the “Board”) as a Long-Term Occasional Teacher at [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- School (the “School”) in Toronto, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 was a [XXX]-year-old female student in the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Member’s Grade [XXX] class at the School. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Criminal Proceeding ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- On or about March 9, 2021, the Member was arrested by the Toronto Police ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Service and charged with the following offences: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- (a) between the 1st day of September in the year 2020 and the 30th day ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- of September in the year 2020 at the City of Toronto in the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf: Region did commit a sexual assault on Student 1, contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 271 of the Criminal Code (Canada) (the “Code”); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- (b) between the 1st day of September in the year 2020 and the 30th day ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- of September in the year 2020 at the City of Toronto in the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf: Region did, with a part of his body, namely his face, for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- purpose, directly or indirectly touch the body of a person under the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- age of sixteen years, namely Student 1, contrary to Section 151 of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- the Code; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- (c) between the 1st day of February in the year 2021 and the 28th day of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- February in the year 2021 at the City of Toronto in the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf: Region did commit a sexual assault on Student 1, contrary to Section ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 271 of the Code; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- (d) between the 1st day of February in the year 2021 and the 28th day of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- February in the year 2021 at the City of Toronto in the Toronto ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf: Region did, with a part of his body, namely his hand, for a sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- purpose, directly or indirectly touch the body of a person under the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- age of sixteen years, namely Student 1, contrary to Section 151 of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- the Code. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- On August 4, 2022, following a contested trial before the Honourable Justice ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- J. North at the Ontario Court of Justice, the Member was acquitted on each ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- of the four charges as North J. was left with a reasonable doubt by the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Member’s evidence. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- However, in his Reasons for Judgment, North J. concluded that, “the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- evidence establishes, on a balance of probabilities, that [the Member] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- kissed [Student 1]’s cheek, told her that this was ‘our little secret,’ and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- touched her vaginal area”. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- The Member resigned from his employment with the Board effective ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- September 15, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “B” is a copy of the Information in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- the criminal proceeding, dated March 9, 2021. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “C” is a certified transcript of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Oral Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable Justice J. North of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Ontario Court of Justice, delivered on August 4, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “D” is a copy of the Written ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable Justice J. North of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Court of Justice, released on August 22, 2022. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Member’s Prior History with the Board and College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- There was a previous complaint made by the Board to the College regarding ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- the Member’s conduct. In October 2017, the Member was orally ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- admonished by the College’s Investigation Committee in relation to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- allegations that the Member asked a Grade 2/3 female student in his class ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- to stay in at recess to sit on his lap, told the student not to tell anyone about ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- this, and hugged students in his class, including by picking them up. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Appendix “E” is a copy of the Decision and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Reasons of the Investigation Committee, dated August 27, 2017. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-PLEA OF NO CONTEST ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- By this document, the Member pleads no contest, for the purposes of this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- proceeding only, to the truth of the facts and appendices referred to in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- paragraphs 1 to 12 above (the “Uncontested Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the conduct set out at paragraphs ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 5 and 7-12 of the Uncontested Facts constitutes professional misconduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf: further acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute “sexual abuse” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- of a student as defined in section 1 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 1996. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- By this document, the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- (a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:1(18) and 1(19), and engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-[9] The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-12 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Panel accepts that paragraphs 5 and 7 to 12 of the Uncontested Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-professional misconduct under the heads of misconduct set out above. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-[10] Section 15 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, R.S.O. 1992, c.S.22 and rule ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-13.04(3) of the Rules allow the Panel to admit findings of fact made in the Member’s prior ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-criminal proceedings. Based on these provisions and on the parties’ Statement of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest, the Panel adopts the factual findings made ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-in Justice North’s oral and written Reasons for Judgment (Exhibit 2 at Appendix C, D). In ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-particular, although Justice North acquitted the Member in his prior criminal proceedings, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-he stated in his reasons that he believed, on a balance of probabilities, that the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-kissed Student 1’s cheek, told her that it was “our little secret” and touched her vaginal ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-area (“Justice North’s finding”). This is the evidentiary basis for the Panel’s finding of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-professional misconduct in the Member’s hearing before the College’s Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Committee. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-[11] The Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member engaged in the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-of Student 1 by kissing her on the cheek and touching her vaginal area, which is conduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-that is so notorious and offside of what is acceptable that expert evidence is not required ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-to prove that the standards of the profession were breached.1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:[12] The Panel finds that the Member physically and sexually abused Student 1, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-contrary to subsections 1(7.1) and 1(7.3) of Ontario Regulation 437/97, and engaged in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of the Act. The Member made ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:inappropriate physical and sexual contact with Student 1 when he kissed her cheek and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-touched her vaginal area. The Panel also accepts Justice North’s finding that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:Member’s kiss could reasonably be inferred to have been of a sexual nature (Exhibit 2), ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-especially given the context of the Member telling her that it was their little secret. As ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-such, the Panel finds that the Member’s kiss on Student 1’s cheek and touching of her ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:vaginal area constitutes sexual abuse, as defined in section 1 of the Act. It was physically ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:and sexually abusive for the Member to initiate intimate physical, sexual contact with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Student 1, who was under his care and vulnerable to the power dynamics between a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-student and a teacher. Teachers are expected to act in a professional manner and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-maintain professional boundaries with their students. The Member clearly flouted these ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-boundaries, without any regard for Student 1’s well-being. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-[13] The Member psychologically or emotionally abused Student 1, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-subsection 1(7.2) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. Justice North’s Reasons for Judgment ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-summarized the impact that the Member’s actions had on Student 1, based on Student ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-1’s testimony. For instance, Student 1 told the police that she felt uncomfortable when ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-the Member touched her vaginal area, that it was too awkward to tell the Member that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-1 See Novick v Ontario College of Teachers, 2016 ONSC 508 at paragraph 71. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-she did not like it when he did that, and that she “felt bad” because she was telling a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-secret to her parents (Exhibit 2, Appendix D). It is reasonable for the Panel to infer that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:the sexual abuse of a [XXX]-year-old student by a teacher who holds a position of trust ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-and authority would be traumatic for the young student and would therefore amount to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-psychological or emotional abuse. Moreover, it is emotionally abusive for an adult in a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:position of authority to tell a young girl to keep their sexual abuse a secret. Members of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-the teaching profession are expected to not only ensure the physical safety, but also the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-emotional safety of students. The Member did the opposite in this case. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-[14] The Panel finds that the Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Regulation 437/97 by failing to comply with subsection 264(1) of the Education Act, which ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-sets out the duties of a teacher. Section 264(1)(c) requires teachers to demonstrate the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-highest regard for a number of virtues, and it is commonly understood to mean that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-teachers must act as positive role models for students. By making inappropriate physical ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:and sexual contact with Student 1 and then stating that it was their secret, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-failed to act as a positive role model and display moral virtues. He blatantly flouted ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-professional boundaries and then placed a burden on Student 1 to keep his secret. This ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-behaviour was completely unacceptable and contrary to his duties as a teacher under the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Education Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-[15] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Regulation 437/97. Sexual abuse of a student by a teacher is reprehensible. The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Member’s misconduct not only demonstrates a disregard for his professional obligations, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-but also a significant moral failing, especially since he was previously admonished by the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-College’s Investigation Committee in relation to allegations that he engaged in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-inappropriate physical contact and conduct towards students (Exhibit 2, Appendix E). The ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Member ought to have known to cease such inappropriate behaviour and to maintain ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-professional boundaries, but instead, he engaged in even more serious misconduct ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:through his sexual abuse of Student 1. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-[16] The Panel finds that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-contrary to subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Member’s conduct has ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-undermined the reputation of the teaching profession and eroded the trust and confidence ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-that students, parents and the public place in teachers. The public trusts that when ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-students are in a teacher’s care, they are properly cared for and in a safe and supportive ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-learning environment. The Member’s actions in abusing Student 1 violated that trust in an ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-egregious manner. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-F. PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-[17] The parties entered into a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-presented to the Panel (Exhibit 3). In an oral decision rendered on February 15, 2023, the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Panel accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty, and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- The Member is directed to receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Teachers; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- revoke the Certificate and Qualification and Registration of the Member; and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- The Member is required to reimburse the College, pursuant to s. 30(4)5 of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- the Act, for any funding provided to date for a person or persons under the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Therapy and Counselling Program established under s. 58.1 of the Act (the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- “Program”), and for any future funding provided under the Program. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-G. REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-[18] The Member’s professional misconduct included the sexual abuse of a student as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, section 30.2(1) of the Act ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that the Member be ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the Member’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-certificate of qualification and registration. The Panel makes both of these orders and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-notes that it has no discretion in this regard. With respect to the form of the reprimand, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-the Panel finds that a written reprimand is appropriate given the agreement of the parties. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-[19] The Panel further accepts the parties’ joint submission with respect to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-requirement that the Member reimburse the College for any funding provided under the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Therapy and Counselling Program, pursuant to paragraph 5 of subsection 30(4) of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Act. The Panel accepts that this is an appropriate penalty given the parties’ agreement ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-and the case law presented by College Counsel: College of Early Childhood Educators ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-v. Daniel Robert Harker, 2020 ONCECE 4; and College of Early Childhood Educators v. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Steven Richard Campbell, 2020 ONCECE 19. An order for reimbursement of any funding ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-provided by the College under the Therapy and Counselling program can be made where ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-a member’s act of professional misconduct consists of or includes sexual abuse (as in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:this case), a prescribed sexual act or a prohibited act involving child pornography. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-[20] On May 8, 2018, subsection 58.1 was added to the Act, introducing the Program ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-to the legislative framework. Following this addition, Ontario Regulation 438/19 governing ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Funding for Therapy and Counselling was enacted on January 1, 2020. Since the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:Member’s sexual abuse occurred after January 1, 2020, the Panel has the authority to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-order such reimbursement. This reimbursement order will ensure that the membership as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-a whole does not bear the financial costs of any funding the College provides for therapy ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-for Student 1 and her family, sought through the Program. This will support the ability of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf:Student 1, as the victim of sexual abuse, and her family, to seek therapy and counselling ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 29 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-if necessary to support Student 1. The Panel is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-the circumstances and meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-[21] The Panel denounces the Member’s misconduct in the strongest terms. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf-Date: March 20, 2023 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Damienne Lebrun-Reid ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Chair, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Wanda Percival, OCT ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Terrence Singh, OCT ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- Member, Discipline Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct29.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[1] This proceeding was heard electronically before a panel of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Committee (the “Panel”) of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) on ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-March 7, 2023, in accordance with rule 8.01 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[2] Stéffan Raymond Labonté (the “Member”) attended the hearing and was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-represented by counsel. The Panel was advised at the outset of the hearing that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-A. PUBLICATION BAN ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[3] The Panel ordered a publication ban pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), which makes such an order mandatory. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Accordingly, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-the subject of evidence in a hearing. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[4] A publication ban was also ordered pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Act at ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:the request of Student 1 and Student 2, who were allegedly sexually abused. Accordingly, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-of Student 1 and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[5] Furthermore, at the request of College Counsel, the Panel ordered a publication ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-ban under subsections 32(7) and 32.1(1) of the Act to protect the identities of Student 3, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Student 4 and Student 5. Subsection 32(7) gives the Panel authority to make an order ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-that the public be excluded from a hearing if, in the Panel’s opinion, the possibility of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-serious harm or injustice to any person justifies a departure from the general principle ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-that hearings should be open to the public. Subsection 32.1(1) allows the Panel to order ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-a publication ban in circumstances in which the test for closing the hearing to the public ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-under subsection 32(7) is met. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[6] The Panel found that given the nature and seriousness of the allegations, including ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:the inappropriate sexual and discriminatory comments addressed to Student 3, Student 4 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-and Student 5, the disclosure of any information that might reveal their identities could ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-potentially infringe on their right to privacy. Although these three students are no longer ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-under the age of 18, they are still young adults who have a right to privacy. Revealing ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-their identities is not necessary to ensure the transparency of the disciplinary proceedings ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-against the Member and could cause them to be re-victimized. Moreover, revealing ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:Student 5’s identity would require disclosing this student’s sexual identity in a public ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-forum. This is sensitive personal information that the public does not need to have access ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-to in order to understand the case against the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[7] Therefore, the Panel issued this order to protect the identities, and any information ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-that may reveal the identities, of Student 3, Student 4 and Student 5. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-B. THE ALLEGATIONS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[8] The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing dated June 10, 2022 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-(Exhibit 1), are as follows: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- IT IS ALLEGED that Stéffan Raymond Labonté is guilty of professional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- misconduct as defined in the Act in that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- b) he abused a student or students, verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 3 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- c) he abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf: d) he abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf: Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- abuse of a student or students as defined in section 1 of the Act; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- e) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- f) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- subsection 1(18); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- g) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-C. AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[9] The Panel was advised by College Counsel at the outset of the hearing that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing on the allegations ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:against the Member, including the allegations relating to the sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-students as defined in section 1 of the Act. Along with the Member’s Counsel, College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Counsel presented the Panel with the parties’ Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-(Exhibit 2), which provides the following: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Stéffan Raymond Labonté is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- At all material times, the Member was employed by the Conseil des écoles ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (the “Board”) as a teacher at the École [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- (the “School”) in Ottawa, Ontario. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- At all material times, Student 1 was a student at the School or was a [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Student 1 graduated from School in or about June 20[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- The Member was Student 2’s teacher for one or more classes during both ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- the 20[XXX]-20[XXX] and 20[XXX]-20[XXX] school years (when Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 4 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- was in Grades 11 and 12). Student 2 graduated from the School in or about ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- June 20[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- At all material times, Student 3 was a female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- At all material times, Student 4 was a female student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- At all material times, Student 5 was a student at the School. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Inappropriate Relationship with Student 1 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Student 1 turned 18 on [XXX], 20[XXX], near the end of her Grade 12 year. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Between 20[XXX] and 20[XXX], the Member attempted to establish an ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- inappropriate personal relationship with Student 1 in order to develop an ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- intimate relationship with her thereafter. The Member was grooming ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Student 1, contrary to the standards of the profession, and this had a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- detrimental impact on her. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- The Member began cultivating his relationship with Student 1 when she was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 16 years old. He was her [XXX] coach for at least two years before she ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- graduated in 20[XXX]. During the 20[XXX]-20[XXX] and 20[XXX]-20[XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- school years, the Member and Student 1 spent a great deal of time together. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Along with the rest of the team, they would hang out two to three times a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- week during [XXX] seasons. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- After graduating, Student 1 became a [XXX] at the School. She worked ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- there with the Member from 20[XXX] to 20[XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Immediately after Student 1 graduated, the Member developed an ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- inappropriate personal relationship with her, which included: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- a) exchanging inappropriate text messages with Student 1; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- b) sending Student 1 a photo of himself in his underwear; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- c) making inappropriate comments to Student 1, such as: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf: (i) that he wanted to be with Student 1 in a sexual manner (pour ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- des relations); ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- (ii) that he wanted Student 1 to come to his place without his wife ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- knowing; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- (iii) that he wished he and Student 1 were the same age so that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- they could date. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 5 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Inappropriate Relationship with Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Student 2 turned 18 on [XXX], 20[XXX], at the end of her Grade 12 year. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- During the 20[XXX]-20[XXX] school year, the Member attempted to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- establish an inappropriate personal relationship with Student 2, in order to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- develop an intimate relationship with her thereafter. The Member was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- grooming Student 2, contrary to the standards of the profession. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- During the 20[XXX]-20[XXX] school year, the Member allowed Student 2 to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- choose her grade for no good reason. Student 2 did not deserve the grade ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- that the Member gave her. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- screen shot of a text message exchanged between Student 2 and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Member in June of 2019. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- During the 20[XXX]-20[XXX] school year, the Member became closer with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Student 2 by giving her many inappropriate compliments and by making a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- number of inappropriate comments, including the following: “You’re a gem”; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- “You’re mature for a girl of your age”; “You’ll accomplish great things.” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a narrative written by ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Student 2 describing the comments the Member addressed to her. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Towards the end of the 20[XXX]-20[XXX] school year, the Member gave the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- students in his class his personal email address, under the pretense that he ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- did not look at his work email on weekends. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Towards the end of the 20[XXX]-20[XXX] school year, Student 2 sent the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Member an email at his personal address to ask questions related to his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- course. She also sent him some music she knew he would like, and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Member reciprocated. Afterwards, they exchanged several emails that were ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- unrelated to the course material. At the end of the 20[XXX]-20[XXX] school ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- year, Student 2 presented [XXX] in front of the entire school to obtain [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Student 2 personally invited the Member to come and watch her [XXX]. That ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- evening, the Member sent her an email from his personal email address to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- congratulate her. This exchange sparked the development of an intimate ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- relationship between the Member and Student 2. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- As soon as Student 2 turned 18 and finished high school, she and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf: Member developed a personal and sexual relationship. They began ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- communicating daily via email, then started having calls during which they ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf: discussed sexual scenarios. Among other things, the Member allegedly ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- confessed to Student 2 that he had imagined having intercourse with her in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- the middle of class, on his desk or hers. Attached hereto and marked as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Exhibit “C” is a narrative written by Student 2 describing these exchanges. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- After the 20[XXX]-20[XXX] school year had ended, the Member sent ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf: Student 2 a sexual “GIF”. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 6 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- During the summer of 20[XXX], when Student 2 was no longer a student at ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- the School, she and the Member established an intimate long-distance ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf: relationship of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- On or about June 25, 2019, the Member sent Student 2 a text message, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- after which they exchanged several messages. In his messages to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Student 2, the Member made several inappropriate comments. Attached ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” are screen shots of the texts the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- sent to Student 2, in which he made comments including, but not limited to, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- the following: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- a) “I’m not sure that I’d want to sleep together… there would be plenty ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- of massaging and making you moan.” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- b) “You’re an incredible person… And it’s a good thing we never did ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- anything, [b]ut fuck I wanted to.” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- c) “I’m curious haha: would you mind if we slept together?” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- d) “I think about you often.” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- e) “It’s been almost 2 years since I felt this tingle [sic]!... I’m allowed to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- say it now… Except for the fact that I’m married lolol… As in, I’m no ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- longer at risk of losing my job ;) 2 years…” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- After a long period without exchanging any messages, the Member sent ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Student 2 a message which caused her to realize the extent to which he ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- had had a harmful control over her and grip on her, including during the time ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- she was a student at the School. Their inappropriate relationship made ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Student 2 feel anxious and stressed. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Inappropriate comments to students in class ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Student 3 was in the Member’s [XXX] class in Grade [XXX] and in his [XXX] ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- class in Grade [XXX]. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Between in or about 2018 and in or about 2020, the Member made ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- inappropriate comments to Student 3 while she was his student, including ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- the following: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- a) “Wow, your legs are so strong,” or words to that effect. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- b) “Such nice legs, strong,” or words to that effect. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- c) “I really hope that my little girl will have your hair,” or words to that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- effect. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- d) He told her she was beautiful. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 7 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-e) He told her she was perfect. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-f) He told her that her pants were “so tight that it looked like spray-paint ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- on [her] legs.” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-During 2018-2019 or 2019-2020 school year, when speaking about ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Student 3 to other students, the Member said, “That girl has a nice body, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-nice calves, and she’s a good athlete. I hope my daughter will have the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-same body,” or words to that effect. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-During the 2018-2019 or 2019-2020 school year, the Member said to a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-student in front of her classmates, “If you get your nipples pierced, I’ll tell ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-your parents”, or words to that effect. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-On or about April 4, 2019, the Member made inappropriate remarks to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Student 4 while she was talking to other students about the responsibilities ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-that come with having children. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-On or about April 12, 2019, the Vice-Principal met with the Member to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-discuss the events and inappropriate comments described in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-paragraphs 25 to 27. During this meeting, the Member admitted that these ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-discussions had taken place, but not in the way the students had described. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-The Vice-Principal then gave the Member some advice regarding these ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-types of situations. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “E” is a follow- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-up questionnaire on workplace relationships that was filled out after this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-meeting. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-During the 2018-2019 or 2019-2020 school year, the Member made ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-inappropriate comments regarding the correlation between some women’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-clothing choices and the reactions these choices may provoke. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-In or about January 2020, the Member used the “N-word” in front of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-students on the [XXX] team, and in so doing, negatively impacted the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-students. The use of this word was both inappropriate and a breach of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-standards of the teaching profession. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-In or about February 2020, while teaching his [XXX] class, the Member ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:made a number of sexist comments directed at women in front of his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-students, including, but not limited to saying that women had power in the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:business world because of their sexuality, or words to that effect. His ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-comments constituted a breach of professional standards and had a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-detrimental effect on the students in his class. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-In or about February 2020, the Member made inappropriate comments to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Student 5, who identifies as transgender, including the following: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- a) “I don’t know how to act around you without offending you.” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 8 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- b) “I understand, it’s just that your community is always angry.” ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- These comments were inappropriate, violated professional standards and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- had a detrimental effect on Student 5. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Use of inappropriate teaching material ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- In or about 2020, during a class on Marxist Theory, the Member played the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- song “Don’t call me white” by NOFX for his students. The song lyrics are ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- vulgar and violent and are not appropriate for a classroom. Attached hereto ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- and marked as Exhibit “F” are the lyrics of this song. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-GUILTY PLEA ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- By this document, the Member admits the truth of the facts and exhibits ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Admitted Facts”). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- The Member hereby acknowledges that the Admitted Facts constitute ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- conduct which is professional misconduct and pleads guilty to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19). The Member further acknowledges that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf: alleged conduct constitutes sexual abuse as defined in Section 1 of the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- By this document the Member states that: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- evidence as set out in the Admitted Facts being presented to the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Discipline Committee; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- c) he understands that by pleading guilty to the allegations, he is ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- against him and the right to have a hearing; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- d) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- College; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- e) he understands that any agreement between himself and the College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Committee; ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 9 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- f) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Agreement voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the opportunity to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- obtain advice from legal counsel. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- In light of the Admitted Facts set out above and the guilty plea, the Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- College of Teachers and the Member jointly submit that the Discipline ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-D. DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[10] Having considered the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-submissions of College Counsel, the Panel rendered an oral decision on March 7, 2023, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:1(19). The Member also engaged in sexual abuse of a student as defined in section 1 of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-E. REASONS FOR DECISION ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[11] The Member admitted the truth of the facts and exhibits referred to in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-paragraphs 1 to 34 of the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea. He acknowledged, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-and the Panel accepts, that the Admitted Facts constitute professional misconduct under ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-the headings of misconduct set out above. Among other things, the Admitted Facts show ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-that the Member attempted to establish inappropriate personal relationships with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Student 1 and Student 2 in view of developing intimate relationships with them at a later ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-date. Further, he made comments about Student 3’s appearance, a comment about ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:nipple piercing, sexist and racist comments, and insensitive comments about gender ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-identity. He failed to maintain professional boundaries on numerous occasions, which ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-negatively impacted several students. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 10 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[12] The Admitted Facts demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-of the profession, contrary to subsection 1(5) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. The Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-gave considerable weight to the fact that the Member admitted to engaging in behaviour ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-and making comments that were contrary to the standards of the teaching profession. For ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-instance, the Member groomed two students, used the “N-word” in front of the students ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:on the [XXX] team, made several sexist comments in his [XXX] class and made ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-inappropriate remarks about a student’s gender identity. The Member’s behaviour and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-comments clearly violated professional standards. Members of the teaching profession ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-are expected to treat students equitably and with respect, to be sensitive to the factors ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-that influence individual student learning and to promote and participate in fostering safe ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-and supportive learning communities. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[13] The Member abused a student or students verbally, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7). He made several inappropriate comments to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-students. For instance, the Admitted Facts show that the Member used the “N-word” in ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-front of the students on the basketball team. He also commented on Student 3’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-appearance several times and made derogatory remarks to Student 5. Many of his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-comments had a detrimental impact on his students, and as such, the Panel finds that his ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-conduct constituted verbal abuse. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[14] The Member abused a student or students psychologically or emotionally, contrary ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.2). The Panel attributed significant weight ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-to the fact that the Member admitted to having breached this head of professional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-misconduct. It can reasonably be inferred that when an adult teacher, who is in a position ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:of trust or authority, grooms a student in view of later developing an intimate relationship ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 11 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-with her, this student will be negatively impacted on a psychological or emotional level. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:Further, several of the Member’s inappropriate, sexist, racist and insensitive comments ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-had detrimental effects on the students he addressed them to. For instance, the facts ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-show that Student 4 felt uncomfortable when the Member made an inappropriate remark ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-regarding the effects of having children on a woman’s body (Exhibit 2, Exhibit E, p. 27). ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Taking all of this into account, the Panel finds the Member’s behaviour and comments ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-constituted psychological or emotional abuse. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:[15] The Member abused a student or students sexually, contrary to Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7.3) and/or engaged in sexual abuse of a student or ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-students as defined in section 1 of the Act. Although the Admitted Facts were vague as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:to the Member’s sexual abuse of students while they were still “students” for the purposes ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:of the definition of “sexual abuse” under subsection 1(1) of the Act, the Panel finds that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-the overall evidence in the matter, along with the Member’s guilty plea, supports the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-conclusion that he engaged in this type of misconduct. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[16] According to the Admitted Facts, the Member had an inappropriate personal ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-relationship with Student 2 that began while she was still in high school. As soon as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:Student 2 turned 18 and graduated, the Member developed an intimate, sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-relationship with her. The evidence also shows that the Member and Student 2 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-exchanged several inappropriate texts (Exhibit 2, Exhibits B and D). Based on this ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-evidence, the Panel finds that the Member purposefully sought to gain Student 2’s trust ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:by developing a personal relationship with her in view of establishing an intimate, sexual ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-relationship with her once she turned 18. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 12 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[17] In addition, the Panel finds that the Member’s comments directed towards ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Student 3, including commenting on her body, and stating that she is perfect, has nice ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:legs and is beautiful, constitute inappropriate remarks of a sexual nature. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[18] The Member also made a comment to a student regarding nipple piercing which, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-given the context established by the Admitted Facts and the Member’s misconduct as a ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:whole, the Panel finds to be of a sexual nature, and as such, to constitute sexual abuse. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[19] Finally, the Panel gives considerable weight to the fact that the Member admitted ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:having engaged in conduct that constituted sexual abuse. Even though the Admitted ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Facts were lacking detail with respect to this head of misconduct, the parties entered into ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-an agreement in which the Member plead guilty to the allegations, and therefore, his guilty ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-plea is particularly significant. The Panel accepts the agreement of the parties that the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:Member’s conduct met the criteria of sexual abuse of students, as defined by the Act. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[20] The Member contravened subsection 1(15) of Ontario Regulation 437/97 by failing ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-to comply with section 264(1) of the Education Act, which sets out the duties of a teacher. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Paragraph 264(1)(c) provides that it is the duty of a teacher to “inculcate by precept and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-example […] the highest regard for truth, justice, loyalty, love of country, humanity, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-benevolence, sobriety, industry, frugality, purity, temperance and all other virtues.” Simply ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-put, teachers are expected to exemplify moral virtues and serve as positive role models, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:including when they are outside of the classroom. By grooming two students in view of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-developing intimate relationships with them, which is abhorrent and morally repugnant ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-conduct for a teacher who holds a position of trust and authority, and by repeatedly failing ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with several other students, exhibiting ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 13 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-behaviour was that was described as creepy, weird, flirtatious and disturbing (Exhibit 2, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Exhibit E, p. 27), the Member acted immorally and was a poor role model for students. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[21] The Member committed acts that would reasonably be regarded by members as ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to subsection 1(18) of Ontario ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Regulation 437/97. Teachers are expected to be upstanding members of society, to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-ensure the safety and well-being of students and to maintain appropriate professional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-boundaries with students. The fact that the Member groomed Student 2 while she was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:still in high school to then to develop a personal and sexual relationship with her once she ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-graduated is unacceptable. It is also unacceptable that the Member had a series of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-inappropriate communications with Student 1 in an attempt to foster an intimate ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-relationship with her. Further, providing students with his personal email address and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:making sexist, racist, insensitive and inappropriate comments in front of several students ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-demonstrate the Member’s serious lack of professional judgment. This behaviour cannot ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-be tolerated within the teaching profession. The Member’s conduct constituted serious ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-moral and professional misconduct, and as such, the Panel finds it to be disgraceful, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-dishonourable or unprofessional. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[22] Finally, the Member’s conduct was unbecoming a member, contrary to ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-subsection 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97. By grooming two students in view of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-developing inappropriate and intimate relationships with them, and by making several ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:comments of a sexist, racist and offensive nature, the Member undermined the public’s ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-trust in the teaching profession and tarnished the reputation of the profession as a whole. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- -- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 14 ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-F. DECISION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[23] The parties entered into a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), which was ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-presented to the Panel. In an oral decision rendered on March 7, 2023, the Panel ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- 2023 ONOCT 30 (CanLII) ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty and made the following order: ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- The Member is directed to appear before the Discipline Committee ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- immediately following the hearing of this matter to receive a reprimand ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- which will be delivered in person at the offices of the Ontario College of ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- Teachers, 101 Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario or electronically, and the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- of Teachers. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- The Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers is directed to immediately ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-G. REASONS FOR DECISION ON PENALTY ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf:[24] The Member’s professional misconduct consisted of or included the sexual abuse ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-of a student, as described in subsection 30.2(2) of the Act. Given this finding, ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-section 30.2(1) of the Act provides that the Panel must make an order: (1) requiring that ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-the Member be reprimanded by the Panel; and (2) directing the Registrar to revoke the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration. The Panel makes both of these ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-orders and notes that it has no discretion in this regard. However, the Panel mentions ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-that even if this had not been the mandatory penalty, revoking the Member’s certificate ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-would have been the only appropriate penalty in the circumstances, given the facts of the ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-case and the nature of the Member’s misconduct, which was predatory. ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-[25] The Panel recognizes that it may also order costs or a fine in accordance with ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-subsection 30(5) of the Act but notes that the parties are jointly asking it to confine its ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-order to the mandatory ones. The Panel finds it reasonable not to make these additional ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf- ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-orders in light of the Member’s guilty plea and the Joint Submission on Penalty, and ./ontario-cases/2023onoct30.pdf-